"What are you guys doing here?" Simon asked, his glance has been marked with surprise and suspicion. "And what is this formal attire, huh? Wait, don't tell me you two were having a date in this restaurant?" "A da-date?" I rolled my eyes, trying to avoid getting eye-to-eye contact with anyone apart from Karen. "Of course not." I defensively uttered. "Karen and I just had a meal and talked about good and bad things that happened to us recently, right, Karen?" And my wolf looked like a fool when it was pretty obvious that every corner of my body was sweating and my voice was stuttering. I even dragged Karen to lie to our friends. "Yeah," Karen said, her voice was calm. Then she humbly smiled at Simon. "I see," Jackson replied. "But, why is Melvin's entire face flushing, huh? Are you guys celebrating something? Anniversary? Someone's birthday? No, it could not be. I know both of your birthdates." We don't know how did Jackson get the idea but he just hit the jackpo

"But our wolves were destined mates, Melvin." Jennie insisted. "Perhaps what everyone told about you was a mistake. That you are one of those wolves who will uphold the written rules of our kind. Now I know that you're not." Jennie's face fell, and I felt a pang of guilt in my heart when her tears even dropped to her cheeks. I knew she valued such werewolf traditions, but it was not something my wolf could reciprocate. But before I could say anything else, we heard a weird sound coming from above us. It was enough to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Jennie suddenly noticed something above us. "Do you hear that?" she asked me frantically. "Hear what?" I asked, confused and panicked, then followed the point of her eyes. "There! Right above us!" she hissed, pointing upwards. "My wolf sensed danger in one of the rooms above us." We were in the middle of the elevator, with no way of reaching the top except by the stairs or pressing a number f

"So, what do you think about mating my daughter?" Mr. James said back in a serious tone. Even his eyes were telling me nothing but loving the idea. I paced my glance to the most portion of the field, searching for anyone familiar. "Don't get me wrong, Mr. James. Your daughter was gorgeous. I even wonder if she is really your daughter. But I will never be her mate." "Why?" he insisted. "I owned the school. Our family was loaded. And you still have two more years to be able to graduate. And I heard you are now a lone wolf. How do you think you can manage to accomplish anything in your situation?" Mr. James locked his eyes at me. His stares were humiliating. Even used my weakness to dig deeper into my heart. But it also makes me wonder how on earth he knows about me being a lone wolf. As far as I could remember, Karen and I told no one but Jackson. Right. How could he not know? We have a lot of students in the school who are part of the pack. With just one word f

"Come on, old man." I sneered shortly. "You may be the new leader of the pack but we all know your wolf is not that strong and powerful compared to the previous Alpha. In other words, your wolf is nothing but a scam." Everyone around me, including Karen, was taken aback by the sudden commotion. "You can fool everyone in the village but not me. You are the pack leader but you're not an alpha." I added. "Anyway, we are not here to make a scene." "We need the pack's help," Karen said, her trembling voice starting to ease off. "Have you guys heard about these masked men who are kidnapping..." As Karen kept on talking, my wolf quickly scanned most parts of the village as fast as possible to search for Julian and Jelian's whereabouts. It has been almost a month since the last time we saw and talk them. Karen and I extended our hands to help get back what truly belongs to them - the throne. We already failed to get the spot even if the fact that Karen much deserves to have it compared

"Wait," Karen reached out to my hand, removing it away from the door. Her voice was laced with doubts and concerns. "Do we really have to do this? I mean, I still don't trust him." I removed Karen's grip away from me and smiled, helping her ease off her doubts. "So am I, Karen." I replied, "But we were already left with no choice. Don't worry, I'll make sure our conversation with the old man will be to our advantage." Then I clasped her fingers with mine as soon as my wolf noticed someone from the office heading to the doorway. I can feel every fiber in Karen's hand trembling. Holding Karen's hand in front of Mr. James was part of my plan. For him to know that his daughter and I are not going to happen. That my wolf was already mated to someone else. It is up to him if he still wants to give himself false hope. Meanwhile, Mr. James opened the door, looking slightly surprised to see us. "Please, come on in." he then enlarged the opening of the door for us. "Coff