Semua Bab Watch Me Take You Apart: Bab 1 - Bab 10

I was the lowest-ranking Omega in the Black Wolf pack.Five years ago, while I was out gathering herbs in the Black Forest, I stumbled upon a gravely wounded Kellen.That day, he had been ambushed by a rival pack. More than 30 werewolves had surrounded him.Anyone else would have surrendered or been torn apart. But Kellen was no ordinary werewolf. He fought them all off alone, defeating every last one.When it was over, blood poured from gashes in his shoulder and abdomen. He leaned back against a tree, calmly wiping the blood from his arm with his shirt.When he looked up, the moonlight happened to fall right across my silhouette.Later, Kellen told me that was the moment I lit up his world and carved a place in his heart. He said I looked like a firefly in the woods, or a morning star shining in the snow.In the beginning, I was afraid of him and found every excuse to avoid him.I'd say things like, "I only like gentle and steady werewolves. You're too fierce."So, he force

The kind guards escorted us safely to the edge of Black Wolf pack territory.I helped Mom wrap Rex's body carefully with clean animal hide, and together we carried him back to our stone house.Once inside, Mom went to the old cabinet by her bed and pulled out a wolf fang pendant carved with a crescent moon—a keepsake she'd hidden for years.She stitched a leather envelope from another piece of hide, placed the pendant inside, and handed it to me."Lilith, ask one of the older werewolves going out to hunt in Moon Forest to deliver this to Bray Wagner, the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack."I clutched that heavy bundle of leather in my hands as I felt my chest burn with hatred.The look in Rex's eyes before he died had told me he'd been driven to the edge, with nowhere left to go.Was I really going to just walk away from it all?But when I looked at Mom's trembling hands and tear-streaked face, I quietly sealed the leather pouch.I found an older werewolf who was just about to leav

Kellen really had blamed Ella unfairly this time. She hadn't lied.Before I left, I entrusted Mom to the guards from the Silvermoon pack who had come to help us. Then, I returned alone to the stone house in the Black Wolf pack one last time.When I pushed open the door, the stone house was eerily quiet. I thought Kellen wasn't home, so I turned and walked toward his study.I lit the pine oil lamp and began searching his stone cabinets, digging out the scrolls that mapped out the pack's mineral deposits and all the private transaction records he'd made with other packs. I stuffed everything into a leather satchel.Once I finished, I headed into the bedroom. I hesitated when I saw someone lying on the bed.Kellen was usually so alert. No matter how exhausted he was, he'd always sense someone approaching. But now, the air in the room was thick with the smell of alcohol.I took a couple of steps forward and accidentally kicked an empty wineskin. My body pitched forward, and my forehe

We hadn't left the Black Wolf pack's territory. Hector took me to a hidden camp deep in the mountains, where Mom was also staying.As soon as I stepped inside the tent, I saw Mom wiping away tears, sitting on a fur mat.Next to her stood an older werewolf in silver-patterned armor, his face contorted with anger as he struck the ground hard with his stone staff.Hector and I exchanged a look, then hurried inside."Mom," I said."Mr. Lucas Reynard," Hector greeted the old werewolf respectfully.Mom went pale the moment she saw me, soaked and covered in ice. "What happened to you?"As I didn't want to tell her the truth, I held her hand to comfort her. "I'm fine, really. I just slipped crossing the river and ended up drenched."Hector glanced at me but didn't expose my lie. Instead, he turned to Lucas and asked quietly, "Mr. Reynard, why are you here?"Lucas shot him a glare. "You've got a lot of nerve asking me that! The Silvermoon pack's allies are suffering in the Black Wolf p

After we left the tribunal, Lucas clicked his tongue with a touch of wistfulness."Well, I guess I wasn't really needed this time. You young folks sure are something. One minute you're swearing lifelong loyalty, the next you're tearing each other apart."In the end, you just sort it all out on your own. I suppose that's what happens when life has been too easy for too long."Mom and I looked at each other and smiled through tears. At last, Rex's name had been cleared.Word spread quickly throughout the Black Wolf pack.Soon, many of those who had once joined in to accuse us quietly sent messages to apologize.They said Rex was a true warrior. He saved that Omega from being torn apart and shielded her from harm.Some of Rex's old friends even stood up for him, insisting he was an honest, passionate werewolf who always shared the best cuts of meat with the weaker members when they hunted.Ella's family couldn't go around in the Black Wolf pack anymore. Wherever they went, people