ALEXA. My grip on my seat tightened as the private plane descended from the air, and no matter how many times Pops assured me that we were safe and that the pilot knew what he was doing, I couldn’t help but be terrified of us landing wrong and the plane blowing up. This was not the kind of death I was hoping for. This was my first plane experience, and it didn’t even help that it was a private plane. Pops and Uncle suggested I should take a nap in the small private cabin, but I didn’t want to even blink my eyes in case something happened. The plane shook as the tires hit the ground, and I just found my grandfather’s hand over mine. When I turned to look at him, he was already looking at me with a wide smile on his face. "Welcome to the North, Alexa. We’re almost home." A wide smile curled on my lips as I nodded my head at him. My heart was still hurting from missing Aeon, but I couldn’t deny I was excited to see the new family waiting for me, something I always dreamed of growing

AEON. "Submit, Argon!" I growled at him. I knew his ribs were broken already from the weight and pressure I was putting on his chest. And they would never heal fast, and I could just end his life by digging into his heart. I could end this all now. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t find it in me to do this to the man who raised me. Memories of my childhood kept flashing in my head as I stared him in the eyes - the man playing with me in my memory was totally different from the man laying down almost dead in front of me. He used to be the perfect father and mate, but the years and the greediness for power tainted his heart black. And then my mother died in front of his eyes - and that day, he was never the same again. He would always tell me that only my mother believed in him. She was his greatest win and his biggest loss. She was the only person who never gave up on him. And I felt I would fail my mother if I gave up on my own father. "Father… please submit. Don’t make me do this."

AEON. It was already seven in the morning and I was still in my office. I couldn’t even blink to sleep. Too many things were running through my mind: about the pack, about my father, and about Alexa. Karson told me last night that Alexa was bought by Alpha Aurelius for ten million dollars. Plus some land in the north. I was hoping the title of the land was not yet given to my father, so I didn’t have to be hassled with it. But the ten million dollar check was written and was probably in my father’s bank account already. And I was sure he would never give it back to me. So I had to find ways to pay back the ten million on my own. I didn’t want to face Alpha Aurelius and asked for Alexa’s hand without paying back the money he gave to my father. And this is what kept me awake until now. My pack has money, but I don’t want to use it to buy back my Luna. The money belonged to my pack, and with so many changes we needed to consider, we might need the budget for it. In terms of my perso

After Two Weeks. ALEXA. I woke up with a heavy heart. It has been two weeks since I came here and I still haven’t got the chance to talk with Aeon. I had begged my grandfather to let me call him, but he insisted that we needed to wait for Aeon to call me. And it felt like I was waiting in vain because no calls came for me. I couldn’t understand why Pops was torturing me and wouldn’t allow me to call him instead. I’ve tried numerous times to sneak to the phone line, but I’m always caught, either by Momma or Uncle Audrus. My only consolation was, that Uncle Audrus told me secretly that Aeon had been calling every day to check on me, but Pop had instructed everyone not to let me know. But of course, my uncle was a different case. He was not scared of Pops, so he told me. Although it made me hopeful, I was already losing energy because of missing him. There were days I felt like I wanted to hate Pops, but I kept reminding myself that maybe he was just testing how long Aeon would run a

ALEXA. My arms were snaked around Aeon’s body the whole time he was driving us to the packhouse after our little tryst in the middle of the forest. It was only after we had done the deed that I realized how awkward it would be if someone saw us, but despite that, I didn’t have any regrets. I really wanted him so badly. Along the way, he told me what he’d been doing for the last two weeks and how the pack members wanted me back so they could make up for the treatment they had given me. And I wanted nothing more than to come home with him, and start to get to know the pack that one day would be mine too. "Uriel, that man who kicked and hurt you, apologized for the way he treated you and said he was blinded and was just following my father’s order. He asked for another chance." Aeon said in a calm tone. "And what did you do?" I asked, biting my bottom lip. I had no idea how I would move on from that one. "I can’t. I could punish him, make him suffer, but I know that no matter what I