ALPHA ZACHARY As much as I enjoy being an Alpha, I didn't appreciate the stress of carrying out the duties that come with the position. "Since when?" Serge barged into my thoughts. "None of your business. I do most of the work while you do nothing but intrude." I said to my wolf bluntly. I was seated in my chamber, working on numerous proposed treaties alone. I didn't have enough time and I couldn't be selfish by staying idle without attending to my other duties as the Alpha of the biggest and most influential pack of the Woodlands. If I'm not working on treaties, I would be organizing a meeting with the pack officials. If I'm not doing either of those, I would be on patrolling duties with my pack warriors or overseeing other things that benefit the pack and sometimes, the woodlands at large. Alan is a great Beta but he couldn't handle my duties for me... Not as much as I wanted anyways. "We both know Our responsibilities as an Alpha are more than that and we also both know that that

I was hit pretty bad. I must have been. I'm sure one of them gave me a hard hit to the head, enough to make me lose control of my senses for a split second. Even the fact that my head was ringing and every part of it hurt was proof of how possible it was for me to have lost all sense of reasoning so much that I now make things up. Things like the familiar steely grey eyes of my mate turning into bright brown ones that had some sort of emptiness to them even as the kitchen lights accentuated them. That emptiness is what made force my eyes open wider and try to clear my head to look closely at the person standing in front of me. I knew immediately that it wasn't the one person I know who possessed a face like that. It was an entirely different person whose unfamiliarity seemed so familiar. He stood by the door of the kitchen, his body covering the entire rectangular frame with only a few inches left for his head to touch the top frame of the door. Both his feet crossed and stretched int

Alpha ZacharyI saw it all. I witnessed all of it but I did nothing to stop the brutality nor did I save her...Haera. I was fucking there battling with myself and my wolf as the maids began their torture on her. I was still trying to put up a stronger fight against my wolf when I heard her bones popping and cracking. I was there yet I didn't rescue her. Haera. "You can't be reckless after what you did for her days ago!" My wolf had said when I made the move to interrupt and end Haera's suffering. I couldn't believe some of my pack members could gang up against an unarmed person just because I promoted her. "If that is the reason for what she is going through at the moment, think about what will happen to her if you interfere." Serge had become unreasonable but I believed him. When have I ever listened to him? Who was I kidding? It wasn't just Serge that had restricted me from saving her. I was being a coward, thinking about my mate's feelings instead of fulfilling one of my duties as

"Then why are you here Tybalt? If you've stayed away for so long, why are you here?" "You sound scared," he had already stopped in front of the burning furnace in the room that was used to keep the room warm and the cold away. I said nothing in return to his words cause I knew what I felt towards my brother was nothing close to fear. It might be a whole lot of emotions that came together; hatred, caution, fear, desperation–to form a single one that I had no name for. "You don't have to be scared brother. I mean no harm. I was merely doing my job." He paused as if something in the fire caught his attention slightly. I waited for him to continue. "You see, I got assigned to this side of the palace today. Trust me, I rejected it too. The palace is this big and I have to patrol this side? My words mean nothing to anyone in this pack anymore you know? That's how I ended up here. And since I was in passing, I thought it was only right for me to pay my respects." I didn't hold back the snort

I should just stick to calling him the Alpha prince. "Are you planning to starve the Alpha and his Luna?" Dina shouted at me and I flinched because I wasn't expecting her to direct her frustrations at me. I didn't understand her reason for being furious about the banished maids. We all knew Dina doesn't like anyone but herself. I heard Dina murmur something like "He should have exiled this ugly frog instead." She was definitely referring to me but I couldn't care less. My curiosity was the main focus. Dina could drown in the pack well for all I care. Well, I didn't care! I soon left the kitchen, following Dina while the new girls were right behind me. Dina inferred the new maids and me as the four dummies of the infamous imperial pack. How she came up with different insulting words never ceases to mystify me. It could only be heaven-given talent. Dina opened the door to the dining room but not after she told the new maids the dos and don'ts for the hundredth time. Dina acted like she