《Belong to the Lycan Alpha》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Lc looked so beautiful this morning, as she stood next to Luna Jasmine and Alpha James at the entrance gates of the Golden w pack. Behind them, there were a lot of people, waiting for their own family members, who had joined the war against the lycans, to return. ¡°I can see them.¡± Luna Jasmine gasped as she held Lc¡¯s hand so tightly. Her eyes were filled with tears of happiness, so were Lc¡¯s. Her face was a mixture of nerves and anticipation. She couldn¡¯t wait to see her mate. That was right. She was Aidan¡¯s destined mate. The main character of today¡¯s event and the next in line for the Alpha of this pack. ¡°Yes, I can see them too, mother, Lc replied, she squeezed Luna Jasmine¡¯s hand tightly. They held onto each other for support, as the relief and happiness flooded their beings. Lc was an orphan, thus when Luna Jasmine told her to call her mother, that was the best moment in her life. It came just second to the moment she met Aidan for the first time and both of them realized they were each other¡¯s mates. ¡°There! It¡¯s Aidan!¡± Lc pointed her finger at the crowd that moved closer to them steadily. The bright sunlight behind them acted as their background, creating long shadows in front of them. Aidan was leading around a thousand warriors behind him. If Lc could, she would have rushed toward Aiden and hugged him tightly. Being apart for a year was a -long time for newly found mates, because Aiden went to the battlefield just two weeks after they met with each other. After that, only by letters were they able to continue theirmunication. It was hard, but they made it in the end, or so Lc thought. However, she couldn¡¯t do something out of impulse, since there were so many people around and she was the future luna of the pack, so she needed to watch her behavior carefully. When the long entourage came closer and Aiden dismounted his horse, he went straight to his father to report that he hadpleted his duty. ¡°I am so proud of you.¡± Alpha James said, as he hugged his son and the crowd cheered for them loudly, not long after which they weed their family members. ¡°Mother,¡± Aiden called for his mother and Luna Jasmine went to hug her son tightly. She teared up and kept saying how much she missed him and how d she was to see him again. Meanwhile, Lc was very nervous to wait for her turn, she felt so overwhelmed with the realization that she didn¡¯t need to wait for him anymore, or his letters, because now, he was already here. Her mate. They would spend the rest of their lives together, or so she thought. And when it was Lc¡¯s turn, she went to him with open arms, ready to hug her mate, but Aiden took a step back to avoid her and averted his gaze. Lc froze in her ce to see his reaction, her arms dropped to the sides of her b*dy and it took Chapter everything in her not to cry when Aiden only nodded at her casually, as if he was trying to not acknowledge her existence, which made Lc¡¯s heart sink. Why was he so cold and distant now that they finally met again? ¡°I- I am so happy to see you, Lc said in a small voice, she felt embarrassed, as she took a step back to stand beside Luna Jasmine again, because she didn¡¯t want them to see how upset she was and think she was trying to get attention when she did not receive the same much deserving passionate hug from her own mate. ¡°I am happy to be back.¡± Aiden said in a terse tone, but his eyes dimmed slightly when he looked at Lc for a brief second. There was pain and difort in the way he looked at her, before he turned around and took a woman¡¯s hand, who apparently had been standing behind him, not too far from them The woman had long red hair that cascaded down her back and blue eyes, she looked so beautiful and attractive. this Original from N?velDrama.Org. Lc didn¡¯t notice her until now, because her focus was on Aiden alone. And when he actually brought beautiful woman to their attention, her gut finally realized something was wrong with this whole situation. Her heart sk i p p e d a beat when she watched how Aiden tightened his grip on that woman, as they intertwined their fingers together. ¡°Father, mother, this is the woman I mentioned in the letter,¡± Aiden said. He still refused to look in Lc¡¯s direction. He tried to pretend his mate was invisible, but it was quite clear to see how ufortable he was with Lc¡¯s presence there. Woman? Lc tried to remember where had Aiden ever mentioned this woman in their letters, but she couldn¡¯t recall anything as such. ¡°Who is she?¡± The question sl*pped Lc¡¯s l*ps even before she could process it and Luna Jasmine immediately grabbed her hand and smiled sadly at her. ¡°Let¡¯s go back to the pack house first and talk about thister, okay? Aiden must be very tired,¡± Luna Jasmine said softly to her in her motherly tone, which rendered Lc unable to have any other choice, but to agree. Before they left, Lc nced over her shoulder and saw Aiden lowering his head in shame under his father¡¯s hard gaze. Alpha James looked so angry, his proud expression had long vanished. ¡°What is going on?¡± Lc asked Luna Jasmine. They seemed to be hiding something from her and she couldn¡¯t understand why Aiden was holding another woman¡¯s hand while refusing to recognize herself. ¡°Mother, who is that woman?¡± Luna Jasmine shook her head, as she took Lc back to the pack house, where they intended to throw a wee party for all the warriors who managed to return safely after a long war and tomorrow, they would have a funeral to bury the dead. ¡°We will talk about thister.¡± Luna Jasmine kept repeating the same thing Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Lc couldn¡¯t sit still anymore, nor could she enjoy the party when Aiden kept avoiding her like a gue. He woulde up with the most ridiculous excuses just to avoid being with her alone while ignoring all her questions about why he was distancing himself from her. There was no hug, k*ss, or even a little bit of exnation from him ever since he returned to this pack about his behavior. Lc couldn¡¯t even congratte him properly and tell him how happy she was to see him return. She couldn¡¯t demand his attention, because they were surrounded by so many people here in the main yard, while the woman, who came with Aiden this morning was staying in his bedroom. What was the meaning of that? Luna Jasmine and Alpha James didn¡¯t tell her anything and only said; we will talk about it after the party Probably, this was her paranoid self that was speaking, but she constantly felt the rest of the warriors, who had gone to the war with Aiden, looking at her with pity. And after long hours of agonising waiting, when Lc almost turned into a taut ball of emotions, they finally sat down together in the Alpha¡¯s study room. Lc sat beside Luna Jasmine. She was holding her hand tightly with unshed tears filling her eyes. Why was she crying? ¡°What is happening here? What do you know that I don¡¯t know about? Who is that woman?¡± All Lc¡¯s questions would meet with silence. ¡°Let¡¯s wait for Aiden toe, he will exin everything. Alpha James finally said. Since Lc couldn¡¯t go against the Alpha, she stopped asking questions. They waited for another fifteen minutes in silence, until Aiden stepped into the study room with her, the woman from this morning. They walked together and the sight of it left Lc ufortable. She felt this bad omen about what was going to happen, but she was still in denial. Original from N?velDrama.Org. There was no way Aiden would do such a thing to her. They were destined mates, they were destined to be together. There must be a misunderstanding somewhere here. And there, he sat down, next to that woman, still trying to avoid looking her in the eyes. How could this man charge toward the enemy without fear, but couldn¡¯t even find the courage to look at her? ¡°Mother, father,¡± Aiden spoke after he cleared his throat. He looked so nervous, as he sped his hands together. His habit. The woman I mentioned in my letter, Ruby.¡± He nced at the woman who was sitting by his side and cleared his throat again. ¡°I will take her as my chosen mate.¡± There was pot a single acknowledgement whatsoever of Lc, who was sitting there, dumbfounded with Luria Jasmine still holding her hands, as if trying to keep her together from what she was going to hear. ¡°What about me?¡± Lc asked. ¡°What am I to you now? Why are you doing this to me? Who is that girl?¡± Lc couldn¡¯t help it, as she asked all the questions that had been swarming her mind. Her b*dy was shaking when the worst possibility really came true before her eyes. Aiden took a deep breath before he lifted his head and then looked Lc in the eyes for the first time ever since he returned. However, she could see nothing, but a man that was drowning in self guilt and shame, trying to look for justification of his own actions. 14:47 Sat, 30 Dec Chapter 2 ?? ? 71% 0 ¡°What is actually happening here?¡± Lc asked again, but the echo of her voice in this room sounded so empty and hopeless. Aiden¡¯s grip on his other hand tightened, as he tried to find the courage to tell her, but actually, the girl named Ruby spoke first before he could exin. ¡°You must be Lc,¡± Ruby said. ¡°I am sorry that things ended up like this for you, we didn¡¯t mean it to happen, but right now, Aiden has to step forward to take the responsibility.¡± you n ¡°What kind of responsibility do Lc could feel Luna Jasmine¡¯s hand tighten, as she started to so b softly, that was when she knew her worst nightmare hade true. Aiden pressed his l*ps into a thin line, as he avoided her eyes again, thus it was the girl, who spoke for him. ¡°I am pregnant with the Alpha¡¯s first child.¡± Ruby said. ¡°I am sorry, you have to know about this in this way.¡± She apologized to her, but she didn¡¯t sound sorry at all. Out of instinct, Lc directed her eyes at her stomach. She was not showing yet, so probably she was still in the early stages of her pregnancy. It meant he had been screwing her, while writing those sweet love letters to Lc, telling her how much he loved her and how he couldn¡¯t wait for the day of their reunion. Lc couldn¡¯t take it anymore. She didn¡¯t want to have a menta l breakdown in front of these people. They were so despicable and more so¡­ ¡°How long have you known about this?¡± This time, Lc asked Alpha James and Luna Jasmine, who was crying right now. ¡°Two months,¡± Alpha James replied. So, they had been hiding this from her for two months now, while pretending like nothing happened? Not able to take it any longer, Lc swatted Luna Jasmine¡¯s hands and then stood up. She said nothing when she rushed toward the door but heard Aiden calling her name, as he chased after her. ¡°Lc!¡± Aidan caught up with her in the hallway and turned her b*dy around to face him. ¡°Don¡¯t be like this, we can talk about this.¡± ¡°What else is there to talk about?!¡± She really wanted to p him so hard. ¡°You have impregnated another woman!¡± ¡°That¡¯s a mistake! You were not around and I was lonely!¡± Aiden raised his voice as well. On the other hand, Lc was in disbelief upon what she had heard. This was the best excuse he could give her? ¡°Do you expect me to go to the frontlines to warm your bed?¡± Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Aiden lowered his head when he heard that and the current sight of him hurt Lc so much. She couldn¡¯t believe this was the man she had been waiting for all this time, her mate, her soulmate. someone that she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with. ¡°The battle has been so intense. You will not be able to understand it since you were not there. Aiden¡¯s jaw hardened when he told Lc what he had to endure during the war. ¡°I was lonely and you were not there.¡± ¡°So, the first thing that crossed your mind was to find another woman to f u c k?!¡± Lc raised her voice, she was so hurt by hisme excuses. He essentially told her that he got that woman pregnant just because he couldn¡¯t stand being alone and keep his member inside his pants. ¡°Lc!¡± Aiden raised his voice too, but he didn¡¯t have any valid point to retort her statement. ¡°You don¡¯t understand how I feell You were not the one who fought those lycans! You don¡¯t know how it feels to be a step closer to your own death!¡± A tear escaped Lc¡¯s eyes when she heard that. He didn¡¯t even apologize for what he had done. He was trying to justify his actions and wanted Lc to see it from his point of view, so she could understand him. But, what about her?! ¡°I have been waiting for you, trying to learn how to be a perfect luna for you when you return. I wanted to make you proud of me.¡± Lc wiped her tears from her checks roughly. ¡°I was lonely too. I wanted you by my side. Every day and night. I prayed for your safe return, so we can be together again. Not even once did it cross my mind I can find another man to fill the emptiness of your absence¡± Aiden gritted his teeth. The sight of Lc right now as she cried bitterly filled him with so much pain. The mate bond-still worked between them. He could feel the pain that Lc had to bear, he could feel it in his blood; how he had hurt his other half so much. Her voice trembled with every syble, because she was having a hard time holding back her emotions. ¡°It¡¯s different, Lc.¡± Aiden shook his head. ¡°You don¡¯t understand. Our situations are different.¡± Still. He still didn¡¯t apologize to her. Lc gritted her teeth, as she stared at Aiden in disbelief. ¡°You didn¡¯t even apologize for what you have done, Aiden, and here I am, thinking, at the very least, you feel a little bit sorry for me.¡± Aiden looked surprised, he didn¡¯t think about that. He was so busy defending himself and feeling high- strung, since he knew he was in the wrong and it was his basic instinct to make Lc understand him instead. ¡°Lc, I he stuttered slightly. ¡°I am sorry.¡± The word founded so cheap to Lc when he finally said that. ¡°You don¡¯t feel sorry, Aiden, you don¡¯t regret it. Your words sound empty.¡± Lc, Aiden took a step closer and grabbed her hands tightly. ¡°Lc, we can find a way out of this.. we can still be together.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. She had this gut feeling that told her, she wouldn¡¯t like whatever came from Auden¡¯s mouth right now. 2? 71%) Chapter 3 ¡°What do you mean?¡± Aiden had thisplicated look on his face when he spoke again. ¡°We can still be together¡­¡± he only repeated what he said and that was enough for Lc. She swatted his hands away and red at him. ¡°If you think I will go down that path, you can¡¯t be any more wrong.¡± she said sternly through her gritted teeth. And before Aiden could say something else, Lc turned around and ran away from him. She held back from crying out loud, as the loud music could be heard in the distance, where people still celebrated the return of the warriors from the battlefield. But right now, Lc was grieving the death of the bond she shared with her mate. She wanted to reject Aiden, but her heart couldn¡¯t take the rejection just yet. She had never been in so much pain like right now. And for the rest of the week, Lc stayed inside her bedroom, she barely came out and every time Aident came to see her, she would always have her door locked. It was only Luna Jasmine, Alpha James and a few of her closer friends, who knew about what happened, while the rest of the people wondered about the woman, who always clung to Aiden. ¡°Lc, don¡¯t be sad anymore¡­¡± Aria spoke to her softly. She was Lc¡¯s close friend, they had known each other since they were little and were still in the orphanage. ¡°Let¡¯s go out, you will feel better if you participate in the festivities.¡± Aria nudged her b*dy, trying to act cheerful, even though she felt so bad for Lc. How could one¡¯s mate do something so horr e n d o u s like what Aiden did to her? ¡°I don¡¯t want to feel better, Aria. I want to disappear.¡± Tears escaped her beautiful eyes again, her long hair was disheveled, as she stopped taking care of herself for days now. She looked like she was mourning Aiden, even though the man safely returned to their pack. ¡°Don¡¯t be like that, Lc. Let¡¯s go out to walk for a bit, this evening there will be a party to wee the people from the lycan pack.¡± Yes. The lycan pack would be here for at least a week, as their leader would sign a peace treaty with the other five alphas. The five alphas hade yesterday and now they only needed to wait for the Lycan Alpha and his people toe. Right at that time, Luna Jasmine knocked on the door and Aria opened it. ¡°Lc. I want to show you the dress that you will wear for the party tonight. I think you will feel better if you attend the party.¡±Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. Chapter 4 Hearing someone had the same opinion as her, Aria smiled brightly. ¡°I have been telling the same thing to her, Luna Jasmine,¡± she said. Especially when it was the Luna that suggested it, Lc wouldn¡¯t reject her offer so easily, right? ¡°Look, you will be so beautiful when you wear this dress, Lc. It is in the same color as your name. I chose this specially for you.¡± Luna Jasmine looked so kind and so warm, just like the motherly figure Lc had never had in her life. She thought this kind luna would really be her mother once she got together with Aiden. But how could she still call her Mother when the rtionship between her and Aiden had already turned this bad? She would be Mother to Ruby instead¡­. Lc bit her l*p, she hated the name. She hated the woman that had snatched away her happiness, but she hated Aiden even more for giving up on them while ming her for his unfaithfulness. ¡°Come here and try this on.¡± Seeing how warm Luna Jasmine was and how she had been worried about her, Lc didn¡¯t have any other choice, but to try the dress and drag herself to the party tonight, where everyone looked so tense. After all, this weing party was for the people, who had been trying to devour their pack by fighting with the werewolves at the border between the werewolves and lycans¡® territories, as they wanted to expand their own authority. Not to mention, these were also the people who had killed the people they knew from this pack, those poor warriors, who didn¡¯t manage to return to their homnd. Of course, there was still anger and bitterness woven in this party, though it looked so lively with so much alcohol and food on the tables and good music that echoed through every wall of the pack house. ¡°You look so gorgeous!¡± Aria eximed after she put some make up on Lc¡¯s pale face. She was beautiful to begin with, after all, thus Aria didn¡¯t need to do much. The color of this dress suited Lc so well, she looked so attractive and gorgeous, except for the sad look in her eyes being the only thing that made her entire appearance look a little bit off. However, despite what Aria said countless times, Lc didn¡¯t feel Beautiful. She felt awful. ¡°Don¡¯t pull a long face like that,¡± Aria said softly, as she cupped Lc¡¯s face and pulled her cheeks, so her l*ps would be drawn into a smile on her face. ¡°You have mourned him for a week. Show him what he missed by not being faithful to you¡± Aria shook her head. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t be the one to feel upset, it should be him. It is Aiden¡¯s loss for not having you as his future luna.¡± Rumors started to spread among the people about Ruby and Aiden, and with the way Lc had been locking herself in her room, people started to put two and two together. Lc gave Aria a small smile, as she followed her friend to finally step out of her bedroom. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, there are so many people right now, we will not run into Aiden and Ruby, Aria said and grabbed Lc¡¯s hand. Those names sent another wave of pain crashing Lc¡¯s heart, as she followed her best friend out into the garden. The night was so beautiful and lively, though there was still tension here and there, especially when the lycans roamed around this pack, as the others looked wary of them. This was the first time for Lc to see a lycan. They really lived up to their name as the strongest shifters in their realm, the men were so tall and bulky, while the women looked so pretty, but strong at the same time, as if one could brawl with a male lycan all by herself. From what Lc heard, there were women warriors in the lycan pack, therefore, even though the number of that pack was not so great, the number of their warriors were excellent, since women got involved in the battlefield as well. ¡°I can¡¯t believe there is someone so tall like that,¡± Aria said, as a man from the lycan pack walked past them. The two of them were barely able to reach his shoulder. Lc nced at that man, but didn¡¯t say anything Right now, they were walking in the streets, where they could find a lot of stalls on either side of the path. ¡°I am tired,¡± Lc said. She felt so dizzy to be surrounded by so many people, especially when they greeted her with concern in their eyes. Lc could feel their urge to ask her what happened between her and Aiden, but thankfully, they were polite enough to hold themselves from asking too much. ¡°I want to sit there. You can go by yourself, I will wait for you there.¡± Lc pointed at a drinks stall. It was almost empty, with only two patrons there. She felt so overwhelmed and didn¡¯t think she could continue walking anymore. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°Oh, okay, Aria¨Csaid, a little bit disappointed, but when she looked at Lc¡¯s face, she knew she couldn¡¯t force her further. ¡°Are you sure you will be okay if I leave you alone?¡± any Lc forced a smile to reassure her. ¡°Go, or you will miss a lot of good stuff.¡± Aria scrunched her nose and then left happily, the smile on Lc¡¯s face dropped once Aria left, as she headed toward the drinks stall. ¡°Oh, Lc!¡± An old man greeted Lc when she sat down and made small talk before ordering what she wanted for a drink. ¡°Do you have something sweet?¡± Lc asked with her hoarse voice and the old man immediately gave her a huge ss with red liquid. Lc thanked him and fell silent, she didn¡¯t show interest in her surroundings and only a few minutes later, she noticed someone had been staring at her. Chapter 5 Lc was minding her own business, but at some point, she felt someone¡¯s eyes on her, staring at her so intently and when she lifted her head, one of the men inside this stall fixed his eyes on her. His b*dy reeked of dominance and his dark eyes, a pair of bottomless pits. He must be a lycan. His b*dy was so different from that of a werewolf and she had never seen this man before. For the first time in a week, Lc snapped out of her stupor, as her heart beat so fast. She was afraid of this man. She had never seen someone exuding such dominance, not even Alpha James, let alone Aiden. Who was this man? Lc looked around her and tried to avoid eye contact with him, but even when she tried not to attract his attention, that man kept staring at her. In the end, feeling very ufortable, Lc thought about leaving, as she looked for money to pay for the drink, but in the next second, she closed her eyes in frustration. She didn¡¯t have any money on her. She was so out of her mind when they left, it didn¡¯t even ur to her that she would need any Lc grimaced, she stared at the old man, who was sitting at the corner, waiting for another customer. But right at that time, she caught some movement from the corner of her eyes and saw that scary lycan actually stand up, before he approached her. Lc couldn¡¯t help it, she stared at him tantly. His b*dy was so huge! When he finally stopped in front of her, she almost felt like she was staring at a wall instead. How could there be a creature so big as him? No wonder, werewolves had a hard time dealing with them. One lycan could easily fight at least five of their kind. Lc shrunk when the man sat in front of her, she literally hunched her back, as if she was afraid to be in the same space as him. ¡°Who are you? What do you want?¡± Lc asked, she cowered. ¡°You are Lc? The rumored Lc?¡± The man asked, his voice was so dark and heavy, while he fixed his cyes on her. The way he stared at Lc, made the woman feel afraid to even look at him directly, thus she resolved to staring at his big hand on the table instead. ¡°What rumors?¡± Lc asked in a small voice, she looked very ufortable. She wanted to get away from him, but she felt like she lost all of her courage. How could there be someone so overbearing like this? ¡°The rumors about the rejected mate of the future alpha of this pack,¡± that man said calmly. ¡°What?¡± Lc raised her head to look at him, but then she lowered her gaze again. She was shocked, but it was not enough for her to dare to be brazen with this man. ¡°I don¡¯t know about those rumors,¡± she said under her breath. Was he an alpha? Was he the Lycan Alpha? ¡°W- who are you?¡± Curiosity got the better of her, as Lc lifted her head and stared at his chin. Blue veins popped on his neck, which looked so strong, she wondered if a wood stick could break one if she used one to hit him with. The man didn¡¯t answer her question immediately, but he stared at her for a brief second, as if he was deep in thought, before he replied to her. ¡°Hunter.¡± For Alpha James and Luna Jasmine, both of them were waiting for their only son, who had led their people to the battle along with the other leaders from the five packs to fight against the lycan. Though they didn¡¯t bring victory and the war ended with a peace treaty after Aiden managed to kill the Lycan Alpha, he was still the pride and joy of the Golden w pack. The peace treaty itself was signed by the next in line of the Lycan Alpha. Hunter. He was indeed the Alpha of the lycan pack. The son of the previous Alpha, who had been killed by Aiden. What did he want from her now? Revenge? Because Aiden had killed his father? ¡°Wh- what do you want from me?¡± Lc stammered. Would he kill me? Right at that time, someone entered the stall and his scent hit Lc so hard, she subconsciously turned her head toward the source of this scent. Her heart beat so fast to see Aiden again for the first time in a week. Thest time she saw him was when they talked in the hallway. ¡°Lc,¡± Aiden called her name and somehow, Lc found it ridiculous as to how she still liked the way name rolled off his tongue.. The mate bond was so strong, but apparently not strong enough for Aiden to remain faithful. her ¡°Fam d to see you here,¡± Aiden said softly. He acted like what happened a week ago was nothing. Why would he smile at her like that and actually look so relieved when he saw her again? Lc said nothing, she stood up from her seat. She couldn¡¯t care less about paying for her drink, she could always find this old man and pay himter, because right now, her mind was upied with something else entirely, or it could be said, she wanted to escape Aiden desperately. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°Lc,¡± Aiden called her again and the sound of longing in his voice irked her. ¡°Let¡¯s talk somewhere, okay?¡± However, before Lc could answer him, the Alpha of the lycan pack stood up, as he casually grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and pulled her to his side. Standing next to him directly like this, Lc felt so smallpared to this lycan alpha. This fact distracted her a little bit. ¡°I am going to talk with her first, you can find another day for your business,¡± Hunter spoke sternly in his deep and husky voice, dismissing Aiden. Chapter 6 ¡°I am going to talk with her first, you can find another day for that,¡± Hunter spoke sternly in his deep and husky voice with Aiden. Lc was surprised with what this lycan blurted it out, as if they had known each other for long, despite the fact this was the first time they met and talked with each other. On the other hand, Aiden didn¡¯t look happy with that. His jaw tightened, as he red at Hunter. ¡°Alpha Hunter,¡± he mentioned his name and title with venom on the tip of his tongue. He stared at the alpha directly and this made all of them could feel the tension that raise in this small stall. ¡°May I know what is your business with my mate?¡± Aiden felt miserable when he couldn¡¯t reach Lc and the bond between them didn¡¯t make things easier for him. Ruby had been so nice and understanding with his situation, which made him felt so guilty for thinking about another woman when the woman he chose was carrying his child, but he didn¡¯t feel right, until he talked with Lc to make her understood his situation. Aiden still couldn¡¯t let her go. ¡°Your mate?¡± Hunter tilted his head, he didn¡¯t let go of Lc¡¯s hand and she couldn¡¯t free herself when his grip was so firm on her wrist, more so, she didn¡¯t think she wanted him to let her go, because seeing the jealousy and how upset Aiden was, gave her some strange of satisfaction. ¡°I thought your mate is the one, who is currently pregnant.¡± The words had spread around and it was not that difficult for Hunter¡¯s scouts to get their hands on such shocking news. They even provided more detail information that even Lc didn¡¯t know about. You don¡¯t have any right to say something like that. Whether she is my mate or not, it¡¯s none of your business if I want to talk with my people!¡± Aiden gritted out his words, he threw a dagger look at the alpha lycan. ¡°Is that so?¡± Hunter raised his brows and nced at the woman beside him. He contemted for a second and took the bet. ¡°Fine.¡± All of sudden, he let go of Lc¡¯s hand and took a step back, as if he gave her to him, which left the girl with no defense to refuse Aiden. She needed to say it to him directly if she really didn¡¯t want to talk with him. Meanwhile, the man, who was with Hunter only sat back and watched how everything unfolded. He had this frustrated look on his face, knowing what his alpha was up to. He had warned Hunter, but he seemed not to care about the warning. Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°Lc, let¡¯s talk somewhere, Aiden softened his voice when he shifted his attention toward Lc, He similed helplessly to see her cold gaze. She looked so beautiful tonight with the dress that entuated her curves and the colorplimented her skin. ¡°Come with me.¡± He took a step closer, but Lc stepped back, she avoided his stretched hand, as if it would gue her with some kind of disease. ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk with you, Lc said clearly and this made Hunter had to stop himself fromughing out loud, which made the corner of his l*ps tugged upward. He looked so charming when he did that. ¡°Lc..¡± Aiden became even more frustrated. ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about this here.¡± said, I don¡¯t want to talk with you, Lc said in stern voice, she looked so hurt, but determined with what she said. ¡°Stay away from me.¡± Aiden didn¡¯t ept rejection, especially from his mate, thus he tried to force his way to get Lc to talk with him. As he approached her aggressively. Hunter was about to intervene, but Lc hade to him first and took his hand ¡°Let¡¯s go. Do you have something to talk with me?¡± Lc¡¯s small hand grabbed his wrist, she felt like her palm was burning because of how hot he was. Was all the lyean had this high b*dy temperature? It was not a wonder they were very hotheaded. Hunter was kind of surprised to see Lc¡¯s decision to get him involved, but he yed along with this little girl. ¡°Of course, let¡¯s go.¡± He knew that werewolf was rtive smaller than lycan, but then even in her petite size, she was feisty and he could see that. ¡°Where do you think, you are going?!¡± Aiden was furious, he was about to grab Lc¡¯s other hand, but Hunter was way faster than him, as he pped his hand away ¡°Is this how you treat someone else?¡± Hunter asked in taunting tone. ¡°By forcing yourself?¡± On the other hand, Aiden felt his hand stung, the p was so harsh, he felt like he was going to break his bones, instead of preventing him grabbing Lc¡¯s hand. ¡°I want to talk with my mate!¡± Aiden hissed. He didn¡¯t show how painful the p on his hand was, on his expression And Hunter didn¡¯t need to bicker about it, because Lc made it sure Aiden heard her for the second time. ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk with you!¡± And with that, Lc pulled Hunter¡¯s hand with her, so this strong and big lycan would follow her out of the stall. She even forgot about her unpaid drink. Behind her, Aiden shouted her name, calling her back to talk with him, but Lc couldn¡¯t care less about that. She was not ready for a conversation with him and even if she wanted to have it, it should be on her own terms, but Aiden couldn¡¯t understand that at all. The lively street immediately deafening Aiden¡¯s voice, as Lc hastened her step, but once she was sure Aiden didn¡¯t follow her, she let go of Hunter¡¯s hand. ¡°Thank you and apologize for the trouble,¡± Lc said timidly, while Aiden stared down at her. Çú Chapter 7 ¡°Thank you for the trouble. I hope this will not leave a bad impression on you, alpha Hunter, Lc said in small voice, thus it was hard for Hunter to hear her because of the lively and crowded street they were in. After that, she lifted her head to see his reaction, but he simply stared down at her, which made her confused to be staring at like that. ¡°I don¡¯t know what are you saying, lets go to a quieter ce,¡± Hunter said in his deep and hoarse tone, as he took Lc¡¯s hand again and led the way through the crowd. He simply turned deaf ears when Lc tried to argue with him, he ignored her attempt to free herself from him. At first, Lc tried to make him stopped walking, but then she went quiet when she knew it was a futile attempt to stop him. They were not a match in strength, more so, with this loud noise around them, Lc had to shout and hurt her own throat to talk with him, but this alpha didn¡¯t seem to know what she was saying. Lc didn¡¯t know where he would take her, but because this was still within the pack, which she was more familiar withpared to him, it didn¡¯t make her rm went off, but that was until Hunter took her to aer of the street and went to the back alley. Her eyes widened in shock. It was not appropriate to be seen with a man in this quiet and dark ce! Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°Why are we here?¡± Lc asked, she pulled her hand harshly and this time, Hunter let her go. ¡°We need a quiet ce to talk, right?¡± Hunter crossed his arms in front of his chest, his gaze was still as piercing as ever when he looked at the petite woman before his eyes. ¡°There is nothing for us to talk about,¡± Lc said curtly, she looked around her. She knew this ce, but she had never been in this dark corner. Why should shee to this spot? Hearing her fierce replied, Hunter raised his brows, his l*ps quirked up into an amusement smile. ¡°That¡¯s not what you said in the stall earlier, miss.¡± Lc couldn¡¯t believe his argumentation. Was he really going to take that seriously? ¡°You know that I only made an excuse to get away from him, right?¡± ¡°No. I don¡¯t.¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulders. ¡°I am not that smart to read between the line, miss. My apologize.¡± He appeared to be polite, but somehow, Lc felt like he was mocking her instead. If what he said was true that he was not that smart, then he must be very cunning to be able to drag her to this dark corner. No wonder he was the alpha of the lycan pack. ¡°I think there is misunderstanding here. I am sorry for using you as an excuse, but now, I need to go.¡± Lc didn¡¯t want anyone else to see her here with this man, because it would create a bad assumption and thest thing, she wanted was to attract people¡¯s attention. She didn¡¯t like an attention and right now, people had started to wonder about the rtionship between her and Aiden, since Ruby came into the picture. ¡°If you don¡¯t want to talk, then I will be the one, who will talk,¡± Hunter said. ¡°I have not yet introduced myself to you properly,¡± He grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and she could feel how rough and big it was. She couldn¡¯t imagine what he could do to his enemy, with this strength he had. ¡°I am Hunter, the alpha of the lycan pack Lc wanted to say that she had figured that out, but out of politeness, she introduced herself nicely, though she felt her palm was being burned because of hot this lycan alpha¡¯s b*dy temperature. The lycan really built differently from the rest of the shifter. ¡°I am Lc, nice to meet you, alpha Hunter,¡± she said. She should thank luna Jasmine for her etiquette lesson, because she was the one, who had taught her about it, since she would be the future luna of the pack. Lc had been working her way out to learn everything that she needed, in order to be a good luna and for Aiden to be proud of her. She was an orphan after all, thus having a family was her dream and she got a parental figure on the alpha and the luna, she thought everything would be alright, but now she realized all the effort she had put into the lesson had been gone to the drain. It was such a waste for her now. ¡°Alpha, if you may excuse me,¡± Lc said. She wanted to go back to her bedroom and curl herself there. She knew it was a bad idea toe to the lively party. However, Hunter didn¡¯t let go of her hand, thus she couldn¡¯t leave just yet. ¡°Is this how you treat your guest? I have not even yet spoken anything.¡± Hunter said innguid tone. He looked so charismatic, but somehow, he had this boyish smile and took everything not so seriously. That was the kind of manner that he used to her right now and Lc remembered her lesson with luna. Jasmine. When your opponent appeared so reckless, it meant they were trying to gauge your personality and what they could do to get whatever they wanted from you. With that in her mind, Lc¡¯s guard was up ¡°Let¡¯s talk somewhere else, if there is something important you wish to talk with me.¡± Lc wanted to get out of this dark alley. She tried to figure out what this alpha wanted from her. He must have heard the rumor and understood that she was no use for him. But, she didn¡¯t need to guess it, because the alpha answered her bluntly. ¡°Be my woman in the party.¡± ¡°What?¡± Chapter 8 It hurt Lc when she had to crane her neck in order to look at Hunter, because he was very tall and it didn¡¯t help when they were standing so close with each other. Lc could smell his scent and he smelled so good. Even his scent alone was so dominant, just like him¡­ ¡°Be my woman in the party,¡± he said lightly, as if he was asking about the weather. ¡°What? Are you crazy? Don¡¯t you know who am I?¡± Lc was speechless, she blurted out the question not because she was some kind of important person, but because she was very sure this alpha had heard about the rumor out there, more so, he also knew she was Aiden¡¯s mate¡­ what his purpose to ask her toe to the party with him? ¡°I know you. You are the alpha¡¯s son¡¯s mate. The future luna of the pack. Or, should I say ¡°was¡°? I heard about the rumor around. People really loved to gossip.¡± Lc didn¡¯t look great when she heard his confession, but sha appreciated his bluntless. The main event of this whole lively festivity was the party to celebrate the peace treaty between the packs. This would be the first time they gathered together as an ally, after such a long war between the werewolf and the lycan. Therefore, there was no way Hunter didn¡¯t have any hidden agenda for taking her to the party with him, especially when he knew, who she was. ¡°In that case, I think I need to turn you down. Whatever n you have, it will be futile. You should ask the other woman, if you want to piss Aiden, she is the one, who is carrying his child.¡± Lc knew and her voice became a little bit bitter when she spoke¡­Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°I don¡¯t think Aiden will care much about the woman,¡± Hunter said lightly, he tilted his head, staring at her eyes directly. In this dimly lit dark corner of the alley, her eyes shone brightly, they filled with anger, her l*ps pressed into a thin line because she was trying to hold back her emotion. ¡°He will not approach you in public and take a risk to offend that woman if he really cares about her.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. She couldn¡¯t fathom what was going on in his mind or what he actually wanted from her. ¡°What do you want from me?¡± Hunter shrugged and he grinned again. ¡°I am going to help you to get your revenge. ¡°I never said I want one,¡± Lc quickly retorted and the lycan rolled his eyes, which made her felt ufortable, because he could read her easily. She remembered what luna Jasmine taught her about not showing her emotions to her opponent. It was a tricky position to be a luna and even though it sounded easy and fun to be the second person in authority for the pack, and was well respected by people, but there were a thousand thing she needed to learn and the more important part was to not let go of yourself, to be aware of your surroundings, you also should be able to read between the lines. Lc had done everything, she excelled in all of her lesson with the luna, but right now, all of her effort and her sleep deprived nights had gone to the drain¡­ thanked to her mate betrayal, ¡°I know you want one,¡± Hunter said in convincing tone. Lc tried to let go of his hand that gripped her wrist, but she couldn¡¯t free herself. She felt like she was going to break her wrist instead if she kept trying. ¡°I don¡¯t.¡± ¡°At this point, you lose nothing toe with me to the party.¡± Lc was dumbfounded by the way he insisted to take her as his woman to the party. ¡°Are you afraid of what people in this pack will think about you? Or you don¡¯t want to create trouble for the man, who has dumped you?¡± Both. If Lc could be honest, it was both¡­ ¡°Don¡¯t try to pin me against my own pack, it will not work.¡± Lc tried harder this time, but instead of letting her go, Hunter pulled her closer and spun her b*dy around, until her back hit the wall, as he trapped her between his arms. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± Lc forgot her misery at this time, as she was genuinely afraid what this alpha was going to do to her. He didn¡¯t look sane enough in her eyes right now. ¡°I know it¡¯s you¡­¡± Hunter mumbled under his breath, but Lc didn¡¯t notice that at all, as she tried to push him away. ¡°Get off me! I will scream if you don¡¯t move away!¡± ¡°You are already screaming.¡± Hunter pointed it the obvious, but what he didn¡¯t expect was; Lc actually shifted into her beast form and w his face, which made his cheeks were oozing out blood. The blood dripped to the ground and stain his clothes. Out of surprised, Hunter took a step back, he didn¡¯t see iting at all. On the other hand, Lc was stunned to see she had hurt the alpha lycan. It would cause a deep misunderstanding and more trouble than simply her hurting a random man. After all, he was here for peace treaty, but she hurt him instead. It could be seen as a betrayal and another war was a possibility in the future. Lc immediately shifted back into her human form. She didn¡¯t dare to approach Hunter, but she didn¡¯t run away either. She stood there silently and watched how his wounds healed. Thankfully, after two full minutes, all left was blood on his cheeks and his shirt. ¡°I don¡¯t know you are so feisty, little wolf,¡± Hunter spoke in his deep and dark voice, which sent shiver down Lc¡¯s spine. Lc dreaded the thought of what Hunter would do to her. Çú Chapter 9 Lc was too shock from what she had done to Hunter to even move away from there. She bit her l*ps, staring at how fast his wounds healed, but she would be in a great trouble, if he demanded a consequence for her action earlier. After all, there was so much blood on his shirt and on the ground for him to im that he was being attacked by her After all, his blood also was still on the tip of her nails. It was easy enough to tell, she was the one, who had attacked him and with that, the main purpose of this party for the peace treaty that they finally reached would crumble into nothing, as they would be in war with each other again, brought back so many casualties from both parties. The thought dreaded Lc so much, she felt like she was having a hard time to breath. On the other hand, the sight of Lc was hyperventting made Hunter frowned. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± He approached Lc, who started to tear up. It should be him, who was beingforted, not the other way around, since it was him, who was being attacked, but why she was the one, who was crying? ¡°Hey, what happened?¡± Lc felt her knees became so weak, her mind was a wreck of emotions, since she couldn¡¯t contain her grievances anymore. ¡°What is wrong with you? It¡¯s me, who was being hurt, okay.¡± Hunter squatted down in front of Leah and the sight of her crying like this confused him, since he had never coaxed a crying girl before. ¡°What are you crying for? However, what Lc felt right now was a mix of emotions of fear and desperation. Her emotion and feeling had been on tatter ever since she came out of her bedroom, but right now, she waspletely unable to control herself. Everything came crushing down at her at the same time. She felt all of her resentment and anger came to her without mercy, her heart bled again. She had been trying to keep her emotions at bay because Aria and luna Jasmine used toe often to check on her, thus she felt even worst when she saw their sad expression. They shouldn¡¯t be troubled with her emotion. ¡°Gosh! I don¡¯t know what to do with you.¡± Hunter ran his fingers through his hairs in frustration and then he only remembered one gesture to calm someone down when they were crying. Someone did this to him once in the past and it felt good. Original from N?velDrama.Org. Therefore, with limited knowledge about how to calm Lc down, he did it, though it was a little bit embarrassing to say the least, but in the end, he was the one, who brought this to himself. He pulled her closer into a warm embarrassed, which stunned Lc, because she had never been hugged by any men, aside from Aiden. Lc could feel his big and hot palm on her back, caressing her. This embrace was so different from the one she felt from Aiden, it was veryforting and even more because their bodies were built very differently. While Aiden had a rather lean b*dy, Hunter¡¯s big b*dy felt like he was going to engulf her and this gave a sense offort and protection at the same time, something that Lc shouldn¡¯t feel from another man, but her own mate, but then, the thought of Aiden gave the samefort to another woman and even had done the deed with her, made her less guilty. There there..¡± Hunter patted her back and when he heard her cries ceased down, he continued, assuming this method was working instead of thinking that Lc was currently too stunned to cry. The night was still lively, but in this dark corner of the alley, they felt the world had be very quiet and the only thing they could hear was their own heartbeat. They were so close and Hunter didn¡¯t let her go. even when Lc hadpletely stopped crying, ¡°You can let me go.¡± Lc finally said in her hoarse voice, as she tried to free himself from him. Now, her beautiful dress had ruined because she was sitting on this dirty ground, but she couldn¡¯t care less about it.. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Hunter asked in his deep voice when he saw Lc stood up and was about to leave, he pushed himself of the ground and managed to catch up with her before she could go out of this dark alley. If there was someone caught them together from there, they must assume the worst. While Hunter didn¡¯t care about what people would think of him, Lc was not the same. ¡°Don¡¯t follow me,¡± Lc said in small voice, she tried to hasten her steps, but how could she beat him into it when he only needed to make a long stride and he was already next to her. ¡°If I can¡¯t follow you, then it will be you, who need toe with me.¡± Once again, Hunter grabbed her hand and took her out of the alley into the lively street, where people enjoyed the festivities. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Lc looked panic, as she saw a few people caught a sight of both of them. Not to mention Hunter¡¯s presence demanded attention from the people around him, thus needless to say, this was not the situation Lc wished to be, ¡°It depends.¡± Hunter nced at Lc over his shoulder, there was this cunning smile on the corner of his l*ps when he spoke again. ¡°We can go to the party, or do you want to go to the council for the damage you have done to me,¡± he said innguid tone ¡°Choose wisely, Lc. I know you are a smart woman.¡± ¡°Are you threatening me?¡± Lc frowned so hard. ¡°Yes.¡± Hunter was not even ashamed to admit that. Chapter 10 Lc couldn¡¯t believe what she heard. How could he be so shameless? Original from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Seeing how shameless you are. I can¡¯t believe that you are the alpha.¡± Lc simply blurted our what was in her mind without thinking about it twice, which Hunter used it to add for his threat. ¡°That can be counted as an insult for the alpha. I don¡¯t know with your pack, but in my pack, if you are caught swearing at an alpha, you will get your tongue cut.¡± Hearing that, Lc immediately bit her tongue to stop herself fromining again. There was nothing good that came from butting head with this man. Lc had been really depressedtely, but it didn¡¯t mean she wanted to be tortured. Thankfully, her mind. still worked just fine to be wise enough not to utter a single word anymore, just in case, she lost her control again. ¡°Why are you taking me here?¡± Lc asked, she was mortified when Hunter took her inside a mansion. This ce was the building that was upied by the lycan during their stay in this pack and Lc felt so overwhelmed when she saw there were so many lycan here. Their bodies literally towered above her. ¡°We will go to the party, you need to change your clothes,¡± Hunter replied simply, as he strode across the hall with Lc close to him. Everyone howed their head and nced at Lc curiously, because they had never seen their alpha to be with any woman, but right now, he took one into his bedroom? This was something that they had never imagined before. More so, this woman was a werewolf. Did he actually like a smaller size? Most of the warrior talked to each other about this. Meanwhile, Hunter took Lc into his bedroom after he ordered a woman that looked like she was in her mid thirties, to get a new dress for Lc. ¡°You don¡¯t need to prepare anything for me, just take me back home, I have my own dress,¡± Lc said. Luna Jasmine gave her a few pieces of proper clothes, which was good enough for tonight party ¡°I don¡¯t like that ugly dress that you are wearing,¡± Hunter said without any scrupulous and once again left Lc speechless. ¡°I am tired to see such tacky color.¡± ¡°Our pack has our own style to dress up, just because our pack is not wearing the gloomy color like your pack, it doesn¡¯t mean, our way to dress is ugly¡± Lc felt a little bit offended when she heard what he said. However, Hunter simply waved his hand and pointed his finger toward the bathroom. ¡°You can change inside the bathroom, or you can change your dress here in front of me, I don¡¯t mind either.¡± Lc felt her face was feeling hot again when she heard his recklessment, how could there is someone, who talked very vulgar like him? Not long after, that same woman came knocking on the door to give a deep blue dress to Hunter, the color was so dark, it almost like the night sky You know the dark color in my pack is for a funeral,¡± Lc said, as she received the dress. From the look of it alone, she knew the dress would be too big for her, but she wouldn¡¯tin about it Hunter should 48 Sat, 30 Dec have already known about it too in one nce, but he gave it to her anyway. ¡°In that case, in your pack¡¯s eyes, my pack has daily funeral then Hunter sat down on the single sofa and raised his brows. ¡°You are wee to change in front of me, Lc¡± ¡°What if I don¡¯t want to change the dress and go with you?¡± Lc frowned. Her dress was only slightly disty, but if she was wearing the dress from Hunter¡¯s pack, it would cause an uproar and she didn¡¯t want to stir more attention toward her bying to the party with the alpha from the lycan pack. ¡°I will demand the punishment for attacking an alpha. Because you have attacked an alpha, it will be a valid reason for me to attack your pack, since it¡¯s a breach of peace treaty.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t look like he took this matter seriously, but probably it was because that was how he used to be. In any case, Lc didn¡¯t dare to say otherwise, more so, it sounded so ridiculous to start a war just because she didn¡¯t want to change a dress. This man must be looking for an opportunity and excuse to continue his tyrant again. Without saying much, Lc when to the adjoint bathroom and changed her dress. The fabric of this dark blue dress was actually way more soft than the one huna Jasmine gave to her, it slid her b*dy down to the floor and because of the length of the dress didn¡¯t suit her height, she needed to pull the side of the dress slightly, so it wouldn¡¯t sweep the floor. It didn¡¯t take long for Lc to get out of the bathroom and showed Hunter her oversized dress. ¡°This dress is not working on me,¡± Lc stated the obvious. ¡°I will change into my old one.¡± However, before she could turn around and change her dress again, Hunter had stood up and approached. her, he pulled her away from the bathroom and let her stood in front of a b*dy length mirror, while he was standing behind her. Lc was surprised to see how face and smooth Hunter¡¯s move was, he didn¡¯t make any sound. ¡°You look so beautiful, Lc,¡± Hunter said in whispery tone against her ear, as he took a belt and wrapped it around her waist to make the length of the dress fit her height. ¡°Why do you act as if we have known each other before? You act so friendly to me.¡± Lc could see how her reflection was frowning. Chapter 11 ¡°Why do you act as if we have known each other before? You act so friendly to me.¡± Lc could feel howfortable Hunter was with her, even though this was the first time for them to meet with each other. Lc could be wrong about her feeling¡­. Hunter tilted his head. ¡°Maybe because I am friendly by nature,¡± ¡°As far as I know, a lycan is not so wee to the other shifter outside of their pack, Lc retorted. ¡°That¡¯s your nature.¡± Hunter grimaced, as if her words stabbed his heart painfully, ¡°You don¡¯t really think that way, right? You are being judgmental here.¡± ¡°And you are being irrational.¡± Hunter smirked, he didn¡¯t seem to be offended by her words, instead he found it amusing if she could say the least. ¡°Oh. Lc, you don¡¯t know how irrational I can be.¡± Hearing what he said. Lc felt a bad omen. What he was going to do? It almost felt like a warning for her, since this alpha was so shameless with his threat. He literally admitted that openly. ¡°You are crazy.¡± Hunter chuckled a little bit. ¡°Not even close, Lc. You need to know me more to judge me as a crazy person.¡± ¡°And then why I need to know you more? We will not meet with each other again after this.¡± Lc was already tired with this bickering even before she arrived at the party, which would be a catastrophe if people saw her with Hunter and was wearing the dress with the style of those lycan¡¯s women. ¡°Because it is so refreshing to have a fight with you.¡± ¡°You are not only crazy, but also weird.¡± ¡°You are wee.¡± ¡°I am notplimenting you!¡± Lc raised her voice, something that she had never done ever since she was under luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge, because that was not a luna supposed to be. You needed to be calm in every situation. But at this point¡­ fuck that. She was not going to be the luna of the pack, since Aiden had impregnated someone else, so why would she care about it? More so, it took all of her patient to face this certain alpha before her eyes. ¡°Let¡¯s go We can continue with our argumentation on our way to the pack house, or else, all the good food would have gone once we got there,¡± Lc got so many strange looks from the lycan that she met on her way out of this mansion. They didn¡¯t even hide it. Probably, it was in their nature to be open about their feeling, just like how Hunter had shown her. Cutside of the mansion, a beautiful and spacious carriage had been waiting for them and Lc had a second thought to jump into it. ¡°What is it? Do you change your mind again?¡± ¡°Can I do something else for you, but not this?¡± The thought of the people saw her with their former enemy that had killed their family didn¡¯t look so good. She was trying to avoid attention because of the problem with Aiden, but if she came with him right now, it almost like she put herself out there to be judged harshly. It wouldn¡¯t be a problem for Hunter, since he would leave within a week, but she would need to stay here, whether she would still be Aiden¡¯s mate or not. This was the only ce she knew, the only ce she belonged to, she had nowhere else to go Therefore, even though it was suck to see Aiden with Ruby, she needed to swallow it¡­ the future didn¡¯t look so good for her. ¡°Do you want to go to the trial?¡± Hunter asked lightly, as if he was asking about the weather. ¡°How much you hate me for you to want to kill me in the firs time we meet?¡± Lc felt like she had been. talking a lot more than this past week. This man was really something else¡­ ¡°Don¡¯t be so ridiculous. I don¡¯t want to kill you, that¡¯s why I give you an opportunity to redeem yourself by going to the party with me.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you go with your fellow lycan?¡± ¡°Because I only took warriors with me, all of them men, the women didn¡¯t want toe, thus it will not fun to have a dance with a man.¡± Original from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°I can¡¯t believe it,¡± Lc shook her head helplessly. ¡°I can¡¯t believe it too that I have a date for tonight!¡± Hunter said cheerfully and when he was smiling like this, he became less¡­. Scary. His intimidating posture and this angry look on his face made him like he was going to end someone if they were as much as bothered him. But, upon closer look like this, Lc knew, he was not that cruel. ¡°If my pack chased me out because they thought I am a traitor for going to the party with you. I will demand your responsibility.¡± Lc walked away from Hunter, but he easily caught up with her. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you can be part of my pack member instead,¡± Hunter replied. ¡°I mean it.¡± He emphasized. what he said and this time, his expression looked very serious, which made Lc frowned. She couldn¡¯t read this man at all, as if he had some n running in the back of his pretty head when he said that Shaking off her concern, Lc let Hunter to help her to get into the carriage. Along their way to the pack house, Lc didn¡¯t say anything, she stared at the lively street and her mind wandered around. In the party, she would definitely meet with Aiden and Ruby again. What could be their reaction? What Aiden wanted to talk about? Was there anything they needed to talk about? ¡°We are here.¡± Hunter pulled her back from her own thought. Lc didn¡¯t realize it she had been dozing off all the way here. Çú Chapter 12 Lc had been living in the pack house for a year now ever since she found out that she was Aiden¡¯s mate. Aiden personally escorted her to the pack house from the orphanage, the ce, where she had been living ever since she was little. She didn¡¯t really remember about her childhood or how she could end up in the orphanage.. The earliest memory she had was when she woke up one day and it was snow outside, it was so white, as if the whole world was covered by powder. ¡°Do you want to walk on your own, or do you want me to carry you, so we can make a grand entrance?¡± Hunter asked yfully. Lc red at him. She shouldn¡¯t have acted this way in front of him, because by any mean, he was the alpha and she needed to respect him. Not to mention, she was nob*dy now. Without Aiden, she was not the future luna of the pack, she was only a girl from the orphanage, who was lucky enough to get the attention and affection from the alpha and the luna. ¡°I will walk ¡°Nice choice.¡± Hunter helped her to get out of the carriage by holding Lc¡¯s hand. ¡°Even though I would love to make a memorable entrance with you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t even think about that.¡± Lc nced at the shirt he was still wearing, which was stained by his blood. He only wore a nice cloak on top of it, to cover the bloodstain. This man was very cunning. Maybe he was ready to take it off if Lc tried to act funny and expose what happened, as he asked for a punishment for her. Lc scoffed. Her heart was so heavy, but this time, it was not because of the problem with Aiden, more like she found a weird distraction from this annoying man. ¡°Are you ready?¡± Hunter grabbed her hand and didn¡¯t let it go, as if he didn¡¯t want Lc to runaway once they entered the hall, which looked like something she would do. ¡°No.¡± Lc tried to free her hand, but it was no use, she should have learned that ever since they were in that dark alley. His strength was something else. ¡°How do you feel?¡± Hunterpletely ignored Lc¡¯s short answer earlier. Now they were already in the pack house, there were some people in the hallway, where they could see Lc and Hutter together, they looked so shock and couldn¡¯t even hide it in time when Lc caught their eyes, ¡°I feel not good, as if I am going to throw up. Though the possibility was so small, Lc wanted him to feel disgusted with her replied, yet it simply didn¡¯t work that way. ¡°It¡¯s fine. If you want to throw up, just throw up. This party is suck after all.¡± Lc turned her head to look at him in disbelieve, she wanted to tell him that he was the one, who was suck and she wanted to throw up because of him, yet she didn¡¯t have the audacity to say it out loud, after all, no matter how annoying and bothersome this man was, he was still the alpha, while she was nob*dy without Aiden¡­ Thest statement irked Lc so much, since her future was determined by that cheater. Headache, Lc didn¡¯t even want to talk much with Hunter, as she let him to escort her into the hall. where she could hear the lively music from inside and someughter, they looked enjoying this party so much. While Lc didn¡¯t even have time to even pay close attention to the beautiful decoration or how magnificent this ce had turned out. After all, she was the one, who had arranged everything rted for tonight party to wee the lycan, but she was not pleased to see those smiling faces around her. ¡°Are you sure, you are going to this party with me, instead of being punished?¡± Lc threw him a dagger look, but he put up an innocent expression, though there was nothing innocent about him at all.. Upset, Lc opened the door to the hall by herself with her free hand and pulled Hunter inside, which shocked the alpha. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°What? Are you afraid to be seen with me?¡± Lc asked tauntingly. For a moment, Hunter was caught off guard by her boldness, but then a devilish smile appeared on the corner of his l*ps, as he twisted their hand and he led the way instead. ¡°Of course not. This is an honor toe to the party with you, Lc.¡± Hunter lifted his head. up and smirked when he could feel the two of them became the center of the attention and the girl beside him wanted to shrink her b*dy, thinking she could cease to exist at this moment, but instead, he put his arm around her hips and strode across the room. They could hear a lot of gasps came from the people around them upon seeing they were together. ¡°It seems they are really excited to see us together,¡± Hunter whispered against Lc¡¯s ear, as he leaned over. This kind of gesture looked scandalous, but Lc didn¡¯t pay attention to him, as she was busy to pretend like there was nothing happened. She tried to act calm, until Huiter could feel how her palm became sweary. ¡°In my eyes, they look like they are going to curse at me,¡± Lc replied stiffly. ¡°Really? I thought, it¡¯s their happy faces.¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulder nonchntly and ignored the way Lc red at him, instead he nodded to a certain someone before his eyes. ¡°What about him? What do you think is in his mind right now?¡± Lc didn¡¯t understand what he was saying, but when she followed his line of sight, this was thest person she wanted to meet, but somehow, she knew, she wouldn¡¯t be able to avoid him. Chapter 13 Hunter put his arm around Lc¡¯s waist possessively, as if he was unting her to all the people inside the room. Since he was the main event of this party, he should share the same amount of attention to the woman he was with right now. ¡°Do you think he is going to kill me?¡± Hunter asked when he saw Lc¡¯s face became ufortable to see Aiden and Ruby together. They actually came to the party as a couple, as if to announce their togetherness. Lc really wanted to scold herself for being so dumb. What she actually expected? Of course, they would be together, Ruby was carrying the firstborn of the future alpha after all, the baby would continue the line of alpha in this pack, the baby was so precious. There was no way she couldpare to this woman, even though she was the destined mate. ¡°What is it with that long face?¡± Hunter nced at her and scoffed. ¡°That woman is not as beautiful as you. It¡¯s his lose for being a cheater.¡± Lc grimaced. She was not sure whether he was trying to cheer her up or he had another hidden purpose with the way he talked to her. Thank you, but a mate bond is aplicated thing. You can¡¯t just break it casily. ¡°Are you telling me, you have not yet rejected him?¡± Hunter raised his brows Lc frowned. He made it sounded so easy and trivial. ¡°As a lycan, you will not understand how the mate bond works, so don¡¯t talk about it lightly.¡± A lycan didn¡¯t have a mate bond, they wouldn¡¯t know how it felt to have one, or the happiness and relief when they finally found their other half. It was a thrilled, something that every werewolf looked forward when they came to age. However, lycan didn¡¯t have such thing, they would choose their partner for life based on their interest. There was nothing tied them down. ¡°Mate bond is a bullshit. You people, are trying to make it sounds special. What is that for?¡± ¡°So, you can find your soulmate,¡± Lc replied. A little bit offended, because of the way how blunt Hunter talked down about their identity that had been there for hundreds of years. ¡°In that sense, your soulmate is a cheater? Hunter retorted and Lc couldn¡¯t find the right answer for that. ¡°See? It¡¯s ridiculous.¡± Lc didn¡¯t want to butthead with him, but she didn¡¯t want to approach Aiden and Ruby either. The look on Aiden¡¯s face was mortifying, his expression showed as if his family had been ughtered. Why would he care! ¡°I want to get some drink,¡± Lc mumbled, as she tried to go away, but Hunter didn¡¯t let go, he pressed his palm against her hip to prevent her from moving away, which made Lc red at him. ¡°Are you crazy? want to drink something,¡± Lc hissed. ¡°Let¡¯s get the drink together after we greet them all.¡± Why should I?¡± ?? 70% ¡°Because you are my woman for tonight.¡± Hunter tilted his head, as if he was thinking for a while. ¡°Well, it can be more than tonight if you want. I don¡¯t mind.¡± ¡°You are crazy!¡± Lc growled, but she kept her expression in check, since they were still out of carshot from Aiden, so in his point of view, the two of them were simply having a delightful conversation, especially when the music was so loud. ¡°Do you have another swearing words? Because you have used that one often.¡± Hunter smirked to see how annoyed Lc was with him. Somehow, the look on her face amused him so much. ¡°Don¡¯t put a long face like that, you don¡¯t want him to see how miserable you are. Show him how unaffected you are with his infidelity, then he will know what he has lost.¡± Lc pressed her l*ps tightly, she didn¡¯t want to listen to what he said, because deep down she knew, she didn¡¯t want to appear so miserable in front of Aiden. She didn¡¯t want to give him the pleasure to know how much had broken her heart and trust. ¡°Such garbage doesn¡¯t deserve your tears, Lc.¡± Hunter cursed at the son of the alpha of this pack lightly, as if he had done it several times and he was very smooth with it. Somehow, hisment made Lc giggled. She felt oddly relief, there was someone cursing at Aiden, since no one would dare to do that in this pack. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°See? Your smile is so beautiful.¡± Hunter stretched out his hand and tucked a strand of her hair. This small gesture didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Aiden, since he had been watching the two of them. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Ruby asked Aiden, who was so stiffened upon watching the sight before his eyes. Meanwhile, the alpha and the luna narrowed their eyes with the interaction between Lc and Hunter. ¡°Mother, Aiden.called his mother, as he turned his b*dy around, ignoring Ruby. ¡°You need to warn Lc not to go overbroad. I know she is upset with me, but to go to alpha Hunter and openly show off their affection is not right. We are indeed in peace treaty, but the lycan had been our enemy for the past year and there are still a lot of tension between us,¡± Luna Jasmine nodded and then looked at her mate, who seemingly had the same opinion. ¡°I know, I will talk with herter.¡± Luna Jasmine smiled helplessly. ¡°Calm yourself down. Lc only does it to upset you. You shouldn¡¯t lose your temper to her again when you are in the wrong.¡± Luna Jasmine nced viciously at Ruby, who immediately lowered her head. The luna didn¡¯t like this random woman, who came out of nowhere and was very disappointed to her.son. but in the end of the day, the baby in that woman¡¯s stomach was Aiden¡¯s flesh and blood. Chapter 14 ¡°I will find some time to talk with Lc,¡± Luna Jasmine maintained her gentle smile, though her eyes. pierced through Ruby¡¯s, as she didn¡¯t like this woman toe in between Aiden and his destined mate. ¡°Control your expression,¡± Alpha James said to his sone, because right now, Hunter and Lc were walking toward them to greet all the alphas and lunas. However, it almost felt like the alpha lycan was introducing his future luna, as Lc was wearing the dress. with their style and this made luna Jasmine frowned. What happened with the dress that she gave to her? Why she was wearing this one? Did she intentionally do that to upset Aiden? But, Lc should have known this kind of childish act would backfire on her. How could Aiden control his expression when he felt every fiber in his being was screaming at him to kill this alpha lycan, who had the audacity to put his hand on his mate. He was having a hard time to control his emotions. ¡°If you can¡¯t control your emotions, you can leave,¡± Alpha James said, as he could feel the emotions that coursed through his son clearly. He wanted this party to be sess and the peace treaty would ensure everyone¡¯s safety. ¡°Leave, Aiden.¡± Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. Hearing themand in his father¡¯s voice, Aiden didn¡¯t have any other choice, but to retreat. He was not sure if he could trust his self control the moment alpha Hunter was within his arm reach. He didn¡¯t want to ruin the purpose of this meeting after all the effort that they put into it. Staring at Lc for thest time, he forced himself to turn his head and walk away, Lc looked so beautiful in that dress and this was annoying, especially when all he wanted to do was to hug her and bury his face against the crook of her neck, breathing in her delicious scent. The thought of it alone drove him insane. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± Aiden snapped at Ruby when the woman was following him. She was wearing a in blue dress that luna Jasmine could find in thest minute. ¡°I. I don¡¯t know anyone there and luna Jasmine told me to go, so I follow you,¡± Ruby said in small voice, she was so scared because Aiden had been so angrytely. He had never been by her side and if he came, it only to ask about the baby in her stomach, nothing else. He didn¡¯t even care about her, whether she could adjust in this new pack or not. Everyone didn¡¯t treat her badly, but surely they were so reluctant to associate themselves with her. They would rather treat her as if she didn¡¯t exist and ignore her. ¡°Stay away from me, Ruby, I am really mad right now. Don¡¯t follow me.¡± What Aiden said was so clear that he didn¡¯t want to have anything to do with this woman, aside from the baby in her stomach. She held no value in his eyes, once the baby was born. However, it would onlyplicate thing because he needed to take her as the future luna, since she gave birth to his heir. The alpha¡¯s firstborn was really important, as the baby would continue the line. The sight of her irritated him so much, he wanted to kill her right away. He wanted to put her head on the same spike like alpha Hunter, because he was so daring to touch what belonged to his. Aiden Ruby was trying to hold back her tears, she put her arms on her stomach, because she felt so thuch pain in her heart and so sad for their child. Please don¡¯t do this.¡± ¡°Scram, Ruby! I don¡¯t want to see you!¡± The loud music out there sounded so distance, Ruby felt so detached from the festivity, because what she saw right now was only a gloomy side of this pack. know that you ¡°Aiden, you hurt me and our child if you keep trying to avoid me, I need you. Don¡¯t you hurt our child too by treating me this way?¡± She was pregnant and alone, while the father of her child didn¡¯t want to have anything to do with her. Wasn¡¯t a pregnant woman should be taken care attentively? But, Aiden had never acted that way ever since they returned to the pack house, Probably the thought of losing his mate had finally engrossed in his mind and he didn¡¯t want that. ¡°It¡¯s a bless if the baby died!¡± Ruby was taken aback by the reply, she felt like her heart was being stabbed and Aiden immediately realized what kind of nasty wish he had said. He couldn¡¯t take it back and he was so ashamed that he was telling the truth. That was what he truly thought. If Ruby and the baby was not in the picture, it would be easier for Lc to forgive him for his CITOR. ¡°Aiden, why are alone. you so heartless?¡± Ruby sobbed silently, but the man had turned around and left her there Ruby knew what they had done was so wrong and it was also hard on Lc, but what Aiden said was too much. He shouldn¡¯t have said anything like that to his own child. The night was still so lively, but it was so bleak in Ruby¡¯s eyes, as she kept crying alone in this empty hall, while the party became even more entertaining Meanwhile, inside the hall, Lc was facing her own adversity when Hunter introduced her as his woman for tonight. ¡°I am very thankful for Lc¡¯s kindness, as she is willing to apany me to show the pack and exin a few things about your tradition.¡± The only tradition that they talked about was the mate bond and the only ce they went was the dark alley and the mansion, in which Lc didn¡¯t enjoy at all. ÓÉ Chapter 15 Lc was not sure what this alpha was up to, but she didn¡¯t interject, since they were sitting in the seat of honor. There were seven alphas, including their lunas, which meant, there were fourteen seats and Lc was the only one that was not a luna, she held no significant status, thus it was an honor to be there. However, Lc would rather sit on the dirty kitchen than to be here and feel the tension, she knew luna Jasmine had been stolen a nce at her, as she wanted to know how she could end up with alpha Hunter, but Lc pretended not to see that. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. She didn¡¯t want to deal with that at this moment, because it was too much and she was being overwhelmed right now. Therefore, Lc sat there silently, didn¡¯t say anything, lowering her head, so she didn¡¯t need to engage with unnecessary question and let Hunter to do the talking. ¡°Because Golden w pack doesn¡¯t provide me and my people someone to guide us within the pack, so I feel fortunate enough for Lc¡¯s kindness for being so willing to do this inconvenient favor for me, Hunter said lightly, as if he was talking about the weather, while praising Lc and insulting alpha James at the same time. After hearing what Hunter said, the atmosphere became even thicker, it was so ufortable to say the least and Lc kept kicking his feet under the table, so he could stop with his sarcasm, since it wouldn¡¯t do any good for her in the aftermath of this meeting. At this point, what the different between her was being reported for hurting alpha Hunter with this exact moment? She was doomed either way¡­ However, alpha James wouldn¡¯t falter with this small dispute that Hunter tried to raise, he was a veteran alpha, who had a lo to experience of exchanging underline words, as he could read between the line just fine. ¡°My apologize for the inconvenience, alpha Hunter, This is my mistake for not preparing everything carefully and cause trouble for you, since I thought you will not get lose in our pack. I heard a rumor, months ago when your father still led the war that you managed to get all the packs¡®yout, so I am sure you will not get lost inside our gate.¡± The way alpha James turned the table was so smooth, as he reminder them mildly about the offense that Hunter¡¯s father hadmitted before he was killed by Aiden. The other five alphas went silent, as they smiled lightly and sipped their drink. They let alpha James and Hunter to show their craftiness in throwing underlying insults. It shouldn¡¯t be the main topic of this meeting, but it was alpha James, who had started it when he asked about Lc¡¯s presence and how Hunter shouldn¡¯t have included her there. There was an insult mixed in his words when he mentioned the fact that Lr was his son¡¯s destined mate. It started from there. Thankfully, luna Jasmine was tactful enough, she could bnce the situation and deescte this meaningless conversation to bring it back to the main problem. ¡°Why don¡¯t we drink to celebrate the peace that finally returns to ournd?¡± Luna Jasmine said in her cheerful and charismatic voice. She smiled at her mate and poured a wine on his ss, while the other. luna followed her example and did the same to their mates. Hunter kicked her leg under the table this time and nodded at his empty ss, indicating for Lc to pour the wine for him too. He was insane if he thought she would do that. There was no way Lc would oblige to do so. It was not her job. Yet, Hunter had predicted that and he didn¡¯t mind to do it for her, as he took the wine bottle and poured the liquid into her ss, which made all the people frowned with his action. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have done that, alpha Hunter, let Lc do it,¡± luna Ariel said, she was the luna of the Glory Moonlight pack, she looked so beautiful in her yellow dress and ck, long hair that cascaded down her back. ¡°She is not my luna, luna Ariel, but even if she is, I don¡¯t mind to spoil my woman,¡± Hunter replied casually and took the ss, as he handed it to Lc. ¡°This is my gratitude for being so willing to apany me today.¡± ¡°We just met less than three hours ago, don¡¯t say today, since it sounded like a long time! Lc grumbled, but she couldn¡¯t voice out her grievances, since she didn¡¯t want to stir trouble for herself for ruining this game for Hunter. After all, his gentle gesture didn¡¯t hurt her¡­ Lc then drank her wine happily, trying to quench her anxiety with the liquor and for once she noticed that she didn¡¯t think about Aiden. Her problem with him was thrown out of the window when she was too nervous with this meeting and actually her heart was a little bit lighter because of that. Lc nced at Hunter, who was talking with the other alphas about trivial thing and how they tried to keep it amicable, despite their desire to throw insult to each other in every opponity. Now, Lc realized why she needed the lesson to be the luna, because it was not easy to read between the line and carried yourself when the people around you had their own ulterior motive and you needed to read that, in order to save yourself for the future trouble, just in case, you had a sl*p tongue. Lc sighed deeply and put down her empty ss, only for Hunter to pour more wine again. The alpha smiled at her and made a gesture for her to drink the wine. And that was what Lc did and the same thing repeated. Chapter 16 Lc had never drunk too much before this and she felt like her whole b*dy was burning at this moment, as if there was me inside her chest. Her face had turned red, she needed to stop, but Hunter kept pouring more and more wine, which she hardly could resist. She knew it was a foolish action and luna Jasmine had tried to make her stop, but she was not in the right. mind at that moment and wanted to drink until oblivion to numb her pain that suddenly came rushing in her veins all of sudden again. Probably because of the alcohol made Lc became a little bit mncholic about her predicament and Hunter didn¡¯t help at all, if she was sober enough, she would have noticed how determined he wanted to make her drunk. Thankfully, she could stop before it got so much worse and walked out of the room because the alphas were going to sign the peace treaty and discuss a few things, where the women should leave the men. Lc stumbled, she shook her head when she walked out of the room and luna Jasmine came to her side to help her. ¡°Are you okay? How could you drink like that?¡± Juna Jasmine nagged her in motherly tone and low voice, she was upset to see how messed up Lc was and even more because all of this happened during the critical time. The n was for Aiden and Lc to have their ceremony, once her son got back from the war to cement Lc¡¯s status as the future luna of the pack, but Aiden chose to bring back the woman. ¡°My head hurt,¡± Lc whined, she felt like the world was spinning. Hunter was truly awful, he made her drunk ¡°Serve you right,¡± luna Jasmine grumbled, but she helped her to get some fresh air in the balcony. She sat her there in the chair, facing the backyard garden, the wind carried the smell of flower, which helped Lc to feel a little bit better with this fresh air. ¡°I will go and get something for you to drink and ask someone to make a sober soup for you. Don¡¯t go anywhere, una Jasmine said sternly. She liked Lc, but she couldn¡¯t deny Ruby, since she was pregnant with Aiden¡¯s firstborn, which would be her first grandchild. This situation was very upsetting. Only if Lc was getting pregnant, their status would be the same and she had a strong reason to support her. Only if she got pregnant¡­ C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Luna Jasmine narrowed her eyes, she looked over her shoulder at the drunken Lc. Currently, Lc was oblivious to her surroundings, she had never drunk before, therefore, she couldn¡¯t handle it well, she felt like her head was going to split into two. However, sitting in the open area like this made the pain slightly subsided, she opened her eyes after some time and then stared at the bright moon in the night sky. It was a beautiful night and the street was still very lively, she could hear the sound of the music on the background, but this ce was rather quiet. Lc took a deep breath and leaned her head on the armrest and wriggled her b*dy to find a comfortable position. She stayed like that until luna Jasmine returned, but she didn¡¯t bring any soup and only a ss of water with her. ¡°Come with me, Lc,¡± luna Jasmine said. ¡°You need to get some rest, it will be good for you toy down. for a while. Lc narrowed her eyes, she stared at luna Jasmine but then shook her head. ¡°I want to stay here, mother. But, luna Jasmine refused the suggestion. ¡°No, you can¡¯t stay here. Tonight is cold, you can get sick. Come, I have prepared a room for you and a bowl of subber soup. You will feel better.¡± ¡°But, I want to stare at the moon.¡± Lc didn¡¯t want to go, she liked to be here. Why luna Jasmine kept bothering her? ¡°You can¡¯t be here, Lc,e with mother, don¡¯t be stubborn, okay?¡± Luna Jasmine said in her motherly tone, as she caressed her head. She had known Lc for this past year and they had been so close, since she was under her tutge, therefore she knew how to make her agreed. In the end, stumbling on her feet, luna Jasmine helped Lc to get to the room that she had prepared and tucked her in. ¡°I will get the soup for a while, okay?¡± She k*ssed Lc¡¯s forehead, but her eyes became a little bit complicated for a second, before a determination stilled her heart and tunned out all the hesitation. ¡°I will be back, don¡¯t go anywhere.¡± ¡°Hm.¡± Lc snuggled into the warm nket, she felt so sleepy and didn¡¯t think she would taste the soup. Once the door was closed, she shut her eyes as well and fell asleep rather easily. Meanwhile, luna Jasmine looked anxious when she asked to other people where Aiden was and only found Ruby, who was sitting on the corner, like a lost child. Without a second thought, she came toward the young woman and she started out of her mind to see the huna, since Ruby remembered this certain person had never liked her at all, even though she did nothing wrong. ¡°Where is my son?¡± luna Jasmine asked, her voice was so cold, it was so different from when she talked with Lc earlier. She looked like she was going to strangle this young woman to death. 1- I don¡¯t know..¡± Ruby stuttered, ¡°He went away angrily and not allowed me toe.¡± Luna Jasmine scoffed when she heard that. ¡°Of course, why would he want you to follow him? The sight of you alone is already disgusted him,¡± Hearing that, tears started to roll Ruby¡¯s eyes. ¡°Why do you hate me so much?¡± Çú Chapter 17 Ruby couldn¡¯t understand with the animosity that luna Jasmine showed to her when she didn¡¯t do anything, she only wanted to be close with her, but it seemed, whatever she was doing, it was a mistake in the luna¡¯s eyes. It was even so wrong for her to merely breathing. ¡°Why do you hate me so much? Why don¡¯t you like me? What did I do that make you hate me like this?¡± At first, it was Aiden and now it was his mother, it felt like they didn¡¯t even think of her as someone, whose heart could be hurt too. They treated her even worse than a garbage. On the other hand, seeing Ruby was having a meltdown, it didn¡¯t make luna Jasmine sympathized with her, if anything, she scoffed distastefully. She had never liked her ever since Aiden mentioned it in his letter that he got someone else pregnant. Luna Jasmine had been so adamant for him not to bring the girl back to the pack. Her solution was; for them to pay the girl to raise the baby on her own, while they provided everything for the two of them. What luna Jasmine was afraid of something like this would happen. She only wanted Lc to be the future luna of the pack, the girl, who had been under her tutge for thest year, therefore, she didn¡¯t want all of her effort to go into the drain. Yet, Aiden brought this slut back because he felt guilty to have his child was being raised outside of the pack. He felt a strong sense of responsibility toward Ruby and the baby, but it was until he realized he had messed up big times and his chance to be with Lc was close to zero, in which he freaked out and regretted his decision for not hearing what his mother had suggested. ¡°I hate you. There is nothing wrong with you. I simply hate you and your existence alone is already enough reason for me to hate you¡± Luna Jasmine nced at her stomach. ¡°I hope the baby is nothing like you. A cheap thing.¡± ¡°It was your son, who seduced me first!¡± Ruby screamed, but unfortunately for her, no one heard her, because the music was so loud and no one paid attention to them, since they enjoy this party so much. thus what she said could only be heard by luna Jasmine, who lost her cool andnded a harsh p on her cheek. ¡°Slut!¡± she hissed viciously. Probably, this was the first time for her to actually p someone so harsh in the public. ¡°Give birth to the baby and scram from this pack! You are not wee here!¡± This is from N?velDrama.Org. Luna Jasmine wanted to p Ruby again, but she held herself back, because she didn¡¯t want something bad happened to her future grandchild, no matter how much she hated to admit it, but the baby was still Aiden¡¯s, thus she didn¡¯t want to harm her own flesh and blood. Ruby put her hand over her aching cheek and tried to hold back her tears, as she retreated, afraid that she would get pped again. She lowered her head and watched luma Jasmine¡¯s retreating figure. All she wanted was a family of her own, but it was so hard for her to even get one, even the father of her child didn¡¯t want to be with her. Aiden didn¡¯t even try to be polite or fake his kindness again now he realized he couldn¡¯t lose his destined mate. Ruby wiped her tears and decided to go back to her own bedroom, there was no point to be in this party, where she didn¡¯t know anyone and she was not even weed. With that thought, she wiped her eyes roughly and went away. The signing of the peace treaty went very well, the seven alphas chatted with each other amicably, though there was still a few grudges between them, because of so many warrior from each parties had died during a year long war. they decided to put it back and see a better future. And after a few pleasantries, Hunter finally excused himself, because he was no longer able to hold back his boredom with this fake smile that he got from the other alphas, ¡°If there is nothing else, I will go first and enjoy the party,¡± Hunter said. He stood up and gave them his brightest smile. ¡°Yes, please. Enjoy the party, after all, this party is for you,¡± alpha James said. He reciprocated his smile and nodded politely. Hypocrite. Hunter then went out of the room and sighed deeply and dramatically, once the door was closed behind him. ¡°I feel like I am going to die if I stay a little bit longer there,¡± he grumbled to himself. After he was alone, he looked at his left and right, trying to decide where Lc had gone. Probably, she had gone back to her bedroom, since she looked a little bit drunk. The thought of it, brought smile to his l*ps, because it was indeed his intention to let her loose a little bit so she wouldn¡¯t stuck up with her problem with that bastard of mate. However, he didn¡¯t expect that Lc was a light drinker. He should have known that since the beginning when he saw how her face had turned red even in the first ss. ¡°Should I go back! This party is boring. Hunter mumbled to himself, as he walked in the corridor and caught Lc¡¯s scent. It was faint, but he managed to track it down. After all, a lycan had stronger senses than those werewolves, thus he was able to find Lc in one of the empty bedrooms, she was fast asleep and looked so cute in her vulnerable state. ¡°How lucky I am to find you here,¡± Hunter grinned and then entered the bedroom. Çú Chapter 18 Lc felt like her head was going to explode because the pain was almost unbearable and she wanted to vomit. She let out a low groan and tried to curl her b*dy into a fetal position, so she could hold back the urge to throw up. She was not sure where she was, but this room was so bright and it hurt her eyes. Lc tried to cover her eyes, but she was not able to lift her hand, she felt so weak and nauseated. She couldn¡¯t remember what happened, until she felt this way, but this was the most unpleasant feeling that she ever felt. ¡°You are awake¡­¡± There was deep and calming voice that echoed inside the room, but since Lc couldn¡¯t open her eyes, she was not sure, who was talking to her. ¡°What is it? You have a hungover?¡± Hunter came to approach Lc, who was struggling, her face contorted and she looked a little bit pale. ¡°So.. rig ¡°What? What did you say?¡± Hunter came closer.and put his ear right on her l*ps, so he could hear her better. ¡°What did you say?¡± ¡°So.. bright..¡± Lc said with so much difficulty, she didn¡¯t know that talking a simple word could send wave after wave of nauseating. She wanted to throw up really bad. ¡°Oh. I will close the curtain.¡± Hunter stood up and walked toward the floor to the ceiling window, he withdrew the curtain and the room became so dim, which was way morefortable for Lc¡¯s eyes now, She tried to open her eyes again and without the disruption of the bright light, she was able to do so without so much difficulty this time. And the first thing she saw was; Hunter. The alpha lycan was standing right beside her bed, folding his arms, wearing a casual tunic and lookedzy with messy hair. ¡°Good morning, drunk woman,¡± he said with a mirth in his eyes, seemingly amused by the sight of Lc right now. Lc gritted her teeth, she couldn¡¯t answer his question because she felt horrible right now, she felt like the world was spinning and her stomach was churning. She could vomit anytime at this point. ¡°What is it? I don¡¯t know that you have a weak stomach and low tolerance of alcohol, you should have told mest night and I will be d to stop giving you drink. You look so happy to drink, so I don¡¯t want to ruin your little escapee.¡± Lc didn¡¯t understand what he was talking about, but the more Hunter teased her, the more she could remember what actually happenedst night. She drank so much and all of that was because of this manl Le really wanted to growl at him for talking to her like that, the audacity of this man was truly something that she should praise of ¡°You are the one, who got me drunk!¡± Lc shouted at him viciously with so much effort, as she felt the lumps on her throat was getting worst. She was going to vomit no matter how hard she tried. And right at that time, Hunter chose the wrong time to sit down on the edge of the bed and caressed Lc¡¯s upper arm and then went up to her head, thinking she felt a headache. ¡°Don¡¯t be like that. I only want to be nice to you andst night, I was. Hunter didn¡¯t have time to finish his words when Lc vomited on him. She couldn¡¯t hold it back anymore and the way Hunter patted her head and arm, made her nausea became even worst. ¡°Argh! What are you doing?!¡± Hunter was stunned to say the least, he was unable to move when he watched how Lc wretched her guts on him. The dirt was on his chest and he could feel this wet and warm damp seeped through his tunic. Not to mention the smell ¡°Argh! This is so disgusting!¡± ¡°Serve you right,¡± Lc grumbled, as she tried to give Hunter a nasty look, but she couldn¡¯t muster the strength, neither the courage to openly mock the alpha, since she knew what she had done was very atrocious and she should have knelt in front of him to beg for forgiveness. Therefore, she could only grumble under her breath, as she watched Hunter walked into the room with only a towel around his hips and water drips from his hair and his tanned muscles. The sight of him half n*ked like this made Lc blushed, her maiden heart couldn¡¯t take it because this kind of sight was something that many youngdies wanted to see. He had a perfect b*dy, as if the god sculpted him with their own hands. What a sight to be held. ¡°What did you say?¡± Hunter asked, he was scowling, but Lc refused to look at toward his direction. He was a temptation and for the nth time, she forgot about Aiden because of him. What kind of spell he actually had for him to be so attractive, to the point it was so disturbing? Especially now when Lc saw him for the first time in the day of light. He was dazzling to say the least. May women would salivate over him and if he was a werewolf, many would pray to have him as their mate But right now, lc couldn¡¯t think clearly and the only thing she wanted was to get rid of this nausea feeling. ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything¡± ¡°Lying¡± Lc pursed her l*ps. ¡°Stop making me speak. I feel like vomiting again.¡± Hunter grumbled, as he turned around and went to put some clothes. Great. With him being clothed, Lc would feel better to have some conversation with him. This is from N?velDrama.Org. However, what he said when he returned to her made Lc was about to get a heart attack. ¡°Aiden was here this morning Chapter 19 ¡°Aiden was here this morning,¡± Hunter said that casually, as he put on his tunic and then his pants, he seemed didn¡¯t have any scrupulous with Lc¡¯s presence and was fine to see him even n*ked. This guy was very weird. No, he was not only a random guy, he was an alpha Only if Lc was not this shock to hear that Aiden had been here this morning, she would have ogled at him, but right now, her mind was not function properly, as she prodded him with more question. After the incident this morning. Hunter asked the olddy, who helped to bring the dress for herst night, to help cleaning up her mess. Even though. Hunter looked so appalled and disgusted by what he was seeing, he made sure Lc got a fresh and clean dress for her to change, so she wouldn¡¯t be in her own vomit. He also helped her to the bathroom, where he offered his help to clean her up. However, there was no way Lc would let him saw her n*ked. ¡°What he is doing here?¡± Lc was bbergasted. ¡°What did you tell him? Did he know I am here? Why he came here?¡± ¡°Calm down,¡± Hunter said, as he turned around to face Lc again, who looked like she was going to pounce on him, if he didn¡¯t answer all of her question. ¡°He came here to look for you.¡± Lc¡¯s eyes widened when she heard that and Hunter enjoyed the sight of her. This woman was very expressive, like an open book, but then, he remembered that was how she used to be ¡°Of course, I told him that you are here.¡± Hunter even grinned when he said that, which made Lc screeched like a banshee. ¡°What? I am a good person and I don¡¯t like to lie. After all, I am the alpha, shouldn¡¯t an alpha give a good example?¡± Lc grabbed the pillow and was ready to throw it at Hunter after what he said, but thankfully, her mind. worked faster and reminded her that she couldn¡¯t do that, no matter how annoying this man was, he was still the alpha from the lycan pack and she would only bring more trouble for herself. She was already in so much trouble because she wed himst night, she was not sure what this cunning man would demand next if she tried to hurt him again. ¡°What did you do that?!¡± Lc screamed, she felt the anger mixed with annoyance, it surpassed her sadness because of the situation between her and Aiden. It seemed, the longer she spent her time with Hunter the more she forgot about her problem with Aiden. but not in a good way, because this man had brought the worse in her. On the other hand, Aiden folded his arms in front of his chest and smirked, he had seen it. He had seen. Lc¡¯s attempt to throw the pillow at him, but she stopped herself in time. Therefore, he wanted to know, whether she could keep her cool if he provoked her further. ¡°Why not? That¡¯s the truth. I told him I took care of you and he didn¡¯t need toe, you will go back on your own when you woke up.¡± Lc gasped in frustration, as she pulled her hair in distress, she couldn¡¯t handle this alpha lycan at all. You make my life hell..¡± Lc talked to herself. ¡°Oh, and I told him that you were sleeping in my room, unconscious.¡± ¡°What?! What did you say?!¡± Leah couldn¡¯t believe with what she heard. ¡°No! No way!¡±This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°What is it? Is it a big problem for you if you sleep over in my ce?¡± Hunter tilted his head and Lc couldn¡¯t tell, whether he was genuinely not knowing what was so wrong with his action, or he faked it ¡°Alpha Hunter!¡± Lc wanted to cry and shout profanities at him at the same time, but Hunter actually was very calm when he faced her frustration. ¡°I have a mate!¡± ¡°You mean that wasted of breath of a man?¡± Hunter asked innocently, but there was nothing about him that was innocent. Lc closed her eyes, as she tried to remember what luna Jasmine taught her about to keep her emotion in check and at this moment, it really helped her to be more coherent when she spoke again. ¡°Alpha Hunter, you can¡¯t do this. Even though my rtionship with my mate is not good right now, but I am still his destined mate, there was no rejection between us and for me to sleep in your bed is uneptable!¡± ¡°But, that¡¯s the truth. You have been sleeping on my bed the whole night and vomit on me in this morning and now you are shouting at me.¡± Hunter walked closer, approaching her and sat down on the edge of the bed. ¡°I have never felt so humiliated in my entire life within a few hours we just met.¡± Lc was speechless when this alpha put it in that way, why it sounded so bad? ¡°Alpha Hunter..* Lc felt like she was going to cry. ¡°You ruin my reputation¡­¡± ¡°How can I ruin your reputation when my intention is good?¡± Hunter didn¡¯t ept that, despite knowing what Lc meant, but he wanted this situation to turn into his favor. ¡°More so, if you are so miserable with him being around you, why don¡¯t you reject him as soon as possible? I don¡¯t understand you werewolves, who put the mate bond above anything else.¡± ¡°You will never understand that, Lc said, she was about to get off the bed when Hunter held her. ¡°What?!¡± She couldn¡¯t help, but snapped at him, which made both of them were surprised, but then she cleared her throat and asked in more polite tone, ¡°What do you want?¡± However, Hunterughed. Chapter 20 ¡°You are feisty, do you know that? Hunter asked in an amusement smile on the corner of his l*ps. ¡°Let go,¡± Lc said, she was tired with the way he held her like this. He used the fact that he was way stronger than her to get what he wanted. ¡°Where do you want to go?¡± Hunter asked again, he still didn¡¯t let go of her hand, instead, he pulled her closer. ¡°Stay here, you will not like it to be in the pack house now,¡± he said mysteriously, which made Lc frowned. *What do you mean with that?¡± Lc felt uneasy to see how bright he was smiling right now. She felt like he had nned something, a devious one if she could say. ¡°What else did you say to Aiden when he came here. ¡°Why are you jumping into that conclusion?¡± Hunter looked hurt, but Lc didn¡¯t believe his charade even for a second. There must be more into it. ¡°What the hell did you talk to Aiden?¡± Lc was trying to keep her temper in check, but it was getting hard and hard when she had to face this alpha. ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything more than what I have already told you,¡± Hunter replied truthfully. ¡°But, apparently your so called mate, make a fuss over it.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Lc felt uneasiness grew and she became more and more upset because Hunter was talking in riddle. ¡°Do you know something? You must know what is going on.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t answer her immediately, but he simply caressed her cheek, which made Lc flinched and was about to protest to not touch her, but he spoke casually. person you are ¡°He wants to throw you out of the pack and now he has been telling everyone how an awful to spend the night with another man when you already have a mate. Can you see the irony there?¡± Lc was stunned. She needed some time to process the information when she heard it from Hunter. ¡°You are lying.¡± There was no way Aiden wanted to throw her out of the pack house. ¡°You must have told him- something that¡¯s not true.¡± you The smile on Hunter¡¯s face disappeared almost immediately when he heard that. ¡°Am I that awful of a person in your eyes for you to actually use me for telling lie? I am an alpha, I might have teased and fooled around here and there, but I will not tell lie, especially to this unimportant thing that doesn¡¯t matter to me. What do you think will I get if I ruin your already ruined rtionship with that shitty man you called mate?¡± Lc was tongue tied when Hunter asked the question, she knew this alpha wouldn¡¯t get anything by lying to her and she would be a person, who was full of herself if she insisted otherwise. Hunter liked to joke around, but this matter about her rtionship and Aiden didn¡¯t concern him at all. However, Lc was not in the mood to indulge with this conversation. She needed to go to see it by herself. ¡°Let go of me, I want to go back to the pack house.¡± C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°You don¡¯t have ce anymore there.¡± This was not his pack, but of course, he wouldn¡¯t be so clueless about what was going on, especially when the future alpha of this pack had been acting very immature. ¡°But, if you want to go. You can leave.¡± He finally let go of her hand and watched Lc stood Hurry to leave and see it for herself whether or not what Hunter said was right. 1. up. she was in Lc was in disbelief and she wouldn¡¯t believe anything he said until she saw it with her own eyes and Hunter was wise enough to y his card carefully. He didn¡¯t need to put a lot of effort on convincing Lc when she would see it with her own eyes, she didn¡¯t have a ce in this pack any longer. In a way, Aiden made thing easier for Hunter. ¡°Lc,¡± Hunter called her name before she left the bedroom, Lc stopped reluctantly and turned her b*dy around to face him again. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°My offer still stands,¡± Hunter said with seriousness. ¡°You cane to my pack.¡± Hearing that. Lc didn¡¯t feel at ease at all, but she forced a smile on her l*ps. ¡°Thank you,¡± she said curtly, which was not sincere at all. ¡°But, I wish this will be thest time we meet with each other.¡± And after saying that, she then left. Little did she know, she would need his help in the near future and how she put her little life in his palm.. Lc couldn¡¯t believe what she heard from Aria when she came to her bedroom and watch how her things had been destroyed or tossed out. Aria was crying when she told her everything. Apparently, Aiden came to her room three hours ago and did all of this and right now, he was in the main hall, pleading with his father to banish her from the pack. ¡°Luna Jasmine and I had tried to stop him, but he was so furious and we can¡¯t do anything, aside from watching and waiting for him to be done here, I am sorry, Lc, Aria said through tears. ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s not your fault.¡± Lc tried to smile to assure Aria that she was not in the wrong. If anything, it should be Aiden, who should apologize to her, even now, she had not yet received his sincere apology and heard how remorseful he was for what he had done and how he broke the mate bond between them. It was him, who had shattered the sacred of the mate bond by being not loyal. Right at that time, a warrior came to inform Lc that she was summoned to the main hall. Çú O Chapter 21 Lc felt her heart was beating against her ears when she followed the warrior to the main hall. She knew this warrior, though they were not close, but she could feel how he tried to be sympathized with her. ¡°Lc, I only want to give you a gentle reminder,¡± the warrior said in small voice. ¡°Aiden is very furious with you and he wanted to banish you from the pack, so you better choose your words carefully when you face him,¡± he said before he opened the door to the main hall. ¡°Thank you, Mille, Iris said in gentle tone, grateful he told her about this, though Hunter had reminded her earlier about what Aiden tried to do, but knowing this warrior cared for her enough to tell her, warmed her heart slightly. They were not as careless as she thought. ¡°Good luck,¡± the warrior named Mille said and Lc gave him a small smile before she stepped into the main hall and immediately she could feel the tension that rose in the air. People were staring at her, at the very least, there were a dozen of them, including all the other five alpha and luna from different pack, aside from alpha James and Luna Jasmine. And of course, Aiden was there with Ruby at the other side of the room, the pregnant woman was so quiet, as she watched Lc walked across the room. ¡°I want her to be banished from the pack!¡± Aiden roared once Lc was standing next to him, he looked at her furiously, as if she had murdered his family. This was the man, who had stolen her first k*ss under the moonlight, while telling her how much he loved her and how he couldn¡¯t live without her, but right now, he wanted to throw her out of the pack and making her a rogue. How could there was someone like him? He changed so much in the span of a year and now Lc was not sure this was the same man, who had exchanged letter with her in the past year, writing about how much he missed her and how the battle was way easier than his inner battle to meet with her. What a bullshit he was spewing.. ¡°She has tarnished our pack¡¯s name!¡± Aiden roared again when he didn¡¯t get the reaction he wanted. He thought, Lc would fall to her knees and cry, begging him not to throw her out of the pack, but the lack of reaction from her only made Aiden furious even more. ¡°How can I tarnish our pack¡¯s name?¡± Lc asked this time, her voice was so soft and her tone was even, as if she didn¡¯t have any emotions regarding this matter before her eyes. ¡°You still ask?!¡± Aiden was so mad, his eyes shed with rage, as if he was going to kill someone at this point. ¡°You have slept with the alpha lycan!¡± He couldn¡¯t stop himself, he showed Lc how much he was disgusted by her Hearing that, all the alphas and the lunas inside the room frowned, because they felt it was a little bit unfair for Alden to say something like that when the woman, who was not his mate, was carrying his own child. However, just like how the norm had been formed that a woman would have the disadvantage in this case, when Aiden had made a grief mistake by impregnant another woman, they couldn¡¯t raise their comin because he was the future alpha and they could only feel bad for Lc. However, if the situation was reversed, Lc would have been condemned for having any intimacy with some other man that was not her mate, the hypocrisy was very thick in this case. Just like what happened right now, though they felt it was unfair for Aiden to talk about Lc¡¯s affair in the public like this and purposefully humiliated her, but none of them stood up for Lc, because they didn¡¯t want to have a beef with the future leader of the pack. Lc was no one, they wouldn¡¯t meet her again once she stepped down from her status as Aiden¡¯s mate, but Aiden was different, he would be the future alpha of the pack once his father retired. This is from N?velDrama.Org. Therefore, they could only watch when Aiden ashamed Lc for what she had done. ¡°I want her to be banished from the pack. She has tarnished this pack¡¯s good name!¡± Aiden said with vigor, as he didn¡¯t look ashamed at all for what he was doing right now. On the other hand, luna Jasmine and alpha James looked like they were notpletely on their child¡¯s side. This time, it was alpha James, who shifted his attention at Lc. The woman looked so calm and unperturbed by the awful usation from Aiden and somehow, luna Jasmine felt so proud of her. After all, it was her, who had taught Lc to be like this. Now, she had done a great job to keep her ¡°Is what Aiden said true?¡± alpha James asked Lc patiently. He liked this child and thought of her as his own daughter, especially after a year they were together. He felt like she was a daughter that he never had, not to mention how well behaved Lc was. And right now, all Lc needed to do was to deny it and alpha James would take care of the rest. He knew Aiden was only being impulsive right now and he would deal with himter. But, who would have thought that Lc would admit it. ¡°Yes, I slept in the mansion, where the lycan have been staying.¡± Lc said calmly and a wave of shock rippled in the air, as the gasping sound echoed throughout the wall. ¡°I was drunk and the only thing I remember was when luna Jasmine took me to one of the empty rooms.¡± Chapter 22 Aiden felt the anger that surge within his b*dy when he watched how Lc readily answered every question honestly. She didn¡¯t even try to deny it, neither she tried to save herself by begging, pleading with him not to throw her out of the pack. Why she acted tough? She didn¡¯t have anyone aside from this pack, what she could do if she was really banished from the pack? Deep down, Aiden didn¡¯t really want to banish her, he only wanted to scare her and let her have a taste of some punishment, so she could keep her act together, but more so because he felt this anger within his chest when he learned that she had been sleeping in someone else¡¯s bed. God forbade what he was going to do if he learned they were doing something inappropriate, ¡°Did you sleep with him?¡± Alpha James asked, his voice darkened a little bit. He narrowed his eyes. ¡°I don¡¯t know. I slept throughout the night because I was so drunk. More so, I thought I was inside the room that luna Jasmine took me in, but then I saw alpha Hunter once I woke up.¡± Lc didn¡¯t even tremble when she told them about all of this. ¡°You know what kind of damage that you have done for your action, right?¡± Alpha James looked like he was trying so hard to keep his temper in check, because he didn¡¯t want to escte things further than this. He had not yet decided what he had to believe and what to do. Of course, banishment was out of the table. He wouldn¡¯t banish Lc over something like this, especially after what his son had done to her. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you take her to her bedroom, Jasmine?¡± alpha James asked his mate and luna Jasmine startled a little when she answered that, she regained herposure quickly, ¡°I didn¡¯t think much about it,¡± Luna Jasmine said. ¡°I only want her to rest quickly and the room was so close.¡± The answer was smooth, as if she was genuine with what she was saying and none of them asked further about her motive. ¡°I thank luna Jasmine for looking after me,¡± Lc said sincerely, but luna Jasmine looked uneasy when she said she didn¡¯t need to mention it. ¡°We need to call alpha Hunter to clear things up, alpha James said sternly. ¡°We need to know why you ended up with him, since you can¡¯t remember anything aboutst night,¡± Lc could see how alpha James was trying to be just, but she was too exhausted and spent to waste her time here for this ridiculous usation. She couldn¡¯t care less about it. More so, it was none of Aiden¡¯s business anymore with whom she was sleeping with. ¡°I don¡¯t think this is necessary,¡± Lc said in small voice, but what she said attracted attention from all the people, especially Aiden, who was standing right beside her. ¡°What do you mean it¡¯s not necessary? Don¡¯t you want to clear your name?¡± luna Jasmine asked in confusion. ¡°Why should I clear my name when I didn¡¯t do anything wrong?¡± Lc could feel her grievances resurfaced and the more she spent her time close to Aiden, the more she couldn¡¯t stop herself from being so upset. Before, his letter alone could bringfort toward her, but right now, the sight of him alone had drained Lc¡¯s energy. ¡°What do you mean you didn¡¯t do anything wrong when you were sleeping with another man when you have a mate already?! You tarnish our pack¡¯s good name!¡± Aiden barked angrily at Lc. However, just like before, Lc didn¡¯t really listen to him, as she stared at him straight into his soul, while speaking in gentle voice. ¡°What about you, who had impregnated woman that is not your mate?¡± Lc asked casually. Aiden wanted to humiliate her in front of so many people and wanted to put her down, devalued her, but she wouldn¡¯t go down alone. This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°LILAC!¡± Aiden screamed on the top of his lungs dangerously. And before anyone could react, a harsh pnded on Lc¡¯s face, which caused her to fall to the ground. while clutching her cheek. No one saw thising, including Aiden. He didn¡¯t mean to p her, but he lost his temper a little there and did something that he had never done before. Hitting a woman was not something that could make you proud of yourself, especially toward your mate. ¡°Li¨Clc.. are you, okay? I didn¡¯t mean too¡­ I was so angry. There, Aiden didn¡¯t even apologize for what he had done. Not only he didn¡¯t take the ountability of his action, but also he didn¡¯t have the decency to apologize first. It seemed this particr word would be something that one never heard from his mouth. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Aiden saw how red Lc¡¯s cheek was, but her eyes set with fire, as she red viciously at Aiden The force of Aiden¡¯s p, sent Lc to the ground. This was the first time for Aiden to receive such hostility from Lc. It was a surprise because this young woman used to talk with hirm with respect and love in her eyes, but right now, those beautiful eyes were so dimmed. Right at that moment, Hunter walked into the main hall, he strode with his beta beside him. ¡°I don¡¯t know there is another meeting again here,¡± ¡°This is none of your concern!¡± Aiden was fuming to see Hunter was there. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t I be here because of what happened and the groundless thing that you have used Lc, involved me.¡± Hunter walked toward Lc and helped her to get up on her feet, under dozen pair of eyes¡­ However, ignoring Hunter¡¯s presence, Lc spoke in small voice, but it was enough for all of them to hear what she was going to say. ¡°I reject you as my mate,¡± Lc said clearly. Chapter 23 ¡°I reject you as my mate.¡± Lc said clearly. Her voice rang inside the main hall, followed by a loud gasp from people around them. She stared at Aiden when she felt the snap of the mate bond between them. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org The pain was staggering, as she fell to her knees and breathed heavily, while Aiden took a step back. clutching his chest, as she felt the same pain that Lc tried to endure right now. ¡°No..¡± Aiden muttered the word in disbelieve when he watched Lc¡¯s face contorted in pain. He didn¡¯t mean to push her this far, he didn¡¯t mean for her to reject him. He only wanted to scare her, so she would know she had nowhere to go. Why she didn¡¯t plea and ask for forgiveness for what she had done and why she took things too far? Aiden didn¡¯t expect the rejection. He expected for her to beg and plea with him, to save her life because she had no one aside from him and this pack¡­ ¡°No¡­ Lc¡­ I don¡¯t¡­¡± Aiden clutched his chest tightly, as he was having a hard time to breath, he felt the mate bond snap and this feeling would linger for a few days before it really disappeared and there was nothing that could tie them down. On the other hand, Lc¡¯s rejection took Hunter by surprised as well, because not so long ago, she was still having a doubt to reject Aiden. Whatever was in her mind to reconsider the rejection must have vanished the moment Aidennded a harsh p on her cheek However, he was also the first person, who snapped back to the reality and carried Lc in his arms because she was in so much pain to be able to stand on her own feet. The sight agitated Aiden even more, as he growled at Hunter to put her down. ¡°Put her down! PUT HER DOWN!¡± Aiden roared, he was about to approach Hunter, staggering on his feet, as he was still trying to hold back the almost unbearable pain. But right at that time, alpha James came to stop his son. He knew the fight would break loose the moment Aiden got his hand on Hunter and with his current condition, there was no way his son would be able to tackle down the alpha lycan. More so, it would ruin the purpose of the meeting. It would trigger another war with different reason and the peace treaty they had earned in so much difficulty with a lot of blood and lives would go to the drain if another war broke Alpha James couldn¡¯t let that to happen, especially when the cause of it was because Aiden¡¯s impulsiveness. ¡°HOW DARE YOU TO TOUCH MY MATE?!¡± Aiden was enraged with jealousy, the pain only made it hard for him to think straight, as he wanted to make Lc took back what she had said. This woman had gone too farl ¡°HOW DARE YOU TO TOUCH MY MATE!¡± With that, Hunter turned around and Aiden could see how Lc rested her head against his chest, while closing her eyes, her face contorted in pain, as her breathing became shallow. However, what Aiden saw was how Lc was being too close with the other man and he couldn¡¯t ept that. She was his mate and no one should touch her that way, aside from him. They were too close and the sight of them right now only made his blood boiled with anger. Aiden didn¡¯t even care with his father¡¯s warning to keep it down and cut it out. ¡°Mate?¡± Hunter repeated the way Aiden imed Lc, he used a mocking tone when he spoke and this didn¡¯t go well with Aiden. ¡°I thought you don¡¯t understand it, but as far as I know, less than ten minutes ago, she has rejected you as her mate. Don¡¯t you think the cause of the pain you have to endure right now is the valid evidence that you are no longer able to call her as your mate, because you are not.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even falter when he criticized Aiden. He didn¡¯t hold himself back and alpha James narrowed his eyes at him. ¡°Alpha Hunter, I think you don¡¯t need to be nasty about it. This is our internal problem, you shouldn¡¯t be here in the first ce, alpha James said sternly. Yet, Hunter simply chuckled when he heard that and then looked around him to the other five alphas and lunas that presence there, his gesture was very clear. ¡°It¡¯s so funny when you said this is your internal problem when all the alphas and lunas are here, except from me. I thought, we have united and will work together in the future, but with your statement, why I feel like I was being left alone? Does the peace treaty hold any meaning for you?¡± Hearing that question, alpha James couldn¡¯t retort, so did the rest of the alpha, because they didn¡¯t know what the right word to say. And when they thought alpha Hunter would be petty enough to bring alpha James¡¯s mishap with his statement, actually the alpha lycan turned around and continued to walk, as if there was nothing happened. He literally took away Lc under her mate¡¯s nose, or he could say it was her ex mate. Once Hunter had taken Lc away, Aiden broke down, he roared on the top of his lungs, the pain and anger mixed together and it was not a goodbination to say the least. Meanwhile, Hunter decided to take Lc to her own bedroom, because he had caused so much trouble. and stir the situation into a murky water. He couldn¡¯t provoke them more than this. ¡°I will return to take you with me, just wait for me, okay?¡± Hunter said, as he leaned over to k*ss Lc¡¯s l*ps, which startled her. 18 Chapter 24 ¡°What Are you doing?!¡± Lc immediately pushed Hunter away from her, but she was too weak due to the pain of the rejection that she did, but thankfully, the alpha lycan gave her space. It was actually not a k*ss, but a simple peck. Still, it was not appropriate for someone like him to do such thing. If Lc was Aiden¡¯s mate and their rtionship was a smooth sailing, what Hunter had done would cause a great dispute between two packs. This could be the reason the peace treaty could be broken. This thing was so fragile, especially when things were still so tensed up among the alphas and the war between them was still very recent. There were so many casualties from all the packs. ¡°I am sorry, I can¡¯t hold back my impulse,¡± Hunter said, he licked his l*ps, feeling the taste of Lc that still lingered there. It surprised him as well to act so recklessly, because he couldn¡¯t hold back his happiness to see she finally rejected that scumbag. ¡°Do you have the same impulse with every woman you met?¡± Lc wanted to be more angry than this, but then to get mad needed a lot of energy, which currently she didn¡¯t have. Therefore, she could only settle with a vicious re at this alpha lycan before her eyes. ¡°Get out from my room!¡± ¡°Alright, alright. I will see you again soon,¡± Hunter said lightly, as he raised both of his arms, in surrender gesture. He really didn¡¯t have the quality to be the leader of the pack with his casual nature and easy going personality like this. ¡°I don¡¯t want to see you again,¡± Lc hissed, but Hunter didn¡¯t answer her, as he walked out of her bedroom. yet she had this feeling the alpha lycan would appear in front of her sooner orter. Currently, Lc didn¡¯t want to think about that, because she needed to rest, the pain was so extreme, she felt like someone just twisted a rusty knife against her chest. She knew it would be painful, but there was nothing could prepare her for this agony. Lc remembered the disbelieve in Aiden¡¯s eyes and how the pain hit him so hard, but he still could withstand it. Of course, he was a warrior after all, this kind of pain must be bearable for him. He could endure it just fine. And with that, Lc fell sick for three days straight, in which Aria came to visit her and check on her condition. Luna Jasmine also came to see her, but because most of the time Lc would be sleeping, there was not much that she could do or say to her. ¡°Let me know if she woke up and fit enough to be in the presence of other people,¡± luna Jasmine instructed Aria. She told her to stay by Lc¡¯s side and she was free from her duty as the omega of the pack, because her main focus right now was to nurse Lc back to her health. Meanwhile, Aiden were being scolded harshly by alpha James to cause this trouble, I only want her to understand where she was standing in this pack! She shouldn¡¯t have ignored and avoided me in the first ce, especially to sleep in another man ce! This is not any random man! This ago was our s sworn enemy! We can say this as an act of a betrayal!¡± This is from N?velDrama.Org. is the man that not so long ago Aiden was very furious because he was not allowed to meet with Lc. He wanted to know her condition and he wanted to make sure that fucking lycan stayed away from her, He still could feel the pain, but because his b*dy was built differently, it was still bearable, more so, the feeling still lingered, which meant, it still could be fixed. They could work on it and fix it only if Lc wanted it. And Aiden was sure, if he got a chance to talk with her, he could convince her to take back the rejection. About Ruby¡­ he would think of another n for her once the baby was born. ¡°And then what?! Get her killed?! That¡¯s what you want?!¡± Alpha James roared angrily and luna Jasmine immediately came to his side to calm him down. ¡°Can you be more senseless than this?! You have caused so much trouble when you created a ruckus in the main hall!¡± If before it was only a rumor, now every single soul would know how unfaithful the future alpha of this pack was, since he had impregnated another woman, who was not his mate and wanted to banish his own mate out of the pack. If there was someone, who had ruined the pack¡¯s good name, it must be Aiden. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to banish her, I only want to teach her a lesson, so she will stop ignoring me! She should know her ce!¡± Aiden was so stubborn. No one ever had ignored him in his entire life. How could his own mate do that to him? ¡°You be so dense because of this! Go back to your training, so you can clear your mind!¡± Alpha Jamesmanded his son, he didn¡¯t say it as a father, but as an alpha, thus Aiden couldn¡¯t reject that. More so, his mother gave a sign for him to oblige, this was not the right time for him to be so stubborn and go against his father¡¯s order Still not satisfied, Aiden walked out of the study room and went to the training ground, while luna Jasmine tried to calm down her mate. ¡°Why do you look exceptionally upset right now?¡± Luna Jasmine asked, as she massaged alpha fames¡¯s shoulder. ¡°You can tell¡± ¡°Of course, I have known you for over two decades. Alpha James sighed and closed his eyes. ¡°Alpha Hunter asked for Lc, as a symbol of peace.¡± Çú Chapter 25 ¡°What do you mean he asked for Lc for a symbol of peace! She is a person, not a thing.¡± Luna Jasmine didn¡¯t look pleased at all when she heard about that. She had disliked the alpha lycan ever since sheid her eyes on him. In her eyes, that kind of attitude and howid back he was, made it hard for everyone to give him respect. He looked so easy going. At the very least, his father was an ambitious alpha, who knew what he wanted and what he needed to do to achieve his goal, but Hunter was the opposite. He looked like someone, who didn¡¯t take anything seriously. It was a good thing. Aiden managed to kill his father, because it looked like, it was easier to deal with Hunter. However, luna Jasmine made a huge mistake to think that way. ¡°What do you mean a symbol of peace?¡± Luna Jasmine demanded her mate to borate further what he meant with that because her guts feeling told her this was not something she would like. ¡°Jasmine, I know you really fond of Lc, but you need to be more logical here. This is a pack matter, you can¡¯t get your personal feeling involved in this decision.¡± Alpha James turned his chair and faced his mate¡¯s unhappy expression. ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything, I only want to know what do you mean that alpha Hunter wanted Lc as a symbol of peace? I have never heard that term before,¡± luna Jasmine retorted, but her expression saw her inner thought It was not that luna Jasmine didn¡¯t have any idea about it, though she had never heard such term, she must have figured out what it meant, since she was very shrewd, but she was in denial that Aiden couldn¡¯t end up together with Lc ¡°Alpha Hunter used that term to soften the meaning. He wanted Lc to be a hostage in his pack, if I have to put it bluntly.¡± Alpha James sighed deeply when he watched how dark his mate¡¯s expression had rurned. ¡°What do you mean she became a hostage? Did he ask the other five pack to do the same thing? Did he ask the other pack to hand over their women?¡± The crease between luna Jasmine¡¯s brows deepened when she heard such unpleasant exnation. She had figured it out, but the fact her suspicion was proven right. didn¡¯t make her happy at all. ¡°No. He didn¡¯t ask the other pack to hand over their woman. He only asked for our pack to give Lc.¡± Alpha James used to tell everything to luna Jasmine and her words held so much value for the alpha in making a decision Even though alpha James would be the decision maker, but luna Jasmine¡¯s involvement had a big role in the decision, In that case, why he asked for us?¡± ¡°He said, because the battle between the lycan and the werewolf, which our side involved six packs in it, he only wanted one representative and he wanted it from our pack.¡± Alpha James frowned deeply. He also found this suspicious that alpha Hunter specifically only asked for his pack. We can send another girl. There is no need to be Lc for that,¡± However, alpha James shook his head, if the problem could be solved easily, he wouldn¡¯t have had a headache right now, knowing his mate would react like this. ¡°He specifically wanted Lc.¡± ¡°Why?!¡± Luna Jasmine was almost hysterical when she heard that. She was against this idea. ¡°Why he only wanted Lc?¡± ¡°Alpha Hunter didn¡¯t give a specific exnation. He only asked for her because she was the only person he knew in this pack.¡± ¡°We can introduce him to someone else, there is no need for Lc to go to the other pack,¡± luna Jasmine said adamantly. She would fight for Lc to stay in this pack and find a way to make Lc epted Aiden back. However, alpha James shook his head again. ¡°You don¡¯t understand, Jasmine. Alpha Hunter only wanted to stir trouble. You can see now that he didn¡¯t care about the woman and you know, he didn¡¯t really need someone to be a hostage in his pack. This idea just came up all of sudden because of the ruckus that Aiden raised in the main hall.¡± Luna Jasmine didn¡¯t talk back this time, she was deep in thought. ¡°He only wanted to upset Aiden in a way to take his mate, right? He still has vendetta with the fact Aiden had killed his father.¡± ¡°Yes.¡°James nodded. ¡°That¡¯s what me and the other five alphas suspected. He only wanted to create inconvenient for Aiden. This is his way to get his revenge after the peace treaty.¡± ¡°No way..¡± Juna Jasmine was in disbelieve. ¡°That¡¯s such ame excuse. There is no way someone like the lycan would do something to that extent.¡± Luna Jasmine took a step back, but her eyes still lingered on her mate¡¯s. ¡°What about the other alphas? What they said about this matter?¡± If the other alphasined, there was a huge chance that luna Jasmine could turn the table to her favor and Lc didn¡¯t need to go to the lycan pack. ¡°The other alphas had agreed with the decision.¡± Of course, they were agreed! ¡°Yes. ¡°What?!¡± Actually, this was not a shocking news, luna Jasmine must have anticipated it if she was not too emotional. ¡°They don¡¯t lose anything, Jasmine if we hand over Lc to Hunter, as she will represent the whole six pack if she came with alpha Hunter and live in his pack.¡± Alpha James then added grimly. ¡°Not to mention what Aiden had done. They thought it¡¯s a win win situation, where Aiden wanted to banish Lc and alpha Hunter wanted to take the woman as a symbol of a peace treaty between our packs.¡±C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Chapter 26 Luna Jasmine felt so agitated when she heard what her mate said, the alpha of the lycan pack really made the best out of the situation to get Lc for his oWIL Luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t think another reason why the alpha would do such thing and was very adamant to take Lc back to his pack, aside from; he wanted to rub it on Aiden¡¯s face that he could take his mate away from him, this was some kind of a sick revenge for the fact that Aiden had killed the previous alpha lycan, who was no other than Hunter¡¯s father and now he wanted to take away his destined mate. ¡°I don¡¯t agree with that decision.¡± Luna Jasmine had taken so much care and was very meticulous when she took Lc under her tutge, now she had turned into the perfect luna she wanted and also a perfect mate for her son. She liked Lc so much, especially when she was very obedient. She was sure, she could change Lc¡¯s mind for taking back her rejection and waited for Aiden a little bit longer, but Lc¡¯s condition was not really great at this moment, since she spent her time to sleep a whole day and night. It was hard to hold a conversation with Lc when her mind was not presence for any discussion. ¡°This is not u to you, Jasmine, James said in tired tone. He had expected the rejection from Jasmine because she would be so adamant to keep Lc by her side. ¡°If we don¡¯t agree with alpha Hunter¡¯s suggestion, we will risk our good rtionship with the other five alphas, because we don¡¯t want to give up someone as insignificant as Lc for a greater purpose. To keep the realm in peace.¡± ¡°Lc is not someone insignificant. She is our son¡¯s mate. They supposed to be together and I have taught her a lot of things for this past year. If you agreed for that barbaric lycan to take her away, all of my effort in this past year would go to the drain. I don¡¯t want that.¡± James sighed again when he heard the argumentation. ¡°You heard it yourself that our son wanted to banish her out of the pack.¡± ¡°You know that Aiden was not serious with what he was saying in the main hall. He let his impulse to get the best of him and now he knew better. ¡°Yes, but the problem is not as simple as that. If you failed to remember, I will remind you that Lc had rejected Alden, which technically, she is no longer his destined mate.¡± ¡°There was a misunderstanding there!¡± Luna Jasmine was almost hysterical and she stomped her feet, as a displeased she was at this moment, a habit that she had every time things didn¡¯t go the way gesture of she wanted. ¡°I will talk to Lc and ask her how to take it back. She is not in her right mind when she rejected Aiden.¡± Alpha James kept shaking his head. ¡°We need to hand over Lc to alpha Hunter,¡± he said that without any room for discussion. ¡°Or, we need to face the five alphas and ruined the good rtionship between us.¡± That¡¯s not an option at all, Just in case the peace treaty failed, no matter how much effort they put into this matter at this moment and if another war broke loose, of course, the deep connection between the six alphas woulde into a testament and how well they worked together, just like right now. It wouldn¡¯t bring any good for alpha James¡¯s Golden w pack if he had a strain rtionship with the other five alphas because of this matter or if the peace treaty failed because he refused to hand Lc over to alpha Hunter. ¡°We can¡¯t do that,¡± Juna Jasmine was still in denial, even though she knew very well her mate¡¯s position in this matter and how serious the consequences of not fulfilling alpha Hunter¡¯s request. ¡°What alpha Hunter will give us in return?¡± Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. GIVE ¡°He will us all the prison war that his father had imprisoned for the year we were in dispute. There must be one hundred twenty eight people.¡± Alpha James shook his head. ¡°He will hand over all those people and he only demanded one person. It¡¯s hard to refuse. The other five alphas will raise hell if I refused this.¡± Luna Jasmine shook her head. She had underestimated the alpha lycan and thought he was only a jokester. There was no way all of this was a coincidence, he strike right at the great moment, rendering the with no way to retreat or to dodge the demand. ¡°Lc is our son¡¯s mate.¡± ¡°Yes. She was. What Aiden had done in the main hall was really stupid, because all the alphas used that to let go of Lc.¡± Alpha James shook his head again. He looked so tired. ¡°How could he be so clueless and dense when he is so gant in the battlefield?¡± Aiden had been praised for his achievement to kill the previous alpha lycan, which ended the war, but in this matter, his son was very immature. ¡°Lc will return to the lycan pack along with the alpha lycan and his entourage three days from now.¡± It had been decided and there was no room for negotiation. ¡°How are you feeling?¡± Hunter asked, he had his palm against Lc¡¯s forehead, as he knelt down beside her bed. He stared at the woman ever so gently, while the moonlight framed on the window behind his back. Probably Lc was still dreaming, but at this time, Hunter looked so radiance under the pale light of the moon ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Lc frowned. She wanted to push him away and scream, but she didn¡¯t have the strength to do so. ¡°To see you, of course! Chapter 27 If this was a nightmare, Lc wished for someone to wake her up, since she didn¡¯t want to dream about this man, especially when she didn¡¯t have the energy to entertain him. ¡°What do you want?¡± Lc asked tiredly, she wanted to close her eyes, but she needed to stay vignt, just in case this man was about to do something inappropriate again with her. She really couldn¡¯t understand what was in his mind. This was not something an alpha should do, he didn¡¯t even try to keep his image and appearance at all, as he did whatever he liked without thinking what other might think of him. Something that no alpha should do, at the very least, that was what Lc learned from luna Jasmine. The alpha and the luna were the face of their pack, thus they needed to be aware of how people perceived them. Yet, here he was. Hunter didn¡¯t care much about such thing. He was so free and careless and probably there was this small part of Lc that envied him for that. ¡°Get out of my bedroom, you are trespassing¡­¡± Lc tried her hard to look so fierce, but she couldn¡¯t muster the energy. The pain of rejection took a toll on her and she wondered how Aiden cope up with this. However, from what she heard, it didn¡¯t really affect him, since he still led the training for the warrior. It was really not fair. Why it always her, who got the brunt? ¡°Don¡¯t be so hostile with me, I came here to bring you this,¡± Hunter said, he didn¡¯t take it to heart with the way the weak woman before his eyes treated him. He fished out something from his pocket and showed it to her. It was a small bottle that contain red liquid. -Poison?¡± Lc said with hostility. This was the man, who had k*ssed her without permission, so her guess was not out of the blue, it was still within the range of how random this alpha used to act. However, Hunter pursed his l*ps when he heard such random guess. ¡°If I want to kill you, do you think I need to make it less painful by using poison, in this state, you will not be able to fight me.¡± Hunter touched his chin, as if he was thinking about it. You will not stand a chance to fight me even in your great day.¡± That was true. What a scrawny woman like Lc could do to this alpha lycan? ¡°What is that?¡± Lc asked, she didn¡¯t want to talk with him, but she found herself couldn¡¯t help, but engaging in conversation with him. Hearing the normal question, Hunter¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°This is a tonic. This can help to regain your vitality!¡± he said enthusiastically ¡°Pass¡± Lr must be a fool if she drank the tonic from him. This man had proven to her that he couldn¡¯t be trusted. ¡°Don¡¯t be so mean. I really made an effort toe and visit you, don¡¯t you think it¡¯s 100 much to reject my kind gesture to this extent? Hunter didn¡¯t look offended, even though he tried to look defensive for Lc¡¯s refusal, but it was not enough for him to back down. Then, you shouldn¡¯t havee in the first ce.¡± ¡°Is this how you repay someone¡¯s kindness?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes, she really wanted to sleep because the pain was still overbearing and she was not sure how long she would be in so much pain. She wanted this to be over. Luna Jasmine told her that the pain could stop if she took back her rejection and epted Aiden again, but she was too stubborn to do so and she didn¡¯t want to give another chance to that man. ¡°No. This is how I used to react to someone, who k*ssed me without permission.¡± Lc wanted her words. to be sounded so sarcastic, but she didn¡¯t have the energy for that, thus she could only settle for this annoying look e was an Still, Hunter didn¡¯t look so bother. His main goal was for Lc to get better and he epted that he ass for k*ssing her without permission. ¡°Come on, you will not be in pain soon if you take this.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes, she didn¡¯t like to be forced to do something, but even so, her determination started to falter. ¡°How do I know if that¡¯s a tonic and not a poison?¡± Lc finally cracked, but Hunter rolled his eyes when he heard that ¡°I told you. if I want to kill someone, I will go for physical pain, not using poison. This method is too girly for me. Lc really wanted to roll her eyes in response, just like how he rolled his eyes earlier, but instead, she widened her eyes when he saw Hunter drank some of the tonic..This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°You can see now. I am still alive.¡± Hunter showed that the tonic had decreased slightly. ¡°Drink more,¡± Lc said, she had not yet convinced with what Hunter showed to her. ¡°You are really a pain in the ass,¡± Hunter grumbled. ¡°If I drink it more, the effect will not really helpful with you.¡± ¡°Drink more,¡± Lc insisted and Hunter obliged, because from the look of it, this woman wouldn¡¯t drink anything if he didn¡¯t do as per her request. even In the end, Hunter drank half of the tonic and helped Lc to drink the rest. He carefully cradled her head so she wouldn¡¯t choke. ¡°See? You are still alive,¡± Hunter said in cheerful tone. ¡°Now, I need to go, I hope to see you soon.¡± However, before Lc could say that she didn¡¯t want to see him again, Hunter had leaned over and her forehead and then he left as soon as possible before Lc could yell at him for k*ssing her w permission again. Chapter 28 What Hunter said was right and the tonic worked wonder on her, because in the next morning Lc woke up. she could feel the pain eased a little bit and she could breathe easily The pain was still there, but it was more bearable and more like difort feeling rather than the actual pain. However, the first thing that she heard when she woke up was themotion outside of her bedroom and this made her frowned. ¡°What is going on?¡± Lc muttered to herself, her b*dy was still weak because she had to endure the paint for days, which caused her unable to eat properly, but aside from this difort, she was fine. Lc then heard the voice that she didn¡¯t want to hear at all. It was Aiden and from the sound of it, he was having an altercation right in front of her bedroom. Nasty words were thrown and this startled her a little bit because she had never heard Aiden was swearing like a rogue What was going on? Lc was curios and her curiosity got the best of her, as she heard the other person didn¡¯t put up a fight and try to calm Aiden down. Once she opened the door, she saw Aiden was seething at Rnd, he was the warrior of the pack and Lc was clueless why the two of them were here. -What is going on here?¡± Lc asked to the two stunned men before her eyes. ¡°Lc! You are awake!¡± Aiden eximed, his expression looked relief, though Lc didn¡¯t show the same emotions as him when she saw her ex mate. The mate bond between them was so faint, she almost couldn¡¯t feel it, thus she felt a little bit confused why Aiden was still trying to meet with her, since the bond between them was barely there. ¡°Move away, Rnd!¡± Aiden growled at the warrior. ¡°I will not be polite if you still stand on my way.¡± That was a threat and Lc just knew Aiden liked to threaten the the other people to get his way. ¡°Aiden, this is a direct order from the alpha, I can¡¯t allow you to meet with her.¡± Rnd then nced at Iris. ¡°You bettere inside and spent some time there. I will take care of this Actually, Lc was fine and was even more grateful because Rnd wanted to deal with Aiden, since she didn¡¯t have the capacity to do so right now, but she was still curios about what was going on. Yet in the end, she decided that her curiosity was not worth and she didn¡¯t really want to know what actually had transpired. Her head was aching now. ¡°Okay,¡± Lc said, but when she turned around and was about to close the door when Aiden suddenly dashed forward and grabbed her hand, while Rnd tried to prevent him by doing so, as he put his hand. on his shoulder. Both men red at each other, neither of them wanted to back down and Lc was trapped in the middle. of it She was in predicament, because if one of them decided to break into a fight, she would be the one, who would take the advantage, since it was pretty clear, being in a close range within their fight would put her in danger. ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk with you, Aiden. There is nothing to talk about,¡± Lc said, she hoped Aiden would let go of her hand because right now she could feel how painful it could be when his grip tightened around her wrist. ¡°Lc!¡± Aiden shouted at her viciously. ¡°You can¡¯t just reject me without saying anything!¡± It was actually pretty funny when Lc heard that. ¡°You wanted to banish me from the pack, remember? she threw that fact to his face and now Aiden was at lost for words because he really did that ¡°I can exin that, there is no need to throw away our bond like this!¡± ¡°So, it¡¯s fine for you to throw me out of the pack?¡± Once again, Aiden was at lost for words, as he opened his mouth and closed it again, without being able to think of a way to retort what Lc said. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°Wow! I don¡¯t know you can snap back like that!¡± The three of them turned their heads around and found Hunter had been watching this dispute, nob*dy knew how long he had been there, because they were too tensed to realize there was someone else had been staring at them. ¡°What the fuck are you doing here?¡± Aiden roared, hepletely turned his b*dy around to face Hunter, but he didn¡¯t let go of Lc¡¯s hand, which made her grimaced in pain, because without Aiden realized it, he had twisted her wrist. The sight of Lc was in pain turned Hunter¡¯s eyes slightly darker. ¡°Let go of her hand,¡± Hunter said, his easy¨Cgoing nature and his yful side disappeared, as his voice and expression darkened. ¡°Why?¡± Aiden growled. He heard what Hunter had asked for in exchanged of all the prisons war and all of them thought it was a small price to be paid, but of course, Aiden didn¡¯t think the same. Lc was his mate, he still thought of her as one, there was no way he would let her out of the pack in exchange to those people. He couldn¡¯t care less about them! ¡°Because you hurt her,¡± Hunter said in a matter of fact tone. He approached the three of them and Rnd could feel the situation would escte further. ¡°Alpha Hunter, may I know why do youe here?¡± Rnd asked politely, but his whole b*dy stiffened the closer this alpha was to them. ¡°I will take her back with me today.¡± ¡°Bullshit! She will not go anywhere! She will stay here!¡± Aiden roared angrily and his grip on Lc tightened even more. ÓÉ Chapter 29 Lc was simply clueless about what was going on and she didn¡¯t have any idea why Aiden was looking for her and was so angry right now. But she knew a simple fact that this situation wouldn¡¯t end up in good note if Aiden and Hunter entangled into an unnecessary fight. ¡°Alpha Hunter, please back down. It¡¯s still not decided yet whether Lc will go with you or not, you are still a guest here,¡± Rnd said politely.. Even though earlier he was having an altercation with Aiden, but against the outsider, he would choose to side with his pack member all over again and this was understandable. ¡°Don¡¯t be so sure, warrior,¡± Hunter said darkly, his eyes never left Lc¡¯s hand that was held by Aiden and this irked the man even more. He felt so attacked by the audacity of the alpha lycan showed to his mate. ¡°You can ask your alpha now what the decision that has been made?¡± ¡°What decision?¡± Finally, Lc spoke up, she tried to struggle from Aiden¡¯s clutch, but she didn¡¯t have the strength to do so. She just recovered from the pain recently, thanked to the tonic that Hunter gave to her. She needed to remind herself that she needed to thank the alpha for that, even though she was reluctant to admit it. ¡°You are not going anywhere, Lc,¡± Aiden said with stern voice. It was rich when the words came from him, since he was the one, who wanted to banish her from the pack a few days ago. Though Lc managed not to say something sarcastic, but Hunter was so free tough at his face for his audacity to say such thing. Of course, it didn¡¯t help with the current situation. ¡°Mutt, you wanted to banish her a few days ago. Was being rejected turned you senile?¡± Hunter mocked. Aiden openly and that was the time when thetter saw red and rushed toward the alpha lycan in his beast form. Of course, Hunter had predicted this and was ready with this reaction, as he shifted into his lycan¡¯s form The distance between them was not too far, thus the collision happened almost instantly and Rnd immediately pushed Lc into the room and mmed the door, so she wouldn¡¯t get the impact of it before he himself shifted into his beast. It was a high risk that he had to take to throw himself between the two beasts that tried to tear each other apart. Inside the bedroom, Lc was stunned to see a lycan beast for the first time, because she just realized how huge and fearsome that creature was. Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. The lycan had bigger size than a normal werewolf beast, even an alpha of the werewolf was not a comparison for the lycan in their beast form. No wonder, even after six packs joined hand together, they still had a hard time to beat down the lycan pack, as they could literally fight more than two werewolves at the same time. Lc felt worry for Aiden and Rnd, but she was too scared to go out. The lycan¡¯s beast was so different. from the wolf beast, as they looked more vicious and feral Thankfully, it didn¡¯t take long before Lc heard themotion outside grew louder, which meant there were a few people came and tried to deescte the situation. Lc pressed her ears against the door and tried to hear their conversation after alpha James managed to make the two beasts shifted back to their human form. ¡°Take Rnd to see a healer!¡± He ordered someone furiously and then moremotion happened. Out of curiosity, thinking the situation was no longer dangerous for her, she opened the door slightly and through the crack, she could see a few people. But, the first thing that she noticed was a thick smell of blood in the air. The fight happened only less than a minute, but there were so many blood that had been spilled. Most of it must havee from Rnd, since the alpha told someone to take him to see the healer. And the next question in Lc¡¯s mind was; how much Alden and Hunter hurt? She couldn¡¯t see the two of them because luna Jasmine¡¯s figure stood right in front of her door, thus she couldn¡¯t see the entire situation without opening her bedroom door widely and stepped out. However, Lc was reluctant to do so, she didn¡¯t want to get involved in this mess. Yet, her curiosity got the best of her and she opened the door slightly wider, while alpha James asked in harsh tone about what was actually going on and why the fight could happen. Sensing the door behind her was opened, luna Jasmine turned around and saw Lc. ¡°Lc!¡± luna Jasmine called her named loudly, which drew attention from the people there. Aside from the four of them, there were another four warriors that came and two alphas, all of them were surrounded Hunter and Aiden. Lc¡¯s eyes yes grew wider when she saw the injuries that Aiden sustain, he looked.. beaten up and he avoided her eyes, as if he was too ashamed for her to see him in such state However, in contrary, Hunter only got a few scratches on his cheek, which now started to heal. Aside from that, there was nothing serious and he was perfectly fine after fighting two werewolves at the same time. ¡°Lc,e here, let¡¯s talk inside your room,¡± luna Jasmine immediately tugged Lc into the bedroom and closed the door behind her. But, before that, Lc¡¯s eyes met with Hunter¡¯s and the alpha lycan actually winked at her yfully. He was insane! ¡°What is going on?¡± Lc asked with confusion because luna Jasmine looked so worn out, as if she didn¡¯t have enough sleepst night. ¡°Lc, I want to tell you about an unpleasant news.¡± Chapter 30 ¡°Lc, I want to tell you about an unpleasant news. Luna Jasmine felt so bitter. It was her, who had taught Lc everything that she knew today and all the mannerism that she needed to have as the future luna of the pack, but then everything went to the drain when this alpha lycan came and wanted to take her away. How could she take that? lc was a perfect daughter inw for her and she had learned how to be a good Juna for the pack and a perfect mate for Aiden. And now, she had to let her go and wasted everything she had worked on when that nasty alpha lycan took her away. ¡°What is it, mother? I mean, luna Jasmine,¡± Lc asked. She used to call luna Jasmine as her mother, since she didn¡¯t have one, neither she knew who was her mother, but she should stop to call her that, because she was no longer Aiden¡¯s mate and luna Jasmine would never be her mother. On the other hand, luna Jasmine felt this pang in her heart when she heard that and this made Lc felt so bad to see the sadness in her eyes. She felt so tired and forgot about everything that happened. Even though she was no longer in pain, but it didn¡¯t mean, she had regained her strength to deal with this madness. Especially to what Juna Jasmine was going to tell her. However, before luna Jasmine could say anything, someone had banged the door and asked Lc to come out, which startled them. ¡°Lc! We need to talk!¡± Aiden refused to leave before he talked with his mate. He adamantly rejected the fact she would be taken away under his nose. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to banish you from the pack! You need to listen to me!¡± Aiden shouted from behind the door and they could hear how alpha James tried to calm his son down. ¡°What is it? What is going on?¡± Lc felt something waspletely wrong with this whole situation. Why the people kept saying she would go somewhere? ¡°What happened, luna Jasmine?¡± Aside from Aiden and alpha James¡¯s voices, they could hear alpha Hunter talked something in the background, but they couldn¡¯t figure out what he said, only it sounded like a mocking, which only ser Aiden more off. ¡°Lc, I know this must be shocked you, but you should know that I have done everything in my power to prevent this from happening¡± Lc felt frustrated because luna Jasmine didn¡¯t talk straight to the point and this made her felt even more anxious with the way she talked to her. ¡°What is it? She felt like she wanted to shake her b*dy, so she could get the answer out of her mouth right away. Lc, alpha Hunter asked for you,¡± luna Jasmine finally said it, after she sighed deeply. ¡°He wants you toe to his pack, as a symbol of a peace treaty between us. In exchange, he will release all the prison wars.¡± ¡°What?!¡± Lc was dumbstruck, this was thest thing she needed when she felt slightly better after the tonic Hunter gave to herst night, never in her wildest dream she would imagine something like this thight happen to her. ¡°What he wanted!¡± Luna Jasmine immediately grabbed both of her hands and lowered her voice when she spoke again. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Lc. I have figured out a way for you to stay. Or at least, you will return to the pack soon.¡± Lc¡¯s mind was still reeling with the fact that Hunter wanted to take her away. How could he strike such deal with the other alpha? But then, she immediately remembered luna Jasmine said, she would be an exchange of those prison wars. Of course, no one would object such deal. She was no one now when she rejected Aiden, thus she held no valuepared to those prison wars. How many of them? Hundreds ¡°What¡­ what is it?¡± Lc stammered when she saw how determined luna Jasmine was, she looked like she was going to fight head and tail to keep her in this pack. Honestly, Lc was not sure what to think of right now and the only question in her mind was; why Hunter was adamant to take her with him? She didn¡¯t have any use for him, even if he managed to get her to his pack. What else she could do there? ¡°I know you will be shocked,¡± luna Jasmine said in warning tone. ¡°But, please, listen to me first, okay?¡± ¡°O¨Cokay¡­¡± Lc was slightly worried to see how serious luna Jasmine was right now. What she was going to tell her? ¡°There is a way for you to be in this pack¡­ and that¡¯s could happen if you¡­ conceived Aiden¡¯s child.¡± Luna Jasmine held her breath in the end of her words and Lc immediately pulled her hands away from her grip. ¡°Luna Jasmine! How can you say something like that?!¡± What kind of n was that?! Lc was bbergasted to hear such thing came out of her mouth. She respected her so much, but how could she suggest something so degrading like that? ¡°have rejected Aiden, luna, there is no way I will have an intimacy with him and conceived his child.¡± The thought of being pregnant at the same time like Ruby made her sick, she literally wanted to vomit. ¡°Lc, this is the only way for you to stay here in the pack. Do you really want to go to the lycan pack? You have no one there,¡± luna Jasmine said with urgency, as she grabbed her hands again. ¡°You need to understand the importance of this. ¡°Luna Jasmine¡­ I don¡¯t think I can do that¡­ That¡¯s too much.¡± Lc was dreadful to even imagine it. ¡°Even so, I can¡¯t miraculously pregnant within a day.¡± C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°Lc, I want to tell you about an unpleasant news. Luna Jasmine felt so bitter. It was her, who had taught Lc everything that she knew today and all the mannerism that she needed to have as the future luna of the pack, but then everything went to the drain when this alpha lycan came and wanted to take her away. How could she take that? lc was a perfect daughter inw for her and she had learned how to be a good Juna for the pack and a perfect mate for Aiden. And now, she had to let her go and wasted everything she had worked on when that nasty alpha lycan took her away. ¡°What is it, mother? I mean, luna Jasmine,¡± Lc asked. She used to call luna Jasmine as her mother, since she didn¡¯t have one, neither she knew who was her mother, but she should stop to call her that, because she was no longer Aiden¡¯s mate and luna Jasmine would never be her mother. On the other hand, luna Jasmine felt this pang in her heart when she heard that and this made Lc felt so bad to see the sadness in her eyes. She felt so tired and forgot about everything that happened. Even though she was no longer in pain, but it didn¡¯t mean, she had regained her strength to deal with this madness. Especially to what Juna Jasmine was going to tell her. However, before luna Jasmine could say anything, someone had banged the door and asked Lc to come out, which startled them. ¡°Lc! We need to talk!¡± Aiden refused to leave before he talked with his mate. He adamantly rejected the fact she would be taken away under his nose. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to banish you from the pack! You need to listen to me!¡± Aiden shouted from behind the door and they could hear how alpha James tried to calm his son down. ¡°What is it? What is going on?¡± Lc felt something waspletely wrong with this whole situation. Why the people kept saying she would go somewhere? ¡°What happened, luna Jasmine?¡± Aside from Aiden and alpha James¡¯s voices, they could hear alpha Hunter talked something in the background, but they couldn¡¯t figure out what he said, only it sounded like a mocking, which only ser Aiden more off. ¡°Lc, I know this must be shocked you, but you should know that I have done everything in my power to prevent this from happening¡± Lc felt frustrated because luna Jasmine didn¡¯t talk straight to the point and this made her felt even more anxious with the way she talked to her. ¡°What is it? She felt like she wanted to shake her b*dy, so she could get the answer out of her mouth right away. Lc, alpha Hunter asked for you,¡± luna Jasmine finally said it, after she sighed deeply. ¡°He wants you toe to his pack, as a symbol of a peace treaty between us. In exchange, he will release all the prison wars.¡± ¡°What?!¡± Lc was dumbstruck, this was thest thing she needed when she felt slightly better after the tonic Hunter gave to herst night, never in her wildest dream she would imagine something like this thight happen to her. ¡°What he wanted!¡± Luna Jasmine immediately grabbed both of her hands and lowered her voice when she spoke again. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Lc. I have figured out a way for you to stay. Or at least, you will return to the pack soon.¡± Lc¡¯s mind was still reeling with the fact that Hunter wanted to take her away. How could he strike such deal with the other alpha? But then, she immediately remembered luna Jasmine said, she would be an exchange of those prison wars. Of course, no one would object such deal. She was no one now when she rejected Aiden, thus she held no valuepared to those prison wars. How many of them? Hundreds ¡°What¡­ what is it?¡± Lc stammered when she saw how determined luna Jasmine was, she looked like she was going to fight head and tail to keep her in this pack. Honestly, Lc was not sure what to think of right now and the only question in her mind was; why Hunter was adamant to take her with him? She didn¡¯t have any use for him, even if he managed to get her to his pack. What else she could do there? ¡°I know you will be shocked,¡± luna Jasmine said in warning tone. ¡°But, please, listen to me first, okay?¡± ¡°O¨Cokay¡­¡± Lc was slightly worried to see how serious luna Jasmine was right now. What she was going to tell her? ¡°There is a way for you to be in this pack¡­ and that¡¯s could happen if you¡­ conceived Aiden¡¯s child.¡± Luna Jasmine held her breath in the end of her words and Lc immediately pulled her hands away from her grip. ¡°Luna Jasmine! How can you say something like that?!¡± What kind of n was that?! Lc was bbergasted to hear such thing came out of her mouth. She respected her so much, but how could she suggest something so degrading like that? ¡°have rejected Aiden, luna, there is no way I will have an intimacy with him and conceived his child.¡± The thought of being pregnant at the same time like Ruby made her sick, she literally wanted to vomit. ¡°Lc, this is the only way for you to stay here in the pack. Do you really want to go to the lycan pack? You have no one there,¡± luna Jasmine said with urgency, as she grabbed her hands again. ¡°You need to understand the importance of this. ¡°Luna Jasmine¡­ I don¡¯t think I can do that¡­ That¡¯s too much.¡± Lc was dreadful to even imagine it. ¡°Even so, I can¡¯t miraculously pregnant within a day.¡± Chapter 31 Luna Jasmine¡¯s suggestionpletely caught Lc out off guard. Never in her wildest imagination that she would think such method in order to stay in this pack. That was too much and luna Jasmine must have seen it in her eyes how shocked she was. ¡°Lc, think about this clearly. You don¡¯t want to live away from this pack. This pack is the only ce that you know and here is ur family, your mate,¡± Lama Jasmine looked a little bit desperate to keep Lc in this pack. She couldn¡¯t convince her mate to reject the idea of taking Lc away, therefore, she could only do this underhanded scheme to keep her here. ¡°Lc, say something. ¡°I am a little bit shaken up.¡± Lc muttered, she grimaced slightly when she heard the way luna Jasmine still addressed Aiden as her mate. He was no longer her mate and she wanted to say that, but she was too tired to argue with her. ¡°I don¡¯t think¡­ that¡¯s a good idea¡­¡± she bit her l*p, didn¡¯t know what to do. This suggestion came out of nowhere and she was not ready. ¡°Lc, there is no time to think about this. Alpha Hunter will take you away tomorrow. This is the only way for you to stay. Do you want to stay, right? Did she want to stay? Did she really want to be here, in this pack and watched how Aiden raised his child with the other woman, or if there was a twist in fate, she would be Aiden¡¯s mate and the future luna of the pack, but then there was this little child. What they were going to do with this child? What they were going to do if she had her own child? Did she really want to stay? All Lc could see was misery if she chose to stay in this pack, but right now, her mind was clouded. She was not sure what to say at this point, especially when luna Jasmine was so adamant for her to take this opportunity. ¡°Luna Jasmine, even if 1 agreed, there is no way they could tell I am pregnant within a day.¡± Lc was trying to find an excuse to refuse the luna¡¯s suggestion. She had been taught by this woman for a year and it was a habit of her to agree with everything she said and listened to her attentively. But right now, the matter about her n was too severe and Lc felt not right to agree on this one. ¡°Lc Luna Jasmine shook her hands so she could get her attention and once Lc looked at her, she started to speak in low voice hastily ¡°Come to Aiden¡¯s bedroom tonight and you can do the deed. I am sure, you will get pregnant. Once you are in the lycan pack and start to show the symptoms of pregnancy. we will have a reason to ask you back to the pack¡± That was luna Jasmine¡¯s n. ¡°Yes, you will live in the lycan pack, but you will not live there forever, at the very least, you will only stay there for three months and you will reunite with us again¡± Luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes lit up with enthusiasm. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, within three months, I will take care of that woman, so when you returned, you will be the luna of the pack Lc blinked her eyes, she frowned and then asked the question, which the answer she was dreadful of Wh¨Cwhat are you going to do to Ruby?¡± she asked hesitantly Luna Jasmine sighed deeply. ¡°I like you to be Aiden¡¯s mate, to be the future hana of the pack and your children with Aiden to be taken care of. I will make sure your firstborn to be the next alpha/ The frown between Lc¡¯s brows deepened when she heard that. ¡°In that case, what are you going to do with the child¡± No matter what, Ruby and Aiden¡¯s child would be the firstborn and it was a rule for the firstborn to be the next in line for the alpha¡¯s status. ¡°You don¡¯t need to know. But, I will promise you once you returned and have Aiden¡¯s child. The woman is no longer a problem. You believe me, right?¡± Lc felt shiver down her spine when she heard that. The problem was; she believed her, but it was not in a good fate. She knew luna Jasmine had done a few underhanded schemes behind the alpha¡¯s back to help him with the pack. She taught Lc how to do such thing to While the alpha remained uptight, you as the luna should do the dirty deal for your mate. That was one thing that luna Jasmine taught her. Some time, Lc was scared of this woman¡­. ¡°Believe me, you don¡¯t need to think of anything else, juste to Aiden¡¯s bedroom and have fun, make sure you have done it a few times to make sure you are pregnant.¡± Luna Jasmine winked at Lc. If it was some other day, with the way how vulgar luna Jasmine was talking, Lc would have blushed, but not now. She felt dreadful for herself and Ruby, What luna Jasmine was going to do to her? Thankfully, their conversation was cut short when someone knocked on the door. It was alpha Hunter. ¡°Lc, open the door. There is something I want to talk with you.¡± Hunter¡¯s voice sounded hoarse and dark, as if he was holding back his anger. No matter how the fight with Aiden ended, it seemed, it left a bitter taste in his mouth. ¡°Lc!¡± The knock on the door was getting louder, as if he was going to tear down the door. ¡°Luna Jasmine, open the door now!¡± Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. *See? Do you really want to live with such alpha? He doesn¡¯t know decency. He is a savage through and through. What do you expect from a lycan?¡± Luna Jasmine sneered.. 18 Chapter 32 ¡°Those lycans are so barbarous and don¡¯t know how to behave. They are vile creatures. Their barbaric behavior is something that will be their downfall,¡± luna Jasmine sneered disdainfully and this made Lc was ufortable. She didn¡¯t think like that about Hunter, especially afterst night he took the risk and gave her a tonic that made her felt better, or else, she would have still curled herself on the bed, writhing in pain for who knew how long. But of course, she didn¡¯t forget how he stole two k*sses from her, even so, it was more like a yful game for the alpha, instead of something he did it with lust, though it was still an inappropriate thing to do, yetpared to Aiden, who had impregnant another woman that was not his mate, Lc thought luna Jasmine¡¯s son was the most vile one here. However, there was no way she would say such thing out loud. ¡°Open the door or I will break this down.¡± Hunter said calmly, he didn¡¯t sound so serious with his threat, but of course, you shouldn¡¯t take lightly what he was saying ¡°Damn this alpha!¡± luna Jasmine gritted her teeth, as she cursed under her breath. Her calm and kind pretense fell, as she looked so vicious right now. This was the fifth times Lc had witnessed how fast luna Jasmine could chang¨¦ her stance and in those. events, she didn¡¯t like it at all. She looked like someone else that she didn¡¯t know, C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org In the end, Juna Jasmine stood up and opened the door, by that time, her calm demeanor had returned, as she gave alpha Hunter a small smile. ¡°You should be more patient, after all, you are knocking the door of a woman,¡± she said cidly. ¡°It¡¯s not appropriate for you to be in the same room with a woman alone.¡± Alpha Hunter raised his brows upon hearing such nonsense, as he tugged his l*ps upward. ¡°Do you mean my woman?¡± he askednguidly. His answer gave a start to luna Jasmine, as she gasped loudly, but she caught alpha James¡¯s expression. He sternly shook his head, telling her not to argue with this alpha ande out immediately. On the other hand. Lc was not surprise with alpha Hunter¡¯s brazeneback. It was something that he would say after all. ¡°If you don¡¯t have anything to say anymore, move aside, you block the way.¡± Alpha Hunter moved his b*dy slightly to the side, to give the luna space, so she could walk away and stop guarding the door. ¡°Don¡¯t talk to my mate like that, alpha Hunter, I will not appreciate it at all, alpha James growled when he heard the way Hunter talked to Jasmine. But, the luna knew how to read the situation and didn¡¯t want to escte it further when she had a grand n after this, thus she moved aside and walked toward alpha James, who was seething. ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± luna Jasmine said, as she put her palm over his chest to calm him down. She didn¡¯t like it to see how upset her mate was. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± She took his hand and then both of them walked away from Lcs bedroom, but before that, she nced over her shoulder right before Hunter closed the door She narrowed her eyes dangerously. Inside the bedroom; Lr widened her eyes when Hunter closed the door behind him. ¡°You don¡¯t need to close the door if there is something you want to say. My bedroom is in the end of this corridor, no one wille here without you knowing that.¡± Lc said with displeased, she felt ufortable to be with the same room with another man. Hunter didn¡¯t say anything about Lc¡¯s rambling, he simply sat down on the only chair in her bedroom and looked around. ¡°Thest two times I was here, I didn¡¯t see this clearly, but your room is so small, thinking you are the future luna of this pack, why so?¡± Hunter ended his question and stared at Lc, who was still sitting on the edge of her bed. ¡°In my pack, if you are the future luna, even if I have not yet marked or mated you, you will have been given a special treatment. This kind of room is only used by those omegas. Lc frowned. She didn¡¯t know what to say when Hunter brought up the topic she didn¡¯t even think of She had never thought about her bedroom before this, neither she cared much about it Having her own space after living in one small room with six other people was a bless for her, thus she had never questioned it. ¡°What do you want?¡± Lc frowned, she hugged herself, feeling a little bit cold and hungry, she couldn¡¯t eat properly when she was in so much pain and now when she felt slightly better, she felt the hunger. ¡°I only want to say, you will have a nicer room in my pack.¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulder nonchntly. ¡°If that¡¯s the only offer you will give me to entice me toe with you to your pack, I will not take it,¡± Lc replied sternly. ¡°Well, the problem here is; you don¡¯t have a liberty to choose whether you want toe with me or not, because you really need toe with me, since the decision has been made.¡± Hunter said in a matter of fact tone. Luna Jasmine had told her earlier about this, but it still didn¡¯t make sense for Lc. ¡°Why do you want me toe with you? You can ask for another woman. There are a lot of women in this pack, you can pick them.¡± Lc knew she was not the most beautiful women in this pack and she held no value, so why this alpha wanted her? ¡°But, I only want you,¡± Hunter replied simply. Çú Chapter 33 ¡°But, I only want you, Hunter replied simply to Lc¡¯s question, which made her speechless. Couldn¡¯t he take this matter seriously? His answer made one to think he was only a spoiled little boy, who wanted a toy without any reason at all. ¡°Alpha Hunter¡­¡± Lc started, but Hunter interrupted her. ¡°Hunter.¡± He didn¡¯t want her to call him with his title, but he should have known by now how stubborn this woman before his eyes could be. ¡°Alpha Hunter,¡± Lc emphasized his title this time, refused to call him by his name, because it made her felt like they were close with each other. ¡°I will not to anywhere with you.¡± ¡°Unfortunately, it¡¯s not up to you to decide.¡± Hunter tilted his head. ¡°I am here to tell you about this, but your ex mate caused trouble and his mother had taken the liberty to inform you first, so you should know by now how it is impossible for you to refuse this one.¡± He hinted at how Lc had refused Aiden¡¯s attempt to take him back and mend the broken bond. Lc could refuse that, but not this one, since all the alpha had agreed and if she insisted not to go with Hunter, it would affect the whole purpose of the peace treaty and the lives of hundreds of prison wars in the lycan pack, whom Hunter promised to be released once Lc stepped her feet on his pack. ¡°What can I do to make you change your mind?¡± Lc tried to negotiate, like what she did when she hurt him in the dark alley. ¡°There is nothing you can do to change my mind. I want you and I will get you. As simple as that.¡± ¡°Come. I will help you to pack up your things, what do you want to take?¡± Hunter came here personally to do this, even though he could have sent someone to do it for him, or he didn¡¯t need to do anything about it, since in the end Lc woulde with him. However, he didn¡¯t bother enough to waste his time toe here for her. ¡°I don¡¯t understand¡­ I need to talk with alpha James Lc was caught out of guard and she still couldn¡¯t believe, she was going to leave this pack ¡°Do you really think alpha James will budge? I offered hundreds of prison war in exchange of you alone. more so, even if by miracle you can make alpha James to change his decision, what do you n to do with the other five alphas?¡± Hunter stared at her intently. He was not being vicious, he only wanted her to know their current situation. ¡°All of the alphas heard about how Aiden wanted to banish you, they used that argumentation to agree with my request. Do you really think you can change that?¡± Hunter was right and Lc knew that, she was only perplexed because her life had been upside down in thest few days. A month ago, she wouldn¡¯t have imagined to leave the pack and live in another pack. ¡°Do you really want to live in this pack? Watching your ex mate ys a happy family with his firstborn! Do you really think you can still live in this small bedroom that you cherished? You are no longer the future Juna, of course, you need to move or even if the alpha and the luna took a pity on you and let you live here, do you really want to be here? So close with Aiden and Ruby!¡± The answer was no. Lc didn¡¯t want that. She didn¡¯t wish to go through that. Seeing the shift in her; Hunter continued ¡°Come with me and start your new life in my pack. °×43.69% Lc lifted her head and looked at Hunter. ¡°What is your intention to take me with you? Do you want to torture me?¡± Hunter raised his brows and then chuckled with her wild thought. ¡°Why do you think I want to torture you when you were not even in the battlefield? If I want to torture someone, it must be those warriors that I had caught during the war.¡± That made sense, but Lc still couldn¡¯t wrap her head with the idea this alpha lycan wanted her to come with him. She couldn¡¯t understand that. ¡°Come with me and I will exin it one day.¡± Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ? ¡°So, you indeed have a hidden motive?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes, ¡°Yes.¡± His honesty bothered Lc so much. Lc felt like she wanted the ground to split and swallow her whole. She wanted to disappear from the way these lycan warriors stared at her. They looked at her with a deep frown, some of them even openly red at her, as if she had grown the second head or something. She felt ufortable and couldn¡¯t help it, but stick close with Hunter, which made them stared at her even more. ¡°What happened with your pack member?¡± Lc was under the pressure and started to feel she had made a grief mistake to agree toe with Hunter. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, they are very thrilled to see a beautiful woman like you.¡± Hunter opened the door to Lc¡¯s. bedroom and let her to enter first. ¡°I am not looking for apliment.¡± Lc was speechless, this man was so hard to give a serious answer. ¡°I am telling the truth.¡± Hunter chuckled and then checked on the window, made sure it was closed and then lit up the firece. Lc had never been in this mansion before, but she knew for sure this kind of room must be the largest room in this mansion if it was not the secondrge. ¡°Why did you give me this room?¡± Lc dropped the previous topic, because she knew she wouldn¡¯t get anything out of it. ¡°Because I want you to feelfortable,¡± Hunter replied honestly. Chapter 34 ¡°Because I want you to feelfortable,¡± Hunter replied honestly. He put down the bag, which contained. with Lc¡¯s belonging on the bed, while she looked around her bedroom. ¡°You will get more beautiful room than this in my pack¡± Lc stopped in her track and turned around to face Hunter. Tell me now why do you want to take me to your pack?¡± she couldn¡¯t help with her curiosity because it felt so weird for someone to treat her so nicely without wanting anything back. ¡°Why am I to you?¡± Hunter grinned. ¡°Why? Losing your patience?¡± He shook his head. ¡°This is not the time to tell you about it. Be patience and I will let you know one day.¡± Lc was not satisfied with the answer. What kind of answer was that? He only dodged the question. ¡°Do you have some bad ulterior motive?¡± Hunter approached Lc and pinched her cheek, until she swatted his hand away. He became so touchy with her and with this proximity, she was afraid he would k*ss her again, thus she took three steps back, thankfully, this bedroom was spacious enough for her to retreat. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will not torture you like you imagined. I will not do such horrendous thing to my guest.¡± Hunter crossed his arms in front of his chest, as he smiled at her. ¡°And with your question about what you are to me¡­ Well, you can say for the meantime, you are my favorite person.¡± Lc frowned to hear such answer. ¡°What is that mean? ¡°Someone that I consider special.¡± ¡°How so? This time, it was Lc, who raised her brows and stared at him in disbelieve. This man was talking whatever he wanted to say without even thinking, now she wondered how he could lead his people with his carefree nature. All the alphas that she had ever met or the future alpha of the pack, had the same demeanor like alpha James, they would look very serious and wouldn¡¯t take every conversation lightly, as if they were joking all the time like what Hunter did. Therefore, it was hard for Lc toprehend what was in Hunter¡¯s mind. ¡°Because I like you enough to exchange you with those worthless prison war.¡± Hunter chuckled when Lc sighed deeply, thinking he was spouting nonsense with the way he talked with her He let her to think whatever she wanted and then walked toward the door. ¡°This is night already, you need to get some sleep, we will leave for my pack tomorrow morning.¡± However, before Hunter could leave, Lc stopped him. ¡°Alpha Hunter, please wait for a while.¡± Hunter stopped in his track and turned around. ¡°What is it? Do you want a good night k*ss?¡± he teased and Lc rolled her eyes defiantly, something that you shouldn¡¯t do in front of the alpha, luna Jasmine would have reprimanded her if she did that. But for some odd reason, Lc feltfortable enough to do so with Hunter, she didn¡¯t fear him at this moment, neither she was afraid she would get a punishment for her action. She did that subconsciously, Can I go for a while? I want to see Aria¡± Lc had not yet informed her friend about her departure tomorrow morning and she didn¡¯t want to leave without saying anything nor a goodbye with her. ¡°What a coincidence, just now my warrior said there is a girl named Aria wanted to see you.¡± ¡°Really?¡± A smile blossomed on her l*ps. ¡°Where is she? I will go to see her.¡± ¡°Unfortunately, my warrior has chased her away, so you can meet with her tomorrow morning.¡± The smile plummeted almost immediately, leaving a deep crease between Lc¡¯s brows when she heard that. Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°Alpha Hunter, I will go for a while and see her, okay? I will go with you tomorrow morning and probably will not see this pack for a few months.¡± ¡°A few months? You will never return to this pack,¡± Hunter corrected her in a matter of fact tone. Once Lc was in his pack, there was no way he would let her go again. Hearing that, Lc tried to keep her expression straight, though it couldn¡¯t hide the sadness in her eyes. and Hunter could see that. ¡°In that case, why don¡¯t you let me meet with my friend? I have been living here in my whole life and I will never return, at the very least, let me enjoy this moment.¡± ¡°Your whole life? Are you sure you were born in this pack?¡± Lc didn¡¯t know what Hunter meant with that, but because she didn¡¯t want to argue with this alpha, she chose not to aggravate him. ¡°Please. I have nowhere to go. Where I will runaway?¡± Hunter thought about that for a while and the look that Lc gave to him didn¡¯t help, he couldn¡¯t refuse her plea. ¡°Fine, but you must return to this mansion before midnight.¡± Hunter said sternly. It was a rare moment when he looked very serious, but Lc was too happy to notice that. ¡°Okay, okay!¡± Lc immediately rushed toward the door, but before she could walk past him, he grabbed her elbow to stop her. ¡°Remember to return before midnight.¡± He emphasized this one more time. ¡°Okay.¡± It was only three more hours before midnight, it was enough time to say goodbye and have a chat with Aria. ¡°Can I go now?¡± Without any other choice, Hunter let her go and then watched she actually jumped the two stairs at the same time when she rushed toward the entrance door to catch up with her friend. ¡°Why do you take her back to the pack?¡± Darren asked Hunter, he was the beta of the pack and even so, he was clueless with his alpha¡¯s impulsive decision to make such an exchange. ¡°Do you think she is worth it?¡± He was clueless. Chapter 35 Darren, the beta, looked a little bit ufortable with his alpha¡¯s decision to exchange a single woman that didn¡¯t look so worth it for their pack to hundred of prison wars that they had gathered during the war. This woman was not a devastating beauty, neither she was very smart, until she could make your jaw dropped with her mind, she was an average at the best, thus Darren didn¡¯t think the exchange was fair. They should have asked more! ¡°At the very least we need to ask ten gold for every prison wars. I am certain they will agree to that,¡± Darren said, he looked unhappy with the deal. Of course, the werewolf would have agreed immediately. Who wouldn¡¯t want such an easy deal? This was ridiculous. However, Hunter¡¯s answer was very curt. ¡°She is worth it. And that was all he said before he turned around and left his beta alone. Darren shook his head. He couldn¡¯t think a single reason why it was worth it. On the other hand, once Lc rushed out of the mansion, she immediately found Aria, because the girl had never left, it seemed, she was still trying to find a way to coax the lycan warrior to let her meet with Lc Therefore, she was surprised to see Lc was actuallying out of the mansion on her own. ¡°Lc!¡± Aria immediately stood up from the bench she was sitting while thinking what she was going to do to get to Lc. She hugged her friend tightly and almost sobbing because she thought she would never see her again. ¡°I thought Twill never see you again. I rushed here immediately once I heard about this news from luna Jasmine.¡± C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Because Aria was Lc only close friend, thus of course, she met with the luna very often, despite being an omega. She chatted with her a few times and every time, it made her nervous. ¡°I came to your room and couldn¡¯t find you, until luna Jasmine called me over and told me about your whereabouts. Aria sobbed lightly. ¡°I can¡¯t believe, you will leave this pack.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t cry. I will find a way to meet with you again, okay?¡± Lc consoled Aria, even though the promise was most likely only a bluff, since she didn¡¯t know when she would be able to find a way to return to this pack, if she really had a chance to return. ¡°Okay¡­¡± Aria let her go, wiping her tears and smiled brilliantly. ¡°Let¡¯s go to the pack house! Let¡¯s cook something together like we usually did!¡± Lc didn¡¯t have any suspicion with the suggestion, because they used to cook together in the middle of the night, thus she agreed immediately to go back to the pack house, more so, she had still enough time to return to the mansion before midnight. It was not too far¡­ She could go back and forth within three hours and had a plenty of time to chat with Aria Hunter stared at the entrance gate of the mansion, he had been standing there for more than two hours, waiting for a certain someone to return, but she had not yet appeared even when the midnight came and he didn¡¯t have any patient to wait for her anymore. Therefore, he went out of his bedroom in hurry. He didn¡¯t feel good to know she went to the pack house again. That stupid alpha¡¯s son could pull some trick to make her stay in this pack. This was one of the reasons, why he didn¡¯t want Lc to go. If he could, he would take her back to his pack this very night, but he knew it was not good to push and disrespect alpha James more than this, the alpha could snap and the tension would grow, at that point, he wouldn¡¯t get any benefit from the situation. However, it was already past midnight and Lc had not yet returned, though she had promised him, so it was justified for him toe and check on her. ¡°Where are you going? I thought you have fallen asleep, Darren, the beta, asked his alpha when he watched him walked away in hurry. ¡°Hey! Hunter! Where are you going?!¡± But, before he could get any answer from him, Hunter had shifted into his beast and dashed out of the mansion, he disappeared into the dark of the night and Darren could only sigh deeply. ¡°Why he acted so weird around that woman? He is really unpredictable¡­¡± On the other hand, a certain lycan went straight to the pack house. He knew where Lc was because he ordered one of the warriors to follow her and report to him where she was going with her friend. He only wanted to make sure she was safe. Once the lycan arrived at the pack house, the guard greeted him and let him to enter, because he was their guess and there was no specific order not to let the alpha lycan in. And after that, it was not hard for Hunter to pick up Lc¡¯s scent and find out her whereabouts. She had the sweetest and refreshing scent he had ever smelled and it was kind of addicted for Hunter. However, the scent, instead of leading him to Lc¡¯s old bedroom, it took him to the main quarter, where the alpha and the luna, also their child upied, in this case. Aiden. Hunter furrowed his brows deeply. Why Lc was in this area of the pack house? And now, her scent stopped right in front of Aiden¡¯s bedroom, he knew it because this area reeked of his scent, which made Hunter wanted to vomit. His jaw hardened when Lc¡¯s scent mixed with Aiden¡¯s. He felt like his blood was boiled by anger, as the killing intent exuded from his b*dy. He wanted to kill someone¡­ ÓÉ Chapter 36 ¡°Why are we here?¡± Lc asked when Aria led her to the main quarter of the pack house. This was the ce where the alpha, luna and Aiden lived. She was a little bit lightheaded earlier and Aria told her to lie down for a while, as she escorted Lc to her old bedroom, or so she thought. Only when they walked past the main hall, she realized where Aria took her. It didn¡¯t make sense if they simply walked past this area, since the kitchen and the main quarter was in different part of the pack house. ¡°Lc, I am sorry.¡± Aria said, she stopped walking right in front of Aiden¡¯s bedroom. The look of guilty stered on her face. ¡°I know you will be very angry if you knew about this beforehand, but you should know that I did it because I care for you. I don¡¯t want you to live outside of the pack, especially with those barbaric lycan.¡± Lc shook her head, her ears rang ufortably. ¡°I don¡¯t understand what you meant¡­¡± She narrowed her eyes, trying toprehend Aria¡¯s rambling, but all she could see was her friend started to tearing up. Why she was crying? Lc felt unwell. She didn¡¯t know why she suddenly felt like this, but suddenly everything fell into ces when she saw the door behind Aria was opened and Aiden was standing there with his warm smile, that used to make her happy, but now, Lc could feel her heart almost stopped beating. Lc immediately knew what was going on and what all of this about. She was shaking in fear when she realized Aria was part of this, that was why she felt remorseful and looked so guilty right now.Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°Lc please, understand, this is for your own good,¡± Aria said when she watched Lc took a few steps back, she staggered because of the pill she gave to her, which she mixed into her food. Lc¡¯s eyes shifted from Aiden and then toward Aria, the look of betrayal must be so clear on her face, because this only added to the guilty feeling Aria felt. ¡°I don¡¯t think she want to do this, sir Aiden¡­ Aria said in small and fearful voice, but Aiden had stepped forward and caught Lc¡¯s hand. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, she will thank youter when she realized how much you care for her. She is still confused now. Once she realized she can stay in this pack and doesn¡¯t need to live the rest of her life with those barbaric lycan, she will be grateful for what you have done.¡± Aria blinked her eyes in confusion. She was not sure whether she could believe that or not, but she had made her own decision and there was no room to back down now. ¡°Lc, I am sorry,¡± Aria said softly when she watched Aiden carried Lc in his arms and mmed the door behind him. Lc felt her head was so heavy, but she was conscious enough to know what was actually going on and this was not a good sign. Aria had put something into her food or drink that caused her to be unable to move as she liked. She felt like she was drunk. It was almost the same feeling like she felt when she woke up in Hunter¡¯s bed that day. No. Lc tried to push Aiden away from her, she felt conflicted. If it was in the past, she would be readily giving up herself to him. But now, the thought she was going to be pregnant at the same time like that woman made her wanted to vomit. This must be luna Jasmine¡¯s n. She had told her this morning when Hunter took her from the pack house toe with him. It simply didn¡¯t cross her mind Aria would be involved in this scheme too. She was her friend, right? But, why she schemed against her? Even though in her mind, she was doing her a favor. ¡°No¡­ stay away from me¡­¡± Lc slurred, she tried to push Aiden, but she didn¡¯t have the strength to do so. Let alone at time like this, she didn¡¯t even have the strength to outpower him in her heyday. ¡°Don¡¯t do this, Aiden.. I don¡¯t want¡­¡± ¡°Lc.. it hurt me to see you reject me so bad¡­ it¡¯s okay, everything will be alright. I promise you I will not hurt you.¡± Aiden k*ssed her head and then hugged her. He missed her so bad, even though the rejection had ruined the mate bond between them, but it was still there and he could feel it in his heart that the mate bond was still there. It was not toote for them to mend the things between them. It would be fine. ¡°It¡¯s okay, Lc¡­ don¡¯t be afraid,¡± Aiden whispered softly to her ear, her struggle to free from him was almost unrecognizable. He could do anything as he pleased with her right now and there was nothing Lc could do to get away from him. Lc¡¯s eyes widened, as she started to cry when Aiden tore her dress and carried her to the bed. ¡°No¡­ please, I don¡¯t want this¡­ don¡¯t do this, Aiden ¡°Lc pleaded with him when she could feel her back touched the bed and the feeling was so suffocating- She couldn¡¯t do this. She didn¡¯t want to do this. ¡°Please, Aiden¡­ I beg you.. don¡¯t do this to me. Lc wanted to scream, but she couldn¡¯t. She was so tired. and while she was fighting off her urge to close her eyes and sumbed to the darkness, Aiden managed to get her out of her dress. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Lc. I will not hurt you. we are going to do this to save you from that barbariglycan¡­¡± Lc shook her head weakly and right at that time, the door was flew Chapter 37 Hunter was following Lc¡¯s scent, it was not hard to do so because she had a unique scent that he could recognize among thousand various scent. That was how he was able to recognize her. There was no way he could be mistaken. Yet, when he realized the scent came from the alpha¡¯s son¡¯s bedroom, he stopped in his track. His eyes were bloodshot red, as he was not sure whether he wanted to see what was going on behind the closed door. He was not ready to see it. He knew he was being ridiculous and a little bit reckless with his decision to take this woman back to his pack as soon as possible, but he couldn¡¯t stand the sight of her was being hurt by that scumbag of man. However, no matter what, Aiden was still ber mate just a few days ago and the lingering feeling must still be there. Did she give up and then surrender herself, knowing they would never meet again? That was why she wanted to leave the manor? Did she n everything beforehand? Hunter felt like he was going crazy if he didn¡¯t confront the truth from Lc¡¯s mouth, but he needed to gather all of his courage to even open this damned door. He could feel the tension in the air and how the atmosphere became very suffocating when he heard whispering sound. In the end, before he could decide what to do, his b*dy had moved on its own and he found himself kicked the door so hard, it flew off its hinges. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. And there they were. The sight that he dreaded, appeared before his eyes. Lc was only on her underwear, while Aiden hovered above her, their position was very promising and even the dumbest person would be able to tell what they were going to do at this point. Hunter couldn¡¯t content his anger, as he charged forward and shifted into his beast, he knocked Aiden aside very hardly, until his b*dy made a loud collision against the table, he let out a painful roar. The lycan was about to attack him again, but then he felt something was off and watched how Lc was whimpering, she was sweating and her breathingbored. She was half unconscious, as she fought back to fall asleep. She was drugged. That was one thing that Hunter was sure of. Whoever that person, who said she was her friend, had tricked her. Damn it! Hunter cursed under his breath. Her friend wouldn¡¯t dare to do something like this, there must be someone behind all of this and it was clear, whose idea this was. The lycan was enraged to see Lc¡¯s condition right now, the beast bit the nket and covered her n*ked b*dy, before he charged forward to kill Aiden The man had shifted into his beast as well, despite the pain, because he could sense the danger that emanated from the lycan alpha. He was a battle hardened warrior, there was no way he was going down so easily Aiden¡¯s wolf was smaller than the lycan, but he was agile enough to dodge the attack, despite it didn¡¯t last for long because a momentter, his b*dy was thrown against the wall and he could feel the pain on his shoulder, as the lycan¡¯s w embedded so deep into his flesh. He thought he was going to die when suddenly, there were a loud roar in the room and a few people barged in, probably because they heard thismotion and the thick smell of blood in the air. ¡°What is going on here?!¡± It was alpha James¡¯s voice and Aiden breathed a sigh of relief, as he shifted back into his human form. He was extremely injured to be able to pertain his beast form. He lost so many blood and his healing ability couldn¡¯t catch up with such wound, he needed to see a healer, or else, he would be in dangerous situation. ¡°Alpha Hunter!¡± Alpha James barked when he saw Aiden¡¯s condition right now. ¡°How dare you to attack my own son in our own pack! This peace treaty is bullshit! You have breached the pact!¡± Hunter immediately shifted back into his human form as well, as he snarled at alpha James. an At this time, there were dozens of warriors that came into the scene as well. Great. It could be all out battle then. He needed a few fights to let out some steam and vented out his anger, they all deserved that. That was what Hunter would do if he let his impulsive thoughts to win him over and then the war would start again. Even though he didn¡¯t mind to wage another war with this idiot people, he had lost so many people and he didn¡¯t want to lose his pack member again if he could help it. ¡°You should ask your stupid son what he is going to do to the woman that supposed to be mine!¡± Hunter roared, once he shifted back into his hurman form. His voice thundered and echoed inside this bedroom. He red viciously at alpha James, which made the alpha¡¯s heart skipped a beat. That was the normal reaction that you would have if you were faced with a strong opponent, way stronger than you. Alpha James indeed older and he had led this pack for more than three decades, while Hunter only recently appointed as an alpha, but he didn¡¯tck of dominance. ¡°Ask your stupid son what he is going to do to my woman!¡± Hunter stepped aside and revealed Lc, who had fallen asleep now. She must have trouble to to sleep because a deep crease between her brows let them knew she was in so much pain right now, Her b*dy was covered with nket, but people could see her dress on the floor. Chapter 38 It didn¡¯t take a genius to know what was going on inside this room and because of themotion, not only the warriors that came, but also all the other five alphas as well. ¡°What is going on here?¡± ¡°What happened?¡± They could smell blood in the air and Hunter was there, but they were well aware, whose room this belonged to They looked at each other with questioning look, until they found Rhea on the bed. ¡°What¡¯s actually happened here?¡± the other alphas asked. Their faces looked very sour, especially to see Hunter was there. ¡°What are you doing here with that woman, alpha Hunter?¡± Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°If you want to have fun, you need to take her back to the manor, we have prepared a decent ce for you and your people to stay.¡± Hunter scoffed when he heard the way they talked to her, as if they were saying something righteous, they were really a bunch of hypocrite people. He really wanted to kill them all if he let his impulse got the better of him. ¡°You should ask what his son had done. The Colden w pack has breached our peace treaty!¡± Hunter roared, his angry voice echoed through the walls and sent shiver down toe anyone spines, they were gasping loudly to feel such domination from this lycan. Without a doubt, the lycan was the strongest shifter among them and it had been proven all this year during their war. How a pack of lycan could wage a war against six packs. ¡°I will not ept this tant insult from him!¡± Hunter snarled at them all, which made them confused. ¡°What is going on here, alpha James?¡± Alpha Dillon asked with confusion. ¡°What alpha Hunter meant with that ¡°Exin it to me, what is it? I saw you attacked the alpha¡¯s son! It should be you, who is used of breaching the peace treaty!¡± alpha Gabriel said harshly and the other three alphas agreed with that. Hunter was really running out of patience. He could kill them all if he wanted right now, but he was not sure that he could get out of this room alive, let alone with Lr. She needed to see a healer, he didn¡¯t know what they put inside her b*dy to cause her like this, but whatever it was, he needed to make sure she was safe More so, he needed to contact his people in the manor. He hated this situation so much, especially when he had to exin to them what was going on. It made him sick to his stomach. ¡°Why don¡¯t you ask his son what is going on? Let¡¯s hear how he had lured and drugged my woman here.¡± ¡°She is not your woman!¡± Luna Jasmine roared, she just arrived after she heard what happened. She was Very furious to see her beloved son was injured and she couldn¡¯t ept it when her n was failed again. She is not your woman! How can you say she is your woman shamelessly? She is not part of your pack! 3173 Hunter tilted his head. He remembered something when he saw her. ¡°Really? I don¡¯t think she is not part of my pack when she already belonged to me. These alphas are the witness for that.¡± Stay away from this Jasmine, go back and stay with our son.¡± alpha James spoke through his gritted teeth, he knew that his mate had stepped out of the line again, but he couldn¡¯t expose her, or else, it would backfire to her and this pack. After all, he was already in disadvantage situation. ¡°Go back with Aiden.¡± ¡°No! I want to see him be punished¡°¡± luna Jasmine was being emotional right now, the sight of her son was injured so bad shook her to the core. She hated this barbaric lycan and his people. If he really wanted to take Lc away, she would do everything to fail that. However, Hunter was not someone that could be yed so easily, especially with a level of trick luna Jasmine had. Hunter wrapped the nket around Lc¡¯s b*dy carefully, she didn¡¯t want people here to see her skin at all. ¡°I remember you tricked Lc also like this before. You put her into a bedroom, where I found her and took her away. But then, you used me of sleeping with her, because I took what is mine back to my ce.¡± Hunter carried Lc in his arms, her b*dy was so warm, actually, her skin was very hot against his, as she rested her head against the crook of his shoulder and he could feel it directly. Something was wrong with her. ¡°I wonder, if I didn¡¯t take her away, would you have your immoral son slept with her when she was unconscious?¡± There was an uproar among the other alphas when they heard this, because based on what Hunter tried to hint, they could grasp the gist of the situation and what had transpired. ¡°What did Aiden try to do?¡± ¡°Did he try to take advantage of his ex mate?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t he want her to be banished?¡± ¡°Why did you let your son ruined everything?¡± Hunter walked toward them, but the warrior blocked his path. They didn¡¯t let him to leave the room with Lc. ¡°We don¡¯t know who is telling the truth. You will not leave until we know the whole story,¡± alpha Dillon said sternly. He looked so livid. ¡°He attacked my son! He was the one, who breached the peace treaty, we must kill him before he can leave this pack!¡± luna Jasmine eximed, she was not thinking straight right now and blurted out what was in her mind. ¡°Jasmine!¡± Alpha James roared, he emphasized her name, as he red at his mate, because what she said could backfire at them. ¡°Enough! Leave this room right now!¡± Luna Jasmine stared at his mate in disbelieve. Chapter 39 This was the first time she was being yelled at by him and she couldn¡¯t ept that, yet there was nothing she could do, since there was no way, she would be able to challenge his authority in front of the other alphas and there were so many people that witnessed it. After all, she was still the luna and it was her responsibility to appear impable and keep their image. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°My apologize, alpha.¡± luna Jasmine said in low voice, she lowered her head and then excused herself. She was enraged, her solemn expression changed the moment no one saw her, as he strode toward where her son was being treated. Her precious son was being attacked, but the culprit was still sitting on the high ground instead of wailing for mercy. Once luna Jasmine left, alpha James put his whole attention toward Hunter, who had Lc in his arms. Even though he was outnumbered greatly, there was no shred of fear in his eyes and somehow, as an alpha, he admired this brave young lycan. ¡°What are you trying to imply here?¡± Alpha James growled dangerously, while the other alphas stood close to him, showing their support. They were at the point, where the peace treaty was nothing but a piece of paper, as they were ready for another battle if it was necessary, after all, they were in advantage position. But of course, if they could avoid this, they would. ¡°Do you really need me to tell you what I am implying here?¡± Hunter scoffed. The way he red back at alpha James, as if he was telling him how stupid he was right now for asking such question. ¡°You make it sounded like my son has done something atrocious!¡± alpha James argued. ¡°You really like to hear your own voice, until you are no longer able to hear what other people said,¡± Hunter replied, his voice was filled with so much mockery. He stared at alpha James derisively. ¡°Fine, if that¡¯s what you want. Hunter didn¡¯t want to air this affair, but at the same time, he needed to clear their suspicion and Lc¡¯s name, just in case that stupid man tried to twist the fact and put him in disadvantage situation. With that, Hunter told them what happened. ¡°Nonsense! There is no way my son will do something like that!¡± alpha James roared angrily, while the other alphas talked among themselves, since Hunter confirmed their suspicion. Before, they were only making assumption, but right now they could be sure that Aiden had really crossed the line. ¡°What¡¯s the proof that my son had done something so horrendous to her? It could be she was the one, who came to his bedroom!¡± Alpha James didn¡¯t want to do this, he liked Lc, just like how his mate fond of her, and he thought Lc would make a great luna, but the situation was not the same now, everything had changed and if he had to choose, it was not even a question that he would safe his own son¡¯s image. ¡°Call the healer and let them check on her! Do you think she will be so stupid to drug herself and then come to this smelly room!?¡± Hunter roared angrily, his voice echoed throughout the walls and this startled them all, even though they were the alpha, the people, who held the highest power in their respective pack, but a lycan waspletely different story. That¡­alpha James was speechless, he didn¡¯t know what to say at this point. ¡°Alpha James, call the healer and clear this matter quickly. One of the alphas suggested. ¡°We can¡¯t let this problem go even further than this.¡± The other chimed in as well. low to This suggestion angered alpha James, as he shouted at them. ¡°Do you really think my son will be 50 even do such horrendous thing? He has his own mate now and that woman is currently pregnant with their firstborn! You know very well how important the firstborn is!¡± Alpha James was being defensive. ¡°But, why she is unconscious? The other alpha pointed out the fact. They were still reluctant to make an enemy out of the lycan again if they could help it, since a war caused them so much grievances and they didn¡¯t want to go for another year in such situation, especially when they could get back their pack member with the exchange of one woman only. It was a great deal and they didn¡¯t want to ruin it. ¡°Call the healer!¡± The alpha behind James took charge and ordered one of the warriors to call the healer. Alpha James gritted his teeth, he balled his fists. No matter what he said earlier, he had the same suspicious like the other alphas. He knew what his mate had been nning, though he chose to close his eyes and cover his ears for her scheme, but now, everything woulde to the open and he didn¡¯t know how to proceed from here. On the other hand, Hunter smirked to see the panic in alpha James¡¯s eyes. He couldn¡¯t care less about everything else, because he was worried about Lc¡¯s condition right now. He put her back to the bed, still covering her b*dy with the nket, despite his disgust to see this bed. He really wanted to tear this thing apart. It didn¡¯t take long for the healer toe and confirm anyone suspicion. ¡°Yes, she has been drugged,¡± the healer said and it was akin to a nail in the coffin, which made them speechless, since it was also confirmed what Aiden was trying to do to his ex mate. What made things worst was; Lc was Hunter¡¯s woman now, she belonged to him for the exchange of all the prisoner war. ¡°You heard that,¡± Hunter said darkly. ¡°I demanded an apology and punishment for what your son wrongdoings!¡± Chapter 40 Alpha James couldn¡¯t hold back his anger when he heard what the healer had confirmed. The problem was; he knew who was the mastermind behind this crazy idea and his son was only desperate and had gone along with the n. However, his option was, whether he outed his mate or his son, and neither option was good. Both options would ruin his reputation as an alpha and as a father.. He would definitely have a stern talk with Jasmine after this. ¡°You are really horrendous and dare enough to let your son to do such thing to the woman, who has been promised to me. Hunter narrowed his eyes, he didn¡¯t hold back when he cursed alpha James out. It seemed, he had been waiting for this moment and this was the golden opportunity to destroy his reputation and image. More so, Hunter was crazily mad for what could happen to Lc. He would hold this fact over Aiden¡¯s head and got him into a great trouble, to even dareying his hand on his woman. That idiot man needed to be taught a lesson to keep his dick inside his pant and stop letting his C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org testosterone to control his mind. That piece of shit would be damned in his hand now for his outrageous act ¡°You breached the peace treaty, alpha James!¡± Hunter dered. ¡°The lycan will not forgive this humiliation easily!¡± There was an uproar from the other five alphas after his deration. Breaching peace treaty that they had agreed upon was a great offense, especially when they were in the wrong and it happened because of this one mistake from alpha James. In that case, they didn¡¯t want to be part of the fall out, as they immediately dered themselves to not have any involvement with this mess. ¡°Alpha James! You need to punish your son severely for what he had done!¡± ¡°That¡¯s very embarrassing!¡± ¡°How could Aiden ask for her to be banished yesterday and now he was actually trying to do something. very immoral like this?!¡± ¡°Alpha Hunter, please calm yourself down!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t take any rush decision, everything can be discussed!¡± All of the alphas immediately jumped to the opportunity to state they were not on alpha James¡¯s side. Though, this reaction was understandable, but the fact they threw him away to be on the lycan¡¯s good side, was still stung ¡°Alpha Hunter, please calin yourself down first and we can talk about this in the morning, after all, Lc needs to rest and let the healer checks on her.¡± ¡°Let the healer brings her back to her old bedroom, you can see her when she is awake tomorrow.¡± ¡°We will make sure no one will pull such trick again Hunter scoffed when he heard they offer, as if they were very generous to keep Lc safe. ¡°Do you really think I will put her in danger after what you have done.¡± The alpha lycan red at them all and then carried Lc within the nket again, as he walked out of the bedroom, but before that, he beckoned the healer toe with him, since he didn¡¯t bring any real healer when he came here, so he needed this young woman to take care of Lc when they returned to the manor ¡°Alpha James, you need to call Aiden and think of his punishment. How he could do that to Lc?¡± one of the alphas asked him sternly, after Hunter¡¯s figure had disappeared. The five of them expressed their anger and disappointment for what had transpired. ¡°You need to fix this! We can¡¯t afford another war just because your son tried to get another woman pregnant!TM Hearing that, alpha James lost it, he attacked alpha Alex for hisment and roared angrily at him. ¡°Watch your mouth!¡± Seeing the situation had escted, the other alphas tried to separate them, while the warriors were on alert. ¡°Enough!¡± Alpha Jaz roared and alpha James stopped his violent act, he pushed the other alpha away from him, still seething with rage ¡°Alpha James, you bettere up with a satisfaction punishment for your son for what he tried tomit, it¡¯s such humiliation for him to force himself to the woman, who had rejected him. Fix this!¡± After saying that, Alpha Jaz left, followed by the other four alphas, which each of them gave him a nasty look. Alpha James was enraged and he was going to deal with his mate now. He marched out of his son¡¯s bedroom with long and hasty steps, he was mad beyond word. On the other hand, Hunter cradled Lc¡¯s b*dy in his arms, as he sat inside the carriage. He checked on her every now and then, he was afraid she would stop breathing or something. Yes, it sounded ridiculous, but he was extremely anxious for her. He would make sure Aiden got the harshest punishment tomorrow. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Hunter called her name. He didn¡¯t bring carriage on his own, because he was in hurry when he rushed toward the pack house, therefore this carriage had the insignia of Aiden¡¯s pack, which made Hunter madder every time he saw it. Such an ugly symbol. ¡°Lc, I am sorry.. I am sorry to make you suffer like this.¡± The apology came very genuine from his mouth and this didn¡¯t sound like him at all, more so, he just met her not too long to even care so deep like this, but then the truth was still buried in time. This was not the right time for her to learn about it. I will make sure he suffered. This time. Hunter¡¯s voice was very cold, he appeared like a demon in this dimly lit carriage, as he held Lc close to his chest, if one witnessed the look in his eyes, they would have trembled in fear, because those eyes filled with malice and killing intent. Chapter 41 All of his warriors didn¡¯t know what had transpired in the pack house of the Golden w pack and how the war almost broke out because Aiden had breached the peace treaty. However, what they worried the most was the look on their alpha¡¯s face. There was this storm in his eyes when he barked order to them. They didn¡¯t even dare to question him what happened with Lc. ¡°What happened with that woman?¡± one of the warriors asked Darren, the beta and the other chimed in 100. 100. ¡°What happened to her?¡± ¡°How do I know?¡± Darren rolled his eyes in annoyance when he got a lot of question from these people. ¡°I am also clueless just like you.¡± ¡°You can ask the alpha, right?¡± The warrior nudged the beta to knock on the bedroom. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°Why don¡¯t you the one, who asks the alpha?¡± Darren protested. ¡°Because you are the alpha of the pack. The warrior stated that in a matter of fact tone, which was vouched by the other warriors as well. Darren growled. ¡°I am not going there to suffer a punishment only to sate your curiosity.¡± And now, the only thing they could do was to wait for the alpha to tell them about this matter himself, but fortunately, or rather unfortunately,ter in the carly morning, they knew what had happened in the pack house because the alpha was summoned in the meeting with the other alphas Meanwhile, inside the bedroom. Hunter made sure the healer that he brought from the pack house stayed inside the room and was awake, until Lc regained her consciousness again. He probably would go berserk if something happened to her. He prayed she would open her eyes immediately, so he could put aside his anxiety and had a good night sleep. For the meantime, Hunter stayed inside the room too, but he stood next to the window, staring at the dark sky, while Lc was still asleep and the healer sat next to the bed, checking on her condition every now and then. ¡°If you need anything, tell me. I will find it for you.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even turn around when he spoke, but the healer could feel the temperature inside this room had dropped drastically with only his cold voice that filled the silence. ¡°Y¨Cyes, yes alpha.¡± The healer looked so scared, she didn¡¯t even dare to breathe too loud, just in case she would bother him. This was the first time for her to be in the presence of the lycan and they were really intimidating let alone the alpha, even their warriors carried scarry aura around them, as if they could kill you in a second and you would die without even knowing what was happening. That was how scary the lycan was. Their figure was very intimidating, as they were taller and bigger than any normal shifters. The healer nced at Lc, she prayed she would wake up soon, because she didn¡¯t think she could take it any longer to be in the presence of this alpha, it was simply very suffocating. Please, wake up, Lc, She knew Lc as the future luna of the pack, they were not close, but she liked her because she was very calm and kind person. She was someone, who could calm luna Jasmine¡¯s anger whenever the luna lost her temper. Please, be well. Lc¡­ She couldn¡¯t imagine what would happen or what these lycan would do if something bad happened to Lc. After all. Aiden was used of breaching the peace treaty. After that, silence stretched out inside the bedroom, until the first light of the sun appeared in the horizon and the sky became brighter, as the night ceased down. At this time, the healer had fallen asleep, as she sat down on the floor with her head rested on the edge of the bed, her other hand was holding Lc¡¯s hand, she didn¡¯t even realize that she had fallen asleep because of how exhausted the night was Hunter only moved from the spot he was standing after such a long time because he heard a soft moan from Lc, she finally regained her consciousness ¡°Wa¨Cter.. The healer immediately woke up as well when she felt the movement from the hand she had been holding the entire night. ¡°Check on her,¡± Hunter said, as he brought a ss of water for Lc and helped her to sit down. He adjusted the pillow behind her back, so she wouldn¡¯t choke when she was drinking. ¡°Slowly.¡± Hunter cradled her upper b*dy and helped her to drink, this gesture made the healer frowned because he was very gentle and intimate with Lc. Why he treated her so well? More so, he only asked Lc and nothing else in order for him to return all the war prisoner. He was making a generous offer there. ¡°No one will take the water away drink slowly,¡± Hunter said tenderly to her ear. ¡°How is she?¡± Yet, his voice changed, there was a sharp edge on his voice when he asked the healer. ¡°Sh- she is fine. She is only tired. She only needs to rest a little bit longer and her healing ability will be able to handle it.¡± The healer then stood up. ¡°I can concoct something for her, to enhance her healing ability.¡± ¡°Go.¡± Hunter put down the water and the tone of his voice softened again when he spoke to Lc. ¡°Do you want more?¡± Lc shook her head weakly. ¡°Where am I?¡± Lc asked, her voice cracked and she frowned, because it was very ufortable to speak. ¡°You are safe, you don¡¯t need to worry¡­¡± Hunter hugged her and caressed her back, while Lc started to remember thest thing that happened to her and she flinch. ¡°Ai¨CAiden¡­¡± She trembled when she remembered what he was going to do to her. ¡°Aiden¡­ he..¡± ¡°Ssh.. he didn¡¯t do anything to you Chapter 42 Lc woke up with a great headache, almost like when she drank alcohol too much and ended up in Hunter¡¯s bed, it seemed the same thing happened again right now, but the only different was; she didn¡¯t drink. L remembered that she didn¡¯t drink any alcohol. Knowing how much she was in misery the next day after she got drunk, she promised to herself not to touch that drink again, but the sensation she felt right now was the same. ¡°Are you awake now?¡± Hunter¡¯s face was the first thing that Rhea saw. He looked worried and a little bit pale, or maybe it was because of the sunlight. Lc looked around her, a little bit disoriented and then the memories flooded back into the front of her mind, as she gasped in horror. She remembered what happened to her and how Aria had betrayed her. She knew luna Jasmine must be behind all of this, but how could she do that to her without giving any warning? ¡°It¡¯s okay, there was nothing happened.¡± Hunter calmed her down the moment, he noticed she remembered the horrendous night. ¡°I came in time, he didn¡¯t do anything to you. Yes, Aiden didn¡¯t manage to do the deed, but it didn¡¯t mean he didn¡¯t touch her, he saw her n*ked b*dy and this pissed Hunter off so much. It took some time for Lc to finally felt a little bit better and Hunter managed to reassure her that she was safe right now. ¡°Why the healer is here?¡± She recognized the healer when she went away to do something, she was not sure what she was saying to Hunter earlier, her mind didn¡¯t work yet. ¡°You were drugged. I didn¡¯t bring healer from my pack, so the only option is her.¡± Hunter helped Lc to rearrange her pillow, so she couldy downfortably. But then, Darren knocked on the door and informed Hunter about the meeting with the other alphas.-It- would happen in an hour from now. ¡°Alpha James wanted you to bring her as well,¡± Darren said through the closed door. Hunter growled. ¡°Tell to the messenger Lc is still not well to go to the pack house. Make sure everything is prepared. We are going to leave right away!¡± Hunter didn¡¯t want to spend another minute in this pack. He was going to leave this pack with Lc after that arrogant and stupid man received his punishment. He knew that he couldn¡¯t demand a death sentence, but there were still a lot of things that was worst than death. ¡°Why are you going to the park house? What are you going to do there?¡± Lc was a little bit confused with This. She had not yet asked Hunter how he could find her, she was sure she was done for when she ended up in Aiden¡¯s bedroom ¡°You don¡¯t need to know about this. Just rest well. We are going to have a long journey, you need to prepare yourself.¡± Yet, Lc didn¡¯t want to rest, she wanted to know what was going on, or else, she wouldn¡¯t be able to even close her eyes. More so, she just woke up, she felt better now after some time. ¡°No, tell me. You need to tell me, what happenedst night and how could you find me?¡± Lc insisted for Hunter to tell her everything and despite his reluctance, Lc was pretty persistence until he finally relented. No, actually, Hunter wanted to tell her about this, but he thought this was not the right time, since she just woke up, yet when he saw the determination in her eyes, he knew she could handle this. The only reason why he wanted to tell her everything in detail was pretty simple, because he didn¡¯t want Lc to have any connection or attach to the pack that had betrayed her, at the very least, not to the people, who was willing to harm her. Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. Hunter had thought about this matter the whole night and the only thing that came up in his mind about the reason why luna Jasmine made such nasty attempt to make her son slept with Lc was in hope for her to stay in this pack and both of them could rekindle their mate bond again. Now, Hunter would crush that hope and even though it would make Lc sad and crush her, it was necessary to cut off any feeling she had for this pack. She had rejected him after all, there was nothing else between them anymore now, aside from the residue of what she thought they had ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Hunter asked Lc tenderly, as he caressed her head. He could see how distraught she was right now. ¡°I am fine.¡± The answer was curt. However, Hunter knew that she was anything, but fine. ¡°I will go with you. ¡°You don¡¯t need toe with me. I will make sure he paid for what he had done to you.¡± Lc lifted her head, her face was still very pale, but there was this determination in her eyes. ¡°No.¡± She shook her head. ¡°If he is going to be punished, I need to be there to witness it.¡± Hunter was actually surprised by the answer that Lc gave to him, but then he was ted. He liked this spirit. He liked it when someone didn¡¯t act so weak. ¡°Okay. If that¡¯s what you want. You wille with me after you eat your meal and drink your medicine: Hunter gave her a condition, because there was no way Lc would be able to attend the meeting for long in this condition. ¡°But, you need to be there in an hour.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s them wait for us.¡± ¡°I am fine. There is no need to dy.¡± ¡°Look, I am not going to carry you again, okay. You are rather heavy. ¡°Pardon me?¡± Chapter 43 ¡°Pardon me?¡± Hearing that, Lc gave him a dagger look, as if she was going to w him again like she did the previous night in the alley. Well, she didn¡¯t mind to do it again if she had enough strength, since this man was really annoying, he was the epitome of callous and recklessness. ¡°I am not heavy! It¡¯s you, who is weak!¡± Yet, instead of being angry for what Lc said, he wasughing at her expression. ¡°You are not going to hurt me with your words, sweety. Now if you want to go with me to the pack house and see how I will handle that your lovely ex mate, finish your meal and drink your medicine, understood?¡± Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. Despite anything. Hunter was still the alpha of the lycan, he had this sense of authority in every word he said and for someone like Lc, it would be hard for her to be able to get away from it Begrudgingly, Lc did what she was told and somehow, despite her annoying feeling toward this alpha, she feltfortable enough to be close with him. She didn¡¯t need to act nice and watch what she said or the way she acted. Hunter wouldn¡¯t get mad or reprimanded her if she was not being polite, strangely enough, this kind of thing was very refreshing for Lc Ever since she lived in the pack house, luna Jasmine would always tell her what to do and what she shouldn¡¯t do. She needed to watch every word and every step she made. But now, she was not the future luna anymore, she didn¡¯t need to do that, she could do anything silly without tarnishing the luna¡¯s name. Only now Lc found out how free that kind of feeling was. ¡°I am done,¡± Lc said grimly, as she put down the ¡°Good girl,¡± Hunter said yfully, as he stretched out his hand and ruffled her hair, but Lc swatted his hand away and growled at him viciously. ¡°And also feisty Come. Let¡¯s go to the pack house for thest time. Hunter took Lc to the pack house with him and by the time they arrived, they were alreadyte by two hours, which made the rest of the alpha growled at him the moment he appeared. ¡°I need to take care of her first. She needs to be here, since she is the victim. We don¡¯t need to hold this meeting in the first ce, if someone knew how to be courteous and keep the end of the agreement well.¡± That was the only excuse that Hunter gave to them and none of them were dare to confront him for it. On the other hand, Lc was amazed by the way Hunter handled the situation, he didn¡¯t look fluster at all, even though this was not his own pack, but he acted as if he owned this ce. His personality and presence were very strong and this demanded all of their attention the moment he stepped into the room. Not all the alpha could pull such stunt. ¡°Where is he?¡± Hunter immediately realized there was something missing in this room and all of them realized in an instant, who he was talking about, Hunter¡¯s deep and dark voice echoed throughout the hall, which made the atmosphere grew uneasy. If the first person that Hunter noticed when he entered the hall was the absence of Aiden, then the first person that Lc noticed the moment she stepped into the hall was luna Jasmine. The luna had her eyes on her all the time, they were very piercing and felt like she was going to make a hole on your cheeks. ¡°He is still sick,¡± luna Jasmine said, she finally shifted her vicious re at Lc toward the alpha lycan. She was still mad by what happenedst night, or maybe it was more correct if one said; she was angry because everything didn¡¯t go as she wanted. ¡°He can¡¯t attend this meeting, more so, my son doesn¡¯t have anything to do with this whole thing.¡± Hunter raised his brows, he didn¡¯t look pleased at all, despite the small on his face. ¡°He doesn¡¯t have anything to do with this? If its not your son¡¯s stupidity, we will not waste our time here. Luna Jasmine gritted her teeth, she had to endure such humiliation. How could someone like her, who loved her son so badly would be able to stand the way Hunter talk about him in such derisive and degrading tone? However, the fact that she didn¡¯t blow her top made Lc frowned, because she knew how much luna Jasmine loved Aiden. Lc had learned a lot of things from her, which allowed her to notice it pretty quickly, if the luna had created a n to get away from this trouble. Lc nced at Hunter, she wanted to tell him, but she didn¡¯t know how to let him know, for him to be more careful with the plot that Juna Jasmine had concocted. ¡°My son is innocent, it was me, who had nned everything¡± Luna Jasmine then shifted her attention toward Lc. ¡°Not only I drugged her, but I also drugged my son, so they can be together. My son was in his right mind when the eventst night happened Lc knew it. She must havee up with a way to save Aiden. s not Meanwhile, Hunter narrowed his eyes when he heard that, but then a vicious smirk appeared on the corner of his l*ps. He knew what this cunning luna was trying to do and figure out there was no point for him to retort that. Therefore, there was only one way to solve this problem. Well, he needed to apologize to Lc because he failed to fulfill his promise. ¡°In that case, there will be only death punishment for you,¡± Hunter said casually, which erupted chaos. Chapter 44 The moment Hunter heard luna Jasmine stepped forward and admitted the mistake that she didn¡¯t even do, he knew what kind of game she was ying and he wouldn¡¯t fall for that. This woman should know what kind of consequences that she would get by trying to take the brunt in this serious matter. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°What do you mean with death punishment?!¡± luna Jasmine roared angrily and alpha James had to physically held his mate back before she could attack Hunter out of anger. The alpha was not happy with the irrational suggestion too. ¡°Alpha Hunter, you need to watch what you said.¡± The other alpha looked ufortable with how things unfolded before their eyes. ¡°You can¡¯t say the word lightly.¡± On the other hand, Lc couldn¡¯t say a word. She was upset because once again luna Jasmine tried to protect her own son in such ridiculous way. ¡°You were trying to assault my woman. In my pack, a death punishment would fit the crime.¡± Hunter held Lc¡¯s hand tightly. She nced at him when he addressed her as his woman, because it made her stomach fluttered. ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous! This is not your pack! Your punishment is not working here!¡± luna Jasmine roared and once again alpha James gave her a stern warning to shut her mouth. The alpha had learned what actually happened. Yes, it was his mate¡¯s n in the first ce to make Aiden impregnated Lc, but at the same time, his son was willing enough to do the deed without thinking of the consequences. More so, instead of talking about it to him and warn him what they were going to do, they actually did it behind his back, which made them reached this point. It was very upsetting to say the least. Of course, alpha James wouldn¡¯t agree with such nasty n, that was why they didn¡¯t tell him in the first ce. ¡°Then what punishment for such crime in this pack?¡± Hunter tilted his head. He thought it would be done within an hour, but apparently, they wanted to make this moreplicated than it should be. Well, he would entertain that. ¡°Tell me, what punishment for the crime?¡± All of them went silence, they didn¡¯t want to say it, because the punishment was not better than death, therefore, Hunter turned his head and looked at Lc. ¡°What punishment for that?¡± Hunter asked her with gentle tone, it was very contradicting with the way he talked earlier and his tone rubbed luna Jasmine in the wrong way. Yet, she couldn¡¯t do anything because her mate was ring at her to shut her mouth. She was also furious with herself for not being able topose herself. This was not like her at all to lose her temper very easily. She shouldn¡¯t have been provoked by what Hunter said! ¡°The punishment is beingshed a hundred times in public,¡± Lc said coldly. If luna Jasmine, the person that she thought as a mother figure for her could do something like that, she knew there was no helping at all. She didn¡¯t want this woman in her life. She should ept the consequences of her action. ¡°Lc!¡± luna Jasmine roared angrily, she wanted to approach Lc and p her harshly, so she would know her ce! How could she betray her like that?! But. Lc was done with them. She didn¡¯t deserve an ounce of her pity after the trick that she pulled through. It was one thing when she suggested it, but it was another thing when she drugged her and let her son to assault her. Aiden was going to rape her and that was the turning point for Lc She realized how shitty things could be and how she would feel if Aiden seeded. She couldn¡¯t imagine how she was right now if Hunter didn¡¯te in time. ¡°How dare you!¡± luna Jasmine was struggling against her mate, who tried to calm her down, but she was too emotional to listen to him. ¡°Is that true?¡± Hunter asked alpha James, he stared at the alpha with the look of disdain. ¡°A hundred lashes? Only?¡± ¡°In public.¡± Lc added. She felt this liberty when she went against luna Jasmine because she used to ept whatever luna Jasmine did to her and the way she taught her everything harshly. Hunter was right. She needed to get out of this pack as soon as possible. She didn¡¯t need to be here anymore. ¡°Make it public will not make it any better, but it will be very amusing indeed.¡± Hunter brought Lc¡¯s hand to his l*ps, which startled all of them there, including Lc herself. She didn¡¯t understand what Hunter meant with such intimate gesture. ¡°Shall we do it now?¡± A hundredshes wouldn¡¯t kill a shifter, but of course, it would leave a permanent damage on their b*dy, let alone if it was done in public, where all the pack member could see. The humiliation was another scar that shouldn¡¯t be taken lightly. ¡°Father! You can¡¯t do that to mother!¡± Aiden snarled at alpha James angrily. ¡°Say the word and I am going to kill that bastard! I am going to kill that barbaric lycan!¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± alpha James barked, he was enraged. Right now, they were preparing punishment for luna Jasmine after a heated argumentation with Hunter and the other alphas. It was this punishment or death sentence, neither was better. ¡°I can kill him! I am sure I can kill him! I killed his father, right? Don¡¯t you remember? I am the one, who stopped the war against the lycan and I can start it again!¡± Aiden was devastated when he heard the punishment for his mother. He couldn¡¯t believe his father would ept that easily. What the hell was wrong with him?! ¡°Shut up! Do you really think the other packs will help you this time?! They wanted their pack member back!¡± Chapter 45 Alpha James was speechless by the way his son was thinking. How could this young man was his son, someone who had stopped the war between the werewolf and the lycan, the person, who had killed the previous alpha lycan, when he couldn¡¯t even think thoroughly about the consequences of his action. Not to mention his mate. She should be the voice of reason, but actually, she was the mastermind behind. this silly scheme. ¡°Do you want to go to war with the lycan?!¡± alpha James roared, while luna Jasmine sat silently, tears streamed down her face. ¡°Do you think the other five alphas will support you?! They want the war ended. and get their mate back! What is wrong with you?! Do you really thing they will go through losing their pack member again because of your stupidity?!¡± *Then what are you going to do, father?! Will you let mother be humiliated in public?! Beingshed at hundred times?! How could you do that?!¡± Aiden barked back t his father. He couldn¡¯t think rationally. ¡°What else?! What else you can do?! If you can make such ridiculous scheme against the alpha lycan, try to make the same n to get your mother out of here!¡± Both father and son snarled at each other, they looked like they were going for cach other¡¯s throat and the sight broke Juna Jasmine¡¯s heart. She knew what she had done was wrong, but she only wanted the best for her son. ¡°You should be ashamed of yourself.¡± alpha James hissed viciously, after a heavy silence between them and how they red at one another. ¡°You can¡¯t even keep your dick inside your pants and caused this trouble! If you can be loyal, all of this will not happen! You don¡¯t deserve any respect!¡± The words that alpha James said hit Aiden so hard, because he used to idolize his father, but right now, he degraded him in such a way, which made him unable to say a word. ¡°Enough!¡± Luna Jasmine finally spoke, she stood up and stared at her mate with disappointment for what he just said. ¡°How can you say something like that to our son?!¡± Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°He needs to know why we are in this situation! We will not be here and you don¡¯t need to pull silly scheme if he didn¡¯t mess up in the first ce!¡± up¨Csuch- Luna Jasmine looked dejected and Aiden came to her to console his mother ¡°Don¡¯t talk to mother like that!¡± Aiden hissed, but luna Jasmine held him closely, she tried to calm her son. She didn¡¯t want him to fight his own father or ruined the rtionship between them. ¡°I will take the punishment,¡± luna Jasmine said in trembling voice. It was not the pain that she feared the most, but rather the humiliation that woulde after. ¡°I will take the punishment for you, mother,¡± Aiden said determinedly, Yet, a secondtter, luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°No. I have an idea¡­ she gritted his teeth. ¡°But, you need to help me to convince the other alphas, James,¡± ¡°Are you going to try to convince them to go into a war with you? I have told you¡­¡± Alpha James had not yet finished his sentence when his mate cut him off icily. No. Luna Jasmine¡¯s jaw hardened. ¡°I have a n to avoid the punishment. This is not only my fault. There is someone else at fault here.¡± He might not be able to avoid the punishmentpletely, but at the very least, she still could save her reputation. The punishment would be delivered within an hour and it would happen in the public area, in the town square, where right now, people started to gather. They were trying to figure out whether the rumor was true if the luna had schemed against Lc so her son could sleep with her, in order to humiliate the alpha lycan, since he wanted the ex mate of her son. Within a short time, the rumors that circted around became more and more confusing, where it went astray from the truth, but people like drama. ¡°You can¡¯t get him. I don¡¯t think you will be able to get her either.¡± Lc stared at the distance from the window of the carriage, where Hunter was sipping his drink casually. The n was; after they witnessed the punishment for luna Jasmine they would go straight away to the lycan pack and this would be thest time Lc was in her pack. ¡°I know, I have made a wrong calction and underestimated your luna, but how she can get away from this? Please, enlighten me.¡± Hunter was pissed off when the result was not as he expected. He really wanted to see the death of Aiden, so Lc would stop thinking about her ex mate. This woman was romanticizing the mate bond and it didn¡¯t sit well with him at all. He wanted to eradicate anything that could make her second guess herself for being away from this pack. ¡°Why do you think that way?¡± Hunter put down his waterskin and paid close attention to her. She still looked a little bit pale, but aside from that, he could see the light in her eyes and how she held so much hatred in her heart for what had happened. That was great. ¡°Luna Jasmine is very cunning, she has schemed more than you can imagine,¡± Lc said, her tone was even, since she had learned a lot from her. No, she tried to grasp everything from her, because she wanted to be a perfect luna for Aiden, but as it turned out, that man didn¡¯t even deserve her loyalty at all. Now she had recovered from the side effect of the rejection, she could think clearly. She felt very stupid now to cry over a man like him. ¡°You seem to know her very well.¡± ¡°You can say so.¡± Chapter 46 True to what Lc told him, luna Jasmine was not the only person, who received the punishment. No, actually, she didn¡¯t get much negative attention, because it was Aria, who had taken the brunt for what had transpiredst night Aria admitted that she was the one, who put the drug inside Lc¡¯s drink and luna Jasmine was actually innocent, since the only mistake she did was to let Aiden slept on the same bedroom like Lc. Apparently, the story was twisted. Aiden was drunkst night because he was very happy to wee his firstborn and his chosen mate would be the future luna of the pack. They were celebrating that, the reason why he was drunk in the first ce and was not in his right mind when he saw Lc on his bed. The bond must have yed the role for what happened next, since they just recently broke the bond and everyone knew about this. The feeling was still there. ¡°What a good narration,¡± Hunter scoffed disdainfully, for them actually could get away from this mess unscathed. This is from N?velDrama.Org. People condemned Aria for what she had done and looked at luna Jasmine in different light, but that feeling wouldn¡¯tst for long, since they focused their hatred on Aria. After all, they wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything against the luna, neither they could show their displease for her reckless decision. Therefore, it was Aria, who needed to take the downfall. It didn¡¯t take a genius to know she would be a social pariah after this. No one would trust her andfortable enough to be around her. She was doomed. ¡°I told you before, right? It will not as easy as you think to take her down.¡± Lc didn¡¯t seem like she was interested in this matter, she closed the curtain of the carriage and then stared at Hunter¡¯s annoyed expression. The lycan had underestimated the level of luna Jasmine wickedness. ¡°It seems, she is really annoyed and wants to severe any ties with you. She dered how happy your ex mate to wee his firstborn.¡± Hunter nced at Lc to see her expression, but she didn¡¯t seem to be bothered by that fact. ¡°I will not be part of this pack anymore, there is no need to hold onto me.¡± ¡°Whatever it is. We need to go now,¡± Hunter said in grim tone. He hated it when he was proven wrong. More so, he didn¡¯t want to spend another second in this pack ¡°Is it possible if I see Aria before we left?¡± Lc knew this was impossible, but then she had nothing to lose if she asked Hunter about it. Hunter narrowed his eyes. ¡°Do you still want to see her? That so called friend of yours?¡± Yes Lc bit her l*p, trying so hard to appear nonchnt. ¡°I will go from this pack and will never return, at the very least, I want to know why she agreed to what luna Jasmine told her to do.¡± Hunter rolled his eyes, as if the question was very ridiculous in his ears. ¡°She is the luna, what else the reason, even now, do you really think she wanted to be beaten half death like that?¡± Hunter nodded at the renery out there, where they took Aria away after a hundredshes that she received was done True to what Lc told him, luna Jasmine was not the only person, who received the punishment. No, actually, she didn¡¯t get much negative attention, because it was Aria, who had taken the brunt for what had transpiredst night. Aria admitted that she was the one, who put the drug inside Lc¡¯s drink and luna Jasmine was actually innocent, since the only mistake she did was to let Aiden slept on the same bedroom like Lc, Apparently, the story was twisted. Aiden was drunkst night because he was very happy to wee his firstborn and his chosen mate would be the future luna of the pack. They were celebrating that, the reason why he was drunk in the first ce and was not in his right mind when he saw Lc on his bed. The bond must have yed the role for what happened next, since they just recently broke the bond and everyone knew about this. The feeling was still there. ¡°What a good narration,¡± Hunter scoffed disdainfully, for them actually could get away from this mess unscathed. People condemned Aria for what she had done and looked at luna Jasmine in different light, but that feeling wouldn¡¯tst for long, since they focused their hatred on Aria. After all, they wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything against the luna, neither they could show their displease for her reckless decision. Therefore, it was Aria, who needed to take the downfall. It didn¡¯t take a genius to know she would be social pariah after this. No one would trust her andfortable enough to be around her. She was doomed. I told you before, right? It will not as easy as you think to take her down.¡± Lc didn¡¯t seem like she was interested in this matter, she closed the curtain of the carriage and then stared at Hunter¡¯s expression, The lycan had underestimated the level of luma Jasmine wickedness. annoyed ¡°It seems, she is really annoyed and wants to severe any ties with you. She dered how happy your ex mate to wee his firstborn.¡± Hunter nced at Lc to see her expression, but she didn¡¯t seem to be bothered by that fact. ¡°I will not be part of this pack anymore, there is no need to hold onto me.¡± ¡°Whatever it is. We need to go now,¡± Hunter said in grim tone. He hated it when he was proven wrong- More so, he didn¡¯t want to spend another second in this pack. ¡°Is it possible if I see Aria before we left?¡± Lc knew this was impossible, but then she had nothing to lose if she asked Hunter about it. Hunter narrowed his eyes. ¡°Do you still want to see her? That so called friend of yours?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Lc bit her l*p, trying so hard to appear nonchnt. ¡°I will go from this pack and will never return, at the very least. I want to know why she agreed to what luna Jasmine told her to do. Hunter rolled his eyes, as if the question was very ridiculous in his ears. ¡°She is the luna, what else the reason, even now, do you really think she wanted to be beaten half death like that Hunter nodded at the Kenery out there, where they took Aria away after a hundredshes that she received was done. She was still alive, but heaven only knew when she would be able to fully recover, if she really could make it this harsh punishment. ¡°And what she was thinking about it.¡± Lc added. ¡°Look.¡± Hunter was losing his patient right now. He had dyed their return for long enough for his liking. ¡°There is no way I will agree to this.¡± The way Hunter spoke, as if there was no room for any negotiation, but then an hourter, the two of them were standing right in front of the door of the bedroom, where Aria was taking rest. A healer just came out from there to give her medicine and to keep her alive, but it would take months for her to be able to get back to her usual self. ¡°I don¡¯t believe it. I actually agreed to dy this.¡± Hunter was in disbelieve to his impulsiveness. He couldn¡¯t stand the sight of Lc was being very forlorn for not being able to get the closure she needed from her friend. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lc said, she touched his arm and that was all she needed to defeat him. ¡°Make it fast. I want to get away from this pack as soon as possible,¡± Hunter said, annoyed, but more to himself rather than to Lc. ¡°Okay, I will,¡± Lc said in light tone before she pushed opened the door and was greeted by the sight of Aria¡¯s back. Her b*dy was wrapped tightly in white bandages, but right now the bandage was stained by her blood that seeped through the fabric, Lc was not sure that she would get a proper conversation with Aria, but Hunter wouldn¡¯t be so patient with her if she asked for another day to stay, thus she only could give her best shot. ¡°Aria, are you awake?¡± Lc knelt down next to her bed. This room was very small. Now, she had woken up inside a big room in the mansion that the lycan upied, she could see how small this room was and how inappropriate this was as the future Juna¡¯s bedroom, yet she was very thankful for luna Jasmine to give her a small ce that she could call her own. How pitiful she was to be very happy when she didn¡¯t receive what she deserved for such heavy title as the future luna of the pack. Now, she didn¡¯t need to care about that anymore. Aria moved slightly, she opened her eyes and tears started to flow down from her eyes. ¡°Li- Lc¡­ sorry¡­¡± Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Aria couldn¡¯t sense Lc¡¯s scent, because the pain that she had to endure was very great, she couldn¡¯t even feel the tip of her fingers. ¡°Li- Lc¡­ sorry.. I am truly sorry.¡± Aria¡¯s voice was trembling so fiercely, as tears. streamed down her cheeks. She looked so miserable and pitiful, which made Lc faltered with her decision to demand the answer from her. Lc wanted to scream at Aria and curse her, but seeing her like this, there was no way she would do such thing. For a moment, Lc didn¡¯t say anything, as she listened to the way Aria apologized. to her over and over again, till the point where her words were incoherent, because she was crying so hard. She waited for her to calm down, trying to think what else she wanted to know. Hunter was right when he told her she wouldn¡¯t get anything from this meeting and seeing Aria like this would make her felt even worse. He was right about that and she couldn¡¯t deny the heavy feeling that settled in her chest to see Aria¡¯s condition. Her friend was a victim too, she was a victim of the failed n from the luna. What else Aria-could do? It was not like she could deny the order from the luna. Once the order was issued, there was only one option for Aria. She needed to oblige to the order that was it. ¡°Did you really want to drug me, Aria?¡± Lc finally asked when Aria was a little bit. calm enough to hold a conversation with her. Aria shook her head vigorously. ¡°There is no way I want to harm you, Lc¡­ I don¡¯t want you to be hurt¡­ you are my friend, my only friend¡­¡± Aria said between her tears and then she cried again. ¡°I am sorry¡­. Lc nodded. She forgave her. Maybe this was so easy for her to forgive Aria for betraying her, but then, she was not in the position to have a choice of what she wanted to do or not. ¡°I forgave you. I hope when we met again, we will have moved on from this matter.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know when they would meet again, there was a high chance this would be thest time they saw each other. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°I am sorry,¡± Aria said once again when Lc stood up from her seat and walked Chapter 47 out of the bedroom, she held back her own tears. She wanted to part way with Aria. in a happy asion, that was why she insisted to meet with her that night, but who would have thought theirst meeting would be like this. ¡°Are you done?¡± Hunter asked, bored to his mind. ¡°Yes¡­.¡± Lc nodded. Her emotions were all over the ces. ¡°Let¡¯s go o then. I am suffocated in this ce.¡± Hunter took her hand, but Lc tried to shake it off, unfortunately she was not strong enough to do so. ¡°Let go of my hand.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes when Hunter tightened his grip, since she struggled to free herself from him. ¡°Be nice. I only hold your hand. This is a cheappensation for making me waiting for so long.¡± ¡°I only stayed inside less than twenty minutes.¡± ¡°Do you really think an alpha deserved to wait for that long, especially for a price woman like you?¡± Hunter raised his brows and he could see the sadness in her eyes vanished, reced by a fleeting of anger, because of what he said. That was great. He would prefer for her to be mad than sad. At the very least, anger could make you less gloomy than sadness. However, Hunter didn¡¯t expect he would be the one, who would look gloomy a minuteter, because when the two since the lvcan wanted to annoy the were arguing for such trivial thing, his mate, Ruby. next to him, they met with Aiden and Because of the way her hair was styled and how she wore low cut dress that exposed her neck, Lc and Hunter could see the mark on her neck. Yes, that was right. Aiden had marked her as his mate, which made it official. The mark was no therest night and it still looked very fresh, which meant, she was just marked recently. This time, Lc didn¡¯t struggle to get away from Hunter¡¯s grip, instead, she held his hand back and walked calmly passed the two of them. Rubby stared at her, she didn¡¯t even try to hide it, while Aiden did the same, but his eyes traveled down to Lc and Hunter¡¯s hand together, as they walked hand in hand Chapter 47 When Lc thought Aiden wouldn¡¯t make a scene because of what just happened, the man proved her wrong. ¡°Lc, I want to talk.¡± Aiden stood in front of Lc, blocked her way from leaving. ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk with you,¡± Lc said, she didn¡¯t even spare him a nce. Hunter had enough with Aiden¡¯s antic, he even tried to show his nasty side in front of his own mate. ¡°Are you deaf? She said, she didn¡¯t want to talk with you,¡± Hunter stood in front of Lc to cover her behind his back. ¡°I am not talking with you!¡± Aiden hissed viciously. He was ready for a battle. ¡°I will kill you if you don¡¯t move away from my sight! Scram!¡± He looked like a mad man. Hunter chuckled when he heard that. ¡°Do you really think you can kill me?¡± Rubby stepped away from the two of them, she was afraid, they could fight in any time and Aiden wouldn¡¯t care less about her. ¡°I killed your father! Do you really think I can¡¯t kill you!?¡± Aiden roared angrily, but Hunter actually laughed at what he said. A¡±You don¡¯t kill him, Aiden. Be honest. You found him death in the room. He had died when you arrived in his tent.¡± 1.8 Chapter 48 The truth was; Aiden had never killed the previous alpha lycan. He didn¡¯t even have a fierce fight against the alpha, because the moment he entered his tent, the alpha had died. It was also the moment, where they managed to infiltrate the garrison of the lycan and he led his warriors deep into the heart of their based. There were so many warriors died at that time and he thought he was going to die as well because the lycans were fighting like a madman, like a crazy beast. The only thing that Aiden did was beheaded the alpha lycan¡¯s head and brought it outside to show all the people that the other alpha had died and it stopped the war immediately, that was when Hunter stepped up to be the alpha of the lycan and suggested a truce. However, no one should have known about it, no one should have known about that because he was the one, who found that dead alpha lycan¡¯s b*dy, unless¡­ it was the person, who had killed the previous alpha for real. Unless it was the true murderer, there was no way anyone could tell¡­ But, Hunter could tell, was that meant¡­ Hunter smiled harmlessly at Aiden after what he whispered to his ear, there was this malice that glinted in his eyes, he looked so terrifying, even though he was smiling at this moment and for some reason, Aiden felt the fear ran down his spine. There was no way this man would know about that secret, unless¡­ However, before Aiden could react, or said something, Hunter had grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and took her away from there. His steps were light and he looked like he was in a good mood after he couldn¡¯t catch Aiden himself and subjected him into a harsh punishment. ¡°What did you say to him?¡± Lc asked in confusion, she nced over her shoulders, but all she could see was Aiden was still in dumbstruck state, he was frowning deeply and stared at Hunter, he looked like he was in deep thought about something, but of course, Lc couldn¡¯t tell what was that. Meanwhile, Ruby stared at her, but she couldn¡¯t tell what was in her mind, neither she cared to find out what the other woman was thinking about her Lc was going to leave this pack, there was nothing else matter now, Ruby could hate her all she wanted and she could have Aiden for herself. There was nothing that could hold Lc back anymore, especially when luna Jasmine had announced Ruby had been marked and acknowledged her to be the future luna of the pack. The luna must have felt betrayed by Lc after what she said during the meeting about the right punishment for her. ¡°Stop staring at him.¡± Hunter moved slightly to cover Lc¡¯s sight from Aiden, het didn¡¯t like it when this woman paid attention to someone else. Lc lifted her head and then shifted her attention toward Hunter. This man was very tall and she felt like she would break her neck if she stared at him in this position for so long. ¡°What did you say to him? Why he looks like he just saw a ghost?¡± Lc frowned, she tried to steal a nce at Aiden one more time, but this time Hunter really blocked her line of sight toward him without being subtle about it. ¡°Stop staring at him.¡± He repeated the same thing again. ¡°It¡¯s only small thing.¡± ¡°There is no way he will be shock over small thing.¡± Lc frowned because this alpha acted like a jerk now by cupping her face and forcing her to look in front of her. ¡°Did you threaten him?¡± That was the only thing that came to her mind. ¡°No.¡± Hunter was telling her the truth because he indeed didn¡¯t threaten Aiden at all. ¡°I only told him a little secret. ¡°What secret?¡± Lc frowned her brows when she heard that. She leaned her b*dy. over toward Hunter, the gesture that she didn¡¯t realize she used to do it whenever she was intrigued by something. Yet, Hunterughed at her curiosity and then cupped her face. ¡°Let¡¯s go. We need to go now.¡± ¡°No, tell me what secret?¡± Lc was adamant, she wouldn¡¯t be able to sleep and eat if her curiosity was not fulfilled, especially on this one, what did he say? ¡°If I told you, it will no longer be a secret anymore,¡± Hunter said. ¡°I didn¡¯t tell you because it¡¯s secret.¡± ¡°What is that mean? You can share it with me.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t want to share a k*ss with me, why should I share a secret with you? You are my woman after all, I should be able to do anything with you.¡± Hunter¡¯s eyes ghated mischievously when he saw the way Lc blushed. ¡°I don¡¯t understand what you meant with that. That¡¯s ridiculous. I am not your woman.¡± Lc then be quiet, she didn¡¯t talk about it anymore, but he knew her curiosity would get the better of her and she would ask again the same question sooner orter. Despite she was still curious and thought she couldn¡¯t eat and sleep properly, but in truth, Lc fell asleep almost immediately the moment he entered the carriage that would take her to her new home, if she could call that ce home at all. She was exhausted after a long day and what happened. She was sleep soundly, until she didn¡¯t realize Hunter had been staring at her sleeping face the entire journey, his eyes were hard to read and his expression didn¡¯t change. He looked a little bit somber at one second and d at the other second. This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Lc¡­¡± he whispered her name and crept closer toward her, very gently he leaned his b*dy over and pressed his l*ps against her cheek. ¡°Sweet Lc¡­ I finally found you.¡± 18 Chapter 49 All the people in the lycan pack couldn¡¯t understand what had gotten into the alpha when he clearly was very fond of this woman. He went to the extent of freeing the war prisoners only to get her. He could ask more and those alphas would have obliged, but all he wanted was this woman and nothing more. This was silly and incredulously ridiculous. Yet, there was nothing they could do to make their alpha changed his mind. Especially when he looked very infatuated with this young woman. Probably because she was too exhausted and she was not aware of her surroundings, or maybe because Lc finally could feel a sense of relief and safety after turmoil week, she fell asleep like a baby, her exhaustion finally caught up to her and her b*dy demanded her to make it up to it. Meanwhile, Hunter was having so much fun to watch Lc was sleeping. She looked very adorable and sweet whenever she was not upset with him, which happened very often recently. It took them a few days to arrive in the lycan pack and by that time, Lc had enough her sleep that could allow her to stay awake during their journey to the lycan pack. ¡°What mountain is that?¡± Lc stared at a magnificent mountain, which the summit couldn¡¯t be seen because it covered by cloud. ¡°That mountain is very huge!¡± Lc had only happened to see a few hills, since their pack was surrounded by tnd. ¡°That a Gerrerear mountain.¡± Hunter put down the book he was reading and watched how Lc frowned her brows. ¡°Ge.. what?¡± She couldn¡¯t get the word because it was very strange to her ears. ¡°Gerrerear mountain,¡± Hunter repeated the name of the mountain, but even so, Lc still couldn¡¯t get it. ¡°Huh?¡± She scrunched her nose. ¡°What its name very difficult?¡± Only when Hunter wasughing at her confusion, she realized this alpha was messing around with her, which made her pursed her l*ps and stopped asking ¡°Fine. I will never ask you anything.¡± Hunter chuckled because he managed to get on her nerves again, before he answered her properly. ¡°That¡¯s Sarasa mountain. That¡¯s the highest mountain in this continent. Haven¡¯t you heard about it?¡± Hunter watched her expression closely. ¡°Sarasa mountain¡­¡± Lc repeated the name of the mountain and for some reason, she felt familiar with the name, as if she had heard about it somewhere from someone, but she couldn¡¯t recall the memory. ¡°Yes. Haven¡¯t you heard about it?¡± Hunter asked again and Lc shook her head. ¡°No. I have never heard that.¡± She tilted her head, still trying to remember this familiar feeling, but then she easily gave up when she couldn¡¯t find any in her memory. ¡°How long we will arrive in your territory?¡± The scenery was very beautiful and Lc felt like she could go on this trip forever. She didn¡¯t want to arrive in his pack because by that time, she needed to settle down and faced the reality that would be her new life. ¡°This area is already part of my territory.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Lc widened her eyes in disbelief. ¡°Yes, my territory is around thrice the size of your former pack.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even hide it when he looked very smug, as he talked about it. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be very arrogant about it, you know,¡± Lc said in annoyed tone, but she couldn¡¯t hide her amazement to see this beautiful scenery and know all of this belonged to the annoying alpha before her eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will take you often to look around my pack.¡± Hunter smiled genuinely at Lc this time, but she didn¡¯t look at his direction. For a while, there was silence between them, while Lc enjoyed the view, Hunter was devouring the sight before his eyes. He loved to see her and the way her eyes twinkled like stars. But then, it was Lc, who broke the silence, because her curiosity got the best of her. This is from N?velDrama.Org. What did you say to Aiden until he looked very shaken up?¡± Lc shifted her ttention toward Hunter and waited for his response. Hunter smirked and gave the answer that was so far from being satisfying. ¡°Secret.¡± Lc scrunched her nose, she hated such answer the most and this was not the first time for Hunter to give her such reply. ¡°Don¡¯t you think you hold so many secrets from me?¡± ¡°Oh, my sweet Lc, you don¡¯t have any idea about that.¡± Hunter indeed held back a lot of secrets from her, but he didn¡¯t intend to bring it to his dead. Of course, there would be time, he would let her knew all of those things that he had hidden from her, but right now was not the right moment for that. Lc frowned with that strange endearment words from him. ¡°Don¡¯t call me that.¡± ¡°What to do¡­ I like it. After all, I am not lying. You are very sweet. I feel like I will hurt my teeth.¡± Hunter talked in a way he was talking about candy. Lc rolled her eyes dramatically, she cringed with such tacky pick up line. And with that, their conversation ended again. The entourage finally arrived at the pack house around midnight, where Lc was already sleeping, she curled herself on the bed, while Hunter went out to take care of something. It was Darren, the beta, who came to look after her and find her was still sleeping. ¡°Hey, wake up, we are already here,¡± Darren said, he called Lc¡¯s name a few times, but she was still sound asleep. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Hunter came over and pulled Darren away from the carriage, his eyes fixed on his beta. ¡°I am waking her up,¡± Darren replied innocently. ¡°Who told you to wake her up?¡± Hunter asked, he was unhappy. ¡°And then? Do you want to wait until she wakes up on her own?¡± Chapter 50 Chapter 50 98% ¡°And then? Do you want to wait until she wakes up on her own?¡± Darren couldn¡¯t understand with Hunter¡¯s obsession with this woman. They just met on that night, but he was being infatuated with her. What this woman had done to his alpha? On the outside perspective, they might think Hunter as an easy-going person and used to joke around, but he knew better that Hunter was a calctive and cold- blooded person, who would do anything to achieve what he wanted. That was the alpha lycan. More so, Darren had witnessed the thing that he thought, Hunter wouldn¡¯t be capable of doing, but in truth, the betta had underestimated him for thinking that he couldn¡¯t. Right now, Darren watched how Hunter carried Lc in his arms carefully. Even though this was not the first time he was doing this, but right now they were not in the Golden w pack. They had returned to their pack and if people saw him like this, it wouldn¡¯t be good for Hunter. What actually he was thinking about? ¡°Hunter, I don¡¯t think it will be wise for you to carry her like this, why don¡¯t you hand her over and I will bring her back to her bedroom?¡± Darren tried to talk sense into his alpha, because he knew better that once Hunter wanted something, there was nothing or no one could stop him. ¡°Her bedroom?¡± Hunter stopped walking for a while when he heard that and red at Darren, but then he resumed his pace and the beta was struggling to follow him. ¡°I will ask someone to prepare a bedroom for her, it will be a nice bedroom, you don¡¯t need to worry about it.¡± Darren tried to coax Hunter and he felt so desperate because the more people was seeing them, the harder it would be to cover it up. He bet, in the morning, people would be talking about this and the beta was desperately trying to save whatever was left from his alpha. ¡°Hunter, don¡¯t do this.¡± Darren shook his head. ¡°What if Grace saw you. She will not be happy at all. She will be very mad and it will not good for you or for her. Once again, Hunter stopped walking and turned around to face his beta. ¡°Can you top talking? You will wake her up. Darren mped his mouth in grievances, but when Hunter continued to wall Chapter 50 again, Darren couldn¡¯t help it, but asked. ¡°Where will you bring her?¡± There was no way he would bring her there, right? ¡°To my bedroom.¡± Dam n it. Darren knew it! Seeing how infatuated Hunter was, he knew that would be his answer, but he was still dumbstruck. The beta stopped following the crazy alpha and just stood there, until Rye, the gam m a came approaching him. ¡°Who is that woman that Hunter is carrying?¡± Rye was as speechless as Darren. He happened to see Hunter and Lc before they entered the alpha¡¯s bedroom. ¡°Why he took that woman into his bedroom?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t ask me, I don¡¯t know.¡± Darren shook his head and went toward different direction. ¡°What do you mean you don¡¯t know?¡± Rye followed closely behind him and kept asking question. ¡°You will not believe me.¡± ¡°Well, try me.¡± And with that, Darren told the gam m a what had happened in the Golden w pack and how strange the alpha was the moment he saw Lc. Darren also told Rye what Hunter had done. So, the letter about letting go all of the prisoner war is true?¡± Rye thought that was a joke and he was about to ask some question rted to this matter when he saw Hunter entered his room with a woman in his arms and he relented. ¡°I can¡¯t believe it¡­¡± ¡°I have told you, right? You will not believe it.¡± Lc woke up when she felt the sun shone brightly, spilled through the window and it was very refreshing. A little bit cold, but it was nice, Lc stretched her b*dy and pped her arms around, she expected she would hit wall, but instead, she touched something warm and sturdy. It felt strangely like skin, but then she didn¡¯t remember there was someone in her bedroom. 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan GO Chapter 50 In her mind, she was back to her old, tiny bedroom. She had a strange dream about it. 98% Yet, when Lc rubbed her palm against it, she became even more certain that she was touching someone else¡¯s skin, his chest to be precise. ¡°Can you stop groping me? I can¡¯t sleep.¡± There was this low grunt. Definitely man¡¯s voice, which made Lc startled and opened her eyes almost immediately, she sat down straight and widened her eyes. at the sight of man by her side. The sunlight fell on his face and Lc recognized him. ¡°What are you doing. here?!¡± Lc shrieked, she could feel her heart was palpitating rapidly, she was trying to remember what happenedst night, but herst memories were when she fell asleep inside the carriage. That was right. She was not in her old bedroom in the Golden Light pack, they must have arrivedst night when she was asleep. But then, where she was right. now? And more importantly, what this man was doing, sleeping on the same bed with her? ¡°What do you mean what I am doing here?¡± Hunter stretched his b*dy, but he closed his eyes again, ready to sleep a little bit longer. ¡°This is my bedroom, of course, I will be here.¡± ¡°What?!¡± Lc widened her eyes in disbelief. She was shocked beyond words. ¡°Be quiet for a while, I need to sleep. I can¡¯t function properly if I don¡¯t sleep.¡± And with that, Hunter was really falling asleep, he even snored slightly, which made Lc was reluctant to wake him up, knowing he must be tired. Didn¡¯t know what to do, Lc decided to go out of the bedroom.This is from N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Lc was too shock toprehend her surroundings, she had never seen a pack house this magnificent like this and even more when she realized this ce was literally a castle with towers. This was crazy! Who would live in a ce like this?! Lc was captivated by what she was seeing, she looked around this ce and was fascinated by the rock that they used to build this building. It looked sturdy and strong. It almost felt like this pack house showed the stark difference between the werewolf and the lycan. They were shifter, but for some reason, they were simply different from one another, because while the former believed in soulmate and was gifted with the mate bond, but thetter would choose their own woman, who they would spend the rest of their life with. Lc was not sure, which one was better, but surely from what she learned, the lycan would go through fire and water just to be with the mate they had chosen. That was why, there was saying about; love someone like a lycan, which meant; it was a fierce and devoted love. The cold wind made Lc shivered when she walked across a garden. It was still early morning and even though the sun had risen, the wind was still cold, because they were so close to the mountain. The air was very refreshing. ¡°Wait¡­ how can I go back to that bedroom?¡± Lc just realized it now, because she was very mesmerized by this ce, she forgot that she had gone too far and she was not sure, which corridor she had gone through, because of how big this ce was, she was a little bit dizzy when she tried to find her way back, because the corridors looked the same. All the people that she met gave her a questioning look, because this must be the first time for them to see her here. ¡°Hm¡­ excuse me.¡± Lc tried to be brave and stopped ady to ask her about where they were now. ¡°May I know where¡­ the alpha¡¯s bedroom?¡± Her voice was a little bit unsure, because she only knew Hunter was the alpha, but it would be so weird for her to ask his bedroom, right? Thedy was around forty years old, she looked like in the same age like luna Jasmine, but of course, you couldn¡¯tpare both. Alpha¡¯s bedroom?¡± thedy narrowed her eyes, she stared at Lc up and down. ¡°I have never seen you before. Who are you?¡± 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan G Chapter 51 This corridor was not too crowded, but at least, there were five people, who stopped walking and openly listening to their conversation, they were waiting for Lc¡¯s answer too, because they had been very curious enough to know who was Lc and why she was in the pack house. More so, she was asking about the alpha¡¯s bedroom, what she was going to do there? ¡°Who are you?¡± Thatdy asked again with narrowed eyes. ¡°You are not the member of our pack, you are not a lycan.¡± Little bit ¡°I¡­¡± Lc was a little bit stumbled with her words because she didn¡¯t know what to say to thisdy about herself. Would it put her in an awkward situation if she said she was from Golden w pack? ¡°I came here with the alpha¡­¡± ¡°You came here with the alpha? The alpha just arrivedst night. What do you mean you came here with him?¡± Thedy became even more curious and the spectators came closer to them. They wanted to hear more about this. conversation. Thankfully, right at that time, Darren walked over. He had been looking for Lc because not long after she had gone, Hunter woke up and couldn¡¯t find her. ¡°Here you are!¡± Darren said with a sigh of relief, as he approached Lc. ¡°Beta Darren,¡± thedy greeted the beta, so did all the people there, they showed him a huge respect and even bend down their b*dy. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Darren simply nodded at them, but his focus was on Lc, ¡°L. I looked around, but I think I got lost.¡± Lc felt relief as well to see the face that she was familiar with. ¡°Beta Darren, do you know this woman? She is not from our pack. I have never seen her before, the lady immediately said. She was surprised for this mysterious woman to be looked for by the beta. ¡°Yes, I know her.¡± Darren nodded. On the other hand, Lc stared at Darren and then thedy. ¡°I think I will take my leave with the beta.¡± Who is she?¡± Apparently, thedy didn¡¯t want to let go of Lr yet, she wanted to know 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan GO Chapter 51 S98%®‹ everything about her and more so what the rtion between her and the alpha and why she wanted to go there. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, she is not an enemy, she is the alpha¡¯s guest. She just arrivedst. night.¡± What Darren said confirmed what Lc had told thedy earlier, but still, this was not a satisfying answer for them. Even so, Darren wouldn¡¯t stay there and entertain them to fill their curiosity, as he opened his arm for Lc to follow him. ¡°Come, follow me.¡± Darren showed the way to Lc and she didn¡¯t need to be told twice to follow him, because she had been feeling uneasy with the way they stared at her. After that, Lc could feel her back was getting so hot, she was sure they were staring at her back right now and the way they fixed their eyes on her made her back felt like it would have a permanent hole. Lc hastened her pace, she wanted to get away from their sight as soon as possible. However, walking around like this with the beta of the pack, didn¡¯t help with her case, because some of them were having the same curiosity. ¡°Next time, don¡¯t walk around like this again,¡± Darren warned her. ¡°They are being suspicious because of the war that happened in thest year.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Lc felt like she was a toddler, who got reprimanded for being a brat. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Darren nced at Lc. ¡°I don¡¯t know what the alpha have nned for you, but I only want to warn you, once they learned where you came from, it will be hard for you to find a friend. All the pack member despises your pack and the other five packs. They disliked the werewolf after what they had put us through during the war. Lc frowned. ¡°Isn¡¯t it you and your people, who has attacked ournd, because you want to expand your territory?¡± Darren raised his brows, both of their eyes met and Lc could see confusion there. ¡°So, that¡¯s what you and your pack member has been told about the reason of the warst year?¡± He widened his eyes in disbelieve and then burst intoughter. 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan G. Chapter 51 ?? 98% ¡°What are youughing about?¡± Lc was a little bit offended, because she didn¡¯t find it funny at all, so why he wasughing hysterically like this? ¡°You don¡¯t know the reason why there were countless people died? No.¡± Darren shook his head and then wiped tears from the corner of his eyes. ¡°You are being a fool¡­ Those alphas are the worst.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Lc became even more confused now, she looked a little bit concerned with this matter, she was afraid she had been told a lie. ¡°If that¡¯s not the reason, so what the true reason?¡± She was not sure, whether she could tell, which side was right, but it was always a great thing to do to hear both sides. ¡°Since it was Hunter, who has taken you to this pack, let him to exin this messy thing to you. I don¡¯t have the patient.¡± Darren pushed opened the door to Hunter¡¯s bedroom. Because of their conversation, Lc didn¡¯t even realize they had arrived, returned to this bedroom again. ¡°Where did you find her?¡± Lc was startled when she saw Hunter poked his head from the bedroom and then grabbed her hand, he pulled her into his bedroom, in front of so many eyes. If earlier she felt ufortable, because they were staring at her for walking with the gamm a, now their jaw literally dropped to the floor when they watched how she entered the alpha¡¯s bedroom. No one ever entered the alpha¡¯s bedroom, aside from-his beta and gamm a, not even Grace, because he hated it when there was someone else there. Who was this woman?! Darren clicked his tongue when he watched the reaction from people around him. He knew the words would spread far and wide and surely Grace would hear about And once it happened, the drama would begin. He only hoped, he wouldn¡¯t get caught in the wild fire, Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Lc entered the room awkwardly, as she stared at her surroundings and then found Hunter was sitting on the edge of the bed, now she was awake enough and the shock from finding out she was sleeping on the same room and bed with Hunter again, had worn out, she was in awe with this room. This bedroom was dominated with the color of grey, which gave you a cold impression, as if the owner of this room had this cold and an unpredictable personality, which suit Hunter very well, because you would hardly understand the alpha of the lycan. He had this warm and cold personalities, which could switch with a flick of your fingers. ¡°Where have you been?¡± Hunter asked, as he lifted his head to look at her. He frowned disapprovingly because Lc had disappeared without telling him anything. ¡°I wanted to see this ce, so I walked for a while.¡± Lc stood four steps away from Hunter, as if she tried to avoid him, as if she could do that here in his territory, in his own pack house. Hunter narrowed his eyes. ¡°I can walk with you.¡± ¡°You were sleeping.¡± ¡°You can wake me up.¡± Lc frowned. ¡°I am fine walking alone.¡± Hunter rubbed his face roughly. ¡°Next time wake me up if you want to walk in the early morning.¡± ¡°What do you mean with that?¡± Lc¡¯s frown deepened when she heard what he said. ¡°Why should I walk to your bedroom first if I want to walk in the morning?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to walk into my room, because you will sleep here.¡± ¡°No way!¡± Lc protested. ¡°If I slept here, where will you sleep?¡± Hunter stood up and approached Lc, he ruffled her hair when he walked past her and took the towel to go to the bathroom. ¡°Of course, here. This is my bedroom for two decades, why should I sleep somewhere else?¡± ac¡¯s jaw dropped, the audacity of this man was very baffling! She then decided Chapter 52 to voice out her grievances, as she opened the bathroom¡¯s door in frustration, but what she saw made her blushed and screamed. Hunter was stark n*ked when Lc opened the door. This was the first time for her to see a man n*ked and this shocked her so much when she trailed down her eyes. down there. She couldn¡¯t believe what she saw. On the other hand, after Hunter¡¯s initial shock for Lc to open the door all of sudden, a yful smirk etched on his l*ps. ¡°What is this? Do you want to join me?¡± Lc immediately snapped out of her shock and mmed the door. ¡°Pe r v e r t!¡± She growled and then went to the sofa to curl herself. She kept shaking her head to get rid of the image, but she couldn¡¯t do that. She couldn¡¯t unsee what she already saw and red color crept from her cheeks to the tip of her ears down to her neck. Meanwhile, Hunter wasughing to see Lc¡¯s expression and how she used him as a pe r v e r t. Shouldn¡¯t she be the pe r v e r t one? She was the one, who opened the door without knocking and took advantage of his vulnerable state. If Hunter was not mistaken, Lc was ogling at him for a few moment there. She was really taking an advantage of him. And finally, Hunter was done taking a bath, he actually walked out of the bathroom with only a towel hanging so low around his hips, as if a simple wind could blow it away. This man was really insufferable! ¡°Can¡¯t you put some clothes?¡± Lc hugged herself on the sofa, she tried to look everywhere, but him. Yet, she couldn¡¯t reign her curiosity and kept stealing a nce at him and that dam n towel around his hips. ¡°That¡¯s my intention,¡± Hunter said lightly, as he went to the walk in closet and disappeared for a while, which allowed Lc to breath in relief, but then he returned again only with that towel. ¡°Can you give me that cloak?¡± ¡°Put your clothes first and then walk here to take it by yourself!¡± Lc was annoyed, knowing so dam n well how he was teasing her right now. ¡°Why can¡¯t you help me with this simple small favor?¡± Hunter frowned, but his eyes were smiling to see how Lc looked very frustrated. And after some back and forth argumentation, Lc reluctantly took the cloak for Hunter and handed it to him. Chapter 52 ¡°You don¡¯t need a cloak, right? The weather is warm enough,¡± Lc protested and her heart s k i p p e d a beat when hunter touched her fingers, he must have done it intentionally. As if she was being electrocuted, Lc jumped away from him. ¡°I want my own bedroom.¡± ¡°There is no empty bedroom here.¡± ¡°Liar!¡± Lc scoffed. ¡°I saw a few empty bedrooms in this magnificent ce, don¡¯t you lie to me.¡± ¡°Those bedrooms are very small. You can¡¯t live there.¡± Hunter nced at Lc, who had her back against him and he was smiling happily to see how embarrassed she was. ¡°I have lived in smaller bedroom than that and I am fine with it!¡± Lc felt she was in danger if she had to spend another night on the same bed like this alpha. ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous. I have told you that I will not let you live in a small bedroom. like that. That¡¯s not what you deserved.¡± ¡°And what do you think I deserved?¡± Lc had been living without any expectation, until the smallest kindness meant the world for her, therefore, she didn¡¯t know what she expected and what she deserved to have. If she really had something to desire about. This time when Hunter finally emerged from the walk in closet, he had dressed appropriately and he took the cloak with him, he draped it on her shoulders, which startled Lc. She turned around and found hisplicated gaze was on her. ¡°I will show you what you deserve, Lc and you deserve nothing less than this.¡± Lc was confused, she couldn¡¯t understand why Hunter looked a little bit angry, but then she didn¡¯t have time to ask when he took her hand and both of them walked out of the bedroom. ¡°Where are we going?¡± Lc asked, confused. She looked around at the people, who stared at them with this surprise look on their faces. ¡°Where will you take me?¡± Vc tightened the cloak around her b*dy because the weather was still cold and the found this cloak was veryfortable, it soaked with Hunter¡¯s masculine 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 52 scent, which made Lc wanted to breathe deeply. 98%% There were so many pairs of eyes that stared at her with questioning look, they wanted to know what the alpha was going to do with this girl that they had never seen before. However, the funny thing was; Lc wanted to know the same thing too. What Hunter wanted to do with her? But now when they walked past a few doors, Lc realized where he was going to take her. The alpha was taking her to the dining hall, where all the people gathered together to enjoy their breakfast. But, why Hunter wanted to take her there? Lc couldn¡¯t understand, more so, so, she had not yet taken a bath or even change her dress. ¡°If you want to take me out, at least, let me to take a bath first, you know¡­¡± Lc was desperate to get away from him, but his grip was simply too tight for her. ¡°I am sorry for that, but without taking a bath, you still look define.¡± Hunter winked at Lc, which made her rolled her eyes dramatically. s And when the guards opened the door to the dining hall, once again, Lc was in awe to see the wholeContent from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. thing inside this dinning hall. Everything was screaming luxury, they even had all the variety of food. Lc could easily say that this dining hall was four times better andrger than the one they had back in the pack house. Because she was busy staring at the whole thing, she didn¡¯t even realize when Hunter took her to the head of the table. He clinked his ss to get all the people¡¯s attention and somehow, all the conversation died out and this huge dining room fell into silence. Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Lc was stiffened when all of their attention fell on Hunter, which in extent, to her as well. She wanted to make this alpha to sit down and stop whatever he was going to do, but she couldn¡¯t do that, because it wouldn¡¯t look good on her. Luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge worked on her this time, as she immediately regained herposure and stood straight, carrying herself with confidence, despite how the strong beating of her heart and how her stomach was currently doing summersault. ¡°I will not take your time for long and let your food gets cold,¡± Hunter started. Lc really wanted to reply that he really didn¡¯t need to make them wait at all, if he s k i p p e d this part, but of course, she wouldn¡¯t say it. More so, she was a little bit curious what this alpha was going to say. How he would introduce her to his pack member. They didn¡¯t do sl a v e, right? Or would he introduce her as a prisoner? ¡°She is Lc and from today onward, she will be part of our pack,¡± Hunter said, his voice echoed throughout the wall, which weed by mor from people, as they hit the table rowdily. It seemed, this was the custom here. Well, that was not bad to be introduced as the part of the member of the pack. However, Lc concluded things too fast, because Hunter had not yet done with his speck. Once the mor died down, he continued again with most shocking introduction. ¡°She will be my woman and you must respect her the way she deserved it!¡± This time, Hunter used his alpha¡¯s voice to emphasize that, indicating he meant every word of it and this was equal to a direct order. There was no mor this time, but whispers, as they looked at each other with question in their eyes about their alpha¡¯s decision to make this stranger to be his woman. But, it was not only them, who were dumbfounded, but Lc as well, because she didn¡¯t even imagine that was what Hunter was going to say. His woman?! What was that mean?! At this time, she really needed to thank luna Jasmine for what she had taught her all this time, because she wouldn¡¯t be able to contain herself from interrogating 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 33 98% Hunter right there and then, and probably humiliated herself and the alpha as well with her outburst. He must be kidding her. Lc just rejected her destined mate and now the alpha wanted her to be¡­ what? His woman? Lc had never heard such term before. What did it mean to be his woman? ¡°Now you can continue to enjoy your breakfast!¡± Hunter sat down and pulled Lc to sit down next to him. However, after such announcement, how could they enjoy their breakfast, some of them stole a nce or two toward Lc¡¯s direction, but most of them openly stared at her, as if she would grow her second head. Yet, among these people, there was a certain pair of eyes that stared at her with so much hatred, but after the overwhelming announcement and the confusion that gued her mind, Lc didn¡¯t realize the hatred that came from a certain direction in this dinning hall. ¡°No way¡­ there is no way¡­ impossible,¡± Aiden talked to himself, he kept muttering these words over and over again, which made Rubby felt confused and scared of him. You ¡°What happened, Aiden? What do mean with ¡®im? What is impossible?¡± Rubby wanted toe closer to him, but she was afraid, he would p her again, thest time when she touched him without his permission, he had pped her so hard, her l*p was bleeding. She didn¡¯t know that he was capable of doing this. He was very gentle and not even once he raised his hand or voice at her. This is from N?velDrama.Org. That was why, she loved him and despite knowing he already had his own mate back in his pack, she still wanted him. However, this was not the man she fell in love with. He had turned into someone elsepletely, as if they were two different people. Or maybe, it was his true color? Aiden? Is there something that I can help you with?¡± Rubby asked, she kept her distance from him, she didn¡¯t want him to hurt her baby, because this baby was 10:17 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 53 what matter to her. =98% ¡°Leave me alone!¡± Aiden growled, he stood up and then left the bedroom, but not before he cursed at her. ¡°The sight of you make me sick! Meeting you I the worse thing has ever happened to me!¡± After that, he mmed the door very harshly, until dust fell from it roof.. Rubby felt her heart was being stabbed so ruthlessly to hear what he said. She fell to the ground and then cried her heart out, not even once Aiden treated her right and after Lc rejected him, he became more and more mad with her, ming her for being pregnant and foring here. It was Aiden himself, who asked her toe, because he couldn¡¯t bear the thought of having his firstborn to be born out of his pack, which Rubby epted it dly. But right now, he didn¡¯t even care with the baby in her stomach and once he told her that he wished she didn¡¯t have that child, because this unborn baby had ruined his life. ¡°What are you crying for?¡± Rubby immediately swallowed back her cries when she heard this sharp tone, she was very familiar with this sarcastic word and without even seeing who it was, she knew it must be luna Jasmine. ¡°Get up, I don¡¯t have much time for this. We will go for our next lesson. Now I have to regretfully ept you as the future luna of the pack, you need to learn what Lc has learned in this past year.¡± Luna Jasmine beckoned Rubby with her fingers. Chapter 54 Chapter 54 ¡°Why are you very cruel with me? I have never offended you,¡± Rubby said between her so b s, she stood up and tried to straighten her back. She wanted to fight back, but she knew it was a lost battle for her. There was no way she could have an upper hand in this matter against the luna. Rubby cried pitifully, she really wanted to know why the luna was being very cruel with her when she didn¡¯t do anything wrong, aside from following what Aiden asked her to do. He asked her to return to his pack with their firstborn and she did that. But, why she was the only one at fault here? When Aiden couldn¡¯t handle the rejection and the fact, he was no longer be able to see Lc anymore. Wasn¡¯t she his mate now? ¡°Oh, stop with your tears, you know what you are into when you chose to seduce my son,¡± luna Jasmine said with disdainful look in her eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you don¡¯t know about it.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t seduce him! We love each other!¡± Rubby was screaming at the luna, which made her filled with rage and pped her across her face so hard, she almost fell to the ground, which made Rubby terrified. However, luna Jasmine held her elbow before that could happen, since it would hurt the baby in her stomach. No matter what, even though she hated it, but the baby was still her son¡¯s flesh and blood. She couldn¡¯t bring herself to hurt her son¡¯s child. Yet, luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t contain her anger for this woman. She was a slu t! She had ruined his son¡¯s life and all of her n! She had spent so much time and energy to make Lc to be the perfect mate for Aiden, to be the perfect luna for this pack, but everything had gone the drain when this little slu t stepped in the pack and ruined everything that she had worked hard for. ¡°Stop crying and follow me,¡± luna Jasmine said sternly. ¡°I am not going to tell you. twice! I am going to make you regret to enter this pack!¡± ¡°What do you mean with ¡®my woman?? What is that mean?¡± Once Lc closed the door to Hunter¡¯s bedroom, she couldn¡¯t help, but exploded, attacking him with a lot of question out of frustration. How could she not frustrated with the man before her eyes, who tried to act innocent? What he was actually thinking? ¡°It¡¯s mean you are my woman, can¡¯t you understand that simple word?¡± Hunter asked with that stupi d innocent smile stered on his l*ps, he looked at Lc as if she had lost her mind for not understanding that. ¡°Stop giving me that stupi d look!¡± Lc became very frustrated now because Hunter kept teasing her. This was not funny at all. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be your woman.¡± ¡°First of all, that¡¯s not up to you, when I said you are my woman, then you are the one andstly, I don¡¯t have stup i d look, okay? What you said earlier to me can be counted as an insult to an alpha, you can get punishment for that, so make sure to keep it in your mind whenever you have this temptation to insult me, understood?¡± Lc was utterly speechless now. He didn¡¯t address anything in his long speech. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to control her emotion, the method that luna Jasmine had taught her, but at this point, it was very hard for her to keep her cool. ¡°Can you please, exin to me what do you mean with ¡®my woman¡¯? Because I don¡¯t get it at all. There is no such term in my pack.¡± Lc followed Hunter to the walk in closet, where he undressed himself without any hesitation, which made Lc turned her b*dy around immediately. ¡°If you want to change your clothes, you should tell me! How can you undress yourself so freely when there is a woman in your bedroom?¡± Lc hated it, but she could feel it when blush crept on her cheeks. Why she was blushing for no reason at all? ¡°You don¡¯t need to turn around, you know. I only change my clothes. You can see me if you liked.¡± Hunter prepared himself for Lc¡¯s st and surely, she didn¡¯t disappoint him. Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. ¡°Why do you think I want to see your b*dy at all? I am not interested to see you n*ked, so stopped thinking of unnecessary thing!¡± Lc stammered a little bit with her rambling, until Hunter patted her shoulder and she jolted in shocked. ¡°Let¡¯s go. I will take you somewhere.¡± Hunter beckoned her with his fingers. am not a dog! Don¡¯t call me like that!¡± Lc protested, but she followed him anyway. You are not a dog, you are more like a cat in my opinion.¡± Hunter shrugged his Chapter 54 shoulders and took her hand when they walked out of the bedroom, in which Lc swatted it away. ¡°Don¡¯t hold me.¡± Lc red. ¡°You have not yet exined what do you mean with what you are saying.¡± ¡°I will, butter.¡± ¡°You keep saying the same thing. Will it be a whole day conversation when you decided to tell me everything that you have been hiding from me?¡± ¡°We will spend the rest of our life together, why it¡¯s only a day?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say something like that! You make it sound like we are a mate or something.¡± ¡°We don¡¯t do mate here. I told you about it before.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t ept rejection, so he took Lc¡¯s hand again and held it tighter, so she couldn¡¯t let it go again. He acted childishly right now. ¡°Where do you want to take me?¡± Lc asked, she was still wearing her pajamas and his cloak. ¡°I have not yet taken a bath!¡± ¡°You still look pretty, though.¡± O Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Lc really didn¡¯t buy it when Hunter said she was pretty. ¡°I knew I am pretty, but what is the point of being pretty when you were smelly?¡± All of sudden, after what Lc said, Hunter bent his b*dy and then smelled her. It happened very sudden and she didn¡¯t have time to react to that. Lc was actually petrified when she felt his warm breath against her neck and how his skin touched her cheek when he sniffed her, so close, she felt like her face was going to get burned. ¡°No. You are not. You smell nice. Sweet even,¡± Hunter said in low voice, as if he was whispering something to her and this gesture was very intimate. People who saw them would think he was going to k*ss her or something. What he was doing was very provocative. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± Lc hissed, she facepalmed Hunter and pushed his face. away from her before she could do something even more embarrassing because of how nervous she was. However, the culprit simplyughed at her reaction, this was as he had expected. He liked how she got mad at him and became very frustrated. He thought, it was a very bad habit, but he couldn¡¯t find a way to stop himself. It was very addicted. ¡°I help you. Now, you can rest assure, because you don¡¯t smell bad at all.¡± Lc couldn¡¯t find a word to retort that, because she was busy to calm her heart down. Why she was very flustered upon what Hunter did to her? She should be very angry because this man was trying to take advantage of her and tease her over and over again, but she was being timid instead. In the middle of their bickering, Rye, the gamm a, approached them and told Hunter there was something important that he needed to report to him. ¡°Can I have a moment with him, please?¡± Rye asked, he smiled at Lc and greeted) her politely. This must be the first time they met with each other, because it couldn¡¯t be counted as a meeting when she was unconscious and Rye didn¡¯t attend her introduction this morning. ¡°I promise I will bring him back to you in less than ten minutes.¡± But, of course, the word about Lc was being the alpha¡¯s woman had spread so wide and far, it spread like a wildfire and this was what Rye was going to tell the alpha. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you can have him for ten decades if you want, Lc said, being Chapter 55 generous with Rye, which made the gamm aughed. He liked her sense of sarcasm. ¡°I bet you will miss me if I have to leave you that long,¡± Hunter said lightly, he didn¡¯t feel offended at all after what Lc said to him.. ¡°You wish.¡± And with that, Rye whisked the alpha away, leaving Lc in the corridor alone. After she realized she was alone and had to wait for Hunter to return, she started to feel awkward, especially when people stared at her. No matter what, this was her first day in this pack, she must look like a stranger for them, especially after what Hunter told everyone this morning. Lc was sure, if she had to wait for long time, for Hunter and Rye finished their discussion, there must be one or two women starteding closer to her, wanting to confirm what the meaning behind the words that the alpha said in this morning, because in their eyes, it didn¡¯t make sense at all. And Lc¡¯s intuition was proven right, because less than three minutes she was alone, two women came approaching her and greeted her politely. However, no matter what, they couldn¡¯t hide the curiosity in their eyes. Their polite greetings and how nice they were trying to engage in conversation with Lc, was not able to conceal their true intention and eventually, they asked the question that Lc had been waiting for. ¡°What is your rtionship with the alpha? How do you know him?¡± Ophelia, one of the women asked, she had those beautiful green eyes with shoulders length brown hair, her curiosity emanated from her b*dy. ¡°I met with him when he came to my pack..¡± Lc said, she had thought about it when they asked her, but it was too sudden and she didn¡¯t think the real story would be appropriate for them to know. This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°And why the alpha wanted you to be his woman?¡± Daria, the other woman chimed in since the elephant in the room had been mentioned, they became even more blunt with their curiosity. This was the stark different between the werewolf and the lycan. While the former: was rather reserved with their approach and held back with their curiosity, thetter was rather blunt and straightforward with what they thought and felt, as they voiced out their opinion. Chapter 55 ¡°About that¡­¡± Lc grimaced and then nced at Hunter, who seemingly had done talking with Rye. ¡°You need to ask the alpha about it.¡± The two of them stared at each other and gave her a look, as if Lc was asking something impossible and immediately waved her goodbye when they sensed the alpha walked toward them. They nodded at the alpha politely and scurried away. They looked scared of Hunter if Lc could say. ¡°Having new friends already?¡± Hunter asked, he didn¡¯t even hesitate when he grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and continued to walk away. ¡°I can¡¯t say that I am already being a friend with them.¡± Lc tried to pull her hand away from his grip, but he tightened it. Realizing she was only wasting her time for being stubborn for not wanting to be held by him, Lc gave up and let him did whatever he wanted with her hand. ¡°I told you that you will like it here.¡± Hunter hummed a song that Lc didn¡¯t even recognized. Chapter 56 Chapter 56 ¡°Where will you take me?¡± Lc felt bored to ask Hunter this question over and over again, since he didn¡¯t give her any clue or exnation. And as if Hunter could read what was in Lc¡¯s mind, he voiced out her grievances. ¡°Don¡¯t you feel bored to ask the same question?¡± ¡°Yes, I am!¡± Lc hissed. ¡°If you knew it, why don¡¯t you answer me?¡± Hunterughed to see her small face scrunched annoyingly. She couldn¡¯t understand why he loved to tease her because it was not funny at all. ¡°Can¡¯t you guess? Give me your best guest and maybe the answer will be one of those.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t we not waste our time with you just answer the question?¡± Lc retorted. ¡°Where the fun part then if I simply answered it for you.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think this is fun at all.¡± Lc looked around her, Hunter took her inside the forest and in the distance, she could hear the sound of the waterfall, based on how the sound was gradually clearer, she was sure they were heading toward that waterfall. However, she couldn¡¯t tell why this man was adamant to take her here. ¡°You want to kill me?¡± Lc blurted out her answer and Hunterughed so hard, his voice echoed in this forest, scared the birds that perched on the branches. ¡°Did you really just say that?¡± Hunter grinned to see Lc¡¯s unhappy expression. ¡°You are very interesting. See? This is not my lost to get you out from that hellish pack. You can entertain me for the rest of our life.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say it as if I have to be stuck with you for the rest of my life, that¡¯s terrifying¡± ¡°What is so terrifying about it?¡± Hunter stopped walking and this made Lc did. the same too, because he was still holding her hand. ¡°Technically speaking, you will stuck with me for the rest of your life, since you will stay in my pack, became part of my pack until the day you grew old and die, you will be buried here too.¡± Lc grimaced, she just arrived at this packst night and here Hunter was talking about a lifetime in this pack and also the death. Chapter Sti ¡°Cane we not go ahead with that scary thing?¡± Lc pursed her l*ps. ¡°So, where are we going now? If you didn¡¯te here to kill me, then maybe you take me here to show me something.¡± ¡°You are right!¡± Hunter leaned over and k*ssed her forehead, which made Lc pushed him away. ¡°What is that for?!¡± She was angry, but blushing at the same time, her heart was thumping wildly and she was annoyed with herself with how her b*dy reacted to his brazen move. She should p him, right? But, why she didn¡¯t do that? Instead, she red at him, as if it meant anything. ¡°Because you have guessed it right!¡± ¡°I told you don¡¯t ever do that again!¡± ¡°Okay. I am sorry, next time I will ask for your permission.¡± Hunter raised both of his hands, indicating he understood and for her to stop being hostile with him. Seizing the chance, he didn¡¯t hold her hand, Lc walked away from him toward the sound of the waterfall. ¡°Then you can interpret that as never.¡± Because if it was up to her, she would never let him did that. However, no one really knew what the future held, right? ¡°Heaven¡­¡± Lc held her breath to see the breathtaking scenery before her eyes once she emerged from the lines of the trees that surrounded this ce. Right before her eyes, there were a magnificent waterfall, with water that torrent down from up the mountain down to create a beautifulke. She watched this beautiful sight in awe, because in her pack, there was no view like this. They barely had a river that sustained the whole pack needs for water, let alone to have such amount of water and when drought came, they would have a hard time to find water. ¡°Beautiful, isn¡¯t it?¡± Hunter nced at Lc. He loved to tease her, but the sight of her when she was being mesmerized like this was his favorite. ¡°Yes, it is.¡± Lc even forgot about how annoying Hunter was a moment ago when she answered his question. ¡°It is very beautiful.¡± Hunter stared at Lc. He was slightly frowning. ¡°Aside from beautiful, is there something that you remember about this waterfall?¡± Chapter 56 ¡°Hm?¡± Lc blinked her eyes and finally could get out from the spell and looked at Hunter. ¡°What do you. mean?¡± ¡°This scenery. Does it bring back an old memory?¡± Hunter asked again, he walked closer to Lc, his expression was serious, which made Lc was a little bit taken. aback, because he rarely gave her this kind of look ever since they met. ¡°An old memory?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°What do you mean with an old memory?¡± Hunter took Lc¡¯s hand and then brought her close to theke that was created by waterfall. It seemed, thiske was the headwaters that created smaller rivers. ¡°Come here.¡± Hunter then went into theke, which made Lc protested because she didn¡¯t want to wet herself, which was toote, because Hunter had pulled her down to the water as well. ¡°Hunter! What are you doing?!¡± Lc was surprised the water was actually warm enough to her skin. ¡°Calm down, I want you to remember something.¡± ¡°What should I remember?¡± ¡°Something important.¡± Lc wanted to argue with him again, but in the end, she mped her mouth, because Hunter didn¡¯t leave any room for argumentation. He kept holding her hand and taking her close to the waterfall. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Hunter helped her to climb the rock and only then, Lc realized there was an area like a cave behind the waterfall. ¡°Don¡¯t you remember this too?¡±C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Lc frowned upon hearing his question. ¡°I am not sure what should I remember. I assure you that this is my first time to be in this ce.¡± And Lc could vouch for that. She didn¡¯t rememb why Hunter kept asking the question, as if she had been. here before. ¡°It¡¯s okay, if you don¡¯t remember,¡± Hunter said, a smile on his face, which didn¡¯t. reach his eyes at all. ¡°Do you want to go deeper?¡± ¡°What inside?¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulders. ¡°A few snakes, monsters and spiders. If we are lucky, we can find some corpses.¡± Lc rolled her eyes. ¡°And what makes you think I will enjoy such sight?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. Because it is hard to please you, then maybe it is because you have such peculiar taste,¡± Hunter said lightly. He talked whatever crossed his mind and Lc wondered how he could be a good alpha for his people. How his people respected him when he was very reckless like this? ¡°How nice you are to think I will enjoy such¡­¡± ¡°Dreadful sight.¡± ¡°¡­Dreadful sight.¡± Lc was surprised when Hunter finished her words, he knew what she was going to say. Suddenly, Hunter leaned over and stole a k*ss from her l*ps, which made. Lc shrieked and raised her hand to p him for what he was doing. However, Hunter caught her wrist right in time and pushed her back against the wall. The jarring sound of the waterfall seemed to fade away when Lc stared into Hunter¡¯s deep eyes. He looked very scary in such dimly lit cave. Despite that, there was something inside of her that was drawn to his charm. He looked dangerous, but at the same time, it made her wondered about the man before her. She was akin to a moth that was drawn to the fire. There were so many question that roamed around her mind right now, as she was unable to comprehend what exactly the reason he wanted her in the first ce, what kind of story he had, what the answer for all of her question when he simply 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan 5. Chapter 57 replied to her with ter. ¡°You really don¡¯t remember anything?¡± Hunter asked. His voice was hoa r s e, he talked in low voice, but somehow, Lc could hear him just fine. She stared at his l*ps and she knew what he was saying. Lc should be mad for what he had done and howpromising their position. right now, as his b*dy pressed against hers tightly. Her breathing became uneven, but there was something that held her back fromshing out. Her curiosity. ¡°What is it?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes, trying to see Hunter more clearly under theck of light. ¡°Do you really not remember anything?¡± ¡°What should I remember?¡± Lc frowned. She tried to search in her memories, but she didn¡¯t even know what she was looking for. What she needed to remember of? ¡°This¡­¡± Hunter said in the most gentle voice that Lc had ever heard. She didn¡¯t think he could say a word in such tender tone. Lc¡¯s b*dy trembled when she felt his fingers caressing her jawline and he rubbed his nose against hers. ¡°I want Hunter spoke again tenderly, his l*ps were only a you to remember this¡­ breathe away from her, but this time, Lc didn¡¯t push him away, as if she was being charmed by him. ¡°What?¡± Lc gulped down groggily when his fingers caressed her neck and his l*ps touched the tip of her fingers. ¡°What happened to you before you went to the orphanage in the Golden w pack,¡± Hunter asked, he rested his forehead against her shoulder and his hand on her waist, trapped Lc between the hard rock and his b*dy. ¡°Huh?¡± Lc blinked her eyes, for a moment, her mind was clearer than before. ¡°I don¡¯t remember. Without Hunter asked her to remember that, she had been trying for years to remember her life before the orphanage, but she couldn¡¯t recall anything before that. Her first memory was the orphanage and before that, there was nothing She couldn¡¯t remember anything from her early life in this realm. She wanted to 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan Osb Chapter 57 know what happened to her too. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Hunter whispered her name, but at the same time, Lc felt her heart sk i p p e d a beat when his voice echoed in this cave. Something shed in her mind. The way he called her, the sadness and longing in his voice¡­. she didn¡¯t remember this ce, not at all, but she remembered this feeling, this voice¡­ Lc heard it, someone called her in such sad tone before, but she couldn¡¯t recall, when or where, or even who had called her. ¡°Lc¡­ my Lc¡­¡± Hunter lifted his head slightly, he traced his l*ps against her corbones and then up to her neck, to her chin and then her slightly ajar l*ps. For some reason, somehow, Lc didn¡¯t know what to do, but she didn¡¯t want to push him away too. She didn¡¯t want him to stop. This was crazy, but her head was muddled, as if there was this cloud that messed up with her mind. ¡°My Lc¡­¡± My Lc¡­ Someone had called her with such sad tone before, his voice echoed like this moment, which made her felt very sad. But, who was that? Lc felt his warm and wet tongue invaded her mouth, as she tried to breath and hold herself back, telling herself how wrong it was and yet, she still couldn¡¯t stop herself. It didn¡¯t take long for her to k*ss him back. All the rationality was thrown out of the window. She couldn¡¯t think clearly when his hands were on her and without her realizing it, Lc had wrapped her arms around his neck possessively, as if she didn¡¯t want to let him go. But, a secondter, Hunter withdrew from her, he took a step back, which made Lc flustered. 1019 Mon, 1 JansExclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. Chapter 58 Chapter 58 1 At first, Lc couldn¡¯t understand why Hunter moved away from her, did she do something wrong? But then, a smirk appeared on the corner of his l*ps. ¡°Was that mean I get your permission?¡± With that question, Lc immediately realized how foolish she was for what she had done earlier. She let him to do whatever with her and now he smirked victoriously at her. Lc felt embarrassed and humiliated. She had insulted herself for letting things. escted. She felt very embarrassed, she felt like crying. Couldn¡¯t bear the sight of Hunter any longer, Lc rushed toward the entrance of this hidden cave, she shifted into her beast and moved as fast as she could. She had not yet shifted into her beast for so long, so it was very liberating to be able to do SO. Not to mention this forest was veryrge and there were so many trees that allowed Lc to shake off Hunter from chasing her down. Thest thing, she heard was his voice in the distance, sounded very distress because he couldn¡¯t find her. Good for him. She wanted him to be more distress than that because of what he had done to her. She couldn¡¯t care less with that jerk of an alpha. He brought her here to humiliate her, to take revenge on her pack. That must be the true reason why he was very adamant to take her back to his pack. Because by taking her back, he could upset Aiden, who had killed his father. That must be it. ¡°What the hell you have done, Hunter?¡± Rye shifted into his human form when he approached Hunter, who just did the same. They had been searching for Lc from noon to night, but they couldn¡¯t find her at all. From the look ofThis is from N?velDrama.Org. it, she went too deep into the forest and the problem was, this forest was part of the mountain, which it transpired from north to east, this was a very vastnd to cover if you want to search every inch of it. They couldn¡¯t be sure how long they would be able to find her, more so, the night 0:19 Mon, 1 Jan S Chapter 58 lidn¡¯t seem to be on their side, the gloomy clouds hanged very low, which ndicating the rain would pour down soon. In that case, they would lose thest trace of her scent if there was any that left. This was not something thatforting at all. It would only make their search harder. unter had ¡°Why would you say something like that to her?¡± Rye just learned why been adamant to take Lc back, as it turned out, she was ¡®that girl¡¯ and now everything did make sense. ¡°Because that¡¯s what I said at that time, that¡¯s what I did.¡± Hunter rubbed his face. roughly in frustration. ¡°And you thought, she will remember if you reenact what happened?¡± Rye really wanted to hit Hunter¡¯s head, only if he didn¡¯t strike him back and became mad for what he did, but please¡­ what made him to think that was alright to do so? He really gotten on his nerves. ¡°I always admired you, Hunter, but this moment doesn¡¯t count at all. You are being a jerk. ¡°Thank you, but I don¡¯t need your lecture. I want you to find her right away. It is going to rain.¡± Hunter growled at the sky, as if by doing so, he could prevent the rain from pouring down. Now he thought about it, Rye was right, he was being a fool to think that was alright for him to say what he had done. No wonder Lc misunderstood his intention. ¡°Don¡¯t push your luck, you can be ended up in the deepest of the forest without no way back,¡± Darren said when Rye looked like he was going to retort Hunter. ¡°Open your eyes wide.¡± Rye rolled his eyes. ¡°He really needs to learn how to treat a woman.¡± ¡°Before you give an advise, you better look yourself in the mirror,¡± Darren said sharply and then shifted into his beast and dashed away, leaving Rye¡¯s protest behind him. ¡°What? What is wrong with me?! Hey!¡± Rye shifted into his beast too, attempted to give Darren an earfulin, but the beta simply shut down his mind link and left him speechless. The night grew deeper and the rain started pouring down, erasing any traces of Lc, which made the alpha grew even more anxious. He deployed all of the warriors to search for the entire mountain and forest, not to leave a single rock 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan S Chapter 58 * 97% unturned, but even so, it would still be hard for them to Lc, because thend that they had to cover was too vast. ¡°Why all of those people outside?¡± Grace asked Deane, her personal maid. ¡°They have been outside since noon.¡± Grace had been staying at her bedroom because she was punished not to step out for what she had done to the alpha. That¡¯s why she didn¡¯t hear, neither she had an idea about the arrival of Lc. No one told her about it. To be precise, no one dare to inform her about the woman in the alpha¡¯s chamber, that was what they called Lc. ¡°What happened?¡± Grace tilted her head, observing the change on Deane¡¯s expression. Her personal maid was the same age like her, but she was being rather unfortunate to be born with low status. ¡°The alpha deployed all the warrior to search for someone,¡± Deane finally spoke, she didn¡¯t dare to lie, neither she had the courage to deflect the question. ¡°Someone? A thief?¡± Grace frowned. ¡°Who is that until Hunter deployed all of his warrior?¡± Who was that very important until Hunter made such big move? ¡°It is¡­¡± Deane looked hesitated to say it. ¡°It is a woman named Lc, she just arrived in the pack, yesterday,¡± she informed her. Chapter 59 97%? ¡°What woman?¡± Grace narrowed her eyes when she heard that. Ever since she was little, Grace has fixed her eyes on Hunter and as she grew up, it was always be her dream to be the luna of the pack, to be Hunter¡¯s woman. To stand by his side as his equal. However, after Hunter realized how crazy she could be, he started to avoid her. That was went Grace went ballistic, which resulted for her to be locked inside her Toom. ¡°It¡¯s the woman that alpha brought back from the Golden w pack,¡± Deane replied, but even Grace could tell there was more into the story. Grace came closer to Deane, she was very close, until the young maid trembled, as she could feel the danger that rolled off her b*dy. ¡°And why Hunter brought back such woman?¡± Grace asked. She blinked her eyes. innocently, but in truth, there was nothing innocent about her, only malice. Deane stammered when she was about to answer that, but then she fell to the ground, kneeling in front of Grace when she screamed on her face. She yelled very loud, until Deane felt her heart skipped a beat and her ears rang painfully. ¡°The alpha introduced her as his woman, he introduced her this morning in the dining hall that she is his woman. He used his alpha¡¯s voice to emphasize that.¡± Deane felt bad for Grace, but after a harsh p she got because of the information she let her knew, she only felt very pity and grateful the alpha didn¡¯t have any interest with a woman like Grace. ¡°His woman, you said?!¡± Grace growled dangerously. A harsh pnded on Deane¡¯s face, which made the poor maid shrieked in pain. She immediately tried to move away from Grace¡¯s reach before she could get to her again. ¡°What do you mean with his woman?! He has no woman, but me!¡± Grace snarled angrily and this made Deane trembled in fear when she approached her angrily and grabbed her cor. She pped her face very hard and she repeated her action over and over again. Deane cried for Grace to stop assaulting her, but she didn¡¯t care. She couldn¡¯t fight her back because it would only aggravate her even more. 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan Os People only thought Grace was very infatuated with Hunter, but no one knew the extend of her craziness toward the alpha. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org They were merely thinking Grace had a short rtionship with the alpha, because there was time Hunter paid attention to her, but then he cut it off and Grace couldn¡¯t ept that, which was why, she acted a little bit possessive, because she couldn¡¯t forget about him yet. However, they didn¡¯t even have any idea fifty percent of her obsession toward Hunter. Deane was not sure how many times she received Grace¡¯s harsh ps, until Reena entered the room and stopped the assault. Deane was crying so hard and her face had turned very red, swollen even, as blood gushed out from the corner of her l*ps. ¡°Grace! What have you done?!¡± Reena pulled her daughter away from the maid and reprimanded her harshly. ¡°Stop this!¡± Grace tried to retaliate, but the moment she saw her mother, she began to cry and hug her. ¡°Mother¡­ tell me it¡¯s not true¡­ tell me it¡¯s not true¡­¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Reena hugged her daughter tightly, she caressed her back to soothe her sadness. ¡°She said Hunter imed someone else as his woman. Tell me it¡¯s not true¡­¡± Grace said pitifully between her sobs. Reena red at Deane and told her to leave the room, which she dly did it without wasting another second, she closed the door behind her. ¡°Tell me that¡¯s not true, mother. Tell me that Hunter doesn¡¯t abandon me, he will not do that to me, right?¡± Grace asked her mother pitifully and this pained Reena¡¯s heart to see her daughter was in so much pain because of the alpha. ¡°It¡¯s okay, my love. Mother will take care of this, okay?¡± Reena said in reassuring voice, she wiped Grace¡¯s tears and k*ssed both of her cheeks. ¡°I will ask your father to rify this with the alpha, okay?¡± Grace nodded. ¡°Why I can¡¯t go out still? I want to go out and see Hunter. I have been enough punished.¡± Reena frowned with this. ¡°I don¡¯t know honey, but I don¡¯t think you can go out yet. Because your father has not yet lifted the punishment. But I can assure you he will 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan eventually, okay?¡± She k*ssed her daughter¡¯s face again. ¡°I will talk with your father about this, okay love?¡± Grace was not happy, but she agreed with her mother anyway, since there was nothing she could do to refute that. Meanwhile, the search for Lc kept going on, until veryte at night, but there was no sign of her whatsoever and this started to make Hunter went crazy. ¡°We can¡¯t find her, alpha,¡± one of the warriors reported it back to Hunter. ¡°There is no way she went too deep into the forest. She will not go too far.¡± Hunter gritted his teeth, he lifted his head to see the night sky. Hell. Where was she right now?! She must haven¡¯t gone too far into the forest, but they had spent so much time to cover so many grounds as possible, but there was still no sight of her. This was ridiculous! ¡°Alpha¡­ maybe she fell from the cliff¡­¡± One of the warriors suggested, but he immediately mped his mouth shut when the alpha growled at his suggestion. Darren patted Hunter¡¯s shoulder to calm himself down. ¡°I think there is a possibility of that.¡± The beta then asked the warriors to make another group and go down to the cliff, just in case. Hunter rubbed his face in frustration. His anger mixed with worriedness. ¡°We will find her, Hunter,¡± Darren reassured him. 10:19 Mon. 1 Jan S Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Lc was very upset to see where she was going, but when she realized she had gone too far, she returned to the waterfall. It was not hard to go back there when. the sound of the water filled the entire forest. After she saw there was no one there and probably Hunter looked for her somewhere else, she then entered the secret cave and stayed there. She was not sure how long she had stayed inside, because at some point, she fell asleep without even knowing it. She was very exhausted, physically and ment a l l y, where she didn¡¯t even want to think of anything else. She only wanted to get some quiet time alone for herself. It was not much to ask. Therefore, without any care for the world, Lc rested herself inside the secret cave, where Hunter showed her earlier and how he teased her, thinking it was alright to make a joke like that. It was fun for him, but for Lc, it was a humiliation because she knew what she did was wrong, but she kept doing it anyway, she was in vulnerable state, but all Hunter did wasughing at her. Great. ¡°Hm? It is very dark¡­¡± Lc rubbed her eyes, she tried to see around her, but it was too dark, it rmed her when she heard the jarring sound echoed against the walls of the cave. For a moment, she was trying to figure out what happened and where she was¡­ but then, when her mind was clear enough and she remembered the event with Hunter, she visibly rxed.¡± ¡°I think I need to go back to the pack house now. I hope I still remember the way to get there¡­¡± Lc mumbled to herself, as she stood up. She stretched her b*dy and saw a flicker of light that came toward her way. Someone wasing and Lc stood there silently, until the fire from the torch illuminated her face and she squinted her eyes because it was too bright and the light upsetting her sight. There you are¡­ There was this a low growl, a mix of annoyance, relief and madness, and Lc immediately recognized his voice. At this point, she thought, she would be able to recognize his voice anywhere. 10:19 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 60 $43.97%Á¿ ¡°Do you know what you have done?¡± Hunter asked, growling to be precise. ¡°Sleeping?¡± Lc asked, the annoyance returned and she couldn¡¯t help, but became a little bit sarcastic with him. More so, she didn¡¯t lie. She had been sleeping the entire time, what else she had done? She just arrivedst night and in such period of time there were a lot of things that happened, she didn¡¯t even have time to take a bath. Now, Lc remembered how she had not yet taken a bath because Hunter didn¡¯t allow her, she became even more upset. ¡°Sleeping?¡± Hunter reiterated the word incredulously, as if Lc just told him she just grew another pair of arms. ¡°All this time you have been sleeping?¡± Lc furrowed her brows. ¡°I don¡¯t need you to insult me again.¡± Hunter shook his head. ¡°My apologize if you feel like I am insulting you, that¡¯s not my intention.¡± ¡°I doubt that.¡± Lc took a deep breath and crossed her arms in front of her chest. She turned her head to look at somewhere else. Hunter wanted to speak again, but he didn¡¯t think this was the right ce to talk about it, more so, they needed to leave this cave. Let¡¯s go back to the pack house.¡± For now, he would drop the matter. They would talk more about it when Lc was feeling better. en Seeing her upset like this, angry even, was way better than not seeing her at all. He would rather have her mad at him than to not know where she was. And now when she was already in front of him, all of his worried and his own anger had evaporated. All Hunter felt was relief to see her fine.. ¡°Let¡¯s go back.¡± Hunter stretched out his hand, but Lc didn¡¯t want to take it, as she walked ahead of him. She didn¡¯t go too deep into the cave, so she could find her way out of here. However, what she didn¡¯t expect was the sight before her eyes when she stepped out of the cave. There were at least a thousand people, each of them holding a torch, which the light of it could illuminate the night sky and turned the night into day Lc was speechless, she halted in her steps when all of them talked how d they were to see her fine. Chapter 60 ¡°Wh- what is this?¡± Lc didn¡¯t dare to take another step, as Hunter approached her from behind. ¡°You mobilized your warriors to look for me?¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that obvious?¡± Hunter asked. He put his hand on her shoulder. ¡°What?¡± Lc felt her tongue became numb. She knew what happened, what she was seeing was enough confirmation what Hunter had done, but why would he do this? This was¡­ too much. He didn¡¯t need to mobilize his warriors to look for her, right? Why would he do that. ¡°You are missing, so I look for you.¡± Hunter stated that as if there was nothing wrong with his decision, but for Lc it was notmon. gone this far No one ever had done this kind of thing, in her life, no one had ever go only to look for her. When she was in the orphanage and she used to run away from there, the eldest wouldn¡¯t even look for her, they would even reprimand her when she returned. And the same thing happened when she was very frustrated with her lesson with luna Jasmine, the luna didn¡¯t even ask where she had gone and only criticized her childish way to resolve problem by running away. Hunter took her hand and then helped her to get down from the high rock. ¡°You don¡¯t need to do this.¡± Lc shook her head. She couldn¡¯t believe Hunter would go this far. She was flustered and frustrated. ¡°I need to do more than this.¡± Hunter helped her to get down from the rock to the innd, only then, he let go of her hand, knowing the reason behind Lc¡¯s anger was because he couldn¡¯t keep his hand on himself. ¡°You are my woman and you have gone missing in the forest that you only visited onceExclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org. when you are with me. That¡¯s my responsibility to find you and bring you back. That¡¯s not even a question.¡± Lc frowned, she was not used with this kind of attention, though her heart was swollen with something warm that she couldn¡¯t exin. No one ever really cared about her wellbeing all this time. See? Lc hated it when she wavered like this again. She wanted to stay mad at Hunter, but it was hard when he gave her all the attention and care she had never received before. Chapter 60 ¡°I will ask someone to bring food for you, you must be hungry.¡± Hunter draped his cloak over her shoulders to keep her warm. 0 Chapter 61 Chapter 61 ¡°I don¡¯t want to stay in the same room as you.¡± Lc said, she was still reeling with the thought that Hunter had mobilized his warriors to look for her, she did know how to feel and respond to that. Even though, in Hunter¡¯s eyes, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. He didn¡¯t even think it was close to enough to make it up with Lc for what he had done. He acknowledged how awful and misced his way to handle things. when he clearly could see how ufortable Lc was with his touch. She had said it a few times. However, when she reciprocated his k*ss, stup i d l y, he acted like a jerk, thinking it would help her to regain her memories. What a fool. ¡°Okay.¡± Hunter agreed without protest, which made Lc was a little bit taken aback, because he agreed with her readily. She remembered how he was against the idea of her sleeping in different bedroom. Lc cleared her throat, to get some rity. ¡°Where should I sleep?¡± Because that was the alpha¡¯s bedroom, it went without question that she would be the one, who moved out of the room. ¡°You will stay in the bedroom. I will sleep somewhere.¡± Hunter gave another answer that was beyond Lc¡¯s expectation. ¡°What?¡± Lc stopped walking and faced the alpha lycan. She didn¡¯t expect this at all, probably she just heard it wrong. Meanwhile, there were a few warriors that came with them after their vigorous search around the forest. They also stopped walking a few steps away from the two of them, giving the privacy that was needed at this moment. They were also confused why the alpha adored this woman so much, for as long as they knew, way he became very infatuated with this woman very quickly within a few days his visit there. very infatu only met him in the Golden w pack, there was no But then, that was what they learned, some of them went with the alpha to that pack and some of them only heard the Tom the other warriors, but there was nothing more into it. It was as simple as that, yet, their alpha dered her as his woman. The other room must not ready yet for you to sleep in, you can stay in my bedroom.¡± Hunter made it clear for Lc that he wouldn¡¯t take a rejection for this suggestion. 14 Chapter 61 ¡°No. What do you mean I can¡¯t stay in another bedroom.¡± Lc found this absurd. ¡°Your unready bedroom must be better than my bedroom, I am very sure about that.¡± Lc was not wrong, the smaller bedroom in this pack house like a castle was bigger than her bedroom back in the Golden w pack, therefore, there was no reason for Hunter to not let her stayed there. But then, Lc also forgot that Hunter had told her, he would only give the best for her, which meant, she would only receive the best, nothing less than that. ¡°You will choose your own bedroom tomorrow and decorate it as you like, but until then, you will sleep in my bedroom.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t leave any room for argumentation when he took Lc¡¯s hand and brought her to his bedroom. He opened the door for her. ¡°Sleep tight.¡± Lc wanted to protest, but Hunter had nudged her inside and closed the door. He fought the urge to give her a goodnight k*ss. Hell. He wanted to enter the room and sleep with her. His sleep was better when she was nearby. ¡°Where will you sleep?¡± Rye asked when he saw Hunter walked away from hist bedroom. ¡°Your room.¡± Hunter¡¯s reply made Rye widened his eyes in surprise. ¡°No, you will not.¡± Rye immediately followed Hunter, while Darren dismissed all the warriors and followed the two of them. ¡°There are hundred of bedroom in this ce, why do you choose to sleep in my room?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t sleep in strange ce.¡± ¡°So, do you think my bedroom is not strange?¡± ¡°Well, to be honest, your bedroom used to be our meeting point when we were young,¡± Darren chimed in and Rye red at him unhappily. ¡°Thank you, but that doesn¡¯t help at all with my situation.¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t like it, you can sleep in another bedroom,¡± Hunter said dismissively. He kept walking toward the gamm a¡¯s bedroom. ¡°Why am I the one, who is being kicked out from my own bedroom?¡± Rye questioned this absurdity. ¡°Why don¡¯t you sleep in Darren¡¯s bedroom?¡± ¡°Because he likes to bring random woman to sleep in his.¡± 10:20 Mon, 1 Jan D Chapter 61 2496%E Darren almost chocked himself when he heard that. How could this alpha so blunt with his answer? ¡°I am not.¡± His voice was too small for it to be convincing and no one would believe it anyway. In the end, Rye couldn¡¯t get rid of Hunter from his bedroom and had to ept his fate that he would stay there for another night until Lc got her own bedroom. ¡°It has been fifteen years, why are you still holding onto that small memory from your childhood? I don¡¯t even remember anything before I turned eight.¡± Rye shrugged his shoulders. ¡°Well, I remember something, but there was nothing important before that eight.¡± Eight years old was the eight where Rye shifted into his beast for the first time, so of course, he remembered that day vividly, because that was such important event for shifters. ¡°Why can¡¯t you let it go?¡± Rye was sitting on the rails of the balcony, while Hunter leaned his back against it and Darren was silently listening to them, staring at the night sky. The three of them ended up gathering in Rye¡¯s bedroom, where heined a lot until Hunter ordered a bottle of wine to shut him up. ¡°Why? She doesn¡¯t even remember you.¡± Rye clicked his tongue and then sipped. on his wine. He shook his head in disbelieve that Hunter would go that far for a little girl from his childhood. ¡°Just because you are heartless, doesn¡¯t mean everyone the same like you.¡± Darren sipped his wine. ¡°I don¡¯t want to get a lecture from a soulful like you. You sound like those werewolves, who believes in mate thing.¡± Darren rolled his eyes when he heard that, but Hunter said nothing. He was thinking of how he would approach Lc tomorrow. He was sure she would want to get exnation from him. And that was what Lc was thinking as well. She wanted an answer, not a ter. With that thought, she couldn¡¯t sleep at all. More so, this bedroom was too big and empty for her to sleep alone. She felt very strange to sleep in this bedroom, even though she didn¡¯t have this kind of thought when she slept next to Hunter, even when they were in the same room back then when they were in the Golden w pack. 10:20 Mon, 1 Jan D. Chapter 61 Early morning, there was a woman entered her bedroom, she was around the age of thirty or something, she had this gentle look on her face when she was surprised to see Lc was already awake. ¡°You wake up very early,¡± she said in tender voice. ¡°I will get you a basin to wash. yourself.¡± Lc immediately stopped her. ¡°You don¡¯t need to do that, I will go to the bathroom to wash myself.¡± The woman chuckled. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be polite with me, you are the alpha¡¯s woman, you deserve to be treated well.¡± Lc frowned. She had been trying to figure out what was that mean. Was that title the same like mate in her pack? Since lycan didn¡¯t have the same tradition and didn¡¯t believe in the mate bond and anything like that. ¡°What the meaning of being the alpha¡¯s woman?¡± BC¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Chapter 62 ¡°What the meaning of being the alpha¡¯s woman?¡± Lc asked curiously. Just because Hunter refused to give her a definite answer, it didn¡¯t mean she couldn¡¯t find the answer somewhere else. ¡°You don¡¯t know about that?¡± The woman was surprised, but then she remembered where Lc was coming from. ¡°Forgive me for my tone.¡± Lc waved her hand to dismiss that. ¡°Please, answer me, what the meaning of that?¡± ¡°This term must be very confusing for you, miss,¡± she started. ¡°We are the only lycan pack in this realm and we are very self sufficient, so we don¡¯t interact with other pack very much, it is understandable that you don¡¯t familiar with our term.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Lc really wanted to tell her to get straight to the point, she didn¡¯t want to lecture about the difference between the werewolf and the lycan, but she held her tongue back, since she realized, she was simply being impatient. any your ¡°In your tradition, the moon goddess will choose a mate for you, a partner for lifetime, you will be blessed with mate bond, which enhanced your feeling for each other. To keep the interest between the two of you, but if one of you died before the other, you will be blessed with a second chance mate.¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s true.¡± It was a proof that the lycan knew better about the werewolf tradition than the werewolf to the lycan. ¡°But, for the lycan, it doesn¡¯t work that way. We will choose our own partner and we will stay with them, even after the death parted us. Because we believe, we will meet with our partner in the afterlife. There is no second chance, only one chance, only one partner and that¡¯s enough for us for lifetime.¡± ¡°And then what about being the alpha¡¯s woman? Is that mean I will be his woman? His lifetime partner?¡± Lc felt her heart was trembling with the possibility. From the way this woman exined things, this was the most possibility that might happen the reasonable answer for her question. However, Lc felt she was thinking too far if she concluded it without any confirmation. ¡°Being the alpha¡¯s woman means, you are chosen to be his lifetime partner, but the ceremony must take in ce to make it real. But, yes. The alpha chose you to be lis luna. He considers you to be his equal.¡± 10:20 Mon, 1 Jan 0. AK 96% ¡°What?¡± Lc had guessed it, but she still couldn¡¯t believe it. How could Hunter choose her to be his equal when they just met for a month? ¡°That¡¯s impossible.¡± The woman smiled, she could see how confused Lc was. She didn¡¯t believe what the rumor said about her have seduced the alpha, it was a disgrace for the alpha. himself. How could someone like him was easily seduced? ¡°That¡¯s why, everyone was very surprised when the alpha said that you are his woman. Not everyone can ept that.¡± The woman smiled and held her hand. ¡°I don¡¯t know, who you are, but I hope you will be good to our alpha.¡± ¡°This doesn¡¯t make sense.¡± Lc shook her head. ¡°Why did he choose me?¡± ¡°If you are looking for the answer, you should ask the alpha himself for that.¡± She was right, there was no one could answer this question, aside from Hunter himself, therefore, Lc requested for Hunter to meet with her, She waited in the bedroom and didn¡¯t touch her breakfast at all, she was too nervous to have any appetite. ¡°What is it? You don¡¯t like the food?¡± Hunter asked when his eyes fell on the food. on the table, it was clear that Lc didn¡¯t touch it at all. ¡°What do you like? I can ask someone to make something that you can eat.¡± Lc shook her head. She didn¡¯t think she would like to eat anything at this point. ¡°Can we talk.¡± ¡°No.¡± Hunter sat down on the chair across from her and then nodded at the food between them. ¡°Unless you eat. There is nothing I want to talk about.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. ¡°Why do you care about me?¡± she couldn¡¯t understand this. No one cared so much about whether or not she was eating or not. If she didn¡¯t eat, it would be her fault to starve herself, no one would pay close attention to that. ¡°Why I can¡¯t care about you?¡± Hunter replied with another question, which made Lc frustrated. ¡°I can¡¯t touch you, I am not allowed to k*ss you, and now I can¡¯t care about you too?¡± ¡°Hunter. This is not funny at all! ¡°I recalled you didn¡¯t eat your dinner as well.¡± am tired, I fell asleep.¡± Lc indeed tired, but she didn¡¯t fall asleep because she literally couldn¡¯t sleep. 10:20 Mon, 1 Jan. Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. 3.96% ¡°Now, eat Lc. Do yourself a favor and eat the food. It will not feel good to fall sick.¡± ¡°We, shifter, don¡¯t fall sick easily.¡± ¡°And yet, you did. I saw it twice when we were in your pack.¡± Hunter was right. Tired of this wasteful argumentation, Lc ate her food, but she put down the spoon after the third. ¡°I am done. Let¡¯s talk now.¡± ¡°I will say that¡¯s barely enough.¡± Hunter wanted to urge her to eat more, but Lc crossed her arms in front of her chest when she saw he was trying to do so. ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°Why did you choose me?¡± Lc finally asked. ¡°We barely know each other. Your don¡¯t know me.¡± H ¡°I know you Lc, trust me, I know you. ¡°How so?¡± Lc raised her brows, challenging him to exin such absurdity. ¡°How can you know me by only meeting for a few weeks?¡± ¡°I guess, you must have someone exined to you about what the meaning of being my woman.¡± Lc¡¯s silence confirmed that, thus Hunter continued. ¡°We have met before this, Lc. But you don¡¯t remember it¡± ¡°How so? When we have ever met?¡± Lc tilted her head. This was news for her. ¡°If we happened to meet before you came to the Golden w pack, I must have remembered that.¡± ¡°No.¡± Hunter shook his head. ¡°You don¡¯t remember it because you don¡¯t remember anything before you came to the Golden w pack, you were in the orphanage.¡± fore ¡°What do you mean?¡± she said it herself that she didn¡¯t have any recollection about her life before the orphanage and it was a surprise itself that Hunter still remembered that when she only spoke about it in passing. ¡°We have met before this Lc. We met before.¡± Hunter leaned forward and grabbed her hands. ¡°You don¡¯t remember that, but I do.¡± ¡°How we met? When?¡± Lc wreaked her brain to remember, but she didn¡¯t recall anything, her life was very dull before she found out that Aiden was her mate. You could say there was nothing remarkable happened in her life before the one year she lived in the pack house. ¡°We met when we were a child. You were here before.¡± Hunter fixed his eyes on her. ¡°You were born in this pack, Lc. You are part of this pack.¡± ¡°How so?¡± Lc retrieved her hands from Hunter¡¯s grip. ¡°That¡¯s ridiculous, Hunter. If you teased me, that¡¯s not funny at all.¡± Chapter 63 Chapter 63 you ¡°I never said it¡¯s funny. I don¡¯t mean to make it funny.¡± Hunter looked very serious right now and Lc started to question the truth behind the story. ¡°Why do think I can find you inside the secret cave?¡± ¡°You found me after hours of searching for me, right? It¡¯s not like you right away.¡± Lc retorted that and Hunter had to admit his error. found me ¡°Well, yes. It took a long time for me to remember your habit,¡± Hunter said in light tone. ¡°I should have remembered about that earlier. My apologize in that matter.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I enjoyed my nap there.¡± Lc and Hunterughed at that, but then. she remembered they were in the middle of argumentation, so she cleared her throat to get back to the topic. ¡°Let¡¯s say what you told me is right, what the proof¡± of it? How can you say I had lived here before I lived in the orphanage in different pack.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t. I don¡¯t have any proof that you had lived in this pack before.¡± ¡°In that case, I don¡¯t have any reason to believe your words.¡± ¡°It¡¯s because you are supposed not to exist, Lc. Your existence is a mistake.¡± Lc was taken aback. ¡°You are so mean.¡± This was the reason why Hunter didn¡¯t want to tell her about her birth origin, because there was no way he could tell her the truth without being mean to her. ¡°I don¡¯t intend to be mean with you, Lc. But, if you want to hear the truth, I hope you can endure this.¡± Hunter leaned back and crossed his arms in front of his chest. ¡°The choice is in your hand.¡± Lc was not sure whether she wanted to hear it or not, but in the end, it was clear that she didn¡¯t have any other choice. Her curiosity got the better of her and there was nothing more than she wanted right now, but to know her origin. If Hunter could provide it, she would hear it what he was going to say, no matter how devastating it could be. ¡°I want to hear it. What happened?¡± Rubby cried so hard, until she felt her stomach was churned, she tried to calm Herself down, but she couldn¡¯t. 1961 10:20 Mon, 1 Jan 0. Chapter 63 Two maids that were assembled for her tried to console her, but it was to no avail, she was inconsble. Just an hour ago, Aiden came to her, he was furious for the reason unknown. He cursed at her and the baby in her stomach, he looked like he was possessed. All of the insult that he hurled at her was so painful, she couldn¡¯t unhear it even when he already left. She didn¡¯t know why he was having such an outburst, but Ruby felt like she was no longer care about that. That man had hurt her so bad and now she had to deal with the pain, ¡°Miss, if you are crying like this, you will hurt the baby.¡± One of the maids tried to warn her. They didn¡¯t seem to care about her wellbeing, only the baby. ¡°What happened here?!¡± Luna Jasmine¡¯s voice entered the room and Rubby knew her life would be more difficult with her presence now, ¡°Luna Jasmine.¡± The two maids immediately stood up when they heard her voice, they had their heads hanged low, staring at their feet. ¡°Why she keeps crying? Don¡¯t you know that she can harm the baby if she kept like that?!¡± Luna Jasmine pped the two maids harshly, until they fell to the ground, the same thing that she did to Rubby a few days ago. Recently, her mood had been very bad, sheshed out more often and she didn¡¯t seem to care about the image that she had been trying so hard to build. Her emotions were all over the ces, she was displeased with Rubby. She was not a fast learner like Lc. Not even close. This is from N?velDrama.Org. Luna Jasmine grew frustrated with her because she couldn¡¯t seem to understand how things worked and more so, this woman was very sensitive, she cried over small, petty things. Her mind was not sharp enough. How could her son find this woman interesting? Her face was not even very pretty. How she could seduce her son to sleep with her? Shut up! Stop crying! Are you trying to hurt my grandbaby?!¡± Luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t p Rubby again, because thest time, she pped her, a healer had to be called the next day because she was bleeding and the baby was in danger. Therefore, Luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t use her hand to harm her without harming the baby. This was one of the reasons why she became even more frustrated. A little bit Chapter 63 violent could help someone to learn faster. It was proven worked with Lc. But, it was different case with Ruby because of her current condition. ¡°Stop crying! Do you want to kill my grandbaby?!¡± Luna Jasmine was furious because instead of stopped crying, Ruby cried even harder. ¡°Luna, let us to console her. It will be fine..¡± One of the maids tried to coax luna Jasmine, because they knew it was her presence that made Ruby cried even more, because of her harsh words Luna Jasmine cursed under her breath and was about to leave when suddenly Ruby stood up and snapped at her. ¡°Why do you hate me so much?!¡± Ruby shouted at luna Jasmine. ¡°If you want to get angry, you need to vent out your frustration to your son! He keeps cursing at me like you did! I am the mother of his son, the mother of your grandchild, but you don¡¯t respect me at all! I am not ashamed of what I have done! I know that¡¯s wrong of me to be with your son when he has already his own mate! But, do you really believe the fault ispletely on me?!¡± ¡°You! SHUT UP!¡± Luna Jasmine was furious. Before this, no one ever dare to raise their voice against her. No one ever dare to talk back to her like what Ruby did, but right now she was being humiliated in front of so many maids. How she could take it? Especially from this whor e , who had ruined her lifetime n. ¡°I dare you to say it again! I dare you to say this is my son¡¯s fault!¡± ¡°This is your son¡¯s fault, as well as mine!¡± Ruby snarled even louder, her voice echoed in the corridors, which made all the people stopped walking and listening to thismotion. ¡°Do you really believe he is innocent?!¡± ¡°Shut up! SHUT YOUR MOUTH!¡± Luna Jasmine¡¯s mind was clouded by anger. She could no longer ept what Ruby was trying to say about her son, because deep down, she knew that was true. She was very angry at Ruby, because she used her to vent out her anger toward her own son. She med Ruby for everything, because she refused to admit Aiden was at fault in this matter. Please, miss, stop this.¡± One of the maids tried to make Ruby stopped as well. ¡°You Chapter 64 Chapter 64 ¡°Ah!¡± Ruby screamed in pain at some point after she cried so hard when she heard how luna Jasmine humiliated her and insulted her harshly in front of the maids. This sharp painsted for a few seconds, but it was enough to make luna Jasmine stopped with her hurtful words. From the look of it, luna Jasmine didn¡¯t mean it when she wished ill upon the baby, it was her way to vent out her frustration, but the moment Ruby cried in pain, she hysterically called for the healer. ¡°Where is the healer?! Why she is not here yet?!¡± she shouted at the people around. her. ¡°Stop crying! You are going to kill the baby! Stop crying I said! If she was not really in so much pain, Ruby wanted tough at luna¡¯s jasmine¡¯s face. She was very hrious to think that she could stop the pain by telling her to stop crying when she and her son were the cause of her misery. ¡°Why the healer is not here yet?!¡± luna Jasmine didn¡¯t dare to approach Ruby, probably in her subconsciousness, she realized that she was the caused of her pain and didn¡¯t dare toe closer, just in case, she triggered Ruby even more. ¡°You wish the baby to die and maybe you will get what you want¡­¡± Ruby said. through her tears and pain and she felt this weird satisfaction to see the fear in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes. ?? ¡°You must be lying to me¡­¡± Lc said, she was in shocked after what Hunter told her, because it sounded unreal, as if it was a cheap story that people used to gossip about, instead of her own. ¡°Do you want to say that I still have a family here?¡± Lc asked incredulously.. ¡°A father, yes.¡± ¡°And that said father doesn¡¯t want me. He was the one, who had sent me to the Golden w pack?¡± ¡°Not directly.¡± Hunter shook his head. ¡°The woman, who took you out of the pack, ced you in the orphanage in the Golden w pack.¡± It means, my own father didn¡¯t care, where I ended up at.¡± Lcughed derisively. ¡°I hope I can advise myself an hour ago not to listen to this c r a p p y. Chapter 64 story.¡± Because right now, Lc didn¡¯t feel good at all. She felt like she was a cr a p. She knew that she was nothing, but she didn¡¯t think that her own parent would treat her like trash. ¡°I have warned you,¡± Hunter reminded Lc. ¡°I know.¡± Lc looked very upset after she learned about the story, she felt like she wanted to cry, not out of sadness, but out of anger. How could someone very heartless to treat her like this? Seeing how upset Lc was, Hunter came to approach her, but he hesitated to touch the woman, this was not the situation, where he could afford to tease or annoy her. ¡°Do you want to get some fresh air? A walk in the garden?¡± Hunter tried to cheer her up. However, Lc had something else in her mind. ¡°Tell me why did you try to look for me? Don¡¯t tell me it is because of the promise that you made when we were little. That¡¯s very childish. I don¡¯t even remember that at all.¡± ¡°But, that¡¯s the reason,¡± Hunter said tantly. ¡°That¡¯s the reason why I look for you, because I promised to make you my woman.¡± ¡°Hunter, I will believe you more if you told me that you grew a second head rather than this.¡± Lc shook her head. ¡°That would be a lie then.¡± The answer that Hunter gave to her was very casual. ¡°Don¡¯t you know the term; love like a lycan.¡± Lc didn¡¯t say anything, thus Hunter proceeded to exin that. ¡°We don¡¯t have mate, neither we shared mate bond, but we love deeply. No shifter will love deeper than my kind. That¡¯s why, we only have one mate for lifetime.¡± ¡°What irony, because you said it yourself that my father had cheated on my mother and I am the result of their adultery.¡± Lc scoffed. She started to doubt Hunter¡¯s words again. Lc was still in denial, based on that, subconsciously, her mind tried to justify her own doubt. Your father is a werewolf. The woman he is with right now is his destined mate, while your mother is someone that he met when he was in the other pack.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t want to mention it because it was too cruel, but Lc needed to hear this Chapter 61 ¡°Don¡¯t you think it sounds familiar?¡± Of course, it¡¯s familiar. Wasn¡¯t that what happened to her? But, the difference was; she didn¡¯t end up with her mate. The other woman could keep her destined mate, since she had rejected him. Hunter looked at Lc and she felt so embarrassed. This was what she so called mate. The gift that was given by the moon goddess to her kind, but as it turned out, it was not really a blessing. Some of them might treat it as a blessing, a sacred bond, as it should be, but some of them were simply a trash. ¡°Who is my father?¡± ¡°Do you want to see him?¡± Lc had to think about that for a while, maybe for long, because she was not sure that she wanted to see someone, who had thrown her out of his life for the mistake that he did. ¡°I don¡¯t know¡­¡± Lc shook her head. ¡°Take your time.¡± Hunter patted her head and she cried, the emotions that she kept holding back, flowing out without her being able to control it. ¡°Do you want to go somewhere?¡± Hunter remembered that Lc didn¡¯t want him to touch her casually, so he pressed down his urge to hug her. ¡°I want you to tell me why are you so adamant to make me your woman. Your reason didn¡¯t make sense at all.¡± Lc wiped her tears. ¡°Because you saved my life, silly.¡±This is from N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 65 Chapter 65 Saved his life¡­ Lc was not sure how she could his life and in what way. How could six years old her managed to save his life? ¡°What do you mean with that? I am sure, I am not very courageous to save someone life when I was very young.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes and Hunter took her hand, this time, she didn¡¯t protest, neither she pulled away from him. ¡°What did I do? Did I jump between you and a monster to save your life?¡± Hunterughed when he heard that and teased her. ¡°You are not that bold, Lc. You would have been the first person, who would run away if you were in that situation.¡± Lc pursed her l*ps when she heard that. ¡°Thank you, for being very honest.¡± She followed him out of the pack house, as they walked in the garden again. ¡°Then, what did I do that could make you smitten like this?¡± She raised her brows, prompted him to answer her question. ¡°For the record, I am not smitten, I just keep my promise to make you my woman, that¡¯s it.¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulders, but it was clear that he was teasing her again. Lc took a deep breath. ¡°I feel like I have been running for miles, whenever I am talking with you. Fine. I don¡¯t need the answer. Lc was very upset, she couldn¡¯t imagine how could this man managed to put her on the edge of her patient. She determined not to speak to him again for her own sanity, more so, there were a lot of things to think about after what he revealed to her about her parents, or her father to be precise. her C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org It was very hard to believe that she lived in this pack, to be part of this pack early days of life. However, there was no reason for Hunter to lie to her, unless he wanted to make a joke out of it. Yet, he wouldn¡¯t be creating a story that far, right? Both of them walked in silence for a while, though Lc was annoyed with Hunter, but other people, who saw them didn¡¯t think that way. It looked like they were in a good term, as they walked quietly. Little did they know someone had been watching them from the window of her bedroom, her eyes filled with rage. was poisoned when I was eleven,¡± Hunter said. His tone changed, indicating he 1021 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 5 was having a serious conversation with Lc right now. ¡°Fourteen years ago, the pack has a dispute with Red Moon pack. And because I am the only child and the heir for the alpha, they aimed to kill me.¡± Lc turned her head, she blinked her eyes, this man always surprised her. When she thought he wouldn¡¯t say anything about what happened in the past, he started to tell the story. ¡°I was ying near the forest when someone dragged me to the side and poisoned me. The poison was not fatal, but it left me paralyzed.¡± Hunter smiled at Lc, which made her frowned, not understand his smile. ¡°The thing is, they wanted to make it look like it was an ident.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t get it.¡± Lc said in small voice, forgetting her determination not to ask anything to him again. ¡°How can save your life? Did I fight those people? Cured you?¡± Thetter didn¡¯t make sense because she was not a healer and she knew nothing about herbs and anything alike. ¡°They drawn me in the river near the waterfall, Lc, they left me to die,¡± Hunter said it lightly, as if that happened to someone else and not him. ¡°So, it will look like an ident.¡± ¡°That¡¯s horrible¡­¡± Lc grimaced, she couldn¡¯t imagine the fear that Hunter must have gone through in that moment. ¡°How could they do that to a child?¡± Hunter smiled at her, he liked the look of worry in her eyes. Those eyes, those gentle eyes had never changed, even after years had passed, she was always that sweet little girl that had saved his life. ¡°But, you saved me Lc and I can live to this day is thank to you.¡± ¡°I did?¡± ¡°You did, little one.¡± Hunter stretched out his hand and tucked strand of her hair behind her ear, she looked adorable to stare at him with her eyes wide opened. ¡°You pulled me from the water, you saw what happened to me from your hiding spot and wait until they left before you saved me.¡± Hunter smiled and it looked very genuine. ¡°You are very smart.¡± ¡°How?¡± Lc seemed to get the idea of what she might do to help him, but she wanted to know the detail of it. ¡°Normally, you will go to the pack house and ask for someone toe and help, but if you did that, I would have longed dead, because there is no way I will be able to hold my breath for that long.¡± Hunter stopped walking and without Lc 10:21 Mon, 1 Jan. Chapter 65 realized it, they went back to the waterfall. ¡°You know that, even though you were only six years old, you know how critical time was for me. So, instead of going to the pack house, you tried to drag me out of the water.¡± ¡°Really? I am that smart?¡± Hunter chuckled when he heard that, especially with the way she said it, as if she didn¡¯t believe it was her. ¡°Yes, you are smart Lc. You said it yourself that you absorbed all the tutge that luna Jasmine taught you in a year. No wonder, she is very upset of losing you as her son¡¯s mate.¡± But, for Hunter, he was very grateful for what Aiden had done. If there was one thing that Hunter wanted to thank him, it must be for how he had pushed Lc to reject him. but you couldn¡¯t really lift my b*dy.¡± ¡°You tried to pull me up from the water, but yo ¡°So, what did I don Chapter 66 Chapter 66 Lc also thought the same thing. How could the six years old herself managed to lift the eleven years old Hunter out of the water. Well, she was smart enough to immediately came to his rescue after what she saw, instead of going to the pack house and waste so much time, which would kill Hunter. However, she must be too small to have enough strength to get Hunter out of the water, just look at the difference of height and size of them right now. ¡°You keep my head above the water,¡± Hunter replied. ¡°You keep holding my head above the water until the poison worn out and I could move again.¡± ¡°I did?¡± Lc was surprised. ¡°Wow, I think I was very kind to actually do that. How long it was?¡± Hunter chuckled when he heard the way she didn¡¯t believe what he said, but at the same time praised herself for doing the thing she forgot. ¡°You did. It took around three hours.¡± ¡°Three hours?¡± Lc widened her eyes, she stopped walking and sat on the big rock near the river, where she turned her head to see theke that was created by the waterfall. ¡°I did that for three hours? How could I manage to do that?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I want to ask you the same thing.¡± Hunter stood up in front of her and then pointed his finger at a certain spot. ¡°There. I was drawn over there and you dragged me in the water to a more shallow ce over there.¡± He moved his finger to different spot, not too far from there. ¡°You dragged me there so you can have a steady footing.¡± Though in the water, little Lc would be able to moved Hunter¡¯s b*dy, but she wouldn¡¯t be able to drag him to the edge, because the rock was too sharp there, she would have killed him if she insisted to drag his b*dy against the sharp rocks. ¡°I remember you kept crying because your hands were hurt.¡± Hunter reminisced what happened that day and there was that bitter smile on the corner of his l*ps. ¡°I want to console you, but I couldn¡¯t even speak.¡± Lc blinked her eyes when she learned about that. Before this, she had been very curious about her past, but because she was well aware that she wouldn¡¯t be able to get any clue about who she was and what happened to her, she stopped such thought and tried to burry her curiosity deeply, since it would only bother her. ¡°What happened after that?¡± 10:31 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 66 Hunter told her that she used to stay inside the secret cave behind the waterfall. In fact, she was the one, who had found that ce. After Hunter managed to move, she let him knew about her secret ce, the ce, where she used to spend her time. ¡°You used to be in this forest and behind that waterfall, almost every day andter I knew it¡¯s because your father doesn¡¯t like you to be around him and his family very often. He sent you out of the house, because your existence upset his mate and he doesn¡¯t want that. During that time, you wille to this ce, spending your time here and only returned when it was already dark.¡± Lc lowered her head. She used to think of how her parent was and what the reason why they were separated, but then now she knew the truth, she didn¡¯t think she wanted to know more about them. She felt better about not knowing them. ¡°What about my mother? Why I am with him? Did my mother not want me too?¡± Lc hated it, but she could hear how her voice was shaking. She wanted to appear unbothered, but it seemed what Hunter said had shaken up her entire world. ¡°I don¡¯t know. Your father refused to talk about it to anyone. He pretended it never happened.¡± Hunter came closer to Lc, knowing how devastated she might be right now. ¡°How noble he is.¡± Lc lowered her head even more, something that she used to do whenever she was upset and tried to hide her emotions. ¡°So, if I want to know about my mother, I should meet with my father first and ask him about it?¡± ¡°I am afraid, yes. You need to do that.¡± There was silence from Lc after Hunter said that and he let her to discern this information, giving her time that she needed, still ying with her hair, but she didn¡¯t protest it this time. ¡°What else do you know about me?¡± Lc finally spoke again after she could calm herself down and focus her mind on something else. ¡°Hm. I don¡¯t know about you much, because you are quite a shy little girl.¡± Hunter recalled the memory of the little girl, who refused to talk with him. ¡°I remembered you were sick for a few days after that because you were too long in the water. Oh, it was raining too.¡± ¡°Wow¡­¡± Lc lifted her head and smiled a little. ¡°No wonder, you can¡¯t forget about me, I really have saved your as s.¡± 2/3 3/3 Chapter 66 Hunterughed when he heard that. ¡°Yeah, I think you are right. My as s apparently is better than my life.¡± Lc chuckled on that too. She was trying to hide the pain in her eyes. ¡°I can give you a hug if you want.¡± Hearing that, Lc narrowed her eyes. ¡°Are you trying to take advantage of me now?¡± ¡°Actually, I really want to hug you, but I am afraid you will p me and runaway again.¡± Hunter smirked. But, to his surprised, Lc actually stood up and hugged him. She took the initiative. ¡°Yes, I think I need a hug.¡± She breathed deeply and sighed to feel the warm of his b*dy. ¡°Oh, and one more thing about you. You loved that cave so much, so you would runaway there, that¡¯s how I caThis is from N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 67 In the past, when Lc was little, she would hide or run into that cave, that was why, Hunter wanted to kick himself when he didn¡¯t think of this, he should have rushed back to the cave when she went missing. It seemed, his anxiety had clouded his judgment. In the end, they spent their time inside the cave, while Hunter told her a story about when they were little. ¡°One day, you just vanished. I don¡¯t know where to find you, neither I know where you lived. Stupid, yes. Why I didn¡¯t even ask about where you lived.¡± Hunter shook his head. ¡°We used to meet here, it¡¯s kind of a secret ce for both of us.¡± And after that, Hunter took her to see the whole town, but of course, they would need more time if they were really going to see everything. They returned at dinner time and had their dinner in the dining hall, where everyone¡¯s eyes were on them. They were very curious about this woman, who was with the alpha and how Hunter smiled even more often when she was with him. In their mind, they still couldn¡¯tprehend how the alpha chose an outsider to be the luna of the pack. Later that night, Hunter took Lc back to his bedroom, which she upied, while he would go back to sleep in his gamma¡¯s bedroom. ¡°Thank you for today and exining everything to me. I really appreciated it.¡± Lc smiled at him and there was this awkward moment where they only stared at each other. Hunter cleared his throat. ¡°If you want me to k*ss you, just tell me.¡± He grinned. Trying to make the situation less awkward between them, but this only got an ire from Lc. ¡°I have given you a hug, a little k*ss will not be a problem, right? We can start to befortable with each other, after all, you are my woman.¡± ¡°Can¡¯t I reject that?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. She felt her heart was thumping wildly when Hunter teased her about k*ssing. ¡°You are very heartless if you rejected me. One rejection is enough, two is too much. You have rejected that thrashy man, you need to ept the second chance for good luck.¡± Hunter clutched his chest, to emphasize how hurt he was for her rejection, which made Lc rolled her eyes. ¡°Goodnight, Hunter,¡± she said sweetly and then closed the door in front of his face. ¡°Goodnight, Lc,¡± Hunter replied with a gentle tone, which would make his warriors surprised with the gentleness that he could show to other people, since he was not like this with anyone, aside from his gamma, beta and now this little woman. However, when Hunter turned around and was about to leave the room, the door suddenly flew opened and Lc rushed outside, she turned Hunter¡¯s b*dy around and gave him a peck on the cheek, after that, she rushed back into her room again as fast as her legs could and closed the door. Hunter was dumbstruck by what happened, he swore all of that happened in less than three seconds, as if he just blinked his eyes and everything had over. Frowning. Hunter walked toward her closed door again and knocked. ¡°Hey, if you really meant to k*ss me, at least do it properly.¡± ¡°Go away, Hunter!¡± Lc shouted from inside. There was this helpless smile on the corner of Hunter¡¯s l*ps when he heard that, but he didn¡¯t talk about it anymore, he only said that he woulde in the morning, so they would get breakfast together. And the only answer he got was only an okay. Meanwhile, inside the bedroom, Lc buried her face on the pillow, feeling very embarrassed after what she had done. She was being very impulsive, but somehow, no matter how embarrassed she was, she didn¡¯t regret what she had done. ¡°Gosh, that is very embarrassing, what I was thinking?¡± Lc lifted her head and only then, she realized there was someone else inside the bedroom, she first vas som sensed their presence, their fierce eyes that drilled a hole on her back and when she turned around, she saw a beautiful woman, standing near themp with her eyes fixed on her. She was beautiful woman with long hair and a voluptuous b*dy, a woman that many men would love to have. ¡°Who are you?¡± Lc asked, she straightened her back immediately, sensing there was something wrong with this woman, she could feel her strong hostility toward her. ¡°How dare you¡­¡± she hissed viciously. ¡°How dare you to stay in this bedroom. How dare you to touch him.¡± ¡°I am sorry, what do you mean?¡± Lc couldn¡¯tprehend what she was saying, she felt like this woman was talking incoherently, but she could feel the danger that came from her. ¡°How can you make him want you? How can you stay with him? How can you make him smile like that?¡± This is from N?velDrama.Org. Lc narrowed her eyes and after she caught some of her words, she realized who she was talking about. ¡°Are you talking about Hunter?¡± ¡°How dare you called his name?!¡± the woman snarled fiercely. Her eyes widened with rage. ¡°How dare you called him by his name?! Only me, who can call him by his name!¡± ¡°Calm down, okay. Calm down. I don¡¯t know you. Who are you?¡± Lc immediately jumped out of the bed, she was in high alert, as she nced toward the door. It was very unfortunate for her because her position right now, didn¡¯t allow her to reach the door without going through her first. ¡°You don¡¯t know me?! I am Hunter¡¯s woman, I am the future luna of this pack! How dare you to take my ce and stay inside this room?! This room only belongs to me!¡± And after saying that, the woman shifted into her beast and charged forward with the intention of killing Lc! Chapter 68 Chapter 68 Lc was shocked to see how that woman shifted into her beast and charged toward her, her eyes filled with rage and she was sure, her intention was to kill her, since it was pretty clear. As a shifter, you would be able to feel this kind of thing. Unfortunately, Lc didn¡¯t have time to shift into her beast and dodged the attack in time, so out of instinct, she raised her arms to cover her face, which the beast bit into it and tore her flesh. Blood spurted out from her wound and this made her stomach churned with the pain that started to spread around her b*dy. ¡°No! Stop!¡± Lc cried out loud, as she tried to push away the beast, but her other hands was wed. Trying her best to get out of her predicament, Lc kicked the beast away from her, which allowed her to shift into her beast too. But, it was rather toote, because she had been injured, more so, she was not a fighter. All of the lesson that luna Jasmine taught her, none of them was about a self protection, because in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes, there was no need for that. Their mate should be the one, who protected them, more so, they were safe. They were the alpha¡¯s family after all, who would be stupid enough to harm them. Based on that, Lc¡¯s best chance was to escape from this room, away from this crazy beast. However, blinded by rage, the other beast wouldn¡¯t let her go so easily. She rushed toward the door and assaulted the other beast, as she wed Lc¡¯s back and threw. her across the room. The sound of her snarl was very eerie, it echoed throughout the walls and it sent shivered down Lc¡¯s veins. She couldn¡¯t understand what she had done wrong and why this woman wanted to kill her, but the pain had numbed her mind, she couldn¡¯t think of anything, aside from the fact she was going to die. She didn¡¯t have any strength left to save herself and she was extremely injured, as she could only smell her own blood lingered in the air. The other beast stalked toward her, her fangs barred and her ws were as sharp as razor, ready toContent from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. tear her apart. Here she was, thinking she would have a second chance, thinking she could finally have her happiness, but how na?ve she was to think she could get that. She was very na?ve indeed. Life had never been kind to her, so why would it now? 1/8 10:31 Mon, Jan Chapter 68 When Lc was about to lose her consciousnesspletely, someone entered the room and tackled down the beast. Thest thing Lc watched was the two beasts fought against each other. Would she be able to be saved? She wondered if she would be able to live and see the sun tomorrow. H Her whole b*dy was in so much pain, even when she breathed, the pain on her back was killing her. Lc whimpered, as sheid down on her stomach and was having a hard time to breath. The pain was suffocating. Her healing process was very slow, because the wounds were created by the lycan. The wounds from the lycan was very hard to be healed and it was still questionable about why it was that way. However, that was only the fact in this world and sometime there was no answer for that. That was why, when you fought a lycan, you need to be very careful, since the injuries they inflicted wouldst longer than any injuries that you would sustain if you fought against other werewolf. Lycan was a lethal creature for a reason after all. ¡°Ssh¡­ it¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay.¡± It was Hunter¡¯s voice, trying to calm her down, when Lc started whimpering as she regained her consciousness and the pain made her wanted to cry out loud. ¡°Ssh¡­ you will heal. You will heal¡­ don¡¯t worry¡­¡± Hunter¡¯s whispery tone lulled Lc to sleep again, but actually the alpha couldn¡¯t stand the sight of her being in pain, so he asked the healer to put her into sleep. The way he talked with Lc earlier was very different when he talked to his beta, Darren. ¡°Bring Grace to the dungeon. Keep her there.¡± ¡°Yes, alpha,¡± Darren said. He was being very formal with Hunter right now because he could see how pi s s e d he was with what was happening. 2/3 Mon, 1 Ja Chapter 68 No one would dare to cross her at this moment. ¡°I am sure, Ken will protest sooner orter once he heard what you did to his daughter,¡± Rye commented. ¡°He could protest as much as he liked.¡± Hunter wouldn¡¯t give a shi t about that. ¡°He should be grateful I don¡¯t skin his daughter alive.¡± Rye felt fear ran down his spine to hear how vicious Hunter was talking. The alpha then waved his hand, indicating all of them to leave the room. He wanted to have time with Lc alone. Rye and the healer immediately left the room, they didn¡¯t want to pis s their alpha more than this. After the two of them were leaving, Hunter cradled Lc carefully in his arms, his eyes darkened when he saw her wounded back. Even in her sleep she was still whimpering and this made his heart ached. He should have known Grace would be a crazy dog the moment she heard about Lc. However, Hunter didn¡¯t think, he didn¡¯t even imagine that she would go this far to attack Lc with the intention to kill her. He really had put his guard down and caused Lc to be injured like this. ¡°I am sorry, Lc¡­ I should have protected you. You shouldn¡¯t be in pain again now you are in my pack and I am the alpha. I am really sorry¡­¡± Hunter leaned over and k*ssed her forehead, as he tried to calm himself down. He was really tempted to shred Grace into pieces. #B Chapter 69 Lc felt her head was throbbing painfully, but the pain on her back and arms had. decreased. It was almost bearable now, even though, she still felt ufortable with the bandages around her wound. She wanted to stretch her b*dy and turn around, but a hand stopped her from doing so. ¡°Your back is still wounded, you can¡¯ty on your back.¡± Hunter said in gentle. voice. Lc was not fully awake at this time, but hearing his voice and felt his firm and big palm, she felt comfortable enough. Slowly, she opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings, yet from her position, it was hard to see Hunter¡¯s face, she could. only see lower b*dy. ¡°Water¡­ please¡­¡± Lc said, her throat was very dry, as if she just ate sands. Her voice hoarse and heavy. ¡°Don¡¯t turn your b*dy around,¡± Hunter reminded her before he got off the bed and then poured a ss of water for Lc. Very gently, Hunter cradled her b*dy, turned her around, but he held her on her shoulders, so her back didn¡¯t touch the bed. Only then, Lc could see his expression and she was shocked to see how gloomy his face was, as if he just heard his whole family was being ughtered, if that was the right thing to say. ¡°Drink slowly.¡± Hunter brought the ss to her l*ps and tipped it slightly, so she could drink the water. The liquid zed down her throat, moistened her parched l*ps and dry throat, This made Lc feel a lot better. She could breathe easily now and had more strength. ¡°What happened?¡± Lc asked. ¡°You look so scary.¡± Hunter stared at her. ¡°How am I not?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°You are hurt Lc. What do you expect? Do you really expect me tough and greet you with a ridiculous smile on my face?¡± Hunter sighed deeply, he knew it 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan was wrong to vent out his frustration toward her, but he couldn¡¯t help it. Not to mention that Rye had been telling him Ken demanded a meeting with him, but of course, Hunter denied him. He didn¡¯t want to see him, because he knew what he was going to say about his daughter and Hunter didn¡¯t have enough patient to hear his rumbling. He had a very short temper right now, which was not the right feeling to have when you have to face a confrontation, because the first thing that came to Hunter¡¯s mind was how to kill his opponent. His bloodlust would go wild. ¡°You are worried about me¡­¡± Lc stated, half in disbelieve, half feeling how funny it was. ¡°I feel like I am going to kill someone.¡± Lc didn¡¯t take serious for that statement, as she recalled what happened to her that night. ¡°What happened to me? There was a woman¡­¡± ¡°I know.¡± Hunter cut her statement short. He definitely knew. ¡°Do you know her?¡± Lc saw his brows creased deeply, as if he was holding back his anger. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Your lover?¡± Hunter didn¡¯t immediately answer her, but he kept silence for two second before. he blurted it out. ¡°Had S** twice in the past, but I will not call her as a lover.¡± Lc¡¯s eyes widened in shocked, as she pushed him away. ¡°Get away from me!¡± she said fiercely, but then she whimpered when her back was killing her. How he could say such thing easily?! And then what? He already deflowered another woman? How he could tell her that she was the one he wanted to be his woman when he already gave himself to different woman? ¡°You should be ashamed of yourself!¡± Lc was very agitated, which was not good for her back. ¡°You need to calm down Lc, or else, your wounds will reopen again.¡± ¡°I can understand why she wanted to kill me.¡± Lc felt the same thing too with Ruby, she wanted to kill that woman, but she couldn¡¯t bring herself to do so. 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan 0 However, that woman really had the intention and determination to end her life, yet here Lc was; feeling a pity for her after what Hunter had admitted to her. ¡°Here we go again with the difference of tradition between our kind,¡± Hunter said in helpless and annoyed tone. ¡°We are too different, maybe that¡¯s why we are not meant for each other!¡± Lc pushed him away and her back hit the bed, which made her shrieked. Hunter immediately turned her b*dy around again and laid her on her stomach. She hated her condition right now, where she relied on him. ¡°Silly.¡± ¡°I am not silly!¡± Lc growled at him. ¡°I can understand why she is angry with you, you have slept with her and now you don¡¯t even want to take responsibility of your action. Don¡¯t you understand how important it is for a woman to keep their virtue until they found their own mate and they surrender themselves to each other?¡± ¡°Like what your ex destined mate did?¡± Hunter raised his brows, his tone was clearly mocking, which made Lc bit her l*p, she was angry, but she couldn¡¯t find a way to retort to that. ¡°That¡¯s why I rejected him.¡± ¡°Do you want to reject me now?¡± Hunter couldn¡¯t believe his bad luck,st night he thought their rtionship could improve, but because of Grace they had this set back, very far even. ¡°And for the record, I didn¡¯t deflower her, okay? Someone else did it. Not me.¡± Hunter saw the disbelieve in Lc¡¯s eyes. ¡°She had been with countless men before C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org she slept with my beta before me.¡± me, Lc was surprised when she heard that. ¡°Here, us as a lycan, we didn¡¯t save ourselves like you, werewolf, did. But, when we chose our woman, we will be loyal to our other half even when death tear us apart. That¡¯s how things work here.¡± Hunter¡¯s voice was firm, indicating he was saying the truth, how serious he was at this moment. 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan 0. Chapter 70 Lc had to admit that she knew nothing about the tradition or how things worked. here in the lycan pack, but it was hard to uproot what she believed her entire life, yet it would be hypocrite for her if she talked highly about her kind when Aiden had firsthand given thepletely wrong example for the tradition that they valued as a werewolf, how Aiden had tainted the sacred mate bond. Lc became very frustrated and irritated with herself and her condition. She would only humiliate herself if she praised her kind for saving themselves when the actuality was not like that. Well, she was the product of infidelity herself. ¡°So, before I was being cheated on and now I became the other woman?¡± Lc felt her teeth hurt so bad, as she grinded on them. She felt the pain on her back increased, but she was very angry at the same time. ¡°Of course not. I will not degrade you like that.¡± Hunter frowned. ¡°I chose you to be my woman.¡± ¡°Yeah, but you slept with her.¡± Lc then narrowed her eyes, as she realized another thing. ¡°How many women that you have slept with before?¡± Hunter pressed his l*ps, if Lc had this reaction when she learned that he slept with Grace, he couldn¡¯t imagine what kind of reaction that she would give him, if he really gave her the number. ¡°What is it? You can¡¯t answer that?¡± Lc widened her eyes. ¡°You don¡¯t want to know, Lc. Don¡¯t ask.¡± C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Lc red fiercely at him, she couldn¡¯t believe she happened to fall for him. She thought he would be the one, after her unfortunate encountered with Aiden, but right now, she was not sure. ¡°How many?¡± Lc insisted, she showed her stubborn side again. Twenty nine if I don¡¯t miscalcte.¡± Hunter knew she wouldn¡¯t stop until she got the answer out of his mouth, but then he couldn¡¯t lie to her, it was not right for her to be led to. Lc gasped when she heard the number. ¡°You slept with all of your pack member?¡± Technically, no. I have around twenty thousand of pack member, nine thousand of them are woman, but maybe only four thousand of them that is in appropriate 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan 0.931 age, while the other, either too young or too old. So, if youpared the four thousand to twenty nine, the answer is no. it¡¯s not even ten percent of it.¡± Lc was dumbfounded that Hunter really exined to her in such way. She didn¡¯t know, either she had tough or cry when she heard that, but one thing for sure, she really wanted to p his face. ¡°You dered to your pack member that I am your woman!¡± ve you.¡± ¡°And I mean it. I didn¡¯t sleep with anyone else when I have ¡°But, you will.¡± Hunter frowned. ¡°You are questioning my loyalty if you doubt me, little one.¡± ¡°How can I not?¡± ¡°I slept with those women because the mutual agreement, it¡¯s not like I was forced myself to them, they wanted me too and I made it clear from the beginning, there is nothing more than that. Sex. That¡¯s it.¡± Lc gritted her teeth and then buried her face against the pillow, she wanted to scream, but instead, she spoke weakly. ¡°Please, leave me alone. I want to be alone.¡± Lc felt so na?ve, was this how the world worked? People cheated in one way or another, was it because her expectation was too high, that¡¯s why she felt very disappointed upon what happened, when those people who had done it didn¡¯t feel anything and thought it was normal? She was raised to think that the mate bond was sacred and once you found your mate, you would be the only one for each other, you would be each other first andst. But, Lc had learned it in hard way that she would definitely not be Aiden first and they wouldn¡¯t be able to keep the sacred bond between them, because of what Aiden had done. Yet, with Hunter, she thought, she could get what she thought was ¡®the right thing, only to find out, he had twenty nine women before her?! Not only one or two, but twenty nine?! ¡°I will leave to get your breakfast, I hope we can talk about it againter when you are already calm down enough.¡± 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan ? 93% ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk, I don¡¯t want to eat!¡± Lc knew how childish it sounded and Hunter wouldn¡¯t take it seriously. However, the alpha left her alone for almost two hours before he returned with breakfast and as angry as Lc was, she couldn¡¯t refuse the food, because she was famished. Not to mention the smell was very enticing. How she could refuse that? More so, she was a lot more calmer now. She realized how ridiculous it was for her to get angry with him, since the difference of the tradition and the value of that their kind held was very differ, she couldn¡¯t change the way he believed and how he viewed that issue, just like how he couldn¡¯t make her believe otherwise. ¡°Who is that woman?¡± Lc asked, she eyed the soup and a few meats on the tes that he brought in a tray. Actually, if Lc was not this upset, she would have grinned from ear to ear to have someone like Hunter to bring her breakfast to the bed. She would have been praised as the most fortunate woman and if luna Jasmine knew about this, she would be reprimanded because that was not how a woman should act. It should be the other way around. Luna Jasmine always emphasized how Lc had to be the one, who served her mate and did this kind of things. ¡°Grace. She is my childhood friend too, but I am not really close with her until we grew up.¡± ¡°And you slept with her?¡± Lc pursed her l*ps when Hunter helped her to sit down. ¡°You sound jealous.¡± 18 Chapter 71 ¡°You sound jealous, Lc.¡± Hunter gave her a sweet smile, as if he was happy with the reaction that he got from her. ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous.¡± Lc red at him and then groaned when she sat down, the pain on her back was annoying now. ¡°Okay¡­¡± Hunter drawled the answer, which Lc tried to ignore. He clearly was not convinced with her answer, but then.. whatever. ¡°Eat slowly.¡± Lc smelled the soup and then drank it slowly after she blew it to cool it off. It was very tasty. Maybe the tastiest food that she had ever eaten. Luna Jasmine always gave her a strict diet and she was not allowed to eat anything that was very savory. ¡°I can see how good the food is to make you smile like that.¡± Hunter leaned his back against one of the poles of the bed, as he crossed his arms. After the gloomy looked on his face had finally disappeared, you could see his tired eyes. The alpha had not yet slept a blink, sincest night, because he took care of Lc, making sure she wouldn¡¯t turn her b*dy andy down on her back, because it would aggravate her wound and disrupt her healing process. ¡°Yeah, the food is good, at least.¡± Lc had to admit it. ¡°Thank you.¡± Lc raised her head and saw that stupid grin on Hunter¡¯s l*ps. ¡°You don¡¯t need to take the credit for that.¡± ¡°If it is not me, who will take the credit then?¡± Hunter watched how Lc¡¯s mind started to think harder and the realization hit her, thus before she could say it, he took the pleasure to admit it first. ¡°I am the one, who cooked that food. I am great, right?¡± ¡°You praised yourself too much. I thought an alpha should be a humble person.¡± ¡°Who told you that shit? Of course, we need to be humble, to keep our head from being toorge for our shoulders, but the other people should know the strength we have. It¡¯s important to keep them in check, so they wouldn¡¯t stomp on our head. Lc frowned, but she said nothing about it. In a way, she agreed with that statement, which was weird for her to agree with anything with him after such revtion. ¡°Who is that woman?¡± Lc finally brought up the topic again, because her curiosity side was killing her. She wanted to know how far the rtionship between the two of them, until she had the intention to kill her. ¡°Grace. I told you she was my childhood friend. We slept together two years ago, I was drunk and she was near me, so it happened and the second time because she kept pestering me and it happened again, but after that, I don¡¯t like how she thought we were exclusive, so I made sure to let her know I have no intention to make her my woman.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t tell me because you were looking for me.¡± ¡°Bingo.¡± This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Very touchy.¡± Lc was being sarcastic when she said that, but Hunter only smiled. ¡°I know. I was rather dumb and stupid. I want to say proudly that I saved myself for you, but unfortunately that was not what happened, but at the same time, I couldn¡¯t lie to you. I don¡¯t want to lie to you.¡± Lc sighed deeply. ¡°And then, why she is still thinking that you are into her?¡± ¡°She was thest woman I am with.¡± ¡°The twenty nine?¡± Hunterughed when Lc said that in that way, but he nodded. ¡°Yes, the twenty nine.¡± He stretched out his hand and tucked strands of her hair behind her ear, the fact that Lc didn¡¯t swat his hand away was a great sign. ¡°After that, with everything that had been going on, I have never been with anyone. It has been two years, since thest time I was being reckless and now I found you, I don¡¯t want anyone else.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know what to think or feel. Called her na?ve, but her heart was softened when she heard that confession. She must have ridiculed herself to think Hunter was genuine, but that was what she saw when he made that statement. ¡°So, I will be the thirty?¡± Hunter shook his head. ¡°You will be myst. You always be my first and now you will be myst.¡± ¡°Shouldn¡¯t we even the score?¡± Lc didn¡¯t know where she got this idea, but it just dew in her mind and it sl*pped on her l*ps. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t I be with another twenty nine men first before I am with you?¡± Hunter let out a low growl, it sounded very dangerous and filled with rage. ¡°I will be a hypocrite if I don¡¯t agree with that, but I don¡¯t mind it at all. You can call me that if you want, but if you touched another man, he will be unfortunate enough to not be able to see tomorrow.¡± ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc felt chill down her spine. ¡°I know you will not do that, Lc. That¡¯s not how you are raised. That¡¯s not the things that you believed.¡± Hunter¡¯s voice softened when he spoke again. ¡°You will not bring yourself to do that, Lc. I bet my life on that.¡± ¡°If you believed I will not do that, why were you very angry?¡± Lc mumbled, she shoved the meat into her mouth. ¡°Because the thought of you really doing that makes me go insane.¡± ¡°You are hypocrite.¡± ¡°I am.¡± Lc took a deep breath, she didn¡¯t want to have this topic anymore. ¡°What happened to Grace?¡± ¡°I put her in the dungeon and she will note out until a few decades.¡± ¡°What?¡± Lc was surprised. ¡°That punishment is a little bit¡­ to harsh, don¡¯t you think?¡± ¡°If we have already a ceremony and you be the luna of the pack, what she had done will guarantee her a death sentence on the spot, Lc.¡± Çú Chapter 72 Lc must not remember this, but Hunter remembered everything with every fiber in his being. He might have told Lc how he owed her his life, but he didn¡¯t go to detail how he felt at that time. How scared he was that he was going to die if she dropped her or gave up on him. Lc was indeed crying because her arms were hurt, but not even once she any indication that she would give up on him. That little girl showed such determination to keep him alive. gave But things that Hunter didn¡¯t tell her in detail was how scared he was for his life. He was only eleven years old, a child himself and that was his first killing attempt. Even now, he would have that nightmare about what happened in the past. The onlyfort was; Lc would always be there for him. Held him up. Yes, he messed up in his teenage years, but there was not even a moment that passed without him thinking about Lc, especially when she disappeared like a smoke. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Hunter k*ssed her when she fell asleep in her secret cave one day, as he came and found her curling her little b*dy on the ground. He k*ssed her l*ps and swore that he would take responsibility for that and her l*ps were the only l*ps he had ever k*ssed. None of those women had the fortunate to be k*ssed by him, just like what Hunter said, it was all physical and there was nothing more, there was nothing less. He didn¡¯t want to share such intimate moment with anyone else. On the fourth day, Lc finally healedpletely and during that time, Hunter would sleep on the couch inside the room. More so, he had to keep his eyes on her, so she wouldn¡¯t turn her back in her sleep, as result, Hunter would have a little time to sleep, but he didn¡¯tin about it at all. He dutifully kept his eyes on her. Lc had told him not to do that and it looked ufortable, but Hunter insisted and he didn¡¯t take a rejection very well. Were all alphas like that? In the end, Lc didn¡¯t say anything, more so, she did not really reject the idea of Hunter to stay in the same room, since she was still scared if the other twenty eight women would try the same thing. When Lc voiced out her concern, Hunter only ruffled her hair and told her Grace was already enough for an example for them to back off. On the fifth day, Lc came to the dining hall, because Hunter insisted for her to blend with other people and if she liked, she could find a friend. She doubted that. Lc would feel sick if she found out she befriended one of the twenty eight women that had been with Hunter, but he reassured her, those women were from different town. Still, Lc still hung up with that fact. Probably with time, she would ept that, but right now, it was like a wound and it was still fresh. Thankfully, she found three women, who she could talk to. One of them was Raya, Rye¡¯s sister. She was as a kind and outspoken woman, her personality was like the gamma so much, but when the two of them met with each other, they couldn¡¯t help, but quarrel. It seemed, having the same personality didn¡¯t make you get along well. ¡°Do you know that sir Ken has been threatening the alpha?¡± Rose started. She was the gossip of the group, she always knew what thetest information. ¡°What is it?¡± Lena immediately came closer and Lc couldn¡¯t help, but smiled at her new friends. They were adorable in their own way, which reminded her of Aria. She missed her¡­ ¡°Who is sir Ken?¡± Lc asked in the midst of their gossip and they stared at her with eyes wide opened, as if Lc just grew the second head. ¡°You don¡¯t know?¡± ¡°No way.¡± ¡°Where have you been?¡± Lc blinked her eyes. Today marked one month of her being in this pack and she got along well with some of the pack members, though there were some of them, who still looked at her with curiosity, as they didn¡¯t believe their alpha would choose an outsider to be the luna, especially when she was a werewolf. ¡°Sir Ken is Grace¡¯s father.¡± ¡°He is forbade to enter the pack house because he has been asking, demanding the alpha to meet with him, to release her daughter¡± ¡°Grace¡¯s mother still stays in the pack house, though, but she keeps crying all the nine, asking the same thing. The alpha might consider to kick her out of the pack 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan house too.¡± The three of them talked simultaneously, trying to fill the information that Lc wascking. ¡°Heaven! How could you not know about that?¡± Lena looked like she was going to have a heart attack, as she dramatically clutched on her chest. ¡°Did the alpha not say anything about this to you?¡± Rose became a little bit curios about the rtionship between Hunter and Lc, no, she was always curios. ¡°Hunter has never mentioned anything about it.¡± Lc realized how Hunter had never mentioned anything about Grace anymore. Probably, he could sense how ufortable it was for her to be reminded of that night. ¡°But, you spent all the time with the alpha.¡± Raya looked surprised. ¡°As far as I know he will take you anywhere he went,¡± Lena chimed in. ¡°What were you talking about when there were only the two of you?¡± Rose literally leaned forward to hear the answer from Lc. However, before she could say anything, Hunter had approached them. ¡°I will take my woman with me, I hope you don¡¯t mind.¡± ¡°No, alpha.¡± All of them shook their head and became very polite. This was one thing that Lc noticed, sometime, they looked scared of Hunter. A 10:34 Mon, 1 Jan 0. Chapter 73 ¡°Why I feel like they are scared of you?¡± Lc nced over her shoulder to the other three girls. Probably, it was because Lc was toofortable with Hunter, that was why she failed to pick this strange behavior from people around her, or maybe because the way Hunter treated her was very different from how he treated his own pack member. Whatever it was, only now Lc noticed it. ¡°That¡¯s only in your mind,¡± Hunter replied lightly, as he took her hand. Now, he became a little bit liberal of touching her, because Lc had been lessining recently, as she warmed up with the idea of them to be together. ¡°Really?¡± Lc frowned, she was not satisfied with the answer and was very sure that was not the case, but because she had no evidence to say otherwise, she didn¡¯t say anything about it anymore. ¡°Where are we going to go?¡± ¡°You need to train,¡± Hunter said. ¡°Train?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°What should I train for?¡± ¡°So, you can protect yourself,¡± Hunter replied lightly, as he put her on the horseback and then lifted himself up too, sitting behind her and controlled the horse. ¡°I thought the pack house is safe!? No?!¡± Lc was genuinely surprised with what Hunter saying. Why all of sudden Hunter asked her to be trained? Hunter himself, who said that she was safe now and something like that would never happen again. ¡°What is it?¡± Lc lifted her head, she was a little bit embarrassed by how close the two of them were, but at the same time, it felt veryfortable to lean her back against his chest and felt his heartbeat that was in sync with hers. ¡°Am I in danger? Did the twenty eight women look for me to get their revenge too?¡± Hunterughed, he couldn¡¯t decide what he would do with Lc since she always brought these women in almost every conversation, it seemed, she would hold a grudge against him for a very long time because of what he had told her. If he knew it would be like this, probably he would hold his tongue to let her knew the truth. But then, he couldn¡¯t imagine to lie to her. He didn¡¯t want to start the rtionship on a lie, especially when he had chosen her as his woman, someone that he would. spend the rest of his time with. ¡°You are very cute when you are jealous.¡± Hunter k*ssed the top of her head, as they walked in the town, people stopped walking and gave a quick respect toward their alpha. See? These people looked like they were scared of him, or if this couldn¡¯t be said ast fear, then it must be their utmost respect toward their leader. ¡°I am not jealous, why should I jealous with those women? You said it yourself that you didn¡¯t have feeling for them.¡± No matter how hard Lc tried, she was really suck at hiding this emotion. ¡°Okay,¡± Hunter said, readily agreed with her, which made Lc pouted. It was not very convincing. ¡°Why should I train?¡± Lc pulled back the topic into the original question. ¡°You said it yourself the pack house is very safe now and I don¡¯t need to worry again.¡± ¡°Lc,¡± Hunter called her name gently and every time he did this, Lc felt her stomach churned, she hated to admit that she liked the way her name rolled off his tongue. ¡°Every pack member here will go through training, whether it is woman or man.¡± Lc had heard this, though the number of the lycan was not many, but in term of warrior, they were not lacking because their women could w your heart out too. ¡°Even though the pack house is safe, but I will be more at ease if I knew you can protect yourself from anything,¡± Hunter told her. ¡°There will be a lot of benefit for you if you trained too.¡± Lc furrowed her brows even more deeply when she heard that, she tried to think what kind of benefit that she would get from the training, aside from being able to protect herself. ¡°Do you think I will be able to catch up with the other?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t ask you to catch up with the other, but at the very least, you should know the basic movement of how to defend yourself.¡± All the pack member had been trained since they were only eight years old, so it would be a great effort and time consuming if Lc was pressured to be on their level. Yel, when he saw the injuries on Lc¡¯s back and how Grace beat her up pretty easily when she herself was the worst fighter, Hunter realized he couldn¡¯t stand the thought her was being defenseless. Lc lowered her head, she seemed to think about this seriously. ¡°Who will teach me? You will teach me?¡± Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Despite how eager I am to teach you, but I don¡¯t think I can have time for that, little one,¡± Hunter replied, he helped Lc to get down from the horse when they finally arrived in the training ground. ¡°Someone else will teach you. This ce was very loud and noisy, there were a lot of growling beast before Lc¡¯s. as if they were going to kill each other, even though Hunter said they were only training. eyes, This ce was akin to a stadium with a few rows of seat, which was higher than the row in front of it, while in the middle, you could see a few beasts and a lot of warriors in their human form, trying to hurt each other, or so how Lc saw this. ¡°Are you sure. I will train with them?¡± Lc gulped down. These lycan were huge! She felt very scared. ¡°Of course, you are not going to train with them,¡± Hunter reassured her, as he took her into the indoor stadium. ¡°You Chapter 74 This was the first time for Lc to actually be in the training ground, before this, she had never taken any interest to be in the training ground, not even walked. close to the area, because the warriors sometime scared her. They could be very brute and vicious when they fought and this scared her so much to see them barring their teeth and fangs. More so, luna Jasmine didn¡¯t see why it was necessary for Lc to be in the training ground, since her lesson didn¡¯t include how to train herself or even how to learn. about defending yourself. That was the job of the warriors and her, as the luna of the pack, would be heavily protected. Those warriors required to drop everything and even throw themselves between the danger and their leader anytime, that was what required from them. Not to mention, luna Jasmine always gave off the vibe as if she looked down on the warriors, as they were nothing, but a mere of bunches people, who existence only. to be a protector and dedicate their lives for the pack, especially to their alpha and luna. ¡°Is this your first time to be in the training ground?¡± Hunter asked when he saw how startled she was to hear a loud growl from the fighting out there. Currently, they were inside the building, where women warriors were training. Some of them were old enough, you could see how experienced they were, some of them were very young and even there were children and to Lcfort, she saw her three new friends there. It eased her anxiety a little bit. ¡°Yes, this is my first time,¡± Lc replied, she waved her hand at the three of them, but they nodded at her respectfully, which made her a little bit stunned. Lc had noticed how people around her became more reserved and paid their utmost respect whenever Hunter was with her, as if they were afraid to annoy the alpha and unintentionally was being disrespectful toward him. This was weird in Lc¡¯s opinion because Hunter was nothing, but kind and understanding with her, something that you shouldn¡¯t be afraid about. ¡°Really?¡± Hunter raised his brows, he blinked his eyes in disbelieve, as he scrutinized her, looking for the truth. ¡°You are not joking, right? But, at the very least, you must have been in the training ground before, even if it was only for observation ¡°No.¡± Lc shook her head. She was telling the truth. ¡°It¡¯s notmon in my pack for the women to be in the training ground, maybe you have heard about this, but my pack doesn¡¯t have woman warrior, because we believe woman is not as strong as man.¡± Hunter frowned, he then corrected her. ¡°Golden w pack¡® and ¡®that pack.¡± ¡°What?¡± Lc confused about what he was talking about. ¡°What is that?¡± Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org. ¡°The way you addressed it is wrong.¡± Hunter then repeated what he said earlier. ¡°Golden w pack¡® and ¡®that pack! You are the member of this pack now, the future luna, you don¡¯t mention another pack as yours. This is your pack now.¡± Lc was a little bit stunned because Hunter was very detail with such thing, but thankfully, he didn¡¯t prolong the topic. ¡°Remember that, okay?¡± he stretched out his hand and caressed her cheek. He used to do this little gesture toward her every time he wanted, especially after he told her about their story in the past, he became even more and more affectionate. In the beginning, Lc was a little bit flustered and felt ufortable, but as time went by, she craved his touch. It wasforting to think there was someone, who desired you. She didn¡¯t realize it until now, but Aiden¡¯s infidelity had crushed her self esteem, thus to have someone like Hunter, who didn¡¯t shy to show his affection and his desire for her was something that could mend her wound. It boosted her self confidence too. ¡°Okay,¡± Lc replied, it was a rare asion for her not to be stubborn. ¡°Then, what should I do here? I have never been in training before.¡± Hunter waved his hand and a woman in her early thirty came over to greet the two of them, she bent his b*dy respectfully, something that luna Jasmone would smile upon seeing it. ¡°She is already here and I want you to proceed the way we have talked before.¡± Hunter¡¯s voice was calm, but firm. ¡°Yes, alpha. Lc moved closer toward Hunter and whispered to his ear. ¡°You have talked about this before?¡± ¡°Yes. But, the real training only happened now because you were still recovering from your wounds before,¡± he exined to her. ¡°Oh..¡± Lc blinked her eyes, she didn¡¯t know what to say. Hunter could look easy going and reckless, but as it turned out, he was a nner and he nned. everything in detail. This was one thing that Lc had just noticed too. ¡°You can go with her,¡± Hunter said, he nudged her shoulder to get her attention. ¡°This is Rami. She is the best warrior trainer here.¡± ¡°I am Lc,¡± Lc introduced herself. After that, Hunter talked about a few things with a lot of term about fighting that Lc was not familiar with, while she looked at Raya, Lena and Rose, who looked excited to see her there. At the very least, Lc knew the three of them, so she wouldn¡¯t be alone. ¡°I will go now, I hope you will enjoy your first day training, I wille again to pick you up and after that, we will have lunch together, okay?¡± Hunter patted her head. ¡°Be good.¡± ¡°It sounded like you are talking to a child.¡± Lc pouted, though she liked the way he treated her. Hunter chuckled and Rami looked surprised to see the alpha¡¯s genuine smile. ¡°I will go now.¡± And with that, Hunter left after he talked about a few things to Rami. ¡°Come, follow me. I will teach you basic thing¡± Rami said. Chapter 75 Lc panted heavily after only one hour of training, her b*dy hurt so bad and her joint swelled ufortably. She was sitting on the ground covered with sweat and dust, while Mira looked perfectly fine. ¡°Get up,¡± Mira said firmly. She was standing in front of Lc with a stern look on her face. Lc lifted her head and gave her a re. ¡°This is not a basic thing that you tried to teach me¡­¡± Lc retorted harshly. She felt like she was going to die. ¡°How do you know whether this is a basic thing or not? Have you been trained before? Or probably the werewolves are very weak, so our basic training feels like and advance one.¡± Lc didn¡¯t like the mocking tone that she used. What was the problem with this woman? Why she kept trying to pick up a fight? Wasn¡¯t she here to train her? Why it felt like she was torturing her instead? ¡°I don¡¯t know whether it is a basic training or not, but I am sure the other is not going through this harsh treatment in their first day.¡± ¡°Most of them went their first day training on the age of eight years old,¡± Mira replied. Raya came closer to Lc and then help her to stand up. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± she asked, worried in her expression. ¡°I will escort you back to the pack house.¡± ¡°Raya steps aside, don¡¯t tangle yourself in this matter,¡± Mira said her warning. ¡°I told you to step aside! Are you dare to not listen to me?!¡± Raya tilted her head and fixed her eyes at Mira, she helped Lc to stand up and walk past her, but Mira grabbed Lc¡¯s elbow to stop her. ¡°What the meaning of this? Are you trying to rebel against me?!¡± Mira yanked Lc¡¯s arm and separated her from Raya. ¡°I told you to stay, your training has not yet done! I will be the one, who decided whether you can leave or not!¡± ¡°Mira! You have stepped out of the line!¡± Raya shouted back against her, she really had her brother¡¯s temper in this matter, because she had been quiet in this whole ordeal, but right now, she couldn¡¯t do that anymore.This is from N?velDrama.Org. Don¡¯t raise your voice against me, Raya! I am the one in charge in this ce ¡°The alpha told you to train her a basic training, but what are you doing?!¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you see? I trained her in basic training! Everyone knows about that! Just because she is very weak, doesn¡¯t mean it is my fault that she can¡¯t keep up!¡± Lc looked around her and aside from Raya, no one stood up for her, they had their heads hung so low, as if indicating they didn¡¯t want to get involved in this. At this point, Lc started to question herself, whether she was only exaggerated what she was thinking and her b*dy was really weak, until she couldn¡¯t handle this? ¡°It¡¯s done! I am going to take her back to the pack house!¡± Raya tried to take Lc back, but Mira pushed her shoulder away from her, which made her growled viciously. ¡°Enough of this, Mira!¡± For a second, the two of them stared at each other viciously, they barred their fangs and were ready to shift into their beast to attack each other, which made the whole situation became even more tensed up. Mira felt her authority was challenged, so she put Lc behind her b*dy and faced Raya head on. ¡°You are not going to take her anywhere!¡± ¡°If you dare to touch my sister, I am going to rip off your arms.¡±Property ? 2024 N?(v)elDrama.Org. The atmosphere was very thick and all of them were upied by what was going to happen between Raya and Mira, but the thickness cracked when they heard the voice of the gamma. Rye was standing at the door with his arms crossed in front of his chest, his eyes were very cold, he didn¡¯t seem happy to see his sister was being threatened by other people. ¡°Mira, I don¡¯t think this is what alpha told you to do. I thought you supposed to teach her a basic training?¡± Rye nodded at Lc, whose face was so pale, she was still catching up her breath. ¡°I taught her the basic training if your sister can step out of my business. She ruins my training.¡± Mira¡¯s cold eyes red at Rye. And when her attention was distracted, Raya grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and yanked her back to her side, as she took her to walk toward her brother, This time, Mira couldn¡¯t say anything. It was stupid for Mira if she wanted to challenge the gamma. No matter what, she was not on par with this gamma in fighting. Mon, ¡°You take care of her, I am going to take Lc back to the pack house,¡± Raya said to her brother and then added. ¡°I don¡¯t know what the alpha was thinking to let Mira taught Lc for the first time.¡± And after saying that, she took Lc back to the pack house, but Rye didn¡¯t stay to deal with Mira, as he left the area too to inform Hunter about what had happened, after all, he came here because he was ordered to check on the situation. ¡°Why she treated me like that?¡± Lc asked, she was in pain when she finally cleaned herself up and then sat down on the chair. ¡°Is that really basic training for the lycan? I can¡¯t imagine eight years old will train that hard.¡± Raya didn¡¯t answer her immediately, but when she sat down next to her, her answered surprised Lc. ¡°Yes, we trained that hard, Lc,¡± she said in honesty. ¡°No way. How can you survive such brutal training? Even for a child?¡± Lc felt her ego was bruised because she couldn¡¯t even stand a training for an eight years old. ¡°Yes, we are trained that way,¡± Raya replied. Chapter 76 Lc couldn¡¯t believe what she just learned, apparently, since they were little, they had been going under such harsh training that she couldn¡¯t even imagine. ¡°I think the alpha is miscalcted your stamina and the fact that you are a werewolf and has not been training your whole life.¡± Raya tilted her head and stared at Lc, as if she was scrutinizing her. ¡°You are very delicate even for werewolf.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know whether she shouldugh or cry when she heard that. ¡°I will think that as a praise.¡± ¡°I am not praising you, but if I can be honest with you, you are really delicate. You must have not yet fought your whole life. Never been in physical altercation too, right?¡± ¡°Yes, I think you can say that¡­¡± Now Lc felt bad, as it turned out, the problem was with her. ¡°Will you be fine?¡± ¡°What?¡± Raya poured a ss of water for herself, currently, the two of them were inside Lc¡¯s bedroom. She stayed to make sure she was fine. ¡°If you are talking about my argumentation with Mira, yes, I am fine. This is not the first time we were butting head.¡± ¡°Really? You don¡¯t get along with her?¡± ¡°Couldn¡¯t you see you see it already?¡± Lc grimaced. From what Raya told her, Mira was someone with high pride and a big ego, she used to go overboard with her method of training, but what she did earlier, indeed only the basic one because the alpha had warned her about it beforehand. ¡°So, it means, I am the one, who overreacted¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, once she saw you can¡¯t handle it, she should know when to stop, but she pushed it through and ignore your difort.¡± ¡°Thank you, Raya for standing up for me,¡± Lc said. she felt bad now. And not long after that, Hunter entered the room, which made Raya left the room to give the two of them space. 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You swept the prime menor, you always pushed yourself to do WOWANY WONKA paple¡¯s expectation, you don¡¯t even think about you¡¯d wether that agad what you achieved is good for you or not, Eder andered her eyes, for me, de condus think of anything, she felt her wd had thank when the beard what he said. Superd, de tase Homens band talked on her behalf, he put it into words what she Beard Bolt for all the how to shared to admit it Yors can stop fecting that my Eda fun arkeendi. You don¡¯t need to try to premyone! Wuner pred hrged her, which made Lc mapped from her revene and for some odd reson, he couldn¡¯t hold back her bu mudate the but are due uned like time for yown. She had never let someone understood her and told her that she was enough, that her effort was enough and she didn¡¯t need to try to please anyone else. Before, she needed to be on her good behavior because she lived in orphanage and she was expected to do more because the children in the orphanage were literally younger than her, so there were a lot of things she needed to do, she must do because they expected her to do so. Until the point, where it was a normal thing for her to do all of those crazy works and people didn¡¯t appreciate it because that was what she used to do, while she forced herself to do more, so they could give her a shred of attention and appreciation. And when she became the future luna of the pack, the responsibility and the expectation became even crazier, not to mention that luna Jasmine was someone that was hard to be satisfied. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lc said, she didn¡¯t realize it, but she started sobbing. It took for a while, for the two of them to control their emotions and when Lc was a little bit calm, she asked the first question that came to her mind. ¡°I will apologize to Mira tomorrow, but I hope you can talk to her to reduce the intensity of the training,¡± Lc said, she felt bad because apparently, Mira was not at fault in this matter. ¡°You don¡¯t need to do that, you will train with me,¡± Hunter replied lightly he patted her head. ¡°I thought you are busy.¡± ¡°I will always have time for you. Don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay, I will¡­¡± But Hunter had cut her words. ¡°Mira is not working as the trainer again. You don¡¯t need to go back.¡± Chapter 77 ¡°Why?¡± Lc was caught off guard when she heard what Hunter said. ¡°Why she is not working as the trainer again? Don¡¯t tell me¡­¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to think about this¡­¡± But, Lc swatted his hand away. ¡°No!¡± she said sharply. ¡°You can¡¯t do that, if you did this, people will only hate me, I don¡¯t want it.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry, I will handle that¡­¡± ¡°How? How can you control how people thought about me? How can you control what is in the other people¡¯s mind?¡± Lc was adamant to know the answer for this. ¡°Tell me, Hunter. Can you control people¡¯s mind?¡± ¡°Lc.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want this, Hunter. I will go to see her and apologize.¡± Hunter was speechless, he threw his hands up, indicating that he gave up. ¡°Fine. Fine. I will put her back to her ce. You don¡¯t need to be angry with me, okay?¡± ¡°Really?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes because she didn¡¯t believe him. ¡°Yes, promised.¡± At first, Lc didn¡¯t believe what he was saying, but in the next day when she went to the training ground with Raya, she found Mira was training the other woment like usual. ¡°Do you want to see her?¡± Raya asked. She went to a small room to change her clothes, ready to train, while Lena and Rose were on spar right now. ¡°No¡­¡± Lc didn¡¯t want to bother her. She had caused trouble for Mira yesterday and actually felt ashamed of it, thus to see her returned to be a trainer was enough, because it meant, Hunter really kept his words. ¡°I will go back.¡± ¡°I will go with you.¡± ¡°No need, you are supposed to be in training right now. I don¡¯t want you to get into trouble because of me, more so, I can go back to the pack house on my own.¡± Lc pushed Raya¡¯s back lightly because she didn¡¯t want to bother her. She felt so bad if she became a burden to people around her. ¡°What are you talking about? I told you, right? I used to be in argument with Mir this time is not different.¡± Lc chuckled nervously, sometime Raya¡¯s strong attitude amazed her of how free this woman was and how brave she was. Not because she was a good fighter, but it was needed a courage too to be disliked by other and be fine with that. But after Lc reassurance, Raya finally gave in and let her to go back to the pack house on her own. Actually, Lc had a promise to Hunter that they would start their training, but it was still two hours from now and Hunter was currently busy. So, Lc thought, she wanted to look around on her own. The training ground was still intimidating in her eye¡¯s more so with how vicious these people fought against each other, as if they were very serious to take down one another and wanted to kill each other in their spar. How they could train like this? ¡°Hahh¡­¡± Lc sighed deeply, as it turned out, she was really weak. She couldn¡¯t even stand the sight of these people fighting. ¡°What are you sighing about?¡± Stunned, Lc immediately turned around only to see Mira was standing behind her. How long she had been standing there? ¡°Come, sit down here. Mira sat down and patted the space next to her, as she watched the male warriors were fighting viciously. Leaving with no other options, Lc sat down next to Mira, she felt a little bit awkward after what had transpired between them. ¡°I appreciated that you have talked to alpha Hunter to give me back my position, even though I happened to lose it because of you,¡± Mira started the conversation and Lc didn¡¯t know whether she had to be grateful for that or what. It didn¡¯t sound like she really thanked her genuinely. More so, what she said was right. ¡°I am sorry about that,¡± Lc said. She sighed deeply and watched those warriors were training brutally. Blood sttered on the ground and there was no one who bothered with the sight, as if it was somethingmon. Was this a usual sight to see? ¡°I know, your method yesterday was the bare minimum, but it is me, who couldn¡¯t keep up with it.¡± Mira nced at Lc and then chuckled. She didn¡¯t like to hear that, she felt like she was being mocked. In the past, luna Jasmine always taught her not to apologize, even if she was wrong, because you couldn¡¯t give an apology to anyon especially someone lowered than you and as the luna, the only person that deserved your apology was only your mate. However, deep down, Lc did not agree with that. ¡°I appreciate your apology,¡± Mira said. ¡°But, I need to say it that you are really suck and I don¡¯t think you can be a good match with the alpha.¡± Lc lowered her head, she looked trouble. ¡°I know. I don¡¯t think I am. ¡°Just like I had expected. This whole idea about taking you as his woman must be his decision alone without your input, am I right?¡± Mira asked her bluntly. It was weird to have this conversation with the person, whom yesterday happened to be on the list of the worst people she didn¡¯t want to meet, but right now they were talking casually, as if they were friend. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org ¡°What do you want to say?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes, she felt ufortable to be talking about this topic and wondered how they could end up talking about this. ¡°I only want to say that Grace is a better suit for the alpha,¡± Mira replied lightly, she shrugged her shoulders nonchntly, as if there was nothing wrong with what she said. ¡°She is strong and confidence, more over, she is not an outsider.¡± Mira nced at Lc. ¡°I mean no offense, but we have a hard time to ept you, Lc.¡± # Chapter 78 Chapter 78 This was the only lycan pack in this entire realm, so it was understandable if the other shifters tried to get away from them because they were a little bit different and more intimidating with their strength and figure. therefore, this unfamiliarity made them was ostracized by the rest of the pack in this continent, which caused the lycan to only trust their own people and look. down on the other shifters, who treated them poorly because they were stronger than them. ¡°I know. I can understand that,¡± Lc said in light tone. She tried not to take offense in this matter. ¡°But, if you want toin about this, you should know I have no say in this matter and no matter what my opinion, in the end, it will be Hunter, who will decide the woman he wanted.¡± ¡°Hunter, huh?¡± Mira scoffed and Lc just realized her mishap for calling Hunter by only his name. ¡°Both of you seem very close. A mere warrior and a lowborn will be scared enough to talk with the alpha, but you can actually call him by only his name, as if you are on the same level.¡± Mira nced at Lc. ¡°Well, I can say you are already on the same level like him, don¡¯t you think? Since he acknowledged you as his woman, it means, you are his equal.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like the way you talk to me,¡± Lc said bluntly. This female warrior clearly. looked down on her and luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge that had run in her veins couldn¡¯t ept that. ¡°I can understand if you don¡¯t like me, but I don¡¯t understand why you keep trying to talk bad about me when I did nothing to you, but try to understand.¡± Mira stared at Lc for a while and then sighed deeply before she got up. ¡°You have those werewolves attitude and I really don¡¯t like it.¡± ¡°What do you mean with that?¡± This is from N?velDrama.Org. ¡°You people are arrogance.¡± ¡°That¡¯s so riching from you.¡± ¡°We always say things bluntly, but you people always try to think that you are above us and act wise. Just like what you are doing right now.¡± ¡°What am I doing right now?¡± Lc didn¡¯t feel like she was doing something wrong, but why it was a fault in Mira¡¯s eyes? ¡°If you are angry, be angry, if you are upset, show it and if you want to mock me do it. You don¡¯t need to keep your image by holding yourself back and act 8 benevolent. You, werewolf, always think you are above us.¡± After saying that Mira turned around, but before she left, Lc spoke. ¡°Maybe the problem is not me and my people, who acted benevolent and try to think we are above you, but have you ever thought that maybe you, lycan, who always thought us because you are a minor and you try to y it as if we bully your kind.¡± beneath us Mira immediately turned her b*dy around, she was clearly angry and growled viciously at Lc. ¡°What happened here?¡± It was Darren, who approached them. The beta had been observing the two of them when he trained the other warriors and only came when he saw how ufortable and upset Lc was. He had no grudge against Lc and knew the true reason why Hunter wanted her to be his woman. He and Rye had heard about their story in the past and he thought it was very understandable with Hunter¡¯s obsession with Lc, even before he found her, he had shown such tendency too. Therefore, they were not really surprised when he heard Hunter wanted to make her his woman. That was his dream after all. ¡°Nothing,¡± Mira said and then left them there. She returned to the indoor training ground, while Darren approached Lc. ¡°Everything is good?¡± Darren asked, he sat down on the seat where Mira was sitting before and took off his clothes, because he was sweating really hard. For the lycan. this gesture was normal, but for werewolf, which Mira saw as a reserved creature. what Darren did was rather unepted. Lc lowered her sight and tried to avoid to see at Darren¡¯s direction. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°What were you talking about?¡± ¡°There is nothing important.¡± ¡°But, you look upset,¡± Darren pointed it out and Lc couldn¡¯t say otherwise because she was indeed upset. ¡°Are you waiting for Hunter?¡± Darren had heard what happened yesterday and thought Hunter was crazy to ask her to train, but the alpha was adamant that L had to know a basic skill how to protect herself. ¡°I thought it still two hours fre Chapter 78 now.¡± ¡°Yes, he told me we will have a training today, but I came here earlier.¡± Darren didn¡¯t ask much and then silence cascaded down between them, which made the two of them became a little bit ufortable because they didn¡¯t use to be alone with one another. ¡°I see you are close with Rye¡¯s sister.¡± ¡°Yes, she is a nice girl. I like her.¡± ¡°Yeah, but she can be a handful too.¡± Darren leaned his back and stared down at the ground, where hundred of warriors, either in their beast form or human form. fought against each other in sparing. ¡°She is a good friend.¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± And then another awkward silence. ¡°Do you want to train with me? Warming up for a while before Hunter is here?¡± ¡°Eh?¡± Lc was surprised with his suggestion, she turned her head and immediately looked away when she watched his broad chest and six packs. Just like what she had seen, all the warriors had a great b*dy, as if they were built of muscles. ¡°No, you don¡¯t need to apany me, you are busy, you can go back to your warrior.¡± Lc really wanted to be left alone, instead of being with Darren in this awkward situation. Yet, the beta had stood up and then nodded his head. ¡°Come here, let¡¯s warm up.¡± But, I don¡¯t agree?! É« Chapter 79 ¡°Now I can see why it was the right thing for Raya to step in and save you yesterday.¡± Darren touched his chin, as he stared at Lc, who had fallen to the ground, panting heavily, because she couldn¡¯t breath properly after what Darren so called warming up. This was not even a warming up for Lc! She was burning already. ¡°No¡­ I can¡¯t¡­¡± Lc fell on her back and then stared at the blue sky from the gap between the leaves. This area was a little bit away from the stadium, where they called as training ground, but she still could hear the noise and loud growls from there. Actually, this ce was quite nice with a lot of trees and the leaves canopied this area, where she trained with Darren. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Darren was deep in thought, his eyes fixed on Lc¡¯s b*dy, but she couldn¡¯t care less about that at this point. He could stare as he liked, Lc needed her time to catch up her breathing. ¡°I think I know why you are very weak and can¡¯t stand a physical activity too much.¡± ¡°I know I am weak. I am born like this.¡± What else the reason aside from this? ¡°No, I think there is more into it,¡± Darren said, he was thinking about it more carefully again, but this time, he approached Lc, who was stillying on the ground and spoke sternly with her. ¡°Shift into your beast.¡± ¡°What? Why?¡± Lc furrowed her brows. ¡°I don¡¯t have the energy to shift into my beast.¡± Shifting into your beast required a lot of energy, because your beast side was usually used as your defense and attack, in fighting mode, thus if you didn¡¯t have enough energy, you wouldn¡¯t be able to sustain that form for long. ¡°Just shift. Let¡¯s see how long you can sustain that form.¡± Lc groaned. She felt so tired and wanted to go back to the pack house and -rested, but she still needed to meet with Hunter after this, because like what Darren said, it was only a ¡®warming up, the real training she would get with Hunter. The thought of it alone made Lc felt her bones grew weary. She wanted to sleep. ¡®Shift.¡± 10:41 Mon, 1 Jan D Chapter 79 Darren took a step back and gave Lc space to shift into her beast, in which she did and shifted into her beautiful honey- brown beast. However, it didn¡¯tst for long, because after that, she shifted back into her human form, panting heavily and shook her head. ¡°I can¡¯t. I can¡¯t stay in my beast for long¡­¡± In this rate, Lc couldn¡¯t even lift her fingers, because she was thoroughly exhausted, let alone to think she was still having a real training with Hunter. That was simply impossible to do. ¡°What do you think, Hunter?¡± Darren asked. Hunter? Lc frowned and then lifted her head to follow Darren¡¯s line of sight to find Hunter was leaning his back against one of the trees, his eyes fell on Lc, who was draining from her energy. Since when he was there? Lc didn¡¯t have any idea. This was ahead of their appointed time and more so, why he didn¡¯t say anything? Lc must have been dog tired to even be able to recognize Hunter¡¯s presence and smell his scent in the air. ¡°I will take her back to the pack house,¡± Hunter said and then approached Lc. He bent his b*dy and carried her in his arms. ¡°I will appreciate it if you don¡¯t try to pull this again.¡± Usually, Lc would ask Hunter to put her down, because it was embarrassing to be carried like this, but this time, she snuggled against him. She had no energy to walk back to the pack house, even if she had to crawl. ¡°I only want to help.¡± ¡°There is no need for you to help.¡± Lc could hear how cold Hunter was and thest thing she saw was his angry face when he red at Darren, who lowered his head, like a child being reprimanded by their mother. This is from N?velDrama.Org. After that, everything went ck, she was not sure how long she was in the dark, but the first thing that she noticed was two people, who was talking with each other. ¡°Why she has not yet woken up? Are you sure she is alright?¡± Hunter asked the 2/8 10:41 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 79 91%E healer, his tone was not friendly at all, he had this cold aura that surrounded him. ¡°I am sure, alpha, she will be fine. Actually, it is a good thing that she is sleeping because she needs to rest after such an intense exercise.¡± Exercise? That¡¯s what they called her training? Lc felt very embarrassed, she couldn¡¯t imagine what kind of rumor that would be spread if they learned she fainted during training after she made a fuss the other day with Mira. All the people would know by now how weak she was and it was not something she was happy about. And after that, Lc fell unconscious again. She woke up a few hourster when her stomach was protesting and hunger strike her. Lc groaned and stretched her b*dy, but when she turned her b*dy, she bumped. onto something warmth and sturdy. Sleepily, she opened her eyes and found a chest right before her. It startled Lc, even more when she heard hunter¡¯s deep voice from above her head. ¡°Feeling better?¡± Hunter pulled the nket to cover her b*dy, but then he leaned over to k*ss her forehead before he got off the bed and returned with a ss of water. ¡°Drink this, you will feel better. Hunter helped Lc to sit down and drink the water, he held her b*dy and the brought the ss close to her l*ps, so she wouldn¡¯t choke. ¡°Slowly, no one will snatc h your ss,¡± Hunter reminded her when she drank the water greedily. What Hunter said was right, she indeed felt better now. ¡°I don¡¯t want to train anymore¡­¡± Chapter 80 Chapter 80 ¡°I think I told you before that I don¡¯t want to train anymore, but why do you still bring me here?¡± Lc sulked, as she followed Hunter to the outer stadium, where all the warriors were training. After what happened thest time, Lc took aplete rest for a week and during that time, Raya, Lena and Rose woulde to visit her. She didn¡¯t make a lot of friends still, because she didn¡¯t think she was good at it and more so because they still looked at her with a furrow between their brows. It was hard to ept her, especially if she would be the future luna of the pack. But, Lc didn¡¯t mind it at all. ¡°You are fine now,¡± Hunter pointed it the obvious. It had been a month since what happened and now Hunter took her here again to train. He had not yet given up with the idea for Lc to be able to protect herself. Lc loved the idea too, but her b*dy simply couldn¡¯t keep up with her desire to be capable of protecting herself, as if her whole b*dy was protested whenever she used her energy excessively, even for daily basis. ¡°You will tire me out soon if you insisted for me to keep training with you,¡± Lc said helplessly. She had been discouraged and given up with the idea of training, because drained out of your energy was not a nice feeling. She felt very vulnerable. ¡°The problem with you is because your beast form is too weak, that¡¯s why you can¡¯t sustain that form for long and this affected your physical ability too.¡± Hunter ignored Lc¡¯s protest. They were already here, what else she wanted toin about. ¡°Why did you suppress your beast?¡± ¡°Me? Suppressing my beast?¡± Lc didn¡¯t understand, she stopped walking when Hunter did. This was the same spot, where Darren was ¡®warming up¡¯ with her almost a month ago. ¡°I don¡¯t understand.¡± ¡°How many times. you shift into your beast in a weak?¡± ¡°I can go without shifting into my beast for a year.¡± Hunter widened his eyes in surprised and his voice was very heavy when he spoke 10:41 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 80 again. ¡°A year!?¡± He came closer toward Lc, but she took a step back out of instinct because right now the alpha lycan was very intimidating. ¡°How can you not shift within a year?!¡± Lc blinked her eyes. ¡°Why I can¡¯t?¡± ¡°This is the problem¡­¡± Hunter clicked his tongue and shook his head, which made. Lc frowned even deeper. ¡°What do you mean with problem?¡± ¡°You are the problem, Lc How can you not shift into your beast for a year?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t understand.¡± This was another thing that shock Hunter as well, because from the look of it, Lc was seemingly genuine not to know about this. With that, Hunter had to exin everything to her about why there was the need to bnce between your human side and their beast side for shifters. ¡°It applies to lycan too, because we are actually the same creature, but we are blessed with more power and strength,¡± Hunter exined it calmly. Today, Lc learned a new thing from Hunter about the bnce between their beast form and their human form, something that she had never learned before. She always thought, she didn¡¯t need to shift into her beast, because a woman didn¡¯t usually use to run in their beast form, their beast form was only to defense and attack, but even that rule only applied to men, since there was no women to be warriors in her pack, therefore, most of werewolves women were physically weak, just like Lc. She exined about that perception to Hunter too, which he said how wrong it was. And today was the first day, she and Hunter ran side by side in their beast form. Hunter¡¯s lycan beast was very huge, it could be said his size was more than twice. hers, which was very intimidating and also fast, but he would slow down his pace whenever Lc¡¯s beast was too tired and encourage her to move a little bit closer. There was time when Lc couldn¡¯t retain her beast form and had to shift back into her human form and it happened during the first time she shifted, but after the third time, she could get a hang of it a little bit longer and after that, she became a little bit morefortable with her beast. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. However, it didn¡¯t take long too, because her energy drained very quickly, in the end, after two hours in her beast form, which was the longer she had shifted, they returned to the spot. ¡°Hunter, there is news from Golden w pack, they wanted the war prisoner to be handed in the end of this weak,¡± Rye informed Hunter once he and Lc returned from their running. Just like what Hunter had promised, he would return all the war prisoner to their pack and now, they demanded it after almost three months. ¡°Arrange the meeting with them. We will give them back in the meeting point.¡± Hunter had a lot of things to take care of, so he rather neglected this unimportant matter. ¡°But, the alpha and the luna wished to see Lc too, because they wanted to see how she is right now, whether we treated her well or not.¡± Rye rolled his eyes. clearly, he was trying so hard not to mock these people, who had made this demand. ¡°Who made this demand? Alpha James and luna Jasmine?¡± Hunter handed over a waterskin in his hand to Lc so she could moisten her throat, she was sweating and her hair looked unkempt, while Hunter looked fine and tidy. ¡°No¡­ apparently, they just had a ceremony for Aiden to be their new alpha, so he and his mate will be the people, who will receive the war prisoners, along with the other alphas and lunas, that¡¯s why in the letter, it mentioned to bring Lc along¡± ¹Þ Chapter 81 So, Aiden and Ruby were the new alpha and luna now? This was news for them. ¡°I only know about this,¡± Hunter said lightly, as he wiped his sweat. He didn¡¯t seem bothered by this news, but he nced at Lc to see her reaction. It was whether she didn¡¯t care or she was an expert to hide her own feeling, but he believed it was the former, since she was not good at lying. ¡°Yes, Aiden took the title of alpha from his father around two days ago from the rumor that I heard.¡± ¡°Why? Alpha James wanted an early retirement?¡± Hunter put on his clothes and then took Lc¡¯s hand, as the three of them walked back to the pack house. ¡°I don¡¯t know, I think there is an internal conflict within their pack. I am not sure. You are not interested with what happened there, so I don¡¯t put an effort to find out more.¡± Rye shrugged his shoulders nonchntly. He was right. After that information, Hunter walked Lc back to their bedroom and then went to arrange the meeting with his beta and gamma, while she took a bath. Hunter returned at night when Lc was about to go to the dining hall to get eat her dinner. ¡°Let¡¯s have dinner together inside, there is something I want to talk about with you,¡± Hunter said. It was very rare to see how he looked very serious like right now. Confused, Lc blinked her eyes and asked him about what was going on and what he wanted to talk about. ¡°I believed I have made myself very clear,¡± Hunter started. He stopped talking when two servants entered the room and brought their dinner. They put a lot of food on the table between the two of them and immediately scurried away. Lc had wanted to ask Raya about why people looked very scared with Hunter, because she got this vibe whenever she walked with him. People would lower their head and tried to avoid his eyes, but when they thought Hunter was no longer aware of their existence, they would secretly nce at him with this sheepish smiled on their l*ps. This happened only to female shifters, while male shifters would look very respectful. Lc didn¡¯t think Hunter was a scary alpha, but people around her acted like he was one. ¡°What do you want to talk about?¡± Lc asked, she looked very beautiful and charming after she washed herself from dirt and dust after their training, Hunter could smell her fresh scent and this burned his throat. ¡°You are my woman, Lc, but there is one way to assert your title.¡± Hunter stared at Lc, from her beautiful eyes down to her slender neck. ¡°I need to mark no one would dare to say otherwise when I im you as my woman.¡± you, so His voice was clear and concise, but it didn¡¯t deter the heavy meaning behind it at all. Hunter wanted her, he had made it very clear since the very beginning that he wanted her as his woman, as his mate, if Lc put it into her understanding. She knew this moment woulde and she thought she was ready, but when she was faced with this question, her heart was thumping wildly. It didn¡¯t mean Lc didn¡¯t want Hunter. No, she wanted him. She wanted this man, who had saved her a few times, someone that belonged to her. Someone that she could call as hers. But then, she couldn¡¯t help, but became really nervous. Her face turned very red. Why she felt like her heart was going out of her chest? The food in front of her was no longer appetizing anymore. ¡°So, what do you want to do?¡± Lc was d her voice didn¡¯t falter, because it would be pretty embarrassing if she was shaking when she asked this obvious question. ¡°I want to mark you. I want to im you as mine.¡± Hunter stood up and Lc prayed he wouldn¡¯t hear her beating heart when he knelt down in front of her and took her hand. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to rush you, but I think I have waited enough for you to open your heart for me. I want to im you as my woman before our meeting with your former pack.¡± ¡°Why so?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. ¡°Is it because you heard Aiden stepped in as the alpha?¡± Hunter lifted his head and stared at Lc straight into her eyes, as if he could read what was in her mind and this made her flustered. ¡°Not really, but that might be one of the reasons.¡± ¡°And what is your main reason?¡± Lc felt a little bit disappointed because Hunter considered that as his reason. ¡°I want you.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t avert his eyes. ¡°I want you to be mine, fully. I want to im you so bad since the first time I finally found you. I really want you and your only.¡± Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. This blunt answer left Lc speechless, because she didn¡¯t think this would be hist main reason. Hunter might not realize it, but what he had done and what he had said with all. honesty made Lc¡¯s heart felt very warm. After what Aiden had done to her and the audacity he showed her by bringing along his pregnant woman and asked her to stay after he kicked her out of the pack, thinking by doing that, he would make her caved in and ept him again, since she didn¡¯t have anywhere to go. But, probably Lc would ept that if Hunter didn¡¯t offer to take her into his pack. She couldn¡¯t imagine how she would be if she had to stay there and epted. her fate. ¡°Can you say something? I really want to k*ss you, but I am sure, you will be mad at me, if I did without your permission again.¡± Lc chuckled and leaned over to k*ss him instead. Chapter 82 This k*ss led to another, at first it was only an innocent k*ss that Lc gave to him, but somehow, thing escted very fast and when she realized it, they were already on bed, half n*ked with their food was left untouched on the table. It was a pity, since the meat looked very appetizing, but right now, there were something else that needed their focus. Something both of them couldn¡¯t resist the more they touched each other. ¡°Are you you sure about this?¡± Hunter asked, his voice was very deep and husky, he stared at Lc¡¯s eyes deeply. She looked so beautiful under the light and was very captivating, anyone who saw her would agree with him. Lc bit her l*p, she didn¡¯t have any idea how to answer such question, but she didn¡¯t want him to stop. She would be annoyed if he actually stopped what he was doing. ¡°Do you want me to stop?¡± Hunter asked, his voice was so deep and dark, it reverberated throughout her entire b*dy and if anything, she only wanted him. more, but it was very embarrassing to admit that, even though, Hunter could smell how arouse she was. He was not new in this kind of thing, thus he knew when his partner wanted him back or not and it didn¡¯t take a genius that Lc had this strong desire for him. She had the same feeling like him. However, Hunter wanted to make sure she really wanted this and not only because of the heated of moment. ¡°Lc, I need your consent to continue,¡± Hunter said, his voice was shaking, because he had to control himself for not devouring her right there and then. She was very innocent and the thought of someone else touched her didn¡¯t sit well with him. He wondered, did she ever do it with Aiden¡­.? It was pretty obvious that man didn¡¯t have any scrupulous and self control for actually impregnated another woman, who was not his mate, but what about the rtionship between him and Lc, had they done it? It angered Hunter, though he knew how hypocrite he was to be mad at Lc if they really had done it, but then he remembered how she was flustered when he asked. the same question not so long ago. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. 10:42 Mon, 1 Jan ¡°Do you want me to stop?¡± Hunter asked again, above anything else and his crazy thought, he didn¡¯t want their first time was ruined because of this unrted thing. He only wanted to focus on her, she was his woman now. ¡°No¡­¡± Lc replied, the answer he had been waiting for and this made Hunter groaned when he touched her again. Her l*ps were the sweetest thing he had ever tasted. Lc breathed raggedly when Hunter touched her skin, she felt like she was burning, her whole b*dy was on fire and his touch only added to the mes, both of them were sweating and their skin became so sl*ppery, glistening under the light from the firece and candles around this room. ¡°You look so beautiful, Lc, you know that?¡± Hunter asked hoarse. He traced his fingers from her cheeks, down to her jawline, her corbone and then her breast. He squeezed her breast and this elicited moan from her. This only made Hunter became very hard and he knew there was no going back from this. If the two of them were going to burn, he would dly be ashes for her. She was what he wanted, someone he desired and where his mind always wandered of. She was everything he had ever asked of ¡°Lc¡­ you are very wet..¡± he whispered to her ear and then watched how her face turned bright red, she gulped down and tried to curl herself, as if she could hide from him. This was very cute in his eyes. Right now, Lc was only on her undergarment, while Hunter was still fully clothes and when he ripped of thest fabric thattched on her b*dy, she gasped, she squirmed and tried to cover herself, as if she just realized what was going on. It was toote for her to back down, because Hunter wouldn¡¯t let her to do so. He lowered himself and started to k*ss on her neck, her corbones and then down to her breast, she squirmed and moaned in delight when he captured his nipple and bit it carefully, while ying with the other one, he pinched it until it turned very red like her face. She smelled so good, her arousal turned him even harder. He wanted her, all of her¡­ ¡°You don¡¯t have any idea how much I want you, Lc. You don¡¯t know how long I have been waiting for you to be mine¡­¡± Hunter kept talking to her, while he pleasured her and somehow, this made her even more rx, his voice was soothing and she wanted him so badly. Lc closed her eyes, while she savored every touch and every k*ss. She breathed. heavily, but she opened her eyes when his k*ss when south. ¡°Hun¡­ Hunter, what are you doing?¡± She stuttered when she watched Hunter k*ssed her down there, it was very embarrassing, especially when he lifted his head. and their eyes met. She felt very vulnerable and exposed. ¡°It¡¯s okay, little one¡­ rx,¡± he said in the same tone. Lc wanted to protest, but herin was swallowed back, as she let out delicious moan when Hunter licked her clit. He licked and intruded her opening with his tongue and this sent shivered down her spine, as she couldn¡¯t help, but squirmed. The sound of it made her b*dy was hot, very hot, as something built inside of her b*dy. ¡°Let it go, little one¡­¡± Hunter said in his deep voice, as he could feel how she was close to her climax and once it happened, her b*dy was trembling violently, this was the first time for Lc to feel t Chapter 83 Lc felt her world was shattered, but not in a bad way. This feeling and sensation. was very foreign for her, it shocked her because her b*dy could actually respond in that way. She trembled for a while and Hunter kept licking her, taking everything from her, as he patiently waited until she was done riding her first climax and then k*ssed. her forehead, the tip of her nose and her l*ps. She could taste herself in his mouth, which made her blushed. very red, ¡°I am not yet done with you. This is just the beginning,¡± Hunter whispered to Lc¡¯s ear and this word made her blushed even more, her skin turned but her eyes filled with the anticipation. As embarrassing as it was, Lc had to admit that she liked it. She liked the way he touched her b*dy and how he gave her pleasure. Supporting his b*dy on his knees, while still hovering above her, Hunter took off his clothes and then his pants, which made Lc averted her eyes and this made. Hunter chuckled. ¡°What is it? Don¡¯t tell me this is the first time for you to see this?¡± Hunter supported his b*dy with his arm, while he pinched her chin and made her looked at him. ¡°Tell me, is this your first time.¡± Lc bit her l*p and this made Hunter groaned. He must be insane for wanting to bit her l*p for her. But, he even more surprised when Lc actually nodded and admitted it this was her first time. ¡°Really?¡± Hunter was in disbelief. Lc flinched when she heard how in disbelief he was and tried to wriggle her b*dy away from him, but of course, Hunter would never let her go, not after she had turned him so hard and all he wanted was to bury himself deep into her. She drove him insane. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Lc obviously was not the first woman he was with, he had been with a lot of them, if one could say, but then no one ever made him felt this way. Hunter kept k*ssing her, every part of her, touching and licking and when he ced himself between her legs, both of them moan, the friction of what kind of pleasure that they would get, excited them. However, when Hunter thrusted into her hardly, Lc screamed in pain. She was very tight. She was not lying when she said this was her first time and Hunter felt guilty for forgetting that fact. He had not yet gone all the way in when Lc was screaming in pain. He stopped and now only half of him was within her. ¡°I am sorry, I am sorry little one¡­¡± Hunter whispered to her ear and tried to ease her pain, by k*ssing her and helped her to rx again. Only when she felt morefortable, Hunter inserted himself and this time he did it very slowly, he let her to stretch for him and adjust herself with his size. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Hunter kept checking on her. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc nodded. She felt so full, but at the same time she wanted more, this was not enough for her. ¡°Can I go deeper?¡± ¡°Yes¡­¡± Lc breathed raggedly when Hunter started to move in and out of her b*dy, the sound that came from it filled the room and the smell of S** was very thick. Lc was grateful for when Hunter keptmunicating with her about what he was going to do with her b*dy, so she wouldn¡¯t feel scared and at lost. He was being very attentive and gentle with her. Was this the feeling when someone loved you so much, to the point, they didn¡¯t want to hurt you? This feeling was very nice¡­ After the initial pain and when her b*dy was already adjusted with his size, the feeling that building inside of her started to make her cry, this was very intense. Tears rolled down from her eyes when she threw her head back and her b*dy shattered. This delicious feeling was unbearable, she identally scratched Hunter¡¯s back and this made the alpha became even more turned on, he came undone not long after her and Lc could feel warm liquid between her legs. Once her b*dy calmed down and what was left of her was a sob, Hunter peppered k*sses on her face. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± he asked, worried in his voice. Lc nodded weakly, she felt very sleepy and satisfied. ¡°Sleep, little one.¡± Hunter caressed her cheek and pulled out from her carefully, which made her flinched, but then she rolled her b*dy to the side and curled her b*dy to sleep, she was too tired to do anything else. Lc had never been feeling so fulfilled and satisfied like this, which rendered her unable to move a finger and fell asleep almost immediately, Seeing her like this, Hunter smiled, he felt very satisfied to know this was her first time. No one had ever touched her before him and it felt great to know that bastard of an alpha had never seen this side of her or drew pleasure from her. Hunter leaned over and k*ssed her arm and her forehead. After he stared at her for a while, he got up and took a towel to clean her. She must be very exhausted to even care about this and Hunter didn¡¯t mind to take care of her. ¡°I love you, Lc. My sweet little one. I love you¡­¡± Hunter then realized one thing when he caught a sight of unfinished dinner. They had not yet eaten anything when they did it, no wonder. Lc was very exhausted and he was sure, tomorrow she would be famished. His hunch was right, because the next day, Lc woke up because she was very hungry, but when she opened her eyes and found Hunter¡¯s sleeping face, she was stunned, as her memory reminded her of what happened the previous night. She blushed profusely. SEND OUT 0 Chapter 84 Lc told herself not to think about what happenedst night and acted cool, but she couldn¡¯t. Because the more she tried not to think of it, the more vivid the memory came to her mind, she was dumbfounded as of how she could act very promiscuous like that. She remembered every touch, every k*ss and everything that he did to her b*dy and how she reacted to it. Not to mention how they were sleeping by hugging each other and how their legs. tangled with one another, she couldn¡¯t help, but blushed again. His skin was very warm to her touch and she liked his smell, as her face was right in front of his bare chest. Lc looked down and she gulped so hard when she realized she was also n*ked. What she should do now? Should she get up slowly and go to the bathroom to check herself, but what she should do if Hunter woke up? She didn¡¯t think she could face him right away. Lc tried her hardest not to make a move or any sound, but her stomach couldn¡¯t cooperate with her. Her stomach actually let out this embarrassing sound, which reminded her of what the reason she was waking up in the morning. She was hungry, no, she was starving! After such vigorous act the other night, she remembered she didn¡¯t eat anything! This was a lesson for her, if in the future they were going to do it again, she should eat a lot! Because she would need that energy. However, the thought of doing it again with Hunter made her gulped down, her b*dy felt so hot again and all the memories returned to her head. This good! ¡°I think we really need to feed you now.¡± Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. was! Lc shrieked when she heard Hunter¡¯s voice. He was awake and there was no trace of sleepiness on his eyes at all! ¡°Y¨Cyou are awake!¡± Lc felt like she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it because of how embarrassed she was, not to mention the way Hunter chuckled and teased her. He buried his face against her nape and k*ssed her hot skin when she tried to run away from him. L 10:42 Mon, 1 Jan ¡°Why are you so flustered?¡± he asked teasingly, as he licked her skin, this made her gasped and shivered. She could feel her desire for her was awaken. Hunter was being so mean with her! ¡°I- I want to eat something. I- I am hungry!¡± Lc struggled to get away from him, but no matter what she did, there was nothing she could do and she end up in his arms. He hugged her from behind and innocently brushed his arms against her perked nipples, ¡°Hm¡­ I am hungry too. I feel like I want to eat something too¡­.¡± Hunter saidzily. He kept nuzzling against Lc¡¯s neck, breathing in her scent and felt this satisfaction because he managed to make her flustered. This was the best morning that had ever happened in his entire life. He wanted to wake up to his sweet woman like this every day. This must be a blessing. Lc wanted to cry, but at the same time she wanted to moan when Hunter pinched her sensitive nipple and started to rub himself against her from behind. ¡°Hu- Hunter what are you doing?¡± Lc asked, she felt so embarrassed when she could feel how he got hard. His phallus was right on top of her ass cheeks. She wanted to push herself against him, but she was still had her conscience intact and her embarrassment stopped her from trying to do so. However, she didn¡¯t think she wouldst for long, if Hunter didn¡¯t stop it, maybe she would embarrass herself in the end. Thankfully, he had some mercy on Lc when he finally gave herst k*ss and then groaned when he pulled away from her and got off the bed. Lc felt grateful and she finally could sigh of relief, but at the same time, there was this emptiness she couldn¡¯t describe, she felt a little bit¡­ disappointed because Hunter stopped himself. Despite her hunger, she didn¡¯t think she wanted him to stop. She had to admit, she wouldn¡¯t mind if Hunter continued¡­ Lc really wanted to p herself for thinking that way. ¡°Come on, you wake up sote, I am sure there is nothing in the dining hall anymore. Those lycans must have gobbled up all the food there. We need to make something in the kitchen,¡± Hunter said, as he put on some clothes and pants. Lc stared at Hunter¡¯s b*dy, he looked very big and he didn¡¯t seem to bother with the fake, he was n*ked in front of her. This must be because he had done it dozen 23 of times, so he was unfazed when he was being unclothed in front of a woman. The though to fit made Lc felt her stomach churned her appetite dropped. She had the fact there were other women before her and this made her felt unwell. Caught Lc was ogling at him, Hunter tilted his head, amusement on the corner of his l*ps when he asked her what she was staring at? ¡°Nothing,¡± Lc said hastily, as she averted her eyes from him. ¡°Do you like what you are seeing? Or, should I show it to you again?¡± Hunter approached Lc, who was still on the bed, clutching the nket to cover herself. ¡°I was not staring at you!¡± Even Lc herself could feel the tant lie in her denial. ¡°Okay, okay,¡± Hunterughed. He wanted to tease her again, but he didn¡¯t have a heart to see how already red her face was, if he had to follow his heart, they wouldn¡¯t have their meal in an hour, because he would have devoured something else that was way more interesting for him. ¡°Come on, you want to go out with the nket?¡± ¡°Can you turn around?¡± Chapter 85 ¡°And why should I turn around?¡± Micah crossed his arms in front of his chest. There was this amusement in his eyes when he spoke and this made Lc¡¯s face. turned even redder. She looked like she was about to cry when she naively. answered that question. ¡°Because I don¡¯t wear anything.¡± Lc clutched her nket. ¡°And then why?¡± Micah couldn¡¯t help, but continued this childish game. ¡°I have seen everything, Lc and it is safe to say I have touched and licked every inch of your b*dy. What are you trying to hide from me? Is there something that I have not yet seen?¡± ¡°Hunter!¡± This time, because she was too embarrassed, she raised her voice and growled, knowing this man found pleasure by teasing her. She was right! This man was so mean! ¡°Get out from the room!¡± Lc threw a pillow at him. ¡°We just spent the night together, but you already threw me out of the room? I thought I satisfied you last night.¡± Hunter leaned over very quick andnded a k*ss. on her l*ps before he pulled away from her again, a smirk on his l*ps because he could manage to make her flustered yet again. ¡°Did I do something that is not to your liking?¡± ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc buried her face against the pillow and Hunterughed even harder, but he caressed her head and then walked out of the room, giving her the space she needed. ¡°I will wait outside of the door,¡± Hunter said before he closed the door and there was this quietness. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Realizing Hunter was no longer inside the room, Lc lifted her head and found. herself was alone in this room. She took a deep breath to control her thumping heart. Lc thought, she knew how mischievous Hunter was, but as it turned out, she still did not the extent of his mischievousness. However, after her initial embarrassment, she felt her heart was so warm. Yes, it was annoying to be teased, but at least, she knew how much he wanted her. Somehow, with the way how Hunter treated her, this healed her self esteem that had been destroyed by Aiden¡¯s betrayal. 10:43 Mon, 1 Jan 0 ? Her stomach grumbled once again when she was thinking about this, urged her to put on some clothes and immediately went out to the man, who had been waiting for her patiently. She was so hungry, it seemed, she needed to suppress the feeling of her embarrassment until she was fed. It took her ten minutes before she finally came out and saw Hunter was talking with Rye, he took her hand and ended the conversation with Rye. ¡°You need to be careful,¡± Rye said as his parting words, he smiled and waved at Lc before he walked away from them. ¡°What happened?¡± Lc asked out of curiosity. Because it was not everyday you would hear your gamma to ask you to be careful. This must be something important, though Hunter didn¡¯t look concern about whatever the topic he was talking with his gamma. ¡°Nothing.¡± Hunter tucked strands of her hair and k*ssed her cheek. ¡°Let¡¯s cook something.¡± ¡°You can cook?¡± Lc asked with her brows raised. It seemed, Hunter didn¡¯t want to tell her, therefore, no matter how she coaxed him, she didn¡¯t think he would tell her. More so, she was trained not to involve herself in a matter of the pack, especially when your mate was the alpha of the pack. There were a few secrets that they couldn¡¯t tell you. ¡°Of course.¡± Hunter looked proud of himself. ¡°There is no way I don¡¯t know the basic skill to survive.¡± Despite the fact they could eat raw meat when they were in their beast form, but as shifters, they preferred to eat like human. It was way more.fortable. ¡°Really?¡± Lc widened her eyes. Disbelief must be very apparent on her face when she asked for the confirmation of it, which made Hunter smirked. ¡°You can just sit and rx, I will cook something for you.¡± He pulled her closer and k*ssed the top of her head, which made everyone around them took the second nce when they walked past them. At this point, Hunter was no longer cared, he felt so happy to have Lc in his arms right now. She was his and there was nothing could say otherwise, especially after he imed herst night. Though, he supposed to mark her, but seeing how she was still trying to adjust with him and engage in this S**ual activity, he didn¡¯t want to overwhelm her by marking her just yet. ¡°Okay, I want to try the food that you cook.¡± Lc felt morefortable with Hunter now, she hugged his arm and ignored the people, who stared at them when they headed toward the kitchen, just like what Hunter did. If Hunter didn¡¯t care about it, why would she care? More so, she was curious what kind of food that Hunter could cook, since back in her pack, men usually didn¡¯t do this kind of stuff. This job would fall on the woman, therefore, almost all the man in the werewolf packs didn¡¯t know how to cook. When they went to the war, there were a few women, who came with them too, to cook, clean their clothes and tended to them. Ruby must be one of the women, who came to the forefront. She obviously came. from low rank family. If Lc was not the future luna and she was only a mere orphan girl, she would have been sent to the forefront too. The irony of the reality¡­ When they finally in the kitchen, all of the women immediately went silent upon the arrival of the alpha. Hunter then told them to leave the kitchen when they asked if he wanted something. Confused, they left the kitchen, leaving the two of them alone. ¡°Now, do you have something particr you wanted to eat?¡± Hunter asked. ¡°No. Surprised me.¡± Chapter 86 Lc was in awed when Hunter really proved it to her that he could cook. He was actually really great at it. He cooked two main courses and five side dishes within less than an hour. Lc couldn¡¯t even hide her amazement when Hunter moved very fluidly in the kitchen, as if he used with all of this. How could an alpha be able to do this?! Lc stared at her steak, which the aroma that came from it really tickled her appetite. She blinked her eyes in disbelief. ¡°The food will not finish if you only nning to stare at it,¡± Hunter teased her. He prepared small table and arranged everything on top of it. ¡°Come and sit here.¡± Hunter took her hand and opened the chair like a gentleman, while Lc was in awe, she looked so proud to be able to call this man as hers. He was hers. Hunter told her the same thing, right? So, she didn¡¯t need to be embarrassed to think that way. ¡°How? How can you cook so well?¡± Lc blinked her eyes in awed, while Hunter cut the meat into smaller pieces, so she wouldn¡¯t have a trouble when she was eating. ¡°Little one, I know how awesome I am, but you need to eat if you want to stop the grumbling on your stomach,¡± Hunter said lightly, as he k*ssed her head. ¡°You can stare at me all you want after you finished your food, okay?¡± Lc was speechless by how Hunter¡¯s words sounded so full of himself, but then he was right. She was starving and the food in front of her was a temptation. ¡°Hm!¡± Lc widened her eyes in delight when the juicy meat touched her taste buds. She had never eaten anything so delicious like this, even when she lived in the pack house as the future luna. She required to eat modestly. More so, she didn¡¯t think there was anyone back in her pack that could cook so perfectly like this one, ¡°Do you like it?¡± Hunter asked. He didn¡¯t want to eat and missed the expression that Lc made. She looked so adorable when she was being very expressive like this. ¡°Very! This is very delicious!¡± Lc then cleared her throat, she corrected what she said earlier. ¡°I meant, probably because I am too hungry, that¡¯s why this is taste so good.¡± Hunterughed when he heard that. He didn¡¯t feel offended at all. ¡°Like I thought, you are very adorable!¡± And with that they spent a peaceful afternoon over the lunch that Hunter had cooked and somehow, Lc ate more than she usually did. She loved his cooking. ¡°I will cook more if you really liked it.¡± Hunter was happy enough to see Lc ate a lot. Hm. It seemed, late night S** and a homecooked meal were a great ¡°You don¡¯t need to do that,¡± Lc said sheepishly, she stared at her cleaned te and felt a little bit self conscious. Back when she was in the pack, she would be reprimanded if she ate too much like this and luna Jasmine would have given her a stern look whenever she ate too much. She needed to maintain her weigh, or else,¡± she wouldn¡¯t look attractive anymore. As it turned out, even after she starved herself, she still couldn¡¯t keep Aiden from cheating on her, what irony¡­ Lc smiled at Hunter. ¡°I will cook for youter, okay?¡± Hunter grinned. ¡°I will look forward for Our homecooked meal. He leaned over and k*ssed her l*ps, he k*ssed her a little bit longer, until she was out of breath. After that, Hunter stood up. ¡°Let¡¯s go to our waterfall,¡± he said cheerfully. He was in a good mood, therefore, he wanted to go to their ce. ¡°We will go there in our beast form, it has been a while since you let out your beast.¡± Lc was still in the same training with Hunter. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Lc then caught a nce of the dirty tes on the table. ¡°Oh, I will clean this first.¡± Hunter frowned when he saw Lc was about to tidy the table, he caught her hand, ¡°What are you doing?¡± He didn¡¯t look happy upon seeing what his woman was going to do. ¡°I need to clean this first.¡± Lc repeated what she said, as if there was nothing wrong with that, but it was apletely wrong thing to do. ¡°You have cooked, so I will clean.¡±Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°What kind of logic is that?¡± Hunter took the te in Lc¡¯s hand and put it down again on the table. ¡°Someone will clean this up, you don¡¯t need to do it,¡± Hunter said. He frowned when lc furrowed her brows. ¡°What?¡± ¡°I¡­¡± Lc bit her l*p. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Hunter took her hand and went out of the kitchen. ¡°You don¡¯t need to do any of that anymore, Lc. You are the future luna of this pack, you don¡¯t need to bother yourself with that trivial thing.¡± ¡°But, it will not hurt anyone if I cleaned the table.¡± Lc followed Hunter out of the kitchen. However, she stopped walking when Hunter suddenly turned around and faced her, currently they were in the garden, as this path would lead them to the forest, where they would find their waterfall. ¡°You are the future luna of the pack. You need to act like one. If you don¡¯t assert. yourself and make people see the value in you, they will take you lightly. I don¡¯t mind if you wanted to clean a te or two after you ate something, but I don¡¯t rmend that. Sometime, you need people to do what they should do, so they will not forget their ce.¡± Hunter knew there were still a lot of people talked bad about Lc, as she would be the luna of the pack. Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Hunter learned that it was what luna Jasmine taught her and this made him mad. How could she teach someone as the future luna, but at the same time, she treated. her not too far from someone was treating a maid? This was ridiculous in his opinion. In the end, Hunter realized, there were a lot of things that Lc had to relearn again, because from what he knew of luna Jasmine¡¯s method of teaching her, she wanted to create a submissive mate for her own son, someone that couldn¡¯t voice out their opinion and go along with their mate¡¯s word no matter what they said. This was not right and Hunter didn¡¯t want someone, who couldn¡¯t even say what they thought. Therefore, he needed to tell Lc slowly that what she learned was not right, but of course, it would take times, since what luna Jasmine taught her had been rooted in her heart and mind. From the look of it, luna Jasmine wanted a woman, who she could control, even. though she was no longer a luna, once her son became the alpha of the pack. ¡°It has been a while, since we are here¡­¡± Lc said, she sighed deeply. She shifted into her human form, the moment she arrived in this ce. Hunter was adamant to train her beast form, in order for her to have a better health, since she was very weak, even for a female werewolf. ¡°Hm¡­ do you like this ce?¡± Hunter hugged her from behind. ¡°Do you have recollection of your memory in this ce?¡± Hunter didn¡¯t ask this question often, but every time, he asked her about this, Lc always felt like he really hoped she could suddenly remember their past together when they met for the first time in this ce, where she saved his life, Though Hunter didn¡¯t say it, but he was really fond of the memory. ¡°I am sorry, I can¡¯t remember anything,¡± she said in small and regretful voice, feeling guilty for forgetting something so important for her man. Unfortunately, Lc couldn¡¯t remember it. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be sorry,¡± Hunter said in small voice that sounded like a whisper. Lc couldn¡¯t seeContent is property of N?velDrama.Org. the expression that he made because of their position, but it didn¡¯t make her feel better. This would be the answer that Hunter gave to her, whenever she said there was no memory came to her mind when they visited this ce. ¡°Don¡¯t think too much.¡± Hunter turned her b*dy around and as if he could read what was in her mind, he leaned over and captured her l*ps. He k*ssed her deeply until she forgot her worry. ¡°We still have a lot of times to make so many memories. I will remember our first meeting in this ce, while you can remember our first meeting when I k*ssed you in that dark alley.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not romantic at all.¡± Lc pursed her l*ps and Hunter scrunched his brows. ¡°I don¡¯t think almost died because someone poisoned me was a romantic situation for a first meeting. Seriously, I will rather take that dark alley any day.¡± Hunter grinned. Thinking in that way, Hunter was right, Lc didn¡¯t think it was a romantic situation for a first impression. Sheughed and felt a little bit better. Hunter always knew how to improve her mood and for some unknown reason, the more she spent her time with him, the morefortable she was. She wanted to be with him all the time. But, of course, she wouldn¡¯t say it out loud, just in case Hunter would have a big head when she admitted this. He was a fun person to be with. And probably¡­ just maybe¡­ spending the rest of her life with him was not something bad¡­ actually, she looked forward into it. Hunter made her felt something she had never felt before, something that was not even her own destined mate could give her, she felt loved and protected. He treated her so well, even though he could be overbearing and teasing her endlessly. but she liked this dynamic. ¡°Okay, I know how handsome I am, so stop ogling at me,¡± Hunter said, which shattered Lc¡¯s amazement on him. ¡°Now, shift into your beast, let¡¯s explored this ce.¡± Lc groaned. She took back some of his words that said he was a fun person, because right now, Hunter was anything, but fun. ¡°Can¡¯t we stay for a while here?¡± Lc pursed her l*ps, she didn¡¯t want to shift into her beast often, because it was very tiring, though she was better now and she could feel the benefit from it, where she became a little bit more energized, as if she had a lot of strength to start her day. But, still¡­ ¡°No.¡± Hunter could be very stern when it came to build up her strength. He was not very happy when he learned how many times Lc shifted in a year. No wonder, her b*dy was very weak. ¡°Shift now, okay.¡± Hunter gave her a deep k*ss to coax her, as if it would make her obliged. ¡°Okay¡­¡± Lc said begrudgingly. But apparently, it worked just fine and his mate started to shift into her honey brown wolf, which looked very beautiful, he always mesmerized by her beast¡¯s form. She looked so beautiful and graceful. It might be sounded cheesy and partial, but he had never seen someone so attractive like her. After that, Hunter followed her and shifted into his beast too. He intentionally ran slightly behind her, or he would slow down if Lc fell behind. Only when the sun set, they finally returned to the waterfall and the only thing that illuminated this ce was the light from the pack house and the town, where torches had been lit up in every corner. Hunter shifted into his human form and took off his clothes and his pants, as he walked toward theke. ¡°Do you want to join me?¡± Chapter 88 ¡°Do you want to join me?¡± Hunter asked Lc, as he walked toward theke that was created under the waterfall. The question itself was a temptation for Lc, because the look on his face right now didn¡¯t have any indication that he was trying to tease her. He looked very serious and solemn. ¡°But, it will be cold¡­¡± Lc said, she didn¡¯t even realize why she was whispering like this, but apparently, her throat was tightened because of the sight of him. The scenery before her eyes with Hunter as the main point was something that came out of the picture. ¡°It will not. Promise.¡± Hunter kept walking and now he had dipped himself into the water and half of his b*dy had submerged. He turned around and looked at Lc, as if waiting for her, inviting her toe with him. ¡°I will help you to clean you up.¡± Lc was hesitated for a while, but there was something inside of her that urged her toe with Hunter. The sky had turned dark, but this ce looked so dreamy with the warm light from the moon above them. Hunter didn¡¯t hurry her toe with him, but he simply waited for her toe to him. His eyes were very intense, as if he could see straight into her soul and this left Lc speechless. She wanted to know what was in his mind at this moment and how he looked at her. He had told her countless time, how much he loved her and he proved it over and over again that he was different from Aiden, yet Le felt not enough. She had this tendency to seek for validation, whether she had done everything right or not. Her mind told her bying with him to the water was not the right thing to do, someone could walk on them and this was not appropriate ce to be n*ked. Once again, Juna Jasmine¡¯s tutge got into her head. This time, Lc chose to abandon all the things she had learned in this past one year and started to undress herself. She felt her fingers were shaking and her whole b*dy was trembling. The wind felt colder than usual, or maybe it was only herself, who felt that way. Lc felt she moved in a slow motion, something that would make you impatient, but when she nced over and over again toward Hunter, he didn¡¯t seem to be bothered, if anything, he looked like he was enjoying her clumsiness. Lc gulped down so hard when she finished undressing herself and left her with only her undergarment. She contemted whether or not she needed to take them off too, but in the end, she decided to unsp her bra and pulled down her panties, because she didn¡¯t want them to get wet. Well, that was one of the reasons¡­ After that, Lc felt self conscious, as she covered her breast with her long hair. She walked timidly toward the water, where Hunter had waited for her there. Hunter stared at her intensely, almost like this was the first time for him to see a woman, or rather this was the first time for him to witness something so wonder, fragile and precious. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. The alpha stretched out his hand and helped her to get into the water. The way he looked at her, almost like he worshipped her with all of his heart. He would give up his life only for her. That was what the deepest love that a lycan would have for their woman. They would worship the ground they walked on. ¡°You look so beautiful. Hunter caressed her cheek when both of them were already on the water. Only half of their b*dy that was still on the surface. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lc said and when she was about topliment him, Hunter had swallowed her words when he k*ssed her.. He deepened their k*ss when he pulled her closed to him. He explored her mouth with his tongue and this was not enough for him to get a taste of her. The cold wind blew, but they were burning from the passion within themselves, they looked like they were going to burn the entire world with their desire for each other. ¡°I want to mark you so badly,¡± Hunter said against her l*ps. ¡°Then do it. Lc replied, she didn¡¯t even think twice when she said that, her mind was a blur and she could feel nothing, but him. She wanted him. She wanted all of him. ¡°I want you, Hunter¡­ Hunter groaned when he heard the way she called his name and this made him went insane. He sl*pped his hand under her knees and lifted her up without even breaking the k*ss, while Lc wrapped her arms around his neck and she felt the cold wind whispered against her back when Hunter took her somewhere. At this point, Lc couldn¡¯t care less about where Hunter would take her, as long as she was with him, everything was fine. She would be more than willing to go with him wherever he went. Hunter took her out of the water andid her down on top of his cloak, as he hovered above her. ¡°I want to mark you¡­.¡± Hunter said. He was breathing heavily. Marking their woman was an important thing for a lycan, which meant, they would only love one woman for the rest of their life and they wouldn¡¯t take anyone. else as theirs. And Hunter had made it very clear, he only wanted her. ¡°Do it¡­¡± Lc said and she moaned when Hunter thrusted himself into her, this was not as painful as the first time, but still, she needed to adjust herself with his size. Lc blushed when Hunter whispered to her ear, as he thrusted her slowly. ¡°The mark from the lycan can be very painful, but I will make it as pleasurable ast possible for you.¡± Chapter 89 Lc was not sure, whether she would die because of the pain or she was going to die because of the pleasure she got from Hunter. When Lc reached her climax and her world shattered deliciously in pleasure, she screamed out of pain the moment Hunter sank his teeth on her neck, it was very painful, this marking process was even more unbearable than when she rejected Aiden, at the time their bond was broken. Lc gasped, she couldn¡¯t breath properly, as the pain spread throughout her entire b*dy, she was still riding her climax, somehow, the pain from the marking process only intensified her climax to the point it was really hurt. ¡°Hu- hunter¡­ stop¡­¡± Lc didn¡¯t think she could bear this any longer, but instead of stopped what he was doing, she could feel his fangs dug deeper into her flesh. The smell of blood filled the cold night, carried by the wind. Lc didn¡¯t know what she felt anymore, as her whole b*dy was burning in so much pain and pleasure at the same time, she couldn¡¯t hold it back anymore. It was not sure how long she passed out, but it seemed, it was not for long because she was still near the waterfall, where she could hear the rumbling sound not too far from where she wasying down. Hunter must have put on some clothes on her because she could feel this was not too cold. ¡°Awake?¡± Hunter¡¯s deep voice caressed her ears and this sent shivered down her spine. She loved his voice. ¡°Are you hurt somewhere?¡±Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. Lc tried to open her eyes, but she was too tired to do so, therefore, she chose to close them and stretched out her arms, looking forfort from her mate. That was right. Lc could feel this burning sensation on her neck. She was already marked! ¡°Hunter?¡± Lc could feel his armsforted her when he hugged her. ¡°I am here little one.¡± Hunter gave her a k*ss on her forehead. ¡°I wanted to take you back to the pack house, but you are sleeping so peacefully and every time I tried to move you, you will flinch because of pain. So, I thought, I will wait for a while here¡­¡± La Hunter exined himself about why they were still in the open area. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc nuzzled against the crook of his neck and then k*ssed his him. ¡°How long I have been sleeping?¡± her voice was still very weak, but she thought all of her training with Hunter was paid off now. ¡°Two hours,¡± Hunter replied. ¡°Is it still very painful?¡± If it was her before, she wouldn¡¯t have been able to wake up within a few days. ¡°Not really¡­ I am sleepy.¡± ¡°Sleep, little one, I will take you back to the pack houseter.¡± ¡°Hm.¡± Lc snuggled against his chest and was thankful that Hunter was thoughtful enough to put on her dress, so she wouldn¡¯t get cold. She became even more and morefortable in this position when suddenly Hunter¡¯s b*dy went stiff. ¡°Hm? What happened?¡± She was about to fall asleep when suddenly Hunter moved away from her. Heid her down on the cloak that was ced beneath her. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Hunter asked someone. Lc was alerted when she heard the hostility in Hunter¡¯s voice: She tried to open her eyes, despite the sleepiness that kept lingering. She wanted to see, to whom Hunter directed his enmity of ¡°Well, well¡­ I don¡¯t know the alpha will be very shameless to have S** in the open area like this. Don¡¯t you think this is a fate for us to meet again?¡± He guffawed. ¡°Fate¡­ ha ha ha!¡± Hunter didn¡¯t find that funny at all. ¡°Who is he?¡± Lc was on alert when she felt this enmity feeling in the air. Whoever this person, he must not be a friend, seeing how strong Hunter reacted to his presence. However, Hunter didn¡¯t answer her question, instead he stood up and shielded Lc behind his back, as he faced this man. ¡°What now? Don¡¯t tell me you have marked that outsider?¡± he scoffed disdainfully. ¡°I still can¡¯t believe you are the alpha of the pack. Your father will cry out of humiliation in his grave.¡± ¡°What do you want, Ken?¡± Hunter asked, coldnessced in voice, as one could feel the anger that emanated from his b*dy. He looked like he was going to kill this person right in this instant. Meanwhile, Lc couldn¡¯t understand with the anger that came from Hunter. Was he an enemy? Why he was being very rude with Hunter when he was the alpha? ¡°I want you to get my daughter out of the dungeon.¡± The man named Ken posted his request. He had been banned to enter the pack house, but thankfully, he knew where to find the alpha and right now was the perfect moment to demand his request, since Hunter had been avoiding him all this time. Hunter narrowed his eyes. ¡°I am sure you know the answer that I will give to you.¡± His voice was as cold as the cold wind in the winter coupled with killing intent that emanated from his b*dy. This feeling made Lc a little bit restless, she immediately stood up too and was very grateful once again because Hunter had put dress on her, or else, she would be n*ked in front of this stranger. ¡°Lc, go back to the pack house,¡± Hunter said in deep voice. His eyes were still fixed on Ken. ¡°Do you really think you can go back to the pack house?¡± Ken raised his brows and then he pped his hands. From the dark, emerged at least fifteen beasts. Hunter widened his eyes in surprised, because he couldn¡¯t sense their presence. until recently, but then they looked even more dangerous, ¡°What is this, Ken?¡± Hunter growled viciously. ¡°Are you trying to revolt?¡± ¡°I only want my daughter, Hunter.¡± Chapter 90 Hunter was surprised because he didn¡¯t realize there were so many people hid in the dark until they emerged. They were in their beast form and from the look of it, they must be men under Ken. No matter whether Ken was his father¡¯s beta, in which he still held so much power over the people in this pack, because it was still less than a year since the death of the previous alpha and Hunter was still trying to grasp his power within the people in the pack. ¡°Give me back my daughter and I will let you live.¡± Ken had the audacity to make this threat, which meant, he was very serious with what he said. ¡°You are really bold to threaten your alpha, Ken.¡± Hunter grabbed Lc¡¯s hand and pulled her closer to him. They were away from the pack house, caused his mind link couldn¡¯t reach the nearby guard or warriors and this made them on their own right now. ¡°I didn¡¯t ask much, Hunter. More so, I have never seen you as an alpha.¡± Ken took a step closer toward Hunter and Lc. ¡°Moreover, I am sure there was a fault y in the death of your father. I don¡¯t believe Aiden was the one, who had killed him. You know your father, we both know him, that man child like Aiden will never stand a chance to kill him.¡± Hunter raised his brows. ¡°Are you trying to slender my name by saying I am the who had killed him?¡± Hunter scoffed disdainfully. one, ¡°Drop the pretense, Hunter. I know how cunning you are.¡± Ken was not pleased at all with the development of the situation. He looked at Hunter with hatred. ¡°A lycan alpha will be not easily killed by a mere man child like Aiden.¡± Hunter smirked. What is this? You sounded very familiar with him.¡± He tilted his head. ¡°Have you happened talking with him behind my back?¡± ¡°I will not say anything if you gave me back my daughter. I will leave this matter as it is.¡± ¡°Do you really think I will believe you, especially after threaten me?¡± you talked so big and ¡°You are not in the position of making a request here. I can finish you both within a second.¡± am impressed.¡± Lc gulped down, she looked around and was sure if the battle happened, Hunter wouldn¡¯t be able to take this many lycan on his own and she wouldn¡¯t be much help at all. Not to mention how she was in pain, even if she was in her best condition, she wouldn¡¯t be able to fight a beast! Lc was sure if they started fighting, she would be the first person, who was killed without a doubt. She grimaced to think her life would end here when she thought she just started to find happiness. Without doubt, Ken must be Grace¡¯s father and he was trying to revolt against Hunter to get his daughter back, but what puzzled Lc was; why Hunter was very adamant to not let go of Grace when their life was in danger? That was not a wise move, right? ¡°After your threat, do you think I will believe you will let me out of here alive?¡± Hunter was not a fool. He knew Ken asking of his daughter was a mere excuse to meet him here. ¡°What do you want?¡± Ken smiled back at him, but this kind of smile didn¡¯t reach his eyes at all. ¡°I know you are smart and I am not wrong with that. You are indeed very smart.¡± Ken nodded. ¡°I want to know why did you kill your father.¡± Lc furrowed her brows when she heard that, she looked back and forth between Hunter and Ken. Where the usation came from? Everyone knew it was Aiden, who had killed Hunter¡¯s father. Moreover, why would Hunter kill his own father? However, to Lc¡¯s surprise, Hunter admitted it. ¡°Aiden. You must have talked with that coward, right?¡± Hunter chuckled and the sound of it was very eerie, as if he had turned into a devil himself. ¡°You can say so.¡± Ken nodded solemnly, he stared at Ken. ¡°When we are talking right now, everything that you hold dear is crumbling.¡± ¡°Is it happening?¡± Hunter crossed his arms in front of his chest. He didn¡¯t seem to care with what he was saying next and the sight of his aloofness only irritated Ken even more. ¡°You are rebelling against me now? You chose tonight to work on your n?¡± ¡°I adored you when you were young and I thought you will choose Grace as your woman, but now when I saw how shamelessly you take this outsider as your woman, I know there is no hope for you anymore.¡± ¡°You should think there is no hope between me and your daughter since the very beginning. I have never seen someone as shameless as her.¡± Hunter mocked Ken, he didn¡¯t hide how disgusted he was with Grace. ¡°If you really want to give me your daughter, you gave me a wrong daughter.¡± Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. Ken scrunched his brows. He didn¡¯t understand what Hunter meant with what he was saying. He only had a daughter, therefore, he doted on her so much, seeing her suffering because Hunter rejected her love was already difficult enough, but right now, he witnessed it with his own eyes, how he had marked an outsider. which meant, there was no hope anymore. If his daughter couldn¡¯t get him, no one should have him and as a revenge, he would take Hunter down. This was a n that he had concocted long time ago, actually, despite the matter with Grace. He thought, it would be more smooth and have less blood if Hunter epted Grace, but this young man was really stubborn. Ken raised his hand and all the beasts were ready to attack. ¡°We shouldn¡¯t havee to this point if you agreed to be with my daughter.¡± Chapter 91 Chapter 91 Ken¡¯s intention was very clear, he was going to kill Hunter and most importantly Lc. She was an outsider after all, she didn¡¯t hold value whatsoever in Ken¡¯s eyes. ¡°Run to the pack house,¡± Hunter said under his breath when he saw the situation was out of control. He knew he wouldn¡¯t have a chance to stand against this many lycan. He could take down four to five of them, but he couldn¡¯t do it when he had to protect Lc at the same time. ¡°O- okay¡­¡± Lc said. She would ask for help once she was in the pack house and she would definitelye back for Hunter. ¡°I hope I don¡¯t tire you so much, you couldn¡¯t run.¡± Hunter nced at Lc yfully, which made her blushed. How he still managed to act like this when they were literally in dangerous situation? Lc couldn¡¯t understand his sense of humor at all at this point. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Yet, she didn¡¯t have time to react when Hunter pushed her away and growled. ¡°GO!¡± before he shifted into his beast and tangled in the most vicious fight that Lc had ever seen. For a second L was stunned of how ferocious Hunter could be in his lycan¡¯s form, since he was nothing, but-sweet and caring with her the whole time, but then she snapped back to reality and start to shift into her beast to rush back to the pack house, in order to get help for Hunter. Hunter was right, she felt like her legs were killing her when she ran. He had done it too roughly and her freshly mark on her neck was so painful, she could feel her head was throbbing ufortably. However, Lc forced herself to keep running, there was no way she would stop and put Hunter in danger. Despite the pain, she really needed to thank Hunter because if it was not for all those training, she wouldn¡¯t be able to keep running like this, more so when she was just marked by him. Her b*dy was in pain, but at the same time, she could feel the strength within. Lc ignored the pain between her legs when she tried to run faster, because she could sense there were two lycan that chased after her. They must be able to go through Hunter. It was not a surprised seeing how the alpha was outnumbered and 10:44 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 91 Lc¡¯s worry became her fuel to keep going without looking back. But to her shock, when she arrived in the pack house, there were another battle that had broken out. Lot of growls filled the air and all the people rushed toward a certain direction. There were fires here and there and some people tried to put it out, while there were countless beasts tangled in a vicious fight. Lc was stunned, she halted herself and watched in horror to what was going on. It was not like this when she left the pack house a few hours ago, but how things could escte so quickly. And because she was still dumbfounded of what she was seeing, she didn¡¯t realize the two beasts that chased after her managed to catch up and they were ready to rip her b*dy apart, as they emerged from the dark and lunged themselves toward her with ws as sharp as razor were at the ready to kill her. They were close and when Lc regained herposer and realized her predicament, everything was already toote and when she tried to dodge their attack like what she had learned during her training, the damage had been done, she could feel their ws embedded on her skin. Her back was bleeding profusely, though she managed to dodge the fatal spot, but it didn¡¯t mean she could dodge it unscathed. Bearing the pain, Lc shifted back into her human form, she felt the same pain like when Grace wed her back weeks ago, but this time, it was way more painful, it was tenfold more painful than that. She felt her sight was blurry because of tears, since she cried so loud when the agony wrecked her b*dy. At this point, Lc thought she was going to die when the two lycan lunged onto her again. It was a pity, she had to die in such miserable way when she just found happiness. She closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to tear her apart, but all she could hear. was another vicious growls and the pain never came. Slowly, Lc opened her eyes and found there were five beasts that fought off the two beasts that tried to kill her. From the look of it, Lc knew one of them, it was the beta, Darren, but she was not sure with the other four, they must be the warriors under hismand. It took no more than a minute for the five beasts to kill her two chasers and once they were dead, Darren shifted into his human form and approached Lc. ¡°I am sorry foringte, I will take you to the healer.¡± Darren was about to carry Chapter 92 Chapter 92 The warrior was stunned to see that the woman had been marked by the alpha. There were a few rumors that spected among the people about this woman and their alpha, but they didn¡¯t think the alpha would really go through with his words. to make this outsider as their luna. The alpha was not a na?ve or an innocent man, he had his fair share of women on his bed, therefore, they thought Lc was no different, she was only one of those women, who caught the alpha¡¯s attention and she was lucky enough to be on the alpha¡¯s good grace. However, when the warrior saw the evidence of the mark on Lc¡¯s neck, he knew this woman was special and the alpha finally took someone for real to be his woman seriously. ¡°Stay with me, don¡¯t close your eyes, we are going to see the healer,¡± he said. He was afraid of the alpha¡¯s wrath if something happened to thi woman under his care. How could Lc stay awake when the pain was this unbearable? She felt so dizzy and the room was spinning. Thest thing she remembered was a woman. screeched close to her ear and she found this sound was really annoying before she gave up and let the darkness engulfed her. This darkness was very quiet and peaceful, how could she refuse suchfort after the agony she had to go through With that, Lc fell unconscious. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. In her dream, or maybe in her unconscious state, she found herself in that waterfall, but it was not night, it was afternoon instead with the sun shone brightly above her head, it was blinding and warm. She liked it when the cold, crisp wind caressed her cheeks. But her tranquility was disturbed when she saw a young boy, striding along theke under the waterfall. Lc blinked her eyes. She was sure this was the first time for her to see this young boy, but she couldn¡¯t deny the familiarity that she felt from him. Who was this young boy? However, what caught her attention the most was when she realized there were a few people in the dark, who were eyeing this boy. 10:45 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 92 In a second, Lc realized, this was a scene from what Hunter told her, the real first time they met when they were little and just like what Hunter said, everything unraveled the way Lc already knew it. The boy was drugged by a few men and was tossed to theke, so he would be drown. The drug itself was not fatal, it couldn¡¯t kill you, it only made you lost your ability to move, but if you but if you left him drowned, of course, it was the same, it was a murder. Lc watched everything, but she couldn¡¯t do anything. She bit her l*p because ording to what Hunter told her, this was the time where she came out from her hiding ce and helped him, but it was very quiet and she didn¡¯t think anyone woulde to help that poor little boy, the poor little Hunter. However, not long after, something caught the corner of Lc¡¯s eyes and she saw a little girl with dirty dress and unkempt hair jumped out from behind the tree. She smelled like. probably that was the reason why those men couldn¡¯t smell her scent and not even realize she was there the whole time. Lc blinked her eyes. She recognized the little girl. It was her without doubt. She remembered her first memory when she was in the orphanage. She was so small, even for werewolf and as if she just came out of a pile of trash. Somehow, she pitied herself¡­ Did she really look like that when they met for the first time? She wondered, who was her father, who had neglected her so much to the point, she was no different from a beggar. Lc squatted down and watched everything unraveled, it really took long time for little Hunter to finally be able to move and her little self took him to the secret cave behind the waterfall, where Lc followed them both. They chatted for a while, but Lc couldn¡¯t make out what they were talking about, after some time, her little self was too tired to keep talking and fell asleep. ¡®I am a chatter¡­¡± Lc contemted. She didn¡¯t know that she talked a lot when she was little, but then something surprising happened before her eyes. She watched how Hunter leaned over and pecked her l*ps before he moved away with fear in his eyes, it seemed he was shocked and afraid if the little girl was woken up. It was clear to see this was the first time, he k*ssed a girl, his face turned 10:45 Mon, 1 Jan Chapter 92 bright red. ¡°What a p e r v e r t!¡± Lc thought to herself. She remembered Hunter k*ssed her too when they met for the first time in her pack. Was that amon thing for him to k*ss a woman when they just met for the first time He indeed had this weird habit. However, things that she didn¡¯t know was; that was the first k*ss that Hunter gave to her and their k*ss in that dark alley was his second. He had never k*ssed any other woman in his life, but her. He determined to be with her since the day she saved his life. And then everything was a blur. The scene inside the cave was dispersed, as if there was someone, who was throwing a rock into a calmke, causing ripples. At the same time, Lc could feel her b*dy again followed by the pain on her back, as she realized, she had woken up from her dream, or maybe she could say she was just woken up from the deep memory that had long been burned into the back of her mind, where she didn¡¯t even realize it at all. ¡°Lc?¡± Chapter 93 Chapter 93 Once Darren arrived with four warriors, the fight between the alpha and ten beasts had done, many carca s s e s on the ground, but the alpha was not in a good condition too. Hunter shifted into his human skin, because he couldn¡¯t sustain his beast form. ¡°Ken!¡± Hunter growled the name. ¡°Catch him alive!¡± He was going to make his life a living hell for threatening his mate¡¯s life and his! There was no mercy that he would show to him, just like how he showed no mercy to his own father. In a way, Ken was not wrong when he used him of killing his own father! The four warrior beasts immediately dashed toward the direction where they still could sense Ken¡¯s scent. Ken was not someone strange for them, since he was the former beta. ¡°Hunter!¡± Darren stopped Hunter when he was about to shift into his beast again. and joined the fray. ¡°The pack house is under attack and Lc is injured.¡± Hunter knew the pack house was under attack, but he believed Darren and Rye had prepared for this, since he had warned them something like this might happen, understanding Ken¡¯s personality, he actually was surprised, because it was only now he made his move. However, what elicited anger from Hunter was what thest sentence that Darren said. ¡°Injured!?¡± Hunter growled. He cursed himself for letting two beasts escaped him, but he thought, he gave Lc¡¯s enough time to reach the pack house. How wrong he was in that sense. Without another question, Hunter immediately shifted into his beast and changed his direction toward the pack house. [How bad her injuries are?!] Hunter asked his beta through mind link, as they rushed back toward the pack house. Darren told him about the injuries on her back, he was a little bit startled by the anger that Hunter emanated. He looked so terrifying, whenever he was mad and now the beta could sense that the alpha was not only mad, he was enraged. Despite the injuries that he sustained himself, it didn¡¯t slow down Hunter to reach the pack house and look for his woman. Chapter 93 The battle within the pack house had died down, this kind of battle most likely was a distraction and was not the real aimed their enemy wanted, therefore, there was no need for evacuation, more so, almost all the pack member of the lycan pack knew how to protect themselves. It didn¡¯t take Hunter for long to find where Lc was and the healer immediately stood up when she saw the alpha shifted into his human form, the second he stepped into the room. She nodded her head solemnly. ¡°How is she?¡± Hunter growled the question, as he went to the bed and check on Lc herself. ¡°She will be fine, alpha, but her healing ability is not as fast as us, lycan. More so¡­ The healer cleared her throat. She was a young healer, probably she was only five years older than Lc, with round face and freckles across her cheeks and the bridge of her nose. ¡°¡­since she is very exhausted from the marking and the mating, it probably takes her a while to regain her consciousness.¡± Her face turned red. She learned about what had happened when she checked on Lc. On the other hand, the alpha looked unfazed when he heard that. He sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at his woman¡¯s sleeping face. Once again, she injured her back¡­ This was his fault for not being able to protect her. He should have protected her better than this. ¡°Alpha¡­ your wounds¡­¡± the healer reminded the alpha about his wound, but Hunter simply waved his hand, telling them to go away. ¡°Bring me clean clothes,¡± Hunter told Darren before the two of them left. Not long after that, Darren returned with clean clothes and towel. There is news. This is very messy, but I don¡¯t know what the rtion.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Hunter asked, as he undressed himself. Some of his wounds had healed, but there were three deeper wounds that were still bleeding and Hunter used the towel to wipe the blood and wait until the wounds were close before he put on his clean clothes. Darren wanted to suggest for him to call for the healer, but he knew him well to know what kind of answer that he would give him, so he gave up the idea and reported the information he got. ¡°We got Ken, but we lost his daughter. I think the attack in the pack house was a distraction to get his daughter out of the dungeon.¡± Darren furrowed his brows. He Chapter 93 believed with this theory. ¡°But, we can¡¯t find her anywhere. Someone from outside of the pack must have helped them, right now, we are interrogating Ken. I am sure this attack was his n.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t need to be told about this, he knew the attack was nned and Ken took the matter a little bit far by attacking him and trying to kill his woman and him. ¡°But, we don¡¯t recognize the attacker. For sure, they were all lycan.¡± Darren contemted about this for a while. ¡°We are the only lycan pack in this realm. Who do you think those lycan were?¡± Hunter put on his clothes when the blood stopped oozing out from his wounds, and they finally closed. ¡°I will investigate the matter. Send someone to track down where Grace is.¡± Hunter went to the bed and carry Lc in his arms. He would put her into their bedroom. ¡°Tell He toe to my bedroom to check on her.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Darren stared at Lc, who looked so pale and weak. ¡°You really did mark her.¡± Hunter nced at him, as if he was talking something in differentnguage. ¡°She is my woman, I put im on my woman what is wrong with that.¡± ¡°The pack member¡­¡± ¡°The f u c k with the pack member.¡±Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 94 Darren knew the story between Hunter and Lc and how they met when they were children, but this story was only known by him and Rye, since they grew up together. However, he didn¡¯t think the other pack member would ept Lc with open arms, because they still tried to warm up with her and Hunter¡¯s decision to mark her, it was a seal for the fact that she was their future luna. Some of the people still believed the alpha was only messing around, as they knew how womanizer he could be despite his cold exterior and how scary he could be some time. ¡°The fuck with the pack member, Darren. I don¡¯t need their permission to choose my equal. They have nothing to do with this. If they don¡¯t like it, they can go away from this pack,¡± Hunter said in deep voice. Darren sighed. There was no way the pack member would walk out from this pack, more so, despite their fear toward him, the pack member actually had been wanted for him to snatch the alpha title from his father, since they didn¡¯t really like the way his father led the pack. To put it simple, the pack members were only look after him, since they cared and respected him enough as their alpha./ With that, it was enough to silence Darren and in extent the pack member, who wanted to go against Hunter¡¯s decision. The alpha took his luna back to their bedroom and not long after that, He came to check on Lc again, she gave the same report that she would need to rest a little bit longer, because of the injuries and her fresh mark. ¡°For werewolf, our mark is pretty strong, that¡¯s why we need to be careful when we marked our mate when they came from different kind like us,¡± He exined about it a little bit, telling the alpha it would be normal if Lc slept for a few days straight. ¡°Just make sure she will not sleep on her back until her wounds arepletely healed.¡± After giving detail exnation of what he should expect for the next few days, He left the room to make a concoction for Lc. ¡°Do you want to interrogate Ken personally?¡± Darren asked. Hunter stared at Lc¡¯s sleeping face. He shook his head. ¡°I will see him in the morning if you couldn¡¯t get anything out of his mouth.¡± If they couldn¡¯t get anything from Ken and where did he met those lycans that attacked this pack, he would better to get rid of his tongue, since he didn¡¯t want to speak, because it would be useless on him. ¡°I will stay here for tonight, you and Rye could take care of the rest.¡± Hunter went to get fresh towel and want to wipe clean Lc¡¯s b*dy, but because Darren was still standing there, he couldn¡¯t undress her. ¡°What are you waiting for? Christmas?¡± Hunter frowned because his beta didn¡¯t leave immediately. Instead, Darren chuckled and shook his head, as if he found the whole situation was funny or something. ¡°You can ask someone to take care of her you know, you look like her personal maid.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t take offense for thatment, instead there was a rare smile on the corner of his l*ps, which made Darren was slightly taken aback. ¡°I don¡¯t mind that.¡± Darren grimaced. He had never seen Hunter was being very infatuated by someone like this before, but maybe, those women he had been with, were not the people he actually wanted to be. Didn¡¯t know what to say anymore, Darren left the alpha with the luna. Lc was their luna now, from the second Hunter marked her, even though the ceremony had not yet taken ce. With that, Hunter was left alone with his mate. His woman. His life. Hunter took off her clothes and saw the injuries on her back, but he could spot a few bruises on her arms and wrist, in which he couldn¡¯t help, but grimaced, since he knew the culprit for those bruises. It was himself. He should remind himself in the future to be more gentle with her. He wiped her clean before he put on clean dress and thenid down next to her, but he didn¡¯t sleep. He wanted to make sure Lc wouldn¡¯t fl*p her b*dy andy on her back instead. With that, he was awake the whole night, but of course, Hunter used his time to think of all the possibility of who could be those lycan. Was there another pack of lycan that he didn¡¯t know in this realm? He didn¡¯t think that was possible. In the beginning, he thought the lycan were the warriors from this pack, but when he saw them, he didn¡¯t recognize even one of them. Hunter used to train the warriors and even though he didn¡¯t remember all of their name, since there would be new person every day, he recognized their faces. Therefore, he could say that he had never met with any of them. Hunter thought about that all night, untilter in the morning, he ordered Raya to stay inside the bedroom to look after Lc. No matter how outspoken Raya was, in the face of the alpha, she behaved really well. It could be said, Hunter¡¯s words were more effective than her own brother, despite she knew the alpha since they were little too. After that, Hunter went to the dungeon to get more information from Ken, leaving Lc alone under Raya¡¯s care. Raya came to sit down on the edge of the bed, her task was not difficult, she only needed to make sure Lc wouldn¡¯t fl*p her b*dy andy down on her back, which would hinder her healing progress, but then she discovered another thing. ¡°No way¡­¡± Raya widened her eyes in surprised to see the mark on Lc¡¯s neck, she came closer to get a better sight of it. É« Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 95 Marking someone was a great deal for a shifter, especially for the lycan, because it meant, you had chosen the person to spend the rest of your life with and for the lycan, you would only love one person. ¡°No way¡­¡± Raya gasped to see clearly the mark was the alpha¡¯s. The higher that person was, the more your mark became very vivid to see and that was the case with Lc right now. Her mark was still fresh, but you would know immediately the person, who marked her was someone powerful and it could only happen if it was the alpha, knowing how the rtionship between the two of them. Raya had heard the rumor out there about the alpha and Lc. But, she couldn¡¯t believe a hundred percent on the rumor, yet at the same time, it was hard to believe for the alpha to finally settle down with someone, since they knew how Hunter had been with a lot of women. In the end, Raya tried not to think of anything, because this was not her problem and she didn¡¯t have a say in this matter. Who she was to say something about it? But then¡­ ¡°So, you are our luna now¡­¡± Raya muttered to herself. She couldn¡¯t say that she was pleased, because maybe some part of her had the same thought like the rest of the pack member, when they assumed Lc was only another woman in the alpha¡¯s eyes and when the alpha was done with her, just like any other woman, she would be forgotten. And with that, Raya ended up staying on guard by Lc¡¯s side for another three hours before she was awake groggily and was surprised to see her there. ¡°The alpha asked me to take care of you,¡± Raya said with a cheerful smile. ¡°I will call the He, don¡¯t move, okay?¡± Not long Raya returned with He and after a few moment of examination and drank her medicine, Lc fell asleep again, she looked exhausted and she was still not fully recovered from the mating and marking moreover, process. ¡°Is this it?¡± Raya asked He after she saw Lc had fallen asleep again.. ¡°What?¡± He turned her b*dy when she heard Raya talked to her, she was about to leave the room and prepared something for Lc when she woke up. The alpha had given her this strict task to focus only on Lc¡¯s health alone. ¡°Do you believe the alpha finally chose her as his mate? She is our luna now.¡± Though it was not official yet, but seeing that mark was enough. ¡°The fact is there. The alpha chose her, what else to say? She is our luna.¡± He shrugged her shoulders. She didn¡¯t think much about it, more so, she didn¡¯t interact with gossip and rumor. In her mind, no matter who was that person to be the luna, it would affect her so much. Hearing that, Raya became silence again, she stared at Lc and said nothing, while He did her job and left the two of them inside the room to return an hourter with her medicine. On the other hand, Hunter actually made a trip to the dungeon to personally interrogate Ken because Rye and Darren couldn¡¯t get anything out of his mouth. When the alpha was there, Ken looked awful, there were a lot of wounds. that had not yet healed from the previous interrogation. He was bleeding and there was no amount of torture that could make him speak. ¡°Hunter,¡± Ken said in hoarse voice, as he spat blood. Hunter stared at Ken for a while, before he waved his hand to indicate the other people could leave this cell, as he wanted to have a private conversation with Ken alone. ¡°Still not talking?¡± Hunter asked. ¡°What do you want to know?¡± Ken scoffed, he mused with the fact Hunter finally came to see him by himself. ¡°Who were those lycan?¡± Hunter started his question with this. ¡°As far as I know, we are the only lycan pack in this realm, who were they?¡± Ken grinned, showing his broken teeth. ¡°I am not telling you, Hunter. Do you really think you will be able to coax me when all of your fellow friend couldn¡¯t? You just learned how to walk when I was already in a battle. Even now, you are only a child in my eyes, along with your beta and gamma.¡± 17:18 Thu, 4 Jan li¨ºn l He disregarded Hunter so much as the alpha, since he didn¡¯t see him as one. ¡°Have people learned about the fact that you killed your own father?¡± Ken asked, he tilted his head. His wound started to heal, as a lycan, they healed faster than werewolf, therefore, you could imagine what kind of hellish he had to endure until now. But then, he still refused to say anything about who helped her, or who he got those lycan. On the other hand, Hunter crossed his arms over his chest and stared at him, letting him bbered and mocked him, thinking he had won this. ¡°Do you think people will see you the same after what they learned about how you got this title?¡± Ken was sure the member of the lycan pack would look down on him once they learned about this truth. ¡°Do you really think you will have enough time and source to tell other people about it? I can have your tongue cut and hanged you in public for treason. Choose your word well and make yourself useful, because I don¡¯t keep a wasteful thing.¡± However, Ken wasughing at him instead when he heard that. ¡°What did you say?¡± He chuckled and threw his head back. ¡°Make myself useful? Hunter. You need to learn more lesson. If you wanted to keep this as a secret, at the very least, you shouldn¡¯t use it to threaten alpha Aiden!¡± C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org This time, it was Hunter, who was smiling. ¡°So, it¡¯s Aiden, who had helped you.¡± Chapter 96 Actually, this was not very surprising when Hunter heard Aiden¡¯s name came out of Ken¡¯s l*ps. He had his own guess since the very beginning that this scum like alpha must be the one, who had made a contact with Ken. That man was too petty to let go of the matter with Lc. Despite the fact the mate bond between them had disappeared, it seemed his ego couldn¡¯t take it. ¡°So, It¡¯s Aiden, huh?¡± Hunter scoffed, he smirked viciously at Ken, which made the man¡¯s back shivered in fear. The look on the alpha¡¯s face was pure evil. Actually, Ken didn¡¯t mean to mention anything about Aiden, but he couldn¡¯t help it and the name just sl*pped from his mouth. ¡°I assume your daughter will be there too?¡± Hunter raised his brows, he folded his arms in front of his chest, as his eyes fixed on Ken. That man looked trouble when he tried to take back what he had said. ¡°I have never said anything like that,¡± Ken said grimly. His eyes met with Hunter¡¯s and he felt this urge to lower his head, even though Hunter didn¡¯t use his alpha¡¯s voice, or he even tried to intimidate Ken. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Yet, somehow, as the alpha, it came very natural for him to make his opponent shrivel and tremble. ¡°I think I will find outter.¡± Hunter tilted his head. ¡°Do you think I will spare your daughter? You should know the punishment for a traitor.¡± Every traitor would be killed, along with their family and that was not a threat, but that was a rule in the lycan pack. ¡°I will have your mate and your second daughter to be hanged tomorrow and you will watch them.¡± Hunter¡¯s voice was very icy, as if he was talking about something else entirely. This was very shocking because, all the people knew that Ken was his father¡¯s former beta, thus the two families were very close and for the alpha to say something like that was something Ken didn¡¯t expect at all. He stared at Hunter for a long time before his eyes turned very hard, as he cursed at the alpha with passion, as if hatred had blinded his eyes and clouded his mind. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to touch my mate and my daughter! I am going to kill you!¡± Ken roared angrily at Hunter, but the alpha didn¡¯t budge. ¡°See you tomorrow, Ken.¡± With that Hunter went out of the cell. He couldn¡¯t get what he wanted about the information of the lycan, but at the very least, he learned about Aiden¡¯s involvement. ¡°That bastard!¡± Hunter muttered to himself. He should have killed that man if he knew the rtionship between him and Lc, it would save him a lot of time instead of making him a hero, who had killed the alpha lycan. Of course, Hunter knew Aiden¡¯s involvement the moment Ken mentioned about the death of his father. There was no one else knew about that aside from his beta and gamma and¡­ Aiden, because he himself, who had told him about that. ¡°Hunter!¡± Darren approached Hunter, his expression was ashen, which indicating there was nothing good about the news that he would report to Hunter. ¡°This is not good!¡± Hunter hated it when someone gave him bad news, but he needed to listen to that. His silent was enough to make his beta kept talking. ¡°Ken¡¯s mate and his daughter had disappeared. From the look of it, they had left the pack as the same time of the attack.¡± Darren furrowed his brows and was alerted when he saw how dark Hunter¡¯s face was. Now they lost Grace and their other leverage to know about the other lycan pack. Torture didn¡¯t work on Ken and they couldn¡¯t threaten him without his family was here. This was a difficult situation. ¡°What we should do now?¡± Darren asked carefully because he didn¡¯t know how to find a way out of this situation. Silent stretched out in this cold dungeon, as the alpha grew fearful by second, even as the beta, Darren could feel the pressure that came from his alpha, as he waited for his next instruction. Belon However, who would have thought that Hunter chose to stride away from there and returned to the pack house without even saying anything. He wanted to see his mate¡­ ¡°A- alpha Hunter¡­¡± Raya was a little bit stuttering when she saw Hunter entered the room, she immediately stood up from the chair she was sitting in, as she watched how the alpha went to see his mate first before he did anything else. ¡°How is she?¡± Hunter asked, but his eyes focused on his mate and wouldn¡¯t leave her face. He treated other people like air. This was why, Lc always felt a little bit confused with how people around Hunter acted very fearful toward him and gave him the utmost respect an alpha deserved, but at the same time, Lc would feel none of the people could rx in the alpha¡¯s presence. ¡°Lc is fine, she is¡­¡± ¡°Luna,¡± Hunter said, he cut her off. ¡°She is a luna now.¡± He shifted his attention toward Raya, but this made her flustered and lowered her head. ¡°Yes, alpha¡­¡± Raya said timidly. She was afraid, her heart was thumping wildly, as she exined Lc¡¯s condition and what Grace told her before. It took a few minutes for Raya to exin the detail of what happened to the alpha and then stopped talking when there was nothing more to say. ¡°You can leave,¡± Hunter said sternly, his eyes already fixed on his mate, while Raya went out of the room and left. But before she closed the door, she saw the alpha leaned his b*dy and k*ssed Lc¡¯s neck, the ce where he had marked her and she could only imagine the alpha was licking the wound on her neck, because that was their habit to lick their wound, to help it healed faster. Chapter 97 Ruby stared at Aiden. She felt her heart lurched when he brought a woman back to their pack. She was a lycan, without a doubt, she could sense it from her scent, but she didn¡¯t have any idea, why her man would bring another woman here. She couldn¡¯t grasp why Aiden colluded with a woman from the lycan pack. ¡°Who is she?¡± Ruby asked, she approached Aiden with heavy steps, as she stared at the woman next to her mate. ¡°Why there is a lycan here?¡± That woman was very beautiful with voluptuous b*dy that made Ruby jealous and insecure, because she was currently very pregnant, thus she was not that attractive anymore, more so, Aiden became less and less cared about her well beings. As long as she brought their child to term, that was all he cared about. ¡°Go back to your room,¡± Aiden said icily. He then proceeded to take the woman to her bedroom, which actually not too far from their bedroom. ¡°Who is she?¡± Ruby followed them, she couldn¡¯t stop her aching heart from assuming the worst. ¡°Why are you with her? Who are you?¡± ¡°Enough!¡± Aiden roared at Ruby, which made her startled and took a step back. Aiden looked like he was going to hit her or something. This was not the first time he showed such intention, but to her relief, he had never really gone through with his threat. He held himself back. Probably because of the baby in her stomach. Ruby started to think whether Aiden would really hit her if she had given birth to their baby since by that time there was nothing for him to be worried about. ¡°You don¡¯t need to meddle with my business! Go back to your room!¡± Aiden snapped at Ruby and watched the mother of his child rushed toward their room and mmed the door, very hard until could see the dust falling from the ceiling. ¡°Don¡¯t you think you are too harsh?¡± Grace asked. you That was right, the woman was Grace. She was rescued from the dungeon and was brought to this pack. Her mother and sister would arriveter, as they managed to flee from the pack before Hunter issued an order to catch them all. It was lucky her father had foreseen that thing would happen and now it could be a bargain for Hunter. ¡°Don¡¯t get involved in my internal matter,¡± Aiden said icily. He didn¡¯t change his tone when he talked to Ruby and to Grace. He didn¡¯t like this arrangement, but he didn¡¯t have any other option. ¡°Make sure you don¡¯t roam about this ce and exposed yourself. There are a lot of things we need to settle down first and discuss about what we are going to do next now your father failed to escape.¡± It supposed to be Ken, who discussed this matter with Aiden, but because that man failed with his rebellion against the alpha lycan, Aiden had to change his strategy too. Their meeting would happen within two weeks, he just received a letter regarding that. The lycan pack side only mentioned they were having internal struggle and would like to postpone the meeting to hand over all the war prisoner. ¡°Okay, okay. You don¡¯t need to be hostile with me. I don¡¯t know why are you treating me so badly.¡± Grace raised both of her arms and they arrived at her bedroom. ¡°But¡­ I am curious about the woman that you cheated on.¡± Grace nced at the closed door of Aiden¡¯s bedroom, where Ruby must be there, crying. ¡°She is not really beautiful, but why do you want to cheat with her?¡± Ruby wanted to know how to get man¡¯s attention, especially the one, who had their own mate. She knew how the mate bond worked for werewolf, though it didn¡¯t happen with the lycan. Therefore, she was thrilled to learn a thing or two about how to seduce a man who had their own. destined mate, which defied all the nature thing for this man to be so in love with the other woman and got her pregnant. Maybe Grace could learn something and apply itter when she finally met with Hunter again. it would, be a great thing for her after the whole ordeal. Yet, Aiden simply red at her and then opened the door, ¡°Get in.¡± His voice was firm and stern and Grace huffed and puffed when she got inside the room. She startled and furrowed her brows when Aiden mmed the door close right in front of her face once she was inside. ¡°Damn. Both of them have the same habit of mming the door,¡± she said with a frown. ¡°They are really not a good host.¡± But then, Grace shrugged her shoulders, she asked the wrong person. She should ask Ruby instead, since she was the one, who managed to get Aiden¡¯s attention. Overall, Grace didn¡¯t seem to be bothered by the fact she was banned from her own pack and her father was in predicament. She must be very sick in the head. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Lc didn¡¯t wake up until a few dayster, where Hunter had to help her to drink her medicine and the wound on her back slowly healed, but it took some time for her to recover from the mark. The marking process rendered her weak and vulnerable and coupled with the wound, Lc¡¯s b*dy simply couldn¡¯t take it. When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Hunter. The man was staring at her and greeted her warmly with a k*ss. ¡°You finally open your eyes, angel.¡± Hunter k*ssed her forehead and tuck strands of hair behind her ear. ¡°You make me scared.¡± He didn¡¯t lie when he said that. ¡°Where am I?¡± Lc looked very groggy, she didn¡¯t seem to recall what happened to her yet and Hunter helped her to sit down. He poured her a ss of water and helped her to drink. Chapter 98 Lc felt very sluggish and her movement was very slow, while her mind was clouded. She was not sure what to think about, but she really felt not like herself. She wanted to vomit after she drank the water, thus she pressed her tongue to the ceiling of her mouth, to hold back the urge. ¡°Are you okay?¡± Concern in Hunter¡¯s voice when he saw how Lc was. ¡°I am going to call the healer,¡± he growled and then went straight to the door and ordered a guard to call the healer toe and informed her that Lc had regained her consciousness. However, when he returned to her side, Lc had bent her b*dy to the edge of the bed and then vomited to the floor. She emptied her stomach and this set Hunter in rm. ¡°No¡­ don¡¯t look¡­¡± Lc felt self awareness when Hunter came to her and held her hair for her, so she wouldn¡¯t dirty it, but she didn¡¯t want him to see her like this. She didn¡¯t want him to resent her after this. Luna Jasmine always said that a woman should be gracious and beautiful, this kind of thing was not eptable for your mate to see. If luna Jasmine saw this, she would have chewed her out for being very ignorant and not push Hunter away from witnessing such scene. However, how she could do that when she was barely able to even sit down. She didn¡¯t have time to go to the adjoint bathroom too, which caused her this mess. ¡°I am sorry¡­ please go¡­¡± Lc vomited again, she tried to push Hunter away, but her attempt was so weak for that to work out. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Hunter asked, he kept holding her hair behind her nape and massaged her back to ease her pain. ¡°I am not going anywhere, little one. You don¡¯t need to worry about anything.¡± Somehow, what Hunter said warmed her heart, but she couldn¡¯t help, but still felt this self awareness because she didn¡¯t follow what she believed, or rather what luna Jasmine taught her how to be a good woman and luna for your mate. Lc felt so bad and even more she kept going on until the healer came and seeing that, she immediately called two maids to clean up after Lc. ¡°Let¡¯s do the check up in the room next to this,¡± Hunter said in impassive voice. He then proceeded to carry Lc out of the room to the next one and let the two maids to clean the main bedroom. up Lc still looked sluggish, she tried to get away from him because she felt ufortable after he saw her vomiting like that, but there was no way in hell, Hunter would listen to that. In his eyes, there was nothing wrong with it and his mate needed him the most out all this time. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. The healer followed them and then when Hunterid her down on the bed, the healer came to Lc¡¯s side and checked on her. She was quiet for a while and Hunter busied himself to take care of his mate. He wiped her mouth with wet towel that a maid brought for him and ordered someone to bring a bowl of porridge so Lc could eat, of course, he discussed this with the healer to, whether or not Lc could eat it ¡°She will be fine, alpha. You don¡¯t need to worry.¡± The healer reassured the alpha and told him what he should pay close attention to and what he had to expect. ¡°She will need to stay in bed for at least a week, after that she will be fine.¡± Hunter took a mental note when he listened to the healer and make sure everything would be smooth for Lc. After speaking to the alpha, the healer went to talk with Lc. ¡°You can¡¯t move around and make a ruckus, okay? You need to rest and gain your strength back, only then you can fully heal, Lc.¡± However, suddenly the alpha gave the healer a gentle warning about Lc¡¯s current status. She shouldn¡¯t call her by her name casually. She must have seen the mark on her neck, there was no way she would miss it. ¡°She is the luna now, address her properly,¡± Hunter said in firm tone, which made the healer was taken ¡°Spread my word. Lc is the luna of the pack star from now on, I want all of you to address her she deserved. Immediately lowered her head and nodded. ¡°Yes, alpha. I am going to ry your other pack member.¡± Lc wanted to protest, she felt embarrassed because Hunter was being very blunt, but she didn¡¯t want to confront him with the healer presence, because it was not the right thing to do. In the end of the day, Lc was still listening to what luna Jasmine had taught her. Her lesson had run too deep into her veins and she couldn¡¯t shake it off this feeling and followed luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge unconsciously, even when she was no longer able to influence her in any way. After that, the healer left the two of them alone, that was when Lc voiced out her concern. ¡°Don¡¯t you think it is too fast to tell the pack member about this?¡± Lc asked, she looked lethargic and sleepy, it seemed, it still not urred to her about what had transpired. Her back was already healed and she couldy down again now. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about it. I will handle everything, all you need to focus on is to heal,¡± Hunter said extremely gentle with her and then k*ssed her l*ps, as he hugged her to sleep. ¡°Sleep, little one.¡± A week after this, they would meet with Aiden. It would be an interesting meeting after such a long time. and Hunter was really looking forward into it. other pack member.¡± Lc wanted to protest, she felt embarrassed because Hunter was being very blunt, but she didn¡¯t want to confront him with the healer presence, because it was not the right thing to do. In the end of the day, Lc was still listening to what luna Jasmine had taught her. Her lesson had run too deep into her veins and she couldn¡¯t shake it off this feeling and followed luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge unconsciously, even when she was no longer able to influence her in any way. After that, the healer left the two of them alone, that was when Lc voiced out her concern. ¡°Don¡¯t you think it is too fast to tell the pack member about this?¡± Lc asked, she looked lethargic and sleepy, it seemed, it still not urred to her about what had transpired. Her back was already healed and she couldy down again now. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about it. I will handle everything, all you need to focus on is to heal,¡± Hunter said extremely gentle with her and then k*ssed her l*ps, as he hugged her to sleep. ¡°Sleep, little one.¡± A week after this, they would meet with Aiden. It would be an interesting meeting after such a long time. and Hunter was really looking forward into it. Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Ruby had been very upset ever since Aiden let that lycan woman to stay close to their bedroom, she had been harboring this ill intention toward her, but she didn¡¯t know what to do in this kind of situation. She didn¡¯t have any friend, neither she had an ally. Not to mention, her problem was not only with Aiden and this woman named Grace, but also with luna Jasmine. The luna didn¡¯t give her some ck at all in her daily lesson. Even though she was no longer a luna, because alpha James had retreated from his position as the alpha of the pack, but she still handled most of the things inside the pack house, instead of giving the authority to Grace, since she was the luna of the pack right now. Her reason would be because of her pregnancy and she didn¡¯t want her to be more stressful than this if she had to be burdened by a lot of tasks, and yet, contrary of what she said, she gave Ruby a lot of things to do, so she wouldn¡¯t forget her lesson. There was time when her stomach felt the cramp and only then luna Jasmine seemed a little bit more understanding with her, because before this, she would have scoffed to see how tired she was. ¡°Who are you actually? What do you want to be here?¡± Ruby finally confronted Grace one morning before they went to the dining hall to get their breakfast. Ruby didn¡¯t want to go out of her bedroom, but luna Jasmine insisted for her to make an appearance during breakfast. Grace didn¡¯t regard her at all, she only nced at Ruby and her bulging stomach before striding away, but Ruby insisted, as she grabbed her hand tightly and this made Grace furious, as she shoved her aside. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to touch me!¡± Grace roared. Fortunately, Ruby could get her bnce just in time, or else, she would have crashed down and put her baby at risk. ¡°How dare you to talk with me like this!? I am the luna of the pack!¡± At this time, Ruby rememberedContent is property of N?velDrama.Org. what luna Jasmine taught her. She needed to stand up for herself, no matter what, she was the face of the pack now and no one could tram ple her so easily. That was how luna Jasmine taught her, but in truth, it was she herself, who always treated her no more than an unpleasant sight. ¡°Luna?¡± Grace scowled when she heard that words. ¡°You can only be a luna because you are a wh ore, who can¡¯t close your legs to a man,¡± she said, the insult sounded effortlessly. ||| 08:41 Thu, 11 Jan F Chapter 99 B It sounded even more hypocrite when it came from her, because heaven knew how many men that Grace had bedded until now, while Ruby only had been with one. 65% +5 ¡°Lc should be the luna of the pack if you were not in the picture and seduced her mate.¡± In that case, Hunter wouldn¡¯t have brought that sl ut back to her lycan pack! So, in another word, this bit ch before her eyes was also responsible for Grace¡¯s miser y! She couldn¡¯t help, but felt this bitterness in her heart. If only this woman didn¡¯t seduce Aiden, Lc would still be in this pack and that stu pid mate bond would tie them together for life. All of sudden, Grace let out a strong killing intent that was enough to make Ruby shut her mouth. She was not a fighter and Grace, as a lycan, was physically stronger than a pregnant woman like her. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to touch me again!¡± Grace warned her before she continued walking toward the dining hall. Meanwhile Ruby looked desperate, her back looked very lonely. She thought bying here, she would be able to better her life, but who would have thought that her life would be more miserable than ever. She loved Aiden and she was genuinely happy with him at first, but right now, she couldn¡¯t tell about how she was feeling about him for sure. Seething in anger, Ruby decided not to join with them to have breakfast. Probably, it would be better if this baby didn¡¯t need to be born at all. ¡°So, are you changing your mind about hanging me in the square?¡± Ken taunted Hunter. Hunter had threatened to kill him and ultimately humiliated him in front of the whole pack for his betrayal, but then he didn¡¯t do it. Hunter crossed his arms in front of his chest. His eyes fixed on the beaten up Ken. He had asked someone to dutifully beaten him up on the verge of dying, but not really killed him. ¡°Yes, I changed my mind. I thought death is too kind for you. I want you to live a long life.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t change his expression at all when he said that, which made Ken narrowed his eyes. ¡°I like it to see you bleeding like this.¡± He lowered his b*dy and his voice became very vicious. ¡°Death will only end thing for you. I want you to live to suffer.¡± There was this flicker of fear in Ken¡¯s eyes when he heard that. He didn¡¯t want to show his fear, but he wouldn¡¯t help bile usert from brating so fant ¡°Now, I will ask you again. Where did you get those lycan? Are they rogue?¡± Hunter repeated the same question over and over again. However, when Kal ian didn¡¯t anewer his question, he simply turned around and waved so the guard to continue beating him. This action was al m o st like he was telling Ken that he could wait for as long as he wanted to y this game, but surely, the disad van ta ge of the situation would be on Ken, since he was the one, who suffered the most because of his stubbornness. ¡°Hunter Hunter! You ba st ard!¡± Ken cursed without restraint, as he howled when the guardsnded punch after punch and only stopped when he was almost died. Ìï Chapter 100 Chapter 100 965% Lc stared at the mark on her neck and she pressed her lips to stop herself from smiling. She liked the look of it, but she couldn¡¯t show this expression to Hunter because that man would tease her to no end. For a while, Lc forgot of how Raya looked a little bit strange with her. Probably because she was still trying to adjust herself with the fact Lc was her luna now, since Hunter was not shy to dere that, especially with the proof of this mark. ¡°Do you like it that much?¡± Hunter asked, which startled Lc, because she couldn¡¯t see himing, neither he appeared in front of the mirror. Red color tinged her cheeks, which she tried to hide it, pretending she didn¡¯t know what Hunter meant with that, but the man was too shrewd to not be able to see it. through her. He came toward her and hugged her from behind, buried his nose on the crook of her neck and breathed in her scent. This action was very endearing, though Lc would some time pretending she didn¡¯t like it, but in actuality, she loved it that much, since it made her felt wanted. ¡°I am not,¡± Lc murmured, she felt goosebumps on her skin when Hunter k*ssed her neck and then licked her sensitive skin, as he squeezed her breast, this made Lc moaned, in which she immediately cleared her throat and regained herposure. However, Hunter looked like in a good mood right now, because he actually became very yful with her. He kept licking and squeezing her breast, as he slipped his hand under her shirt and started to feel her tender skin. Her b*dy was very perfect in his arms. As if, she was made only for her. The moon Goddess must have been mistaken when she put the Aiden as Lc¡¯s mate, because the two of them were notpatible at all. If the mate bond was really exist, it should be him, who became her mate. ¡°My mate¡­¡± Hunter murmured and then his k*sses became even more bold, as he turned her b*dy around and started to leave trail of wet k*sses on her neck, corbones, her breast and this made Lc breathless. She really wanted to tell Hunter to stop, but her desire to make him stop was weaker than her urge to make him continued his action, because he really made her felt so good. However, Hunter abruptly stop, mischievous glinted in his eyes when he saw how confused Lc was, she looked like someone just poured a cold water on her before she realized this was another way for Hunter to tease her. O < 65% Chapter 100 ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc was screaming in desperation. He turned her on, but left her hanging like this! ¡°You can just ask me, you know and I will do what you want.¡± Hunter crossed his arms. in front of his chest, his gaze was enough to make Lc felt n*ked. How he could do that?! He turned her on even more when he didn¡¯t even touch her. Unfortunately, their teasing game needed to end when they heard a knock on the door, it was the guard, who informed them that their carriage was ready and they could go out now. Lc gulped down with difficulty, as she tried to act like there was nothing happened, she missed the glint in Hunter¡¯s eyes. ¡°I think we need to go now,¡± she said in small voice, she didn¡¯t want to go before she got what she wanted, but at the same time, she was too embarrassed. ¡°We need to go now.¡± Lc became nervous because Hunter stared at her intently, but when she was about to leave, he suddenly hugged her from behind and pushed her toward the bed. ¡°This will be quick,¡± Hunter said, as he started k*ssing her in earnest and the sound of frustration in his voice made Lcughed. Yet, it didn¡¯t take long for Hunter to make that sound ofughter became a delicious moan that filled the entire room. SHIN Today was the day where they would meet with Aiden, as Hunter would hand over the war prisoner. But, inside the carriage, there was a certain woman, who was currently sulking. Lc didn¡¯t look happy at all, while Hunter mused her expression. ¡°Still hurt?¡± Hunter asked, while Lc mewled and buried her face against his chest. She groaned. ¡°It hurt,¡± she said curtly. ¡°I am sorry.¡± Hunter nuzzled her head with his cheek and rubbed her back. was a little bit excited.¡± Lc didn¡¯t ept that, she raised her head and red at him. ¡°That¡¯s not a little, that¡¯s a lot.¡± She remembered, how he ravaged her, but she couldn¡¯t help, but blushing when she was reminded of the pleasure she got afterward. 08:41 Thu, Chapter 100 ¡°I thought you like it, because as I remember it, you told me to go even faster, don¡¯t you?¡± he teased her relentlessly. ¡°Oh, I also remember¡­¡± But, before Hunter could talk even more, Lc had covered his mouth with her own hand and red at him, warning him not to continue to talk about this. See? She was very cute when she was flustered! Hunter couldn¡¯t help himself, but k*ssed her cheek. ¡°Don¡¯t k*ss me,¡± Lc said sternly, but her face couldn¡¯t lie to Hunter that she liked it. She hated herself for not being able to lie properly. With that, Hunter only chuckled in delight, but their happiness didn¡¯tst long because soon after they arrived at their meeting point, where they met with Aiden and his warriors. Not only that, he also brought along his pregnant mate. Ruby looked even more pregnant than before, it must be only a few more months before she gave birth to their child. Lc had been worried with this moment, she was not sure what she would feel when she saw the twoContent is property of N?velDrama.Org. of them again, but to her surprised, she felt nothing. ¡°Should I impregnant you?¡± Hunter whispered. 0 Chapter 101 Chapter 101 Aiden had been in a bad mood for days, especially the closer they got to the day where they would meet with Lc. You would find him brooding or frowning, it seemed there was nothing in his mind, but his meeting with Lc. On the other hand, Ruby had kept her eyes on the interaction between Grace and Aiden, but she didn¡¯t think the two of them were in a good term at all, because the only time they were talking the two of them looked like they were trying to make the conversation as short as possible. The S Ruby didn¡¯t bother Grace anymore, more so, luna Jasmine had been pestering her to be a perfect luna in his perception, since she would go with Aiden to meet with Lc. She didn¡¯t want her to embarrass her son because she was not behaved. Even now, luna Jasmine was still praising Lc. Despite her rage and hostility for the fact Lc didn¡¯t go with her n and stay in the pack to be the future luna like she wanted and even chose to go with the lycan andter be their luna, luna Jasmine still praised her here and there andpared the two. of them. By now, Ruby had turned so numb to hear Lc¡¯s name over and over again. She wanted to scream at luna Jasmine¡¯s face for treating her so bad, but then she didn¡¯t have the courage. ¡°Are you hungry?¡± Ruby asked Aiden, she offered a piece of apple that she was eating. Currently the two of them were inside a carriage that would take them to the meeting point, where they would meet the lycan to retrieve the war prisoner. The presentative of the other five packs also came with them. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Aiden didn¡¯t say anything, he didn¡¯t even nce at her at all, it almost felt like being in the same carriage with Ruby had suffocated him so much. He wanted to throw the woman away, but then she was his luna now. However, why he couldn¡¯t feel the mate bond between them? Yes, the bond was there, but it was not that strong. It was not even close to what he had with Lc. Aiden missed the bond between him and her. It was surreal. ¡°Aiden?¡± Ruby tried again. She wanted to get his heart again, but she didn¡¯t know how to do so. When they met the first time, it was so easy to talk with him, but right now it was a III Chapter 101 different case, he didn¡¯t even want to see her face. +5 ¡°Aiden, I know that you are still thinking about Lc, but can you¡­¡± Ruby immediately mped her mouth when Aiden finally looked at her way, but she couldn¡¯t help, but felt- so stifle when she saw the enmity in his eyes. He didn¡¯t look at her with love, but animosity instead. ¡°Shut your mouth up! I don¡¯t need to hear anything from you!¡± Aiden then closed his eyes and crossed his arms in front of his chest to feign sleeping. He didn¡¯t want to hear anything from this woman anymore. It annoyed him to the core. Biting her lips and clenched her fists, Ruby didn¡¯t utter a single word at all after that. She was literally mute on the rest of their way to the meeting point. However, her silence only made Aiden furrowed his brows. Ruby always tried to persuade him and talk to him, she was trying her best to engage in a conversation with him, but now when she was silence, he felt there was something that missing. Yet, Aiden brushed off that weird feeling and didn¡¯t think much about that. He used to ignore her and that was what he did. This difort on the bottom of his heart made Aiden became reckless because he didn¡¯t get the attention that he wanted, thus when night came, he approached Ruby and without saying anything, he started to undress her. Ruby was startled by how Aiden made this advance move, but she didn¡¯t reject him either. ¡°Aiden¡­¡± Ruby called his name when she could feel his mouth on her breast. ¡°Don¡¯t talk,¡± Aiden said gruffly, as he took pleasure from her b*dy. Because Ruby was heavily pregnant, it was a little bit tricky for them to do this, but Aiden didn¡¯t care much, as heid Ruby on her back and started to thrust inside her, despite her protest, because this position hurt her and she felt like she was being suffocated, since her baby inside her stomach pressed down her org ans. ¡°Aiden, stop¡­ please, stop¡­¡± Ruby cried, but Aiden didn¡¯t care much with her pleas. However, Aiden didn¡¯t want to stop. This woman had the audacity to ignore him. Now, she wouldn¡¯t be able to ignore him anymore! Aiden did that a few times with Ruby, after all, he had his own demand for pleasure and he had been holding it back because he had been stressing out with this meeting with Lc, but now he vented it out to Ruby. It was unsure when Ruby started to be unconscious, but when she woke up, she felt her 67% Chapter 101 whole b*dy was hurt, she saw the blood on the bed, while Aiden was nowhere to be seen. She felt her heart was aching more than her b*dy, but she held back her tears, as she took her dress again and tried to look presentable, afraid Aiden woulde and try to do it again. She opened the window and asked the coachman. ¡°Where are we now?¡± Ruby asked with her hoa rse voice. ¡°We will arrive in the meeting point within three hours, luna,¡± the coachman informed her. He only nced at her, because he felt very awkward as they did it all night and he and the other warriors had to suffer to hear them. ¡°Hm.¡± Ruby then closed the window and then prepared herself. She wiped the blood from between her legs with tears in her eyes. Chapter 102 Chapter 102 ¡°Should I impregnant you?¡± Hunter whispered, which made Lc widened her eyes in shocked before she punched his arm lightly for hisment and this only made the alphaughed. Warriors outside of their carriage looked at each other as this was the first time for them to hear their alphaughed out loud like this. One thing that Lc started to learn was; ¡®Hunter¡¯ in front of other people and ¡®Hunter¡¯ in front of her was very different. Rye told her about this, though he only mentioned it briefly, but Lc was smart enough to catch the gist of his exnation. ¡°What? You don¡¯t want to have my baby?¡± Hunter kept whispering to her ear and enjoyed the way the red color crept on her cheeks. He liked it when she was flustered and speechless, unable to find a word to retort him. She had a smart mouth, but he liked it when she used it in different way. ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc cried out loud because of how bold his words were, but she couldn¡¯t do anything when she was trapped between his powerful arms. Thankfully, Hunter couldn¡¯t tease her any longer when Rye told them they had arrived at the meeting point and it was time for them to go out. He then added in low voice, just enough for the people inside the carriage to hear him. ¡°If you want to make babies, please restrained yourself until we finished our meeting here, okay? After that, you can do whatever you want and get no matter how many babies you can give birth.¡± Lc opened the window immediately and red at Rye for hisment, but the gam ma was already running away while chuckling. ¡°Your gam ma bullied me!¡± Lc sulked, she felt a little bit annoyed now, but Hunter onlyughed and caressed her cheeks. ¡°Do you want to go out with me?¡± Hunter asked, he pulled Lc into his arms again and buried his nose against the crook of her neck. He liked to do this even more after he marked her. Now he understood what it felt to have a mate, a soulmate of your own, someone that you knew you would spend the rest of your life with, someone that wouldn¡¯t let you be alone and someone who would always by your side. Therefore, not only Hunter started to correct other people the way they addressed Lc, but he started to show other people how much he spoiled her too, which made everyone shocked. 08:05 Fri, 12 Jan Chapter 102 They had never known that their alpha had this side in him. ¡°Hm¡­.¡± Lc thought about it and received a peck on her lips. ͼ67%•þ ¡°If you want toe, we will go together, but if you don¡¯t want to go, you can stay here. It will not take long,¡± Hunter said lightly. Meanwhile, on the other side, where Aiden and his warriors were, they had been waiting for Hunter and Lc toe out of their carriage, but the two of them took their time well, which aggravated Aiden a lot. Right now, he asked Ruby to stay inside the carriage, he would tell her if he needed her to go out, thus even though Ruby wanted to stand by his side, she stuck inside the carriage. In this situation, Ruby already imagined what kind of nasty words that luna Jasmine would say to her because Aiden didn¡¯t want to bring her along, despite he was the one, who told her toe. All the mistake must be on her shoulders. Feeling grievances in her heart, she hugged herself and felt the baby moved in her stomach, she nudged the bump and this was the only thing that could bring smile onto her face. She loved her baby no matter what. She would die for her child even if she had to keep up with the way Aiden treated her and how cruel luna Jasmine was. ¡°I will be strong for you, baby¡­¡± Ruby whispered to her baby inside her stomach with her red rimmed eyes, but when the carriage door opened, she saw Aiden was smiling at her. His smile looked very genuine and true. This sight confused Ruby, because this must be her hallucinating because there was no way Aiden would smile like this to her. It had ben so long when thest time Aiden was smiling very genuinely to her. It must be the beginning of their meeting when he smiled so gently and treated her like treasure. But right now, after a rough night, he was treating her well again? Ruby rubbed her eyes and blinked her tears away, afraid her vision was blurred by her sadness and it messed up her mind, but the truth was right before her eyes. Aiden was actually smiling at her genuinely. What was wrong with him? ¡°What are you waiting for? Why don¡¯t youe out? Come here, I will help you to go out.¡± Aiden stretched out his hand for her, so she could have a safe exit from the carriage. Chapter 102 Even his voice was so gentle! Ruby felt there was something extremely wrong with Aiden, but her helpless mind desperately thought her mate hade to his sense and finally would treat her well. ¡°Be careful with your steps. I don¡¯t want you to get hurt,¡± Aiden said. He then escorted Ruby to meet with the other alpha and luna. The way he held her and how he whispered to her ear made Ruby even more confused, but for a brief second she enjoyed it. This was something she had always wanted, something that she only dared to imagine to get it back. However, all of her imagination and short happiness needed to be shattered ruthlessly. Upon seeing Lc and alpha Hunter, Ruby realized why Aiden suddenly acted like this toward her and the reason why he changed one hundred eighty when he introduced her to his former mate. ¡°We are expecting our first child in a few months,¡± Aiden said. F = Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¨C = 0 Chapter 103 Chapter 103 Hearing what Aiden said earlier, Hunter only gave a nce before he focused on his mate again, as he whispered something to her ear and made her blushed even more, though she gave the alpha a sharp re, but one look people would know she was not really mad at him. On the other hand, now Ruby realized what made Aiden changed his attitude very drastically when he took her out of the carriage, as it turned out, it was because of Lc. Lc and her mate. In one look, you could see that she was happy, she even looked healthier than when she left the pack a few months ago. But, what even more apparent was the fact how happy she looked right now. She was beaming. Her eyes lit up, as if she held all the stars in the sky. Lc was very happy and you could see that in her eyes. Ruby clenched her fists tightly. So as it turned out, her little hope that she had only a few second ago was shattered by this reality. Aiden didn¡¯t want to treat her well, he only wanted to one up Lc, showing how happy he was too. Ruby could see it through his schemes very well. He had feigned it so well, until she wanted to believe him, but then, here she was, having her heart shattered into pieces. again. Ruby didn¡¯t know how expression right now, but a k*ss from Aiden shocked her. Yes, he actually pecked her cheek and smiled as bright as the sunlight. This hurt her heart even more. Why would he treat her like this? Didn¡¯t she deserve to be loved too? More so when she was carrying their child. Meanwhile, Lc didn¡¯t really care about Ruby anymore, because Hunter was teasing her. This man was a pe rvert! He actually put his hand on her back and squeezed her bottom every now and then, which made her cheeks turned bright red. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°How you feel?¡± Hunter whispered to her ear. ¡°Annoyed,¡± Lc replied in a matter of fact tone. ¡°Cane you stop doing that?¡± ¡°Okay, you only need to ask me, little one.¡± Hunter k*ssed her cheek, this action was what made Aiden k*ssed Ruby too earlier, but neither of them really paid attention to the other pair. ¡°I only feel relief because you don¡¯t feel nervous to meet with your ex mate.¡± O < Mon, 15 Chapter 103 Lc blinked her eyes and then only now she realized what Hunter said was right. She was no longer feeling nervous for meeting with Aiden and Ruby, to see the two of them together and even more when Ruby¡¯s pregnancy was very clear to be seen now her stomach grew bigger. She didn¡¯t hold any resentment, neither she was nervous with the sight of the two of them. She didn¡¯t even notice that until Hunter pointed it out carlier. ¡°Should I thank you for that?¡± Lc ask, the glint in her eyes turned very mischievous when she spoke so lightly with him. On the other hand, the other warriors from both parties were dumbfounded. They felt there was something wrong with the entire situation, because instead of talking in serious manner to hand over the war prisoner, the two alphas and lunas were acting a little bit affectionate with each other. But, all of the people there could tell, while Lc and Hunter were genuinely teasing each other, Aiden and Ruby looked like they were forcing it and how ufortable the pregnant woman was when her mate k*ssed her. Currently they were in the desert and there were a long entourage that followed the alphas and lunas from two packs. Couldn¡¯t bear it any longer, finally it was Aiden, who was the first to break this awkward situation between them. ¡°Are you not handing the war prisoner?!¡± he raised his voice, just in case Hunter couldn¡¯t hear him, but in truth, he wanted to make the two of them stopped staring at each other and whispering sweet nothing! He hated the sight! Aiden¡¯s blood boiled when he saw how Lc was being affectionate with Hunter and how the two of them didn¡¯t bother with him, even when he told them his mate was pregnant, which in hindsight, it was not an announcement at all, since all living soul already knew about this, what else he expected? ¡°Let¡¯s wrap this up quickly!¡± Aiden literally growled at this point, because the two of them were still busy with themselves. Hunter finally lifted his head and shifted his attention toward the alpha werewolf, deigning his existence. ¡°Sure,¡± Hunter said with a smirk curled on the corner of his lips. Aiden didn¡¯t know what the meaning of that, but he felt there was something not right with this whole situation, but he couldn¡¯t put his finger on why he felt a little bit ufortable with the way Hunter was smiling. ||| O < 08.21 Mon, 15 Jan Chapter 103 6& 3 78%u ¡°You can get your men over there,¡± Hunter said, as he nodded to the back of his entourage, where there were hundred of warriors, walked in their human form, but with ankles and wrists tied up with silver chains, all of them lowered their head, as if they were ashamed with their current situation. Aiden didn¡¯t think much of it, as he went to consult this with the other representative of the five alphas, leaving Ruby alone, now his nature came to light; he didn¡¯t care about her. Meanwhile, Ruby stood there awkwardly, didn¡¯t know what to do or where to look, she felt embarrassed in front of Lc because she had snat ched her mate, but there was this little feeling that nagged at the corner of her heart that told her; the man was not worth it. Aiden returned and demanded to see the war prisoners. ¡°Bring them up here!¡± He ordered his people to fetch all the warriors. However, what he was going to witness next left him unable to utter a single word. Chapter 104 Chapter 104 When Aiden went to see the war prisoners and checked on them, he met Lc¡¯s eyes for a brief second before the woman averted her gaze and stared at the man beside her. The sight of her ignoring him made his blood boiled with anger. How she could do that when she used to look at him with so much love and devotion, but right now, even the sight of him alone couldn¡¯t make her stayed to look at him. Did you hate me that much? Aiden wanted to ask that. He wanted to stretch out his hand and reach to her, but her rejection hurt him. He only made one mistake and Lc had forgotten about their feeling. He only made one mistake and Lc despised him this much. Why wouldn¡¯t you want to look at me? Steeling his heart, Aiden shifted his attention back to his duty today. He was the alpha of the pack now and he had to act like one. All of the war prisoners were there, they had this fabric that covered their face, but without doubt, it was them and their number matched the one that Hunter gave to them when he offered to release. However, there was this gnawing feeling in Aiden¡¯s heart. He couldn¡¯t put his finger on it, but sure enough there was something not right with the whole thing. He couldn¡¯t put his finger on this weird feeling. Aiden nced at Hunter, who was smiling at him, but in his eyes, the alpha lycan was actually mocking him. ¡°I want to see their faces,¡± Aiden said and he caught the way Hunter chuckled, as he ordered his warrior to open the fabric that covered one of the war prisoners¡¯ face. Only then Aiden realized where that feeling came from! He couldn¡¯t even believe his own eyes and for a moment, there was no word that he could utter. ¡°What is it? What happened?¡± Ga mma Danny, one of the representatives of the five packs, immediately approached Aiden because he could see his face became very ashen, as if he just ate a heart of a bear. ¡°What is going on?¡± The other representative also approached Aiden and were too shock to speak. ¡°What have you done?!¡± Aiden¡¯s rage hit the roof when he saw the war prisoners were blind! He opened the fabric one by one and realized all of them were blind! Hunter ||| O Chapter 104 burned their eyes and cut their tongues! All of them! ¡°How dare you to do this to our people!¡± Aiden and the other five representatives were fuming. They were very livid. Even enraged couldn¡¯t describe what they felt right now. ¡°I promise to give them back to you, didn¡¯t I?¡± Hunter asked, he put an innocent face when he said that, which only made all of them became even angrier. ¡°Now, I give them and youin. Don¡¯t you feel what you have done is very ungrateful?¡± However, it was not only Aiden, but also Lc, who was caught in shock to see the condition of the war prisoners! She covered her mouth with both of her hands when she witnessed this dreadful sight before her eyes. Lc whipped her head to look at Hunter, but all she could see was a smirk that curled on the corner of his lips. Lc knew people in the pack house respected him to the point they were scared of him as their sovereign, but because Hunter always acted goofy and rarely intimidated her, until she felt in danger or unsafe, she didn¡¯t think much about it. But right now, she witnessed it with her own eyes the extend of his cruelty. Lc was still in disbelieve that Hunter could do such extreme things like this, but then she felt like she didn¡¯t know him well enough. For a split second, Lc was afraid of him, until he rested his hand on her waist and closed her eyes with his palm, as if he could sense her distress. There were a lot of things that Lc wanted to ask him, but she needed to swallow her questionC¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org because right now Aiden charged forward to demand an exnation from Hunter for what he had done to the war prisoner. ¡°I keep my word. I deliver them to you. Isn¡¯t that not enough?¡± Hunter asked lightly, as if he was talking about the weather. ¡°What you have done is uneptable! You have made them blind and mute!¡± Gam ma Danny roared as well. Thirty percent of the war prisoners came from his own pack, thus he felt so bad to see his fellow warriors in such condition. ¡°How shameless you are to torture them like that?!¡± Hearing that, Hunter¡¯s eyes grew cold, which actually made them held back all the curses they wanted to spit out. ¡°You called shameless because I tortured them?¡± Hunter raised his brows, his voice grew colder and colder, but he didn¡¯t hold back when he scoffed at them. ¡°What about the lycan warriors that you decapitated? Do you have any war prisoners for my pack?¡± They were stunned when they heard this. Hunter was right. They didn¡¯t even think to capture a lycan warrior alive, but even when they did so, they would annihte them right away, getting rid of them in the most brutal way because of how afraid they were ? O Chapter 104 to this kind of shifter, since they were too strong. Therefore, when Hunter had a good number of war prisoner, they didn¡¯t have any. It was a contrast that they just realized it now. However, Aiden couldn¡¯t ept it. ¡°If you returned them back in this condition, what the use of them?!¡± he roared angrily. His eyes held so much hatred and enmity toward Hunter. And yet, the alpha lycan only chuckled. ¡°That¡¯s not my business. If you don¡¯t want them, you can leave them here. What? Do you want me to manage your pack¡¯s affair too? Don¡¯t you have enough affair already?¡± ||| O 0 Chapter 105 Chapter 105 ¡®Don¡¯t you have enough affair already?¡¯ That word was very obvious for everyone there to understand what Hunter meant with that. Of course, he was talking about the affair that Aiden had with Ruby. Aiden¡¯s face turned from pale to ashen, as he understood what Hunter meant by that. He wanted to jump into his beast form and strangled this man with his own hand, but thankfully, his rational side was still working, because attacking the alpha lycan would only cause trouble for them. More so, they happened meet in the battlefield once, thus Aiden knew very well that he was not Hunter match. ¡°You are very cruel!¡± Danny hissed. He red at the alpha and gritted his teeth. ¡°It¡¯s so expensive when it came from you,¡± Hunter said lightly, but the way he stared at Danny was not light at all, which made the gam ma lowered his head. Both of them knew what Danny had done to the warrior lycan that he managed to catch during the battle, thus it was very hypocrite of him to call Hunter as the cruel one when he was not ¡®nice¡¯ either. ¡°I have gone this far to hand them offer to you all, but if you don¡¯t feel grateful, you can do whatever with them. You asked for them.¡± Hunter waved his hands toward the mute and blind shifters that he brought with him. All of them grimaced, they balled their fists and were not able toe with anything to retort what Hunter said. Yes, these warriors were the member of their pack, but in their mind, once they were returned, they would be able to go back to their position as warrior, protecting their pack, but with their current condition, not even they would be a burden, but they would only be thrash in their pack, since they couldn¡¯t do anything on their own. On the other hand, Lc felt less terrified at Hunter after she realized what he said was right about the war prisoners, even though she didn¡¯t agree with the way he tortured them. After all, these warriors only followed order from their alpha and what Hunter had done to them was too cruel. This kind of punishment was even worst than death in her opinion. ¡°Alpha Hunter, I have something to talk with you,¡± Aiden said after a long silent, but this didn¡¯t surprise Hunter at all. He expected to have a private conversation with him after all, thus he didn¡¯t reject. ¡°Go back to the carriage, I will not take long time,¡± Hunter said gently, as he leaned over O Chapter 105 and pecked Lc¡¯s cheek. This kind disy of affection was something usual for the werewolf, especially to their mate, but Aiden felt ufortable to witness it. It almost like they were taunting him when in reality, they didn¡¯t even care much about him! All of that was only in Aiden¡¯s mind and whatever nasty thought in his mind was seen on his face right now, which made Ruby felt extremely ufortable. She was his woman and she wanted his attention, despite how much he hurt her over and over again. Thus, foolishly, she tried again. Ruby leaned over and k*ssed Aiden¡¯s cheek, which made him snapped his head, but thankfully he didn¡¯t snarl at her, because he was well aware of their current surroundings. ¡°Be careful, okay.¡± Ruby smiled at him. Fighting the urge to push the woman away and desperate idea to get a tidbit of Lc¡¯s attention, Aiden actually pulled Ruby closer to him and k*ss her lips instead, but in actuality, he bit her lip down until both of them could taste blood and only then he separated himself from her, while showing a brilliant smile. ¡°What should I be afraid of?¡± Aiden said, his voiceced with honey. Ruby wanted to cry because her lips were so hurt, but she endured it and licked the blood until it healed on its own, while staring at Aiden, who walked toward a secluded ce only the two of them, leaving the other five representatives looked at each other with confusion. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Those two shouldn¡¯t have talked privately, because it seemed inappropriate. Despite the peace treaty in ce, they should still be caution with the lycan pack. ¡°What they are talking about?¡± Danny asked to no one in particr. ¡°I don¡¯t remember that we agreed to have a discussion alone like this?¡± ¡°What the meaning of this?¡± All of the men then turned their attention toward Ruby, waiting for her to exin her mate¡¯s action, but how could she know anything about Aiden when that man despised her so much? Lc watched the five representatives became restless because they were not happy with Aiden¡¯s decision to talk alone with Hunter. ||| 08:22 Mon, 15 Jan Chapter 105 However, that¡¯s not her problem anymore and rather than thinking about that, it would be better if she listened to what Hunter told her to go back to the carriage and waited for him there. Lc only took three steps away when Ruby followed her and grabbed her hand. ¡°Wait, I want to have a chance to talk with you too.¡± Ruby looked at her pleadingly, but the grip on Lc¡¯s arm was very tight, as if she didn¡¯t want to let go if she refused to talk with her. ¡°I don¡¯t think there is anything to talk about between us,¡± Lc said, she didn¡¯t sound arrogant, neither she gave her a disgusting look, because in her eyes, that was no longer necessary when her heart was already settled and the sight of Aiden and Ruby didn¡¯t hurt her anymore, that was what important for Lc. ¡°Are you still angry with me?¡± Ruby asked again, she still didn¡¯t let go of her grip on Lc¡¯s arm, afraid that she would rush toward her warriors and she wouldn¡¯t be able to have a chance to talk with her. ¡°I want to apologize to you, I have not yet a chance to have a proper apology before you left.¡± Çú O Chapter 106 Chapter 106 ¡°You left very sudden, I don¡¯t have time to apologize to you at that time, so I want to do it right now, even though this is veryte.¡± Rubby looked ufortable, but she still had her deathly grip around Lc¡¯s arm, thus she couldn¡¯t do anything about it. ¡°Can you forgive me?¡± Lc wanted tough out loud. What did she say? She didn¡¯t have time to apologize and her leaving was too sudden? Even if she wanted to lie, at the very least, she should have made it more reliable and believable. The stup idest people in the room could call her out for suchme lie. However, Lc didn¡¯t have the energy to entertain her. She nced at the five representatives that came with Aiden and Ruby. She nodded at them to make Ruby paid attention to the way they looked at them. ¡°You need to stay away from me, or else, they will harbor any suspicion.¡± Lc considered herself kind enough to warn Ruby about this, though she rejected her request to have a private talk with her. ¡°We didn¡¯t do anything, we only talk,¡± Ruby retorted. That was the truth, they didn¡¯t do anything atrocious or something. ¡°The problem is they didn¡¯t think the same. You need to be able to read the situation,¡± Lc said lightly. She didn¡¯t have any obligation to teach her anything, but she wanted her to let go and don¡¯t cause trouble for her, because if she pushed her away, Lc was afraid if Ruby pulled some trick and used her of harming her. Lc didn¡¯t know Ruby at all, but for the fact she was willing enough to be with a man that she was well aware had his own mate, Lc knew that she didn¡¯t want to be associated with that kind of woman. M ¡°You are a luna now, all of your action and your words represented the alpha, so you need to take care of yourself and carry yourself well,¡± Lc advised her. t For a moment, Ruby only stared at Lc with this nk expression, but after that, sheughed out loud, as if Lc just told her something really funny. ¡°I am sorry, I am very sorry..¡± Ruby wiped her tears with the back of her hands, but she was still laughing and holding onto Lc, as if she didn¡¯t want to let her go. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean tough.¡± someone with mare but you ¡°You didn¡¯t mean to take did. You didn¡¯t mean tough, but then you did.¡± Lc met Ruby¡¯s eyes, there was this anger that flickering there. If she didn¡¯t want to let her go, it was fine too, but it didn¡¯t mean the two of them would D 65% 07:33 Wed, 17 Jan B Chapter 106 +5 have a civil conversation. Even though Lc didn¡¯t want Aiden anymore and even if that man begged her to returned to his side, she wouldn¡¯t go a step toward him, but the pain of his betrayal and how lightly Ruby put this matter, she simply couldn¡¯t ept that. Despite anything, luna Jasmine had taught her well and she had learned a lot under her tutge, where she could gain her confidence and find the right word to say. ¡°Lc, please¡­ I am really sorry, I wasughing because I felt like I were talking with luna Jasmine. She had told me about that countless time,¡± Ruby confessed. Meanwhile, Lc didn¡¯t object that, because that was the truth. Luna Jasmine had taught her everything and she knew that the luna would teach the same thing to Ruby. ¡°Can¡¯t you forgive me this time?¡± Ruby asked, no, she was literally begging to Lc, as if she was being bullied by her, though the truth was not like that at all. Lc tried to wriggle her arm, but she couldn¡¯t get away from her. She frowned because her grip was very tight. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Whether I forgave you or not, it doesn¡¯t matter. We will not meet with each other often,¡± Lc said unhappily. ¡°Now, let me go or I can make a scene and embarrassed you further.¡± While saying that, Lc nodded at the five representatives, who stared at the two of them with ashen expression. They were not happy with the situation because clearly the alpha and the luna from Golden w pack was up to something for them to talk in private. ¡°Watch your step and everything that you said, you need to live up your title as the luna and remember that the honor of your mate could be tarnished because of a second stu pid and reckless action.¡± Those words came from luna Jasmine, he was the one, who told Iris about that. She remembered every word of it like a luby. Therefore, she had never felt freedom. Herst year was spent with so many thing that she needed to learn and Lc threw the words toward Ruby because she could see how the girl was struggling with her lesson and more so, she wanted to agitate her more by reminding of those annoying reminder. As if Lc¡¯s arm was on fire, Ruby startled and immediately let go of her arm, as she stared at her. There was this flicker of fear and annoyance in those blue eyes. 1 After that, Lc went back to the carriage and closed the curtain, so no one would know wed, Chapter 106 ?365% what she was doing inside. For now, she was going to wait until Hunter returned and asked him what he was talking about with Aiden. Lc peeked from the curtain and saw Aiden and Hunter were talking in serious manner, but while the lycan looked like he was walking in the garden, the other alpha looked like he was going to blow his top at any second. Because of the distance, Lc couldn¡¯t hear what they were talking about, thus she shifted her attention toward Ruby, who was right now being interrogated by the other representatives. ¡°What do you mean with this, Ruby?¡± Danny asked her on behalf of the other. É« Chapter 107 Chapter 107 76%1 Ruby could see the angry look on Danny¡¯s eyes, so did the rest of four representative there. Lc was right that she had stirred trouble for herself for talking with her in private, while Aiden did the same thing with alpha Hunter. The two of them looked like they were having a hidden agenda. Now, when Ruby watched their reaction, she finally realized the severity of what she had done. This was not good. If Aiden learned about this, he wouldsh out at her and the rtionship between them wouldn¡¯t find any peace at all. ¡°I- its¡­ its nothing to do with you all,¡± Ruby said and in her panic, she said something that she shouldn¡¯t have said, because this would only cause trouble for herself. She was really messing things up, she was scared under their scrutinized gaze, as she blurted out the truth. ¡°I was¡­ I apologized for what I have done to her. That¡¯s all! There was nothing shady about it.¡± However, the five men didn¡¯t believe her immediately, especially because they took offense for what she said earlier and also the way she behaved. They were full of suspicion when they looked at her. ¡°Now tell me, what the alpha is talking about with him?¡± Danny nodded at Aiden, who was still talking with Hunter. The look on his face telling them that whatever conversation that was going on between them, didn¡¯t work on Aiden¡¯s favor, because how angry he was right now. ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± Ruby said, she was shaking her head and then gulped down with so much difficulty. She was born in a small town near the ce where the battlefield between the werewolf and the lycan urred, thus she was not used to be intimidated like this. This made her felt suffocated. Her stomach was hurt, as if someone just tightened her dress. Danny red down at her. There was no respect whatsoever from them, they didn¡¯t even see her as the luna of the pack, because the way Aiden treated her, they picked up on that. However, he hadpassion enough to drop this matter and believe this woman knew nothing about Aiden¡¯s affair. Even them could see Aiden¡¯s sudden act of love was fake, because they had seen how the alpha treated his luna all this time. ¡°She doesn¡¯t know a thing about her mate.¡± Anthony, the beta of the other pack clicked 1/3 07:54 Thu, 18 Jan N le Chapter 107 his tongue. He looked at Ruby with a mixture of pity and disdain. 76% Meanwhile, Lc was also curios about what Hunter was talking about with Aiden, she couldn¡¯t sit still inside the carriage, as she watched the expression of Aiden, the man became even more mad and made with each passing time, as if he was going to tackle Hunter down to the ground and beat him up. However, Lc chuckled with that thought, because she was sure, if it came to that, it would be Hunter, who had done it, not the other way around. More so, Lc was still curious about what Hunter told Aiden before, about the death of his father, the fact that Aiden killed him during the war. Was that really the fact? Lc pursed her lips, bored because there was nothing she could do. asionally, she would nce at Ruby, who was standing there looked very lonely and pitiful. Lc didn¡¯t know how she was treated in the pack, but surely enough luna Jasmine, or should she call her as the former luna? She would never give her an easy moment, not even when she was pregnant, Iris knew about that because she felt it first hand how perfectionist she was. Thankfully, after half an hour, Hunter and Aiden finished with their conversation, or should Lc say it was an argumentation? She couldn¡¯t tell, but then when she saw Hunter went toward the carriage, she immediately emerged and approached him with her beautiful smile, which made the alpha of the lycan grinned as well. ¡°I don¡¯t know that you are very happy to see me,¡± Hunter teased her, he leaned over and captured herText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. lips, which took her out of guard because she didn¡¯t expect this sudden movement. Lc blushed profusely nheless, she pushed him lightly away. ¡°Have you done with your discussion?¡± she asked, beaming, she wanted to know what they were talking about. ¡°Now I know why you are very excited,¡± Hunter said lightly, as he took her back to the carriage again, because there was a certain man, who kept his eyes on her and he didn¡¯t like it if there was someone stared at his mate with such lustful eyes. Meanwhile, people from the lycan¡¯s pack looked a little bit taken aback too because their alpha acted very differently with his mate. They would never imagine such cruel and cold personally could actually smile so beautifully and treated someone else very well and gentle. It was not hard to see how precious Lc was in their alpha¡¯s eyes. No wonder, Lc was always confused with the look of fear in their eyes every time Hunter talked with them. They became extremely solemn and respectful. 2/3 3/3 76% Chapter 107 ¡°Tell me what you are talking about, will you?¡± Lc immediately asked once they were inside the carriage. Hunter smiled and then told the coachmen to get them out of there and returned to their pack. He didn¡¯t want to spend another minute there and breathed the same air like Aiden. That man was not only a fool, but an idiot. His father was a better alpha¡­ ¡°Do you really want to know?¡± Hunter asked, he nibbled on her lips, while his hand. caressed her back, he wanted to get a better to taste of her and also wanted to distract her from the question. However, Lc was adamant. ¡°Yes, I want to know, tell me.¡± Hunter chuckled. ¡°I will tell you, but with one condition.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Lc pulled away from him. ¡°I can show you better.¡± $ É« 0 Chapter 108 Chapter 108 ¡°Hm?¡± Lc didn¡¯t understand what Hunter meant by saying ¡®I can show you better¡¯, since she was asking him to tell her about what kind of discussion he had with Aiden, but nevertheless, she was already curious eno ugh and was excited for Hunter to spill the tea. ¡°What do you want to show me?¡± There was this mischievousness that flickered in Hunter¡¯s eyes when he heard that, but then he really showed her what the condition he wanted. At first, it started with light k*sses on her cheeks, lips and earlobe, which made Lc frowned, but she let him did whatever he wanted, because it was not weird for him to be very touchy. Somehow, this man looked like he co uldn¡¯t get his hands off her. Despite being a little bit confused with the way Hunter was acting, Lc immediately realized what he me ant by showing her what he wanted, because it just clicked in her mind about what he actually wanted when he p ut his palm over her chest and squeezed her breast lightly. ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc gasped, she tried to push him away, but instead, he pushed her down until the two of them l a i d on the makeshift bed inside the carriage, he hovered her, his hooded eyes fixed on her blushing face. ¡°You are pervert!¡± Lc hissed, but her voice sounded so weak to be said as her rejected his advance. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Hunter intoned, but he didn¡¯t stop with his advances and started to k*ss her neck and caressed her b*dy lightly. He called her name seductively, as he nibbled on her earlobe and made his mate shuddered, until herin turned into a moan, Lc really couldn¡¯tprehend, how could this man so affectionate with her. She thought, something like this would only happen when there was this bond between you, but then her concept was proven wrong, because the man that supposed to have bond with her had actually betrayed her, while this man had chosen her, not because of the concept of mate bond, but pure because of his own volition. He had waited for her for a long time. He remembered her and went to extra miles to get her back the moment he learned her whereabouts. Well, the twenty nine women were really a sore topic, but after he met her, he swore with his own life to treat her well. Lc wanted to believe that. She couldn¡¯t afford to have her heart broken again for the second times, because it felt extremely awful. Hunter k*ssed her, nibbled on her skin and caressed her, he licked her and pleased her 1/3 Jovread D 52% Chapter 108 until Lc didn¡¯t even realize when he actually undressed her, because a momentter, she found herself was already n*ked and Hunter¡¯s hooded eyes were on her bare skin, this made her self conscious and tried to hide herself. But the alpha growled because she disrupted him when he was app re cia ting the beautiful sight in front of him. ¡°Don¡¯t hide yourself, Lc, you are very beautiful,¡± Hunter said in h o ar se voice, he said that in such feeling that made Lc also felt beautiful andfortable with herself. Lc bit her lip, which drove Hunter crazy, as he started to k*ss her again, this time he didn¡¯t do it carefully, if anything, he did it very roughly, as he was barely able to contain himself. He wanted to let himself lost in her, he wanted to be crazy, but when Lc gasped, he stopped. ¡°Did I hurt you?¡± Hunter asked, his b*dy was trembling and Lc could see how this man was trying his best to get control over himself, since he didn¡¯t want to hurt her. How beautiful and considerate he was to think of her when he could simply force himself and Lc wouldn¡¯t have able to say anything, if he really did that. ¡°N- no¡­¡± Lc said, it was not really hurt, but she was still not used with the way Hunter wanted her. She could feel it how much he wanted her and that made her shuddered. How could someone be so obsessed with her? ¡°Can¡­ we continue?¡± Hunter asked, despite the ufortable feeling that he felt, he didn¡¯t want this to be a bad experience for her. He wanted to ravish her and eat her whole, but if she told him to stop, he would no matter how hard it was for him to do so. Thankfully, Lc smiled and didn¡¯t put him through that kind of hell, as she stretched out her arms and pulled him closer for a k*ss. Hunter couldn¡¯t hold himself anymore, as he positioned himself between her legs and swallowed her moan when he entered her. He thrusted into her gently, letting her to be morefortable with his size and stretched for him. Only when she became more rx, he kept the pace¡­ ¡°Hunter¡­¡± Lc called his name. Her moan was swallowed and it didn¡¯t take long for her b*dy to shudder and she found her release, she felt like her b*dy had shattered into pieces, but Hunter had not yet done with her. After Lc¡¯s b*dy stopped shuddering, the alpha growled and flipped her b*dy, so she 2/3 Jovread 07:52 Fri, 19 Jane B Chapter 108 52% gave her back to him. Alerted, Lc looked at Hunter over her shoulder, but she cried when she felt he entered her again from behind. He held her waist to steady her as she was on her elbows and knees. ¡°Ah!¡± Lc moved along with him, as she felt something started to build inside of her. This was too intense and her b*dy felt very hot, especially when she was about to get her second climax and Hunter bit her shoulder. The pain and pleasure mixed together, Lc was not sure whether she could take it and when she got her released, she felt like her whole b*dybusted. The feelingsted for a long time and she could feel Hunter¡¯s b*dy also shuddered, he came inside of her and she felt this warm feeling between her legs. 3/3 JovreadC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Chapter 109 Chapter 109 A harsh pnded on Ruby¡¯s cheek, she gritted her teeth because the pain was too much, but she couldn¡¯t cry, since it would set him off even more. Aiden red at her for talking to Lc earlier and made the other representative became ufortable, now he could feel their distrust toward him and this was not a good sign. ¡°Who allowed you to talk with her, huh?!¡± Aiden growled, but he immediately lowered his voice as he realized they were still inside the carriage and people could hear them from outside. ¡°Did I allow you to talk with her!?¡± This time Aiden hissed, his voice was full of malice, his eyes filled with hatred and disdain for Ruby. Probably because the look in Aiden¡¯s eyes that finally snapped Ruby back to her mind, because at that time, she red at him. Her anger for the way he treated her and how disrespectful he was toward the mother of his child, overcame her fear. ¡°What?!¡± Ruby screamed. She couldn¡¯t careless if someone else out there would hear her. She had reached her limit. It had been a while, since thest time Aiden pped her, but now if she let it go, he would start to do it again, despite her was being pregnant. ¡°Hit me again! Hit me!¡± Ruby barked, her eyes went crazy when she looked at Aiden, who was startled with her response. For a moment, Aiden didn¡¯t know what to say, while Ruby started screaming on the top of her lungs, at this point, people out there, the representative and also the warriors that followed around this carriage would have heard her voice and knew they were currently fighting. ¡°What?! Tell me what I have done so wrong until you hit me?!¡± Ruby lost her mind. ¡°Tell me what I have done so wrong to make you angry like this and hurt me while I am pregnant with your baby?! I am carrying our baby! Our first child, but you didn¡¯t even care about me!¡± Aiden hissed at her. ¡°Lower your voice!¡± ¡°Or what?!¡± Ruby challenged him, she had enough with him, she didn¡¯t want to be hurt anymore and because of her anger, she didn¡¯t even realize it when tear started streaming down her face, as she red at Aiden viciously, somehow, the sight of her rendered Aiden speechless, because he had never seen Ruby to be so heated like right now. ¡°Do you want to kill me?!¡± Aiden lunged toward Ruby and knocked her down to the floor of the carriage, as he covered her mouth and red down at her. 1/3 Sat, Chapter 109 Q 90% +5 Unfortunately, Aiden had marked Ruby, which made her his luna, his equal, with that he couldn¡¯t use his alpha tone and subdued her, therefore, he could only do this before she blurted out another unnecessary thing for other people to hear. ¡°I will my mother for the way you behaved! Maybe she has been being very lenient because you are pregnant!¡± he threatened her, but Ruby justughed, though herughter was muf fled by Aiden¡¯s palm. Craziness reflected in her eyes and for the first time, Aiden actually felt worried about her because she was not usually like this. Ruby was very meek and one of the reasons why Aiden kept continuing his shi tty treatment toward her was because he was confidence, she wouldn¡¯t be able to leave him, neither she would fight back. Ruby came from a poor family, she was mistreated even in her own family, as they were having a hard time to live, the town she lived in was a poverty stricken ce, she should be grateful because Aiden took her in and raised her status as the luna of the pack, even in her dream, she wouldn¡¯t have it. ¡°You should be grateful to me!¡± Aiden hissed to her face, he kept his voice low, so he wouldn¡¯t attract more unnecessary attention. ¡°If you dare to raise your voice again, I will make sure your life will be more miserable than this!¡± A tear streamed down Ruby¡¯s cheek when she heard that. This was not the man that she was falling in love with, the man that she met at that time was a respectful alpha, who wouldn¡¯t even raise his voiceC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. and hand toward woman, but now she saw him for who he was. Slowly, Aiden freed her mouth, but he was still taking precaution, just in case Ruby would scream again, so he still pinned her down against the carriage floor. However, Ruby simply snickered at him. ¡°If I knew you are someone like this, I will make sure you are not to know you. Even my miserable life in that destitute town, treated me way better than this title as your luna,¡± Ruby said that with feeling, which made Aiden fell ill all over. This must because the mate bond that he wanted to reject between the two of them. He regretted making Ruby as his luna the second he marked her. It supposed to be Lc, who bore his mark, but because of his stupi dity, he had to deal with this woman. He should have listened to his parents not to bring this woman back to the pack house and forget about her and their first child, but he wanted to act like a rightful person and defended Ruby. 2/3 3/3 07:46 Sat, 20 Jan le Chapter 109 90% Even though, he didn¡¯t know what kind of end he was expecting. He wanted Ruby to stay by his side and raising his first child, but he only wanted Lc to be the luna of the pack, the woman that he would love for the rest of his life. This was only a mistake, something that he didn¡¯t intend to happen. However, why Ruby couldn¡¯t forgive him? If only she could forgive him, Aiden would make sure she would be the happiest woman in this realm. They could prove it that the bond between them was unbreakable. É« # ¦° ITV Éú À¼ ? Chapter 110 Chapter 110 ¡°You are the worse man that I have ever met, I don¡¯t know how can you be an alpha,¡± Ruby spoke in small and weak voice, her breathing became uneven. She was currently pregnant heavily andid down on her back was rather difficult because she felt the weight of the baby had pushed her or ga ns and this made her breathing became very hard, not to mention Aiden gave her some of his weight when he pushed her down like this. Her head was spinning, but her anger and disappointment kept her mind lucid enough to tell Aiden whatever came to her mind. ¡°I hate you, Aiden. I hate you and your mother. I regret toe with you here. Maybe this is my karma for being with someone else¡¯s mate.¡± Ruby was so in love with Aiden and the way he treated her well in the very beginning they met with each other, because no one had ever treated her that well. More so, she was very desperate to find a way out of the poverty. Her family would end up sold her somewhere if she couldn¡¯t work and find enough money to provide for family. Therefore, going back with Aiden to his pack was the best option she had. However, her judgement was proven very wrong, she was in the wrong to vie someone else¡¯s mate. Maybe this was also her karma for what she had done. ¡°If you want to go back to her, just go back to her, I don¡¯t want you. Send me back to my town with my child.¡± But then, Ruby chuckled. She was insane when she spoke the next words. ¡°No. I don¡¯t want this child. I don¡¯t want anything that could remind me of you. I don¡¯t want this child.¡± ¡°You sl ut!¡± Aiden was taken aback by what Ruby said, but what came of his mouth was only curse that made Ruby became even more wacky. ¡°I will rather be a s lut than to be with you,¡± Ruby said. ¡°Any man will be better than you.¡± Of course, what Ruby said triggered Aiden¡¯s anger even more because this woman had tram pled his ego and what was more annoying was the fact, the first thing that came to Aiden¡¯s mind when she said that any men would be better than him was Hunter. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. He remembered how happy Lc was with that alpha lycan. She didn¡¯t seem to be miserable, neither she regretted her decision to be away from the pack, where she lived for almost her entire life. Meanwhile, Aiden was stuck with the woman that he didn¡¯t have any connection with. Chapter 110 He wondered why the mark didn¡¯t make the bond between them stronger, which allowed him to forget about Lc. But, maybe deep down, he knew the answer for that. Aiden didn¡¯t want this woman in the first ce, thus his heart rejected her, though the bond started to grow, but it was very weak. ¡°Say that again and I will make you regret!¡± ¡°You can¡¯t make me regret more than I already have.¡± This statement set Aiden off even more, as he raised his hand, but this time, Ruby didn¡¯t even close her eyes. She fixed her eyes on him, there was this mocking lilt on the corner of her lips when she watched how he was going to beat her again, because he couldn¡¯t afford to hear the truth. Ruby envied Lc. The way she saw it, she knew that alpha Hunter had treated her extremely well. She didn¡¯t even have any desire to return to her old pack, Ruby could see it in her eyes. She fell in love with the alpha lycan. And it was lucky for Lc to have the alpha felt the same way. Now, Ruby could onlyugh in deprecation for herself, as she ended up with a man like Aiden. ¡°Hit me.¡± Ruby smirked. ¡°I told you earlier, right? Hit me.¡± This made it sounded like Aiden followed her instruction to hit her. However, Aiden actually lowered his hand and stared at Ruby with unconceble anger, but he didn¡¯t go through with his original intention. He got off from her body and sat at his side, but he kept his eyes on her still. Feeling the weight on her stomach was lifted, Ruby finally could breathe, but instead of being relief, she felt something was off. Suddenly dread filled her heart. No. No. No. She didn¡¯t mean what she said when she told Aiden that she hated the baby, that she didn¡¯t want the baby or any resemnce of him, after all. This baby was hers too. With trembling hand, Ruby touched her inner thigh and when she felt this wet on her fingers, her heart sk ip ped a beat. Out of instinct, she turned her head and then looked at Aiden, whose face filled with horror. 07-22 Mon, 27 Jan Chapter 110 Ruby might not realize it earlier because she was too preupied with their argumentation, but Aiden got off her body and didn¡¯t hit her because he smelled this blood. Aiden remembered that he shouldn¡¯t have hit her and he had been warned not to put so much stress on her, because her pregnancy was a risky one. Ruby had gone through a lot of stressful events, which put her pregnancy into danger. Even his mother had relented and was not as strict as before, but now he knew that he had messed up¡­ again. Seeing the blood in her fingers, Ruby felt dizzy, she felt like there were bees near her ears, which turned her deaf. She felt like she was going to faint. And thest thing that Ruby saw was Aiden¡¯s frantic expression. Oh, he could make such expression too? Did he really worry about her? Did he finally care about her and the baby? Ruby didn¡¯t know whether she herself cared to know the answer or not, because when the darkness engulfed her, she felt this peace that she had lost so long ago. ? * 07:22 Mon, 22 Jan Chapter 111 Chapter 111 Hunter chuckled to see how cute his mate was, because currently, Lc was pouting, she felt wronged because she was being bullied. Not only Hunter was insatiable, but because he still teased her not to tell her anything about the discussion between him and Aiden. He had gotten what he wanted, but he didn¡¯t keep his promise! ¡°To be fair, I didn¡¯t promise you anything, right?¡± Hunter caressed her cheeks and swollen lips, but Lc swatted his hand away, ring at him with dissatisfaction in her beautiful eyes. She was annoyed. He was right in a sense, because he didn¡¯t say anything, but took the matter into his hand and Lc assumed that was his ¡®condition¡¯. Well, to be honest, Lc wouldn¡¯t mind it, since she enjoyed it, but she would never admit that, because Hunter would be more unstoppable if that was the case. ¡°Fine, I will never ask you again!¡± Lc was pis sed, she pulled the nket to cover her face and give her back to Hunter. Only then, the alpha stopped with his teasing game and hugged her. He kissed her forehead over the nket and then started telling her about the discussion. ¡°There is nothing important, Lc. Trust me. He only asked about my father. He wanted to know whether it was me, who had killed him or not,¡± Hunter said lightly, he talked about this as if he was talking about the weather. ¡°What?¡± Lc pulled down the nket and stared at him. ¡°What did you say?¡± Actually, this topic was something she wanted to ask him, but she didn¡¯t know how, yet Hunter asked about this very casually. Was this alright to ask more about it? ¡°He asked whether or not I was the one, who killed my father,¡± Hunter said, he stared at Lc with his hooded eyes, as if his lust for her was boundless and he was barely able to keep his hands off her. Lc bit her lip, there was thisplicated look in her eyes when she was trying to decide whether or not it was alright for her to ask, while Hunter watched her struggle with delight because the expressionC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. on her face waspletely adorable. He wouldn¡¯t want for other people to see this side of her. ¡°¡­ Did you?¡± Finally, that was the only words that she could blurt it out. Lc promised that she MUH, 22 Jall Chapter 111 wouldn¡¯t assume anything, until Hunter really gave her a definitive answer. ¡°Yes, I did,¡± Hunter admitted it openly and lightly. Lc was dumbfounded when she heard that. She thought Hunter would deny the im. After all, killing your own alpha was already messed up, let alone your own father. 1705 After knowing the truth, Lc was not sure what to ask anymore because from the look of it, Hunter didn¡¯t think this was a big deal, he treated this matter very lightly, as if it was the matter of other people, who didn¡¯t involve him at all. How he could be very casual? ¡°Don¡¯t you want to ask me anymore?¡± Hunter asked her, he stared deeply into her and kissed her lips to snap her back to reality. eyes ¡°Hunter¡­¡± Lc pushed him lightly and furrowed her brows. ¡°Were you messing with me?¡± ¡°I am not, little one. I did kill my father.¡± Hunter kissed Lc, but she pushed him away, she widened her eyes in disbelieve, but actually, she was still trying to gauge him, whether or not he was telling her the truth and the look in her eyes was very captivating for Hunter. ¡°Are you scared of me now after you learned the truth?¡± Hunter asked, he looked very patient. He didn¡¯t want to hide anything from her. He intended to not say anything about this matter to his pack member and only his ga mma and beta, who knew about this. But it happened because they were important people for Hunter, just like Lc. No, she was more¡­ Lc couldn¡¯t answer that. Was she really afraid of him? ¡°You must have a reason for that.¡± After some thought, Lc knew that she was not afraid of him, but there was be a deep reason why Hunter was doing this. There was no way he killed his father without any strong reason at all and did it for fun only. No matter how bad Hunter was, he had never shown any indication to act recklessly or impulsively. Well, aside from when he was being with her¡­ Lc had seen him taking a few important decisions and he thought about everything thoroughly. ¡°Yes, I have.¡± Hunter kissed her forehead, d that she was asking and didn¡¯t jump 07:22 Mon, 22 Jan Chapter III straight into her own assumption. ¡°What happened?¡± Lc asked curiously. ¡°May I know why?¡± §µ ¡°He is going to make our pack suffered a great setback because of his thirst of blood,¡± Hunter replied, he was about to tell her about the truth, but then the carriage stopped. This put Hunter on high alert, after all this ce was known to shelter countless rogue and he didn¡¯t want to put his mate in life and death situation anymore. Hunter didn¡¯t wait, he immediately opened the window and saw one of his warriors was standing at the carriage door, hesitated to knock on its door. ¡°What happened?¡± Hunter asked with a frown. ¡°Why we stopped?¡± He wanted to leave. this ce before night fell. ¡°Alpha,¡± the warrior spoke hesitantly. ¡°The alpha from the Golden Light pack is here, he said there is something he needs help from you.¡± said there is something h Inside the carriage, Lc was frowning too when she heard that. What did Aiden want to do now? He and Hunter had just had conversation, even she herself had not yet known about the whole context of their conversation, but Aiden was already here again and demanded to meet with Hunter? Hunter was also curios about this situation. ¡°Stay here, okay.¡± Hunter leaned over and kissed Lc¡¯s forehead before he went out of the carriage immediately. Chapter 112 Chapter 112 The first thing that came into Aiden¡¯s mind when he saw Ruby was bleeding was toe to Hunter¡¯s entourage, he saw it before that he brought a healer with him. More so, it was faster to approach Hunter than to return to his own pack, since it would take at least a day worth of journey. By the time they arrived at the pack, Aiden didn¡¯t even want to imagine what could happen to his child and¡­ Ruby. He was scared if he was being honest with himself. After all, he was wrecked by guilty feeling, since he realized it was his action that caused this. Even though he was too proud to admit it and was still dislike the baby and the woman, who carried his child, since it was not Lc. ¡°Can you let the healer to see my mate?¡± Aiden said, he tried to act calm, but the sound of Ruby was crying was really disturbing. Aiden exined everything to Hunter and literally ask for his help, despite how heated their conversation earlier and how he had cursed the alpha, but he didn¡¯t have any other choice, or else, he was going to lose his firstborn. His mind was really twisted, because he was not only changed it a few times, but he didn¡¯t really know what he truly felt at this moment. ¡°You bring your heavily pregnant mate with you in this long journey, but you don¡¯t take any precaution by bringing along your own healer?¡± Hunter scoffed, he was in disbelief by how reckless this man was. Even if he didn¡¯t like the woman, but the baby was still his. Hunter brought his healer with him because Lc just healed from her injuries, though she was perfectly fine, but he didn¡¯t want to take the risk. This was only a small matter, but Hunter took all precaution for Lc, just in case something happened and she started to feel ufortable and yet, this stu pid alpha didn¡¯t even bring a healer with him. If Hunter were in Aiden¡¯s shoes, he wouldn¡¯t even bring Lc at all, since this long journey could be very tiring for a pregnant woman. Ever since the beginning, Ruby came along for a guise so Aiden could ask for Hunter to bring Lc, who would have thought that not even Aiden could talk with Lc, but the woman didn¡¯t even care about his existence. He held no significant in her eyes. ¡°How will you pay me for this favor?¡± Hunter asked with a smirk. He couldn¡¯t care less about the pregnant woman inside the carriage. If he could take benefit from this, so be it. After all, that woman was not his responsibility. Chapter 112 ¡°Alpha Hunter! Don¡¯t you think you are being too much for asking such thing at time like this?!¡± he roared angrily, though there was nothing for him to be angry about, since it was not even his business to begin with. However, the five other representative from different pack had been very dissatisfied with the way Aiden handled thing, more so they could hear their fighting before all of this happened. For Aiden to ask for a favor from the alpha lycan, it would put them into disadvantage and it was proven now. The alpha asked for more because he knew he could provide the help that Aiden needed. ¡°If you want to find someone to be med, me him, because it was not me, who forgot to bring a healer on a long journey with a pregnant woman,¡± Hunter replied curtly. ¡°If there is no benefit for me whatsoever, you will only waste my time.¡± Hunter turned around and left Aiden and the rest of the people-dry, because he didn¡¯t want to deal with them and wanted to go back to his pack as soon as possible. No, actually, Hunter only wanted to return to the carriage because Lc was there and indulge himself with his luna. The coachmen must have a hard time to control the carriage, since it was shaking so badly earlier. Not to mention the smell of his after lovemaking, people could tell what was going on inside the carriage. Even Aiden in the feat of his rage, he still could smell the faint scent of it. He balled his fists tightly. ¡°What happened?¡± Lc asked once Hunter got on the carriage, she had been staring through the window, but she didn¡¯t have any idea what they were talking about, since Hunter created a far perimeter from their carriage, thus she couldn¡¯t hear what they were discussing about. ¡°Nothing,¡± Hunter said and then proceeded to tell Lc what was actually going on because he hadText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. been teasing her relentlessly earlier, he didn¡¯t want to upset her even more. ¡°Hunter, is that alright?¡± Lc asked. She looked worried. She disliked the two of them for causing her so much pain of the betrayal, but then they were talking about an innocent baby and someone¡¯s life. No matter how Lc despised them so much, there was no way, she would let her hatred ran so wild and caused the life of two people. ¡°Hunter, I think we need to help them¡­¡± Lc said, she couldn¡¯t help, but Hunter¡¯s decision didn¡¯t work well with her conscience, 07:22 Mon, 22 Jan Chapter 112 19%85 Hunter smiled to she her like this, he kissed the tip of her nose and spoke very gently. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, he will cave in soon.¡± And true to his words, not long after a warrior came knocking on the door of their carriage. ¡°Alpha Aiden agreed to listen to what you want in order for you to led him our healer,¡± the warrior informed Hunter about the decision that Aiden had mad. ¡°Tell him toe here and talk to me directly,¡± Hunter said with light tone, as if he didn¡¯t really consider this matter as urgent, neither important. ¡°Yes, alpha,¡± said the warrior. ¡°See? I told you right?¡± Hunter kissed her lips. ¡°He is very predictable.¡± ¡°What do you want from him?¡± Chapter 113 Chapter 113 Hunter had said earlier that he would help with one condition. He wanted to get benefit from the situation. Therefore, Lc asked about what he wanted from Aiden. ¡°What do you want from him, Hunter?¡± she stared at him. Actually, Hunter didn¡¯t want anything specific, he only wanted to make them suffer a little bit more. He was being honest when he said that he didn¡¯t care about the baby and the mother, since they were not his responsibility, so it was Aiden to be med if something happened to them. Now, Lc could see why people feared Hunter. He saw lives very lightly, especially those, who didn¡¯t matter to him. Probably, he wanted to get some revenge on them on behalf of Lc too. Well, that was not wrong either, since Hunter didn¡¯t like the two of them to begin with. ¡°Alpha Aiden is here,¡± the warrior informed his alpha and Lc stared at the closed window. ¡°Do not go out or show yourself.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t want Aiden to get a glimpse of his luna, there was no way he would give him such satisfaction, especially when Lc made this face. She looked sleepy and seductive after the sex and this made Hunter wanted her more and more. The thought of how he couldn¡¯t have enough of her really scared him. If he was allowed, he wanted to spend days bury deeply inside of her and hear her called his name while moaning in pleasure. He must be crazy to think about that when he was about to face Aiden, who looked like he was being very impatient. Hunter pushed Lc to the side, so when he opened the curtain, she wouldn¡¯t be able to be seen from outside. ¡°Tell me what do you want in order for you to help me,¡± Aiden asked through his gritted teeth. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Hunter stared at Aiden, the look on his eyes made the other alpha¡¯s blood boiled with rage, but he needed to control his emotions, or else, this alpha lycan would tram ple on his dignity even more. He hated his situation right now. ¡°I want you topensate the lost of my warrior during the war,¡± Hunter blurted out, actually, the idea just came into his mind, since he was not really thinking of what kind 13:04 Tue, 23 Jan Chapter 113 G 67% of benefit he wanted. ¡°I have returned the war prisoners to all of you and since you can¡¯t do the same, I want you topensate what my pack lost during the war.¡± Not only Aiden, even Lc was speechless of how things turned out. Compensate a war? Hunter would make Aiden the worse alpha of the pack, since the cost of war was a fortune that Golden w pack didn¡¯t have. Lc was trained to be the luna, of course she got a glimpse of the fortune of the pack, which was not many, because they needed to support themselves during the war and it depleted their treasure. Golden w pack was not the richest pack in this realm after all, thus a year long war really took hit on them. She knew about it because luna Jasmine taught her, since this was part of her role as the luna. Luna Jasmine gave her all to Lc, that¡¯s why no wonder, she was very reluctant to let her go in the first ce because this would be a great lost and a waste of time for her. She had created a perfect luna in Lc. ¡°Wh- what?¡± Aiden stammered. He wanted to charge forward and give this alpha a piece of his thought, but he controlled himself. ¡°Are you crazy?!¡± Hunter tilted his head, he didn¡¯t seem to be happy to be snapped at like that. ¡°Mind your tone, I will think you are ordering me around instead of begging for my help.¡± Hunter was really too much, even the warriors around them couldn¡¯t help, but felt sorry for Aiden. If they could advise him, of course the alpha shouldn¡¯t act like this. The more he tried to act all might and all, the more their alpha would knock him down to the ground. It would be better if he knelt and showed how sincere he was for asking help from their alpha. ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous!¡± Aiden roared, he felt extremely humiliated. If he could, he would just walk away, but then he couldn¡¯t do that, this was his firstborn, he couldn¡¯t abandon his first born and more so, deep down, he felt this guilty feeling, because it went without saying that he was the cause of this trouble, only if he didn¡¯t try to make a fuss and hit Ruby, probably he wouldn¡¯t be in this situation. ¡°Fine.¡± Hunter closed the curtain, he then leaned his back again and pulled Lc to his arms, as he smelled her sweet scent. She was very addictive. He didn¡¯t want to be away from her even for a second. This was the contrast different between how the rtionship between Hunter and Lc to Aiden and Ruby. The former epted the bond, while thetter rejected it. ¡°Hunter¡­¡± Lc pushed his head lightly from her neck, as he started to indulge himself Chapers 113 in the pleasure, she also could feel her body reacted to his advance and if she let it go, she would end up not being able to tell him what she was thinking. ¡°Hunter, I think you need to help him.¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes when he heard that. ¡°You are too kind, Lc, I will mistake that as you are still thinking about him¡± Lc pursed her lips and this made Hunter wanted to bite it, but Lc pushed his face away again. ¡°I was the one, who rejected him, remember? I don¡¯t care about him and that woman, but the baby is innocent Hunter kissed her shoulder instead ¡°Don¡¯t worry, her will externe Lc was about to say that Aiden could be very malheurs, host them they heard his voice. 13:05 Tue, 23 Jan Chapter 113 in the pleasure, she also could feel her body reacted to his advance and if she let it go, she would end up not being able to tell him what she was thinking. ¡°Hunter, I think you need to help him.¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes when he heard that. ¡°You are too kind, Lc. I will mistake that as you are still thinking about him.¡± Lc pursed her lips and this made Hunter wanted to bite it, but Lc pushed his face away again. ¡°I was the one, who rejected him, remember? I don¡¯t care about him and that woman, but the baby is innocent.¡± Hunter kissed her shoulder instead. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, he will relent.¡± Lc was about to say that Aiden could be very stubborn, but then they heard his voice. Chapter 114 Lc was actually a little bit sceptic when Hunter told her that Aiden would relent, because as far as she knew he was very stubborn. He wouldn¡¯t relent easily. But, as things turned out, she didn¡¯t really know him at all, because not long after they could hear Aiden¡¯s voice shouted from outside of the carriage. He demanded Hunter to talk with him again. ¡°Alpha Hunter! How much do you mean by the cost of war?!¡± Aiden asked. He was trembling out of anger. He didn¡¯t want to give this lycan a cent, especially after he took Lc away from him, but then he couldn¡¯t afford to lose his baby. He would treat this as a way for him to redeem himself after he caused this earlybor and put his child in danger. This justified what he did to Ruby and their unborn child, so he would feel less guilty. ¡°I told you, right?¡± Hunter kissed Lc¡¯s lips briefly before he pushed her behind him, still didn¡¯t want for Aiden to catch a glimpse of her. ¡°I think you know him better than I did,¡± Lc muttered to herself, but Hunter heard it and pinched her thigh lightly to warn her. It was not sure whether he disliked what Lc said about him knew Aiden better than she did, or he didn¡¯t like his woman talked about another man in his presence. ¡°A thousand gold,¡± Hunter blurted out to Aiden, in which almost made him fell to his knees to hear the amount that he demanded. ¡°Are you crazy!? The cost of the war will not reach that number!¡± Actually, it was Aiden, who was being driven crazy by Hunter because he couldn¡¯t help, but vexed by how easy it was for him to blurt the number. Forparison, his pack only spent two hundred gold for a whole year, but here Hunter was, trying to squeeze him dry by asking five times of his pack spending! ¡°There is no need to have a discussion if you don¡¯t want to.¡± Hunter then told the coachmen to go and bark to the whole warrior. ¡°What are you waiting for?! Are we going to spend the night here?!¡± Lc didn¡¯t know what to do now, this was the worst bargain ever. Actually, this was not even a bargaining to begin with, because Hunter didn¡¯t have any intention to help. He only wanted to make things difficult for Hunter. However, Lc felt bad for the baby, thus she tried to find a way for both parties to meet in the middle. She knew Aiden couldn¡¯t afford such amount, thus she tugged Hunter¡¯s sleeve, she put an innocent expression so he wouldn¡¯t be suspicious. Meanwhile, Aiden was trying to stop them from moving. ¡°Hunter, do you know that a thousand golds is worth of five years the pack spending?¡± Lc started, her voice was soft. ¡°Yes, I know,¡± Hunter said lightly, he had his way to figure that out, that was when he got the number. Well, he was not as clueless as Lc thought. He gave Aiden an astronomical amount because he knew it would put him in difficult situation. He was very cun ning and rather malicious with his method. Lc was still trying to figure out what the reason Hunter killed his own father in more detail. ¡°Hunter, what if you made apromise?¡± Lc wanted tough when she saw the alpha made a face when he heard that. He must have never heard the word ofpromise, since he would get what he wanted or schemed his way to get it, either way, he would get a grip of the thing he wanted in the end. There was nopromise for him. It was his way or no way. Therefore, it would be a challenge for Lc to convince him to agree with her. She was not sure how it would end up, but at the very least she needed to try. She hated Aiden and Ruby for giving her so much pain, but she needed to thankful for them because what they did to her had brought her to Hunter and she was more than happy to have him as her mate. ¡°Hunter, actually there is something that I want from them, but I don¡¯t think he will give it to me,¡± Lc said, she knew how to read the situation and grab Hunter¡¯s attention. ¡°What do you want?¡± Hunter now had all his focus on her, while the carriage started moving and Aiden kept shouting behind him. ¡°Tell me, hm?¡± Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Luna Jasmine has this beautiful ne made of precious gems, she said she would give it to me and I already fell in love with the ne, unfortunately, there is no way or me to get it now.¡± Lc didn¡¯t say it openly her true intention, but as someone as ntelligent as Hunter, there was no way he didn¡¯t know what she meant, since it was very bvious. unter looked at her intensely, he pinched her chin and stared into her beautiful eyes. will pretend that I don¡¯t know your motive and take your words as it is.¡± 12:18 Wed, 24 Jan G Lc gulped down with difficulty, because it seemed, she was terrible at acting for Hunter to be able to tell that she was only pretending. ¡°Do you really like the ne?¡± Hunter asked again and Lc nodded. ¡°I really like the ne,¡± Lc replied confidently. She indeed liked the ne, but not to the point, she would think about it. She was fine without it though. ¡°Hm. Stay inside.¡± Hunter nodded and then told the coachmen to stop the carriage, after that he personally went out of the carriage and met with Aiden again. Thetter had been running to catch up with him and this was very humiliating. Meanwhile, Lc peeked through the curtain and watched Hunter and Aiden were negotiating something, which upset thetter. Not long after Hunter returned to the carriage. ¡°You will get the ne.¡± Chapter 115 It didn¡¯t take so long for Hunter to return to Lc¡¯s side and inform her that she would get the ne she wanted. ¡°You will get the ne, but you have to wait for them to get it, maybe a day or two.¡± Hunter kissed her lips and started to lower her body down to devour her. He had worked hard to get what she wanted, okay? So, it will be fine for him to indulge himself in her embrace a little bit. ¡°What are you talking about with him? How can you convince him?¡± Lc didn¡¯t doubt his ability to negotiate, after all the first idea for him to go to his pack came from this man, he was the one, who made sure she could go with him, away from her old pack, away from those two toxic people, who crushed her heart. ¡°Do you really want to know?¡± Hunter asked, but this mischievousness flickered in his eyes and the way he stared at her made it very clear there was a ¡®condition¡¯ for him to tell her about how he could get the ne. Lc blushed, but she didn¡¯t want to fall into his trick. He still owed her one exnation after all. She was not easy to deal with too. Lc facepalmed him when he was about to make an advance and then giggled to see how he made a face. ¡°You still need to exin to me about our earlier topic.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think the topic is interesting.¡± ¡°I want to know.¡± Hunter wanted to tease her again, but he stopped himself when he saw how serious Lc was. He positioned himself in between her legs and pushed her down to the makeshift bed, as he nibbled on her chin and started his exnation. Well, this position was a little bit awkward, but at the very least, Hunter would speak. As it turned out, it was the previous alpha lycan, who had the idea to expand their territory, he wanted to swallow the rest of the six pack and made them all ves, which needless to say, his aspiration would make countless sacrifices and there would be a lot of blood that would be poured down the ground. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Many families would lose their member and there would be a long war ahead of them, which filled with death and misery. The future was not very promising, since it would take years if it was not decades for such aspiration to be fulfilled. There would be only two options for that. Either they lost and the lycan¡¯s kind would be wiped out entirely, or they would win and the werewolf kind would be the one, who fell into misery. O Either way, many shifters would die in the process. ¡°I tried to talk to him, but he didn¡¯t want to listen. One year war had costed us almost twenty five percent of our warrior, it would be hard press if we continued.¡± Hunter kissed her earlobe and nibbled there, he talked as if this was a story about another people, about someone else. As if this devastating decision, which led him to kill his own father was the decision that was made by someone else and not him. ¡°I need to make my own decision. He was going to sacrifice the whole pack and put us all in misery,¡± Hunter said, he pulled down her dress and then licked her nipple, which made Lc arched her back. It was getting harder to listen to his story without being distracted with his kisses and touches. This man was really good with whatever he was doing, including this moment when he indulged himself in her embrace and his voice didn¡¯t even falter. Despite this was a devastating story, Lc was way more concern about how she would be able to listen to the end of it, if he kept ¡®assaulting¡¯ her like this. This time, Lc couldn¡¯t hold back her moan when he sucked on her nipple and yed with the other, she was not sure, whether she heard the rest of the exnation because after that she couldn¡¯t care less about the entire story. She knew Hunter wouldn¡¯t kill his father without a great exnation and it was not an easy decision. It didn¡¯t make sense if he killed him to sna tch the title, since he was the next in line for it. Eventually, he would be the alpha of the pack without even killing his father, since it was his birthright. ¡°Lc¡­ Lc¡­ my sweet Lc¡­¡± Hunter chanted her name when he positioned himself and entered her, both of them groaned, as they could feel the way they moved only made them went frenzy with pleasure. ¡°Faster please¡­¡± Lc said, as she whimpered and moved her waist. Hunter was too slow and this was akin to a torture for her. ¡°No, I want to make love to you,¡± Hunter refused to oblige her plea, which made her grunted, but he only chuckled, he lifted his head and watched how Lc was in a pure torture and pleasure at the same time, her beautiful face scrunched in annoyance, but she couldn¡¯t protest further, ¡°You are so mean¡­¡± Lc whimpered, as this slow movement made her breathless. ¡°Hm¡­ I am¡­¡± Hunter then captured her lips and thrusted her slow and deep, as he swallowed her moan, while she scratched his back when she finally got her release, but like usual, the alpha lycan was still unsated. His desire for her couldn¡¯t be held back. Moreover, there was one thing he wanted to emphasize to a certain someone, currently must be staring at this shaking carriage. who The carriage had stopped and the coachmen had taken shelter somewhere, so to let the alpha and the luna had their alone time. That certain someone was indeed staring at the carriage with storm on his face, though there was another thing that he needed to think of. Chapter 116 After Hunter allowed the healer toe with Aiden, the alpha didn¡¯t really go with her to see Ruby and his baby. He was informed that thebor would be difficult because this was an earlybor. Because of the stress and the physical, including the me ntal pain that Ruby had to go through, it made her had to deliver her baby ahead of time. The guilty feeling that Aiden felt right now became more palpable. He was not an evil person to begin with, he only allowed his emotions to control him, which would lead to a bad decision and action. He was pretty impulsive to begin with and after witnessing how well his ex mate got along with the alpha and even had became the luna of the lycan pack, it triggered something inside of him. He was so pis sed with himself for allowing this to happen. Only if Ruby didn¡¯t seduce him¡­ It was all that woman¡¯s fault! Well, it was not clear, who had seduced him at this point, since Aiden would always find someone else to take the me for his mistake. ¡°Alpha, the luna is looking for you,¡± one of the warriors informed Aiden when he watched the alpha only stood there without doing anything, his eyes fixed at a certain carriage in the distance, but in closer look, you would know the carriage belonged to the alpha lycan and what was going on inside there. ¡°Don¡¯t you know that is a taboo for a man to be in delivery?!¡± Aiden snapped at him. The poor warrior had to burden the enmity for the alpha because he came in the wrong timing. ¡°Scram! Tell her if something happened to the baby, I will sent her back to her town and don¡¯t even think to see my child ever again! Tell me only when the baby has been born!¡± The man immediately left the alpha alone, because he could tell that Aiden was in an extremely bad mood and it emed, he knew what the reason of that. After he was being left alone, Aiden tried to avert his gaze from the carriage, but he couldn¡¯t. The more he stared, the angrier he became, but he couldn¡¯t not to see! This feeling was akin to a torture, if only he could return back time, he was going to kill Hunter as well! He shouldn¡¯t have agreed to stop the war until he killed Hunter also! And about what they said before¡­ ¡°And what you were talking about earlier?¡± Lc asked sleepily, thanked to the big bad ||| alpha now she was very tired, she was barely able to raise a finger, neither she could keep her eyes opened. She felt like she was going to fall asleep at any moment now. Meanwhile, the culprit was smiling at her, he looked satisfied to see her exhausted and reeked with his scent. This was the best thing that had ever happened to him. This woman was sated his desire in a way that no one could. ¡°He only wanted to confirm that I was the one, who had really killed my father,¡± Hunter replied and then exined in more detail, as he yed with her hair. ¡°What was your answer?¡± Lc fluttered her eyshes and the kissed on her forehead and the way he caressed her back made her even sleepier. ¡°I told him that I did.¡± ¡°Why did you tell him that? What if he told someone else about this?¡± This time, Lc closed her eyes, she heard half way through Hunter¡¯s exnation, but she was not sure where she lost him, as the sleepiness lulled her into a deep sleep. Thest thing she understood was the fact Hunter told her that Aiden wouldn¡¯t dare to say anything about it, because he made a name for himself because of the reality of what people believed that he was the one, who had killed Hunter¡¯s father, which made him a hero of the war. Hunter didn¡¯t mind him to y hero, since he could save the unnecessary prolonged war and avoided the death of innocent people, more so he could get a good chuckle to see how embarrassing it was for Aiden to throw that achievement to his face when he knew that it was Hunter, who actually killed his own father. ¡°Good night, little one¡­ I love you,¡± Hunter said lightly against her forehead and then hugged her tightly. She was soft and small and everything that he needed. And after that the carriage resumed to move again, as they went back to their pack. Hunter had ordered two warriors to stay behind with the healer, to escort her when she was done to assist Ruby of giving birth to their first child, while Hunter didn¡¯t want to spend another second there. However, Ruby was having difficulty of giving birth to her baby and this was very stressful. She needed someone to give her support, but all she could see was the people she was not familiar with.Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. There were not many women there, only four, including herself and the healer, while the other two women were the mate of Danny and Anthony. She didn¡¯t know them at all and when she asked for Aiden to be there for her, the reply that was ryed by the warrior was very devastating. Aiden didn¡¯t want to be with her inside this makeshift tent. The other two women actually felt bad for her, they were trying to calm Ruby and told her about the taboo that a man shouldn¡¯t be there during the delivery, but Ruby was having none of it, as she cried so hard, her voice became so h oa rse. ¡°Please, calm yourself down, or else the baby will be stressed too, it will be hard for you to give birth then,¡± the healer told Ruby desperately. Instead of crying and screaming for a man that didn¡¯t care about her, it would be best for her to save her energy. Chapter 117 Aiden was stunned when he heard the way Ruby was screaming, from the sound of it alone, he realized how painful it must be for her, still he refused to enter. He was still holding onto the taboo, even though, he himself didn¡¯t believe that at all. The smell of blood in the air was very thick, it made Aiden¡¯s head was spinning and he felt very sick. He couldn¡¯t imagine what transpired inside the makeshift tent. People were listening without saying anything, even the five representatives had stoppedining because they had to postpone their return to their packs. They felt bad for what Ruby had to endure inside the room and they couldn¡¯t help but kept staring at Aiden, who didn¡¯t seem to be bothered by it, since his expression remained the same. Did he not worry about his mate? Though Ruby was not his destined mate, but at the very least, he had to think about his child, right? It had been almost half a day since Ruby was crying because the baby refused toe out and the healer had tried everything she could to help with no avail, since she was not prepared for this. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. There were a few things that even her power couldn¡¯t help and she needed her medicine, which was not avable right now. She came here to make sure Ruby was fine, not for helping someone to give an early birth. This was a messed up situation. Meanwhile, before midnight, Hunter¡¯s entourage had reached the pack and Lc was still sleeping soundlessly and the alpha didn¡¯t want to wake her up, as he wrapped her naked body in a nket, which allowed him to take her out of the carriage toward their bedroom. ¡°Is the luna alright?¡± Raya asked curiously when she saw the alpha carried her. She thought something bad happened to Lc, but when the alpha and the luna in his arms came closer, she blushed profusely because she could smell this sweet scent and she knew what the cause of luna was being too tired. ¡°She is fine,¡± Hunter replied lightly, didn¡¯t even pay close attention with the way Raya lowered her head timidly, because his main focus was his mate. After the alpha left, Raya finally could breathe normally, her heart was beating so fast when she watched in silent how careful and gentle the alpha was with his luna. Her eyes hooded, she stared at the empty corridor until the alpha and the luna left, remained in the same position, as she was lost in her own thought. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Lena suddenly appeared from behind her and this startled thetter. ¡°You surprised me!¡± Raya cried, but Lena frowned. ¡°What are you thinking of while staring like that?¡± Lena tried to find something that might catch Raya¡¯s interest, but aside from an empty corridor there was nothing significant. ¡°You should have known that I was approaching you, right?¡± Raya grabbed her hand and dragged her away, she was afraid this friend would find out what she was actually staring at. ¡°Tell me, what are you thinking of?¡± Lena insisted to know, but once Raya decided to shut her mouth, there was nothing she could do, she wouldn¡¯t be able to pry anything out of her mouth no matter how hard she tried. Meanwhile, Raya determined to bring this secret to her own grave. There was not a single soul should learn about this. On the other hand, inside a bedroom, Hunterid Lc down carefully and he took responsibility to clean her up, since he was the one, who was the sole cause for her being like this. Hunter took wet towel and started to wipe her skin carefully, but it was proven so hard. This simple task almost killed him. His beast became very restless to see her naked skin, he wanted to pounce on her, but Hunter knew better not to do do something atrocious like that. She was sleeping after all, if he did it, it was his selfish side, his beast side. He didn¡¯t want to do it to her. Hunter respected her more than that. ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have overestimated my self control.¡± Hunter leaned over and kissed her forehead, he lingered for a little bit longer, letting her scent engulfed him in order to calm the desire within him, to subdue the beast. ¡°You will be the death of me, love.¡± Hunter chuckled. After such difficulty, finally Hunter could breathe in relief when his mate was clean and he put dress on her. Once she was cleaned, Hunter went to the bathroom to clean himself and joined her in the bed when he was done. He hugged her closely and squeezed her body in his arms, until she let out a little grunt, which was very cute. This might be the cutest sound he had ever heard, though he didn¡¯t like anything cute. The next morning, he received news about the birth of the first child of alpha Aiden from the Golden w pack. It was a boy. The heir to the title was a boy, which meant, they would spoil him rotten. That was what you would do to your firstborn son, since girl couldn¡¯t inherit the title. It seemed his healer had done a tremendous task and aplished it beautifully. After that, he was informed the healer and the warriors were on their way back to the pack, Lc was still sleeping when Hunter received the news and he dismissed his gam ma after that. He didn¡¯t need to hear this anneying information though, since he couldn¡¯t care less about the birth of Aiden¡¯s child. Lc only woke up when it was close in the lunch time weed the first thing, the saw was Hunter¡¯s smiling face. He was beingry ty, se her eperna hve flene to stare at his sleeping mate ¡°Good afternoon, deepyheal. ¡°Hunter kived her lips and hugged her they would spoil him rotten. That was what you would do to your firstborn son, since girl couldn¡¯t inherit the title. It seemed his healer had done a tremendous task and aplished it beautifully. After that, he was informed the healer and the warriors were on their way back to the pack. Lc was still sleeping when Hunter received the news and he dismissed his gam ma after that. He didn¡¯t need to hear this annoying information though, since he couldn¡¯t care less about the birth of Aiden¡¯s child. Lc only woke up when it was close to the lunch time and the first thing, she saw was Hunter¡¯s smiling face. He was beingzy today, as he spent his time to stare at his sleeping mate. ¡°Good afternoon, sleepyhead¡­¡± Hunter kissed her lips and hugged her. Chapter 118 ? ¡°I am tired,¡± Lcined, but she smiled when she felt how he nibbled on her earlobe and this made Hunter became even more relentless with his kiss. ¡°I bet you are.¡± Hunter put away the document he was reading and focused on his mate, because in his opinion, Lc required a lot of care from him. ¡°Whose fault is this?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes at the man and Hunter could only grin. ¡°But, I thought you like it. Didn¡¯t you like it when I touched you like this?¡± Hunter put his hands over her breast and Lc gasped by how lewd Hunter could be. Now she learned this side of him and even though she did not really reject his advance, but she was sure, she would pass out, if he continued this. ¡°I am really sore,¡± Lc grumbled, she let him kissing her neck, but she made her voice sounded very pitiful. ¡°And I am also hungry¡­¡± With that, Hunter couldn¡¯t proceed further with his intention. Albeit he couldn¡¯t go further, but it didn¡¯t mean he couldn¡¯t tease her. For some reason, he was very happy to be close to Lc. Probably this was the happiest time in his life. ¡°Don¡¯t you want to eat something else?¡± Hunter whispered this ambiguous word to her ear, which made Lc¡¯s face turned very red. ¡°Stop saying something like that!¡± Lc giggled, as she hit him yfully and then chuckled when he tickled her. ¡°Okay, enough. Enough. I can¡¯t breath¡­¡± Hunter stopped and then kissed her lips, he seemed he couldn¡¯t get enough of her. ¡°I will ask someone to bring something for us,¡± he said. ¡°Is there something you want to eat?¡± Lc gave some thought about it and then smiled. ¡°I want eat meat,¡± she said. ¡°Great choice.¡± Hunter kissed the tip of her nose before he got off her body reluctantly and then walked toward the door to order something for both of them. Later that afternoon, the healer returned and then reported everything to Hunter, which was something he didn¡¯t really want to know, but it was enough to keep him on tab of what was going on the Golden w pack. After that, the day went uneventful. But, the same thing couldn¡¯t be said in the Golden w pack¡­ This pack was actually very lively, as they weed a new member of the pack, this new member was none other than Aiden¡¯s firstborn son. The heir to the title. The baby, who would rule their pack one day and got the title as the alpha of the pack. III O Everyone was talking about this baby, they were gushing over him, but unfortunately, only a handful people noticed Ruby. Currently, after such difficultbor, Ruby was spent, she was bedridden and couldn¡¯t move too much because she lost so much blood, but aside from making sure she was still alive, no one really cared to check on her. ¡°What if we named him Azel?¡± luna Jasmine asked Aiden, as she carried the sleeping baby in her arms, she gushed over her grandson and didn¡¯t want to put him down, unless it was time for him to eat. ¡°That¡¯s a good name,¡± Aiden said, he stared at his baby. He didn¡¯t have any particr emotion for the baby. He looked happy to have his firstborn, but that was it. ¡°I want to name him An¡­¡± Ruby said from her bed, she looked pale, but she was d, she could deliver the baby safely. Luna Jasmine only nced at her without saying anything, before she continued to gush over the baby. ¡°Azel. Your name is Azel.¡± She ignored Ruby¡¯s opinion. In her eyes, her duty was done after she delivered the baby. It was good if she could give her son one or three more babies, since she liked to have a lot of children, but unfortunately, the former luna could only give birth to Aiden, without giving him any siblings. Ruby felt so hurt when she heard that, but what else she could do when she didn¡¯t have any power, neither she could go against luna Jasmine¡¯s wishes, as she was the one, who had the power over everything. More so, the man, who supposed to support her and be there for her was actually didn¡¯t do anything when he watched how his mother had disregarded his mate. He didn¡¯t seem very enthusiast with his son and Ruby could see it in Aiden¡¯s eyes. It almost felt like he just finished one duty and the sense he felt was only a relief. Having a child was a duty for him and he had aplished it, though it was Ruby, who almost lost her life when she gave birth to their son, but there was not a single word of appreciation from him. ¡°Look! He looks like you! He will grow up into a great alpha one day, just like you! Mother will make sure Azel will get everything that he needs!¡± Luna Jasmine was very excited, she then took the baby out of the room, without even asking permission from Ruby or Aiden. She did whatever she wanted with the baby and no one would be able to stop her. This time, Ruby suddenly realized, she felt like the cloud that blurry her vision was suddenly lifted and she could see everything clearer. Power. O < She needed power to be able to stay in this situation. She needed power to have a say in a matter of this pack. She needed power to be able to have her son. At this point, it wouldn¡¯t be a surprise for her if she would have a hard time to meet with her son if he was no longer attached to her. ¡°Are you going to let your mother brings our baby like that?¡± Ruby asked, she felt exhausted, but she needed to address this issue. ¡°Our baby is only two days old and he needs to be close to me.¡± Aiden stared at her, as if he just realized Ruby was there. This man was really something else entirely. ¡°What do you want?¡± he asked in annoyed tone. ¡°You don¡¯t think that my mother couldn¡¯t take care a baby, right? She had done it before with me. The baby is in the good hand.¡± ¡°She is not supposed to bring our baby without permission.¡± ¡°Why she should need your permission?¡± Aiden narrowed his eyes at Ruby before he went out of the bedroom when he was sure she wouldn¡¯t talk about anything else. He had this mixed feeling whenever he saw Ruby, but he couldn¡¯t make a decision about how he was going to treat her in the future. However, like usual, Aiden always chose the easiest way for him. The one that he felt more comfortable to take, which was to ignore Ruby. By ignoring the person, it felt like you could ignore the entire problem. And after saying that, Aiden walked out of the bedroom, leaving her all alone in her pain. asionally, there would be someone, who checked on her and gave her food and medicine that she needed, but she was all alone. Meanwhile, out there, they prepared a presumptuous meal and festivity to wee the heir for the pack. They made it so big and marvelous and invited all the people toe to their pack. Including the lycan pack. The festivity would be held a week from now and Ruby needed to be there too, therefore she needed to recover quickly. Ruby said nothing when Aiden informed her about this and then went away again. Meanwhile, seeing the way Aiden treated Ruby, Gabriel, Aiden¡¯s beta approached him and voiced out his concern. ¡°Don¡¯t you think you are too harsh on her? You don¡¯t spend time enough with her, even though she just gave birth to your son.¡± Gabriel stared at the closed door, the room for O Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. D the alpha and the luna. ¡°She is fine.¡± Gabriel sighed. ¡°If you don¡¯t like her, why would you keep her by your side and then agreed to make her your luna? You don¡¯t need to mark her and make her the luna if you don¡¯t like it.¡± ¡°Do I have a choice?¡± Luna Jasmine was the one, who had arranged everything. ¡°I don¡¯t think you like her. You don¡¯t look happy when you are with her,¡± Gabriel pointed out the obvious. Chapter 119 Yes, Aiden was not happy with Ruby. Even though he had marked her and made her the luna of the pack, he was not happy with her. He didn¡¯t think he was going to be happy at all with how the whole thing unfolded before his eyes. There was nothing going right for him and he felt like whatever he did, everything would only go south. ¡°Why don¡¯t you let her go then?¡± Gabriel couldn¡¯t understand him. As the alpha and his best friend, he tried his hardest not to judge the stu pid decision that Aide had made in the past to cross path with Ruby, but it was hard not to do so. ¡°You lost Lc because you chose her.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t choose her,¡± Aiden corrected him. ¡°I didn¡¯t choose her, it was Lc, who didn¡¯t want to forgive me.¡± Gabriel wanted to say that he would never forgive his mate either if he found out she was with someone else, but he swallowed the word and then tried to understand him more, since he looked so down. ¡°Then why don¡¯t you let her go? You only make her life miserable by keeping her here. and let your mother handled everything. You know that Ruby can¡¯t get along well with the previous luna.¡± Gabriel pointed out the obvious. ¡°That¡¯s her fault for not being able to get along with my mother. Lc could do it with ease, she always met her expectation. Why she couldn¡¯t do the same thing?¡± Aiden scoffed. He couldn¡¯t help, but compare Ruby with Lc over and over again, especially when the two of them were not the same page and didn¡¯t get along and it happen pretty often. Gabriel sighed deeply, he scratched the back of his head. ¡°You look like you hate her, you know. Correct me if I am wrong with this assumption.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think you are wrong¡­¡± Aiden replied. ¡°Maybe I really hated her.¡± He couldn¡¯t for sure about this feeling. He hated her, but she couldn¡¯t let her go. say ¡°If you really hated her, let her go, because it will only hurt the two of you. Why would you want to be hurt, though¡­¡± ¡°Because if I am not with her, I lost Lc for nothing.¡± After all, it was because of Ruby that he lost Lc, therefore, if he had lost Ruby too, it meant, he didn¡¯t get anything out of it and his pain was useless. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. When they walked in the corridor, the two of them met with Grace. She looked like she had been waiting for Aiden, because there was something important she wanted to talk about. ||| O ¡°Leave us alone,¡± Grace said to Gabriel firmly, her order sounded like she was the luna of the pack, but of course, because she was not, her voicecked of power. Gabriel crossed his arms instead, waiting for the order from the alpha before he really walked away, he intentionally smirked disdainfully at this woman. The beta couldn¡¯t understand why the alpha took a high risk to shelter this woman in their pack when they knew she wouldn¡¯t bring any benefit for them, if anything, she would only bring trouble, because she kept demanding for Aiden to find a way to free her father, who was being trapped under the dungeon of the lycan pack. ¡°Congrattion for your baby,¡± Grace said without an ounce of happiness at all. She didn¡¯t even try to be more genuine when she faked her smile. ¡°I am not in a good mood, tell me what you want and then scram.¡± Grace was thest person he wanted to see. He wanted to talk about inviting the lycan pack with his mother. He didn¡¯t want them to come, especially when he had to hand over the ne that Hunter demanded. Talking about the ne¡­ There was more problem that he had talked about with his mother. It was about the ne, he had not yet told her anything about this and he knew it wouldn¡¯t be a pretty conversation at all, knowing how much his mother cherished the ne of hers. ¡°I want to demand you for what you promised me.¡± Grace started, she crossed her arms. and this gesture only pis sed Aiden off. He didn¡¯t like to be told what to do. ¡°Your father didn¡¯t manage to kill him and he is still alive right now. There is still plenty of time.¡± Aiden actually had not yet thought about how to get Ken out of the dungeon. His mind was still upied with something else. ¡°What plenty of time?!¡± Grace snapped. ¡°What if he changed his mind and decided to kill him?! Can you guarantee something like that will never happened?!¡± Aiden was in foul mood to begin with, thus to hear Grace shouted at him really didn¡¯t sit well with him. ¡°Can you shut your mouth?! Find out about the other pack of the lycan and I will dedicate my precious time to get your father¡¯s as s out of that da mn dungeon!¡± Aiden barked at Grace, who flinched because it was very scary to be told off. However, Grace regained herposure pretty quickly, as she barked back at Aiden. ¡°I told you that only father knew about this! Are you stu pid or what?!¡± Aiden raised his hand and was about to p Grace for badmouthing him, but then he stopped himself in time before he did something that he would regret it. After all, he still needed this crazy woman. ||| ¡°Hunter will be here within a week from now, you better not to make appearance and tell your mother to not to roam around the pack house, the less people recognize you the better.¡± Aiden then walked away from her. ¡°Aiden, you need to make sure to get my father out of the dungeon, don¡¯t even try to do something funny.¡± She red at his back, but the alpha kept walking away, ignoring herpletely Chapter 120 ¡°This f ucking imbe cile¡­!¡± Hunter hissed viciously when he received the invitation letter from the Golden w pack. It was a festivity for the alpha¡¯s firstborn. The same festivity like the one they made when they finally agreed for peace treaty. However, in the letter too, Aiden told Hunter that he would give the ne to Lc when they were there. Of course, Hunter could see through him very clearly and it didn¡¯t take a genius to tell what this imbe cile of shifter actually wanted. This man simply couldn¡¯t stop being an as s for once. Hunter was pis sed of with this suggestion. Because it also meant he couldn¡¯t give the ne to Lc just like how he had promised her. He told her that he would give her the ne within two to three days, but now, not only it would be postponed for a week, but they needed toe to the Golden w pack too in order to get it, in pretense to attend for the festivity. Of course, inside the letter, it was well written and actually used beautiful choice of words to conceal the true meaning of it. ¡°This man is really pis sing me off right now.¡± Rye chuckled when he read the contain of the letter and then gave it to Darren to see. ¡°He is indeed looking for death.¡± Rye knew why Hunter was vexed. Apparently, that man still not let go of Lc and even if Rye could tell let alone the alpha. It was very obvious that he wanted more and expected more from the luna. ¡°I really feel like I am going to kill him,¡± Hunter grunted, he walked toward the side of the training ground, taking a towel to wipe his sweat. He looked very angry, even the warriors tried to avoid him, because they could sense their alpha¡¯s foul mood. ¡°Great. Should we n for a massacre during the festivity?¡± Rye asked and got a smack behind his head from the beta, as Darren approached the alpha. All of then knew, Hunter was not serious with what he said. If he wanted many innocent lives met their demise and razed the other pack, he wouldn¡¯t have done something so unthinkable like killing his own father. But really, the alpha was contemting and entertaining the idea of that¡­ just in case, that man crossed the line. He could lose control too, right? ¡°So, will you attend this?¡± Darren looked calm like always. He put down the letter and focused his attention on the alpha. Hunter contemted about this for a while, before a mischievous smirk appeared on the corner of his lips when he saw his mate was walking out of the inner training ground with Raya and the other two girls. They were talking about something and this made Lcughed. Herughter could be heard by the alpha even though his surroundings were very loud. Or maybe, it was only in his mind. He didn¡¯t actually hear it, but because he saw herughter, his mind immediately remembered the sound of it. Surely, herughter was his favorite sound. ¡°If she wanted to enjoy the festivity, there is no reason for me not to go,¡± Hunter said gently, as his eyes met with Lc, who was smiling back at him. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. Lc now hade to the training ground very often, though it was still so early to see any progress from her, but she could blend with the other well with the help of Rye¡¯s sister. The alpha needed to thank herter. More so, Lc looked healthier, since she had connection with her beast more deeply. This was how a shifter should be. You should find bnce between your beast and human side. Hunter then walked toward his mate, who looked embarrassed because Raya and Lena teased her. ¡°Do you want to walk with me?¡± Hunter asked Lc, but he didn¡¯t wait for her answer when he grabbed her hand and took her away from the other two of her friends. ¡°I thought you asked me earlier,¡± Lc retorted. ¡°I have not yet given you the answer.¡± Hunter looked over his shoulder and grinned. ¡°Will you reject me?¡± He took her to the forest behind the training ground, the first ce, where he trained her before. ¡°How can I reject an alpha? I will be cursed then¡­¡± Lc replied yfully. With that the two of them shifted into their beasts and let loose, as they ran alongside the forest. This forest was the ce, where Hunter had known like the back of his hand. He knew every nook and canny of this area, therefore, there was nothing new for him. However, being with Lc made things became clearer and as if he just saw it for the first time. Everything he saw was beautiful and to see her smaller beast tried to chase after him, as she nipped on his hindlegs to make him slow down was very cute. She could her beast form for a little bit longer now. The longest she could beast form was two hours. After two hours had passed, Lc shifted into her human form and then panted, but she looked so beautiful under the sunlight, her skin was glowing and her smell was very Hunter came toward her and then nudged her body, as he shifted into his human form too. ¡°Let¡¯s walk there.¡± He pointed to the left side. ¡°There is a river there. We can clean ourselves.¡± Lc closed her eyes and he was right, she could hear the stream of the river and more so, she really needed to clean herself because of the sweat from her training and also the dirt when she shifted into her beast form. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go¡­¡± Lc saidzily, as she stretched out both of her arms, so Hunter could pull her up. She looked like a kitten now. Very adorable and lovely, Hunter really wanted to devour her¡­ Chapter 121 Lc looked surreal, she looked like everything that he wanted. She looked like everything that he wished for and more. She was the one person, who saved his life, she was the reason why he was alive right now and it was in literal sense. ¡°What are you staring at?¡± Lc asked because she felt self conscious when Hunter looked at her very intensely like that. She felt like there was something wrong with her. ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that,¡± she said while trying to move away from him. However, where he would go when the alpha of the lycan had set his eyes on her? She had nowhere to go, neither Hunter would let her out of his sight. He wouldn¡¯t lose her again. ¡°Because you are beautiful, what is wrong to stare at my own mate?¡± Hunter tilted his head. He grabbed her waist and then kissed her sweaty neck, which made Lc widened her eyes. ¡°I am dirty, don¡¯t do that,¡± she whimpered and tried to move his face away from her neck, but it was to no avail. ¡°Hunter.¡± ¡°Hm?¡± The more Lc tried to get away from him, the more he became so close to her and now his face was literally against the crook of her neck. ¡°You are never dirty for me, Lc.¡± At this point, Lc knew there was no point of pushing him away, because this man was really stubborn, he wouldn¡¯t let her go until he got what he wanted and it didn¡¯t mean, that was something that she didn¡¯t want too¡­ ¡°I am sweaty,¡± Lc said again, hoping he could stop licking her. It felt a little bit awkward, though it was such a turn on to think he didn¡¯t disgust her being being sweaty like this. ¡°Yes, I know that very well¡­¡± Hunter murmured against her neck and his hot breath made Lc felt so weak. He was very casual about that, which made Lc becamefortable with herself. Why this man didn¡¯t have any scrupulous with her? Why he didn¡¯t care much about how dirty she was. Luna Jasmine always taught her that she should be very presentable whenever she was with her mate. She had to look her best, or else, who wanted you when you looked so messy? Woman should act ordingly and kept their appearance to please the man. That was all what engraved in Lc¡¯s mind, thus for Hunter to not mind it at all was something that shocked her the most. ¡°Hunter¡­¡± Lc¡¯s voice became very soft, it seemed she had surrendered to convince Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. him not to touch her when she liked the way he handled her. ¡°Yes, Lc, what do you want?¡± Hunterid her down on the velvety grass, where his shadow fell on her, covering her from the sunlight and for Lc, this was the best view that she had ever seen, staring at her mate with the background of the clear blue sky. ¡°I feel so happy,¡± Lc said. She had felt this way for quite some time, despite everything that happened and how she was attacked and injured twice, since she was in this pack, but it didn¡¯t mean, she was not right with what she felt right now. She was happy¡­ very happy to have him in her life, the best thing that had ever happened to her was when he walked into her life and saved her from the tragedy of being that miserable woman, who had to raise her mate¡¯s child with another woman. It sounded dramatic, but that was what would happen with her life if Hunter didn¡¯te just in time to save her. ¡°I am very, very happy¡­¡± Lc giggled when she said that, even when she was saying it, the feeling overflow her heart and this made her wanted tough out loud. ¡°You make me very happy,¡± she said clearer now. Hearing that, Hunter was surprised, he was quiet for a while, but when he heard that beautiful sound of herughing, it filled his heart with warmth to the brim. Yes, he was also happy. He had never been this happy before in his life. When he found her, he thought, he would never been so happy to finally meet with the person that was the sole reason for him to stay alive, but right now, when he heard how happy she was, he felt like the feeling he had felt earlier was nothingpared to this moment. And probably, in the future, there would be also a moment where he would be more happier than this. As long as he was with her, he didn¡¯t think there would be a sad moment again in his life. ¡°That¡¯s the best thing that I have ever heard in my entire life,¡± Hunter said softly against her ear, as he nibbled on her earlobe and this made Lc giggled. How he loved this woman. ¡°That even better when I learned I will be the alpha¡­ this is the happiest moment in my life, Lc and you thank you for letting me experience this feeling.¡± The way Hunter said it was yery heartfelt, he was very genuine with every word he said. Everything that came out of his mouth was something that came from his heart. ¡°Thank you for saving and thank you for walking into my life. I would never ask for more than this. You are the best thing in my life and there is nothing can tell me otherwise.¡± Hunter stared into her eyes gently when he said all of those things, letting Lc knew how much he meant it and even more. 08:12 Wed, 31 Jan De Because sometime, there was feeling that you couldn¡¯t describe with word alone. Meanwhile, Lc didn¡¯t expect that she would get this heartfelt confession from him. She only wanted to tell him about her feeling right now, but she got to know how he felt about her in return. This time, Lc took the initiative to kiss him first¡­ Chapter 122 Lc was panting heavily, when she felt her whole body was erupted in delight, she felt like she was about to explode when she reached her climax for the second time. Her body was not only sweaty, but also dirty, yet having sex in the open area like this had its own magical sensation, where she felt very exposed and vulnerable, but at the same time it gave her the thrill she had never experienced before. This was not the first time, Hunter and she did this in the open area. This might be their tacit understanding, where they enjoyed it the most in this kind of ce. Lc giggled when Hunter finally came after her, he cursed because he couldn¡¯t hold it back any longer. In the end both of themughed for no reason at all. Once their desire was sated, Hunter kissed Lc¡¯s forehead and then supported his body to get up. Both of them were still naked and this made Lc blushed. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Lc was surprised when Hunter picked her body up and carried her to the river. ¡°I will wash you,¡± Hunter said yfully. ¡°I need to take care of my mate, since I am the reason she is very tired.¡± Lc hissed. She still couldn¡¯t get used with how flirty Hunter could be. She didn¡¯t know how she could have a lot of personality within him. ¡°Only wash me, okay?¡± Lc said timidly and this made Hunterughed. ¡°If you want more than that I will be fine with it,¡± Hunter teased her. True to his word, Hunter only washed her body and peppered kisses here and there, until she protested and he stopped. Then, he told her about the invitation and the ne. He waited for the right moment to bring this topic up. ¡°What do you think? Do you want to attend the festivity?¡± Hunter asked, he yed with her wet hair and caressed her cheek. ¡°Should wee?¡± Lc pursed her lips. ¡°Do you want toe?¡± 08:13 Wed, 31 Jan D le Ruby felt very miserable when had to watch them preparing everything to wee her baby. She was not even being involved in the process with the excuse, she needed to rest after having a difficultbor. People kept telling her that she needed to be grateful because luna Jasmine was being considerate with her and this was the proof, she was not as bad as Ruby thought she was. And now, there was no amount of word that could put luna Jasmine into a bad light, even Aiden always rubbed it on her face, how much his mother had done for her and she was still not satisfied. Right now, Ruby could only watch how her son was being passed around by those people and was only given to her when the baby needed to eat. She felt like she was nothing, but a baby maker and a baby food. This situation made Ruby sick to her stomach and gradually, her feeling for Aiden became so numb. She was not sure whether the mate bond was still there or it was already thoroughly broken, but there was nothing she wanted more, but to make these people miserable. ¡°Azel¡­ he is so handsome like his father¡­¡± one of the women, who was luna Jasmine¡¯s friend gushed over the baby in the luna¡¯s arms. See? Everyone still thought of her as the luna, even though she had stepped down from the role and supposedly not to interfere with the affair with the pack anymore just like alpha James. So, it would give space and time for the new alpha and luna to be morefortable with the role. However, luna Jasmine was still as involved as before. She didn¡¯t let Ruby to take her role in this pack. Azel. Ruby hated that name. ¡°Why are you being like this again?¡± Aiden reprimanded her when he saw her expression. ¡°Can¡¯t you be happy? Dam n. You make things so miserable.¡± Ruby said nothing and only nced at him, but Aiden red at her instead. ¡°Stop making face. This is not all about you.¡± Aiden gave her ast re and then walked away. He needed to check the preparation for tomorrow. Right now, the alpha from the five packs had arrived, but there was still not a word from the lycan pack. Aiden had been waiting for them to arrive, but there was still no news from them, while the festivity would be held tomorrow. He narrowed his eyes, as if by doing so, he could see that woman walked into this pack again, returned back home¡­ Probably, by being here, it would remind her of how she missed this ce, after all, she had spent so many years in this ce. This pack was her home and the people here was her only family. From Grace, Aiden learned that Lc had been attacked twice, it was enough reason for her to leave that pack and would never return again. He would dump Ruby in front of Lc if that was what it took for her to go back to him. But right now, there was another important thing he needed to talk with his mother. Until now, Aiden had not yet talked about the problem with the ne. He waited until the very end to bring this topic up, because he didn¡¯t know how to start it. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°Mother, can I have a word with you for a while?¡± Aiden asked his mother, as he nced at his son and touched his cheek. That was the best interaction he had with the baby, since he didn¡¯t know what to do with this little thing. After all, the baby would never remember it. He would start y with him when he was a little bit older, but right now, he didn¡¯t need him, that was what in Aiden¡¯s mind. It was reasonable for him not to be close with his son when he didn¡¯t even need him. ¡°What do you want to talk about?¡± luna Jasmine didn¡¯t seem to be happy because her time with her grandson was being cut off, but then she relented and gave the baby to one of her friends, instead of to Ruby. Chapter 123 Aiden knew there was no going back from here, he needed to tell his mother about the ne, but somehow, he felt speechless. He felt like he became that young boy again, who was caught doing something disappointed. He didn¡¯t like the look of disappointment from his mother and started to second guess his decision to save his son¡¯s life by making such trade with alpha Hunter. Only if Ruby didn¡¯t make things difficult and she didn¡¯t try to stress herself out, Aiden wouldn¡¯t end up in this situation and had to ask his mother about the ne. His mother would be very devastated to part way with her favorite ne. ¡°What is it, son? You don¡¯t look fine, is something wrong?¡± luna Jasmine knew her son very well, she could tell in one nce there was something that Aiden tried to tell her, but he couldn¡¯t. Of course, it made her felt very worried for him. ¡°Tell mother, what is it?¡± Aiden tried to act calm when he told her everything that happened when Ruby gave birth to their firstborn and how he had made a deal with the alpha from the lycan pack. Of course, his mother¡¯s reaction was as he had expected. Luna Jasmine looked very shock, but then anger started to creep in her expression and roll off her body. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to do that, mother, but I didn¡¯t have any other choice.¡± Aiden tried to excuse himself. ¡°The baby¡¯s life is way more important, right?¡± ¡°So, not only that alpha took her away, but he also wanted something from me after he created such ruckus when he was here thest time?!¡± luna Jasmine was very mad. She still remembered the humiliation she received when alpha Hunter was here and how he had taken Lc with him. Not only that, he made Lc his mate and his luna? After all the pain luna Jasmine had to take to teach her everything to be the perfect luna, now she became Samone else luna instead of her son?! Why should someone else enjoyed all of her hardwork?! It was not fair at all! That alpha was too greedy! He shouldn¡¯t have asked for this in the first ce! How shameless he could be for asking such thing when someone else needed help?! ¡°Mother, don¡¯t be too angry. It¡¯s only a ne, right?¡± Aiden tried to calm his mother down, but to no avail. ¡°This is not only a ne! You know that too! This is very important for me! I don¡¯t even want to give it to that woman!¡± US-13 nu, Of course, the woman that she meant was Ruby, because in the past, she promised Lc to give it to her. ¡°Why should I give the ne to that greedy alpha that had humiliated me and our pack?! Why should you invite them?!¡± Actually, aside from wanting to see Lc again and convinced her to go back to the ce where she belonged, Aiden had another hidden agenda that he had nned with Grace. This n suited their current situation and it would help Aiden to get that woman off his back when she kept demanding to see her father and saved him. ¡°Mother¡­ I need them toe to our pack,¡± Aiden said in gentle voice, so he could appease her rage. ¡°What for?!¡± Luna Jasmine blew her top because she couldn¡¯t ept this! How she could ept this?! Why would she sacrifice herself!? But then, it clicked in her head. How could the alpha learn about the value of her ne? Luna Jasmine didn¡¯t even think the alpha knew this was the ne that she treasured the most, unless¡­ Lc knew how much she treasured this ne. This was something that she liked and she had told her about that. Luna Jasmine remembered how happy she was when she told her she would give the ne to her when she had be the luna of the pack. ¡°Bi tch!¡± Luna Jasmine hissed viciously. She couldn¡¯t hold back her grievances, which startled Aiden when he heard his mother cursed very angrily. ¡°What¡¯s wrong mother? What happened? Why are you cursing?¡± Aiden was startled, because he didn¡¯t use to hear his mother was cursing very passionately like this. ¡°What is wrong?¡± However, luna Jasmine didn¡¯t borate what the thing that pis sed her off the most. She instead red at Ruby. ¡°Why would she create trouble over and over again?!¡± Luna Jasmine threw her son a dagger look. ¡°I have told you before that you shouldn¡¯t bring that woman back to the pack! But, you didn¡¯t listen to me! Now you see how much trouble that she brought to our pack?!¡± Aiden could only lower his head when he was being reprimanded by his mother. Thankfully, there was no one around, so he wouldn¡¯t feel very humiliated. However, his mother wouldn¡¯t let that happened. No matter how angry she was to her. 0813 Thu, 1 Feb son, he wouldn¡¯t have put him down by humiliating her. In the end, after some back and forth, luna Jasmine agreed to give away her ne, but she wanted to be the one, who gave it to alpha Hunter, despite what Aiden had warned her, she didn¡¯t budge. She wanted to be the one, who gave the ne to him. Yet, the problem didn¡¯t end there, because they didn¡¯t know whether alpha Hunter and Lc would appear tomorrow, since there was no word from them at all. All the alphas had arrived today, but there was not a single word from the lycan pack. Even when the day came and the ceremony was about to happen, their scout couldn¡¯t see the representative of the lycan pack, neither their alpha or the luna. Luna Jasmine felt better knowing she wouldn¡¯t part way with her ne, though she was still feeling very bitter because Lc stabbed her on the back! That woman was very ungrateful! Chapter 124 The peak of the festivity would happen on the third day because that was the day, where they would officially give the baby name and it happened when the moon shone brightly. It was the night of the full moon, therefore, it was a sacred ritual for them. Ruby would get involved a lot during the process of this, since she was the mother of the baby and also the luna of the pack. In this case, luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t interfere, even when she was trying to mess up with this situation, there was nothing much she could do, because it meant a lot for the baby and she didn¡¯t want to get to the taboo and put the baby in bad omen. Therefore, Ruby was pretty happy to be able to hold the baby in her arms for a whole day. No one would take her son away from her arms during the third day, because this was the moment, the baby should be together with their mother, to create the bond between them and asked for the blessing from the Moon Goddess. During that time, Aiden was also there. He had to apany his mate and their baby, creating the bond between them and strengthened the mate bond between him and his luna. If there was one thing that she couldin about, it must be this, but aside from that, Ruby enjoyed the festivity. The first and the second day, luna Jasmine didn¡¯t allow her to be out of the room for a long time, but one time Ruby did, the luna would send her back to the room with the excuse she must be tired after giving birth and still needed to recuperate. However, at this moment, she couldn¡¯t make another excuse. ¡°So, she will note?¡± Ruby asked, she stared at her baby and yed with him when she spoke casually. ¡°Do you think she wille in thest day?¡± Aiden finally noticed that Ruby was talking to him. ¡°What? What did you say?¡± he looked at Ruby with sullen expression. His mood had been so bad ever since the first day of the festivity because he had not heard anything from the lycan pack. ¡°Are you still looking for her? Do you think she wille tonight?¡± Ruby raised her head and looked at Aiden in the eyes. She looked indifferent. She had been like this ever since she gave birth to their son. Somehow, the way Ruby talked to him and how cold she became, bothered Aiden, yet he put this feeling on the back of his head, he didn¡¯t want to visit that feeling and made himself became ufortable. ¡°She wille.¡± Aiden looked indifferent to match the carelessness that Ruby showed to him. ¡°After all, she wanted the ne. She needs toe to get it.¡± Aiden nced at Ruby, who returned her focus on the baby again, but this time, he was clearly upset because Ruby didn¡¯t show any indication that she was pissed by the way Aiden openly waited for another woman. ¡°You need to treat my mother well after this. You know how much you have caused trouble because of your earlybor?¡± Aiden scoffed. ¡°I have to sacrifice a lot for you to just give birth. If you only took care of yourself well, I will not be in trouble like this.¡± Aiden intentionally talked bad about how he had sacrificed a lot for her to have a safe delivery, but Ruby didn¡¯t budge. She didn¡¯t give the respond that he wanted. ¡°Now 1 realized, bring you here, it only asked for trouble,¡± Aiden hissed again, while the people around them looked very happy with the festivity and all the food on the table. They looked very immersed in whatever they were doing, thus they didn¡¯t pay close attention to the alpha and the luna¡¯s interaction ¡°1 agreed,¡± Ruby replied, which made Aiden frowned. ¡°If the ne is way more important than your firstborn, you shouldn¡¯t have promised it.¡± Aiden balled his fists when he heard that, he talked in a very low voice, almost like he was growling right now. ¡°Do you think I can bargain with him at time like that?! My mother is right, you are very ungrateful.¡± III ? G Ruby raised her head again and graced Aiden with her attention for the second time, but her limpid eyes didn¡¯t show any fear, neither she¡¯showed any anxiety like she used to be. She was eerily composed and calmed when she talked, as if she had turned into someone else at this moment. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have agreed. I have never agreed to get help from the healer,¡± Ruby said lightly with a smile on the corner of her lips. She looked very beautiful. After giving birth, her body looked more voluptuous and was not as skinny as the first time they met. ¡°I have never asked for a healer, have I?¡± ¡°You could die, if I didn¡¯t get a healer for you!¡± Aiden growled and this startled baby Azel, as he pursed his lips and Ruby rocked him to not crying. Seeing this, Aiden tried to control his emotions, but it was hard because of what Ruby said next. ¡°Then let it happened.¡± Ruby smiled at baby Azel, caressing his ruddy cheeks to make him stop crying, as if she was talking about a lighthearted matter, instead of a life threatening one. ¡°You are so ungrateful for what I have done for you!¡± Aiden was shaking with rage. ¡°I only wanted to remind you that I went into an earlybor because of you. You are the one, who caused me to have an earlybor and because the ne is way more important in your eyes instead of our child, I think you shouldn¡¯t have agreed to alpha Hunter¡¯s request then. 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Aiden immediately rushed ahead of her and greeted Hunter first before Ruby could do that. It would be humiliating for him. if he let his luna to do the task. ¡°I assumed you onlye alone?¡± Aiden asked with a fake smile stered on his lips, it was rather a disappointment that he couldn¡¯t see Lc. ¡°My mate willeter, she has a special gift for your firstborn son,¡± Hunter said, he nced at Ruby and the baby, but you couldn¡¯t tell what was in his mind. It almost felt like his mind was the most mysterious thing in this realm. Except from Lc and a handful people that Hunter deemed close to him, he rarely showed his emotions at all. He looked like a deep sea, unfathomable¡­ More so, Ruby remembered the way alpha Hunter treated Lc. The way he treated his mate and the treatment that she received from Aiden was akin to a heaven and hell and she wouldn¡¯t mind to go into a hardbor again to have even a quarter of it. But now, when she realized the mate bond between her and Aiden weakened even more after the baby was born, she could see things clearer. ¡°What kind of gift that luna Lc prepared for me and the baby, if I may know?¡± Ruby chimed in the conversation, something that she shouldn¡¯t do, but she couldn¡¯t care less. Chapter 126 Aiden was not happy with the fact Ruby talked to Hunter. This was not her ce to do this, because she was his mate and this was not appropriate for a woman to talk with the alpha, even though her status was the luna of the pack. Ruby must have learned about this from his mother, but then she conveniently forgot about it and became very inappropriate with Hunter. He humiliated him with the way she interacted with the alpha lycan. And if Aiden could tell about that, of course, Hunter also could see that too, he saw Ruby¡¯s adoration pretty clear. He was familiar with that kind of gaze and needless to say, he was disgusted by it. Yet, he still responded to her, after all, she was still the luna of the pack and this was too early to agitate them. ¡°You will know when she is here. Just wait for a moment, luna Ruby,¡± Hunter said. Ruby couldn¡¯t help, but blushed when he actually spoke to her. She thought, she would be ignored by him and she was ready for the awkwardness that came after, but as it turned out, the alpha responded to her question. Therefore, she was smiling prettily. ¡°I am looking forward to it.¡± Aiden couldn¡¯t hold himself back anymore at this point, as he frowned and took over the conversation. ¡°It¡¯s nice to see you here, alpha. I thought you will miss this celebration, since I didn¡¯t see you on the first and the second day.¡± This was thest day of the celebration and alpha Hunter was thest, who came. In a way, this was an insult, because it could be interpreted as him not in taking this invitation important enough. ¡°I was busy,¡± Hunter replied. ¡°There was someone, who was trying to enter my pack?¡± Aiden¡¯s heart skipped a beat, but he regained hisposure pretty fast, not letting alpha Hunter to see that. ¡°Let¡¯se over here,¡± Aiden said. ¡°This is a tradition for my pack to let the guess to see the baby, because this celebration is about him. And because I don¡¯t know that you wille tonight the baby is still in the nursery room. Let¡¯s go there.¡± Hunter smiled, it was so rare to see him smiling like this and this could mean a lot of things, which put Aiden on alert, but when he spoke, his voice sounded graceful. ¡°Thank you, but I will wait for my mate to see the baby.¡± Aiden felt a little bit awkward, but somehow, he was excited to see Lc again. Right at that time, the room went silent for a while, before a gush of whispery tone filled the room and everyone looked at a certain direction. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Out of instinct, Aiden and Ruby tilted their head to look what caught all the people¡¯s attention, but Hunter knew immediately what, or rather who the caused of it, since he caught her smell the moment she stepped into the room. Her scent was intoxicatingtely and he couldn¡¯t resist her most of the night, until both of them were tired. The reason why she waste, was because she needed extra time to prepare herself. Hunter wanted Lc to be the center of attention, he wanted her to look exceptional tonight and even more, he wanted all the people to pay close attention to her. Well, some part of it, might be because Hunter wanted to unt how well Lc was when she was with him and he wanted a certain alpha to see what he had lost. It was a little bit entertaining to see the shitty look on Aiden¡¯s face, knowing he was still thinking of his mate and all he could do right now was regretting what he had done. Aiden could regret all he wanted, it would be great if he ended his life because of that, though it was a little bit farfetched. ¡°You look so great,¡± Hunter said when Lc was already by his side. Lc was wearing a long dress, the color of lc, like her name and had her hair tied up on top of her head, which showed her slender neck. Her dress didn¡¯t show much of her skin, but it hugged her voluptuous body perfectly. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lc said sheepishly, she actually blushed with thepliment. She didn¡¯t really care about the way people < stared at her when she walked into the room, but she turned very shy under Hunter¡¯s heated gaze. It felt like he was going to eat her whole. Well, of course, in her mind, eating her in different way. ¡°You look gorgeous too.¡± Actually, it didn¡¯t need a long time for Lc to prepare herself, but Hunter intentionally didn¡¯t wake her up when she was sleeping, making herte for the preparation with the excuse this event was not really important for her to attend on time and disturb her sleep. Ruby balled her fists. She felt like Lc was trying to one up her. She wanted to steal the light, where she should be the only woman, who stood out tonight, because she was the luna of the pack and also the mother of the future alpha. Ruby¡¯s expression turned even more ashen when she caught the way Aiden stared at Lc. There was a mixed of annoyance, anger and adoration. It was clear to say that Aiden was not happy with the fact Hunter touched Lc, but he was also dumbstruck by her beauty. That thought was proven right when Aiden blurted it out without even thinking about it twice. ¡°You look so beautiful,¡± Aiden said, his gaze was misty when he stared at Lc. On the other hand, Lc simply spared him a nce and politely thanked him, but that was it, there was no other interaction between them, Lc acted as if Aiden did not even exist. Chapter 127 Ruby was very ufortable with how open Aiden¡¯s admiration toward his ex mate. He shouldn¡¯t have felt anything now when there was no more mate bond between them. His bond was supposed to be with her, but it felt very weak. If she could say, the bond was as weak as a dry leaf. 5 However, what Ruby felt inside, didn¡¯t appear on her expression. Her face looked as gentle as before, she carried herself better than before, because she didn¡¯t want to humiliate herself in front of Lc, though the luna of the lycan pack looked very graceful, no one couldpare to her. ¡°Stop staring at me,¡± Lc said to Hunter in low voice, she could feel how his heated gaze fell on her neck and this made her body shuddered. Her reaction to his attention was rather extreme, especially when his hand that was on her waist caressed her body. ¡°Do you want to ditch the party?¡± Hunter asked again, his warm breath caressed her skin and ear, this made Lc blushed, knowing what the meaning behind his suggestion. ¡°Hunter!¡± Lc hissed. People didn¡¯t know that Hunter was teasing his mate, because all they could see was how lovey dovey the two of them, which only made Aiden¡¯s blood boiled with anger. Along the way to the nursery room, people stared at Hunter and Lc, they couldn¡¯t believe that the orphan, who turned out to be the mate of their future alpha, but then after some scandal and rejection became the mate of the alpha lycan, could look so graceful. She looked like the real luna, not only because that was her status, but because she carried herself perfectly. Most of them thought, Lc would be treated like a ve. The lycan wouldn¡¯t even nce at her direction, because she was not part of them, they had heard how the lycan was a very territorial creature and Lc was an outsider, almost all of them pitied Lc to be taken away as a symbol of peace. However, they werepletely wrong and now they were dumbstruck! If people could see how much progress that Lc had and how well she was being treated by the alpha lycan, let alone Aiden and Ruby. The two of them held the bitterness in their heart. Finally, this seemingly long journey to the nursery room ended and when they entered the room, luna Jasmine was there. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. The firstborn was always special and luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t stop gushing over her first III O grandson, she didn¡¯t care whether Ruby liked it or not, because as a new mother, she tended to be very anxious when there were a lot of people around her baby, especially when they tried to touch him. And right now, that was what they were trying to do. They made Azel ufortable and her precious baby was crying. The sound of Azel¡¯s cry squeezed Ruby¡¯s heart, in which she immediately rushed inside and took her baby from luna Jasmine. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± Luna Jasmine snapped angrily when the baby was being taken away from her. She didn¡¯t even realize the other people inside the nursery room until Aiden warned her that there was someone else there. And when luna Jasmine turned around, as she caught a familiar scent, which she thought would never be here anymore, she was stunned beyond word, because right in front of her was standing a beautiful young girl with clear eyes, the lc dress she was wearingplementing herplexion perfectly. For a moment, luna Jasmine could only stare at Lc. This was the exact young girl, that she wanted for her son, but unfortunately, thing didn¡¯t happen the way she wanted it to bc. ¡°Lc¡­¡± luna Jasmine finally muttered her name. ¡°Long time no see, luna Jasmine,¡± Lc said politely, but then she nced at Ruby, whose face had turned very ashen. ¡°Should I call you just Jasmine, since the luna of the pack is luna Ruby now?¡± The shock on luna Jasmine¡¯s expression shifted into anger, but then it changed in a split second with a beautiful, sweet smile, the kind of smile that Lc always saw whenever she forced herself to be polite. ¡°You can call me anything, Lc,¡± luna Jasmine replied gently, as if the problem in the past had been forgotten and there was never a contention between them. ¡°Alpha Hunter, nice to see you again.¡± ¡°Jasmine,¡± Hunter said her name, which he knew very well would upset her. However, luna Jasmine was not an easy foe, she wouldn¡¯t let her emotion got the better of her. ¡°I see you just came now.¡± She nodded. ¡°I thought you were too busy toe, but I am d you are here.¡± ¡°Wee here for something else, but because there is this ceremony, it will be polite for us to attend to,¡± Hunter replied, which made luna Jasmine red viciously at him. How could someone insult another person with such calm expression and decent ||| O words? The way Hunter chose his words showed how wicked he could be. Beside him, Lc wanted to smirk, but she kept her expression impassive and shifted her attention toward the baby in Ruby¡¯s arms. This was the baby that had severed the mate bond between her and Aiden, but this was also the baby, who had saved her from this nasty pack and let her to meet with Hunter. She was more than happy to thank this beautiful baby boy, therefore, Lc was all smiling when she approached Ruby to see the baby. ¡°Who is his name?¡± Lc asked with cheerful voice. After all, they came here to see the baby, right? So, why not greeted this little one properly? ¡°Azel,¡± Ruby replied curtly. She didn¡¯t like the name at all. ¡°Azel¡­ what a beautiful name¡­¡± Lc gushed. ¡°Can I hold him?¡± she asked for permission. On the other hand, Hunter had his eyes on his mate and then blurted out. ¡°Do you want a baby?¡± Chapter 128 Chapter 128 ¡®Do you want a baby?¡¯ The question rang in Lc¡¯s ears, which turned them very red, especially when he said those word with not so quiet tone. Lc immediately turned her body and caught Hunter¡¯s innocent face, but in truth, there was nothing about him that was innocent. There was no way he asked the question without any hiding intention. ¡°What?¡± Hunter raised his brows, as if he was confused with the look Lc gave to him. ¡°I only asked a question. If you wanted it, I will be willing to give it to you.¡± This time, not only Lc, but Ruby, Aiden and luna Jasmine felt their heart jolted with the brazen and lewd word that Hunter said. How could he talk something so vulgar in front of so many people? Wasn¡¯t he ashamed? Yet, in Hunter¡¯s mind what else to be ashamed when he teased his own mate. More so, who said that he was not serious with what he was saying? Lc then tried to solve the situation, she cleared her throat and then took the baby from Ruby¡¯s arms, she held the baby¡¯s small figure and smiled softly. She disliked Ruby, but after seeing the baby¡¯s little face, Lc forgot about that. ¡°He is very cute,¡± Lc gushed over the baby, which left all of them stared at her with their own thought. If Hunter was only teasing her earlier when he asked her about the baby, now he wanted a baby with her for real. The way Lc held the little one in her arms and how soft her expression was when she made the baby cried¡­. Was something that would forever etch in his mind. However, it was not only Hunter, who saw Lc as a perfect mother figure, Aiden could see¡­ he could imagine a future with Lc with their baby in her arms, instead of the baby that came from Ruby. Lc was his mate. She was the woman that should be with him, she was the woman that belonged to him and was created only for him. The baby that she held, supposed to be the baby that came from her womb if he didn¡¯t make a mistake with Ruby. Lc would be a perfect mother, someone that would be a perfect luna¡­. Luna Jasmine thought to herself when he watched how Lc teased the baby, she was very natural 1/3 III O 10:39 Thu, 22 Feb Chapter 128 with her little one, it was very different with Ruby. Ruby needed to learn how to hold a baby, she looked so awkward when she held her own son. How could the two of them were very different? 84% Luna Jasmine balled her fists. Lc was a woman that she had molded in such a way to fit with her son, but now when she looked perfect and became a woman that she wanted, Lc was no longer within her grip. She couldn¡¯t help, but very angry¡­ Meanwhile, Ruby didn¡¯t have any other feeling, but hatred toward Lc. She could feel the way people stared at Lc right now and how Aiden stared at his ex mate with such devotion eyes that made her blood boiled, she wanted to w Lc¡¯s face and disfigure her. She needed to find a way to control her hatred toward Lc for taking everything from her. ¡°My baby doesn¡¯t lookfortable,e, give him back to me,¡± Ruby said begrudgingly, even though her statement didn¡¯t match with how Azel wasughing and looked very happy when he was with Lc. And without waiting for Lc¡¯s reaction, Ruby had taken back her son without any scrupulous, she didn¡¯t even bother to hide her dislike toward Lc. +5 ¡°You are being rude, Ruby. You shouldn¡¯t have done that,¡± Aiden reprimanded her because he was upset, since the image of Lc was holding a baby was ruined. He wanted to watch a little bit longer and let his imagination ran wild, thinking that was his baby and Lc¡¯s. On the other hand, Lc didn¡¯t seem to care, she was only worried for the safety of the baby becauseExclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. the way Ruby was taking back her son was not so gentle, because of that too, Azel started to cry, as the baby felt the change of the atmosphere and the feeling of the person, who was holding him. Luna Jasmine was not happy to see Ruby like this, she had taught this woman countless time, but not even once, she showed her that her tutge was actually working. She was aplete different from Lc. Ruby kept making mistake after mistake. ¡°Come here, let¡¯s get the baby to calm down,¡± luna Jasmine said with a smile on her face, as she touched Ruby gently and escorted her out of the room. At this point, Azel was bawling. But, everyone knew that her smile could only interpret as a disaster, because that was 2/3 ||| 10.39 Thu 22 F3 Chapter 128 what would happen. ¡°I am sorry for the interruption,¡± Aiden said, she didn¡¯t even give a second nce at Ruby, who was going out of the nursery room, since they wanted the baby to get some fresh air, giving a pitiful excuse that the baby might be boring. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry, we only came here to see the baby and now we have seen him, we are going to leave.¡± Hunter tilted his head. ¡°Can you go to your mother and tell her to take off the ne, since it doesn¡¯t belong to her anymore.¡± For a moment, Aiden didn¡¯t respond to that, but then he was smiling, this smile reminded them of the smile luna Jasmine gave to them a moment ago. ¡°Sure, I will let my mother know about this, but before that, you can enjoy the party first, because my mother isforting my baby, it will take a while for me to get the ne.¡± If the ne was the only thing Hunter and Iris wanted, thus he was not going to give it as easy as that. Chapter 129 Chapter 129 3 67% ¡°I think, I won this bet,¡± Hunter smirked at Lc, who looked at him sullenly. The two of them were sitting on the long dining table with the other alphas and lunas from the other pack, while music and the sound of people¡¯sughter filled the air. People danced and interacted with each other, men and women teased andughed loudly. This festivity was very lively, but you couldn¡¯t see the mother and the baby anywhere. Aiden just came and told them the baby had fallen asleep and his mate had retreated to their bedroom to apany their first son. Probably she would returnte at night when the festivity reached its peak. ¡°You have not won yet,¡± Lc hissed back at Hunter, but he rewarded her protest with a deep kiss, which almost made Lc forgot there were hundred pair of eyes that were watching them. Actually, the bet between them was simply a silly game that they made on their way here, since Lc thought they would be able to leave the party as soon as possible, but Hunter disagreed with her. And that was the root of their bet. Lc said they were be able to leave before midnight, but Hunter thought the opposite. ¡°I told you that he will cause us trouble.¡± Hunter whispered to her ear and nced at Aiden. ¡°Either way, you should prepare my prize.¡± Lc blushed when she heard his rough voice teased her ear with his warm breath on her skin. She felt weak and warm feeling pooled down there. ¡°He will always cause trouble no matter what,¡± Lc replied, but her voice was a little bit h oa rse. She became self conscious and looked around, because she didn¡¯t want to get caught when her body was very hot like this. These shifters had a good sense of smell after all. ¡°So, you know him so well, huh?¡± Hunter bit her earlobe, as a form of punishment, but once again Lc squirmed. She felt like she was not be able to hold it any longer if Hunter kept teasing her like this. ¡°Hunter, stop it, there are so many people here,¡± Lc protested, but even she herself could hear how weak her rejection was, which made Hunterughed at herme attempt to push him away. ¡°So?¡± Hunter put his hand on her thigh and rubbed it, which made Lc took a sharp 1/3 < -67% Chapter 129 breath. This lycan was insane! Thankfully, Hunter spared her and stopped teasing when her face had turned very red, as red as the wine before them. Just half an hour ago, Aiden approached them and said he couldn¡¯t find his mother, hence he couldn¡¯t give the ne to them, he also said that he had prepared a room for them, just in case he couldn¡¯t find his mother and they had to stay overnight here. Hunter said nothing, he simply smirked at the way Aiden tried toe up with his ridiculous story about couldn¡¯t find his mother. There was no way something like that could happen. ¡°Hunter,¡± Lc called him. ¡°Yes, little one.¡± Lc always felt giddy when he called her with this endearment name, though she didn¡¯t show it to him, lest he became more co cky. ¡°I feel like you have guessed it since the beginning and you have a n about this situation_ ¡°Sometime, it¡¯s not good to be very smart, little one.¡± Hunter then stood up and then stretched out his hand for her to take, he wanted to dance with her. ¡°Hunter, I can¡¯t dance.¡± Lc was mortified. Among all the lessons she got from luna Jasmine, dancing was not her greatest strength. Her body always felt very stiff and her movement was no different from a log of wood. Hunter chuckled. ¡°You will be able to dance if you are with me, love.¡± He then took Lc¡¯s hand and kissed the back of her hand, as he pulled her to stand up. People stared at them and once again, Lc became the center of attention, especially when Hunter took her to the dance floor and all the couples there moved to give them space unconsciously. Lc looked so pretty in her dress and the light fell on her red face, which made her look very adorable. ¡°Put your feet on mine,¡± Hunter said, he pulled Lc so close to him until their body pressed together and she felt his hardness on her belly, which made Lc red at him, but the wicked alpha only grinned innocently. Lc did what she was told and put her feet on his, as he moved around the dance floor, leaving all the hard work on him. His arm that wrapped around her waist was very steady and strong, it was afort. ¡°See? I told you that you can dance, you need to start trusting me more,¡± Hunter said 3/3 10:30 Fri, 23 Feb Chapter 129 and Lcughed at how silly it sounded. J +5 However, there was someone, who didn¡¯t look happy at all, from the look on his face, it almost felt like there was a raging storm within him. It was Aiden, he was standing next to the door, after giving a few order to his men secretly about his next move when he caught the sight Lc walked toward the dance floor and how bright she was. The way she smiled was something he had never seen before. When they were still together, Lc always smiled at him shyly, but the smile she showed tonight was one of pure bliss and happiness, which made Aiden¡¯s blood boiled. More so when he saw how her eyes sparkled, filling with so much love with someone else. Love to another man! How she could do that to him? How she could move so fast? How she could dump everything without a second thought and let him stuck with someone like Ruby? Aiden¡¯s grip on his ss tightened, until it shattered into pieces and the sharp shard C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. drew blood from his palm. He couldn¡¯t ept this! Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Lc was his, but why this ba sta rd touching the woman that supposed to be his? The woman that fated to be with him no matter what. ¡®No matter what¡¯! That must be enough reason for Lc to stay with him and forgive him. Even when the mate bond between them had disappeared and the rejection had urred, Lc shouldn¡¯t have fallen into another alpha¡¯s arms! She should find a way back to him, to this pack! To the ce, where she belonged! She shouldn¡¯t go again after this and Aiden wouldn¡¯t want her to leave anymore! Blood trickled down from his wounded palm because of the sharp shard that stabbed his flesh from the shattered ss. His eyes were enough to kill someone and put a strong curse if he were a magic user. One could feel the depth of his hatred at this moment. And right at that time, probably sensing a strong killing intent that came from Aiden, Hunter met his eyes and he raised his brows, as he rested his chin on Lc¡¯s shoulder. A smirk lilted the corner of his lips, as he held his gaze and pulled his mate even closer to him. The taunting was very clear, Aiden would be an idiot if he thought, Hunter did that unintentionally and the f ucking part of this was the fact he couldn¡¯t withdraw his from them. He had this urge toe forward and separate the two of them, since the eyes way they hugged each other was very inappropriate! What the f uck they were thinking?! Luckily, before Aiden could make any rash decision, Gabriel, his beta came to approach him. He had seen the whole thing and realized his alpha was on the verge ofshing out. This wouldn¡¯t be good for their pack if they provoked the lycan pack first. No matter what, they were still within peace treaty and they couldn¡¯t afford to be the first person, who breached it. ¡°Alpha, you need to go, you can¡¯t stay here,¡± Gabriel whispered to his ear, but his grip on his shoulder was strong enough to prevent him from carrying his iinpulsive action. ¡°You need to go now. Don¡¯t let him provoke you.¡± C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°I am going to kill him! How dare he touched my mate!?¡± Aiden hissed viciously. His whole body was trembling in anger. His eyes filled with malicious intention. 173 Dreame 10:26 Mon, 26 Feb Chapter 130 0 at 74% +5 His sweet mate! The woman, who always looked very shy whenever she was around him, she couldn¡¯t even look at him in the eyes and would blush with a single touch. She looked so beautiful in her lc dress, but the hands that wrapped around her body¡­ he couldn¡¯t let that! Thankfully, Gabriel stood in front of him to block the sight, so it saved the alpha from humiliating himself by letting Hunter knew that he got him. ¡°We need to go, luna Jasmine called for you. There is something she wanted to talk about,¡± Gabriel said with urgency, which helped Aiden to get some clear mind. Aiden didn¡¯t want to leave, but after some persuasion, his rationality kicked in and he left the scene. ¡°Why are youughing?¡± Lc asked when she heard Hunter¡¯s rough voice,ughing right to her ear. ¡°Is there something funny?¡± Lc finally lifted her head and looked at Hunter with a frown, she looked around, but she couldn¡¯t find something that she deemed funny. ¡°Nothing,¡± Hunter said with his cheerful voice, he showed her his innocent face, there was no trace of his wickedness and this only made Lc became more suspicious. ¡°What is it?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes and then became self conscious. Did she embarrass herself? Was there something wrong with her dress? Or her make up? Or her hair? ¡°Is there something wrong with me?¡± Hunter kissed her lips to stop her from her train of thought. ¡°There is nothing wrong with you, Lc. Everything about you is beautiful and perfect.¡± Hunter then kissed her lips again when she tried to protest and again and again, until Lc gave up to criticize herself. ¡°Do I hurt your feet?¡± Lc was pretty worried that she hurt him because she had been standing on his feet, while he moved with ease.. ¡°Of course not.¡± Hunter tilted his head and smiled brilliantly. He looked like he was in a good mood. ¡°I am really enjoying the sight before me.¡± His eyes glued to Lc and this made her blush again. But then, there was someone that interrupted their moment. Lc almost forgot about her, even when she entered this pack house again for the first time after she left, she didn¡¯t think about her at all, as if she was a vague memory that was ced on the back of her mind. 2/3 Dreame O 10:27 Mon, 26 Feb G. Chapter 130 But, here she was, the memory that she had left behind materialized into the person that once she trusted the most, the only friend she had. ¡°Lc, nice to meet you.¡± It was Aria. Her friend, who had stabbed her back. She looked fine. Thest time she heard, she got a great punishment for shouldering luna Jasmine¡¯s crimes. However, she must have healed perfectly now. 74% +5 ¡°Aria.¡± Lc¡¯s body went stiff, she stared at her with indifferent. She didn¡¯t hate her, since she knew luna Jasmine was behind her action, but it almost costed her, her entire life and to think about it again, if that h orrendous scheme seeded, she wouldn¡¯t feel this kind of happiness with Hunter. ¡°Lc, nice to see you.¡± Aria repeated her word and then shifted her attention toward Hunter. ¡°Alpha Hunter, it¡¯s great to see you again.¡± Aria looked shy, she had gathered her courage to approach them and Lc appreciated it. ¡°Can I have a moment with Lc?¡± She asked politely. ¡°I want¡­ I want to apologize for my action the last time¡­¡± She stuttered a bit. ¡°Luna.¡± ¡°Pardon me?¡± ¡°Call her luna Lc,¡± Hunter emphasized Lc¡¯s tittle, as if he was going to engrave it in Aria¡¯s mind, so she wouldn¡¯t address her recklessly. Chapter 131 Chapter 131 Hunter was not happy for someone like Aria to address his mate casually. That was right that the ceremony had not been held yet, but it didn¡¯t mean, Lc¡¯s status was any less. Even when she was not his woman, she was still the future luna of this pack, how could Aria talk to her very easily? Aria was quick to understand, she blushed, ashamed because Hunter pointed it out how inappropriate her action to approach Iris. The alpha lycan reminded her of the difference between their status and put Aria in her ce. Hunter still not yet forgot about what she had done to his woman. If he didn¡¯te that night in time, the alpha was sure they would be in another war by now. Aria lowered her head, she looked very ashamed of herself. How could a mere ser vant approach a luna, a woman with a high status like Lc? Whether she was in this pack or in the lycan pack, Lc would always be put in a great ce. ¡°I am sorry for my rudeness. I- I will take my leave¡­¡± Aria immediately resigned herself, but Lc grabbed her hand to stop her. ¡°Let¡¯s talk,¡± Lc said softly. She was no longer mad at Aria. She indeed hadmitted a great crime against her, but it didn¡¯t mean she would forget about their time together. There were a lot of memories between them to be ignored. After all, Aria had been punished, she shouldered all the crimes that supposed not to be hers alone. Aria looked like she was going to tear up when Lc agreed to talk to her, but then her eyes stole a nce at the alpha lycan, afraid he would be angry. However, a simple kiss on the lips from Lc was enough to cate him. At least, for a while. ¡°If you don¡¯te back in an hour, I will take you back. Don¡¯t be out of my sight.¡± Hunter pinched her waist and kissed his mark on her neck, this was as a deration that this woman was his. Thankfully, Aiden was no longer there, if he was, the alpha must have stormed toward Hunter and created a ruckus, as he was suffered from anger and jealousy, Lc chuckled, while Aria looked mortified. She could sense how intimidating this alpha was, but Lc was actuallyughing? 13 Dreame C Mon, 26 Feb Chapter 131 8 74% After that, Lc went with Aria to a quiet corner, but Hunter still could see her from afar, since she knew him quite well now that he indeed would go for her if he were out of his sight. Lc wanted to have a peaceful conversation with Aria. ¡°How are you?¡± Lc asked, she smiled softly, observing her old friend. Aria looked thinner than thest time they met, she also became quieter, since between the two of them, it would be Aria, who used to do the talking. ¡°I am fine.¡± Aria then added awkwardly. ¡°Luna.¡± Lc chuckled when she heard the way Aria addressed her. She was not a luna yet before, thus Aria had never addressed her formally with that title. ¡°I am not a luna yet,¡± Lc said mirthfully, but Aria nced at Hunter and she immediately understood. ¡°He will not be able to hear our conversation. Lift your head up and let¡¯s talk like usual.¡± Aria lifted her head and saw her old friend. She couldn¡¯t help, but teared up. She started sobbing pitifully, because she felt so much guilt for what she had done. I am sorry. I am sorry, Lc¡­¡± Luna Jasmine could see how ashen her son¡¯s expression was and she knew for sure. what the reason behind it. She shared the same sentiment too. Lc was too good for that barbarous lycan like Hunter. She shouldn¡¯t stay there for longer. ¡°I am sure she wanted to go back to our pack,¡± Luna Jasmine said, which made Aiden¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°What makes you think like that?¡± Aiden couldn¡¯t hide his curiosity and came closer toward his mother. Currently, the two of them were in the alpha¡¯s bedroom. This room belonged to luna Jasmine and alphaC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. James before, but because Aiden was the current alpha, thus he and Rubby were the one, who upied this room. However, Rubby right now was in the nursery room, leaving the two of them only. ¡°Come to think about this. There is no way Lc likes to stay in the lycan pack. The way they live is too different from us. You heard it yourself that she went training like those filthy lycan.¡± Luna Jasmine didn¡¯t hold back her resentment when she spoke. ¡°Do you really think after all the lesson I gave to her and how I built her the way she is right now, 2/3 Dreame O 3/3 10:27 Mon, 26 Feb Chapter 131 ?? she will like the dirty training from the lycan?¡± 74% Luna Jasmine kept talking about the different life that Lc had here and the one she Luna Jasmine kept talking a bo had in the lycan pack. She pictured Lc as a noble woman, who was well educated, while the lycan was too boisterous for a woman like her. ¡°So, why she didn¡¯te here? She can ask for our help. She chose to leave the pack.¡± Aiden wanted to believe what his mother said. +5 ¡°I have spent a year with her and watched her closely, even though she looks timid and kind, but she is actually pretty stubborn,¡± luna Jasmine said. ¡°You need to approach her and talk to her gently. Try to understand her and she wille to you.¡± Aiden beamed with happiness. ¡°Are you sure, mother?¡± Luna Jasmine smiled too. She caressed his precious son¡¯s cheek and nodded. ¡°Of course. I know her.¡± She was the one, who taught her everything. She knew how much Lc wanted to be the perfect luna for Aiden, she endured everything to be her son¡¯s equal. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry. I have a n for this, just wait in the garden.¡± Chapter 132 ¡°Mother, what are you going to do?¡± Aiden felt worried because he remembered thest n his mother had concocted, failed miserably. Not only that, his mother was almost being embarrassed in public. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. Albeit, it was Aria, who took the brunt because all the crimes fell on her, but a lot of people already knew, or at least, they had assumed that luna Jasmine had something to do with that. Aiden didn¡¯t want something like that happened again, therefore he became very cautious when he heard his mother had something nned. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry.¡± Luna Jasmine reassured him. ¡°Mother knows what I am doing.¡± Because of what happened in the past also, alpha James stepped down from his position, which meant, luna Jasmine shouldn¡¯t have addressed as luna anymore. Though that was not the sole reason, but that event had pushed them to give the title to Aiden sooner than they expected. ¡°She is your mate, she belonged only to you.¡± Luna Jasmine hugged his precious son. She couldn¡¯t let go of Lc too, after what she had done to mold her into a woman she was right now and how Aiden really wanted her so bad, she would do anything to take Lc back to their side. She would do anything to take Lc back home. This was her home, the ce she was supposed to be in. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, my dear. Go to the garden and wait for her there,¡± luna Jasmine said gently. She hugged him like she used to hug Aiden when he was a little boy. Rubby tried to fight back her tears, but she couldn¡¯t. This was very hard not to cry your heart was so hurt. when She swore that she didn¡¯t want to care about them anymore, she promised, she would treat Aiden as bad as the way he treated her, but why when she saw the look in his eyes. and the way luna Jasmine stared at Lc, she felt like she wanted to disappear. It was very obvious that they wished it was Lc, who was holding the title of the luna of the Golden w pack, instead of her. She knew how mad they were to see Lc was with the alpha lycan. They didn¡¯t even spare her a nce. And you know what? Luna Jasmine had the audacity topare her with Lc along their way to the nursery room and it was amazing for Rubby not to lose her cool and yell back at her. O 10:33 Wed, 28 Feb Probably because she didn¡¯t want her son to be more cranky. + 64% Rubby just finished to wipe Azel¡¯s body because Lc just touched him. She didn¡¯t want anyone to touch her son, especially that woman. She then spent almost half the night stayed in the nursery room, but when she was sure Azel had fallen asleep, she decided to take a walk outside. The night was still lively. It was funny to think this hugemotion was happening to honor the birth of the heir of the pack, but currently the baby was sleeping and the mother was nowhere to be seen. In that case, so what the point of making a big ruckus like this? What an irony¡­ Rubby closed her eyes, feeling the cold wind that brushed her face, she felt the coldness, but somehow, this was her onlyfort. However, when there was this scent that approached her, the scent that had been annoyed her for the last few days. It was Grace. The woman was still living in this pack. Rubby didn¡¯t know what she was nning with Aiden, but she knew it must be anything to do with Lc. This woman¡¯s obsession on the lycan alpha was unparallel, but now Rubby could understand why. Having someone like Aiden, really was not a great joy in life. ¡°What are you doing here? I thought you must hide the whole time when all the alphas were here.¡± Rubby didn¡¯t even try to hide her dislike. ¡°Nothing much, just look around. The night is beautiful.¡± Grace shrugged her shoulders nonchntly. She must be bored out of her mind to have a conversation with Rubby. ¡°I can see how hard this is for you.¡± ¡°Say someone, who is running away from their own pack.¡± Grace chuckled, she was not offended by herment, but instead she found this funny. ¡°You can say whatever you want, but you can¡¯t deny one thing; both of us are the same. You are here even though your mate didn¡¯t want you and I am here because my mate doesn¡¯t want me.¡± ¡°You are delusional. The alpha lycan is not your mate.¡± ¡°I see him as my mate,¡± Grace said casually. ¡°I don¡¯t care what other said.¡± After that, she walked away from Rubby. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Rubby narrowed her eyes. This woman shouldn¡¯t have roamed around the pack house, in case someone else saw her. 10:33 Wed, 28 Feb GG. ¡°To the garden.¡± Grace nced at Ruby over her shoulder and winked at her. ¡°I saw Aiden went toward that direction. Don¡¯t you want toe tofort him? He looked sad. Don¡¯t cry if I snat ched your mate because you didn¡¯t pay attention to him.¡± Graceughed. ¡°Being a luna is not bad though¡­¡± That was the nasty thing that Ruby had ever heard. Grace openly threatened her status in this pack. Right at the same time, someone delivered a message to Hunter. It was a small paper that the man passed down to him when he was standing close to him. There was nothing long about the letter, it only consisted a few words, but it was enough to make Hunter¡¯s expression changed. ¡®If you want to know about another lycan pack,e to the library. That was it. No more exnation. But, who could have learned about another lycan pack? Who else in this pack that knew about this? The party was so lively and when Lc toward Hunter¡¯s direction, he had gone. Chapter 133 Chapter 133 Obviously, Hunter wouldn¡¯t leave Lc alone, but he had to do something. The secret message that he received bothered him. Who else knew about another lycan pack? His pack was the only lycan pack in this realm, as far as he knew. More so, this other lycan didn¡¯t seem friendly at all. They actually worked under Ken¡¯smand to attack their pack. There must be more into it. Hunter walked in this corridor, as he met with a few people. Most of the women would turn their head to take a second nce at him and then giggled, which made Hunter was so mad. The sound of their voices, annoyed him. He didn¡¯t like their attention. It was a good thing that he knew where the library was, since he had been in this pack before and investigated the whole ce when these werewolves didn¡¯t pay attention to him. And when he finally reached the library, he realized this was empty. There was no one there. It was very quiet here, while out there, the festivity only started. Hunter looked around and sniffed the air, thinking the person wouldeter, he went to the firece and picked a random book to look at. That was when he caught her scent. He knew her scent because he had been with her, but what surprised him was the fact this woman was actually here. ¡°Hunter, long time no see.¡± Grace walked inside the library, she locked the door and threw the key away. She was determined not to let him go. ¡°I hope you missed me.¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes. ¡°You are in this pack. Alpha Aiden has been sheltering you.¡± That was not even a question, but a statement and Grace didn¡¯t even deny it. ¡°I missed you, Hunter.¡± Grace looked at him with so much longing in her eyes. She was oblivious of how much disdain Hunter had for her right now. ¡°I miss you. I missed when we were together.¡± Grace made an advance and threw herself at him. Meanwhile, inside the party, Lc looked around her because she couldn¡¯t find Hunter anywhere. There was no way he would leave her alone here when he made sure she wouldn¡¯t roam around out of his sight. ¡°What are you looking for?¡± Aria asked when she saw Lc was a little bit panic. ¡°Are you looking for alpha Hunter?¡± ¡°Have you seen him?¡± Lc asked, she felt uneasy knowing Hunter left her alone. There must be something going on. O ? 64% Chapter 133 ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Aria shook her head. ¡°He might step outside to get some fresh air.¡± Lc didn¡¯t think that made sense, but she didn¡¯t have any other idea. ¡°I want to look around first.¡± ¡°Sure.¡± Aria was happy to follow her. Lc was still unsure whether or not she should leave the party, but after she looked around and still couldn¡¯t find Hunter, she agreed to Aria¡¯s suggestion. +5 ¡°Why don¡¯t we go out and look for him?¡± Aria looked around her. ¡°It¡¯s quite stuffy here.¡± ¡°Okay,¡± Lc agreed. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Both of them stepped out of the main room and walked in the corridor, as they went to the garden. The noise gradually faded away as they walked further from there. ¡°Don¡¯t you miss being here?¡± Aria asked, engaged her in a conversation, as they walked silently. ¡°I can see you still have some lingering feeling in this ce.¡± Lc smiled a little. ¡°How could I not,¡± she finally admitted it in small voice. ¡°I lived here for years. How can I not miss this ce, sometime?¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t youeback then? You don¡¯t need to leave anymore.¡± Aria stepped in front of her and both of them stopped walking. ¡°You caneback. I can see alpha Aiden is not happy with that woman. He still loves you. He still wants you. I can see how much he regrets his action and wants you back.¡± Lc stared at Aria. She said nothing and let her kept talking. ¡°Let go, Lc. I know you still want him too. This is your time. You don¡¯t need to go back to that barbarous pack anymore. You can stay here and we can be friend like before.¡± ¡°I thought you have changed. I guess, I am wrong.¡± Lc realized something. She felt stu pid to even fell in this trick twice. ¡°What do you want now, Aria? Is this the order from luna Jasmine too?¡± Aria startled. She shook her head. ¡°How can you say something like that? Are you questioning me now, Lc?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Lc didn¡¯t even hesitate when she answered her. ¡°After what you have done, or almost done, how could I not question your intention?¡± Lc took a step back and looked at her from head to toe. ¡°And I am right. You did it again.¡± Aria wanted to deny it and keep to her pretense, but she knew the moment she saw the look on Lc¡¯s eyes. She couldn¡¯t keep with her story. O Chapter 133 ¡°Lc. I love you as my friend. I missed you. You are the only friend I have. We are always together, with you not around I feel so miserable. Can¡¯t youeback and we go back to how things were before all of this? Luna Jasmine and alpha Aiden promised to make things right.¡± ¡°How they can make things right?¡± ¡°They will get rid of Rubby.¡± +5 Lc didn¡¯t know what to feel. She didn¡¯t even surprise to hear this vicious n against Rubby and somehow, she felt pity for that woman. She should have thanked her for getting her way out of this pack, away from these h orrendous people. ¡°What about the baby?¡± Lc asked. ¡°The baby is innocent. What are you going to do with the baby?¡± ¡°If you gave birth to Aiden¡¯s son, we will dere him as the heir to the title.¡± Lc immediately turned around when she heard her voice. She was too angry with Aria to realize herC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. presence. ¡°Luna Jasmine,¡± Lc greeted her. Chapter 134 Chapter 134 Lc was not sure why Luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t let her go and what more she wanted for her when everything was already very clear. She didn¡¯t have a crazy idea that she still wanted to be with Aiden and was willing to return, right? However, that was how thing seemed like. The luna still wanted her to be part of this even though Lc had been humiliated and was about to be banished by Aiden himself, which forced her to reject him openly in front of so many people. Those people could bear witness for that. ¡°I thought alpha Aiden said he couldn¡¯t find you,¡± Lc said without any scrupulous. She didn¡¯t even try to be polite in with her right now, because she was too annoyed with this trick and even more with Aria. She thought, she gave her a chance to repent, but Aria had turned into someone that she didn¡¯t recognize anymore. Luna Jasmine raised her brows, she could hear the annoyance in the way Lc was talking to her, but she didn¡¯t think much of it. only a little bit surprised that this obedient girl would have an attitude with her. ¡°Oh, right. I heard he has been looking for me.¡± Luna Jasmine approached Lc with the fakest smile on her lips. ¡°But, I know you are the one, who wanted to talk with me, didn¡¯t you?¡± Lc held her gaze. In the past, she wouldn¡¯t even dare to look at her right in the eyes, but right now she was Hunter¡¯s woman and soon she would be the luna, while the woman before her had stepped down from the role, which meant she held higher title than her. ¡°Yes, you are right.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know where she could find this confident, probably being with Hunter had rubbed some of his arrogancy on her. ¡°I am going to ask about the ne. Alpha Aiden promised my mate that ne.¡± Now Lc could see the annoyance in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes. Lc knew how much she hated to be treated this way, but she did it anyway to mess with her. Luna Jasmine touched the ne on her neck and smiled sweetly at her, just like in the past. She seemed to havepletely forgotten about Aria¡¯s presence there. ¡°You do remember that I promised you that I will give you this ne the moment you are the luna ofC0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. this pack, once you have be one with Aiden,¡± luna Jasmine touched Lc¡¯s arm, which made her felt ufortable and stepped back. ¡°What I want to say it. This ne originally belonged to you. You don¡¯t need your mate to get it.¡± ¡°Maybe you got me wrong here, luna Jasmine. But, I am here to get the ne that O 10:20 Thu, 29 Feb u Chapter 134 94% +5 was promised to my mate, because my mate saved the future alpha of this pack. I hope you can understand this exnation. I don¡¯t have any intention to return to this pack. I don¡¯t belong to this pack anymore. I belonged to the lycan pack and there, where I will go.¡± You could see how the luna was not at all happy with Lc¡¯s speech, she then waved her hand to dismiss Aria, but Lc came with her instead, since she didn¡¯t want to spend another second with her. ¡°I hope you don¡¯t cause trouble anymore, Jasmine.¡± Lc¡¯s heart beat so fast when she addressed her without her title. Even though, by norm, Lc was not wrong, since Jasmine was no longer a luna of this pack, but Lc did it out of spite. ¡°You have changed, Lc.¡± Luna Jasmine tilted her head, watched this little girl, who was very obedient to her in the past, had the audacity to turn her back against her. ¡°You think being the luna of the lycan pack is so great? You have anyone there aside from Hunter¡¯s affection, but once it disappeared, you are all alone. Do you really think the lycan will see you, a werewolf, as their true luna? Have you heard about how many women Hunter had slept with before you?¡± Luna Jasmine smiled, because she could see how stiff Iris¡¯s shoulders when she said those things. It affected her and this was enough as her payback for disrespecting her. She got her. This little girl was trying to y mind game with her, when she was the one, who taught her that. Aria looked at Lc and then at luna Jasmine, she looked so scared because she could feel the atmosphere became so tensed. She knew she was beyond redemption. Lc would be so mad at her and she probably wouldn¡¯t forgive her in this lifetime, but she was still thinking it was best for her to return to this pack. ¡°What are you staring at?!¡± luna Jasmine growled at Aria. ¡°Scram!¡± Aria didn¡¯t need to be told twice, she nced at Lc briefly before she rushed away from there, she was afraid to face luna Jasmine¡¯s wrath. However, when luna Jasmine spoke again with Lc, her voice actually softened. ¡°Lc. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s very ironic?¡± Luna Jasmine approached Lc and stood in front of her, so she could see her eyes when sheid out the truth to her. This silly girl needed a few more lesson about life. ¡°Aiden only slept with one woman, while Hunter slept with more than that. Do you even know how many women he had slept with?¡± III 94% Chapter 134 +5 Of course, Lc knew. Twenty nine. That was the exact number that Hunter gave to her. She was the thirtieth woman he slept with. The number irked her so much and luna Jasmine could see it in her eyes. ¡°You rejected Aiden just because he slept with one woman, he made a mistake, but you abandoned him immediately and here you are, epting a man, who had slept with countless woman in a heartbeat. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s not fair?¡± Luna Jasmine used her motherly voice to Lc. Chapter 135 Right now, luna Jasmine was ying with Lc¡¯s emotion. ¡°Do you even know where is he right now?¡± Luna Jasmine caressed Lc¡¯s cheek, like she used to do in the past, whenever she tried to soothe her after being so harsh in her lesson. ¡°Don¡¯t you wonder where he is right now?¡± Lc stared into her eyes, but she didn¡¯t say anything. She was here because she couldn¡¯t find Hunter and luna Jasmine must have known about that, since Aria was once again betrayed her and chose to help with luna Jasmine. She was a fool to think Aria was regretful for what she had done to her. ¡°Lc. The lycan pack is not your ce. Here is your ce with your mate. The lycan doesn¡¯t have mate, they don¡¯t have the blessing from the moon goddess to have this bond. Don¡¯t ruin yourself by temporary anger, until you can¡¯t see what¡¯s best for you. Come back here, my dear.¡± Luna Jasmine pulled her into a hug. This was the hug that Lc always longed, because she missed to have a mother in her life and luna Jasmine knew about that. She yed with her. ¡°I am here, Lc. I am sorry for what you have gone through, but I think this is time to let go. We are even now. Aiden has been very miserable without you, even though he didn¡¯t want to admit it.¡± Luna Jasmine caressed her head and her back soothingly. ¡°Comeback home, okay? This is your home, this is your family.¡± There was no response from Lc and luna Jasmine thought she had her wrapped around her fingers, but then she heard a loudmotion in the past and the people in the party were screaming in panic. ¡°What is that?!¡± luna Jasmine immediately let go of Lc and looked around, as if she could find the answer by doing so. However, that was the time Lc gave a response to what luna Jasmine said earlier. There was this beautiful smile that curled on the corner of her lips. ¡°What did you say?¡± Lc asked, her voice was very cold, so did the way she gazed at the luna. ¡°This is my home? No. This is not my home. My home is wherever Hunter is.¡± Luna Jasmine was not happy to hear that. ¡°You make a fool of yourself if you thought he would never abandon you.¡± However, Lc didn¡¯t falter, she actually smirked at the luna and spoke in low and vicious voice. ¡°You asked before about whereabouts of Hunter, but I can assure you that I know exactly where he is.¡± Luna Jasmine frowned. She didn¡¯t understand what Lc was saying and why she 11:59 Fri, 1 Mar ti EM looked very different. More so, why there was this loudmotion from the main hall? This loudmotion was not only heard by luna Jasmine and Lc, but Aiden heard that too. He was currently in the garden, as per his mother¡¯s instruction when he heard this. ¡°Aiden, what are you doing here?!¡± Al approached Aiden, he had been looking for him. ¡°The alpha¡­ the alpha from the lycan pack!¡± he trembled in panic. Al was Aiden¡¯s gamma and he was supposed to be in charge in the main gates, to make sure the security of the pack because there were so many alphas from different pack here, but what he was doing in the pack house instead of his post? Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°Around three hundred lycan warriors marched here!¡± Al looked flustered. ¡°They brought three dead bodies and demanded to see you! And in the main hall! It¡¯s a chaos!¡± ¡°What happened in the main hall?¡± Aiden immediately stood up. He couldn¡¯t stay here. and wait for Lc anymore. What was going on? ¡°The lycan¡­ I meant, the alpha lycan¡­¡± Al looked flustered and this made Aiden became very impatient. ¡°Talk clearly! What is going on?!¡± Aiden roared. ¡°The alpha lycan found that woman¡­ the woman that sought for refugee to our pack!¡± Al followed Aiden, both of them rushed toward the main hall, where themotion became more and more loud. ¡°The alpha lycan dragged the woman by her hair and asked for the audience.¡± 4 ¡°What?!¡± Aiden was furious. Grace should know better not to meet with Hunter because it would implicate him, since all of them knew this woman was being hunted down by Hunter because of what her father had done in their pack. ¡°What a stupid woman!¡± Aiden growled furiously. ¡°What happened in the main gates?!¡± Aiden asked for more detail as they ran. His heart beat against his ears, he knew how bad the situation could be. ¡°Gather all the warriors and be ready for a battle!¡± ¡°We can¡¯t do that! They will think we are taking their alpha as custody if we took aggressive stance!¡± ¡°If they were not asking for a battle, why three hundred lycan warriors marched to our gates?!¡± ɽ 0 ¡°They demanded to see you and ask for their alpha too, because they had captured traitors!¡± Al nced at Aiden worriedly. ¡°You don¡¯t do anything reckless, right?¡± Aiden didn¡¯t answer that. And once they reached the main hall, all the women had moved to the side and the alphas looked very furious as they stared at Hunter, who was standing tall with a woman knelt down on the floor near his legs. ¡°What is going on here!?¡± Aiden roared furiously, which silenced the entire room and the argumentation between the alpha died down. The silence that ensued was very deafening and now, he was face to face with the alpha lycan. ¡°What are you doing in my son¡¯s festivity!?¡± Aiden took an aggressive stance, while Hunter looked serene and the woman on his feet was crying. ¡°I should be the one who asked you. How this woman can be in your pack?¡± Hunter didn¡¯t raise his voice, but you could feel the killing intent that emanated from his body. ¡°Are you trying to break peace treaty again? Are you asking for another war?¡± Chapter 136 TWO HOURS BEFORE THE COMMOTION. There was no one else inside the library, aside from Grace and Hunter. That woman was certain the alpha would fall for her. She always had this idea in her mind that Hunter wanted her and always wanted her only. Lc was a small hup between them, where she was receable, but in the end, Hunter would be with her again. The only time they spent together was very great to be forgotten, at least for Grace, thus she thought, Hunter would feel the same. The alpha lycan was only a little bit lost right now¡­ There was no way he would forget so easily how great their love making was. Therefore, this was Grace¡¯s chance to get him back from that useless woman. ¡°Hunter, I want you. I only want you. You know that we mean to be together. We grew up together.¡± Grace made her advance toward Hunter, while the alpha stared at her with disdain, but she misinterpreted it as his desire to have her, just like what happened in the past. Grace¡¯s delusion mind took her to another level of destruction. ¡°Are you the one, one, who had sent me the letter about the other lycan pack?¡± Hunter asked her coldly. Right now, the distance between them was only a step away and he could smell her disgusting scent that made him wanted to throw this woman out of the window. Hunter might be very gentle and careful with Lc, though he would tease her every now and then, but he couldn¡¯t care less about another woman. Grace tilted her head.. ¡°I will tell you if you kissed me,¡± she said yfully. She stretched out her hand and wanted to touch his chest, but Hunter grabbed her wrist before she could touch her. ¡°Careful, you might hurt me¡­¡± Grace was being coquettish now. However, Hunter was having none of it. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°Aw!¡± Grace was still smiling, but she was slightly frowning now when Hunter tightened his grip around her wrist, instead of loosening it. ¡°Hunter¡­ you hurt me¡­¡± she was still being coquettish right now, thinking the alpha only wanted ying a little bit rough with her, but that was not Hunter¡¯s intention at all. There was no ying rough with her. ¡°Tell me everything about the lycan pack,¡± Hunter emphasized every word he said. He looked at her dead in the at her dead in the eyes, but even so, Grace was still clueless, she didn¡¯t clue and was still ying coy, get the 0 ? ??????????? 11:59 Fri, 1 Mar ti & G ¡°You don¡¯t need to hurt me to get the information. Kiss me and I will tell you everything right into your mouth¡­¡± Grace¡¯s voice turned into a whispery tone, the sound of a seductress. Hunter growled viciously at this stupid, blind woman, who couldn¡¯t tell what was good for her. ¡°I am going to kill your father and let you watch as his head fell on the ground.¡± Hearing that, Grace chuckled. ¡°My dear alpha, I have heard that threat before, but you didn¡¯t do anything to my father.¡± She called him out on this bluff. That was right. Hunter had made that threat before, but he didn¡¯t go through with it because there was a reason for that. A reason that he was not ready to reveal yet. He couldn¡¯t find a better time to talk about this with Lc. Because his woman should know about it first before he made a move on Ken. ¡°I am right when I thought you still care about me. I know that you always care about me, but the situation isplicated for both of us.¡± Grace made a bold move to kiss Hunter, but she was thrown on the floor instead. The alpha lycan pushed her so hard on the ground, which made her screeched in pain, but he didn¡¯t even flinch to see how much this woman was in so much pain, as he moved toward her slowly and pressed the heel of his feet against her hand, which made Grace screamed in so much pain. Now it was real. Hunter didn¡¯t want to y rough with her, he had every intention to hurt her and he made sure she knew about it. He made sure she understood that. ¡°Now, I will ask you the same question. Answer me. What do you know about the other lycan pack. Where are they and what they are up to. What is the connection between your father and them?¡± Hunter had tortured Ken, but the old man refused to spill a word. He knew how that man could be very obstinate. But, of course, Hunter had a n ahead. He would tread this carefully. What a bunch of fool hey thought they were when they assumed, they could y him in their hand. ¡°I will not say anything!¡± Grace screamed. ¡°You can¡¯t do anything to me! This is not the lycan pack!¡± Grace was always a spoiled daughter and now she acted like one, ¡°Let¡¯s see what I can do.¡± Hunter released her hand from his heel and walked toward the locked door, he didn¡¯t need to look for the key, as he broke it down, which made Grace looked at him, terrifying of how strong he was. O 11:59 Fri, 1 Mar i G. This might be slow game that Hunter was ying, but he would make sure, he would get the answer he wanted, in one way or another. Meanwhile, at the main gates, the warriors and the guards, who were there were dumbstruck to see three hundreds lycan warriors marched toward them. They looked ferocious, this reminded them of the war that happened not so long ago. Were they under attack? However, the ma of the lycan pack shifted into his human form and demanded to see alpha Aiden. Rye dragged a beaten up man and kicked him around. ¡°Tell alpha Aiden to exin this!¡± Rye shouted loudly. He growled viciously, followed by the howling of three hundreds beast. ¡°Your alpha sent spies to our pack!¡± Chapter 137 Chapter 137 Everything was within Hunter¡¯s grasp, he had a hunch that Grace was being sheltered in Aiden¡¯s pack, especially after he got his hand on the spy that tried to gather more information in his pack. It had been confirmed the spies were from Aiden. Aiden seemed to have found more capable people to endure torture, because the three spies didn¡¯t seem to be able to keep his mouth shut once the pain registered to their mind. After Hunter broke down the door, he grabbed Grace by her hand and dragged her to the main hall, where the party was still very lively, it was about to reach the peak of midnight and everything went south the moment Hunter threw Grace right in the middle of the room for everyone to see. ¡°What the meaning of this alpha Hunter?!¡± Alpha Jeremiah shouted at Cane, he was one of the alphas from the six packs. His mate was standing behind him, but he stared at Cane, mortified by what he was doing, especially when he saw how pitiful that woman. Whoever she was, who was being humiliated. ¡°Are you trying to ruin the party?!¡± The other alphas disagreed with Hunter¡¯s action too. ¡°Where is your manner!? How could you treat a woman like that?!¡± Alpha Zeke chimed in. And with that, the room was filled with many peopleined about what Hunter had done, the woman talked to each other in low whisper, making the room buzzed with their voices. ¡°No wonder he acts like that, he is the alpha lycan. Do you know that the lycan is a barbarous creature?¡± ¡°Yes, I know. But, how could he treat a woman like that?¡± Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°I feel sorry for Lc to be with him. She must want to go back to this pack so badly.¡± ¡°Who is that woman by the way?¡± And the same thing was said over and over again around the room. All of them stayed away from Hunter, as if he was a gue and asserted their opinion about the lycan pack was a barbaric pack, who didn¡¯t know any mannerism. And among these talks, which filled with disdain, Hunter stood tall there, was not affected by what they said, he waited for the right moment, or maybe the right person to walk into the main hall. He didn¡¯t need to look for him because eventually themotion would reach his ears and he woulde running. Meanwhile, Lc was having her own time with luna Jasmine when both of them heard themotion and Lc felt this gleeful feeling that Hunter¡¯s n worked well. ¡°I know exactly where is my mate and I know what he is doing. Why don¡¯t we go to see what my mate is up to?¡± Lc¡¯s demeanor changed drastically, which made luna Jasmine balled her fists in anger. This was the timid woman that she had guided to be a perfect luna, but she became the luna 1/3 Dreame O 10.40 M Chapter 137 4 of another alpha! All of her hardwork to mold her had gone to the drain! °×º¬69%È« Right at that time a man came to approach Lc, whispered something to her ear. This was the guard that Hunter had left for her, which meant, Lc has never really been alone all this time, there was this man, who watched over her from the shadow. ¡°I think I should let you know where Hunter is. Why you don¡¯te with me?¡± Lc said with a smile stered on her lips. She looked very beautiful when she was being condescending like this and this made luna Jasmine felt this uneasiness that crept in her heart. What was going on? ¡°Come,¡± Lc said with a grin. ¡°Let¡¯s meet with Hunter.¡± +5 The guard that approached Lc was Ryan, he was assigned to watch her every movement, he was a young guard, who would be a warrior one day and this was his first important assignment from the alpha. Needless to say, the young guard was impressed by how well Lc handled luna Jasmine. He was in awed by how well she was speaking and how good she was at humiliating her opponent without even throwing nasty words or even cursing them. Ryan nced over his shoulder at luna Jasmine and could tell that the luna was not at all happy, she was fuming mad and it was understandable. Meanwhile, they walked toward the main hall where everyone had gathered around and there were three people in the middle of the room. Hunter, Aiden and Grace. Lc didn¡¯t seem too shock to see Grace was there, because Hunter had told her he assumed the woman sought shelter from this pack and all this time, Ken had been in contact with alpha Aiden. ¡°There, my mate is there.¡± Lc pointed her finger at where Hunter was. She didn¡¯t approach him, instead she stood beside luna Jasmine as if she was apanying her to watch this good show that was about to begin. ¡°Luna Jasmine, you shouldn¡¯t have sheltered a criminal like Grace.¡± Luna Jasmine was trying so hard to keep her expression straight, but deep down, she was boiling. Her anger reached the roof as she listened to what Lc said. ¡°Do you know that Grace had tried to kill me twice?¡± Lc asked. ¡°I have a scar on my back because of her.¡± That was not true, there was still a little bit mark because of herst wound, but the healer in the lycan pack said it would heal, but took a longer time, since her healing ability was not as good as the lycan. Luna Jasmine looked genuinely surprised with this revtion. She didn¡¯t know about it. ¡°Wh- what do you mean?¡± 2/3 ¡°Hunter is really mad at her. Her crime is not only because her father had tried to stage a coup against Hunter, but because she herself was trying to kill me.¡± Lc could see the horror in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes. But, right at that time, there was a woman entered the main hall, wailing. Chapter 138 Chapter 138 The woman, who was wailing was no other than Tania, Grace¡¯s mother. She managed to escape from the lycan pack the same day like Grace, once they learned Ken¡¯s attempt to kill Hunter had failed and the alpha wanted his family to be detained. Hunter actually nned to kill them right in front of Ken, he wanted to see how far that man could hold off to watch his own family was being butc hered because of him. Yes, Hunter was a sa dist whenever he let his beast¡¯s side to take control, he would have done that if it was not for one reason that he still kept it as a secret. If it was not for that reason, he wouldn¡¯t need to take a roundabout route like this to get to his point. ¡°Please, please¡­ don¡¯t hurt her¡­ don¡¯t hurt her¡­¡± Tania was wailing. She was rushing here immediately the moment she learned the alpha had captured Grace. She had tried to talk her daughter down, so she wouldn¡¯t cause trouble and focus on finding a way to save her father, but she went me ntal the moment she learned Hunter was here. And today Tania¡¯s concern was proven right. She had tried to confine Grace inside her bedroom, but she actually went out and found Hunter on her own, despite knowing they should hide from the alpha lycan. ¡°Please, please¡­ please, alpha Hunter. I beg you. For the sake of the good rtionship between your mother and I.¡± Tania knelt down, while hugging her daughter, who kept trying to go to Hunter. Fut h her obsession over Hunter and Tania had to admit that. Grace was a little bit sick in the head Her daughter¡¯s obsession was not normal anymore. However, Hunter shifted his attention toward Aiden instead and spoke loudly. ¡°You sheltered criminals from my pack in your pack!¡± Hunter glowered. ¡°Exin this!¡± Everyone had heard about the family of criminal that had ran away from the lycan pack and what happened there, but they didn¡¯t know the face of that family at all. Let alone to shelter them, they didn¡¯t even want to get involved and find trouble with this alpha lycan. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. But, the fact that Aiden was actually the one, who had sheltered the family was a shocking news for all the alpha present. All the guests watched closely of the two pitiful women and realized they were indeed the lycan. The lycan had their own distinguish feature, you would be able to see it upon close inspection, that was why they were able to tell, especially from their scent. Most of the lycan would have this woodsy scent, since they lived deep inside the mountain, their domain was a terrain that surrounded by mountains. Therefore, when Hunter said the two of them were the criminal from his pack, they believed that, since the only lycan pack they knew was Hunter¡¯s pack. 1/3 Dreame ||| O AAA §³§±§¦§³ Chapter 138 The information about the other lycan pack had not yet made public. +5 ¡°Exin about them,¡± Hunter said in dark voice, which made the room fell into a deafening silence. ¡°Do you want to stage a war against the lycan pack? This is clearly a breach of peace treaty.¡± Aiden didn¡¯t have a word to say, neither he had an excuse to retort him. But, this only made his hatred toward this alpha lycan deepened. ¡°I don¡¯t know them,¡± Aiden replied without thinking. He gritted his teeth because of the humiliation that he had to endure. If he could, he would end Grace¡¯s life and her mother right there and then. They didn¡¯t even say a word about the other lycan pack to him and he still wait for them to speak, but now they caused him this big trouble! ¡°What bullshit are you saying?¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes, as he shifted his attention toward the two women. ¡°I will take them back to my pack.¡± ¡°You can do as you please,¡± Aiden replied, his voice didn¡¯t falter at all, but you could tell he was trying his hardest to keep his anger in control. And right at that time, Gabriel came to report the situation at the gate. It became more and more concerning because the gamma from the lycan pack, Rye had caused trouble and right now they threatened to forcefully go inside the pack if they were not allowed to return the three men they had captured to Aiden themselves. Their threat was a real deal, as per now their warriors were on the brink of a battle. ¡°This is not right!¡± Alpha Derryl from Red Moonlight roared, he red at alpha Aiden and alpha Hunter. ¡°What the meaning of this!? We are here for a celebration not for a battle!¡± ¡°You need to ask that to alpha Aiden, I am not the one, who breached peace treaty!¡± alpha Hunter roared angrily and this silenced all the protest. Luna Jasmine was so scared. This alpha lycan was very scary when he lost his cool, she had seen it once and she didn¡¯t think that was a nice experienced, no matter what the circumstances. However, Lc looked very calm. She had known about this beforehand, Hunter had exined to her about his n, though there were a few things that went differently, but it was still within Hunter¡¯s grasp. ¡°My gamma will definitely make it through the gates if you didn¡¯t say a word to invite him in and introduce the three men that you sent to help Ken escaped from my dungeon.¡± Hunter tilted his head, the look on his eyes filled with malice. Hearing this, there were an uproar, demanding Aiden to exin the situation, since none of them bought it when he said that he didn¡¯t know these two women. He was the alpha of the pack, there was no way stranger coulde into the pack without his knowledge. Aiden was being forced to make decision, but above all else, he felt this humiliation and luna Jasmine felt the same thing. She red at Grace viciously. This woman was very stu pid to actually Chapter 138 approach Hunter on her own. She couldn¡¯t understand how she couldn¡¯t think with her brain that it was out of question for her to stay away from Hunter and kept herself hadden. ¡°Bring the gam ma from the lycan pack here?¡± Aiden finally gave his order. He was cornered. With that. Gabriel and Al went to fetch Hye and a few people that woulde with him. This situation had escted to the direction they didn¡¯t even predict at all While waiting, people were busy with themselves, talking in low whisper with each other about what actually was going on right now On the other hand. Hum mer kodeel at to his left side and unmediately found Lc. He wondered why his woman didn¡¯te in bang, thus he storiched sat his hand, as a gesture for her toe by his viche Seeing this Lc smiled and i hopgaly wed in thunter approach Hunter on her own. She couldn¡¯t understand how she couldn¡¯t think with her brain that it was out of question for her to stay away from Hunter and kept herself hidden. ¡°Bring the ga mma from the lycan pack here!¡± Aiden finally gave his order. He was cornered. With that, Gabriel and Al went to fetch Rye and a few people that woulde with him. This situation had escted to the direction they didn¡¯t even predict at all. While waiting, people were busy with themselves, talking in low whisper with each other about what actually was going on right now. On the other hand, Hunter looked at to his left side and immediately found Lc. He wondered why his woman didn¡¯te to him, thus he stretched out his hand, as a gesture for her toe by his side. Seeing this, Lc smiled and then happily went to Hunter. However, Grace was still there and in her crazy mind, the sight of Lc was a sore in her eyes. She didn¡¯t hesitate to stand up and was about to attack her. Chapter 139 ¡°No! Grace!¡± Tania looked mortified when she watched how her daughter was about to attack Lc, she couldn¡¯t get her in time. But fortunately, before something h orrendous could happen to Lc and she got hurt again because of Grace for the third time, Hunter had moved faster. There was no way this filthy woman would be able to lay her hand on his woman under his watch. raised his leg and kicked Grace a the Hunter didn¡¯t seem to see Grace as a woman anymore, as he was being very harsh with her when he room. Her body was hurled against the wall before she stopped skidded on the floor and a loud scream filled the room, along with Tania¡¯s voice, the old woman was screeching, while the other people held their breathe. Hunter was being generous with Grace when he only broke a few of her ribs. Even Lc was surprised to see how harsh Hunter¡¯s reaction was. On the side line, Rubby had the same feeling, she was shocked when she just entered the main hall and was served with this sight. Ruby came here because she heard amotion from the main hall and the party unavoidably was being stopped. But what greeted her was this violence sight. Yet, after she learned why Hunter did that, she felt this jealousy in her heart. Aiden wouldn¡¯t have done something like that for her. She resented the fact that she was willing to give up everything to have a man like alpha Hunter in her life. Someone, who would protect her and couldn¡¯t care less about anything else. Ruby had seen Hunter before, but she had never seen him in this light¡­ everything about him made her body warmed. The way he held Lc in his arms and asked whether she was fine after the violence sight¡­ she wanted all of that. ¡°This will end quickly, after that let¡¯s go back to our pack.¡± Hunter wrapped his arm around Lc¡¯s waist protectively, he didn¡¯t even hold himself back when he showed his affection toward her. ¡°Okay. I am a little bit sleepy,¡± Lc said. They acted very casually when in front of them Tania and Grace were wailing, crying their hearts out, while the other guests were staring at Hunter with disdain and the look of fear. It was still uneptable to hit a woman, but then they didn¡¯t know what kind of woman Grace actually was¡­ ¡°You look pale.¡± Hunter caressed her cheek. He was way more concern about Lc¡¯splexion than the people¡¯s judgment on him. After all, their opinion about the lycan had never been good and now he proved it to them that they were right about it. ¡°I am fine, maybe because I was outside for long.¡± She was with luna Jasmine before this in the garden, it might be the night wind that made her felt tired than usual. However, Ruby was not the only person, who felt her body warmed with the sight of Hunter¡¯s 7 10:48 Tue, 5 Mar M M affection toward Lc, but Aiden too. In fact, the alpha felt his body was boiled. The sight of them burned every cell in his body and set fire in his heart. He wanted to pounce onto Hunter and took him down for his audacity to touch Lc, his mate. He hated it when someone else touched her, especially when she looked so beautiful like tonight, as if the moon goddess herself, who had crafted this woman. The woman for him. Not only that, Aiden felt this burst of anger toward Hunter because of the way he had humiliated him in front of so many eyes! ¡°Alpha Hunter, you shouldn¡¯t have hit a woman no matter how angry you are,¡± Aiden said, he was trying to be righteous here, this was his reckless attempt to one up Hunter in front of so many eyes, portraying him in a bad light. Unfortunately for him, Hunter didn¡¯t care about such thing. He didn¡¯t even grace Aiden with his respond and simply focused on Lc. He asked Ryan to get a chair for her and let her sat down because Lc refused to go back to their carriage first. She wanted to be there and watch everything unfolded. ¡°You b itch! You b itch! Stay away from my man! Stay away from him! Hunter is mine!¡± Grace shouted at Lc, she seemed to forget that Hunter was the one, who had kicked her away. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°Stop it, Grace! Stop this!¡± Tania was crying, she looked horrible with the way Grace acted. She looked crazy. As her mother, Tania was well aware of her daughter¡¯s infatuation toward Hunter, even before what happened, Grace already showed her strong obsession on him when they were little. But, there was nothing she could do, but to keep her in her bedroom back when they were still in the lycan pack. ¡°I am going to kill her! I am going to kill her mother! Let me go!¡± The people were stunned by the audacity that Grace disyed, she openly threatened Lc, the alpha lycan¡¯s woman. Now after they saw this, they didn¡¯t feel really bad for Hunter to kick her. A few momentter, they could hear anothermotion that traveled from outside of the main hall, it seemed Rye and a few lycan warriors along with the three people that they imed was sent by Aiden had made their way here. Rye came with three warriors, where each of them were restraining one man, who they imed the people that Aiden had sent to free Ken. ¡°Good evening everyone. I me that murderous look ow this is the least you want to happen in this festivity, but don¡¯t give me that murderous look.¡± Rye said with light tone. The gam ma looked very calm, despite realizing he was the one, who had ruined this festivity. Rye grabbed one of the men and then threw him in the middle of the main hall. And now, all of the people¡¯s attention there was no longer on Grace, which upset the woman, because she couldn¡¯t get the attention she craved. O Çú 10:48 Tue, 5 Mar ¡°These three people sneaked into our pack to release Ken. As all of you might already know that there was a coup against the alpha recently, who was led by Ken, the previous alpha¡¯s beta.¡± Rye grabbed the second man and kicked him as well, so he fell on the first man. ¡°And after some torture, they admitted that they were sent by alpha Aiden.¡± Rye did the same thing to the third man. ¡°Liar!¡± Aiden roared. ¡°I didn¡¯t know them!¡± This time, Hunter stepped forward, but he didn¡¯t talk to Aiden, instead he directed his eyes at Rubby, who was standing at the sideline, covering her mouth with her palms. This might be the first time for Hunter to fully pay attention to Rubby, but unfortunately, thetter was too shock to notice that. ¡°I have mentioned this before that we werete because we prepared a gift for you, luna Rubby and here is the gift for the firstborn of alpha Aiden.¡± Hunter waved his hand at the three men. ¡°What do you say about a reunion?¡± Rubby was trembling in fear¡­¡± Chapter 140 Hunter was very cruel with his method and no one would be able to deny how efficient he was. Not only he managed to catch the three people, but his sources were able to get important information about them. These three men were Rubby¡¯s family. Brian was her father, this was the man with the look of rogue, a man who growled a lot when he was being dragged here and the younger one was Banco, Rubby¡¯s eldest brother, someone who had tortured her to work harder and take the money from her back when she was still with them and the third man was Rubby¡¯s uncle, Derek, he was Brian¡¯s younger brother. These men had created hell when Rubby still stayed with them. Aiden knew that, but why he chose to get them here and involve them in whatever sickening n he had. He knew very well how much Rubby hated them. But now, her nightmare was right before her eyes when she thought she already managed to free herself from them. ¡°You don¡¯t look happy with the gift from us, luna Ruby?¡± Lc asked, she looked rx, sitting on her chair while observing Ruby¡¯s reaction to see the three men. ¡°You don¡¯t like it? Because you have been away from your vige for so long, so I thought you will be happy to see them again, aren¡¯t they your father, brother and uncle?¡± Lc was also shocked to learn these three people¡¯s background and realized how shallow Aiden could be when he hired them to get the job done. They were literally rogue, how could Aiden expect a clean job from them when they didn¡¯t have the skill? Ruby felt her throat was very dry when her father called her name harshly with demanding tone like he used to do. She felt like she was that little girl again, who was helpless and hopeless against them. ¡°Ruby! Come here and save us!¡± Brian growled, as he treated his daughter like he used to do it. Their wound had healed, but because of the silver chain around their ankles and wrists, there was nothing much they could do. ¡°How dare you only standing there and do nothing?! You are the luna of this pack, right?! Tell him to do something!¡± Brian even had the audacity to get Aiden into this. After all, he was the one, who ordered them and gave this task, thinking if they failed, they would be killed, but this was out of Aiden¡¯s calction. He didn¡¯t think Hunter would bring them here instead. Alive. ¡°Alpha Aiden! Save us! Save us!¡± Banco started wailing and crawling toward Aiden, the torture was very brutal, if he was not a shifter with a great healing ability, he was sure that he would have died by now. ¡°This is the gift from me and alpha Hunter,¡± Lc said to Ruby, her eyes pierced through Ruby¡¯s heart, even though Lc was smiling kindly at her. ¡°I hope you like this reunion. More so, the baby should know his family too, right?¡± Ruby couldn¡¯t utter a single word. She was not even sure when exactly she turned around and rushed out of the main hall, she was vomiting in the garden. The thought of her family was close har O 12:15 Fri, 8 Mar RG. Chapter 140. to her son was sickening. ¡°Are you still saying that you didn¡¯t know them, alpha Aiden?¡± Hunter put his focus back on Aiden, whose face had turned a few shades darker. If he could, he would have pounced onto Hunter and killed him right there and then, unfortunately, he was not the strongest and he would put himself in greater trouble if he did that. With this alone, it had proven that he had breached the peace treaty between the werewolf and the lycan. ¡°Here! Take this and leave!¡± Suddenly luna Jasmine grabbed her ne until it snapped and then threw it on the floor. This was the same ne that Aiden promised to give it to Hunter when he let his healer to help during the labor. However, things had escted too quickly and this was not only about ne. It was a whole different thing entirely. ¡°Take that and leave!¡± Luna Jasmine was not a fool, she could see how her son was in dire situation and her first instinct was to save him, she needed to make this alpha lycan to go. ¡°You only came here for the ne, right? Not for the festivity and the celebration of the heir for the pack.¡± ¡°I am afraid there will be no pack to inherit for your grandson if alpha Aiden couldn¡¯te with a reasonable reason about why he sent these people to our pack and shelter criminal here.¡± Rye took over-Hunter¡¯s role to question them. ¡°How dare you to say something like that!¡± There was moremotion that happened, but then alpha Derryl shouted. His voice boomed inside the main hall, silenced everyone. ¡°If alpha Aiden was proven for the crime, he needs to stand for trial! This has nothing to do with the other pack! If alpha Aiden was guilty, he needed to pay for his own crime!¡± Alpha Derryl¡¯s suggestion got a lot of support from his fellow alpha, they were relieved because they could get away from this trouble that alpha Aiden caused, after all they didn¡¯t want to go for another war with the lycan. ¡°Alpha Aiden¡¯s action didn¡¯t represent the rest of the five packs!¡± Lc blinked her eyes, she stared at her mate with eyes full of admiration because everything went as per Hunter had predicted. Trial for Aiden. That was Hunter¡¯s aim. He wanted Aiden to stand for trial and the rest of the werewolf pack witnessed it. This n was very meticulous andplicated, but Hunter could achieve it. He didn¡¯t even need to be the one, who suggested it. ¡°Alpha Aiden¡¯s crime is so big, but we need to follow the rule.¡± The other alpha added, reminding them that the alpha from each pack had a trial to formally prove them wrong, since the title meant a lot and carry so much responsibility, thus the trial would decide. ¡°Sure.¡± Hunter nodded, which made luna Jasmine became hysterical. 12:15 Fri, 8 Mar ¡ü RG. A trial for an alpha was a big deal. Aiden could get death penalty, especially when he was proven with a crime of breaching the peace treaty and any other crimes. 5 In this case, Aiden wouldn¡¯t allow to gather support from another pack, which meant, if he was proven wrong and got the death penalty, there was nothing he could do, but waited for his demise. There was no war that he could weigh, since he would lose all of his support. This was the worst case ever for Aiden. The alpha from the Golden w pack wouldn¡¯t have any power to fight the result of the trial and Juna Jasmine knew that. With all of these evidences, her son wouldn¡¯t stand a chance to leave unscathed. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°NO!¡± luna Jasmine wailed, she immediately rushed toward Aiden and hugged her precious son. ¡°NO! There must be something wrong here! There must be something not right!¡± On the other hand, Aiden looked like he was going to kill Hunter instead¡­ Chapter 141 Lc felt a little bit of pity for luna Jasmine and Aiden, because Hunter could be very ruthless if someone crossed him and since Aiden was his target now, there was no way he would be able to leave unscathed after what he tried to pull on the alpha lycan. There were so many sides of Hunter. The side that other people saw was this taciturn and strict alpha, but he could be very cruel and wicked, yet whenever he was with Lc, he was this sweet, goofy man, who loved to tease her. ¡°No! There must be a mistake here!¡± luna Jasmine screamed on the top of her lungs and this annoyed Aiden. His eyes fixed on Hunter and they filled nothing, but murderous intention, where the alpha lycan held his fierce re calmly. Out of her desperation, luna Jasmine swallowed her pride, this must be the first time for her to do this when she went to pick the ne from the floor that she had thrown earlier and went to Lc instead. ¡°Here, this is the ne that you want, right? You won. Now tell him to stop this craziness!¡± luna Jasmine was literally trembling. She understood the dread of the situation and how her precious son was in danger if this was continued. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. Luna Jasmine shoved the ne to Lc¡¯s hand, forced her to take it, which made her a little bit flustered because as far as she knew, luna Jasmine had never been like this. But, from the look of it, she had lost her mind and threw away her pride out of the window. ¡°Enough, mother!¡± Aiden roared, he didn¡¯t feel good when his mother tried to save the situation, when both of them already knew there was no saving it. If anything, his mother only humiliated him further. ¡°Al, take my mother to her chamber, she needs to rest!¡± ¡°No!¡± Luna Jasmine was trying to make Lc talk to Hunter, but Aiden growled at her to stop. ¡°Al! What are you waiting for?! Are you trying to defy my orders?!¡± Aiden red at his beta, which made him scrambled to get luna Jasmine away from Lc before she embarrassed herself and her son even more. ¡°LILAC! How could you do this to your mother? I always treat you like my own daughter! Is this how you will pay me? Is this how you will for everything I have done to you? He is your mate! No matter what had happened, the moon goddess has chosen him as your mate! The mate bond is a sacred bond!¡± Luna Jasmine was losing it when Al and two more guards tried to take her out of the main hall. ¡°LILAC!¡± Lc stared at Juna Jasmine until her figure disappeared and her scream faded away, ¡°Okay?¡± Hunter touched her cheek, which drove back her attention toward him. Lc smiled softly at him and nodded. ¡°I am fine. No need to worry, just finish your business and let¡¯s go back home,¡± Hunter leaned over and kissed her lips in front of so many eyes. He put his hand on the back of her head to deepen the kiss, he even pried open her mouth so he could slip his tongue and taste her. The kiss didn¡¯tst for long, but it was very intimate. ¡°Just for a while,¡± he whispered against her O h 2:15 Fri, 8 Mar RG. hapter 141. ips, as he bit it. 0 Lc blushed when Hunter did that. She knew this man couldn¡¯t care less about their surroundings, too bold, right? out to actually kiss her in front of hundreds people we Ouldn¡¯t W Lc was too preupied by Hunter¡¯s bold kiss, she didn¡¯t even realize that Grace was crying and houting on the top of her lungs when she witnessed that. She couldn¡¯t ept Hunter to kiss another woman right before her eyes. Yet, once again, Hunter ignored herpletely, treating her as air, as if her existence was not relevant to him at all. ¡°Take them away,¡± Hunter ordered the three warriors that came with Rye to take Grace and Tania. They would live in the dungeon of their pack from now on. ¡°And the three of them will be the proof of alpha Aiden¡¯s crime.¡± Hunter talked a little bit more with Rye and the other five alphas to discuss how the trial would go and during that time, Aiden would stay inside his bedroom. There would be special guards, the representative of the other five packs and the lycan pack to-make sure he couldn¡¯t take a step out of his bedroom, until the trial was held. They agreed the trial would happen within a week time. And once everything had been settled, Hunter went to Lc and help her to stand up. ¡°Let¡¯s go back home,¡± he said. Home. That was a magical word, something that Lc thought she would never have, even when she was still in this pack, she didn¡¯t feel like she truly belonged here, but when she was with Hunter, it was different. Probably home was not a building, but a feeling when you finally found what you needed, where your desire andfort met, these feelings Lc found in Hunter. Maybe, he was her home¡­ ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Lc grabbed his arm and grinned at him, as Hunter escorted her to their carriage, where Ryan had been waiting for her. Once they were inside the carriage, Lc immediately sneaked into Hunter¡¯s arm, she looked so sleepy and tired. With her eyes closed, she tried to pull her hair tie to loosen it, but it was too tight. ¡°Come here, let me help,¡± Hunter said. He carefully loosened her hair tie and let her soft, silky hair loose against her back. ¡°Sleep, little one¡­ you must be very tired.¡± Lc didn¡¯t need to be told twice, because when Hunter mindlessly yed with her hair she had fallen asleep¡­ What happened in the main hall was very exhausting and she only wanted to sleep away all the trouble, it was veryforting to have Hunter cradled her like this. 12:15 Fri, 8 Mar RG ¡¤ However, in her sleep, what luna Jasmine told her echoed in her mind, about how Hunter had slept with so many women. Lc might appear didn¡¯t really care about that, but deep down, this fact bothered her so much. Yes, she knew it was his past and he wouldn¡¯t have done it when he was with her, but still¡­ Lc couldn¡¯t shrug off this feeling. ¡°Ssh¡­ sleep, love.¡± Hunter coed at her when Lc was whimpering in her sleep, patting her back gently, lulled her back to her slumber. After that, Lc didn¡¯t remember anything anymore, as she slept throughout the night and day, she didn¡¯t even wake up when Hunter carried her back to their bedroom and have a small conversation with Raya, as he encountered her. ¡°Your brother will stay in Golden w pack for the next few week,¡± Hunter replied to Raya¡¯s question about her brother. ¡°Oh¡­¡± Raya nodded, she looked a little bit awkward to see the alpha was holding the luna protectively, but there was this gleam of possessiveness in his eyes. ¡°Good night, alpha Hunter.¡± Chapter 142 Raya stared at Lc in Hunter¡¯s arms, she looked so pretty with her lc color dress, even though her hair was a little bit messy. Her cheeks were red and she was sweating a little bit. This must be because Hunter had been hugging her the whole way back to the pack, since she looked a little bit pale carlier. ¡°Good night, alpha Hunter, rest well.¡± Raya lowered her eyes, she pried her eyes away from Lc and continued to walk away, but when Hunter didn¡¯t notice, Raya nced over her shoulder to stare at the alpha¡¯s back, no one knew what was in her mind right now. On the other hand, Hunter took Lc back to their bedroom andid her down, he smiled softly to see how his woman was curling her body like a little girl and he couldn¡¯t help, but to pinch her check slightly. She was adorable¡­. ¡°Why do you look so pretty even when you are snoring?¡± Hunter giggled to himself, it was amusing. to watch her sleeping like this, forgetting everything and put her guard downpletely, knowing she was with him. This made Hunter ted. ¡°My beautiful woman¡­¡± Hunter lowered his head and kissed her lips. However, he needed to stop himself, because if he didn¡¯t, he might end up disturbing her sweet sleep and they would do something else. Sighing deeply, Hunter went to get wet towel and clean clothes, where he would take care of his mate. Doing this for Lc was something he liked, though she would feel embarrassed the next day, but the heavier thing to do was not when he had to clean her up, but the time when he had to suppress his own desire whenever he saw her naked body. It took everything in him not to bother her and make her moaned his name, pleased her over and over again, until she was sweaty and tender, where her scent would mix with his and the room filled with their desire¡­ Hunter then carefully undressed her and once Lc was naked, he felt like he was a hungry beast that had a feast before his eyes, but couldn¡¯t touch it. ¡°This is so hard¡­¡± Hunter scrunched his brows, as he started to wipe her body. This was not the first time he did this, but obviously, he would never get used to it. ¡°My woman¡­ my little woman¡± Hunter wiped her arms thoroughly, so did her legs, her neck, her breasts¡­ The next morning, his little woman was waking up feeling better after her nightmare, she felt so fresh and immediately knew that Hunter had cleaned her up and even changed her dress. However, Lc couldn¡¯t find Hunter anywhere. It seemed, he had woken up so early, or maybe he didn¡¯t sleep at all and then went to finish whatever business he had. On the table beside the bed, Lc saw the ne that luna Jasmine gave to her, she reached out to that thing and stared at it for a while. ¡°It is not so pretty¡­¡± Lc mumbled to herself. When she didn¡¯t have it, the ne looked very O 11:41 Fri, 8 Mar RB. O pretty and dazzling, as if she would do anything to get it. She remembered how she was thinking that she would treat the ne like a treasure when luna Jasmine gave to her. But now, she didn¡¯t feel the ne was important. Yes, it was pretty, but the way she saw it was different now it belonged to her. Was it how Aiden felt when he thought he already had her? He didn¡¯t care much about her when he impregnated Ruby? What about Hunter? If the sacred mate bond couldn¡¯t stop Aiden from cheating on her, what could stop Hunter when they didn¡¯t have that kind of bond between them? Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. Lc shook her head, she had to admit that she was being a little bit dour when she saw the ne and then remembered what luna Jasmine told her. Her words bothered her even in her sleep. ¡°This is not good.¡± Lc put down the ne and then went to wash her face. She was going to have a breakfast, it must be because of her empty stomach that caused her to think something ridiculous about Hunter. With that thought, she went to the dining hall, where she met with Mira. She was the woman warrior, who trained her at the beginning. Now, Lc was not under her, but asionally they would meet in the training ground, since Hunter insisted for her to keep training, so her beast side would be stronger after such a long time to be suppressed, but then, she was still not a match for the lycan no matter how strong she could be. 52 33 229 5 5 5 0 2 0 1 5 50 ¡°You look awful,¡± Mira said when Lc sat next to her. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lc replied nonchntly, even though inside she cursed herself for choosing this seat. Why would she want to sit next to her in the first ce? The rtionship between her and Mira couldn¡¯t be said as good, but most of the time they would ignore each other because it was easier that way when you didn¡¯t get along with someone. Therefore, Lc thought, she wouldn¡¯t initiate a conversation. ¡°I guess your visit to your packst night was full with surprise, because I heard this morning your group brought back Grace and Tania.¡± Mira put down her cutleries and focus all of her attention toward Lc. ¡°Before you left, the alpha also arranged three hundreds warriors to march toward your pack after he found three men tried to set Ken free.¡± Lc had been in a bad mood since this morning and now she had to face with this conversation. ¡°I don¡¯t know what do you want. Can you talk straight to the point?¡± Lc put down her cutleries too and faced her. This woman shouldn¡¯t have bothered her when she was having this kind of dark mood. A 11:41 Fri, 8 Mar RB. n I only wanted to say that I am still thinking you are not a suitable woman for the alpha. Ever since you came here, there are a lot of trouble upon our pack. Mira replied to her question. ¡°I only told you my opinion Lc warned to growl at her, but then she chose to calm herself down and ignore her, after all she didn¡¯t need to waste her energy over someone else¡¯s opinion. ¡°Thank you for your opinion. If you have anyin regarding that matter, you should bring it to the alpha¡± Lc was certain no one in this pack was dare enough to talk about this to Hunter. that was why Mira chose to approach her. Mira opened her mouth, but then she closed it again, swallowing back whatever words she was going to say. And after that, she left when she saw someone was approaching them. It was the beta, Darren. He had been looking for Lc and someone told her that she was here. ¡°Have you finished your breakfast? Darren asked, he used to talk very polite and had the opposite personality from Rye. He was like the mild version of Hunter. ¡°Hunter wanted to talk with you.¡± ¡°Yes, I am done.¡± Lc didn¡¯t have the appetite to continue eating. 11:41. Fri, 8 Mar RG. 0?? 80% ¡°I only wanted to say that I am still thinking you are not a suitable woman for the alpha. Ever since you came here, there are a lot of trouble upon our pack,¡± Mira replied to her question. ¡°I only told you my opinion.¡± Lc wanted to growl at her, but then she chose to calm herself down and ignore her, after all she didn¡¯t need to waste her energy over someone else¡¯s opinion. ¡°Thank you for your opinion. If you have anyin regarding that matter, you should bring it to the alpha.¡± Lc was certain no one in this pack was dare enough to talk about this to Hunter, that was why Mira chose to approach her. Mira opened her mouth, but then she closed it again, swallowing back whatever words she was going to say. And after that, she left when she saw someone was approaching them. It was the beta, Darren. He had been looking for Lc and someone told her that she was here. ¡°Have you finished your breakfast?¡± Darren asked, he used to talk very polite and had the opposite personality from Rye. He was like the mild version of Hunter. ¡°Hunter wanted to talk with you.¡± ¡°Yes, I am done,¡± Lc didn¡¯t have the appetite to continue eating. Chapter 143 Lc knew it was hard for some member of the pack to see her as their future luna, more when the ceremony between her and Hunter had not been held, she was well aware that most of the pack member thought their alpha would find another woman. After all, he was not a celibate man either and he had that record on him. Not to mention people knew Grace and Ken¡¯s family longer than they knew Lc. They must be preferred her if this incident didn¡¯t happen, added that to the fact they disliked an outsider like Lc. She was not a lycan, which could be said that she didn¡¯t belong here. ¡°Did Mira bother you?¡± Darren asked when he saw Lc was a little bit out sp acing out, as if there was something that she was thinking deeply. ¡°Uh?¡± Lc shook her head and then smiled. ¡°No.¡± There was no way she would tell what was in her mind right now, because it was a little bit messy. anyone about She didn¡¯t think much about it when she talked to luna Jasmine, but now her words affected her, as if it hit her deepest insecurity and she couldn¡¯t shake it off no matter how hard she tried. If the sacred mate bond couldn¡¯t keep Aiden to be loyal to her, what would happen if there was none? Just like what happened between her and Hunter. Everyone knew that the alpha could find any women that he liked. Was his nice treatment all this time because he still liked her? Aiden treated her nicely too in the beginning, as if he could die if they were separated, as if he couldn¡¯t live without her, but then looked what he had done? Would Hunter be like that too a year from now? Lc simply couldn¡¯t imagine the heartbreak she would suffer then. She didn¡¯t have anyone here and Mira had made it very clear to her that she didn¡¯t belong to this ce, if she didn¡¯t have Hunter then she wouldn¡¯t have anyone. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. Once again, she would return to her routine. To where she was when she was still in the Golden w pack. An insignificant person. It was Aiden back then, who had lifted her from such ce and now it was Hunter. Lc felt like her life was only rotating around a high status man, but she had nothing to her name. ¡°Are you sure, you are okay?¡± Darren had noticed Lc¡¯s gloomy mood and he felt concern, after all, he had a hunch of what Hunter was going to talk with her. ¡°I am sure, I am fine. Thank you! Lc replied almost immediately it didn¡¯t sound convincing at all. Darren narrowed his eyes, but he didn¡¯t ask further because he knew it wouldn¡¯t do any good, since she had said it that she was fine then she must be fine, right? With that in mind, the two of them continued walking toward the training ground, where the beta took her to the strategy room, this was the ce where Hunter used to give an order to the warriors, especially during war. But right now, it was only his normal working room. Hunter was talking to one of the warriors when Lc and Darren entered the room and the warrior left after he talked about Ken. Lc didn¡¯t pay close attention to what he was talking about and sit silently near the window, staring at the pine trees out there. ¡°Thank you, Darren, you can leave too,¡± Hunter said, making the two of them left after he talked a few things with his beta as well. Once it was only the two of them, Hunter approached Lc, whose focus was still on pine trees out there. She looked serene and beautiful with such background. ¡°Have you eaten your breakfast?¡± Hunter asked, he sat down next to her and tucked strands of her hair behind her ear. ¡°I have.¡± Lc smiled at him, concealing the turmoil inside of her. This uneasy feeling was not something she wanted him to know. Hunter pulled her closer and hugged her. He caressed her back and breathed in her scent. This was very intoxicating and if he didn¡¯t remember there was an urgent matter he had to tell Lc, he would haveid her down on this sofa. However, Hunter was well aware that his woman was too tired and she was a little bit off this morning. ¡°Something is bothering your mind.¡± That was a statement, not a question. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Hunter could tell that much. He even could sense it when her mood was sour. ¡°Was the breakfast not up to your pte?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous.¡± Lc giggled. She had eaten something more nd than that in her life, who she was toin about the pack¡¯s food? ¡°I am not.¡± Hunter kissed her head and squeezed her body, which rewarded him with her cute moan, as she snuggled closer against his chest. He liked this closeness between them, it felt better than anything else that had ever happened to him. ¡°So, what is this thing that had been upying your mind?¡± Hunter changed his question, but it still demanded the same answer. ¡°Nothing,¡± Lc mumbled. ¡°Someone was bothering you?¡± ¡°No.¡± Mira did. ¡°Something made you worried?¡± ¡°No.¡± Yes, and it¡¯s you. ¡°Don¡¯t lie to me, Lc. I know when you lied.¡± He lifted her head by pinching her chin and kissed her forehead. ¡°I want you tomunicate with me about your feeling. I can¡¯t read your mind, but I know something is bothering you.¡± 07:22 Sat, 9 Mar Knowing she couldn¡¯t dissuade Hunter, Lc finally gave in. ¡°I feel so awful.¡± ¡°Mm.¡± Hunter kissed her cheek. ¡°And what the cause of it?¡± 3 Lc didn¡¯t immediately answer him, she snuggled closer, as if she was looking forfort from this man. She felt helpless and hopeless, her heart felt very heavy and she hated this feeling the most. ¡°There is this thing that luna Jasmine told mest night.¡± Lc then proceeded to tell Hunter what luna Jasmine told her and then voiced out what had been bothering her mind. ¡°If even the mate bond couldn¡¯t keep Aiden and me, what could make you stay?¡± Lc stared straight into his eyes and then realized how wrong the way she said and she became a little bit flustered when she corrected herself. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean that I can¡¯t trust you, that¡¯s not what I meant, I know¡­¡± Lc talked very fast because she was afraid Hunter would misunderstand what she was saying. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I understand,¡± Hunter said to reassure her that everything was alright. ¡°I am fine. You don¡¯t need to worry about it.¡± Hunter sighed deeply and kissed her forehead again, he was looking for the right word to say because this topic was very sensitive and if he chose the wrong word, it would only sound insincere. ¡°Lc, I have waited for you for years, for decades¡­¡± Hunter scrunched his brows. ¡°I know, it sounds very mess up when I have been with someone else when I am not with you, but I can say I have loved you for longer than you know.¡± Chapter 144 ¡°Hunter, you don¡¯t love me, you only feel grateful because I saved your life.¡± Lc even surprised when she heard what she said, but that was what she was thinking. Grateful. He was only being grateful toward her because of her, he was still alive right now. Sometime, gratefulness could be dangerous. It would shackle you and you didn¡¯t know what to do aside from trying to repay your debt. Lc knew that feeling, because she used to feel grateful toward what luna Jasmine did to her and it was hard to stand up against her. She was a mother figure that she had never had. ¡°Grateful?¡± Hunter¡¯s eyes dimmed and this made Lc¡¯s heart lurched. ¡°You only deemed my feeling as a gratefulness?¡± Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. Lc felt her blood drained from her face when Hunter stared at her intensely. She lowered her head because she couldn¡¯t hold his gaze. It was the first time she saw him very serious and to be honest, it scared her a little. For a moment, there was this deafening silent between them, until Hunter took a deep breath and touched her cheek. His voice softened this time, it seemed, he managed to ovee whatever turmoil he had. ¡°I am not feeling grateful toward you, Lc. I am not a child, who is confused by their own feeling.¡± Hunter put his finger under her chin and persuaded her to look at him. ¡°I want you. I always thought about you ever since the day I saw youst when we were little. I thought about you every now and then after that. But, I don¡¯t have any idea how to find you, neither I knew where to start to look for you. Only if I knew one day I will meet you again, I would have never done something so stu pid as ying with other women. This might sound as an excuse, but the way lycan saw rtionship and how werewolf did, is completely different. I think, you already knew that too.¡± That was right, the lycan was always liberal with their feeling, they didn¡¯t have a mate bond that was gifted to them, a blessing from the moon goddess, that was why the werewolf looked down on them and saw the way they didn¡¯t save. themselves for their other half as barbaric. Dreame O But it was also true that they were the most loyal shifter once they decided to mark their other half. This fact didn¡¯t mention so often like the other negative things about them. ¡°I chose you not because I felt grateful, of course, I am grateful because I am alive, but I don¡¯t need to repay something like that when you yourself didn¡¯t even remember those events until I told you about it.¡± That was also right. If Hunter didn¡¯t say anything, Lc wouldn¡¯t have known there were such histories between them. He didn¡¯t need to hang over something that happened years ago, something that only him, who knew about. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Hunter called her name very gently, which made Lc wanted to tear up, because she longed for such tenderness and sincerity. ¡°I know what you think.¡± Of course, Hunter could read what was in her mind now she had spoken it up. ¡°I am not that bas ta rd Aiden. I am not him and I will never be him. I will not stoop so low to betray you. It has nothing to do with my gratefulness or the fact that you saved my life. I don¡¯t need that feeling to be sure that I love you.¡± Lc bit her lips, she wanted to believe that so bad, but there was still this tiny doubt in her heart. Ah¡­ she didn¡¯t know how much Aiden had hurt her until now. What he had done left a deep scar in her, which made a single provocation ruined. everything that she believed. ¡°What should I do to prove it to you that I am not a barbaric who would sleep with another woman aside from the one, who is bearing my mark?¡± Tear streamed down her face when she heard that. Lc felt bad because she didn¡¯t believe him. Before this, she didn¡¯t have this kind of doubt, but luna Jasmine instilled it in her mind and now she was having a hard time to trust him. In a way, luna Jasmine won. She managed to make Lc doubted herself and this rtionship. ¡°I am sorry.¡± And now, Lc felt so bad to have this feeling, but even more when she couldn¡¯t shake it offpletely. ¡°I am so sorry¡­¡± Hunter hugged her this time and let her cried against his chest. He wanted so bad Dreame III to hide her from the world and let her knew what was in his mind. Q ¡°Let¡¯s do the ceremony,¡± Hunter said. ¡°I will ¡± Hunter said. ¡°I will prepare the ceremony and you will be my luna officially. No one would be able to say otherwise.¡± Hunter would do anything to put Lc¡¯s mind at ease and he wanted her to be safe with him. He knew it would take time to make Lc believed himpletely and after what that darn woman said to her, it would make thing rocky between them. Yet, Hunter was willing to put all of the effort to win her. Lc simply nodded. It lifted a little bit of her worry. ¡°Hunter, if you chose not to choose me anymore, I don¡¯t have anyone¡­ I will be alone.¡± ¡°I will always choose you, Lc. No matter what happened, I will always choose you, little one, even if the stake was myself.¡± Hunter hugged her. His woman was trembling in his arms and he felt how soft and small she was. She was very fragile at this moment and this ached his heart to think what she had to go through or what kind of negative thought that hunted her down. In the end, they stayed like that for over two hours, the silent between them was veryforting, it was not awkward at all, if anything they really needed this silent. Hunter leaned his back against the backrest of the sofa, staring at his mate, who he cradled in his arms, as she rested her body against his chest, while staring at the pine trees out there. ¡°You said, there is something you wanted to tell me¡­¡± Lc finally broke the silent between them. She lifted her head and looked at Hunter. Her voice was a little bit rough and her eyes were slightly red, but she looked better after she voiced out her worriness. ¡°Yes, there is something important I want you to know.¡± Hunter tucked strands of hair behind her ear, his gaze was doting, but filled withplicated feeling. ¡°What is it?¡± Lc felt the rm went off in her head when she saw this look on him. ¡°This is about your father.¡± Hunter wanted to postpone this conversation because of her breakdown carlier, but he didn¡¯t think that was the right decision to make. ¡°I know that you said you will ask me if you are ready to know about him, but¡­ will Chapter 145 They brushed this topic in the past and when Lc said she needed time to know the truth or whether or not she wanted to know her real father at all, Hunter put down the matter. However, for him to bring this topic again made Lc frowned, especially when this topic came out of nowhere. ¡°Do you want me to know my father because of the ceremony? Is there a tradition here to have a family to attend or do something?¡± That was the first thing that came to her mind, it made sense since they talked about the ceremony earlier. Hunter chuckled lightly, he knew he shouldn¡¯t do that, but the look on her face was very adorable when she was being this clueless. ¡°There is no such thing, little one. It has nothing to do with that. Even if there was and you didn¡¯t want your father there, no tradition could force you.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°It¡¯s so wrong to go against tradition.¡± See? Luna Jasmine always taught her that and now it became part of her personality. That luna had dug so deep into her life and she couldn¡¯t get her out of her mindpletely. She was the one, who had molded Lc into the person she was right now, ¡°I am the alpha of the pack, I can do as much for my woman.¡± Hunter looked calm and collected, but when he spoke again, he was serious with his offer. ¡°This is nothing to do with the ceremony, but there is decision to be made and I need your standpoint in this matter.¡± Lc scrunched her brows. ¡°And this matter rted to my father?¡± ¡°Yes,¡± Hunter replied. ¡°This matter rted to your father.¡± Lc thought about it for a while. ¡°Okay.¡± There was no harm of knowing her father, right? She only didn¡¯t want to deal with him after knowing how he had abandoned her when she was little, but right now Hunter asked for her help and she could do something to alleviate a little bit of his headache, so why not? ¡°Are you sure?¡± Hunter wanted to back down now Lc agreed to him. He simply didn¡¯t want to hurt her even more, since she was having a bad day early in the morning. ¡°I am,¡± Lc said, she could sense his uneasiness and then pecked his lips. ¡°Tell me Dreame O about him. I am ready.¡± Hunter stared at his woman and smiled. ¡°Can you kiss me a little bit longer?¡± Lcughed at his childishness, but she did it anyway. But, she forgot how insatiable this man could be, as he deepened the kiss and ced his hand on the back of her head to steady her. However, thing heated so fast when he flipped her body and hovered above her. Their bodies felt very hot and every touch felt like a burning inferno that needed to be tamed. It was uncertain, who started it first, but a momentter they were already on the throes of passion. Lc curled her body under his impatient thrust, as they found pleasure in each other. ¡°Hunter¡­¡± Lc called his name when she came undone and he followed after. She could feel how warm she was after that and how embarrassing her position, followed by her concern about what if someone else was listening to them right now. Hunterughed when he heard all of that and kissed her forehead. ¡°So what if there was someone listening to us? They should be the one, who was ashamed, not you little one.¡± Hunter licked her sweat and cradled her in his arms. There was not a single fabric that attached to their bodies at this moment and this made Lc felt even more embarrassed to see his naked body pressed against hers. When they were on it, she didn¡¯t think much about it, she even wanted to see more, but right now when her mind was clear, she didn¡¯t think this was appropriate. However, Hunter didn¡¯t seem to mind it and this put her mind at ease, he even licked her body, which Lc found it weird, but she didn¡¯t object it since she felt good with his aftercare¡­ Hunter pulled out and Lc winced a little when he did that. ¡°Did I hurt you?¡± Hunter asked with concern/in his voice and was d when Lc shook her head. They stayed like that for another minute before they brought back the topic that was being postponed because there was another urgent thing they had to be done first, such as their desire for each other¡­ Dreame III < ¡°So, who is my father. His identity must be the main point of this, right?¡± Lc snuggled against him, as she looked for afortable spot to hug his big body. ¡°Your father is Ken.¡± Hunter held her closely against him when he said this. His voice was calm, but steady, as he stared at her expression after she learned this truth. ¡°Your father is Ken and Grace is your step sister.¡± Hunter watched the serenity in her eyes turned from shock into mortified when he told her that. This was the truth that she had to learn, he needed her to know this because he would take her feeling into consideration when he made a decision about what he was going to do with Ken and Grace. ¡°You are not serious, right?¡± Lc felt her throat was tightened when she asked this. She knew how ridiculous it sounded when she questioned him, because this was not time for a joke and Hunter didn¡¯t have such bad taste for humor. There was nothing humorous about it anyway. ¡°What it made me?¡± Lc looked at how calm Hunter was when he exined it to her. How this whole thing would affect her. ¡°Ken will be punished as a traitor after we got all the information we needed, but a punishment for a traitor will implicate the whole family. They need to be executed too.¡± Hunter caressed her cheek. ¡°In this case, no one should know about the truth, but because of that too, you can¡¯t tell anyone about the fact you have lived in this pack when you were little. No one should pull the string between you C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. two.¡± Lc understood theplexity of the situation, she nodded. ¡°I understood.¡± However, even if by some twisted fate people knew about this fact, Hunter was willing to bend the rule for her. There was no one could touch her or even demand it. He would make sure about that. Therefore, that was not the main point of why he wanted Lc to learn the truth about it, because his aimed was for her to understand the decision he would make and he wished she wouldn¡¯t have any regret in the future. ¡°Once everything was done, whether we knew the truth or not, I am going to execute Ken, Grace and Tania¡± Hunter caressed her cheek lightly. ¡°Which meant, I will kill your whole family, your real father. How you feel about it?¡± How Lc felt to be with someone, who killed her own father? That was the real question from Hunter. Chapter 146 If it was up to him, Ken would have died. Hunter would surely kill him in the worst way possible without even consulting this with anyone, once they had managed to squeeze all the information out of his mouth. All he needed to do was to issue an order and everything would be done without him even raised his finger. However, this matter was different now because it involved Lc. He was still her father. Her real father that she didn¡¯t remember she had. It tickled his conscience if he had to kill Ken without letting Lc knew the truth first. Ken was a traitor and the punishment suit his crime, but it didn¡¯t sit well with him when Lc was still in the dark about this fact. He didn¡¯t want to see her sad in the future because she lost her chance to know her father. More so, it would put their rtionship in an awkward situation if she learnedter on that he was the one, who killed her father. Hunter simply didn¡¯t want Lc to feel deceived, because that was not his intention at all. Therefore, he needed to talk about this before the execution happened. Her feeling about this matter was truly important for him, therefore¡­ if only, by any chance, she wanted them to be pardoned, Hunter would seriously consider that. He could understand. Because in the end of the day, not everyone could be crazy enough like him, who was willing to kill his own father. He how that felt. Even though he did it for a good intention, but he had to live with that fact for the rest of his life and he didn¡¯t Lc to endure the same feeling. Hunter could only sigh deeply that this woman would be the death of him¡­ but even so, he was willing to give it up, since she was the reason why he was alive right now and in the future, she would be the reason why he was thriving. ¡°How are you feeling about this?¡± Hunter repeated his question, as he watched the look on Lc¡¯s face. He caressed her back in attempt to lift a little bit of pressure ½ð and make her felt slightlyfortable. ¡°If the execution happened, it will be me, who killed your father. Are you fine with that?¡± C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. Lc was frowning so hard, Hunter leaned over to kiss the crease between her brows. He didn¡¯t like to see her in trouble like this. Let alone when she was facing a dilemma like this. However, he didn¡¯t urge her to make a quick decision. He chose to wait until she III 10:37 Wed, 13 Mar BG. was ready to talk and during that time, he simply caressed her back, as if telling her that it would be alright for her to take all the time she needed. Finally, after a long silence, Lc voiced out her opinion. ¡°Can I see him? Did he know about me?¡± ¡°Yes and no. You can see him, but I don¡¯t think he knew you are his missing daughter.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think I am missing at all.¡± Lc was being abandoned, she was not missing. Hunter was only being very generous with his choice of word. ¡°I was being abandoned.¡± Hunter hugged her, because he couldn¡¯t deny that. There was some truth in there and Lc would think he saw her as a fool if he refuted that. In the end, the alpha simply held her close to his chest and kiss her forehead. ¡°When do you want to see him?¡± Their body fit with each other, as if they were made for one another. If the lycan had a mate bond, then Hunter mate would be this woman in his arms. ¡°I want to see him now, is it possible?¡± Lc asked casually, she didn¡¯t think she could hold it back any longer and wanted this matter to end immediately. ¡°Okay. Let¡¯s see him.¡± After saying that, the two of them didn¡¯t immediately get up and get dressed, but they simply stayed like that for another two hours, until Lc had gathered the courage she needed to face the person, who had thrown her away. Hunter helped her to get dressed because a woman dress could beplicated, but the main reason was because he wanted to have an excuse to touch her freely. Lcughed at his attempt and this made their mood lightened a little bit. After that, Hunter took her to the dungeon, where they held Ken, Grace and Tania. They would wait for the execution, but the date had not been settled yet. The smelly scent of blood and foul smell of the dungeon hit their nose when they walked past the first security post. ¡°There is no need to follow us.¡± Hunter stopped the guard, who woulde with them inside because whatever conversation Lc would have with her father, it would be a private matter. The alpha also sent all the guard along the aisle away, to clear this ce from any disturbance. ¡°Are you sure, you are okay?¡± Hunter kept checking on her and tried to find any sign that she couldn¡¯t face this. However, Lc handle this like a champion, despite some difort, she looked like she was ready to face the reality. Hunter couldn¡¯t be more proud than this to have her as his woman, the luna of his pack. ¡°I am fine. It¡¯s not like he can throw me away again, right?¡± Lc tried to make a joke, but even for herself that joke sounded very bitter. ¡°I should stop making a joke. I have a bad sense of humor.¡± Hunter chuckled at that. ¡°You are funny even when you are only breathing.¡± ¡°Are you trying to mock me?¡± ¡°No. You can take that as apliment.¡± ¡°How it supposed to sound like apliment?¡± Lc frowned, but then there was this smile on the corner of her lips. ¡°I like your beautiful smile better.¡± ¡°You always make me want to smile.¡± However, no matter how beautiful and brilliant Lc¡¯s smile earlier and how good Hunter lightened the mood, everything changed the moment they reached the area where they held Ken. ¡°I want to go alone.¡± Lc stood in front of a steel door, where behind it, there were four cells. One of the cells upied by Ken, her father, ¡°Are you sure you are going alone?¡± Hunter wanted to make sure that she would be fine. Lc thought about it for a while. ¡°Can you stay here?¡± If she needed him, he would be only a call away and that was what she needed right now. ¡°Sure,¡± Hunter caressed her head gently. ¡°Come out if you thought you couldn¡¯t take it. I will handle the rest.¡± He shrugged his shoulder nonchntly, ¡°Or if he annoyed you so much, you can kill him right away, it¡¯s fine too.¡± Lc tiptoed and kissed his check. ¡°I will go now.¡± kissey With that, Lc pushed the door open. This steel door felt so heavy, or maybe it was only in her mind, because in actuality, it was her heart that carried so much weight. She didn¡¯t know what to expect from this reunion and whether it would make things different. Chapter 147 Lc walked slowly toward the inner cell. She could smell blood very thick in the air and another pungent smell. that would make your stomach protested, but her mind was too upied with something else for her to care about that. She took a deep breath before she appeared in front of Ken cell and saw with her own eyes what kind of torture that he had gone through. Her heart lurched. People always said that the lycan was barbaric and for a moment, she forgot about all of that because of the way Hunter treated her, but now she understood what it meant when they said they were barbaric. Hunter had warned her as well before that she might not like the sight she was seeing, but she was simply stubborn and now she had to witness it with her own eyes. EL As if he sensed someone, Ken raised his head and when he did so, Lc saw his eyes had been gauged out of his sockets, leaving two holes that kept bleeding, it seemed they kept inflicting pain on the same spot. The horror of it would be forever engraved in Lc¡¯s mind¡­. Both Ken¡¯s hands were shackled to the chain that attached to the wall behind him, so did his ankle, he couldn¡¯t move and would forever stand like that. Aside from his hollow eyes, he lost a few of his fingers too. When the fire flickered and you could see him clearer, you could see how much wounds he sustained and for a lycan to not be able to heal from those wounds, which meant, they inflicted them very often. Lc forgot what she wanted to ask, neither she remembered why she was here in the first ce. She was too scared to see Ken¡¯s current condition. Hunter had warned her, but this was beyond her wildest imagination. But, before she could leave, Ken started to speak. His voice was rough and harsh, it echoed inside this cold and dark cells. ¡°Who is it!?¡± he growled. Lc should continue to leave this ce. She only needed to keep walking away, but for some reason, her feet didn¡¯t want to cooperate and she stood there like a In O fool, trembling for ridiculous reason. Ken couldn¡¯t hurt her, what else she needed to be afraid about? ¡°Who is there?! I know there is someone there! Who is it?!¡± Ken sniffed the air, he frowned. He couldn¡¯t see anymore, but his other senses worked just fine. ¡°Hunter?¡± The scent was not right, but he knew that he smelled a trace of his scent from whoever this person was. Lc took a deep breathe, she tried to calm herself down, though it was not easy at all. She kept trembling, but she decided to walk back and have this conversation. She was already here, why not continue? ¡°It¡¯s not Hunter. It¡¯s me, Lc.¡± Lc was very grateful that her voice was not trembling like her body, she sounded brave. ¡°Lc..¡± Ken tasted the name in his tongue before he guffawed. ¡°You must be Hunter¡¯s little bit ch!e. The name calling was definitely not necessary. It shouldn¡¯t have hurt Lc, but to know this was her own father, who called her like that, there was this difort in her heart. ¡°Why did you abandon your daughter?¡± Lc started, she tried to ignore his rude way to address her. ¡°Why did you abandon your daughter?¡± She repeated the same question. ¡°I have never abandoned my daughter. She is she is the greatest thing that happened in my life.¡± Ken coughed loudly. ¡°I didn¡¯t talk about Grace. I talked about your other daughter that you abandoned years ago. she was only a little girl, but you left her to fend for herself. How could you do that?¡± Ken was silent for a while, as if he was trying to retrieve an unpleasant memory. ¡°Who are you?¡± he finally had the decency to ask. ¡°You don¡¯t need to know about that, I only wanted to know what the reason. How could a father abandon his own flesh and blood and didn¡¯t have a nightmare when he slept at night.¡± ¡°Impossible¡­¡± Ken said in whispery tone, he couldn¡¯t believe this at all. ¡°No way.¡± ¡°Why did you do it?¡± ¡°Are youing back here to get some kind of revenge on me?¡± ¡°Why did you do it?¡± Lc only wanted to know the reason behind his action, she she could understand his standpoint. But, the answer was something she didn¡¯t expect at all. ¡°Because you are not supposed to be born. You shouldn¡¯t have been born. She should have killed you when you were still in her womb.¡± Ken thenughed, as if he had entered his crazy state. ¡°She is not even my mate¡­ it meant, she was nothing at all¡­ just like you¡­¡± Lc bit her lip, she didn¡¯t know what to feel when she met with Ken. The thought of meeting her father one day was already aplicated feeling, let alone having the one that turned into a traitor. ¡°So, you are that little bi ch¡­¡± Ken grinned. His pain was forgotten for a while, because he found a way to torture Hunter. ¡°Hm¡­ I still can remember your face. I should have recognized you right away because you are like your mother.¡± The word gave a jolt in Lc¡¯s heart. ¡°Where is my mother? Who is my mother?¡± If her father was a sh itty person, there was a chance her mother was not, right?Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°She is dead.¡± Ken guffawed. He threw his head back andughed, ridiculing his flesh and blood. Lc was only a silly woman, who didn¡¯t know what the world was. ¡°She is dead, dead! Do you want to know how she died?¡± Outside of the door, Hunter heard a shrill scream from his woman, this was a bone chilling scream that could send shiver down your spine. Chapter 148 Hearing that an ear piercing scream of Lc, Hunter immediately opened the door and went to scoop his woman from the floor. Lc was crying her heart out when he came. From the look of it, Ken managed to get on her nerves and caused more trauma on her. Hunter filled with rage and had this urge to end Ken¡¯s life right there and then. He shouldn¡¯t have told Lc about Ken and let the secret died with him. What was the point of having Lc to learn about her rtionship with this nasty man? More so, how could this imb ecile have a daughter like her? ¡°What is it? The alpha is here to save his little mate?¡± Ken asked, he couldn¡¯t see, but he was still able to recognize Hunter¡¯s scent. ¡°How sweet you are Hunter, to have my daughter as the luna of the pack. You should have my other daughter too, you know. After all, they are sibling!¡± ¡°Talk again and I will rip your tongue!¡± Hunter growled, but Ken actuallyughed at his threat, thinking the alpha wouldn¡¯t have done that, since he had said the same thing a few weeks ago, but he didn¡¯t go with that. ¡°Do it! Do it! Do it! I want to know if you had the guts to do it!¡± Ken provoked him, thinking with Lc was crying and knowing he was the father of the woman he chose, the alpha wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything with him. This must be the true reason why Hunter was still alive. Why he had not been killed yet, because Hunter saw him as the father of the woman he loved. He wouldn¡¯t want to hurt Lc, right? Yet, Ken was very wrong. This time, he miscalcted it big time, where he thought Hunter wouldn¡¯t do it, he heard the sound of nking steel, which indicating the cell was being unlocked and danger filled this small, wretched room. Hunter went inside, he left Lc for a while and went through with what he promised him. ¡°H- Hunter!?¡± Ken felt his head was being thrown back, forced him to open his mouth and once he did. The excruciating pain he had never felt before flew into his system. This pain was the same like when they turned him blind. This severe pain was like he was being killed once again, but he couldn¡¯t die, because it was not a fatal attack, just a hellish torture one. In the next second, the gurgling sound echoed in this small cell when Ken was gagged by his own blood and Hunter threw the small thing in his hand to the floor and squeeze it with the heel of his feet. ¡°Do you really think I will not do it?¡± Hunter asked darkly. ¡°You are going to be blind, mute and deaf I will make sure of it.¡± However, when he was going to do something with Ken¡¯s hearing, Lc¡¯s voice pierced through his craziness. Her small whimper brought him back to reality and when he turned around, he could see fear in his woman¡¯s eyes. It was understandable, seeing the state of Hunter right now would be very mortifying. He had blood in his hand and the killing intent in his eyes. He looked like someone, who was going to annihte you at any given moment. He was someone that you don¡¯t want to mess with. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Hunter called her name when she was having a hard time to breath, she was trembling, but right now, the alpha realized that Lc was shaking because of him. Because she was scared of him. ¡°Lc!¡± Hunter immediately rushed toward his mate when Lc¡¯s body fell on the floor, she lost her consciousness due to stress and shock. The alpha gritted his teeth when he cradled Lc in his arms and took her out of this wretched ce, leaving Ken, screaming in weird noise because he lost his tongue. This was the reason why the lycan was being called as the barbarous creature and what Lc saw right now was only a little bit of it. She only saw a small part of how barbaric a lycan could be and they were indeed the cruelest creature when it came to violent. Hunter asked for the healer urgently to check on Lc. He had this scary expression on his face. His presence was very overbearing. It made the healer felt so much pressure, but she couldn¡¯tin. However, she gasped in surprise when she figured something out. She blinked her eyes rapidly and double checked what she just found out. Of course, this gesture didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Hunter. ¡°What is it? What happened?!¡± Hunter didn¡¯t ask, but he demanded an answer from her. He gritted his teeth, cursing himself for taking Lc there or even let her knew about the secret. He shouldn¡¯t have offered that option because Lc herself didn¡¯t think about the matter. If something happened to her, he was the one, who should be med for his recklessness and of course, Ken would die miserably. 0/% The healer sighed deeply before she faced the alpha. ¡°She will be fine, alpha, but¡­¡¯ ¡°But?!¡± Hunter growled, he didn¡¯t need for this suspense, he wanted to know what was going on with his mate. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. ¡°But, I think I have a good news for you.¡± The healer was already a little bit old, she was a mother of two and this smile on her face was very warm when she looked at the scary lycan alpha. ¡°She is pregnant, alpha. She is in early stage of pregnancy. Congrattion!¡± Hunter was stunned, for a moment, he didn¡¯t give any reaction, he only stared at Lc and the healer, which made thetter felt like she had said the wrong thing. ¡°Alpha¡­ this is a good news, right?¡± She second guessed her own statement. She thought, the alpha would be overjoyed with this news, but why his reaction was like this? ¡°¡± Chapter 149 Hunter was stunned to hear this news. For a moment, he was at lost, he was not sure how to react to this and was very quiet, until it worried the healer, thinking she had said the wrong thing. Why the alpha didn¡¯t look happy to hear this news? Abigail then just noticed something. The blood had blood on his hand and there was a lot of it. As if he just went to kill someone. What was going on? However, she was sure Lc was unscathed. She was not hurt at all. Only shock. ¡°Alpha?¡± The healer gathered her courage to ask the alpha. ¡°Do you think, this is a good news?¡± People thought the alpha fancied this woman so much, but it was not a small amount of people, who doubted that, thinking the alpha was only in a phase where he liked a certain woman. It happened in the past. ¡°Why I can¡¯t smell my child?¡± A shifter should be able to smell their own pup, but he couldn¡¯t. ¡°It¡¯s because the pregnancy is very early. I can¡¯t detect it either if I didn¡¯t run a thorough check on her.¡± Abigail nced at Hunter¡¯s b loody hands, but tried to keep opinion for herself. ¡°Leave.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t change his expression and the healer didn¡¯t need to be told twice to immediately leave the room, though there were thousand of question in her mind, especially with the alpha¡¯s reaction upon knowing his woman¡¯s pregnancy. However, when Abigail was out of the door, she met with Raya. ¡°What happened? I heard Lc is unconscious after her visit to the dungeon? Is there something wrong?¡± Raya frowned. She saw the look on the healer¡¯s face and knew immediately something was not right. ¡°Some people saw the alpha was bleeding, is he alright?¡± The healer looked at her for a while, but then she shook her head. ¡°Both of them fine, there is nothing to be worried about.¡± The alpha didn¡¯t say that she couldn¡¯t tell anyone about Lc¡¯s pregnancy, but it was not her ce to announce this news first before the alpha and Lc did. More so, she was clueless about the blood on the alpha¡¯s hands, so it was safe to not say anything and create a false assumption among the other pack member. Yet, Raya was not convinced. ¡°You can tell me anything, you know. I swear, I will O Mon, 18 Mar 66%i not breath a word about it? She h ooked her arm with hers and then took her away from the alpha¡¯s bedroom. Raya had known the healer for so long and they were actually pretty close. ¡°No. There is nothing, why are you very persistence?¡± The healer pouted her lip, trying to act as normal as she could. ¡°Because I am worried,¡± Raya said. ¡°So, tell me what is it?¡± she asked yfully, as she leaned her body to hear what she was going to say. ¡°Nothing.¡± The healerughed, but Raya could tell that was because she was really nervous. She didn¡¯t use to lie to her. ¡°Abigail¡­¡± Raya cooed her name. She was like an older sister for her. ¡°There is nothing, Raya,¡± Abigail said, she grimaced. And along the way, Raya kept pestering her. She was very curious because it was very unusual for Abigail to keep a secret from her, more so people were talking about Lc and the reason why she went to the dungeon, let alone the fact she was unconscious now, of course, this gathered many spections and assumption and Raya wanted to confirm the truth. It was a pity that Rye was not here, or else, she would ask him about what was going on. She saw the alpha few times and the way he looked at Lc was very different from any women he had been with. It seemed, Lc indeed would be the future luna of the pack. On the other hand, Hunter was still in the same position, he tried to register the news that Abigail, the healer just said. Only after a while, he started to sigh deeply and approach the bed, where Lc was still sleeping. There was still stream of tears on her cheeks. Her brows still furrowed, as if she would remember the fear of what happened in the dungeon forever. Hunter med himself for instilling that kind of trauma on his woman. He knelt down beside the bed and held her hand gently. ¡°I am sorry,¡± he said softly and then kissed her knuckles. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to scare you.¡± After that, Hunter cleaned himself because he didn¡¯t want Lc to see this scary side of him. He also cleaned her body and wiped the remaining blood on her, ?? O Chapter 149. because he touched her with his bl oody hands. Abigail cameter that night and gave the concoction for Lc, but she didn¡¯t stay, neither she said anything to the alpha, because she knew questions were thest thing Hunter wanted. Hunter cradled Lc¡¯s body in his arms when he gave the concoction for her, her body was rather cold, thus he lit up th Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. the firece. ¡°Don¡¯t be sick, please. I am sorry.¡± Hunter was shock because Lc was pregnant, but then he was flooded with happiness to learn he was going to be a father, yet it didn¡¯tst for long, since he learned an early stage of pregnancy was very critical and in no way being fainted could be counted as a good thing. He should have thought trice before he tortured Ken in front of Lc. JE If something happened to their baby, it would be his fault for not protecting her right. ¡°I am sorry, baby¡­¡± Hunter said softly, as he caressed Lc¡¯s t stomach. Hunter stayed awake for the whole night and it was only when the sky turned slightly brighter, indicating the dawn was finally here, Lc whimpered softly and she wriggled her body from Hunter¡¯s arms. ¡°Love¡­¡± Hunter whispered softly to her ear, as he tucked strands of her hair and kissed her cheek. ¡°Are you awake?¡± He didn¡¯t want her to be scared of him, therefore, he treated her like a fragile ss. He was worried with her first reaction. ¡°Hunter¡­?¡± Lc rubbed her sleepy face. ¡°I am thirsty¡­¡± She seemed not yet remembered what had happened. ¡°Okay, for a while, I will get you some water.¡± Hunter went to pour a ss of warm water for Lc and then helped her to drink it. The water moistened her parched lips and her dry throat, making her felt better, as the memories from the previous night flooded her mind. The look of horror in her eyes when she remembered the reason why she fell unconscious. The sight of Hunter ripped Ken¡¯s tongue and crushed it under his heel was the most horrifying sight she had ever seen. All of sudden, she pushed him away out of instinct. 0 Hunter looked so hurt when Lc did that, but he could understand. ¡°I am sorry, Lc. I didn¡¯t mean to show you that side of me,¡± Hunter said. People might talk about how barbaric lycan was, but watching it firsthand was a whole different thing. ¡°I didn¡¯t meano scare you, love¡­¡± Chapter 150 Chapter 150 There was time when he was little when he acted out, he was filled with so much anger because of his contention with his father. Even when he was still very young, Hunter used to but thead with his father, though he respected him, his father always used intimidation to make him behave. The training little Hunter had to go through was rather extreme, something that only a full grown warrior would be able to do and his father expected him to have the same ability as those battle hardened warriors. At eleven years old, after the attempt of murder, every time Hunter filled with rage, he woulde to the cave behind the waterfall and met that sweet little girl, who had saved his life. His na?ve smile and her innocent eyes were the only salvation for him, something that could make him feel better in a matter of second. Maybe he realized, only this little girl, who really cared about him, she was the only one, who tried to save his life while the other tried to hurt him. Needless to say, the training he had to go through was brutal. It was beyond one could imagine a young kid like him had to go through. But, with this little girl, he could be a child again, as little Hunter knew, this little girl wouldn¡¯t hurt him, neither she would bring him pain. Therefore, now when Lc looked so scared of him, Hunter felt a pang in his heart. He tried to gather his wits, but he felt restless. The horror in her eyes bothered him so much. ¡°Love, I will not hurt you,¡± he said in a very gentle voice, keeping his distance from her because he knew how much she put her guard up against him. He didn¡¯t want to provoke her further. Lc was still reeling with the horrifying feeling after witnessing Hunter¡¯s brutality. Maybe this was what people always said that you would never understandpletely until you witnessed it with your own eyes. Lc had known about the brutality of the lycan, but only now she understood the extreme of it and what was more terrifying was; what Hunter had done to Ken was only a glimpse of what he was capable of doing. ¡°Love, I am sorry.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t move from his ce. He looked like he was under a great torture and the sadness look in his eyes made Lc snapped from her fear. Chapter 150 zu Ma! +5 Hunter had never hurt her. He had done everything in his power to protect her. he promised, he swore to her that he would never cause her any pain and he proved it all this time when he always stood by her. ¡°Lc¡­¡± 99 The way he called her name was filled with longing and misery, which let Lc knew how much he cared for her. He was worried with her reaction and this made Lc loosened up a little bit. ¡°I will never hurt you, you know that, love¡­¡± Yes, Lc knew about that too, but it was so hard to undo what she had seen, but at the same time, Lc felt bad because she caused Hunter to be in distress, somehow she was being very sensitive. Probably because she just learned the truth about her father and also her mother almost at the same time, which made her very emotional and couldn¡¯t think clearly. Complicated with her own feeling, Lc started to cry. She was afraid of Hunter, but at the same time she needed him. After she learned what happened to her mother, she needed hisfort¡­ ¡°Don¡¯t cry.¡± Hunter approached Lc carefully and once he was close to her, he hugged her tightly. He felt relief because Lc didn¡¯t reject him again like before. It took Lc a while to gather her thought and calm herself down, as she weed Hunter¡¯s touch. Weirdly, she felt safe in his arms, even though she was afraid of him a moment ago. it was so weird how thing worked when it came to your loved one. Along that time, Hunter didn¡¯t say anything, he only hugged her, caressed her and kissed her head,Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. offeringfort that he could. Only after an hour had passed, Lc wiped her tears and lifted her head. Her eyes were swollen. ¡°I am sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to push you away¡­¡± she ended up apologizing because the look on Hunter¡¯s eyes when she rejected him etched in her mind and as time went by, she regretted her reaction. She shouldn¡¯t have done that. Hunter was very patient with Lc. He didn¡¯t want her to be very emotional again because it wouldn¡¯t be good for her current condition. ¡°I am sorry, I scared you.¡± Hunter caressed her cheeks. ¡°I will never do it again in front of you. I shouldn¡¯t have done that.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t promise Lc that he wouldn¡¯t hurt someone again, but he promised not to do it in her presence and Lc noticed that, yet she didn¡¯t say anything. 66% +5 ¡°Do you want to eat something? You have been sleeping throughout the night. You must be hungry.¡± Now Hunter mentioned about it, Lc felt her stomach was growling. Crying after a long sleep and traumatic event were not a goodbination. But, what was more embarrassing was when Hunter chuckled when he heard that. ¡°Let¡¯s go find something you can eat,¡± he said happily. Lc was a little bit put her guard up with Hunter and he noticed that too, but it went better than the alpha expected. He grabbed her hand and took her out of the bedroom. Fresh air in the morning was good for her. However, when they were on their way to the kitchen, they met Raya. ¡°Lc, are you okay?¡± Raya asked after she greeted the alpha. ¡°I heard you fainted yesterday.¡± ¡°I am fine,¡± Lc said timidly. ¡°Are you going to the kitchen? I just cooked breakfast, do offered. you want it?¡± Raya Chapter 151 ¡°There is no need for that, Raya.¡± Hunter stopped her before Lc could answer her offer. He took her hand and walked away. Lc gave Raya an apologetic look, while she simply waved her hand and smile, as if saying; she understood. Here, Lc felt it again. The way Hunter was with her and other people was very different, as if he was two different people, or maybe three; the loving one, the aloof one and the cruel one. ¡°Why are you staring at me, love?¡± Hunter nced at Lc with a soft smile on the corner of his lips. ¡°Why do you treat your pack member coldly?¡± Lc asked curiously, she started to feel more comfortable with him again. What happened earlier might be because she was too shock after hearing what happened to her mother, thus seeing Hunter¡¯s brutal side didn¡¯t.go well with her already messed up mind. ¡°Me?¡± H¨²nter raised his brows. ¡°I didn¡¯t.¡± Lc pursed her lips. ¡°You did.¡± e cause Even now, Lc didn¡¯t want to talk about what Ken had told her, she was not ready to bring up the topic and Hunter didn¡¯t pressure her to know what the of her sudden broke down and what Ken had said to her. ¡°I act like usual,¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even know if he acted differently. ¡°No. I feel like you are more intimidating whenever you are with your pack member. It feels like whenever you were around, they didn¡¯t even dare to raise their head and look at you.¡± Lc tried to C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. describe it, but she did a poor job and Hunter chuckled. ¡°Why are youughing.¡± ¡°I am their alpha, Lc. Of course, the way I with them will be very different with the way I am with you.¡± Hunter opened the door to the kitchen and two women greeted him politely. ¡°All of you can leave.¡± The two of them immediately left the kitchen without saying anything and nodded politely at Lc. ¡°See? The way you speak with them, you are rather cold and very intimidating.¡± ? Lc pointed that out, which Hunter thought about it for a while and agreed. ¡°I don¡¯t have any obligation to be nice with them.¡± Hunter pulled a chair and let her sat down. He kissed her forehead and then started to cook. ¡°I only need to be nice with you.¡± ¡°You are still an alpha even when you are with me.¡± ¡°No. I am Hunter. Not an alpha when I am with you.¡± In another word, what he showed people and the way he treated them was how an alpha should act. An alpha was a leader of the pack, it was understandable if they had to be more strict and firm with their act. However, Hunter was not a strict alpha or a ruler of the pack when he was with Lc. He became himself and the person he became was someone, who loved this woman dearly. ¡°Do you want to eat something? Are you¡­ craving for a certain dish?¡± There were a lot of thing Hunter wanted to talk with Lc, but then it was not the right time. For he wanted to feed her first. now, Lc gave some thought. ¡°Meat.¡± It didn¡¯t take long for Hunter to cook the meat Lc wanted and serve it for her. She looked surprise by how well he could cook. ¡°Literally, I can do anything,¡± Hunter said smugly and Lc scrunched her nose when she heard that beforeughing with him. Her fear toward him felt like a silly thing now. O After that, both of them enjoyed their meal and once they were done, Hunter took her to meet with the healer. Abigail looked surprised and then immediately checked Lc¡¯s condition. She could sigh in relief when both her and the baby were alright. It seemed, Lc¡¯s healing ability started to take care of her body. Werewolf was not as strong as lycan, thus their healing ability was rather slow. ¡°She and the baby are fine,¡± Abigail informed the alpha and Lc caught her word. ¡°Baby?¡± Lc furrowed her brows. ¡°What do you mean?¡± III ¡°That¡¯s¡­¡± Abigail was flustered. She looked at the alpha and realized that he had not yet told her about it. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s because¡­¡± she couldn¡¯t finish her words, because she didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°You can leave, Abigail,¡± Hunter said, saving her from the situation. ¡°Yes, alpha. I am sorry¡­¡± The healer immediately left the room, leaving only the two of them inside. ¡°Hunter¡­ what she meant with¡­¡± Lc furrowed her brows and then touched her t stomach. ¡°Is that true? I am pregnant?¡± She was in disbelieve. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to let you know about this pregnancy in this way, but yes, we are pregnant, Lc.¡± Hunter said softly, he waited for Lc¡¯s reaction. ¡°Are you fine with this?¡± Lc was shocked. She felt like there were a lot of surprise that had happened in nowadays, which left her speechless. But of course, among all the surprises she had received recently, this one was the happiest. ¡°Of course,¡± Lc said in small voice. ¡°Of course, I am happy.¡± She literally threw herself at him and hugged him so tightly. ¡°I am very happy!¡± Lc loved to have family of her own, she loved to think that one day she would meet with her mate and they started to have family, because she had none at that time. She always looked at the other children, whom walked with their parent with envy, because she wanted a family like that too. Therefore, when she found out about Aiden¡¯s betrayal and how the person that she thought she would spend the rest of her life with would start family with another woman, it broke herpletely. But right now, it was different. She had Hunter and they were going to have their own family. Her little happy family. ¡°I will arrange for the ceremony to happen in three days,¡± Hunter said, kissing her neck. Chapter 152 The news about the ceremony to cement Lc¡¯s position in this pack was already a huge shock for them, but then another news hit them hard when they heard the alpha and the luna were pregnant and they were going to have the ceremony within three days. All of them were overjoyed, but there was not a small number of people, who was being sceptical that the alpha would finally settle down with someone. After all, the alpha had never been serious with every woman she was with. But then, they should have noticed that Lc was different. The alpha treated her very differently from the previous women he was with. Not to mention she was having his child. Within three days, everyone was busy, there were a lot of things for them to do and talk about. Everyone gave them congrattion to their future luna, but some of them were still trying to keep distance from Lc. Lc herself didn¡¯t mind that, because she knew that she couldn¡¯t force them to like her. Everything took times and she believed in the process. And right now, she was surrounded by people that cared about her genuinely. ¡°You look so pretty!¡± Raya cooed, as she entered the room and found Lc with Lena and Rose. The four of them became very close and they were the people, who supported Lc and helped her during this time to prepare her ceremony. Of course, the entire pack also helped. at be held by alpha HunterPublished by N?v''elD/rama.Org. After all, this was the first biggest ceremony that after so many years. ¡°See? I told you, right? This tiara is so beautiful! It fits her greatly!¡± Lena added. She looked satisfied with her choice, because Lc kept saying she wanted to keep it lowkey, but the two of them didn¡¯t agree with her. This was her ceremony, she had to go all out and made everyone couldn¡¯t take their eyes off her. ¡°Where have you been?¡± Rose asked, as she brushed Lc¡¯s long hair lightly. ¡°I have been looking for you, but I couldn¡¯t find you anywhere.¡± ¡°I was with Abigail,¡± Raya replied. ¡°I got some prescription from her.¡± ¡°Are you sick?¡± Lc asked, she turned to face Raya. It was notmon for a shifter to get sick, moreover Raya looked fine. ¡°No, it¡¯s not for me.¡± Raya said, she waved her hands. ¡°There is no need to think much about this. Let¡¯s go out, if we let the alpha waited for long. I am afraid, he would charge inside this bedroom.¡± Lena and Rose giggled to hear thatment, while Lc blushed. Currently, they were staying inside a tent near the river, the ceremony itself would be held at night under the moonlight and Lc would put her mark on the alpha to seal their union. It was only Lc who would do it, because Hunter had done that long before this moment. Marking your partner was a crucial thing for shifter, whether you were werewolf or lycan. And it was only the lycan, who would allow their woman to mark them back, which showed they were equal and both of them felt the pain of it and also pleasure for knowing your other half was yours forever, while werewolf only had to mark their woman without receiving the same thing back. Therefore, Lc was extremely nervous to do this, because this was not even a tradition in her pack. She didn¡¯t have any idea what to do. Even though three of her friends kept saying everything would be alright and she only needed to sink her teeth on Hunter¡¯s neck, but then they had never had done it too themselves. However, all of Lc¡¯s anxiety slightly faded away when she saw Hunter was waiting for her. He smiled reassured her that everything would be alright. once her feet In this ceremony, Lc required to take off her shoes and bare touched the cold ground, she felt so much better, this was a refreshing feeling, especially when the cold night wind brushed her cheeks and yed with her hair, she only needed to put her focus on her mate and nothing else matter. Lc was wearing ck color, this color was the lycan pack¡¯s color with her dress embroidered with their insignia on her back. The dress was beautiful and it was stitched with golden thread, giving off a regal aura for her. Thankfully, she was not showing yet, because the dress was rather tight around the upper part. The tiara on her head shimmered under the moonlight and this gave off an ethereal look on her. Everyone was in awed on how great Lc could manage to pull thisplicated dress. The ck color didn¡¯t give her a gloomy look, instead it emphasized her beauty, Some of the pack member might not agree for her to be the luna of the pack, since she was a werewolf and they had never had a woman outside of their pack to be the luna before, but everyone had to agree on this; Lc looked beautifully stunning right now. It took their breath away to see her waltzed toward the alpha. She carried herself very well. And for thest part, it was thanked to luna Jasmine for all of her lesson. Lc couldn¡¯t deny it that the luna had molded her into someone she was right now. ¡°You look so beautiful,¡± Hunter said, he didn¡¯t only say it, but his eyes told her that she was beautiful. Lc had never felt this way before and she was almost crying because of how happy she was right now. ¡°Thank you.¡± The sacred ceremony went well, everyone looked very happy and the night was magically, but miles away from the lycan pack, there was a certain alpha, who just received this news and currently, he was throwing everything that he could reach. His roar filled the room and everyone was trying to avoid him, lest they were being punished for even being exist. That was how bad Aiden was right now. ¡°How could she move on so fast?! Did she cheat on me while I was away?!¡± Aiden had turned crazy right now, he co even think logical the moment he heard about the ceremony and how Lc would put her mark on the lycan. ¡°My son, there is no way she would have done that, they didn¡¯t meet with each other until the party that we threw to mark our peace treaty.¡± Luna Jasmine tried tofort her son. She was having a great headache with the fact Aiden would face trial, but then this news came and her son spiraled out of control. ¡°How could she go through with that barbaric tradition?! Was she being forced!?¡± Aiden glowered. It seemed, no matter what luna Jasmine said, Aidan was having none of it, he looked insane. ¡°We need to help her to get out of that pack!¡± Aiden rushed toward the door, but luna Jasmine immediately went to stop him. ¡°You can¡¯t do that, you can¡¯t even leave the pack house or else you are going to lose your case in the trial! The other alphas will not happy with this!¡± ¡°I. DON¡¯T. CARE!¡± Outside of the door, Ruby was holding Azel in her arms. She heard everything that Aiden said about wanting to go to the lycan pack and get Lc back. He didn¡¯t even shy to admit that he wanted that woman back in his life even though she was already someone else¡¯s woman. He always said Lc was his mate and the rejection didn¡¯t mean anything. This was what happened if you couldn¡¯t ept the rejection, slowly, you would go into a madness, where you couldn¡¯t even think logically. Two of the ser vants stared at Ruby, they didn¡¯t dare to say anything, but they understood this was a conversation she shouldn¡¯t have listened. ¡°Luna Ruby¡­¡± one of the ser vants talked, but Ruby already turned on her heels and then left. Azel was sleeping in her arms. These two ser vants were the people that luna Jasmine appointed to help her with Azel, but Ruby was no longer that na?ve girl, who would believe that right away. Ruby and her two serv ants went back to Azel¡¯s nursery room, which was right next to the luna¡¯s bedroom. ¡°Do you like this? You can take this.¡± Ruby asked, she showed the two ser vants two rings that she got from the present of Azel¡¯s celebration in the other day. She fished out the rings from her pocket and watched the greediness in their eyes, though their lips said different things. ¡°No, luna, those rings are very beautiful, but we can¡¯t ept it.¡± The two ser vants were girls from the orphanage, the same orphanage that Lc came from and the two of them were siblings. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be bothered, this is only gifts. I have a lot.¡± Ruby approached them and gave the rings to each of them, who refused at first, but then they pocketed the rings after a little bit more persuasion. This was only small movement, but she knew she had to start to do something and gather her own people, or else, she would only have miserable days ahead of hers. ¡°You can leave, this is already veryte at night.¡± Ruby didn¡¯t ask anything from them after she gave the/rings, or at least, not yet. She dismissed them and then went to her own bedroom. Ruby hated Lc. She hated her for having someone like Hunter by her side, someone, who would go extra length to make her happy and when shepared that lycan alpha to Aiden, she felt very sorry to herself. But, at the same time in the lycan pack, it didn¡¯t even cross Lc¡¯s mind about Ruby¡¯s existence, because right now she had a great task at her hand. This was thest part of the ceremony, where she had to mark Hunter in front of the other pack member, under the moonlight, in the river. Right now, Hunter was already in the middle of the river, he took off his clothes and only wore his pants, the soft light of the moon fell on his chest and he looked ethereal. For Lc, she would go to him. She had changed her dress into a simple white dress and then deep herself into the river that reached her waist, while the pack members were standing around the river, each of them was holding a candle. The water was surprisingly not as cold as she thought and each step she took, she felt her heart was beating harder. Would her heart burst the moment she reached him. What would happen then? Baby¡­ please, help your mother to get through tonight. Lc prayed. She touched her stomach subconsciously, but her subtle gesture didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Hunter and this made his eyes turned warm. He was going to have the woman that he wanted and she would be his forever. This woman, who had saved his life years ago was going to be the mother of his child, she was going to be the only woman for him right now, the only person he was growing old with and raising their child. They would start this little family. It was his dream, so did she. Hunter stretched out his hand when Lc was close enough and pulled her closer, he could feel how cold her hand was and the anxiety in her beautiful eyes. The moon and the stars reflected in her eyes when she stared at him. ¡°Are you ready?¡± Hunter asked in small voice, which only the two of them, who could hear that. ¡°I am not sure,¡± Lc replied in the same tone. She grimaced when she nced at his neck. ¡°I might hurt you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you will never hurt me.¡± If the pain came from her, Hunter was more than willing to ept it. ||| ¡°It will be very painful.¡± Lc frowned. She remembered how painful it was. Of course, Hunter was aware of that, therefore, he marked her while giving her the pleasure. Some of the man did that to alleviate the pain from their mate, because if they had done it during a ceremony like this, there was no way the pleasure part would exist. ¡°Or should you give me the pain and pleasure too like I did to you?¡± Hunter teased her and this made Lc blushed. ¡°There are so many people here!¡± Lc hissed fiercely. ¡°I am not serious, Lc. You are very tensed.¡± Hunter pecked on her lips and chuckled. The sight of their alpha was being yful came as surprise for the pack member, because it had never happened before. How could be the alpha being very rx andfortable with the woman he just met less than a year? They couldn¡¯tprehend this. ¡°Do it, I will be able to hold it.¡± Hunter pushed Lc¡¯s head, until her lips touched his neck and he gasped. He wanted her lips all over him, not only on his neck, but he had to press down those thoughts and focus on this moment. No matter how he lusted over his mate, there was no way he would degrade her by doing something in front of hundred pair of eyes. Hunter wrapped his arms around her waist and caressed her back to soothe her nervousness. Lc was flustered, it should be her, who did the soothing, but Hunter did it for her instead. ¡°I am sorry in advance if I hurt you.¡± ¡°Even if you hurt me, you don¡¯t need to be sorry. My life belongs to you. I am yours and that will never change.¡± Hunter squeezed her body, he wanted to hug her like this forever. With that, Lc calmed herself down and started to sink her teeth to make her mark on his neck, he could feel Hunter¡¯s body tensed up when she went too deep and could taste his blood. And when she thought she needed to stop and it was enough, Hunter pressed her head gently and let her sunk her teeth even deeper, sealed the fate between them, marked him as hers, just like how he marked her as his. Under many eyes that witnessed their union, there was a pair of eyes that stared at them intently. Chapter 153 Outside of the door, Ruby was holding Azel in her arms. She heard everything that Aiden said about wanting to go to the lycan pack and get Lc back. He didn¡¯t even shy to admit that he wanted that woman back in his life even though she was already someone else¡¯s woman. He always said Lc was his mate and the rejection didn¡¯t mean anything. This was what happened if you couldn¡¯t ept the rejection, slowly, you would go into a madness, where you couldn¡¯t even think logically.. Two of the se rvants stared at Ruby, they didn¡¯t dare to say anything, but they understood this was a conversation she shouldn¡¯t have listened. ¡°Luna Ruby¡­¡± one of the serv ants talked, but Ruby already turned on her heels and then left. Azel was sleeping in her arms. These two serv ants were the people that luna Jasmine appointed to help her with Azel, but Ruby was no longer that na?ve girl, who would believe that right away. Ruby and her two serv ants went back to Azel¡¯s nursery room, which was right next to the luna¡¯s bedroom. ¡°Do you like this? You can take this.¡± Ruby asked, she showed the two serv ants two rings that she got from the present of Azel¡¯s celebration in the other day. She fished out the rings from her pocket and watched the greediness in their eyes, though their lips said different things. ¡°No, luna, those rings are very beautiful, but we can¡¯t ept it.¡± The two serv ants were girls from the orphanage, the same orphanage that Lc came from and the two of them were siblings. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be bothered, this is only gifts. I have a lot.¡± Ruby approached them and gave the rings to each of them, who refused at first, but then they pocketed the rings after a little bit more persuasion. This was only small movement, but she knew she had to start to do something and gather her own people, or else, she would only have miserable days ahead of hers. ¡°You can leave, this is already veryte at night.¡± Ruby didn¡¯t ask anything from them after she gave the rings, or at least, not yet. She dismissed them and then O 12:31 Mon, 25 Mar 0 went to her own bedroom. Ruby hated Lc. She hated her for having someone like Hunter by her side, someone, who would go to make her happy and when she to Aid 100% that lycan alpha she felt very sorry to herself. + 32% But, at the same time in the lycan pack, it didn¡¯t even cross Lc¡¯s mind about Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. she had a great task at her hand. Ruby¡¯s existence, because right now, This was thest part of the ceremony, where she had to mark Hunter in front of the other pack member, under the moonlight, in the river. Right now, Hunter was already in the middle of the river, he took off his clothes and only wore his pants, the soft light of the moon fell on his chest and he looked ethereal. For Lc, she would go to him. She had changed her dress into a simple white dress and then deep herself into the river that reached her waist, while the pack members were standing around the river, each of them was holding a candle. The water was surprisingly not as cold as she thought and each step she took, she felt her heart was beating harder. Would her heart burst the moment she reached him. What would happen then? Baby¡­ please, help your mother to get through tonight. Lc prayed. She touched her stomach subconsciously, but her subtle gesture didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Hunter and this made his eyes turned warm. He was going to have the woman that he wanted and she would be his forever. This woman, who had saved his life years ago was going to be the mother of his child, she was going to be the only woman for him right now, the only person he was growing old with and raising their child. They would start this little family, It was his dream, so did she. Hunter stretched out his hand when Lc was close enough and pulled her closer, he could feel how cold her hand was and the anxiety in her beautiful eyes. The moon and the stars reflected in her eyes when she stared at him. ¡°Are you ready?¡± Hunter asked in small voice, which only the two of them, who could hear that. ¡°I am not sure,¡± Lc replied in the same tone. She grimaced when she nced at ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you will never hurt me.¡± If the pain came from her, Hunter was more than willing to ept it. ¡°It will be very painful.¡± Lc frowned. She remembered how painful it was. Of course, Hunter was aware of that, therefore, he marked her while giving her the pleasure. Some of the man did that to alleviate the pain from their mate, because if they had done it during a ceremony like this, there was no way the pleasure part would exist. ¡°Or should you give me the pain and pleasure too like I did to you?¡± Hunter teased her and this made Lc blushed. ¡°There are so many people here!¡± Lc hissed fiercely. ¡°I am not serious, Lc. You are very tensed.¡± Hunter pecked on her lips and chuckled. The sight of their alpha was being yful came as surprise for the pack member, because it had never happened before. How could be the alpha being very rx andfortable with the woman he just met less than a year? They couldn¡¯tprehend this. ¡°Do it, I will be able to hold it.¡± Hunter pushed Lc¡¯s head, until her lips touched his neck and he gasped. He wanted her lips all over him, not only on his neck, but he had to press down those thoughts and focus on this moment. No matter how he lusted over his mate, there was no way he would degrade her by doing something in front of hundred pair of eyes. Hunter wrapped his arms around her waist and caressed her back to soothe her nervousness. Lc was flustered, it should be her, who did the soothing, but Hunter did it for her instead. ¡°I am sorry in advance if I hurt you.¡± ¡°Even if you hurt me, you don¡¯t need to be sorry. My life belongs to you. I am yours and that will never change.¡± Hunter squeezed her body, he wanted to hug her like this forever. With that, Lc calmed herself down and started to sink her teeth to make her mark on his neck, he could feel Hunter¡¯s body tensed up when she went too deep and could taste his blood. And when she thought she needed to stop and it was enough, Hunter pressed her head gently and let her sunk her teeth even deeper, sealed the fate between them, marked him as hers, just like how he marked her as his. Under many eyes that witnessed their union, there was a pair of eyes that stared at them intently. Chapter 154 Lc could feel how Hunter¡¯s body tensed up when she sunk her teeth. She tased his blood and knew that she hurt her, but at the same time, she felt how intimate they were right now and how strong her feeling toward him. As if Hunter said the color of the sky was white, she would believe it without a second thought. This strong feeling made her heart burst with love and euphoric. She felt like she could do anything if it was with him. Was this how you felt when you marked someone? This feeling was very intense! Was this how Hunter felt when he marked her? That was why the bond between mate was very strong, especially the alpha and the luna. Lc couldn¡¯t be more grateful that Aiden didn¡¯t mark her before he left for war, because with the intensity of this feeling, she was sure, she wouldn¡¯t be able to give up on him no matter how much he hurt her. This feeling was very strong, but at the same time, it was very scary. Lc was not sure how long she bit Hunter, but she knew it was done and pushed him away slightly to see his face. She wanted to see how much she had hurt him. And she was shock when she saw how pale Hunter was, blood trickled down from his neck, but there was this satisfying smile on his lips. She was about to apologize to him, but then he kissed her roughly. He didn¡¯t want to hear her apology, because right now, he swore that he was the happiest creature Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. in this realm. Hunter put his hand on the back of her head and plunged his tongue into his mouth, swallowed whatever words she was going to say to him, because he didn¡¯t want to hear any of it. He kissed her roughly to the point, Lc was no longer care about the people around her, as she gave up all of her sense to focus on his touch, how close they were and how happy she was. The sound of people cheering for them faded away on the back of her mind when she reciprocated his kiss. It felt like fire had been lit up and now she wanted both of them to be burned in this me of affection. Need Top Metal Stamping? Get a 10% Discount (Start Now) How much she loved this man couldn¡¯t be described into word. Her breathing became heavy and she felt dizzy, as she breathed heavily when Hunter pulled away and grinned at her. ¡°Breath, love¡­¡± he said softly. Aiden remembered the feeling of beingplete, as if he had finished a heavy task and then all of the burden on his shoulders had been lifted up. He had never felt this kind of happiness and fulfilment in his entire life until heid his eyes on Lc for the first time. She was one of the orphan girl, skinny and was very timid, but her beautiful eyes captivated him, as if there was something inside those beautiful eyes that drew him closer to her. Something magical when he touched her and felt this spark, tempting him to touch her further. Aiden still remembered how his heart burst into incredible happiness when he said the word. Mate. Yes. He found his mate two years ago only a few weeks before he had to lead his warriors to war in order to fight the lycan. He remembered how she stared at him in disbelieve and how her lips quirked into a smile, she looked relief. He remembered how she tried not to cry when she sent him off for war. He remembered how she hugged him very tightly and heforted her by saying he would be back for her and then they could together again. He remembered how he waited his time toe home to her. However, Aiden didn¡¯t remember when he started to forget that feeling and fall for Ruby. Being away from his mate for so long and was in a warzone with countless people died everyday had numbed his feeling and made him forgot about the happiness he felt when he was with her. And then came Ruby. Aiden knew how foolish he was to think he could make things right by bringing Need Top Metal Stamping? Get a 10% Discount (Start Now) IVIUTI, 20 vid Ruby back to the pack, thinking he would be a father and he couldn¡¯t let his firstborn to be born out of the pack. He forgot how much he craved for Lc¡¯s presence, as he was thinking he did the right thing to take responsibility for what he had done. He shouldn¡¯t have done that. He shouldn¡¯t have brought Ruby to the pack. If she stayed away from him and he left her in her vige. Lc would still by his side and he wouldn¡¯t be this miserable. Only after he saw her again and the pain in her eyes that he realized what he had lost. Especially when she rejected him. He couldn¡¯t ept that. He didn¡¯t want her to leave. He wanted her. ¡°Ugh!¡± Aiden opened his eyes with a great headache and heavy heart. He felt like his body had weighed a ton and he could barely move. ¡°You are awake now?¡± Aiden was familiar with his voice and tried to open his eyes to see his father, the former alpha of the pack. Alpha James. Because Aiden was under trial, alpha James took his position again, since a position of an alpha shouldn¡¯t be left empty. ¡°What are you doing here, father?¡± Aiden groaned, he raised his hand to cover his eyes from the light of the sun. It was already morning and he didn¡¯t know when exactly he passed out and dream about her. Aiden didn¡¯t want to wake up and continue his dream again. At the very least, in his dream, he had her. They were happy together. ¡°Get up!¡± alpha James said sternly. ¡°Get your act together! This is not how I raised my son!¡± Chapter 155 Alpha James had enough with his son, he wanted him to get his act together. Their pack was in a great danger because of him, not only that, he endangered himself too by allowing his impulsivity got the better of him. Right now, Aiden was not the proud son he had. The son, who managed to bring peace to the one year war with the lycan by killing their alpha. That was not the brave son he knew. He could understand if he was having some regret for letting go Lc and made a bad decision, but after everything had been done and said, also there was a child, his firstborn that added to the equivalent, of course, it was time to move on! What kind of alpha, who would spend all of his time wallowing over someone else¡¯s woman? ¡°Are you going to die like this?!¡± Alpha James couldn¡¯t ept this. The trial would put Aiden in bad situation, especially when he couldn¡¯t get the help from the other alphas. He was going to die if they let thing escted wildly. However, Aiden didn¡¯t seem have any indication he wanted to preserve his life. He didn¡¯t have any desire to fight and was very hangover from drinking so muchst night. ¡°Get up!¡± Alpha James hollered. He was livid. This time, he didn¡¯t use his word again and immediately grabbed Aiden by his cor and then dragged him to the bathroom, threw him on the floor and poured cold water on his head. Right at that time, luna Jasmine entered the bathroom and saw what her mate was doing to her precious son and immediately intervened, she pushed James away and hugged her son. ¡°What are you doing?! Are you going to hurt him more?! He is already in so much pain! Why are you trying to hurt him again!?¡± Luna Jasmine red at him. This was always something that became the source of their contention recently. Jasmine coddled Aiden so much, no matter what mistake he did. ¡°If you are going to let him like that, he is going to lose everything! Can¡¯t you see how he destroyed himself?!¡± James had enough with the way Jasmine pampered their son. Need Top Metal Stamping? Get a 10% Discount (Start Now) She had been doing this over and over again. Thankfully, Aiden didn¡¯t grow up to be a spoiled child, but then it didn¡¯t help him to be mature too. ¡°Can¡¯t you be more gentle with him? He has gone through a lot! Why would you want to put him down even more!?¡± Luna Jasmine kept defending her son and she told James to go out of the room. James was very disappointed in his son, but he couldn¡¯t argue with Jasmine, because he knew her so well, thus he also knew there was no point of arguing with her. ¡°Are you awake?¡± Lc asked Hunter softly when she saw he started to move. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Hunter turned his body around and hugged her tightly, which let their skin glued to each other again and this made the spark between them erupted deliciously. They were still naked under the nket and after the ceremonyst night, which could be said went smoothly, even though with short preparation, the two of them were thrown into a passionate night. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Hunter opened his eyes, he tried to examine her skin, thankfully there was no sign of what he did to herst night. Hunter tried to be gentle with her, but he couldn¡¯t help himself, but lost his control a little bit in the middle of it. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. ¡°I am fine,¡± Lc saidzily, she nuzzled his neck and saw her mark, somehow, she was fascinated. It didn¡¯t look bad. She liked the concept of it, which she wouldn¡¯t have it in her former pack. ¡°Now, officially you are the luna of the pack.¡± Hunter caught her lips and kissed them, nibbled on them and bit them. He He ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc moaned satisfied. There wad the taste of them. better, but being in her mate¡¯s arms. nothing else that could make her felt ¡°After this, I am going to announce your pregnancy,¡± Hunter said firmly. It should have been done before the trial. ¡°Okay¡­¡± Lc agreed with him. Need Top Metal Stamping? Get a 10% Discount (Start Now) The trial would be held within two days from now and tomorrow they would go to Golden w pack again. Lc was not thrilled to go back there again. ¡°Do you want a daughter or a son?¡± Lc asked. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if the baby is a son or a daughter, as long as you were the one to give birth to them, I will love them the same.¡± Lc blushed when she heard that, it was not everyday Hunter would say something like that and she loved it to the bit. However, Lc and Hunter¡¯s happiness while waiting for the birth of their child was the exact opposite of what Ruby was feeling right now. In the distance, she could see alpha James walked out of Aiden¡¯s bedroom. He looked very livid. Right now, he was the alpha of the pack again because Aiden was in trial. Ruby bit her lip, she balled her fists and then walked toward James with baby Azel in her arms. The baby was sleeping and he looked so adorable. ¡°Did you manage to talk with him, alpha James?¡± Ruby strike a conversation with Aiden¡¯s father. Alpha James initially didn¡¯t interact with her so much, especially with the drama upon her arrival, therefore, he was rather surprised when Ruby initiated a conversation first. ¡°Not really,¡± Alpha James grumbled. His eyes fixed on Azel. ¡°You need to try to talk with him. He needs to get his act together, or else, the alpha lycan will crush him. I am sure, he would demand the heaviest punishment.¡± 2014 Ruby moved closer, showing the baby in her arms. ¡°He will not listen to me,¡± she said with a deep sigh. ¡°Do you want to hold baby Azel, alpha James?¡± Chapter 156 James had aplicated feeling about the baby, he was not sure what to feel about this little one. Sure enough the baby was innocent amidst all of this mess, but then this baby was the beginning of Aiden¡¯s downfall, James stared at the baby¡¯s sleeping face. ¡°No. He is sleeping, I don¡¯t want to wake him up.¡± He then excused himself. On the other hand, Ruby didn¡¯t insist further, she simply stood there, staring at James¡¯ back. He was a good alpha, but unfortunately, he was blessed with a woman like luna Jasmine and a son like Aiden. For a long time, Ruby just stood there, until James¡¯s figure disappeared and then she walked toward Aiden¡¯s bedroom, where luna Jasmine was still crying, trying to persuade Aiden to get to his sense. The sight of her was so pitiful. Her precious son surely would be the death of her. However, Ruby simply didn¡¯t care about this mother and son pair. She came here to inform Aiden that alpha Roman wanted to see him in private. ¡°Why he wanted to see him?¡± Luna Jasmine narrowed her eyes suspiciously. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Ruby shrugged her shoulders. ¡°I was only told to deliver this message to him.¡± Her voice and tone were very nonchnt, but the two of them didn¡¯t notice this in this situation, after all they were too preupied with their own trouble. ¡°Who delivered the message?¡± luna Jasmine immediately stood up and smoothened her dress, she didn¡¯t want to look bad, even in front of Ruby. ¡°The beta of their pack,¡± Ruby replied. With that, luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes lit up, she immediately turned around to face her son, who looked very pathetic. Ruby contemted her feeling. The mate bond between them had weakened, but it didn¡¯t mean, it had gonepletely, thus she was still feeling bad for Aiden, even though she didn¡¯t want to. ¡°Aiden, I think alpha Roman wanted to make a deal with you, you need to pay him a visit!¡± luna Jasmine was happy. ¡°He is not allowed to go out, luna Jasmine,¡± Ruby reminded her, which made luna Jasmine threw him a dagger look, because she was being corrected, after all, she hated it to look stu pid. ¡°I know!¡± luna Jasmine growled at her. ¡°I will leave,¡± Ruby said, she didn¡¯t want to stay there longer. The two of them suffocated her. Now, she needed a way to survive and her n just begun¡­ 4 ¦² Mina M MB B B B B * ( Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. 74% 11:29 Everyone in the pack house treated Lc differently now, they showed their respect toward her and was very careful with her. ¡°They only act nicely in front of you, don¡¯t think that you already weed in the pack,¡± Mira said, during their training session. If there was one person, who didn¡¯t change, it must be her, because since the beginning, he didn¡¯t show any interest in Lc and even now, she still treated her like a nuisance. Her words were very sharp too. ¡°I know,¡± Lc replied curtly. ¡°Good.¡± Mira then went away to train the other women. She didn¡¯t even say ¡®congrattion¡¯ for her ceremony. Lc was not sure what she had done so wrong to earn her wrath. She didn¡¯t do anything, but it seemed, she hated her so much. It wasn¡¯t that Lc didn¡¯t know about the way people acted. She was well aware that their changed of attitude toward her was because of the ceremony, but behind her¡­ Mira was right. A simple ceremony wouldn¡¯t change their sentiment toward her. ¡°What are you talking about with her?¡± Raya asked, she approached Lc, drinking her water. Her body was full of sweat, since she had been training from this early morning and now it was noon. Were they going to war? Why she was training so hard? ¡°Nothing,¡± Lc said lightly. ¡°If there was nothing, your expression wouldn¡¯t be like that.¡± Raya pointed it out. ¡°Like what?¡± Lc furrowed her brows and Raya made an ugly face, which made herughed. ¡°I am not like that!¡± ¡°Of course, you are!¡± Rayaughed too. The two of them were very close and Lc was veryfortable with her, as if she was with Aria in the past when their rtionship was still good. Lc was happy to have someone close to her again, because of Aria¡¯s betrayal, she felt like she couldn¡¯t trust anyone anymore, thankfully, Raya was here. ¡°What are you doing here? Let¡¯s go to get your body some training, you can¡¯tze around just because you are the luna now,¡± Raya teased her. Actually, Lc was here because she wanted to get some fresh air, but her feet brough her to the A ¨C S & M L M M G GGG G * 74% 11:29 trainig ground, maybe because she used toe here often, thus unconsciously, she came here again. ¡°I want to tell you something,¡± Lc said in low voice, her tone became serious. ¡°What is it? A secret?¡± Raya couldn¡¯t help, but kept goofing around, thus Lc pinched her waist, so she would be a little bit more serious. ¡°Aw! Okay, okay. I am all ear now.¡± She leaned over and gave her ear to Lc. Lc smiled sheepishly. She wanted to share this news with someone. She was very happy and it was a great thing when someone was happy for you too. That was what in Lc¡¯s mind when she told Raya. ¡°I am pregnant,¡± Lc whispered with cheerful voice. Her heart burst with happiness and the butterfly in her stomach fluttered their wings. It had been so long since thest time she was very happy like this. A mother. That was what she would be in the next few months. She would carry a new life inside her, a new life that was a solid proof of the love Lc had for Hunter and so did the other way around. She was very excited for her life in the near future. And a few dayster, Lc and Hunter went to Golden w pack for the trial. Chapter 157 * D 93% 12:34 ¡°A woman¡¯s wrath is very scary,¡± alpha Ramon said with a chuckle. He stared at Ruby in front of him. He rapped his fingers against the table next to him, his eyes fixed on her. Ruby just gave birth to a son, but her body was as slim as before she was pregnant, there was no baby weight on her, it could be considered as she lost her weight so easily, or maybe because of what she had to endure all this time, it simply weighed her down, caused her to lose so much weight without even trying. It was good, but bad at the same time. ¡°Will you do it?¡± Ruby asked. She didn¡¯t want to talk about anything else, because she wanted to leave this room as soon as possible. Her hands were trembling, this must be the first time she did something very risky. ¡°I will do it.¡± Alpha Ramon nodded. ¡°You gave me a very tempting offer, how could I not?¡± Ruby nodded as well. ¡°There is nothing to talk about then. I will wait for what you will do on the trial.¡± She wanted to flee, but she stilled her heart and took her step slowly, showing that this didn¡¯t bother her at all. ¡°Wait!¡± Alpha Ramon stopped her before she could reach the door. Her body froze, but she turned around as casual as possible. ¡°I wonder what made you do this? Did he treat you that bad? He even left his own mate for you and your son.¡± Ruby scoffed, she wanted to curse if she could, but she held her tongue and simply replied with the truth. ¡°He didn¡¯t leave her because he wanted to, Lc was the one, who rejected him, so he didn¡¯t have any other choice, but to settle with me.¡± The truth was so painful. Alpha Ramon looked a little bit taken aback by how honest Ruby was. He didn¡¯t expect she would answer him in that way, so he was a little bit flustered and before he could say something else, Ruby had turned around and then left the room. She didn¡¯t give the alpha a chance to question her anymore. Once he was alone, alpha Ramonughed, he felt like he had made a fool out of himself. ¡°Such interesting woman.¡± He agreed to help Ruby because he had a grudge against Aiden. Something that happened years ago, but even now, he still couldn¡¯t forget about itpletely. Emergency calls onlyMU *093% 12:34 He held his grudge so well and now he was going to bring him down when he was already unable to do anything. ¡°That woman didn¡¯t know what she is trying to do.¡± This deal would benefit him more than it did to Ruby. For Ruby, once she managed to get out of the room, she felt her heart was about to burst. She leaned against the wall and panted, clutching her chest because she couldn¡¯t breathe properly. It was very scary. It was scary because she knew she had done somethingpletely wrong. It took a while for Ruby to calm herself down, she was still trembling, but she already felt better now. But, she jumped out of her skin when someone called her name. ¡°Ruby? What are you doing here?¡± James asked, he was walking around the garden when he saw her figure. He wanted to avoid her, but she looked like she was going to pass out any minute. ¡°Are you, okay?¡± Ruby sighed deeply and then nodded. ¡°I am fine, alpha,¡± she said once she found her voice again. ¡°What are you doing here alone?¡±C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org. ¡°I-I¡­¡± Ruby stuttered for a while, but she cleared her throat and answered him. ¡°I wanted to get some fresh air, that¡¯s why I am here.¡± She licked her dried lips. ¡°Alpha, what are you doing here?¡± ¡°I used to walk around when I am thinking.¡± James sighed. He just confronted Aiden again, but his son became a disappointment for him. Not to mention Jasmine didn¡¯t help at all. He should have known this since the beginning that the way Jasmine treated their son would be an issue in the future and now, he reaped what he sowed. ¡°Are you, okay alpha?¡± Ruby asked with concern in her voice because the troubled look on his face was hard to conceal. ¡°I am fine,¡± James replied, he smiled awkwardly at her. ¡°Do you want to walk with me?¡± Ruby grimaced. ¡°I used to walk around too when I was thinking of something¡­¡± James wanted to reject her, because it didn¡¯t seem appropriate for him to be seen with her, but then when he saw her pitiful face and knew how his son treated her, he didn¡¯t have a heart. ¡°Sure. Let¡¯s walk,¡± OX Emergency calls onlyMU Ruby smiled brilliantly at him. *093% 12:34 Hunter stared at his mate dotingly, he caressed her cheeks and kissed the tip of her nose to wake her up. They were already arrived at the Golden w pack since an hour ago, but none of them came out of the carriage because Lc was still sleeping and the alpha lycan didn¡¯t have a heart to wake her up. ¡°Little one, until when will you sleep?¡± Hunter nudged her chubby cheek. They were going out of the pack in hurry because they had to leave inst minute because of their ceremony, for that, they couldn¡¯t announce Lc¡¯s pregnancy, thus they needed to wait until they returned. It was an important announcement thus they needed to take care of it carefully. ¡°Hunter, Lc! Are you still inside? What are you two doing?¡± Rye was being impatient. If it was only Hunter inside the carriage, he would have opened the door and dragged him out of there, but because Lc was still inside, he was afraid, it would be him, who got the heart attack. ¡°I have been waiting under the sun for so long! I almost dry!¡± ¡°Hm?¡± Lc furrowed her brows because of Rye¡¯s voice. She finally opened her eyes. Chapter 158 079% 11:05 Lc opened her eyes groggily because she heard Rye¡¯s loud voice and looked around her. She was still trying to figure out where she was when she heard Hunter chuckled. ¡°From the look of it, you really have a good sleep. I don¡¯t want to wake you up, but we really need to go and greet the other alphas.¡± Hunter still caressed her cheek lovingly, sometime, his eyes would drift to her t stomach. He couldn¡¯t wait to see their baby and watch their little one grew up. But, he would take his time and enjoy his moment alone with Lc. ¡°Have we arrived?¡± Lc rubbed her sleepy eyes and this made Hunter chuckled even more, but from the sound of it, Rye seemed like he was about to cry. The gamma had beenining in his letters because he couldn¡¯t attend the ceremony and had to stuck in this.pack. He really hated Hunter for that. He missed his big milestone! That was what he said in most of his letter. ¡°Yes, almost two hours ago.¡± ¡°What?¡± Lc widened her eyes in surprised, she turned her head, but Hunter instead kissed her lips. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you wake me up?¡± ¡°I did.¡± If caressing her cheeks and peppered her with light kissed could be called as his effort to wake her up, well, it could be said he really was trying hard to wake her up. But in the end, it was Rye¡¯s impatient that finally stirred her awake. ¡°Oh, I am sorry,¡± Lc said sheepishly. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be sorry, love. Take your time, I will go out first.¡± Hunter needed to calm down his gamma. before he lost his mind. Lc blushed. She loved the way he called her and how she made her heart fluttered, as if the butterfly in her stomach came to live. X Emergency calls only 079% 11:05 ¡°I will be out in a minute,¡± she said, hastilybed her hair with her fingers and checked her dress, while Hunter went out and saw Rye. The gamma looked like he was on the verge of tears or maybe he was on the verge of breaking down. ¡°How dare you having a ceremony without me there? How can you do that to me? I thought we are something!¡± Rye let out his grievances. ¡°What do you mean with something?¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes. He didn¡¯t remember that they were ¡®something¡¯ ¡°I mean, I am your best friend! Your lovely gamma and we have been through so many things together, but you left me behind! How could you?!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t leave you behind, I left you in this pack,¡± Hunter said lightly. ¡°Stop being dramatic. Tell me what happened here.¡± Îå O Rye scoffed, he folded his arms in front of his chest sullenly. ¡°I am not telling you.¡± He looked like a three years old now. ¡°Should I use my alpha¡¯s voice to you?¡± Hunter raised his brows, which made Rye flinched, he didn¡¯t have any Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. other option, but to oblige. Alpha¡¯s voice was not something trivial, you couldn¡¯t take it lightly. It happened once in the past and sure enough, Rye didn¡¯t want Hunter to use it on him again. It was like an absolutemand, which made you felt nervous and fidgeting the whole time, as if you couldn¡¯t think, but immediately did what you were being told. That was what you would feel when you heard the alpha¡¯s voice, because it was an ultimate order from the alpha. With no other option, Rye started to recall all the things that happened in the Golden w pack. ¡°You are right, alpha Ramon made a move.¡± ¡°I expected that much.¡± There was something that Hunter had been nning ever since he made Aiden fell into his scheme and it seemed, everything went well ording to his n. X Emergency calls only 079% 11:06 Not long after that, Lc came out of the carriage, she looked at Rye sheepishly and the ga mma started with his spoiled act again,ining about how he was not there during the ceremony. Lc apologized to him, but then she thought about something. ¡°There is something that most of the people not yet heard. Do you want to know?¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Rye couldn¡¯t hide his curious nature, as he leaned over and offered his ear, but Hunter pushed him away, so he wouldn¡¯t be too close with his mate. ¡°You can just say it. No one will hear you,¡± Hunter said nonchntly. Seeing how Hunter was like this, Lc chuckled, but Rye pouted his lips. ¡°I am pregnant. There is only a handful of people, who knew about this.¡± ¡°Really?!¡± Rye was shocked. He expected they would be pregnant after their mating, especially when the ceremony was held in hurry, but he didn¡¯t expect this soon. ¡°Did Darren already know about this?¡± This was Rye¡¯s main concern. If there was a handful people, he wondered whether the beta beat him in this moment or not. ¡°No, not yet. Darren has not yet learned about this. Only the healer, your sister and you.¡± Lc could see how Rye¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°I can brag about this!¡± The three of them finally went into the pack house and met with the other alphas, but instead of Aiden, they met with alpha James, his father, because of the trial, he was stripped from his status and for the meantime, it was him, who ruled this pack again. ¡°It is nice to see you again, Lc,¡± alpha James said. Lc didn¡¯t hold a grudge toward him, she only felt bad because alpha James couldn¡¯t be firmed with his mate and his son, which led them to today. He used to let them do whatever they wanted and turned blind eyes for what luna Jasmine¡¯s action. ¡°It is great to see you too, alpha James,¡± Lc replied. Not long after that, the trial began and Aiden was taken out from the room, where he had been confined. This would get ugly before it got better. Chapter 159 Emergency calls only O Aiden looked more agitated than usual this morning because he was going to attend his trial. He stared at his reflection on the mirror and couldn¡¯t help, but growl in annoyance. This was not the look that he wanted to see. He looked so haggard and awful. This was the result of pitying himself for a whole week. His eyes suck to their socket and hisplexion looked very pale, as if his skin had never touched the sunlight. His hair was messy and he looked like he lost so much weight. The look of an alpha, who had ended the war with the lycan and killed their alpha was nowhere to be found.. Even he himself pitied the reflection of the man on the mirror. This was not him. Today Lc would attend. He couldn¡¯t be seen like this. This was humiliating. ¡°Are you ready?¡± Ruby asked, she entered the room to find Aiden was staring at the mirror. His eyes looked empty. ¡°Your mother asked me to check on you.¡± Ruby stopped her step for a while, she felt this pity in her heart, but this must be because the remaining of the bond that they shared. Having his mark was one of the foolish decisions she had ever made. ¡°Aiden?¡± Ruby approached Aiden, but the man didn¡¯t show any indication that he heard her. ¡°Aiden, are you okay?¡± She stopped right behind him and touched his shoulder to get his attention, but then he flinched and turned around. ¡°Ruby?¡± Aiden called her name, his voice was a mix of sadness and sorrow, which made Ruby¡¯s heart fluttered. Was he in this so much pain? Why he looked like he was going to cry? And more importantly, why would I care? Ruby didn¡¯t want to care anymore about him, but it was hard to do so when you were tied by the bond of the mate. ¡°Are you¡­ okay?¡± Ruby couldn¡¯t help, but asked him. She had this urge to reach out to him, to touch him, to console him, which was very ridiculous because she had determined to destroy this man. She didn¡¯t want to care about him anymore. And then, something even more unanticipated happened, that was when all of sudden Aiden hugged her. He Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. Emergency calls only hugged her closely. Squeezed her body and rested his face against Ruby¡¯s neck. ¡°Aidan¡­ wh- what are you doing?¡± Ruby felt her heart warmed up. She couldn¡¯t remember thest time he hugged her like this. She couldn¡¯t remember when he treated her nicely. However right now, it felt like her longing for him came forward. She couldn¡¯t deny that deep down, she missed him. Only if Aiden treated her right, she wouldn¡¯t have done what she did with alpha Ramon, the deal with that alpha would certainly hurt Aiden. Ruby was in dilemma right now. Was this a chance? Was there still a chance for them to be together happily? No matter what, Aidan was still the father of her child. There was no way she didn¡¯t feel anything when she intentionally was going to hurt him. But, Ruby should learn this. How fool she was to think she saw hope in their rtionship with only a simple hug. This mere hug didn¡¯t even cut it for what he had done to her all this time and all the hurtful word that came out of his mouth. Because once again, the moment he opened his mouth, he shattered her heart into pieces. ¡°I hope I have never seen you. I hope I have never chosen you,¡± Aiden said with his sad voice that mixed with sorrow. ¡°If I have never met you. I will live happily with my mate and she will be the one, who gave birth to my firstborn.¡± Out of instinct, Ruby pushed him away, as she stepped back to see his face. Her eyes widened in disbelieve and what was more annoying was how her tears threatened toe out. She didn¡¯t want to cry, but her tears streamed down her face. Meanwhile, Aiden simply stared at her, as if he had never done something wrong. Her tears didn¡¯t move him at all. How could Ruby the only one, who felt this strong feeling, while Aiden¡¯s feeling went to Lc even after what had happened and the rejection? This was not fair. Ruby opened her mouth a few times, as if she was trying to find the right word to say, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and turned around. Emergency calls only ¡°Your trial will be held within an hour. You need to be there soon.¡± After saying that, Ruby walked out of the room. Her heart felt so heavy. This was not the first time her heart was being broken, but she cursed herself for being very stu pid to think there was a chance for them. The trial was held in the main hall, where all the alphas attended and in stead of Aiden, it was alpha James, his father, who sat on the chair of the alphas. Meanwhile, the lunas sat behind their respective partner, waiting for Aiden to make an appearance. Lc was sitting next to luna Jasmine. Even without saying anything or looking at her, she could feel how much she hated her now. After all, it was her mate, who had put her precious son into this trial, despite the fact Aiden was the one, who put himself into this trouble. However, no matter how long they were waiting, Aiden still didn¡¯te. ¡°Ask someone to check his bedroom.¡± Alpha James looked agitated, but somehow, alpha Ramon didn¡¯t look impatient like the rest of the alpha. Probably, it was only him and Hunter, who didn¡¯t seem to be bothered by Aiden¡¯s absent. Not long after that, the warrior that was ordered to fetch Aiden from his room returned, he looked troubled. ¡°Alpha James, alpha Aiden is not in his room,¡± he said, whispering to alpha James¡¯s ear. Chapter 160 here was no surprise on his face, neither he was agitated because he had to wait for Aiden for hours. Hunter indeed tried to look indifferent, but after being with this wicked alpha for months, Lc slowly learned hat there was nothing simple with him. He might look lovey dovey with her and teased her all the time, but now Lc realized, he was only being like that with her, since all the people in their pack looked shocked whenever he showed that side of him. Lc really wanted to ask him what happened, but from where she was sitting, there was no way to have this conversation with him. And as if he was sensing his mate¡¯s restlessness, Hunter turned his head and looked at her with a mirth in his eyes. Lc frowned, as if asking; what happened, but all of sudden alpha Gavin stood up. He looked at alpha James, unhappy. ¡°How long we have to wait?! How dare he let us wait like this?!¡± alpha Gavin was well known with his bad temper. He hated to wait and the most impatient alpha among the other six alphas. Seeing how thing turned out, Lc almost could guess what would happen next and she turned her head just in time to see luna Jasmine stood up, she was fuming because her precious son was being med and scolded right in front of her. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to raise your voice, alpha Gavin!¡± luna Jasmine said sternly through her gritted teeth, Lc could see how she balled her hands into tight fists. Well, at the very least, it wouldn¡¯t be boring anymore¡­ ¡°Luna Jasmine! Don¡¯t you dare to cross the line!¡± alpha Gavin roared, but luna Jasmine didn¡¯t back down. ¡°Be quiet and know your ce!¡± Inis was wnat rapper In the WerewULTS W allowed to talk or having an argumentation with the other alpha. Their equality was limited within their pack and their own mate, but outside from it, the luna¡¯s status didn¡¯t make you equal with the other alpha. Luna Jasmine had beenining about this every now and then when Lc was still under her tutge and even now, Lc still admired her for standing up for herself and thought how wrong that rule was. Thankfully, Hunter didn¡¯t have the same thought and Lc knew about that for sure. ¡°You must have forgotten that my son was the person who had ended the war and killed the previous alpha lycan! You can¡¯t put aside his merit and turned blind eyes! Because of this trivial problem, you saw him as a viin!¡± All eyes were on Hunter when luna Jasmine addressed the fact that her son had killed his father. That certainly true, but this was not something that you could talk lightly. No matter what, the previous alpha was still alpha Hunter¡¯s father. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. However, to everyone surprised Hunter didn¡¯t show any indication that he was upset, but then it was hard to tell if you talked about this alpha. ¡°Alpha James! Is this how you managed your mate?!¡± alpha Gavin called out alpha James, which made all the attention was distracted from Hunter. Alpha James stood up and asked for his warrior to remove Jasmine from the main hall. ¡°James!¡± luna Jasmine felt so humiliated. Not only her mate didn¡¯t side with her, but he actually let other people criticized their son! ¡°James! You know this is not our son¡¯s fault! He is not at fault! This trial is nonsense!¡± ¡°Take her away!¡± Alpha James had his own reason why he couldn¡¯t side with his son and his mate, because at this moment, they had lost favor from the other alpha and with what Jasmine said earlier and the other alphas¡¯ reaction, he couldn¡¯t risk to get the situation even more out of hand if Hunter was trying to do something. Once luna Jasmine was out of the picture, the room became quiet again, until one of the warriors of alpha Ramon came and whispered to his ear. After the report, this time alpha Ramon stood up and announced that alpha Aiden had run away. ¡°He was spotted on the south part of Dtemi mountain!¡± he announced this loudly. A buzz of people talking spread throughout the room and they were in disbelieve that the alpha they praised so much just a few months ago hadmitted such low act by running away from thew. ¡°What are you going to do now?¡± Hunter finally opened his mouth and the room quieted down immediately. His dark and sharp eyes were on alpha James. ¡°Are you not going to do anything?¡± Alpha James¡¯s face turned red. He had guessed it that Aiden had run away when he heard that he was not in his room, but even he himself couldn¡¯t believe what a cowardice act he hadmitted, neither he thought his son was capable of doing it. ¡°Gather all the warriors and search the whole mountain!¡± alpha James finally gave an order. ¡°Are you sure your people will not cave in and let him go?¡± Hunter asked again. His intention was clear. ¡°He is still the alpha of the pack, he held the status for quite some time, do you think your warrior will really capture him?¡± Alpha Ramon immediately offered his warriors. ¡°I will deploy my warrior to help,¡± he said and as if on cue, the other five alphas immediately offered the same thing too. And a few momentter, most of the people headed toward the mountain. Hunter turned around and smiled at Lc. ¡°Do you want to take a walk in the mountain, love?¡± Chapter 161 055% 11:04 ¡°You have expected this to happen, right?¡± Lc asked in low voice, she had to tiptoe, so she could reach his ear. Right now, she was walking on the mountain road, while the warriors had gone ahead to chase after Aiden. Lc didn¡¯t need toe, but Hunter asked her and the way he looked at her, she knew almost immediately that this mischievous alpha had nned something. ¡°Lower your voice, people can hear you,¡± Hunter said, whispering back to Lc. She looked around, but the people nearby would be out of earshot from them. ¡°Tell me, what is your n?¡± Lc couldn¡¯t help with her curiosity. ¡°What is it? Why didn¡¯t you tell me anything about this?¡± ¡°To surprise you.¡± ¡°I am more annoyed than be surprised.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes at him. ¡°You are so adorable when you are annoyed.¡± Hunter kissed her cheek. ¡°I should have done it more often.¡± Lc made a face when she heard that and this caused the alpha lycan tough, despite their current situation, he seemed not care enough with the fact Aiden had run away and all the people around the looked at at the couple with curiosity. What they were talking about until that scary alpha lycan could laugh like that? ¡°Tell me what is your n?¡± Lc then touched her stomach. ¡°I think the baby too.¡± Wanted to know Hunter kissed her even more, until sheughed and asked him to stop. From outsider perspective, the two of them looked like they were going to a pic instead of helping them searching for Aiden. Yet, Hunter had never said he wasing here to search for Aiden. It was too good for him to be searched by him and his pregnant woman. There was no way he would put Lc into that arduous effort only to look for him. Of course, the alpha lycan asked her out like this because he wanted to know more about her. ¡°I have showed you the ces that dear to me, why don¡¯t you show me yours?¡± While they were here, Hunter wanted to see how Lc lived after she left the lycan pack because of her shi tty father. ¡°Have you been here before?¡± ¡°Of course,¡± Lc said, she pointed her finger to her left side. ¡°There is a river over there and I used to go there Emergency calls only 11:04 with Aria,¡± she said. She grimaced with the mention of her name. It still hurt her to know that the person she considered as friend had betrayed her, not only once, but twice. Even after her convincing apology toward her. The sadness in Lc¡¯s eyes didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Hunter. ¡°Do you care to show me the river?¡± Lc¡¯s eyes flickered and the smile returned to her lips when she realized, she was no longer alone now. She had Hunter with her and this man would always by her side. He would never betray her. ¡°Sure.¡± Lc was happy again, as she guided him toward the river under people¡¯s scrutinized eyes. They couldn¡¯t tell why Lc was so happy to be with the lycan when that was actually not her ce to begin with. Wasn¡¯t the lycan was so barbaric it would make you trembled once you knew them better? Hence, they couldn¡¯tprehend how Lc looked so free to be the luna of that kind of pack. ¡°Now, tell me.¡± Lc showed him the river. The surface of it glinted under the sunlight and this ce was exactly the same like thest time she was here. The gentle wind that swept her dress and cheeks and the warmth light of the sun, the smell of the grass and wet soil. It brought a lot of memories for Lc. Because she didn¡¯t remember her life before this pack when she met with Hunter, thus her childhood memories started here and the first person that would appear when she remembered the past was; Aria. Therefore, Lc wanted to distract her mind from thinking about her childhood bestfriend and looked for her, wanting to know whether she was alright after that night. She shouldn¡¯t have cared about him anymore. ¡°I will tell you only if you kissed me.¡± Lc tiptoed, but he back away before Hunter could grab her and prolong their kiss. ¡°Now, tell me.¡± ¡°You are being cheeky,¡± said with a sigh. In the end, he told her about the n between him and alpha Ramon and what would happen after this. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry, alpha Ramon¡¯s people will catch him. With him trying to escape the trial, it will put him in the worse position and the punishment will be more severe.¡± Hunter took the roundabout route to take down Aiden, but he actually enjoyed this deliberate game himself. ¡°What did you offer to alpha Ramon in return?¡± Lc asked her curiosity away. Emergency calls onlyDO Hunter looked at Lc mischievously. ¡°I offered him my help.¡± 055% 11:04 ¡°Your help?¡± Lc furrowed her brows. ¡°What kind of help did you offer to him.¡± This must be a big of a deal because there was no way Hunter¡¯s help would be something cheap. There must be more into it. ¡°His im to this pack,¡± Hunter finally replied, which shocked Lc. She was unable to uttered a single word for a while, which made Hunter frowned. ¡°What?¡± Lc shook her head. ¡°Hunter, you went too far.¡± Hunter furrowed his brows even harder. ¡°I thought you wanted to get your revenge.¡± Lc shook her head again. ¡°In what way do you think I want revenge?¡± ¡°They hurt you. I don¡¯t like people hurting you.¡± ¡°But, you sacrificed the whole pack, Hunter. Do you know that?¡± ¡°I know.¡± Lc opened her mouth, but she couldn¡¯t even string a sentence to talk him out of it. Hunter didn¡¯t see his action was wrong. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. Yes, lycan was a cruel creature and they were very possessive to their woman, but then¡­ should Hunter take this too far? ¡°Hunter, you need to stop this.¡± Chapter 162 Lc didn¡¯t expect at all that thing would turn out like this. She didn¡¯t even realize since when Hunter was holding a grudge toward this pack on her behalf. Of course, she was ttered for him to be angry for her, but then the implication of what he was going to do was so great. It would change the whole packpletely and what he meant by helping alpha Ramon to im this pack? Would there be another war? Lc didn¡¯t want that to happen. Thest war had left her miserable, not only her but also a lot of people. She didn¡¯t wish for that to happen again, no matter what the reason, especially if she was the cause of it. ¡°Hunter, I don¡¯t want you to do this, are you going to cause another war?¡± Lc approached him, the beauty of this ce was overlooked by her anxiety. She stared at Hunter¡¯s dark eyes. The man actually raised his hand and touched her cheek. ¡°I will destroy everything that hurt you. Anyone, who hurt you.¡± The only reason why he had not yet killed Killian was because of Lc, but once she was no longer wanted him anymore and was sure with her decision. The man would have long gone before anyone could notice it. Hunter was thinking the worst death ever, the humiliated one, but he couldn¡¯t make it public, since Lc wouldn¡¯t be able to watch it, her heart was too kind to witness such cruelty. Maybe his method was indeed too barbaric for her and that was what Lc was thinking right now. But, if you remembered, Hunter was the man, who had killed his own father, just because he always acted yful, it didn¡¯t change that fact at all. ¡°Hunter, please¡­ no more war¡­¡± She didn¡¯t expect this from Hunter. The narration about him was always this yful, but stern man, scary, but warm at the same time. But now, Lc could see it clearly why people at the lycan pack feared him. There was the reason for them to fear their alpha and obey him without question and now, she was able to understand. However, before they could talk further, they could hear themotion in the distance. ¡°What is that?¡± Lc instinctively looked at the direction where the loud noise came. ¡°Is that part of your n?¡± Emergency calls only F Hunter¡¯s face turned sour. ¡°No.¡± 055% 11:04 If there would be amotion, it would happen not here. More so, from the sound of it, it didn¡¯t feel right. ¡°What is going on?¡± Lc frowned, she could see the warriors turned into beasts and from afar there was this heavy sound like hundred of bests came approaching. ¡°Hunter? Are you sure this is not part of your n?¡± ¡°No.¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes. He could already smell the scent of hundred different beasts, all of them were heading here, but from the reaction of the other warriors, it seemed, they didn¡¯t know who wereing too. ¡°Go back to the pack house. I will meet you there.¡± Hunter mind link Gavin, the warrior that was in charge for the safety of the luna. The man came with four other warriors and they escorted Lc out of here. ¡°Hunter,e with me too, I don¡¯t feel good about this,¡± Lc said hastily, she grabbed Hunter¡¯s hand and pulled him with her. She didn¡¯t want to leave him here. ¡°I will be fine, little one. I will return as soon as I learn what is happening there.¡± Hunter kissed her forehead. Just earlier, she reprimanded him because of his n with alpha Ramon to take down this pack. He thought, he had made a grief mistake for making that decision and Lc was going to hate him for it, but who would have thought that this woman would be scared so much to leave him behind. ¡°Hunter, you said it yourself, this is not part of your n, it meant there must be something wrong. Let¡¯s go. You can¡¯t be here.¡± Lc felt like she wanted to cry, while the loud noise was getting closer, not only that, she could hear vicious roar and growl from the beast that approaching them. ¡°Go now, Lc.¡± Lc shook her head, she was going to cry. It seemed, her fear was greater than her anger toward her mate. On the other hand, Hunter couldn¡¯t make her leave in this rate, unless he used this reason. ¡°You are pregnant, Lc. Do you want to hurt our baby?¡± Hunter hugged her and whispered to her ear. Lc was still in the early stage of pregnancy, thus her scent changed very subtly, aside from her own mate, no one would notice this. ¡°Go to the carriage now. I can protect myself.¡± He let her go. ¡°Take her with the carriage.¡± He spoke to Gavin this time. Emergency calls only: : 055% 11.04 Lc was torn, but Hunter was right. He was a great fighter. Whatever happened, he would be fine, right? Leaving with no other choice, Lc went with Gavin and the other four warriors. She didn¡¯t shift into her beast, because it would harm her baby, thus she chose to enter the carriage as per Hunter¡¯s instruction. Gavin was a little bit confused why would Lc take the carriage, since she could shift and it would be faster if she ran in her beast, but he didn¡¯t question it, after all, the alpha had told him to do so. Once Lc was inside the carriage, Gavin took her away from there as soon as possible, while the other four warriors had shifted into their beasts and ran along the carriage for protection from all sides. On the other hand, once Hunter was sure Lc had been away, he turned around and shifted into his beast. His lycan beast lookedrger than any normal werewolf, and then faster. In no time, the alpha lycan had reached the center of themotion. But to his surprised, the battle had started. From the look of it, they were under attack¡­ but, wait? This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Hunter didn¡¯t immediately jump into action, where he started to fight as well, but he took his time to observe the situation. It didn¡¯t take long for him to understand what was going on and where he had miscalcted his n. He cursed himself in his mind. What agitated the alpha lycan was the fact of their attacker was the lycan! There were hundred of them charged forward to fight their way to the pack. Was this only a coincidence, or someone pulled the string from behind? Chapter 163 The situation in the pack house was not really great, because they already heard about what happened when they looked for Aiden. They were attacked! It was still not sure who had attacked them, because the battle was still going on and right now Lc could only stand in front of the door, staring at the entrance of the pack house, so she would know right away when Hunter returned. She couldn¡¯t be calm and no matter what Gavin said, she didn¡¯t want to listen until she saw Hunter with her own eyes that he was fine. In the end, Gavin, Rye and the rest of the warriors, could only stand there by her side. Needless to say, they were also worried about their alpha. Especially when the sun was almost set and the sky was painted in red color that reminded you of blood. Lc didn¡¯t budge from her spot and Rye was amazed of how she could do that. He tried to lighten up her mood and make a joke, but that was not the thing that Lc needed right now. And then she caught that scent. She was familiar with this scent because they were so close in the past and a secondter, she caught her figure. She was standing not too far from her, looked a little bit fidgeting and when she was about to smile at Lc, she simply looked at different direction. It made her stomach churned to see Aria was there. She was thest person that she wanted to see at this moment when her mood had hit the bottom. However, as if she couldn¡¯t get the cue, Aria instead walking toward Lc and tried to make a small talk with her, but thankfully, Rye stepped forward and dealt with her before Lc showed her anger. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Aria called her, her voice was shaking, but Lc ignored herpletely, treating her like a wind. She was nothing in her eyes and she made sure she disyed the message clearly. ¡°I know it will be hard for you to forgive me, but can we talk for a while? I will exin to you about everything.¡± Lc didn¡¯t see there was the need to hear the exnation, thus she waved her hand, indicating for the warrior to take her away. Aria was surprised by how cold Lc was. She looked like someone else at this point, because Lc from her Emergency calls only Mu memories wouldn¡¯t turn her away without even a single nce. 064% 12:18 ¡°Lc! Lc! Will you forget about everything that we have gone through!? You are like a sister to me, I know I am wrong, but can¡¯t you give me one more chance to redeem my mistake?¡± Aria still tried to fight against the warrior, but there was no way she could win that. They were warrior and what was important was; they were lycan. ¡°Lc! Forgive me! Give me second chance.¡± But, the lycan dragged her away faster and Rye could only shake his head and nce at their newly appointed luna. ¡°Are you okay?¡± After all, Rye had learned that Aria was her childhood friend. ¡°I am fine.¡± ¡°Great.¡± Thankfully, they didn¡¯t need to wait for long, because when the sky had turnedpletely dark, the commotion sound in the distance finally ceased down and the information came flooding. They managed to make their intruder left the pack and now they were in pursue mode, where they would chase them into the forest. ¡°Where is Hunter?¡± Lc asked immediately to the messenger. ¡°Do you know what happened to him?¡± But before he could answer that question, he suddenly nodded politely to the person who was standing behind Lc. ¡°Looking for me?¡± Hunter¡¯s voice suddenly could be heard from behind her. He was this close, but she couldn¡¯t smell his scent at all and when she turned around, she could understand why. His body reeked of blood and this gave Lc a fright, but Hunter immediately exined to her. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, this is not my blood.¡± If this was not his blood, it meant, it was the enemy¡¯s blood. Just how many enemies that met their demise under his hand? But, Lc didn¡¯t want to talk about that, she was only d to have her mate back, thus despite how dirty and the bloodstain on his body that could make you crinkled your nose, she threw herself at him and hugged him tightly without saying anything. ¡°And now you also got dirty,¡± Hunter said helplessly. He couldn¡¯t help, but hugged her back. Initially, he didn¡¯t intend to see her and wanted to wash himself first, but he saw her worried expression and Emergency calls only MU 064% 12:18 then overheard the question, thus he didn¡¯t want to prolong her suffering further Rye, acted like a good gamma he was, dragged the other warriors to leave their luna and alpha and gave them some privacy. ¡°Now because you are gotten dirty too, let¡¯s take a bath together.¡± Here, Hunter¡¯s yful side came to the Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. surface. Lc wanted to ask what happened and who had attacked them, but she swallowed back all the question down her throat, because her question could wait. The pack was in uproar because of the attack and alpha James was so busy to order his warriors around to heightened their guard. Meanwhile, a few other people were injured, some were dead and the other alphas demanded to know what was going on and whether or not Aiden was part of it. However, here they were, the alpha and the luna of the lycan pack, undressed each other and dipped themselves under the tub. Hunter was very careful with Lc, as he let her to rest her back against his chest after he thoroughly cleaned her and himself. Lc felt rx, her anxiety was thrown out of the window now her mate was close to her again. ¡°What happened, Hunter? Did you know about this?¡± Hunter¡¯s eyes turned dark. ¡°No. I don¡¯t. But, they are definitely lycan.¡± Chapter 164 Needless to say, the lycan that attacked this pack was the same with the one that had attacked them as well, the unknown pack of lycan that worked for Ken. Hunter¡¯s pack should be the only pack of lycan in this whole realm, but as it turned out, there was another lycan pack out there that they didn¡¯t know. The people from today would be shocked too to learn about this, but thankfully this topic had been- brought up and the existence of another pack of lycan had bean known by the other alphas, or else, they would put the me on Hunter and he would be hard pressed with this issue. ÔÆ ¡°Now, you are clean.¡± Hunter chuckled sniffing at her and kissed her breast. They were still naked and the alpha was helping his mate to dry herself. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°H Lc blushed when Hunter kissed her breast, she used both of her arms to cover herself, which made himughed. ¡°What do you want to cover, sweetheart? I have seen everything.¡± In fact, Hunter had kissed every inch of her skin and he would do it all day without getting tired if Lc let him. ¡°I am tired,¡± Lc said sullenly. She had been waiting for him for a whole day in anxiety, scared if there was something bad happened to him, thus when she finally saw him again, she felt extremely relief and the exhaustion started to catch up with her. ¡°Sure, let¡¯s rest. You need to sleep.¡± Hunter kissed her forehead now and diligently wiped her, this time he didn¡¯t try to do anything. His woman was tired and he was not a monster who would force himself on her. Well, at least not today. Hunter couldn¡¯t continue with his tease too because he didn¡¯t trust himself. Bathing together without doing anything was already his limit, more than that he would have hurt Lc with his selfishness. When they were like this, what happened today seemed like a dream, because they were so peaceful, as if they didn¡¯t have care for the world. Emergency calls only 078% 11:22 However, once Lc was sleeping, Hunter opened his eyes and got off the bed. There were a few things that he needed to sort out. Lc must be very tired, this pregnancy was rather hard on her and she became easily lethargic until she forgot their conversation before this about how Hunter wanted this pack to be reimed by alpha Ramon. ¡°Sleep tight my love,¡± Hunter said, kissing her forehead and then got off the bed. He told two of the warriors to stay there, making sure his woman was fine and then shifted into his beast, because it would be faster to reach the spot where he promised he would meet with him. Today event was something Hunter didn¡¯t expect at all. It was not his n and he was also surprised he lost Aiden. Yes, because of the attack, they forgot about Aiden and he managed to escape during the chaos. ¡°You arete,¡± said a man from the shadow. He was wearing hoodie that could cover his face, but it was not necessary, since as a shifter, you could recognize your opponent by their scent if you were familiar with the said person. ¡°My mate just fell asleep,¡± Hunter replied casually and the man emerged from the dark. Upon closer look when the bright moon above their head shone this empty alley, you could recognize the man, who was talking with Hunter. It was alpha Ramon. Alpha Ramon could only scoff, but he changed his attituded when he spoke under Hunter¡¯s ring look. He was not going to get himself killed today, since he knew how much this man loved that woman, despite the fact that woman was Aiden¡¯s destined mate. ¡°We lost Aiden.¡± Ramon looked troubled when he reported this, but Hunter had expected this result. This situation was out of their hands, they didn¡¯t predict the attack from the lycan. ¡°What have you found out?¡± Hunter asked. ¡°Nothing much. The attacker was the lycan. Two alphas assumed they came from your pack, but because you were there to fight them off along with the other warriors and even killed most of them, the usation was proven invalid.¡± Emergency calls only This was one of the reasons why Hunter chose to stay behind. He would rather dealing with the usation. 078% 11:23 ght the lycan instead of Their original n was for Ramon to pretend to help Aiden to run away, adding punishment to his crime because he was trying to runaway from the trial. However, who would have thought they were going to lose him for real. This was annoying when your n didn¡¯t turn out to be how you expected. ¡°Do you know where those lycans came from?¡± Hunter asked, while he was deep in thought. T ¡°I am not sure, as far as I know, I have never seen any new pack nearby. They could be rogue though, not a pack.¡± That was a possibility. ¡°What about this pack?¡± Hunter stared at him for a while. ¡°Lay low. Alpha James is not as st upid as his son.¡± After saying that, Hunter turned around and left the scene. That was his order for alpha Ramon. That was right, Hunter was ordering one of the alphas. Lc was not even aware there was this kind of rtionship between the two, because the next morning when she woke up, she started to throw up for an hour straight until a healer was being called and she finally could drink down her concoction. ¡°Feeling better?¡± Hunter asked, he wiped her sweat and put a cold wet towel on her forehead, so she would feel good. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc curled her body. ¡°Rest, I will ask someone to prepare your meal.¡± Because of her current condition, she forgot again to ask about yesterday and now she fell asleep again. Not long after, Rye knocked on the door and informed Hunter that alpha James wanted to see him in Chapter 165 11:39 ¡°Do you know about this lycan?¡± Alpha James looked like he was aging for a few years overnight. He looked haggard and in trouble. How could he not when his only son ran away from the trial and tarnished their name. He didn¡¯t have dignity and even the pack member questioned his action. Even if they managed to make him an alpha again, it would be so hard for Aiden to regain his people¡¯s respect. But, aside from that, there was this hard pressing issue that alpha James had to handle first and put aside his thought about his son. ¡°I haveid out all the information I had about this lycan and that was all that I know.¡± Hunter looked around this study room. Aiden¡¯s scent still reeked this ce because he used to stay in this room for hours. Alpha James sighed. The pressure from the other alphas was very harsh, because they felt Aiden had something to do with this. Thankfully, Hunter had brought up the topic before, so no one used him of anything, or maybe he simply used someone to stir the opinion to put the me on Aiden¡­ no one knew what kind of move this alpha lycan made. Upon closer look, you would be able to notice that his personality had always changed depending on whom he was with and of course, Lc would always get the best version of him. ¡°We need to find out where they areing from,¡± alpha James stated to no one in particr, he stared at Hunter. ¡°Do you have any idea how to find them?¡± Hunter raised his brows, because he thought the question was rather ridiculous. ¡°If I knew how to find them, I would have done that and marched to their pack.¡± ¡°Do you think they are rogue?¡± The beast without territory and even though they were in a group, they would move from one area to the other, since they didn¡¯t have their own territory. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even try to think about this. He seemed not interested to the topic, but the Emergency calls only question kepting from alpha James, which made him noticed something. ¡°Are you interrogating me?¡± 11:39 Alpha James was pretty flustered when he was being called out, but he regained hisposure pretty fast. ¡°I only thought because you are the lycan too, you know a thing or two that could help with the investigation.¡± Hunter said nothing, but the look on his eyes alone could make alpha James felt really ufortable. He didn¡¯t mean to offend this alpha. No, he couldn¡¯t afford to offend this alpha lycan. He already had a handful of trouble, not to mention his mate had been crying nonstop because of the missing of their son and how wild the usation was. Generally, as werewolf, they didn¡¯t like the lycan, but after what happened and how Lc turned her back and went with the lycan pack, Jasmine had been hating them with passion. She felt like her own daughter had been stolen. ¡°I am sorry if I offended you, you can leave,¡± alpha James said, deeply apologetic. He tossed away his dignity and gave his sincere apology to Hunter. . ¡°Hm.¡± Hunter turned around and then left. He did with him. want to spend another minute inside this room However, when he was about to leave, someone opened the door from outside and it was Ruby, she looked surprise to see Hunter was there. Because she thought alpha James was alone. More so, this must be the first time for her to be this close with him, she could even smell his warm scent, which was very different from Aiden. She preferred this one. ¡°D- do you want a tea?¡± Ruby stuttered a bit, she was holding a tray with a tea set. Hunter didn¡¯t answer her, instead he went out without saying anything. He looked callous and couldn¡¯t give a shit to his surroundings, but what fascinated Ruby was how he treated Lc. She wondered how it felt to be treated that way. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Emergency calls only 0091% 11:39 Alpha James¡¯s voice snapped Ruby back to the reality, she startled and tried to hide her thought, as she smiled at alpha James. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°Alpha, I heard you skipped your breakfast. I came here to bring you tea and snack.¡± Ruby knew that alpha James only had tea and snack for his breakfast and that was why she brought exactly that. ¡°Bring them back, I don¡¯t need it.¡± Alpha James was not in the mood to eat anything. He was not even able to drink a drop of water, because of the anxiety he felt. However, instead of leaving like what alpha James told her to do, Ruby entered the room and went straight to alpha James¡¯s table. She put the tray down.. ¡°You need to eat something, it¡¯s not good to force yourself. Things will not get better if you fell sick.¡± Ruby poured the warm liquid of tea and handed the cup to alpha James. ¡°Aiden is not here and you are the only pir for this pack. You need to treasure your health. This will help you to calm down and think clearer.¡± Alpha James stared at the cup and then thanked her for her concern. ¡°Luna Jasmine is still inside her bedroom. I have delivered her breakfast, but¡­¡± Ruby was hesitated for a while, but alpha James knew what she had transpired. He knew his mate like the back of his hand, thus he was well aware of what kind of tantrum she must be throwing right at this moment. ¡°I will send another meal to her once she has calmed down.¡± ¡°Why do you call Jasmine as luna when you are the luna of the pack?¡± James sipped his tea. Ruby was right, it helped him to calm down and feel good. ¡°Because I respect her so much, just like how I respect you, alpha James. You are a good alpha,¡± Ruby said sheepishly. Chapter 166 ¡°If there is something good in Aiden, he must have gotten it from you, alpha James,¡± Ruby said in small voice and sheepish voice. ¡°This period of time must be so hard on you, but I am sure you will be able to handle this problem eventually.¡± James was startled when he heard how Ruby praised him, he was not someone who was easily fluttered, but then, it was very good to hear someone talked nicely about you and appreciate what you were doing. He didn¡¯t get this affection from Jasmine because her mate was too busy to wallowing their son, who had run away and tarnished their name. Not even once Jasmine thought about this pack. Of course, she loved this pack so much, but her precious son was above everything. Alpha James remembered how she fought him when he was about to send Aiden to the battlefield. Thankfully, at that time Aiden his decision to send him away, or else, Jasmine would have stood her greed with ground and the victory would never happen. But then, alpha James felt guilty because in a way, he sent his son away to his demise because he met this woman. Alpha James raised his head and looked at Ruby. She looked innocent and genuine. ¡°You can leave, Ruby. There are a lot of things I have to do today.¡± ¡°Of course, alpha James,¡± Ruby said, she nodded politely at him. ¡°Thank you for the tea.¡± ¡°Anytime.¡± After that, she went out of the study room and walked toward the nursery room, where her son was still sleeping. She caressed his ruddy cheek and smiled bitterly. ¡°I love you so much baby, but I hate your father,¡± Ruby said in small voice and then kissed her son¡¯s forehead. Later that night Ruby met with alpha Ramon in secret again, she was wearing hoodie that covered her face and was being cautious with her surroundings. ¡°I don¡¯t believe it that you have nothing to do with the lycan¡¯s attack,¡± Ruby said, narrowing her eyes at the alpha before her. Alpha Ramon scowled at the usation. ¡°If there is anyone to be suspicious of right now, it is you.¡± He approached Ruby, his figure was very intimidating, as if he was going to do something horrendous to this woman. ¡°Watch what you said. Your mate was the only person, who obsessed to know about the other pack of lycan. He was the one, who joined hand with Grace and her father to infiltrate the lycan pack and cause himself ended up in a trial that would ruin his life. Ruby gulped down hardly. She had never felt very scared like right now, thus out of instinct, she took a few steps back. ¡°But, you supposed to catch Aiden, yet, you couldn¡¯t find him. You lost him.¡± The two of them agreed that they woul Scheme against Aiden to make him received the heaviest punishment. Alpha Ramon scoffed when he heard that. He wanted tough. ¡°And do you think I deliberately lost him? How funny the way your brain is working.¡± Ruby hated the remark, because it reminded her that she came from a low family background and how uneducated she was. ¡°I gain nothing from letting him cape my clutch.¡± Ruby stared at him for a while, wanted to be sure that she was not being manipted, but then, she couldn¡¯t tell the difference. ¡°I think our meeting should be ended, since you can¡¯t get what I want, I will not give you the one I promised you,¡± Ruby promised him to help him schemed against alpha James, so he could im this pack. That was the depth of her hatred toward the people in this pack, who treated her unfairly. Aiden, the man, who supposed to be her mate and the father of her son turned his back and became very abusive toward her. He didn¡¯t even care at all of how hurtful the word he hurled toward her. (+5 Luna Jasmine, the mother that she wished she would have, would alwayspare her with Lc. There was not even a single day that went without her mentioning how good and smart Lc was and how she wouldn¡¯t be able to meet her expectation like Lc did. While the rest of the pack member only watched everything in silence, they didn¡¯t offer her any help and looked at her as if she was a dirt, even after she gave birth to her son, they didn¡¯t count her as one of them. In that case, she would rather help alpha Ramon to destroy this pack. Her hatred ran so deep and her anger turned into vengeance. ¡°Look for me again if you managed to find Aiden and bring him back to go through trial.¡± Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. Alpha Ramon raised his brows. ¡°Did you hate your mate so much?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± After saying that, Ruby then walked away. Meanwhile, alpha Ramon stayed in his ce, staring at Ruby¡¯s back. He was deep in thought and remembered what the alpha lycan told him. ¡°He is insane¡­¡± he mumbled to himself. ¡°How he could predict this?¡± Hunter read this woman just like reading a report. He knew what kind of person this woman could be and how to use her. More so, Hunter knew that he would agree with this arrangement and joined in in this scheme. ¡°I hope I will not be on his bad side.¡± Alpha Ramon shook his head and walked away. That night, storm hit the Golden w pack and everyone was forced to stay inside the room, but when morning came the sky was very clear and the air was crispy. ¡°Morning,¡± Hunter said softly, kissing Lc¡¯s face. She had been terrified the entire night because the sound of the storm was very scary, thus she snuggled against him and Hunter had to hug her to sleep. ¡°Morning¡­¡± Lc said sleepily, she nuzzled his neck and closed her eyes again. Chapter 167 Hunter couldn¡¯t help, but chuckled when he saw how adorable his mate was. Her sleepiness was heavy on her and because of the pregnancy, she became easily sleepy and hungry. ¡°This Is almost noon. You need to wake up.¡± Hunter kissed her forehead. He stared at ther sleepy face. This was the best sight in the morning. He felt so blessed to be able to wake up next to her. ¡°I am sleepy. I don¡¯t want to wake up.¡± Instead of waking up, Lc was trying to fall asleep again. She snuggled against Hunter and hugged him tightly. At lost for what to do, Hunter whispered to her ear, because there were only two things that currently could Intrigue his mate. ¡°Don¡¯t you want to eat? I heard the breakfast is delicious here.¡± Hearing that, Lc pursed her lips. Hunter knew what to say and as if inmand her stomach started grumbling. Ugh. Of course, Hunter heard that too and startedughing, ¡°Are youughing at your hungry, pregnant woman?¡± lc narrowed her eyes at him. ¡°How could I not? You are very adorable, do you even know that?¡± Hunter pinched her chin and captured her lips. Those plump lips tasted heavenly and Hunter felt like he could devour them for his breakfast. However both of them could hear how Lc¡¯s stomach started grumbling again, which made both of them couldn¡¯t hold back theirughter. ¡°Our baby is hungry.¡± Lc said with a chuckle. ¡°Hm. Our baby is growing up.¡± Somehow, hearing how Hunter said ¡®our baby¡®, warmed her heart. She couldn¡¯t believe it that she finally could have family on her own. Lc thought this dream was a farfetch from reality after Aiden betrayal but, Hunter fulfilled her dream one by one. I am d I have you by my side.¡± Lc kissed his cheek and smiled softly at him. ¡°I am so grateful to wake up everyday by your side. I love you, my everything.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t even exaggerated when he called her as his everything, because that was how lc to him. She was everything he needed and wanted. He would be greedy if he asked much more than What he had right now. ¡°I thought we are going to eat?¡± Lcughed when Hunter pushed her back to the bed, it was clear to see what he was intending to do. Hunter growled. He needed to press down his desire for her. Dang! He didn¡¯t think he was going to get enough of her! And this was insane! Thankfully, in the end Hunter let her go and truly fed her now. The alpha actually bring breakfast to her bed. ¡°What are you nning to do now?¡± Lc asked, munching on her second meat. She heard if you had a good appetite during pregnancy, there was a high chance that the baby was a boy. Although, Hunter didn¡¯t specifically said he wanted a boy, but in this world, it was very important to have a boy for a man, especially someone with Hunter¡¯s status. He needed someone to pass down his lineage, not to mention because he was the only child and currently, the only one in his family. ¡°Hunter, you are not nning to conquere this pack, right?¡± Lc remembered theirst conversation A before the attack. Her anxiety grew when she saw Hunter didn¡¯t reply to her question. She put down her cuttleries and turned her head toward her. ¡°Promise me that you will not do it.¡± Hunter¡¯s jawy hardened when he heard that and after a while, he gritted out the words. ¡°They fucking hurt you.¡± Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. Lc startled to hear so much hatred in his voice. He had never really cursed right in front of her face and this let her knew that she needed to choose her word carefully because the man before her would realy weighed a war for her. She could see it in his eyes. ¡°Hunter, you killed your own father in order to stop the war with the werewolf, because you hated it. But. if because of me you started something that you hated, I will never be able to forgive myself.¡± However, the n already started. ¡°I know that in your eyes, I look like I suffered in this pack, but actually not everything were miserable. I still love this pack. This had been my home for years. It will break my heart to see this pack fell into ruin.¡± Now, the question was, would Hunter be able to destroy something that this woman¡¯s love? The answer was very obvious. ¡°Finished your meal and I will reconsider it.¡± However, it was very clear to see that Hunter was going to fold for her. He loved her too much to cause her any pain even in the slightest. ¡°Thank you, Hunter.¡± Lc ate her meal happily and fhunter thought that this woman would really be the death of him. Meanwhile, because of what was going on, all the alphas agreed to make a group of people that consisted with two representative members from each pack to investigate this lycan that had attacked them. *This group of lycan was still unknown, but many people, especially the alphas assumed that Aiden knew something about it. Hunter alone was a threat for them because lycan was not a shifter that you could take them easily. One pack of lycan was already a great threat for them, let alone if there was another one out there that would be willing to fight them without any reason at all. This on going issue had caused a lot of tension among the alphas and more so an extreme pressure for alpha James. The usation was in the air that his son got himself involved in that attack. In that case, because of this unexpected matter, Hunter and Lc couldn¡¯t return to their pack yet, where Lc used this opportunity to visit her orphan where she ran into Aria. Chapter 168 Lc went to the orphanage with the protection of Gavin and the other two more warriors. This was Hunter¡¯s idea, he didn¡¯t ept any refusal when Lc told him She didn¡¯t want to go with a bunch of people. ¡°There is no way I will let you go without any protection. You can go with Gavin, or you stay here and let them guard the door, your choice, love. I don¡¯t take any risk when it came to you.¡± >nsane to After everything that happened and how the situation right now, Lc must be think that she could roam around this ce without any protection, the alpha lycan was very stern in this decision. Therefore, here Lc was right no the gates. with a lot of pair of eyes stared at her when she entered These were the people that she grew up with and now they didn¡¯t even dare to approach her because of the three lycan warriors, who walked with Lc, looked very scary and intimidating to say the least. Therefore, they didn¡¯te to her until She was the one, who approached them. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°Lc!¡± They called her name when Lc walked toward them with open arms, but they didn¡¯t dare to hug her until she was the one, who initiated it first. There were three girls around Lc¡¯s age and all of them looked so pleased to be able to see her again. Aside from them, there were these two little girls, whose Lc used to y with, they were around the age of three to four. ¡°They look scary.¡± One of the girls whispered to lc¡¯sear, while staring at Gavin, she hid behind Arabe. Lc chuckled when she heard that and she was pretty sure, Gavin also could hear what she said. ¡°He only looks scary, but actually he is very kind,¡± Lc whispered back to her. However, the little girl didn¡¯t look convinced by what she said. She pursed her lips and still tried to hide from Gavin¡¯s sight. seeing this, lc could only smile and caressed her head, after that she spent the whole morning and afternoon talked with them and from them, Lc learned that Aria had been ostracized by people in this orphanage because of what she had done. Lc felt bad for her, but she didn¡¯t think she could ept her. Not only once, but twice she had betrayed. ¡°No one wanted to talk to her right now after what she had done to you.¡± 10:05 Mon, 22 Apr .. ¡°People hope you will be the luna and take luna Jasmine¡¯s role. No one really like her. Luna Jasmine also became more and more unbearable when you left for the lycan pack.¡± One of them talked in low voice, afraid there was someone overheard her badmouthing the luna. ¡°How is it living with the lycan?¡± ¡°I heard they are very rude?¡± ¡°I also heard they didn¡¯t treat and outsider really well. They used to be very barbaric.¡± Lcughed when she heard that, that was not true at all. But, she understood where they were coming from. If she didn¡¯t live with the lycan and she was still as clueless as them, she would think that way as well. Therefore, she tried to exin to them that those usations were only rumor, that they treated her very well, especially the alpha. At first, they didn¡¯t trust her, but then when they saw how happy Lc was, they slowly believed what she said. ¡°I feel like I want to live in the lycan pack. They didn¡¯t treat us, the orphan really well here.¡± That was true, because Lc also went through the same thing with them. They didn¡¯t treat her horrendously, but most of the time, the orphan children would be treated like a third ss pack member. After Lc¡¯s conversation with them, she needed to go back to the pack house, because Hunter would make a big fuss if she didn¡¯t return at the time, where they had agreed upon. Though Hunter was busy with the meeting with the other alphas about the join force for a group formation to gather information about the lycan, but he would always make time to have lunch and dinner with Lc. However, when she walked out of the orphanage, she met with Aria. Lc met with him when there was an attack a few days ago, where she wanted to see her, but her guards told her to back down and drag her away. This time wouldn¡¯t be different if Aria- insisted to do the same stupid thing. ¡°Lc¡­¡± Aria called her name, but Lc walked away as if she didn¡¯t see her. ¡°I did it for you. I did it because I want to help you and I thought that was the right thing to do to save you from the lycan.¡± Aria said herst word in small voice, yet the lycan could hear her and they growl, which made Aria flinched in fear. However, Lc didn¡¯t heed her word, neither she wanted to correct her way of thinking like what she did to the other girls she met and this made Aria cried so hard to be ignored. Still, Lc didn¡¯t give a damn about her. When she was back to the pack house, she had dinner with Hunter and they had a light talk about what happened throughout the day. However, the two of them were not the only people, who shared their story with one another, because right now, Ruby did the same thing with alpha James. Currently, Luna Jasmine was still wailing in pain for losing her precious son, thus she didn¡¯t make a public appearance very often, especially whenever she went, she would always hear about how they condemned what Aiden had done. She would be very furious, but then she couldn¡¯t do anything anymore to prevent it, or else, she would only make the situation even worse. ¡°How was your day, alpha James?¡± Ruby asked, pouring a ss of water for him. Chapter 169 Alpha James really appreciated Ruby¡¯spany, because everyone didn¡¯t seem to care about him, or rather, they had something else more important to care for, including his mate, who refused to talk with him, until he canceled the n of creating a join force warrior to look for their son. Jasmine thought not fair for their son. She demanded her mate to create their own warrior group to look for Aiden in secret, but alpha James denied the idea because he knew there was an internal turmoil within the warrior and the pack member, as they lost their trust on Aiden. They were not thrilled to be led by an alpha, who runaway from his own trial and caused a lot of trouble for their pack by provoking the lycan pack. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. They started to show their dislike when Aiden betrayed Lc and returned with a pregnant woman, but that misdemeanor was still covered by his victory, yet it wouldn¡¯t work this time. The trick had expired and they didn¡¯t really care about Aiden¡¯s achievement anymore. Therefore, the first thing that alpha James should do was to get his people¡¯s trust back. Backing his son up would only backfire on him and this pack. It had been stressful days and no one cared for his well beings, including his mate. it was only Ruby, who came to him to check on him and had a small talk like right now, which helped to reduce his stress. ¡°Not really good,¡± alpha James said, while he epted the meat to his te. The two of them were eating together in his study room. He looked like he had aged for a few decades. ¡°I am sorry to hear that. You have done so great for this pack.¡± Alpha James didn¡¯t respond to thatment, but he felt good to be appreciated, as they continued to eat, they talked about trivial matter that didn¡¯t the topic about the lycan or whatever problem that the alpha had to face right Alpha James noticed how clever Ruby was to stir the topic of their conversation and made it as light as possible, so the dinner was delightful. He thanked her for the meal and foring to him, as Ruby cleaned up their dinner and said that she woulde againter. Alpha James didn¡¯t agree, he disagreed with neith that. He simply told her to take care and she didn¡¯t prolong her stay there. However, when Ruby walked out of the room, she bumped onto luna Jasmine, who apparently decided to emerge from her bedroom and grace her mate with her presence. Actually, she had something to ask. This was the same old song. The same demand. ¡°What are you doing inside?¡± Luna Jasmine asked, she stared at Ruby with a frown, but this time, the latter didn¡¯t look so scare like she usually did. 10:05 Mon, 22 Apr .. ¡°I just returned from the alpha¡¯s study room,¡± she answered truthfully. E= ¡°With meal?¡± Luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes found the tray full of empty tes, where they just had their meal earlier. ¡°Yes.¡± Ruby smiled softly, but in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes, it looked like she was mocking her, thus a harsh pnded on her cheek. ¡°What are you trying to do?!¡± Luna Jasmine grabbed her hair andnded another harsh p on her cheek, as she kicked her down. She was already very agitated when she came here and now when she saw Ruby and what she had done, she immediately jumped into a conclusion. ¡°You bitch!!!¡± Right now, luna Jasmine was sitting on top of Ruby, while delivering a few more harsh p, until Ruby couldn¡¯t feel her cheeks anymore. ¡°Are you trying to seduce my mate?! You are not satisfied by seducing my son and now you are trying to get to my mate too?!¡± luna Jasmine screamed on top of her lungs, while delivering more and more harsh ps on her face. Because of thismotion, there were so many people came to see what was going on, but they didn¡¯t dare to stop the luna, because they knew damn well how their luna was when she lost her calm. More so, they were not so close with Ruby to help her. They chose not to interfere and grimace when they saw how swollen Ruby¡¯s face was. This assault continued for another five minutes, until one of them went to get the alpha and once alpha James saw this, he roared angrily, which startled everyone present there. ¡°What do you think you are doing?!¡± alpha James asked, as he yanked his mate off Ruby, who was bleeding profusely, as she curled herself on the floor and started crying. ¡°What do you think I am doing?!¡± Luna Jasmineshed out at her mate, she swatted his hand from her and red down at him viciously. ¡°Do you know what she was trying to do to you?! Are you dumb?!¡± Alpha James lost it. He raised his hand and a harsh pnded on his mate¡¯s face, it was so hard, luna Jasmine fell to the floor with blood oozed out her mouth. She was too shock to speak, when she turned her head to look at alpha James in disbelieve. This was the first time for her mate toy a hand on her, which surprised alpha James as well, but his anger got the best of him, because of what luna Jasmine tried to implicate with her words in front of so many people. His pride was hurt. After all, he was the alpha, Jasmine should know better not to humiliate him in front of his pack member. ¡°You went too far!¡± luna Jasmine roared at alpha James, while holding at her swollen cheek, her split lip had stopped bleeding, but she felt humiliated. ¡°How dare youy a hand on me!¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± 10:05 Mon, 22 Apro. ¡°That bitch had seduced you and you didn¡¯t even know that! Are you a fool?!¡± Chapter 170 ¡°What trouble you?¡± Hunter asked, he watched how Lc didn¡¯t really enjoy her meal. ¡°Do you want to eat something else?¡± This pack was Lc¡¯s former pack, Hunter was not sure what she felt about stayed here for a little bit longer. ¡°Something is bothering you in the orphanage?¡± Hunter stretched out his hand and caressed her cheek. She looked so beautiful and a little bit chubbier due to her pregnancy, but he really liked it, because Lc used to be very skinny and pale when she arrived at his pack in the beginning. ¡°Nothing.¡± Lc had told him about her encounter with Aria and in fact, it didn¡¯t really bother her. She didn¡¯t feel sad for the loss of years friendship. But, there was indeed something else that she kept thinking about. ¡°You know that you can tell me anything,¡± Hunter said softly, he leaned over and kissed her forehead tenderly. He loved to see her, but the troubled look on her face really didn¡¯t sit well with him. Hunter gave her time to process and he was right, because in the end, Lc couldn¡¯t help, but voice out her concern. ¡°Hunter¡­ can you please stop?¡± Hunter stared at her for a while and then immediately knew what she was talking about. ¡°Love, no matter what I did, this pack will meet its demise sooner orter.¡± Hunter had predicted everything. If this pack would be fallen in the end, he only wanted to get a benefit from it, but more importantly, he wanted those people, who had hurt his mate to be in pain, he wanted them. to suffer. That was his main reason, while he gathered more benefit from it. ¡°There will be no war or blood that will be spilled. You don¡¯t need to worry about that.¡± Hunter was thinking the cruelest way possible, but knowing his mate, Lc wouldn¡¯t agree with his action, thus he changed his n ordingly. ¡°What do you mean?¡± Lc frowned. She didn¡¯t understand, but Hunter simply chuckled and stood up. ¡°Come I will show you something interesting.¡± He stretched out his hand for her to take. ¡°I am not sure whether this will make you feel better or not, but I hope this will soothe your disappointment and misery.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Lc took his hand and followed him out, where Hunter took her to alpha James¡¯s study room and witnessed everything from the distance. ¡°What is happening?¡± Right before her eyes, alpha James and luna Jasmine engaged in a heated argument, while Ruby was sitting on the floor, looked miserable and pitiful, as the other pack member stared at the whole situation with a mixed feeling and expression. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. 10:05 Mon, 22 Apr. That was when Lc witnessed the thing that she thought alpha James would never capable of doing. The second harsh pnded on luna Jasmine¡¯s cheek again and this effectively shut her up, where she was trembling in fear, because the look on alpha James was very terrifying. He stared at her with so much hatred, as if he was looking at his sworn enemy, instead of his mate. Even the people around them lowered their head, afraid they would breathe too hard and make the situation worst. They intertwined their fingers and tried not to make a peep. Meanwhile, Ruby was at lost too, because she didn¡¯t think the situation would escte this fast, but deep down, she felt this happiness that spread in her veins, where she could feel her heart was beating so fast to see how distraught and humiliated luna Jasmine was. This was something that she wanted for her. This luna should know the feeling what Ruby felt during her life being humiliated and even though this couldn¡¯t cover under her tutge and what kind of hell she received from the mother and son, this was enough to soothe her pain. However, on the surface, she didn¡¯t show it. She lowered her head in fear like everyone else here. ¡°Go back to your room and stay with your son,¡± alpha James talked to Ruby, his voice was not as harsh as when he talked to luna Jasmine, but it was very stern and he looked very impatient. Ruby immediately left the scene, which made the situation became even more awkward for luna Jasmine, who was still sitting on the floor, her eyes widened and she looked like she was going to cry her heart out or scream on the top of her lungs. But, before she could do any of that, alpha James had left her there, he walked back to his study room. He had a lot on his te, he didn¡¯t need any additional headache that could ¨C waste his time. ream. And once the alpha left luna Jasmine there, she started to Sheshed out on everyone there, who still stared at her, scared them away. ¡°Wh- what do you mean with this?¡± Lc asked, she looked at Hunter with confusion, as her mate took her away from themotion. ¡°You are the one, who caused this?¡± ¡°Yes, and no.¡± Lc frowned. She couldn¡¯t understand with that ambiguous reply. ¡°What do you mean with that?¡± ¡°I only said the right thing to the right people, giving them a suggestion of what they should do.¡± Hunter shrugged his shoulder. ¡°Thankfully, they are smart enough to understand that.¡± É« Mon, 22 Apr Lc¡¯s frown deepened. ¡°I still don¡¯t understand.¡± 2+ 95% ¡°You don¡¯t have to.¡± Hunter took her hand and kissed her forehead. ¡°I promise you there will be no war.¡± ¡°But, you are going to destroy this pack.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know the extent of Hunter¡¯s hatred toward this pack and his desire to destroy this ce, especially after Aiden¡¯s attempt to get his mate back. ¡°Yes and you can¡¯t make me change my mind.¡± Hunter kissed her lips before she could protest and pressed her body against the wall. Thankfully, there was no one in this corridor. Meanwhile, miles away, Aiden was facing the most difficult choice in his life¡­ Chapter 171 Aiden only realized that he was being schemed when he saw warriors chased after him. His escape should be smooth sailing and he shouldn¡¯t be chased down, instead these people should help him. But apparently, they took him as a fool, thus they thought it was easy to trick him. After he realized what was going on, he immediately tried to escape, but it didn¡¯t matter again once he knew that he was surrounded. There was no way for him to escape from the situation. He knew that he was trapped without a chance to get himself out of the situation, but in his desperate attempt, the lycan came. At first, he thought these lycan came from alpha Hunter¡¯s pack, but when he watched how they fought his chaser and guided him to safety ce, he realized it was not part of alpha Hunter¡¯s pack. This lycan must be the one that had worked with alpha Ken, but he didn¡¯t know why they saved him. However, soon he learned the main reason behind it and now he had to choose what was best for him. ¡°You need to choose wisely,¡± a woman said. She looked beautiful, but a little bit gloomy with long, ck hair that covered her face. Aiden stared at her, but he couldn¡¯t figure out what her main agenda. He was not sure that he was able to make the right decision at time like this, because this decision not only would affect his life, but also his entire n. ¡°I need time to think what should I do.¡± Aiden tried to buy himself more time, but the woman didn¡¯t seem to be happy with his answer. ¡°You have an hour to think about it over, if you couldn¡¯te up with a decision, we will decide it for you.¡± She then mmed the door after what she said and then left Aiden inside this small room again without anything, but a bowl of soup and a piece of meat. From outside, she shouted again, reminding him about the sacrifice that the lycan had done in order to keep his ass safe. ¡°You have killed a hundred of lycan! You need to remember that! Their blood is in your hand!¡± Aiden gritted his teeth. He didn¡¯t like to be threatened, but he was not in the position to have a freedom to choose what he wanted. This ce apparently was the hiding ce of these lycans. Somehow, Ken managed to find 10:13 Mon, 22 Apr 09 them and worked together with them to take down Hunter¡¯s pack, because they said, that pack was supposed to be their pack and they had been shooed away for almost two decades. Aiden was not aware of their situation with Hunter¡¯s pack or his father, who was at that time was the alpha. If they were really being told to leave the pack, it must be Hunter¡¯s father, who had done it. And right now, they demanded Aiden to help them to get rid of Hunter. Of course, this was a great opportunity. This was Aiden¡¯s main goal too. He would ept the offer without a second thought only if what entailed behind it was not really ridiculous. They demanded him to be part of this pack. No. To be precise, they wanted him to be mated with that gloomy woman and made her his luna. This was not in his agenda to take some random woman as his luna, more so, he didn¡¯t have a pack or any forces to rely on. Why would they want him to be the alpha? Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. This simply ridiculous and that woman didn¡¯t want to exin anything more if he didn¡¯t agree to mate with her. Didn¡¯t the lycan not like it when they had to mate with the other shifters aside from their kind? This one thing confused Aiden, but he couldn¡¯t voice it out and tried his best to stay alive in their den. One more reason why he couldn¡¯t take the offer was because he only wanted Lc. Lc and Lc only. Even if he managed to kill Hunter, he only wanted that woman to be by his side, whether she was willing or not or even if he had to use force. Meanwhile, Lc was currently hugging her lovely mate, being a little bit clingy toward him ¡°because she wanted to go. ¡°Let¡¯s go home¡­¡± Lc said, she whimpered, she didn¡¯t like to be here. They had been here for two weeks and Hunter had been busy with the newly formed group that consisted with the warriors from all the packs, including the lycan. This group was created to hunt Aiden down, but alpha James seemed to make things difficult, because luna Jasmine didn¡¯t agree with the idea, the luna found this n horrendous. ¡°Okay, give me one more week, okay?¡± Hunter tried to coax her, his heart felt so warm when he heard the way Lc called their pack as home. It meant, she already thought as part of the lycan pack and not this pack. ¡°I will wrap everything up very quickly. Or¡­¡± Lc raised her head and looked at Hunter, sulking. ¡°Or¡­ you can go first and I wille after a week.¡± ¡°No.¡± Lc immediately rejected the idea. Recently, her emotions were all over the ces. ??????? ???????? ???????????? 10:13 Mon, 22 Apr .. She kept having this swing mood and didn¡¯t know what to do with it. One moment, she would be happy and the next she would be aggravated for simple thing and Hunter was always be patient with her. Meanwhile, her stomach started to grow and she was already showing if you watched it closely, though not many people had noticed this. ¡°No. I want to be with you.¡± ¡°What about I called Raya over so she could spend time with you?¡± He suggested. He caressed her cheek and kissed her lips. ¡°Okay.¡± Lc liked the idea and two dayster, Raya arrived to stay with them. This was the first time for Raya to be in another pack. Chapter 172 Lc was more than happy to have Raya here. She didn¡¯t really have a lot of friends, even though she lived in this pack for as long as she could remember. She was close with a few members in the orphan, but Aria was the only friend that was really close with her. However, after she left the orphanage, she was busy to learn how to be a proper luna from luna Jasmine and didn¡¯t have time to make a friend. She also didn¡¯t have any interaction with people from the orphanage, aside from Aria, thus it was understandable that they grew apart. Especially now when she was no longer part of this pack. People in this pack was a little bit awkward with her too. ¡°So, you are really pregnant?¡± Raya asked, she nced at her t stomach. It was hard to tell because Lc was still in early stage of pregnancy and her dress covered her stomach perfectly. No one would be able to tell. ¡°Yes,¡± Lc replied. She smiled softly and instinctively touched her belly. ¡°You and Rye are the first people that I inform about this news.¡± Raya smiled beautifully. ¡°I was shocked because I was informed about this all of sudden back when we were in the lycan pack. Even now, I still can¡¯t believe it that the alpha will have a child.¡± Lc giggled. They were sitting together under a big oak tree, while staring at the clear sky near the river, while warriors surrounded this area, but they kept their distance away, to give them privacy. This was the ce, where Lc showed Hunter in the mountain, when all of them came to chase after Aiden. ¡°Yes, I can¡¯t believe it too.¡± Lc felt her heart was so warm with the thought of her little family with Hunter. A child that looked like her and him. ¡°Yes. It¡¯s hard to believe that the alpha finally settled down and have his own family when he used to sleep with so many women.¡± Lc¡¯s smile faltered, but sheposed herself quickly before Raya could notice that. ¡°Yes. I am very lucky to have him,¡± she said, trying to sound cheerful. ¡°Yes, you are so lucky. The alpha is also lucky to have you.¡± Raya stared at the sky. ¡°He chose someone from outside our pack, something that no one would have expected.¡± ¡°Yeah, to put it that way¡­ I don¡¯t expect it either.¡± Lc even thought that she would be some kind of ve when Hunter took her back to his pack. Who would have thought that everything took unexpected turn. ¡°Yes. Thought there are so many beautiful women that would bepatible with the alpha, but he chose you,¡± Raya said with a giggled, it sounded like a joke, as if she was teasing her. ¡°Yes, I am lucky.¡± Lc didn¡¯t know how to respond to that, thus she only kept saying that. After that, the conversation went like usual and after a week had passed, it was time for them to returned back to the lycan pack, while the other alphas would take care of a few things about the joined warriors that they had formed. From the lycan pack, they gave ten warriors, while the other pack volunteered to give twenty warriors from each. The number of the warrior from the lycan¡¯s side was not great, but knowing how a lycan couldpare to three to four normal shifters, it was fair in a way. ¡°We are going home?¡± Lc asked when she opened her eyes this morning. She still hugged her mate and looked very sleepy when Hunter told her that they were going home this afternoon. ¡°Yes, love.¡± He liked it when Lc said the lycan pack was her home, which meant, she already epted her ce in his pack. She thought of it as her home and Hunter couldn¡¯t ask for more. ¡°Do you like it?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Lc nuzzled his chest and wriggled her body, which made Hunter groaned. She didn¡¯t think much about her action, but surely the lycan became restless when she kept wriggling to find a better spot in his arms. ¡°Stop moving around, you turn me on,¡± Hunter whispered to her ear, as he bit her neck. Only then Lc realized how he was already so hard and then she was still, afraid to move and provoked him, since she still wanted to enjoy her sleeping time. However, unfortunately for her, it was already toote if she wanted to act docile, because the alpha needed her to put off the me that she had lit up. ¡°Hunter¡­ this is¡­¡± Lc couldn¡¯t finish her sentence when Hunter already kissed her. She wanted to struggle and tell him that she was still sleepy, but when she positioned himself between her legs, she forgot what she wanted to say. Hunter¡¯s kiss started with very gentle, but then when the mes burned his whole body, he became impatient. Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. This week was a very hectic days and he rarely had a chance to be with his mate, thus he had been longing this intimate moment between them too. The connection, the touch and everything in between. ¡°Lc¡­.¡± He breathed her name when he lifted her dress and ripped her undergarment, which made her gasped. She felt his callous hand caressed her thigh and she couldn¡¯t even think why she wanted to reject his advance in the first ce. Fuck with sleep. She could sleepter. She wanted him now. Lc had been longing for him too and his touch lit fire within her. She moaned and breathed raggedly when she felt his fingers inserted into her opening. ¡°You are so wet,¡± Hunter groaned in approval. ¡°Ah¡­¡± Lc bit his shoulder when his fingers moved inside and out slowly. She wriggled her waist, wanting him to move faster, but he didn¡¯t give it to her. ¡°I want to make love to you,¡± Hunter said. Chapter 174 ¡°I only don¡¯t want you to get hurt. You need to be careful with your feeling now,¡± Rye said casually before he walked away because he didn¡¯t want to hear her denial anymore. She couldn¡¯t be helped, if she kept denying the obvious and Rye was worried with the aftermath. ¡°I know what I am doing and you don¡¯t need to worry about something stupid like that.¡± Raya didn¡¯t want to hear that anymore and turned her body around, as she walked faster. She didn¡¯t want to talk about this topic. Who said that he liked the alpha? That man didn¡¯t know how to love a woman. He was with so many women, she thought he had slept with almost all the women in the pack. Even thought, deep down Raya knew those women, who imed had spent the night with the alpha was actually not telling the truth, they were only being delusional to think they could get the alpha to their bed. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. But of course, the number of women that was with the alpha couldn¡¯t be said as little. Raya sighed deeply again, as she hastened her pace to go to her bedroom. She was really tired. She didn¡¯t do anything during the journey back and it was really boring to stay inside a small carriage, staring at Lc¡¯s sleeping face and her t stomach, while breathing in their after sex scent. It drove her crazy. Raya shook her head and changed her dress. She was very tired and wanted to fall asleep. However, she was not the only woman, who was tired, because Lc didn¡¯t wake up until the next morning. It seemed like Hunter had spent her stamina for good, or maybe this pregnancy only made her a little bitzy than usual. ¡°Hunter¡­?¡± Lc looked around her, but she couldn¡¯t find him anywhere. It seemed, he had gone somewhere this very early morning, yet, she didn¡¯t have any idea where he had gone to. This whole morning, Lc didn¡¯t meet with Hunter and based on what Rye told her, the alpha was busy with something. Lc wondered what he was busy to. And when the afternoon came, Lc suddenly wanted to see her father again. This was not a sudden decision. She had thought about it for a while. Thest time she met with him was not a good meeting. If anything, she was mortified to see that side of Hunter. But, Lc understood why he acted so cruelly. The only reason why her father was still alive was because Hunter wanted her to meet him first before he made a drastic decision on his life. ¡°Why do you want to meet with him?¡± Rye asked when Lc found him in a strategy room. It was easy to find this beta. Everyone would know where he was, because of how loud he could be. ¡°There is something I want to be sure of.¡± Lc then looked conflicted. ¡°Is he still alive?¡± ¡°Yeah, pretty much breathing, if you could say.¡± If your description of being alive was breathing, then yes, Ken was still breathing, but there was not a single soul wanted. that kind of life. Rye tilted his head curiously. ¡°What is it?¡± Only then Lc realized, Rye didn¡¯t know the rtion between her and Ken. Hunter had told her about this. He warned her not to tell anyone because it wouldplicate the matter and she forgot about itpletely. ¡°It¡¯s okay. I will wait for Hunter.¡± Lc backed off. Rye might not try to pry further and maybe it was fine if he learned about this, but without Hunter¡¯s permission, Lc didn¡¯t want to act recklessly. Hunter had a lot in his te, he didn¡¯t need an extra trouble to be solved. ¡°I will talk to him when he returned.¡± Lc waved her hand goodbye at Rye and then. walked away. Rye ve tilted his head. He wanted to know why Lc wanted to talk with Ken. But, one thing that Lc didn¡¯t realize was; Rye knew who was Ken to her. He and Darren also knew the story when they first met with each other in the waterfall. These two men were the only people that Hunter talked to about that matter. After that, Lc waited for Hunter to return, as she stayed in the garden. Raya and the other were busy with their training and because she couldn¡¯t train with her condition, she had a lot of free time. It was nice to be back to the lycan pack and more so, people started to treat her warmly. Whether they did it because they were trying to be polite with her or not, it was still a good feeling. ¡°What are you doing Out here alone?¡± Hunter draped his cloak over her shoulders. ¡°I thought I make sure that you are not to go out at night like this?¡± The alpha nced at the warrior, who supposed to guard Lc. But, before that poor warrior could be punished, Lc had spoken first. ¡°I felt stuffy inside the room, so I walked out for a while. I am fine. You don¡¯t need to worry.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go back.¡± Hunter helped her to stand up and then returned to their bedroom. ¡°Let¡¯s talk when you are warm.¡± Lc flushed when she heard that. It felt like there was another meaning behind his words, especially when he smirked like that toward her. It only added to her suspicion. This man was really something else. Even the people around them felt like their alpha looked like someone else whenever he was with the luna, if that made sense. He looked less scary and intimidating. Once they returned to their bedroom. Hunter immediately told her about what Rye had informed him of how she wanted to see Ken. ¡°Is there something you want to ask more?¡± Hunter didn¡¯t want her to meet with Ken anymore, especially if it could trigger thest memory of their meeting. ¡°Is there something that bothering you?¡± Lc looked hesitated and Hunter didn¡¯t like to see her in trouble like this. ¡°You don¡¯t need to tell if you don¡¯t want to. I will arrange your meeting with him, but I need to warn you that what you will see, is not something that you will like.¡± Lc was grateful for that, but aside from it. ¡°Come here, sit next to me. I will tell you what he told me about my mother.¡± Hunter had never pressured her about it. Lc noticed this habit of him. He wouldn¡¯t put pressure on her about anything, even when he was very curious, he wouldn¡¯t want to torment her and force her to say something that she was not ready. Well, even though he liked to torment her in another way¡­ Lc wouldn¡¯t think to that direction and focus at the current matter. ¡°If you are not ready to tell me, you don¡¯t need to.¡± Hunter sat down next to her. He frowned and felt like this was not right, thus he picked Lc up and sat her down on hisp, only then he felt good about this sitting position. Lc blushed, but she rested her head against his shoulder. It was easier and even morefortable to talk like this. ¡°He said my mother probably is still alive¡­¡± Lc said. ¡°But, she is currently a rogue¡­ because she was banished/from her pack.¡± Hunter was being very patient with her, he caressed her back to encourage her to speak more. He knew that was not all, because there was no way she would be very hysterical when she heard what happened to her mother. ¡°He sent warriors to finish my mother off, but they didn¡¯t manage to kill her. They said, she fell to the cliff.¡± Lc pursed her lips. ¡°I don¡¯t believe that, but when I forced further, he said that my mother was being attacked by rogue. Her body was torn apart.¡± ¡°But, he said your mother probably is still alive?¡± Hunter found the inconsistence in the story. Ken must have hit his head so hard, so his brain didn¡¯t work really well. ¡°Yes. His story about her kept changing, but what he said that bothered me is; my mother tried to kill me when I was a baby for sacrifice of ck magic.¡± ¡°There is no ck magic in this continent, Lc.¡± Chapter 175 ck magic was a sensitive topic in this continent, so when Lc talked about ck magic, Hunter was a little bit taken aback. ¡°He must only try to mess up with you, love,¡± Hunter said, he stretched out his hand and caressed her cheek. She looked fragile and beautiful, especially when she was in the middle of confusion like this. Hunter really wanted to seal her from the world. He only wanted to see her smile, being happy and that was all he wanted from her. And their baby¡­ The thought of the little one inside her womb made his heart warmed. ¡°But, if you really wanted to see him and to make sure of that, I wille with you.¡± Hunter wouldn¡¯t leave her to talk alone with Ken this time. He would be there with her when she was having this conversation. ¡°Okay.¡± Lc looked happy, she leaned over and kissed him. ¡°You are the best!¡± Actually, this was the best option, because she didn¡¯t think she could face Ken on her own after their last encounter and how she lost her cool at that time. Not to mention about how Ken¡¯s condition must be worse than thest time. Knowing Hunter, he must have done something unimaginable to him. The next morning, after they had their breakfast, Hunter took her to the dungeon, where Lc saw Rye was there. The gamma looked at her questioningly. ¡°Is it okay for him to know that I am here?¡± Lc whispered to Hunter and the alpha. told her that his gamma and his beta knew theplicated rtionship between her and Ken. ¡°I should have just asked him to allow me to meet him yesterday,¡± Lc talked to herself. If the two of them already knew, there was no need for her to hide it anymore, right? Hunter justughed to see her pursing her lips and guided her inside the dungeon. Not like before, Lc realized that they went deeper into the dungeon. As if Hunter had moved Ken¡¯s cell closer to the end of it. The spot where no one didn¡¯t want to step in. The wall was damp and the only sound that could be heard inside this dimly lit tunnel was the sound of their footstep and the dripping water from the ceiling. ¡°Cold?¡± Hunter asked, he draped his cloak around her body. ¡°No. I am fine,¡± Lc murmured. However, Hunter didn¡¯t buy it. ¡°No. You are not.¡± This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. And they finally arrived at Ken¡¯s cell, Hunter reminded her again about what she was going to see. ¡°Don¡¯t get close to him, you will not like it what you are going to see.¡± Lc wanted to say not to worry about it, but she knew better to take his warning seriously, because he wouldn¡¯t have reminded her a few times if this was something that she could handle. Even from here, Lc could smell the putrid scent from inside this cell. This located in the end of the tunnel and she was sure, not many people would love toe to this particr area. She couldn¡¯t imagine what if someone to be held in this kind of ce, because she was barely able to stand her for this long. ¡°Wh- who is that?!¡± There was a growl from inside the cell. The voice was very hoarse, dark and very hurtful to your ears. This made Lc shuddered. Ken¡¯s voice was not like this thest time she met him. It almost like someone, who never drank anything for weeks. She could imagine how hurtful it was when you spoke. ¡°Who is there?!¡± The sound like someone wed a wall. It hurt your teeth. Lc gathered her courage and replied to the question. ¡°It¡¯s me.¡± ¡°You need to talk louder, love,¡± Hunter told her. ¡°I identally destroyed his hearing, so him.¡± he couldn¡¯t hear it if you didn¡¯t shout to identally? Who would believe that? There was nothing ident if it came to this man. He was not someone, who would do something unintentional. Lc wondered how Ken¡¯s condition right now, because he was curling at the corner of the cell and the dark was too thick, the only thing she could see was his silhouette. Lc nced at Hunter and her mate only gave her an innocent look, seemingly didn¡¯t- know why he was being stared at like that. This time, Lc spoke louder and from inside the cell, there was this thunderous guffaw that echoed throughout the walls. w you ¡°I know you wille to me again! I wille to see me again! Why? Did you miss your father?!¡± The question made Lc¡¯s stomach churned, but she needed to get the answer that she deserved. ¡°Tell me about my mother!¡± That was not a question, but a demand. She didn¡¯t want to listen another bullshit that came from his mouth. Aiden was in a great dilemma when he had to disclose every hiding spot in the pack house to this woman. Her name was Danika. She was a warrior of this lycan pack. And from what Aiden learned as he already stayed in this pack for more than two. months, he knew a little bit of detail of the background story of this pack. Apparently, this woman¡¯s father was the eldest brother of Hunter¡¯s father, which made her Hunter¡¯s cousin. Actually, it should be Danika¡¯s father, who became the alpha, but. because a big dispute that shed a lot of blood, Danika¡¯s father was being chased out from the pack, along with a few people. There were not many people knew about this story, because it happened long before Danika and Hunter were born, the people, who knew about it also was being shut down. by the alpha at that time. However, Ken knew about the story and he had been in contact with them ever since Hunter openly rejected his daughter and chose Lc to be his luna. He didn¡¯t know that Lc was his daughter at that time, if he knew, he would have changed the n. ¡®Why do you need me?¡¯ That was the first question that came to Aiden¡¯s mind because there was no reason for Danika to involve him, especially when she had to make a big sacrifice to save him. ¡®Because you killed the previous alpha. That was a simple answer. ¡®We, lycan, knew how to repay someone else¡¯s favor. In their eyes, what Aiden had done was a great favor for them. He essentially had avenged their alpha¡¯s vengeance. Hearing that, Aiden could only bite his tongue. Only if they knew that Hunter was the who had killed his own father. Yes. That alpha lycan was that crazy. one, Therefore, this was how they would repay him for that favor. Aiden wouldn¡¯t say anything about it. Let them think that they owed him, because right now, he could only ry on that. ¡°The ceremony will be held tonight,¡± Danika said. ¡°Be ready.¡± This woman still looked gloomy like usual, but the more Aiden looked at her, the more he found her very endearing. She held power and knew what she needed to do, but more importantly, she agreed to devote herself to him, which meant, the power in her hand would be his. ¡°Okay.¡± Aiden nodded. He was ready for tonight. And that same night, Ruby was woken up because of the excruciating pain that she felt. She was breathing raggedly and her body writhed in agony. The mark on her neck. burned her skin. She was having a hard time to breath and without her knowing it, she was crying out loud, asking for help, though she didn¡¯t know what the cause of her pain. She only wanted this to end. Ruby pleaded to no one in particr for this pain to stop, but it was to no use because she was sure there was no one nearby. After the dispute between her and luna Jasmine, everyone avoided her like a germ, because they didn¡¯t want to upset the luna and be on her bad side. The luna had been very hostile toward Ruby, using her to seduce her mate and wouldsh out to anyone, who even mentioned her name. Therefore, no one woulde to her rescue, but then Ruby felt someone touched her. His voiceced with worry Chapter 176 It had been a few days since thest time alpha James met with Ruby after the incident with luna Jasmine. He intentionally avoided her and thankfully, that woman was smart enough not to approach him and let the situation cooled down. However tonight, alpha James was exceptionally feeling down and he couldn¡¯te to his mate for comfort, because Jasmine was still adamant that he had done something horrendous to their son. She didn¡¯t even acknowledge her mistake at all. In her eyes, everyone else were at fault. Their son wouldn¡¯t have runaway if they didn¡¯t corner him and use him for something horrible. Jasmine believed alpha Hunter only made up story about the attack to his pack. And there was no amount of words that could convince Jasmine otherwise. She was too stubborn when it came about their son and he wouldn¡¯t ept any other advice, despite the one that she believed was right. Alpha James was not a weak person, but he also needed someone tofort him, especially during this tough time. He knew it was wrong, but he wished for Ruby¡¯spany. At the very least, he could talk about something else, aside from the problem with the lycan and the other alphas. At first, alpha James nned to ask Ruby toe seeing him in the afternoon, having a lunch like they used to, but when he was about to return to his bedroom, somehow his feet took him to his grandson¡¯s room, in which Ruby¡¯s room was next to it. That was when he heard her cry. She was crying silently in the beginning, but then her cries became more palpable. ¡°Ruby?¡± Alpha James tried to call her because he was worried there was someone sneaking inside her bedroom. ¡°Ruby, are you inside?¡± Ruby didn¡¯t seem to hear him, but because of the urgency of the situation, alpha James decided to take an action right now, as he entered the bedroom without any sound and found her writhing on the bed, she looked like she was in so much agony. Alpha James looked around, trying to find any threats or any danger that had caused her pain, but there was no one inside the room, aside from the two of them. In that case, why would Ruby in so much pain? He couldn¡¯t understand and then try to wake her up. He shook her body and tried gauge the situation. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°Ruby! Ruby!¡± Alpha James called her name loudly, trying to get her back to reality, but it was not easy to get her attention, because she kept thrashing in her sleep, she almost looked like someone just stabbed her and skinned her alive, if that even made sense. any Alpha James looked at her closely, the way her face was contorted in pain and how she asked for help. She pleaded with him to stop the pain, but alpha James didn¡¯t have any idea, where the pain was coming from, until he saw it. Because Ruby was moving around, her hair was brushed back and her neck was exposed, that was when alpha James saw the mark on her neck. Her mark was burning. It was bright red, the sign of betrayal. When Aiden betrayed Lc to be with Ruby, he had not yet marked her, that was why Ruby didn¡¯t feel anything, but it was different with Ruby right now. When Aiden betrayed her, she already had a son with him and he already marked her, therefore, when he betrayed her, she would feel this excruciating pain. ¡°Damn it that son of mine!¡± Alpha James cursed under his breathe when he realized this. fact. Not many people knew about this, because a shifter shouldn¡¯t have betrayed their other half. That was uneptable. A mate was for life.. However, his son not only betrayed his destined mate, but he also betrayed the mother of his son. What a scumbag he was to do such abominable thing for the second time. How they could create such vile and vain son? ¡°It¡¯s okay Ruby, you will be fine. It¡¯s alright.¡± Alpha James didn¡¯t know what to do on how to help her, thus he rushed out to call for a healer. Meanwhile, Ruby was in so much pain, she was in an extreme agony when Aiden started the ceremony with Danika, spending the night together in the throes of passion, didn¡¯t care much about anything else, aside from ending this tradition. However, Aiden found himself couldn¡¯t get enough of this woman. She reminded him of Lc. Her gloomy side and how her velvety hair brushed his skin. He was a fool for not marking her first and mated with her before he left for the war. Only if he did that, he would still have her now, she would be tied down with him for life and she wouldn¡¯t be able to reject him easily like she did to him. He was fool not to think that. He would still have her now if he marked her. Meanwhile, not even once it crossed his mind that his action had caused a great pain on Ruby, because like what alpha James said, not everyone knew about this fact. He didn¡¯t- know that his action could cause pain to the mate that he had marked and right now, Ruby felt like her heart was being ripped apart. ¡°How is she?¡± Alpha James asked the healer about Ruby¡¯s current state and she confirmed what he was afraid of. ¡°It seemed, you are very right about this one alpha,¡± the healer said in apologetic tone and alpha James had never been so humiliated in his life when he heard that. His sont was mating with someone else right now. When everything fell apart and his mother had been defending him with her life and the pack was in the brink of crumbling. He actually had a gut to mate with another woman! No wonder. He escaped from this ce and the lycan had helped him, what else he expected from his son? Only less than a year ago, he was so proud of him for actually ending the war with the lycan, but right now, he actually would start a new war, but this would be worse than thest time. Alpha James couldn¡¯t think of a way what the reason Aiden did this to himself and his pack. ¡°What we should do now?¡± alpha James grimaced to see Ruby was in so much pain and probably because the baby felt what his mother was feeling right now, he started to cry. In the room next to this, the baby started to scream on the top of his lungs, which made. the healer looked ufortable. ¡°There is only one way to alleviate the pain from her, or else, she would feel this pain every time her mate is mating with someone else,¡± the healer said. ¡°What is it?¡± Alpha James frowned, he had heard about this, but he had never heard. about how you could deal with it. The healer looked hesitated when she told him about what should be done in this. situation. ¡°She needed to be remarked.¡± The healer looked at the alpha. ¡°The pain will be subsided, but if her mate was mating again with another woman, she would be in this excruciating pain.¡± ¡°What?¡± Alpha James had never heard anything like this and he was in disbelieve. ¡°Remarked her?¡± ¡°You need to find someone to remark him, alpha.¡± The healer looked at Ruby withplicated look. ¡°In that case, she will no longer tie down with alpha Aiden. She will be no longer a luna of the pack.¡± Even the healer found it funny when she said it, because no one ever saw her as the luna he pack, even when she had given birth to the alpha firstborn. ¡°I will call someone tofort the baby.¡± The healer then left because she couldn¡¯t stand the heartbreaking cry of the baby, leaving alpha James to find a solution for this problem. Alpha James stood there, he was trying to think of the right person to remark Ruby when she suddenly grabbed his hand and pleaded with him. ¡°Please¡­ please, mark me¡­¡± Ruby cried, she didn¡¯t think clearly because of the pain and her request shocked the alpha. ¡°Please, help me, this is very painful.¡± Chapter 177 ¡°Please, help me¡­ this is too painful. I am in a lot of pain¡­¡± Ruby begged him. ¡°Please, stop the pain. I am in so much agony.¡± Ruby cried her heart out. She couldn¡¯t wait for alpha James to think of someone to mark her. It wouldn¡¯t be an easy thing to do, since the person should be willing to mark her and if he didn¡¯t want to, Ruby would be in pain for who knew how long? That bastard mate of her would have done it a few more times. Ruby was very familiar with his method. He was someone, who wouldn¡¯t be enough get it once. He would do it the whole night and Ruby dreaded the thought she would be in this kind of hellish pain for a whole night, while he drew pleasure from someone else. ¡°You don¡¯t think straight, Ruby,¡± Alpha James said sternly, he tried to free her grip from him, but he couldn¡¯t.. It was either he didn¡¯t put an effort to free himself from her, or it might be because Ruby held onto him so tightly. ¡°Please¡­¡± Ruby kept pleading with him, she pushed herself from the bed all of sudden and hugged him. Her warm, ragged breath against his neck, while her scent assaulted his senses. At this point, alpha James couldn¡¯t think straight. His mind was very muddled ever since he walked into her bedroom and now, he was faced with this. Her pleading kept echoing in his ears and how her body was trembling because of the pain. He felt angry for his son to act like that. One time was a mistake, but the second. time, it was simply stupid and irresponsible.. ¡°Please, alpha¡­¡± Ruby moved her head, giving her neck to alpha James. ¡°Remark me¡­ Alpha James didn¡¯t know what came to him, but he actually considered it. He licked her neck and he could taste her sweetness, which made Ruby moaned when his warm tongue caressed her sensitive skin. She held her breathe when alpha James put his hand around her body and then tilted her head so he would get a better angle to mark her. Ruby waited with anticipation. She wondered whether this would be very painful. Would the pain increased? Or the remark would alleviate the pain? Ruby didn¡¯t dare to make a spection and when alpha James¡¯s canine prated her flesh, Ruby bit her lip to stop herself from screaming and moaning at the same time. Lc didn¡¯t feel better after she talked with her father, if anything, she felt even worse. Ken didn¡¯t offer any new information for her. From the look of it, not only Hunter had destroyed his hearing, but he also ¡®identally¡®, like how he put it into word, had created a damage on his brain too. From what they could gather. Lc¡¯s mother was most likely still alive, but no one knew where she was, since she was banished from her own pack. Ken didn¡¯t keep in touch with her too. He most likely didn¡¯t care about her, just like how he didn¡¯t care about little Lc. ¡°I am going to have him killed two days from now, in front of all the pack member,¡± Hunter said, as both of themid on the bed. Lc snuggled against him, because she felt her emotions were all over the ces. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc buried her face against his chest. ¡°We don¡¯t need him with anything anymore. He held no more value.¡± ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc mumbled. She didn¡¯t care what Hunter was going to do to her real father. He could kill him for all she cared. ¡°Tired?¡± Hunter asked, as he caressed her back in soothing motion. ¡°Sleepy.¡± ¡°Sleep then¡­¡± Hunter gave her a kiss on her head and then cradled her to sleep. Lc fell asleep very fast, in no time, her breathing became even and she had this little snore that Hunter thought very cute. ¡°Sleep, my love.¡± Hunter knew that Lc had tried her best to figure out her past and to have someone like Ken as her father was truly a mess. However, aside from Ken, there was Grace too. Grace didn¡¯t know anything about Lc, more so about her mother and she was most likely only got caught in the middle of this situation. ¡°Sleep well, my love.¡± Hunter put the nket over Lc¡¯s figure and then slowly got off the bed. There were a lot of things he needed to do and in a few days he would need to go back to Golden w pack to sort out a few things. He couldn¡¯t bring Lc with him, because of her pregnancy. He wanted her to rest in this pack, especially when she didn¡¯t look so thrill to go back to her former pack. ¡°I want everything on schedule,¡± Hunter said to Rye the first thing when he walked out. of the bedroom. The gamma had been waiting for him outside and the alpha could. sense him. ¡°Okay,¡± Rye said, yawning. It was already in the middle of the night and he still had a lot. of things to do. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. The next day, Lc was busy to prepare a small ceremony to announce her pregnancy. It would be held within two dayster, in which was greeted by surprise and many good. wishes for her and the baby. There was nothing major that happened during that period of time and Lc felt so happy, like really, really happy for the first time. She loved to be surrounded by these people and looked forward for her little one toe to this world. Raya, Rose and Lena were always by her side. The three of them were her closest friends and they were soon inseparable. Most of the time, Lc would tell them to drop the formalities because she didn¡¯t want them to address her with her title and they did just that whenever they were alone. Aside from Hunter, Lc would entrust her life to the three of them, that was how much she valued her friends. But, when Lc was three months long, Hunter had returned to Golden w pack. ¡°Can¡¯t Ie with you?¡± Lc pleaded with her eyes. She knew that Hunter would return, but when the day came, she felt it was too hard to let him go. She wanted him to stay with her. ¡°I am sorry, love. I can¡¯t bring you with me.¡± Hunter knelt down in front of Lc and kissed her t stomach. She had not really been showing yet, only a little bump there, as if she just ate too much. Lc pursed her lips. ¡°I will be back in two months.¡± ¡°I am going to give birth.¡± Hunter chuckled. ¡°We still have around four months to see the little one, right? I will be there with you.¡± He kissed her little bump again. The healer nced at Ruby, as she checked on the baby, he had been having a fever, which was not normal for a shifter to have, but then a baby shifter was still fragile, they didn¡¯t have the same immune system like an adult shifter. ¡°How is he?¡± Ruby asked sternly, she took her baby from his crib and cradled him in her arms when he started to cry. ¡°Is he alright?¡± ¡°He will be alright, Ruby. You don¡® need to worry.¡± ¡°I prefer for you to call me as luna,¡± Ruby said firmly. She looked at the healer in the eyes and she avoided her gaze. ¡°Yes, luna.¡± The healer lowered his head. She was the only one, who knew about this. About how alpha James had remarked Ruby. It was inappropriate and even more immoral for him to do so, it almost like he was cheating with his son¡¯s mate in this regard. And of course, luna Jasmine could feel it when alpha James remarked Ruby. She had been kicking a fuss to find out the woman that alpha James cheated with, but no one knew about it and the alpha himself didn¡¯t open his mouth. But, luna Jasmine would have never imagined, even in her wildest dream that her mate would have something going on with Ruby. ¡°I heard the people from the lycan pack will be here in a few weeks,¡± Ruby said. ¡°Is that true?¡± ¡°I am not sure, luna, I was not informed about that kind of thing.¡± 0 Chapter 178 Ruby just confirmed that the people from the lycan pack would be here in four days and what was important was the fact that the alpha lycan and his pack member woulde without their luna, because apparently she was pregnant. The news about Lc was being pregnant, somehow, upset Ruby, but knowing that was the reason why she couldn¡¯te, her mood lifted up again. The alpha la was very intimidating, but she liked the way he treated Lc. The way he looked at her would make your knees went weak. Meanwhile, her rtionship with alpha James could be said as good. There was this tension between them after that remark and this made the alpha avoided her, which Ruby did mind at all. She simply sat back and watched how luna Jasmine tried so hard to figure out who was the woman that alpha James had been with. Because of this too, the alpha chose to keep distance from her. Later, a day before the alpha lycan came to Golden w pack, he had to bid his mate goodbye and Lc became very clingy to him. She didn¡¯t want to let him go. ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t want to take me?¡± Lc asked, she hugged Hunter tightly, as they were in their room. Hunter hugged her back, chuckled. ¡°I want to, but I can¡¯t.¡± ¡°You can do anything that you want, you only need a determination about it.¡± Lc looked at him in the eyes, pursing her lips because she was not happy at all. ¡°My love. Even when you came, I can¡¯t be always by your side and you are notfortable in that pack. I don¡¯t want you to be stress.¡± Hunter kissed her lips and lifted her off the ground, as heid her down on the bed. ¡°Remember? You are the one, who wanted to go back.¡± Lc frowned because Hunter was right, but she was being stubborn right now, yet before she could protest anymore, Hunter had swallowed her words and kissed her passionately, he traced her body and brushed his hand against her breast, which made Lc moaned and forgot what she was going to say. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Especially when Hunter ran his hand down, lifting her dress and caressed her inner thigh. She forgot to reason with him and enjoyed his every touch. ¡°You look so willing,¡± Hunter teased her. He chuckled when Lc opened her eyes and red at him, but she couldn¡¯t be angry for long when his finger brushed aside her undergarment and he inserted his finger, making this delicious motion against her wet opening. ¡°Have I told you that ¡®I love you¡® today?¡± Hunter nipped on her chin. ¡°Yes¡­¡± Lc replied breathlessly, as she savored this moment. ¡°I love you, Lc.¡± She closed her eyes, but when Hunter traced her jawline down to her neck, he bit his mark there and this made her gasped, at the same time, Hunter used to fingers to pleasure her. This drove Lc insane. He knew how to please her, as if he knew every inch of her body. He knew her body more than she herself. ¡°Let it go, love¡­¡± Hunter said, as he increased his pace and it didn¡¯t take long before she came undone and drenched his fingers with her sweetness. ¡°Good girl¡­¡± He rewarded her with a kiss and brought his fingers to his lips and licked it, letting Lc to watch what he was doing. She blushed and she looked even more adorable. However, Hunter took responsibility for the mess that he made. He then shifted his body and knelt down between her legs. ¡°Wh- what are you doing?¡± Lc asked, feeling embarrassed when Hunter ced his face between her legs. She knew what he was going to do, but she was still savoring her climax when suddenly she could feel his tongue in her openings. He licked her there, cleaned her up. ¡°H- Hunter¡­¡± Lc felt her body shuddered when his tongue traced her sensitive spot and she came undone fo the second time. By the time they were done, Lc was spent. She forced herself to get off the bed to see him leaving. She was still being clingy, but she stoppedining. ¡°I will do more when Ie back,¡± Hunter said against her lips in front of all the warriors, as he lifted her off the ground and hugged her tightly. ¡°I will wait for that,¡± Lc replied, giggling. With that, Hunter left with the other warriors and his gamma to Golden w pack. He promised to return as soon as possible and Lc only needed to be patient. ¡°You look so in love,¡± Lena teased her. They watched how the alpha kissed her passionately before he left. ¡°You must see it wrongly¡­¡± Lc couldn¡¯t help, but blush. With that Lena, Rose and Raya teased her, as they returned to the pack house. But, Raya nced over her shoulder onest time to stare at the distance. She didn¡¯t know what to feel about this. Because Lc didn¡¯te with them, Hunter and the rest of the warrior reached Golden w pack in their beast form, which they could arrive sooner than expected. ant There were around thirty warriors, including the gamma and the alpha in this group of lycan beast and all of them looked very intimidating, especially with the alpha led the way for them. When they finally reached the pack fortress, alpha James was not there because they arrived ahead of the schedule and a few warriors immediately escorted them to the pack house, where alpha James was informed. Hunter didn¡¯t make a big deal out of it and after take some rest, he joined the dinner with the other alphas too, where Ruby attended as well. Ruby was shocked to see Hunter was there and started to ask around about it. ¡°Oh, so he really didn¡¯te with his luna,¡± Ruby said to herself. She talked to Ania, she was a woman in her mid thirty and the only person, whom she considered close with. She didn¡¯t really. like luna Jasmine, but didn¡¯t show it publicly. ¡°Yes, from what I know, he is worried about his luna because she is pregnant with their first child.¡± Ania sighed deeply. She and Ruby were sitting in different table from the alphas. ¡°I thing Lc is very fortunate to have him as her mate, even though he is a lycan and from what I heard a lycan can be brutal.¡± ¡°But, he is very affectionate to her.¡± ¡°Yeah, I could see that. I think not all the rumor about the lycan is true.¡± Ruby kept ncing at Hunter for the whole dinner, until the alphas decided to discuss this matter into a more private room. They left and from the information that Ruby gathered in the morning, the alphas had a meeting until veryte night and only this morning they decided to make a move. However, Ruby wanted to know more about what kind of n they had and what they were going to do. She wanted to feel involved. Therefore, she used this reason to start sending lunch again to alpha James. This afternoon, she came with meal for her and him, continued the routine they had before luna Jasmine made any fuss about it. Alpha James was surprised, but he was also pleased, because seeing Ruby felt like a breath of fresh air amidst the hectic of the situation that they were currently in. At first, it started with a normal, trivial conversation, but then Ruby drifted the topic about the lycan and the meeting, in which alpha James told her everything. He needed someone on his side to talk about this matter after all and Ruby came at the right time when his matepletely ignored him and only gave him a hard time. ¡°Lc, why don¡¯t you try this? I made these cookies, but I am not sure if I got the receipt right,¡± Raya said, as she offered her a few cookies that she had baked. ¡°I don¡¯t know that you like cooking,¡± Lc said as she ate the cookies. Currently, they were in the garden, enjoying the morning light and basked themselves in it. The healer said, it was good for the baby. Chapter 179 ¡°This is delicious,¡± Lc thanked Raya for the cookies, she liked chocte and during this pregnancy, it seemed her sweet teeth became more apparent. She always craved for something sweet in the middle of the night and Hunter used to bring some cookies or chocte for her just in case she was woken up and wanted to eat those. Therefore, it was rather hard and lonely for Lc when Hunter was not around. She didn¡¯t mean to be a spoil little girl, but she craved his presence more than these sweets. ¡°I will bake more of cookies if you really liked it,¡± Raya said with a warm smile to see how she munched on her cookies. ¡°Yes, please.¡± And with that, Lc would always have these cookies that Raya made for her. She would refill the jar every time she ran out of it. And among Raya, Rose and Lena, Lc was way closer to Raya than the other two, probably because Raya was always avable for her. As days passed, Lc was not really lonely again, especially when Hunter would write for her all the time. There would always be a reply to her letter, even though he didn¡¯t say much, but it would always end up with ¡®I love you¡® and ¡®I miss you. That was not enough for Lc, but it was way better than she expected, because she thought Hunter would only reply to her letter once in a blue moon. Actually, she started to enjoy this exchange of letter with him. However, recently she felt lethargic, probably because her baby was growing and her mood would be all over the ces some time, thus waking up in the morning was really not her thing. Meanwhile, Hunter was working his ass off to get everything done in the Golden w pack, because he wanted to go back home as soon as possible, but this bastard Aiden only made everything more complicated. There was this attack near at the territory of alpha Delvin¡¯s pack, where they spotted it was actually the lycan attack. They couldn¡¯t confirm whether Aiden was part of it or not, but alpha Delvin was furious. He was enraged because ten of his warriors died during this sudden attack and he demanded Aiden to be killed on the spot the moment they found him. But, when this demand reached luna Jasmine¡¯s ears, she kicked another fuss. ¡°You can¡¯t let them ughter our son!¡± she roared angrily, throwing anything that she could reach. ¡°How can you let them talking about killing our son and you didn¡¯t do anything!?¡± ¡°What can I do!?¡± Alpha James was between rock and hard ce. He hardly could think of anything and the way Jasmine screeched at him only made him even more furious with her. ¡°That¡¯s his fault! He was the one, who brought this mess upon himself! If he couldn¡¯t clear his own name, he didn¡¯t deserve to be the alpha of the pack! We didn¡¯t need him!¡± That was right. They didn¡¯t den anymore. He was a lost cause ared oow they irul Az his grandson. There was no need for Aiden to be presence anymore. Because if alpha James had to defend his son, he would be against the other five alphas and the alpha lycan too. That would cost him his life and his pack. l cost him his life and his pack. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. But, luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t think clearly al But, luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t think clearly about that. She only wanted her precious son and whatever reason James told her didn¡¯t make her changed her opinion and saw things in different perspective or the consequences of the situation they were in right now. Therefore, a harsh pnded on alpha James¡¯s face the moment he finished his words. ¡°How dare you to trade your own son with that bitch¡¯s son!?¡± Luna Jasminepletely couldn¡¯t ept that. Yes, she loved Azel, because the baby was her son¡¯s firstborn and he was her first grandson too, but half of his blood was that bitch¡¯s. Ever since what happened the other day, she still couldn¡¯t stand the sight of Ruby without imagining tearing her face. That woman had ruined everything. Her son¡¯s life and her life too. She couldn¡¯t stand her at all! ¡°That¡¯s your grandson!¡± James hollered, he raised his hand to p her face too, but he held back himself. He only had ever hit her once before and he promised himself to never do it again. However, he couldn¡¯t lie that he was very livid. Mad was an understatement to describe how he felt right now. Therefore, before he could do something more and his judgment was cloud with his anger, he needed to go. He pushed Jasmine out of his way and rushed out of the room, leaving his mate was screaming in madness. Jasmine felt her heart burst into thousand pieces, as she fell to the ground and cry her heart out to think her own mate was having a meeting to discuss how to hunt down and kill their son. But then, an hourter when she started to calm down a bit, she was hit by this sudden pain. The sharp pain left her breathless and she screamed to ask for help, but she knew what the cause of this pain. Her mate betrayed her. Her mate was having it with someone else¡­ Jasmine couldn¡¯t believe this. She had been looking for the woman for the past few weeks, but she couldn¡¯t catch who it was, but right now James was having his moment with her! ¡°Luna, what happened?¡± One of the servants heard her scream and immediately came into her room, thinking something horrible had happened to her, but she met with her animosity. ¡°Where is the alpha!?¡± She roared angrily, she tried to stand up and walk. She needed to find James right now to catch the woman he was with. This was her only chance, thus despite the agony, she forced herself to walk. ¡°I- I don¡¯t know, luna¡­¡± the servant looked very scared to see luna Jasmine like this. ¡°Find out where he is! Now!¡± The servants immediately dashed away to ask around about the alpha¡¯s whereabouts. The night was silent and quiet, it was a peaceful night, but there would be amotion that was going to happen. Currently, the alpha lycan was having a private discussion with alpha Ramon, they met secretly like usual. The two alphas discussed the progress with Aiden¡¯s search, where they exchanged their own information that they didn¡¯t share in the meeting with the other alpha. ¡°You are really cruel, you know,¡± alpha Ramon said, he stared at Hunter, but his eyes with mirth, as if he actually adored Hunter. filled Even though, to be honest, he was rather scared to mess with him. In no any circumstances, he would want to be on his bad side. ¡°What did your mate think when she learned that you are actually trying to get rid her former pack?¡± he was curios because of how much Hunter doted on Lc, but at the same time, he wanted to destroy the ce where she grew up 1. in. That was pretty messed up in his opinion., ¡°She knew.¡± ¡°And then?¡± ¡°She didn¡¯t agree.¡± ¡°But, you did it anyway.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°I am d a woman¡¯s opinion didn¡¯t stop you.¡± Hunter narrowed his eyes at him, hisment sounded like he was degrading Lc and thankfully alpha Ramon was wise enough to realize his mistake and correct what he said. ¡°No, I mean, you respected her opinion, but as an alpha, we need to take charge of what more important.¡± ¡°Because I know she will not agree, we go around like this. If I disregarded her opinion, we will not be here talking about strategy, but talking about the distribution of this pack.¡± Which meant, if it was not because Hunter knew Lc wouldn¡¯t agree, they would have this pack within their palm by now. There would be a lot of bloodshed, but then it would be faster than this ns. Alpha Ramon didn¡¯t say anything anymore, he didn¡¯t want to dig his own grave and the look of warning in Hunter¡¯s eyes was enough for him to not add anything and agree with him readily. But, in the middle of discussion, they caught something. It was alpha James¡¯s scent and another person, but before they could leave the area, they heard their moaning. Chapter 180 The moaning was very obvious. You could hear it very clearly from here and from the scent that they caught in the air, they knew, whose that lustful moans belonged to. Hunter narrowed his eyes, he looked disgusted to hear this. ¡°Did you push her this far?¡± His initial n was to use Ruby in order to get the higher punishment for Aiden and also to create more rift from within the pack, but he didn¡¯t even imagine that thing would escte this far. ¡°No. I didn¡¯t.¡± Alpha Ramon raised both of his hands, indicating that he was innocent in this matter, but there was this smirk on the corner of his lips, he didn¡¯t look bother at all with this, truth be told, he looked enjoying this awkward moment. ¡°I think she took the initiative to improvise the n. Don¡¯t you think this is perfect for us?¡± For Ruby to have an affair with alpha James was enough trouble that they needed to shake this pack from within. ¡°This woman was really something else.¡± Alpha Ramon shook his head, but his voice filled with mirth and he was in awed by Ruby¡¯s bold move actually. ¡°She literally bedded James¡¯s son and now she fucked the father too. Wow. I think she has a thing for being a walking disaster. What do you think?¡± ¡°We can fasten our n.¡± That was all Hunter said before he left. It was so sickening to hear them. He was barely able to stand there. He was not going to spend another second. ¡°Well, technically you are right. With this, we can fasten our n.¡± Alpha Ramon grinned. Instead of going with Hunter, he chose to stay and listen to them. Seeing this, Hunter didn¡¯t bother to tell him to leave. Ramon was not a child and this was none of his business. With that, Hunter returned to his bedroom and thought about his mate. He took all the letters she wrote for him and reread everything, until sleep came to him. Meanwhile, at that night, luna Jasmine turned everything upside down to look for her mate. She was furious beyond word. She didn¡¯t exin why she needed her mate, because it would be very embarrassing for her to exin the betrayal that was going on currently. However, she became more deranged when the painsted more than an hour! James must be insane to do it over and over again! Luna Jasmine couldn¡¯t believe it! He betrayed her like that! When they were in this crisis, he turned his back against her and then f ucking some bi tch out there! Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. How he could do that to her?! In the end, luna Jasmine returned to their bedroom and m the door so hard, the hinges were broken, but she didn¡¯t allow anyone toe inside, as she thrashed everything in this bedroom, crying and screaming in between. The sound of her wailing was gut wrenching. People would think the alpha was dead or something, because this was the sound that you would hear when you lost someone that you loved. Probably, that was right. Luna Jasmine lost her mate. She couldn¡¯t find that b itch! And when the morning came and there was no part of the room that had not been thrashed, alpha James finally came. He heard from his men what his mate had done and he knew, he was walking into a disaster. He knew what he had done with Ruby was wrong, but it felt good to have someone that desired you and put less stress on you. ¡®It¡¯s alright. You remarked me, remember? You imed me. It¡¯s alright¡­¡¯ That was what Ruby said to him and that was the reason why he did it with her in the first ce. He was not thinking straight and Ruby knew what to say to get to him. He liked it. He regretted because he hurt Jasmine, because no matter what she was still his mate, but on the other hand, he didn¡¯t regret doing it with Ruby. He felt pity for her because his son left her. ¡°You son of a bit ch!¡± Luna Jasmine threw a broken statue toward alpha James the moment he entered the room. Thankfully, the alpha had a great reflex, where he could dodge it in time. ¡°How dare you betrayed me like that!? How dare you to humiliate me like that?!¡± Jasmine screeched, but her throat was very sore, she couldn¡¯t even talk properly when once again all of her emotions came to her and all she could do was crying without sound. James felt his heart ached when he saw Jasmine like this. She had never been this insane. She always put a great effort to make her appearance and image impable, he knew her for more than thirty years and not even once she looked very crestfallen and let go of everything that she held dear. James couldn¡¯t take it, he approached her and hugged her, but Jasmine tried to push him Dreame ¡°I am sorry.¡± James couldn¡¯t say anything else aside from that simple sentence, which made Jasmine hated him even more, but the pain from within her wrecked her heart. ¡°I am sorry.¡± And that was all James could say again and again. Hunter and the other warriors found a trace of the other lycan pack, which led them to the north of the continent, to the Cralys mountain. Not anyone could enter this mountain, since it filled with a lot of monsters. ¡°What are we going to do now?¡± Ramon asked Hunter. ¡°Most likely Aiden was there too with the lycan. I am sure alpha James will love the news about his son.¡± He couldn¡¯t help, butugh at his own joke. The fight between alpha James and luna Jasmine three days ago had spread like wildfire and the aftermath was massive. Luna Jasmine was about to reject alpha James when he stopped her in time before she could finish her word, they talked about it and whatever they were talking about, it stopped the luna from rejecting her mate, but she always looked angry. ¡°Sent two people to investigate this mountain,¡± Hunter ordered the warrior, ignoring Ramon¡¯s attempt to make a lewdment here and there. Ramon shrugged his shoulders nonchntly because he had gotten used to be ignored by the alpha, he continued with his rambling, until Hunter gave him a dagger look and he stopped. Later that night, the seven alphas received the report. They couldn¡¯t spot Aiden, but they indeed confirmed there was a group of shifters inside the mountain, but aside from that, they couldn¡¯t find anything else and needed more time to investigate further. ¡°We need to march toward the mountain and destroy them all, giving an element of surprise in our attack,¡± Alpha Dillon suggested. He was so mad and wanted this bulls hit to end. ¡°We can¡¯t do that, we will walk straight into their territory. We didn¡¯t even know that mountain.¡± Alpha Ramon disagreed with the idea. ¡°We need to investigate further.¡± Dreame They were split in this opinion, but the majority of them believed it was the right time to strike. ¡°What do you think about this alpha James?¡± Hunter casually asked the alpha, who had been very quiet. Alpha James balled his fists and when he spoke, his words sounded very depressing. ¡°I agree for us to attack.¡± Alpha Ramon nodded. ¡°We are going to attack the mountain! And killed all of the lycan and the traitor Aidan!¡± James flinched when Ramon addressed his son as a traitor, he felt like he was going to tear his head apart, but he knew better not to do that. However, a momentter there was thismotion out there and then followed by the loud sound of the ringing bell, indicating danger that came to their way. ¡®Attack! We are under attack!¡¯ one of the warriors mind link alpha James, telling him what was going on before his figure appeared before them. ¡°Alpha! We need to evacuate!¡± He said in hurry. ¡°The lycan is here! They are here! We are under attack!¡± ¡°How can they be here?!¡± Alpha James growled. ¡°There is no report from the borders warriors!¡± ¡°No, alpha.¡± The warrior shook his head. ¡°Apparently, they had been inside the fortress!¡± Chapter 181 This couldn¡¯t be possible to happen. There was no way those lycan could be inside the fortress without anyone knowing about it. All of them were dumbstruck by this information, they looked at each other, having the same thought. However, Hunter was the only one, who voiced it out. ¡°There are only two possibilities,¡± Hunter said. The tension stretched out in the air. ¡°There is a traitor among us, or Aiden leaked the information about the secret tunnel inside this pack.¡± After all, they all knew that Aiden was currently with the lycan, thus they more weed the No one wanted to be used for treason or anything like that. cond s ¡°It¡¯s not time for that!¡± Alpha James roared to mask his anxiety. He knew this must be Aiden, that pack for what? What he wanted to gain by joining force with the lycan? on of his had traded their Hunter didn¡¯t say anything, but the damage had been done. The alpha looked alpha James with displeased, they looked disgusted by what Aiden had done and by extension, alpha James too. As a parent, he should know better how to take his son under control, especially when he was the future alpha of the pack. Despite that, alpha James was right. It was not the right time to dwell in away the lycan out of this pack. Because while they were having this fruitless. was dying. matter, because their main priority was to drive The lycan showed their brutal side and there was nothing that could stop them. they aimed. on the innocent people in the pack ney were here for blood and that was what The casualties after tonight would be rming and rming and felt a lot more under the pressure, because he hoped he pha James would meet Aiden, yet at the same time, he didn¡¯t feel like he And yet, it was not up to him to decide this to see him. That night was a long and bloody night, where there were so many shifters died. Both from the lycan side and the werewolf side. This battle was almost like the war that happened more than a year ago, but Golden w pack took the brunt this time¡­ Lc woke up in the middle of the night because of her nightmare, but also because she felt she was having a cramp. Her heart was still beating erratically, but she couldn¡¯t remember what kind of dream she had. The dream must be very terrifying, yet she still couldn¡¯t recall any of that, all she knew was this bitter feeling and what was left from her nightmare was this bad taste in her mouth. She felt like she was going to vomit. With that, she went to the bathroom hurriedly and then emptied her stomach there. This must be because of her nightmare, that was why she felt this awful. She felt like eating something sour after she cleanse her mouth. After that, Lc went out of the room to get some fresh air. She felt stuffy inside the empty room that she upied alone. without Hunter. She missed him so much. ¡°It¡¯s okay, baby. Your father will be here soon.¡± Lc caressed her stomach, as she walked in the corridor. There were many guards that stationed there and all of them greeted her politely when she walked past them. E P P Initially, Lc only wanted to walk until she felt sleepy, but then she didn¡¯t feel sleepy at all. There was something that bothering her, but she couldn¡¯t put her fingers on what was the matter. She stared at the bright moon and sat on the bench in the garden. The night was rather cold, thankfully she was wearing her cloak. Lc stayed there until the first light of the sun appeared in the horizon and then decided to return to her bedroom, but she met with Darren, the beta instead. There was something on his expression that made Lc approached him, since he didn¡¯t seem to notice her until she closer to him. ¡°Luna, what are you doing here? Did you wake up early?¡± He greeted her politely, but the flicker of anxiety in his eyes bothered Lc. ¡°What is that? Hunter sent a letter for me?¡± She pointed the letter in Darren¡¯s hand, ignoring his earlier question. She recognized the enveloped. ¨C got ¡°Oh,¡± Darren mumbled. ¡°No. This is just usual report,¡± he dodged the question, but Lc had sensed something was amiss, thus she snatched the letter from his hand. She didn¡¯t usually act like a brat, but her curiosity got the best of her and also because sincest night she had been feeling off, thus anything rted to Hunter, she wanted to know. The more she read the letter, the darker her expression was¡­ The battle finally settled when the first light of the sun appeared on the clear sky. The ground was stained with the color of blood and there were so many dead bodies that scattered around.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. The lycan was very tenacious, even though they were outnumbered, they were still able to hold their ground for this long. More so, it was always its nature that the lycan was way stronger than the werewolves, thus there was a power y there. Because of the nature of the situation, most of the pack members were being evacuated away to the safe ce, including luna Jasmine and Ruby. Ruby held her baby tightly against her chest, her expression was unreadable, she had readied herself for a bad confrontation when she was in the same room with luna Jasmine. However, to her surprised, it didn¡¯t happen and what actually happened was the opposite. Luna Jasmine approached her and Ruby had prepared for a few nasty words that she would vomit it, but she simply asked a question. What alpha Ramon wanted from Aiden? He promised to help me before,¡± luna Jasmine said and then added. ¡°You must be worried of Aiden too, right?¡± É« Chapter 182 After what Aiden had put Ruby through, she must be crazy if she missed the man, especially after the ultimate betrayal that he had done. There was noing back from that. This must be some kind of karma for her, but what happened to her waspletely different from what he did to Lc. Aiden didn¡¯t have a child with Lc and he didn¡¯t mark her when he started his affair with Ruby, but when he did it to her, she had been marked and they had their first child together. That was so cruel for Aiden not to think twice when he stick his member into another woman¡¯s. ¡°What do you want from me?¡± Ruby asked, she covered her mark with her hair, while holding her baby. If you didn¡¯t see it closely, you wouldn¡¯t be able to tell that this was a mark from alpha James and luna Jasmine was too anxious to notice that, even though she was so close with Ruby right now. ¡°I want to know what kind of help that alpha Ramon had offered to Aiden. I want to know in detail.¡± This could be counted as luna Jasmine asked for help from Ruby, but she was still holding onto her pride and talked to her as if she was talking to herckey, which didn¡¯t sit well with Ruby. ¡°If you wanted to know about that, you need to ask alpha Ramon himself. I don¡¯t know why you came to me instead.¡± Ruby focused on her baby, she pretended as if luna Jasmine didn¡¯t even existed. ¡°Get me in contact with alpha Ramon in secret, if there was someone else knew about it, I will never forgive you.¡± This was a warning, but luna Jasmine knew her words didn¡¯t hold any threat at all. ¡°Why do I need your forgiveness?¡± Ruby asked coldly. ¡°I don¡¯t need your forgiveness. It¡¯s you who asked for my help, but why can¡¯t you talk nicely to me?¡± Luna Jasmine gritted her teeth, her eyes flickered with malice. ¡°I only wanted you to know that a mother, who lost their child is not a person that you wanted to face.¡± After saying that, luna Jasmine left. The situation was already under control, thus the people in the safety ce could go back to their respective houses. When they went out, the sun was already up and it was afternoon. Meanwhile, the other alphas and warriors had cleaned up the streets from the dead lycan and buried their fallen warriors. It was a very grim day. Once everything was settled and Hunter had time to write a letter, among ten letters he received, eight was from Lc, who was worried, apparently she learned about what happened in the Golden Light pack, the alpha then wrote for his mate first before he informed his beta that everything was fine and the Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org. should proceed with their initial n. ¡°You must have gotten a report from Cane too, right?¡± Lc asked Darren, she look for him after she finished reading her letter, in which told her that everything was alright in Golden w pack, that they managed to calm the situation. However, Lc didn¡¯t believe him, she was not convinced with Hunter¡¯s word and the only thing to know whether he telling her the truth was to read the official letter from Hunter to his gamma. ¡°The alpha is really fine, luna,¡± Darren/said helplessly. Lc handed back the letter to Darren. She felt slightly relief, though notpletely. was Hope (+5) ¡°You need to stop worrying about the alpha, luna. Hunter is the strongest lycan. There will be nothing bad happened to him. You need to trust me in this.¡± Lc lifted her head. She stared at Darren incredulously without saying anything, which made the beta felt awkward. But then, she opened her mouth and the sound of her voice was eerily calm. ¡°He still can get hurt, bleed and killed. Just because he has a high ability to heal himself, it doesn¡¯t mean he has an undying body. Don¡¯t take lightly about his safety and wellbeing,¡± Lc said. Her voice was steady and clear, this made Darren lowered his head. Without even Lc knowing it, she used her luna¡¯s voice and this really sook Darren. He felt like he was facing the alpha instead. After that, Lc decided to walk for a while, until she felt tired, so she wouldn¡¯t have a hard time to sleepter. Having some alone time like this was very nice too. No. She was not really alone, her baby was with her all the time. However, Lc met with Raya instead when she enjoyed the sight of the flower garden. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Both of themughed when they saw each other and said the same thing. In the end, they had a small talk, discussing about trivial matter, but suddenly Raya asked Lc to come with her. ¡°Where?¡± Lc stood up and followed her. ¡°Somewhere. This is a secret ce? Lc blinked her eyes. She liked secret ce, her and Hunter also had their own secret ce. Thus, without asking anything, Lc followed her, she had no suspicion at all. However, the more they walked, the more Lc was familiar with this ce, because Raya actually took her to the waterfall, where she met Hunter for the first time, the ce that held so much memories for them. ¡°There is a cave behind the waterfall, you know!¡± Raya said enthusiastically. ¡°Yes, I know,¡± Lc chuckled, she was amused to see Raya¡¯s surprised expression. ¡°Hunter showed me,¡± she said mirthfully. This warmed her heart toe to this ce again. ¡°Oh¡­¡± Raya looked a little bit disappointed, but then she smiled cheerfully again, telling Lc to wait there and she would bring food and drink for them. ¡°It will be like a camping!¡± Lc wanted to stop her, but she already left, but not long after, she sensed someone in the dark. Chapter 183 Never in million years that Lc would have thought that she would encounter him here. More so, how could he be here? There was no way it was possible, right? Or maybe her eyes just yed with her? However, there he was, talking with her as if that was the mostmon thing to do. ¡°Lc, I missed you. I missed you so bad,¡± Aiden said. He stared at Lc with longing in his eyes. ¡°You have never given me a chance to tell you how much I regretted what I have done to you, what I have done to us. You never gave me that chance. I know you are hurt. I know how much I hurt you. But, we meant to be together. We are destined mate for a reason.¡± Lc looked around, she wished she could catch anyone. Raya said she would be back in a minute, but where she was right now? Why she was not back yet? Lc tried to remember all of her training, but she couldn¡¯t recall anything due to her anxiety. There was something off about Aiden that she couldn¡¯t point it out. He looked crazy. His gaze filled with insanity. The way he looked at her was something that could give you chill down your spine. She wanted to leave this ce, but Aiden had grabbed her elbow and made her stayed. His touch was very repulsive and when his scent hit her senses, Lc felt like she wanted to vomit. ¡°Stay away from me or else Hunter will hunt you down,¡± Lc said, she was thankful that her voice was not trembling though it wasck of intimidation. ¡°He can do as he please if he were here, but the problem is, he is miles away to hunt me down.¡± Aiden sighed deeply. ¡°You used to look at me with love in your eyes, what changed?¡± ¡°You are insane, Aiden! You have your own family! You have your own child!¡± With the mention of child, Aiden looked down to her stomach and stated. ¡°You are pregnant. I heard the news that you are pregnant.¡± Suddenly, his voice turned very cold and this scared Lc, because she was afraid this man would hurt her baby and herself. Lc was pregnant and she was past the month, where it was safe for her to shift into her beast, thus she couldn¡¯t escape this situation, aside from screaming for help. She tried to protect her stomach. Thankfully, the warriors that were assigned for her were nearby, thus they coulde in time. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Gavin immediately shifted into his beast and chased after Aiden, while the other warriors helped Lc to stand. up and take her back to her bedroom. Raya was freaked out when she saw Lc¡¯s condition. She looked so pale. ¡°What happened? What happened to her?!¡± Raya asked in panic, as she helped the warrior to get Lc to the bedroom and tuck her in. ¡°I will call the healer!¡± Lc felt mostly shocked, but after that, she was fine. She was worried about her baby and she was afraid something bad might happen to her child. However, after Raya returned with the healer, Abigai, and she reassured her that she was fine, only then Lc ¨C could rx a bit. ¡°I will make a concoction for you, you need to drink that and take a rest.¡± But, Darren came into the room to check on Lc. He rushed here the moment he learned what happened. ¡°Luna,¡± Darren said, but Raya had stopped him from entering further into the room. ¡°What happened?¡± he hissed. ¡°I heard Aiden was here?¡± Unfortunately, Gavin didn¡¯t manage to get Aiden. That man managed to escape and now the luna was in this condition. e beta had written a letter to the alpha and strengthened the protection around the pack. He couldn¡¯t believe Aiden could enter their territory without anyone noticing him. But then, to think Ken had betrayed them and coborated with the lycan to destroy this pack and even attack the alpha and the luna in the past, Ken must have told them a few secret tunnels that connected this pack to outside. Darren had ordered the warriors to close the secret tunnel and stand guard there, until further notice. This matter had to be discussed with the alpha. ¡°I will tell you,¡± Raya said. ¡°Come, let¡¯s talk outside. The luna needs to take a rest.¡± Raya took the beta out of the room and exined everything to him. ¡°I don¡¯t know that there would be an attack when I left her alone, or else, I would never have done that.¡± Raya looked remorseful. ¡°Don¡¯t me yourself, no one would have predicted that Aiden would enter our ground.¡± Jace patted Raya¡¯s shoulder. ¡°But, why did you tell Gavin to step away from the luna?¡± Darren had questioned Gavin earlier about why he didn¡¯te right away to Lc rescue before thing escted to this point, but he told him Raya ordered him to stay away from Lc for a while. ¡°We went to the waterfall and I thought, we wanted some private time. Probably dipped in for an hour or two, Raya replied. ¡°That¡¯s why I told them to step back for a while, it¡¯s not appropriate if they were nearby.¡± ¡°This is already night.¡± ¡°Yes, but the weather is rather hot.¡± Darren nodded. He didn¡¯t pursue further about this matter and then left after giving Raya a few instructions and told her not to let Lc¡¯s guard to step away again. ¡°I know, I am sorry. That¡¯s my mistake.¡± Raya lowered her head, she looked very remorseful. ¡°I am going to leave, take care of the luna.¡± Raya nodded again and with that, she stayed with Abigail by Lc¡¯s side, until morning came and the alpha walked into the room. Both of them were surprised to see the alpha was actually here. They were about to greet him, but Hunter gestured to them to be quiet and leave the room. Abigail and Raya immediately left, leaving the two of them alone. Hunter then approached Lc and kissed her forehead. He didn¡¯t want to wake her up, but he needed to touch her, to make sure she was only sleeping. He had asked Darren about what happened and the beta had exined everything to him, in which made Hunter¡¯s blood boiled with anger. He wanted to skin Aiden alive, if it was really a possibility. The alpha waited for his luna to wake up for sometime and only after two hours of waiting, Lc finally opened her eyes. She looked exhausted and a little bit pale, but her beautiful eyes widened when she saw Hunter was there. ¡°Hunter, is that you?¡± Lc still didn¡¯t believe with what she was seeing. She blinked her eyes a few time and then pushed herself from the bed to take a closer look at Hunter. ¡°It¡¯s me, Lc,¡± Hunter said with a smile on his face. He helped her to sit down and caressed her face. She looked lovable. ¡°I am sorry I put you in danger again.¡± Lc shook her head. She knew what Hunter was trying to say. There was no way the me was on him when it was Aiden, who had hurt her. ¡°That¡¯s not your fault, Hunter. Don¡¯t me yourself.¡± Lc hugged him. ¡°Our baby is fine too.¡± At this point, call him cruel, but Hunter cared more about his mate than the baby that he didn¡¯t even meet yet. He only wanted to hug his mate closely and wouldn¡¯t let go. However, he needed to leave right away, because his business had not yet been done in the Golden w pack. There were a lot of things to be taken care of. ¡°How can you be here?¡± Lc finally asked, they were having their meal now when Raya delivered the food to their bedroom. ¡°I received the letter from Darren and I rushed back here.¡± Lc narrowed her eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you rush back alone?¡± ¡°They are not so fast. They will slow me down.¡± In another word, he spent the whole night to rush back to the lycan pack, because he didn¡¯t want to receive another letter. He wanted to see Lc in his own eyes, to make sure that she was fine and there was nothing major happened to her. ¡°That¡¯s dangerous.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not.¡± In the end, Hunter told her everything that happened in the Golden w pack and how they managed to find the lycan pack within the Cralys mountain and they were going to attack them once their preparation was done. ¡°We found the lead to their pack and I need to return now.¡± Hunter tucked away her hair and kissed her lips. Lc was not thrilled to hear that. She thought, he would return for good, but because he was already here, probably she could coax him to change his mind. ¡°What is it?¡± Hunter asked with his brows furrowed when he saw Lc pushed away her meal and sat on hisp, her stomach started showing and she gained a little bit weigh, which made her looked even more adorable. Hunter put his hand around her waist to steady herself and looked at her eyes. ¡°I want to go with you. I will not let you leave if you didn¡¯t take me with you,¡± Lc said stubbornly. ¡°See? Even in your pack I am still in danger.¡± Chapter 184 It took a lot of persuasion and seduction from Lc before Hunter finally relented and let here with him to the Golden w pack. This woman really knew how to get what she wanted. More so, the reason why Hunter left her in the pack was because the alpha was worried, since she had to take a long journey to her former pack in her current condition, but more importantly was because Hunter knew that Lc didn¡¯t like to be in the Golden Light pack. However, after this incident, Hunter really reconsidered his decision, because he was not going to feel good to leave Lc alone, knowing there was a high chance Aiden woulde again, since he had learned about the secret tunnels of the pack. Who knew, what else information that he had in his hand right now, because it was not like that man would give up just like that. ¡°Happy?¡± Hunter asked Lc, who was beaming. Currently, they were inside a carriage that would take them back to the Golden w pack. Because Lc came along, Hunter had to bring a dozen of warriors with him, just in case. Raya also came with them, so she could apany Lc. This was perfect! ¡°Very!¡± Lc was cheerful. She didn¡¯t care if she had to meet with luna Jasmine, Ruby or even Aria, because she would stay with Hunter and that was all that matter. ¡°Come here,¡± Hunter said, he opened his arms and Lc snuggled against his chest. She breathed in his scent and was very peaceful. It didn¡¯t take long before she fell asleep and they reached Golden w pack early in the morning. Because they had to take carriage, Hunter waste for the meeting, but the alpha didn¡¯t seem to care about it at all. He exined to them what happened in his pack and why he waste. ¡°I am d that Lc is fine,¡± alpha James said, he was genuine when he said that, because he knew that girl and for a whole full year, he saw her like his own daughter. Hunter nodded and they continued with the discussion. But, after the meeting, alpha Ramon approached Hunter, he asked for a secret meeting with him, because there was something important that he needed to tell him. Later at the evening, they met at the same spot, where they found alpha James and Ruby together. ¡°What do you want to talk about?¡± Hunter asked straight to the point. ¡°Luna Jasmine came to me and ask for my help.¡± ¡°She asked to save her son?¡± ¡°How do you know that?¡± Alpha Ramon raised his brows. ¡°Isn¡¯t that very obvious?¡± Alpha Ramon then exined that luna Jasmine was willing to give up the treasure of the pack to him, if he was willing to help out during attack. ¡°What did you say? ¡°I told her to give me three days to think about it, so I can give her a clear answer, because her request is not something easy.¡± Alpha Ramon had to discuss this matter with Hunter first and heard what his opinion and n about this. The result of the meeting, they nned to attack the Cralys mountain the day after tomorrow. They advanced their n because Aiden was spotted in Hunter¡¯s pack. Aiden must have returned to the lycan and now he must have concocted some n, thus before they could work on that, they needed to attack first. ¡°Tell luna Jasmine that you will agree with her request, thus she needs to bring the key to this pack treasure with her right away.¡± Luna Jasmine should know the significant of this key, because without your wealth, how could you run your pack? This would be a great blow for Golden w pack for losing their treasure. But, because luna Jasmine knew it worth, that was why she was ready to bet on it. Her request was very simple. If the attack happened and they managed to get a hold of Aiden, she wanted alpha Ramon hid him somewhere safe. With that, no one would be able to harm him. He couldn¡¯t return to his own pack because of the trial that was waiting for him, but at the very least, he could seek for refugee somewhere, until Luna Jasmine found a way for him toe back. ¡°A mother¡¯s love is scary, don¡¯t you think?¡± Alpha Ramon agreed with Hunter¡¯s n, but before he left, he wanted to talk a little bit longer with this alpha. It always fascinated him of how well Hunter thought about all of his n. He really pushed luna Jasmine to insanity, because he knew that woman would do anything for her son and her love would be the fall for this pack and her mate. But, a mother, who desperate to save their child, wouldn¡¯t care about that and Hunter used luna Jasmine¡¯s strong love for Aiden. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s powerful.¡± In a way, Hunter admired luna Jasmine¡¯s tenacity. She was trying her hardest even though the possibility for her to seed with this n was not big, but she took the risk. After that secret meeting, Hunter returned to his quarter, where he saw Lc and Raya were chatting, both of them were sitting under a tree. Torches had been lit up and Lc was supposed to be in her room. ¡°Why are you still here?¡± Hunter approached Lc, he kissed her lips and caught the sight of a little bird in her palms. ¡°This¡­ the baby bird fell from its nest,¡± Lc said. She showed the bird to Hunter, while Raya greeted the alpha politely. Hunter lifted his head and looked at the tree, he could see the nest. It was not that high, but Lc couldn¡¯t shift in her current condition and Raya was afraid of a high ce, thus she couldn¡¯t climb ¡°Where is the warrior that supposed to guard you?¡± Hunter looked around, but Lc said sheepishly to him. ¡°I asked Gavin to prepare for some snacks,¡± Lc said, she smiled innocently at her mate. ¡°We will have dinner less than two hours.¡± Hunter Reminded her, he didn¡¯t want her to skip her dinner because of the snack. ¡°I promised I will eat my dinner too, but right now I really hungry, I feel like I can¡¯t move. Okay, thest statement was too over, but she was really hungry. In the end, it was Hunter, who had to climb the tree and put back the baby on its nest. After that, Lc got her snack and the two of them had their dinner in their bedroom. Raya excused herself, she knew that she was not supposed to be there. She got the cue and left. ¡°Why don¡¯t you eat in the dining hall like the other?¡± Lc asked curiously because based on what she learned, the alphas were having dinner together. ¡°I love to eat with you.¡± ¡°You can ask me toe too.¡± ¡°You are notfortable to eat with them.¡± Hunter waspletely right about that, because Lc felt awkward and out of ce, if she had to sit with them. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. ¡°I love to spend time alone with you.¡± Hunter kissed her ruddy cheek. She put on some weight, but it only made her looked very adorable. He really wanted to devour her. She was his dessert, but after ate their dinner, Lc fell asleep rather fast. Late at night, Hunter was woken up because Lc snuggled against him, he hugged his mate, but when he thought that was it, he could feel her hand under his shirt and traced down to his member. Lc¡­¡± Hunter was alerted, but he got a kiss on the lips from her. She looked sleepy, but it was clear to see that she was horny, her scent became sweeter and she was so hot, as if her body was burning. ¡°I can¡¯t believe it¡­¡± Hunter knew what it was. Lc was going through her heat. It was rare for a shifter to go through their heat during pregnancy, but it didn¡¯t mean it never happened, since a heat woulde to hit you in random time. ¡°Heaven, Lc¡­¡± Hunter groaned when Lc started to nip on his neck and it made his body thrummed with desire for her. He wanted to have her in every way he could, but he needed to control his lust, just in case, he hurt her. The alpha had never been very grateful that he took her with him, or else, it would be a disaster to leave her alone during her heat. ¡°I want you, Hunter¡­ I want you,¡± Lc whimpered and this drove Hunter crazy. He flipped her body and let herid down on her back, as he hovered above her. ¡°Slow down, okay¡­¡± Hunter said in deep and dark voice, he held down both of her hands above her head, but she started to grind her body against him, which made Hunter groaned. ¡°You make me crazy, love.¡± Lc whimpered again, because Hunter didn¡¯t give her what she wanted. She kept staring at him, pleading with her eyes and Hunter gave her a kiss. Her lips tasted very sweet and when his hand traced down her body, she moaned, the sound of her voice was heavenly, which made Hunter wanted to hear more. He lifted her dress and caressed her inner thigh, he could imagine how wet she was right now. ¡°My love¡­¡± Hunter mumbled against her lips, when he ripped her undergarment. Chapter 185 The night was long as they threw themselves on the throes of desire and lust. The heatsted until the night ended and when the sun finally appeared on the horizon, Lc was spent. She curled herself in a ball against his chest, sleeping like a baby, satisfied. Meanwhile, Hunter couldn¡¯t think straight. It was insane for him to do that with her in her current condition. He was worried that he might hurt her or the baby, but when he saw her sleeping face and how contented she was, he could breathe a sigh of relief, because she was surely fine, if she could smile on her sleep. ¡°You scared me, love,¡± Hunter kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly. Their body were sweaty and it was a little bit slippery, but the alpha wanted to devour this moment with her for a little bit longer. He had an important meeting this morning, but he didn¡¯t have enough sleepst night, still, he didn¡¯t comin. He would love to have this sleepless night over and over again, but probably, he had to be careful with the intensity so they wouldn¡¯t hurt their baby. Hunter kissed Lc again and squeezed her body gently. She let out this adorable sigh, but still sleeping. In the end, after the sun was up and the sky turned so bright, Hunter let go of his mate¡¯s body and got up, he went to the bathroom to clean himself and then wrung wet towel to clean Lc¡¯s body up. Their clothes were on the floor and Lc was mostly naked, thus it was easy for Hunter to clean her up, but even when his need was fulfilled already, it was still hard to see her in such vulnerable state, she was very tempting. ¡°You will be the death of me, love,¡± Hunter said with a little smile on the corner of his lips, as he wiped her body gently. After he took care of his mate and put afortable dress for her, he went outside to have thest meeting before the attack. The meetingsted until afternoon and around that time, Lc woke up because Raya shook her body. ¡°Lc, you need to eat something, you have skipped your breakfast, you can¡¯t skip your lunch too,¡± Raya said in coaxing voice, she kept shaking her body gently, until she opened her eyes. ¡°Lc, wake up.¡± Raya scrunched her nose because this room waspletely reek with the smell of their lovemaking and the evidence was very obvious. ¡°Lc! Wake up!¡± Raya raised her voice, which made herself startled. She immediately took a step back. But, because of that too, Lc finally opened her eyes, she looked around her groggily. ¡°Did you just¡­ yell at me?¡± She looked unsure, seemingly she was still not really conscious enough to tell whether she was dreaming or not about the yelling. ¡°I didn¡¯t,¡± Raya said. She schooled her face and approached Lc again. She sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at her closely. ¡°You look slightly pale. Are you alright? Should I call a healer?¡± Lc frowned and waved her hand. ¡°No need, I am just tired.¡± Lc didn¡¯t see it, but Raya balled her fists under¨Cher sleeves, as she smiled sweetly at her and reminded her that she had skipped her breakfast. ¡°I broughtmb meat for you,e here. Try this, but before that, you need to wash your face first.¡± Raya pointed her finger at the meal that she had brought with her. Lc narrowed her eyes, she was slightly dizzy, but probably because she was too hungry. With the reminder of Raya, her stomach started growling. Both of them could hear that. ¡°See? You will let your baby hungry if I didn¡¯t wake you up,¡± Raya said, she smiled softly at her and then patted her shoulder. ¡°Go and clean your face first before you ate.¡°ALT? Lc yawned and then got off the bed. Her head was still dizzy and she was very sleepy, her body was sore, but she was mostly feeling satisfied. The heat that happened to herst night was rather brutal, she was worried it was too much for her baby, probably she needed to see a healer? Lc would ask a healer to check on herter. She felt great, but it didn¡¯t she would take the risk, if it came about her baby. After that, Lc ate her lunch, Raya ate with her too and both of them had a mundane talk about trivial things that happened around them. ¡°What else do you want?¡± Ruby asked luna Jasmine when she came to visit her, as she breastfed her baby. ¡°Don¡¯t give me an attitude,¡± luna Jasmine growled at her. Over these few weeks when luna Jasmine was not really active and sumbed into her misery because her son was in predicament from being hunted down by his own father and her mate betrayed her, yet she couldn¡¯t find the woman that alpha Tony was having an affair with, Ruby started to build her influence within the pack. She gathered people that she could trust, people who had the same sentiment like her, who didn¡¯t like luna Jasmine, some of them even hated her, just like Aria. This pitiful woman had been used twice by luna Jasmine, she even bore the punishment for her and even though she was Lc¡¯s best friend before, but after the second betrayal, Aria knew there was no chance for her to reconcile with Lc anymore. Ruby also knew about that and she got her to her side. Right now, Ruby would use to be seen with her and helped her with Azel or anything that she needed, which irked luna Jasmine, because she saw this as a betrayal, since Aria used to be a close friend of Lc. ¡°What are you going to talk with me?¡± Ruby asked straight to the point. Luna Jasmine red at her, but then shifted her hatred toward Aria. ¡°Leave,¡± she said through her gritted teeth. Aria might be loyal to Ruby now, but she was still scared of luna Jasmine, the aura the she carried was something else, you wouldn¡¯t be able to ignore that. ¡°Yes, yes, luna¡­¡± Aria immediately went away from there. She didn¡¯t want to get into trouble again, she didn¡¯t think Ruby could handle luna Jasmine just yet. ¡°What do you want to talk about?¡± Ruby was not happy because Aria left just like that, she left with tail between her legs. What a useless thing¡­. t ¡°Now you dare to talk to me like this,¡± luna Jasmine said sharply. She looked a few years older now. She was no longer care much about her appearance. She looked a little bit skinny and herplexion was not really good. Grey hair started to appear and she became so bitter. ¡°Just tell me what else do you want? I have let you met with alpha Ramon. I have nothing to do with you. anymore,¡± Ruby said snarkily. She wanted her to leave this room. The sight of her was suffocating. ¡°I want you to find out who is the person, who has an affair with James,¡± luna Jasmine said, emphasizing every word she said. ¡°I want you to find out, who is that b*tch.¡± Ruby raised her brows, she didn¡¯t expect this request. ¡°I thought you have asked around about this, but if you couldn¡¯t find out, what about me? I don¡¯t have enough resources like you have.¡± The way Ruby acted was very natural, as if she was really didn¡¯t remember anything. ¡°What do you want me to do now?¡± Luna Jasmine growled dangerously to hear that ¡°I want you to find her out! I don¡¯t care what you are going to do!¡± Ruby stared at her, she felt this pity and guilt at the same time, but it was not much to the point, she would be willing to admit the affair. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s see what I can do for you,¡± Ruby said nonchntly, as she put down Azel on his crib. He was sleeping. She was happy enough that luna Jasmine was too busy to interfere with her time with Azel, because at the beginning, she wouldn¡¯t let go of her baby even when she her to. ʦ Good,¡± Luna Jasmine grumbled. She nced at Azel briefly before she walked away. She didn¡¯t have any interest on the baby, whose blood was stained by this woman, more so, this baby could threaten her son¡¯s position, because James had mentioned about the heir, the baby could be the heir for the pack, skipped Aiden entirely. It would be good if the baby was gone, so James could focus on saving their son, instead of hunting him down. That was what luna Jasmine was thinking about Azel now. At the same time, Aria went to the kitchen because she didn¡¯t want to be near luna Jasmine. That woman had been in a really awful mood. She didn¡¯t want to be the target of her anger anymore. Thus, she went as far away, to the kitchen, where she could have a few things to eat. However, Aria saw a familiar woman, she knew this woman was always with Lc. She was a friend that she brought from the lycan pack. The mention of ¡®friend¡® made Aria angry, because she was supposed to be Lc¡¯s friend. At that moment, Aria saw it¡­ Raya looked suspicious, she put something into the meal on the tray. ¡°What is that?¡± Aria mumbled to herself. RYKER¡¯S PO.V I hadn¡¯t brought up Cami¡¯s confession in a week. I wasn¡¯t sure if it was cowardice on my part or if it was because I didn¡¯t want to jeopardize what little civility we had formed with each other. She acted like nothing happened and somewhere in the back of my mind, I decided that it was the right way to go so I said nothing about it either. Despite my silence, I didn¡¯t forget that she had agreed to the date and already started working on something. I wasn¡¯t sure if her general likes and disliked had changed but I hoped they hadn¡¯t because her newfound ¡®family¡® was of no help at all. There was something off about them- especially the daughter- and I wasn¡¯t sure if it was because she didn¡¯t like me or if there was something else at y that I didn¡¯t quite know of. A knock on my door snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up just in time to see Christine make her way. in. ¡°A letter came from your sister and Damien. They want toe visit.¡± ¡°They can¡¯t right now,¡± I cut her off and she rolled her eyes at me before continuing. ¡°If you had let me finish, you would have heard where I said that I told them now would not be a good time. They still don¡¯t know that anything happened so I made up an excuse about the workload being too much and promised to let them know when they can visit.¡± I wasn¡¯t sure why I ever doubted Christine, she was one of the most efficient people I knew. When Cami went missing, she didn¡¯t hesitate to pick up most of the ck and even now, with Cami present, she still did a lot of work because she felt it was better to slowly integrate Cami back into the work space instead of dumping everything on her at once. ¡°Have you seen Cami?¡± I asked and she shook her head. ¡°You¡¯re the one that sleeps in the same room with her, why are you asking me?¡± she crossed her arms over her chest. ¡°You can check with Marie or Peggy. If she isn¡¯t in her office then she will be there. Why are you asking?¡± ¡°Can you help me get her in an hour?¡± she raised a brow in amusement. ¡°I have something nned for the both of us. She doesn¡¯t know what it is about, so don¡¯t tell her. I just need her.¡± She opened her mouth to speak but decided against it and made her way over to my desk. She took the seat opposite me and looked me square in the eye as she crossed her arms over her chest. Christine had a naturally 6 terrifying gaze about her. I wasn¡¯t sure where she got it from or how it came to be but it came so easily to her. It was the kind of look that could make a grown man cry for his mother. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Are you sure about this?¡± she asked and I cocked my head in confusion. ¡°All of this that you are doing to win he over, are you sure? I love my cousin and my loyalties will always be to her. I want her to be happy with you but most importantly, I want her to be happy. Cami runs, it is what she does best.¡± ¡°For someone who loves her, you have such little faith in her. Cami used to run, she doesn¡¯t anymore. If she did, she wouldn¡¯t have even agreed to stay. She is different now.¡± ¡°She is still Cami,¡± she cut me off. ¡°I don¡¯t want you to chase her away because you want her back. I would much rather have her here as someone who hates us than not have her as all.¡± I pursed my lips suddenly feeling bored of the entire conversation. I didn¡¯t expect everyone to understand my reasons for doing the things I did, but I at least expected from support from Christine. Cami had changed and it seemed like I was the only one who could see that. She wasn¡¯t going to run, she wasn¡¯t going to hide. ¡°She will get her memories back.¡± ¡°And if she doesn¡¯t?¡± she asked. ¡°What happens when she is unable to ever glean them back? Will all of this stop then? Will you stop trying to fight for her? If all of this is about her memories then this might be a good time to stop.¡± ¡°If she never regains her memories then we will make new ones. I am making new ones and if you were just able to get rid of your fears for five seconds, Christine, you would want to make new ones too.¡± She clicked her tongue before standing to her feet and I knew I had hit a nerve. She turned on her heels without another word and headed straight for the door. I didn¡¯t expect her to say anything but at thest moment, she turned to look at me. ¡°I might be scared and I might be the one that¡¯s running, I can admit that, but you also need to admit that you are scared shitless too and that is why you are doing this. You can see exactly what I can and that is that Cami isn¡¯t ours anymore. She hasn¡¯t been since the moment I found her.¡± She mmed the door shut behind her as soon as she was done speaking and I cursed as I ran my hands through my hair. Her words were like a gue, like a slow acting poison that threatened to carve me from my insides out. I didn¡¯t want to give them much leverage but they hadtched onto my insides and threatened to wreck everything I had struggled hard to build. It was difficult to concentrate, difficult to think, Christine¡¯s words floated around in my mind unhindered and I couldn¡¯t take it for more than half an hour before I pushed to my feet and decided to take a walk in the pce gardens. I needed the fresh air and I was alone, or so I thought until I heard someone murmuring curses under their breath so quickly they would have made a sailor proud. I followed the sound despite my initial need for sce and found Marie there struggling and failing to grab an apple from the top of the tree. Expletives were leaving her mouth faster than I would have ever thought possible and she was so fixated on her task that she didn¡¯t realize I had walked over to her until I reached up and grabbed that fruit she had been struggling with. She stilled and as if in slow motion, she turned to face me. Her cheeks heated and she couldn¡¯t look me in the eye as I handed it over to her. ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°You are more than wee. How long had you been at it?¡± ¡°Long enough for it to be embarrassing. If I had any self respect or dignity I would have let it go but I would rather die than let a stupid fruit get the better of me. It is a f*cking apple for goddess sake.¡± ¡°You have a rather colorful vocabry,¡± I mused and her cheeks heated once more. ¡°Do you always speak like this?¡± ¡°No,¡± she said too quickly before clearing her throat. ¡°I really apologize. I should never have-¡± I held up a hand to stop her. ¡°I have no interest in crucifying you for yournguage. I only came here because I could hear you from the other side. If there is nothing else that requires my assistance then I can-¡± ¡°Wait!¡± she yelled out halting me in my tracks. ¡°It is about Cami. I just wanted to ask a question. I hope I am not over stepping any boundaries.¡± She looked sheepish which was a stark contrast from the woman who was swearing the ce down. I wasn¡¯t ¡°sure if it was worry or something else that was in her eyes but simply because I had heard Cami¡¯s name, I found myself waiting. She took a few breaths to calm herself before finally speaking. ¡°She is nevering back, is she?¡± he asked and I stilled. As much as I wanted to say no, it was not my ce to do so. I would much prefer for her to never go back but the truth was that Cami was her own person and I couldn¡¯t control her any more than I could control another. I could implore her to stay and I could find her if she ever ran away but that wouldn¡¯t get me her loyalty and that would not be able to get me her love which was ultimately what I wanted. ¡°I think you should discuss that with Cami. Her staying or leaving remains her choice.¡± ¡°Just drop the political stance for one day, your majesty.¡± ¡°You can call me Ryker,¡± I told her and she stilled ¡°Cami¡¯s friends are my friends and she sees you as family. That makes us family by extension.¡± ¡°Ryker,¡± my name sounded strange on her tongue. ¡°The thing is, she cannot just walk away from this. This is an entire kingdom, they wille for her if she tries to leave and our vige will be the first ce they check. She has a duty here.¡± ¡°Perhaps, but it still remains her choice.¡± ¡°She will not leave. I know her well enough to make that assumption,¡± she chuckled under her breath. ¡°I guess that means we have no business here anymore. If it is alright with you, my mother and I would like to return to our vige.¡± I thought about it for a second and I understood her desire to leave but I couldn¡¯t have that yet. ¡°If it pleases you, would you mind staying a little while? Cami doesn¡¯t understand the pce yet. She still feels like a stranger. It might make her feel better if she has people she knows around. We can make a home for you here if you so desire but if you do not, we will just keep you a while and send you on your way.¡± She smiled softly. ¡°I can see why she loved you and if you keep this up, she will again.¡± She bowed low. ¡°Thank you, Ryker. The weather does look pretty out here. I am sure Cami would love to see it. I should tell her about 1. it. É« CAMILLA¡¯S PO.V The moment Marie started trying to get me out into the garden, I knew there was something else going on which was part of the reason why I wasn¡¯t surprised to see Ryker there. We hadn¡¯t spoken since I somewhat agreed to the dates and I expected some kind of heads up before he nned anything but it seemed I was wrong because he stood therepletely stoic in front of a fruit tree. His back was to me but I knew he was aware of my presence. It was obvious in the way he was unnaturally still. ¡°What are you looking at?¡± I decided to break the silence and he turned to me. ¡°Let¡¯s not beat about the bush with each other, please. I would very much prefer if we were just honest. Did you ask Marie to get me?¡± ¡°No,¡± I could tell he wasn¡¯t lying but he also wasn¡¯t telling me the truth. I crossed my arms over my chest and he sighed. ¡°I helped her with something and we had a conversation. She decided toe get you, I didn¡¯t ask her to. If anything, I had asked Christine to get you in a few minutes time.¡± ¡°The date,¡± I deduced and he nodded. I wasn¡¯t sure how I felt about it. Some part of me wanted to stay, wanted to experience it and see what was going to happen. I wanted to be brave, I wanted to take risks but at the same time, I was also scared. No one ever realized how scary it was to not know who they are. It was the one thing that drove us and sure, I knew I was using it as a crutch but I needed something totch onto and I didn¡¯t have that. ¡°If you don¡¯t want to,¡± he began but I shook my head. ¡°I¡¯m fine, I¡¯m just trying to mentally prepare myself.¡± ¡°We can reschedule it for another day. We don¡¯t have to do anything. ¡°Audrey is in school, Aurora is asleep and everyone is busy. I think this is the best time that we will get to ourselves,¡± I joked and the fact that he didn¡¯t disagree with me led me to know that I was right. ¡°It is a harmless. date, I can handle it. Lead the way.¡± I saw relief settle on his shoulders and for the first time, it hit me that Ryker was also having a hard time. I never stopped to think about just how difficult this could be for him. He had his mate but couldn¡¯t completely have her. I wasn¡¯t the only one suffering as a result of my lost memories- we all were. Us, the children and everyone else involved who had to deal with the fallout. It was terrifying and to me, it resembled the blind leading each other. Ryker didn¡¯t say a single word as he led me into the woods. I would have thought that there would be some form of fear at being alone in the woods but the truth was that I had never felt as protected. There was something about Ryker, something that led me to know that under no circumstances would he allow any kind of harm toe to me. He wasn¡¯t doing anything extraordinary, he was just holding my hand as he led me deeper but I had. never felt so safe in my life. ¡°Are you okay back there?¡± he asked snapping me out of my thoughts and I turned to him. ¡°You have been deathly quiet. Is something wrong?¡± ¡°No,¡± I said almost too quickly. ¡°I was just thinking about something but you don¡¯t have to worry about it. Where are you taking me?¡± I knew he noticed the change of subject but to his credit, he didn¡¯t push or delve on the past topic, he embraced the change. ¡°Why tell you when I could just show you?¡± ¡°You do realize that you are leading me into the woods and it would bepletely normal for me to assume that you wanted to kill me.¡± He stopped, turned to me and burst outughing. ¡°Did we trade your memories for a sense of humor?¡± ¡°It would seem so.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know about you but I think it¡¯s a fair trade,¡± he winked and I couldn¡¯t help but roll my eyes yfully. ¡°Just tell me where we are going already.¡± ¡°if you were not so impatient, you would realize that we were already here.¡± Ryker pulled back some leaves and I was struck with one of the most beautiful sights in the world. There was a small waterfall that emptied itself into a clear stream. There were flowers littered all over the ce and a pic ¡°table had been erected. There was something awfully familiar about it but I could not ce my finger on it. I turned to Ryker only to find him already staring at me with a mixture of anticipation and worry¡­ ¡°Do you like it?¡± he asked and I nodded. ¡°It¡¯s beautiful, although I feel a sense of d¨¦j¨¤ vuing on. Have I been here before?¡± ¡°We had a thing here once with the family. My sister was here along with Damien. It was a while ago, I hoped it would spark some memories.¡± I gave him a sad smile. ¡°Nothing, unfortunately, I just know it seems simr. I know that isn¡¯t what you want to hear but-¡± ¡°That is more than enough,¡± he cut me off before leading me over to the pic table. ¡°I don¡¯t know if it is your powers but you have always loved ces like this. You loved the nts, you loved the water, there was always just something, you know? I never really put two and two together.¡± ¡°What about you?¡± I asked and he turned to me. ¡°Do you like ces like this or did you only tolerate them because of me?¡± ¡°I never minded anything if I am being honest. Seeing you happy has always been worth it so the answer would be yes, I liked them, but it was mainly because you liked them.¡± ¡°That is such a non answer,¡± I mumbled trying and failing to hide my smile. Ryker was a good man, that much was certain. He was gentle and kind and he was the kind of man that anyone would kill to have. Every few seconds, I would nce at him out of the corner of my eyes, he was handsome, only a fool would have been unable to see that and I was no fool. He was seated so close to me that I could smell his scent and it bordered on overwhelming. ¡°How about a swim?¡± I asked after a minute of trying and failing to ignore his scent that was all over my space. didn¡¯t wait for him to respond before I got to my feet and made my way to the edge of the water. ¡°Do you think we can swim inside of it?¡± I knew I was acting weird but I also knew that if I didn¡¯t get away from that scent, I was going to end up doing something absolutely stupid. I wasn¡¯t sure if he knew why I rose abruptly but he didn¡¯t protest as he came to stand next to me. ¡°We can but there are no swim clothes, Cami. Do you want to risk getting your entire dress wet? I know you have powers over the water but even with that, you might drown.¡± I scoffed. ¡°I can swim with my undergarments,¡± I offered and he hesitated for a second before finally nodding. He was stiff as he helped me undo the ropes on my dress. If I were a better person, I would have asked but I was so transfixed on his hands that were moving deftly against my spine. He never touched my bare skin but just the heat from his body behind me was enough for every thought in my head to fly out. He helped me out of my dress and corset leaving me in just my undergarments. It was scandalous at best and he turned away to give me some privacy as he took off his clothes. I didn¡¯t know what I was doing and I found myself asking what the hell I had started but I didn¡¯t have an answer for that. I got into the water trying to ignore the goose bumps that showed up on my skin or the way my nipples perked up from the cold. It could easily be hidden so it wasn¡¯t much of a problem- or at least, it wasn¡¯t until Ryker made his way over to the stream in nothing but his briefs and they were perked up for another reason entirely. ¡°It¡¯s cold,¡± I mumbled sounding almost stupid and he raised a brow at me. ¡°Why don¡¯t you swim all the way over there and I can stay here and we can.¡± Before I could form one more word, he made his way over to me and grabbed both my arms. He pulled me flush against him and I could have sworn that in that moment, I felt nothing¨Cnothing but him, the feel of his skin against mine, his warm breath and in that moment, in the swirling cold water, I felt like I was on fire. ¡°Cami,¡± he began and I bit down on my bottore lip. ¡°Please don¡¯t say my name like that,¡± I whispered and he had the audacity to look confused. ¡°You¡¯re here, and you¡¯re touching me and you¡¯re saying my name and I cannot think. I need to be able to-¡± He pulled my hair back out of my face and cupped both my cheeks. ¡°Cami.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Shut up,¡± he mumbled before kissing me. I stilled for a full minute and then it felt like fireworks had exploded all around me. it felt like everything was suddenly right in the world and despite knowing that I shouldn¡¯t, despite knowing that it was incredibly stupid to do so, I kissed him back. One of his hands moved to my waist as he pulled me impossibly closer and I felt just how hard he was underneath the water. I couldn¡¯t help but wonder if he could feel everything else as well. ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much,¡± he mumbled against my lips before biting down on my bottom lip and I released a soft moan. Everything was perfect, for one split second it was perfect and then I felt it. I pulled away from him and ran my hands through my hair in frustration. He reached out for me but I moved out of reach. ¡°That shouldn¡¯t have happened,¡± I whispered despite knowing how much it broke me to utter those words. ¡°I¡¯d like to go back now.¡± He looked confused but atst, he nodded. ¡°Okay, we can leave now.¡± Chapter 186 Hunter returnedte at night, because they were going to Cralys mountain early in the morning, which meant, he only had around four hours to sleep. However, when he came, Lc had not yet fallen asleep, she actually waited for him. She immediately stood up and threw herself at her mate the moment she saw him. ¡°Why you have not yet slept?¡± Hunter weed the hug and squeezed her body lightly, as she let out an adorable moan, which made him smile. This was only a simple little thing, but he loved it. He loved to spend his time with Lc, no matter how short it was. ¡°I am waiting for you,¡± Lc said. ¡°You will go tomorrow, but you just returned now. I am worried.¡± ¡°There is nothing for you to be worried about,¡± Hunter took her back to the bed and tucked her in, but Lc clutched his cloak to stop him from leaving. ¡°I need to clean myself first.¡± Hunter kissed Lc¡¯s forehead. She had been very clingytely. ¡°I will go for a while, okay.¡± ¡°No. I will help you,¡± Lc said, she was beaming, which made Hunter raised his brows. ¡°How do you want to help me?¡± Hunter bent his body, right now his face was only an inch away from hers and this made Lc blushed. She blinked her eyes and tried to act nonchntly, but of course, the alpha wouldn¡¯t buy it. ¡°Hm? Tell me in detail.¡± ¡°I can help to wash your hair.¡± ¡°And then?¡± ¡°I can help you with something else.¡± ¡°Such as?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Lc bit her lip, she lifted her head and looked at him defiantly which made the alpha clenched his jaw. This woman was flirting with him! ¡°What do you think I can help you with?¡± ¡°There are a lot of things that you can help me with, but I am afraid you will be too tired to do all of that.¡± ¡°I am strong, you know.¡± ¡°Really?¡± There was this mischievous look in his eyes when he whispered to her ear. ¡°I remembered you were the one, who asked to stop the other night.¡± This time, Lc was not only blushing, she could feel her face turned very hot and the red color spread to her neck and her chest as well. Her body shivered when his warm breath caressed her skin. This was too much, this man was teasing her back. However, Lc didn¡¯t back down, instead she licked his ear. If one asked her why she did that, she didn¡¯t know the answer too, because she simply wanted to do it, but it gave a great affect on Hunter. The alpha let out a deep, dangerous growled, which made Lc¡¯s body shivered with anticipation. She did it again, but this time Hunter put his hand on her shoulders and pushed her slightly away from him, just in case she would try that trick again. ¡°Why your expression is like that?¡± Lc asked innocently, she was not done yet. She wanted to make Hunter went crazy. Hunter was staring at her for a while, he knew that she was well aware of what she was doing. It seemed, his mate had be very boldtely, should he give her a little bit of ¡®punishment¡®? ¥¹©` ¡°You are being naughty now,¡± Hunter said breathlessly. Lc pressed her lips, she stared back at him, her clear eyes were enticing. ¡°What are you going to do now?¡± she asked. ¡°Let¡¯s see, what I am going to do with you¡­.¡± Hunter carried her to the bathroom stood her in front of him. When they were standing face to face like this, you could see the different in height and body between them two. ¡°Undress me,¡± Hunter said, his voice was dark. ¡°You said, you are going to help.¡± Lc¡¯s eyes lit up when she heard that, though she feigned to pout when she took off his cloak. She did it very slowly, which made Hunter became very impatient and she enjoyed his frustration. ¡°Are you trying to y this game with me, hm?¡± Hunter asked in his dark voice. He watched how Lc intentionally caressed his clothes before she pulled it up, enjoying her time. ¡°What game?¡± Lc asked innocently. ¡°I am helping you to take off your clothes, am I not?¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Hunter nodded and let her do whatever she wanted. She wouldn¡¯t do it the whole night, she was being impatient too. In the end, when all of his clothes and pants dropped on the bathroom floor, Hunter simply ripped her dress in one swift move, which made Lc screeched. Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org. ¡°I like that dress¡­¡± Now she couldn¡¯t wear it anymore. ¡°will buy you new one. As many as you wanted.¡± Hunter carried her to the bath up and put her inside. ¡°I like that,¡± Lc said, as Hunter sat behind her and she leaned against his chest. She could feel how hard he was, but his touch was very gentle when he caressed her breasts from behind. ¡°You like this one?¡± Hunter pinched her nipple, purposely mistake the meaning of her word, which made Lc gasped, but then she chuckled. ¡°I thought you are going to be rough with me, I have prepared myself.¡± ¡°Not tonight,¡± Hunter said, as he kissed her ear. ¡°I want to make love with you. I will punish you next time.¡± Actually, the alpha simply worried of her body, because they had done it before when she was in heat, even after he saw Lc was fine, he couldn¡¯t help, but thinking he was too rough with her and it would be too much for their baby. Of course, after she gave birth, he wouldn¡¯t hold himself back. Lc closed her eyes, she enjoyed this quiet night. The next day, Lc woke upte, but Hunter shook her body before he left, because his mate had threatened him to wake her up no matter what. Lc would be very pissed if she missed this. ¡°Do Ite?¡± Lc immediately sat down. She felt dizzy and Hunter chided her lightly. ¡°You don¡¯t need to be very anxious like this, I will go for a while,¡± Hunter said, he helped her to lean against the pillow that he had arranged behind her. ¡°Here, you need to eat something before you went out.¡± could tell not long the sunlight would brighten up the horizon. ¡°I am worried,¡± Lc finally admitted. ¡°I don¡¯t want anything happened to you. Can¡¯t you stay here?¡± ¡°There is nothing will happen to me,¡± Hunter reassured her, he kissed her forehead and lips. He took the empty ss and put a te of meat that had been cut into small pieces on herp. ¡°I will return as soon as possible.¡± Lc lowered her head and munched on her meat. After she finished half of the te, she pushed it away, she didn¡¯t feel like she could eat anything. And then it was the time for Hunter to leave. ¡°I want to walk you to the gate,¡± Lc said, she was being stubborn now, but she didn¡¯t care much about it. ¡°You don¡¯t need to.¡± Hunter didn¡¯t want to tire her out,st night she didn¡¯t sleep enough, if it was not because she threatened him, he wouldn¡¯t wake her up. However, it seemed, Hunter had to be more stern with this mate of his, because in less than ten minutes, Lc was happily jumped into the carriage with him. Hunter would be in the carriage until the gate before he joined the rest of the warriors and the other alphas, heading toward Cralys mountain. ¡°You will be the death of me¡­¡± Hunter said in hoarse voice, as Lc grinded her body, she was sitting on hisp and watched his expression. ¡°You don¡¯t like it?¡± Lc slipped her finger down his mouth and kissed his neck. ¡°I like it¡­¡± Hunter said hoarsely. This ride wouldn¡¯t be smooth for both of them, but thankfully, they didn¡¯t do anything too roughly, thus not many people realized what they were doing inside. And when the time for Hunter to really leave her, Lc couldn¡¯t help, but hugged him tightly. ¡°You need toe back to me.¡± ¡°I will.¡± After that, Hunter went out of the carriage and shifted into his beast. He joined with the rest of the beast and left to the mountain. There were not many of them, but it was enough for this attack. Meanwhile, aside from Lc, there was luna Jasmine¡¯s carriage as well. ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Lc said to Gavin, after all the warriors were no longer could be seen. The sky had turned bright by now. However, Raya came to the carriage and inform Lc that luna Jasmine wanted to have a conversation with her in her carriage. ¡°Why?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Raya shook her head. ¡°Inside her carriage?¡± This wouldn¡¯t be the first time Lc rode a carriage with luna Jasmine, but she wondered what she wanted to talk about. ¡°Should I decline?¡± Lc contemted about it for a while, but then she shook her head. ¡°I will go to see her.¡± She didn¡¯t think it was polite to turn down the invitation. More so, Lc was curious about what luna Jasmine wanted to talk about with her. With the help of Raya, Lc got off the carriage and went to the next carriage that was a little bit bigger. Chapter 187 As the luna of the pack, luna Jasmine decided toe to see her mate off, despite her resentment toward him. She was still very bitter about the fact he had betrayed her. However, she had to keep what was left of her dignity intact and acted as the luna of the pack. That was when she saw Lc. She wanted to have herpany. Despite everything, there was time when she thought of her as her own daughter. Especially now when she was put into the same position like her. The betrayal of her own mate, made her understand what kind of pain Lc had gone through at that time. Watching Ruby to be with Aiden, unting her pregnancy without any trace of shame must be not an easy thing for her. Now, luna Jasmine felt her. ¡°Long time no see, Lc,¡± luna Jasmine said. She smiled at her genuinely. After being in bad terms for this long, she felt a little bit awkward to have face to face conversation with Lc, but then the familiarity was still there. ¡°Long time no see, luna Jasmine,¡± Lc greeted her the same way, she looked at the luna and was a little bit surprised to see how she was. For someone, who used to see her on top of her game and was very concern with her appearance, it was a shock for Lc to see her right now. She looked a few years older and looked very tired, as if she would copse any moment, as if she had to endure all the hardship in her entire life at the same time. However, Lc could mask her shock really well. She smiled at her too, as if the past few months had never happened. ¡°I need to congratte you for your pregnancy,¡± luna Jasmine said. She nodded at her stomach, her eyes turned misty because she wished the baby was Aiden¡¯s. It would be very beautiful. ¡°How far long you are right now?¡± ¡°Thank you, luna Jasmine.¡± Lc used to call her ¡®mother, but ever since that day, she stopped it and there was this sadness in luna Jasmine¡¯s eyes when she remembered that. ¡°I am almost four months.¡± This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Luna Jasmine nodded. ¡°You need to take a good care of your health.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± After that, the situation became a little bit awkward as the carriage started moving. Lc didn¡¯t know what to say and luna Jasmine didn¡¯t say anything. But after a long stretched silence, luna Jasmine finally spoke first. ¡°I feel you,¡± luna Jasmine started. ¡°I feel what you felt when Aiden betrayed you.¡± Lc was surprised when she said that, because she didn¡¯t expect luna Jasmine would bring up this topic. Of course, Lc knew what happened. Hunter told her everything, also about his n that ¡®went too well¡® with luna Jasmine. Yet, Lc had to feign her knowledge about that. ¡°What do you mean, luna Jasmine? Alpha James loves you so much. He is the best example of a faithful mate.¡± Lc didn¡¯t mean to resent luna Jasmine, but the word just came out of her mouth, probably she was still holding a grudge about what happened without even she knowing it. Luna Jasmine chuckled lightly when she heard that. ¡°I wished you were right.¡± But, after that, luna Jasmine didn¡¯t say anything, which made Lc fell into silence again, the carriage was very quiet and as she stared at the sky that slowly turned brighter, she spoke softly to luna Jasmine. ¡°Everything will pass, even the pain will pass too,¡± Lc said gently. ¡°How can you keep up with the pain?¡± Lc turned her head and looked at luna Jasmine softly. ¡°My pain can¡¯t bepared with you, luna Jasmine. Aiden did not mark me yet when I rejected him and I didn¡¯t have a child with him.¡± She took luna Jasmine¡¯s hands. ¡°But, I know that you are a strong woman. You deserved someone better.¡± Luna Jasmine shook her head. ¡°I have spent myst twenty five years together with him. It¡¯s toote for me to get away from this mess. I will be with him until the end.¡± ¡°Even when you are being hurt?¡± Lc frowned. ¡°You are right, Lc. Our pain is different and I think I will bring this pain to my death bed. Deep down, with or without the mate bond, I still love and care for him.¡± Even when her love for her son was bigger, but it didn¡¯t mean, she could put aside the years she was together with James. ¡°I understand.¡± Lc nodded. It meant, even when the pack went down and alpha James would face difficulty, luna Jasmine wouldn¡¯t severe the mate bond between them. Somehow, Lc envied her determination. ¡°I hope everything went well for you, luna Jasmine.¡± ¡°Can you call me mother?¡± Luna Jasmine tried to keep her emotions in check, but she couldn¡¯t. Her voice was slightly trembling when she asked this. For thest one year when Lc was under her tutge, she had grown very attach to her, which made her think as her as if she was her own. ¡°Everything will be alright, mother,¡± Lc said, which made luna Jasmine hugged her. She didn¡¯t cry out loud, but Lc knew that the luna was crying. She held her so tight, as if she was trying to put all of her trouble at rest for a while. This was the only thing that felt familiar for Jasmine. Lc gave her afort that she really needed the most at time like this. Thankfully, she was still sane enough not to ask Lc to persuade Hunter to change the n, like she asked James, because it would be very disrespectful. Luna Jasmine knew it would be overstretched to ask Lc for that favor and she didn¡¯t bring Aiden often in this short conversation. ¡°Thank you, Lc, thank you.¡± Luna Jasmine felt like everyone had left her, the mate that should be the shoulder to cry on was betraying her, the son that she wanted to see, turned to be a traitor for the whole pack. And the only thing that felt family was only Lc. She loved this girl. She hoped fate could change and she would have her again. After that carriage ride, Lc went separated way with luna Jasmine. She got off the carriage once they arrived at the pack house and after a few words, they walked away. ¡°What were you talking about with her?¡± Raya asked out of curiosity, she followed behind Lc as they returned to her bedroom. ¡°Nothing.¡± Lc couldn¡¯t tell Raya about this, because actually, there was nothing important that they were talking about, all the conversation was more emotional. Raya pursed her lips. ¡°You didn¡¯t want to tell me anything now, you used to tell me everything. You are keeping a secret from me.¡± Lc chuckied. ¡°There is something that you should keep to yourself, Raya,¡± she said calmly. ¡°Well, you are right. But, I don¡¯t like that luna after what she had done to you,¡± she said truthfully. ¡°She had done bad thing, but she also did good thing. I am thankful that you are angry on my behalf, but you didn¡¯t need to do that, because I am no longer angry at her.¡± Raya mped her mouth. ¡°You are too kind, Lc. Sometimes, you need to be a little bit rude and vengeful to your enemy.¡± ¡°She is not my enemy, Raya,¡± Lc said, she was frowning a little because she didn¡¯t know where Raya wasing from with all of this hatred. She was thankful that she was angry on her behalf, but to feel vengeful on her behalf? That was too much. ¡°Okay, you must be hungry! I will make you some cookies that you like! How¡¯s it?¡± Raya pped her hands when she saw the way Lc looked at her. ¡°Let me help you,¡± Lc said. ¡°I don¡¯t have anything to do.¡± ¡°No.¡± Raya refused her immediately. ¡°I don¡¯t need any help. You need to get some rest, I know that you were having funst night, you must be very sore, right?¡± Lc blushed, she wanted to lie, but her face and expression didn¡¯t want to cooperate. More so, Raya always refused her help whenever she made her these cookies. But, on top of that, Raya was actually right, because she felt a little bit tired. She wanted toy down and fall asleep. Probably it was because of the pregnancy, that was why she felt easily tired. ¡°Okay.¡± Lc nodded. After that, Raya left Lc in the bedroom alone, Gavin and two guards stood in front of her bedroom to guard the area. Meanwhile, it didn¡¯t take long for Lc to fall asleep. She was very sleepy, her anxiety toward Hunter was forgotten for a moment. But, before she could really fall asleep, she heard something. There was a rattling sound from the window, which made her furrowed her brows. Her bedroom was on the second floor, it must be the wind or the branch from the tree. However, she smelled this familiar scent,ing closer toward her, which forced her to open her eyes. ¡°Aria?¡± Lc was immediately on alert, she sat down and looked at the door. Gavin and the warriors must be right outside, she could scream for their help and they would take care of Aria. But, Aria immediately pleaded with her to keep silence. ¡°Please, don¡¯t. There is something important I need to tell you.¡± Chapter 188 Aria could see what Lc was trying to do. She wanted to call for the guards out there. But, if she did so, Aria wouldn¡¯t have a chance to tell her about something important. Yes, this room was guarded, but it didn¡¯t mean she couldn¡¯t find a way to enter this area. After all, she was born here, this pack was her house and she had been roaming around the pack house for a few years now. Especially when Lc was under luna Jasmine¡¯s tutge, Aria would often be in this pack house, of course, she¡¯ knew every corner of this ce. A few guards at the door wouldn¡¯t be able to stop her froming into this bedroom. ¡°If you wanted to call the guards, you can do it after you listened to me.¡± Aria pleaded with her. She only wanted to redeem what she had done to her and this was her only way to do so. ¡°Please, Lc, listen to me for this one time. This will save you.¡± Lc looked at her sharply. ¡°I have listened to you twice and even gave you the second chance, but you always let me down every time. What made you think that I will listen to you again right now?¡± Lc narrowed her eyes dangerously at Aria. Her disappointment on her resurfaced, along with her anger. ¡°You have nothing to lose if you listened to me first. This is about the baby in your womb. This is about the safety of your baby.¡± Aria had thought carefully about what she was going to say and bring up her baby would definitely put Lc on attention and that was all she needed right now. And Aria was right about that. Lc was immediately on alert with the mention of her baby, she looked at her closely, as she stood up from her bed. They were only three steps away from each other. ¡°What do you mean with my baby?¡± Aria took a deep breath, she was relief that Lc gave her a chance to speak. ¡°That woman,¡± Aria started immediately, she nced at the door, afraid that the woman woulde inside. Thankfully, this room was spacious enough, thus the guards out there couldn¡¯t smell her scent from behind the door, but it worked the other way around too. ¡°That woman, who always with you.¡± ¡°Raya?¡± ¡°Yes. Her.¡± Aria nodded. ¡°She tried to poison you.¡± Lc stared at Aria. How she could believe her after what she had done to her and Aria knew that. She was well aware that it was not an easy task to convince Lc that she was trying to help her, instead of harming her. ¡°Lc, you have to believe me. She put something inside the cookies that she made. I saw it with my own eyes.¡± ¡°She made cookies, why do you think that she wouldn¡¯t put anything inside?¡± Lc growled dangerously at Aria. Not only this woman was trying to slender Raya¡¯s name, but she was also giving a ridiculous usation. Who would believe such usation? Lc was livid, she really wanted to kick her out of this room. ¡°Lc, I know how to make cookies too, do you think I didn¡¯t know about what kind of ingredient that to put inside?¡± ¡°It¡¯s different.¡± you need ¡°Lc, I know what I saw.¡± ¡°If this is a harmful ingredient, what do you think it is?¡± Lc challenged her. She was still listening because she was talking about the safety of her baby, but now she was on the verge of calling for the guard. ¡°It¡¯s a leave. It¡¯s a ck leave. I don¡¯t know what is that, but I am sure, it¡¯s not somethingmon that you put inside cookies.¡± Aria felt like crying when she tried to convince Lc about this. ¡°I have tried to look for that ck leave, but I don¡¯t know what is that. That ck leave is not something that you can find in the Golden w pack.¡± Lc was still thinking of an ingredient that Raya could only find in their pack and it added to the taste of the cookies, but she couldn¡¯t shake this feeling. Probably because she took extra precaution with her pregnancy, thus she became a little bit paranoid about everything that she ate. ¡°Didn¡¯t you feel anything strange recently after you ate that?¡± Aria was so desperate now. She came here when she saw Raya made those cookies again and she had that ck leaf with her ¡°che put the ck leave inside the cookies secretly, Lc. If that¡¯s normal ingredient, why would she tried to hide it?¡± Lc didn¡¯t answer that, but she went very silence. She stared at Aria, but she couldn¡¯t tell whether she was telling the truth or not, since she had lied to her a few times, it was hard to trust her again. ¡°I am pregnant, of course. I will feel strange.¡± Lc looked stoic, as if she didn¡¯t care about anything else and this frustrated Aria even more. She tried to argue with her, but in the end, she stopped trying to convince Lc. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°I know I have done you a grief mistake. I know what I have done must have made you lost all of your trust in me. I can understand that. But, I will not harm your baby. I will never do that. I came here with all the risk that I might face to warn you. If you want to believe me or not, it will be up to you.¡± Aria looked sad. She stared at her stomach. ¡°I only hope I can redeem all of my wrongdoings and see you and the baby are healthy.¡± After saying that, Aria didn¡¯t wish to have any argumentation. She had done her part, trying to force Lc to believe what she said would only make her distrusted her more, so she stopped. Let fate to guide her heart and help her see clearly. After Aria left the room, Lc stood there silently as she stared at the sky outside. It was already close to afternoon. She wondered what Hunter was doing. This matter before her eyes was too confusing and if Raya indeed had the intention to harm her, what the reason of her doing so? She had never treated her badly, she was her close friend. She was closer to her than the other two. She was the first person that she informed about her pregnancy. Why would Raya wanted to harm her? That was all beyond her. Lc felt her head hurt. ¡°ck leaf¡­¡± Lc mumbled to herself. And after a few more minutes contemted about what she was going to do, she went to the door and found Gavin and the other two warriors there. They greeted her politely. ¡°Hm¡­¡± Lc looked hesitant when she was about to ask about this. ¡°I want to ask something.¡± ¡°What is it, luna?¡± Gavin asked. All of them looked very serious, thinking this was a very important matter because the luna looked very ufortable. ¡°Have you ever seen ck leaf? Is there something like that near the pack?¡± she asked. ¡°You meant the lycan pack?¡± Gavin asked. He thought about it for a while. ¡°Oh, the Crow leaf!¡± One of the guards suddenly remembered about something. ¡°Crow leaf?¡± Lc frowned, she had never heard anything about that kind of leaf before. ¡°What is that?¡± All of them recalled the same thing too. ¡°Oh, right. Crow leaf has ck leaf.¡± ¡°What is that?¡± Gavin then exined to her that it was a nt that grew near the Gerrerear mountain, not many people knew about this nt, because it didn¡¯t bring any benefit. ¡°You can say this is rather poisonous leaf.¡± Lc¡¯s heart lurched when she heard that. ¡°What do you mean poisonous?¡± ¡°Well¡­ I am not sure about that, but I heard it will weaken your body. It¡¯s not really harmful that could cause. your death, but it¡¯s not a good thing to be consumed if you were in the mountain.¡± ¡°If you wanted to know more about it, you need to ask a healer.¡± Lc nodded. She didn¡¯t really listen what they were saying, because she was deep in thought, as she stared at the floor and Gavin noticed the trouble look on her expression. ¡°Is there something that bothering you, luna?¡± Gavin furrowed his brows. At first, they didn¡¯t really like this luna, since she was not a lycan, but as time went by, they rather liked her and after spending time together quite often, they were also fond of her. ¡°I have a request, but I don¡¯t want you to tell anyone about this.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Lc didn¡¯t know whether she could believe them or not, but she was willing to give it a shot. They might betray her too. After all, the people in her life tended to betray her at some point and if Raya was indeed tried to harm her and the baby, she really didn¡¯t know who else she could call as a friend. The three warriors listened to Lc¡¯s request, they kept saying that it was impossible, but then promised her to get what she wanted. ¦Ô¦Ð¦Á¦Ñ¦É¦Ò¦É 100 TO A few hourster, Raya returned with her cookies, but Lc was sleeping and when she tried to wake her up, she told her to put the cookies on the table and she would eat itter, since she was too tired and sleepy. However, after Raya left, a healer came to the room. ¡°I want you to check that.¡± The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!