Ace’s words immediately caused tension to rise in the air. Selena groaned lowly and looked at her husband. “Honey, look, this is your future that we’re talking about. This is the future of the pack we’re talking about. Listen to yourself, stop this,” She said to him. “No means no, Clary’s not going with Levi,” Ace repeated nonchalantly. He was stern about his decision. Nothing and no one was going to change his mind. “Dammit, Ace!” Mr. Clark snapped. “You’re just like your father! Stubborn and strong-willed! You remember what happened to him, right? I don’t have to remind you how it all ended for him.”Ace’s heart broke a bit at the mention of his father. His father was Alpha before him and had been banished for falling in love with a human. The last time that Ace saw his father was when he was only nine years old, and that memory tortured him every single day. “I’m nothing like my father. Don’t dare compare me to that coward,” Ace warned Mr. Clark as he stood to his feet. “He left

Clary turned in the direction of the group of popular girls. Her heart was pounding in her chest and her palms were sweating but she was tired of being bullied. She was going to stand up for herself. She walked towards the group and heard one of them say, “Uh-oh, the omega’s mad,” causing the whole group to erupt in fits of laughter. “Excuse me? What did you say?” Clary asked bravely when she was standing right in front of the group of girls. Her body was almost visibly shaking due to how nervous she was. But she knew that this needed to be done. One of the popular girls, the one that was the head of the group, whose name was Sasha, stepped forward. “Oh, I think that you heard what I said, trashbag.” She laughed in Clary’s face. A few people noticed what was happening and gathered around. Some started recording while others watched in silence. “I’m not trash,” Clary responded bravely. This was the first time she had ever talked back to Sasha and her squad. “And I want you to stop

Clary felt comfortable now knowing that her life was not in danger and that she was not actually kidnapped, she had just been brought here to talk. She sat down on a couch that was in the corner of the room and processed what Mr. Clark and Selena had explained to her. “Anything?” She asked them. “Anything that I want?” Mr. Clark could see that Clary liked the idea and that she was right where they wanted her. “Yes, dear, anything. And all you have to do is leave the pack and go and live with Levi in his pack.” “And just so you know, it’s not like we’re selling you to Levi. We would never do that. You would be staying in a mansion and have your very own room. Levi is a very respectful man and he would respect your boundaries. And most of all, we are not pushing you into a relationship with the guy, we just want better for you, for Ace, and for our pack,” Selena explained. Clary nodded slowly. She was very tempted by the offer. It was exactly all they had hoped and dreamed of. And t

Clary was sitting on the porch of the huge mansion. So much was going through her mind and she really wanted to stop crying, but the tears kept flowing from her eyes. She was wondering whether ignorance was better than ever knowing. When she was ignorant, she had hope and a perfect fantasy about her real parents and how she would meet them. But now that she knew the truth about them, she did not like it. She wanted to erase her memory, she wanted to be ignorant again. Selena and Mr. Clark were inside but Clary could hear their voices getting louder, signaling that they were walking in her direction. Soon, they walked out of the house and their eyes fell on her. “So um, I already got my Beta to grab your toothbrush from the bathroom in your room back at the mansion,” Selena flipped her hair as she informed Clary. “They also have something to use for Mr. Clark, and they are on their way to the lab right this moment.” Clary nodded and sniffled as she wiped the new tears that had drop

The stones broke the window at the back of Levi’s car as he pressed on the gas hard, causing the car to speed out of the compound and past Ace. The glass had shattered, the shards projecting right to the front seats.Clary’s heart pounded in her chest and she flinched away from the shards that were shot at her but she was too late; a few of them hit her, causing a small tear on her left arm.Levi kept speeding away until he was a good and safe distance from the compound, but mainly, from Ace. “Gosh!” He exclaimed as he tried to calm down. He could feel the adrenaline rushing through his veins. He glanced at Clary and asked, “That was crazy. Are you okay?” Clary could feel the pinching pain on her left arm but she nodded and replied, “I’m okay, just keep driving.” She forced a smile. She had seen Ace angry and break things before but had never seen him try to hurt someone. “Are you sure?” “Yeah, yeah, I’m fine,” She replied in a small voice and then glanced at her arm. She could se