Micah's next action shocked both Ian and Joanna, for the nth time!He cleaned his tears with his sleeve and the tearful expression he had was nowhere to be seen again. What was more astonishing was that he turned to Joanna smiling brightly at her, his teeth out in full display that no one would be able to tell he was the man crying seconds ago. Between Joanna and Ian, none of them dared to ask him for fear that the unthinkable may happen. The situation couldn't be any more awkward and Joanna was starting to get uncomfortable."Hi, you're back! How was your trip?" Micah asked, smiling at Joanna who was finding it hard to comprehend the whole situation she just witnessed. Ian coughed lightly to reduce the awkwardness."She'll be f-, No, she's fine," Ian corrected himself and gave Joanna an encouraging smile. Alasdair was nowhere in sight at that moment, making Joanna's mood get slightly down. Micah nodded his head in understanding. No matter how hard he was trying to look cheerful,

Oblivious to the presence of the creature behind him, Alasdair yawned lightly, making his way towards the chair. Just as the creature's outstretched claws were about to strike down on him, Joanna, who was formerly asleep literally jumped out of the bed, her eyes wide open. Without wasting a second, the creature disappeared, making sure Joanna didn't get to catch a glimpse of its features. If she ever knew about it, the consequences would end up being disastrous which the creature wasn't ready to encounter. Alasdair was scared out of his wits when Joanna jumped out of bed. Out of fright, he had also jumped and stared around warily, his eyes filled with caution. "What? What happened?" He asked loudly, his heart almost jumping out of his chest. If only Alasdair knew that the strange feeling he had a few minutes ago was regarding the creature that had almost taken his life without him having any idea about it.Gasping for breath, Joanna clung onto his arm, thinking of possible incidents

"Where are your clothes?" Although Alasdair knew this conversation was going to take him nowhere, he couldn't help but ask. Micah who Alasdair knew to be the happy go lucky guy only casted him a fleeting glance before he made his way to the kitchen, as usual. Alasdair believed that by now, he'd have gotten used to Micah's new ways but no, they only fueled his anger day by day.Alasdair was about giving Micah a piece of his mind when two bulky and sweaty men suddenly burst into the living room, panting and gasping for air.Alasdair frowned as he stared at the two men. They were part of the warriors who were supposed to be on guard today. He had no idea what they were doing in his home, by this time of the day when they were only supposed to be making sure the pack was safe from harm."Al…pha," One whose skin was tanned than the other called out through shaky breaths while trying to stand straight. Alasdair quirked an eyebrow at him. "Alpha, a rogue is causing problems," The other war

Along the way back to his mansion, Alasdair and the brown haired lady behind him were both quiet. It felt like they weren't the ones who had just bantered back and forth few minutes ago. They appeared different from the people who were seconds away from each other's throat. As Alasdair walked forward like someone was hot on his heels, his mate, who had short legs couldn't help but grumble as she ran behind him."Slow down. My legs are aching," She cried out to him and Alasdair only snorted in disappointment before increasing his pace. "If your legs weren't so short, you wouldn't have asked me to slow down," He hissed in discontentment."If only you knew where I was coming from before I got here, you wouldn't be spewing such bullshit," She screamed in anger. Even without turning back, Alasdair could see the invisible smoke coming out of her nose and ears.He suddenly paused in his steps as an unknown anger overwhelmed him. How dare she say he was spewing bullshit? No one had ever da

The trio soon arrived at Alasdair's mansion. Helen's reaction was normal upon seeing such building and Joanna deduced that she was either from a wealthy home or was used to seeing big buildings like Alasdair's. Meanwhile, Alasdair who was quietly trotting behind the two women was like an offender. If anyone were to see him now, they'd think he was a man who had managed to anger his pregnant wife. He was somehow finding ways to speak to Joanna without allowing Helen to suspect her.Only if he knew that Joanna who looked like she was friendly with Helen was only using this to escape from Alasdair because she knew his intentions. The thought of being the third party or destroyer of a relationship made her unhappy. She knew the feeling of being ignored by one's mate and taking another as one's mate and she wasn't so heartless to allow another woman pass through it. Though, there was this stinging pain in her chest that kept reminding her of reality. "Come in. I believe the others would