GwenThe last thing I remembered was seeing Babosa leave and Josh standing there. His betrayal still echoed in my mind. The fabric in my mouth muffled my scream. Terror eating me whole as the Spiders clambered over me. After that affliction. I thought I had died. I hadn't known I was alive or had shifted until a voice drew me and pulled me back from the dark place I was looming.That voice was one I could recognize anywhere. Jasper. How did he find me? Before I could think, I had lunged at him, pinning him down. I had no idea how to control my wolf instincts. I screamed in my head. Stop! And thankfully, my wolf did. Leo was so happy. For a moment I had forgotten about Babosa, Josh and all that happened. I couldn't help but embrace Leo, licking his face and fondling him. They had found me. I marveled at how they did. ****After Leo left to get me clothes. Jasper said we needed to go out of the woods. I was dancing in his oversized hoodie and now with no shoes on. I sure looked like
JasperGwen stepped back from the woman who looked a lot like her. Same skin tone, the same facial structure, and long hair. "Get away from me!" she yelled. A yelp escapes the woman's lips. "That's no way to talk to your mother.""You're not my mother!""Stop it, Gwen. She's your mother. She's here to take you with her." Mrs. Esmeralda confirmed. Gwen looked confused. She was on the verge of tears. "How could she be my mother? She abandoned me!""Is that what they told you? That I abandoned you!"The argument had begun to sear up. I, Leo, Lionel, and Mr Nate Blackthorn stood watching how this was unfolding. I can't get my head around how Gwen's real mother is one of these men. She mentioned earlier that Josh gave her up to the ferals because the ferals wanted to get back at her mother. Shortly after, my father walked into the house, and behind him was his Beta. There was something big going on here today. It's obvious. It was killing me that I was being kept in suspense. "Zara!"
GwenToday happens to be the best and saddest day of my life. I discovered I could finally shift and I got to find out who my real mother is and that my life is filled with a lot of secrets. Leo's mother had been Zara's eyes and ears. Zara did it so well that she made someone else from another pack spy on me and then made the woman's son my best friend. How much more manipulative can this get? How many things in my life can I even consider as real? Just like my mate bond with Jasper. I've been living a life of lies. Even Josh's friendship wasn't real. He had a motive for coming to me. It seemed everyone had a reason for being in my life. But does Zara think she can come into my life when she likes? How can she be alive all these years and never come to see me even for once?"You're the Mavericks, huh? Those who gave my daughter to the ferals," Zara said with so much rage. It was impressive that her men went after Josh and his family and found them in time. I wondered how she got h
Gwen"Stop…" my voice trailed off as I tried to catch my breath. I rush towards Leo. "Stop yelling, please. Someone might hear you.""Is that what you care about? That someone might hear me!" He angrily walked to the cabinets, dragged it, and pulled out the paper I had hidden there. He raised it. The written arrangements of how my fake mate bond with Jasper was going to be and the terms and conditions stared at me. I closed my eyes from shame realising Leo had read all of it. "Please, Leo. Stop yelling." "I don't care. Leave me alone!" Leo blurted, stepping away from me and throwing the paper on the floor. "You lied to me.""I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you but—""But you didn't trust me enough to tell me, right."My eyes were warm with tears. "No, don't say that. It's not true." "Of course, you didn't trust me! Ever since you started hanging out with Jasper. I don't understand you anymore. So this was what you two were up to?" "I'm sorry Leo," I whispered. I felt ashamed to even l
JasperZara passed her judgment. She wants Josh and his family killed for their crime. They didn't come back to our colony because they wanted to live here again but because Babosa sent them."Zara, I don't think this is the best way out. You can't condemn them to death." Father advised. "Little Ethan might not even be aware of this. Josh and his parents should be punished but not killed.""You don't want them killed. Is it because Gwen isn't your child? What would you do if you were in my shoes? The Roderick I knew many years ago would make the world burn.""That's not me anymore.""I see." She eyed father. "Knights get hold of them!"Her men had surrounded Josh and his family. "Leave them to us." A loud voice draws everyone's attention. Alpha Howl Nightshade and the other two Alphas had arrived. "This is our territory. We would be glad if you hand them over to us."Zara turned to my father. "You called your friends to stop me, huh?""The pack community will not take it lightly that
GwenHis growl frightened me and I had to immediately step away from him. For a moment, I thought he was about to pounce on me. He was fast to pull me towards him and shut the door close. I wanted to tell him how I was feeling, that we need to stop this now before it gets out of hand. I had no idea how we were going to do that.I just wanted to suggest it to him but before I could, he had suspected what I wanted to say and he snapped. His hands grabbed my arms holding me in place. "Listen to me real good," he blurted. "You'll never bring something like that up again. You hear me! Four months is Four months. That's the agreement you signed."I trembled under his gaze. Jasper was being aggressive. "But…I mean it's not safe for us to continue like this." "And who said it isn't safe?" he asked. "You're only devastated because your best friend found us out. Why are you bothered about it being safe or not safe to continue? Didn't you say you trust him enough to keep shut?""I do trust him
Jasper "Please, Jasper." She looked up at me. "When we go down there, don't mention to them that I've shifted yet.""Why?" I asked. "I want my head cleared first," she said. There's so much I need to think of right now. I was looking forward to surprising my parents with the news. But with the Silverblade knights here and what happened with Leo— "She shook her head vigorously, implying she didn't want to tell anyone yet. "Okay if that's what you want," I said. We were cool now and she had relaxed too. I also wasn't upset anymore. "Hurry along. I'll wait here."Even if ending our agreement was easy, I wasn't going to make it easy for her to opt-out. Thank the stars it was as complicated as this. We were going to take it to the end. My pride was tied to this and another reason I wouldn't like to admit openly was because my wolf was beginning to like Gwen around. Gwen washed her face as I had instructed her to. She looked so much better. Zara was about to wipe out Josh and his famil
Jasper I refrained from asking my father any questions on our way back home. I wanted him to ease off but it seemed he wasn't going to ease off anytime soon. Zara has done him badly with the way he looked. "Honey, how did it go? Where are the Silverblade Knights?" Mother asked, hugging my father. "They're gone," Father said. "Already? Was Gwen found?""Yeah. Jasper and that kid named Leo found her in the woods.""You don't look alright. Did everything go well? Did she get to see Gwen?"When my mother said 'she', I knew she was referring to Zara. My father rubbed his hair with his hands. "She met her. Zara's as stubborn as she was in the past. She hasn't changed and it turns out she's been the leader of the Silverblade Knights. Although she just retired.""Their leader! Are you okay?" Mother asked, looking worried. I was inclined to ask questions that had been eating me up, so I seized the opportunity. "Why is there so much tension between you two?" I asked. "You and Zara. Every