"You're right, my lady. Their faces were covered with leaves," the guard said, and Ariella trembled in fear. For the first time, I saw her tremble and shudder in fear. I didn't who those people were but whoever they were, I wouldn't let them take her away in my presence. "Are you okay? Who are those people?" I asked as I turned to her. "It was those guys you saved me from the other day," she said, and I scoffed. "So you remember," I said and chucked mockingly. "This isn't a time to joke. They're dangerous," she said, and I scoffed. "I never said I was joking with you as well. I would do them the favor of slapping their ass again," I said in a cold tone, and she scoffed. She ignored me and climbed down the stairs to the ground level. "Get the guards to secure this place," she yelled, and he shuddered in fear. "That's not possible. The Alpha had gone with most of the guards to the battlefield and we're outnumbered," he said, and she gasped out in shock. I swallowed the lump in

Alessia"You haven't answered me," he said in a cold tone and walked closer to me with a smug face. "Get away from me," I growled deeply as he gripped my chin and pulled it up so he could get a closer view of me. He whined and staggered backward as I bit on his arm with my wolf's fang. I rubbed my hand on my neck and turned to run out of the hall but unexpectedly, he was standing before me with a smirk on his face. "Where do you think you're going?""You're yet to answer me," he said, bringing me out of my thoughts. I balled my hand into a fist and bit on my lower lips with an angry look on my face. I have tried all I could do to subdue him but he was giving me a hard time. My wolf couldn't resurface because of his dangerous auras. "Since you won't tell me why you're here, I will teach you a lesson," he said, grasped my hand firmly, and dragged me out of the hall. "What are you doing? Leave me," I yelled and hit his shoulder with my left hand. I tried all I could to take my hand

AlessiaI stared at the doctor with my eyes widened in shock and awe. I was unable to believe that I was pregnant. I thought it was a joke or a prank until he showed me the proof that I was pregnant but still I didn't believe him. "Are you sure about this, doctor?" I asked again, and he nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure. This is it," he said and pressed the pregnancy kit to have a better view of it even though I was seeing it. "I'd like to take my leave," the doctor bowed his head slightly and walked away before I could call him back and question him again. "Calm down," for the first time, Lennox spoke up and I looked up at him. He walked closer to me and wrapped his hand around my waist as he leaned closer to me. "You don't have to feel sad. You're carrying my baby," he whispered to my ear and my body shuddered at his proximity. "That's a lie. I'm not pregnant for you," I threw my head backward and pushed him away from me. He shook his head with a sigh and rushed to

Asher"Now, it's left for you to make a choice. I would like to know if you'll choose your special technique manual over her life," he said and grasped her closely. "How did you find her?" I asked with a surprised look on my face and he scoffed. "That doesn't matter. Give me the manual and I'll let both of you leave here alive," he said and I scoffed. I thought I was hallucinating, that everything was a dream until she called out my name in her cold and spooky tone. "Asher."I wasn't surprised that she didn't address me by my title, Alpha, like she used to because I had lost it to my mischievous brother, Derek. But why is she alive? This was a question that I couldn't answer for a long time because I remembered the news I got from the pack members then that she was dead. I wouldn't have believed them if I hadn't seen her dead body that was cremated in my presence. Could she have been reincarnated? No, werewolves don't reincarnate. "Don't give it to him," she argued even though h

Asher"And so? What if I die? I won't give it to you," he said and my lips curled into a smirk. It was quite funny how I managed to turn the tide within a few minutes. Before I was under his mercy now, here he was begging and groveling under my feet. I wasn't an Alpha for nothing. I was trained by the best to become one so I knew how to get myself out of trouble. "Acting stubborn, huh?" I asked and dashed at his mate, Laura. My canine grew longer and elongated into fangs and my fingers into claws. I gripped her arms firmly till she bled and she cried in pain but I didn't stop. "Even if you're afraid of death, you won't want her dead, right?""You've two choices to make. Watch her die and keep the map to yourself, or keep the map to yourself and still die. Give me the map, I'll give you the antidote and your mate. Your life and your mate are at stake," I said. "You know I don't make empty threats," I said. "Please forgive me, Philip," he stared at his mate hesitantly, contemplati