“I’m immune to silver.”Burke looked at her like Ciara had just made a bad joke.She shrugged. “I know that’s hard for you to believe. But that is the truth.”“How can you be immune to silver?”She turned her head, her view slightly obscured by a strand of her hair. “Sorry, but… I can’t tell you. I just want to talk about it with Scott.”“I assume Scott didn’t know about it yet.”Ciara nodded.“Are you planning to tell him this?” he asked again.Actually, she didn’t plan to say that. But since Burke already knew, and sooner or later Scott would too, she had no choice but to say it.“Yes.”“I hope you say it as soon as you meet him.”“Sure.”Burke was about to leave when Ciara stopped him.“Burke,” she called.Burke turned to her. “What?”“Don’t tell anyone about this,” she begged. “Please.”Burke stared at her expressionlessly, and Ciara didn’t think he would approve of it. But he said, “Sure,” in a casual tone and walked away.Ciara stayed where she was until everyone left the post.
Anxiety crept all over Ciara’s body when her steps brought her back to Alpha’s house for the second time. She had a feeling that whatever talk that was about to happen would definitely not be good for her. But she had no other choice but to obey the order, because she was an eyewitness to the terrible events on the territory’s border.Scott repeatedly calmed her down, but the words he said didn’t make her anxiety go away.“Ready?” Scott asked as they reached Hugh’s study door. Scott held the door handle and looked at her.Ciara raised her gaze to him. “I have no choice,” she muttered.Scott pursed his lips. “I know. Hang in there, okay?”She nodded, and he opened the door.Inside, Hugh, Gordon, and several other werewolves that Ciara had never seen were waiting for her and Scott.“When they said you were badly hurt, I thought they were kidding,” Gordon said. He stood up from the chair and greeted Scott, giving him a manly hug while gently patting him on the back.“I’m not badly hurt,”
Someone knocked on the door, and everyone’s attention was diverted. Ciara was discouraged from speaking. Scott walked to the door and opened it, then she heard Burke’s voice.“Sorry to interrupt your meeting,” Burke said. “But I want to report something important.”“Not now.” Gordon sounded annoyed. “You can come back later.”“Beta Gordon,” Hugh called out to Gordon in a tone of rebuke that was subtle, but enough to make Gordon realize he had no right to command members of the pack as long as Alpha was with him.Gordon shut his mouth, and Hugh stared at him for a moment before looking at Burke.“What is it, Burke?”“It’s about the rogues. And I bring you Bianca and Hayley.”“Why are you dragging Hayley into this? She has nothing to do with it!” Gordon widened his eyes and pointed at Burke, but Burke said nothing. It was Hugh who reacted to Gordon’s attitude.Hugh got up from the chair and growled at Gordon. “If you can’t shut your mouth, then I have to ask you to leave this room.”“Bu
Ciara and Scott returned home, mentally and physically exhausted. But they didn’t have much time to rest. Burke had scheduled each member of the patrol team to assemble later that evening, conduct briefings and increase the number of members on each sub-team. The main team also wanted to emphasize to each member not to run away when they encounter an enemy, even though they are at risk of facing death.“What a shame what Bianca did,” Scott muttered as they walked into the house.Ciara didn’t dare to comment on Scott’s statement because she was just an outsider. She didn’t want to pretend to be the wisest and most meritorious after what she did. What was on her mind right now was the question of what punishment Bianca would receive for neglecting her duties.“I’ll cook,” Scott said, walking into the kitchen.Hearing that made Ciara jump in front of him, stopping his steps. “Stop!” she screamed, stretching her arms to her sides.Scott arched an eyebrow as he looked at her. “Something’s
“Wh—what?”Ciara thought she heard wrong until Scott repeated his words. “I will break off my engagement with Hayley.”This was heartening news, at least for Ciara, but she didn’t know what response to give. Jumping for joy is certainly not one of them.“Why?” That’s the only thing she could ask after a few moments of awkward silence.Scott turned off the stove. “I know I don’t love her,” he muttered.“Then why are you engaged to her?”“Because I need her to become an Alpha.”She didn’t understand what he meant at all. “I don’t get it. Why her?”He stared at her, long enough to make her legs limp. “My father is about to step down as the Alpha and I should have taken his place. But he made a condition for me to have a partner, a Luna, and only then he would give me the Alpha position.”“That’s... that was shocking.”“Which one?”“That you’re engaged to Hayley, but not in love with her.”He chuckled. “Really? Then you’re the only one surprised at Silvercrest.”“What do you mean?”“Come
Scott hasn’t really thought about it. He hadn’t even considered the matter before. All he knew was that every time he saw Ciara, he wanted her. And he knew if he continued his relationship with Hayley, it would close the possibility of being with Ciara.So when Ciara asked Scott to stop caring about her, he had to decide. And he chose Ciara.He chose her over his position as the Alpha of Silvercrest.Scott was just as surprised as Ciara when he said from his own mouth that he would break off the engagement. But he had said it and he had no intention of taking it back.Now his steps led him to Alpha’s house. Hugh was in the study with Gordon. It seemed they were discussing what steps the elders should take to improve the security of the territory. Hugh and Gordon greeted Scott and told him to sit down, but Scott refused.“You seem to be in a hurry,” said Gordon. He glanced at the clock on the wall and asked, “Isn’t training starting in half an hour?”“Yes. But I really do not intend to
Ciara screamed as Hayley pulled her hair and nearly knocked her to the ground. But Ciara defended herself. She gripped Hayley’s hands and tried to get them out of her hair.“You bitch! You ruined my life!” Hayley screamed with all her might. “Hugh shouldn’t have let you fucking in Silvercrest! You should have fucking died at the hands of the rogues, so you wouldn’t ruin my life!”Someone hugged Ciara from behind and pulled her while someone else grabbed Hayley. The team members tried to separate them both. When Hayley’s hand slipped from Ciara’s hair, she raised her head and looked at Hayley. The hatred Hayley showed her gave Ciara chills.“Let me go!” Hayley screamed. “Get your hands off me! I’ll break her hands so she won’t dare to lay her fucking fingers on other people’s boyfriends anymore!”“Are you okay?”Ciara looked back and found Burke. He was the one who saved her from Hayley. Godrick was on the other side, holding back Hayley from lunging at Ciara again.Maila came and appr
A week passed after the attack by the rogues on the border. And nothing happened. Even after Scott gave her the smile in front of everyone and Ciara hoped something would happen between them, Scott did nothing to her.Instead, he acted like he didn’t want to be in the same room with her.Scott greeted Ciara every morning when they accidentally passed each other while leaving the room, or while in the kitchen. But after that, he would leave her and head first to the main base.Scott did look a lot happier than before he broke off his engagement to Hayley, but that was all that had changed in him. Other than that, there’s nothing else.What do you expect, Ciara? Ciara scolded herself, when one morning Scott finished eating breakfast at a speed that would make the Moon Goddess amazed, then left her with the excuse that he had to do morning training with the key team.Scott breaking off engagement with Hayley doesn’t mean he likes you. He could have done that purely because of his awarene