ELIANA. The winds swept through my hair as I entered the gates. My feet brushed against the blooming flowers that glittered underneath the morning sunlight. The air smelled sweet and a soft breeze was as magical as the birds chirping in the ancient trees.Butterflies danced in the air, every little thing captivated my attention. I forced myself to stay and feel at that moment, more than I ever had before. Because it felt like a dream here, the only place in the whole of Oakland that hadn't been ruined or deforested.My mother was buried here, alongside my Grandpa and some of the wolves that lost their lives during either the Cold War or the Great Fire.As I kicked my feet forward, I breathed in a lungful of fresh air. God, I wished life could always be this beautiful and calm. I brought myself to my mother's graveside for the first time since I got back. For so long, I didn't think I could handle it. I didn't think I could handle seeing her like that. I feared I just might burst into

ELIANA. I burst through the door, out of breath and with my eyes searching for Blake. Finally, I saw him. He was a lot weaker while he laid on the hospital bed, clenching around a pillow. “Blake?” I called.“What is wrong?” Denver immediately stood up once he saw me. I faced him with a grim stare. “I think I know how to save him” I muttered. Nana was closer to him at that point and her hands brushed against his forehead. “He’s heating up” She whispered.When I threw a look back at him, Blake was shivering too, and he was non-verbal. “You were saying of a way to help him?” Denver’s hand fell to my shoulders and I swallowed a hard lump down my throat. Of course, I wasn’t a hundred percent certain but I couldn’t just sit there and watch Blake die. He had about a few hours at least. Color had drained out of his face, even his lips and fingertips were purple. His skin was pale and his pupils were deserted. Once he heard the word ‘help’, he managed to open his eyes and I could see the de

JAXON.I toiled the grounds of the deepest part of the forest. Biting into my knuckles, it was hard to control the anger surging inside of me at that moment. For the past few hours, I couldn't still believe Eliana and Denver, Alpha of the Black Mountain Pack had challenged me for Alpha. Putting a dent through the plan I'd spent my entire life putting together was bound to have serious consequences, especially after they shamed me in front of the entire Pack. I wanted to kill her, my stepsister, Eliana. If I had all those years, this wouldn't have happened."Jaxon," A shrill voice called from behind and I darted a cold glare back to my bride. "I brought you some water, you seem so tense" She whispered, stretching the glass towards me. But I snatched it from her hands, throwing it against the brick wall."Of course I'm tense!" I screamed in her face and Ingrid flinched, cowering her face to the ground. I panted heavily from my lips as my eyes met Nora's. She was sitting in the corner w

DENVER.“Daddy, Daddy!” Elijah screamed, thrusting his body through the bushes with full force. When he made it out with leaves in his hair, a grin appeared on his face as he tugged onto the ball in my hands.“Throw the ball!” He clamored. “Throw the ball and let me catch it” He jumped into my arms relentlessly but I maneuvered my way around the six-year-old boy. Turning my back to him, he clasped around my neck tightly as he mounted from behind.“I told you already,” I replied him with a chuckle. “I’ll release the ball when you come up to me with a catch!” I said. “But the animals are so fast” He pouted. “I tried to hunt down a squirrel earlier but he was much faster than I was. Maybe I can’t be a hunter” At the sound of Elijah’s voice, I fully turned to him.And his face was disheveled and disappointed so suddenly.“Hey” I crouched to my knees, holding up his face. “I can’t do anything, you must be so disappointed in me” Elijah whispered but I shook my head so vigorously. “That’s n

ELIANA."Nora?"Even the winds couldn't blow the shock out of my face as I stood face to face with Jaxon's sister, my half-sister. She wrestled out of the shrubs with leaves in her hair and deep, halting breaths from her lips.But Denver didn't waste a second in attacking her. He pulled the trigger and a bullet through Nora's shoulders. "Ah!" She fell to the ground, using a hand to wedge the blood gushing from her joint."Where is he?!" Denver scowled. "Where is my son?!""You tell that dumb bastard Jaxon to never show his face again or else I'm going to kill him. And I'm going to kill you if you don't tell me where he is now?" Denver crept to her and while Nora lifted her gaze, her eyes were subtly filled with terror.She gasped, trying to let the words out of her mouth when Denver picked her up by her collar, lifted her in the air and threatened to throw her into a tree and it was then she exclaimed."Fine, I'll tell you!" She whimpered. "I'll tell you. I'm on your side, that's why