Chapter 135
J threw herself into Casper’s arms.
He held her tightly.
“God….Casper! I-1-” she choked as though there was a lump in her throat. “I miss you so much…”
“Me too.”
Casper rubbed the back of her head.
“You shouldn’t leave the Crimson Fortress without telling me first! And deep into the rogue’s
headquarters? Christ, what are you even thinking? Do you know how worried I was when I heard
the news?”
She smiled. It felt nice to know that someone was worried about her safety.
“We didn’t have the time to tell you,” she exined. “But look at me. I am fine. Safe and sound.”
“You should leave this kind of dirty work to men,” Casper said in a reproachful tone.
“Truth be told, I am starting to regret pointing you as my Gamma. You are Blood Moon Pack’s
princess. This kind of dangerous life doesn’t suit you.”
He grabbed her hands, tightening the grasp
“Forget about that fucking n,” he said eagerly. “Come home with me. Don’t you miss everything
back home? The pretty dresses, the fancy balls, the time you spend with our soldiers…You deserve
all these!’
“No!” J cried, “Me and Daran had a n already-”
“Fuck Daran! He has already ruined a few good years of yours. I am not letting him ruin the rest of
your life!” Casper growled.
Daran had walked up to them from the distance. And he heard thest part of Casper’s sentence.
His eyes darkened.
Casper looked at Daran and said to him in a provocative tone, “I was telling J that she should
come home with me. Live afortable life and wait for her second-chance mate to show up. Don’t
you agree with me, Alpha Daran?”
J groaned, “Casper…”
“There will be no second chance mate,” Daran said in a freezing tone. “J is destined to be with
me.”
Casper was infuriated and he snarled, “You prick! You rejected J first,
remember?! And now you are bringing her into all those dangers! Destined my ass!” Daran ignored
Casper’s yelling. He looked to J instead.
“I want you by my side. Because I can’t stand a life without you,” he said hoarsely, a soft light
gleaming in his eyes. “This will never change.”
J’s heart swelled.
“But this is indeed too dangerous for you,” he continued. “So if you decide to go
home I respect your decision Actually I do think it is the right call.”
The two men looked at J together, waiting for her to make a decision.
Just then, a bright firework shot up into the sky from the direction of the Grace Ruin. and lit up the
close-dawn sky.
It was Morgana’s signal to them.
She had told Lance that they escaped the city. And they wereing to get them.
They were moving towards the most important part of this n.
J looked away from the fireworks and to Casper.
“I stay,” she said firmly.
Casper looked frustrated, “If this is about Daran-”
“No! This has nothing to do with Daran!” J growled, “OK. I won’t give you that ‘I care about the
safety of our packs and someone has to do the right thing’ bullshit. The most important thing is that
the kind of life that you painted for me is boring! I enjoy fighting fights, taking battles, beating the
shits out of the bad guys.”
She gently punched on Casper’s shoulder.
“If we grou
up in Blood Moon Pack together, I might be the Alpha, instead of you. Don’t undermine me
just because I am a woman,” she said.
There was a strange look on Casper’s face.
Then he burst intoughter.
“Oh well!” he chuckled, “I am not going to argue with that!”
There was a smile on Daran’s lips as well. He looked at her with an appreciative gaze.
“When you are both doneughing,” J rolled her eyes. “Can we get back to our n now?”
“Alright.”
Casper said, “Kass has filled me in already. The n is to kill the Rogue King on ournd, right? So
now we are still standing on the rogue’snd. But keep moving South for another 5 miles and we
will reach the borderline. Kass and Balvina are waiting for us. We will ambush Lance there.”
Daran said with a nod, “So wait here for Lance to show up and then lure him to the borderline.”
Casper snapped his finger, “Correct. And Lance won’t notice that we have crossed the border. I set
our ambush spot in the wilderness. There is no clear road sign.”
“Then how do we know for sure that we have crossed the borderline?” J asked, “If there is no
sign or anything.”
“There is an easy way to find out,” Daran looked at her deeply. “You will be able to switch.”
Right.
Her wolf had been sleeping since she entered the rogue’snd.
She missed her.
“OK, so now we have nothing to do but wait.” Daran looked at his watch. “Lance and
Morgana should be here in
Morgana should be here in less than 2 hours.”
“Let’s go wait in the woods,” Casper said and walked away.
J was about to leave with Casper.
Yet Daran caught her wrist first.
“It is somewhat about me though, right?” he asked abruptly.
J paused.
Then she suddenly remembered what Casper asked her just a moment before-if she was taking all
these risks for Daran.
There was a pink tinge on her cheeks. She shook him off, “Don’t tter yourself.” He looked down at
her deeply. There was a gorgeous gleam in his eyes.
“I am very happy, J,” he said softly.
The way he looked at her made her heart rate quickened.
She turned on her heels abruptly and ran to catch up with Casper, escaping the scene. in panic.
Casper brought them some food and beverages. They sat underneath the trees and had their
meals.
J was a bit embarrassed to sit with Daran after the little moment that they had earlier.
So she chose a spot away from Daran and ate alone.
Momentster, Casper came to sit with her with his food.
“You are making a horrible decision,” he said right after he sat down.
J signed, “Again?”
“Not about you staying, but about Daran,” Casper said with an all-serious tone. “He clearly wants
you back. And he is slowly wearing you out by keeping you close to his side. When we first went to
Riverside Pack to train, you clearly said that you didn’t want him anymore. But I can tell that you are
not as determined now as you used to be.”
Jpsed into silence.
Casper was right. She wasn’t.
About a year ago, all she wanted was to avenge those who had hurt her. Harper, Owen, John, and
the Diaz couple, including Daran.
She wanted them to suffer.
And she had seeded, for the most part.
Yet Daran…she just couldn’t do it.
Daran was special.
“Do you want to be with him again?” Casper pursued, “He rejected you for that fake bitch Harper.
He might act like a decent man now, but he WILL do it again for another woman. You know what
they said, ‘Once a cheater, always a cheater.
“I know ” J signed
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“I know…” J signed.
That was also the main thing that she couldn’t get over with.
“And you will get a second chance mate!” Casper said in a way like luring a kid with candy. “He
might be a much better guy than Daran.”
J groaned in frustration.
Why did everyone keep saying this recently? First Kass, and then Casper.
“I might not get a second chance,” she said. Not everyone did. It waspletely up to the Moon
Goddess.
“But you do. Call it a brother’s instinct,” Casper grinned.
J had no idea where Casper got that.
But she really didn’t want to get into this right now.
So sheid down, rolled around, and faced Casper with her back.
“I am going to get some shut eyes,” she said. “Wake me up when Lance gets here.”
She closed her eyes.
Yet her heart was still racing in her chest.
She really shouldn’t be thinking about Daran right now…but she couldn’t stop.
If they killed Lance and ended the war, Daran would definitely ask her toe back.
What should she do then?
She didn’t know…
Only if someone could make this whole thing easier…
Shey there underneath the tree for about an hour or so.
Then she felt the ground starting to shake as though arge group of people wereing in their
direction.
She jumped up instantly.
“Did you feel this?” she cried, looking around for Daran and Casper. “Is this-”
Daran was standing on top of a pine tree, gazing into the distance.
“It is.” He said, “They areing.”