LUKA’S POV “Draenei,” I repeated the name over and over again. I know I’ve heard that name somewhere but I just can’t wrap my head around where I’d heard it before. I’d given Baba and my Gamma the assignment to keep interrogating Harry and see if he’ll say anything else but under no circumstances should he be released from jail. I want to see if the person who sent him on this job would care enough to penetrate into my pack and rescue the kid. I’ll be ready if that did happen. “Any finding?” I asked Baba as he walked into the office. “Nothing,” He shook his head. “You?” “He’s not an Alpha. I’d called the filament of questioning to demand if any Alpha, old or new goes by that name and not even one person turned up,” Baba took a seat. “That’s unusual. If he’s not an Alpha, then maybe he’s a Vampire or even a rogue. Didn’t the elders say if his name sounded familiar?” I shook my head while I furrowed my eyebrow. Even though I didn’t think about it before but now that Baba mentione
CRYSTINA’S POVThe full moon was the talk of the town. Almost everyone in the pack talked about it at every opportunity they could get. It rarely happened these days, the last time they witnessed a full moon was two years ago. From stories that I heard as a child, the full moon does happen once in a month or once in two months but these days, climate change has also affected it and the wolf’s full moon became a once in two years occurrence. Even the students were released from school to return home early as it was possible for some of the wolves to go rabid or mateless wolves to attack each other and nobody wants their kids to witness that. “How bad is it?” I asked Paige. She and Samer have also been talking about it. We were on our way out of the school premises because we had to ensure all students had left before we did. “Really bad. Some wolves go rabid, and newly marked mates also jump each other. It’s going to be a long crazy night. I guess I’ll have to lock myself in my room
LUKA’S POV “How do you feel?” I asked Crystina as I placed my lips on her temple and caress her face. My palm was large enough to hold her small face. I smiled at her and she smiled back. It was morning already, the moment I’d dreaded the most and I hope she doesn’t hate me for what happened last night. Last night, after I realized she was already asleep in the kitchen, I picked her up to bed so she could sleep better while I went out of the room. I was on the balcony when the full moon appeared in the sky and the first thing I felt was a sudden cold air against my skin before a tingling sound resonated in my ear. My entire body was as if it was on fire and I closed my eyes to control my mind. The first thing that appeared to me was my mate, Crystina and at the thoughts of her, I stood up from the balcony to check on her. She was still sleeping soundly and that brought a smile to my face despite the fact that I was dying inside. At least,
CRYSTINA’S POV Luka hadn’t said a word to me since the day after the full moon. It has been awkward and unusual to be in the same space as him and not argue or talk with him. He would come home late at night after I’m asleep and leave very early in the morning before I woke up. I know he was angry about what happened but it was all a misunderstanding. Yes, he was right that I was disappointed about marking him. I’d never planned on laying claim on Luka in the heat of the moment like that. All my life, I’ve thought about marking my mate after I heard female wolves could mark their mates as well. I’d always thought of laying my claim on someone that I love but with Luka, that thought never occurred to me. It was never in my plan to mark Luka because I don’t love him. That marking was the only thing that I had left after everything was taken away from me. It was the disappointment that made me cry and not the fact that it was Luka that got my mark. Today, I plan on waiting for him t
CRYSTINA’S POV After Nico’s wedding, I and Luka went back to ignoring each other again. I wasn’t ready to talk to him because I didn’t believe he could do that to me. He told me himself not to talk to Nico and now, he took me to his wedding, for what exactly? What was he trying to prove? Was he testing me or trying to see what my reaction would be to seeing Nico getting engaged?Nico is my best friend and of course, my first love, I wouldn’t deny that but after seeing him at his mating ceremony I didn’t feel sad about anything. In fact, my feelings were indifferent and I was happy for him. A tiny part of me wished that was me standing beside Nico but as long as this universe exists, I don’t think that was possible anymore.That part of me that wanted to be together with Nico was somehow dead and I can’t deny the fact I was a little pained about this. My eyes met that of Luka more than once during the ceremony and he had that smirk plastered on his face. It’s been four days since the
CRYSTINA’S POV Luka had an evil smirk plastered on his face as I walked into the house. I don’t know why or what was going on but I watched that smirk slip off his face as I moved closer to him. His jaw clenched and I could see the veins running through his neck. He was angry about something but I was too pissed to care about that. “Why didn’t you tell me about Paige’s family?” I asked calmly. I knew attacking him instantly like that wasn’t smart but I couldn’t think twice about approaching the matter in another way. “She’s your best friend, isn’t she? You care more about her so why should I be the one to tell you about what happened to her.” He spat. He turned away from me. I watched his back as he walked into the bedroom. “She didn’t tell me anything and you made me a fool out there the same way you did at Nico’s wedding. Why didn’t you tell me he was the one getting married?”“As I said earlier, they’re your best friends, I’m nobody to you,” “That doesn’t explain why you did t
LUKA’S POV I wasn’t expecting that reaction from Crystina. I knew we had a heated argument before I came downstairs but I didn’t expect her to gag because Luna Ruth wanted to shake her hand. So, instead of waiting, I quickly apologized to Mellissa’s mom and ran after Crystina. She covered her mouth with a hand while trying to force the toilet door in my office open. Quickly, I intervened and opened the door for her. She ran into the bathroom and that was when I realized she didn’t fake it, she actually felt nauseous for real. I bent down and held her hair for her so it won’t get messed up. I ran my hand through her back, calming her down, and said some soothing words till she stopped. “Are you okay?” I asked her once she was done. She shook her head and opened her eyes slightly. “I feel a little bit dizzy,” I kissed her hair as we both sat on the floor of my office. I was holding her in my hands and I could feel her lukewarm temperature. “You’ll be fine, I promise. Do you want m
CRYSTINA’S POVIt’s been three days since I found out I was pregnant and things haven’t been the same for me. I couldn’t stop thinking about how I’d lost every bit of freedom that was left for me. This pregnancy is an end game for me. If I have this child, I wouldn’t be able to do anything for myself anymore. I’ll have to stay beside Luka for the rest of my life. I’ll have to be his trophy woman for as long as I live. This wasn’t what I wanted. This wasn’t the way I planned it and I’m so stupid for giving in several times to Luka without thinking of what the effect would be. I keep turning and tossing through the night, finding it difficult to sleep. I could hear Luka’s heavy breathing and footsteps at an interval and I knew he wasn’t sleeping as well. He was probably busy with work. By morning, I’d browsed the ten thousand ways to get rid of a child. The safest was going back to the hospital but I doubt if they would perform the procedure without telling Luka about it. I wish I wa