*****Author's POV*****
"Aww man! I can't believe I lost to you again!" Zayden groaned as he tossed the spear in his hand to the floor. He collapsed on to the field grass as he shut his eyes to shield it from the sun.The sweat trickling down his forehead gave him an alluring look as he breathed out heavily."That's cause you've been so distracted ever since we began," Eric, Zayn and Zayden's Beta said as he sat beside the sulking Zayden.Zayden had never lost to Eric ever before, but today seemed exceptional as Zayden kept missing his targets and ends up getting hit by Eric.At first, Eric thought maybe he was becoming stronger, but then he noticed the look that continuously flashed in Zayden's eyes each time they began another round of fighting.He immediately knew Zayden was distracted or else, his ass would have been kicked."What are you thinking about?" Eric asked him as he drank water straight from the water bottle.Zayden stayed quiet for a while, just staring at the clear blue sky as the image of Elvira flashed in his mind.That woman had hunted his sleep and he couldn't even function till this morning. He decided to come duel with Eric and see if she would finally get off his mind.But it seemed her face was already engraved in his mind.When Eric got no reply, he slowly nugded Zayden and asked again, "Man, you're lost again. What the fuck is going on?"Zayden sighed and turned his head slightly to look at Eric."Eric, we found our mate," he said in more like a whisper and shut his eyes afterwards.Eric stayed still for a while and then his eyes went wide."You both what?!" He yelled in excitement and Zayden growled, "keep it down will you?""Hell no! This is great news, why should I keep it down?!" Eric asked again and tried to stand to his feet, but Zayden pulled him down instantly and rolled over to lay on his stomach.His eyes darkened as he glared at Eric."It's our mate we found, not yours," Zayden deadpanned."Ouch, you don't have to remind me of my single life man!""It's not about your single life, Eric" he said and ran a hand through his long black hair, "it's just that we can't accept her" he finished.Eric raised a brow at Zayden's words, "And why is that?" He asked surprised. The twins had waited for their mate for so long.Now when they finally met her, he says they wouldn't accept her?"She... I don't know how to say this to you, but She is classless, unattractive and not sexy at all. She is just too thin and weak," Zayden explained with a sigh at the end.Eric just stared at Zayden like he had grown an extra head.Just what nonsense has this man said just now?Their mate is classless, unattractive and not sexy?Who cares about those?!"You guys must be joking!" Eric yelled in surprise, "sexy? Who cares about that?! Classless?! The fuck?!" Eric was slowly losing it this time as he glared at the handsome creature of the night before him."I and Zayn cares, okay? We care! I mean you should have seen her!" Zayden snapped as he sat up immediately.A certain image was begining to plung his mind again and he wasn't liking it one bit.Eric gaped at the shameless man before him.How could they even say such despicable thing about their mates?Wasn't this what the waited their whole life for?Zayden stood up to his feet as he dusted off the few grasses left on his pants.He turned to look at Eric who still watched him in shock."You ain't getting up?" He asked, a smirk playing on his lips.Eric snapped back to reality and jerked up instantly.He glared at Zayden and dusted his body as well."You and your brother are psychos," he muttered and picked up the water bottle.Zayden chuckled and made his way into the mansion, only for them to come across Zayn being scolded by Erika.Zayden paused in his tracks as he stood there, listening to Erika yell at Zayn with tears in her eyes.Eric also stopped as he watched them.Firstly, Erika was crying nonstop and yelling, something one would never see her do.Zayden unable to bear it, ran directly to her."Erika, what's with you? Why are you crying?" He asked confused as he held her shaking shoulders.Panic was begining to set in as he watched her face."It's mum" she croaked out, her eyes glistening with tears."What happened to her?!" This time, Zayden couldn't keep calm like Zayn."Mum....mum was..""Say something!""Mum was poisoned at a restaurant this afternoon and it was Zayn who took her there." Erika finished and Zayden froze.Eric also had his eyes widened on hearing that.Zayn was sitting on the couch with his head lowered as he tried to hold his emotions together.Zayden's head snapped to him and he suddenly dashed towards Zayn."Zayn! What the fuck is Erika unto?!" Zayden roared, but Zayn kept still as he fought with the feelings swirling inside him.Zayden unable to bear it suddenly pulled Zayn by his shirt collar and pulled him up to his feet, not minding if this was his elder twin brother."What the fuck happened to mum?!" He barked again.Zayn looked into Zayden's gray orbs and bit his lower lip in frustration.Zayden looked into his eyes expectantly as he waited for the answer to his question.Their mother was everything to them after the death of their father.So anyone messing with their mother was likely messing with them.Erika also walked forward and shook Zayn's arm slightlt as she begged, "Zayn tell us who did that to mum?!"After staying quiet for a while, Zayn looked Zayden dead in the eye and finally said the words."Mum was poisoned at the star restaurant by one of the employees"Zayden's hand shook slightly, but he still didn't let Zayn go."And who is responsible?" Zayden asked impatiently.Zayn hesitated and finally breathed out, "The woman from the party, Our mate"Zayden, Erika and Eric froze in shock.*****Author's POV*****Zayden starggard as those words rang in his ears.Mates?The same pretty lady from the party tried to kill their mother?Zayn's face was frozen over as he stared at Zayden's shocked ones. This had been his exact reaction when Elvira was pulled out from the kitchen as the one who served his mother when she arrived at the restaurant.The shock on both Elvira and Zayn's faces was palpable.Elvira had tears in her eyes as she just stared at Zayn at that time.Because of the stupid mate bond, Zayn couldn't do anything to her and felt pity instead.He directly took his mother to the pack's infirmary, then headed home afterwards.He just couldn't do anything to her because of the mate pull.Zayden finally snapped out from his dazed state and directly looked into Zayn's eyes."Are you sure of what you're saying? That woman tried to kill our mother?" He asked, his deep voice becoming extremely low and terrifying.Zayn nodded slightly and the atmosphere became suffocating
*****Elvira's POV*****"Elvira? You?" I saw the look of surprise flash in Erika's eyes as she pointed her index finger at me.I gulped down the lump that formed in my throat, my hands trembling at these sudden problems.What happened for goodness sake?! I was happily working this morning when the boss said there was an order at table 16. I arranged the order and placed it aside to get a package from the back door. I returned to find nothing strange around the meal, waving at the others as I carried the tray off the counter, I made my way into the Vip center to serve table 16.The lady at table 16 was nice and beautiful. She spoke politely to me with a gentle smile as I served her, but never once did she show any sign of discomfort. So I was extremely confused when she suddenly began to cough hard, even to the extent of passing out.Now, I'm being interrogated like some criminal. I already explained the entire thing to the pack's police and Daphne.Daphne understood and believed me, b
*****Elvira's POV***** I was dragged away from the restaurant and stuffed into Zayden's car as requested by him, then the car sped off from the premises.Daphne was yelling out to them—Zayden, Zayn and Erika as they drove off, leaving behind dust in their trail.I sat silently beside Erika as the silent twin drove straight towards the Moon forest Den estate.In no time, the silent twin drove into the estate and directly to the packhouse. The entire place had a beautiful and sophisticated appearance, with beautiful flowers and a huge fountain at the center of the compound.But I wasn't given the time to admire the entire place because I was immediately pulled out of the car the moment it came to a halt at the entrance."El, you have to stay calm, okay?" Dahlia suddenly said to me and I hummed in reply. She said nothing more as I was led into the huge pack mansion, fear settling at the pit of my stomach when I was pulled to the direction of what seemed to be a dungeon.My feet trembled
*****Author's POV*****The door to Alpha Archie's office was pushed open and in walked Jaxon with a grin. Archie lifted his eyes lazily to look at him and just snorted."What do you want?" He asked lazily as he took a sip of a substance in his cup.Jaxon strolled over to a seat that was opposite Archie's and sat down."I heard the orphanage construction would be finished in three days," Jaxon announced excitedly.Archie gave a slight nod of confirmation, "Yes, we'll begin the renovation for the hospital soon," he added and Jaxon beamed excitedly.The pack's hospital was the fourth biggest in the entire city and the first three biggest were the ones owned by the Moonforest Den pack; the Lycans pack.The last renovation for the Shadowed Moon Pack's hospital had been 10 years after the previous Alpha, Alpha Leopold, Father to Archie, died.Though the pack's hospital wasn't looking in the least bad when it came to luxury and exquisite equipment, it still needed a few changes and that was
*****Author's POV*****Archie dashed towards the direction of his Luna's room, his heart racing at the thought of any harm befalling his wife and unborn child. Getting to her room, he found her lying on the floor in her room as more than four maids couldn't stop calling out to her.Archie pushed everyone aside and knelt by her side to lift her off the ground."Get the car ready!" He yelled as he dashed out of the room with her in his arms.Archie ran to the car desperately and carefully placed his Luna at the back seat. He turned around and was surprised that Jaxon wasn't with them."Is that punk still in my office?" He muttered to himself in annoyance. "You," he pointed at one of the guards on duty by the corner, "Go upstairs to my office and tell Jaxon that if he doesn't get down here this instant, he would have me to_" He was cut short as Jaxon stepped out of the mansion."Will you quit threatening me!" Jaxon yelled with an eye roll as he walked to his car. Archie snorted and tri
*****Author's POV*****Violetta watched as Archie put his phone away into his pocket and a smile replacing the worried look he had on earlier.He moved even closer to the hospital bed, eyes shining with happiness and the worried feeling of helping Elvira vanished without a trace."Letty, are you alright?" Archie asked as he ran a hand through her soft brown hair. Violetta tried to sit up, but Archie didn't let her."Stay down for now, you're not so strong,"Violetta obeyed and stayed lying down. She smiled thinly at Archie before extending her hand to touch his face. "You look so worked up, love. Why?" She asked, her voice filled with sweetness as always.Archie smiled in return at her smooth soothing tone of voice. One that Elvira would never have."You fainted suddenly, that scared shit out of me for goodness sake!" Archie unknowingly sighed as he kept running a hand through her lush hair. Violetta's smile widened and she bit her lower lip seductively."My love, I'm fine. I only fel
*****Elvira's POV*****Days passed, or so I thought. It wasn't a surprise for me to think that I had been locked up here in the cell for days, when I hadn't even seen the outside world, hadn't heard from Daphne or anyone else and I hadn't even heard from Dahlia.I sighed as I heard the jingling sound of keys, I looked up to see two guards walking in, and I knew what they were here for.To take me to the interrogation room.Honestly, I was very surprised because I had expected the twins to mistreat me and force the truth out of me, though I was innocent. But they did nothing of such and I heard their mother was recovering quite well.The guards, as I expected, pulled me up and took me out of the cell.We soon got into the interrogation room and I saw the calm twin sitting on the table as usual.He had always been the one to come and ask the questions which I continuously have one answer to.I could differentiate them because of the eyebrow piercing Zayden had. Zayn was the opposite. El
*****Author's POV*****"Are you really going to do that?" Erika asked Zayn for the untenth time as they both walked into the meeting room where all the elders were gathered.Zayn hummed in reply, patiently putting up with his annoying sister. She finally kept quiet as they took their seats before the elders.The elders stood up from their seats to bow in respect and sat back down afterwards.Zayn looked at everyone before he cleared his throat."Lycan Elders, you must be wondering why I called you all here," he paused, then continued, "It's because of my mother's health issue. Unfortunately, we found the culprit to be me and my brother's mate, so we can't accept her. She tried to kill the Lycan queen, which I'm pretty sure y'all know the consequences?" Zayn asked and watched as they all nodded.Erika decided to speak up next, "Elders, my brothers can't accept someone who tried to kill our mother, who knows what she'll do if she eventually becomes your Luna,"Her words made sense and t