Chapter 58
Chapter 58
“Why is her phone switched off?” Walter murmured to himself, frustration mounting as he repeatedly
dialed Willow’s number. For the past fifteen minutes, he had been searching all over the pack
territory, but neither she nor the children were anywhere to be found. He had only returned this time
to bid her a proper goodbye, yet she had vanished without a trace.
Continuing his search, Walter soon found himself re-entering the Thanksgiving party, despite his
disdain for being among werewolves. His concern for Willow outweighed any difort as he
scanned the gathering in hopes of locating her.
However, amidst the festivities Walter noticed an unusual level of excitement among the pack
members. They were discussing something fervently, but he hadn’t paid much attention until a key
phrase caught his ears.
“Alpha Reuben and Alpha E’s wedding date is set for thising full moon!”
Those words struck Walter like a bolt of lightning, causing him to pause abruptly. His mind went
nk for a couple of seconds as he processed the unexpected news.
“Reuben is going to marry E? But what about Willow?” Walter’s mind raced with confused
anger.
Clenching his fists in fury, he muttered angrily to himself, “Reuben betrayed Willow! All of his ims
turned out to be lies, he chose another woman over Willow.”
Walter had epted the fact that Willow loved Reuben, but this betrayal was too much to bear. His
blood boiled with rage as his hand instinctively reached into his jacket to grab a silver dagger.
However, before he could follow through on his actions a deafening roar shattered the party,
freezing everyone in their tracks.
“What the heck is going on, who is spreading these rumors?!” Bix entered the party, ring at the
people.
A dead silence fell over the party, and everyone, except Walter, lowered their heads.
“Ga mma Bix, no one is spreading rumors,” a man stepped forward. “The Alpha’s wedding date to
E has been announced. They are marrying on this full moon.”
Bix was stunned for a second before he demanded, “Who said that?”
Everyone started to look around for the man who hade out of the packhouse with the news, but
no one could find him. Then the man spoke again. “An Elder from the royal family has arrived with
an imperial decree containing this news.”
“Imperial decree?” Bix frowned at the seriousness of the matter, “Which Elder?” he raised his
eyebrows.
“Elder Frank,” someone said./
“What?!”
Walter noticed the 180-degree change in Bix’s expression as soon as Elder Frank’s name was
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“F uck! Where is Elder Frank and where is Reuben?!” Bix yelled, his suddenly aggressive and wild
attitude scaring everyone around them.
Sensing that something was not right, Walter walked over to Bix and asked, momentarily forgetting
their prior hostility, “What’s wrong?”
Bix opened his mouth, but no words came out as he stared at the packhouse that the Elder had
disappeared into with Reuben, his eyes wide with shock.
Six years ago, Bix’s father held the esteemed position of being the G amma of the Emerald Bright
Pack while it was under Alpha Louis’s leadership. This role entrusted him with the crucial
responsibility of overseeing the entire security of the pack, which included monitorin cameras
strategically positioned throughout the pack territory.
the CCTV
Aside from Bix’s father, only Bix himself had ess to this security system. It was through this
ess that Bix had stumbled upon the distressing footage of Willow being abused and harassed by
Elder Frank.
Everys, he would meticulously edit the footage of the area around Willow’s house whenever
Reuben paid her a visit. However, his routine took a drastic turn when he discovered the shocking
footage of her being mistreated. He knew he had to do something about it.
With no authority himself and Reuben’s current absence, he made the difficult decision to confide in
his father about the Elder’s reprehensible behavior that had crossed the line. Unfortunately, even
his father, who had his own sense of justice, found his hands tied in this situation. The Elder
involved happened to be one of the royals, making the predicament even moreplex and
challenging to address.
Bix was stunned when his father instructed him to handle the matter discreetly and delete the
incriminating clip himself.
Unbeknownst to Bix, the Elder had returned directly to the pce to confront Reuben, revealing that
he had seen him with Willow and was aware of their rtionship. Hoping to exploit this vulnerability,
the Elder aimed to manipte Reuben. However, his scheme took an unexpected turn, the Elder
hadn’t realized that Willow wasn’t Reuben’s weakness; she was his source of strength. “Did
you tell
father about her?” Reuben’s voice cut through the tension, his gaze piercing Frank’s soul.
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Pressed mercilessly against the wall by Reuben, Frank felt the weight of impending doom. With his
neck in danger of being snapped in two, he struggled to find his voice amidst the fear and pain.
“N…no…” he managed to choke out, his breaths ragged and desperate, realizing the enormity of
his mistake in that harrowing moment.
Reuben released his grip on Frank’s neck, causing Frank’s body to plummet to the floor with a
violent thud. Gasping for air and coughing uncontrobly, Frank came to the realization that if
Reuben hadn’t loosened his grip in time, he would have been dead. He had just narrowly escaped
death’s door, the sudden shift in his circumstances left him reeling.
How had things changed so suddenly? He had intended to exploit Reuben’s secret rtionship with
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an Omega to his advantage, but now he found himself on the brink of death. As the terror and
reality of his pathetic condition sank in, Frank flinched at the sight of Reuben squatting down in front
of him.
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“Now that you’ve discovered her, let me share a secret with you, Elder Frank,” Reuben’s voice
resonated low and deep, sending a gaze away
chill down the old man’s spine. Frank
I couldn’t tear his
from Reuben’s dangerous wolf-like eyes, his own wolf quivering in fear.
“That woman is not an ordinary woman,” Reuben continued, each word weighted with
“She is my treasure,” he dered, his voice unwavering.
“She is my life,” Reuben affirmed, his conviction palpable.
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“She is my soulmate,” he concluded, his words carrying a weight that reverberated through the
tense air between them.
Reuben’s revtion left Frank paralyzed with shock. His eyes widened like an owl’s, his mouth
gaping in horror. Soulmate?! The realization hit him like a ton of bricks, draining the color from his
already wounded and blo ody face.
The woman he hadbeled a wh ore was actually the other half of the royal bloodline?! It seemed
impossible, yet the truth stared him in the face, mocking his ignorance. Suddenly, memories of his
own actions flooded his mind like a tidal wave. The p, the insults, the despicable acts of
molestation he had inflicted upon Willow came crashing back, and he felt a surge of panic.
Thankfully, he realized that he hadn’t let any of his atrocious actions slip to Reuben earlier.
However, standing before the imposing Alpha, Frank couldn’t shake the feeling that he might as well
have surrendered his own soul to the devil after his reprehensible deeds.
“Now that you know all my secrets…” Reuben paused, wiping the blood from his hand on the
trembling Elder’s royal robe. “From now on, if anyone-anyone, including my father-finds out about
Willow or my bond with her, I wille and find you.”
“If even the slightest scratch appears on her body, then I wille and find you,” Reuben’s voice
held a dangerously sharp edge.
“If you ever show your face around her, even identally, I wille and find you,” Reuben
dered firmly, his gaze piercing into the old man’s fearful eyes. “Do you understand?”
Frank nodded his head repeatedly, his head moving like it was on a spring, despite the pain
coursing through him. He was so terrified of Reuben that, at that moment, if Reuben had demanded
his heart in exchange for his life, Frank would have willingly torn it from his chest without hesitation
to save himself.
Only Frank knew the sheer terror of surviving the beast’s ws that day. From then on, he made
sure to never cross paths with Reuben nor did he utter a word about their encounter. With the
blessing of the Alpha King, he swiftly transferred his job to that of a pacemaker, a role that kept him
away from the Kingdom and beyond scrutiny unless the King personally wished otherwise.
Running inside the packhouse alongside Bix, Walter questioned, “So what’s the problem now?
Wasn’t that issue already settled, he never disclosed Reuben and Willow’s rtionship?”
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Bix shook his head, “Actually, the problem is before my father deleted that clip from the CCTV
footage that day I had already saved a copy of it. When Reuben returned to the pack two months
later, I showed him that clips
Walter was stunned into silence as they continued running, that was when the realization hit him like
a ton of bricks as they approached Reuben’s office. “Does this mean that all these years, Reuben
knew about Frank’s actions towards Willow, and he had been waiting for the Elder’s return like a
snake hidden in the grass?”
Bix nodded, “The Elder actually walked in the devil’s den!” he said as both he and Walter stormed
into Reuben’s office only to freeze in shock at the sight of Elder Frank’s body partially strung up in
the middle of the room with arge iron rod stabbed through his throat. His entire face was
disfigured, his intestines were hanging out, and his figure could barely be called human.
In front of him a bl oody Reuben stood leaning against his desk, a smoking imperial decreey
burning between them. Bix rushed into the room in panic, “Reuben, you burnt the imperial decree!”
There was no one that did not know the consequences of disobeying or denying the imperial decree
let alone burning it!
“So what?” Reuben raised his dark eyes at him. “Nothing can force me to marry someone that is not
Willow,” his eyes filled with obsessive craziness.
His words left Walter confused, “What do you mean?! DId you not agree to marry E, your wedding
date is fixed for thising full moon?”
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“Who the f uck said that?” Reuben frowned. “Why would I f ucking agree to such nonsense?! I have
Willow.”
Bix’s throat went dry and he took a step back that did not go unnoticed by Reuben’s sharp eyes.
“What’s the matter?” he demanded, his expression looking more dangerously aggressive with the
sshes of blood.
“Someone announced a while ago that you and E’s wedding date is fixed for thising full
moon. That you take her, as your Luna on that day.”
Reuben’s expression darkened as he crushed the cigarette in his hand, “Where is Willow?” His
voice was low but the danger beneath it was clearly audible.
“Reuben!!” That’s when Oran raced into the room yelling, “Willow has run away with children!”
Reuben’s expression changedpletely at the news of Willow’s escape. He raced out of the
packhouse to the parking lot where Willow’s car really was missing, he could no longer smell her in
the pack. His eyesnded on the broken ne on the ground, his mind went nk.
“WILLOW!!!” he screamed at the top of his lungs burning in anger and his eyes red. Crushing the
ne in his hand, he spoke, “You should not have run away from me. You should not have!”
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