What is going on? Chapter 7 Ace's POV When I found out that my brother had finally found his better half, his mate whom he had always longed for, I was elated, and extremely overjoyed. My happiness knew no bounds. As the Alpha's close subject, I knew how much he wanted a mate that would rule along with him, a mate who will take care of his kingdom with him and make it prosper. That is what a confidant and a loyal subject would think, but as the Alpha's brother, I knew better. Kai didn't just want any mate. To some werewolves, mates were just people they had to live the rest of their lives with because the moon goddess said so. They had to live with their mate because it was what the moon goddess wanted and their fate since birth. Even if they didn't want or like their mate, they just had to compromise. Most people think when two mated people meet, they instantly feel the connection, the love, and the mate bond, but some mates are not like that. They just have to bear with living wi
Light in darkness Chapter 8 Alexa's POV I still wonder how my trembling legs managed to support and carry me out of the Alpha's chambers. If Ace had not come in, I wonder if I would still be able to leave the Alpha's chamber in one piece or unscathed. He looked extremely frightening. How did he change so much? The same eyes that had looked at me with adoration, passion, and want now looked at me like I was the most disgusting being ever. His eyes were ablaze with fury, his voice filled with resentment, disappointment, and anger. His words cut deep into my soul like I am being stabbed again and again with a dagger. I had always heard how brutal, cold, and feared he was as an Alpha and I just witnessed it, he is the perfect description of a handsome face and a stone-cold heart. I walked with no sense of direction as I used my hands to scale the wall for support. He does not recognize me as his mate. He does not want me as his mate. But then, it's not my fault that I don't have a wol
Chapter 10Alexa's POVWhat the hell was I thinking? I had just wanted him to stop calling me sister-in-law all the time, since in the true sense I am not his sister-in-law, his brother didn't acknowledge or want me, so what is the use? I didn't mean to cut him off and sound so..... rude? arrogant?, ungrateful? He looked at me with a surprised look on his face. “I'm sorry, I thought since you are married to my elder brother, I should address you with respect, hence me always calling you sister-in-law,” he explains meekly.“You don't have to always call me sister-in-law to show respect, call me by my name, after all, you are older than me,” I mutter.“You are right, I didn't know it made you uncomfortable, my apologies. But are you sure this has nothing to do with the fight you had with my brother?” he asks, staring at me intently.Just the mention of the Alpha made me scared and brought back the anguish and fear I felt before. I swallowed nothing in particular as I tried to calm myse
Chapter 11Alpha Kai's POVAfter Ace left, the guard allowed the important members of the pack in. I appointed three of them to deal with some matters regarding the pack and outside the pack, since Ace already has so much work to do and I as the Alpha, can't possibly handle everything on my own.“Alpha,” they all greet and bow in respect.I respond to their greeting and lead them toward another room where my office is. I sat behind my huge mahogany desk as they all sat in front of me. “What do you have for me?” I command in my authoritative voice.“Some men we've identified as part of the green land pack attacked the southern territory and ransacked the warehouses there. Our guards tried to stop them, but members of the green land pack were more in numbers, and they came completely prepared, we lost all the goods and supplies there and a total of ten guards were lost, the rest injured,” one of the men explained.“What!,” I shouted feeling livid as my fist met with the desk causing a l
Chapter 12Ace's POV“W…what?” I asked stunned.“Exactly what you heard,” he replies, sipping his whiskey, which he had just served himself.“What do you mean by she does not have a wolf? Is she human?” I ask because that is the only reasonable explanation right now.“She's not human, she's a werewolf who's wolfless,” he says.I took a seat in front of him, trying to absorb the information I just heard. “Is that even possible? How can there be a werewolf who doesn't have a wolf, I mean a wolf is what makes a person a werewolf, right?” I asked baffled.“Well, you just met someone who doesn't have a wolf, your innocent sister-in-law Lexa, so it's very possible,” he mutters sarcastically.“Is that why you've refused to accept her, and you are treating her badly?” I ask.“Should there be a bigger reason than this? She lied to me, she knew about her state all this while, yet she deceived me into performing the mating ceremony, should I be buying her flowers every day and worshiping her aft
Chapter 13Alexa's POV“Why did you lie to me?” That one question drained all the blood on my face. My heart is beating so fast that I can hear it. Which lie? Is it the one about my parents? Or did he find out about my wolfless state?Ace had helped me after the Alpha mercilessly slapped me. He brought me to the doctor's place and even treated my wounds. Did his brother tell him? Does he hate me now too? I looked into his blue eyes that were filled with questions, I couldn't bare to keep looking at him, so I stared at my fiddling fingers instead. He's going to leave me too, after all, who would want to stay with a burden like me? I will be all alone again.“I…I'm so sorry I lied, I didn't know how to tell you or if it was my place to say anything, I do apologize for deceiving you, I don't even know what to say or how to make you forg...,” I don't even know when I start crying, my swollen cheeks adding to the pain I'm currently feeling. I suddenly see him sit in front of me, “Lexa, I
Chapter 14Alexa's POVFriends? Does he want to be friends with me? But why? I thought he had only been nice to me out of pity. Why is he suggesting friendship all of a sudden? Is this a trap? Is he going to make me like and depend on him, only to leave me hanging in the end? I have trust issues now, you can't blame me, not after all that has happened to me. Good looks won't fool me this time. I have learned my lesson the hard way. I peer into his eyes, trying to find out if he has any other ulterior motive.“Lexa? What are you thinking about?” he asks me, still smiling.“Why do you want to be friends with me?” I questioned him curiously.“Should there be a reason?” he asks meekly, brushing some strands of hair that have fallen on his face away, looking all cute.Nice try, but I won't fall for that easily.I nod my head vigorously, “There should be a reason, you've been very nice and accommodating since you met me,”. He was nice to me even before finding out I was wolfless, so it woul
Chapter 15Alpha Kai's POVI sit in my office staring at the door Ace just walked out off. He actually dared to walk out on me. Ace has never raised his voice at me before, ever, in his life. I picked out the shards of glass on my skin without flinching, blood pooled on my table, but I didn't care. I didn't feel the pain, since it will heal soon enough.Ace and I had an argument all because of that bitch. Why would he take her side? He should agree with me, taking my side like he always had. Only me! I'm his brother. He even walked out on me. I can't believe this. This is all that girl's fault. She's the reason we argued, she's going to pay for this. I will punish her so badly that she would wish she was never born. Here I was thinking I'd finally found my fated mate, what a joke! The moon goddess must be having the time of her life, laughing at my expense.“Kai!” Ralph, my wolf, growls.“What?” I reply dejectedly.“Why is our mate so weak? She passed out after we marked her yesterda