LUCY“Now get lost before I lose my temper,” Maverick screeched at me. I was taken aback by his harsh response and decided to let him be. On a regular day I would have snapped at him for being rude to me but today I was going to let it slide.All day all I could think of was what Maverick said to me. Lothar had told me about something related to this and I still couldn't wrap my head around it but what bothered me most was Maverick, he knew who it was and wouldn't tell me.What if he was the culprit and was trying to deviate my attention from him? I thought. He was the only one that hated me and my family in the pack and I also had my suspicion that he had a hand in my father’s death. I kept pondering over all of these things until I fell asleep.I jolted awake when I heard a loud bang on my door. “Lucy, we are under attack!!” That was Nathan's voice so I sprung out of bed and grabbed my sword by my bedside. I was surprised to see that it was late already, I didn't realize that I had

LUCY"This is my chance to prove myself and get my revenge, he won't even see it coming," I said to myself as I trained hard for the duel. I knew he was a skilled fighter and I wasn't going to doubt that so the only way to beat him was to train harder. The duel was in ten days and it felt like forever. I barely spent time at home but rather I was in the woods training. Lothar had stopped by severally to talk me out of it but I turned deaf ears to him.“You can't beat the alpha, it's pointless for you to try,” he said to me.I rolled my eyes at him. “I’m not going to quit, I’ll rather die trying to get my revenge.”“Is this what this is about? Revenge,” Lothar asked“Of course,” I scoffed. “You thought I would merely accept a duel simply because I want to avoid being his mate. you should know me better than that, Lothar.”“You have to stop this, Alpha Chris has nothing to do with what happened to your father.” “I don’t care, he will pay for his father’s sins,” I yelled.“If you’ll li

LUCY"Father, when are we returning home? You said we would go back soon. I miss home," I whined.My father faked a smile and lifted me in his arms. "We have to stay here for a while until everything settles down at the pack," he said."What is going on at the pack? Is a war going to break out at the pack?" I asked.He smiled again, this time it was real. "You are too inquisitive for your age, Lucy. I'll explain everything to you one day.""Why not now? I'm old enough to know anything," I continued whining."I was asked to leave for something I didn't do. It was a misunderstanding and I'll make sure I clear my name so that you and mother can return home soon alright?""Lucy-"Lucy," "Hey, Nathan, what are you doing here?" I said, wiping the tears off my cheek. "Why are you crying? Did anyone hurt you?" Nathan asked."I'm not crying, something fell into my eye. Why are you here?""I haven't seen you for days now. Oh, how did the duel go between you and your mate,""He's not my mate!"

CHRISEveryone was surprised to see me after disappearing from the palace a few days ago, they must’ve thought something bad had happened to me. Two of my guards who had been with me at the time I was captured had been arrested and locked up in the dungeon where they were tortured because it was believed that they had a hand in my disappearance. As loyal as they were, they had refused to reveal the secret of my whereabouts to anyone, not even to my mother even after being tortured. I went immediately to the dungeon to have them released and taken care of before I headed to the courtyard where my mother was, sobbing. "What the hell happened to you?" my mother asked, wiping her tears off as I walked into the palace, bruised all over. She ran towards me and wrapped her hands around me and began to cry more, it was like she had been waiting for me for years. "I had something important to do, mother," I said."How important was it that you didn't deem it fit to tell me or anyone? The gu

LUCYAll my years of being raised as a rogue, the ideology we've always had were that we rogues had equal rights as well as other wolves. That was why we always went to war with other packs, to prove a point. Hearing Cade's desire to kill the Alpha came as a surprise, all we've always wanted was to win our spot as members of our various packs not to ignite more reasons to be seen as outlaws."Kill the Alpha, else I'll let everyone know about what you did," Cade said.I could sense the greed in him, he wouldn't want the Alpha dead if there was nothing in it for him. I was curious to know what it was so I asked."Why do you want the Alpha dead? Is there something in it for you?""The Alpha already has enemies amongst his elders, those that want him out of the way. He has been given a year to find his mate or else he would be dethroned," he said.I now understood why he was adamant about me being his mate, knowing it was against the law to be with a rogue like me."That's not enough reas