I tapped on the office door once, and without waiting for a response, I barged in. “What happens when the baby comes?” I crossed my arms tightly beneath my boobs and looked squarely into his eyes, ignoring the other two pairs of eyes that snapped up to look at me. “What?” Slade looked at me with bewilderment, his brows drawing together in confusion. “What happens when I get pregnant and the baby eventually comes? I deserve a right to be in my child’s life, don’t you think?” I didn’t think about if he was going to have full custody of the child until his statement last night and even though I’d not bargained having a child this early in life, it will be totally unfair to give up my baby and not be a part of their life. I don’t know the first thing about being a mother, in fact, the thought scares me, and I may suck at it, but I wasn’t going to keep giving him the idea that he could toss me about any way that he pleased. Naturally, I’m not someone that can easily be bent over, but ho

I wish I didn’t have to face Sapphire again, but there was no escaping her so long as I was in this pack. I flopped on the bench close to the pack house and gulped down half the contents of my bottle after a fifteen minutes run in the early hours of the morning, and Sapphire slumped into the same sit barely ten seconds later in her workout outfit.I have been exercising more lately and I only just realized how much I enjoyed the early morning jogs. It helps me reduce anxiety and stress from all the problems around me. I haven’t seen Daryl at all since that day and even though I hate him for what he did, I have become curious as to what happened to him. What if Slade had done something terrible to him? I still remember Daryl’s warnings and Slade’s threats.Daryl is the reason Slade may never trust me. I had read a bit about his pack after that day but there wasn’t so much to read. Dark Wolf detested Lakewood pack and more than half of their members were slaving away in the pack’s dunge

MARCEL“She’s a disgrace to this pack, Marcel. Can't you see it too? It’s bad enough that the future Alpha of Dark Wolf has to be birthed by some weak half-blood, but if Slade makes her Luna, we are headed for doom. This pack will fall to ruins and then the witch’s curse would have been fully manifested,” Sapphire’s baby blue eyes flashed back and forth as she paced the lengths of my living room, her fingers curled into fists.The highlight of her evenings since Aria’s arrival were her nagging and angry frets that I had to somehow condone because no other person would. We both wanted the same thing, but for different reasons.I was convinced Sapphire will make the perfect Luna for Dark Wolf because of the many years I’ve worked with her. I was comfortable around her, and hence she would be easier to work with when Slade is no more. My chest squeezed at the thought, my wolf didn’t agree with me on that, I can’t imagine working with anyone that isn’t Alpha Hayden Slade.We were born to

“You conspired with my mother to steal from me,” his expression was unreadable, his voice devoid of any emotion.“Yes. I-I mean No,” I swallowed. My heart raced, I clasped my hands behind my back so he wouldn’t see that they shook. It had all been Luna Evelyn’s idea, but I had to face his wrath on my own. I’d never stolen a thing in my life, but I’d been accused once and it took months for the scar I received after a thorough beating to heal. I was only in middle school then, and even when the item I was accused of stealing was retrieved from the real thief, I didn’t get any apologies or compensation from the teacher who had designed my back with strokes.I clutched the table behind me and leaned against it for support. Goosebumps started to climb up my skin when he looked me over, head to toe, as if deciding what punishment to bestow on me.I knew we spent too much, and got things that I may never wear, but Luna Evelyn wasn’t satisfied when we left the mall. In fact, she promised we

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. I knew better than to fall for Sapphire’s wide smile and her kind-hearted behaviour in the days that followed, but I played along. She joined me in my morning exercises, she sat with me at the dinner table and did a little chit-chat while we ate, she told me she was over Slade and apologized for upsetting me. She even went the extra mile of getting me a diamond-studded earring as a ‘make-up gift’The act was believable, but I’d learned not to trust or give people second chances early in life. It is for this same reason that Daryl’s words meant nothing after we met in Dark Wolf.“How is it that you are still sleeping by this time?” The door swung open and Sapphire strode in majestically with a wide grin on her face and her hands resting on her waist.I groaned. I hated that she could walk into Slade’s room like it was hers too. I’d been awake for some time, but too weak to stand up. I’d experienced a similar feeling the previous m