IZER“ What do you think? ” Dixon watched me patiently.I hummed, staring at the screen of his phone. What he was telling me was fucking hard to stomach.“ It doesn’t work, Alpha. With time, the powers were lost. Now…what Cadamus has with his people is his real bond. ” He placed the phone down and leaned back in his chair.“ His real bond? ” I cocked a brow, staring at the paused video.“ It has to be. Nothing else explains this. ” He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.“ What about memories? ” I wondered, looking up at him.“ You want to send Luna back for those…memories? ” He made it sound terrible.Because it didn’t mean anything to him.“ What if the world one day forgot all about your father? Your mother? ” My thumb grazed my lower lip as I asked him.He stiffened but didn’t answer. He had no answer, in fact. Because Dixon knew he would do the same if something like that had happened to him.The world that forgot about Mom and Dad had to remember them again. There was n

SCARLETT I stepped out of the car and approached the black Mercedes. Opening the passenger door, I climbed inside. Izer’s dominating scent engulfed my senses and caused my heart to skip a beat. I looked at the man sitting beside me. A soft breath escaped my mouth. His hair was perfectly combed back. He wore his signature black suit, with a white shirt underneath, tight on all his strong muscles. My throat dried, as my eyes flickered towards the side of his face. He turned his head and gave me his full attention. The darkness of his eyes threatened to make me weak against all my rational thoughts. It was wrong. So wrong. “ They will be here shortly. ” Izer spoke in a grim tone. “ Who? ” I whispered. “ You know who. ” His lips curled. “ Alpha King? ” I sighed, straightening in the seat and looking out of the windshield. “ I doubt he will come. He values his life too much to put it at risk. ” Izer scoffed. “ Then Rush? ” I wondered aloud. The aura shifted in the car. Temperat

SCARLETTThere was no grand display of delight over my return. The gated community—my pack still seemed the same. No one even batted an eyelash toward the moving cars. The cars rolled into the biggest mansion’s driveway after the silver iron gates were opened. I glanced over my shoulder and saw the gates closing after all the cars had passed through. No one was supposed to enter or leave those gates without Alpha King’s permission. I, for some specific reasons, never got that permission when I stayed here.When I was forced to shift here after the Beta couple died, I was not allowed to go out. I was not allowed to apply to any college because Alpha King thought education had no use for me. I was not supposed to hang out with any girls or boys my age either, because apparently, Rush didn’t like that. All I got was a room in this place, and they ruled my life after that. I breathed with their permission, ate when they decided I should, and did what they wanted me to do.But before lea

SCARLETTWhen she realized the situation she was in, she tried to snatch her hand right away so if anyone rushed in, they didn’t find out what was going on.Did she think it was so easy?I grabbed her hand before it could let go of my hair, and held it there. Her evil eyes widened in surprise as I shrieked again.As expected, Rush was racing inside the room the very next moment. “ What happ… ” He paused when his eyes landed on his mother, and her hand inside my hair.“ What the fuck Mom? ” Rush hissed, approaching us with hasty steps.Clasping his hand around Eva’s wrist, he ripped it out of my hair. I let go of her limp hand and leaned back.“ It’s nothing like what you saw. She was holding my hand there. ” Eva’s gaze switched between my blank face and his son’s enraged face.On cue, I sniffled and pushed myself further back. “ I am so sorry. I know you don’t want me to mate with Rush. You hurt me so much back then too, and I took it…but I can’t take it anymore. I won’t look at him

SCARLETT~ Sometime earlier…I didn’t expect Alpha King to arrange a whole fucking event to celebrate my return. But, he did. After seven days of the relentless secret war with Eva and silent treatment to Rush and Alpha King, I was informed today that I was expected to dress up and show up.The party was held in the Pack hall. The whole pack was present. From all angles, it didn’t look like a celebration but more like a ball, where important announcements were made.I was beginning to realize what this whole thing was. It must be the Alpha King’s plan that he was ready to announce the date of Rush and my mating ceremony even when I refused to go through with that. The thought of fighting with Alpha King crossed my mind, but I resisted the urge. As they all expected, I dressed up in a pretty golden ball gown that sparkled under the lights and flowed behind me when I walked. It was not the dress Rush sent me, and he was furious when he saw that I refused to wear his presents and play h