TRISTAN’S POVCrazy. He had to be crazy. Declan was a sick bastard and if I thought he could be redeemed, I was wrong. How could he make use of my pain this way. "I bet you are desperately praying that what I am saying is true," Declan chuckled, totally oblivious—or pretending to be—to my turmoil at hearing him mention Dame. "If this is another sick game of yours, then you are crossing the line," I warned, stepping closer to him so was I in his face. His look doesn’t waver, this bastard. "Why will I even joke about something like this?" He answered playfully, making it hard to detect if he was speaking the truth from his voice.My fists clenched, and I could feel a surge of rage bubbling within me. "Declan, this is not the time for your games! How dare you talk about my dead son that way? Have you no heart?” I growled. His nonchalant attitude towards the situation was pushing me to the edge and I could feel my blood boiling with anger.“You think I’d lie about something like that

DECLAN’S POV"Doctor, are you certain about what you are talking about?" I asked, still in shock."Alpha, I am one hundred percent sure. I mean, how else would you explain his sickness?" He paused for a while and handed over a book to me about the disease."Mastocytosis is a rare condition caused by an excess number of mast cells gathering in the body's tissues. There are two main types of mastocytosis: cutaneous mastocytosis, which mainly affects children – where mast cells gather in the skin, but are not found in large numbers elsewhere in the body." He explained."The only reason why the boy keeps getting sick is because he is too young to fight the disease. Over time, his immune system will be strong enough to fight it, but until then, we need to keep him under watch."I listened to the doctor's explanation even though half of his words sounded like gibberish to me, I got his point.Wait, if the boy is suffering from the same disease I had as a child which turned out to be heredit

TRISTAN’S POVIt was soon time for the alliance meeting and I was preparing to take my leave when a soft knock brought my attention to the door. Before I could respond, the door cracked open, revealing Vanessa.Trying to be cautious of what I say, I waited for her to speak first. "Are you going somewhere?" She asked, judging from how dressed up I was."Yes, I'm heading out for the alliance meeting," I said, and she nodded."Okay…" she hesitated for a while before she continued. "I am sorry about the way I reacted last night. I know I was being insensitive but I didn't know how else to handle my emotions," she confessed."I thought we could move past the hmm… and just go back to the way we used to be. I don't want things to be awkward between us," she finished.The entire time, my eyes were fixed on her lips… how inviting they seemed as she talked, how they felt when I kissed her last night, and I felt the urge to kiss her again."I can't repeat the same mistake twice," I reminded myse

TRISTAN’S POVBruce followed after me and drove us back home. Throughout the entire drive, I didn't utter a single word as I boiled with anger until Bruce broke the silence."Alpha, I think we will be taking a huge risk if we resort to a war. I hate to admit it, but the alliances were right; we are already suffering from great damage. We are yet to recover from the invasion, we can't afford another war." He looked at me from the corner of his eyes, while his attention was focused on the road."Declaring war means putting everyone's life on the line. You should reconsider your decision," Bruce said."Well they leave me no other option but to fight that asshole," I groaned, and he nodded."I know you are pissed, but in my opinion, you could have picked the last option. The Southerners would be here in a few days, and they were willing to help our pack and form an ally with us." He sighed. "In no time, we will get our pack back to normal and we can reclaim Dame. War should be out of the o

TRISTAN’S POVBruce and the guards that would be coming along were already prepared to leave by the time I came out and I felt encouraged by the sight.I brought out the map in my pocket and showed it to the rest of them. "Here is the map that will be guiding us tonight." I know Declan is a smart man, and he would have tightened his security, so we just need to find a route with less security and get Dame out of there."Alpha, are we going there to attack or rescue?" One of the guards asked."We are going there to rescue someone, but if you see any threat, don't hesitate to attack first. You need to protect yourselves." I said, and they nodded.I couldn't bring myself to tell them who were were going there to rescue, not when the chances of getting him out were slim. I don't want to risk rumour spreading around.After loading the trunk with all we will be needing, we hit the road."Alpha, I think we should stop the car here. If we park outside his house, we will be drawing unwanted at