The moment Irene said that, Amelia almost yelled. “What are you talking about?! How could that be possible?!”Irene took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, then went to the shelf to fetch the wine. She found the bottle of whiskey she liked, then poured some into the glass. After taking a few sips of it, she got some energy back. She then turned and looked at Amelia.“Your father, James, was the college roommate of Jackson. They used to be very close, but gradually drifted apart after they each got their own families. 12 years ago, after hearing what happened to the Green Lake, your father drove to the Misty Forest to pay condolences to his old friend. On his way back, he ran into a wounded kid in the gas station who tried to steal food from his car. He caught that kid and found he was a wolf. And most importantly, that kid was wearing Jackson’s watch.”Amelia asked. “That kid, is he Ian?” It’s difficult to find the right word for her current feelings. Irene nodded her head. “Ye
Warning: This chapter contains disturbing violent content. If you would rather not read that, please skip from the first bolded line to the second. It won’t affect the plot.The moment Adam said that, Amelia froze on the spot. She stared at Adam as if he was some kind of death omen.Adam, though, continued without any explanation.He said, “The story went back to 12 years ago, when an extremely brutal tragedy fell upon the forest where the little wolf lived. All the other wolves in that forest were killed in that disaster, except for our little hero. He managed to escape and survive like those badass male leads in legends, and then he was adopted by a kind-hearted Alpha who had a very, very beautiful daughter. Her name was Amy.”Amelia clutched her fists.Adam went on, “The wolf should be thrilled and grateful after being adopted by such a warm-hearted Alpha who treated him as his own son, but he didn’t. Instead, he felt terrified and restless day and night. He knew he only got adopte
Right after Adam asked that question, Amelia turned and ran. She didn’t run back to the house to find her mate. She didn’t run to the forest to arrange wars with her packmates either. Instead, she ran to the bar in the middle of the little town. She pushed open the door, walked directly through the noisy crowds, and then found Jeff at the corner booth with two young girls in his arms.Seeing Amelia walking toward him, Jeff lifted his brows with a confused tone. “What are you doing—Hei!”Amelia had already caught him by his throat. She lifted him up from the booth, smashing him onto the wall, and growled, “Where the hell is Ian?!”Jeff was frightened by her, and so did the crowds. No one had expected a slender girl like her to be so strong and ferocious.They all stopped what they were doing, looking at this bizarre scene in surprise.Amelia didn’t let their amazed stares stop her. “Tell me where the hell he is?!” She tightened her grip, eyes erupting fire. Jeff found no strength o
Darren didn’t get much sleep.His eyes were closed. His consciousness was clear. But his mind didn’t belong to himself, and he couldn’t control his motions.In the middle of the scorching fire at night, he stumbled and cried. He called for his father, his mother, and his little sister, but none of them responded to him.And his eye, the wounded one, was in gut-wrenching pain.He got blood on both his hands and his sight was blurry.“Mom! Dad! Emily!” he cried, staggering towards the packhouse, “what’s happening here?”An arrow shot directly at him from the front, someone took it for him and fell. Darren couldn’t see who it was, but he knew it was one of his packmates, one of his father’s warriors he liked to hang out with.“Barry? Is that you?” he asked, “Derick? Orson?!”No one answered him. Whoever it was, it had already died.Desperate cries and angry curses filled his ears. He saw a shadow running towards him, shouting, “What are you doing here?! Run and hide!!” It sounded like
Amelia told Darren everything she knew about Adam, from how he showed up in her bakery shop out of the blue to how he suddenly exposed himself last night. She hid herself in between Darren’s arms, hugging him tight, fearing to be left alone.Darren listened patiently all the time. Hearing how Adam kissed her hand in the bakery shop and how he asked her to pick out rings together, the vein on Darren’s forehead twitched, but he managed to stay calm.“It’s alright, baby. Not a big deal. We can fix it together,” he cooed to her gently, stroking her hair.Amelia was still worried. Her voice was tinged with tears, “But how? He is an original and… scary.”Darren slid his index finger to her chin, coaxing her to look at him, “I want you to come up with the solution, baby. You are smart enough and strong enough. I want you to solve the problem on your own.”Amelia was startled, as well as nervous. She couldn’t understand why Darren asked her to do that, “But I can’t,” she replied with a blank
Following Adam deep into the forest was out of plan. Still, Amelia decided to take the risk. She wanted to get more information about her mate, and the forest is a much better place for wolves to take action. She followed Adam dived into the thick bosk, then found an indistinct little path underneath those huge tall trees. Wild weeds had covered most of it. Before they went deeper, Adam stopped a few times, looking around to identify the direction. Amelia noticed something. “It’s the first time you are here,” she stopped, speaking to his back angrily. “Are you fooling me? If you were, I swear, Adam, I would never believe another word from you.”“That hurts,” Adam stopped too. He turned around, smiling, and explained to her, “I am not fooling you, Amy. I guarantee. I have never been in the forest before because I hate bugs and…bees, but I saw that place in that bastard’s memories. I know it’s somewhere nearby, trust me.”Amelia bit her bottom lip, then compromised, “Fine,” she said.
“What a shame, little Amy. You are supposed to be much smarter than this.”Right after he said that, Amelia changed her shocked facial expression to a cunning one.Her eyes became sharp and her lips curled up. She then raised her other hand to the front of Adam’s eyes. “Am I?”She whispered as she slowly opened her fist to show him what was in her palm. The next moment, Adam saw a huge black tarantula moving its mouth right under his nose. He shouted with a contorted face and jumped back. At the same time, a grey shadow dashed out of the bush from Amelia’s back. It tackled the vampire on the ground with its sharp claw on his neck. “Who is the loser now, vamp?” The wolf growled, baring its teeth.Amelia clapped her hands behind them. She almost jumped, feeling so excited about catching the vampire, “You are afraid of spiders! I knew it! You once had your car towed just because you saw a spider run under your driver's seat!”Adam felt so angry. He was able to escape even if Darren wa
After leaving the forest, Amelia followed Darren back to the packhouse of Green Lake.The electric power had already been fixed by one of Darren’s warriors. When they walked into the cluster of warm lights in the middle of the dark night, everything around them looked cozy and homely.The house was still full of dust, empty with nobody in it, but with Darren together, Amelia just felt she was back in her long-lost home.Darren held her hand the whole way, taking her to the fourth floor. There was the pack’s Alpha and Luna’s bedroom first, and then his young sister Emily’s, and then his.“Em was already six years old by then, but she was still afraid of sleeping alone. Every night, I must stay here beside her bed, reading stories to her, keeping her accompanied until she falls asleep, or else, she will cry.”He sat on the tiny bed, looking at the dusty little bunny in his hands.“Sometimes I got tired, so I pretended to fall asleep before her. She would run to my room with her bunny an