~ TylerI maintained my sitting position, unfazed by his approach. Troy reached me and grabbed the front of my shirt, pulling me up. Angered by his assault, I pushed him back with force till he was pinned against a wall. His wolf came to the surface and so did mine. We growled at each other but I was too focused on maintaining my authority that I didn't catch his swipe. Pain lanced through my side as Troy got me good with his claws. I roared in pain before grabbing him and throwing him a few feet away. Troy crashed into a nearby drawer, shattering it completely. The rest of the Alphas had risen to their feet by now with features of alarm on their faces. Being a wolf well advanced in years, Troy didn't get up as fast as he should. So I started to advance on him, fuelled by my anger and ready to tear him to shreds. Emilia suddenly stepped in my way, placing a hand on my chest and standing between me and Troy. For the first time since I had met her, I saw the look of fear and worry o

~ ZoraThe moment Nox told me he fired Roman, I was too shocked to say a word, so I kicked him out of my room and went to sleep. It took me a couple of hours to get better and the moment I did, I left the hospital. At first, I felt sad as I was being escorted by my guards out of the hospital building, but when I got out, my mouth dropped open. The lands spread out before the hospital in Sector Three was now almost unrecognizable. Where there had been demarcations to keep the sick in, there was nothing now. The lands had almost been cleared of tents!Still in awe, I went to the area where loved ones usually stayed and told my guards to wait for me. They obliged and I walked half a mile ahead until I saw a hut. Getting to the door, I took a deep breath, but as I was about to knock, I heard a voice, "It's open. Come in." So I turned the knob and slowly pushed the door back. Stepping in, I closed it behind me as I took in the one room residence. The walls were made of clay and the ro

~ ZoraRoman left for The Underground while Nox and I drove back home. On the way, I reached out to my sister but didn't get any feedback from her. I immediately made my concerns known to Nox. "After you became hospitalized, I suspected that Troy might do something, so I informed her of everything and also told her I had arranged for her and your parents' extraction. They are set to leave your former pack this evening in the middle of the night." I sighed a breath of relief but I still wasn't completely at ease. I checked my phone again but still had no response from Hailey. Throughout the ride home, worrisome thoughts and assumptions about the safety of my sister and my parents plagued me. The moment we got home, I noticed people going in and out of our compound. When they saw our car, they immediately turned back with smiles, peering in through the window, smiling and waving. "What's going on?" I asked Nox."Well, you're the hottest celebrity in town. People are still bringing

~ Tyler It was a smooth ambush. All we had to do was let Hailey and her parents stand at the rendezvous point and wait. The men were good. They took precautions and tried to wait us out but it was our territory. Eventually, they were convinced and stepped into our trap. Taking them in a fight was terribly stupid as we knew the King would send his best to extract his wife's family. So instead we laid a massive net underneath the grass and the moment they walked into it, we drew it up and shot darts of the Moonshade poison at them. It took a long while before they finally succumbed to the fatigue that was bound to set in from the effects of the poison. Once they all stopped fighting, my men released them from the net and carried them all to the dungeons. I was in the hallways of the dungeons, struggling to breathe through the pain and fatigue the poison was causing me, when Emilia received a text from Zora. She had seized Hailey's phone since the moment I agreed to work with her t

~ Zora"Gwen, are you alright?" Emilia asks, concerned. "It's me, Emilia, your cousin." Just as she said that, her breathing suddenly becomes labored. "Wait a minute, why am I feeling like this?!" She said, immediately holding on to Tyler's arm. I could tell Tyler was also beginning to feel the effects of the Moonshade as well. His gaze glides to me just as I smirk in satisfaction. "We've been poisoned." Tyler states, causing Emilia to face Gwen with anger and disbelief. "What did you do to me?!"Gwen simply shrugs in response. "Don't you recognize the effects of your own poison, Emilia?" I ask with a smirk, "Or are you just content in using it to kill my kind?"Realization dawns on both Emilia and Tyler's faces as they realize the reason behind their fatigue. Emilia tries to transform into her wolf but fails. Her wolf would rear to the surface only to disappear again. "You poisoned me?!" Emilia exclaims, looking between Gwen and me and I thought I saw real fear pass through her fe