《Hiding His Baby: The Alpha's Rejected Mate》 Chapter 1: Messing with her Chapter 1: Messing with her ¡°I don¡¯t feel good, Suzy.¡± A beautifuldy in herte twenties looked at her best friend Suzanne with a worried look on her beautiful and wless face. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Athy?¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone while stopping what she was doing. ¡°My left eye has been twitching since morning. I don¡¯t have a good feeling about it.¡± The beautifuldy said as she clutched the pendant which was around her neck. The pendant has always been with her as far as she remembers. It gives her a weird sense of assurance which she doesn¡¯t understand. ¡°Calm down, Suzy. It happens sometimes. It doesn¡¯t necessarily mean that something bad is going to happen.¡± Suzanne tried to console her. ¡°I don¡¯t see myself going out of the pack today and nothing good ever happens in this pack. So, that left us with only one option.¡± She said as she fisted her hands by her side thinking of how helpless she was over the situation. They both were the ves of the Shadow Eclipse pack, a pack full of lies and deceit. It presents itself as something outside while it ispletely opposite of that inside. In the eyes of the world it is a great pack who takes in rogues like her, even members from other packs¡¯ like Suzanne. Two and half years ago, they were attacked, kidnapped and kept held here as ves of the pack. That has been their fate since then¡­ ¡°You can still hope for the best, right?¡± Suzy asked with a sigh as she wiped the dust off of the vase in her hands. ¡°I have only one hope, Suzy and never in my dream I will let that get involved with the dark sickness of this ce at any cost.¡± The woman said in a strong tone with determination in her eyes. Suzanne let out a sigh when the word hope reminded her about her hope. Her only hope to be out of this hell hole. Her mate. They are stuck in this pack with no way out. They can¡¯t go out. They can¡¯t attend balls or parties. They can¡¯t meet people. Then how are they supposed to find their mates? Even though the topic of mates anger Athena beyond limit for some reason. But it¡¯s not the same for Suzanne. She wants a mate and prays to find him all the time. She is never going to lose hope on that. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you are not going to lose your hope.¡± Athena spoke up with a small chuckle which brought Suzanne out of her thoughts. She looked at Athena with widened eyes. ¡°Did you just read my mind?¡± She asked in shock. ¡°No, silly. You should have seen the look on your face. You always have that face whenever you are thinking about your mate.¡± Athena said with a small smile, making Suzanne blush. ¡°Yeah, I wonder when I am going to find him. I am going to leave this goddamn pack the moment I find him. I am not going to stay here another second.¡± She said with gritted teeth, making Athena go nk. She noticed that. ¡°What are you going to do when you find your mate? Leave as well?¡± She asked slowly, not trying to upset her. ¡°I don¡¯t need my mate to escape this, Suzy. If I want to leave, I can do it myself.¡± Athena said in a nk tone,pletely dismissing the thought of a mate. ¡°You are so strong, Athy. I admire you so much for that. I don¡¯t understand why you don¡¯t want to run away from here!¡± Suzanne eximed in frustration at the weird stubbornness of her best friend which angers her so much sometimes. Athena, her best friend. Athy is the nickname she had given her. Athena is a very beautiful woman with golden blonde hair. She has the most beautiful deep sea blue eyes. But what¡¯s more beautiful in her is her strong personality. Suzanne looks up at her a lot. There were a lot of times in this two and half years old period when Suzanne had a mental breakdown because of how messed up their situation was. But never even for once Athena broke down and bent down in front of the situation. She not only handled Suzanne but also faced all the insults, inhumanity and workloads all alone bravely with a nk smile. How strong she was! ¡°Leave all this. Where is your duty today?¡± Athena asked, changing the subject as always. Suzanne let out a sigh and looked at the clock. ¡°I got the duty to clean up the office area.¡± She answered. ¡°Oh, the office area. I have heard that someone from the leader pack of the North region came here to have a meeting with the alpha. Be careful while you are there. Don¡¯t do anything to grab attention.¡± She warned in a caring tone as she wondered why those important people might havee here. ¡®Maybe to give some more donation to the ¡®generous¡¯ alpha.¡¯ Athena heard her wolf speak up in a sarcastic tone. She rolled her eyes at her sass before ignoring her. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will be careful. Do you know why they are here?¡± Suzanne asked in a secretive tone while looking around cautiously. She didn¡¯t want them to fall in trouble for talking about this here. ¡°I don¡¯t know. You know how I always stay away from all these gossips. I was personally asked by the beta on alpha¡¯s order to stay away from the office area today. That¡¯s why I know about the meeting.¡± Athena said with a frown as she was confused about why the alpha wanted her to stay away from those important people. ¡°Yeah, apparently someone ran away from the pack a few days ago and there¡¯s a possibility that he reached the alpha of Crescent Mystery pack, leader of the North region. Heined to the alpha about it.¡± Suzanne said in a hushed tone as the walls here have ears. Athena looked at her without much reaction. ¡°And you think that¡¯s going to change anything? The most that¡¯s going to happen is, the alpha of the Crescent Mystery pack is going to handover that person to this pack and he is going to get a merciless death. That¡¯s it.¡± Athena said in a nk tone as she stopped cleaning the table and looked at Suzanne who was going to say something more. ¡°Throw these thoughts out of your mind and go do your work. It¡¯s time and don¡¯t forget to be careful.¡± Athena warned once again but this time in a soft and worried tone. She really had a bad feeling at the back of her heart and it was intimidating her a lot. ¡°Oh my, Athy! Look at your face. You are so worried. Don¡¯t worry. I will be okay. I promise.¡± Suzanne said with a big assuring smile which managed to put a small smile on Athena¡¯s face as well. ¡°Okay, now I have to go. Bye!¡± She said hurriedly when she noticed that she was gettingte. After that she ran away from there even before Athena could say something. Athena let out a small chuckle at her childish act before walking out of the room they both were cleaning. Usually she gets the duty of cleaning rooms. But today she got the duty of cleaning the hallways of the second floor. She hates this duty because it¡¯s an open space. She doesn¡¯t like to bump into different kinds of creatures who don¡¯t have any other work other than feeling superior to anyone else in the world. ¡°Oh, look who is here?¡± Speak of the bitch and the bitch appears. In this case bitches. Athena let out a sigh after hearing the voice of the most irritating person in the world but didn¡¯t turn around and continued to mop the floor. But she was forced to stop when they stood just in front of her, dirtying the ce she just cleaned. But she didn¡¯t show any reaction yet. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. ¡°Please move out of the way. I have work to do.¡± She said in a polite tone while biting the skin of her inner cheeks to not sound rude. ¡°How dare you order us, bitch! Stand up!¡± The same voice shouted down at her, making her ears almost bleed. ¡°Get up, whore!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t make the future Luna angry!¡± Two other voices snapped down at her, making her sigh. She realised that she didn¡¯t have any way out at that moment. So she stood up while putting a good two hands distance between her and them. She looked up with an expressionless look as she faced the people in front of her. There was a woman with dirty blond hair. Anyone can say that it wasn¡¯t her natural hair colour. Her face had the meanest look in the world. She stood a little shorter than Athena. While beside the fake blonde beauty, there was a pair of identical twins with brte hair. They were shorter than her as well. All of their faces were filled with cruelty and tonnes of make-up. They were wearing such short dresses that they were hardly able to hold in their assets. But then again, that could be their goal as well in the first ce. ¡°Can I help you guys with something?¡± Athena spoke up in a professional tone while looking away from them and looked down to show ¡®respect¡¯. She wasn¡¯t looking for trouble at that moment. So if looking down while talking to these brats can do the work, she doesn¡¯t have any problems at all. ¡°Look at the whore, girls. She is giving us an attitude.¡± The girl with blonde hair, leader of the group said with a smirk. ¡°We need to teach her a lesson, Amanda.¡± ¡°She is flying too much.¡± The twins, Selena and Helena, said one after another while looking at Athena with disgusts. ¡°You guys are right. We should teach her a lesson by cutting her wings. I just can¡¯t stand this whore and her bastard son! Wish there was a way to get rid of them.¡± Amanda said in utter frustration and disgust as she red at Athena too who red back. ¡°Don¡¯t say a word about my son. You can say whatever you want about me but don¡¯t drag my son into this dirty environment of yours.¡± Athena said in a cold tone while looking deep into Amanda¡¯s eyes to let her know the depth of her words. ¡°Ohhh, girls! Did you hear her? The little whore didn¡¯t like us dragging her bastard son into this. She is even threatening us. Did you hear her?¡± Amanda asked in fake amusement as she let out a fakeugh immediately after. But she stopped immediately and gave a hard p to Athena who wasn¡¯t prepared for this. Amanda red at Athena while fuming. ¡°What are you going to do, huh? You pathetic little whore!¡± She cursed but Athena didn¡¯t move a single muscle of her body or face at all. Athena was still maintaining the nk expression as she looked at Amanda. ¡°I am telling you again, do not drag my son into this. Don¡¯t call him by that name.¡± She said while sounding as clear as before and it seemed to anger Amanda more. ¡°You don¡¯t want me to call the bastard a bast-¡­¡± Amanda couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she felt a hard p on the cheek which threw her off of her feet and shended on the ground with a thud. Everything around them suddenly turned silent as they all were in shock excluding Athena who knew what she was doing. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to make this mistake again, Amanda. I am warning you. Stay the fuck away from my son.¡± Athena growled at them which made each of them flinch. Her wolf was trying to get control. They were shocked by her intimidating outburst for the first time in years. But Amanda came out of the shock soon and stood up fiercely. She red at Athena venomously which didn¡¯t faze her at all. ¡°How dare you, bi-¡­?¡± Amanda couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when an old maid named Mary interrupted them. ¡°Athena, you need toe fast. Suzanne needs you.¡± Mary¡¯s tone was filled with fear and worry as she looked at Athena. Athena looked at her in panic as she felt her heart drop to her stomach. ¡°What happened to her?¡± She eximed in worry before not waiting to hear anything as she ran off toward the office¡¯s direction. She didn¡¯t pay heed to Amanda¡¯s threat about making her regret. She quickly ran toward the office and soon was able to hear Suzanne¡¯s loud and fearful cry. She sped up and soon reached there and found Suzanne sitting on the floor and crying while a man was trying his very best to touch her. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to touch her!¡± Athena let out a loud and threatening growl, almost intimidating everyone present there, as she ran toward the duo and pushed the man aside with full force. ¡°Athy, no! He is my mate!¡± Chapter 2: Heartless Alpha Chapter 2: Heartless Alpha The environment of the room was cold and full of tension. They were two men in the room whose silent thoughts were the cause of the coldness. Their silence could cut the ss. It was dangerous. ¡°I have heard that she used to be a rogue before.¡± One of them spoke up in a cold and distant tone which can leave his enemies with shivering knees. It was the man with deep ck hair and stormy grey eyes, who was clearly holding the power over the room and even the situation. ¡°Yes Alpha, she used to be before she was taken in by-¡­.¡± The other man with brown eyes and brown hair said in a calm and respectful tone, not wanting to offend his superior and ruin the messed up situation more. His hands were sweaty in the pressure of the situation. ¡°But that doesn¡¯t change the fact that she was a rogue, Nathan. And a rogue is always a rogue. Always ready to cause destruction.¡± The alpha said with gritted teeth. Nathan¡¯s eyes fell on the man¡¯s hand which was fisted tightly on the table. That shows that he was trying to hold in his anger but Nathan was getting near that as well as he was understanding what his alpha was trying to say. ¡°You can¡¯t judge everyone based on one person¡¯s deed and no one is born a rogue. And she is my mate, Dominic. My mate. I am going to be with her no matter what. I am not going to leave her. And you don¡¯t know what she has been through. So, you don¡¯t have any right to judge her.¡± Nathan bursted out, his protective mate instincts kicked in. He couldn¡¯t bear Dominic, the alpha¡¯s, indirect words of putting his beautiful mate down. Dominic was indirectly telling him that he is not going to ept his mate and that was not settling well with him. ¡°Keep your tone down, Nathan. Don¡¯t forget you are talking in front of your alpha.¡± Dominic spoke up in his alpha tone, making Nathan look down immediately. He frowned deeply, his heart thumping, how could he get the Alpha to see his point of view when his alpha was so heartless. The entire world knew of his ruthless reputation. Even though Nathan was his beta he knew his Alpha wouldn¡¯t listen but that doesn¡¯t mean he was going to ept everything he says. Not something which includes his mate. He was going to fight for her. ¡°I am sorry, alpha. But please don¡¯t judge her so quickly. She may have been used to being a rogue before she was taken in by the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack but I am sure there¡¯s something that might have pushed her to be a rogue.¡± Nathan tried to make Dominic understand. He was feeling miserable for the first time in his life with a ruthless alpha and restless mate. ¡°So, what is it that pushed her to be a rogue?¡± Dominic asked in an emotionless tone, sounding completely careless to know about it. Nathan let out a sigh noticing that but he was going to try his luck. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. ¡°I don¡¯t know, Dominic. I didn¡¯t get to talk to her properly even for a second. After we left the pack we directly drove here and I directly came here to meet you. But please give her a chance.¡± Nathan requested sincerely. Nathan had gone to have a meeting with the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack after one of his pack members reached them yesterday. That man was badly beaten and injured when he reached the pack. His state was so bad that he couldn¡¯t be saved but hisst word forced them to take the decision to go and meet the alpha. That man said that the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack is not what the alpha shows and he was the reason for his state and there were many like him. That didn¡¯t settle well and so Nathan went to have the meeting with him on behalf of Dominic. But he didn¡¯t expect to meet his mate there. His lovely mate didn¡¯t want anything to leave the pack as soon as she found out and that left the meeting iplete and they left without spending another second. ¡°Fine, call her in. I would still like to have a word with her and hear from her mouth.¡± Dominic said in a cold tone. A look of darkness appeared on his face at the thought of talking to a rogue. Nathan didn¡¯t want his mate to meet him like this, it would scare her off. ¡°Dominic, please don¡¯t be like this. You will scare her and she is already scared and crying non stop since the time we found each other. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s wrong but I don¡¯t want you to make it worse for her.¡± Nathan said slowly, not wanting to irritate Dominic more than he already was. Dominic let out a frustrated sigh after hearing that but nevertheless straightened his facial expression and kept it nk. ¡°Call her in.¡± He ordered and Nathan nodded at him gratefully before getting up from his chair and running toward the door to get his lovely mate whose name he is yet to know because of her non stop. Dominic fell into deep silence as the reason why he hates rogue so much resurfaced in his mind, making him restless. He fisted and unfisted his hands to control his anger. Nothing in this world can describe his hate for the rogues. This hate made him do the unthinkable years ago. But does he regret it? No! He never will! But he is going to keep his calm at that moment. Because he kind of promised to Nathan, his best friend and his beta, that he would act civilised. So, he is going to keep that promise. ¡°Alpha?¡± Dominic looked up after hearing Nathan¡¯s voice. There was only Nathan standing in front of him, making him confused. ¡°Where is she?¡± He asked and that¡¯s when Nathan stepped to the left from his spot and he saw a very small woman with brown hair standing with her head down. He looked at her from head to toe to do a small examination and came to a conclusion that she was the omega or ve of the pack. Her posture was shaky, letting him know that she was crying silently. Her face was hidden by her brown locks. ¡°What¡¯s your name and what was you-¡­.¡± Dominic was cut midway in his questions by Nathan¡¯s little mate, angering him beyond limit. ¡°Please, please save her. I am begging you please save her. He is going to destroy herpletely. Please save her.¡± Suzanne cried out loudly as she dropped on her knees with her hands sped together. Both of the men were shocked by her sudden outburst. Nathan ran toward her fast and made her stand up. ¡°Hey, hey, love. What are you doing? Please don¡¯t do this.¡± Nathan eximed in a worried tone as he held her against his chest but her cries seemed to be increased by his touch. But Dominic didn¡¯t care about all that. His jaw clenched hard by the disrespect which she showed by cutting his word off. ¡°Nathan, back off!¡± He growled out loudly, using his alpha tone. Even though Nathan wanted to protest badly but he couldn¡¯t as it was too powerful. So, reluctantly he pulled away from her and took two steps back after giving her a small kiss on the side of her forehead. Suzanne stopped crying after that loud and scary growl as it intimidated her beyond limit but those tears were unstoppable. She didn¡¯t make another sound as she looked up at the angry alpha who was looking no less than what she heard about him. Heartless¡­. ¡°How dare you cut me off?! Do you know the consequences of disrespecting an alpha?¡± He snapped at her, making her flinch on her spot but she didn¡¯t let out a sound. ¡°I am sorry, alpha. Please ept my apology. I am sorry for being disrespectful. I never intended to do that. It¡¯s just that my situation is too bad for me to think straight. I am sorry once again.¡± She tried to be as respectful and mature as she let those words out. She didn¡¯t stammer even for once but that doesn¡¯t mean she waspletely alright. Her hands were shaking badly while he could hear her crazy heartbeat, letting him know that she was scared and confused still. ¡°You both are talking about this situation of yours. What is this situation in actuality? Let me know as well.¡± He ordered in a cold and irritated tone. She was ready to answer him already when he cut her off. ¡°But before that introduce yourself by telling your name, your position in the previous pack and why you were a rogue before.¡± He demanded, making her close her eyes tightly. She seemed to get more nervous than before after hearing the questions. Which question was it that made her this nervous? Thest question? ¡°My name is Suzanne, Sir Alpha Dominic. I wasn¡¯t given any rank there. I was just a mere ve there. Andst but not the least, I was forced to be a rogue by my first pack which threw me out when I was eight.¡± She answered all the questions in one breath. She was looking at her feet when she was answering that. She didn¡¯t want to face anyone but for some reason she lifted her face up and looked at her left where her mate was. Their eyes met for two seconds before she looked away and looked back to her feet. ¡°Why were you kicked out of the pack?¡± Dominic asked with a deep frown thinking what she might have done at that age to receive a punishment like this. ¡°With due respect, sir alpha, I don¡¯t know the reason. I don¡¯t remember anything as well as I was really small and had a tough time fetching for myself at that age to be worried about that.¡± She replied in a bitter tone while looking down still. Nathan and Dominic shared a look and decided not to push her more than that at that moment. Dominic cleared his throat which made her look up. ¡°So, what were you talking about? Whom do you want me to save? Why do you want me to save her? What¡¯s the possible danger she is in right now?¡± He asked with a frown, measuring up the desperation in her behaviour to measure up how deep the situation was. ¡°My friend, my best friend. I want you to save her. From the¡­ alpha of my previous pack. She is in danger. He will destroy her. Please save her. You need to save her. I am begging you.¡± She cried with folded hands. Her legs were giving up but luckily Nathan caught her at the right moment. ¡°What do you mean by he will destroy her?¡± Dominic asked as he got up from the chair unconsciously. He didn¡¯t know why he did that but he felt like he was going to fulfil her request. He was going to fulfil Suzanne¡¯s request to save her best friend. Why? He doesn¡¯t know. But he was going to do that. ¡°Because he is a monster. He is not what he shows the world!¡± Suzanne cried out loud, not only in helplessness but also in utter anger. ¡°Nathan, prepare the soldiers. We are going to make a visit to the shadow eclipse pack.¡± Dominic said with finality in his tone as he walked out of the room. Now it was only Nathan and Suzanne present in the room. The room was silent as she was looking down at her shoes and he was looking down at her. No matter how much she tries, Suzanne couldn¡¯t stop the tears rolling down from her cheeks. She felt lonely and missed two people who are the closest and most important person in her life. Her best friend and her sugarplum. She was in the Crescent Mystery pack. In the pack of her mate. She came with him, leaving those two in the hell hole. She felt guilty. She couldn¡¯t help but the guilt was eating her up. She can never imagine what is going to happen to Athena now that she is here. Till today she protected Athena from that heartless monster. The alpha of her previous pack. That monster had his bad eyes on Athena since the first time but Suzanne had something against him to use on him which forced him to stay away from Athena. But now that she is here¡­ What¡¯s going to happen to Athena? ¡°I promise to bring your friend here safely, my love.¡± Nathan spoke up, bringing her out of her thoughts. She looked up at him as he promised her. He clutched her hands assuringly. ¡°I want you to do one more thing.¡± Suzanne looked up at him, making him confused. What was it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Athena was walking back to her small ve cell with a bad feeling at the back of her mind. The feeling increased ten folds as the night time came. It was half past nine at night then. She just finished all her work which included Suzanne¡¯s work as well which she had to do extra after she left. She was tired would be an understatement but the nagging thought of possible danger was making her restless. It¡¯s been more than ten hours since she said goodbye to her best friend of nearly three years. She met Suzanne at a coffee shop where Suzanne used to work. She was just a hungry broken rogue who needed food badly but had nothing to afford that. That¡¯s when Suzanne came as an angel in her life. But she couldn¡¯t be called the same for Suzanne. She was anything but an angel for her. She was so unlucky that the day she met Suzanne, they both were attacked and captured by this pack. Since then they have been together, beside each other. They supported each other in every situation, in every bad and worst. They were their only supports. Athena couldn¡¯t believe that Suzanne left. She didn¡¯t know when she would meet her again. She didn¡¯t know if she would ever meet her again or not. But she will always pray for her to be safe and happy. Athena let out a sigh and shook her head to throw these thoughts out of her mind. She didn¡¯t want to enter her room with a gloomy face as she knew someone wouldn¡¯t like that. The thought of that special someone put a smile on her beautiful face. With that thought she opened the door of her cell to get the biggest shock of her life. The cell was empty. No one weed her by running toward her with wobbly legs. No one hugged her and demanded to get up on her arms. No one called her-¡­. ¡°Are you looking for this?¡± She heard a nerve chilling voice, along with a very familiar cry. Chapter 3: A familiar howl Chapter 3: A familiar howl ¡°A¡­alpha D¡­ Derrick¡­¡± Athena stammered as her eyes wandered from his face to his hand which was holding her heart and life. Her baby¡­ her only son. The muscr man in front of her had a devilish smirk on his face, but she knew that he was more evil than that. Derrick, the Alpha of the Shadow Eclipse pack who captured her almost three years ago! Now the monster was holding her baby in one hand, and what he could do made her shiver with fear. He can end her baby¡¯s life in a blink of an eye if he wants! ¡°Athena, you look surprised to see me here. Can¡¯t Ie to meet my ves?¡± Derrick asked with a sick smile as he took a step inside the room. But she didn¡¯t take a step back as he expected. Her feet stood rooted on the spot. Athena couldn¡¯t concentrate on his words as her mind and heart were to her son who was too scared to let out a sound of cry at that moment. He was too scared to even call her. But big fat tears were rolling down his chubby rosy cheeks. Her heart broke into pieces seeing him like that. ¡°A¡­ alpha, please let him go¡­ my son is scared.¡± Athena requested in a shaky tone as she took a step toward him with forwarded hands to take her baby. ¡°What¡¯s the hurry, little ve? Can¡¯t you see he is having so much fun with me?¡± He asked as he acted like he was going to drop the baby but caught him at the right moment. She felt her hearting out of her throat. ¡°Ace!¡± She gasped loudly in shock and fear. Ace was the name of her dearest son, the two years old baby. ¡°Mommy¡­. mommy¡­¡± Her little baby cried while looking at her with fearful eyes. Derrick let out a loudugh, making her baby cry out loud in fear. That sound seemed to amuse him more as heughed wildly. That¡¯s how he is called a monster. He enjoys torturing people and takes pleasure in other people¡¯s misery and pain. But she wasn¡¯t going to let her son be the element of his fun today or ever. She fisted her hands by her side as she felt a sudden wave of anger wash over her. ¡°Alpha, please give me my baby back right this moment.¡± She said calmly as she looked up at his eyes. Her words made him stopughing but soon there was visible anger on his face. ¡°You are showing so much gut just for a bastard, huh?¡± Derrick asked with darkened eyes as he took another step toward her. ¡°Oh, alpha! What did you just do?! Don¡¯t call her son that. She doesn¡¯t like it.¡± Athena looked at the door after hearing Amanda¡¯s bitchy tone. She walked inside the cell with her minions and stood beside Derrick while Helena and Selena stood behind her while ring at Athena with crossed hands. ¡°Please, Alpha, I don¡¯t mean to show disrespect to you. Please give me my baby back.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s have some fun with your baby first. I am sure even a bastard loves to y games, right?¡± He said with a smirk as he turned around to leave suddenly. ¡°Wait, Alpha! Where are you going? Where are you taking him? Give him back!¡± She shouted after him in panic. She was going to run after him when the evil twins held her arms, restraining her from moving. ¡°What are you doing?! Leave me!¡± She snapped at them as she struggled to get free. ¡°Girls, bring her downstairs. The real fun will start.¡± Amanda said with a dangerous smirk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¡°Everyone, gather around. It¡¯s important.¡± Alpha Derrick announced using his alpha tone and every pack member gathered around him. Everyone started to murmur in confusion about what it might be. But the major confusion was what an unknown child was doing in his hands. ¡°What¡¯s happening, alpha?¡± Someone from the crowd couldn¡¯t keep the curiosity to himself anymore. Derrick didn¡¯t say anything and waited for Amanda and her group to drag the ve to him. ¡°Leave me! I wanna go to mommy!¡± Suddenly the baby in his hand started to cry and trash around, pissing him off. ¡°Derrick, I brought her.¡± Amanda said proudly. ¡°Good. Now hold this piece of shit while I handle her.¡± Derrick said with gritted teeth evilness in his eyes. ¡°No! Don¡¯t touch my baby! Leave me!¡± Athena shouted in an offensive tone. She didn¡¯t want Amanda¡¯s dirty hands to touch her son. But her protest died down as soon as a hard pnded on her cheek, throwing her off her feet on the floor. Her cheek is hot and stung. Everyone went silent while her son¡¯s cry intensified seeing her on the floor. ¡°Keep your eyes down, bitch. Don¡¯t forget you are standing in front of your Alpha and you are just a ve.¡± Derrick snapped at her with so much hatred which confused her. Why was the Alpha who never looked her way till now was showing so much hatred toward her suddenly? She could see that there was something else in his eyes other than hatred and anger. But she didn¡¯t know what it was. ¡°Why are you doing this?¡± She asked in a calm and fearless tone. ¡°Why am I doing this? Everyone must have this question. I will tell you why.¡± Derrick said with a smirk as she looked down at Athena who was still sitting on the floor. ¡°Everyone might know this low ve of our pack, Athena, but you might not know that she is a whore as well. She has a bastard hiding in her cell.¡± He said with a smirk while pointing at her crying baby. Everyone is aware of that. They all have disgust-filled looks toward her. Hateful murmurs filled the room. ¡°Alpha, there is a rule in the pack that we don¡¯t have any ce for whore and bastards in our pack. You can punish them severely or even take their lives as well.¡± One of the pack members said in anger. ¡°Are you going to punish them today, Alpha? If yes, please start from the bastard.¡± Amanda spoke in excitement but hissed out the next second feeling pain in her hands. She looked down to see that the baby had bit her. She was going to say something when Athena cut her off. ¡°My son is not a bastard.¡± She spoke up again, not fearing anyone or any rules one ounce. Derrick looked down at her and pulled her by the hair and made her stand up. ¡°So, who is his father? Not anyone from my pack, that¡¯s for sure. Tell me the truth and I might let you go.¡± Derrick said with a frown. He sounded a little anxious to know the answer. Athena¡¯s face turned nk hearing the question. ¡°He is not from the pack.¡± She admitted but that was not what he wanted to know. ¡°Is he from your mate?¡± Derrick asked, making her go nk some more. ¡°Yes.¡± She curtly answered. ¡°Who is he?¡± Derrick shot the next question. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± She replied while looking down. ¡°Don¡¯t y with me. Tell me who he is. From which pack he is? What¡¯s his position?¡± Derrick demanded, getting impatient every second. ¡°I don¡¯t know who he is. He rejected me and left. And why do you sound so anxious? He is not an alpha. Otherwise wouldn¡¯t you have smelled that from my son?¡± She asked in a challenging tone, making him fume. Derrick fell into thoughts. She was right. An alpha¡¯s blood smell can be recognised by everyone. If Ace had been an alpha¡¯s baby, he would have smelt it. It put him in a little relief but he couldn¡¯t be in relief completely, not until he takes care of this ve. ¡°Alpha, don¡¯t you know what she used to do before? She was a thief! She used to steal things from people and God knows how many men she slept with to steal from them. I am sure this thing is a result of that only. Must be a rogue as well.¡± Amanda spoke up once again. ¡°That¡¯s none of your business, Amanda! Give me my baby back!¡± She shouted and went forward to take her baby but she was stopped mid-way. Alpha Derrick picked her from the floor and tore her shirt with his big hand. The piece of cloth hung lifelessly by her waist. Her eyes widened in shock, now she was just in her bra and ragged jeans in front of everyone. ¡°If you are so much interested in keeping the bastard from a rogue, I am sure you will be thrilled to keep a bastard from an alpha as well.¡± He said nastily with a smirk as he yanked her back by her elbow and made her stand in front of him. ¡°What are you doing?! Leave me!¡± She shouted in anger and tried to get away but his dirty hand on her right breast silenced her for a second. But she was quick toe in sense and acted on impulse. She punched him square on the nose, cracking it and making it bleed. Everyone gasped in shock while it angered him beyond limit. He pped her back. He didn¡¯t give her a chance to do anything as he got a hold of her hair and mmed her hard on the nearby wall, making her head bleed. He gripped her neck tightly, strangling her. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. ¡°You bitch! You dared to punch me. Now you will see what will happen to you! I will fuck you until your screams make your son deaf and then give you to my-¡­¡± He couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when a sudden punch threw him directly on the floor. Athena fell on the floor immediately while holding her throat, trying to breathe as much as she could. Her vision was blurry and her head was spinning. Suddenly everything was a mess around her. Everyone was running around and she saw people turning into wolves within seconds. The Shadow Eclipse pack was under attack. She looked around with blurry eyes and found her baby was sitting on the floor silently in the middle of the fight. The wolves might have scared him too much. Her heart flipped seeing him so scared. She started to crawl toward him with difficulty as the smash was bad. She saw her son crawling to her as well, which made her smile in happiness even in all these. But her smile dropped suddenly, her heart as well. She saw a wolf running toward her son at full speed with no good intentions. It was Amanda. Athena ignored all the pain and stood in the blink of an eye before running toward him at full speed. She reached him at the right time and hugged him, covering him from any danger. But that earned her a big bite on the stomach. She let out a loud howl in pain but her grip on her baby didn¡¯t lose a bit. She hugged him tight as she fell on the floor, losing a lot of blood. She saw ck dots appearing in front of her eyes and soon lost consciousness. But before that, she heard someone let out an earth shattering howl in pain. Why did that sound so familiar? Why did she feel like she heard that before? Almost three years ago¡­ That night when she got and lost something valuable at the same time. Chapter 4: Not healing Chapter 4: Not healing ¡°Dominic, you are up! Are you okay?¡± Nathan asked in a worried tone as he helped Dominic sit up. Dominic held his head tightly as he leaned on the headboard of his bed. He looked around in confusion before settling his eyes on Nathan. ¡°Nathan? What happened? Ugh¡­ why is my head sting?¡± He asked while gritting his teeth to endure the pain. Nathan looked at him in confusion. ¡°What do you mean by what happened? Don¡¯t you remember what happened?¡± Nathan asked in confusion. His question confused Dominic more. Dominic closed his eyes to remember something but the headache wasn¡¯t helping him much. ¡°No, I don¡¯t remember anything. So, stop irritating me further and tell me what happened!¡± Dominic asked in frustration and confusion. The fact that something happened which put him in this state and he doesn¡¯t even remember that didn¡¯t settle well with him. ¡°No one knows what happened to you actually. Do you remember going to the Shadow Eclipse pack?¡± Nathan asked with a small frown. Dominic looked at him in confusion for a second before he remembered that. ¡°Ye¡­ yes, I remember¡­¡± He trailed off as he slowly started to remember what happened there. ¡°The situation was messed up there when we went there which forced us to take action against them. A small fight broke out when you suddenly growled out loudly. As if you were in great pain. Just after that you suddenly lost your consciousness.¡± Nathan exined what happened in the Shadow Eclipse pack and that¡¯s when Dominic remembered. He remembered the mesmerising scent which turned his mind crazy. And then the unbearable pain in his chest which felt like someone pulled his heart by a sharp w. He was still feeling the burning pain inside his chest but it wasn¡¯t that intense like yesterday. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. ¡°What happened after I passed out?¡± Dominic asked while masking his emotions which surfaced back as he remembered what happened yesterday. ¡°Well, you had knocked down Alpha Derrick before that. So, it wasn¡¯t difficult to make others surrender after that. When they all surrendered, we left the ce after taking you and Suzanne¡¯s friend. We gave alpha Derrick a warning before leaving.¡± Nathan exined and that¡¯s when Dominic remembered the main thing which caused all this. ¡°Oh, right. Her friend. Where is she?¡± Dominic asked casually as he started to get down from the bed slowly while ignoring the burning pain on his chest. ¡°She is in a bad condition, Dominic. A wolf from the Shadow Eclipse pack had attacked her and bit her in the stomach badly. She is not recovering fast like she should be as a wolf. So, the doctors aren¡¯t able to say anything until shees to consciousness.¡± Nathan exined with a small frown. This girl¡¯s health is affecting his mate¡¯s health and mind as well. Suzanne is sad and crying non stop while praying for her. Her sadness hurts him. So, he wished for a fast recovery for that girl as well. ¡°She is in the hospital, right?¡± Dominic asked while slowly standing up. He was going to lose his bnce but Nathan caught him at the right moment. ¡°Careful! You should take a rest. Why are you getting up?¡± Nathan asked with a frown but Dominic pushed his hands away and slowly started to walk toward the bathroom. ¡°I am going to meet her.¡± He answered in a nk tone, his back was facing Nathan. ¡°You don¡¯t have to meet her right away, Dominic. You can do thatter as well. You should take a rest.¡± Nathan insisted with a frown, even though he knew it was impossible to make Dominic agree when he decides something. ¡°I am not dying, Nathan. So, don¡¯t make it look like that.¡± Dominic snapped at Nathan in irritation. ¡°And I need to see whom I brought into my pack. What if it turns out to be another rogue?¡± He asked in an expressionless tone, making Nathan sigh. He knew that all Dominic cared about was that only¡­ ¡°Fine, I won¡¯t stop you then. But I just wanted to let you know that Alpha Derrick is not going to ept our sudden ¡®visit¡¯ so casually. On top of that, it wasn¡¯t casual at all. Wolves from his pack died and a lot got injured and we brought his ve here without his permission. He is definitely going to do something. We should be prepared.¡± Nathan said with a deep frown as he thought how things got so complicated. ¡°You think I care about him or what he is going to do? He better prepare himself for what¡¯s going to come to him next if I get any proof of him doing shady things.¡± Dominic said in a cold tone before getting inside the bathroom and closing the door behind him. That was enough for Nathan to know that the conversation was done there. Dominic is the leader of all the alpha¡¯s in the North region. And he is very serious with his duty and responsibility. He doesn¡¯t tolerate any kind of behaviour which includes breaking rules. He works hard to create a peacefulmunity even though it¡¯s almost impossible considering they are all nothing but beasts. But he is ready to do everything for that even if that means continuing his legacy of being the heartless Alpha. He walked toward the mirror with wobbly legs and looked at the mirror, at his reflection. His face was tired. It¡¯s nothing new but there was a different kind of tiredness on his face. He slowly removed the ck t-shirt he was wearing and threw it off at the floor before looking back at his reflection. His eyes fell on the spot just above his heart on the chest. There was a big wound mark caused by a w there. It was almost three years old. ¡°Why? Why did I suddenly feel pain there after years? Why did I feel like the cause of this wound was near to activate the pain again?¡± He asked himself in a low tone as his hand slowly rose. He put his fingers on the spot and hissed out loud as he felt it burning once again. Even though it recovered long ago but whenever he or anyone touched it, he would feel like someone put fire there. If no one touch, he doesn¡¯t feel anything. That¡¯s why he doesn¡¯t let anyonee near him. The pain is almost unbearable. He gritted his teeth as he remembered how he got this and felt anger surging through his veins. He threw some water at his face to walk his nervespletely, to surge every thought off of his mind. But if the water didn¡¯t work properly, his wolf¡¯s next words did the work. ¡°I felt her yesterday.¡± ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¡°No¡­no¡­ don¡¯t¡­ don¡¯t¡­ touch him¡­ no¡­ no¡­No!¡± Athena sat up with a loud shriek but immediately bent over after feeling a killing pain on the stomach. She let out a small cry of pain as she clutched her stomach. ¡°Oh, you are awake!¡± She jumped in a defensive mode and saw a nurse standing in front of her. But that doesn¡¯t mean she rxed. She kept her guards up and looked at her with a deep frown. ¡°Who are you?! Where am I? What happened to me?¡± She asked in an intimidating tone. That was one of her tricks of defence. Nevere up as a softie in front of a new person. ¡°Please calm down and stop moving so much. You are going to open the wound.¡± The nurse said in a soft tone, trying to calm her down. ¡°Wounds?!¡± Athena eximed in shock. Her eyes widened hearing her. She looked down and saw that she was wearing a short blouse. Her stomach waspletely wrapped in white bandage which slowly started to turn red. The wound opened already. ¡°Please sit down. You are making it worse.¡± The nurse seemed to get irritated by her disobedience but she didn¡¯t care. ¡°You stop moving and keep standing there.¡± Athena snapped at her, making her stand still with widened eyes. ¡°Now answer my questions. Where am I? What happened to me?¡± She asked with a deep frown, trying to remember what¡¯s going on. But it seems like that the most important thing didn¡¯te to her mind yet. ¡°You are in the Crescent Mystery pack. You were attacked by a wolf in your previous pack. And for some reason you are not healing fast like a werewolf should.¡± The nurse exined quickly. Among all the things she said, only one thing struck Athena. Attacked! She was attacked. No, her son was attacked but she came in between at the right time and got the hit. Her son! Her eyes widened and she looked around frantically. ¡°Wh¡­where is he¡­? Where is he?¡± She asked in desperation and utter worry. ¡°Where is who? Who are you looking for?¡± The nurse asked in confusion. She suddenly remembered everything that happened. Her heart dropped thinking what might have happened to her son when she lost consciousness. Did they capture her son? Did they hurt him? Is he okay? He must be so scared. He must be crying. She couldn¡¯t stop her tears with all those bad thoughts. She got down from the bed in desperation and tried to get free from the attached devices when the nurse stopped her. She starts to trash around while crying to look for her son. ¡°Where is he? Take me to him. He needs me. Take me to him.¡± Athena cried out loud while giving a hard time to the nurse. She didn¡¯t care about her wounds which openedpletely. Her bloods stained the whole hospital bed and her blue skirt which she was wearing ¡°Miss, please calm down. You still haven¡¯t recovered fully and your wounds opened up again. I have to clean it up. You can¡¯t go out and make the wound worse. As I already said, you are recovering slower than a normal werewolf.¡± The nurse shouted at her while pressing a button which was on the table. Athena suddenly became silent hearing the nurse¡¯sst sentence. She was recovering slowly. She always used to recover in the blink of an eye. But it changed. It all changed almost three years ago. Now she doesn¡¯t recover fast but slower than ever, almost like a human. Even though she has her wolf and all other abilities. But her healing ability is not there anymore. And she knew the reason very well. She knew that it¡¯s never going to change. She is never going to get the ability back. She remembered how this happened and it didn¡¯t do anything other than bringing her more pain. So, she shrugged her head toe out of it and then remembered her son again. She looked at the nurse fiercely who was not letting her find her son. She lost her calmpletely at that moment. ¡°My recovery can go to hell, where is my son?¡± Athena demanded in a strong tone, making the nurse take a step back in intimidation. But soon a stronger voice pulled her out of the intimidation to push into another one. ¡°You have a son?!¡± Chapter 5: Her baby and His Luna Chapter 5: Her baby and His Luna ¡°You have a son?¡± The cold man¡¯s voice stopped Athena from where she was. Her heart almost stopped breathing and she got numb. That¡¯s a voice she will never forget. That¡¯s the voice which haunts her still and instigates a newyer of hatred everytime she remembers it. ¡°Alpha Dominic, I¡¯m trying to take care of thisdy, but it seems like she is recovering slower than normal werewolves. Her bleeding is not stopping.¡± The nurse said in a professional and respectful tone as he entered the room.. ¡°What do you mean by she is recovering slowly?¡± He asked in a cold tone while not moving his eyes from Athena who was ring at him at that moment. ¡°That¡¯s not your business.¡± Athena snapped and the nurse let out a gasp. She frowned at Athena in shock and dislike. ¡°Miss, please be respectful toward our Alpha. He is the one who saved your life from-¡­¡± The nurse was cut off by her alpha¡¯smand. ¡°Leave us alone.¡± The nurse looked between them in confusion before nodding at Dominic and leaving the room. Now it was only both of them present in the room. Nerve-wracking silence filled the room as they both kept looking into each other¡¯s eyes. Both of them had a storm going on in their eyes, ready to destroy something or¡­ someone. But the moment Dominic took a step toward her, Athena¡¯s distance broke. She moved her eyes away from him with a nk look on her face. There was no sign of acknowledgement in her facial features. Athena looked down at her stomach which stopped bleeding suddenly. But she didn¡¯t have time to worry about that. She had to find her son and with a new found determination, she got up from the bed. She started to walk toward the door to leave whilepletely ignoring Dominic. She didn¡¯t only ignore him but a whole lot of things which were going on inside her head and¡­ chest. She only took a few steps toward the door when she felt him grip her right upper arm tightly before pulling her behind. Her legs bumped with the bed and she sat back on the bed. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. She closed her eyes and took a deep and frustrating breath to get control over herself. Then she opened her eyes and met his dark eyes. He was havouring over her with his grip still on her arm. There was only a few inches gap between their faces and they red into each other. His breath was fanning her face as he was breathing hard. It looked like he was fighting a battle as well to get control over something. ¡°Leave my hand.¡± She said in a strong tone as she tried to yank her hand back. But that made him tighten his grip, making her flinch. ¡°What did you say to that nurse when I entered the room?¡± He asked in a cold tone, cold enough to cut ss. ¡°It¡¯s none of your business. Leave my hand.¡± She snapped while ring at Dominic. ¡°You are in my pack. So, it is my business as long as you are here.¡± He snapped back. ¡°I will leave now. Then it won¡¯t be your business anymore.¡± She said while looking deep into his eyes. His eyes darkened hearing the word ¡®leave¡¯. For some reason, that didn¡¯t settle well with him. ¡°Leave my hand. I will go and look for something which belongs to me and then I will leave with it.¡± She spoke up again while looking away from him this time. That brought him back from his thoughts. ¡°Whatever it is, it¡¯s in my pack. So, it¡¯s safe. You just answer my question. What did you say to the nurse?¡± He demanded to know from her, even though he clearly heard what she said. ¡°It¡¯s in your pack and that¡¯s why I am scared.¡± She mumbled under her breath, making him re at her. ¡°I am telling you for thest time, leave my hand. Aren¡¯t you disgusted to touch me like you were in the past?¡± She asked with gritted teeth while starting to fume in anger. Her struggle to get free increased more. Her words were like an invisible p for him which angered him. But what angered him the most was what he heard when he entered the room. His grip tightened around her arms unknowingly, making her hiss in pain. ¡°Whose son is it?¡± He asked in a dark tone. His eyes turnedpletely ck, letting her know that his wolf was trying to get control. But what made her nervous was his question. She was quick to hide her nervousness and looked at him with a nk face. ¡°Mine, duh!¡± She answered with a roll of her eyes, making him frustrated some more. ¡°Who¡¯s the father?¡± He still decided to act patiently and asked the question after taking a deep breath. But it seemed like she was determined to push his button to no limits by bing sarcastic. ¡°Fortunately not you.¡± He fumed hearing that and got a hold of a fistful of her hair to make her look at him. His hold wasn¡¯t painful but it meant no fun as well. ¡°Who¡¯s the father, I asked!¡± He gritted so hard and she heard him clearly. But this time she lost her patience as well. ¡°Why are you so interested in the life of your rejected mate?¡± She snapped and hissed the next moment when he tightened his grip on her long hair a little. His eyes darkened when he heard her and all the past things returned to him at full speed. The storm in his heart and restlessness of his wolf increased hearing the hatred in her tone. It is her. His rejected mate whom he saw after years and he felt a burning passion for her. But he couldn¡¯t determine if it was the burning hatred or something else. He didn¡¯t know if her sudden appearance in his life was going to change anything or not. He just knew that this woman was the cause of his pain and he is going to make her pay for that this time. ¡°Don¡¯t irritate me, rogue and answer the damn question, you little thief!¡± He growled lowly while pulling her face closer by her hair. She hissed in pain but her burning gaze didn¡¯t drop. She didn¡¯t like how he used her past against her and insulted her. She didn¡¯t like how he was trying to control her. She didn¡¯t like his mere presence around her. The more he was getting close, the more the hatred increased. ¡°There¡¯s your answer! I stole someone¡¯s sperm.¡± She snapped onest time and that was it for Dominic. He lost his patience and pinned her down on the bed. He hovered over her with his knees on the both sides of her waist while her legs dangled from the bed. His hands were pinning down her hands. She let out a small squeal by the sudden change of their positions which she didn¡¯t like at all. Because the next moment she red at him hard. ¡°You don¡¯t have any idea what I can do to you, do you, little rogue?¡± He hissed with gritted teeth. She suddenly smirked at him with the intention of irritating him more. ¡°You already rejected me. So, the least you can do now is kill me, the big bad alpha.¡± She said in a taunting tone. He let out a loud growl and suddenly gripped her throat. She closed her eyes tightly at the impact. ¡°How dare you disrespect me!¡± He snapped at her angrily. ¡°Well who are you to expect respect from me other than someone who rejects his mate to prove his so- called toughness?¡± She snapped back immediately, ignoring the pressure on her throat. He closed his eyes tightly to get control over the situation. The woman underneath him is determined to push all his buttons all the way down. ¡°I see that your mouth is still as sharp as I remember.¡± He said with a dark look on his face. ¡°What did you expect? That I will be heartbroken and messed up beyond repair?¡± She asked in a challenging tone with a fire in her eyes to show him how unimportant he was in her life. He didn¡¯t reply, just kept looking at her face with an unknown expression. ¡± If yes, then sorry to disappoint, I am not someone to cry over an ass-¡­ ¡± She started speaking again when suddenly she was cut off by his domineering lips on her. Athena¡¯s eyes widened in shock and her motions stopped. Sheid still as if she forgot to move. All the sparkle and burns she was feeling where he was touching her intensified, making her dizzy. She didn¡¯t like it. She doesn¡¯t want it. She felt suffocation by his touch, by his nearness and that was enough for her to push him off her using all her remaining strength. And the moment he was off of her, shended a hard p on his cheek. ¡°How dare you do that?!¡± She growled in fury as she sat up. He followed her action with his eyes turned pitch ck. His wolf was on the surface. But she didn¡¯t care. She wasn¡¯t afraid of him. ¡°You little bi-¡­!¡± Dominic couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when he was cut off by a loud scream from the door. That took both their attention toward it. ¡°Mommy!¡± Athena got down from the bed in one blink and ran toward the small figure standing in front of the door. She didn¡¯t care about her wound which started bleeding again. Dominic¡¯s shirt was soaked by her blood. She reached her son and scooped her in her strong and secure arms before hugging him tightly. ¡°Ace, my baby! My heart! Oh, my! Thank you moon goddess for keeping my baby safe.¡± She thanked the goddess neumoriously while kissing every inch of the baby¡¯s face. Tears were falling down her cheeks continuously. ¡°Mommy, it tickles.¡± The small baby boy, Ace, giggled while holding his mother¡¯s face with his small hands. She smiled at his cuteness while kissing her small palms. ¡°Oh, baby! How are you? Are you okay? Did anyone tell you something? Did anyone hurt you?¡± She rained the baby with lots of questions while Dominic stood there fuming. He was trying to get control over his temper at that moment. He tried to see the little boy¡¯s face who managed to change Athena¡¯s attitude in a blink of an eye. ¡°Mommy, please don¡¯t cry. I am okay. I was a little scared but aunt Suzy took care of me.¡± Ace said in his baby voice while wiping off the tears of his mother¡¯s face. Her face broke into confusion after hearing him. ¡°Aunt Suzy?¡± She asked in confusion and Ace nodded his head at her. ¡°Where did you find her, baby?¡± She asked with a small frown and he pointed at the door. Athena looked at the door and saw Suzanne standing there with teary eyes and a small smile. ¡°Suzy!¡± Athena eximed in happiness and ran toward her with Ace. Suzanne took a step toward her with opened arms and they both shared a hug where Ace was squished into. ¡°Oh my goddess! Suzy, what are you doing here?¡± She asked in confusion and happiness at the same time after pulling back from the hug. ¡°It¡¯s Nathan¡¯s pack and Nathan is my¡­ mate.¡± Suzy said with a small smile while pointing at Nathan who was standing there with a small smile. Athena offered him a small smile before looking back at Suzanne. ¡°I am confused. What¡¯s going on here? What am I doing here?¡± She asked with a small frown while still carrying Ace even though she had a very small amount of energy left. ¡°It¡¯s a long story, Athy. I will exinter. But for now you need a doctor. You are bleeding profusely.¡± Suzanne eximed in worry. ¡°Shh, don¡¯t talk about it in front of him.¡± Athena whispered to Suzy as she didn¡¯t want to worry her baby boy. ¡°And I am fine. Don¡¯t worry about it-¡­¡± She had just finished her sentence when she felt a small bump along with a strong sparkle on her right shoulder. Dominic just passed by her while bumping with her harshly and intentionally. Why was she feeling all those burning sparkles even after the rejection? ¡°Dominic? What are you doing he-¡­?¡± Nathan started to talk but he didn¡¯t even wait for him as he walked past him as well. Dominic was fuming in anger when he walked out of the room. There was a lot going on in his head and they were making him crazy. He needed to vent everything out and the gym was the perfect ce for that until he decided something else. On his way out he suddenly bumped with someone. That brought him out of his thoughts and he looked at the person with a frown. ¡°Dominic, my love? Where are you going and why do you look so worked up?¡± A beautifuldy asked. She was loud enough for the people inside the room to hear her. ¡°To the training room. What are you doing here?¡± He asked with a small frown. The woman let out a small angelic chuckle. ¡°Why do you look so surprised, my love? Isn¡¯t it my responsibility to wee the new members as their Luna?¡± She asked with a small smile. Before he could respond to her, they heard Nathan shout loudly. ¡°Someone call the doctor! She lost consciousness!¡± Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Their wounds ¡®Aren¡¯t you disgusted to touch me like you were in the past?¡¯ ¡®Who¡¯s the father?¡¯ ¡®Fortunately not you.¡¯ ¡®Why are you so interested in the life of your rejected mate?¡¯ ¡®There¡¯s your answer! I stole someone¡¯s sperm.¡¯ Dominic¡¯s punches on the already ragged punching bag intensified as his mind was getting messed up every second as he remembered his rejected mate¡¯s words. Her words were like hammers bickering on his head, making him go crazy. But what made things worse for him was that little boy. Ace! Her son. That boy was her son for sure because they had simrities in facial features. He has her beautiful blue eyes. There¡¯s no doubt at him being her son but¡­ who¡¯s the father? He tried to smell his scent. But he didn¡¯t find any specific scent, telling him that the boy was just a baby of a normal wolf. Which meant he wasn¡¯t his! He didn¡¯t know why that was affecting him so much but he didn¡¯t like it at all. That thought made him angry beyond limit. ¡°UGHHH!¡± He growled out animalistically, almost shaking the whole room. With onest punch he threw the fifth punching bag across the room as well. He dropped on his knees as he clutched his chest tight with his bloodied hands to stop the burning pain there. He felt like destroying everything at that moment. He was in a position where he didn¡¯t know what to do. Never in his nightmare he imagined that the moon goddess would y him like this. As if getting the daughter of the rogue alpha as a mate wasn¡¯t enough, she returned back after years with a baby which didn¡¯t belong to him! On top of that all that mate bonds! Is it some kind of joke? ¡°Why?! Why did it have to be like this?!¡± The more he thought of this the angrier he got as he moved to the next hanged punching bag. But the moment he was going to deliver his first punch, someone came, interrupting him. ¡°Dominic, my love!¡± The very same melodious voice came and he stopped midway. He slowly turned around to look at the pair of worried green eyes. He put on a nk expression as soon as she saw her. ¡°Stacey? What are you doing here?¡± He asked in a nk tone. ¡°I came here to check on you, Dominic. Are you okay?¡± Stacey asked in a worried tone as she put a hand on his shoulder. He paused and gave a small look at the spot where her hand was. Those sparks¡­ ¡°I am fine. Don¡¯t worry yourself about my business. Leave if you don¡¯t have anything to say.¡± He said in a curt tone, letting him know that he was not in a good mood. She let out a sigh before her eyes fell on the shirt he was wearing. It was the same shirt he wore in the morning. He went to meet Athena wearing that at lunch time and got blood on it. It was ten at night but he still didn¡¯t get rid of it. His sweat and her blood mixed together as he did training wearing that shirt. ¡°Oh my, you are still wearing this dirty bloodied shirt? Take it off. I will throw it away or burn into ashes.¡± She said and tried to touch his shirt to open up the button. But before she could even touch him, he held her hand midway with an annoyed look on his face. ¡°No! You won¡¯t touch this shirt or any of my belongings. You know how much I dislike that.¡± He said with a frown before leaving her hand with a small push. There was a small hurt expression on her face which she was quick to hide. ¡°Right, I know that. I am sorry, Dominic.¡± She apologised with a small smile. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°It¡¯s okay. Can you leave now? I want to stay alone.¡± He said before looking away from her, clearly giving hints that he didn¡¯t want her there anymore. But she wasn¡¯t going to leave so easily. Not until she gets what she came here for. So, instead o f leaving she got a hold of his hands, making him frown. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Dominic? Are you pushing me away? After all the things we have been through together?¡± She asked in a sad tone while looking at him. He closed her eyes tight before letting out a sigh. He pulled his hands away. ¡°It¡¯s nothing like that. You are thinking too much.¡± He said in a nk tone while looking away. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, why aren¡¯t you looking at me in the eyes while talking? Why aren¡¯t youing close to me nowadays?¡± She snapped while pushing him by his bicep, losing her calm a little. He didn¡¯t like her behaviour at all. ¡°Stacey, I don¡¯t want to talk to you right now. Leave.¡± He said through gritted teeth. ¡°Why?! Why don¡¯t you want to talk about it, huh?¡± She lost her patiencepletely and gave him a hard push. As he tried to dodge it, her handnded directly onto his chest, intensifying the pain in ten folds with the force. He let out a loud groan as she immediately retreated her hand back. Her eyes widened in shock as she looked at him worriedly. ¡°What the fuck, Stacey? Are you dumb? Don¡¯t you understand when I say a simple thing like leaving?! What¡¯s your problem?!¡± He snapped at her. ¡°D¡­ Dominic¡­ I am sorry. I didn¡¯t mean it. I am sorry. It wasn¡¯t intentional. I know you get hurt whenever someone touches you there. I am so-¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her bbering when Dominic suddenly caught her left upper arms. He started to drag her toward the door. He opened the door before pushing her outside a little harshly. ¡°Dominic!¡± She eximed in shock. ¡°Get out of my sight, Stacey, Don¡¯t make me repeat my words. I don¡¯t want to see you today.¡± He said in a cold tone before proceeding to close the door on her face but she stopped him midway, ¡°But we were supposed to spend the night together-¡­¡± She said with a small frown, irritating him more, ¡°Yeah, now forget about it.¡± He said before mming the door on her face. He let out a frustrated sigh as soon as he was alone in the room again. He walked toward the mirror to look at himself. His state was so much worse and she has been here just for one day hardly. ¡°We need to get control over ourselves.¡± He spoke to his wolf who had been the most restless since the time they met their rejected mate. ¡®Mate! I want to see my mate! Go to mate!¡¯ His wolf growled in his mind while walking back and forth there. ¡°No, I won¡¯t go there. I will throw her out of the pack early in the morning. I don¡¯t want her near me. Can¡¯t you see what she did to us?¡± He asked with gritted teeth. ¡®She didn¡¯t do anything! It¡¯s you who did all these. Causing both of us pain!¡¯ His wolf snapped a t him. ¡°Can¡¯t you see she is no good for us! She even has a son from some roadside dog. She is not worth us!¡± Dominic growled and punched the nearby wall in anger. He didn¡¯t like his own words. ¡®You don¡¯t know that. Go to mate. We need her.¡¯ ¡°We already have a mate. We don¡¯t need that rogue. We already rejected her, so she is not our mate.¡± Dominic said with gritted teeth as the pain on his chest increased. After that he blocked his wolf from saying anything else. He punched on the wall once again in unreleased anger. ¡°I fucking hate you rogue!¡± He growled as his legs started to walk toward the door to go somewhere to find some peace. ¡°Ahh¡­¡± Athena got up with a groan to meet darkness. But before she could get the chance to panic, her eyes fell on the opened window from where beautiful moonlights wereing. That gave her a soothing feeling, almost made her forget everything until she remembered her son. ¡°Ace!¡± She whispered out loud and looked around the bed where she wasying to find itpletely empty. Her heart filled with panic. ¡°Anyone here? Suzy? Ace, my baby?¡± She called in a worried tone to only meet with silence. She understood that there was no one in the room. ¡°Where is my son? Oh goddess!¡± She panicked and just when she was going to get down from the bed, she saw a note by the bedside table. The bedsidemp was dimly lit. She hurriedly took the note and unfolded it. ¡®Athy, it¡¯s Suzy. Don¡¯t worry about Ace. He is with me andpletely fine. I will take care of him. You just take care of yourself. If you wake up in the middle of the night, instead of panicking and trying to look for him, try to go to sleep. You need to recover soon. Go to sleep. Goodnight.¡¯ She let out a sigh of relief after reading it. Then a thought struck her. She was still in the Crescent Mystery pack. She could feel his scent around. The next moment she felt a wave of pain on her stomach, making her bent down while clutching it. ¡°Ahh¡­ What¡¯s happening? Why didn¡¯t I recover still? Normally it takes a day. But it¡¯s still worse.¡± She asked her wolf while breathing hard to bear the pain which was unbearable. ¡®Maybe it¡¯s because we are near our mate who rejected us which weakened our power more. Ia m sorry, Athy. I can¡¯t do anything to help you.¡¯ Her wolf replied in a low tone. She was already weak and she became sadder after their interaction with their so-called mate. ¡°Why should it still matter? He rejected us and most probably he got a new mate already. Then why are we still affected?¡± Athena asked with gritted teeth, hating the suffering she was facing all because of that heartless monster. ¡®I don¡¯t know but I can still feel the mate bond. And it hurts seeing him behave like that with u s.¡¯ Her mate said and suddenly shut her off after that. She went back to her mind and no matter how much she tried to call her, she wouldn¡¯t respond. ¡°Fine, if his nearing is causing all the problems, I will just leave.¡± She gritted her teeth in anger and determination. She got up to go and find Ace before going on with her so-called n. Suddenly a very familiar mind blowing scent entered her nostrils, knocking her out of the sense. She got halted on her steps as the pain on her stomach intensified too much to stand straight. She whimpered in pain and just as she turned around to find some support, her legs slipped and she lost bnce. ¡°Ahhh!¡± She let out a loud shriek of panic knowing very well that she will now bleed to death. Chapter 7: His and her touches Chapter 7: His and her touches The world stopped for her when she opened her eyes and looked into the most alluring grey eyes. Only their erratic heartbeats were heard, nothing else. It looked like they even stopped breathing When Athena slipped, she expected to fall into the arms of the cold ground. Not into the arms o f her heartless ex mate. His strong arms were wrapped protectively around her slim waist while her hands were on his hard chest as they looked into each other¡¯s eyes. They were intoxicated by each other¡¯s scent. ¡°Do you always do what you are asked not to?¡± Dominic suddenly spoke up with a nk look o n his face. He didn¡¯t know what he was doing here. He didn¡¯t know why he came here but he just came. He was supposed to go to a peaceful ce and find some peace there. Then why did his legs bring him here? To her. Being near her brought him anything but peace. She was the reason for his restlessness and messed up state. But there he was, with her in his arms. His words brought her back from the world of illusion she was in and she immediately tried to get away from him. But he didn¡¯t let her do that, instead tightened his hold around her. She red at him. ¡°I don¡¯t know, try me!¡± She snarled as she tried to get away from him once again. ¡°Stand still.¡± Hemanded in a cold tone, earning a scoff from her. ¡°Get away from me!¡± She shouted and tried to get free from his hold but he wasn¡¯t budging. She tried to free his hands, push him on the chest to create distance but nothing was working. She suddenly winced in pain after getting poked on the stomach by her own elbow. She closed her eyes tight and shut her lips to digest the pain and not show him any weakness. He looked a ther with a frown. ¡°If you had listened to me, this wouldn¡¯t have happened.¡± He scowled at her. ¡°If YOU had listened to me, this wouldn¡¯t have happened!¡± She snapped back at him instantly. ¡°Now leave me!¡± She demanded again but this time she didn¡¯t move much. She didn¡¯t want to make things worse for her. ¡°I left you already, don¡¯t you remember?¡± He said in a bitter tone, halting her movementpletely. She stopped and looked up at him in disbelief. ¡°How can I forget that? Can¡¯t you see I am carrying that memory still with every small wound? ¡°She said with watery eyes. She controlled the tears from rolling down with a lot of difficulty. He clenched his jaw hearing her. ¡°It¡¯s not like it mattered to you much. Look at you! You ran to new arms so fast. You have a son now.¡± He taunted while breathing hard. He was trying to show that he didn¡¯t care but it wasn¡¯t the truth. The thought of that made him want to burn the whole world. ¡°Yes, I have a son. He is my power, pride and reason for existence. Don¡¯t think you can use that against me to make me weak. Because his name gives me power.¡± She said with a fire in her eyes. The intensity was too much for him to keep looking at her. He moved his eyes away from her for a second before looking back at him. ¡°And if we are ying the game that way, then you are notgging behind as well. You have a Luna. How great is that!¡± She taunted with a smirk but her red eyes from tears said something entirely different. He was too strong-headed to read that. ¡°Oh, yeah, did you meet my Luna? Do you want to know who she is?¡± He asked with a smirk. Her blood boiled seeing his smirk but if only she knew that her blood would turn cold when she heard his next words. ¡°She is my second chance mate.¡± He announced with his chin held high. Her hands dropped which was holding his bicep dropped in shock. She looked at him in shock a s silence fell around them once again. ¡°S¡­ second chance ma¡­mate?¡± She asked in a shaky tone. He looked away from her as he didn¡¯t like the look she was having on her face. It might be the third raw expression he had seen on her face from the time he knew her. The second was when she talked to her son. And the first¡­ he forced himself to not think about that. ¡°Yes, second chance mate and I love her. I am proud to have her by my side unlike-¡­¡± He couldn¡¯t complete his sentence when shepleted it for him. ¡°Unlike me whom you hated and were ashamed of.¡± She whispered and couldn¡¯t hold the drop of tears any more. His jaw clenched as he eyed the drop of tears rolling down her cheeks. But before it could roll downpletely, she wiped it away. ¡°Good for you. I am happy the moon goddess didn¡¯t do injustice toward any of us. She blessed both of us with second chances.¡± She said with a fake smile which he couldn¡¯t read because his mind was stuck. ¡°What do you mean by second chances?¡± He asked with a deep frown while pulling her closer. ¡°What do you think I am talking about after seeing my son? Oh yeah, did you meet my son? His name is Ace. He is the sweetest chi-¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as his hold suddenly got tightened painfully around her arms. But she didn¡¯t show any reaction to that and instead looked at him with a sly smirk. ¡°Who is his father?¡± He asked with gritted teeth while ring at her hard. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. ¡°My second chance ma-¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she was pushed behind roughly. Her back side of the legs bumped with the bed and she fell on the bed with a thud. She let out a winch before clutching her stomach in pain. Her stitches reopened and blood started pouring again. He hovered over her as he pinned her on the bed with his hands on both sides of her head, ¡°What the hell is wrong with you?! Why do you keep giving me pain?!¡± She groaned as she bit her lips to stop the crying out of her. ¡°I give you pain?! What about you, huh? You destroyed my life. I was mated to a freaking rogue. Do you know how fucking hard that is for me?¡± He shouted at her face in rage. She let out a groan as she pushed on his chest once again. ¡°You are fucking crazy! How¡¯s that my fault that I am a rogue! Do you know how fucking hard i t is to be a rogue?¡± She shouted back. She was angry, beyond angry. What she felt for him at that moment after he med her was nothing but hatred. ¡°Don''t try to me it all on me!¡± He punched on the bed beside her head. She flinched at that ¡°Fine, I won¡¯t. Just stay the fuck away from me! I hate you! You already took away my healing ability. Stop hurting me more!¡± She cried out loud in pain and agony. He didn¡¯t reply to anything after that. He was breathing hard silently as he saw her struggle with breathing in pain. She started to lose consciousness again. He looked down at her stomach which was bandaged. He slowly raised his hands and opened the bandages. Then he kept his hand over the wound. He started caressing her stomach. But the moment he kept her hand there, she let out a loud cry in pain. He didn¡¯t remove his hands for some reason and surprisingly he saw the wound filling uppletely. But the process seemed to be too painful for her as with onest loud cry, she lost her consciousness. ¡°What about the pain you inflicted on me?¡± He whispered to her unconscious self while touching his chest and that¡¯s when he realised¡­It didn¡¯t hurt when she touched him there¡­¡ª THE NEXT MORNING 1 ¡°Mommy! Mommy! Mommy, wake up!¡± Athena felt a little weight on her stomach and heard the sweet voice which can make her day at any point of time. She immediately knew who it was. She opened her eyes to see the giggling face of her baby and a smile immediately came up on her face. ¡°Good morning, my sunshine!¡± Athena cheered while pulling him down on her chest and kissed him on his chubby cheeks. ¡°Good morning, mommy! You are finally awake. I missed you.¡± Ace said in his baby tone while hugging her and hiding his face on the crook of her neck. ¡°Aww, baby. I missed you too. Are you okay? Are you scared of¡­.what happened back home?¡± She asked cautiously to see if he remembers anything and if he does, how much. She doesn¡¯t want to risk her son¡¯s mental health. ¡°No, mommy! I wasn¡¯t scared at all. It was so exciting! Everyone was turning into big wolves! So cool! I want to turn into one too and scare all the bad people. I want to protect you like the very big ck wolf who saved us from the small mean wolf.¡± Ace said with a lot of excitement and sparkle in his beautiful eyes. Athena went silent after hearing him. She couldn¡¯t decide if she should be worried about her son¡¯s fascination with violence or be thinking of who this big ck wolf he was talking about. She wasn¡¯t stuck there for a long time as Suzanne interrupted her thoughts. ¡°Oh, no! Ace, what are you doing? Get off of mommy¡¯s stomach. She is hurt.¡± She eximed in worry. Ace looked at his mother with big widened eyes, making her heart melt. Athena stopped him before he could get down. ¡°Oh, no, no, baby. You don¡¯t need to get down. Mommy is absolutely fine.¡± She said with an assuring smile before sitting up with him in his arms. He clinged to her like a ko. ¡°What do you mean? You were bleeding profusely just a few hours ago. How can you be fine within a few hours? Let me see,¡± Suzanne eximed with a frown as she got inside the room and walked toward the bed. Athena went nk for a second thinking how she recovered so quickly. She remembers it very well. She didn¡¯t want to think about that at that moment. She just showed Suzanne her t and smooth white stomach which had no sign of scratch. ¡°How¡¯s it possible? I don¡¯t understand.¡± She said with a frown of confusion. ¡°We are werewolves, Suzy. It¡¯s normal.¡± Athena replied with a small shrug of her shoulders while caressing Ace¡¯s hair lovingly. ¡°It is normal unless you are re-¡­¡± Suzy couldn¡¯tplete her sentence because of a new voice in the room. ¡°Unless?¡± Nathan asked with a raised eyebrow as he stood by the door, not entering the room. Suzanne and Athena looked at each other for a brief second before Suzanne looked at him with a small smile. ¡°Nothing. Pleasee inside.¡± He walked inside after nodding at Athena with a small smile. ¡°Hello, Athena. How are you today?¡± He asked in a polite tone. She gave him a small smile back. ¡°I am absolutely fine. Thank you for asking.¡± ¡°Even though you say you are fine, you need to takeplete rest for a few days mo-¡­¡± Nathan started talking when Athena cut him off in the middle of his words. ¡°Oh, about that, I don¡¯t think that will be necessary as I am absolutely alright now. And also w e are going to leave today.¡± Athena said in a polite yet serious tone. Suzanne looked at her in shock. She and Nathan shared a look before Suzanne looked back at her. ¡°Athy, what are you talking about? What do you mean by you are going to leave? Where will you be going?¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone with a sad look on her face. Because she knew if Athena decided to do that, no one could stop her. ¡°You are not going to go anywhere, Athena. You are going to stay here.¡± Nathan said in a serious tone as well. ¡°No, no. It¡¯s okay. We will leave. We don¡¯t want to bother you anymore.¡± Athena said with a small smile. ¡°You are in the Crescent Mystery pack, Athena and only the Alpha had the power to decide it. So, don¡¯t tire yourself with all those thoughts and leave it on him.¡± Nathan said in a dismissive tone because he knew that nothing else is going to happen other than what Dominic decides. ¡°But- .¡± Athena was going to protest immediately when someone entered the room. Someone she least expected and someone she doesn¡¯t think she is going to like much. ¡°I would like to talk to her. Leave us alone everyone.¡± Chapter 8 Chapter 8 His orders and her threats ¡°I would like to talk to her. Leave us alone everyone, right now.¡± Everyone looked at the door and saw Stacey standing there with a polite smile on her face. Her chin was held up in pride and sophistication. She looked somewhat powerful. Athena wondered what was the source of her power. ¡°Good morning, Luna.¡± Nathan said in a neutral tone and received a small nod for Stacey. ¡± Luna, I am afraid you can¡¯t talk to her alone without the alpha¡¯s permission.¡± He added after that. His tone was serious. ¡°As the Luna of the pack, I get to decide with whom I will talk and how. So, leave.¡± Stacey said i n authority in her tone. Athena looked at her from head to toe with a judgemental look on her face. She likes to call herself a judgemental bitch but she is not guilty for that. It gives her a little power over the opposite person because most of the time she turns out to be right. Suzanne looked at Athena worriedly which she noticed. Athena nodded at her calmly before looking at Stacey. ¡°I am not a member of the pack. So, you are not my Luna. Do I get to decide if I want to talk or not?¡± Athena asked casually with a raised eyebrow. ¡°The least you can do is to show gratitude toward the pack by being a little bit respectful toward their Luna. Now you decide.¡± Stacey replied back smartly as well. She was trying to rub the fact that she was the ¡®Luna¡¯ again and again. Athena noticed that and she didn¡¯t like that. ¡°Suzy, can you please take Ace and feed him something while I show my gratitude toward¡¯ Luna¡¯?¡± Athena said with a little bit of taunt which everyone in the room could read. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°He can stay.¡± Stacey spoke up while looking at Ace with an intense look. As if she was trying to figure out something. ¡°I don¡¯t want him to stay and learn negativity. It¡¯s not good for him. Mother¡¯s care, you see.¡± Athena said with a way too sweet smile. Stacey looked at her with a nk face before looking away with crossed arm over her chest. After that Athena looked down at Ace who was still being a ko and looking up at her with big curious eyes. ¡°Baby, can you please go with aunt Suzy? Mommy will be back to you soon.¡± She said in a sweet tone. ¡°Do you promise?¡± Ace asked in a sad voice while tightening his hold around her. ¡°Yes, baby. I promise, my love.¡± Athena said before kissing both his cheeks lovingly. He kissed her back before Suzanne took him in her arms. ¡°Don¡¯t lose shit.¡± Suzanne whispered to her which everyone heard anyway. Freaking werewolf superpower! Athena smirked at her. After that Nathan and Suzanne left the room with Ace. Stacey closed the door behind her after they left before walking toward her with a serious expression on her face. She stopped just in front of Athena¡¯s bed and looked at her with a nk look on her face. Athena gave her a nk look as well. There was a cold silence which no one was trying to break. ¡°I am Stacey, the Luna of the Crescent Mystery pack.¡± Stacey broke the silence atst before forwarding her hand toward Athena for a handshake. ¡°Hello, Stacey. I am Athena. Nice to meet you.¡± Athena took her hand before giving her a firm shake. She was very calm andposed outside while the scene waspletely different for her wolf who was very restless and¡­ in fury. ¡°Everyone here calls me Luna only other than my mate, the Alpha, Dominic.¡± Stacey said with a small frown. ¡°Well, as I mentioned earlier, I do not belong here which doesn¡¯t make you my Luna as well. I think that¡¯s fair enough.¡± Athena said with a small smile. The smile said it clearly that she is not going to change her decision. Stacey didn¡¯t say anything after that as she started walking around. She walked toward the tool and brought it near the bed. She sat down in front of Athena before giving her a smile back as well. ¡°Fair enough.¡± She said with a small nod. ¡°By the way, what a beautiful child you have. He is very lovely.¡± Stacey said with a very polite smile. Way too sweet smile which Athena didn¡¯t like. She looked at her with a frown. ¡°Yes, he is a very sweet child until someone breaks his rules.¡± Athena replied with a smirk. Stacey looked at her with a raised eyebrow. ¡°His rules? How old is he to have rules? And what are the rules?¡± Stacey asked in an interesting tone. Stacey was behaving very friendly with Athena which she didn¡¯t like. She didn¡¯t know why but she just didn¡¯t. Her skin was burning with Stacey¡¯s every friendly and sweet words and smiles. ¡®God, can you throw her out of here already! Her voice is irritating me beyond limit.¡¯ Her wolf snapped in her mind, making her chuckle. Stacey looked at her with a questioning look before looking up at a frowning Stacey. ¡°Sorry for that, I just remembered one of his funny rules.¡± She said, ¡°He is two years old. And his first and most important rule is do not mess with his mommy.¡± She added with a smirk. ¡°Otherwise?¡± Stacey asked with a raised eyebrow. ¡°He is going to pull out all the hair of that person before glueing his or her lips.¡± Athena replied immediately, in a heartbeat. They both went silent and dead serious after that. Stacey felt like it was an indirect threat toward her but she shrugged it off byughing. ¡°Very funny, It¡¯s saddening that he doesn¡¯t have a father.¡± Stacey said with a small sigh. Athena frowned at her hearing that, ¡°Who told you that he doesn¡¯t have a father?¡± She asked in a displeasing tone. ¡°Oh, he does? Who is his father?¡± Stacey asked with a raised eyebrow. ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s any of your business, Stacey. It¡¯s my personal matter and I would like to keep it like that only.¡± Athena said in a tone. ¡°Don¡¯t take me wrong. I have heard that your mate rejected you. So, it¡¯s just general curiosity. If it''s from your mate or not.¡± Stacey said slowly and carefully. Athena¡¯s face went nk after hearing that. She remembered what happenedst night. She rememberedst night¡¯s lie and she was getting so angry at that moment that she decided to go with the lie only. To have a small satisfaction. ¡°He is from my second chance mate.¡± Athena stated in a nk tone. ¡®Second chance mate my a-..!¡¯ Athena blocked her sassy wolf before she couldplete her sentence. Stacey looked at her with a raised eyebrow but Athena could see a satisfaction and relief in her eyes. She couldn¡¯t understand what could be the reason. ¡°Did he reject you as well?¡± Stacey asked, unable to hold the curiosity. Athena was getting irritated by her questions. ¡°Why did youe here, Stacey? To know about my personal life for some gossip? I don¡¯t think that¡¯s what a Luna of a pack does.¡± Athena said in a strong tone with a nk look on her face. Stacey gave her a fake smile hearing that. She definitely didn¡¯t like the direct tone. ¡°I am the Luna. I know what I have to do and what not. The reason I havee here is to tell you something very clearly.¡± Stacey¡¯s facial expression suddenly changed from fake smile to real mean. ¡°What is it?¡± Athena asked with a frown. She didn¡¯t have good feelings about it. ¡°I have heard what happened to you in that pack. I am sorry for all this. But don¡¯t think this pack is going to be your knight in shining armour because at the end you are a rogue and we don¡¯t favour your kind at all.¡± Stacey said in a serious tone which was filled with a lot of negativity. Athena raised her right eyebrow after hearing that. ¡°We? As in who specifically?¡± Athena asked with a smirk. ¡°We, all of us. The whole pack. We don¡¯t like rogues and the alpha, my mate hates rogues from the core.¡± Stacey said with a lot of pride. ¡°No one knows that better than me.¡± Athena whispered under her breath with a clenched jaw. Even though Stacey was a wolf but she couldn¡¯t quite catch that. She looked at her with a frown. ¡°What did you just say?¡± She asked. ¡°Nothing.¡± Athena replied in a nk tone. ¡°Yeah, so what I was saying is you need to leave. The reason Dominic is letting you live here is you are sick. But now that you are okay, Dominic will throw you out like a used tissue paper. So, before that happens, I suggest you leave on your own.¡± Stacey said in a nk tone. Athena didn¡¯t know what she was trying to do here. Trying to act empathetic toward her or trying to rub it that she knew Dominic like no one else? But she didn¡¯t like the term Stacey used for her. ¡°I am not a used tissue paper. So, think of your phrases twice before using them on me the next time.¡± Athena said in a cold tone. ¡°And I don¡¯t want to stay here either. I will leave right away.¡± She snarled before getting down from the bed in a sh but she didn¡¯t even take a step forward when she was stopped. ¡°Who said you can leave?¡± Dominic¡¯s cold and intimidating tone made both of them look at the door. There was Dominic, standing by the door with his eyes fixed on Athena, making her squirm as she remembered what happenedst night. She felt his touch on her stomach still. ¡°Dominic, what are you saying? Do you know that she is a rogue?¡± Stacey asked with a frown a s she walked toward Dominic and touched his hand. Athena looked at the ce where she touched him and unknowingly her hands fisted by her sides. ¡°I know.¡± ¡°Then why¡­?¡± Stacey couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when Athena spoke up. ¡°Whatever, I am not bound to listen to you, Mr Alpha. I am leaving and that¡¯s final.¡± She said in a cold tone, her coldness seemed to be deeper than usual this time. ¡°Don¡¯t lure me to lock you in the cell, little rogue. Trust me, nothing can stop me from doing so. And you can forget about seeing your son there.¡± He threatened her in a ¡®no joke¡¯ tone, making her fume. ¡°Don¡¯t even think of that! I will fucking kill anyone who tries to take my son away from me!¡± She let out a loud growl. Her wolf was trying to take over. She was so pissed by the thought of living without her son. ¡°Now go to have breakfast if you don¡¯t want that to happen. We will discuss thingster.¡± Dominic said in a final tone before leaving after ring at Athena onest time. Hepletely ignored Athena¡¯s words which frustrated her beyond limit. She stormed off the room after him in anger, not wanting to stay with Stacey in one room for another second. She wants to talk to Suzanne and understand what¡¯s happening. Now that was only Stacey who was in the room. Her hands were fisted and she was fuming as she kept ring at the spot where Athena was standing a while ago. ¡°It is weird, why does he want to keep a rogue she-wolf in, even though she has no mate but has a son?¡± Chapter 9: Upsetting Ace Chapter 9: Upsetting Ace "Athy! Come here! We are here!" Athena heard Suzanne¡¯s voice from her left while she was wandering off mindlessly. She was trying to catch Ace¡¯s scent to find him and Suzanne. Suzanne was sitting on the breakfast table with unknown faces. Ace was sitting between Nathan and another man, surprisingly not with o r beside Suzanne. She walked toward the table with a cold look on her face, trying to present herself as unapproachable. There were two unknown faces with Suzanne, Nathan and Ace. "Ace." She called him, who was busy giggling at something the other man was saying. He looked up as soon as he heard her voice and gave him a big smile. "Mommy!" He eximed loudly in happiness before standing up on his chair and jumped on i t. "I love it here so much!" N?velDrama.Org (C) content. He eximed with a p, making her shocked.She looked at Suzanne who was giving her a worried look. Suzanne knew that something was wrong. But she didn¡¯t know what. Something was keeping Athena on the edge. "Ace,e with me.We are leaving." She said in a nk tone before forwarding her hands toward him to take him. Suzanne stood up from her chair after hearing her.She looked at Athena with a deep frown. "What do you mean by leaving?" She asked in confusion and displeasure. "Mommy, we are not leaving from here.I love it here so much.I don¡¯t like home at all.I don¡¯t want to go back there." Ace said in a shaky tone. He was going to cry soon.He was trying hard to keep it in.So cute! "Ace,e with mommy." She didn¡¯t want to have this conversation with her two years old baby boy.It¡¯s tooplicated. So, she ignored his words and tried to take him again but he stepped away. "No! Tell me we are not going back home.I don¡¯t want to go there." He couldn¡¯t keep his tears anymore and a few big fat tears rolled down his chubby cheeks. Everyone was silent and were watching the scene silently. They didn¡¯t want to interrupt the mother son duo even though they had things to say in the situation. Athena let out a sigh seeing her precious little baby cry.She hates to see tears in his eyes but for some reason he got that gene from her.She is someone who is super sensitive. Though she learnt to control it over the years. But her son! Bless him! "Baby, please don¡¯t cry.We are not going back there.Are you happy?" She asked with a small smile, Her statement didn¡¯t only make him happy but everyone else on the table let out a sigh of relief as well, "Really? You are the best, mommy! So, that means we can stay here!" Ace eximed in happiness before pping his hands again in happiness, Nathan held his legs with a small smile. He is afraid that Ace will fall off with all the jumps. "We are not going back home doesn¡¯t mean we are going to stay here, baby." Athena said with a small sigh, worrying everyone again. "I want to stay here, mommy!" Ace shouted in anger. "Ace, we are not staying here.We are going to live somewhere more beautiful and fun.Come with me now." She said patiently but Ace wasn¡¯t having it. He got down from the chair suddenly and looked up at his mom with a big frown on his cute face. "Ace is angry with you, mommy! You don¡¯t love Ace at all! Ace is going away!" He shouted at her before running away somewhere even before she could stop him.He always uses his own name to narrate things if he is angry. "Ace! Stop!" She shouted behind him and was going to run behind him when Suzanne stopped her. "Don¡¯t go behind him now.He is angry and you need to calm down as well." Suzanne said in a serious tone. "What are you saying?! He is a child.What if he gets lost here?" Athena eximed in a worried tone before trying to go after him again. "Don¡¯t worry, he will be fine.I mind linked one of the maids to look after him." Nathan said as he looked up at Athena. She scoffed at him. "You might not know but I don¡¯t trust my son with maids." She snapped. "And you might not know but Crescent Mystery Pack¡¯s maids are different from Shadow Eclipse packs." He retorted back immediately. "The tree is enough to say how the fruits are gonna be!" She snapped back again while fuming.She meant Dominic by the tree and his pack members are the fruits.She knows how cruel and heartless he is.So, she doesn¡¯t expect much from his pack members. Nathan obviously got the hint and didn¡¯t like what she said about Dominic.But he kept quiet for Suzanne¡¯s sake.But there were two more people on the table. One man and one woman. The man spoke up against Athena. "You can¡¯t talk like this about us while standing on our territory.None of us is going to ept that." The man dered in a hard tone. Athena frowned at him but before she could say something, Suzanne interrupted. "Justin, please don¡¯t mind her.She is not like this usually.She is just in a bad mood.Please excuse us for a moment." Suzanne quickly exined before pulling Athena with her to a side. They were away from anyone¡¯s earshot. "What¡¯s wrong with you, Athy? Did you leave all your never ending patience in that shit hole o r what? Why are you on edge so much?" Suzanne asked with a frown. She never imagined that there would be a time when she would say Athena that.She always used to comin about her patience toward those pathetic people and their inhumanity. But here she kept losing them at every single person, including her lovely son! Something is up for sure! "Nothing is wrong with me, Suzanne.I just don¡¯t want to stay in this pack.I want to leave and that¡¯s final." Athena stated while fuming. She felt so restless at that moment.She felt like her fucked up life just got messier.She couldn¡¯t bear that man¡¯s presence around her for a second.She felt like his presence, his scent was burning her flesh while making her senseless at the same time. "Why? What¡¯s wrong with the pack?" Suzanne asked with a frown. She was stubborn to know what¡¯s going on. "Nothing is wrong with the pack.It¡¯s the¡­ alpha of the pack who is the root of everything." Athena said in a low tone, not wanting anyone to hear her and create a new drama. "Alpha Dominic? Why? What did he do?" Suzanne asked in confusion.She agrees that he was a little bit rude and cold but he still went there to save Athena on her request.She can¡¯t imagine what would have happened if he hadn¡¯t reached there on time. "Can you imagine what would have happened if he hadn¡¯t saved you? Do you know he even got hurt when he went to save you?" Suzanne asked, trying to make sense with her. "I don¡¯t care.If you want me to thank him for saving me, I will do that but just because he saved me, doesn¡¯t mean he bought me.He doesn¡¯t have any right to keep me caged here.Do you know what he said? He said he is going to take away Ace from me if I don¡¯t stay here! How dare he?!" Athena let out a small growl. U She can let go of anything, she can ignore anything but that! No one! No one should dare to even think of that or she will make sure to make them regret. "Calm down, Athy.I know he is wrong to do that.But please ignore that.He is the Alpha.He is the strongest of this region and of all the leaders of four regions.God knows what he can do.Please don¡¯t mess with him." Suzanne tried to exin. But Athena wasn¡¯t having it. "I am not afraid of him, Suzy." She snarled. Suzanne let out a sigh after hearing that. "He is not asking for much, is he? Please stay here. Also, where are you going to go from here? Do you know that all the members of the shadow eclipse pack are furious at you, including Alpha Derrick? They are going to kill you the moment you step out of this pack. You can¡¯t risk Ace¡¯s life just because of your ego.Think smartly.You are safe here." Suzanne exined once more and that left Athena into thinking. Suzanne was right.She indeed didn¡¯t have any ce to go.She didn¡¯t even have money. The least she could manage was a hotel for a few days. What after that? She didn¡¯t think of that. And now that she thought of all these, she started to calm down slowly.She let out a few breaths. "Okay, fine.I am going to stay here.But only for a few days and away from the alpha.Not in his house or in the pack house.Can you talk to your mate and see if he can arrange a ce for me to stay somewhere else?" Athena asked Suzanne. Suzanne let out a sigh of relief. "Fine, I will talk to him.Come, let me introduce you to the other two people.I am sure you are going to like them." Suzanne said with a smile and they both started to walk back to the room. Athena sniffed the air once more. She was keeping track of Ace by his scent which is why she was still standing there.She can trace his scent from far along with his anger, happiness, nervousness and fear.She can smell new scents around him as well if no one blocks it. With assurance that he was safe, she walked inside the room with all eyes on her once again. ¡®Try to keep your mouth shut this time" Her wolf advised. "Guys, so sorry for earlier.Let me introduce you to my best friend." Suzanne said in a cheerful tone as soon as they neared the table. Everyone waited for her to continue. "Guys, this is Athena, my best friend.The strongest, bravest and most caring person in the world.The best mother as well for Ace.And Athena, you already met my mate, Nathan.He is the beta of this pack.This is Justin, the Gamma of the pack as in the third inmand and that¡¯s Patricia, his mate." She introduced everyone. Everyone else waved their hands toward Athena except Justin who had a grumpy look on. "Hello, everyone.Hello, Nathan and Patricia.And Justin? I apologise for my previous behaviour.I wasn¡¯t in my right mind.Hope you can let that go and we can start fresh.Nice to meet you all." Athena said in a very calm and collected tone, sounding really mature and almost like a leader. Justin was a little taken aback by her apology as he wasn¡¯t expecting that from her after the attitude she showed. Patricia gave him a small nudge to bring him back from his thoughts. He turned away from Athena and looked elsewhere with an awkward look on her face. "Okay, I ept your apology.Just because of Ace.I love that sweet little buddy.He is the most adorable thing I have ever seen on this." Justin gushed in happiness, making everyone chuckle. Athena smiled a little because there was no doubt in that. "That¡¯s so true, Athena.He is so adorable.I am in love with him already.You raised him so well.I wonder whom he has taken after? You or his father?" Patricia asked in curiosity. "Me.He is my son.So, he obviously took after me." Athena answered a little too fast. Even though her question was really general and harmless, Athena knew she asked it very innocently as well but she didn¡¯t like the question. She didn¡¯t show it though but her answer was a little too abrupt. "So cute! It¡¯s nice to meet you, Athena.Hope you can be great friends." Patricia said with a polite smile. Athena felt a little guilty for behaving like a brat in front of them. "I hope the same, Patricia." She offered her a small smile "Okay, guys.Now I have something important to talk to you all about." Suzanne suddenly spoke up in a serious tone and Athena knew what it was about. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Ace¡¯s superhero Ace ran upstairs without knowing any way of course. He wasn¡¯t even seeing where he was running as his eyes were filled with tears. He ran to the third floor of the building and kept running through the hallway with his small legs. He didn¡¯t have the intention to stop as he wanted to hide far away from his mommy. He was really angry at mommy this time. He wasn¡¯t going to forgive her easily this time. His chains of thoughts were cut short when his small leg got stuck with the carpet and he was going to face nt the floor. ¡°Mommy!¡± He let out a cry in fear as he waited for the pain to hit him. But that didn¡¯te. He had his eyes still closed when he realised that he wasn¡¯t on the ground anymore. He was held up on the air. ¡°Mommy, don¡¯t think I am going to forgive you just because you saved me. I am very angry.¡± He bbered out, trying to sound angry. His eyes were still closed. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Why are you angry with your mommy?¡± Ace quickly opened his eyes hearing a new voice which didn¡¯t belong to his mom. The moment she opened his eyes, his eyes met with a pair of grey eyes which he is never going to forget ever. ¡°You are the superhero!¡± Ace eximed in astonishment as soon as he recognised the person who was holding him. Dominic looked at the toddler in his hands with a frown. He was holding Ace like he was a wasted diaper. The third floor of the pack house belonged to him. No one has the permission t oe in here without his permission. He was annoyed to find his little boy running around in his corridor. He was going to scold him when he saw him falling. He ran toward him in full speed to save him from falling and before he could say something, the boy opened his mouth. His adorable words took away all his heart from scolding him. ¡°Superhero?¡± Dominic asked in confusion while pulling him in his arms. Till now he was holding him away. He started to walk toward his room with him. ¡°Yes, you are my superhero! I want to be like you! So strong! So brave!¡± Ace eximed in excitement while looking at Dominic with sparkling eyes. This situation was quite awkward for Dominic. He has been called a lot of things before. Heartless, rude, cruel, cold-hearted but a superhero? That¡¯s somethingpletely new and caught him off guard. ¡°H¡­how? How am I a superhero?¡± This little boy got him stammering. What the hell?! ¡°You saved my mommy so bravely from that big mean wolf. You were so brave and so big than that mean wolf. So strong, I want to be strong and brave as well to protect my mommy just like that always.¡± Ace said with a toothy grin. Dominic felt a pinch in his heart hearing the boy talking, He hated to think that this boy was Athena¡¯s son from someone else, But it was the truth, The boy looked exactly like Athena There is no doubt that he was her son. He didn¡¯t know what his attitude toward this little boy should be. ¡°Your mom needs protection?¡± He asked,ing out of the thoughts. Ace¡¯s face fell after he heard the question. ¡°Yes, the bad guy is always after mommy. Even though my mommy is the bravest of all, I still want to protect her. Because she is the loveliest and best mommy in the world.¡± Ace said with a lot of determination in his little eyes. Dominic got inside his room with Ace in his arms. He closed the door behind him and walked toward the bed. He set Ace on the bed and kneeled down in front of him. ¡°Okay, if your mommy is the loveliest and best, why are you angry with her?¡± Dominic asked with a raised eyebrow. He surprised himself at that moment. He didn¡¯t know he could be so patient and handle a baby so well. Even though he was still awkward around him, he at the same time felt sofortable around him. ¡®He is not your baby!¡¯ His wolf growled in his mind, pulling him back from his thoughts. Dominic¡¯s mind went nk as soon as the realisation hit him. ¡°Because mommy is going to take me back home. I don¡¯t want to go home. I want to stay here. But mommy doesn¡¯t like it here. That¡¯s why I am angry with mommy.¡± Ace said with a cute pout. ¡°Why don¡¯t you want to go home?¡± Dominic asked with a frown as he noticed the displeasure and sadness in his eyes when he talked about ¡®home¡¯. ¡°The home is not good. I hate it there. I am sure mommy doesn¡¯t like it there as well.¡± Ace said in a sad tone. ¡°Why don¡¯t you like it there?¡± Dominic asked patiently. ¡°Because all the people there are bad. They bully me and mommy. They make mommy do a lot of work and keep me away from her for the whole day. Here I slept on such a soft bed but there I had to sleep on the top of mommy while mommy had to sleep on the cold floor. They hurt mommy as well. Mommy often used to wear bandages. I don¡¯t want to go there, superhero.¡± Ace¡¯s voice quivered as his eyes filled with tears once again. Dominic felt his blood boiling hearing Ace.Cold floor? Bandages? Lots of work? What kind of life was she living there? He couldn¡¯t understand why he was feeling so much anger. ¡°Do you like it here, Ch¡­champ?¡± Dominic asked with a small hesitation. He remembers his name but for some reason he wanted to call him something special. Ace pped happily after getting a nickname from him. ¡°Yes, I like it very much here. But mommy doesn¡¯t. She wants to leave. That¡¯s why I am angry with mommy,¡± Ace said sadly as at the end he won¡¯t be able to stay without his mommy. ¡°So, it¡¯s final! If you want to stay here, you are going to stay here. No one can take you away from here.¡± Dominic said in a final tone, making Ace really happy. ¡°Yayy! Not even mommy?¡± He asked to be sure and Dominic¡¯s eyes darkened thinking that about his mommy. That woman is so stubborn! She is definitely going to give him a hard time and try to leave. But he is not going to let her leave, not until he figures everything out and knows what she is trying to hide. He knew she was trying to hide something. Her face and eyes said it all but he didn¡¯t know what. And until he knows that, he is going to keep her there. Even if that means threatening her or fulfilling his threats. ¡°Not even mommy, I promise.¡± Dominic said with determination as he looked down at the toddler who was the most carefree person in this whole world. If only he could be like him. ¡°Thank you, superhero! You are the best!¡± Ace eximed in sheer happiness before throwing his tiny hands around Dominic¡¯s neck. He hugged him. Dominic froze on the spot. He couldn¡¯t move or think properly. He was stuck. His breath was stuck and he didn¡¯t know what to do. His heart feltplete as the little boy hugged him tightly. He raised his hands, slowly to hug him back. His hands were shaking. He closed his eyes and just when he was going to touch him, the door mmed open. They both jumped away from each other. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare to touch him!!¡¯ ¡°So, is it possible to arrange a ce somewhere else for her to stay?¡± Suzanne asked in a sad tone while looking at Nathan, Justin and Patricia hopefully. ¡°What¡¯s wrong in staying in the pack house, Athena? If you don¡¯t mind me asking. I mean, we keep our guests here only. Upon that you are still in danger from the alpha of your previous pack. It¡¯s dangerous for you to stay outside of the pack house.¡± Justin exined. ¡°I understand. But the pack house belongs to the pack members only. I am not a pack member nor a guest. I am just a mere burden of this ce. For you guys. I don¡¯t want to trouble you guys more. Also, I won¡¯t befortable thinking how much I am troubling you guys. So, can you guys please arrange for a different ce for me?¡± Athena requested in a polite tone as she kept tracking Ace. He seemed to find something which is making him really happy. Must be some toy. She could feel his excitement and happiness. She felt happy as well thinking about him. Her little bundle of joy! ¡°We understand what you are trying to say, Athena. We really do. But you are forgetting something. We are not the decision makers. And the decision regarding you hasn¡¯t been made yet. It¡¯s in Dominic¡¯s hands. Only he has the right to decide where you are going to stay and all. If he decides that you stay here, we won¡¯t have anything to say. But if he decides otherwise. You can easilye and stay in my and Suzanne¡¯s house. It¡¯s a big house with only both of us. ¡± Nathan replied in his usual serious tone. ¡°You can stay with us too. It¡¯s the same for us. Only me and Justin. We will love to have you and Ace with us. On top of that our house is a little farther away from here than theirs. But in the end it¡¯s all in Dominic¡¯s hands.¡± Patricia said in a friendly tone. Athena let out a sigh after hearing that, she felt so annoyed hearing that Dominic is going to b e the decision maker. Whatever it is, she is never going to ept staying here. Never! ¡°Tha-¡­ Ahh!¡± Athena was going to thank them when she suddenly felt a strong wave of anxiety hit her, making her winch. Everyone looked at her in rm. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Athy?¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone. ¡°Ace¡­ Ace¡­ he is¡­ scared. I need to find him.¡± She eximed before standing up and running off somewhere to find her son. Everyone else followed her quickly. Was Ace in danger? Chapter 11: Their intentions Chapter 11: Their intentions "Don¡¯t you dare to touch him!" Ace gasped at the loud voice before hiding behind Dominic¡¯s back.He crouched down and turned himself into a small ball.He clutched Dominic¡¯s shirt tightly in his small fist. "Stacey? What the hell is this behaviour?" Dominic asked with a deep frown. He didn¡¯t like how Stacey just barged into his room, without his permission. On top of that she was acting as if she owned this ce. Her attitude was not eptable to him at all. "You think something is wrong with my behaviour? What are you doing?" Stacey asked with a mean frown as she invited herself in the room by herself and walked toward him. She stood in front of him with a clenched jaw and hardened eyes.She red at Ace which made him crouch some more. "Stacey! You are scaring him!" Dominic snapped at her in irritation while holding Ace¡¯s little hands assuringly. "What are you doing here with him, Dominic?" Stacey asked in irritation. "That¡¯s none of your business.What are you doing in my room without my permission?" He asked in a cold tone. He didn¡¯t like the interruption at all. "Exactly what I am talking about! It¡¯s your room.No one has the permission toe here, not even me and here you brought this rogue pup.Why?" She asked with a deep frown. Stacey couldn¡¯t take it anymore. At first she had to bear that woman¡¯s attitude and then Dominic¡¯s ignorance and now this stupid pup is taking space in Dominic¡¯s heart as well! This mother-son duo is getting on her nerves and it¡¯s been hardly one day. "Stacey, you are sounding ridiculous.He is hardly two years old and you arepeting with him?" Dominic asked as he was reaching the end of his patience. If only she wasn¡¯t, he would be Luna! "You can call it whatever you want but I don¡¯t want him here.Throw him out of the room right now." This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Stacey demanded while fuming.She couldn¡¯t bear him there another second. "What right do you have to order me that?" Dominic asked in an intimidating tone as he red at her. He didn¡¯t like the disrespect she was showing him. "I am the future Luna of this pack!" She said in a prideful tone with her chin held high. "And I am the Alpha of the pack.So, keep your tone and eyes both down while talking to me." He let out a small growl as the colour of his eyes flickered. Stacey looked at him in shock.It¡¯s the first time he used his alpha tone in her.It happened because of that stupid little rogue pup. She looked down at Ace who let out a whimper in fear after hearing his growl. He felt the negative energy. "Fine.If you don¡¯t throw him out of here, I will do the work!" Stacey dered with gritted teeth before forwarding her hand at Dominic¡¯s back where Ace was hiding. "Stacey, what a-..!" "I will break your hand if you dare to even think of touching him.I am not even kidding." Everyone turned around to see Athena standing there with her canines half out.Her wolf was half in control.She really wasn¡¯t joking when she said she would break Stacey¡¯s hands. Her mother instincts were high in alert and she can cross any limits to make her baby feel safe and protected "Mommy!" Ace eximed as soon as he saw his mommy standing at the door. He came out from Dominic¡¯s back in a sh before running toward her.He jumped in her open arms before hugging her tightly and hiding his face at the crook of her neck. "What did you just say?" Stacey asked with gritted teeth but for some reason she was trying to hold in her frustrations inside her. "Exactly what you heard." Athena said in a cold tone while ring at Stacey and Dominic. "Stay away from my son.I don¡¯t want YOU anywhere near my son.¡± Even though she was talking to Stacey, her eyes were on Dominic who was ring back at her as well. She turned around to leave the room with Ace after giving him onest look. "Did you just hear what she said?! How dare she! She is staying in my pack and dares to talk to me like that! Are you going to do anything about that?" Stacey snapped while fuming as she looked at Dominic for an answer. "Stacey, I don¡¯t know what¡¯s wrong with you but you are getting on my nerves.Please leave." He said as he closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose.He wouldn¡¯t have tolerated her for so long if it wasn¡¯t for¡­..! "Oh, now you find me irritating.Is it because of that rogue and her pup?" Stacey asked in a shaky tone as she looked up at him with teary eyes. "Stacey, calm down.Why are you getting so insecure over them? You are going to be my Luna i n a few days.You are not supposed to act like this." Dominic said in a tired tone. He didn¡¯t like what he just said but he said anyway. "You might be right.I am maybe looking too much into things but I can¡¯t help it, Dominic.I love you.I can¡¯t lose you.I am afraid of that.Please save me from this." She said in a soft tone as she stood really close to him.Her hands were holding his hands.She looked him in the eyes with hope. "How can I save you from something like this?" He asked in utter confusion while slowly trying to pull his hands back from her hold. Stacey noticed his tries but ignored it as she tightened her hold around his hands. "When is the ceremony of me taking up the role of Luna?" She asked, suddenly getting serious. He frowned hearing his question as he couldn¡¯t understand where it came from. "It¡¯s after two weeks.You know that." He answered. "Yes, I know.And I want you to make it after one week." She announced her demand in a strong voice, making him frown at her deeply, "After one week? Isn¡¯t that too soon? What¡¯s the hurry?"He asked, not liking the idea at all.He wouldn¡¯t have anyints if she demanded that two days ago. But things have changed now. With his rejected mate in front of his eyes, in his pack and with the crazy mate bond, it¡¯s 214 too much for Dominic. He needs time to sort things out with his rejected mate first before taking a step forward with Stacey, And one week is very little time to do that. But he can¡¯t say no to Stacey. That will ruin everything he worked for! "It¡¯s not soon, Dominic.Rather you have taken long enough to fulfil the promise.You need to make it happen after one week.Otherwise you know what I can make happen." Stacey said in a hard tone as she looked him in the eyes. His eyes darkened hearing her.He didn¡¯t like her attitude nor did his wolf.He let his wolf take control for a moment.His canines came out with his eyes turningpletely ck as he gripped her throat tightly.He let out a loud and scary growl. "How dare you threaten me?! Don¡¯t forget who I am.I am Dominic, the Alpha of Alphas¡¯ of this region! And you, a brat, think you can threaten me?"He asked and his voice echoed in the room as his wolf was talking as well. "D¡­do..Dominic¡­ yo¡­you are Hu¡­ hurting¡­me¡­" Stacey tried to free herself from his grip but he wasn¡¯t budging it. "What were you saying? You were talking about making something happen, right? Do you have any idea what I can make happen? I can fucking kill you right here for disrespecting me." He growled on her face before letting go of her throat.She fell on the ground immediately after that as she coughed out loud to get some air inside her lungs.She was breathing hard as she looked up at him with fearful eyes. "I¡­ I¡­am sorry, Dominic¡­ it¡¯s just¡­ I love you too much and I want to be yours as soon as possible.I don¡¯t want to lose you." Stacey cried while looking down on the floor. Dominic closed his eyes to gain control once again. He fisted his hands tightly to control his temper. "Fine, I am going to do that." He said in a cold tone. She looked up at him in surprise. "Going to do what?" She asked slowly while hoping it¡¯s what she understood. She stood back u p and looked at him hopefully. "You ceremony.It¡¯s exactly one week from now on." He announced in a cold tone.Her eyes sparkled in happiness as soon as she heard him but before she could celebrate that, he spoke u p again. "But I have one condition." She frowned hearing him. "What is it?" She asked. "You are not going to interfere in any of my business andpletely mind your own business till the ceremony." He stated. Even though she didn¡¯t like that idea, nevertheless she agreed because she was ready to do anything for the ceremony. "That I can do.Thank you, Dominic.I love you." She said with a happy smile and went forward to give him a kiss. But he stepped back with a dark look on his face. "Leave and next time knock and wait for my permission to get inside here." He said in a cold tone and turned around to leave for the bathroom. Stacey stood there with fisted hands as she kept looking at his retreating back.She did so much to get this man.She can wait for a few more days. Then he will be her and she will get everything else she wants. Just a few days more¡­ Chapter 12: His decision Chapter 12: His decision ¡°Any news, Nathan? Justin?¡± Dominic asked in his usual cold tone as he looked at his second and third inmands. ¡°No news till now.¡± Nathan spoke up with a small frown on his face as he fell into thoughts. ¡°Alpha Derrick is lying low. No threats or anything from them. They have been too silent.¡± Justin answered as it was his duty to keep a tab on what¡¯s happening around the packs. ¡°Try to gather enough proof against him and then I will call amunity meeting to put him down from the thrones. Because if he is really misusing his power by kidnapping and torturing people, he doesn¡¯t deserve that.¡± Dominic said in a cold tone while looking outside the window to the big forest. ¡°We can talk to Suzanne and Athena. I am sure what they have got to say is enough to throw him off the throne.¡± Justin suggested. ¡°Yeah, let them settle down a little bit and then we can talk to them.¡± Nathan replied. ¡°We can¡¯t let our guard down. Even though he doesn¡¯t stand a chance in front of us, he might attack Athena if he gets any chances.¡± He added after a few seconds. Dominic¡¯s expression changed as soon as he heard that. The thought of someone hurting her didn¡¯t sit well with him. No one can hurt her. No one! ¡®Why? Because only you got the right to do that?¡¯ His wolf snapped in his mind, stilling him. He clenched his jaw before blocking his wolf immediately before he could mess up his mind once again. ¡°Oh yes, from that I remembered, Dominic? Where is she and Ace going to stay? Can she live with me and Patricia? We both absolutely love Ace! He is the sweetest.¡± Justin gushed, making both the man frown. But before Dominic could say something, Nathan spoke up. ¡°Why would they stay with you instead of staying with us? They are going to stay with me and Suzanne. We both love that little buddy a lot and I am sure he likes me the best as well, instead of you.¡± Nathan said with a smirk. ¡°You are daydreaming, bro. He likes me the best!¡± Justin said with a smirk. Nathan was going t o retreat back when they both were cut off by Dominic¡¯s next words. ¡°You guys are so delusional and fighting for no reason. He likes me the best. I am his superhero.¡± Dominic said with a smirk. They both looked at him in shock. Their jaws dropped a s they looked at him with widened eyes. ¡°What¡­ What did you say? Superhero?¡± Nathan asked in disbelief. ¡°You talked to him?¡± Justin asked with the simr expression as Nathan. ¡°You got along with him?¡± ¡°Since when do you like kids?¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t scare him, did you?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t believe you!¡± They both started to banter, making Dominic smirk with triumph. He felt proud and somewhat ¡­ satisfied. He liked this feeling. He liked the feeling of being Ace¡¯s superhero. He liked the feeling of being one of the people whom Ace likes. How much he would have liked if he was his s¡­! ¡°He is such a sweet child, isn¡¯t he?¡± Justin sighed with a happy smile on his face. ¡°There is no doubt about that. But such a pity he is just a mere rogue.¡± Dominic said in a cold tone, masking his emotions. Nathan and Justin frowned hearing him. They shared a look with each other before looking back at him. ¡°Does that change anything, Dominic? He is just two years old.¡± Nathan stated with a frown. ¡°You can¡¯t me him for that as well where he clearly doesn¡¯t have any connections.¡± Justin added after him. ¡°But his mother can have connections. His¡­ father can have connections. So, he gets dragged into it automatically.¡± Dominic said with gritted teeth and clenched fist. ¡°No! He doesn¡¯t get dragged into this, Dominic! Tell me one thing. If you find out one day that his father or his father¡¯s father was the one who caused all those years ago, what are you going to do? Are you going to kill him?! ¡° Nathan asked with a frown ¡°What the fuck are you talking about?! I will fucking kill anyone who tries to hurt him!¡± Dominic shrieked out in shock and fury. Even the thought of something like that burned his skin. No one should even dare to touch Ace, not even him. He will kill everyone who ever thinks of hurting that little boy. He got really protective of him. And the scariest thing among all these is the fact that he was feeling such strong feelings for a boy whom he just met one time.What¡¯s wrong with him? ¡°Exactly the reaction I was expecting. You didn¡¯t disappoint us.¡± Nathan said with an appreciative smile. ¡°Yes. So, the thing we are saying is, you shouldn¡¯t me the whole n for something one person or one group of people did.¡± Justin said slowly and carefully, trying not to anger him. Dominic snarled at him angrily. ¡°So, you are saying that I forget everything and worship Ace and his mother and their whole. n?¡± He snapped with gritted teeth. That¡¯s never going to happen. He is never going to forget what happened to him. He is going to take his revenge. No matter what. No matter whatever steps he has to take. He is going to take his revenge at any cost. ¡°No one is saying that, Dominic,¡± Justin sighed with a stressful look on her face. ¡°Okay, look a t Nathan¡¯s mate, Suzanne, She turned out to be a rogue as well. But does that mean he can reject her?¡± Justin asked. ¡°No way! Never in a million years. I will never reject her. She is my life. The love of my life.¡± Nathan spoke with a strike of possessiveness and protectivity in his words. ¡°What are you trying to say?¡± Dominic asked with a deep frown and clenched jaw. For some reason, he didn¡¯t like what Justin just said. He felt as if that was a tight invisible p on his cheek. ¡°What we are trying to say is, what if your mate turns out to be a rogue as well? Can you reject her?¡± Nathan asked. Now that question was like pepper on his cut. They are asking if he can reject his rogue mate or not, while he has already rejected her years ago. They don¡¯t know that. No one knows that. No one knows that he found his mate years ago. No one knew that his mate was now roaming in front of his eyes. No one knows that and he wants it to stay like that only. ¡°Yes, I can. And I will reject her if that happens. I will reject her anyway, not because if she turns out to be a rogue. I have chosen my mate and Luna already, Stacey. And that¡¯s not going to change no matter what.¡± Dominic said emotionlessly with a cold tone. ¡°What are you saying, Dominic? Are you serious? I thought that was just an act!¡± Nathan eximed in shock and disbelief. They both looked at Dominic with frowns. ¡°Shh! The walls have ears too.¡± Dominic said in a cold tone. ¡°And no, it¡¯s not an act. I have decided to ept her as my Luna and mate and that¡¯s final.¡± He added in the same tone. ¡°Bullshit! You are not going to do that! She is not capable of that. Also, it wasn¡¯t in the n! It wasn¡¯t supposed to be like this.¡± Justin eximed in frustration. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°We cannot just use her as well. She doesn¡¯t deserve that. Also, I like her and I think she is very capable of that title. Nothing and no one can change my decision.¡± He stated nkly. They both let out groans of frustration. ¡°That¡¯s okay. If you are feeling guilty, we can drop the n. We won¡¯t use her. We will find some other ways. You don¡¯t have to ept her as Luna. It will be an injustice toward not only your real mate but also toward the pack. You can¡¯t do that.¡± Nathan tried to exin. He didn¡¯t like the idea of someone as arrogant as Stacey to be his Luna. ¡°I can do that. I am the alpha of the pack and you all are going to ept that. I don¡¯t want to talk anymore on this topic. You both start the preparation.¡± He ordered, making them confused. ¡°Preparation? For what?¡± Justin asked in confusion. ¡°For the ceremony where she will step up as Luna.¡± Dominic said, making them frown. ¡°But it still has times. Two more weeks.¡± Nathan spoke up in confusion. ¡°No, it¡¯s exactly after one week. So, start the preparation. I don¡¯t want any mistakes there. Now go.¡± He dismissed them, in a tone which meant no argument. ¡°You are crazy! Do whatever you want.¡± Nathan snapped at him before getting up from his chair and leaving the room, without staying there for another second. He is lucky that he is Dominic¡¯s best friend! ¡°You should think over this again.¡± Justin said in a low tone before turning around to leave as well, ¡°Justin, where is the rogue, Athena?¡± Chapter 13: His cousin’s nuts Chapter 13: His cousin¡¯s nuts ¡°That witch! I feel like pulling all her hair out!¡± Patricia huffed in anger as she cursed someone under her breath. ¡°I am so angry right now. How dare she behave like that with Ace! She scared my poor baby.¡± Suzanne said with a frown as well as she caressed Ace¡¯s face lovingly. ¡°Calm down, girls. He is okay now. Let him sleep for a few hours. He will bepletely fine.¡± Even though Athena acted like she was calmed down but in actuality she was burning in anger. Ace has just fallen asleep after crying for the past half an hour after they came out of that room. He was a little scared of the way Stacey behaved with him. ¡°He didn¡¯t eat well at breakfast. Should I ask the maid something for him and for you as well? You also haven¡¯t eaten anything since yesterday. Oh god! It¡¯s been more than one day. I will ask the maid to make something right away.¡± Patricia spoke up in a worried tone. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Oh, please don¡¯t stress over something like that. I am absolutely fine. You don¡¯t need to disturb anyone for me. I can cook for myself and Ace. He doesn¡¯t eat without my hands¡¯ cooked food.¡± Athena said with a small smile. ¡°Are you sure you can cook? You are really weak and just recovered from such a big wound.¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone. ¡°Trust me, I am fine. don¡¯t worry.¡± Athena said in an assuring tone. ¡°Patricia, can I use the kitchen?¡± She asked. ¡°Oh, sure. The maid must have prepared for lunch already. I will ask them to free the kitchen for thirty minutes for you.¡± Patricia said with a small smile before getting up to leave and do what she just said. ¡°Thank you. Please take care of him, I will make some food for him then.¡± Athena said to Suzanne before getting up as well. She kissed Ace¡¯s forehead lightly before leaving. After that she left the room behind Patricia. IN THE KITCHEN Athena stirred the soup absentmindedly as she kept thinking about how her life turned upside down just in two days. It came and stood at the birm of uncertainty again. Her life has always been uncertain as long a s she remembers. She won¡¯t say it was all rainbow after she was captured by Alpha Derrick. It was worse! But now it is the worst. She was so lost in thoughts that she didn¡¯t realise when her hand which was stirring the soup was dropping slowly. It was really close to touching the hot surface, burning herself when someone saved the day at the right moment. ¡°Hey, careful!¡± Someone eximed before pulling her away from the stove. She mmed on a hard chest and closed her eyes tightly. She was caught off guard by the sudden change of event. But the next moment her eyes widened as she realised that she was in someone¡¯s arms. She looked up at the person in shock before trying toe out of the embrace out of instinct. But the person¡¯s hold got tightened around her, not letting her move. ¡°Hey, stop moving!¡± The person spoke up and surprisingly enough, she listened to him and stopped moving. But not because she wanted to listen to him, she wanted to calm down a little. After that happened, she looked back up at the person with a deep frown. It was a man. He looked to be in his mid twenties. He has boyish features and it made him look younger with the yful smile on his lips. He had baby blue coloured eyes and dirty blonde hair. She is not going to lie but he was handsome. ¡°What are you doing? Leave me.¡± She spoke up in a cold tone. ¡°What is this attitude, sweetheart? I just saved you from hurting yourself. You could have burnt yourself. Did you realise that?¡± The man asked with a raised eyebrow. She frowned at him before understanding what he was saying. But she kept her expression neutral. ¡°Okay, whatever. So?¡± She asked in an emotionless tone. ¡°So, you should be a good girl and show me some gratitude.¡± He said with a smirk. ¡°Gratitude? How?¡± She asked with a raised eyebrow. She was amused by the man¡¯s attitude and wanted to see where this goes. ¡°Hmm¡­ maybe a kiss or your name will do the work as well, beautiful. I am Jake by the way.¡± He said with a smirk which was followed by a wink. She rolled her eyes at his poor attempt to impress her. ¡°Nice try, handsome. But it¡¯s not going to work on me. So, leave me right away or else I am going to kick where the sun doesn¡¯t shine. Don¡¯t test me, boy.¡± She threatened in a serious tone and tried to get away from him. But heughed and once again tightened his hold around her. Not letting her leave. ¡°Feisty? I like it. But you are not going anywhere until you give me a kiss.¡± He said with a smirk and forwards his face a little closer to her. She didn¡¯t like dragging the joke anymore no matter how handsome he was. He was clearly invading her personal space and no one has the right to do so. She didn¡¯t realise when his face came dangerously close to her. Her eyes widened the moment she saw that. She was going to keep her promise of kicking him in the nuts when suddenly she felt someone pulling him off her. That followed by a loud sound of something crashing on the floor with a thud. She let out a loud gasp as she looked at Jake with shock. He let out a groan at the impact. ¡°What the fuck is going on here?!¡± Dominic¡¯s furious tone boomed in the space of the kitchen but Athena was sure that the whole mansion heard him. ¡°What the hell, cousin? Why did you punch me?¡± Jake scowled at Dominic as he groaned once again while getting up from the floor. Athena couldn¡¯te out of the shock of what just happened before another shock was thrown at her. Jake and Dominic are cousins? Handsomeness runs in the genes here. ¡®It¡¯s not like you didn¡¯t know that.¡¯ Her wolf threw another sarcasticment, making her roll her eyes at her before pushing her back. ¡°Why were you hugging her, Jake? What was going on here before I came?¡± Dominic growled a s he shook in anger. Anyone could say that he was having a hard time controlling his wolf which badly wanted to rip someone¡¯s head off. ¡°You just ruined it, cousin! Just before you came here, this prettydy was going to give me a kiss and you freaking ruined the moment for us.¡± Jake said with a smirk as he winked at an irritated Athena. ¡°She was going to give you what?!¡± Dominic growled as his eyes zed golden. His wolf was a t the surface and his target was right just in front of him. ¡°I am pretty sure the only thing I said I was going to give you was a kick in the nuts.¡± Athena scowled at him. ¡°You seem pretty obsessed with my nuts. What¡¯s your intention?¡± Jake asked with a smirk. Her eyes widened for a second as her eyes fell on Dominic who was already giving her murderous re. Her expression suddenly changed and she put on a smirk. She looked at Jake with a really seductive look. She could already feel the rage radiating off of Dominic. It was raising goosebumps all over her body. But she was going to push his button and do what she decided. ¡°Why don¡¯t I show you my intention somewhere more private. Like your bedroom. I hope you know what I mean.¡± She said with a smirk and winked at him to add some more effects. She heard a pressed and threatening growl but she didn¡¯t look at him or acknowledged his presence. James was taken aback a little but decided to y along to see where it goes. ¡°Oh, I know, baby girl. What are you wai-.!¡± He couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when suddenly another hard punchnded square into his jaw. This time the force was ten times stronger which threw him almost ten feet away from where he was standing. ¡°I will fucking kill you if I ever see you anywhere near her!¡± Dominic growled before turning around to re at Athena who has a nk look on her face. ¡°Why did you ruin such a beautiful mom-..!¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence properly when she suddenly felt a harsh pull and before she knew it, she was thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes as he walked somewhere. ¡°What the fuck?!¡± Chapter 14. Chapter 14. That night and this kiss ¡°What the fuck are you doing?! Leave me! I said leave me, can¡¯t you fucking hear me!¡± Athena shouted and trashed around to get freed from his hold but her struggle was nothing in front o f his steel body. She punched on his pack hard while dangling upside down but he didn¡¯t even acknowledge that. He continued to climb up the stairs with her on his shoulder. She looked around for help but suddenly the whole pack house was empty. There wasn¡¯t any sign of soul. What the hell? He might have mindlinked everyone to leave until he orders. What the hell is his problem?! Athena couldn¡¯t handle him or his actions anymore. ¡°Put me do ¡­¡­.. Ouch!¡± She scowled as she was abruptly dropped on a bed. She didn¡¯t realise when they entered the room. She looked past him and saw that he even locked the door. What the hell?! When did that happen? She quickly came out of her useless thoughts and red at him who was already ring at her. He was breathing really hard as he tried to control his rage. But she didn¡¯t give a damn to anything at that moment. She stood up and gave him a hard push on the chest. ¡°What the fuck is your problem?! What kind of behaviour was this? And here you insult me by calling me a rogue, you monster!¡± She screamed at him as she gave her another push on the chest. She started to breathe hard as well. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. ¡°What were you doing with him?¡± He asked with gritted teeth,pletely ignoring his outburst. ¡°How is that your business?! Why do you care?¡± She asked with a deep frown. ¡°Stop pissing me off further and tell me! You were going to kiss him?!¡± He growled and his eyes turned ck. He was breathing so hard and his whole body was literally shaking in anger. But it seems like she wasn¡¯t in the mood to pay heed to his anger. ¡°I kiss him, hug him or fuck him! Why does it matter to you?!¡± She shouted in irritation, trying to push his button some more. He let out a thunderous growl and punched the wall beside, creating a hole there. ¡°I swear I am going to kill you both if I see you near him ever again! I fucking swear by the moon goddess. I don¡¯t fucking want you near him! Do you understand that?!¡± He shouted at the top of his voice. She looked at him with a frown,pletely unfazed by his threats. ¡°I have had enough of you. I can¡¯t tolerate you at all. It¡¯s just impossible for me. Your mere presence, your name and your goddamn scents burns my body every time. I hate you that much! I am done! I am leaving.¡± She shouted in one breath and with onest push on his chest, she tried to walk past him. She hardly took one step past him when she was suddenly yanked hard back to her previous pack with a steel grip on her right upper arm. It would have snapped like a dried leaf if she was a normal person. She hissed in pain before ring at him in fury. ¡°You fucking can¡¯t leave the room without my permission.¡± He growled in a low and intimidating tone, But she was too angry to care about that. ¡°Leave the room? I am leaving your fucking pack right this moment!¡± She snapped before freeing her now reddish arm from his grip and again tried to walk away. ¡°Don¡¯t you fucking dare!¡± He warned once again as he was reaching the end of his patience limit. He was already standing at the brim of it and onest push, he would pull the trigger. And she didn¡¯t make him wait for long. ¡°Oh, I will dare. Try me. What are you going to -¡­!¡± Just the moment she opened her mouth to challenge him like usual, he lost it. He pulled her back by the same upper arm before pushing her with force on the bed which was behind her. She didn¡¯t get the chance to react when he hovered over her like a hungry monster. Her heart started to beat erratically in nervousness of the moment but just the next moment her heart skipped a beat by his next set of reckless action. He mmed his lips on her while holding her hands tightly above her head. He caged her down completely by one of his legs over her lower part of body. He was kissing her roughly. Almost like a hungry animal. He wasn¡¯t stopping no matter how much she was struggling. He kissed her, bit her hard on the lips. She groaned in pain as she tasted the saltines of her own blood. But nothing mattered to the beast above her. She was helpless and powerless in front of him. She felt angry. Suddenly the anger took another turn and she started to kiss back. With the same intensity and force. She started to pour all her anger, frustration, hatred and everything else into that kiss as they both kept fighting for dominance in the kiss. She didn¡¯t realise when her hand rose and she unknowingly put her hand on his chest. Right above where his heart was, right above where his wound was. The moment she touched him there, he felt a sudden push which jerked him away from here. He let out a loud growl in pain a s he dropped on the bed, beside her. ¡°Ughhhh!¡± He clutched his chest in pain as he closed his eyes in agony. He felt as if someone burnt a hole o n his chest before pulling his heart out. It was so unbearable. He never felt this kind of pain all these years apart from the time when he got the wound. Whenever anyone touched him there, it was never this intense. So, what went wrong this time? He didn¡¯t feel it when she touched him there thest time. So, why now? ¡®Maybe this time she touched you with the same level of hatred like that day.¡¯ His wolf snarled at him. His words made Dominic close his eyes tightly thinking about the possibilities of that happening which was really high. ¡°I am not a fucking reusable tissue paper whom you can use whenever you want and toss away after you are done.¡± She shouted as she stood up from the bed in a sh. She red at him murderously while breathing hard. Trails or blood rolled down her chin. He stood up as well after the pain subsided a little. He already masked his emotions. No one will be able to say that he was in pain a few seconds ago. ¡°I didn¡¯t use you. Not now nor years ago.¡± He said in a cold and intimidating tone as he looked deep into her eyes. It was clear from the intensity in his eyes and voice that he was telling the truth but she was too furious to notice that. ¡°Then what the fuck are you doing?!¡± She screamed as she demanded for the answer. Even though he wanted to say something else, obviously his big fat ego had to make an entry a t the perfect time and ruin everything more. His eyes darkened as he looked at her with equal hatred. ¡°It¡¯s not using when you equally participated in this. You enjoyed it both times. That night, years ago and this kiss, both of it.¡± He taunted arrogantly. She looked at him in shock. She felt as if that was an invisible p on her face. The next moment, she felt as if her hand had a mind of its own as it raised andnded on his cheek hard. It all happened in a blink of an eye as the loud sound of the p echoed around the room. His face turnedpletely to the side and silence followed after the sound. ¡°Why the heck do you keep ruining my life and keep messing with me?! Stop it! Fucking stop i t! I can¡¯t take it anymore. I can¡¯t bear your sight. I¡­I hate you so much!¡± She screamed in agony as she felt truly messed up and confused at that moment. She felt like pulling her own hair. She caught his cor and shook him hard. ¡°I hate you!¡± She breathed out tiredly as tears rolled down her rosy cheeks. ¡°How dare you p me? Do you have any idea what I can do to you?¡± He asked with gritted teeth as he shook in anger. No one ever dares to even look at him while this woman! She keeps pushing his button and ying with her patience all the time. ¡°Oh, I know very well what you can do! The most you can do is make me feel cheap and low once again. Call me names like whore, slut and bitch like everyone else. And the least you can d o is kill me. Do it then!¡± She shouted in a challenging tone as she red into his eyes. There she goes again! ¡°Don¡¯t tter yourself so much. You think I am going to drop to your level and do all that? I a m not like you.¡± He said in a cold tone. ¡°Then what the hell do you want?! Just let me go.¡± She groaned in frustration while reaching the end of her patience and energy to do anything else. She suddenly started to feel lightheaded as she felt a wave of weakness push her hard. She was already weak and didn¡¯t have food for so long in her stomach. And all the events that took ce in less than twenty minutes, sucked all the remaining energy from her. She could feel herself losing connection from the world slowly as she tried to keep her senses open. ¡°There you go again. Trying to tter yourself. You think I am keeping you here because of some stupid theories you made up like ying with you or h h?¡± He asked arrogantly. She looked at him with a frown, trying hard to keep it together. ¡°Then?¡± She asked in a low tone. She didn¡¯t have the energy to shout or even talk. ¡°Because I want to keep an eye on you. After all, you are a thief. You have been here already for two days. Who knows what you stole and whom you passed it to. What if you stole some information and leaked it? I can¡¯t take the risk. That¡¯s why you are here and I am not going to let you go.¡± He gave his exnation which went above her head due to the weakness. But her mind was stuck in one ce. ¡®I am not going to let you go.¡¯ If only he meant it the other way. She shook that thought out of her mind before looking at him nkly. ¡°You think I came here to steal something here, right?¡± She asked as her eyes went more nk. ¡°Fine, then! I will stay wherever you want. But beware, if your ¡®mate¡¯ doesn¡¯t like that, I won¡¯t tolerate her. My tolerance toward brats is a little low.¡± She said in a strong tone, making her point very clear. The dizziness came again. ¡°Now stop wasting my time anymore and tell me where I am going to li-¡­.¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as she suddenly went limp in his awaiting arms. He saw her getting drowsy and immediately understood that it was supposed toe. He picked her up in bridal styl? after that before walking out of the room with a nk look on his face. ¡°You are going to stay in my house. Just like I said, I am not letting you go so easily.¡± He breathed out to her unconscious self as he walked to his destination. If only he really meant those.. Chapter 15: New maid Chapter 15: New maid ¡°Mommy! Mommy! Wake up! Look where we are! Mommy!¡± The familiar little hands shook Athena. She slowly started toe back to consciousness. She let out a groan as she opened her eyes and completely came back to her senses. Her head was sting. She slowly sat up. ¡°Ace, baby, can you please keep it low. Mommy¡¯s head is aching.¡± She said slowly and lovingly as she picked him up. She put him on herp and kissed him on the cheeks, making him giggle. But he listened to her and didn¡¯t say anything else. ¡°Of course your head will ache. You didn¡¯t have anything for so long and went to cook. Now look at what happened.¡± Suzanne said in a stern tone as she suddenly came out of nowhere with a tray filled with food. ¡°Suzy? What¡¯s going on? Where are we and what happened to me?¡± She asked in confusion as she tried to remember things but her mind hit nk space at that moment. ¡°You lost consciousness. Now we will talkter, first have this food.¡± Suzanne ordered as she pushed the tray toward her. ¡°Did Ace have the soup?¡± Athena asked before taking it. Even though there were too many foods which she won¡¯t be able to finish normally, at that moment she was too hungry. ¡°Yes, he did. Now can you please stop talking and have food?! Ace, baby, pleasee to aunt Suzy.¡± Suzanne said as she forwarded her hands to take him. Ace jumped to her arms and Athena started eating. ¡°Thank you so much, Suzy.¡± Athena thanked as she put the first morsel in her mouth and immediately let out a moan in rxation. She was really hungry. ¡°Athena, wait a second. I didn¡¯t notice it before.¡± Suzanne looked at Athena¡¯s face with squinted eyes, trying to take a good look at something. Athena frowned at her. ¡°What is it? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face? Food?¡± Athena asked as she tried to look down at her own face which wasn¡¯t really useful at all. So, atst she waited for Suzanne to answer her. ¡°What happened to your lips?! Why is it swollen? And¡­ It has a cut as well!¡± She asked in worry as she looked at Athena with a frown, waiting for her to answer. Athena¡¯s eyes widened as she quickly raised her hand to touch her lips and immediately let out a hiss in pain. It was cut badly for sure. She remembered how she got it and her blood boiled. She cursed her slow healing ability. Now what is she going to say to Suzanne? She quickly tried to look for an excuse. ¡°Oh, this¡­. When I was feeling dizzy, I slipped my bnce and fell somewhere. And that¡¯s how I got the cut.¡± Athena said with a small smile but she didn¡¯t look at Suzanne while saying so. Suzanne believed her without any second word because she never lies, Athena felt guilty for lying but she obviously couldn¡¯t tell her the truth. ¡°Mommy, look where we are! This house is so big and so beautiful! I love it so much!¡± Ace eximed in excitement as he looked around in awe. Athena looked around at her surroundings as well while chewing on the delicious food. It wasn¡¯t the pack house but a two story mansion. It was huge and so beautiful. She was on the living room¡¯s sofa and the living room was huge. There weren¡¯t any people around them. But she was having the familiar scent in the air which made her wolf purr. Her mate¡¯s scent¡­. Her ex mate¡¯s scent. ¡°Where are we?¡± Athena asked with a frown as she hoped it wasn¡¯t what she thought it was. ¡°You are in my mansion.¡± Athena heard his voice and immediately lost her appetite. But it wasn¡¯t the same case for her son who was really happy to see Dominic. ¡°Superhero!¡± Ace eximed in happiness and excitement before jumping down from Suzanne¡¯sp and running toward Dominic. Athena frowned at the scene in front of her which burnt her like nothing else. Dominic picked Ace up in his arms with a small smile as Ace kissed him on the cheek. She fisted her hands in anger as she couldn¡¯t bear it. ¡°Ace, get down ande to mommy.¡± She spoke up in a stern tone which upset him immediately. ¡°But mommy, I want to stay here, No one as strong as him ever picked me up.¡± Ace said with a pout. Even though his words were cute, they cut her heart and made it bleed. She understood that he was hinting at his father about whom he knew nothing about. ¡°You liked to be picked up by me?¡± Dominic asked in a soft tone which sounded foreign in his own ears. ¡°Very much.¡± Ace answered with a lot of eagerness which melted everyone¡¯s heart present in the room. ¡°Okay, I will pick you up more but for now why don¡¯t you go to the park and make some friends?¡± Dominic asked and Ace¡¯s eyes lit up immediately in happiness. ¡°Friends! I want to make new friends!¡± He eximed in excitement. ¡°Great, your aunt will take you there. Be a good boy.¡± Dominic said with care before dropping him down. He immediately ran toward Suzanne who picked him up again. Dominic looked at Suzanne coldly before signaling her to leave. She nodded at him before giving Athena a small look, she left the room with Ace. Now it was only both of them. She was looking at the nk space in front of her with a nk look on her face. She clearly felt his burning gaze on her but she didn¡¯t acknowledge it. She is never going to do that. Just a few hours ago they were fighting and she said that she didn¡¯t want to see his face. But now she was in his house. When will things start going in her way? ¡°Why aren¡¯t you eating?¡± He spoke up after a few more moments of silence. She looked up at him with a deep frown, He was standing five steps away from her with his hands folded above his chest. His muscles were flexing perfectly as he looked down at her with a serious expression on his face. His usual anger and hatred wasn¡¯t there. There was only a small frown on his face. ¡°I lost my appetite seeing your face.¡± She mumbled under her breath which he heard for sure. But before he could say something, she spoke up again. ¡°Why did you bring us here?¡± She asked in the same tone as him, serious and displeasing. But she held in her anger for that time. He let out a frustrated sigh before closing the distance between them in two long strides. He stood just in front of her which made her neck angle way too much to look at him. ¡°Finish the food and don¡¯t argue.¡± He ordered with a frown on his face as he pushed the te toward her. She pushed it back before scowling at him. ¡°By now you should have known that I am never going to listen to you. So, don¡¯t try it on me and tell me clearly. What do you want?¡± She asked in irritation. ¡°Why do you think I want something?¡± He asked with a deeper frown. ¡°I am not stupid, ex mate. Till a few hours ago you could care less if I die or not and here you are asking me to have my food while acting so civilised. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s a little cheap stunt to pull?¡± She asked with a frown because she didn¡¯t like this act of his. It¡¯s not like she liked his previous acts but acting like he cared before dropping a bomb was not eptable at all. ¡°Don¡¯t try to act smart with me, rogue.¡± He snapped with gritted teeth while still keeping his anger intact. ¡°Sure, alpha.¡± She rolled her eyes at him while still not touching the food. She really lost her appetite. But she was still hungry. ¡°Finish the food. Trust me you are going to need it. You are going to need a lot of energy.¡± He sneered at him before pushing the tray toward her once again. She yet again pushed it back with a scowl. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Need energy for what?¡± She asked with a frown and that¡¯s when a smirk came up on his face. The smirk was anything but good news. It screamed nothing but danger. He leaned a little toward her with his hands on both sides of her, on the sofa. He looked at her in the eyes with nothing but a passion to make her suffer. ¡°I have heard that you used to be a ve at your previous pack.¡± He stated and waited for a reaction or a response from her. But instead of getting any of that, her face went nk Completely nk. The emptiness in her eyes almost clenched his heart painfully. But he gulped it down. ¡°Yes, I was a ve there.¡± She replied. Her tone was void of any emotions. ¡°Well, that¡¯s what you deserve. So, don¡¯t make the mistake to think you deserve something better than that here. Don¡¯t expect too much.¡± He insulted in a dark and hurtful tone. But she didn¡¯t show any reaction other than fisting her hands into balls. She bit the skin inside her cheeks to say something which she will regret sayingter. Not because he might get angry but because she didn¡¯t want toe out as weak in front of him by reacting. ¡°Well, trust me I didn¡¯t expect much more than that from alphas like you and Derrick.¡± She sassily gave her answer which definitely pricked him badly. His eyes darkened and he grabbed her cheeks in a tight grip, ¡°How dare youpare me to him!¡± He growled in a low tone. ¡°It¡¯s notparing if you are the same, You both are nothing but egoistic monsters who like hurting people more than anything!¡± She snapped on his face, not afraid of him at all. Her eyes were literally spitting fire at him. ¡°Don¡¯t fuckingpare me with him! Do you get it?¡± He growled loudly as his face showed nothing but anger. He didn¡¯t like it. He didn¡¯t like herparing him to Derrick. Because he saw hatred and disgust in her eyes whenever she talked about alpha Derrick. And he couldn¡¯t ept the same from her. He just won¡¯t be able to handle it. The thought doesn¡¯t only make him mad but his wolf goes out of control as well. Even though he didn¡¯t do anything better, he still wasn¡¯t going to ept that. He was ready to even threaten her to change that if that helps. ¡°What the hell is happening here, Dominic?¡± They were lost in each other¡¯s eyes would be a wrong phrase to use at that moment even though their eyes were on each other. But they were busy ring at each other, nning each other¡¯s murder. But the voice broke that intense re and took their attention to it. Dominic stood up straight and looked at the entrance of the living room to find Stacey standing there. ¡°Stacey.¡± He acknowledged her presence with a nk look on his face. But the scowl on her face didn¡¯t change. ¡°What¡¯s happening here, Dominic? What is she doing here?¡± Stacey asked angrily while ring at Athena. But for some reason Athena smirked at her teasingly. It¡¯s too much fun to see Stacey pissed off. But her face fell the moment she heard Dominic. ¡°Stacey, baby, our house is so big. We need someone to clean it and from now on she is going t o do the work.¡± He dered with a smirk as he looked at Athena. Athena looked away from both of them. She put on her signature nk look. She was not going to give them the satisfaction by showing her emotions. On the other hand, Stacey was shocked would be an understatement. She was shocked because of two reasons. First, because of his sweetness. He never called her anything lovingly and secondly because he said ¡®our house¡¯ which didn¡¯t happen before ever. All these sounded too good to be true. But she is going to take what she got and smirked back at Athena. ¡°I know OUR house is big, baby. But it¡¯s our house. You know I don¡¯t like outsiders in our happy space.¡± She cooed while walking toward him and snuggling into his embrace. She smirked at Athena. ¡°You were telling me that you are bored alone here and you neededpany.¡± He simply stated. His eyes were on Athena all the time. He was waiting to see a reaction. Anything that might be. ¡°Oh, baby! I was talking about small Dominic or a small Stacey. Not a maid.¡± She said with a small chuckle as she faked a blush. That¡¯s when Dominic got what he wanted. A reaction, from Athena. Her eyes widened as a few reactions crossed her eyes before meeting him. He frowned in confusion as he tried to read them. But she quickly masked them. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, baby, you will get that soon. I want a small Dominic and a small Stacey as well.¡± He said with a smirk, in hope of getting a reaction from her. ¡°Thank you so much, baby. You made me so happy.¡± Stacey jumped in happiness before dropping a kiss on his lips just in front of Athena¡¯s eyes. She gulped down before looking away from the scene. ¡°Whatever. I will try to be happy with what I am getting at this moment. But there¡¯s a problem.¡± Stacey spoke up after a few seconds. ¡°What is it?¡± Dominic asked with a frown. ¡°I am going to visit dad for three days. I don¡¯t want to leave you here with her alone. It¡¯s not like I don¡¯t trust you but I don¡¯t trust her. After all she is a rogue and you know most of the rogue women are rogue¡­ whore.¡± Stacey said in displeasure as she looked at Athena with disgust. Athena gritted her teeth as she red hard at Stacey. Dominic looked at Athena in an instant a s he heard that. He didn¡¯t like what he heard. Even the thought of that made him feel like burning down the whole world. Why? He didn¡¯t know. Or more like he didn¡¯t want to know. He put a stop to his thoughts and looked down at Stacey. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will stay in the pack house till the time you are back.¡± He answered. ¡°Perfect, till then,e with me. I will give you all the lists of work you are going to do.¡± Stacey said with a smirk. Chapter 16: Father? Chapter 16: Father? "You are worrying too much, Athy.I am sure Nathan and Justin will take good care of Ace." Suzanne assured a restless Athena who had a frown on her face since the time they had left the house.She let out a sigh after hearing her. "I am not worried because of that, Suzy." She said as she continued walking slowly. They came to shop for things for Athena, Ace and Suzy. Athena and Ace don¡¯t have anything with them apart from what they were wearing. They definitely need things to live here. Even though Suzy brought her things from the Shadow Eclipse pack, Nathan doesn¡¯t want her to use any of them. So, he wants her to shop as well. But from the time they dragged Athena out of the house, she was wearing a frown. They didn¡¯t know what Dominic told her yet apart from the fact that she and Ace are going to stay in his house.How she wanted to stay far away from him! What an irony! "Then what is it, Athena? Do you really don¡®t like us and our pack? Is that why you are so stiff all the time? I know our alpha can be a little harsh and rude sometimes but he is the most responsible person you will ever meet." Patricia exined patiently. She didn¡¯t want Athena to have hard feelings toward them because she really liked her and wanted to be friends with her. But it¡¯s going to be really difficult if she and their alpha don¡¯t like each other. "Calm down, girls.You guys are worrying forpletely different reasons.Though it¡¯s true that I don¡¯t like your alpha but don¡¯t worry, it won¡¯t affect our friendship.Because he is well aware of my dislike toward him and he owns it.But it¡¯s not the case here." Athena said with a sigh. "Then what¡¯s the problem?" Patricia asked with a frown. Athena frowned once again as she thought why she was upset. "No offence, Patricia but I don¡¯t like your Luna as well." Athena said with great annoyance as they kept walking. She heard a scoff which made her look at her left to see that it came from Patricia. "None taken because that makes two of us one, Athena.Because I share the same feeling as you." Patricia said with a roll of her eyes. Dislike toward Stacey was clear in her eyes. Athena raised an eyebrow at that. "What¡¯s going on? I didn¡®t get the chance to meet her personally yet but now I have lost interest as well.So, if any of you can exin." Suzanne spoke up with a small frown. She didn¡¯t want to be the lost one in the conversation. "It¡¯s our future Luna.Her name is Stacey.We are talking about her.She is the meanest, rudest and the most unreasonable person ever in this world.Goddess knows what she thinks of herself but she is just a in stupid girl to me.Gosh! She irritates me so much! I feel like pulling all her hair out whenever she tries to order me something thinking she owns me! Stupid!" Patricia scowled as she fumed in frustration. "Uh, oh! I don¡¯t like her, wee me to the team." Suzanne scowled as well. "But why don¡¯t you like her, Athena? Did she do something to you? Tell me, I will give her a piece of my mind." Patricia frowned. "Don¡¯t worry about that, Patricia.You don¡¯t know Athena.She is not someone people can stomp over." Suzanne said with a smirk. "Interesting.But what¡¯s the problem then?" Patricia asked in confusion. "I am the alpha and the luna¡¯s new home maid."Athena spoke up in a nk tone.They both looked at her in shock. "You are what?!" Patricia and Suzanne eximed the same thing at the same time. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. They had frowns of displeasure on their faces. "Calm down, girls.It¡®s not a big deal.I don¡®t mind working but their intention is totally wrong.They think they can insult me by making me their maid.And that¡¯s what frustrates me.And to prove their logic, Stacey gave me a list of useless works.I can¡¯t believe her." Athena huffed in frustration. She worked a lot in the shadow eclipse pack but they were never useless like the ones Stacey assigned them. Maybe it¡¯s because there were too many actual works for them to be useless. "That bitch! Ugh! I am so irritated! Hope something happens and she doesn¡¯t show up at the party.And the ritual will be ruined and she will not be our Luna!" Patricia groaned. Suzanne and Athena looked at each other in confusion before looking back at her. "Party? Ritual? What are you talking about?" Suzanne asked on behalf of her and Athena. "Oh, you guys don¡¯t know? One weekter Stacey will have her ¡®taking up as the Luna¡¯ ceremony.It¡¯s going to be a big party.It was supposed to be after two weeks but the witch wants it to happen after one week.But if she misses the ritual, she will have to wait another six months for it.Without the ritual, she can¡¯t control uspletely.She won¡¯t have the effect of Luna¡¯ on us." Stacey exined, making them further confused. "If she is the alpha¡¯s mate, why does she need a ritual to have the power? Doesn¡¯t she get it automatically?" Suzanne asked with a frown. Athena looked confused as well. Because she remembers him saying that Stacey is his second chance mate. Then why is the ritual needed to get the power over the pack? "Well, we don¡¯t know that.I think I heard something about some witch and a curse.I don¡¯t really know.Dominic wouldn¡¯t tell anyone." Patricia said with a small shrug of her shoulders. "That¡¯s weird." Suzannemented. "I know but what¡¯s the most irritating thing is as the beta and gammady, we need to dress u p as well and be beside her all the time." Patricia scowled in irritation. "Ugh! I don¡®t mind dressing up but the second part sounds frustrating." Suzanne said in displeasure. "I know right.That¡¯s why we need to find a perfect dress as well.So, nowe and let¡¯s not waste any more time." Patricia said and started to pull her toward a dress shop. "You aren¡¯ting?" Suzanne asked Athena who kept standing in her previous ce. "Heck, I am not evening to that party.Why will I go to that shop? I will look for something for Ace while you shop for your dress." Athena said with a small smile. With a nod, they three parted ways. Athena was looking around a shop for a pair of shoes for Ace. As she didn¡¯t have any money, she had to take it from Nathan. But with a promise of returning it back to him as soon as possible.She let out a sigh thinking how she is going to pay him back. She doesn¡¯t have a job or doesn¡¯t know where to find any. Dominic is definitely not going to pay her and she is never in hell going to take money from him. So, she needs to think of ways to earn money to take care of herself. But what will she do? She let out a sigh and looked around. She thought of looking for a job in any of these shops as a seller or as a waitress in any of those caf¨¦s. Suddenly she stopped moving after feeling a constant stare at her back. It wasn¡¯t anything good. She frowned and looked around to look for the source of that stare. But the next moment she heard a familiar voice, a voice she hadn¡¯t heard for almost three years. And she knew who was causing the difort. "Long time no see, my dearest daughter." She turned around to look at the man standing in front of her. The man was in histe fifties. He had grey hair. The sick smirk on his face made him look ugly and dangerous along with the big scar on the left side of his face. Her face filled with fury and unexinable anger.She was having a hard time controlling her wolf.She wanted toe out and rip the head away from his neck.She gritted her teeth as she red at him. "What the hell are you doing here?" She snapped. But that didn¡®t have any effect on that man. He let out a humourless chuckle as he took a step toward her. "That¡¯s not how you treat your father, Athena.Did you forget all your manners which I taught you?" He asked in a taunting tone, increasing her temper some more. "Don¡¯t you feel ashamed of calling yourself a father? And what did you just say about teaching?! The most you taught me is how to sit¨C...!" She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as she felt disgusted to evenplete it. "Why did you stop? Complete it.Are you disgusted by what fed you for years? And why are you showing me this attitude, huh? Did you forget your identity? Let me remind you.You are a thief!" He eximed with a sudden fury in his eyes as well. "Shut up! Shut up before I rip your head off.And get lost.I don¡¯t want to see you in front of m e." She red at him as the colour of her eyes kept changing. He smirked seeing the anger in her. "Oh sure, I don¡¯t have time now anyway.But we will meet again.Soon.Because I know you will need me and I have a good mission for you as well." He said with a smirk as he turned around t o leave after wearing the hoodie to hide his face. "Don¡¯t you dare toe in front of me ever again if you don¡¯t want to die! And I will not be doing any mission for you! Did you hear me?!" She shouted in anger and fury as her bad past started to sh in front of her eyes, making her restless. "We will see, daughter.We will see." Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Chapter 17: Superhero¡¯s shoulder "Athy, did something happen while we were away?" Suzanne asked in a worried tone as they three walked back to the pack house. That¡¯s where Nathan and Justin were with Ace. Athena, who was lost in some thoughts, looked at her in confusion. "Nothing happened.Why did you ask?" She asked in confusion. She didn¡¯t want anyone to know about her past or to know about her interaction with her father.She didn¡¯t tell Suzanne and Patricia about it and nned to keep it to herself only. "Did you see the big frown you had on your face? And you have been really quiet since we met again after shopping.Are you sure everything is okay?" Patricia spoke up in a worried tone as she tried to read Athena.But she was quick to mask her emotions. "Oh, it¡®s nothing.I just hope Ace didn¡®t trouble Nathan and Justin much." Athena avoided answering the questions smartly as they all entered the pack house. "Don¡¯t worry, I am sure they have handled -¡­Well, HE handled him well." Patricia spoke up in a weird tone which made Athena frown at her. "He¡­who-...?" Athena couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as she turned around to look where both the girls were looking and got a big shock. Athena¡¯s heart stopped beating as she looked at the scene. Her fists became sweaty as her eyes stung with tears. In front of her was the most beautiful yet the most destructive scene was happening Ace was on Dominic¡¯s shoulder andughing as if he got the biggest cookie in the world. While there was a small smile at the corner of Dominic¡¯s lips as well as he ran around the room behind Nathan and Justin to catch them. Such a scene it is! Her heart clenched. The scene was so soulful.She has never seen Ace so happy and cheerful. He looks a lot healthy as well. In the past she had never seen him smile so much.He always used t o be gloomy or scared if she wasn¡¯t around. And when she was with him, he used to pour everything out before falling asleep. That¡®s it.But now he looks so bright.He doesn¡¯t look stuffed with emotions which he wants to pour in front of her in ten minutes when she returns.He looks free. She loves to see him like this.She hates to admit that it was mostly because of Dominic.She hates to see howfortable her son has gotten with that man.She hates it! She hates it so much! Suddenly, she felt an indescribable anger surge through her veins and she saw nothing but anger.She fisted her hands tightly as she stormed toward them.She snatched Ace away from Dominic¡¯s hands in a sh before ring at him deadly. "How dare you?!" She growled in anger as she took a step away from him. "Don¡¯t you understand things that were once said?" The room suddenly went silent. All theughter was gone and tension filled the roompletely. Suzanne looked at her worriedly as she quickly took Ace away from her as she didn¡¯t want him to be close to his angry mommy. While everyone else looked confused. Nathan and Justin came and stood beside both the girls as they watched the scene. "Lower your voice.Don¡¯t forget in front of whom you are standing." Dominic said in a low and intimidating tone as his eyes shed anger. "I don¡¯t care! How many times do I have to tell you to stay away from my son? Stay away from him! I don¡¯t want you near him! Don¡¯t you understand that?!" She shouted as she proceeded t o push him on the chest but he caught her hands at the right moment and twisted at her back. She felt a pull because of that as she bumped on his chest. She looked at him in shock "You can¡¯t talk to me like that." He red hard but there was something which was distracting him from concentrating on her.He was trying to figure it out as he frowned deeply at him. "You can¡¯t ignore my words as well!"She snapped back as she tried to release her hands from her grip. "Leave me!"She hissed in annoyance. "I can do that actually." He growled in a low tone as he red at her. His eyes darkened as he figured the thing out which was distracting him. It was a scent! A male¡¯s scent which was on her! "No, you can¡¯t!" She hissed once again in annoyance while ignoring his re. "Where were you?" He asked,pletely ignoring the conversation which was going on. The sudden possessiveness in his tone caught her off guard.She looked at him in confusion. "Shopping¡­? You know that.Don¡¯t try to change the subject." She scowled at him. "Who have you been with?" He asked, his tone getting dangerously low and intimidating. It was giving her chills as she looked at him in pure confusion. "What do you mean-...?" She hardlypleted her question when he suddenly picked her up and threw her over his shoulder in front of his friends.He walked toward the stairs taking long and angry strides.He was really angry. "What the hell is wrong with you?! What are you doing? Put me down! I said, put me down!" Athena shouted at him as she punched his back.It was no use. He didn¡¯t pay any heed to her words. Everyone gasped out loudly in shock but they knew better than interrupting an angry Dominic. They didn¡¯t even know what angered him. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. They could just me Athena for running her sharp mouth. After all she wouldn¡®t have been there in that situation if she had kept quiet. Right? While Ace looked at the scene with utmost excitement. He let out a giggle in happiness and that brought everyone out from the shock. Nathan and Justin quickly covered Ace¡¯s eyes who was enjoying the scene with a big smile. "Yay, now mommy is being carried on the superhero¡¯s shoulder!" Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Her shame and pride "What the hell are you doing?! Put me down! I said put¨C...!" She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she was suddenly thrown to the bed.She let out a shriek as she bounced on the bed.She was shocked would be an understatement after getting manhandled by him once again.She got up a little after putting her weight on her elbows and looked at him in shock. He was fuming in anger as he kept walking back and forth.His eyes kept changing colour as he tried to get control over his wolf. Finally his eyes settled with ck colours, letting her know that his wolf was in control but he was still pissed off. "What the hell was this?!" She eximed with a deep scowl, trying not to act affected by his anger. He suddenly looked at her with a re after hearing her which made her a little nervous but she masked it well. "Who? Who was it?" He asked with a low growl as he took slow yet intimidating steps toward her. She looked at him with a frown of confusion. "What are you talking about? I don¡®t understand." She said as she tried to sit up but the next moment she was pushed back down by a hard push.She looked at him in shock as he hovered over her with a dark look on his face. He caged her between his strong arms as sheid helplessly on the bed. His legs were on both sides of her body. "Don¡¯t try to y with me, rogue.Tell me who was the fucker? Who was it? Was it Ace¡¯s father?" He asked in a dangerous tone as his eyes shed golden again. "What are you talking about? What do you mean?! I really don¡¯t understand and you are irritating me so much by doing this.Leave me." She shouted in irritation as she tried to struggle to get free. But it was fruitless. He tightened his hold around her. "Stop acting! I can smell him! I can fucking smell a male wolf on you.Tell me who it was!" He growled as he punched the bed just beside her head. She jumped a little before looking at him with a confused frown. Slowly everything got clear to her.She finally understood what he was talking about. As a werewolf, an alpha, his senses are more sensitive than everyone else. On top of that he was her mate. Even though they shouldn¡®t be feeling all these mate bond things for each other anymore because he rejected her, they are still feeling it. And that¡®s why he must have smelt her father¡¯s scent on her and it¡®s uneptable by his wolf. "Why should it matter to you?" She asked in a nk tone as she looked him in the eyes. The emptiness in her eyes and the coldness in her tone have taken him back a little. "What do you mean?" He asked with a frown. "Why should it matter to you if I interact with a male or not? Why should it matter to you if I get close to a male or not? You rejected me, remember? It shouldn¡¯t matter to you, should it?" She asked in a challenging tone as she looked at his dark eyes. "What do you mean?" He asked in a dangerous tone which hid a warning to not mess with him. But at that moment, she was willing to y with fire. "I mean it shouldn¡¯t matter to you if I get close to a man.If I touch him, hug him, kiss him or fuck hi-¡­" This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she was cut off by his lips. He mmed his lips hard on hers, shocking her. She couldn¡¯t understand what was happening until he bit her lower lips ruthlessly.She let out a winch in pain and tried to push him away but he wasn¡¯t budging and kept kissing her ruthlessly. Kissing would be a wrong word to use at that moment. He was literally biting her lips.He bit her lower lips once again and it was so hard that she tasted her metallic blood once again. She let out a small cry in pain and he took that opportunity to inter his tongue inside.She groaned in displeasure and tried to push him away but he didn¡¯t stop. He kept kissing her hungrily while pouring all his anger into the kiss.He has gotten really aggressive as the thought of some other man around her made him see red only.He finally stopped only when he felt her not fighting anymore and tasted something salty through the kiss.He pulled himself back to see tears rolling down her eyes as she kept her beautiful eyes closed in tiredness and hatred. His heart clenched seeing that look on her face. She looked drained out and tired. He didn¡¯t like it at all and to think that he was the reason she was feeling like that, he felt like punching himself. He let out a groan in frustration before pulling himself away from her and sitting on the bed, with his face in his hands. "What¡¯s wrong with you?" She asked in a broken tone. "Do you find it funny and find satisfaction in tormenting me like this?" She added in an empty tone, stabbing his heart some more. He pulled his face away from his hands and looked at her with a messed up look on his face. "Listen-¡­" He tried to exin something but couldn¡®t as he couldn¡®t think of anything. His mind went nk and she took the opportunity to speak up again. "I am tired of your bipr behaviour.You won¡¯t let me go and at the same time you can¡¯t tolerate my presence.What do you want from me?" She shouted in despair as a few more tears left her eyes. He clenched his jaw tight seeing those tears. "Or, is it that you like to see me cry? You find satisfaction seeing my tears?" She asked and he looked at her with widened eyes. "No!" He eximed loudly as if the thought of her cries were extremely unbearable for him.He frowned immediately after that as his own behaviour surprised him. She let out a humourless chuckle as she set up as well. He looked at her with the same frown as she looked at him with an empty smile. "You are saying that you can¡¯t see me cry but that¡®s the only thing you have been doing since w e met.My life was fucked up as long as I can remember but I don¡®t remember crying ever.I was happy within myself before I met you no matter what the circumstances were.But see me now! You keep breaking me everyday and make me bleed tears.Why?" She asked in a broken and tired tone. Dominic felt goosebumps raising all over his body with the intensity of her words. "You won¡¯t understand! You can¡¯t understand what I had to go through, what I am going through.You won¡¯t understand that." He looked away from her and clenched his teeth to bear the sudden helplessness he was feeling. Suddenly her heart filled with anger as she heard him. How dare he say something like that to her! At first it was him who used her and tossed her like a tissue paper, then he rejected her for no good reason and now he is once again making her life a hell. But he still dares to me it all on her and acts like a victim! How dare he! "You are right.I don¡¯t understand you and I don¡¯t even want to understand an egoistic, heartless and selfish man like you." She shouted in anger and displease and got down from the bed.She was going to walk away from there when she suddenly felt a tug on her right wrist before it was twisted painfully behind her.She let out a winch where her back touched the wall with a small thud. She looked at him with a scowl and found him ring at her. His one hand was on the wall, beside her head while the other was behind her back. He was standing dangerously close to her. Their chest was touching as they both breathed heavily. "How dare you call me selfish?" He growled in anger. He could understand the first two adjectives she used for her but thest one didn¡¯t settle well with him. "Because that¡¯s what you are! A selfish monster! You only think of yourself.You even rejected me for your own selfish reason.You didn¡¯t for once think about me! But I would like to thank you for rejecting me and freeing me from the shame of being your mate.Because I wouldn¡¯t like to be partnered with someone like you!" She threw all the hateful things she could think of at that moment without caring for anything.She just wanted to free her chest which was filled with anger and she did that, without thinking of the consequences. "Shame.I promise to make you ashamed of your choice of words.You think I am a monster, right? Now I will show you what a real monster I am.You are going to regret everything you said." He said in a low and menacing tone which knocked a little sense into her head. "Wh...what do you mean?" She asked with a frown as she tried to get from his hold. She started to feel suffocation at that moment and the spark she was feeling because of his touches wasn¡¯t helping as well. "I am your shame and your son is your pride, right? Keep your close eyes on your pride before I demolish it." He said with a dark and dangerous look on his face before pulling himself away from her. Her face fell hearing him and at that moment she realised that she said too much. "No! You won¡¯t do anything to him! You will stay away from him and won¡¯t touch him.Do you understand me?" She shouted as she clutched his cors and shook him hard in frustration. He freed himself from her clutch before pushing her away from him. "There is a way to prevent that from happening." He suddenly spoke up with a nk face. His expression was manipting but she gave into it even after knowing everything. "What is it?" She asked in desperation. She was genuinely scared because she knew how heartless he could be when he wanted to. "You have to tell me who was the man whose scent you have on yourself and you have to make a promise." He said with a dark smirk as he once again got control over the situation. She looked at him in shock and disbelief. He was back to it once again?! But what was she going to answer him? She can¡¯t tell her that it was her father.He will create another problem because her father was a rogue as well but he was in his territory using magic.He always does that. It¡¯s going to be really problematic. So, she decided to lie. "It was no one.There were a lot of people in the mall today.I bumped into a man while I was trying to get past the crowd.That¡®s it." She said with confidence to sound as truthful as possible. She looked at him to see him looking at her with a small frown. As if he was deciding if he should believe her or not. But she didn¡¯t give him time to think over that as she spoke up once again. "What¡¯s the promise you are talking about?" "You have to stay away from any male.If I see you near any man in any position, I swear to finish him in front of your own eyes.And you know what I am going to do after that.So, tell m e, do you promise?" He asked in a heartless tone. She looked at him in shock and disbelief before anger filled her once again. "Fuck you, Dominic! You are unbelievable! I hate you." She shouted before running out of the room without replying to him. He was going to run after him but he stopped after realising something. His eyes widened and his heartbeat rose. She called him by his name for the first time! And he absolutely loved that and the thought of hearing her calling his name when she would bepletely under his mercy, rose a fire inside him. He wants to hear that again! Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Promise It¡¯s been two days since that It¡¯s been two days since Athenast saw Dominic. She couldn¡¯t exin if that was good or bad.She felt at peace and was jumpy at the same time.She felt as if he woulde out of nowhere any moment now and hurt her some more by his presence. Yes, she feels hurt whenever she sees him.She feels like he was there to rub salt on the cuts which he had given her. It hurts all the freaking time! It hurts so much! She let out a sigh as she forced herself out of his thoughts and concentrated on the work in hand. She was staying at his mansion and taking care of it. He has given off to all the maids. So, the big mansion is on her shoulder to clean and take care of. Currently she was cleaning the living room while Ace was with Suzanne and Patricia.She was s o lucky to have them as friends.She was really tired but she couldn¡¯t take a rest.She has to mop the floors and clean the bathroom today as well. "What are you doing?" She jumped hearing the sudden interruption. She put her hands over her chest before turning around to look at Suzanne with a frown. "You scared me!" She scowled at her. "Don¡¯t me me.You are a werewolf.Shouldn¡¯t you have been active enough to detect me long ago?" Suzanne asked with a frown as she took a seat on the couch. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. Athena let out a sigh and sat beside her. "Don¡¯t ask, My wolf has been restless and unresponsive for the past few days.Maybe she needs a run or being her usual grumpy self." Athena said with a small roll of her eyes making Suzanne chuckle. "Sounds like your wolf." She teased, earning a yful re from Athena. "Whatever.What are you doing here? Where is Ace?" Athena asked with a small frown. "Don¡®t worry.He is with Patricia and Justin.I thought ofing here to help you." Suzanne said with a small smile. Athena smiled as well. "Thank you, Suzanne.You did great bying here.I wanted to talk to you about something for a long time."Athena suddenly got serious, making Suzanne nervous.She looked at her with a small frown. "Sure, tell me.What is it? You look really worried about whatever it is.Tell me." Suzanne asked in a worried tone as she didn¡¯t want to see her best friend upset. Athena looked at Suzanne with a small frown, wondering if she should say this or not. But atst she let out a sigh and looked at her with a serious look. "It¡¯s about alpha Derrick" She slowly said and looked at Suzanne with careful expression. She noted Suzanne¡¯s expression changing rapidly at the mention of Alpha Derrick Her expression went from worried to nervous. And it made her think of something serious. "Wh¡­what about him?" Suzanne asked in a nervous tone as she looked at Athena with widened eyes. "He said something strange while cornering me with the bitches that day." Athena said with a frown as she tried to remember clearly what he said. "Wh¡­what did he say? What actually happened that day after I left?" Suzanne asked with a frown. She was getting nervous every second. Athena fisted her hands as she remembered what happened. "He was going to punish me for having a baby but no mate.He wanted to know who his father was and insulted me a lot.He said something like it was a pack rule to punish this kind of wolf and all.Did you know anything about this rule?" Athena asked and Suzanne nodded ¡®no¡¯ with a nk face. "No, I didn¡¯t know." Athena nodded at her with an understanding look. Before continuing again. "Yeah, but he said something like ¡®there was a reason¡¯ which was stopping him from punishing me with his so-called punishment.And the reason wasn¡¯t there anymore hence he attacked me that day.I wonder what could be the reason.Do you have any idea?" as she looked at Suzanne with careful eyes. "No¡­no¡­ I don¡¯t have any idea.Do you have any idea?" Suzanne stammered but didn¡¯t dare to look at her.She wanted to see if she had any idea of the thing Derrick was talking about. But apart from a confusing nervousness, there wasn¡¯t anything on her face. So, Athena thought Suzanne was just nervous by the name of Derrick. "Are there any chances that he was talking about you?" Athena asked in a careful tone as she presented her doubt. For some reason, she thought that it could be her. Because it was only Suzanne who left that day. And he said the reason he couldn¡¯t punish left, so she couldn¡¯t think of anything else other than that. "NO! Why would he be talking about me? Are you crazy? I don¡¯t have any idea what he was talking about." Suzanne defended herself as she looked at Athena with widened eyes. "Don¡¯t get me wrong, Suzy.I am sorry.I am just confused because he said¡­" She suddenly stopped talking and let out a sigh. "Forget it.I am sorry.I was just confused.But I think that¡¯s the past and we should move on from there."Athena said with a small smile. Suzanne smiled back at her nervously. "Yeah, we should.But I want a promise from you, Athy." Suzanne suddenly got serious. "Yeah? What is it?" Athena asked with a raised eyebrow. "You have to promise me that you won¡¯t leave this pack ever.You will not be stubborn to go anywhere.You are not safe outside.Can you promise me that?" She asked with a serious and hopeful look on her face. "Suzy¡­ I don¡¯t think I can promise you that.I have to leave someday.But I can promise you that I will always be safe and taken care of myself." Athena said with a small smile. "That will work for now." Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Chapter 20: Drunk "Goodnight, my little moonpie!" Athena kissed the forehead of Ace and caressed his face lovingly. She looked at his peaceful sleeping face and her heart filled with warmth.She smiled at him and felt all thefort in the world. How blessed she was to have him in her life! He is her world and she will do everything to protect him. Everything! With onest kiss, she got up from the bed and slowly walked out of the room after securing the windows and all. She didn¡¯t want to wake him up, so he slowly closed the door behind her.She let out a long sigh as she tried to loosen up her sore muscles.She worked a lot today but it still wasn¡¯t done.She has to wipe the bannister of the staircase. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Then maybe she will be able to rest a little. She doesn¡¯t have anyints about doing all the work. From childhood, she has learned to ept what life throws at her. Doesn¡¯t matter if it made her a thief or a ve.She is ready for everything. The only thing she wasn¡¯t ready for in her life was getting rejected by her mate. Even that happened and she couldn¡¯t do anything about it. So, why whine? She walked through the empty and dark corridor with a wiper. She wasn¡¯t afraid of being in that big mansion alone. Because it was the alpha¡¯s house and so no one will dare to attack here. With that thought, she starts to clean the bannister by the corridor while humming softly. Soon enough she was lost in her job and humming that she didn¡¯t realise the dark and dangerous pair of eyes looking at her from the dark But the owner of those eyes didn¡¯t stay there for long and slowly approached her with prederarting step. Athena¡¯s heart drops to her stomach when she suddenly feels someone touching her.She feels a cold hand around her waist but soon it finds its way inside her shirt and keeps it firmly on her warm stomach. As if it was trying to seek warmth from there. While another hand was around her neck as it held her from behind. The touches raised crazy goosebumps all over her body. Her whole body gets cold as all her senses go out the window. But before she could scream, she smelt the very familiar scent which was enough to calm her anxious mind and wolf down. "Shh¡­ don¡¯t let out a sound or I will kill you." She heard a gruff and cold voice and immediately recognised it. Her nerves calmed down some more as she let out a scoff instead of taking his words seriously. "What the hell-¡­.!" She started to speak with a look of irritation on her face but seldom she could finish her sentence when she was abruptly turned around. Her back touched the nearby wall with a thud as he pushed and pinned her there. "Shh¡­ when are you going to start listening to me?" Dominic asked with a deep scowl on his face as well as he looked intensely at her face. She looked back at him with simr intensity as they got lost into each other¡¯s eyes.She looked at him in confusion as his eyes didn¡¯t look like usual. Instead of those usual cold and dark eyes, his eyes were now filled with thousands of unexinable emotions. They made him look so tired and¡­. She couldn¡®t find the right word to exin it. But his state didn¡¯t let her show her anger toward him as well. "Do¡­ Dominic...¨C..." She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence yet again when her heart almost stopped beating as he shed a smile at her. That¡¯s the most beautiful thing she has ever seen other than her beautiful son. That smile reminded her of something very precious to her. "I love to hear my name from your mouth.Say it again." He demanded so politely yet authoritatively that she was stuck. It definitely wasn¡¯t him. It wasn¡¯t! No way that¡¯s the Dominic she knew! He was never like this! He never talked to her like this. Who was this person? She wondered as she looked at him with shocked and widened eyes. She was speechless. Her breath hitched when his hand which was inside her shirt went a little up. "D¡­ Dominic¡­!" She let out an unintentional moan and that was enough for him to m his lips on her and capture her sweet lips for a passionate kiss. At first she was shocked as her heart skipped a beat but soon she couldn¡¯t hold herself anymore. She kissed him back, with the same passion.She went on her tiptoes as the tsunami of butterflies in her stomach made her toes curl.She put her arms around his neck and tangled her fingers around his silky hair as they kept kissing like their lives depended on it. They both couldn¡¯t get enough of themselves until the need of oxygen knocked their senses and they pulled away. But he still didn¡®t stop there.He hid his face at the crook of her neck and left small kisses at the most sensitive spot of her neck, making her moan once again. But she forced herself toe back to senses and pushed him away with a lot of difficulty. He didn¡¯t leave her but looked at her with a scowl. "What is your problem?" He asked in irritation and was going to kiss her again but she moved her face away, earning a re from him. She red back "What the hell is your problem? What are you doing here? And are you drunk?" She asked with a deep scowl because she clearly tested alcohol in his mouth through the kiss. "What kind of stupid questions are these? Firstly, you are my problem.Secondly, what else will I be doing in my own house? Andst but not the least, are you dumb? Don¡¯t you know werewolves don¡¯t get drunk?" He asked with a frown as he tried to bnce himself. His legs were wobbly and eyes were open and unsteady.He was definitely drunk! "I am smart enough to know werewolves can get drunk if they drink too much.Now tell me how many gallons did you chuck down?" She asked with a small roll of her eyes as she red a t him. He looked confused after hearing that and he looked cute at that moment! "Really? I didn¡¯t know that."He said with a small pout, making the small corner of her lips rise in amusement. "How much did you drink?!" She asked again with a sigh. "Wait, let me count." He eximed in excitement as he started to count with a cute little frown on his face. "One bottle¡­ three bottles¡­ six bottles¡­ elev -¡­ ¡­ I don¡¯t feel good-..!" He couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when he suddenly emptied everything on the floor beside them by vomiting, making her shocked.It didn¡¯t fall on them thankfully. "Oh my god! Are you okay?" She asked in shock and worry. "Yeah, I am hungry!" Chapter 21 Chapter 21 ¡°Why you rejected me?" "I am hungry! Give me food!" Dominic stomped like a child as he threw tantrums like a child while sitting on the kitchen b. Athena who was stirring the soup gave him an irritated look.She had enough of him as he has been eating her head for thest thirty minutes. "Will you shut up and sit straight or should I walk away?!" She threatened with the spat holding in front of his face which sessfully intimidated him.He looked at her with widened eyes before shutting down. "Goddess, you are scary! Have you always been like this?" He mumbled under his breath which she heard and red at him once again. "No, since I have been destined to be your mate, I turned like this."She snapped while concentrating back on cooking. "Hey, don¡¯t make it sound like a bad thing.Girls are dying to be my mate." He snapped back. She red at him after hearing that but didn¡®t reply to him because it was going to lead to an unending banter. And she doesn¡¯t want to have that conversation with a drunk Dominic. Heck she doesn¡¯t want it with a sober Dominic as well! It¡¯s pointless now! "Whatever, you still didn¡®t tell me how much you drank to stand my presence this long?" She asked, changing the subject. "Why won¡¯t I be able to stand your presence? I love your scent." He said cheekily before taking a strand of her hair and sniffing it. She immediately stepped back away from him with a deep frown on her face. Her heart started beating loudly after that. "What are you doing? Are you that drunk to forget that you rejected me, that you hate me?" She asked with a thudded heart. She didn¡®t like him when he was drunk. But she wasn¡¯t a big fan of his sober self as well. "I...don¡®t...remember." He looked away from her as he grumbled under his breath. She frowned at him. But again decided to stay quiet. Goddess, she wanted to rest! After that they both went silent for a few moments. But he didn¡¯t stop disturbing her. He kept touching her hair, her hands and even tried to kiss her.He earned res everytime from her and a few times earned a few smack from here and there. "Why did you have to get drunk?!" She snapped in annoyance before turning off the gas and serving him the soup she made for him. "Why do you have to be a rogue?" He questioned back suddenly, stopping her from walking toward the dining table. She stopped and looked at him with a nk look. "How is that my fault? What do you know about me?! Do you even know anything about me? Do you know how much I have gone through all my life? And here you are talking as if it¡¯s my fault! How dare you?" She eximed in anger while fuming.She couldn¡¯t take it anymore.She was trying her best to not have any kind of conversation with him but that was enough. How could he say something like that?! He suddenly got down the kitchen b and took the bowl of soup from her before walking out of the room. She scowled at him before following after him while fuming. "You can¡¯t walk away just like this now! You started the conversation and you have to finish it! "She snapped at him but he once again ignored her as he sat down.He started to sip on the soup and let out a sigh of satisfaction as he tasted the soup. "So delicious, I wish I could have your handmade cooked foods everyday." He said with a smirk, earning a scowl for him. She was so frustrated at that moment that she didn¡¯t pay heed t o that. "What¡¯s wrong with you?! Answer me! How could you say something like that without knowing anything?" She asked with a deep frown. "I know enough, Athena.I know enough." He spoke up without looking up. She looked at him i n confusion.She didn¡¯t try to think about the fact that he called her by her name for the first time. "What do you mean? What do you know?" She asked as she tried to make sense of his words. "I know that you don¡¯t deserve to be my mate, rogue, after what you did.How can you stillin after that? After all, it¡®s you who didn¡¯t leave me any choices other than rejecting you." He said in a nk tone with a neutral expression on his face. It seems like he started toe back to his senses slowly. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. "What are you talking about? How can you reject me just because I was a rogue, Dominic? Also, you used me of something which I don¡¯t know anything about.How could you?" She asked in shock and confusion. "You don¡®t know? You don¡®t know what you did that night? Is it a fucking joke?" He raised his tone a little. It looks like he started to remember that night once again. "I don¡¯t fucking understand you! What are you talking about?! What did I do? Can you tell me that?" She asked in desperation and confusion. This one question haunted her for almost three years. She wants to know why he rejected her. What was her fault? She didn¡¯t deserve such a harsh punishment for something she didn¡¯t know. On top of that, she clearly remembers the way he treated her. How he insulted her and broke her heart into pieces. He destroyed her that day! "You tricked me, Athena.You tried to destroy me!" He growled before mming his hand on the table in anger. She looked at him in shock but before she could react he walked away.She quickly got up and followed him inside the living room to find him sleeping on the couch. How could he sleep so fast?! "Wait! Wake up! Tricked you? Tried to destroy you? How? What do you mean?! Tell me!" Why you rejected me? tried to wake him up but he didn¡¯t move. He was in deep slumber. She sat on the floor with confusion on her face. Till now she only knew that she was rejected just because she was a rogue and because she was a thief. Were there any more reasons? What was it? Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Chapter 22: Temperature "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING HERE?!" Athena woke up with a jump from her sleep and looked around in full alert. But the first thing that caught her eyes were the sleepy eyes of Dominic looking at her.She was lost in those beautiful orbs which are rarely this calm. They both were looking at each other that they forgot their environment and what was happening around. But another loud shout pulled them back to the world. "Stay away from my mate!" Stacey growled out once again as she red at Athena with murderous re. She was standing by the couch where Dominic was sleeping. Athena was on the floor. Yesterday night she fell asleep by putting her head on the couch only as she tried to figure out the past.She didn¡¯t realise when she dozed off with her head beside Dominic¡¯s. "Stacey, stop shouting.You are giving me a headache." Dominic groaned as he sat up straight. Athena also stood up quickly after that and put a great amount of distance between her and themselves.She put on a nk face immediately as she looked at them. "You are probably having a headache because of the hangover.I will bring something for that. "Saying that Athena was going to leave the ce immediately."You are not going anywhere! Stop right there!" Stacey shouted and stopped Athena at her ce. She just wanted to leave the ce as soon as possible because it was suddenly filled with negativity. "I told you not to shout, Stacey.Don¡¯t shout!" Dominic snapped in irritation as he rubbed his forehead and looked at Athena with a frown. "What is she doing here? And what hangover is she talking about?" Stacey asked furiously while spitting fire through her eyes at Athena. "I got drunk yesterday.She made me food and took care of my mess like the maid she is.Nothing else happened.But I don¡¯t know what she was doing near me," Dominic said in an emotionless tone as she looked at Athena with cold eyes. And there he is back again! Athena looked at him with shock. After the way he behaved yesterday night, she didn¡¯t like the way he was back to his previous self again.It¡®s not like he was still a jerk yesterday. But a better version of jerk. But now he was a harsh jerk.She takes back her words. She always wants him to be drunk. "Answer me, you worthless maid! What were you doing near him?! Were you taking advantage of him?" Stacey asked with her eyes shing golden. Her wolf was on the surface but that didn¡¯t worry Athena at all.She wasn¡¯t afraid of a brat wolf like Stacey. "Take advantage of him? Who is he? A baby like Ace?" Athena scoffed sassily with a small roll of her eyes and entertainment Dominic looked at her in a shock as soon as he heard her. Shepared him to her son. It wasn¡¯t right. Then why did it sound so right? He looked away from her while fuming. He suddenly felt a wave of anger pass through his body. "How dare youpare him with your worthless son?! He is the alpha of alpha¡¯s and what is your son?! Nothing! He doesn¡¯t even know who his father is!" Stacey shouted in anger. Athena clenched her jaw hearing that. "Don¡¯t go there.Don¡¯t drag my son here like this.It was my fault topare him with my son.Because obviously they didn¡¯t have any connection.It was truly a mistake." Athena said with gritted teeth while looking at Dominic with emotionless eyes. Dominic looked back at her once again with anger in his eyes. He doesn¡¯t seem to like her words once again. But that didn¡¯t matter to her. "Stop avoiding the question and fucking answer me what were you doing near him?" Stacey asked the same question once again while taking an intimidating step toward her. "He had a little temperature yesterday.I just wiped his face with cold water, that¡¯s it.I was very tired yesterday.That¡¯s why I didn¡¯t realise when I dozed off." Athena answered in a monotonous tone. "If you don¡¯t believe me, there is the bowl of water and the cloth I used to wipe his face." Athena said while pointing at the bowl on the tea table. Stacey and Dominic looked at that with a deep frown. They both looked confused. But Stacey¡¯s expression changed suddenly. And she looked at Dominic with a worried look before seating beside him. "Oh my god, Dominic. Are you okay? What happened to you?" She asked in a worried tone while touching his face in worry. But before she could touch him more, he caught her hand at the right time and pushed her hand away. She looked shocked and embarrassed but tried to cover it away with a worried look. "Yeah, I am fine." He answered in a nk tone when he remembered how he had the temperature.He looked confused by his state but he was more confused by Athena¡¯s care toward him. She took care of him while he did nothing but caused trouble for her yesterday. Let¡¯s not talk about what he did before that. But she still did so much. Why? ¡®She is our mate, asshole! And she is the reason why that happened to us yesterday" His wolf who was being very moody from the past few days snapped at him in his mind, making him frown. But he wasn¡¯t in the mood to reply to him, so he just simply blocked him at that moment. "Why did you suddenly have a temper?" She asked in confusion. Dominic immediately looked at Athena after hearing the question as he remembered his wolf¡¯s words. Athena looked back at him with a frown after feeling his eyes on her. She also wanted to know the reason. Becausest night his condition was really bad. He was shivering badly while sweating. All night he only calmed down when her hands were on him but the moment it was off, the restlessness was back and he used to start shivering again. "I had my heat yesterday."This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23: Suzanne¡¯s lie Suzanne had the duty of cleaning the elite group¡¯s floor that day.She was so tired to even move a muscle but she didn¡¯t have any options.She has toplete the task given to her otherwise she will get punishment. It was all very new to her. The work and the punishment. She was a free rogue wolf before who used to work hard to live her life.She was happy with that but it all changed suddenly when she was captured by the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack. He made her the ve of the pack along with her new friend, Athen. She is a lovely girl who was pregnant.She was her only friend and she was very caring. So, Suzanne also promised to herself to take care of her. Hence sometimes she does Athena¡¯s part of work as well. "What are you going to do about that new pregnant ve?" Suzanne stopped at her track after hearing that sentence.She looked around to find herself in front of the office room of the alpha¡¯s.She gulped in fear but didn¡¯t want to leave until she heard what they were talking about because they were talking about Athena.She quickly masked her scent and perked her ears to listen better. Her heart was beating loudly. "What else? I might need to kill her pup because I don¡¯t want to raise my enemy in my own pack.Who knows if that turns out to be an alpha¡®s pup? I don¡®t want to take risks." Suzanne heard Derrick¡¯s heartless words and her heart fell.She will never let that happen! "What about her? You don¡¯t know who she is either.If that pup belongs to an alpha, there are possibilities that she belongs to a high rank as well before she became a rogue." Suzanne heard another voice which she didn¡¯t quite recognize. "If that¡¯s the case I will kill her as well but I am going to enjoy her before that.Everytime I see her, I get hard down there." She heard Derrick¡¯s disgusting words and felt utter anger.She was so angry that she didn¡¯t realise what she did next. "You won¡¯t do anything like that!" She barged inside the room and announced that with confidence. There were two people in the room. The alpha and the beta. They both looked at her in shock before anger filled their features as well at her gut. They felt disrespected by her sudden interruption and the fact that she was eavesdropping angered them the most. "How dare youe here, you bitch! Do you wanna die?" Derrick growled at her while ring dangerously. His canines wereing out. It scared her but she didn¡¯t show it on her face. "You won¡¯t kill me because I know something which you would like to know." Suzanne said with her head held high. "What are you talking about, bitch?" The beta snarled furiously as well as he waited to hear her speak up. "Here you are talking about killing her but if you know who she is, the ground beneath you will shake up." Suzanne said with a powerful look on her face.She felt powerful at that moment when she saw the look on their faces. They were intimidated by her words, just the way she wanted. "What are you talking about?" "Who is she?" Derrick and his beta asked at the same time. Their eyes were filled with a little amount of fear. At that moment, Suzanne knew that she had them where she wanted them. Now she has to y her final card and they are going to leave Athena alone until they figure out how to get out of that hell hole. "She is the daughter of a very big alpha who can destroy you in a flick of his fingers." She dropped the bomb and waited for their reaction. Their eyes widened as soon as they heard her. "Wh¡­which alpha?" Derrick asked as he stood up from the chair he was seating on. "That¡¯s for me to know and you to wait to know when you dare to even touch her." Suzanne said with a smirk "She ran away from her pack because the pack is more ruthless than yours. But that doesn¡¯t mean her father let her go. He is still looking for her everywhere. The moment you do something to her, trust me it will take me a moment to reach the news to them and you decide what will happen to you next." Suzanne said with a small shrug of her shoulders, making them re at her. No matter how much they were intimidated by her words, they were still angry at her for scaring them like that. "Are you kidding with us?" The beta asked with a frown but Derrick was insulted and furious. "Do you think we are stupid, bitch? You think you cane and lie to us about anything and w e will believe you? That¡®s not going to happen!" Derrick said with a snarl. "If you don¡¯t believe me, you can bring a witch and smell her blood scent.You will smell the power in her blood and then you will believe me!" Suzanne challenged and that made them quiet. They couldn¡¯t beat the confidence in her tone. "We will call a witch but that doesn¡¯t mean she can still escape from being the ve of the pack.The time she is here, she has to do all the works as the ve and you too.She can¡¯t escape it nor can you." The beta announced while Derrick was too angry to say anything. "You guys won¡®t even touch her baby." She added that condition as well, making Derrick let out a growl in anger. "Deal! You can go now and if we ever find out again that you are eavesdropping, we will punish you so badly." Derrick announced in anger. "Agreed!" She said before turning around to leave the room. She was happy that she could stop them.She felt happy at that moment. But it is gone now. Suzanne¡®s le Only worry filled her at that moment and she didn¡¯t know how toe out.She has created a wave and she is getting entangled into it now. "SUZANNE!" She jumped at the loud voice and looked around in fear.She let out a sigh of relief when she saw the worried face of her mate. "You scared me, Nathan." She let out a small chuckle. "You scared me, Suzanne.I have been calling you for the past five minutes but you werepletely lost.As if you weren¡¯t here at all.Where were you lost?" Nathan asked with a frown.N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. "I was lost in some thoughts."Suzanne answered with a frown as well.She was deciding if she should share her worry with her mate or not. "What thoughts?" Nathan asked with the same frown but his tone got serious. "About Athena." Suzanne atst decided to share with him. Because at the end, she was his mate and they were supposed to share everything with each other. She trusted him enough to share this with him. "Athena? What about her?" Nathan asked with a confused frown. "I am worried for her." Suzanne let out a sigh as all the worry started to roam around her head once again. "Why? She is safe here, Suzanne." Nathan said with a frown as he couldn¡¯t think of any reason his mate was worried for Athena. "No, Nathan.She is not safe anywhere.Alpha Derrick is after her and he was attacked because o f her, so he is more angry at her." Suzanne said in a worried tone. Nathan frowned hearing her and got more confused than ever. "What?" "Did he use to torture her like that before as well?" He asked as he tried to connect some dots. "No." Suzanne answered with a sigh while predicting his next question already. "Then why did he suddenly attack her that day just after you left and why is he after her in the first ce?" He asked the same thing she thought he would ask. "He is a psychopath, Nathan.He had some stupid rules for pregnant wolf without mate and Athena was exactly than.On the other hand he had bad eyes on her.Also, he is after her for some motive as well which I don¡¯t know." Suzanne exined and Nathan was shocked hearing how bad Alpha Derrick was. They didn¡¯t have any idea about it for years. "That¡¯s terrible.But I don¡¯t understand.Why didn¡¯t he do anything to her all this year?" He asked the same question again. "That¡¯s because of me." Suzanne said with a guilty look on her face. Nathan¡¯s expression hardened as he started to make up theories in his mind about how she stopped Derrick "Did he do anything bad to you instead of Athena? Did he hurt you! I swear to god I will kill him if he does!" He let out a growl but she quickly held his hand to calm him down. "No, no! He didn¡®t do anything to me. Because I scared him badly." She said with a sheepish look on her, making him hell confused. "You scared him? You can hardly scare a fly.You scared him by what?" He asked with a frown. She looked at him with a nervous smile, making him look at her with a raised eyebrow. "Don¡¯t tell me you have some hidden power I don¡¯t know about?" He asked with a frown. "Nothing like that.I scared him with a half lie." She answered, catching himpletely off guard. "I didn¡¯t expect that at all.What lie did you say and how did he even believe you?" He asked in confusion. "Well he believed me because it was a half lie.The truth part covered the lie part." Suzanne said with a small smile. "I am really confused, Suzanne.Could you please exin things to me?" He asked. She let out a big sigh, preparing herself to let out everything and looked at him seriously. "Okay, there is a thing about Athena which I think even she is unaware of and that is where everything started from." Suzanne spoke up. "What is it?" He asked curiously. "That she carries some special blood." "Special blood? What do you mean? She is just a rogue, right?" He asked. "It¡¯s true that she was just a rogue but we, including her, don¡®t know how she became a rogue.She didn¡¯t share much about her past with me.But she carries a special blood.The blood of her smells power.She is unaware of that." Suzanne exined and Nathan looked at her in astonishment. He couldn¡¯t believe what he just heard. "That¡¯s unbelievable.And don¡¯t tell me you scared Alpha Derrick by using her ¡®unleashed power¡¯." He said and looked at her with widened eyes. "Oh I did but that¡¯s just the truth part and herees the lie part." She stopped as her expression changed to nervousness. "I am listening." He gave her a squinted look. "I told Alpha Derrick that her father is a very powerful and ruthless alpha and she ran away from her pack.Her father is looking for her and will destroy everyone who tries to hurt her.And thest and most important lie is, I said that I know who her father was and I will inform him if Derrick tries to hurt Athena." She said all of that in one breath and closed her eyes shut. She knew she would get lectured by her mate for lying about such a big thing. "Oh my goddess, Suzanne! That¡®s such a big lie.Do you realise your one lie pushed her to so much danger? If Athena is really powerful, Derrick will try everything to get the power from her if he gets the chance to capture her.He will torture her to death to know who her ¡®father¡¯ is about whom she knows nothing about." He eximed in frustration as he listed out all the possible dangers, making her more nervous than she already was. "I know that and that¡¯s why I am so worried.Do you understand me now?" She asked with a defeated look on her face. Her one lie can push Derrick to the end of his madness to get what he wants. She will never be able to forgive herself if anything happens to Athena because of her. "Okay, calm down.Nothing will happen to her.I will arrange security for her and I will also arrange training for both of you for some self-defence.But I am still confused about one thing." He said with a frown. She looked at him with nervousness. "What is it?" "How did he believe you? He isn¡®t that stupid to believe your words just like that." He spoke up with a frown. "Well, he obviously didn¡¯t believe my words just like that.He brought a witch to reveal the scent of her blood which he smelt and realised that I was telling the truth." She replied with a small shrug of her shoulders but that made him look at her with a deeper frown. "Now that led me to another question." He spoke up with a frown. "You said that was thest one." She pouted but nevertheless agreed to answer. "What is it?" "How did you know that her blood is special in the first ce?" He asked and she looked at him as if someone dropped some bomb at her. Her face paled and she looked at him in horror. She quickly changed her expression to normal before he could doubt something and looked at him in confusion. "I...uhh...I didn¡®t...know¡­ it¡¯s just she sometimes shows something unusual which makes me think that she might be special."She replied with a small smile without looking at him.He let out a sigh, believing her. "What will I do with you, my love? Do you realise what would have happened if she didn¡¯te out to be someone special? Oh my goodness!" He eximed but let go of everything after seeing the pout on her face. "I am sorry.I just had to do something to save her." She said with the pout. "Don¡®t do this again.I am happy that you both are okay.Nowe here and give me a kiss." He said and opened his arms wide to hug her. She immediately jumped to his opened arms and nted her lips on his lips without dy. "I love you." "I love you more." Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Athena¡¯s game with fire At the same time, the environment of Dominic¡¯s mansion was turning cold every passing second. Time was passing like ticking bomb and indeed Stacey was waiting to st out like a bomb. "I am going to go to my room to get freshened up.Send my breakfast to my room in less than thirty minutes.You won¡¯t like what I will do to you if it¡®s not there on time." Dominic spoke u p in his usual mean and cold tone as he red at Athena before standing up from the couch. Athena didn¡¯t say anything other than giving him one curt nod as they both looked at each other. He gave her onest look before walking toward the stairs to go to his room. Yesterday was a really bad day for him. He had his sudden heat and it was almost driving him crazy with her mind numbing scent lurking around.He wanted toe to her in a sh and take her then and there to get rid of that agonizing burn which was running past his body.He needed to have a wolf badly at that moment to calm himself down but for some reason he couldn¡¯t bring himself to even look at anyone else. Whenever he looked at anyone or closed his eyes, only Athena¡¯s face came to his mind, which made him go crazy.how much it was going to hurt her if he touched any woman in that state. She would have gone through a living and burning hell. That stopped him. He was angry at himself for that thought but at that moment he was out of control. At that moment he couldn¡¯t think of anything else other than going to the nearest bar and drinking until he had no strength left in his body to do anything or think straight. He had a personal bar at his house but he didn¡¯t evene here. But he was drunk, his mind brought him here only To her! "Fuck!" He cursed under his breath as he climbed up the stairs before getting out of both the women¡¯s eyes. They both heard him curse. The temperature of the room dropped some more as soon as he left. Stacey red at Athena hard but Athena tried her best to act normal.She was going to turn around to leave when she heard what she was praying she wouldn¡¯t. "Stop right there." Stacey spoke up in a cold voice. Athena closed her eyes and took some deep breaths to gain some patience before turning around to face her. "What is it, Stacey? Can you make it fast? You heard him.I don¡®t want to get into unnecessary trouble.I have to go and start making his breakfast." Athena said in a casual tone, showing a lot of disinterest on her face. Stacey gritted her teeth seeing her attitude.She walked toward Athena with her chin held high to show that she was the one who held power over the situation. But when it still did nothing t o intimidate Athena, she clenched her fist in anger. "Don¡¯t try to act too smart with me! Do you understand? And what do you think you are in theing for my 19 sa entorno ordenadores doing, huh?" Stacey snarled at Athena in a ruthless manner but Athena learnt how to be patient with brats over the years she stayed in the shadow eclipse pack. "First of all, I am smart and secondly, what do you think I am doing?" She asked in a calm and collected tone as she looked at Stacey causally. Her casualty irked Stacey to no limit. "You have started to show your colour already.Don¡®t think I can¡¯t see that." Stacey said in a mean tone. Now her riddled word confused Athena and she looked at her with a frown. "What are you talking about? What colour?" She asked in confusion. "You colour.Your whoring colour.You started your way to seduce my mate, my Dominic, to fall into your trap, right? But it won¡¯t happen.He will not fall for your low and cheap tactics.He has me! I will always be there to save him from cheap women like you." Stacey said in a ruthless tone. Athena felt her blood boiling as her wordsshed on her skin and burned her whole body. She clenched her jaw before looking at Stacey in the eyes. If she wants to y with fire, Athena looked as if she was ready to show how to y the game. "Oh, is that why you look so insecure and scared? That I might steal you little mate from you? "Athena asked with a smirk and looked at Stacey with a raised eyebrow. Her attitude changedpletely and it took Stacey back a little. "....I ¡­am not afraid.Why will I be afraid? And why am I going to be afraid of you? You are nothing but a shameless maid of mine." Stacey snapped while fuming as she tried to hold in her anger. "Are you sure you are not afraid? Because your face is saying something else.You look nervous.Is the fact that ¡®your¡¯ mate is showing interest in me making you nervous?" Athena asked with an evil smirk "No! He is not interested in you! He is my mate.He loves me!" Stacey screamed in frustration and anger. It looked like either she wanted to murder someone or cry. Athena was enjoying it so much. If only Suzanne was here, she would be so proud of her! "Ohe on! What¡¯s the point of lying to each other? We both know how men work.They don¡¯t love us women, they only lust after us.On the top of that, Dominic is the alpha of alpha¡¯s.He has power.He can get anything by the snap of his fingers.He can get the best of the best.Don¡¯t you think he will look for the better sooner orter?" She asked with a smirk while hinting to the fact that she was better than Stacey. She didn¡¯t have any interest in Dominic. Not at all! But if using him can get her the satisfaction she wanted by seeing Stacey¡¯s reaction, she was ready to do anything. Because that girl gets on her nerves more than anything. She wonders why. Is that because she was connected to her ex mate? She shook her head toe out of all those thoughts and looked at the matter in hand. Stacey. "Oh, you know him that much? I must say, you are right about one thing.Guess what?" Stacey asked with a smirk as she tried to get control over the situation again. "Enlighten me, please." Athena said with a smile, irritating her beyond limit. "I have known him for a long time, longer than you can imagine.We have known each other since childhood.And I know him very well.I know that he lost interest from passing things like you.So, even if he is interested in you right now, he is going to lose that very soon.It won¡¯t take him time to change his interest.He has always been like that." Stacey boosted like it was a really good thing and she was proud of that. Athena let out a humorlessugh hearing that, catching her off guard.She didn¡¯t even get the chance to celebrate her happiness as she looked at Athena with a deep frown. "Why are youughing?! Stop!" She shouted in anger and stomped the ground like a spoiled child. Athena immediately stoppedughing and took arge step toward Stacey.She stood really close to her. Her height was towering over Suzanne and the less space between them intimidated her a lot. Athena¡¯s face was void of any emotions as she looked dead in Stacey¡¯s eyes. "Then you really should be scared, sweetheart.Because I think it¡®s the time when he is losing interest in you." Athena said in an icy cold tone while looking deep into her eyes. Stacey¡¯s eyes widened. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Wh¡­what are you talking about? That¡®s not possible.He is never going to lose interest in me."She said while acting to be confident but her shaky voice gave away everything. "Oh, sweety! But his possessive kissst night said something else." Athena said with a wink, shocking Suzanne from the core. She was too shocked to say anything and Athena took that opportunity to step away from her. She smirked at her in victory before turning around to leave for the kitchen. She just conquered one battle now the war is left. Which is Dominic. Goddess! She needs to work her hands fast and make her breakfast fast. She doesn¡¯t want him to throw another tantrum. Only twenty minutes left! LATER THAT DAY "Are you okay, Dominic?" Nathan asked with a raised eyebrow as he looked at his all time grumpy friend. His grumpiness was more than usual today and that¡®s why he was trying to be careful with his words.He didn¡¯t want toe to Dominic¡¯s bad book when his mood was that bad, He didn¡¯t have a death wish. "I am fine.What will happen to me?" Dominic grumbled out as he furiously flipped through some pages of a file. Nathan doubts if he was reading a single word from that file. But who was going to tell him that? Not Nathan, that¡¯s for sure. "I am talking about what happened yesterday.You had your heat and you were dead drunk.I looked around to pay the bill just for a few seconds and when I turned around, you were gone.You even blocked your scent.Where did you go? Hopefully you didn¡®t do anything disastrous, did you?" Nathan asked in a worried tone and he knew how destructive his best friend can be when he is in his heat. Dominic gets extra dangerous whenever he is in his heat. Nathan couldn¡¯t understand the thinking things might be different for an alpha. Dominic went nk after hearing him. His mind went back to yesterday and he was having a hard time remembering what happened yesterday. He just remembered kissing Stacey in the hallway of his mansion before he threw everything up on the floor. Hopefully that was it, hopefully he didn¡¯t do anything else. "I went to my mansion and slept there." He answered curtly aftering out of his thoughts. "Your mansion? Aren¡¯t Athena and Ace there?" Nathan asked and immediately after hearing that, Dominic let out a sound of irritation. "Yeah, so? That¡¯s my mansion.Now that they are staying there, I can¡¯t even go there? Is that what you are saying?" He snapped at Nathan in irritation. Nathan looked at him with utter confusion. He couldn¡¯t understand what he said to trigger him that bad. It was just a small simple question. "Calm down, what did I say to get you this riled up? What I meant is, I hope you didn¡¯t disturb them.You see Athena has a lot going on already." Nathan said as he remembered his morning conversation with Suzanne. Dominic¡¯s features went on alert as soon as he heard that. "What do you mean?" He asked in a demanding tone as he eagerly waited for Nathan to speak up. "Oh, now that¡¯s something we can talk about." Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Chapter 25: Dominic¡¯s order "Oh, now that¡¯s something we can talk about." Nathan spoke up with a thoughtful look on his face as he thought over if he should discuss the thing about Athena with him or not. "What is it?" Dominic asked in a nk tone as he looked at Nathan with a serious look on her face. "I¡­uhh¡­ it¡¯s no¡­nothing¡­" Nathan hesitated as he was confused about if it would be appropriate to share it with Dominic. "You forgot to block your mind while thinking, Nathan." Dominic spoke up in an icy cold tone, making Nathan shocked. "What?!" Nathan eximed as he wasn¡¯t prepared for it now. He would have to share it all if Dominic uses his alpha power andmands him, he won¡¯t be able to refuse it. "What are you thinking about that woman? Tell me what it is!" Dominic demanded while trying to control his anger which was rising up. This anger wasn¡¯t because he heard Athena¡¯s name. It was because he heard Athena¡¯s name in Nathan¡¯s mind. He didn¡®t like it. Even the thought of any men near her started to bother him nowadays. What the hell is wrong with him! "If you really want to know about it, first you have to answer one of my questions." He knew how impulsive his friend can be when he is angry and the topic rogue triggers him to "What is it?" Dominic let out a small growl of impatience. "What do you feel about Athena?" Nathan asked with a frown as he looked at Dominic and waited for him to answer. "What do you mean?" Dominic asked in confusion and a little bit of shock as he wasn¡¯t prepared for this question. "The question was simple, Dominic.What do you feel about her?" Nathan stated in an emotionless tone. "I feel only hatred.Nothing else.Why are you even asking? Isn¡®t that obvious?" Dominic answered with a frown but he wasn¡®t looking at Nathan as he spoke up. Nathan noticed that "That¡¯s why I am asking.Your hatred toward her is too obvious.It almost looks as if it¡¯s not about your revenge.It looks like something else.What¡®s going on? Would you tell me that?" Nathan asked with a frown. He wasn¡¯t blind.He sees things.He isn¡¯t the beta of the pack for no reason. And he knew something was going on with his alpha aka best friend.He is on the edge way too much nowadays. Scanned with CamScanner Dominic looked irritated by Nathan¡¯s questions as he frowned at him. "If you don¡¯t want to tell me what it is, you don¡¯t have to.I don¡¯t want to hear.You can leave.Don¡¯t irritate me more." Dominic snapped before taking the file back in his hand as he started t o flip the pages again. "Okay, fine.Stop being grumpy.I will tell you.But you have to promise that you won¡¯t freak out." Nathan let out a sigh as he gave up atst. "Just tell me already."Dominic snapped. "Okay, fine.You were right, it was about Athena.I found out some interesting facts about her today morning from Suzanne.And I think you should know about it." Nathan started. "What facts? Is it about who¡¯s father of Ace? Or her second chance mate? Tell me about the danger you were talking about."Dominic asked in a little bit of a desperate manner and it surprised Nathan but what surprised him more was his question. "Her second chance mate? She has a second chance mate? What happened to her first mate and how do you know about it?"Nathan asked in confusion. Dominic looked at him with widened eyes when he realised that he messed up. "I uhh¡­ she told me that her first mate rejected her.And Ace was from her second chance mate.So, I was wondering if it was about that or not." Dominic slowly said while looking around. Nathan still had questions but he didn¡¯t ask that. "No, it wasn¡¯t about that.It was about what happened in her previous pack.You see, Derrick had a stupid rules where they punish those who have child without mate.But guess what saved her?" Nathan asked with a sigh. "What?" Dominic asked with a frown. "Suzanne¡¯s one lie.But it wasn¡¯t a lie as well.A lie mixed with truth." N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. "What is it?" "She said that Athena was the daughter of a very powerful alpha from where she ran away.So, if Derrick tries to hurt her, Suzanne will tell ¡®Athena¡¯s father¡¯ and that shit scared Derrick" Nathan said. "How did he believe that?" Dominic asked because it was such a big fat lie which was clear as daylight. There¡¯s no way it is possible that she was a daughter of an alpha.She is a rogue.She can be nothing else. "Because there¡¯s something about Athena that made him believe that was true and that it¨C..." Nathan took a deep breath as he still couldn¡®t believe it. "She has special blood which Derrick got smelt.Suzanne said that she has powerful blood in her." After letting out another sigh, Nathan started to exin to him the things he found out through Suzanne. All the while he was trying to read Dominic¡¯s face. Because it was such a big thing.He at least expected a surprise expression on his face. Because a rogue having powerful blood is actually something surprising. But Dominic didn¡¯t let out any expression until thest time.He sighed once again. Dominic¡®s order "So, what do you think?" Nathan asked with raised eyebrows but Dominic¡¯s expression was cold. "Nothing, go and make preparations for the big party tomorrow.I don¡¯t want any mistakes tomorrow." Ordering that Dominic got up from the chair and left the room, leaving a confused Nathan behind. What¡¯s the meaning behind this silence? Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Prep for the party Dominic¡¯s mind was messed up.It was hard to keep his face straight all the while he was listening to Nathan. Athena has special blood. What was that supposed to mean? She was just a rogue. A filthy little thief who tried to steal from him years ago. How can she have special blood? Was it some kind of joke that the moon goddess was ying with him? Wasn¡¯t it enough that she paired him with a rogue and now this? But he can¡¯t just let this go. He needs to take a look into it. But he can¡®t do it among all these. Tomorrow is the party. He needs to concentrate on that. But after that¡¯s over he will have to do something about that. He was thinking about all these as he kept walking out the pack house toward his mansion when he suddenly bumped with someone. The person he bumped with was going to fall down but he was fast enough to catch that person. He wrapped his hand around the person¡¯s waist Immediately after that the familiar scent which was enough to make his mind go numb. He looked at the person in his arms and got lost there. What does she have to get him captivated like this all the time? Was it her beauty? The mate bond? Or what? He doesn¡¯t know but it does something inside his heart every time shees i n front of him. They both were lost in each other¡¯s eyes. They couldn¡®t think straight as their scents involved themselves around. Last but not the least, their heartbeat was beating together at the same time. They werepletely lost in a maze. But Athena was the one who came out of that maze the fastest and she immediately pushed herself away from him. She created a good amount of distance as she stood away from him. He frowned seeing her doing that before clenching his fist. He didn¡®t like her actions. He didn¡¯t like how she put distance between them and stood in the distance from him. He wanted t o pull her back to his arms and punish her from going away. But he stopped himself with difficulty and masked his expression with nkness. "I am sorry.Excuse me." She whispered out without looking at him before trying to walk past him. He frowned seeing her acting so quiet.She is usually always up for a fight. But now she was so calm and worried. What happened to her? He felt a pinch in his heart thinking of anything that might have made her worried. He felt desperate to know that. "Stop!" He ordered and she immediately stopped and looked at him with a frown. "What?"She asked. "The party is in the pack house, right? Stacey has sent me here to work for the party tomorrow. "She answered in a nk tone.Dominic was going to say something when they were interrupted by someone. "Yeah, I sent you to work, not to seduce my mate!"They both turned back to look at a fuming Stacey. She looked furious and from the look on her face, it seems like she had seen the scene when Athena was in his arms. That might have caused thatment out of her. "Stacey, why did you ask her to work here, in the pack house?"Dominic asked with a frown. He didn¡¯t like her interrupting too much into his life and his decisions.He didn¡¯t like that at all. "Why, Dominic? Did shein to you about it?"Stacey asked in a bitchy tone as she looked at Athena with gritted teeth. Athena gave her a nk look back. "No, she didn¡¯t.But why are you sending her there now? Currently there is no female worker working.Their work starts after two hours.Currently male workers are setting up the tough jobs.Then why are you sending her now?" Dominic asked with a frown. Well, even though he also wanted to punish her and make her suffer as much as possible. But for some reason he didn¡¯t like the idea of Athena going there now. "Well, what¡¯s the problem there? What if the male workers need someone female to help them with something? Also, don¡¯t worry.Athena doesn¡¯t have any problems.Women like her look for opportunities like this.You know." Stacey said in an insulting manner. "STACEY!" Dominic growled after hearing her. If he didn¡¯t like her words before, he absolutely hated what she just said. Even the thought of any men touching Athena boiled his blood and here Stacey was sending her among all those all time hungry wolves. He is never going to let that happen. "It¡¯s okay.I am okay with it.I don¡®t have any problems.I will look for some work to help them and if there isn¡¯t anything, I will cook food for them.They might be tired after all the work." Athena spoke up in a calm and neutral tone. This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Nobody can understand what¡¯s going on inside her head. "See! She is so happy.That must be because she is working for the party of her future Luna.She is happy for us, right Athena?" Stacey asked in a taunting tone. "Sure, Stacey.I am very happy for you and Dominic.You guys suit each other so perfectly that I can¡®t help but be happy for you both.You both look like the pair made in heaven.Perfect match for each other from every aspect.Of course, I am very happy for you both." Athena said with a sweet smile while looking directly into Dominic¡®s eyes. But Dominic could clearly see the smirk and taunt right past her fake smile. "Excuse me, guys.I will go to work now." Athena said in the same sweet tone before walking toward the pack house again but Dominic caught her by her right upper arm and stopped her. "Didn¡¯t you hear me when I said you aren¡®t going there? You are not going there!" Dominic growled in anger while tightening his hold around her arm. She let out a small hiss. "But¨C..." Athena and Stacey tried to object at the same time but Dominic cut them off. "I don¡¯t want to hear any more words from both of you.Stacey,e with me to the office.I want to discuss something with you.And you." He red at Athena. "Suzanne and Patricia are looking for you.Help them with their work.I don¡¯t want to see you near here." He ordered before leaving her hand and walked back to the pack house. Stacey followed after him fast after ring at him onest time. Athena let out a sigh after they left. Dominic just ruined her n! Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Chapter 27: Dominic¡¯s roses "Hey, Athy!" "Hey, Athena!" Suzanne and Patricia greeted her at the same time as soon as they saw her. They both were in the garden, plucking flowers from there. Athena walked toward them after noticing them. "Hey, Suzy.Hey, Patricia.How are you both doing?" Athena asked in a low tone as she picked u p a yellow rose from the basket where the girls just put the f?owers. "We are good but what¡¯s wrong with you?" Suzanne asked with a frown as she noticed a small frown on Athena¡¯s face. "Yeah, what¡¯s wrong? You look worried about something.Your mood seems a little down as well." Patricia added after Suzanne with a small frown as well. "Well, I will let you guys guess and give you guys a hint." Athena said with an annoyed look on her face. Suzanne and Patricia looked at each other in confusion before looking back at Athena. "The ck cat came to my way twice today." Just after Athenapleted her sentence, realisation immediately drew upon on their faces. "Stacey!" "That too twice!" "What bad luck!" "I pity you." Suzanne and Patricia said one after another with pitiful looks on their faces. Athena looked at them with a frown before putting the rose back on the basket. "Whatever, what are you guys doing?" Athena asked as she saw around ten baskets filled with various roses. But surprisingly there wasn¡¯t one red rose on those baskets. She looked around to find a section of the garden filled with red roses. Immediately a smile came to her face seeing that. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. She loved red roses. They are so beautiful and fascinating that she gets lost whenever she sees a red rose. And here was a full garden filled with red roses. She couldn¡¯t stop herself from going there. "Stacey wants her party to be decorated with real flowers, not any artificial flowers.And she wants them to be specifically from Dominic¡®s garden." Patricia exined. "That¡¯s why we are plucking flowers from here for decoration." Suzanne added after her. They both were concentrating on plucking the flowers carefully and delicately. They didn¡®t want the flowers to lose petals nor they want to get hurt but the thorns of the roses.So they didn¡¯t realise where Athena was going. "But why aren¡¯t there any red roses?" Athena asked as she sat down near the red rose section carefully.She slowly ran her hands over the flowers in fascination. "Well, Dominic doesn¡¯t want Stacey to use red roses.Anything but that.Well, he doesn¡¯t want anyone to touch his red ros-..." "Ahhh!" Patricia could hardlyplete her sentence when they heard Athena¡¯s voice hissing out. They stopped what they were doing and looked at her with widened eyes. They were shocked would be an understatement when they saw a rose in her one hand and her one finger was bleeding badly. She just pricked her finger while plucking a RED rose from Dominic¡¯s garden! "Oh my god, Athena! What did you do?" Patricia eximed in shock. Athena put her injured finger in her mouth before looking at them with a frown.. "What? I just picked a rose.Damn! The thorn was sharp." She hissed as she sucked the blood from her finger. She looked down at her finger before looking back at the rose and immediately a smile came up to her face. "The flower is beautiful, right?" She asked while looking up at her shocked friends. "Oh my god, Athy.Forbidden things are always beautiful." Suzanne said in a worried tone. "Forbidden?" Athena looked confused by their reactions. What¡¯s wrong? She just picked one flower out of maybe thousands. What¡¯s wrong with that? Why are they overreacting? "Yes, Athena.Forbidden.Dominic made those red roses forbidden for everyone.No one can touch them.Not even his mate, Stacy.And here you picked one.And you want us not to freak out?" Patricia asked in a worried tone. Athena looked at them in confusion. "Calm down, girls.It¡¯s just one rose.I am sure it will be okay.And even if he decides to punish me, I will handle it.Don¡¯t worry." Athena assured them but they weren¡¯t ready. "I just hope no one saw you picking it up." Suzanne said with a sigh. "Forget all this. Do you guys need any help?" Athena asked after tucking the rose in her hair and looked at them as if nothing happened. "No, it¡¯s okay.We got this." Patricia answered with a sigh. "Fine then.I will go to the mall." Athena said and was going to leave but Suzanne stopped her. "Mall? Why?" She asked in confusion. "Oh, well, Ace was craving some chocte chip cookies made by me.I am going to the market t o make them.From that, I remember.I was wondering if I could use one of your kitchens?" Athena asked with a raised eyebrow. "Our kitchen? Why? What happened to Dominic¡®s kitchen?" Patricia asked in confusion. "Stacey forbade me from entering there." Athena answered with a roll of her eyes. "That girl! You can use my kitchen." Suzanne replied with a sigh.Athena looked at her thankfully. "I remember that you didn¡®t buy a dress for yourself for the party.Don¡¯t forget to buy one today.The party is tomorrow." Suzanne remembered and Athena nodded at her. "I remember that." Athena replied before turning around to leave when Suzanne stopped her once again. "Wait, take the card before you leave." Suzanne said and was going to get up to get something but Athena stopped her.. "What card?"She asked in confusion. "Credit card.How are you going to buy the things?" Suzanne asked with a small smile before taking up her purse and brought out the card.She forwarded it toward Athena but Athena didn¡¯t take it.She pushed it away toward Suzanne in a polite manner. "I am sorry but I can¡¯t take it, Suzy.Don¡¯t worry, I still have a few dors with me which you gave mest day.I can manage with that." She said with a small smile. "Don¡¯t be childish, Athy.That was hardly a few bucks.You may get the cookie ingredients by that but not a dress.You will need it.Keep it." Suzanne said in a stern tone but Athena was stubborn. She pushed it back again. "Don¡¯t worry, I will manage.Also, I am nning to look for jobs today.I know I won¡¯t get paid today only but don¡¯t worry.I will manage.But if I don¡®t, I know where to find you.So, don¡¯t worry.I will go now as I have toe back soon as well to help in the party preparation." Athena said with a small smile and turned around to leave. Suzanne let out a sigh because she knew she couldn¡¯t win against Athena. She looked at Patricia and found her worried about something else. But before she could ask, Patricia called and stopped Athena. "Athena, as much as the rose looks like it was made to be in your hair only, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a good idea to unt that like this." Patricia said in a worried tone. Athena turned around and touched the flower in her shiny long hair. She smiled. "Don¡¯t worry, I think I can bear a little for the beautiful rose." Athena said with a smile before turning around to leave. Patricia and Suzanne could only look at each other worriedly. They were unaware that someone was seeing all that happened from far away. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Her small past It was Sunday. The busiest day of the week in a mall. It¡¯s the day when people have an off day from work and decide to spend some time in the mall to pass time and buy things. At the same time, it¡¯s the perfect day for small thiefs to get their work done, almost getting rich. She remembersing to malls like this every Monday at some point of time. That point of her life was the time before she met her mate. It¡¯s before she was pregnant and got captured. It was a lot before she was insalved by Derrick. It was the time when she was nothing but a small thief of the town. Now that she thinks, life was a lot better at that time. She had nothing to worry about. Only stealing, running away and then enjoying it. She was smart in her job. Never in her career she got caught for stealing. She was an expert.This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. It was mostly because she loved her job. She used to love the adrenaline rush it used to give her.She used to love how she used to run like the free bird after stealing someone¡¯s purse or moneybags. How fun it was until it wasn¡¯t anymore. Her once loved job is now loathed by her. Just because she was used of something she never did. Even though she never got caught for stealing in her life, when for the first time in her life she was med for stealing with no fault of her own, it hurt her a lot. Since that day she left it. And it was the same day when she met her mate, got rejected by him and got used of stealing something she had no idea about. She let out a sigh and shook her head to get those thoughts out of her head.She wasn¡¯t here to think about all these.She had a motive and she has to get it done today only. With that thought, she started to look around for some familiar faces.She had two ns. Along with finding those familiar faces, she nned to let them find her as well by doing things which will attract attention toward her. She did that by telling a few people to be careful of their wallets and all.She spent around thirty minutes doing that and decided that it was enough.She then proceeded to go and look for a job. Her first n is to get a job in some cafe or restaurant as a waitress. She will also try as a chef or baker. Because she was kinda proud of her cooking and baking skills. "Hello, I have seen your poster for the waitress job.I am wondering if you are still hiring." Athena said in a polite tone after getting inside a medium cafe which was really busy. Seems like it was popr here. A young waitress, around her age, looked at her from head to toe with a judging look on her face. "From which pack you are?" She asked in a stern and impatient tone. "I.......am not from any pack currently but I am staying in the Crescent Mystery pack." Athena answered and she expected that was enough introduction. The waitress¡¯s eyes widened as soon as she heard Athena and Athena was guessing that her prediction was correct. Alpha Dominic¡¯s name was enough for everyone. "You are staying in the Crescent Mystery pack.Oh my!" The waitress eximed in excitement before pulling Athena inside the cafe. Athena couldn¡®t help but roll her eyes at the high hormonal woman. "You want the job? It¡®s yours.But there is a problem." She looked sad. "What is it?"Athena asked with a small frown. "You see, we have already hired the waitress but as you are staying with Alpha Dominic¡¯s pack, I can surely manage something for you." The girl said with a little blush. That was the stupidest thing Athena has ever heard. Just because she was staying with Dominic, she was ready to give her a job? And from the act of her, Athena was sure that she had a crush on Dominic. Stupid woman! ¡®Are you sure it¡¯s her stupidity that¡¯s irritating you, not something else?¡¯ she heard her wolf¡¯s teasing voice, making her roll her eyes. "Thank you so much.But I don¡®t want to trouble you.The cafe seems a little busy today.If you want I can work part-time just for today.Can you pay me by the hour?" Athena offered. At that moment she needed enough to make a dress herself, if not buy. She doesn¡¯t think she will be able to arrange a dress within a few hours of earning. "That sounds perfect! We will be busy tomorrow morning as well as tomorrow is the party for Luna.A lot of people wille and they will for sure visit us.We can pay you on the basis of today¡¯s agreement as well." The girl offered with a big smile, thinking what a nice idea it was. "Sure and what¡¯s our deal today? I will work for two hours only as I stay with them, I will have to help them with the preparation for the party as well." Athena said and the girl nodded at her understandingly. "That¡¯s understandable.I am thinking of offering ten dors per hour, is that okay with you?" She asked and Athena nodded. "That¡¯s perfect.Thank you.I am Athena." She said with a small smile and forwarded her hand for a handshake. The girl happily took her hand happily and shook it a little. "I am Amy.d to meet you.But we don¡®t talk anymore.We need to get back to work.I will see you in front of the kitchen in ten minutes.Okay?" Amy asked with a smile and Athena nodded at her. After that she left and Athena let out a sigh of relief. She actually managed to get a job. Doesn¡¯t matter if Dominic¡¯s name was involved which got her the job in the first ce.She needed money and anything is better than stealing or asking for it from Dominic. "Look who I found and what I found her doing." Athena heard the familiar voice again.She turned her expression nk hearing that before turning around to face him.Her n actually worked and her good for nothing father was standing in front of her. "I guess my n worked, huh?" She asked with a smirk as she walked toward her father and stood in front of him with crossed arms. But her father¡¯s expression changed from smirk to anger very soon as he red at her. "Stop showing me that attitude and tell me, why are you creating problems in our work? Don¡¯t you know that it¡¯s against the rules?" He growled out in frustration but it didn¡®t do much to her. She was aware of the rules of course because she used to be a part of it as well. Her father had a quite big gang of thieves and he was the leader of that gang. Those people woulde down for hunting at the same time together and they have this rule to not create problems for other team members. If necessary help them with the problem but not create any problem. But that¡¯s the exact opposite thing she was doing. She was creating problems for them by alerting people. Because she knew that they would inform their leader about it. That¡¯s what happened. "Well, I am not part of the gang anymore so those crappy rules don¡¯t apply to me." She said with a smirk. Her words seemed to irritate him more. "What do you want? I know you did this to get me here.Now I am here.So tell me what you want.Do you want to join the gang again? Trust me, we will give you a grand wee.After all, this waitress and side jobs are not for you.So, what do you think of my offer?" Her father asked with twinkling eyes intimidating tone as she looked at him with darkened eyes. "How dare you call me by my name?! I am your father." Robert red at her while fuming in anger. "Father! Sure!" Athena spat those words out of her mouth like it was something disgusting. "Quit the act.It¡¯s time you tell me the truth." She snapped at him.He looked at her in confusion "Wh¡­what do you mean?" He asked while looking away from her. "I know that I am not your real daughter nor you are my real father.So, stop acting like you are.Because let me tell you, you failed in acting as well." Athena announced with gritted teeth while looking deep into his eyes, threatening him to deny her. Her gaze was so powerful that h e couldn¡¯t move his eyes away from her in intimidation. "H¡­how did you know? Wh¡­when did you know?" He stammered. There was no way to act as she knew about it already. "I knew about it a long time ago.Because I wasn¡¯t blind to not notice the difference between us.And it didn¡¯t take me long to figure out that we don¡¯t share any blood rtionship.So, now tell me the truth." She demanded, keeping the details aside about how she found out because that wasn¡¯t necessary at all.She just knew that a dumb person like Robert can¡¯t be her father and a little digging brought everything out. But that doesn¡¯t mean it didn¡¯t hurt her when she found out the truth.She found it in the dumbest situation actually. Robert blurted it out one day when he was too drunk in happiness because she had stolen a heavy purse that day. How pathetic! That day they both were drunk. He was happy and she was sad. That was the only difference But she never mentioned that to him because she was enjoying her life just the way it was but i t all changed when she found her mate. "Why?" Robert suddenly gained a little confidence and questioned him back. "What do you mean?" Athena seemed confused after hearing that. "Why should I tell you about the truth?" He asked with a smirk. Her frown deepened hearing that "Because that¡¯s my truth and I have the right to know." Athena eximed in anger. "What¡¯s my benefit there? You know your truth, it¡¯s to your benefit.What can I get out of it? I didn¡¯t get anything all those years by raising you.But now I need something in return." Robert smirked, he knew that he got Athena at the right ce. A little more push and he will get what he wants and knows what he wants. "What do you want?" Athena asked in a cold tone. She knew that was toe. Robert was a greedy selfish man, who can do anything he wants in exchange for his benefit. "I am sure you are aware of the big party tomorrow.The alpha of the Crescent Mystery pack is going to wee his Luna through the big ceremony." Robert stated. Athena didn¡¯t like where this was going. "Yes, and?" She asked with a frown. "I need two invitation cards for that party.I will give you the truth you want and you will give me the invitation cards.So, tell me.Do you agree with this deal?" Robert asked with a raised eyebrow and a winning smirk Athena smirked back "That¡®s a deal." She said, making him happy but before he could express his happiness properly, she spoke up again. "But if you break the terms, you know me, Robert.Your heart will be in my hand in no time.So you better be prepared if you do something you shouldn¡®t do."She warned. He just nodded at her after that she turned around to leave with a smirk ¡®Foolish, man!¡® Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Chapter 29. Sucking the blood IN THE EVENING ¡°Mommy! Mommy, I want to help!" Ace eximed in excitement as he jumped on his seat. He was seated on the kitchen b as he saw her mother work hard. Athena smiled hearing her adorable baby as he mixed the batter with a whisker. She set down the bowl filled with batter on the b and looked at Ace with a big smile. "And how does my baby n to help me?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. She absolutely loves Ace and she feels her heart warm up by each of his actions. "I want to mix it as well." Ace said while giving her a toothy grin. He only has four teeth.He looks so cute when he grins full mouth.He has a dimple which pops out and it makes him look cuter. She chuckled out loud hearing her.She took a little amount of chocte batter and put it on his nose, making him scrunch his nose to take a look at it.She chuckled again. "It¡¯s heavy, baby.You can¡¯t hold it, let alone move it." She said with a smile. "Then I want to taste it." He suddenly demanded with a cheeky smile.She raised her eyebrows at him, seeing him giving up so easily. Normally he gives a really hard time when he wants something and doesn¡¯t stop until he gets it. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. "Sure, wait a second." She replied and was going to take a small amount in her finger to put it in his mouth, "No! I want to take it myself! Bring the bowl here!" He demanded while eying the bowl with a mischievous smile. Athena raised an eyebrow noticing that smile. "What¡¯s in your head, baby? You better not do any mischief." She warned with a small smile before bringing the bowl in front of him. "Sure, mommy!" He eximed loudly in happiness and before Athena could understand what was happening, Ace took a big amount of chocte cookie batter and pasted it on her right cheeks. She looked at him in shock and disbelief while heughed out loud. He was finding it really funny. "Mommy is not mommy any more! Mommy is now a chocte mommy!" Ace eximed in happiness as he pped his hands.She looked at him in amusement. "Chocte mommy, huh? Mommy is now going to be a tickle monster!" Athena announced with a smirk and before he could run away, she held him and started tickling him. Heughed out loud which made herugh as well. "Mommy, no! Stop! You are a good mommy! Stop! Don¡¯t tickle! No tickle monster!" Ace shouted in between hisugh and was trying to push her hand away but she wasn¡¯t having it. "Why no tickle monster? Ace is naughty!" Athenaughed while tickling him. "No! Me good! Stop! Mommy!" He eximed once again and that¡¯s when Athena stopped. But that doesn¡¯t mean they stoppedughing. They were stillughing freely as if they were the happiest people alive in the world. As if someone put a lot of happiness in front of them and took all the sadness from them. It¡¯s been a long time since theyughed like this. What a scene it was! "What¡¯s happening here?!" They immediately stoppedughing, hearing the cold and hard voice. They slowly turned around to find the source of the voice and found the least expected person there. Seeing the person, Athene¡¯s smile dropped while Ace¡¯s smile widened. "Superhero!" Ace eximed in happiness. "Mommy, put me down!" He almost jumped, leaving her with no options other than putting him down. Ace ran toward Dominic as soon as he was down. Dominic was going to pick him up when Athena stopped her. "Don¡¯t pick him up! He has chocte all over himself.He will get that on you as well and it will ruin your suit." She said in a low tone while looking away with a frown. Her frown deepened when he still picked Ace up regardless of her warning. "Then why were you ying with him? Weren¡¯t you afraid that he might get your dress dirty as well?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "I am his mom.The only thing that matters to me is his happiness.Nothing else.But whatever, you won¡¯t understand this until you have your own child." She said with a nk look on her face. His eyes darkened immediately after hearing her.But before he could say something, Ace interrupted him. "Superhero, put me down.I want to go out and y with uncle Nathan and uncle Justin.Or else they will start ying without me." Ace eximed with a pout, making Dominic look at him with a raised eyebrow. "I will punish them badly if they y without you.Just let me know." Dominic said with a small smile, making Ace grin in happiness. "Okay!" Saying that he ran away from there. "Be careful!" "Be careful!" Athena and Dominic said at the same time. They immediately went silent after realising that. They shared a look but Athena was the first to look away. "What are you doing here?" Dominic spoke up in his usual cold tone. Athena didn¡¯t look up at him, instead she took the bowl of batter in her hands and started to stir it again. "I am baking cookies for Ace.And before you say why am I not working for the party, let me tell you, I already finished my part of work." Athena said with a frown while still not looking at him. She heard his footsteps nearing but she kept her eyes down and kept working. "That¡¯s not what I meant.I meant, what are you doing here instead of being in my mansion?" Dominic asked in a low tone. She could feel his breath on the bare skin of her neck.She had her hair up in a bun for baking which was exposing her neck more than necessary. But that also meant he was standing too close to her. But she still didn¡¯t show any reaction even though the mate bond started doing its magic already.She could feel all the tingling. "I already told you that I am making Ace cookies.And before you ask why I am not using your kitchen, Stacey forbade me from entering there." She answered in a nk tone while stirring it a little more forcefully than normal. Dominic noticed that and he put his hand over her, stilling her immediately. Her heart skipped a bit as she could feel her back touch his chest. She could feel his heartbeat as well. He slowly started to mix again while still holding her hands. She tried to pull her hand away but he tightened the grip, not letting her do that, you didn¡¯t have to listen to her like always." He whispered in a husky tone. She shivered when his breath hit her exposed skin repeatedly. "She is the Luna.I should listen to her." She said with a little bit of sarcasm mixed in her tone. *That¡¯s right.You should learn to obey her.Tomorrow is the day I am going to have my Luna." He said while looking down at her face to watch her expression. But she did a great job in keeping her face void o f any expression. "I am very much aware of that.Congrattions."She replied while getting nk and nk every passing second.She felt as if someone was jabbing her heart with sharp nails. Goddamn to this mate bond! Does it only affect her? Why? "Don¡¯t try to ruin it by doing anything." He spoke up, an obvious taunt was present in his tone and that¡¯s what was enough for Athena to lose her calm. She forcefully pulled her hand out of his hand and stood away from him. He looked at her with a casual look on his face while she red at him hard. "What the hell do you think of me, huh? If you take me as such a threat, how about I don¡¯t attend it at all?" She snapped while fuming hard. She might be difficult to handle and she might not like Stacey and Dominic, but she is not someone to create unnecessary drama or problems. She was not a bitch! "No, I want you at the party.I want you at the party when I perform the ritual.I want you to see all that with your eyes when I mark her as my Luna." He said with a smirk because he could feel that she was in difort. The goosebumps on her neck and hands were clear to see. He was satisfied. But she wasn¡¯t.She had enough of him.She fisted her hands tight as she red at him. "So, you basically want to kill me, huh?" She spoke up with gritted teeth while looking deep into his eyes t o see what he actually wanted. The intensity of her look, word and tone was so much that he was taken aback. But at the same time it angered him as well. "How will that kill you? Don¡¯t you have a second chance mate already?" He questioned back with gritted teeth. His question pressed the wrong button on her and shepletely lost her mind in anger. "Can¡¯t you fucking feel this goddamn mate bond?! It will kill me! It¡¯s fucking making me go crazy! I want to get rid of it but I don¡¯t know how!" She threw her hands around in anger while shouting and that¡¯s when she hurt her finger which was already cut by the rose thorn. And as usual, because of her slow healing ability, it was still in a bad state. She hissed out loud in pain and immediately clutched her fingers which started to bleed again. "Show me!" Dominic eximed with a frustrated look before taking her hand forcefully.He clenched his jaw seeing her bleeding so badly. "Leave my ha¡­" She couldn¡¯t evenplete her sentence when he suddenly put her finger into his mouth, sucking her blood, She looked at him with widened eyes before trying to pull it away. "Wha¡­what are you doing?" She asked in a nervous tone with a crazy heartbeat. "It¡¯s once again proved that only I can hurt you, even if that means by my rose and only I can heal you." He said in a husky voice while looking at her with a lot of intensity. That¡¯s when she realised that the wound on her finger was gone. She looked at him shocked but before she could say something, he turned around and left the room after licking the chocte off of her cheeks. ¡°Chocte mommy," Hemented while walking away. Wh¡­ what¡¯s happening to me? Why am I feeling this sudden wave of some radiation?" She asked herself as she held onto the kitchen b to bnce herself.She started to feel very weird all of a sudden. "Maybe you shouldn¡¯t have let him suck your blood" her wolf spoke up, shocking her. Chapter 30 Chapter 30 His evilness IN THE SHADOW ECLIPSE PACK "Tomorrow is the day, Derrick." Derrick¡¯s beta, Shawn said with an evil look on his face. "I know and I hope you all know what to do as well."Derrick said with gritted teeth while looking outside the window, at the dark forest ahead. "We all know and we are prepared but do you still think it¡¯s going to be a good idea to get into his party?" Shawn asked with a frown of worry. He was doubting their ns at the end moment which they have been making for the past one week. "And why do you think it¡¯s not a good idea?" Derrick asked in anger. He didn¡¯t like his own beta doubting their n. "Because it¡¯s alpha Dominic, alpha of alphas.And unfortunately we are under him, his territory.He is our alpha as well.So, if we barg into his party like this, he has full rights to take actions against us.On top of that, he was already looking for an opportunity to do that." Shawn tried to make sense but Derrick didn¡¯t pay heed to his words. "You are scared of him? You are my beta, you shouldn¡¯t feel intimidated by him.You know when I seed in doing what I want, I will be in his position or maybe in a higher position than him.I will fucking rule this territory.I will own it and make all of them bow to me.I will fucking make that possible." Derrick said with a burning passion in his eyes while Shawn was afraid that he would get burned himself in that fire." "I support you in every stage of life, Derrick but I am talking about tomorrow here.You are still not in charge.It¡¯s still alpha Dominic who owns a lot of power.I just don¡¯t want you to get involved in a fight tomorrow as well This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. "Don¡¯t worry, Shawn.I know what I am doing.I am not going to barg into his party like that without any reason.I am going to take what¡¯s mine and I am sure nothing in this world can stop me from taking that away." Derrick said with a smirk, an evil glint in his eyes which even scared Shawn. "Also if he initiates a fight tomorrow as well, it will be the second time he will be attacking me tomorrow.He better be prepared for getting a warning notice from the councils.Then I will see where he will go with that power which he was misusing on me.Also, we will go there.He is not going to win this time.I am not going to let him win this time." He said with darkened eyes but Shawn still had doubts. "What if that doesn¡¯t work? What if she ys smart?" Shawn asked with a frown. ¡°y smart?" Derrickughed out loud. "She is anything but that.She dug the hole for herself by her smartness and I am just taking advantage of that.But still if something happens, then we will go with the n B and kidnap her.Do whatever you want but I want her.At any cost." Derrick growled with his eyes shing red "I would understand if you want her just for revenge because you were attacked because of her.But you don¡¯t want her for that.Why do you want her then?" Shawn asked in confusion. He knew howplex minded his alpha can be but getting all crazy for a rogue was not settling logic with him "Don¡¯t you understand, Shawn.All my life, from the time I have be the alpha, I am hunting down the rogues for a reason.And the reason was nothing else other than finding that special blood which she carries.And for that stupid bitch, Suzanne.I couldn¡¯t know about it, even after having her in my pack for almost three years, What could be more frustrating than this?" Derrick growled while nning an almost murder for Suzanne. "But this is it? What¡¯s so special about her blood?" Shawn asked. Derrick isn¡¯t the typical alpha to share everything with his beta like everyone else does which exins Shawn¡¯s cluelessness. But he couldn¡¯t hold the curiosity anymore. "She has special blood, Shawn.She has power, immense power within herself.Don¡¯t you think that¡¯s enough to have her?" Derrick asked with a sadist look on his face as if was getting excited already. "But I hope you realise by now that Suzanne lied about her being an alpha¡¯s daughter.She was just scaring us so that we won¡¯t hurt Athena." Shawn said with gritted teeth as he felt like killing Suzanne at that moment for lying to them like that. "I know that and that¡¯s why one danger is gone.So, we just have to go and get her.That¡¯s it." Derrick said and Shawn nodded at him. "Okay, but what do you n to do with her after bringing her here?" Shawn asked with a small frown. Derrick smirked hearing him. "I will obviously y with her a little bit at first.Then will show her what happens when people disobey m e or disrespect me.I will make her pay for what Alpha Dominic did to me.The wound is still fresh." Derrick¡¯s eyes got darkened once again as he remembered what happened that day. That alpha leader! Alpha Dominic! He attacked him that day and injured him badly. The wound is still fresh. That ought to happen. After all it was the leader of the alphas, his attack was supposed to hurt more than usual. He was fucking blessed! "I just want you to be careful, Derrick.I still don¡¯t support going on the bad side of Alpha Dominic.You know that he is the strongest of all the four readers." Shawn warned. "What are you worried about? That he will kill me because I will take Athena?" Derrick asked and laughed out loud. "You are mistaken then.He doesn¡¯t like her.He can¡¯t even stand her." He said with a smirk. "What do you mean?" Shawn asked in confusion. "He hates her, Shawn.He kept her as a maid, just like us.So, I don¡¯t think he will even care if we take her." Derrick said with a smirk. "I don¡¯t understand.Then why did he attack us that day? Why did hee to save her by taking so much trouble?" Shawn asked as everything stopped making sense to him. "That was because Suzanne begged him to save her.She knew that we will immediately know that Athena doesn¡¯t have any father to save her.So, that¡¯s why she begged him to save her." Derrick exined. And that¡¯s when everything started to make sense to him. "Okay, that makes sense." He nodded with an understanding look on his face. "So, everything is done for tomorrow?" Shawn asked as tried to remember if anything was left or not. "Everything is done except one thing." Derrick smirked, making him confused again. "What else is left?" ¡°The main thing¡­" Derrick couldn¡¯tplete his sentence, when the door of the room suddenly opened, taking their concentration there. Amanda was standing there with a smirk. "What are you doing here?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "She has arrived." Amanda said while looking back at something or someone. She shivered and immediately looked back at them. That was enough answer for Derrick to smirk evilly, "Bring her in and let the game begin." Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Chapter 31: Her tired self "Athena! What are you still doing? And why aren¡¯t you ready yet?!" Suzanne eximed in shock, her tonecked patience.She looked worried yet a little angry seeing her best friend. "Uh..I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a good idea for a maid like me to join the party ¡­"Athena tried to give reasons but Suzanne wasn¡¯t going to have it. "Shut up.Don¡¯t anger me, Athy! And go and get ready.You have only five minutes to get ready." Suzanne said in a threatening tone. Athena shook her head at her and let out a sigh. "First of all, it¡¯s only six in the afternoon and the party starts at eight in the evening.If I wanted to go, I would have had infinite time to do that.And secondly I really don¡¯t think it¡¯s going to be right for me to go.Also, who is going to take care of Ace if I go to a damn party I don¡¯t have any connection and interest in?" Athena scowled. She suddenly got irritated, as if even the thought of that party angered her. ¡®Why are you getting so annoyed?¡¯ she heard her wolf¡¯s tired and almost defeated voice. She immediately felt that tiredness flow through her body, making her tired as well. At that moment, she knew that it was just the start. She still has to face a lot as the day goes short slowly. She could feel all thating to crash her. But can she do anything about it? Nothing! And it was affecting her wolf more than it was affecting her.. ¡®Stop talking and save energy!¡¯ She snapped at her wolf in her mind before concentrating back at her confused friends. "Oh, my! Athena! Don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t buy a dress for the party! Oh my! We need to think of something fast! Let me think if I have something which you can wear." Patricia eximed and started to freak out thinking about what Athena would wear. "Seriously, Patricia? You think that¡¯s the issue that¡¯s worrying me? That¡¯s the least thing that I could care least about." Athena scoffed, she was getting irritated too easily. "Then what¡¯s the issue that¡¯s worrying you? Ace? Are you worried about who is going to take care of him?" Suzanne asked with a frown and Athena immediately nodded at her. "Yes.No matter what, I can¡¯t leave him alone here, nor can I leave him in the hands of some caretakers.So, that means I am not going anywhere.I am fine here with my son.Let us enjoy each other¡¯s presence." Athena said in a stubborn tone while looking outside the window, at the forest which was getting dark as the sun started to set back slowly. At that moment she knew what was going to be her partner in misery today. The forest. The forest always fascinated her beyond imagination. It¡¯s been her best friend, partner and an all-time ce to hide from anything and everything. May that be pain or danger. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. The forest witnessed it all. And the same thing is going to happen today. It¡¯s going to witness another part of her life today. "Don¡¯t worry about that, Athena.Ace is going to join us in the party as well." Suzanne gave her the shocking piece of information which pulled her out of her thoughts. "What?! No, he is not!" Athena eximed in shock and anger. "No way in hell my son is going to attend that party." She shouted with a deep frown, getting defensive. What¡¯s wrong with you today? Why are you getting so hyped up for no reason?" Suzanne asked with a frown.She has never seen her act like this unless she was in her¡­ heat! "Are you on your heat?" She asked with widened eyes. Her eyes reflected worry as only she knew how much Athena had to suffer whenever she was in her heat. Goddamn to her heartless mate! If only she knew who it was! She would have taught him a nice lesson for rejecting a girl like Athena! Who can reject someone like her. "No, I am not in my heat.Don¡¯t worry, It¡¯s just I don¡¯t feel like attending the party." She said with a sigh, her head started to form an ache. She rubbed her forehead to get rid of that. ¡°I am sorry, Athena but you don¡¯t have any choice.I just got mindlinked by Justin that Dominic demanded your presence in the party or he wille here and drag you there." Patricia said with a worried look on her face as Athena looked at her in anger and frustration. "What the hell?! That¡¯s ridiculous!" She eximed. "Forget it, Athena.You don¡¯t have any option but to go there.So, how about you use the option you have? Go there as the most beautiful girl ever in the party and steal the spotlight." Suzanne said with a smirk, making Patricia chuckle. "You are right.Suzanne, please make sure to make her ready on time.Justin wanted me in Dominic¡¯s mansion for some reason.I am going there." Patricia said with a smile before turning around to leave. "Wait, where is Ace?" Athena asked in confusion as he went to y with Justin. "He is with the guys.Don¡¯t worry.They got him." Suzanne answered her question with a patientful look on her face. "What do you mean they got him? Where will he stay if we attend the party?" Athena asked with a deep frown. Not liking what she just heard. "He will join the party, Athena.Dominic arranged a corner for the pups as well.He also arranged trustable nannies for them and well trained guards will guard them.So don¡¯t worry, please.Please don¡¯t ask any more questions." Suzanne eximed with a sigh. Her best friend can get really irritating if she wants to. "Wait, wait! If he is going to the party, what is he going to wear? I didn¡¯t buy anything for him." Athena replied in a sad tone, feeling low that she couldn¡¯t afford a simple attire for her son. "You don¡¯t worry about that.Nathan and Justin really got him.You just worry about yourself, your look and ¨C your dress.See you girls soon!" Saying that Patricia walked out of Suzanne and Nathan¡¯s house and walked toward Dominic¡¯s house.She knew that Stacey wasn¡¯t there at that moment which would let her breath freely in there. Actually if Stacey was there, she doubts if she would have stepped a foot there or not. Stacey was busy getting ready for the party in an expensive beauty parlour.She entered the mansion with a happy smile. ¡°Hey, baby! How do I look?" Patricia asked Justin after giving him a small twirl to show how she was looking. She was wearing a beautiful blue gown and wore beautiful makeup. She styled her hair with curlers as well.She was looking very beautiful. "You look very beautiful as well as stressed.What¡¯s wrong, baby?" Justin asked with a frown. Everyone present in the room looked at her, hearing him. There were Dominic, Ace and Nathan. Ace was lost in his world of video games. "It¡¯s nothing, baby, I guess Athena¡¯s restlessness got into me as well." She said with a chuckle. ¡°Why is she restless?" Dominic asked in an altered tone, Everyone then diverted their concentration at him. "Well, we don¡¯t know¡­ she just looked weak, bothered and very restless.She was very annoyed easily as well.We don¡¯t know what¡¯s wrong.But I guess she will be okay soon." Patricia said with a small smile. But before anyone could say something, the little munchkin spoke up in excitement. "I want to go to mommy and show her how I look!" Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Chapter 32. The box Athena waspletely ready for the party.She was wearing a red gown which she customised herself.She bought that gown using the ten dors out of twenty which she earned yesterday.She earned sixty dors today by working there but she didn¡¯t want to make any extra expenses and wanted to save money. So, what she did is, bought a simple red gown from the thrift store. Then she bought some red chiffons, someces, red pearls, glue and a few more things. Then she returned back home and started to customise it. It was a normal maxi gown with no cut, no body fitting.It had lousy sleeves. So, the first thing she did was get rid of those sleeves as she nned to make it sleeveless. Then she gave it a long cut until her lower thigh and fitted it ording to her perfect body figure. It has a sweetheart neckline.So, she didn¡¯t bother that much. After that, she started to make it pretty. She imnted the pearls on the borders of the sleeves, neck and cut on the leg. Then she attached the over the cut, just at the ce where the cut started from, she didnt sew it completely. So, whenever she walks, it will move and her long legs will be visible. But at the same time, as it was a see through, her legs will still be visible when she doesn¡¯t walk. It was an absolute piece of art which she made from trash. She was looking absolutely stunning with the beautiful magic Suzanne did on her face and hair.She was wearing red lipstick and her shiny long golden blonde hair was curled and kept open.She looked like an absolute goddess! But none of that mattered to her as this night was really important for her.She had a lot to do today, so she doesn¡¯t have time to think about all this. Today she was going to face her past which was unaware of all these years. At the same time her life was in danger tonight. Her ex mate was going to mark another woman tonight while she still felt a connection with him. That could have proved deadly for her.She almost died when he rejected her that day. If she hadn¡¯t attacked him back and inflicted some pain which she was feeling on him as well, she was sure that she would have died. That¡¯s how strong their connection was! But she surely can¡¯t attack him today as well as it looked like he still bore the rejection wound she gifted him. It could result in his death as well as her death as well. What a fucked up situation it was! What she couldn¡¯t understand was why the mate bond was still active after the rejection? She has to find a way to get rid of it before the ritual and before he marks Stacey. She already thought of something, hope it works before it¡¯s toote. I am not feeling well, Athena. I am feeling really weak and at the same time, I am feeling like something bad is going to happen to us "She heard her very strong wolf¡¯s weak voice and it made her feel helpless yet furious at the same time, This is all happening because of Dominic! She is never going to forgive him if something happens to her wolf today! Keep on hanging.I will not let anything happen to you.We are strong.We both will come out stronger out of this.I promise." She promised with determination as she looked outside the deep forest. She had been looking at it way too much, as if expecting something. ¡®I believe you" saying that her wolf went to the back of her mind once again. What a fascinating thing this mate bond is! It can be a lifesaver for some and at the same time a lifetaker as well. Suddenly her phone rang, which brought her out of the thoughts. She looked at the screen, expecting Suzanne¡¯s call. They are all at the party venue. The ritual starts in less than one hour. She was still at Suzanne¡¯s house while Ace was in the hall as well.She heard that he was wearing a tuxedo and was very excited to see him in this.She was sure that he looked very cute and handsome in that! Her heart wants to see him badly and shower him with kisses but her life was at stake here. She was sure that Suzanne will take good care of him until she figures something out. She looked at the phone in confusion when she saw an unknown number instead of Suzanne¡¯s. Who was i t? She frowned but nevertheless picked up the call. "Hello?" She spoke up in a nk tone as it could be anyone. "I am waiting for you in the back forest of the pack house.Come here soon and don¡¯t forget to bring two invitation cards.I am ready in suits to fill up the suit¡¯s pocket." She heard Robert¡¯s voice and smirked. "Sure.Wait for me." She said with a smirk before walking out the mansion toward the back forest of the pack house. She soon reached there and found Robert standing behind arge tree.She looked at her left and at her right before walking toward him with a satisfied smirk. "Good to see you again, bitch." Robert said with a smirk as soon as he saw her. Her smirk turned devilish a s soon as he heard him. He always used to call her bitch. She grew up hearing that from his mouth and every time she used to hear that, her blood boiled in fury. "Wish I could say the same about you, Robert.But I could say that I will make you regret calling me that." She said with a smirk. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. "You always say that.Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s time for you to let go of that dream? Now don¡¯t waste my time anymore ande to business." He said, getting serious. "Right, so where is it? What is it that you wanted to give me?" She asked in desperation. Robert said that h e had something of her past which will be enough for her to get to know about her past and he would give her that today. "What¡¯s the hurry? Give me the cards first." He demanded with a forwarded hand. "You will get your cards.But only after you give me what I want.Don¡¯t you know me? I always keep my words." She said with her chin held high. He frowned at her in hesitation.He knew that she always kept her words.He didn¡¯t have much time to bargain with her. So, he decided to go with her demand today and brought our a small box from his back and forwarded it toward her, "You will find everything here.Almost all your answers but the rest you will have to find yourself by connecting the dots.The locket on your neck will help a lot as well." He said while pointing at the locket o n her shoulder. She looked down at it before looking at the box in her hands.She was nervous and confused.She held her whole life in her hands. "Now it¡¯s your turn.Give me the cards." He demanded with forwarded hands. "About that¡­" She trailed off with a smirk, "Guards?" She called and his eyes widened when he saw two guardsing out of nowhere and walking toward him with anger filled eyes. "What the fuck is this, bitch?! You said you will keep your words!" He shouted as those guards caught him before he could run. "I did keep my words.Think again.I said I will make you pay for calling me bitch.I kept my word!" She said with a smirk before turning around to leave. "You, bitch! I will make you pay for this!" He shouted in anger while struggling to break free from the hands of the guards. She turned around to look at him once again. Her smile was more sinister than thest time. "One more little piece of information.Shame on you for knowing me enough.I have been brought up by you, you shouldn¡¯t have trusted me." She said with a smirk. "Now excuse me, I am gettingte for the party." Saying that, she turned around to leave for Dominic¡¯s house first to keep the box safe. "Now it was time for the party, Athena.You can do this." She whispered to herself, before walking inside the party, with her head held high. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Chapter 33. Their entries IN THE PARTY HALL "Ace¡­ Baby¡­you are a good boy, right? Please don¡¯t cry.Please listen to Aunt Suzy." Suzanne tried to calm the crying child down but Ace wasn¡¯t having any of it.He cried harder, grabbing all the attention around them. "Mommy! Where is mommy?! I want mommy.I want to go to mommy! Take me to mommy.Mommy¡­" He cried and shouted. Everyone looked at him in annoyance, making Suzanne and Patricia really nervous. "Oh, my god, Suzanne! We need to calm him down as soon as possible.He is annoying the people here.We won¡¯t be able to keep them calm for long.They can get ruthless at a rogue pup for ruining their peace at the party.Where is Athena?" Patricia asked in a worried tone while looking at people who were ring at Ace badly, scaring the poor kid more. The party¡¯s starting will be announced in a few seconds. As Dominic¡¯s second and third inmands, Nathan and Justin were with him to apany him in making an powerful entrance like an alpha should. That¡¯s why they weren¡¯t there to help both the girls. Because if they would have been here, they wouldn¡¯t have gotten those res. "I don¡¯t know.I am trying to call her but she isn¡¯t picking up.I hope she isn¡¯t in any kind of problems." Suzanne said while hugging Ace close to her heart, trying to protect him from all those deadly res. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. "Why didn¡¯t shee with you? Why didn¡¯t you bring her with you?" Patricia asked with a worried look as she looked around in anxiety. "I don¡¯t know, Patricia.Trust me, I don¡¯t.I told her toe with me.But she said she had some work to do.She didn¡¯t tell me what.I guess she is just nervous and needed some alone time to calm her nerves down.You already saw her.She was a little off than usual." Suzanne said in a worried tone. "I understand that but it¡¯s getting hard to handle him.Also, he will also fall sick from crying so much." Patricia said while caressing his head lovingly but nothing was working. "Mommy! I want mommy!" Ace cried once again and that¡¯s when someone from the crowd spoke up for the first time. "What is this rogue pup doing in here?!" A man shouted in anger whileing out of nowhere and stood i n front of them. "Yes, what is he doing here?! He doesn¡¯t belong here.He is going to ruin our peace and fun night." A woman spoke up as viciously as the man as she stood in front of them as well. Both of their faces were saying nothing but disapproval for Ace¡¯s presence. They all had ruthlessness and heartlessness clear on their faces. Soon more and more people joined him and they started taking slow and dangerous steps toward them. "Throw him out!" "We don¡¯t want him here!" "We can¡¯t tolerate him here!" "I want to kill him!" They all shouted while some of them were already showing out their canines, ready to pounce at them any moment. "Don¡¯t you dare toe near us! I ammanding you as your second inmanddy! Stop right there!" Suzanne shouted in an intimidating yet nervous tone. "Yes, stop right there.You won¡¯t like what will happen to you if the alpha finds out what you are trying to do o here," Patricia shouted while ring at each of them.She wasn¡¯t scared of them but the situation was s o noisy and messed up that it was making her feel suffocated.She was overwhelmed and didn¡¯t know what to do as they kept getting more and more aggressive. "Don¡¯t lie to us!" "Our alpha doesn¡¯t like rogues!" "He will never like this pup." "Alpha will be happy if we kill him." "Let us kill him." Suzanne and Patricia looked at them in shock. They understood that something was definitely wrong with these people but they didn¡¯t know what it was. Suzanne and Patricia tried to calm them down by using their second and third inmand tones, but it wasn¡¯t working on them for some reason, making them more nervous. None of them were listening to them. It looked as if they were possessed by something. It was actually getting scary. At that moment they could only ask for help from the goddess while hugging each other. Even Ace got quite in fear. Then suddenly a loud and familiar voice shouted, making Suzanne and Patricia sigh in relief. "What¡¯s happening here?" They all turned around after hearing the powerful voice of Dominic and immediately everyone got silent. All those who were going to attack at Ace shivered in fear as the most powerful men in the pack red at them. As if they were pulled out of the daze they were in. They looked confused and scared. Dominic, Nathan and Justin already witnessed and understood the situation. Suzanne and Patricia ran toward their respective mates and hugged them tightly. Ace was still in Suzanne¡¯s arm. The men were pissed would be an understatement when they realised that they were going to attack Ace if they hadn¡¯t arrived at the right time. What was wrong with these people?! They red at the group of people while Nathan and Justin hugged their mates protectively. Ace started to cry again. "Alpha, it¡¯s a rogue¡­.!" "Shut up!" Dominic hushed the pack member with one growl before walking toward a shivering Ace.He forwarded his arms toward Ace to take him in his arms from Suzanne and offered him a small smile. But Ace was too shocked and in fear to react to that.He didn¡¯t move a muscle to go to Dominic. "Ace, won¡¯t youe to your superhero?" Dominic asked in a soft tone which made Ace cry harder. "Superhero¡­" Ace cried out loud and immediately jumped to Dominic¡¯s open arms. "They are bad people, superhero.They were scaring me.They were shouting and scaring me.I don¡¯t like them.I want mama.Can you please take me to mama?" Ace cried while hiding his face on Dominic¡¯s chest. Dominic felt his chest tightening hearing the cry of the innocent child. "It¡¯s okay, baby, Don¡¯t cry, please.You are my champion, aren¡¯t you? You are my and mama¡¯s brave boy.You are not scared.You are strong, aren¡¯t you? How are you going to protect your mommy you are so scared, right? You need to be very brave to protect mommy.So you need to stop crying now, can you do that?¡¯ Dominic talked with Ace with so much affectionate that it surprised and fascinated everyone present in the room a lot. "Okay, I will stop crying and be a good boy, I will not fear the bad people as well.But can you please take me to mommy or bring mommy here.I want to hug her.She smells really nice and I love it.It makes me happy." Ace said with teary eyes. He was trying really hard to keep the tears in. "Trust me, baby.I couldn¡¯t agree more.There¡¯s something magical in her scent." Dominic muttered under his breath so that no one else could hear him. "Did you say something, superhero?" Ace asked with a confused frown. "No, I just said that I am proud of you." He smiled at him while kissing him on the cheek. Everyone looked at the scene in awe and no one dared to make a sound to break the momentum. They wanted to keep watching such a warm scene. The pack members were shocked to see that new side of their alpha while Nathan and Justin were shocked aboutpletely different things. They noticed how Dominic was treating Ace as if was his own child. As if Dominic was Ace¡¯s father. The thought sounded next to impossible and bizarre but yet the scene in front of them looked so beautiful and unreal. At that moment they both hoped that the thought was real. ¨C But soon they were brought out of the nice and warm situation by a loud and mean shout which made Ace jump and he hid in Dominic¡¯s chest again. "Dominic! You are my mate! Why the fuck are you holding a bastard pup?!" Everyone turned around to look at the stairs to find an all decked up Stacey ring and fuming at Ace in anger. She was wearing a queen pink gown, looking like a hot air balloon as she wore a princess gown but it didn¡¯t suit her. Also the colour was so unmatched with the asion that it wasn¡¯t looking more out of ce. She did heavy makeup and had her hair in a stylish bun. She walked down the stairs and stood in front of Dominic Ace.She looked pissed off for some reason. "Drop the bastard down right away, Dominic." She ordered, already thinking of herself as the Luna of the ¨C pack. How ridiculous! "Umm¡­ Stacey¡­ I don¡¯t think you should call him that.Athena is not going to like it when she hears that you called her son that¡­ trust me, it¡¯s a little bit unhealthy for you." Suzanne said with a nervous look, worried for her future Luna. "What will one call a bastard if not ¡®bastard? What is she going to do to me?" Stacey asked with a roll of her eyes. But before anyone could say something, their attention was pulled to the entrance of the mansion this time. "Last time I remember breaking someone¡¯s head for calling my son that, this time I have something nicer nned for you." Everyone was shocked hearing that and looked at the entrance of the living room to gasp out loud in shock. Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Chapter 34: Her entry "Last time I remember breaking someone¡¯s head for calling my son that, this time I have something nicer nned for you.How fucking dare you call my son a bastard?!" Everyone in the ballroom turned to look at the entrance at the same time. They all turned their heads so fast that it made a sound with the air. The intensity of the voice was so powerful that everyone was forced to look at it that way. As soon as they looked at the entrance, the room filled with the sound of everyone taking a sharp breath i n. Because the person standing there literally took everyone¡¯s breath away. Athena stood there in confidence and ran her eyes over the room, looking at every person in the eyes, as i fto intimidate them. She smirked when she saw that she did a good job at that because most of them looked down immediately after their eyes met her. Atst her eyes stopped at one particr pair of grey eyes and everything else stopped. Her aura at that moment was anything but a simple maid. And her look! Her look was simply magnificent.She was looking like aplete goddess who hypnotised everyone in the room by her beauty. "Mommy!" Ace¡¯s ecstatic shout after seeing his beloved mommy brought everyone out of their hypnotised state and looked at her and Ace in another shock. Ace got down from Dominic¡¯s arms and ran toward Athena at full speed. She smiled at him lovingly before bending down a little and picking him up. Everyone looked at the scene in awe. "My baby!" Athena eximed in happiness before kissing him all over the face. Ace immediat crying in the safe embrace of her mother. She hugged him tight to make him feel that everything is okay now and that she got his back. "Mommy! I missed you." Ace cried while touching her face with his sweaty and tear filled hands. "Careful! You are going to ruin her beautiful face!" "Don¡¯t touch her face!" They heard two men¡¯s voices from the crowd shouted which made Ace jump but immediately a growl from Dominic and a tight hug from Athena calmed him down. Dominic red at those two who made thosements and they immediately bowed down their heads. "Mommy missed you two dear.A lot." She said in a soft tone while kissing him on the forehead. She can never exin how much she loved him.She won¡¯t say she can die for him because she doesn¡¯t trust her son with anyone else.But she can surely kill for him! She will make a river of blood if anyone tries to harm him a little bit. "I was scared mommy! They were scolding me and scaring me.They are not good." Ace said in a shaky tone and shivering lips. He didn¡¯t want to cry in front of them and make them more angry, Athena immediately felt anger surging through her spine again as soon as she heard that. She immediately looked up with a fire in her eyes and yet again it intimidated all the other people. Why?! No one knew other than Dominic. What else could be the reason that everyone was getting intimidated by his ex mate on the day of when he was going to mate a new woman? It was clear as daylight. It was some hints the moon goddess might be giving him.But what was he going to do? "How dare you talk to me like that?! Do you even have any idea who you are talking to? I am soon to be Luna of this pack!" Stacey dered with pride and arrogance which Athena didn¡¯t care about at all. "We can be whatever you want but I am a mother.And trust me you won¡¯t like to mess up with a mother because when we get angry, we can bring destruction to anything and everything, your face might be included in that as well." Athena said while looking deep into her eyes to let Stacey know that she wasn¡¯t kidding by any means. "So you better keep your mouth shut in front of me and think twice when you decide to call my son that again." She warned in a hard tone, shocking everyone present in the room. "Dominic! Are you just going to stand there and watch her insult me?" Stacey atst turned toward Dominic who just came out of the shock which he got when Athena entered the room. "Just refrain yourself from calling him any names from the next time.That will save all of us from the trouble, especially you.Now don¡¯t drag it anymore unnecessary." Dominic said in a nk tone before turning away from both of them, Stacey and Athena. "Oh my god! Did you see her? She is so beautiful." "She is more beautiful than our soon to be Luna!" "Exactly, she is looking like an actual queen, instead of our future Luna." "Such a pity that she is a rogue.Our Alpha will never ept this.He might be tolerating them for second i inmanddy." "Yes, I heard that they are friends.But whatever, she is really beautiful!" Everyone started to murmure all this from all across the room, making Stacey fume in anger while Athena smirked. But the moment she took a step forward, the murmur immediately stopped and loud gasps were heard from all over the room. Her silky smooth leg caused themotion. And she recognised one of gaspsing from her dear ex mate as well. Oh my! Was that satisfying?! That indeed was to her. Athena walked inside the room with her chin held high and confidence was reeking off of her. The click ck sound of her high heels against the floor was the only sound heard in the room. She at first walked toward Suzanne and Patricia and smiled at them apologetically as well as thankfully. "Thank you so much for taking care of him, you both.I apologise wholeheartedly for the trouble he caused." She said in a polite tone. Ace didn¡¯t care to move his head up and look at anyone as he was with his mommy now. "Stop talking like an idiot, Athy.You know it was nothing." N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. Suzanne rolled her eyes at her before smiling at her. "She is right.It was absolutely nothing.And you are looking beautiful today.Just like we nned." Stacey winked at her, "What did you guys n?" Justin asked with a raised eyebrow. "Nothing special," Patricia snapped yfully, earning a doubtful look. "But whatever, you look really beautiful, Athena." Justinplimented. "Exactly.You are looking like a fairy in a red rose.So beautiful.The red seems to be made for you only." Nathanplimented as well, making her feel shy. She blushed hard while ignoring the obvious re she was feeling "Thank you so much, guys.But when is the party starting?" Athena asked with a smirk. Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Chapter 35: Red wine The party was going on in full swing but Athena was feeling irked and the feeling was so messed up that she couldn¡¯t even exin why she was feeling so. There were tons of reasons for her to feel like that. First, the growing anxiousness in her heart for her life. Then the stares of those hungry wolves looking at her as if they will jump at her for any reason and eat her alive. They were giving her lust filled looks and her current defensive state to save herself was urging her to shift into her wolf form and kill each of them. Only she knew how she was stopping herself. But that wasn¡¯t it. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. The piercing eyes of Dominic was thest thing in her bucket that night. His intense look was giving her chills down her spine. She couldn¡¯t think straight as the intensity was too high. The only good thing that she was thankful of was that they arranged a children section as well. Ace was ying there with fellow pups. The kids are so cute and lovely that she doesn¡¯t need to worry about him in her current state. Because that¡¯s thest thing she would want in her life, to upset him by her wrong behaviour when she isn¡¯t in the right state of her mind. "A red wine for a beautiful red queen." Suddenly someone spoke up and stood in front of her with a ss of red wine. The voice was masculine and husky, and sounded good. But she kept her facial expression void of any emotions. At first, she looked at the forwarded hand with the same nk look. She moved her gaze from his forwarded hand to his muscled arms, biceps and fitted body to his handsome face. All the while, her right eyebrow kept raising in appreciation. And boy! Was he handsome?! After being satisfied with what she saw, she forwarded her hand to ept the ss of wine, ignoring the obvious re received from Dominic. Her eyes met his golden shed eyes for a split second before she quickly moved her eyes away and smiled at the man. "You know that you shouldn¡¯t be calling me the queen while standing at the ceremony of the actual queen of the pack." She said with a smirk while a small sip from the ss. The man smirked hearing her and she instantly noticed the dimple on his right cheek, making him look insanely cute. It made her blush. For sure her emotions were at ces at that moment. She immediately heard a growl as soon as she thought of the mysterious man whose name she was yet to know.She frowned and looked at his back to see Dominic literally fuming in anger while ring at the back of the man in front of her. What¡¯s wrong with him?! She thought and immediately a frown adored a face. She felt a warm touch on her forehead where the frown was, shocking her. This time she didn¡¯t bother herself from looking at Dominic as looked at the man with a small frown. "Frown in your face is like the cloud on the moon, both are covering the beauty.That¡¯s not good." He said with a smile, making her look at him with a raised eyebrow. So, he was a talker as well! "Beauty doesn¡¯t only mean spotless bright things.Beauty lies in the eyes.The way you see it.The moon is always beautiful, no matter what." She said with a smile while taking another sip from the ss. "I have never been this happy to be proven wrong.Not only are you beautiful, you are smart as well." He said with an impressed look on his face before forwarding his hand toward her for a handshake. "I am Clement, by the way.The neighbor pack¡¯s Alpha¡¯s brother.Pleasure meeting you." He said. She epted the handshake which he didn¡¯t waste. He immediately pulled her hands up till his mouth and gave her a light kiss on her knuckles. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow but didn¡¯t say anything about that as she wasn¡¯t having any negative feelings from him. "I am Athena, this Pack¡¯s maid." She introduced herself and waited to see the look of disgust on his face but it never came, instead there was a look of appreciation which took her back a little. "It will be a pity if I don¡¯t have the chance to dance with a beautifuldy like you.So, may I please?" He asked with a charming smile while bending down a little and forwarded his hand for her to take. She looked at his hand with a raised eyebrow before dropping the ss on the counter and took his hand without thinking. He happily took her to the dance floor, oblivious of someone who was nning his potential murder. "So, tell me about yourself, Athena." Clement started to talk as soon as they were on the dance floor. His hands were on her waist while her hands were wrapped around his neck. The position was too cozy for people who had just met. But Athena was having fun from doing so. The growls after the growls which she was hearing were really funny for her. So the mate bond wasn¡¯t just too much for her only. "Want to know boring facts about me or something interesting?" She asked with a smirk while they groomed slowly with the music. "Obviously something interesting." Clement said with raised eyebrows, interesting to know about it. "Hmm¡­ let me think¡­" Athena pretended to think and then her face immediately filled with a humorous smile. "Oh I know! I am a rejected mate! Ain¡¯t that interesting?" She asked with a smirk while Clement looked at her in shock. "Well that¡¯s shocking.Why would anyone reject someone like you? How foolish people can be! If you were my mate, I would have kept you as the crown of my head." Clement replied with a frown and with a different kind of passion in his eyes which she noticed.She immediately let out a melodious chuckle. "Well, that¡¯s a pity that I am not your mate.But don¡¯t forget to keep the woman who is actually your mate a s the crown of your head and the queen of your heart.Not everyone can do that and it¡¯s actually a shame."She said with a small smile but there was something else in his eyes as she looked Dominic in the eyes. He heard what she said and the storm in his eyes told what she was feeling after hearing that. She looked away from him when Clement spinned her a little. "I will always remember this.I will make my mate the crown of my head and the queen of my heart, no matter who it is.Though I still pray and hope it¡¯s you." He said jokingly and they both ended upughing together "Okay.So, what¡¯s the name of your pack?" Athena asked as they kept dancing. "Oh, it¡¯s sh-¡­" Clement couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when suddenly the phone in her hand rang, making her jerk away from him as soon as she saw the caller. There was anxiousness and one kind of relief on her face as soon as she saw who called. She freed herself from his hold and mumbled, "I need to leave.Excuse me." And within a few minutes, she was out of his sight, no matter how much he tried to cat. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Chapter 36: Fireball "Where are you? Come out! I know you are around here.Come out!" Athena looked around in nothing but darkness as she shouted in the air. She was in the middle of the forest where she was looking at all day today, for this moment. Today the moon was shining bright, it was a full moon night while her life was slowly getting covered with darkness. She was in a frantic state as she could feel her skin start burning slowly. They might be starting the process of ceremony and that¡¯s why her anxiousness was increasing. She needs to get out of here as soon as possible after getting the solution. Because the reason she was here can get her into deep problems. What she came to do here is forbidden in packs and it was worth getting punished. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. But she didn¡¯t have any fucking choice! She wasn¡¯t going to beg her heartless mate to take her back to save her life! Because she couldn¡¯t see any other options other than that. So, she was ready to take every risk to save her life. "Aren¡¯t you afraid of getting punished?" She suddenly heard a very melodious voice which was echoing with the air and sounded more unrealistic.She immediately recognised it. It was the voice she wanted to hear and came here for. She immediately turned around and found a woman floating in the air. Yes, she was a witch. Yes, Athena came to a witch for help and having any kind of contact with the witch is forbidden in packs. Because that was her only option. The werewolves don¡¯t go very well with the wolves as some witches can be very sketchy and use their powers for wrong things. But she didn¡¯t have any other options. The witches are sketchy. Most of the witches are very witchy in true sense. They like to y with their power of magic and cause trouble with the werewolves. They often misused their power for doing bad things. Which is why they and the werewolves have problems together. Werewolves are a hot bloodedmunity and they don¡¯t like sneaky things. "Do you think their punishment is more important to me than my life, Irene?" Athena scoffed at the woman who has curly ck hair. "Well, surely it isn¡¯t.But oh my! I am seeing you after so long and you are still the pretty bitch you were thest time.And tonight you are looking like a fireball." Irene said with a fascinated look on her face. She has never seen Athena in beautiful dresses or wearing makeup.She has always seen her wearing ragged clothes and with stains of dirt on her face or body because she always used to work. "That¡¯s something new I heard today.Fireball.Because everyone else was calling me red queen, red roses, rose queen a lot more.But not a fireball." Athena said with a small smile. "Well, the fireball suits you the most.You look like you¡¯re burning in fire and ready to burn down whoeveres your way." Irene said with a smile as she slowly touched the ground. Irene came down and stood in front of her with a smile, with a friendly smile. She always smiles whenever Irene smiles at her and alwayspliments her saying that she has a beautiful smile. But that didn¡¯t put a smile on Athena¡¯s face. Her worry won¡¯t go away until she finds a way to save her life. Irene and Athena met in this forest only. One night, they both saved themselves in danger and since then they became friends. Athena helped her with a few things from here and there while taking the help of her magics in a few really important things. So, technically they are just friends with benefits. "It¡¯s the first time you didn¡¯t smile back at me when I smiled.That¡¯s new, Athena." Irene said with a smirk and immediately earned herself a frown from Athena. "Are you seriously finding this situation funny, Irene? I am in danger, my life is in danger.Considering how powerful our freaking mate bond is, I might die if he marks that woman.I need to find a way soon to break the connection any way possible.And that¡¯s why I called you here after taking such a big risk." Athena eximed. But Irene smiled again. "Okay, I can¡¯t see you in this miserable state.So, tell me what¡¯s wrong and let¡¯s get you out of this shit.Then we will talk." Irene said with a smirk and Athena red at her¡­ "Dominic is mating another woman, Irene.And he is doing it through ritual.I think the woman he was mating is not his real mate.And that¡¯s why our bond is still active and it¡¯s fucking making my life hard.I can¡¯t fucking breath or think straight.Just set everything alright.I can¡¯t take it anymore." Athena said. everything in one breath and waited to let that information sink into her head. But from the look of her, it seems like it wentpletely out of Irene¡¯s head. "I am sorry but I got nk from ¡®Dominic is mating another woman¡¯.Dominic? Alpha Dominic? As in your mate? The asshole who rejected you?" Irene asked with a frown. "How many more Dominic¡¯s do you know, Irene?" She asked in annoyance. "Okay, sorry.Next? Or repeat what you said again?" Irene asked with a frown. "Didn¡¯t you hear me the first time? He is marking another woman today by ritual.And you already know about our bond.How strong is that! I feel someone cuts my skin open whenever he is near any woman.And at this moment, I am feeling my skin burning as the time is nearing to the ceremony.I will die for sure, Irene.I can¡¯t let that happen.You have to help me, Irene.You have to." She eximed with urgency in her tone but Irene was having the same casual expression. "First of all, why are men all assholes? Your mate is the boss of that section.And secondly, he rejected you and he is mating and marking another woman.That¡¯s it.What¡¯s wrong with that? What¡¯s the problem here? What do you want me to do here?" Irene asked with a shrug of her shoulders and Athena let out a growl. "What¡¯s wrong with you today, Irene? I need you to help me break the connection somehow between us! Do some magic!" She eximed in fury and frustration Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Chapter 37: Sinisterugh "A¡­ept his¡­ rejection? Is¡­is that it?" Athena asked in shock and disbelief. "Yes, my love.That is it.Just ept his rejection.I don¡¯t remember you telling me that you epted his rejection, did you?" Irene asked with a raised eyebrow and Athena felt more confused as she clearly remembered what had happened that night. A lot happened that day and epting his rejection was definitely not one of them. She was in a too fucked up situation to worry about that. She was in unbearable pain and at the same time she was busy making him feel the same pain as well. So, that was the least of her worries at that moment! But it was so easy?! How couldn¡¯t she think of this before? "No, I didn¡¯t ept his rejection.Because I didn¡¯t think that was necessary.I thought he rejected me and that puts an end to the story." She said in confusion. "Well, that¡¯s not how mate bonds work, sweety.Your moon goddess gave power to both sides in the rtionship.It won¡¯t end until you both want that." She exined. "No wonder you are a rogue.You didn¡¯t attend any schools, did you?" Irene asked with a roll of her eyes. Athena red at her. "Yeah, not everyone is lucky to be born as an alpha¡¯s daughter."Athena rolled her eyes back at her." Whatever. Do you mean, I still have power in this rtionship? I mean, if I want him as my mate, will he be forced to be my mate? I don¡¯t think I made sense." Athena said with a frown as she tried to understand what she wanted to know. "You are right.You don¡¯t make sense.I didn¡¯t understand what you meant.You can¡¯t just force a person to mate you just like he can¡¯t mate you forcefully or reject you by his wish but wanna know a fun fact?"Irene asked with a smirk. Athena looked at her in confusion. "What is it?"She asked with a small frown. "If you want, you can go there and im your position as the Luna.He or anyone won¡¯t be able to stop you from doing so.No one has that power to stop you from taking up that crown as their Luna.They will be forced to obey your orders.Ain¡¯t that awesome?"Irene asked with an evil smirk. Athena looked at her with widened eyes. "What are you saying?! Me and their Luna? Is that even possible when their alpha doesn¡¯t ept me as his mate and Luna?"Athena asked with a frown of confusion. "Normally, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s possible.But there is something different in you which I have always noticed and I don¡¯t think you realised that ever."Irene said with a smile while looking at Athena deep in her eyes. "I don¡¯t understand what you are talking about.What¡¯s wrong with me? What¡¯s different about me? I am confus¡­.Aahhh" Athena eximed and let out a howl in pain and dropped to the drowning while holding her heart. Irene immediately sat down beside her as well with a worried look on her face. "Athena! Are you okay?"She asked while holding her. "It is ha¡­happening, It ought to ha ..happen.J¡­just tell me what you were saying about me? Te¡­tell me¡­ I want to know¡­know.." Athena breathed those words out with a lot of difficulty. "That can wait, Athena.You can know about thatter.At this moment, you need to decide what you want.Tell me, do you want to ept his rejection and destroy every possible rtionship with him and his pack or be the badass that you are and go im your right?" Irene asked in urgency while holding Athena¡¯s rapidly growing weak body. Athena smiled sadly while whimpering in pain. "I might be a hopeless rogue with no identity but I am someone with dignity.I am not cheap, Irene.I am not wanted there.So, I am definitely not going to im something which is not mine even though it belongs to me.So, I will just ept his rejection and get over it." Athena said while breathing hard. She could feel him touching Stacey and that¡¯s what made her skin burn.She doesn¡¯t like it.She hates it.She was trembling in pain and a sudden anger was surging through her veins. "Your state is getting worse, Athena! Damn it! You need to go and get there as soon as possible."Irene said in a serious tone. She was someone who rarely takes things seriously but when she does, it¡¯s really serious. "I¡­ I¡­ Know¡­ But how¡­I¡­ can¡¯t get up¡­ I feel so weak..I can¡¯t wake up¡­ What am I going to do now?" Athena cried out loud as she felt pain all over her body. She was feeling as if someone was cutting her with a sharp knife. "P¡­.please make it stop.Make it stop.I can¡¯t bear it." She shouted in pain. "I wish I could do that, hun.Only eptance of rejection or your mate can help you.No one else can do that.Can you shift to your wolf form?"She asked while making Athena stand up with a lot of difficulty. "No, we are too weak to shift." Athena told her while trying to connect with her wolf who waspletely silent and unresponsive "Now, we don¡¯t have any other way then." Irene said with a serious look on her face, confusing Athena.. ¨C "What..what is that?"She asked with difficulty. "I will have to use my power to get you there."Irene said with determination but Athena¡¯s eyes widened as soon as she heard that. "No! That¡¯s too dangerous for you as well as me.I can¡¯t drag you into danger because of me." Athena showed opposition immediately while standing with a lot of difficulty. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. "Don¡¯t worry, I will be following you from far and I will be invisible.So, you don¡¯t have to worry about me.Now keep standing." Irene ordered and took a few steps away from her. Within a blink of an eye she disappeared with the air. At the same time Athena felt her body getting light. Irene already started her magic. "I have to get there fast.The ritual is about to start any moment now." She groaned as she suddenly started to move forward on her own. But she hardly took any steps when a sinisterugh was heard from her back, passing a chill through her body as she recognised the voice immediately. "What¡¯s the hurry, my maid?" Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Chapter 38. His heart and mind IN THE HALL "How strange?! Where did the beauty go suddenly?" Clement asked to himself while looking around the party hall to look for Athena. The party was on in full swing now while the important people of the pack was preparing for the ceremony. The pack members and guests from neighbouring packs were dancing around and enjoying the party a lot. When Athena ran away from his hold suddenly after receiving some call, exactly at the same time everyone was invited on the dance floor. That¡¯s why he couldn¡¯t run after her even though he wanted to. She got lost easily. But she wasn¡¯t going to let go of it so easily. He was going to make sure to find her because he felt some attraction toward her which he never did for anyone. "Excuse me, please make a way, please move away¡­ I have to go-.." He stopped on his track because someone blocked his way. With a look of annoyance on his face, he looked up and immediately the annoyance was reced with shock and a little bit of respect. "A¡­ alpha Dominic.Please ept my great wish for the very special day.I am honoured to join it.Thank you so much." He said with a smile and a little submissive gesture. But the look on Dominic¡¯s face didn¡¯t change. When he first came, he was fuming in anger and he was still fuming at that moment. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. He looked like ready to murder someone and for some reason, Clement was thinking that it might be him whom he wanted to kill. "Clement." Dominic muttered his name under his breath, with a small nod of acknowledgement toward him and Clement nodded back. "You seem to be in hurry to leave the party.What¡¯s the matter? Don¡¯t you like the party or is it something else?" Dominic asked in a taunting tone and Clement¡¯s eyes widened in shock realising what was happening. But he couldn¡¯t understand if Dominic actually misunderstood him or he was making fun of him. He won¡¯t be surprised to know that he was making fun, he has lots of reason for Dominic to be angry at him. Though he was not directly involved. ¡¤ "Alpha Dominic, please don¡¯t misunderstand me.It¡¯s nothing like what you understood.The party is great and I am enjoying it a lot.And I wasn¡¯t leaving.I was just looking for someone." He answered truthfully and that¡¯s when Dominic¡¯s expression changed. "Who is it you are looking for?" Dominic asked with gritted teeth while fisting his hand tightly when he saw the instant smile on Clement¡¯s face. "It¡¯s the most beautiful girl in the world that I have ever seen.She was wearing a beautiful red gown and looked like an red angel in that.I am mesmerized by her beauty.I was lucky enough to get the chance to dance with her but she suddenly ran off to somewhere.I don¡¯t know where.And I was trying to look for her because I won¡¯t be able to exin the instant attraction I felt toward her." Clement answered while looking around with a frown He didn¡¯t like it. His anger got worsened. His canines were almosting out. He started to shake in anger and the colour of his eyes kept changing from his normal colour to golden. He and his wolf knew who was Clement talking about. Because they both saw Clement dancing with their woman! Their mate! Clement¡¯s hands were wrapped around their mate which they wanted to rip off at that moment. The way h e was smiling at her, made them wanting to punch the hell out of him. ¡®What¡¯s wrong with me? I hate her! Then why was this happening to me?!¡¯ He eximed to his wolf in his mind while trying to get control over himself.He couldn¡¯t understand what was wrong with him. His mind and heart were in a battle where he didn¡¯t have any control over. Suddenly he couldn¡¯t tolerate anyone near her, let alone looking at her. It started happening from the moment she entered the room, wearing the beautiful dress, looking exactly like how Clement described. Beautiful in one world. And the high slit which showed her sexy milky white long leg, made his mind go crazy everytime he looked at her or anyone else looked at her. He didn¡¯t like that. He felt like going toward her, throwing her on his shoulder and then walked out of the mansion and lock her in his room, away from everyone¡¯s eyes. He also had this dangerous urge to punish her for showing what¡¯s his to the world. How dare she?! Then again! What¡¯s wrong with him?! Why was he being like his?! Why was the mate bond getting so strong at the time it was time to get it broken for forever? He could feel the burn in the wound she gave him and so he could imagine what she was going through. What was going to happen, might even kill her! ¡®Stop it! Go back to mate! She will die! We need her! Go to her!¡¯ His wolf shouted in his head in a restless yet aggressive tone. His wolf was trying it¡¯s utmost best toe out and get control but he was trying his best to keep him under control. Because the moment he woulde out, there will be a few dead body around first and then he would run off to find Athena. "A¡­alpha Dominic? Are you okay?" Clement asked in a confused tone while looking at Dominic¡¯s lost face with a frown. Dominic came back to earth hearing him and looked at Clement with a re which yet.again confused him. "Stay away from her! She is mine!" He growled dangerously while ring murderously at him, shocking both of them. "Who are you talking about, Dominic? Hope it¡¯s me.". They both turned around to look at the source of the voice to find Stacey standing there with a big smile. Her smile widened when her eyes fell on him and he looked back at her. "Oh Dominic!" She eximed in happiness and walked toward him with purposed steps. And before Dominic could understand anything, she nted her lips on him and kissed him, increasing the burn on his chest in ten fold. "Let¡¯s go.It¡¯s time to mark me and make me your." Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Chapter 39: The right decision "I would like to call alpha Dominic and his mate, soon to be Luna, Stacey, to the front."A senior looking man said in a serious tone. He was from the senior werewolfmunity. He and more people like him are known as councilors. They often make important decisions and solve problems in packs. They are very important people and everyone respects them around here. Even the alphas. So, for important rituals like this, they are invited a s the main guest toplete the ceremony and put importance into it. "Dominic,e on! I can¡¯t wait for it to be done!" Stacey beamed in happiness as she pulled Dominic with her up on the stage. Dominic had a nk look on his face as he followed her motionlessly. He didn¡¯t know what he was doing at that moment. His head was sting as he felt breathless suddenly. He looked around for something which would pull her out of the misery and suffocation he was feeling. But the person who had the power to do that was not there and that made his heart and wolf more restless. He looked around and his eyes first fell on the little boy, Ace. His heart clenched as the sudden thought that he was doing something wrong to that kid stuck him and he felt some more breath getting out of her lungs. Then his eyes fell on his group of friends or his right hand and left hand and their mates. All of them were wearing a deep frown. The frown of disapproval. They didn¡¯t like or support his decision of making Stacey their Luna. They were present at that moment just for his sake. No other reason. He was making his friends disappointed. That took some more breath out of his lungs, increasing the suffocation. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. Then his eyes fell on his people and his breath just suddenly got stuck in his throat. As what a disaster he was doing, getting more and more clear. None of his people were happy with what was happening. They didn¡¯t want that. Then why was he doing this?! How could he be so blind to not notice this before. How could he do this to his people?! He suddenly decided that¡­¡­ "Hello, everyone! Now that we have the Alpha and the soon to be Luna with us.We would like to hear a few things from Stacey, the future Luna and the future of Crescent Mystery pack! Please do the honour, Stacey." Another old man said and passed the mic to Stacey which she happily took. "Oh my goddess! Thank you so much for giving me such a big honour to be the Luna of such a strong and powerful pack.I am so happy today.This is the happiest day of my life.I can¡¯t wait for the ceremony to be over and be your Luna.Even the thought of it makes me feel powerful.I hope I am not going to die in happiness when this happens.Hope everyone is happy with me being the Luna, because if not, too bad.You don¡¯t have any options.Just kidding.Now let¡¯s not waste any more time and start the ritual.Because, once again! I can¡¯t wait!" She shrieked out in happiness before passing the mic back to the man. Everyone looked at her with a frown but nevertheless pped for her crappy speech because obviously they didn¡¯t want to upset their Alpha. But Dominic was looking at Stacey as if she was the stupidest woman in the world. How could he be so stupid to not notice this before?! "Did you see how selfish she sounded?" "She didn¡¯t say anything about us, her people." "She didn¡¯t even make any promises." "I sounded like she just wants power, she doesn¡¯t care about us at all." "I don¡¯t want her as the Luna at all." "We can¡¯t do anything about it.Moon goddess destined our Alpha with her." Dominic started to breathe harshly as all those whispers attacked him from all over the room. He knew that they were being quiet enough but his alpha ears couldn¡¯t help but hear them and she couldn¡¯t agree more with them. "Alpha Dominic, now it¡¯s time you mark her the traditional way every wolf marks his mate by biting at the special spot on your mate¡¯s neck.Then using the moon stone, blessing of our moon goddess, we will mark her as the Luna of the pack." Another old man announced while raising a while shiny stone up in the air for everyone to see. Moon stone is considered a small piece of the moon which the moon goddess gifted the world to use for asions like this. asions like when the Luna has to take her position ritually, or when the alpha bes an alpha not by the bloodline or when one of the mates are human. The moon stone is very beautiful and powerful. Everyone does their best to keep it protected because that was the only piece on the earth and they can¡¯t let any evil people get their hands on this. Because they can misuse it in many ways because it¡¯s filled with power. "Dominic? What are you waiting for? Come and mark me as yours for forever! I am waiting, my love."Stacey said in an impatient tone while forwarding her exposed neck toward him. He frowned looking at her as suddenly everything got silent around him. As different thoughts attacked him to think about the situation again and suddenly he came to a decision. ¡®We can¡¯t do this.We can¡¯t do this to our people.We can¡¯t do this to her.We can¡¯t do this to ourselves" He suddenly thought in his mind and heard his wolf howl in agreement. ¡®That¡¯s what I am talking about! Just get the fuck out of this ce and go get our mate!¡¯ Dominic looked at Stacey and his eyes shed golden. His canines came out as he took a step toward her. She looked at him in excitement as she beamed in happiness. "You want to be the Luna of the pack, right?"He asked with a smirk. With the canines and golden eyes, he looked nothing less than danger. "Yes, Dominic.I want to be the Luna.Why are you asking this now when you are already aware of this?": ¡ª Stacey asked with a confused smile. "Right, I asked the wrong question.Let me ask you the right question now." He said with a smirk, the smile dropped from her face seeing him acting like that. "Do you think you are capable of being the Luna of my pack? Do you think you are capable of ruling the pack along with me?"He asked with a dark glint in his eyes. If at first Stacey¡¯s smile dropped, at that moment her face just lost all the colours.Her face went pale as she looked at him in confusion and shock. Everyone else was shocked as well. While his group of friends looked at each other in confusion. They didn¡¯t have a good feeling out of his sudden change of attitude a s well. It was dangerous and scary. "D¡­.do¡­ Dominic? What do you mean? What are you talking about?"Stacey asked while stammering. It looked as if she was going to cry at that moment. "I just asked a simple question, Stacey.But as you are so clueless, I will make it easier for you.Tell me, what ability do you have to rule my pack, my people? What are you going to do for my people in general? What are you going to do for my people if they are ever in some danger?"He asked in a harsh tone and Stacey was in a more bad situation at that moment. "¡­¡­.will obviously try to do everything to save them.I can do everything for them, Dominic.They are going to be my people as well.Andst but not the least, I have alpha blood in my veins, of course I am the most capable to be the Luna.What are you talking about?!" Stacey eximed in a little bit of anger, slowly trying toe out of the shock and intimidation. "Wrong answer.Being an alpha¡¯s daughter doesn¡¯t make you an ideal Luna.Can you sacrifice everything ? for me and my pack? Can you fight side by my side if there¡¯s an attack ever? Can you give up everything? Even your life?" Dominic asked in a harsher tone. Everyone was looking at the scene in astonishment but Nathan, Justin, Suzanne and Patricia were enjoying where it was going. It was really funny and amusing for them to watch Dominicing back into senses. They couldn¡¯t wait to see where it goes. "I don¡¯t understand what you are talking about, Dominic! What is the meaning of this conversation at this moment? What are you trying to do?"Stacey asked while a panic started to raise up in her chest. "You didn¡¯t answer my questions, let me answer them and then you will know what I meant."Dominic said with a dangerous look on his face. "The answer to my questions is no.You can¡¯t sacrifice everything for m e and my pack.You can¡¯t fight alongside me.You can¡¯t give up your life for my pack.You can¡¯t do anything and that is why I decided that-¡­" He stopped and took a few deep breaths to prepare himself as everyone looked at him with their breath held inside in anxiety. "That?" Stacey trailed off, praying to not hear what she was afraid of. "That for the sake of my pack, I don¡¯t want you as my mate and Luna." He announced and everyone in the room gasped out loud and immediately murmurs started around the room. "Did the alpha just reject her?" "Were they mates for real or was it just a contract among the packs?" "Who is his real mate then?" "Did he find his mate yet?" "What¡¯s she going to do now?" "I am very happy that the alpha took this decision at the right moment." b Among all these gossips, Dominic walked straight out of the living room with panic clearly written on his face, not caring for his friends calling him several times. His mind was stuck at the sudden thing which he heard in his head. ¡®Help! Dominic¡­ help me¡­" It was Athena¡¯s voice. Did she just mindlinked him? How?! But that was the least of his worries at that moment because he was running to save Athena who was in some kind of danger. Irene hid behind a bush as looked at the scene in front of her with widened eyes, She didn¡¯t expect this worst turn of events, Alpha Derrick, the alpha of the Shadow Eclipse pack, just attacked Athena with the help of a witch! Why? Why did he need the help of a witch to catch Athena? Did he somehow get to know the thing about Athena? Damn! That¡¯s going to be dangerous if that¡¯s the truth. Even though she hopes that¡¯s not the case here, she knew nothing better can happen which might involve a witch. She needs to do something fast or Athena will be in great danger.She became invisible again because she realised that the witch which Derrick hired was an old witch and she was very powerful. So, she can¡¯t get caught by her otherwise they both will be in danger. She closed her eyes and read something under her breath and within a blink of an eye, she was standing i n front of the pack house of the Crescent Mystery pack. She never in his thoughts imagined there might a daye when she has toe to any werewolf for help. With a big sigh, she took a deep breath and was going to take a step toward the house when something mind blowing hit her nostrils, stopping her on her track. It was a scent and it was so nerve-wracking yet soothing that she took a deep breath to take as much as possible of this scent. She was lost in the scent that she didn¡¯t notice someone walking and stopping just in front of her "Mate!"She heard a voice she has never heard before and her eyes widened when she realised what the fuck just happened.She opened her eyes and looked at a very handsome man standing in front of her with fascination in his eyes. "Oh my, you are so beautiful! I can¡¯t believe you are my mate! I am so lucky.I am Clement.What¡¯s your name, mate?".Clement asked with twinkling eyes. Irene¡¯s face formed a scowl as she looked at him in annoyance. That¡¯s not what she signed up for today! "Fuck that, little dog! And move out of my way!"She snapped at Clement in annoyance but he didn¡¯t mind her words at all.He looked at her with dreamy eyes. "Where are you going?! What are you doing here? Do you know you can get killed foring to this territory.Come with me, I will take you to a safe ce!" Clement spoke up with a worried look on his face as he tried to take her hand and run away. But she immediately stepped away from him while pping his hands away.She looked up at him with a frown. "Can you shut the fuck up?! I need to go to see the alpha of Crescent Mystery pack!" She snapped and was going to take another step toward the mansion when he stopped her again. "Why?"He asked with a frown, as his possessiveness came out, making her roll her eyes at him in annoyance. "Because his mate is in danger! And we need to save her."She spoke up in an impatient tone and she was ready to knock out the little wolf if necessary when they heard a loud growl. "Where is she?!" They both looked at the front to find Dominic standing with dark ck eyes, ready to shed blood if necessary "Alpha Dominic, it¡¯s nice to finally meet you!" Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Chapter 40: Mindlink "What the hell just happened?" Justin asked in shock and disbelief as soon as Dominic stormed out of the room. "Well, we don¡¯t know but whatever happened, I enjoyed it very much."Patricia spoke up with a smirk while looking at Stacey who was standing on the stage with a nk look on her face. "Same here.Look at her face.Ain¡¯t that worth enjoying?"Suzanne asked with a smirk and she and Patriciaughed. "Well, aren¡¯t you both evil?"Nathan asked with a raised eyebrow. "Well, you can¡¯t me us now, can you?"Patricia asked with a frown. "Do you know how she used to rule over us and treat us like we are her maid? Do you realise what would have happened if she had be Luna? She would have turned our lives into living hell."Suzanne said with a roll of her eyes and Patricia immediately nodded at her, agreeing with her words. "Yeah, she was especially harsh and cruel toward Athena.That bitch was jealous of her." Patricia frowned. "You guys are acting too cruel toward her.Look at her, she is standing there hopelessly and helplessly after being humiliated by Dominic.Do you think she deserved that?"Justin asked with a frown. "Well, no¡­ But we are not ming her entirely.Dominic is at fault as well.He shouldn¡¯t have been so arrogant to make her Luna earlier.He should have known that no one liked Stacey as much as Luna."Suzanne said with a frown. "So, you guys didn¡¯t like her as Luna.Who do you think would be the perfect match for Dominic and perfect as our Luna?" Nathan asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at both the girls. Patricia and Suzanne looked at each other and they instantly knew that they both were thinking the same thing. They both smirked at each other. "Will you do the honour of telling them that or should I?"Suzanne asked with a chuckle. "Well, you do it please.Because whenever I think of something like that, it makes meugh hard.Because it¡¯s that impossible.But one can dream, right?" Patriciaughed out loud. "Okay, what¡¯s going on?"Justin asked with a frown. "Don¡¯tugh but we both imagined Dominic with Athena and we both think that they are the perfect match for each other."Suzanne said with a smirk which widened when she saw how both the men¡¯s eyes widened as well. "Damn! That¡¯s a dangerousbination."Justin said with widened and shocked eyes. ¡°That indeed is.But whatever.I am going after Dominic.Suzanne and Patricia, you guys stay here and handle the guests.Don¡¯t worry, they won¡¯t dare to do anything stupid now.Meanwhile, Justin, go and get ready with our best fighters.We might need them." Nathan spoke up with authority in his tone, as he was i n charge at that moment. They all nodded at him and he immediately walked out of the mansion as well. "Okay, first of all we have to take care of Ace¡­," Patricia had just started to talk when they heard Ace¡¯s cry. They all turned around to look at the pup¡¯s corner and found Ace on the floor and crying.. "Oh my god, Ace!" Suzanne eximed in shock before they all ran toward where he was. Suzann¨¦ picked him up in her arms and hugged him. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. "What happened to him?"She snarled in anger while looking at the nanny. "He fell down while ying,dy beta."The nanny answered fearfully. "What the hell were you doing when this happened?"Patricia snapped and the woman looked down in shame. "Mommy, I went to go to mommy.Take me to mommy."He started to cry again. "Oh my, Patricia.He has a high temperature.He is falling sick." Suzanne eximed in worry. "Oh no! What are we going to do now?" Patricia asked in a simr tone. "Nothing, you handle them.I will try to put him to sleep." She said and Patricia nodded at her before walking back toward the stage. "Okay, baby Ace.It¡¯s time to go to sleep.Go to sleep." She cooed into his ears and within a second he fell into slumber.She smirked seeing that. No one noticed that. "Perfect." ON THE OTHER HAND "Leave me! I said leave me!" Athena shouted in anger even though she was having difficulty in even breathing normally. ¡®What was happening? Why am I feeling weaker than normally?¡¯ she tried to ask her wolf whom she could hardly feel. ¡®It¡¯s magic.He is doing magic on us using the witch.She is getting control over us" her wolf¡¯s frantic voice took the little bit of confidence away from her. ¡®What should we do? Should we shift and make a run for it? We definitely can¡¯t fight him" She said in a desperate tone.She wasn¡¯t getting a good feeling out of it. ¡®No, we can¡¯t shift as well.Because we are too weak to shift or run and at the same time, if we shift, the witch will get us in our bare state and the goddess knows what he would do to us then.I¡­ I can¡¯t bear it! anymore.I need to go.I am sorry" Her wolf whimpered in pain and that was thest time she heard from her wolf. No matter how much she called, it didn¡¯t answer. Now it was only her against Derrick and his evilness. She was not going to give us the fight nor was she going to get him the satisfaction she wanted by seeing her weak. One thing was for sure that Derrick took all these troubles just for her. Just to capture her and take her back to that hell hole. But there has to be some other reason in this other than just revenge for what happened that day. Because he wouldn¡¯t have gone so far otherwise. "Do you think I did so much and went through so much just to let you go? So funny." Derrickughed out loud hearing her while clutching her hair and making her look up at him. His grip was tight. Even though she was in so much pain, she didn¡¯t flinch.She looked back into his eyes with dare. "You are mistaken, bitch.Nothing can stop me from taking you with me today." He spat while tightening his grip around her hair to get a reaction out of her. But she gritted her teeth, yet didn¡¯t show any reaction other than ring a t him. "What do you want from me? What did I ever do to you?"She spat back. As soon as shepleted her sentence, she felt a tight p at the left side of her face. Derrick pped her, hard. The force was so hard that it threw her off of her feet. Her already weak body couldn¡¯t take it anymore and she fell on the ground with a thud. Everyoneughed seeing her in such a pathetic state while she felt as if she would break down any moment. Her back side of body felt numb from the fall. But she still didn¡¯t let out a sound.She kept sitting there with her teeth garnished against each other tightly.She hated men or people who tortured people or hurt people for no reason other than getting some evil fun. That¡¯s so sadistic and disgusting. And both the alpha¡¯s in her life were like that. Assholes! One is bigger than another! "You did everything, bitch.For you Alpha Dominic attacked me and humiliated me.For you he threatened me to throw me out of my throne.How dare he!" He growled and she scoffed at him. "Really?! Are you that weak and insecure?" She scoffed, angering him some more.She knew that she was ying with the fire. But she was burning already without any of her fault. So, she decided to y it well. Derrick red at her murderously and before she could understand what was happening, she received a hard kick from him. She gasped out loudly as she looked at him in shock. At that moment she felt that her soul would leave her any second. Suddenly she felt all the burning from previously left her body. She wasn¡¯t feeling weak or any pain for the mate bond she had with Dominic. Did he finallyplete the ritual and marked Stacey? Is that why she wasn¡¯t feeling any connection with him or whatsoever? Emptiness settled inside her along with the pain in her body, caused by Derrick. Everything from a few moments ago was gone but that doesn¡¯t mean she waspletely fine now. Hei whole body was aching because of the abuse he was doing to her. "Alpha, the procedure isplete.Now, it¡¯s under your control." The old witch spoke up, making Athena confused while Derrick smiled devilishly in satisfaction. Athena looked at them with a frown while trying to figure out if she felt anything different in her body. But i t wasn¡¯t anything other than the emptiness she felt. She suddenly missed Dominic¡¯s overpowering presence. That was it. Could it be that she was the reason he felt so. "Perfect then! Let¡¯s talk now, my love.And let¡¯s start from what you meant just now? Did you really dare to call me weak and insecure? Why did you do that?"He asked with gritted teeth while holding her waist and his long nails were piercing her skin open. She was bleeding immediately. "Yes, I called you that.Because you are nothing better than that.If you really were a real man, you wouldn¡¯t have attacked me like this.Instead you would have gone to Alpha Dominic and settled it with him.But no, like a coward you attacked me.Shame on you!" She snapped and coughed blood out of her mouth as he continued to injure her with his w on her waist. "Bitch! You are going to regret calling me that.And if you think I am that stupid to do all this just for that simple thing?"He asked andughed out loud. "Then what the hell do you want from me?!" She shouted as she couldn¡¯t tolerate the pain anymore. Her red dress turned redder with her blood. She was losing a lot of blood. Why does this always happen to her? "Power! I want power from you! Do you understand me? And I am going to get it now matter how!" He shouted at her. She looked at him in confusion. "Power? What power? Are you fucking crazy? I don¡¯t have any power or whatsoever.But I can still tell you something." She red at him. She was furious. If these psycho thinks that he can do whatever he wants then he was so fucking wrong! "What is it?" He asked with a frown while pulling her up with him, making her stand. He was preparing to leave the spot soon. Because being there more than that could be very dangerous. Everything could get ruined. you are going to regret raising that hand of yours at me." Athena threatened in a hard tone while looking at Derrick with a re. "How dare you, bitch!" He growled at the insult and started punching her. Her face was bloody as Derrick removed all their frustration on her pretty face while she couldn¡¯t do anything other than being punched by the beast. She groaned, not in pain but in frustration. So frustrating! If only her state wasn¡¯t this weak, she would have showed him the real meaning of torture. They haven¡¯t met her wolf yet! He was torturing her non stop. He didn¡¯t care about anything else other than getting the frustration out of his system. She was getting weaker and weaker every moment. At that moment she realised, if she doesn¡¯t do something fast, she would die for sure. She tried to . contact her wolf once again because she couldn¡¯t do anything else other than that or hoping for some miracle. ¡®Help¡­ please help¡­ help me¡­ please¡­¡¯ She shouted in her mind, hoping for her wolf or at least for the moon goddess to hear her, What would happen to Ace if something happens to her?! That thought was enough to make her hang on. "Oh, yeah? Who is going to make me regret it? Your dead body?" Derrick asked andnded another punch on her gut and she coughed blood. But she still managed to smile to irritate him. It was so fun to irritate the hell out of him that she could even take punches to do that. Was she bing a psychopath as well while staying under his impression for so long? Or was it someone else¡¯s impression on her. Oh, goddess! Please help me¡­ Dominic¡­ Where are you?¡¯ She unintentionally thought of Dominic while gritting her teeth as she looked at Derrick with a smirk. Her face and teeth were filled with blood, "Oh, trust me sweety. I never lie." Athena replied to Derrick¡¯s previousment, making him frustrated even more. But this time before he could do any more damage, he was thrown away from her, on the ground by a hard punch. Did it just hit Derrick with a d¨¦j¨¤ vu?! "How fucking dare you touch her?!" A loud growl which even made the bats and bird fly away in fear made Athena feel relieved. "Dominic¡­ you came?" Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Chapter 41: Silver "I will fucking kill you!" Dominic growled at Derrick as he kneeled down in front of a badly injured Athena. He took her in his arms while hugging her tightly. His expensive white shirt was getting bloodied by her. She was having a really hard time keeping her eyes opened, yet she was trying her best to do that because of two reasons. First, she couldn¡¯t believe that Dominic came to save her. Second, she was happy that she wouldn¡¯t be dying or be going with Derrick. She knew Dominic won¡¯t let that happen in a million years.She didn¡¯t know from where this much trust wasing from but she just knew "Don¡¯t interfere here, alpha Dominic.It¡¯s none of your business!" Derrick growled at Dominic after getting u p from the ground. He tried to take a step toward them but Dominic¡¯s one re was enough to stop him in his tracks. That¡¯s the power he held. Even Derrick¡¯s warriors weren¡¯t brave enough to stay ten feet near him. And the witch? I t ran away already. "How dare you say that to me?! It¡¯s fucking my territory!" Dominic let out another growl as his eyes turnedpletely ck, ready to kill a few. He wanted to even kill Derrick but as the leader of the territory, he won¡¯t be able to do that without discussing it with the counsellors. Because it could throw him out of his throne. Not that he was afraid of anyone. But it was still so fucking frustrating! "It might be but I will leave as soon as I get my job done here." Derrick announced while gritting his teeth t o contain his anger. Because he already ruined everything by going through his anger. If he hadn¡¯t been a stupid and left the ce earlier, then the witch would have removed all the trace of something happening there. Everything would have gone silently and peacefully. But he just ruined everything even though everything was going s o smoothly. But now that he thinks, he realised that it was all Athena¡¯s n. She was wasting time deliberately to buy some time before someonees to find her and eventually saves her. She even got beaten for that. That sneaky little bitch! "What¡¯s that fucking job that you are doing here in my territory?! If beating her is your job, then you better send your prayers to the goddess because I am going to kill you today! How dare you touch her?! I will fucking rip your hands off of your shoulder for touching her!" Dominic shouted in anger while literally shaking to make his wordse true. He wouldn¡¯t stop himself from doing so if someone else was with him to take care of Athena. Because he can¡¯t just leave her almost dying here to kill Derrick. Who knows if his people take her away in that mean time. No! He can¡¯t let that happen. He was ready to even tolerate Derrick to keep her safe. Why was he being so caring toward her suddenly? "I am telling you again, don¡¯t interfere in my matter.I will see how to handle my mate.I beat her, love her, kill her or keep her alive.It¡¯s my decision because she is my mate.She belongs to me." Derrick announced in a strong tone and that was like a bomb for both of them, Dominic and Athena. They looked at him in shock and confusion. "Mate?" "Mate?"They both asked at the same time. They shared a confused look before looking back at Derrick to understand what he meant. "Yes, your maid, this woman, Athena.She is my mate.And I am here to take her with me!" Derrick once again said in the same strong and confidence filled tone while smirking down at both of them. ¡°Are you fucking kidding me?" Dominic growled while pulling Athena closer to his heart, hugging her tighter as he red at him murderously. The thought of Athena not being his anymore, made him want to destroy everything. XO On the other hand, Athena was confused would be an understatement. Mate? Derrick was calling himself as her mate? Why? Why was he lying? Why was he lying so confidently? She agrees that she pretended to have a second chance mate but she didn¡¯t actually mean it. She will be doomed and die rather than having Derrick as her second chance mate. She was never going to agree to that. "That¡¯s right, Alpha Dominic.She is my mate.And I hope you know how we, werewolves, can get when someone tries to mess with our mate.She is my mate and I won¡¯t tolerate you looking at her in any way o r worse even touching her.I am not liking that at all." Derrick growled and was going to take a step toward him to pull Athena away from Dominic but Dominic¡¯s another growl, yet again forced his steps to halt. "Don¡¯t fuck with me! She is not your mate! She can¡¯t be your mate! Did you hear me? Don¡¯t even dare toe near her! I will fucking kill you!" He growled in anger. His canines wereing out and he was ready to tear Derrick apart. His wolf was getting restless and badly wanted toe and do the job of killing Derrick. How dare he talk about his mate like that?! "And why is that? Why do you think she can be my mate? How would you even know that?" Derrick asked with a smirk as he raised his eyebrows at Dominic mockingly. "Because¡­..Because she is¡­ she¡­" Dominic¡¯s heartbeat rose as he looked at Athena. He didn¡¯t know how to express what she was to him. It was not hard but he felt as if he didn¡¯t have the right to do so. On the other hand, Athena felt hurt seeing the hesitation in him. For the first time that night, tears rolled down her eyes. She didn¡¯t cry even for once, despite all the beating that night. This pain was ten times stronger than the physical pain. "You are still hesitant to acknowledge that, huh? I am that shameful for you¡­ it¡¯s okay¡­ I understand¡­ Ahh ¡­ yo¡­you don¡¯t ne¡­need to say something you don¡¯t ept¡­" Athena coughed out some blood as spoke up. She was getting weaker by every passing second. "Shut up, bitch! You are my mate and I don¡¯t allow you to talk to any other male!" Derrick growled and it sounded funny to both of them. They both ignored him as she was busy trying to keep calm while he was trying to wrap his mind around what she said. Was he ashamed of her? Yes. Was he ashamed of her at that moment? No! Every negative feeling just vanished into thin air and he was left with nothing else other than the fear of losing her. "How fucking dare you touch MY MATE! I will fucking kill you! She is mine! So, don¡¯t even try to touch her again! That will be thest day of you in this world.Do you understand me?!" He growled while pulling Athena more than closer, trying to protect her by his tight hug. At that moment, Athena was shocked would be an understatement. She was beyond that as she looked a t him with fascination, "Your mate? Now is that some kind of joke? She is my mate and I can prove that!" Derrick spoke up in confidence, shocking them again. "How?"Dominic asked with gritted teeth. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. "The mate bond.Nothing is more powerful than the mate bond for mates.Now, let¡¯s see if she can feel it with you or me.With whoever she feels it, she is his mate."Derrick said with a smirk, confusing them once again. They both looked at each other before looking back at Derrick. "Okay then." Athena breathed out and slowly raised her shaking hands up to Dominic¡¯s cheeks and cupped his face. Within a few seconds her eyes widened in shock and disbelief. "D¡­do¡­ Dominic¡­ Dominic! I¡­I can¡¯t feel it! Dominic!" She cried out when she couldn¡¯t feel the spark after touching her and that¡¯s when he realised the same thing as well. The sparks were gone. "M¡­me too¡­ What¡¯s happening? Why can¡¯t I feel the connection with you anymore? It was there a moment ago as well.Why?!" Dominic eximed in shock and confusion while touching her face and caressing her face repeatedly to feel those magical sparks which they ignored till then. "Okay, how about now, mate?" Derrick asked with a smirk as he touched her this time as she immediately pulled her hand away and looked at him in shock. "I don¡¯t know what¡¯s happening, Dominic! ¡­.¡­.why do I feel the connection with him?" She cried out loud i n despair and shock. She didn¡¯t want that. She doesn¡¯t want that! She was happy with what she had, even if he didn¡¯t want her. But Derrick?! It¡¯s the worst thing ever. "Don¡¯t panic, honey! It¡¯s normal you won¡¯t feel anything for him.Because you are my mate and you are supposed to feel all that only for me.Come on.Let me make you feel out of the world." He smirked and tried to touch her again but she pushed him away and scooted closer to Dominic and hid her face on his chest. "Don¡¯t touch me! Don¡¯t! You are not my mate! That¡¯s not possible! Why is this happening, oh goddess?" She cried out loud in fear and weirdness.She didn¡¯t like what she was feeling at all. "I think I know the reason."Derrick spoke up with a smirk. "I have heard that you two don¡¯t ept both of you as each other¡¯s mate? He rejected you and is now going to mark another woman while you were: going to ept his rejection as well.Isn¡¯t that right?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and Dominic immediately looked down at her with a frown. He felt another wave of anger hit him if what he already had on his te wasn¡¯t enough. "What?! What were you going to do?" He asked in shock and disbelief, mostly in anger. The used look h e gave her, angered her as well. "What else do you expect me to do?! I can¡¯t just stand there and see myself die!" She shouted and he looked at her in shock. "Do you realise that I was dying.Because the mate bond was killing me! All : because of you!" She shouted and punched on his chest, exactly at the ce where she gave him the wound. He gritted his teeth tightly to bear the pain. ¡°You don¡¯t have to die.Enough of talking.Now I am taking my mate with me, alpha Dominic.You don¡¯t have any right to stop me, otherwise we both will have some problem and I won¡¯t mind dragging the councils for this." Derrick threatened, getting control over the situation again, or so he thought. "Are you fucking trying to scare me? What made you think that you can scare me and let alone take her away from me?!"Dominic scoffed. He can only imagine how funny Derrick sounded in front of him at that moment. "What rights do you have to stop her? You hate her.You rejected her and were going to mark another woman.So, why do you care now?" Derrick shouted when he realised that his n was going to South again! "¡­..she¡­" Derrick¡¯s question caught him off guard again and it angered her at the same time. "Yes, why do you care now? What rights do you have? We don¡¯t even have the connection anymore! Maybe the moon goddess took that away and ended the misery for you.Maybe we are actually not mates any more.Isn¡¯t that great? Isn¡¯t that what you wanted? Congrattions, you got that." She snapped and tried to pull herself away from him but he tightened his hold around her instead. "Fuck mate bond! Fuck connection! You are mine, you belong to me! And I am not going to let what¡¯s mine take away from me. So, fuck everything and I am going to take what¡¯s mine at any cost! Do you understand that?" Dominic shouted in frustration while looking deep into her eyes, shocking her. "Are you nning to fight me, Alpha Dominic? How are you going to fight me alone? You are alone today and no matter how powerful you are, you cannot stand my big army. Do you think it will be worth risking everything just for this mere bitch?" Derrick asked with a smirk as he thought that he was going to win the fight no matter what. What an idiot he was! "Don¡¯t fucking touch her! You don¡¯t have to worry about me! I am alone enough to save my mate. Do you fucking understand?" Dominic dered while standing up while pulling Athena up with her as well. He put her behind him while ring at him with gritted teeth.He was ready to fight if necessary.He didn¡¯t even need to mindlink his people for help.He was enough. "Also, you are fucking delusional to think we will let you take our Luna away just like that." They three went frozen in shock as they heard the familiar voice. They all turned around to look at Nathan standing proudly a few feets away from them. Behind him was a big group of soldiers whose leader was Justin at that moment. And it was clear from their faces that they were ready for a fight. "Attack them!" Derrick suddenly announced and it became a bloody mess within a few seconds. Dominic and Derrick started to fight as well while not shifting. They didn¡¯t want to kill that day because it was really dangerous for themunity. Athena watched all these from a little distance from them when she suddenly noticed something. Silver! After that everything happened so fast that she didn¡¯t realise what happened until she found herself standing in front of Dominic, shielding himself from the deadly thing and taking the attack on herself. Not caring that it could kill her as well, "ATHENA!" Chapter 42: The lost mate bond Chapter 42: The lost mate bond ¡°Doctor! Doctor! Where the fuck is everyone?!¡± Dominic¡¯s loud voice boomed in the hospital, shaking the building But nothing could express what he was feeling. He was feeling as if he would die at any moment. The breath would leave his body any moment and at the same time someone was clenching his heart by taking it in hands. He was in pain. Too much pain. But he wasn¡¯t feeling this pain because of the mate bond or anything because that bond was gone. It was gone in a way where he couldn¡¯t feel it even a little bit. The pain he was feeling wasing from inside. He couldn¡¯t bear to look at Athena, fighting for her life. It was all his fault. He won¡¯t be able to forgive himself if something happens to her. Heck, he would die! What¡¯s happening to him?! ¡°Oh my god, alpha. She is in a very bad state. It¡¯s going to be hard saving her.¡± The doctor said immediately after he saw the state of Athena. She was almost dead. Her heartbeat was hardly there. She was breathing very slowly as well. It looked like she would stop breathing any moment now. Her beautiful face lost all its colour then. The thought of her not getting it back again was scary! ¡°You fucking need to save her! Do you understand that?! I want you to save her at any cost! At any fucking cost! Otherwise you better count yourst breath as well!¡± Dominic growled out loudly while going out of control. The doctor gulped in fear when he realised that his alpha wasn¡¯t kidding. But he needs to act professionally at that moment. ¡°She is losing too much blood, alpha. And just like thest time, her healing ability is still weak and it¡¯s near non-existent as well. It seems like her wolf is either too weak or dead already. I am sorry but there is hardly any way to save her!¡± The doctor tried to make him understand once again but Dominic wasn¡¯t having any of it. ¡°What the fuck do you mean?! You have to save her! want her alive! There has to be a way to save her.¡± He asked in desperation. He suddenly felt his body going cold and numb. No! This can¡¯t happen. He can¡¯t lose her! Not after realising what she meant to him! He just fucking can¡¯t lose her! ¡°There is actually a way, alpha.¡± The doctor suddenly spoke up, taking all the attention back to him. His eyes widened as soon as he heard him. ¡°What is it?¡± He asked hurriedly, not wanting to waste a single second in the process. ¡°Her mate.¡± The doctor stated, confusing Dominic. He suddenly went silent when he realised what the doctor meant. His silence confused Nathan and that¡¯s when he decided to speak up for the first time. ¡°Her mate? How can that help her?¡± He asked. ¡°Yes, beta. Only her mate can help her at this moment. Mate bonds have divine power. Moon goddess has blessed mates with this for a reason. Just like declining the mate bond can kill the other person, they also hold the power to save each other. So, you need to bring her mate here anyway possible.¡± The doctor said while trying his best from his side by starting to clean up her wounds and all. ¡°Her mate¡­ but.., it¡¯s¡­¡± Dominic was at a loss for words as he looked around in confusion. He couldn¡¯t think straight ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Dominic? You are her mate, right? Go and save her!¡± Nathan eximed with a frown or confusion. Even though he had a lot of questions, he kept them to himself. ¡°No¡­¡± Dominic mumbled out while looking down. Nathan frowned after hearing him. ¡°What do you mean by that? Aren¡¯t you her mate? But you said that there, in the fight¡­¡± Nathan trailed off i n confusion, trying to make sense of what was happening. ¡°I know because I¡­ was¡­ her mate. We don¡¯t have a connection anymore¡­ I don¡¯t know how that is possible but something is wrong and now I don¡¯t know what to do.¡± Dominic said in helplessness as he couldn¡¯t think of a way at that moment. He felt weak¡­ ¡°You said she had a second chance mate. Maybe he can help. Do you know who her second chance mate is?¡± Nathan asked with a frown when he realised that his friend was giving up on thinking. So, he took the responsibility. ¡°No, I don¡¯t know¡­. ¡­. just know¡­. Is..is it possible.¡± Dominic mumbled in confusion and ckness. His mind waspletely nk as his eyes were stuck on Athena¡¯s lifeless face. Nathan looked at him in utter confusion but before she could ask or say something, he heard his mate¡¯s voice. ¡°Where is she? How¡¯s she? And second chance mate? What are you guys talking about? She doesn¡¯t have a second chance mate.¡± Suzanne eximed in shock and worry. It was clear from her teary eyes and cheeks that she cried on her way here. ¡°How can you be so sure?¡± Nathan asked with a frown while taking her in his arms first tofort her. ¡°What do you mean by that?! I have lived here for three years. I may not know her past but I know her present enough. She doesn¡¯t have a second chance mate. She had only one mate who rejected her. Maybe we can find him and save her. We need to save her.¡± Suzanne scowled at Dominic in anger before worry came down on her face again. She cried out loud while hugging Nathan as soon as she saw Athena¡¯s lifeless face. ¡°Oh my goddess! What happened to her, Nathan? It wasn¡¯t supposed to happen to her.¡± She cried on his chest. ¡°Shh¡­ She is going to be okay. We just need her mate.¡± Nathan spoke up while looking at Dominic with a frown, he waited for him to say something. ¡°No, her first mate can¡¯t help her¡­¡± Dominic opened his mouth while looking at Athena nkly. ¡°What do you mean? How do you know that?¡± Suzanne asked with a frown. ¡°I...I just know¡­ We need to save her¡­ find some other way.¡± Dominic ordered while looking away from them, his face was getting nk. He slowly started to believe that there was no other way other than going to Derrick who actually could b e her mate. But¡­ He just can¡¯t ept that. The thought almost destroyed him. Just when he was losing hope, they all heard a new voice. ¡°There is no other way, big alpha boy. Only you can save her.¡± Everyone looked at the entrance of the corridor and found Irene along with Clement standing there. Dominic recognized her immediately because she was the reason he could reach Athena actually. But was it to any use now? ¡°Witch?! How dare youe to my territory again and how dare you talk to me like that?¡± Dominic growled at her. ¡°I am not your pet, alpha. That tone doesn¡¯t work for me. So, I am not going to be afraid of you. Not at least in a situation like this where her life is more important than these silly fights. Because trust me, it it wasn¡¯t for that pretty bitch, I wouldn¡¯t have stepped foot here.¡± Irene snapped at his annoyance as she walked toward him and stood just in front of him with her head held high. ¡°How do you know her?¡± Suzanne suddenly asked with a frown. Irene rolled her eyes at her. ¡°That¡¯s a story for another time. Just concentrate on saving her.¡± Irene snapped before looking back at Dominic ¡°How can we save her?¡± Dominic asked with a deep frown, the desperation was clear in his tone. ¡°Not we, you. Only you can save her. Your bond can save her.¡± Irene stated. ¡°Wait a minute. Mate bond? His mate bond? What the hell does that mean?! Dominic?! Does that mean you are that asshole-¡­?!¡± Suzanne eximed in shock and anger as she red at him. She was almost going to attack him if it wasn¡¯t for Nathan who stopped her.. ¡°Ditto that! Yourst line, Suzanne. I agree with you.¡± Irene joked with a smirk.. ¡°How fucking dare you-¡­!¡± Dominic growled but yet again it didn¡¯t bother her at all.. ¡°Suzanne, my love. Calm down. We can talk about thatter. Now we need to concentrate on her. Please for her sake.¡± Nathan cooed in Suzanne¡¯s air who was fuming in anger.. ¡°Our mate¡¯s bond is gone. It¡¯s fucking not there anymore. We can¡¯t feel it. Our mate bond is fucking broken! ¡°Dominic shouted as he pulled his hair out in confusion and frustration. Irene looked at him with a deep frown. ¡°What the hell was that supposed to mean? That stupid bitch actually didn¡¯t ept your rejection, did: she?¡± Irene scowled, angry at Athena. Because if she actually epted the rejection, they won¡¯t be left with any other way. ¡°No, she didn¡¯t. We stopped feeling the connection suddenly. She started to feel shit for Derrick. I don¡¯t understand what the fuck is going on!¡± Dominic growled and that¡¯s when Irene let out a sigh of relief. ¡°Oh, wait! Now I might know what¡¯s wrong.¡± She said with a smirk and walked toward Athena. ¡°What do you mean? What¡¯s going on?¡± Dominic asked in confusion. ¡°Wait, let me check first.¡± Irene said as she mumbled something with closed eyes while touching both of her cold hands. She opened her eyes soon with a sigh. ¡°And exactly what I thought was wrong.¡± She said with a small shake of her head. ¡°What do you mean? Will you fucking tell me?! We don¡¯t have much time.¡± Dominic eximed in anger while looking at Athena with fear, fear of losing her. ¡°Yeah, so that asshole, Derrick¡­¡± Irene started talking when suddenly Clement protested. ¡°Hey¡­¡± He spoke up in a low tone which shut up as soon as Irene red at him. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°What? Do you want to argue with me now?¡± She scoffed and he shook his head at her negativity. ¡°No.¡± He mumbled under his breath. ¡°Good, that¡¯s what I expected.¡± Irene rolled her eyes at him before looking back at Dominic. ¡°And what I was telling? Yeah, right. What¡¯s wrong with her and your mate bond, right? It¡¯s nothing much. Derrick did magic on her and kind of stole the mate bond from you. He blocked it for you and used it on him by magic.¡± She eximed and everyone looked at her in shock. ¡°Is that possible by magic?!¡± Clement asked in shock and disbelief. ¡°Yes, isn¡¯t magic fucking amazing?!¡± She asked with a smirk. ¡°How can we stop or break the magic now?¡± Dominic asked, not letting them start their bickering again.. ¡°Well, I know how to do that.¡± Irene spoke up with a smirk. ¡°Then what are you waiting for? Do it!¡± Dominic ordered as always. ¡°I will do it for you but in one condition.¡± Irene looked at him with a serious look on his face. ¡°Are you fucking serious at this point of time!? Weren¡¯t you telling that you want to save her? Where did that go now?! You are seeing your fucking benefit now?¡± Suzanne shouted in anger and frustration. She wanted to go and beat the hell out of Irene. ¡°Don¡¯t use that tone and trick on me, bitch! Because trust me, you won¡¯t like toe on my bad side. That will be very problematic for you and your little happy life. I hope you know what I am talking about.¡± Irene snapped back at her which immediately shut her up. ¡°What the hell is going on?¡± Nathan asked with a frown, noticing the tension between the women. ¡°Nothing, just tell me if you are ready to keep my condition.¡± Irene demanded again while looking at Dominic and he finally let go of everything. ¡°What is it?¡± He asked with his jaw clenching and unclenching. ¡°I know the moment everything is alright, you guys will go crazy after me and try to create problems for me. I don¡¯t want to go through any unnecessary problems. So, the moment I am done here, I will leave the ce. I don¡¯t want any of you after me and ruin my peace. I am already in a shit state currently.¡± Irene demanded and everyone looked at her in surprise. Everyone or at least every witch wishes for something valuable or something that might benefit them. They are selfish in nature. So, everyone was a little shocked when they saw that what she was asking for was her peace. That¡¯s it! She was actually unique and that exins why she and Athena were friends. ¡°I give you my word. No one will bother you.¡± Dominic spoke up with a serious look on his face and she nodded at him, epting his promise. ¡°Alpha, we are losing her¡­¡± The doctor¡¯s panicked voice reminded them of their situation and they all became alert while looking at the heart monitor anxiously. ¡°Fucking do it fast!¡± Dominic growled while touching her hand tightly. ¡°I am doing it! I am doing it! Geez!¡± Irene scowled before walking back to Athena. She once again did her thing, her magic while touching Athena¡¯s forehead and hands. Dominic was still holding one of his hands. And soon they all looked at the heart monitor and went crazy. They all sighed in relief when they saw her taking a big breath on her own. ¡°Go and do whatever you want and save her. I hope you know the rest.¡± Irene said with a wink, immediately earning a re from Dominic as he walked toward Athena. He held her cold hand and as soon as he touched her, it started to get warmer, making him sigh in relief. ¡°Would you like us to close the door?¡± Irene asked in a teasing tone and just as she finished the sentence, he mmed the door close loudly behind him, making everyoneugh out loud. Chapter 43: Broken her Chapter 43: Broken her Dominic held Athena¡¯s small and cold hand tightly in hisrge fist while looking at her carefully. Her face was filled with different wounds and cuts. He slowly and shakily raised his hands and touched her face delicately as if she would break down any moment. And all the ces he was touching, the marks were vanishing into thin air. The power of mate bond¡­ ¡°A¡­Ace¡­ Ace¡­ Ace¡­¡± He immediately pulled his hands away when he heard hering back to consciousness. He was shocked to see hering back to consciousness so fast. And he was more astonished seeing her calling for her son for the first time aftering back to consciousness from such a big ident. Maybe it was just her strong motherly instinct¡­ She opened her eyes and groaned in pain when she went to sit up abruptly. ¡°Careful! Don¡¯t move so fast. You are going to open up your wounds.¡± He warned while holding her hands. She looked at him confused first and then in anger before she pushed him away with a hard push, not caring about the pain she was in. ¡°Stay away from me! Do you hear me?!¡± She shouted as she looked at him in pure anger. ¡°Athena?¡± He looked at him in confusion. ¡°Don¡¯t fucking call my name! Stay away from me. Get out! All these things are happening because of you.¡± She cried out loud while suddenly looking around with fearful eyes. That¡¯s when he realised something was wrong with her. ¡°Athena¡­ calm down¡­ what¡¯s wrong?¡± He asked in a slow yet careful tone. ¡°How dare you ask me that?! Because of you I am going to die! He is going to kill me! I need to save myself. I need to save myself for my son. Or he would kill us.¡± Athena shouted before quickly getting down from the bed, shocking him. He took a step toward her and she instantly stepped away. ¡°Athena! What¡¯s wrong?! What are you talking about? Calm down! Are you absolutely okay!¡± He shouted at her but she wasn¡¯t having it. She threw everything off of the side tables and threw things at him. ¡°Stay away from me, you monster! Stay away.¡± She shouted as she kept throwing things. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. He quickly tookrge steps toward her when he realised that she wasn¡¯t in the right state of mind and injured herself even farther. He needed to calm her down. So, he forcefully went toward her, despite the abuse she was implementing at her. ¡°Leave me! I said leave me!¡± She shouted but he hugged her tightly. He didn¡¯t let her move at all as he kept his hand wrapped around her with no intention to leave. ¡°Shh¡­ shh¡­ everything is okay. You are okay. Ace is okay. You both are safe. Calm down please. You are safe with me. I will never let anything happen to you.¡± He whispered and she looked up at him with droopy eyes. ¡°Do you promise?¡± ¡°I promise.¡± And that was it, after that she lost her consciousness once again. In his arms, leaving him in a messy state. NEXT MORNING Dominic stood behind the Doctor who was examining Athena on the hospital bed of his pack hospital. It had been so many hours since she was unconscious again. She wasn¡¯t back to consciousness yet. The rest of the room was still scattered and looked utterly disoriented after the havoc she createdst night. The Doctor injected some sedatives and then stood up. ¡°Is she fine, Doctor?¡± Nathan asked worriedly and Dominic looked at him with a frown which he ignored.¡± Why did she fall unconscious?¡± The Doctor exhaled. ¡°She got an anxiety attack, beta and it seemed like it wasn¡¯t the first time.¡± The doctor said with a frown. Dominic looked at him in shock and disbelief which he quickly hid behind his nk look but Suzanne and Nathan looked at each other. From Suzanne¡¯s face, it was clear that she knew about it. Yes, that might sound impossible for a strong woman like Athena but it was true. She has gone through a lot in her life to be broken beyond limit. Still the way she keeps fighting everyday was beyond fascinating. ¡°This all happened because of you! You pushed her button and broke her so much to cause this to me! It¡¯s all your fault.¡± Suzanne shouted at Dominic while crying, holding Nathan. ¡°Yes. This usually happens when the person is in stress from an over longed period. I don¡¯t want to know what happened here but with what I see around myself right now and the symptoms you exined to me about how she reacted before falling unconscious, points out the same. Thankfully it wasn¡¯t a severe attack. Her current health might be one of the reasons as well that she reacted this way. Also, her wolf is not engaged with her, that¡¯s a really bad thing as well. I think they need to be released as it seems that they haven¡¯t gone for a run for a long time.¡± The doctor exined. ¡°Doctor, can you please check her wounds?¡± Suzanne said while looking at her worriedly. The doctors checked them all and sighed in displeasure. ¡°What is it?¡± Dominic asked emotionlessly. ¡°Well, the wounds are not healed properly. But they are not fatal anymore. It¡¯s just her healing ability has bepletely like a human. We need to think of a way to recover it as soon as possible.¡± The doctor exined. Dominic had no words to say. He still couldn¡¯t believe Athena is suffering from all these and he knew very well that she started to have them after his rejection. Did his heart just clenched for her?! ¡°How much longer can you not acknowledge that you feel for our mate?¡¯ his wolf growled which he ignored just like all the time. ¡°Anyways, I have given her the sedatives which should rx her body and mind. When she wakes up. make her eat something and take those medicines And alpha, if you are really her mate. Please be as close to her as possible. You closeness can help her a lot to recover fast. Let¡¯s hope for the best.¡± The doctor said and got up to leave. ¡°Thank you so much, doctor.¡± Suzanne thanked her and the doctor nodded at her. ¡°Take care of her.¡± The doctor said onest time and left the room. None of them said anything to the doctor. But when the doctor left Suzanne bursted at Dominic. ¡°Are you happy now? After all that is what you wanted, right? Destroy her? You knew how much she was going to get affected by this rejection. You still did this to her. But that wasn¡¯t enough, in her presence you were going to mark another woman and literally kill her! Do you realise what would have happened if you had actually done that? She would have died!¡± She snapped in anger. ¡°But she didn¡¯t die, right? Nor did I mark another woman. So, stop this banter and leave.¡± He ordered using his alpha tone and Suzanne was forced to follow it. She groaned and unwantedly stormed out of the room. Now it was only Dominic and Nathan in the room. ¡°Remember once I asked what you would do if your mate turns out to be a rogue. If you would be able to destroy her? You said that you will but I didn¡¯t believe you. But today I already got my answer. You don¡¯t need to destroy her, you have already destroyed her. I can bet she lost her healing abilities because of you. You broke her. You shouldn¡¯t have done that you did exactly like how a rogue would do¡­.¡± Nathan vented out. ¡°Out.¡± Dominic said without any emotion. ¡°What?¡± Nathan eximed in disbelief and confusion ¡°Get out of the room.¡± He gave Nathan a heated re. ¡°Fine! But call me immediately after she wakes up. We are worried for her, unlike you.¡± Nathan said with a roll of his eyes. Dominic red at him again and he red back but nevertheless left the room after closing the door behind him. Dominic looked around the room and sighed. Then he looked at the woman who was lying lifelessly on the bed. He walked toward the couch, avoiding the scattered things. He kneeled down in front of her and brushed away some hairs from her face. She looked pale and sick. There were dark circles below her eyes. Tears had dried away and left marks over her cheeks. He sat next to her and held her hand hesitatingly. It was cold, lifeless andcking energy. It felt dead and the thought itself was terrifying like thest time. Yes, he was scaredst time as well, though he didn¡¯t know it was her who was injured. That¡¯s what the mate bond does. He bent his head and kissed the back o f her palm unknowingly. They were right. It was his fault. He did all this to her. He was really an asshole toward her. He still remembers the innocent and happy smile she gave him the next morning after that night. He didn¡¯t take a moment to snatch that smile away from her. He sighed again while closing his eyes, he was still holding her hands. The woman whom he never wanted in his life was back in his life. And now he was slowly breaking every rule he made against her. What a tragedy!! ¡°A¡­Ace¡­ Ace¡­where is my son?¡± He was brought back to present hearing her voice and immediately left her hand which she was holding. ¡°You? What are you doing here? Where am I? Where is Ace?¡± She asked with a deep frown while sitting up slowly. He wanted to help but stopped himself at the end moment. He was trying to show he didn¡¯t care at all and all he was doing was just for humanity. He walked back to the table which waspletely broken and picked up the sandwich which he had ordered for her. He walked back to her and threw the sandwich on herp. ¡°Eat it.¡± He ordered her, without answering her questions. He looked directly into her eyes and ordered her strictly to eat it without making a fuss. When he realised that she was going to create a scene, he immediately spoke up again. ¡°Doctor said to have those medicines after eating something if you want to stay alive.¡± He said coldly. Athena frowned at him but nevertheless picked the sandwich with shaky hands and started to unwrap it slowly Her shaky hands didn¡¯t go unnoticed by Dominic. ¡°Your hands¡­ they are¡­ shaking.¡± He said while pointing at her shaky hands with a frown. ¡°I.. know. They will stop once I take.. the medicines and food.¡± Athena mumbled hesitantly in a low voice while looking down. She was ashamed of herself. She wasn¡¯t supposed to lose her calm like this. She wasn¡¯t supposed to let them know, let Dominic know her weakness. She wasn¡¯t supposed to let Dominic see how much he broke her. She doesn¡¯t want him to think she was weak. She shouldn¡¯t have mindlinked him in the first ce. She should have thought with a calmer mind and found a solution. But what to do? Derrick came all prepared. Also how weak she was, wasn¡¯t helping as well. She didn¡¯t look at Dominic for once. She just wanted to leave this ce as soon as possible and for that she has to get her energy back soon which will be possible only when she eats the sandwich given by Dominic and takes those medicines, She was eating the sandwich pretty fast, while ignoring the pain on her body. She felt his pricing eyes on her and that made her eat more hurriedly. Suddenly food stuck in her chest and she started to cough loudly. ¡°Careful!¡± Dominic shouted and immediately walked toward her. He sat down beside her and poured some water for her. At the rate she was eating, he knew it was to happen. He held the ss at the tip of her lips and she gulped it down quickly. When she was okay, she put her feets down hurriedly and forwarded her shaky hands toward the treat to get her medicine. Dominic stopped her by holding her shaky hands by one hand and taking those medicines by one. He put her hands back to herps; she didn¡¯t object. She just wanted to get over it. He opened all the medicines one by one. Athena forwarded her hands to get the medicines which he ignored and feeded her the medicines by his own hand. Athena looked at him in shock and opened her mouth unknowingly. He fed her the medicines and water. He was behaving like everything was normal between them. There is no way in hell everything was okay between them. When he looked down to see her shocked face, he looked at them in satisfaction. He even breathed a sigh in satisfaction as if he felt peace by taking care of her. Suddenly sense knocked into his head and he realised what just happened. ¡®Did I just get satisfaction by showing her my rights? Wait, right? Where did thate from?¡¯ He thought and started to curse himself in his mind. ¡°How do you feel?¡± He asked in a low tone as she sat there while looking away from her. ¡°That¡¯s none of your business. What are you doing here? Can you just leave?¡± She asked in fury while looking away from him still. She felt her heart burning and she could feel the bond between them once again. What was happening? ¡°Athena, listen-¡­¡± Dominic had just started to talk when there was a knock on the door. They both looked at the door and immediately a frown fell on her face which he noticed. ¡°Stacey?¡± Dominic asked in confusion when he saw standing there. ¡°The responsible Luna might havee to wish me quick recovery.¡± Athena mumbled under her breath which Dominic heard but didn¡¯t say anything. He waited for Stacey to speak up. ¡°What is it, Stacey?¡± He asked. ¡°Can you pleasee with me for a second? I want to talk to you.¡± Stacey said in a nk tone. Dominic looked at Athena once who was already looking at him with a frown. She didn¡¯t want him to go with Stacey, it was clear from her face. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± And yet again, he disappointed her and she disappointed herself by having expectations from him. Chapter 44: Frustrated Dominic Chapter 44: Frustrated Dominic ¡°What is it, Stacey? I don¡¯t have time for this.¡¯ Dominic asked in a nk tone as soon as they were inside his office room, in the pack house. He didn¡¯t look at her. He just wanted to get over this as soon as possible, ¡°How? How could you do this to me? I didn¡¯t expect this from you.¡± Stacey eximed while crying as she walked toward her and stood in front of him, forcing him to look at her. ¡°What are you talking about, Stacey?¡± He stepped away from her while still not looking at her and it frustrated her beyond limit. She went near him once and clutched his cor and made him look at him. He didn¡¯t like that at all but didn¡¯t say anything at that moment. ¡°You really don¡¯t know what I am talking about? Seriously? Now this is how we are going to do this?¡± She shouted while shaking him by the cor. He gritted his teeth and tried to act calmly and patiently while dealing with this matter. ¡°Stacey, I don¡¯t know what you are talking about¡­¡± He had just started to talk when she cut him off, angering him beyond limit but he still decided to act calmly while she looked at him in anger. ¡°No, I will tell you what you did! You yed me! You used me! You betrayed me! You insulted me and made fun of me! You wronged me from so many angles! And you are still trying to ignore it and act like you don¡¯t know anything? Is that how you n to do this?!¡± She shouted while crying out loudly. She pushed him away as she cried in misery. ¡°Stacey, I don¡¯t have time for this. I am really busy. We will talk about thister. I have to go.¡± Dominic tried to walk past her as he knew if he starts talking then, things would go more harshly thanst night. He didn¡¯t want to ruin things more than it already was. ¡°No! You are not going anywhere! You are going to go to that bitch, right?! She snatched you from me, didn¡¯t she?! You are mine and she stole you from me! I can¡¯t let that happen. I won¡¯t let that happen! Do you hear me?! I am not going to let you go!¡± She caught his hands once again and pulled him back to his previous ce. And at that time, he had enough and enough. He wasn¡¯t going to tolerate it anymore. He snatched his hands away from her and looked at her in the eyes with intense anger and frustration. ¡°Now we can talk. Let¡¯s start from the beginning, you are no one to stop me from going anywhere to her. And she didn¡¯t snatch or stole me away from her because I was always her. Not yours. The moon goddess decided that for us. I agree I was an asshole to deny that for a long time I hated her and didn¡¯t ept her as my mate but now I realised that what was doing was not good for my pack.¡± He said in a dead serious tone, making sure to let every words register into her mind before she talks stupid again. But she wasn¡¯t having any of it. Dominic couldn¡¯t believe himself. Was it even himself? ¡°Are you even hearing yourself?! You said I was your mate! You were going to mark me yesterday! Yesterday was my big day. Then how did it all get ruined? How has everything changed? Because she snatched that away from me and like a bitch she snatched everything away from me!¡± Stacey shouted in equal anger when throwing everything off of the table. But he still didn¡¯t say a word. ¡°Stacey, can you please leave? I am not in the right state of my mind. I need time to think about all this. I would like to apologise for the humiliation you had to face for me yesterday. But I need time now. So, please leave¡­¡± He said with gritted teeth, reaching the best of his patience. But the stupid and desperate girl was acting really stubborn. She came back to stand close to him once again. She cupped his face, not letting him move away.. ¡°Okay, okay¡­ I understand¡­ take your time. Take as much time as you want. But please don¡¯t do this to me. I was supposed to be your mate. I am supposed to be your Luna and your pack¡¯s Luna. Don¡¯t take it all from me and give it to her. You had promised me that.¡± She cried miserably. He held her wrist and moved her away from him. ¡°Promises are made to be broken.¡± He said in a nk tone. ¡°So, you are breaking your promise?¡± She asked in shock and hurt. ¡°Understand something like that. You can¡¯t be my mate or my Luna, that¡¯s final. I don¡¯t know about her.¡± H e said in the same nk and harsh tone. Because he thought at least that might work and she would stay away from him and leave him alone. ¡°No! You can¡¯t do that! We had a contract! You can¡¯t just break it like that. You can¡¯t!¡± She shouted while being a crying mess, she was trying her very best to do this. ¡°I can and I am breaking it.¡± He said while looking dead serious. ¡°How can you do that? How could you do that to me?¡± She cried while falling down on the floor. ¡°You have seriously started to irritate me, Stacey. I was trying to be polite with you out of guilt. But now you have left me with no other choice. You want to know how I can break the contract, right? You want to know how I could do this to you, right? Then listen.¡± He kneeled down in front of her and made her look at him while clutching her cheeks. ¡°The contract wasn¡¯t bringing me any benefits. You dad is failing in keeping his promise and not doing his job. What he is doing is just asking for more and more time. If he thought I was going to give you such a big thing just like that, without any feedback from that side, that he is stupid to think that I am stupid. Because I am not that. And about you being the Luna of my pack, you are suitable for being that. I have seen the way you interact with my pack members. You should have thought about all this at that time when you misbehaved with them. Do you understand?¡± He snapped in a cruel tone, making her shocked. ¡°So, that bitch behaves well with your pack members and now you are going to make her Luna, is that it?¡± She snapped back as well in anger. She was unable to ept the fact that he was choosing a rogue above her. ¡°I am not answerable to you. Now leave before I call the security to drag you out, which I really don¡¯t want to do.¡± He growled, while reaching the end of his patience and from the look of her face, it seemed like she understood what he was talking about. She knew that if she irritates him more, he actually won¡¯t hesitate to do that. That will be a bit insulting once again. ¡°Fine. Fine.. I will not disturb you anymore but I have a request to make.¡± She sighed as she calmed down slowly. She got up from the floor with him and looked at him expectantly.. ¡°What is it?¡± He asked with a frown. ¡°I want to stay in this pack for some more time. I just can¡¯t drop the habit and dream suddenly. I need time. I will slowly make myself ept that I don¡¯t belong here slowly. Until then, I want to stay here. For the sake of the past or the future we were supposed to share, can¡¯t I at least demand for that?¡± She asked as a few drops of tears fell from her eyes. He fell into deep thoughts thinking of her demands. He couldn¡¯t decide if it was the right decision or not t o let her stay. It might create further problems for Athena and the pack members. But how could he be so cruel toward her as well?! Ugh! He was in such a messed up situation. He didn¡¯t like that at all. He just wanted to get out of this situation as soon as possible as he had a lot to do after this.. ¡°Okay, fine. You can stay here. But I want you to make that happen as soon as possible. Let¡¯s not make it awkward for everyone here. But till the time you are here, I will make sure no one troubles you. I promise you that.¡± He said in a nk tone and she nodded at him thankfully. ¡°I hope you will keep at least this promise.¡± She said in a nk tone before turning around to leave the room. What a tragedy! AN HOUR LATER ¡°Dominic, we need to talk.¡± Nathan spoke up as soon as he barged inside the room without permission. Justin followed behind him inside the room. Dominic let out a groan as soon as he saw them. He just wanted to be at peace for a few hours. But no! It seemed next to impossible in his life! ¡°Now don¡¯t start you two! I am already exhausted with the conversation I just had with Stacey.¡± He let out another groan. ¡°Well, just like that was important, it¡¯s really important too. And we are not going to let you go until you tell us what the fuck is going on.¡± Nathan snapped before taking a seat in front of him. Justin followed that too and they both looked at Dominic with frowns. ¡°What do you mean?¡± Dominic asked with a frustrated sigh. ¡°Don¡¯t act innocent in front of us! And tell us what¡¯s going on?¡± Justin demanded, while losing his patience. He remembered Stacey saying the same things to him. What the hell?! ¡°If you are here to ask me about Athena, then I am really not interested in talking at this moment.¡± He groaned while closing his eyes in exhaustion. He didn¡¯t sleep at allst night and now all these from the morning. He had limits as well! ¡°It¡¯s not about Athena. It¡¯s about your mate and our Luna. We have the right to know what¡¯s going on.¡± Nathan snapped with a frown. ¡°What do you want to know?¡± Dominic asked. ¡°Everything.¡± Justin instantly replied and he was a stupid to think that he would reply to his questions immediately. ¡°Everything what?¡± Dominic asked in a nk tone while looking at him with a raised eyebrow. ¡°Everything as in everything. Is Athena really your mate?¡± Nathan asked with a frown as he clearly remembers him telling Derrick that she was his mate and then at the hospital. Then why were there so manyplications? ¡°Yes.¡± Dominic answered in a nk tone, as he didn¡¯t find any reason to hide that more. ¡°When did you find out?¡± Justin asked the next question. ¡°Almost three years ago.¡± He yet again replied in a nk tone yet again while trying his best to not remember the past. On the other hand, Nathan and Justin looked at him confused, unable to understand what was going on in his head, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell any of us?¡± Nathan eximed in disbelief. ¡°Because I didn¡¯t want to?¡± Dominic asked which sounded like a statement. ¡°Did you reject her?¡± Justin asked in disbelief. ¡°Yes.¡± He answered once again with no expression on his face. His attitude seemed to frustrate them beyond limit. ¡°Why?!¡± ¡°Because she was a filthy little thief and a rogue.¡± ¡°You are insane, Dominic!¡± ¡°Just don¡¯t push my buttons anymore. I really don¡¯t want to talk about it. I need time to figure the fuck out. Just leave me alone for a few hours.¡± He eximed in anger and frustration. He couldn¡¯t take them anymore. ¡°Okay, fine. But just know that Stacey is not going to be our Luna and we are not going to let you do anything to Athena. Now you can decide the rest.¡± Nathan demanded and Dominic had enough already. H. e once said that he wasn¡¯t going to say anything else, it means, he wasn¡¯t going to do that at any cost. ¡°Just leave me alone.¡± He snapped while standing up from his chair, ready to throw them out of his room. ¡°Okay, onest thing.¡± Nathan said with a sigh. ¡°What is it?¡± He asked with a frown. ¡°She is getting discharged today. Where is she going to live? With any of us or in the pack house?¡± Nathan asked even though he already knew the answer. ¡°In my mansion.¡± Dominic answered immediately while ring at him because he knew that he was teasing him. ¡°Are you going to be there to receive her?¡± Justin. ¡°No, I don¡¯t want to go through another headache now. You guys can help her or whatever.¡± He answered i n an impatient tone. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°On which floor should we shift her?¡± Nathan asked another irritating question to frustrate him deliberately. ¡°Do whatever you want but just leave now. I just fucking want to be alone!¡± He growled out in anger and frustration. ¡°Okay, fine. You gave us liberty, don¡¯t me uster¡± Nathan said with a smirk before they both left the room. Chapter 45: Their Emotions Chapter 45: Their Emotions IN THE NIGHT The pain worsened. Athena just woke up from sleep just a few minutes ago from the pain on her leg and waist. She needed a hot water bag to massage her feet and waist. The wounds were getting healed back. Now a hot bag should ease the cramps. She decided to go down and make a hot water bag ready. But could she walk alone? She once again tried to call her wolf but didn¡¯t get a reply. That made her worried and sad. What was wrong with her wolf? As far as what she heard from Suzanne, her mate¡¯s bond with Dominic was retrieved back by Irene¡¯s magic. Then why wasn¡¯t her wolf back yet? She knew that the moment she gets well, she is going to have a big fight with Suzanne. She saw that in her eyes. She saw how hard Suzanne was trying to keep calm just because she was sick. Goddess help her! And currently she doesn¡¯t want to call Dominic or take help from him as she was staying in his mansion. Nathan and Justin dropped her here today a few hours ago. She didn¡¯t know which room she was in. It wasvish and had a ckish interior design. She never came to the third floor. There wasn¡¯t anyone else. So, she decided to do it alone. She gently got down the bed and took slow painful steps to the door. She opened it and the moment she stepped ahead, the cramp made her yelp. But she suppressed it by biting her lips and walked till the stairs while bearing a lot of pain. It was midnight now. No one was around as Dominic doesn¡¯t like to keep maids around, she was an exception and she wondered where Dominic was. Ace was sleeping in the room opposite to where she was peacefully. The cramp intensified and she couldn¡¯t bear it anymore. She didn¡¯t realise when her feet slipped and she lost her grip from the ground. Her eyes went shut. ¡°Dominic!¡± She shouted out of instinct for help while waiting for the immense pain that was going to come from the hit. ¡°Careful!¡± He shouted and scooped her in arms and hugged her tightly while pressing her closer to his heart. He was scared. Dominic had just returned from a long run. It was midnight but he wasn¡¯t scared of anything other than now losing someone. But that¡¯s not the topic here. When he just came to the mansion, the whole house was dark. And the first room he went to was downstairs, where Athena had been staying from the past few days. He was a little shocked and angry thinking if she wasn¡¯t there, did Nathan and Justin take her to any of their houses? His anger and restlessness intensified which wasn¡¯t going to calm down until he went to her and saw her face. That was what he was going to do. He went out of the room when her beautiful rosemary scent hit his nostrils, making his senses go numb. That¡¯s when he realised that she was in his house only. He ran toward the stairs and his heart almost stopped beating when he saw the scene of her falling and her calling his name out in danger! How could he stop himself from saving her after that As soon as Athena felt she wasn¡¯t falling down, Dominic caught her at the end moment and saved her, she had kicked her ego for some time and hugged him tightly. She was scared. They both were in each other¡¯s embrace for a long time, relishing the moment that nothing bad happened while closing their eyes. Their breathing was uneven and their hearts were pounding crazily. It was after sometime that Athena realised what happened and what she was doing, she froze. Was she dreaming or was Dominic really here and saved her at the end moment? She understood from the tight hug and crazy heartbeat of his that he was scared. Dominic couldn¡¯t calm his heart down yet. Thanks to his stars, he decided to check up on her but he had never expected to find her in the lobby, struggling to walk. ¡°You will never learn!¡± He growled carrying her in arms again and started to walk back to the room where she was. That was actually Dominic¡¯s room where everyone is forbidden from entering and his idiot friends put her there only! He walked inside his room and made her sit on the bed. Though she was thankful he saved her from more pain, she didn¡¯t like hisment and attitude. She was in this state partially because of him as well! Did he forget? No, she is not ming him for the attack she took for her, she did it because she wanted to do it. But what she was ming him for was if he hadn¡¯t gone to mark Stacey, she wouldn¡¯t have gone to the forest and this wouldn¡¯t have happened. She still doesn¡¯t know if the ritual waspleted or not. ¡°I didn¡¯t ask for your help. I could have managed.¡± She mumbled to herself with a cute frown adorning her face. Cute? Has she always been like this? Maybe. Maybe he noticed that as well but never acknowledged deliberately. Then why was he noticing suddenly? What was wrong with him? ¡°Yeah.. I saw how you were managing yourself!¡± He mocked her while cing her on the bed again. ¡°Why did you get down? And why the hell didn¡¯t you call me?¡± He snapped in anger, he won¡¯t be able to imagine her going through what she went through yesterday again. She was almost dead! ¡°Shh¡­¡± She hushed him. ¡°You will wake Ace up.¡± She scowled at him and he scowled back. ¡°You were going to do that, not me. If you had fallen down, you would have woken up everybody in this area.¡± He said and rolled his eyes at him. Athena was seriously angry when he taunted her for no reason. It wasn¡¯t her fault that the silver in her system was intensifying her wounds and making her weak. ¡°If I had to wake him up, I wouldn¡¯t have walked alone till the door. Suzanne, Nathan, Justin, Patricia, they all had asked me to call them anytime if I needed anything but I definitely can¡¯t call them at this time. I. don¡¯t want to cause more trouble. And you¡­ Don¡¯t expect me to go to you because you didn¡¯t prove yourself to be approachable at all, to be honest. You are aware of that as well. So, what do you expect from me in that situation?¡± She snapped at him in one breath. ¡°What did you want? Why were you not in bed and walking around in this state?¡± He asked her with a frown, while not replying to her previous questions. She let out a sigh. She was too tired and too much in pain to act stubborn. She needed his help. ¡°My right side of the waist and right leg are aching. I need a hot water bag.¡± She said in a low voice while looking down. She was angry at herself for gettingfortable with him and being vulnerable in front of him. But at the same time, it felt so right. ¡°Is there swelling? Did it turn ck or purple?¡± He asked with concern which was new on his face. She has never seen that ever on his handsome face. And that was for her. Exclusively for her. The realisation made her heart flip. ¡°I don¡¯t., know..¡± She pouted. She didn¡¯t feel any swelling but she couldn¡¯t confirm it yet. ¡°Let me check.¡± He said and was about to touch her feet when she pulled her feet away from his hand. ¡°No! Don¡¯t.. 1., I am fine.¡± She said hurriedly. didn¡¯t want him to touch her leg and waist. Those two body parts were very sensitive spots for her. She won¡¯t be able to tolerate his touches there. ¡°Stop this stupidity right now and let me see it. I am tired of everyone getting on my nerves today. Please don¡¯t be one of them right now.¡± He snapped at her without thinking as he was already worried for her and she was being unnecessarilyplicated and hard. Athena looked at him in shock. ¡°I know that you are fed up with me.¡± She wiped her tears. ¡°I know I am creating problems after problems for all of you to start. Your and Stacey¡¯s ceremony got ruined because of me. I know how to end all that.¡± She said while tears were shining in her eyes. She was going to do what she nned to do yesterday. He clenched his jaw, understanding very well what she meant. ¡°Just shut up and sit here without a word or thought. I will get a hot water bag for you.¡± He said with a stony face while turning back to get the hot bag. He knew he shouldn¡¯t have called her trouble considering how short-tempered she was but it¡¯s not time to correct himself as she was in pain right now. ¡°I don¡¯t need it anymore. I am fine. Please leave me alone. I will leave the room first thing in the morning. Please bear with me tonight. Good night.¡± She snapped while slowly lying down on the bed. Dominic clenched his jaw. He knew her leg and waist were still aching and only because she didn¡¯t want t o take his favours, she was denying him. ¡°I am still getting it. And we will see if you need it or not after Ie back.¡± Saying that he was gone. Athena cuddled her pillow. His rudeness pricked her badly and she was not at fault in the first ce. She didn¡¯t understand why her emotions were all over the ce that day. Was it because of the silver or what? Why was she being so needy and overwhelmed by so many emotions toward him? Or was it his sudden soft behaviour toward her? This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. When Dominic came back into the room, he saw Athena all cuddled on the pillow. She looked so fragile and in pain that he wondered what best he could do to make her feel better. ¡°Lie on your back.¡± Hemanded making his way to the bed. Athena didn¡¯t pay heed to hismands. Dominic ced the hot water bag on the bedside table. ¡°Athena, don¡¯t throw your tantrums again, please.¡± Dominic requested, for the first time in his life he requested so genuinely. For the first time he meant it. He might have used the word ¡®please before but in annoyance. But only Athena managed to make him feel defeated enough to feel it. He let out a tired, sigh. She has lost her cool now. ¡°If you are so tired of me, I will just leave tomorrow morning with Ace. You can leave me to myself.¡± She snapped at him as a few drops of tears fell from her eyes. Something was definitely wrong with her! Why was she crying?! It felt like a punch. But she was right. She was in pain and he is being impatient with her even after knowing how she is. It wasn¡¯t going to help at all, *Please lie on your back, Athena. Let me help you relieve your pain. I will not disturb you after this.¡± He requested in a sweet voice and she looked at him in shock, The softness in his tone tickled her skin and she was forced to meet his gaze. He was waiting patiently for her to follow the orders. ¡°If you say so sweetly, I might even think of giving my life.¡± She mumbled before doing what he said. And they both decided to act as if she never said that. Only at that moment. Chapter 46: Ace’s talk Chapter 46: Ace¡¯s talk THE NEXT MORNING Athena woke up with the sound of a bird chirping and the bright sunlighting from the open window made her go blind.. Who opened the window? She remembers it being closedst night. She slowly sat up by leaning against the headboard. Was it Dominic? She looked around to find the sight of him and found the room empty. She frowned a little seeing that. As far as she remembers, he was here till the end of the night. She woke up once again at night and found him sleeping beside her. He was sitting down but his head was kneeled down beside him, on the bed. She was lost at that moment, just like she is lost now. She didn¡¯t know what to feel at that moment. She didn¡¯t know what to feel toward the situation, toward everyone and toward¡­ Dominic. She was in confusion and in defence. The defence was to save herself from feeling something stupid. Because Dominic¡¯s change of behaviour was making her feel weird again. She knew she shouldn¡¯t be feeling nice by what he was doing. But the way he was taking care of her and even acknowledged her as his mate, that felt like getting the moon in her hands. Even though she was still his rejected mate! How desperate, insecure and weak she was! Her defence was getting weak and her emotions were all over the ce. That¡¯s because of her wolf. She couldn¡¯t feel her wolf anymore which is why she was in a mess. She was a mess. ¡®Can you hear me? Please reply once. Please. I am nothing without you. Please reply. Tell me what I can d o to get you back. Please tell me. She requested but her request met the nk space in her mind, making her sigh. She didn¡¯t even feel like crying. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. Her wolf was her onlypanion since forever. She was always there for her. Always. Maybe that be in a moment when she was sad, her wolf woulde and give a sassy response which would be enough to make her smile. Or whenever she was in danger, they both fought it bravely together. Now that she can¡¯t feel her anymore, she felt like her soul left her. She feels empty inside. She suddenly felt the air closing on her. She clutched the bed sheet tightly to get control over her sudden anxiety. She felt suffocation. She needed help. She needed something which could make her feel happy and normal again, She needed-¡­ ¡°Mommy! Good morning!¡± She jerked out of her thoughts at the sound of her son¡¯s voice and she immediately felt at peace. She felt her lungs getting filled with oxygen again and a smile came up on her face. She looked at Ace and found him running toward her at full speed, ¡°Good morning, sunshine! Careful! Don¡¯t jump!¡± She warned with a smile, knowing very well that it was fruitless. Because in the morning, no one can stop energetic Ace from meeting his mother. He jumped on the bed and then jumped in her open and weing arms. ¡°Mommy, I missed you.¡± He shouted in pure happiness which he got from being in her arms. ¡°I missed you too, baby. How are you?¡± She asked in a cute voice, mimicking him. He giggled seeing his mom talking like that. ¡°I am good, mommy¡­ How are you? You were hurt?¡± Ace¡¯s happy face suddenly turned gloomy as he remembered that. He doesn¡¯t like to see his mom sad or hurt. ¡°Oh my, baby. I am not hurt. I am perfectly fine. See. Who told you that I am hurt?¡± Athena said in an assuring and loving tone. She didn¡¯t want her lovely son to be worried about her. Ace was a lot smart for his age and she noticed that a long time ago when he started talking a lot earlier than usual. He started walking at an early age as well. And it starteding out more and more when he started to understand things around him when he was barely one and half years old. He knew that he had to stay in their cell. He knew that he cannot make noise or create problems. He knew that his mother worked hard all day so he couldn¡¯t trouble her or demand for unnecessary things. He never even demanded to know who his father was. How good and obedient a baby can be to understand his mother¡¯s unsaid words?! Till now his only demand has been her presence and attention. But often she failed to give him that as well. She was guilty for that. She hated herself because of that. But she didn¡¯t have any choice¡­ ¡°You aren¡¯t hurt? I thought you were and that¡¯s why aunt Suzy put me to sleep.¡± Ace said in a confused tone, making Athena look at him in confusion as well. She gave him a confused smile. ¡°What do you mean, baby? She didn¡¯t put you to sleep because of any reason. She put you to sleep because it was your bedtime and I was busy, so I couldn¡¯t put you to sleep. Hence she did that.¡± Athena exined with a sweet smile but the confused look from her son didn¡¯t go yet. ¡°But aunt Suzy always puts me to sleep whenever you are hurt.¡± He said in a confused yet confused tone. ¡°What do you mean?¡± She asked with a frown. ¡°She always tells me that ¡®mommy is hurt, baby. You need to sleep¡¯. And I immediately fall asleep. Magically.¡± Ace eximed with astonished eyes, making Athena really confused. It¡¯s not possible for her smart son to make up things. Then what¡¯s going on? ¡°Are you sure Aunt Suzy did that?¡± She asked with a frown. ¡°What did aunt Suzy do, hm?¡± Chapter 47: Angry Suzanne Chapter 47: Angry Suzanne ¡°Suzy, you came?¡± Athena asked with a smile when she found Suzanne standing by the door. Suzanne didn¡¯t smile back which told her that she was very angry at her. She gulped nervously because an angry Suzanne is always bad news. ¡°Why? You don''t want me to?¡± Suzanne snapped without any emotions on her face which made Athena more nervous That¡¯s the bad news she was afraid of. Suzanne can get really snarky and sarcastic when she is angry. Athena gave her a puppy look along with a nervous smile. ¡°Ohe on, Suzy! Don¡¯t be like this. Come in.¡± She invited her in while trying to act like everything was okay but Suzanne¡¯s next snarkye back made her sad again. ¡°Oh trust me, I don¡¯t need your permission.¡± Suzanne snapped while looking at her with narrowed eyes before walking toward them, toward the bed. Then she took a seat in front of Suzanne while still ring at her. ¡°Good then. Tell me, how are you?¡± Athena asked with a smile, trying to avoid looking at her re and trying to postpone it as much as she can. ¡°We wille to meter, first tell me what were you both talking about me. Ace? What did aunt Suzy do? ¡°Suzanne asked Ace in a yful tone while smiling at him. She can never get angry at her munchkin. She loves him a lot and every time she looks at him, she feels happiness filling her heart. ¡°You put me to sleep.¡± Ace answered with a toothy grin, not thinking much about what he said earlier. ¡°Oh, it¡¯s nothing. He was telling me how you always put him to sleep whenever I am hurt.¡± Athena said casually with a smile but that wasn¡¯t the same expression on Suzanne¡¯s face. She went silent and her expression fell as she looked at Ace with a different kind of look. But soon she changed the expression to casualty before looking at Athena ¡°O¡­oh¡­that? Actually you know how he gets worried whenever that happens. I don¡¯t want him to fall sick by crying a lot. Also, you would be worried as well. So, I put him to sleep.¡± She exined with a smile as she gave a loving look to Ace who was busy ying with Athena¡¯s beautiful hair. ¡°Thank you so much, Suzy. It¡¯s just he was asking me if I was hurt. That¡¯s what we were talking about.¡± Athena said while caressing his head and looked at Suzanne. She immediately looked away when she saw the look on Suzanne¡¯s face. It was ¡®dangerous¡¯. *Oh, about that¡­ Ace baby, your uncle Nathan and uncle Justin are looking for you. Don¡¯t you want to y with them?¡± Suzanne asked him with a sweet smile and he was immediately brought back from the world he was in. His eyes sparkled in excitement as soon as he heard her.. ¡°I do!¡± He eximed in happiness and immediately jumped down from Athena¡¯sp, ready to run away. ¡°Great! They are waiting for you outside. Go find them,¡± Suzanne said in a tone which matched his excitement whileughing at his cuteness. ¡°Okay! I am going right away!¡± He shouted before starting to run out of the room already. They both laughed at his cuteness, ¡°Don¡¯t run! Be careful!¡± Athena warned behind him, knowing very well that it was really fruitless. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Love you, mummy!¡± Ace shouted before running out of the roompletely. ¡°Love you too.¡± She shouted back as she let out another smallugh. As soon as he left, the room fell into a deep silence. Both of them were waiting for the other person to break the silence. But Athena was sure she was not going to break it and Suzanne let out a frustrated understanding that. ¡°So, what should I call you?¡± Suzanne asked in a nk tone, confusing Athena. She has never used that tone on her. ¡°What do you mean?¡± She asked in confusion. ¡°I mean, should I call you Athy, as in my best friend or should I address you as Luna and bow in front of you?¡± She asked in a sarcastic tone, making Athena feel really guilty. ¡°Suzanne, please don¡¯t be like this. At least give me a chance to exin.¡± She requested and Suzanne looked at her with gritted teeth but kept her calm. ¡°One chance. You got only one chance. So, start exining.¡± Suzanne said in a nk tone and Athena instantly nodded at her in appreciation. ¡°Actually there is nothing much to exin. He rejected me years ago. And now I am nothing but his rejected mate. That¡¯s it. We don¡¯t share anything else other than that.¡± Athena said with a sigh. ¡°I am confused, Athena. Why did he reject you? And why do you feel the mate bond if he rejected you?¡± She asked in confusion. ¡°Because I am yet to ept the rejection.¡± Athena answered, suddenly getting gloomy. ¡°And what do you n to do about that?¡± She asked carefully, trying to read her expression. ¡°I don¡¯t know. But I will surely do what¡¯s the best for everyone.¡± Athena replied as she went into deep thoughts. ¡°Then I hope you actually know what¡¯s best for everyone. I won¡¯t force you to tell me what you have in mind but don¡¯t do anything impulsive.¡± She warned and Athena nodded at her. ¡°Trust me, I do.¡± She said with a small smile and Suzanne just simply nodded at her. ¡°But that still leaves us with another question.¡± A new voice spoke up in between them, making them jump before looking at the door where Patricia stood with a nk look on her face. ¡°Patricia.¡± Athena and Suzanne spoke up at the same time as they acknowledged her presence. ¡°Yes, me, whom youpletely forgot while sharing secrets!¡± Patricia said with a pout while inviting herself into the room. Athena and Suzanne shared a smile before looking back at her with the same smile. They made a ce for Patricia to sit. ¡°Aww, babe, don¡¯t be sad because we know you already heard everything from the door.¡± Suzanne teased and they allughed out loud. ¡°Yeah, I did. Sorry about that.¡± Patricia apologised sheepishly, making themugh. ¡°Oh, don¡¯t be. We were going to share everything with you anyway and it¡¯s not like you are something dangerous for us. You are our best friend!¡± Athena eximed as the three shared a hug. They pulled away from the hug and looked at each other, suddenly getting serious. ¡°Now, about the question I was talking about.¡± Patricia spoke up. ¡°What is it?¡± Athena asked with a small frown. ¡°Who is Ace¡¯s father?¡± And at that moment, Athena wasn¡¯t sure if she was prepared for it or not. Guess she can never be prepared for that question. Chapter 48. Jealous her Chapter 48. Jealous her Athena was bored sitting on the bed all day. Everyone left Dominic¡¯s mansion long ago, including Dominic himself. Now she was alone in the house. Even Ace left with Justin and Patricia. They took her to the park to y with other kids. And Suzanne¡­ only she knew how she convinced her best friend to not ask any questions regarding anything. She had to promise Suzanne to tell her everything until the right timees. Though she didn¡¯t know when the right time mighte, that time wasn¡¯t it for sure. The answer of Suzanne¡¯s question was going to mess things up more than it already was. She couldn¡¯t afford that until she got a hold of the situation again and got everything under control. Until then she has t o be really careful. She let out a sigh and walked down the bed. She recovered really fast this time even though she doesn¡¯t have her wolf with her. She knew it was the mate bond which was helping her recover so fast. The mate bond¡­. She didn¡¯t know what to think of that anymore. It¡¯s the same bond which was going to take her life, it¡¯s the same bond which is the reason she didn¡¯t have her wolf with her and it¡¯s the same bond she got her life back! Moon goddess sure knows how to y games¡­ She sighed once again before pushing those thoughts out of her head and walked outside the room. She decided to explore the house that day. It¡¯s been weeks since she has started staying there but she never got the chance to explore anything of this pack. She looked around the corridor and noticed that there were four rooms on that huge floor. She was confused. ¡°One of the rooms is his bedroom, the one where Ace is staying is a guest room. The other ones are his office room and a library. Then where did Stacey used to sleep when she used to live here?¡± She thought out loud, without thinking of anything. She didn¡¯t notice that someone was standing beside her as she said those things aloud. ¡°Huh, are you that stupid?!¡± Athena turned around in defence as soon as she heard someone scoffing and insulting her. She was caught off guard as she wasn¡¯t expecting anyone there. She frowned deeply as soon as she saw who was standing there and she felt irritation crawling up through her skin to her head. ¡°Stacey? What are you doing here? And what do you mean by that?¡± Athena asked with a scoff as well which was matching the look of Stacey¡¯s face. ¡°Why are you so shocked to see me here? Didn¡¯t you expect me here because you forbade me from coming here?¡± Stacey asked with a frown as they stood only one hand away from each other. Athena looked at her in pure confusion and annoyance at the same time. ¡°What are you talking about? And why would I forbid you froming here?¡± She asked in a ridiculous tone as Stacey¡¯s unnecessary words weren¡¯t making any sense to her. ¡°Don¡¯t pretend in front of me, Athena. We are both past that after everything that happened, okay? I know that you are jealous of me and that¡¯s enough reason for you to forbid me froming here. As it was the same reason you snatched everything away from me and ruined my life.¡± Stacey snapped at her while taking an supposed intimidating step toward Athena. Athena gave her a ridiculous look. ¡°You are really delusional, Stacey. What do you have for me to be jealous of you?¡± Athena asked with a scoff and that taunt angered Stacey beyond limit. ¡°You really want to know that answer? Then listen carefully because that might answer your first question about where I used to stay as well.¡± Stacey snapped while fuming in anger but she still had a sick smirk o n her face which made Athena frown. She still couldn¡¯t understand why she was having this useless and pointless conversation with a brat like Stacey. She wanted to explore the mansion peacefully but guess she was not going to get that done today. As even if Stacey leaves soon, her mood is already ruined for the day. ¡°I don¡¯t want to know. Can you please leave me alone after doing whatever we came here for? I want to stay alone.¡± Athena scoffed at her before turning around to leave and let Stacey do whatever she wanted t o do. She didn¡¯t want to interact with a woman like her. But before she could take one step away from there, Stacey spoke up again which stopped her on her steps. Her blood boiled and anger rose inside her heart which she won¡¯t be able to exin ever. ¡°I used to stay in his room with him. I used to sleep on his bed, in his arms. Exactly on the bed where you were sitting a few minutes ago. Do you understand now what you took away from me?¡± Stacey shouted, making Athena frown. Athena turned around sharply and looked at Stacey deep in the eyes. Her eyes were turning dark dangerously as her fisted hands were shaking to keep the race under control. ¡°What the fuck are you trying to say?¡± She asked with gritted teeth. ¡°What I am saying is, Dominic was mine. His love, his touch, his room, his bed, belongings and everything rted to him belonged to mine. But you snatched that away from me in the name of some fake bond! But guess what¡¯s the difference between you and me regarding him?¡± Stacey asked with a smirk. Athena kept looking at her with dark eyes without replying to her words. Because she knew that there wasn¡¯t any fruit because Stacey was going to say what she got to say anyway. ¡°The difference is even though he belonged to you now for the sake of the mate bond but you can never have him the way I had.¡± Stacey stated proudly, making Athena angrier. Athena couldn¡¯t understand why Stacey¡¯s words were bothering her. It wasn¡¯t supposed to because she didn¡¯t care about the mate bond. She didn¡¯t care about Dominic. Then why still felt a burn inside her heart whenever Stacey was taking his name from her mouth. Why did she have this strong urge to shut Stacey up forever so she would be able to take her name anymore. ¡°What. Do. You. Mean?¡± Athena gritted out each words from the sentence as she looked at Stacey, ready t o murder her if she says anything she wasn¡¯t supposed to. ¡°What I meant is a very simple thing. Think a little. You slept on his bed but was he with you? Was he beside you, holding you the whole night as you slept? Before he hardly used to go to the pack house.. Most of the time he used to work from home, from here. But now that you are here, he is not here. He went to the pack house. He doesn¡¯t like you. He doesn¡¯t like your presence and hence he is doing so. He i s staying away from you. Wanna know another fun thing?¡± Stacey asked with a smirk, taking another step toward her and standing very close to Athena. ¡°Shut up and leave. I don¡¯t want to talk to you.¡± Athena scoffed while breathing hard as she was feeling really weird at that moment. Stacey smirked seeing the difort look on her face because she was feeling really satisfied, ¡°Wanna know why I came here?¡± She asked and didn¡¯t wait for Athena¡¯s response as she started to speak again. ¡°I came here to take my things from Dominic¡¯s room as I already told you that we both used to stay in his room together. And now I think he is going to stay with me in the pack house and we are going to share a room again.¡± She said happily and her happiness increased ten folds, seeing Athena angry. ¡°You better stop right now, Stacey. Before I do something you and I both will regret.¡± Athena threatened a s she looked dangerous at that moment. She was so lost in controlling the new feelings she was feeling whenever Stacey uttered Dominic¡¯s name that she didn¡¯t notice the changes in her body. She didn¡¯t notice how vicious she was turning and how sounded. But Suzanne noticed it all and she was getting scared slowly. She frowned a little as she took a small step back, creating a little distance between them. But she didn¡¯t want to show that to Stacey and that¡¯s why she nned to go with her original n ofing here. ¡°Why? You think you can scare me now just because you are Luna now? Do you think I am afraid of you? Then joke on you Athena, I am not afraid of a weakling like you. Do you understand?¡± Stacey snapped on her face and this time it was Athena who took a dangerous step toward her. ¡°Whom do you think you are calling a weakling?¡± She asked in a bone chilling tone. ¡°You, who else? You don¡¯t even have your own wolf now and you think you scare me? You are funny, Athena. I can kill you right this mo-¡­.¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when Athena grabbed her throat out of nowhere and mmed her against the door. ¡°SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!¡± Athena growled out loudly as she started to raise her hand up and Stacey¡¯s leg started to lose connection with the ground. The grip was so tight that Stacey couldn¡¯t say another word as she trashed around to get freed. It was fruitless as Athena was in a daze. She looked dangerous and almost monstrous and her only goal seemed to make Stacey shut up. ¡°I told you to shut up! Didn¡¯t I? But you just don¡¯t listen at all! Do you?! But now you will! You all not talk again and take his name again. You will never take Dominic¡¯s name again because I am going to kill¡­.¡± Athena couldn¡¯tplete as she was suddenly pulled away from her position abruptly and before she could understand anything, she felt someone¡¯s soft lips on her. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Bringing her back to present immediately. Chapter 49: Athena is a monster? Chapter 49: Athena is a monster? ¡°Shh! Shh! Calm down, calm down. Everything is okay. Everything is alright. Calm down.¡± Dominic whispered in a soothing tone as he pulled back from the kiss and pressed her head on his chest. She was slowly calming down with the rhythm of his heartbeat. But she was still breathing hard but she was back from the previous state which almost took Stacey¡¯s life. Her eyes widened as soon as she realised what was happening and she jerked away from him. She looked around in confusion and a small panic settled inside her. But before it could consume her completely, he clutched her shoulders again and made her look at him. He had a serious look on his face as he looked down at her intensely. ¡°Wh¡­ what just happened? Wh¡­ what¡¯s going on?¡± She asked in shock and confusion. She could still feel the previous changes in her body and it was scary for her. ¡°Nothing. Everything is fine. Don¡¯t worry. Calm down.¡± Dominic said in an assuring tone but she wasn¡¯t having it. She frowned at him deeply and struggled toe out of his hold in anger. She was angry because he wasn¡¯t believing her. ¡°L¡­let me tell y¡­you what was happening¡­¡± Stacey who was grasping for breath till now spoke up while coughing. Athena and Dominic looked at her as she slowly got up from the ground while ring at Athena. ¡°Stacey, leave now. We will talkter.¡± Dominic ordered in a cold tone but Stacey was too pissed off to.. pay heed to that. ¡°No! Dominic, she is a monster. Did you see? She was trying to kill me. She is aplete monster. If you hadn¡¯te at the right time, she would have killed me. She is really dangerous for everyone, even for her son! Oh my goddess!¡± Stacey eximed while breathing hard, as if she was experiencing that again. Athena looked at her in shock after hearing her. ¡°What are you talking about? Monster? Dangerous? I can never be dangerous to my son! He is my life.¡± Athena shouted, suddenly feeling really scared, confused and messed up. Dominic red at Stacey in annoyance and frustration. ¡°And you are going to be the one to take his life. You lost your wolf and got a monster instead and you don¡¯t have any control over it. God knows when you will lose control in front of your son and kill him. Monster!¡± Stacey shouted, shocking Athena beyond limit. She couldn¡¯t understand what was happening but at that moment, surprisingly, Stacey¡¯s words were making a lot of sense. ¡°Do¡­ Dominic? What¡¯s she saying? Am I a monster? Tell me. Am l a monster? Dominic! I am a monster! I¡­ I will ki¡­kill Ace!¡± Athena shouted as she started to shake in panic. ¡°No, no! Athena! Listen to me! Don¡¯t listen to her. You are not a monster. Nothing is going to happen to you or Ace. I am here. I will not let anything happen to you both. Don¡¯t listen to her. Listen to me. Okay?¡± Dominic made her look at him in the eyes as he spoke to her with utmost seriousness. ¡°Dominic, tell me something truthfully.¡± She demanded with teary eyes as he looked at him helplessly. Dominic clenched his jaw seeing the look on her face. She looked so vulnerable at that moment that he felt like hugging her tightly and always kept her in his safe embrace. ¡°Tell me, what is it?¡± Dominic asked instantly with a nod. He was a little desperate to soothe whatever pain she was in. He could understand where she wasing from. The shock and panic was must after what happened. ¡°Did you see how I was when you came here? You saw how I was acting like a monster, right? How was t that moment?¡± Athena asked with teary eyes as she felt like curling into a ball whenever she remembers that Dominic took a deep breath and gritted his teeth after hearing the question. Yes, he was what was happening. He saw everything. From the beginning. He saw how she went into a daze and her eyes turned silver. He saw how an aura raised around her and captured her into it. He saw how she lookedpletely different and dangerous at that moment when she gripped Stacey¡¯s neck with her sudden long nails. He was astonished when he saw how powerful she got to raise Stacey from the ground using one hand. She looked magnificent at that moment. He would never forget that scene ever. He was almost lost in that until he realised that she was actually going to kill Stacey if he didn¡¯t intervene at that moment. He didn¡¯t know how to calm her down or break her free from that daze other than using their mate bond. That¡¯s why he kissed her and it actually worked. ¡°What are you asking him? Ask me! I will tell you! You looked like an absolute monster with your long nails and dangerous canines. You had a dark shadow and smokey figure around you. And you were all set to kill me. Do you understand now? No normal person could be like that, unless it¡¯s a monster. Take my advice and stay away from Dominic and Ace. I am afraid that you will change into a monster again and the next morning we will find Ace¡¯s little body beside you.¡± Stacey shouted in a rude tone and the only reason she was having this audacity is because Dominic was there. Otherwise she wouldn¡¯t have dared to mess with Athena again. ¡°I¡­¡­ no¡­ no¡­ I am a monster¡­.¡± Athena heard her and whispered while looking down. She started to take slow steps back and before Dominic could stop her, she already ran away from there. ¡°Athena! Wait! Stop!¡± He shouted behind her and was going to run behind her when Stacey stopped her by holding his hand. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. ¡°Dominic, don¡¯t leave me. I am scared. Did you see that she was going to kill me?¡± Stacey said in a fake scared tone which he caught in a moment and red at her. ¡°Stacey! I don¡¯t want you to say another word! Did you hear me? Get the fuck out of this ce right now.¡± Dominic atst used his alpha tone and growled at her. She immediately dropped to the floor, submitting i n front of him. ¡°I am sorry, alpha.¡± She quickly apologized before running away as soon as possible, without looking back. He let out a groan as soon as she left. Things were getting messier day by day. But right now he had to find his mate. With that thought he closed his eyes and immediately got the scent of red rosesing into his nostrils, soothing his nerves. And he knew exactly where she was. Chapter 50: She the red rose Chapter 50: She the red rose ¡°Beautiful, isn¡¯t it?¡± Dominic asked in a soft yet husky tone as he found her sitting and looking at his red rose garden in total astonishment. His soft tone was sounding very foreign to his own ears but he didn¡¯t put much thought into it. ¡°Very.¡± She replied while caressing the roses softly without removing her eyes from the beautiful roses. Her tone and posture was calm, so different from what it was a few minutes ago. As if the red roses did its magic on her as well and calmed her down like it works on Dominic. ¡°Why is this part of the garden forbidden?¡± She suddenly asked, breaking the silence. She didn¡¯t look up yet but his next set of words forced her to look up at him with widened eyes. ¡°Because of you.¡± He answered while looking at her intensely as if waiting for her to look up and meet his eyes. ¡°Because of me? How?¡± She asked in utter confusion as she looked back at the roses for a second before looking back at him. He didn¡¯t show any expression on his face as he slowly sat down on the grass beside her. His arm touched hers as he sat down, spreading sparkles all over their body. ¡°Do you know what your scent is?¡± He asked while looking at the garden with a soft and calm look on his face. She looked at his face in astonishment as she has never seen him like that ever. ¡°N¡­no¡­ I don¡¯t¡­¡± She stammered while looking at him with a thudded heart: She very well knew that he could hear that but there isn¡¯t much she could do. It was not in her control. Nowadays a lot of things weren¡¯t in her control. She waited with held breath to hear him and she didn¡¯t n to breath as well until he spoke up. ¡°It¡¯s the scent of roses with a lot of intensity. I don¡¯t know what others think but to me the scent of red roses has some different level of intensity which no other rose does. So, whenever I close my eyes to imagine you, I can only picture you with red roses around you.¡± He exined in the same soft and husky tone while looking at her intensely. Her breath hitched as soon as she heard him. ¡°¡­I¡¯m surprised to know that I have at least a ce in your thoughts if not anywhere else.¡± She mumbled while looking away from him. He heard her without any doubt and looked at her intensely. ¡°You don¡¯t have any idea.¡± He whispered back before looking away as well. She frowned hearing him, getting a little angry as well. She couldn¡¯t determine the reason at that moment so she let that slide at that moment. ¡°But I don¡¯t understand how that is connected with you forbidding it for everyone.¡± She asked in confusion while changing the subject and looked at him with a confused frown. He looked back at her, directly into the eyes, catching her breath once again. ¡°You are just like the red roses.¡± He whispered with a soft and almost unseen smile which he didn¡¯t realise was on his face. ¡°Ho¡­ How?¡± She asked as her breathing quickened. She didn¡¯t realise when the distance between their faces decreased so much. *You are beautiful and perfect in many ways but you are still like the forbidden fruit for me which I can¡¯t have, touch or own.¡± He replied almost immediately with fisted hands and a look of pain and frustration came up on his face which shocked him. She didn¡¯t know what to think anymore at that moment. She wanted to look away so much but she couldn¡¯t. His gaze held her down there. They shared an intense look as if they were conveying a lot of things through their eyes. It was soon getting too much for her as she couldn¡¯t handle it and looked away. ¡°So, just like you hate me, you hate them as well?¡± She asked while looking at the roses again but her full concentration was on him as she wanted to hear his response. ¡°I don¡¯t hate them now.¡± He replied in a nk yet somehow pleasing tone as he looked back at the roses a s well. ¡°Now? What do you mean?¡± She asked in confusion. ¡°Do you know how I found out that you were in danger?¡± He asked while looking back at her. The frown on her face deepened thinking about what he just said. ¡°How?¡± She asked. ¡°I heard a voice in my head.¡± He replied while looking at her expressions carefully. He wanted to see her reaction, ¡°A voice?¡± She was totally confused at that moment. ¡°Not a voice but your voice.¡± He answered as he remembered what happened that day once again. ¡°My voice? What are you talking about?¡± She asked turning toward him as she was really confused and her thoughts were getting messed up again. ¡°You unintentionally mind linked to me.¡± He answered, shocking her beyond limit. She let out a shriek of disbelief as soon as she heard him. ¡°Mind linked you? That¡¯s not possible. I am not your pack member. I don¡¯t belong from here. I don¡¯t belong anywhere. Then how can I mind linking to you? That¡¯s impossible.¡± She freaked out while trying to get away from him unintentionally. He reacted immediately and brought her back to his previous ce by pulling her by her arm and caged her between his arms. His hands were on both sides of her waist. ¡°That¡¯s not impossible because I think you belong from this pack now. You are one of the members of this pack.¡± He announced with a proud and happy smirk, very satisfied with what happened. But it wasn¡¯t the same case for Athena. ¡°What are you talking about? I don¡¯t understand.¡± She eximed in confusion and her breathing started to quickened up. ¡°Remember that day when you touched my forbidden rose and ended up injuring yourself?¡± He asked with a small smile. His eyes were literally sparkling and she didn¡¯t like that. ¡°Yes?¡± She questioned with a frown, ready to burst. ¡°Do you remember me putting your injured finger in my mouth? Sucking your blood?¡± He asked, closing the distance between their faces a little more. She immediately nodded at him. She clearly remembers it because right after he did that, the wound was healed instantly. ¡°Y¡­.yes.¡± She stammered with panicked eyes. ¡°I think that day the bond formed between you and me. The bond of an alpha and his pack member.¡± He announced with his chin held high. ¡°What?! That¡¯s impossible! How¡¯s it possible? And why do you look so proud about it?! No¡­ ¡­¡­.. don¡¯t belong from here¡­ It¡¯s not possible¡­¡± She freaked out a let out a lots of emotions in one breath. He smirked in amusement seeing her like that. ¡°Yes, you do. From that day you belong to this pack, tb ME.¡± He said in an intense tone, immediately earning a re from her. ¡°I mean as an alpha.¡± He immediately corrected himself or should we say changed the direction of that conversation. ¡°No, I don¡¯t believe you. I don¡¯t belong here.¡± She stubbornly refused while fuming, not liking the idea at all. He smirked seeing her like that and his new side quickened her heartbeat as well as annoyed her as well. He would be lying if he says he wasn¡¯t surprised by his own behaviour. ¡°Do you want me to make you believe some other way?¡± He asked with a smirk while giving a suggestive look to her lips. Her eyes widened understanding what he meant. ¡°What do you mean?¡± She still asked, trying to push his limits. His smirk increased a little more hearing her question. ¡°Sometimes a kiss can shut your brain down and you will be forced to believe what I say.¡± He put forward a stupid logic with a toothy grin, just like Ace¡­.. She quickly shook her head out of those stupid and useless thoughts and looked at him with a re. ¡°Don¡¯t even try. I don¡¯t want to be your pack member. I don¡¯t want to be in any packs.¡± She eximed while trying to push him away in anger. She didn¡¯t like what she just learned, ¡°Why?¡± He asked with a frown. ¡°Not only does it bind me and take away my freedom, it forces me to bend down in front of alphas, lunas and other powerful fellows which I don¡¯t like.¡± She answered as she let out her frustration, deepening his frown more as a few questions raised in his mind. ¡°Where do you have such rebellious thoughts from?¡± He asked while looking at her intensely. ¡°I am¡­was a rogue, remember?¡± She quickly corrected her phrase as there was no point to be stuck there. ¡°That¡¯s it? Only being a rogue could do that much? I have never seen any rogue have this much honest bravery. They are all sneaky and evil.¡± Dominic spat with gritted teeth as his eyes were close to almost changing its colour but he controlled himself at the end moment and looked at her. He was immediately back to her usual form seeing that. ¡°I don¡¯t know. Maybe I was born like this. But whatever. What¡¯s the point of this pack bond because I know about your stupid rules.¡± She spat in anger and displeasure while looking away from him, confusing him a little bit. ¡°What rules?¡± He asked in confusion. ¡°The rule where you disown those who don¡¯t have a wolf.¡± She snapped, already shaking in anger at the stupid rule. ¡°What do you mean?¡± He sounded really confused, not understanding a single thing she was talking about. ¡°I don¡¯t have a wolf, Dominic. I don¡¯t have her anymore. She doesn¡¯t reply to me no matter how much I call her. She left me. Forever. And upon that I am a monster now. An immediate threat for everyone in the pack.¡± She eximed, feeling frustrated and disappointed in herself. His frown didn¡¯t go away after hearing her. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°We will talk about your wolfter. Who told you about such stupid rules?¡± He eximed in annoyance and now it was time for her to be confused. ¡°What do you mean?¡± Chapter 51: The change Chapter 51: The change Dominic was looking at Athena¡¯s sleeping face with a nk look on his face. His eyes weren¡¯t blinking even for a second as he drank in her beauty and got lost in her wless face. She looked like a baby as she slept. She was tired and getting exhausted pretty easily because of the loss of connection with her wolf. Also the thing that happened with Stacey and all exhausted her a lot. She dozed off out of nowhere in the garden as they sat there in silence without talking and enjoying the moment. After she fell asleep, her head fell on his shoulder. That made him feel like the most right thing in the world. He sat there for a long time in that position until he realised that it might be ufortable for her. Then he picked her up bridal style and walked back to their-¡­his bedroom and ced her back on the bed. But he still couldn¡¯t leave the room or her. More like he didn¡¯t want to leave, hence he didn¡¯t leave. Because just when he was going to leave, he felt someone pulling him from behind. And when he looked back, he found her holding his hand in sleep, not letting him leave. The mate bond erupted an unexinable feeling all over his body, striking the possessive corner of his heart. How could he leave after that?! He sat there for hours while holding her hand and looking at her face. It seemed like the best thing to do t o him. He has never looked at her carefully until today. But he remembered that she looked as beautiful and innocent as today when they first met. Like today, she was sleeping peacefully and innocently like a child, that day as well. That day he snatched her sleep for years and became the reason for her restless sleep. And today he was admiring her sleeping while making sure no one disturbs her. He couldn¡¯t imagine how and when things changed to this from that. And he couldn¡¯t even decide how he felt about this. It was messed up. He didn¡¯t know what he felt for her. He knew the mate bond got stronger between them a lot but was it strong enough to make him ept her as his mate considering his past? But at the same time, could he let her go after all these? But there was a question hanging in the air and between them still. Ace¡­ Fuck! So many questions were there and he didn¡¯t have any answers to them! When did his life got so fucked up once again? He let out a sigh before looking back to her face. ¡°Can you stop acting like this? It¡¯s so embarrassing.¡± Dominic turned around to look at the door as he frowned deeply. ¡°What are you both doing here? And what¡¯s so embarrassing?¡± Dominic scoffed at his second and third inmands who were standing by the door while leaning on the door frames. They both walked inside with smirks on their faces as Dominic looked back at Athena to make sure she was still sleeping. ¡°This! You being like this is embarrassing. Oh goddess, Nathan. I can¡¯t see this anymore.¡± Justin acted to puke before turning to look away from Dominic, earning a low growl. ¡°How am I being?¡± Dominic asked through gritted teeth, ignoring the obviousness. ¡°Like a love sick puppy. You are acting like aplete wimp. Sorry but not sorry, alpha.¡± Nathan teased and as expected, he earned a murderous re as well. But they both didn¡¯t mind that at all as they laughed out loud hearing that. ¡°Fuck off you both if you don¡¯t have any work to do!¡± Dominic snapped in a low tone, not wanting to disturb her sleep at all. ¡°Well, actually we do have work and that¡¯s why, we are here.¡± Nathan said as he let out a sigh. ¡°What is it?¡± Dominic asked with a frown. ¡°Well, I know how it gets when you find your mate and all but you also got a pack to run, Dominic. You can¡¯t forget us.¡± Nathan teased, irritating Dominic instantly. ¡°I don¡¯t need to learn that from you.¡± He snapped. ¡°Undoubtedly. But now you need to let her sleep alone ande with us. We got things to discuss.¡± Nathan spoke up, getting serious suddenly. Dominic closed his eyes in frustration because Nathan was right. They have things to do and those things need to be taken care of immediately. ¡°Go wait for me in the office. I aming in a moment.¡± He ordered and they both nodded at him. They didn¡¯t say anything to him anymore and turned around to leave. But they didn¡¯t leave the chance to tease him some more as they talked between themselves but loudly. ¡°I never thought he would be like this after getting his mate. So embarrassing! Do I look this cringe a s well when I get clingy with Patricia?¡± Justin asked with a distasteful look on his face. ¡°Oh trust me! You look worse!¡± Nathan scoffed as his expression matched Justin¡¯s. ¡°Will you both leave or want me to kick your sorry ass?!¡± Dominic growled out loudly and they both immediately ran away from there.* Dominic let out a sigh as soon as they left and turned around to look at Athena once again. Another sigh left his mouth as he slowly pulled his hand out of her hold. He looked at her with a deep frown. ¡°Moon goddess seriously likes to y games sometimes, doesn¡¯t she?¡± He asked himself as he got up and turned around to leave, without turning back for a second look. Because considering how clingy and desperate his wolf was getting to her, he wouldn¡¯t be able to leave for another hour if he looked at her again. He closed the door behind him as he left. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Athena opened her eyes as soon as she heard the door closing. She sat up on the bed with a nk look o n her face. She got down from the bed and walked to a corner of the room where there was a small cupboard and brought a box from under it. It was the same box Robert gave her. She hid it in the most unexpected ce where no one would even think of looking. Because she knew how dangerous it is to hide things where she usually stays. Stacey can¡¯t be trusted. She looked at the box with a nk yet mysterious look on her face. ¡°You are right, Dominic. And let¡¯s see what game the moon goddess has stored inside this box.¡± Chapter 52: Plans Chapter 52: ns A boy around the age of eight was running as fast as his small legs could. He wasn¡¯t even looking back and was running with all the dedication and passion in the world while chanting only one thing in his mind. But he could still hear the sound of those beasts running behind him howling scarily. ¡®I have to survive. I will not let them destroy me. I have to survive to take revenge. I will take revenge for everything that is taken away from me. I will return and take my revenge.¡¯ The more he reminds himself of those words, the faster his legs work in the dark night through the dangerous forest. He was running through the forest, cutting himself with the fallen branches here and there but he didn¡¯t care. He soon noticed the road and a smile came up on his face. He was now at the other side of the city, far enough from that burning fire. Now he is safe or he thought so. Soon a ring sound came from his left and a blinding light came from the car which was approaching him at full speed. And within a few seconds¡­. ¡°ALPHA!¡± Nathan raised his voice atst after trying to get his attention for the past two minutes and this worked as Dominic seemed to be out of the zone he was in. Dominic looked at Nathan and Justin with a nk face with some past scars clearly expressed through that look and Nathan instantly knew what he was thinking. At that moment he regretted calling for his attention because it never brings anything good whenever he is back from the thoughts of the past. They were discussing what to do with the recent rogue attacks around their area when he suddenly went silent. He got lost in the thoughts of the past. ¡°What?¡± Dominic asked in a dark tone which made a shiver pass through their spines. His mood was already down as they forced him away from Athena and the memories of the past worsened it to some other level. ¡°Uhh, it¡¯s okay. We will be backter when you are in a better mood.¡± Justin said and was going to excuse themselves from there but Dominic stopped him. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°You guys should be used to this mood by now.¡± Dominic stated in a nk which made the two men sigh. He was right. They should be used to it by now. But everytime they see that expression on his face, the pressure of that expression makes them cower away ¡°We can¡¯t get used to it, King. It¡¯s too difficult for us and it¡¯s not only us, it¡¯s hard for our pack members. And it¡¯s going to be the same for Athena as well.¡± Nathan said, trying to hint to the fact that even though Athena was a rogue, she was not at fault in any of that. He knows how Dominic can get whenever he remembers about his past. He doesn¡¯t want things to get ruined again. ¡°Why are you guys here? Just about the rogue attacks?¡± He asked nkly, swiftly changing conversation. They didn¡¯t drag it anymore after seeing the look on his face. ¡°What to do with the rogue that we caught on the party day? It¡¯s been three days since he has been locked up there, in a miserable state after we threatened him.¡± Justin informed him. He was talking about Robert who was stuck because of Athena. ¡°Bring him here and have a talk with him if he is willing to work under me and get me the things I want. Because he seems like an exceptionally sneaky rogue. If he agrees, assure him the safety from other rogues and even if he doesn¡¯t agree, make sure to keep an eye on him after letting him go.¡± Dominic ordered, confusing Nathan and Justin. They both frowned at him. ¡°But alpha, How can he work under you? We don¡¯t know if he used to work for our enemy or not. What if h e was sent by Derrick only that day?!¡± Justin eximed in utter confusion. ¡°Just as I said, he is sneaky and selfish. He will work for me.¡± Dominic stated that like a fact and they both easily understood what that meant. ¡°Okay, I will talk to him and let you know.¡± Nathan said with a nod. ¡°But what to do with Derrick and his sneaky ns? He used a witch which is forbidden in ourmunity. The water is going out of hands now. We should do something before it starts to drown us.¡± He said with a deep frown. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Nathan. He has tried to drown us enough. Now it¡¯s time for them to get drowned in the pitch they are digging.¡± Dominic said with a dark look on his face. ¡°And the witch, try to find her. Even though she won¡¯t dare to do anything more than what she did because she very well knows what it means to mess with me. Her wholemunity will suffer because o f her. She won¡¯t want that.¡± He said and Nathan nodded at him, agreeing with him. ¡°And as long as it¡¯s about Derrick, don¡¯t worry, I have alreadyid my traps for him and he is getting tangled into it everyday, step by step. I will y him some more by using his sneaky ns before giving him the taste of checkmate.¡± He said with a smirk. ¡°Can¡¯t wait for that day, alpha. Just need to find the rogue king. Things will settle back to normal in our lives again.¡± Justin added. ¡°Now anything else you want us to do?¡± He asked after a few seconds of silence. ¡°Yes, does Stacey¡¯s father know about the change of events?¡± He asked with a wicked smile. ¡°No, Alpha. Not yet.¡± Justin answered. ¡°How about we let him know? After all, he worked so hard for this which got ruined.¡± Dominic said, mentioning about not making Stacey the Luna anymore. ¡°That will be a pleasure alpha. I will make the arrangements right away.¡± Justin said with a smile. ¡°You can leave now.¡± He ordered in a nk tone while leaning back on the chair and closing his eyes. They looked at his expressionless face. He understood that his mood was still dampened from the previous thoughts of the past. He wondered if there will be a time when those thoughts won¡¯t bother him more and he will always be happy, always smiling. Chapter 53: In the pack house Chapter 53: In the pack house ¡°Hey, Athena! I am surprised to find you here!¡± Patricia eximed as soon as she saw Athena walking inside the pack house awkwardly while looking around subconsciously. ¡°H¡­hey, Patricia¡­¡± Athena greeted her softly, trying not to gain as much attention. But her n ruined as soon as Patricia called her loudly from the big group she was sitting with. Patricia was sitting with a group of female pack members. They were generally chatting while ying cards. They were in a good mood as they allughed around to something someone said when Athena came inside. There were six women in total, including Patricia and it seems like Patricia being the third inmand, arranged a refreshing free time for those pack members. ¡°Athena? Why are you standing there? Come here! Join us. Come!¡± Patricia eximed while urging her toe and join them. The table went silent as soon as everyone noticed her and she felt more ufortable because of that. Everyone in that area was looking at her with a nk expression on their faces. Athena recognised them all. They were present at that party. So, they recognised her as well. If only she could know what they were thinking! She looked around to look for other known faces like Suzanne or Nathan, Justin, Dominic. Even Stacey would work at that moment. Because as soon as she sees her face, her tempers go up and she immediately bes someone else who is ready to not let anyone step over her! She let out a small sigh as she stood beside the chair Patricia was sitting on. Patricia looked up at her with a smile, not caring about anyone else at that moment. ¡°I am sorry, I don¡¯t want to disturb you. I will leave now.¡± Athena quickly said and was going to turn around to leave but Patricia held her hand and stopped her at the right time. She stood up from the sofa and looked at her with an assuring smile. ¡°It¡¯s okay. You are not disturbing anyone. I am very happy that you came here. Otherwise you are always stuck in that mansion.¡± Patriciained with a pout. ¡°Well, I wasn¡¯t feeling very good there as well. Also, Ipleted all the chores. So I thought about walking around a little. But then I thought to make some cookies with Ace as he absolutely loved them. And it¡¯s been so long since I made themst for him.¡± She said with a small smile and Patricia¡¯s eyes twinkled in happiness as soon as she heard about cookies. ¡°Not only him, I love your cookies as well! Ace shared with me and Justin and we became fans immediately.¡± Patricia eximed as everyone stayed silent and didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°Thank you, Patricia. I will give some to you again. I just came here to look for Ace. I will leave after taking him.¡± She quickly exined herself while trying her best to not look around. ¡°Oh, he must be ying in the garden with other kids. It will be the kids¡¯ snack time soon. They will be here any time. Why don¡¯t you sit with us till then?¡± She asked and Athena¡¯s eyes widened in shock. But before she could say something, Patricia looked at the women who were sitting silently till then. ¡°What do you say,dies?¡± She asked with a smile. They all looked at each other and they seemed to mind linking each other. Athena looked at them with a small frown, ready to leave as soon as they showed disagreement with Patricia¡¯s words. The women discussed something among them before looking at them as they waited for their responses, ¡°Well, what about Stacey? Won¡¯t she be angry?¡± One of them asked in a little bit worried tone. Patricia rolled her eyes as soon as she heard them. ¡°Seriously? That¡¯s what you are worried about? Didn¡¯t you hear Alpha¡¯ that night? He refuses to ept her as his mate and Luna.¡± Patricia said with a frown, yet she felt another level of satisfaction when she said that. ¡°Refuse? Does that mean he rejected her?¡± Another one asked with a frown. ¡°No, he didn¡¯t reject her because she wasn¡¯t his mate in the first ce.¡± Patricia said with a smirk. They all looked at her with a deep frown while Athena looked at her in shock. She didn¡¯t want her to let them know about her and Dominic. That might create more problems. ¡°What do you mean by that, Patricia?¡± ¡°Then why was he going to make her our Luna?¡± ¡°And why did he back out at the end moment?¡± The other three asked those questions one after another as they all patiently waited for their answers. Patricia gave a small look at Athena and immediately found her pleading through her eyes. ¡°Well, I can¡¯t answer all your questions because it¡¯s not my job or right in the first ce. But I can answer one of your questions right now. You asked, why did he back out at the end moment. That¡¯s because¡­¡± Patricia stopped and looked at Athena onest time and she was literally begging her through eyes at that moment. ¡°That¡¯s because he found his mate! His real mate, who is blessed upon him by the moon goddess! His soul mate.¡± She atst settled with that which was better than anything else which Athena imagined. She let out a sigh of relief before they started throwing their questions again. ¡°What?!¡± ¡°Who is she?¡± ¡°When did he find out?¡± ¡°Do we know her?¡±. ¡°When is he going to introduce her to us?¡± They all shoot questions one after another, increasing the heartbeat of Athena. She prayed they don¡¯t hear her heartbeat or else it will surely raise some questions for which she wasn¡¯t prepared for. ¡°Well well well, calm down, girls! I can¡¯t answer your questions as I already said, it¡¯s not my ce to tell you guys all these. I want to stay within my limit but now you answer my question. What do you say about Athena joining us?¡± Patricia asked again as she looked at them with a raised eyebrow, clearly hinting that she wanted positive answers. ¡°Well, we don¡¯t have any problems if Stacey isn¡¯t bing the Luna. Because we noticed that she and Stacey don¡¯t share a good feet. So, we don¡¯t want to be on the bad side of Stacey by talking with her,¡± One of them said and Patricia let out a scoff which was directed toward Stacey. ¡°Don¡¯t worry,dies, I assure you that witch isn¡¯t being our Luna.¡± Patricia said before taking Athena¡¯s hand and pulling her down with her on the sofa she was sitting beside her. Athena looked at her in shock but didn¡¯t say anything, ¡°Cool! Hello, Athena! Nice meeting you!¡± ¡°Nice meeting you!¡± ¡°Hello!¡± ¡°Good to see you!¡± ¡°Hi, there!¡± They all greeted her differently one after another with big weing smiles. She looked at them with surprise as they weed her so warmly but she got out of it immediately and smiled at them as she nodded at them. ¡°Thank you so much for weing me, everyone. It is really nice to meet you!¡± She said with a smile. ¡°Oh, don¡¯t mention it! You are really beautiful. And you looked really beautiful at the party that day, like a queen. So beautiful!¡± One of them gushed at her, making her blush. Everyone nodded in agreement. ¡°Thank you.¡± She smiled. It¡¯s going to take her some time to break the awkwardness and bepletely free with them. ¡°Also, your dress was so beautiful. I have never seen it before anywhere. Where did you buy it from?!¡± I want to buy one as well.¡± Someone else asked in excitement. Athena let out a small chuckle hearing them. ¡°You are going to be really surprised, almost close to being shocked if you hear where I bought it from.¡± She said with a smile as everyone looked at her in confusion, waiting to know what she meant. ¡°I bought i tat a really cheap price from a thrift store and then customised itter. That¡¯s how it used to look before.¡± She said as she brought out her phone and showed them the picture of how it used to look before. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. One of them took the phone as everyone looked at it and they all immediately let out a loud gasp as soon as they saw how the dress used to look before. They couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°Oh my! You are not only beautiful but talented and a genius as well! Beauty with brains!¡± One of them praised and everyone nodded again as they passed the phone back to her. ¡°Thank you. If you guys want, I can customise one for you each in some free time as well.¡± She offered with a happy smile. She didn¡¯t know why but she felt happy seeing them pleased and wanted to do something to make them really happy. Their eyes widened in happiness as soon as they heard her. They let out a shriek of happiness. ¡°Thank you so much! We would love that!¡± They all eximed at the same time, making her feel happy. ¡°Okay, okay girls! But she is going to make mine first! So, wait in the line.¡± Patricia eximed with a grin, making them all chuckle but nevertheless they agreed. ¡°You are a really cool person, Athena. We really like you. Why didn¡¯t you join us before?¡± One of them asked with a smile. Athena looked at Patricia as soon as she heard that question. What was she going to answer? She couldn¡¯t tell them that their alpha kept her as a ve of his mansion, forbidding her from going anywhere. As well as Stacey, she was a pain in the ass as well! Also, she was sick most of the time she was here. She can¡¯t say that as well. ¡°Well, as you guys might already know that I have a baby. I am most of the time busy with him and don¡¯t realise when the time passes away.¡± She answered smartly and everyone nodded at her in understanding. ¡°Yes, handling kids can be tiring and time-consuming We have kids as well.¡± ¡°Well, where are the kids? They should be here by now¡­.¡± Patricia couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as they immediately heard loud voices and noisesing from somewhere. Loud stomps and ear bleeding worthy loud screams! The little demons just arrived! ¡°Mommy! You are here!¡± Ace eximed in pure happiness as soon as he saw her before running toward her. She quickly got up and picked him in her arms before kissing him all over that face, making him giggle. ¡°Hey, baby! Did you y well?¡± She asked in a baby voice and he nodded energetically. ¡°Yes! And I did something!¡± Ace eximed with a toothy grin, making her look at him with a raised eyebrow. Because whenever he says that he did something, it¡¯s always something troublesome. ¡°What did you do this time, baby?¡± She asked with a sigh, making other giggles as the other kids stood around her, making a circle around her. ¡°I invited my friends to have cookies with me!¡± He eximed loudly in excitement as if he just did a great job. ¡°COOKIES! WE WANT COOKIES!¡± All the other kids chanted immediately after he told her that and she looked at them in shock. They were almost twenty kids and they were all giving her hope filled puppy dog eyes, making her heart flutter. How could she say no to them?! ¡°Okay, fine but in one condition!¡± She said with a smile as she looked at them. ¡°WHAT IS IT?¡± They all shouted again, making her close her eyes with a chuckle. ¡°You guys have to help me and do everything I say!¡± She said and they all let out happy shrieks again, making herugh. ¡°We want to help as well!¡± Patricia spoke up with a grin as all the other women nodded at her too. She smiled at them. ¡°Let¡¯s go then!¡± Chapter 54: The perfect beta Chapter 54: The perfect beta The pack house was like a house of some festival. It was so loud at that moment, filled with loud laughter, happy cheers, bright smiles. Everyone present in the room had the feeling of happiness and contentment Kids are patiently waiting for their cookies while doing the little tasks Athena assigned them with. The tasks were like designing the cookies as they pleased or maybe choosing vours or colours. They were really happy to be engaged in this activity. Everyone was happy seeing the kids so happy and obedient for the first time. Because on some regr day, they are the real definition of little devils. The nannies and their parents have some real hard time controlling them at once. They always create havoc whenever they are together. They stay put only in front of their alpha. So, they must really like Athena to hear her words like pretty little angels! On the other hand, the women of the packs were having some nice time as well in helping Athena make the cookie. Other women joined them too. They have never participated in activities like this before. Most of the time they pass time chatting around and doing training. They hardly cook even for their families and leave jobs like these on omegas. They never thought it was this fun until then. Actually it¡¯s the unity because of why they were enjoying it so much. Also, there was a smell of happiness i In the air as well which was another reason. While almost every man in the pack was waiting outside, in the living room, to taste the cookies. They were spending nice time as well while chatting with fellow pack mates and sniffling the air every now and then. ¡°Such a great scene it is, isn¡¯t it?¡± Nathan asked Dominic with a smile as he looked downstairs with a smile. They were on the third floor from where the open space of the downstairs including the dining area, living room and the kitchen were visiblepletely. They were looking at the scene downstairs in astonishment as they have never seen their pack members this happy and satisfied ever before. All the time they were either in a serious mood or busy with themselves, waiting for their alpha¡¯s nextmand. This is the first time they are engaging with each other in a healthy way with no actual reason. But still that felt really right. ¡°When was thest time you saw them like this?¡± Nathan asked again after not receiving any response to his first statement. He looked at his right, to his alpha and found him looking at one particr woman with great intensity in his eyes. It was Athena who wasughing with Patricia and some other women at that moment while mixing the cookie doughs. She was the actual reason for the current state in the pack. ¡°Never I have never seen them like this before.¡± Dominic spoke up atst as he still couldn¡¯t move his eyes from her. The longer he looked at her, the more the frown on his face deepened as he got messed u p with different thoughts, ¡°Do you like this change? Because I absolutely love it. Even I want to join them.¡± Nathan said with a small chuckle as he looked at the group of men ying some arm wrestling while the audience cheered for them and waited for their turns, ¡°Then join them, who¡¯s stopping you!¡± Dominic scowled at him before looking away from him and walking back inside the office room. Nathan gave onest look downstairs before following him inside with a sigh. ¡°You! You are stopping me, by being like this!¡± He snapped with another sigh, he couldn¡¯t understand what he had to do to make the man see the reality from where he was trying so hard to run away from. Dominic scowled at him before taking his seat on the chair and leaned on it to get rid of the stiffness on his body but it wasn¡¯t doing much. ¡°I don¡¯t understand you, Nathan. What do you mean? How am I being?¡± Dominic asked, acting oblivious as usual. ¡°Like this! So oblivious of the situation as usual. I know you really like the current environment of our pack. Heck even you want to join them downstairs, like me. But here you are, being the big grumpy alpha because you don¡¯t want to ept or acknowledge the truth.¡± Nathan snapped, not caring in front of whom he was talking. ¡°Which truth are you talking about?¡± Dominic asked while ring at him. ¡°The truth is how perfect Luna Athena can be! She will keep the pack united just as a Luna should. She will take care of the pack members like a mother takes care of her child. You just saw downstairs! Everyone loves her so much and how positive her influence is for our pack. She is brave, strong, daring, filled with patience and leadership. She has the power to make people obey and listen to her without putting any pressures on them. She is undoubtedly the perfect Luna!¡± Nathan eximed and looked at Dominic to see his reaction to see if he agreed with him or not. His expression was nk, void of any emotions as he listened to Nathan silently. He didn¡¯t give away any of his inside thoughts as he looked at Nathan with a frown. ¡°What do you want me to do?¡± He scoffed while looking away because he understood what Nathan wanted even before he opened his mouth. His eyes gave it away already. ¡°Just ept her as your mate and our Luna!¡± Nathan still stated in a strong and stubborn tone. ¡°You can¡¯t just force that on me. I need time to think and look at every pros and cons of this decision. I need to take care of things before getting into another mess. I need to take my revenge, I need to do something to Derrick, I need to deal with Stacey and her father,st but not the least, I have to find the rogue king and fucking remove his head from his body! I have so many things to do before getting into theplications with Athena.¡± Dominic snapped and let out a sigh immediately after he was done. ¡°I don¡¯t understand why are you calling the thing between you, the sacred mate bond, as complications?¡± Nathan asked with a frown. ¡°Because of a lot of things, first of all I rejected her. Then she hates me. She lost her wolf and has someplications with her power. Her past is the biggest mystery. Last but not the least, Ace. Her son. Her and someone else¡¯s son. How can I overlook all these?!¡± He asked with a frown as his thoughts gotplicated again. ¡°How does that change things, Dominic? One genuine apology has the power to even end a war. She doesn¡¯t really hate you, she is just upset and disappointed. You can still make things better. About her wolf and power, she needs your help and support the most in that case. You both can together look for her past and face. Because at the end, she is still your mate. You love Ace as much as he loves you. So, don¡¯t see where the problem is?¡± Nathan asked with patience. He could understand where Dominic wasing from. He knows each and everything Dominic has been through to be like this. But he also understands that things can¡¯t go on like this and he knows that Dominic knew that as well. Dominic just needed a little push and he was willing to do everything for that. Dominic closed his eyes tightly as he hid his face in his palms. He could understand each and everything Nathan was trying to say but he just didn¡¯t know where to start. ¡°What about the other problems at hand?¡± Dominic asked in a tired tone. He was too tired and exhausted to think properly. Though he was the alpha, he has his limits as well. He has the right to break down as well and he has the right to be weak sometimes as well and that¡¯s where a betaes into the scene. A true beta always supports his alpha no matter what the situation is. He never let his alpha go in situations like this when his alpha reached his limits for the day. In situations like this, the beta takes up the responsibility to lead the pack until the alpha is recharged. That¡¯s why Dominic feels really lucky to have Nathan as his beta! ¡°Dominic, if you are worried about your revenge, Derrick, Stacey and the rogue king, the. Don¡¯t be! Just focus on Athena for now. You don¡¯t know the power of a mate yet. It¡¯s insane. Things which you couldn¡¯tplete in years might getplete with a blink of an eye after things get better with Athena.¡± Nathan suggested while looking at him hopefully. ¡°Things are tooplicated, Nathan. I don¡¯t know where to start. I wish I had my parents to guide me at this moment.¡± He said in a broken tone and immediately his eyes got teary. Nathan felt bad for him as well. ¡°I understand, Dominic. We can¡¯t change our past, right? But what we can do is take a hold of the present t o make the future just like we want. You might not have a parent. But you have me. Do you remember that you called me your brother when we were young and just met? I am your brother and I am always beside you. Just like the whole pack is. You just need to take the first step and things will fall into the right ce on their own.¡± Nathan said with an encouraging smile. ¡°So, what¡¯s the first step ording to you?¡± Dominid asked, almost considering doing what Nathan says because to be honest, Nathan sounded smarter than him at that moment. ¡°Apologise! Nothing can be the best first step other than this. Try to make things better with her.¡± Nathan eximed in excitement, happy that he could make him understand a little. ¡°But I can¡¯t do it right away.¡± Dominic scowled before frowning in displeasure. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°I understand. You need to give yourself time as well.¡± Nathan nodded at him, understandingly. ¡°Well, I have the perfect idea on how to do that.¡± A voice came from the door, taking their attention to it. Justin was standing there with a frown, making them confused seeing how his face was filled with displeasure. He was on duty at the border today. Something must have happened to make him like this. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your face as well as your mood?¡± Nathan asked with a frown. Dominic waited for him t o answer. ¡°Derrick happened.¡± Justin spat in annoyance and frustration before taking a seat in front of Dominic with a slum. They both frowned at him deeply. ¡°What did he do this time?¡± Dominic asked with gritted teeth. ¡°Some more harmless rogue or pack members from around got missing and eye witnesses are saying it¡¯s done by him. So, I think it¡¯s the right time to call a meeting with the counsellors before things get out of hand.¡± Justin said with a frown. ¡°Call a meeting with the counsellors, Nathan. That¡¯s the first thing we are going to do before anything.¡± He announced and Nathan couldn¡¯t do anything but nod at him because he also understood the importance o But he just prayed things wouldn¡¯t get messier in the meeting! ¡°The cookies are so tasty, Athena! Everyone enjoyed it so much! But everyone enjoyed the process more. We had so much fun after so long. Thank you very much. Everyone is so satisfied.¡± Patricia said with a big smile as she looked at the front with satisfaction. They both were standing at the corner of the big living room as they watched everyone enjoying the cookies they made. Everyone was so happy. It was really satisfying to watch the scene. ¡°I am very happy as well. Thank you so much for inviting me earlier.¡± Athena said with a small smile. ¡°Oh, hush! It was nothing but I felt sad for Suzanne. She missed such a fun time.¡± Patricia said with a small sigh and a pout. Athena looked at her with widened eyes and that¡¯s when she remembered why she actually came there in the first ce. She suddenly got serious but kept her expression casual. ¡°I was wondering the same. Where is Suzanne? Do you know?¡± She asked with a small frown. Patricia looked at her with a small frown of confusion as well ¡°She didn¡¯t tell you?¡± She asked, unable to believe that. Athena let out a sigh hearing the question. ¡°Don¡¯t ask. She is still upset at me because of not telling her the news before. I guess she is avoiding me.¡± Athena replied with a sad pout. Patricia felt bad for her as well as for Suzanne. She didn¡¯t know that for that long but they still became really close. Now, she would feel bad as well if they hid something from her. ¡°Well, give her some time. She wille around soon.¡± She said with a small smile and Athena nodded her head at her before they fell into a little silence. Athena was thinking how she should propose the thing she was here for in front of Patricia because it was undoubtedly the right moment. No one was around to hear her and everyone was pretty busy spending a nice time while having cookies. ¡°Patricia? I need your help with something.¡± She spoke up while looking around cautiously. Patricia looked at her with full attention, happy that she was asking for help to her. ¡°Sure, what is it? Tell me.¡± She spoke up immediately! ¡°I need your help in getting into the basement without anyone knowing. I want to meet someone there.¡± She whispered secretly while looking around again. Patricia suddenly got serious after hearing her request. ¡°It¡¯s the first thing you asked me for. You better share things with me after this.¡± Patricia let out a sigh, already getting into it without knowing anything. Athena couldn¡¯t be happier! Chapter 55: Finding her past Chapter 55: Finding her past Patricia sessfully managed to get everyone guarding the basement out, using herdy in their in commands. Athena didn¡¯t have much time in hand. She quickly walked inside the dark and dangerous basement while making as little noise as she could. She wasn¡¯t much worried about getting caught because Patricia stood outside, guarding for her while she got her job done. She increased her pace while ignoring the foul stench of dried up blood and other foul smells. She ignored the howls of pain as the prisoners cried in the effect of the previous punishment session. She tried her best to not think about why they are being punished in the first ce. She raised her nose up in the air and tried to locate his foul scent in the foul environment. It wasn¡¯t that hard for her to do that because she found it immediately. Because to her, his scent was the foulest. With a nk and down look on her face, she walked toward the end of the basement hallway. She reached the door soon and stood in front of an old cell which had grills on it so anyone could see who was inside from outside, unlike some other cells which she passed which were closed with metal doors to pass before reaching the other person over there. ¡°I was thinking when you woulde and to be honest, you were pretty disappointed bying so late.¡± She heard Robert¡¯s taunting tone as soon as she stood out there, in front of his cell. He didn¡¯t even look u por sat up straight from the cold ground where he wasying down with closed eyes. ¡°It¡¯s okay, you should learn how to taste your own medicine. Because you have been nothing but a disappointment all your life.¡± She snapped in a low tone while looking at him in anger. He opened his eyes and sat up after hearing her. He got up from his previous position and walked toward her with an angry look on his face. He red at her hard. ¡°Bitch! I trusted you! And what did you do? Fucking backstabbed me like a fucking bitch you are! Is that how you repay me for taking care of you all these years?¡± He growled, making her scoff. ¡°No, that¡¯s how I repay your for fucking selling me to Derrick! You think I am fucking stupid?!¡± She growled out loudly, while shaking in anger. She felt like killing him right that moment. But she kept the desire inside her and red at him. Her temper rose when she saw the smirk on his face as soon as he heard her. He suddenly started tough like a maniac while holding the cell. ¡°Oh, my! You figured that out as well! How smart you are bitch!¡± He asked with a smirk beforeughing out loud again. She gritted her teeth in anger while almost murdering him with her re. ¡°Why?! Why did you do it?¡± She asked, demanding for an answer. ¡°Because I know your pretty little secret, dear daughter.¡± He said with a smirk, making her frown deeply. Her heartbeat increased hearing him but she kept her expression neutral. ¡°What secret?¡± She asked in a nk yet demanding tone. ¡°The secret of your precious little son and his identity.¡± Robert said with a smirk and her eyes widened for a second but she quickly put on a mask. But that doesn¡¯t mean she wasn¡¯t shocked anymore. She was shocked, very shocked because Robert knew that secret which wasn¡¯t less than any life threatening danger. ¡°How do you know that?¡± She asked in a nk tone, not trying to show any emotions. ¡°Well, just know I am very good friends with the witch you used to hide your secret.¡± He said with a smirk and she immediately knew what he was talking about. She used to take help from another witch before she met Irene and that witch actually met all the criteria of being a witch. She was sneaky, evil and selfish as one should be. Gosh! What a big mistake she caused! ¡°So, is that why you sold me for?¡± She asked with gritted teeth, ready to fulfill her desire to murder him actually. ¡°Why else do you think? It¡¯s a really big thing, big enough to create havoc in everyone¡¯s life around you. Then, why shouldn¡¯t I use it to earn some money? But don¡¯t worry, I didn¡¯t sell your secret about your precious son to that stupid alpha Derrick. Who was stupid enough to not figure it out on his own and use i t for his benefits. But the secret? That¡¯s still safe with me as long as you keep me happy.¡± He said with a smirk, earning a scoff from getting in return. ¡°You can keep your little games to yourself and stop threatening me! Because that¡¯s not going to work on me.¡± She snapped at him with fires in her eyes, letting him know the depth of her words. He red back at her for his failed attempt of scaring her. ¡°Why are you here? Just fucking let me out! Did you hear me?¡± He shouted at her, making her scoff. ¡°Stop whining. You deserve where you are right now. Now, stop creating more problems for you and myself, because you should know by now what my one lie can do to you.¡± She said with a smirk which widened seeing the effect on him. He looked visibly nervous and frustrated. ¡°What the fuck do you want now?¡± He snapped in anger and helplessness.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Athena looked at him nkly as she remembered why she was here in the first ce. She opened the box ¡­ and found a few things. A lot of interesting yet confusing things. And she needed his ¡®help¡¯ in solving them. ¡°It¡¯s about the box.¡± She spoke up and he immediately smirked. ¡°Now that should be interesting!¡± He eximed loudly with a devilish smirk. She didn¡¯t like that as all!¡± Tell me what you want to know? I shall know and try to answer my dear daughter.¡± He said in a sarcastic tone while smirking at her. She gritted her teeth but she kept her temper to herself and brought the pendant out of her neck. She brought out a few more things like a paper with a symbolic sign. She didn¡¯t know what that meant but she felt like it pointed to the letter ¡®S¡¯. There were a few more things and each of them were hinting at something like fire, summer and things like that. At least that¡¯s what she could figure out. ¡°What does all these mean?! This sign?! This locket This crown? These symbols? I have the same sign tattooed on me. It looks like ¡®S! What does that mean?¡± She eximed as she looked at him in desperation, she was desperate to know what her past is. ¡°Well, I think giving you all that was myst duty. As soon as I handed them over to you, I was free from answering anything to you. So, I don¡¯t understand why you are here. Because after thest betrayal, you are not going to get anything from me.¡± Robert snapped at her andughed out loud at the end. ¡°You are answerable to me! You are still answerable to me if you don¡¯t want to rot in this cell all your life, d o you understand that?¡± She threatened while fuming in anger. ¡°Why should I listen to you?¡± He asked with gritted teeth, actually feeling helpless but he won¡¯t show that t o her ¡°Didn¡¯t you say, you know my son¡¯s secret? Just think how I can use that secret for my benefit. At the same time, I know a lot of things about you as well which will be enough for the alpha of the pack to kill you in instance. Now, you decide what you are going to do but decide fast.¡± She said with a smirk, getting the situation back under control was the best feeling ever at that moment. Robert let out a growl and went forward to attack her but the cell stopped him immediately. She smirked a s he red at her ¡°What do you want to know?¡± He growled and she smirked in triumph. ¡°Now we are talking. So, tell me, do you know what any of them means?¡± She asked as she looked at the things in her hands again. ¡°No, I don¡¯t know. How would I know? I had other things to do other than finding the meaning of those shits.¡± He snapped. Before she could fall into distress thinking about that, she quickly put them inside her pockets and thought of something else. ¡°Then answer or something that you might know.¡± She said in a nk tone and he looked at her with a frown. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Where did you find me?¡± She asked, ready to ask the most important question to lead her to her past. Robert suddenly went silent as soon as he heard the question. He wentpletely still and started to sweat a little as well. She looked at him with a frown, looking at his expression but waited for him to come out of the daze or past. ¡°Volcano¡­¡± He breathed out, making her frown deepen ¡°Huh?¡± She asked in confusion and he looked at her. ¡°You were only two or three years old I guess and we found you seated beside a boiling volcano, crying. It was advancing toward the forest at full speed but it didn¡¯t touch you at all as if you weren¡¯t there. But before it could touch the forest, the moon goddess showed her blessings upon us and it rained heavily, saving us from the disaster. Then we went to where you were and took you with us.¡± He answered while still sweating and breathing hard. As if he was still standing in front of the volcano. ¡°Wh¡­where was it? And wh¡­what was I doing there? ¡­. don¡¯t understand¡­ Did you find all these with me when you found me?¡± She asked with a deep frown. ¡°Yes, they were all with you and the volcano is at the end of the forest where all the region meets.¡± He answered and before she could question something more. ¡°That¡¯s enough! I don¡¯t want to say anything else. I don¡¯t know anything else, Leave me alone.¡± He growled while wiping the sweats. She frowned at him. After hearing all that, she doesn¡¯t think she had the energy to bear more than that anyway. But what she heard wasn¡¯t a great help either. Instead it just led her to some more mystery. But she was not going to give up! Because she doesn¡¯t like her life. She doesn¡¯t like to be a rogue anymore. Not only did it make her life miserable, it destroyed her son¡¯s life as well. She got rejected because of that. She was thought to be an easy target just because she was a rogue. That was enough of it! She had enough! She will put an end to it. And will settle everyone¡¯s score once she finds out her identity. She will settle score with Robert, she will settle score with Derrick andst but not the least, she will score with ¡­. *Heck, I don¡¯t understand why you want to know about your past so hard? It¡¯s not like you are someone special and gain a lot of things after you know your identity. Because at the end think this way, if you were someone special, would someone have left out there to die, in front of a boilingva? Nobody loves you, just remember that!¡± Robert shouted at her before throwing some more curses, he walked back to his previous spot. Athena red at him hard while trying her best to not get affected by his words. She was not going to let his words get the best out of her. What he said was not true, she was not unloved. That¡¯s not the case at all. That¡¯s not true! If only she had her wolf with her at that moment, it would have said the exact right thing to her to make her feel good. She misses her wolf! She would do anything to get her back! Lost in her thoughts, she lost the track of time as well as she slowly walked out of the basement. She was totally lost in some thoughts that she didn¡¯t see who was standing in front of her. It wasn¡¯t until she bumped into that person, she came back to senses. ¡°So, you nned to do everything possible to push me away, huh?¡± Suzanne¡¯s cold and hurtful tone did nothing to her. ¡°Athena¡­ I¡­ I¡­am sorry¡­ I didn¡¯t know she would find us here¡­ And Suzanne¡­ I am sorry as well¡­ We promise, we didn¡¯t want to hide it from you. We would have shared after getting back!¡± Patricia immediately started to exin herself as she didn¡¯t want a fight among any of them. But she immediately shut up when she saw the look on Athena¡¯s face. Athena looked up with a nk and lost look on her face and found Suzanne looking at her nkly as well. But her face wasn¡¯t empty like Athena¡¯s. Her face had a look of anger which quickly changed into worry as soon as she saw in which state Athena was. ¡°Athy? What¡¯s wrong, babe?¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone. But before anyone could understand anything, Athena surprised them, by hugging her tightly. She broke into tears as soon as she hugged Suzanne. Suzanne looked at Patricia and they both shared a worried look before she hugged her back. ¡°Suzy, is it true? Please tell me, it isn¡¯t true. Please tell me.¡± Athena cried, holding her tightly. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Athy? What¡¯s not true?¡± Suzanne asked in a worried tone. That¡¯s not how she imagined it to turn out when she found Patricia and Athena doing something without including her. She was supposed to get angry not see her friend so sad! ¡°He said that I am unlovable. He said I don¡¯t deserve love. He said no one loves me. He was lying, right? It¡¯s not true, right?¡± She asked in a desperate tone as the tears stoppeding out, leaving her in nothing but emptiness. ¡°Who dared to say those to you! It¡¯s not true at all! You are very lovable. Everyone loves you, Athy! Everyone loves you!¡± She eximed, trying to make her understand that while Patricia looked around to see if anyone wasing or not. ¡°Then why did my mate reject me? Then why did my wolf leave me? Then why did my parents abandon m e? Why don¡¯t they love me?!¡± She shouted while shaking Suzanne and immediately after that silence followed around them. Patricia and Suzanne looked at her with a frown as they caught her secondst sentence Parents? ¡°Are you trying to look for your past?¡± Suzanne asked with a frown. ¡°Yes, I am. And I will find it no matter what.¡± She said with a determined look on her face. ¡°Will you guys help me with it?¡± She asked with a thoughtful look on her face as she looked at her friends. Patricia and Suzanne looked at each other once again before Patricia took the responsibility to respond this time. ¡°We will discuss our next nter. But for now, let¡¯s get out of here.¡± She eximed before holding both of their hands and walking out of that ce before anyone came. Chapter 56: The ladies’ plan IN DOMINIC’S BED ROOM Chapter 56: Thedies¡¯ n IN DOMINIC¡¯S BED ROOM ¡°I am sorry, Suzy. I wanted to tell you before doing anything. I even looked for you everywhere but you didn¡¯t tell me you went out. I needed to go to the basement immediately and when everyone was busy, that was the perfect time to do that. I didn¡¯t want to lose that opportunity.¡± Athena quickly exined herself to Suzanne as Patricia sat there silently. She didn¡¯t want toe between two best friends though she knew she belonged to that group as well now. ¡°I am letting it slide for thest time but I have two conditions.¡± Suzanne spoke up in a serious tone. Patricia and Athena shared a look before looking back at her with a frown.. ¡°What are they?¡± She asked in confusion, thinking of the things Suzanne might demand for. ¡°First, you are going to tell us everything. Why did you go there, what you found out till now, what you have been doing. Everything. And secondly, you are going to tell us everything you do from now on. Include us i n everything. We are friends and we want to be beside you in your hard time. Because you need to understand that you can¡¯t solve everything on your own.¡± Suzanne said in a strict tone and Patricia immediately nodded after her. Because her words made a lot of sense which Athena needed. Athena let out a sigh after hearing her. She could understand what Suzanne was trying to say. But can she actually abide by it word by word? ¡°Listen to me, girls. First of all, I am very grateful to have you guys in my life. Secondly, you should know b y now that my life is more fucked up than anyone can imagine. Every stage of my life holds nothing but danger, in every step. So, at the end, what I am trying to say is, I promise to share everything with you unless it¡¯s something dangerous for you. I will never do anything which can put you both or anyone close to me in danger. I don¡¯t want to hear any argument about that. Now, you decide if you are into it or not.¡± Athena said in a serious tone and gave them some time to think and decide. Suzanne and Patricia shared a small look and they immediately knew their answers. They had a look of determination in their eyes as they looked back at her. ¡°We are in it. Because we are friends.¡± Suzanne said in a serious tone. ¡°And what kind of friends we would be if we leave everything on you to share. We promise to be careful enough to notice things which you won¡¯t be able to share with us.¡± Patricia added after Suzanne and they both nodded at her. Athena looked at them with a smile and her eyes got teary in gratefulness. ¡°So, let¡¯s make a promise today.¡± Athena said with a big smile before forwarding her hand toward them.¡± Let¡¯s make a promise to our friendship that we will never let it break. No matter what.¡± She said and they immediately kept their hands above hers. ¡°That¡¯s a promise!¡± ¡°That¡¯s a promise!¡± They both eximed out loudly at the same time. They three ended up hugging each other after that. They pulled back after a few seconds and sat on the bed into silence. ¡°Okay, so let¡¯s start now. Tell us everything. From the beginning.¡± Suzanne demanded, suddenly getting serious, Patricia also got serious as she gave her attention to Athena. Athena closed her eyes and let out a sigh. She gave herself a moment before looking back at them. ¡°The person I went to meet in the basement is my father.¡± She said mistakenly, out of habit but before they could react out loud. She quickly realised what she did. ¡°Foster father! Foster father, I mean. Not my real father.¡± She quickly corrected herself. ¡°Gosh! You gave me a heart attack there for a second.¡± Patricia let out a sigh of relief and Suzanne seemed to be in the same state as her. ¡°Sorry, I said that out of habit. So, what I was saying is. He is someone who brought me up after finding m e by the end of the forest when I was hardly two or three years old.¡± She said while looking down, as the realisation started to hit back again. ¡°Oh my!¡± ¡°I am so sorry, sweetie!¡± They both eximed in sadness and held her hand tightly to provide her support. ¡°His name is Robert. He is a filthy and sneaky rogue who lives by stealing things from people. He is a very big pocket picker. And I grew up with him, so you can imagine how I was growing up.¡± She let out a sigh and gave them some time to get things inside their head. ¡°So¡­ SO¡­ Please don¡¯t take my word offensively but you¡­. Were you a pocket picker?¡± Patricia asked in astonishment with widened eyes. Athena chuckled hearing her. ¡°Not any normal pocket picker, I was given the title ¡®the queen of pocket picking¡¯ for my excellent performance.¡± Athena joked and they both looked at her in shock. ¡°Whoa! Really?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s so cool!¡± They both eximed at the same time. ¡°I know right! It was actually really cool and no one could beat me in my job. I was the best at that. I think I really stood up for the meaning of my name in that case.¡± She joked with a small chuckle. ¡°What¡¯s the meaning of your name?¡± Patricia asked. ¡°Athena means goddess of wisdom. But Athy, you are not only smart in that but everything.¡± Suzanne spoke up with a serious look on her face. Athena smiled hearing her. ¡°Thanks, Suzy.¡± ¡°Is that why Dominic called you a thief?¡± Patricia spoke up with a frown as he remembered him calling her a thief in her initial days here. Though it changed a lot now and Dominic sobered up a lot as well but she clearly remembers him calling Athena that. Athena frowned hearing the question as well. Because she wondered the same. She didn¡¯t have the answer to that question. Dominic was always used of stealing something from her but she never got to know what. ¡°Well, Patricia, trust me. You are not the only one who is looking for that answer. I am equally confused. I don¡¯t know why he calls me that. But let¡¯s not bring that up now.¡± Athena said with a frown and they both nodded at her. ¡°Yeah, so I spent most of my life doing what I was taught to do while knowing that Robert was my father. But a few years back, I slowly started to figure out that it wasn¡¯t the truth. He wasn¡¯t my father. But I still stayed with him, pretending to know nothing while looking for the truth until¡­. Until I met Dominic and people and things got so messed up and even before I could understand anything, I found myself in the basement or shadow eclipse pack, Robert sold me to Derrick.¡± She fumed in anger as she told them about the disgusting thing and they both were equally angry. ¡°That piece of shit!¡± ¡°I would kill him!¡± They both eximed at the same time yet again. ¡°Well, trust me, I am equally angry with him and that¡¯s the reason I got him stuck there. So that I can go to him whenever I need any answer without taking the trouble to look for him. At the same time as he was stuck there, he didn¡¯t have any options other than answering me.¡± She said with a smirk, proud of her n. ¡°You stuck him there? How?¡± Patricia asked in confusion. Athena smirked again hearing that. Then she told them about her ¡®master n¡¯ on how she trapped him and they were shocked would be an understatement. ¡°Oh my, Athy! You are so smart! Damn!¡± Patriciaughed out loud while praising Athena. ¡°That was actually brilliant but I still couldn¡¯t understand why you endured so much in that shit hole called shadow eclipse pack for all those years? I always tell you to get out of that damn thing but you never listen!¡± Suzanne snapped with a frown. ¡°Well, it¡¯s not important at all. I was just too tired at that time to fight anymore at that time and I couldn¡¯t have managed to go too far with Ace but whatever. That¡¯s not important.¡± She said with a sigh and Suzanne nodded at her, understanding what she was talking about..! ¡°Okay, but why did you go to meet Robert today?¡± Patricia asked with a frown. ¡°That¡¯s because I wanted to make sense of a few things that I got from the box that he gave me that night. ¡± Athena said with a sigh as the mystery was killing her. ¡°What are the things? Show us. Maybe we can help?¡± Suzanne offered and Patricia nodded, agreeing with her. ¡°Wait a second.¡± Athena said before opening the button of her shirt and the things fell out. She was hiding the things underneath her shirt which was tucked inside her jeans. She was wearing just a bra inside. She obviously didn¡¯t open up like this in front of Robert but she didn¡¯t mind now as it was just girls and the matter was too serious to worry about. ¡°What are these?¡± Patricia asked in confusion while picking up the small crown and looking at it in astonishment because it was really beautiful with red ruby stones all over. It looked like a fire burning. It was beautiful. ¡°I don¡¯t know but he said these were with me when he found me. The crown, this locket, this symbol, and these papers with all these things written on it. I don¡¯t know what it means.¡± She said in confusion. ¡°Is that all?¡± Suzanne asked while picking up the symbol and looking at it with a frown, trying to understand what that could mean.¡± ¡°No, I have got another thing.¡± She said with a frown. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°The ¡®S¡¯ sign tattooed on my left waist with a crown on it and the colour is again, fire red.¡± Athena said while showing them the tattoo by raising her shirt. They both looked at it in astonishment for the nth time that day, ¡°My goodness! That¡¯s so beautiful!¡± ¡°That looks so royal!¡± They both gushed as they looked at it without blinking their eyes. Athena looked at them with a sigh and a tired sigh left her mouth. She left the shirt just the way it was, without noticing how it got riled up, exposing her milky white waist. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°Snap out of it, girls! Focus!¡± She snapped at them and they immediately came out of it and looked at her with widened eyes. They seem to be still in daze. ¡°So, what should we do now? Because it¡¯s clear as daylight that if we manage to solve it, we will get our destination. But they are all so confusing. What to do?¡± Suzanne asked her with a frown. ¡®¡®I know they seem to be confusing at first nce but I think they all point at one thing if we manage to solve them.¡± Athena said with a thoughtful look on her face. ¡°I have an idea.¡± Patricia spoke up after a long silence as she was lost in thinking of what they can do in this situation. Athena and Suzanne looked at her with widened eyes. What is it?¡± ¡°What is it?¡± They both eximed at the same time. ¡°How about we divide the things between us and each of us takes the responsibility of finding what the things possibly means? And then wee again andpare all the possibilities and select the best?¡± She proposed and the girls looked at her with big smiles. ¡°That¡¯s smart, Patricia! Let¡¯s divide up the things! But you have to take great care of them. I don¡¯t want anything happening to them.¡± Athena warned them in a serious tone and they nodded at her with the same level of seriousness. ¡°You can put trust in us regarding them.¡± Suzanne assured and Patricia nodded immediately. ¡°Okay, so I already have the tattoo. I am keeping the locket with me. Patricia, as you know the library better than any of us. You take the sign and symbol and look for them in the library to see if you find anything there. And Suzanne, you take this crown and see if you can get any knowledge on the design and find anything about the rubies. They seem to be special to me.¡± Athena said while handing them the things. They all took them with a lot of care but before any of them could say anything, they suddenly heard the door opening. Suzanne and Patricia quickly hid the things underneath their dress without even looking at who it was. ¡°He fell asleep while -¡­¡± Dominic stopped talking in the middle of his sentence, seeing the girls present in the room as well. ¡°Oh, you girls are here.¡± He acknowledged them with a small nod and they bowed a little at him out of respect. ¡°Hello, alpha.¡± ¡°Good afternoon, alpha.¡± They both greeted him while standing up quickly while hiding the things skillfully. Just when they moved away from the bed, Athena became visible to him and as soon as he saw her, his breath hitched. Athena was sitting there, oblivious of what was happening. She sat there while looking at him innocently and casually. Her hair was open and was flying in the air because of the winding from the window. Her front side was opened wide in front of him and the only barrier was the bra. Her shirt hangs by her shoulders, desperate to leave her body and find a ce into some corner of the room. Dominic felt his body getting hotter every second he looked at her. His breathing was getting ragged as his wolf was fighting for dominance to get control. It wanted to pounce on her and mark her as his then and there. It was suddenly getting so hard to breathe that he was feeling as if someone had put his whole body in fire Was it a sudden heat rising up?! ¡°A¡­alpha? Are you okay?¡± Patricia asked in confusion, seeing him sweating so badly while getting so red all of a sudden. ¡°I¡­ I¡­ take him and put him to sleep in a room with you guys and leave the room fast.¡± He ordered in a rough voice, making them shocked. But his tone was hard enough to make them follow it without any second question. Patricia quickly took a sleeping Ace from his arm and they both ran out of the door. ¡°Close the door behind you!¡± He ordered while looking at a confused Athena before they could leave and they immediately followed it. And now it was only them in the room and Athena was still confused about what was wrong with him suddenly ¡°A¡­are y¡­you okay?¡± Chapter 57: Desire and touch Chapter 57: Desire and touch ¡°A. are you o¡­ okay. Dominic?¡± Athena asked in a nervous tone as she looked at his uneven expression. She knew his wolf was trying to gain control and If it manages to do so, she won¡¯t be able to handle him without her wolf. But she wasn¡¯t nervous because of that. It was because the look HE was giving her. It was full of desire and never ending possessiveness. There was a madness in his eyes at that moment t o possess herpletely, in every way possible. And that¡¯s what made her nervous. His intensity and intention, both made her breathless. She knew what¡¯sing but she didn¡¯t know what was going to be her reaction toward it. ¡°D¡­ Dominic?¡± She asked while taking a small step toward him and it took two long steps to reach her. Before she could understand anything, she found herself pinned against the nearby wall with her hands pinned beside her head in his strong hold. She looked at him with widened eyes while he looked at her in daze. He was breathing hard. He slowly bent his head a little and hid it in her neck and took a big sniff of her scent. She held her breath seeing that and tried to stop herself from feeling anything. ¡°W¡­what are you doing? Leave me.¡± She breathed out while trying to push him away with a frown on her face. She was trying to get away from him not because he didn¡¯t want him to touch her but she was trying to do that because she was afraid of catching feelings for him. She was afraid of falling for him and catching any feelings for him. Because she knew it wasn¡¯t healthy for her in any sense. ¡°Your skin is soft,¡± he muttered, ignoring her wordspletely. She sucked in a breath at his words as he moved his hand from her back and ced it over her smooth stomach.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Suddenly, he pushed her down more toward her wall and moved closer, leaving hardly any space between them. Her eyes widened in shock as he moved to remove her towel. ¡°Dominic,¡± she called out. He nced up at her with raised brows as if what he was doing was perfectly innocent. Her eyes seemed to gaze into his own as she tried to figure him out. ¡°We can¡¯t¡­ you can¡¯t touch me like this.¡± she whispered. He pulled himself away and looked at her darkly, he was angry because she was resisting her. ¡°Why can¡¯t we? Why can¡¯t I touch you like this? What are you doing to me?!¡± He asked with gritted teeth while being patient with her. It wasn¡¯t himpletely, it was partially his wolf as well who got possessive hearing her. ¡°You are being hypocritical now, Dominic.¡± She said while looking away. She had a deep frown on her face as she looked away. She suddenly remembered something from the past which deepened the frown more. ¡°How exactly am I being hypocritical, Athena?¡± He asked her while breathing hard to control her. She couldn¡¯t deny the puddle urring between her legs at the sound of his deep voice. She moved to get away once again, but he wasn¡¯t having it. He tightened his hold around her wrist and looked at her with a dark look in his eyes as he waited for her to exin her wori. ¡°Don¡¯t you remember what you said? You were disgusted by my touch. You even rejected me partially because of this. Now, I don¡¯t see a reason why you would want to touch me other than using me like a maid whom you saved and now you think you have every right to do anything with her.¡± She said with a frown with the intention of pushing him away with words. She knew her words were harsh and they would do the work He suddenly went silent. She was sure that he was going to let her go now but she was taken back the next moment when she saw the smirk on his lips. She looked at him in shock. ¡°Why are you smiling like that?¡± She asked in confusion. But instead of replying, he let her get down but still held her against the wall some more as his eyes filled with desire "Permission to say an observation, Thea?¡± he asked in a dazed tone. Her eyebrows knitted together at the name he called her, she could¡¯ve sworn she heard that before. When? She doesn¡¯t remember. "What did you just say?¡± She asked just to hear it again. He gave her a neutral expression before speaking up with the same expression, "Permission to say an observation, Athena?¡± he asked again, but made sure to speak slowly. Nodding her head, she just pretended that it never happened. His face got closer to her ears and she could feel his hot breath on her exposed neck. She didn¡¯t have the energy to speak up with her crazy heart beat. ¡°I can feel how wet you are through your pants. I can smell your arousals,¡± he stated in his husky tone and her eyes widened in shock. A blush immediately formed on her face as she looked down in embarrassment. One of his hands which were holding her up, dived down to feel, but was trapped by her thighs. He chuckled again before prying her thighs open and lifting her up so he could see. His tongue swiped across his lips before he looked down at her eyes. She felt embarrassed and exposed, and he seemed to realise it. His eyes held her before he came back u p to ce a kiss on her lips which she was waiting for unknowingly from a long time. ¡°You look beautiful with that blush on your beautiful face.¡± He said while pulling back from the kiss and looked at her with a goofy smile. She was so shy and overwhelmed by what just happened that she didn¡¯t realise when she grabbed him, pressing him closer so that his lips were back on her. She could feel him bite her lip before his tongue softly pressed into her mouth. He pulled back again and looked at her with a soft expression. ¡°We don¡¯t have to do anything if you don¡¯t want to, Athena. You are not a maid, you never were. I would never take advantage of you or anyone in my right sense. About that night, please don¡¯t judge it with that a s well,¡± he said in a soft and requesting tone. Nodding her head, she moved to turn around again, but he moved closer to her, trapping her between his body and the door. His eyes were locked on her before they trailed down to her lips. He began to move closer, and she couldn¡¯t bring herself to move away anymore. It wasn¡¯t until she could feel his lips on her sensitive spot again that the realisation of what was happening came to her. She abruptly pulled back again and looked at her in shock. ¡°Can I get up?¡± She asked while trying her best to not look at him, despite her body begging not to. It happened way too quickly, His hand that was on the small of her back moved, and her body was lifted off the ground as he spun her around and wrapped her legs around him. The second her back made contact with the wall She knew that they were about to sin.. Chapter 58: Giving into the desire almost Chapter 58: Giving into the desire almost ¡°Can I get up?¡± She asked while trying her best to not look at him, despite her body begging not to. It happened way too quickly. His hand that was on the small of her back moved, and her body was lifted off the ground as he spun her around and wrapped her legs around him. ¡°You¡¯re up.¡± He whispered huskily before his lips made contact with her neck, her most sensitive spot where she would be marked. She bit down on her lip to keep herself from moaning as his hardening length began to rub against her identally. His hands found the hem of her loose shirt where he lifted it up and off of her head, the thing he wanted t o do from the time he stepped foot in the room. His look darkened as he stared at her almost exposed front with desire pouring out of his eyes. Secondster, his lips found her leaving her to moan against them. He walked them over to the bed where he slowly dropped her down onto it. He was surprised by the way h e was being so gentle with her even though she knew how rough alpha¡¯s can get at the time of their heat. She watched him as he broke the kiss and took off his shirt. Her eyes wandered up his body, staring at his abs and every single proud battle scars his body had to show which made him hotter than he already was. When his body heat engulfed her entire body again, his lips kissed down on her neck, past the valley of her boobs, to her stomach where he paused at the waistband of her jeans. He clenched it in his tight fist but didn¡¯t push it down like she thought he was going to. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. He kissed her belly, her thighs, stroked her side until he reached her breasts and and kept his hands stilled on them. Then he looked deep into her eyes before slowly pressing his hand against the soft blossoms of her, leaving her to do nothing but shiver as she bit her lips hard to not let any sound out. His mouth found her lips again and he kissed her hungrily this time. She stayed motionless, trying to find herself to fight the already lost battle. She was not going to lie, he was a great kisser without any doubt, the best actually. The way his lips moved against her was just enchanting to her. It wasn¡¯t until she felt his hand stoop down to squeeze her ass that her mouth opened for him. ¡°Kiss me back,¡± he breathed against her lips. She shook her head, causing him to stop all his movements and just look at her. ¡°Are you trying to fight it still?¡± He asked in his hoarse yet somewhat soothing tone. ¡°Yes¡­ because you said you didn¡¯t like my to-¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence because he reached down to kiss her with more passion and this time, she kissed him back. The sound of him groaning almost made her have an orgasm on the spot. And the mate bond! That freaking mate bond was ying the actual game there! He moved from her lips to nting a kiss on her neck. She involuntarily pulled him closer to continue his assault on the neck due to it feeling so good. It sent a jolt of pleasure right down to the ce she needed i t the most suddenly. He grabbed her hands and held them above her head as he continued to explore her body with his lips. His lips trailed down once again to her body but this time she fought. She fought her desires hard for her sake and pulled her hand out of his grasp. She caught his head to stop him from going any further and looked at him with tearful eyes. She didn¡¯t realise when her eyes got teary and she didn¡¯t even know why she was crying. ¡°Stop, please.¡± She breathed out as a few drops of tears rolled down her cheeks. His expression changed as soon as he saw the look on her face. He suddenly got serious and moved up to be on the same level as her face. He cupped her face with a worried look on his face as all the euphoric feelings flew out the window in a nk of an eye. What¡¯s wrong. Athena?¡± He asked with a thudded heart and the softness in his tone just made her cry harder. She hid her face between her palms as she cried out softly. ¡°Athena! Don¡¯t be like this and tell me what happened? For god¡¯s sake! I don¡¯t like to see you cry!¡± He eximed in worry while anxiously waiting for her to say something and she finally did. ¡°You are going to regret it! Just like three years ago, you are going to regret it again!¡± She cried out, freezing his movement. He wentpletely silent as he understood what she was talking about. His hands which were holding her slipped from her as he sat there with a nk yet distressed look on his face. He clearly remembers what happened that night and a regretful expression came up on his face. But he was quickly pulled away from his thoughts when her soulful cries hit him directly onto his chest, on the wound. He clenched his jaw tightly to bear it before looking back at her. His expression mellowed seeing her crying so sorrowfully. He felt as if his heart was breaking seeing her crying like that. He closed his eyes tightly to control himself before opening them again. Then he picked her up without any words and put her on hisp as she continued to cry. He put her arms around his neck and guided her head toward his chest and let her cry there. He didn¡¯t say anything and let her cry as much as she wanted as he soothed her bly rocking her back and forth and caressing her hair lovingly. After a few minutes of crying, she finally settled down a little but she didn¡¯t pull away from him, instead hugged him tighter. His hold tightened against him as well as he looked at her lovingly. ¡°Are you okay?¡± He spoke up in a soft tone after a while and she just nodded in response. She didn¡¯t want t o talk after what happened just now. ¡°Wanna know one thing?¡± He asked after a few more seconds passed. She nodded yet again. ¡°I never regretted that night, if I ever regret anything, that¡¯s my words from that morning.¡± Chapter 59: The meeting? Chapter 59: The meeting? ¡°Athena, are you okay?¡± Suzanne asked a stiff Athena who was sitting inside the conference room with a worried look on her face while looking around with uncertainty. She didn¡¯t like the situation she was in at that moment. She was feeling eerie and nervous and furious at the same time. ¡°I don¡¯t understand, Suzy! Why wasn¡¯t I aware of it earlier?! Why am I put into this suddenly? It¡¯s just like a bomb dropped on me! I hate this and I want to get the heck out of here.¡± She snapped in irritation and anxiousness. She was currently at the conference room waiting for a stupid meeting with the counselors to start. It dropped on her suddenly. One moment she wasying on the bed and crying like a miserable woman and the next moment she was pulled up from the bed by him when there was a knock on the door. It was Justin who came there to let him know about the counsellors who were on their way already for the meeting. She looked at him in shock but before she could say something to him or put any objection, he was already out of the way while muttering a small ¡®It¡¯s going to be alright¡¯ and he was gone after that, leaving her there. She stood there in shock, misery in confusion. She knew the meeting was about her and considering her fucked up situation, she could feel that it wasn¡¯t going to be any good. More like it was everything bad in the world. She could feel a new disaster building up. And like she said once, she wasn¡¯t ready for it. ¡°It¡¯s okay, Athy. It¡¯s going to be alright. Nathan and Justin are going to be there with you. I don¡¯t know about Dominic because of the rejection but I feel like he is not going to disappoint you as well.¡± Suzanne assured her in a soft tone but instead of that making her feel good, it worsened her mood in ten folds. She felt an indescribable anger toward Dominic. First he acted so confused with her by showing all those affections toward her and touching her and looking at her like he wanted to worship her while the rejection still hung above their head. Then he didn¡¯t give her any warning before dropping this news out of nowhere on her. Is that fair to her in any way? Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. No! And who is responsible for this mess? Of course, Dominic! And she is not going to forgive him easily this time. She can already feel a big fight happening between them the minute all these are over. ¡°I don¡¯t care about me at all, Suzy and you know that. I am just worried and hope that they don¡¯t drag my baby into all these because that¡¯s when I am going to lose shit. I don¡¯t know what I am going to do but I just know it¡¯s going to be a disaster if I lose control in front of them.¡± Athena said in a worried tone as she remembered yesterday¡¯s incident with Stacey and she definitely didn¡¯t want the same to happen again. Because that shit was scary for her as well! ¡°Calm down, Athy. I know you and almost know you wolf. Even though things are not going well for your wolf, you both have a lot of control within yourself and that¡¯s really good. So, you don¡¯t have anything to b e worried about.¡± She said with a smile but the look Athena gave her worried her a little bit. ¡°What¡¯s up with that look?¡± She asked while looking at her with furrowed eyebrows. ¡°Well, I forgot to share an incident with you.¡± She said with a nervous look on her face. Athena looked at her with a raised eyebrow. ¡°What is it? I don¡¯t like the look you are giving.¡± She said and waited for Athena to reveal it. ¡°Something happened yesterday. You know Stacey and how irritating she can be.¡± She said with a scowl and Suzanne patiently heard her with a simr expression on her face because she actually knew how irritating Stacey could get. ¡°She was irritating me beyond limit by her unnecessary tricks and when she almost crossed her limit, something happened within me.¡± Athena stopped and let Suzanne get used to what she just said. She looked at her with a deep frown. ¡°What do you mean by something that happened within you?¡± She asked in confusion. ¡°Well, I myself don¡¯t know what it was. It was like a divine power which possessed me. My nails and canines came out. My eyes¡¯ colour changed to pitch ck and I suddenly became so strong that I picked Stacey up on the wall by one hand. I didn¡¯t even have my wolf with me. Can you believe that?!¡± She asked with the same astonishment as before. Suzanne looked at her with a deep frown as she suddenly went silent and into deep thoughts. ¡°Well, that¡¯s really strange to be honest. But I guess it was your wolf which got affected by the witch¡¯s magic. But what I am unable to understand is, what did Stacey say or do to make you so angry to unleash that?¡± Suzanne asked in confusion. Athena went silent hearing that question as she suddenly remembered what it was all about. It was about Dominic. She got jealous when Stacey was trying to rub all that shit on her face regarding her mate. She couldn¡¯t bear it at all. It boiled her blood and she could only see red. It still feels weird to her to acknowledge that she was jealous. So, how could she admit the same to her friends? ¡°Well?¡± Suzanne asked her after waiting for a long time which brought her back to the present and she gave her a nervous smile while praying something would happen which would pull her out of it. The miracle actually happened! Someone opened the door and entered the room. She didn¡¯t need to look up to know who it was. She just knew. ¡°Suzanne, please leave us alone for a moment.¡± Suzanne couldn¡¯t deny the authoritative tone and walked out after giving Athena onest encouraging look. As soon as she left, Athena looked up and met his eyes. Dominic stood there with a nk look on his face. Chapter 60: Kiss and pout Chapter 60: Kiss and pout ¡°Dominic, please leave. I am not really in the mood to talk to you at this moment.¡± Athena said with a scowl while looking away from him. ¡°Athena? Please calm down.¡± He requested softly while pulling her hands and held her hands in his. She looked at him in confusion with tears in her eyes ¡°How could you do this?¡± She asked while frowning at him. ¡°How could I do what?¡± He asked, acting clueless. ¡°This meeting! How you insulted me in the closed room wasn¡¯t enough that you called this meeting now?¡± She shouted while shaking in anxiety and anger. ¡°Shh.. calm down, Athena. Too much stress is not good for you.¡± Dominic said in a low voice without giving off any expressions. Athena scoffed at him. ¡°Look who¡¯s talking! The one and only reason for my stress.¡± She snapped at him with hatred. ¡°Calm down, will you?¡± Dominic asked while raising his voice a little. He was stressed as well. ¡°No! I won¡¯t! Get away from me! Leave me!¡± She shouted and started to squirm in his hold. Suddenly she realised something and looked at him in shock. ¡°And does this meeting include Ace somehow? I swear, Dominic. They are-¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when Dominic stopped her by pressing his lips t o her. She was shocked it would be an understatement. She just froze then and there. She couldn¡¯t understand what¡¯s happening? On the other side even Dominic was shocked by his own actions. What is he doing? What was he thinking before doing so? He just saw her getting hyper in worry, she was shaking and he had to do something to stop her. At that moment the only thing that came to his mind was this. And he kissed her. Dominic knew the decision was wrong after he pressed his lips on her, because the moment he moved away from her, she would st in anger because the thing in the bedroom was already messed up. He knew he had to act differently from that moment. But now they both freeze. They weren¡¯t moving, they weren¡¯t making any movement. They just kept standing there with their lips sealed. For god knows how long. They both could feel each other¡¯s heartbeat which was beating erratically. After five minutes or so Dominic moved his lips from her ever so slowly and kept his forehead on her. He was breathing heavily but on the other hand Athena stopped breathingpletely. Dominic noticed that. ¡°Breath.¡± He ordered softly in a breathless tone as she was in a daze, she abided by his order and let out the breath immediately. She breathed in and out for a few seconds and when air entered her brain and knocked her sense, she looked up at him with wide eyes. Her eyes widened in shock and embarrassment. She felt stupid in front o I him to let Dominic control her this way once again. ¡°You¡­ you¡­¡± She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence as she didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°Could you please leave?¡± She finally settled with that while getting away from her. Their closeness wasn¡¯t helping them with the situation. She had her hands crossed over her chest, popping her boobs up a little bit. He gulped as soon as his eyesnded on that but he immediately looked away. He knew she was actually very pissed and he didn¡¯t want to worsen her mood further just before the meeting. He hade here to lighten it up a little instead. So, he put on a fake low expression on his face and let out a sigh, making her look at him with a raised eyebrow. ¡°Fine, I will leave if you don¡¯t want me here. I will go somewhere else.¡± He said while acting disappointed that she was throwing him out. She looked at him with a frown. ¡°To whom? To that witch, Stacey?¡± Athena said in a tone which reflected nothing else but pure jealousy. Just when that line slipped out of her mouth, she realised what she said. Where the hell did thate from?! Dominic turned back to look at her in amusement while she looked at him in shock. ¡°Why do you think that I am going to meet Stacey? And where did thate from? Are you by any chance, jealous?¡± He asked while taking a step toward her. The smirk was shining bright on his lips. ¡°¡­¡­..heard her bluffing in the hallway of your office when I went to meet you. She was talking about some peace thing you offered her as your apology for not epting her as your Luna at the end.¡± She grunted out the words with pure displeasure and her signature pout immediately took ce on her lips. Dominic admired her jealousy and cute face with a smile on his lips. All the frustration and tension regarding the meeting flew out of the window the moment he saw her cute pout. ¡°When did you hear about it?¡± He asked in a soft tone. He actually nned to offer peace to Stacey and her pack but it¡¯s not that simple. He got some intention and he can¡¯t reveal that to her or anyone other than his beta and gamma. ¡°I was going to your office to meet you beforeing to this room, that¡¯s when I heard you.¡± She replied, still with the pout. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you meet me then?¡± He asked huskily while nearing her. ¡°Because I was angry!¡± She eximed it ever so cutely. She was too stressed to notice how casual she was being with him and he didn¡¯t want her toe back to senses. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. ¡®Who would say that she is a mother of a smart kid like Ace?¡¯ Dominic thought with a soft smile. ¡°So I assume it¡¯s the reason why you are angry with me and became a grumpy cat from a wolf.¡± Dominic said while wrapping his arms around her waist affectionately and pulled her closer. ¡°Is what she said true?¡± She questioned back while ignoring his statement. She wanted to know what kind of peace it was. She didn¡¯t want Dominic to be anywhere near her. She didn¡¯t know from where she was getting all these possessiveness but she wasn¡¯t even trying to hide it. She put her hands over his chest and looked up at him with the same pout along with a deep frown. ¡°I so want to kiss those pouty lips of yours till you will be begging for breath.¡± He said in such a strong tone with a hooded look on his eyes which made Athena curl her toes in desire. Her cheeks were med red and her eyes were equally hooded in wild imagination. She immediately remembered their encounter i In the bedroom and the blush intensified, The pout was gone in a blink and she gave his chest a small p for making fun of her even in a situation like this. They both almost forgot their situation and tension at that moment. ¡°Dominic! I am serious!¡± She said with a scowl, trying to get away from him but he tightened his hold around her. ¡°Sure. We will talk about this tonight when we finish this meeting. Be ready in tracksuits. I want to take you somewhere.¡± He said with a smile on his lips and gave her small nose a small peck, making her eyes widened in shock and soon it turned into blush. ¡°Where will we go?¡± She asked in confusion. ¡°You will know soon. But could you promise me one thing?¡± He asked in a hope filled tone. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Please let this meeting be sessful for you and Ace.¡± He said in a serious yet nervous tone. He was afraid that she would mess it up and get in trouble which he didn¡¯t want. She didn¡¯t know from where she got confident out of nowhere and looked at him with determination. ¡°You can trust me on this one then.¡± She said with confidence. Pecking her nose one more time, he left the office to start the meeting after Athena nodded her head affirmatively. Chapter 61: The counsellor’s question Chapter 61: The counsellor¡¯s question ¡°Alpha Dominic, what¡¯s the point of calling this meeting after how you insulted usst time?¡± One of the seniors asked with a frown. His tone was cold and mean, anything near mature which irked Athena. But she kept quiet to continue her game of being invisible which she was ying well. Just the constant re from Stacey across the room was getting on her nerves. They both were sitting opposite each other while Dominic sat at one of the ends of the table while the most senior sat on the other end. The meeting just started but they entered the room around twenty minutes ago. The seniors were having their own conversation till now. Athena looked up at Dominic to see what he would say now and found him having a big deep frown on his face. As if feeling her eyes on him, he looked at her way. The moment their eyes met, the frown left his face and it was reced with a soft look. She could swear she saw the corner of his lips lifting up as well but it was gone faster than it appeared. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. She didn¡¯t know what suddenly came up on her and she nodded her head a little toward him. It was supposed to be an encouraging nod and he looked surprised seeing that but it seemed to do the work. He suddenly looked as if he had everything under control again. He looked at the front with confidence. ¡°Gentlemen, first of all I would like to apologise if you felt offended by what happened a few days ago, in the party. I had my reasons and I have called you all to gather here to inform you about the reason only.¡± Dominic stated in his usual cold and intimidating tone while making eye contact with everyone in the room. ¡°What is the reason and what¡¯s going to happen to Stacey now? What you did not only insulted her and her pack, hurt her badly as well. Do you realise that, Alpha Dominic?¡± Another one asked with a scowl while giving a small look at Stacey. Stacey gave him a small smirk. The interaction didn¡¯t go past Athena¡¯s sharp eyes. She immediately knew why the man was talking like a puppet because he was a puppet in actuality. Of Stacey. Was Stacey that powerful to make a senior follow her words? She has always heard that she was an alpha¡¯s daughter from a powerful pack. Not as powerful as Dominic¡¯s pack but still powerful enough to hold some serious authority. But Athena never heard the name of her pack. At that moment, the curiosity increased to another level as she looked at her with a frown. ¡°I believe that was an alliance between me and her father¡¯s pack where we didn¡¯t include anyone else. So, when the alliance is broken from both parties, I don¡¯t want anyone to get involved in this as well. Just to let you know, I have offered them peace. If they agree by the terms and conditions, it will still bring good to them if not to my pack. But they know better than going against me. Isn¡¯t that right, Stacey?¡± Dominic asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at Stacey who had a smirk until then on her lips, looked at him with a small sad look She put on an innocent and helpless face as she looked at the counsellors, trying to act strong. ¡°Respected counsel members, I would request you all to not mention the topic again. It¡¯s indeed hurtful for me as I almost considered this pack as my own family. But I don¡®t want to me Dominic for what happened. He treated me the best while I stayed here, with respect and love. He must have his reasons to take this decision. But I just hope the reasons are not something wrong which he would regret in future.¡± Stacey said thest sentence while looking at Athena with a venomous look on her face. Athena red at her in anger and frustration. She couldn¡¯t express what she felt at that moment toward that woman! ¡°Such a mature woman you are!¡± One of them praised before settling his eyes back on Dominic. ¡°So, Alpha Dominic, what is the reason for which you have declined to ept Stacey as your mate?¡± He asked in a nk yet distant tone. Dominic looked at Athena and found her looking at Stacey with a re. ¡°One of the most important reasons to take that step was my mate. Everyone knows I didn¡¯t find my destined mate at that time when I announced to take Stacey as my mate. But I don¡¯t find that reason valid anymore after I found MY mate. So, I don¡¯t see a reason to go with that thing anymore.¡± He said in a casual yet serious tone. Everyone looked at him in shock as soon as they heard her. They immediately started to murmur things among them. Everyone heard everything due to their werewolf hearing sense. Dominic gave them time to settle down as well as gave time to Athena to prepare herself as well. ¡°Who¡¯s your mate? Is she present in the room at this moment?¡± The oldest and experienced one asked with a frown while looking around and his eyes fell on Athena, a new face. Immediately a look of realisation settled on his face as he looked at Athena. Soon that look was reced with another expression, an expression of pure shock and disbelief. ¡°Who are you?¡± He asked in a shock filled tone, taking everyone¡¯s attention toward her in a blink of an eye. She was shocked as well, feeling everyone¡¯s eyes on her. A nerve-wracking feeling settled inside her as she looked at Dominic in panic. He was taken back a little as well hearing the tone the man used. It was as if he knew Athena from long and whatever he knew was something that will change a lot of things. ¡°My mate. She is my mate.¡± Dominic announced and the man looked shocker than ever hearing him. ¡°Which pack are you from? Who¡¯s your father?¡± The man asked in a desperate tone, confusing everyone. But Athena went nk after hearing the question. Her pack? Her father? Chapter 62: Stacey’s game Chapter 62: Stacey¡¯s game ¡°Which pack are you from? Who¡¯s your father?¡± The man asked in a desperate tone, confusing everyone. Athena looked at him nkly, not knowing what to answer. He wanted to know about her identity. But what identity did she have other than Ace¡¯s mother and Dominic¡¯s rejected mate? Nothing! Dominic, Nathan and Justin, they all were caught a little off guard by the question as well. It was his tone which was responsible for it, more than the question. So, even before anyone could think of anything to answer, Stacey took the initiative to answer. ¡°Oh sir, you are asking about her identity?¡± Stacey asked in a taunting tone before letting out a dry smile. ¡°How would she answer that because she doesn¡¯t have any identity! She is a rogue! Nothing else.¡± Stacey snapped, making everyone look at her in shock and anger, mostly Dominic and the other two men. ¡°What? A rogue?!¡± The council members, excluding the most senior one, shrieked out in shock and displeasure. ¡°Stacey! What the hell are you talking about? Can you shut up?¡± Dominic hissed at her in frustration and annoyance while the other two red at her. ¡°What? Am I telling a lie? Athena? You tell me, am I lying? Can you deny anything that I just said?¡± She asked, taking everyone¡¯s attention toward Athena. At that moment, she was put into the spotlight. So, anything she says will be held against her in future. She has to choose her answer carefully. But what could she tell them at that moment other than telling the truth? Because she doesn¡¯t know her real identity yet. She doesn¡¯t know who she is yet. So, she still bears the identity of being a rogue. So, she decided that she was going to tell that only, because she was not ashamed of being a rogue earlier, nor was she going to be now. She thinks that she was a warrior not a rogue. Because surviving in this dangerousmunity without any support is no less than fighting a battle. ¡°No, I can¡¯t deny what you just said because that¡¯s the truth. I am a rogue. I have been a rogue as long as I could remember.¡±, She stated with her chin held high, with pride. ¡°No, that¡¯s not possible. You can¡¯t be a rogue because¡­ because your blood....¡± The old man started to stammer as he was trying to make sense of everything he just got introduced with. He wasn¡¯t holding such a special and powerful position for no reason. He had some specialty in him which made him worthy of that position. Those specialty came from experience and blessing from the moon goddess. He could say that Athena was something different using that specialty only. ¡°No, sir. That¡¯s the truth. She is a filthy rogue which even she couldn¡¯t deny and I have something else which she won¡¯t be able to deny as well. Can I request for the permission to bring that here?¡± Stacey asked while ring at Athena. She had a mean smirk on her lips which didn¡¯t give Athena Any good feelings. It didn¡¯t give anyone any good feelings. She could feel that something was up and that something was the bad thing which she was feeling since morning. ¡°Stacey! What are you doing? What is this thing you are talking about?¡± Dominic asked with gritted teeth, he couldn¡¯t exin how much irritation he was feeling at that moment on Stacey. He made a promise to himself to make her pay if she causes any trouble to HIS Athena! He swears to the goddess! ¡°It¡¯s something that will prove how filthy she was and how much she doesn¡¯t belong here! It will prove how much she is a danger for ourmunity!¡± Stacey snapped while ring at Athena, making Dominic growl. ¡°Stacey, don¡¯t you dare to cross your limit!¡± Nathan growled out this time, unable to bear any more insult toward his future Luna. He would do anything to protect the respect of his Luna. ¡°He is right, don¡¯t you dare to say another word against her.¡± Justin was the next to oppose against her as he growled at her threateningly as well. Athena looked at both of them in shock and gratefulness. She felt a warm feeling getting all over her heart, making her eyes teary. All her life, she had no one to fight for her or stand for her defense. It was always herself and then Suzanne came into her life and shared the responsibility a little. She felt a little special seeing the guys doing that. ¡°You guys can¡¯t threaten her like that. If she got something to say, she will say that. We will take actions against you two if you try to scare her by threatening her.¡± The man who was taking Stacey¡¯s side earlier, spoke up in a warning tone, making Stacey smirk. ¡°Thank you, sir! May I have the permission to bring my guest which will prove all the things I said about her earlier?¡± She asked once again while looking at Dominic this time. Because no matter how powerful the counsellors were, they were still in Dominic¡¯s territory, they can¡¯t do anything but abide by his commands here. He looked at Athena to found her already looking at him. He asked for permission through his eyes and a small yet firm blink from her was enough for him. He nodded back at her before looking at Stacey with dark eyes and gritted teeth. ¡°I give you the permission to present whatever you have to show us.¡± He gritted those words out while his hand was fisted tightly under the table to keep his wolf in control. He was having a hard time doing that. ¡°Thank you, Alpha Dominic. Trust me you won¡¯t regret it.¡± She said with a smirk before standing up from her chair. She gave Athena a triumph look before pping her hands to signal something ¡°You can show yourself now.¡± She said, making everyone confused but soon they saw a shadowy figure coming into lights, taking a figure of a human body. A witch! Not some regr witch but someone who¡®s connected deeply with Athena and... Ace! This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Look of betrayal Stacey couldn¡¯t exin in words how powerful she felt at that moment. She felt as if the whole world was under her control at that moment. It was actually. If Athena slowly started to be the Crescent Mystery Pack¡¯s world and she had the control over Athena¡¯s situation, doesn¡¯t that give her the same vibe? She hated Athena beyond imagination and she even won¡¯t be able to exin this in words as well. She was so happy that she followed Athena and Patricia in the basement when they went there. The whole day when they were enjoying their time with the pack members, she used the time to find something against Athena. But she didn¡¯t know she would find that down the basement. Robert! Yes, she followed Athena inside the basement when Patricia was looking the other way. She couldn¡¯t hear much as Patricia was giving a hard guard but what she heard was enough for her to understand that Robert was Athena¡¯s enemy. And an enemy¡¯s enemy is always a friend. So, what she did after they left was go inside and talk to Robert. It took a lot of coaxing and bribes to bring some information out of his stomach. She even had to promise him to set him free. Even though she doesn¡¯t have the power to do that, she would think about thatter as she got what she wanted already. And that¡¯s how they were standing there at that moment. Because it was Stacey who pretended to be someone from the pack and called the meeting this evening only as soon as she got a hand on what she wanted.This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°A witch! What¡¯s a witch doing here, Stacey? Don¡¯t you know witches are forbidden from entering any wolf¡¯s territory?¡± One of the counsellors asked with a deep frown, immediately opposing the idea of being in the same room with a witch. ¡°I am very aware of that, sir. I am also aware of how much of a big crime it is for werewolves to use a witch¡¯s magic for something, for any personal gain. If I am not wrong, one has to serve a ig punishment for having any kind of connection with a witch that involves magic. Is that right, sir?¡± Stacey asked with a smirk while looking at Athena. Athena looked at her with widened eyes which were not filled with her regr confidence. This time they were filled with anxiety and that worried Dominic as he saw the look on her face. ¡°Yes, based on the magic they performed, the punishment sometimes can lead to death as well. ¡°One of them confirmed which broadened Stacey¡¯s smirk. ¡°Yes, now let¡¯se to the point about how this is connected to this rogue, Athena.¡± Stacey spat thest two words like it was something disgusting in her tongue before turning toward the board members. ¡°Sir, as all of you are just introduced to her, none of you might know that she has an almost three years old pup.¡± Stacey stated and waited to let this information get synced with their brains. Immediately a commotion started between the board members as they started shooting questions toward him. ¡°Alpha Dominic, you said that you just met her! Then how could she have a child?¡± ¡°Is it your child?!¡± ¡°Who does this child belong to?¡± ¡°Not only is she a disgrace by being a rogue already, now she mated another wolf as well!¡± ¡°Bring the pup here!¡± They all demanded one after another while ring at Dominic. They were furious after finding out this new information about Athena. They will never ept disrespect toward the sacred bond like a mate bond. If one wolf mated another wolf who is not her or his destined mate without any very important and specific reason, just to satisfy bodily need, that¡¯s an insult toward the bond. And getting pregnant by another wolf is like a sinpared to that. They are never going to ept that in the pack which is supposed to be one of the role models to other packs out there. ¡°Calm down, gentlemen.¡± Dominic used his Alpha tone to silence everyone while ring at Stacey. Out of all the things he regretted in his life, letting Stacey live in his pack after that day was one of them. He couldn¡¯t imagine what he would do to her if things got out of control. Oh even better, he would just leave her on Athena¡¯s mercy. He has full faith in her that she will show Stacey her rightful ce. Soon someone knocked on the door and a guard came inside with Ace in his arms. Athena immediately stood up from her chair in shock and disbelief. The guard wasn¡¯t holding him any softly and the child looked scared out of his mind that he wentpletely silent. But he cried out immediately after he saw his mother. ¡°Mommy!¡± He instantly started to fight the guard to get out of his hands but he didn¡¯t move at all. ¡°Leave my child right this moment!¡± Athena let out a growl which was so forceful and powerful that it even made the counsellors to look away right that second. The moment the guard heard hermand, as if he was forced to leave the baby down slowly. Ace ran toward Athena immediately after he was released from his hold and she scooped him up in her safe embrace. She hugged him tight and hid him away from everyone¡¯s eyes. ¡°You can¡¯t shut us up like this, alpha Dominic. Answer is, does that child belong to you?¡± One of them asked, in a tone that said as if he already knew the answer. Dominic gritted his teeth hard while looking at Athena who was already looking at him with a sorrowful expression. She was in a miserable state at that moment and she didn¡¯t know what to do. On the other hand, Dominic¡¯s state wasn¡¯t any better. He didn¡¯t know how to answer that question. He started to love Ace a lot from the time he entered his life. Imagining his life without that little boy seems as impossible as living it without Athena now. They both are now a really important part of his life even though he knew Ace wasn¡¯t his child and he knew that everyone else there knew that as well. Though it feels as if Ace was his own. But Athena made it wasn¡¯t clear a lot of times earlier., But did he care? No! Not anymore! ¡°D... Dominic...¡± Athena whispered with a pained look on her face. He looked at her and it looked as if she was trying to say something to her. As if she was trying to convey something to him. But it was toote. She didn¡¯t have any more time to say anything at that moment. Now it was time to let things happen just as it was happening because she lost control over it long ago. Dominic looked away from her to the little guy who was peeking at him from her mother¡¯s neck. He clenched his jaw and looked at the front, at the counsellors. ¡°No, he.... is...not....¡± He couldn¡¯t evenplete his sentence when it was snatched away from him by the mean board member, angering him for the disrespect. But he held it at that moment with a lot of difficulty. It was actually Nathan and Justin who held him from both sides. ¡°Obviously he isn¡®t! We can¡®t find your blood¡¯s scent in him. We can¡¯t find anyone¡¯s blood scent in him. Why¡¯s that?¡± The man scowled while looking at Ace with squinted eyes. Ace hugged her tighter, feeling his gaze. The motherly instinct kicked inside Athena once again and she growled at him slowly as a warning. He immediately looked away. That was noticed by the oldest member and he looked at Athena with a thoughtful look on his face. It looked like he was still trying to figure out something about her. ¡°I will answer that question on their behalf, sir.¡± Stacey spoke up while looking at Athena with a sinister smirk It looks like she was really close to her goal. ¡°It¡¯s already clear that pup isn¡¯t Dominic¡¯s. Because she absolutely doesn¡¯t have any reason to hide him from Dominic. So, he must belong to a really lower ranked werewolf, or worse, a rogue. That¡¯s why, to hide his scent, Athena used this witch¡¯s magic. She did some magic on him to hide the scent.¡± Stacey said with a smirk and everyone looked at Athena in shock. ¡°Using a witch to hide scent?! That¡®s absurd!¡± ¡°She was trying to hide something really big!¡± ¡°What is it?!¡± ¡°How would we know to whom this child belongs?¡± They all shouted together once again, suddenly making Athena feel really small in front of them. She was feeling suffocated and wanted to run away from there because she knew that the time wasn¡¯t far away when she would lose everything in her hands. Things would get more messed up than ever and she wasn¡¯t prepared for it yet. Dominic was looking at her in shock, disbelief and confusion as well. He couldn¡¯t believe that as well. He thought Ace really belonged from a lower rank which is why he didn¡¯t have any scent. But finding out that his scent was hidden with some intention, it was not settling well with him. Different thoughts roamed around his head now. Mostly about what¡¯s going to happen when the magic will be removed. What if he is put in front of another hard truth which is going to be too hard for him to handle? What is he going to do then? ¡°We can find that out now. By the same witch. The moment she removes the magic from him, his scent will be revealed which everyone can have no matter what his father¡¯s rank is. So, are you guys ready?¡± Stacey asked while looking at everyone with a different level of excitement. ¡°Yes, tell her to do the magic soon. We want to know.¡± Everyone said the same thing over again. Stacey nodded at them and just when she was going to turn toward the witch who had been waiting patiently for anymands till then, without making any noise. She wasn¡¯t a stupid to pull any stunt in the room full of powerful wolves. ¡°No!¡± Athena suddenly shouted while taking a step away from the table while holding Ace tighter as she red at everyone. ¡°No one wille to my son! I am warning you all! Stay away from me and my son!¡± She growled in a threatening tone. The tone was powerful enough to let them know she wasn¡¯t joking. She could feel that happening again. She could feel the beast inside her, or it could be her wolf as well, raising up. She felt something heavy taking over her as her body started to shake. She looked down at her hand to see her nails slowlying up. She was sure that her eyes changed colour as well. At that moment she knew what was happening to her. The same thing that happened with Stacey. But likest time she felt more confidence with the sudden overpowering presence of something inside her. She knew she wasn¡¯t going to lose control this time. ¡°What¡¯s happening to her?¡± One of the members asked in shock while looking at Athena with widened eyes. Her hair was flying while her eyes glowed bright red with a shade of orange, like a fire. A ck smoke gathered around her as well, as if letting everyone know her territory. ¡°Her monster ising out, everyone. She doesn¡¯t have any wolves, instead has monsters. She doesn¡¯t have any control over it. It is so dangerous to kill people! She even tried to kill me! Do something before it loses control again.¡± Stacey shouted in a panicked tone, raising anxiety in the room. ¡°Guards! Hold her imprisoned before she can do anything!¡± One of the board members ordered the guards they brought with them. They are usually more powerful than normal guards. Athena won¡¯t have a chance in front of six of them if she doesn¡¯t do anything fast. But what?! They all kept advancing her but before anyone could even reach anywhere near her, they heard a loud growl which almost shook the whole room. Within a blink of an eye, Dominic was standing just in front of Athena and Ace with a protective posture. He guarded them from everyone¡¯s eyes. ¡°Alpha Dominic, what are you doing?¡± ¡°No one will even look at my mate and son, forget about touching them! Do you understand?¡± He growled out loud which made the guards bow down and immediately scurr away to their previous positions. ¡°Alpha Dominic, he is not your son.¡± Stacey snapped in frustration. She couldn¡¯t believe Dominic said such a big thing. He called Ace his son and she just couldn¡¯t ept that after all the things she did. ¡°I don¡¯t care!¡± Dominic announced in an authoritative tone. ¡°But don¡¯t you wanna know as well? What if this child belongs to the rogue king whom you are looking for?¡± Stacey tried to provoke him by attacking his weak point. She knew it worked when she saw the confused frown on his face. ¡°Whatever it is, it can be done without touching her or imprisoning her.¡± He stated while looking at the board members. ¡°What if she attacks us?¡± One of them asked with a frown. ¡°She won¡¯t, I guarantee.¡± He announced while looking at her over his shoulder and saw her getting calm down slowly. ¡°We are trusting you, Alpha Dominic.¡± The oldest one spoke up before looking at the witch with a serious look. ¡°Take the magic down.¡± He ordered and she gave him a nk nod. ¡°For sure.¡± She mumbled before bringing something from her stash. It was a ss piece with a small drop of dried blood on it. It was Ace¡¯s blood and everyone knew that. She closed her eyes and started to chant something in a low tone. Everyone waited for something to happen and soon Ace cried out loud, taking everyone¡¯s attention toward him. ¡°Mommy! It hurts!¡± He cried and immediately something happened. A scent filled inside the room and they immediately knew to whom it belonged to. Dominic closed his eyes with a frown as he took a big sniff to analyse the scent. He opened his eyes with horror in them as he turned around to face her who was already looking at him. He took a few steps back, away from her with a look of betrayal in his eyes. What the hell, Athena?!¡± Chapter 64: Alpha’s blood Chapter 64: Alpha¡¯s blood ¡°No! It¡¯s not possible! It¡¯s not possible! Hey, you witch! What magic did you do?! It¡®s not possible! Break the freaking magic!¡± Stacey shouted in fury while looking between Dominic and Athena in That hopelessness wasing from the anger she was feeling at that moment. ¡°I didn¡¯t do any magic. I just did what you told me to do. Now don¡¯t tell me about anything. If the result is not satisfying for you, you should have asked me about it beforehand and tell me to change it ording to your preference. It¡¯s not like I ever denied yourmands. Now don¡¯te at me.¡± The witch snapped back at her, without realising what she was talking about. Stacey looked at her with widened eyes in shock. She just gave off that Stacey used her before for her magic. ¡°Shut the hell up!¡± Stacey shrieked out loudly. At that moment, Dominic turned around to re at her with his eyes turning red with unshed tears. ¡°Nathan, Justin, imprison these two. Do not let them escape.¡± He ordered in a cold growl which passed a shiver through both their spines. But before any of them could make a run for it, Nathan and Justin were already out of their chairs, following his orders. As if they were waiting for that order only. ¡°Nathan! What are you doing?! Leave me! Why are you holding me instead of her who did such things?! Let me go!¡± Stacey shouted and struggled to set free but she couldn¡¯t even move a muscle in front of Nathan¡®s strength. ¡°Why are you guys holding me?! Whatever happened it¡®s their fault, I just did what I was asked. Leave me!¡± The witch shouted but she couldn¡¯t get free as well. ¡°You interacted with wolves and agreed to do what they asked you to do is enough to get you where you are at that moment. Better prepare yourself for your punishment.¡± One of the board members snapped at her which made her frown in anger but shut her up. ¡°Alpha Dominic? What are we going to do now?¡± The oldest member asked while looking at Dominic who was looking at Athena with an unexinable look on his face. It was filled with anger, betrayal, agony, hurt and one more thing which no one could exin. While Athena was looking down guiltily, unable to meet his using eyes. ¡°We wille to my mate and what she did, why she did thatter. First I would like to know what Stacey did with the help of the witch.¡± Dominic spoke up with gritted teeth while looking at Stacey with a dark look on his eyes. Stacey looked visibly nervous and scared seeing the look on his face. ¡°D... Dominic! Trust me. I didn¡®t do anything. I... I just brought her here to reveal the truth of Athena. Nothing else. I don¡¯t know what she was talking about. You have to trust me. Whatever else she is going to say is a lie. You have to trust me.¡± She shouted but shouting wasn¡¯t taking her anywhere. ¡°Tell us, what did she use you for if you want the best for you.¡± Dominic growled at the witch in an intimidating tone, using the best of his tone and it even made the witch bow in front of him. ¡°She¡­she¡­ I am the same witch Alpha Derrick used to mess with your mate bond¡­ I had to do that by capturing her wolf using my magic. That¡¯s the reason her wolf is unable to respond to her calling. But what just happened with her, I don¡®t know what¡¯s happening. I think her wolf is really powerful and is trying to free the magic and due to that, it¡¯s possible that her power is unleashing. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s happening but I couldn¡®t think of anything other than this.¡± The witch exined. ¡°Alpha Derrick? How is he connected to her?!¡± Nathan asked with a deep frown. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°If I tell you, will you guys let me go? I promise to leave this territory forever. Will you let me go?¡± The witch asked in a hopeful tone. It was her only chance to escape and she was going to use it no matter what. ¡°You can¡¯t do that! You won¡¯t do anything like that!¡± Stacey hissed at her in anger and frustration but the witch didn¡¯t even look at her. Her eyes were on Dominic who was thinking of her offer. ¡°Okay. I will let you go. Now tell me the truth.¡± Dominic said in a nk tone. But the witch wasn¡¯t sure yet. ¡°You are giving your words, alpha Dominic. I am going to trust you. I know the word trust doesn¡¯t suit me. I am a witch. I can never be trusted but you are an alpha. Don¡¯t put me down.¡± She yed with her words to get the assurance she wanted. Dominic looked at her in annoyance. ¡°You have my words. The moment you tell me the truth and free my mate from every possible magic, I will set you free. But you will leave the territory as well. Because I give you another set of my words, if I ever find you anywhere near me, I am going to punish you by following all the rules. Is that clear?¡± Dominic asked in a dark tone and the witch immediately nodded at her. ¡°Okay. So, here¡¯s the truth. This woman right here, Stacey. She is nothing like she shows herself to everyone. She is a vicious woman filled with lies from head to toe. She is the one who teamed up with Alpha Derrick to kidnap your mate. She initially nned to kill your mate by magic but then alpha Derrick demanded for your mate for some reason which is why they made a deal to get her away from your life together. That¡¯s the part I know about.¡± She took a breath to let everyone get familiar with what she said before continuing again. ¡°But there¡¯s more of her. But I am not going to tell you about it. You have to find it out on your own. But just know, she is worse than a vicious snake or witch, none of them is better than the other.¡± The witch said while looking at Stacey disgustingly. She has never met a woman like Stacey who¡¯s filled with so much nastiness inside her. ¡°LIES! LIES! IT¡®S ALL LIES! I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!¡± Stacey shouted like a mad dog. Her fur was coming out along with her canines as she red at the witch. She shifted half way through in anger and defence because she knew that she didn¡¯t have any other way out of it now. ¡°Respected counsellors, you all have been a witness of what happened here. Now I don¡¯t want anyone to interrupt my decision regarding a backstabber of my pack. Because I hold the right to do anything for the safety of my pack and my mate.¡± Dominic announced while looking at Stacey with nothing but hatred and disgust. None of the board members dared to say anything. ¡°Following that, I announce to imprison and throw Stacey to the cell right away without any dy. Nathan, you know what to do. Throw her in the cell and make sure she can¡¯t escape and after that prepare to call a meeting with the alpha of South, her father.¡± Dominic ordered and Nathan nodded at her, immediately knowing what to do. He started dragging Stacey out with him regardless of the fight she was trying to put in. ¡°No! No! Dominick! You can¡¯t do that to me! You can¡¯t! I did all these for you! I love you, Dominic! You can¡¯t do this to me!¡± Stacey shouted like the pathetic woman she was but no one paid any attention to her anymore as she was pulled outside the roompletely by Nathan and a few other guards. ¡°We still can¡¯t believe how an alpha¡¯s daughter can act like that. She is a pure disgrace.¡± The same man who was talking on Stacey¡¯s behalf till then spoke up. ¡°Alpha Dominic, we should do something about alpha Derrick before he gets out of hand. We have received manyints about him.¡± Another board member spoke up with a thoughtful look on his face. ¡°Yes, I will handle him as well as he made a direct attack on my pack as well.¡± Dominic said with gritted teeth before looking back at the witch who was waiting for his attention as well. ¡± Now, start your thing and take your magic back from her. Then you are free to go.¡± He said in a nk tone before moving away from a silently standing Athena. ¡°Sure but get the child away from her otherwise it might affect him.¡± The witch said and Dominic turned around to look at her with a nk look on his face. She looked up at him with a sad yet worried look as she unknowingly took a step back from him. Her hold around a sleeping Ace got tightened as well. ¡°Do¡­ Dominic ¨C...¡± She couldn¡®tplete her sentence when Dominic reached her with one long step and took Ace out of her hold without any word and she couldn¡¯t even protest. He held Ace protectively in his arms and stepped away from her again. ¡°Do it now.¡± He ordered the witch while looking at Athena nkly. ¡°Okay.¡± The witch said and just likest time, she closed her eyes and started murmuring something whileing and standing in front of her. Everyone was waiting eagerly for something to happen just like thest time. They were preparing themselves to get a shock just like thest time. ¡°Ahhhhh! Stop!!!¡± Athena shrieked out of nowhere, making everyone look at her in shock. She took a few steps back and took a support of the wall as she clutched her head. She howled in pain and pulled her hair with one hand and clutched her chest with another. ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± Justin asked in worry when he saw how Dominic wasn¡¯t showing any reaction. ¡°The magic is breaking free.¡± The witch said as she stood there, looking at Athena to see the process gettingpleted. Athena¡¯s canines came out and red fur started to rise on her body. Her eyes turned red and orange again, looking like fire. Everyone looked at her in astonishment with widened eyes. ¡°She is a red wolf!¡± They all shrieked out and suddenly her screams stopped. Everything stopped. Her canines and fur went back. Her eyes turned normal again as she stood there lifelessly, motionlessly. Her hair was hiding her face. ¡°What happened?¡± Justin asked once again while looking worriedly. ¡°She is free from any kind of magic now.¡± The witch said and immediately after that they saw Athena falling down, losing her bnce. But before she could fall downpletely, Dominic caught her by the waist at the right time with Ace still in his arms. ¡°You are free now as well. Leave this territory right this second.¡± Dominic said while not looking at her as his eyes were fixed on Athena¡¯s half opened eyes. ¡°Thank you, Alpha Dominic.¡± Saying that she vanished with the thin air within seconds. ¡°Do¡­ Dominic¡­¡± She mumbled tiredly while raising her hands up slowly to touch his cheeks. ¡°Alpha Dominic, so is this child...?¡± The oldest member trailed off withoutpleting his sentence. ¡°Athena?¡± Dominic called her name for the first time after Ace¡¯s scent was revealed. ¡°Hmm¡­¡± She could only hum at that moment as her whole body was paining. She was feeling as if she was shifting for the first time ever. ¡°Is Ace-¡­¡± He started asking with a frown which Athena took away from him. ¡°Your child? Yes. Ace is your son, Dominic, whom I kept hidden for years.¡± That was it. She couldn¡¯t say anything else after that and ended up losing her consciousness in his arms. He closed his eyes tightly as soon as he heard her and the pain on the wound on his chest intensified out of nowhere. The moment the magic was taken away from Ace, he instantly knew Ace was his son but hearing that from the mother of his child hit differently. He didn¡¯t know what to do or feel at that moment. He felt numb at that moment. The pain on his chest was the only thing he could feel at that moment. ¡°Alpha Dominic, I think it¡¯s best if we give you sometime. We will take your leave now. I think we will meet soon. But before I leave, I would like to tell you something which I think you should know.¡± The oldest and wisest board member spoke up in a serious and mature tone. ¡°What is it?¡± Dominic whispered out. He was losing his energy as well. He was exhausted after facing such a big truth of his life and at the same time getting lost in the thought of the past almost three years ago. ¡°Your mate. She is not someone normal. I could smell her blood which has the simr characteristic as Ace¡¯s blood. Do you know what I mean?¡± The man asked and Dominic looked at him in shock ¡°Do you mean that¡­ she has an alpha¡¯s blood?¡± Chapter 65: Going to be mine Chapter 65: Going to be mine THREE YEARS AGO There¡¯s a big party going on in the biggest hotel in the town. A big celebration was going on there. Everyone was happy because they found their new leader who was truly deserving. They couldn¡¯t be happier. Alpha Dominic, Alpha of Crescent Mystery pack is now the alpha of alphas in the north region. He had to fight his way through a lot to get to that position. And truth to be told, no one had any objection about it. All the packs epted him wholeheartedly as their leader because no one else could lead them the way he would do. As everyone was busy celebrating and enjoying the moment, she was looking for a way to get into the party hall. She wasn¡¯t invited to the party because rogues weren¡¯t allowed to be in such parties. But she didn¡¯t care about that. Because she didn¡¯t even want to be a part of any pack to be blinded with rules and rules. She is better off as a rogue. Athena quickly shook her head toe out of the thought and focused on what she was doing. She hade here with a motive and she is not going to get it ruined. She sneakily climbed up the pipe and got inside the second floor of the hotel through the open window of the hallway. Loud music was ying downstairs but thankfully things were a little quieter here. Now all she has to do is go through each room of the pack members and look for some cash or valuable jewellery. Take them and run away. As simple as that! She knew the risk she was going through at that moment, it was as risky as ying with fire. Because the party was not of some usual Alpha¡®s. It was of Alpha Dominic.. She has heard a lot about him. The things were cold, heartless, rude, dangerous and h h h. There wasn¡¯t one good thing which she heard about him. Hence she was afraid of getting caught there because she knew it won¡¯t end up well for her. ¡°Shh, Athena! Focus! You can¡¯t get distracted by such-¡­¡± She suddenly stopped talking in the middle as she closed her eyes with a deep frown. ¡°What is this scent?¡± She breathed out as she took a big sniff of the scent around her which was enough to make her go breathless. A scent of musky after rain along with fresh lemon filled her nostrils, making her and her wolf go crazy. It was making her feel out of the world at that moment. But she was soon pulled back into the world when the scent kept getting stronger every passing second and it made her nervous. She knew what was happening to her and she knew waiting there any longer would get her caught for sure. But she couldn¡¯t move from her ce. She kept standing there to get caught and eventually get destroyed. She couldn¡¯t exin the feeling. But the moment she heard a loud and threatening growling toward her from the darkness ahead, she knew standing there any longer would be nothing but a suicide. With that thought stered in her mind, she pushed her howling wolf at the back of her mind. She can¡¯t get caught for such THING. She quickly turned back toward the open window, preparing herself to jump. She didn¡¯t care if she would be seriously injured after this, her wolf had this power to get healed in a blink of an eye. So, it wasn¡¯t the main reason for her worry. It was the scent and dangerous growl which kept advancing her faster than ever. She quickly turned around, ready to jump off the window again but it was toote. ¡°MATE!¡± She heard a knee weakening hard, powerful and husky voice, halting her on her steps. The scent was stronger than ever which is why she was getting controlled by that voice so easily. She suddenly felt a pull on her right wrist and within a blink of an eye she was twirled around and was pressed against the wall. Her breath hitched and got quickened at the same time. And she knew it was the same for him because his hot breath was fanning her face harshly. With a crazily beating heart, she slowly raised her eyes to look at the person in front of her and she forgot to breathe. She instantly recognised the Greek god in front of her. It was Alpha Dominic, alpha of Crescent Mystery pack The alpha of alphas and... Her MATE. The man was breathtakingly handsome with a sharp jawline which could even cut the ss. His eyes, his shaddy grey eyes were looking deep into her soul. He was wearing a ck shirt which was open from up, giving her a nice view of his shiny shaved strong chest. But there was a small frown on his face which she wanted to remove at any cost. She noticed that he was breathing harder than normal and his face was red. He was sweating too much in the cool weather as well. Most importantly, he didn¡®t look well and in a sense to her. That worried her. She was shocked by her own thoughts. Worried? Caring? How can she feel such strong emotions for a man whom she just met?! From where is she getting the feeling of doing anything for a man she just met?! What¡¯s happening to her?! ¡°M...mate.... You are my mate¡­¡± Dominic breathed out while touching her face slowly. She hissed the moment his hand touched her. She felt as if he burned her. Because along with the sparks from the bond, his hands were really hot. She quickly touched his face with a frown to check his temperature and her eyes widened in shock. ¡°Oh my god, you are literally burning in a fever. You have a really high temperature. You should go to the doctor!¡± She eximed in worry while pulling her hand away from him immediately but she wasn¡¯t sessful in doing that. He caught her hand in the middle and put it back on his face, making her look at him in shock. He closed his eyes as soon as her hand touched him again. He let out a ragged breath before starting to drag her hand down to his neck from face, making her touch him. He started to drag her hand lower slowly. Her hand was inside his shirt now as he roamed her hand all over his chest and hard six pack. She was too shocked to move or pull her hands back. ¡°Wh¡­what are¡­are you¡­ doing?¡± She voiced out with a lot of difficulty because with what was happening, she felt difficulty in breathing as well. ¡°He¡­help me¡­ It¡¯s bu¡­ burning¡­ Help me¡­ Only you can do it¡­¡± He let out a groan before howling in pain. He closed his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth to bear the pain he was going through. That¡¯s when Athena understood what was happening. He was in his heat! And she knew how worse it can get for alphas. They get totally out of control and some even cause disaster if they don¡¯t have their mate with them only who can help them and calm them down. It was truly amazing seeing him having so much self control in such a moment and even asking for permission. It ttered her heart and she felt proud of him. At that moment, she knew she waspletely ready to surrender to him. She knew she would do anything for him, to soothe his pain. How naive she was! ¡°H...how can I help you?¡± She asked in a low and shy tone as she could feel blush creeping up her face. That was enough for him to know her constant and he mmed his lips on her. She was really shocked at first but soon she closed her eyes to get lost in the moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer as she participated in the kiss. He responded with a simple grunt when she felt the door behind her swing open. She didn¡¯t even realise there was a door behind her until now and she didn¡¯t even realise when he managed to open it. Pushing her in, Dominic closed the door with one kick of his foot and instantly spinned them around, pinning her against the door again. Once again, he pressed his lips back on her. His kisses were filled with urgency as he ced heated kisses on her neck, her only response being pleasured moans as she closed her eyes in true bliss. She has never felt like this in her life ever before. She felt out of the world as her mate was the first one to make her feel like that and hopefully thest one. He trapped her against the door using his hips and she instantly threw her head back, the feeling of his hard member sending her mind into overdrive. ¡°Wrap your legs around me.¡± He ordered, his warm breath fanning her ear. She automatically did as she was told and as he lifted her by her thighs, she kicked her shoes off and tightly wrapped her legs around him. While walking them both to the centre of the room, he paid full attention to her neck, his lips never leaving her. Once there, he quickly switched the light on and had her up against a wall while his hands moved toward her shirt buttons. In no time, he had her top off, and she did the same to him. Pulling the thin, ck material over his head, she exposed the beauty that is alpha Dominic¡¯s glorious body. She allowed her hands to smooth over his defined pecs, lingering slightly over a faded scar down his chest. She didn¡¯t know what was happening but things were going too fast. Not like she wasining, she felt like the happiest girl in the world. Her mate wants her at first nce, what else could she ask for! Reaching for the ps on her bra, Dominic grazed his lips gently across hers in a teasing manner, leaving a tranquillisation tingle to shimmer across her lips. Once it¡¯s open, he removes the straps slowly, kissing her shoulders while doing so. The entire thing fell to the floor in one smooth motion and he took a sharp breath in as his greedy eyes scan over her half-naked body. His hands gently smooth up her bare sides, sending electric sparks shooting through her, beforeing to a halt at her rib cage. He used his thumbs to lightly massage her breasts, her breath hitching slightly when he grazed past her nipple. His eyes shot open and they were filled with desire. Without any warning, he mmed against her, his naked chest pushing against her. The overwhelming feeling of his lips on her while her nipples press into him is almost enough to have hering right away. ¡°Dominic!¡± She moaned, unable to stop herself anymore. His grip on her tightened and a small groan sounds from the back of his throat. His hands found the zip on the front of her jeans and within seconds, he had it off. She attempted to reach for the zip on his jeans but before she got a chance, she was lifted up again and thrown onto the bed. He slowly started making his way down her body, worshipping every inch of it. Taking her right nipple into his mouth, he licked and sucked as though his life depended on it. The pleasure of this had her fisting the bedsheets and her toes curling with need. Her breathing became shallow and the rapid rise and fall of her chest increased. While his tongue danced around one of her nipples, his fingers pulled and squeezed at the other one, the action causing the small fire in the pit of her stomach to grow more and more as each second passed by. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. She clenched her thighs close together in the hope of finding some release but of course, she had no such luck. Finally relieving her from her tortured pleasure, he licked his way further down her body, causing her back to arch dramatically off the bed as her mind stumbled across into pure ecstasy. He reached the waistband of her knickers and slowly peeled the material back. He began to kiss and suck at a certain spot on her hip and she knew exactly where he¡¯s doing so. It was the special sign-like tattoo on her hip which she always had but never knew from where it came. But it was indeed a beautiful sign which was capable enough to get anyone¡¯s attention hooked there. ¡°Mm.¡± Dominic¡¯s moan suddenly brought her attention back to reality. She raised her hips off the bed, only to have them pushed back down by Dominic. He began to peel back the remainder of the material on her body using his teeth, and the way his nose grazed her skin had her whimpering. Finally removing her knickers, he admired her full body with a different level of admiration and desire. He looked at her in the eyes onest time. ¡°You are going to be mine.¡± ¡°I am going to be yours.¡± Chapter 66: Scared of Chapter 66: Scared of The next morning was supposed to be the best morning of Athena¡®s life, but she never thought it was going to turn out to be the worst day of her life. She woke up with a loud threatening growl instead of sweet peppering kisses on her face. The sweet dream broke way too fast than ever which she wasn¡®t expecting at all and she was pushed into the dark pit of darkness when her sleep broke and she opened her eyes. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" Alpha Dominic¡®s furious growl woke her up and even scared her a little bit. She quickly sat up on the bed and looked at him with a little surprise.She still wasn¡¯t out of the fairy tale she lived in yesterday night.She looked at him with a shy smile while pulling the bed sheet over her body to cover her body and all the live bite he had given her all night. "Alpha Dominic..." Shezily mumbled his name while looking down.She was too shy to look him in the eyes. Maybe that was why she failed to notice the visible anger and disgust in his eyes. "Are you confused about what happened here? You might be because you were in your heat when we met each other.I am your mate.You are my mate.And you mated mest night only.Just marking left." She shyly kept talking, without noticing. The bbering came from the overly happy and nervousness.She didn¡¯t know what she was talking about. It all seems like a dream to her still so she wasted a little more time and dreamt further about their future. He couldn¡®t bear it any longer but held it in and looked at her like she was some dirt and he was disgusted by her. "Mark you? You??" He scoffed with a roll of her eyes, confusing her a little bit. She looked up at him for a split second before looking down again.She felt shy under his gaze and on top of that she was still naked. "Yes..? I am your mate.So, who else will you mark?" She asked slowly in confusion but didn¡¯t look up yet. But Dominic had enough. He couldn¡®t put up with her act anymore. ording to him, how could someone act so much! ¡®Mate! Our mate! She is not pathetic or disgusting!¡® His wolf growled as he fought for control but Dominic had great control over him and didn¡®t waver for a second as he snapped at his wolf. ¡®She is disgusting! She is here to betray us and we are never going to support or be with any betrayer" He growled back before looking back at her, "You are disgusting! What the fuck are you doing here?!" He growled out loudly once again, making her jump. She looked at him with a confused look on her face as she was quick enough to notice the turn off of the situation. "Wh¡­what do you mean?" She asked in bewilderment, not expecting this kind of reaction and giving her everything to him.Her heart skipped a beat as she looked at him with fearful eyes.Her life flipped upside down as soon as she looked at the cold eyes of him which was filled with desire for herst night. Or was it just pure lust? Last night was the best night of her life and she was afraid that it was going to turn out to be the worst day of her life as well. She had been through a lot in her life and she thought it was going to be her escape from hell but it doesn¡¯t seem like that anymore. If what she was afraid of happens, she was going to break downpletely. ¡®No! Don¡¯t think like that.Our mate loves us.He won¡¯t do anything to hurt us" This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. Her wolf shouted and cried out loudly but Athena didn¡¯t let her words get on her head as she was preparing herself beforehand. ¡®We are not going to break down.You have to be with me in this.I need you to get through this.Please" She requested before looking back at her mate with a helpless look.She was feeling like the most helpless person in the world at that moment.. "How fucking dare you ask me that you disgusting woman?!" He snapped while looking at her as if he was going to burn her alive through that look of his. "I don¡®t understand what you are talking about.I am your mate! How could you call me disgusting after the night¨C..." She couldn¡®t evenplete his sentence when he snapped again, making her a confused mess. "Mate?!" He spat as if it was something disgusting in his mouth. "Don¡¯t you feel ashamed to call yourself my mate?! You are disgusting!" He cussed at her and it slowly started to scare Athena. She was scared of what he might do to her in anger.She was scared of losing thest chance of her better life.She was scared of losing herst hope to get out the fucked up life she was living.She was scared of GETTING REJECTED. "How am I disgusting?" She asked in a calm tone with a nk look on her face. She seemed to predict where this was going to. So, she was better preparing herself beforehand. ¡®No! Don¡®t think like that!¡® Her wolf whined restlessly but Athena kept her in great control. ¡®Calm down! We have been through worse!¡¯ She snapped at her in the head before blocking her wolf and concentrating back on her mate.It¡¯s true that she had been through a lot in her life but she knew as well that if what she is predicting happens, nothing can bepared to that."You want me to exin that to you bit by bit?" He snapped in a cold yet dangerous tone. Chapter 67: Reject me! Chapter 67: Reject me! "You want me to exin that to you bit by bit?" Dominic snapped in a cold yet dangerous tone.She masked her emotions well and looked at him equally coldly.She got up from the bed, letting the cover fall from her body freely.She didn¡¯t care if she was naked in front of him, it¡¯s not like he hasn¡¯t seen her like this before. Last night was all about it. But his reaction was not as nk as before anymore. It darkened with desire again as she looked at her glorious body which was more glorious than ever by his ims all over her body.She didn¡¯t look at him, instead made herself busy in finding her dress and undergarments.She found everything on the floor.She collected them all on the bed and slowly started to wear them back.She started with her panty and then bra before looking at him. "I never knew I was that pathetic before sleeping with you.So, sure, I would like to know how sleeping with you makes me so pathetic that you are calling me names without even knowing me." She said in a savage tone without changing her expression. That was a big insult for an alpha and he definitely wasn¡¯t going to ept that. Just when she got a hold of her jeans to wear it back, he came out of nowhere and pulled her up by her upper arms. Before she could understand anything, she found herself pinned against the nearby wall. She didn¡¯t show any expression on her face as she red directly into his eyes, showing him her fearlessness and carelessness. Though it was really hard being so close to him. His scent and touches were making her go crazy but she wasn¡¯t going to get yed at the end as well. She was enough yed throughout her whole life. "Don¡¯t fucking act smart in front of me, you freaking rogue!" He roared, making her frown. Then it dawned upon her and she realised what was happening. She has heard the rumours of course.She has heard enough to know about his hatred for rogues. She has heard that he is very cruel and heartless toward rogues because they were the only reason for him to be like that in the first ce. But will he be that same toward her as well? Toward his mate? His destined mate which the moon goddess blessed him with? "Is that it?! Is that why I am pathetic because I am a rogue?" She asked with a frown, not finding that enough reason for getting this kind of reaction from her mate. Her mate, who was supposed to love her, cherish her, respect her and protect her. But she knew the moment his scent entered her nose, the moment his rough yet warm hands touched her first and the moment he called her ¡®mate¡® first, she was going toward her destruction. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. She has seen many rogues having a happily ever after finding their mate who belonged from a pack. Then why can¡®t her life be like that? Why it always her life which gets fucked up at the end? "If that isn¡¯t enough reason for you, then add a thief and a slut in the list as well!" He snapped as his eyes red at her murderously. Only he knew how hard it was for him to fight the mate bond to stop himself from taking her once again and at the same time tolerating her in front of him. He was in a mess when he woke up in the morning and found the most beautiful and innocent woman in the worldying beside him.He immediately knew she was his mate and remembered everything that happenedst night. But a call he received after a few minutes of admiring her, broke his misconception about her. He realised that he wasn¡¯t as innocent as he thought her to be. She wasn¡¯t anywhere near.She was a liar and a betrayer.She is vicious and someone who is not going to back away if she needs to backstab someday.She is someone who hepletely despises and hates from the core of his heart. How could the moon goddess be so cruel toward him after everything he had been through? On the other hand, her eyes widened for a split second before anger filled them up. Even though werewolves are blessed with fast reflectivity, he didn¡®t realise when a pnded on his cheek out of nowhere. It was so fast and sudden and so forceful that he was forced to take a few steps back from her.His head was turned to the left. "How fucking dare you call me that?! If you don¡®t want me then you don¡®t fucking want me.Reject me and get fucking over with that.Don¡®t you dare to insult me like that!" She shouted in anger.She wasn¡®t going to justify herself by putting me on him about what happened last night.She wasn¡®t that cheap. "You are right.Reject you.Because that¡¯s what you deserve.I can¡¯t believe a fucking rogue was my mate.And if that wasn¡¯t enough you are so cheap and pathetic that you slept with me to steal such an important thing from me.How fucking disgusting!" He growled once again, not liking her guts at all. "Fucking reject me! My name is Athena." She shouted back, unable to bear that anymore. And wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. She just ended up challenging him and he did that. He didn¡¯t take another second and looked her in the eyes before muttering those dreadful words, killing her on the spot internally. "I, Alpha Dominic, alpha of Crescent Mystery pack, reject you, rogue Athena!" He shouted mercilessly and as soon as those words left his mouth, she immediately felt a burning sensation in her chest. She clutched it tight but didn¡¯t let that break her.She looked him in the eyes with a fire in her eyes.She looked determined about something and she was going to do it no matter what. "If I am going to go through hell, you are going with me as well." Saying that, in a second her ws came out and she attacked him directly on his chest, above his heart.He let out a loud growl before clutching his chest as he fell on the ground, on his knees. Blood poured out of the wound which didn¡®t bother her at all. She bent down with her chest tightly clutched by her other hand. "Now I am not going to be the only one to feel the pain of this rejection which you caused.If I burn, you are going to burn as well.If I cry, you are going to cry as well! I am not going to take the responsibility of this rejection alone!" She whispered and shouted as she could feel his pain as well along with the rejection pain. "Listen to me, little rogue.You deserve nothing but my rejection!" Dominic seethed at her while gasping for air. It was getting harder for him to breathe. His heart was clenching and unclenching in pain and he could feel a burning pain run through his whole body. The rejection "One day you will beg me to ept you.Then I will tell you what you deserve." Athena said in a strong stance while looking directly into his eyes, shocking him. Before he could understand anything, he saw her getting up and taking her clothes hurriedly. Within seconds, she was out from the window as she jumped out of it, just in front of his eyes. He didn¡®t realise when the pain consumed him so much and he closed his eyes, losing unconsciousness. Chapter 68: By the lake Chapter 68: By theke Loud sound of water sshing around woke Athena up.She slowly opened her eyes to meet with darkness which scared her a bit at that moment. But instead of freaking out, she calmed herself down as Dominic¡¯s lingering scent assured her that she was safe.She didn¡¯t know from where she got that assurance but she just knew.She wasying down when she opened her eyes.She tried to get up and suddenly felt that she wasn¡¯t on her bed like she thought she would be. Instead it was soft grass underneath her which tickled her skin. There was a nket over her body. At that moment, she was confused would be an understatement. Where was she?! She quickly sat up straight and looked around to see that she was in an open space in the forest. There were trees at her left and a bigke at her right. The moonlight was glowing brightly to make her surroundings visible. The moonlight fell on theke water and it looked like diamonds dancing with the water. Such a beautiful scene it was! That¡¯s when she heard the sshing sounds again which brought her back to her actual situation and she looked at theke with squinted eyes. The sound wasing from there only. And that¡¯s when she noticed something or more like someone. Someone was swimming roughly in the cold water of theke. As if the water was washing away all his frustration, confusion, anger and every bit of difort while he expressed them through swimming. His broad shoulders flexed every time he dived into the water like a man mermaid.His muscr body was glistening with the shinyke water, skipping a few beats of her heart. She immediately knew who it was! Her mate, Dominic. He was such a handsome man. Moon goddess took her time while making him with every bit of perfection. What did she do to deserve him as her mate?! She put a hand on her racing heart to calm it down. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh. And the next moment she opened her eyes, a loud shriek left her mouth as she found Dominic just in front of her. He was still in the water.He swam to the surface where she was and leaned on it with his hands over the surface.He kept his face over his hands, looking at her very innocently. His face was filled with a cute smile and a lot of curiosity. That¡®s when she noticed something. That he has very boyish facial features. Even though he was nearly twenty seven years old, he could easily pull off the look of a seventeen years old teenage boy. The thought itself increased her heartbeat ten folds. "What are you thinking that made your heartbeat so loudly?" He asked curiously which startled her and brought her back to present. She looked at him with widened eyes and was going to move away but he was quick to hold her hand and stop her to keep her in her ce. "Wh¡­what are you doing?" She asked while stammering in nervousness. "What am I doing?" He asked in a casual tone while looking at her with the same soft smile. She looked exceptionally beautiful under the soft moonlight. Her skin was glowing a lot. It looked as if the moon goddess came down herself to kiss her skins to give her that golden glow. How beautiful can she look! He could spend all his life looking at her at that moment, in this forest, under the moonlight. "Dominic? Where are we? What are we doing here? What are you doing in the water?" She asked in confusion while looking around with a frown. She was still in some daze which is why it was taking her some time to realise what was happening around her.She doesn¡¯t seem to remember what happened earlier as well. Not yet. "Don¡¯t you remember what I said earlier today?" He asked, still with the same smile. That smile looked really beautiful on his handsome face but it started to do something in her heart which is why she wasn¡¯t liking it much at that moment. "Could you please stop smiling like that?" She asked while trying to look away to understand what was wrong with her. "Why? You don¡®t like my smile? I thought I looked more handsome while smiling instead of my usual scowl on my face.I got a lot ofpliments on my smile." He said with a cheeky smile this time, making her look at him in shock and disbelief. She was taken aback a little by that sudden cheeky question but more than that, something else caught her attention. "You gotpliments? From who? Stacey? Or some other bitches?" She scowled, suddenly getting possessive. That made her shocked and him amused as he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. It was going to be fun! "Well, I won¡¯t lie to you.You see, I am very popr among girls so gettingpliments like these aren¡¯t a big thing for me.I get them every now and then." He said in a casual tone as if girls always surround him everywhere he goes. But that wasn¡¯t the main topic here. How her expression changed drastically and dramatically was the main thing here. She gritted her teeth and looked at him with darkened eyes. "Who are they?! How dare they?!" She scowled, ready to put up a fight but before she could ask anything else, she was pulled down by him and her lipsnded directly on his, making him smirk. She was too shocked to do anything while Dominic kissed her passionately, making her melt down. This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org. But she soon remembered their conversation and understood that he was trying to change the subject which made her frown and she struggled to pull away. "Shhh¡­ Calm down, tigress.I was joking.No oneplimented me because I never smiled at anyone ever in my life other than you." He whispered in a husky tone while looking at her face intensely. Her eyes widened in shock and soon her cheeks turned red in blush as she realised what he said.She was the first person he smiled at like that. But more than that he was pulling her legs to get a reaction out of her and she fell directly into it! She quickly pulled herself away from him again and looked around awkwardly once again. She cleared her throat and it was more like a warning to him that she won¡®t like to talk about it anymore. He understood it and kept quiet.He silently kept admiring her while she looked around like a deer caught in headlights. "Yo...you still didn¡®t answer my question." She stammered out once again while looking around. "What was it again?" He asked in azy tone while not removing his eyes from her face. "Where are we? What are we doing here?! Most importantly, what are you doing in the water? "She asked with a scowl, looking back at him. "Oh right, as I was saying, don¡®t you remember what I was saying earlier?" He asked the same question once again, making her confused. "What are you talking about? I don¡¯t remember." She said with a frown while putting pressure on her brain to remember whatever he was talking about. But hit the nk spot only. He let out a chuckle seeing the cute frown on her face as she couldn¡®t understand what he was talking about. "Don¡¯t put so much pressure into your brain.Let me help you." He said with a chuckle and she looked at him with a frown, waiting for him to help her out. "Don¡®t you remember that I said I will take you somewhere after the meeting is over?" He asked while looking at her with a small smile, trying to hide something behind the smile. She looked at him with a frown as suddenly memories started to hit her one after another after the mention of ¡®meeting¡¯. Her eyes widened in record and her heartbeat picked up speed once again which he clearly heard. But before she could get lost into different thoughts, he pulled her back by throwing some water into her face. That made her gasp loudly and she looked at him with widened eyes. "Dominic! Why would you do that?!" She eximed out loud but he didn¡®t say anything other than smiling at her cheekily. "Don¡¯t let your brain wander around and stay with me only.We will go everywhere together." He said while looking deep into her eyes to convey the message that they will have a conversation about what she was thinking soon. "Okay, fine! Yes, I remember you taking me somewhere.I guess this is the ce.But what are we doing here?" She asked with a sigh. "We are here for our date." He answered immediately after with a cheeky smile, making her look at him with widened eyes. "What?!" Chapter 69: Chance at that moment Chapter 69: Chance at that moment "Date?! What are you talking about?!" Athena asked in disbelief while looking at him as if he had lost a few screws in his head. But the mention of date put a shy smile on her face as well which he noticed. "I am talking about our date, Athena.I never knew you were so slow in catching such things." He teased, earning a frown immediately. "What date? When did I agree to it? I didn¡®t even know about it until now.So, how can you bring me on a date? And who brings someone for a date to a ce like this?" She asked with a frown, ying hard before giving in. He smirked at her, understanding what her intention was.He knew that she liked the ce very much. "My goodness.You have so many questions to ask." He sighed and she looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Yes, and you are going to answer each of them." She said in an adamant tone, earning a chuckle from him which made her heart skip a beat at the sound. But she tried her best to not show any expression as she kept looking at him like she didn¡®t care about what was happening. "Okay, okay.I will answer each of them.I never said I wasn¡¯t going to.But before that, I need your help with something." He said as he looked at her with hopeful eyes. She looked at him suspiciously because he was sounding way too innocent while asking for help.She felt that something was up with him. "Okay...? What is it?" She asked in a suspicious tone, waiting to hear with what she can help the great alpha Dominic. "I need your help to pull me up so that I can get up.I am all wet and it¡®s too slippery.I can¡¯t get up without some help.Also I can¡¯t answer all your questions while being in the water, right?" He asked innocently while makingplete sense and that made her more suspicious. He continued when she kept looking at him silently. "So, are you going to help me?" He asked once again while giving her the most innocent boyish look he could pull off, making her sigh. "You are acting weird, do you know that?"She asked while letting out another sigh. His¡¯ weirdness¡¯ was making her heart go crazy, does he have any idea about that? "Weird? How weird?" He asked in the same way, knowing very well about the effect he has on her. He smirked internally, enjoying her reactions way too much. "Ugh! I can¡®t exin that.Just let it go and give me your hands.On the count of three, I will pull you up and you will jump up as well.Okay?" She asked in a strict tone and he immediately nodded at her, agreeing to her demand without any questions. She forwarded her right hand toward her without thinking much. "Okay, okay.On the count of three." He said as he held her hand tightly in his cold and wet hand while giving her a smirk. She frowned at his smirk but it was toote for her to read into that as she started counting already. "One...Two...The ¨C ¡­ Ahhh! Dominic!" She let out a loud squeal as instead of pulling him forward, she felt a hard pull toward Dominic and within seconds they both were back into the water which was surprisingly warm. His hands were tightly wrapped around her waist as they went deep into theke water because of the force of their weight. After a few seconds of being there, Dominic swam both of them back into the shore while still holding her. She was holding onto him tightly as well as if her life depended on him. They both took deep breaths as soon as they were up in the air. Athena pushed the hair away from her face before ring at him while heughed out loud. "Dominic! What the hell was that?! Why did you pull me into the water?!" She shrieked out loudly while pping him on his broad and naked shoulder and that¡¯s when she realised once again that he wasn¡¯t wearing anything at the upper side of his body. He smirked when he saw the realisation on her face. "Because I wanted to do this with you¡­." Saying that he pulled her down, upto his face height before mming his lips on her, taking her breath away once again. His mouth, hot and daring, met her. All yfulness had left him and he kissed her with his own ck fire, deep and possessive, consuming her body, her soul, andying waste to all past notions of what it meant to be kissed. Their lips were in perfect sync, matching rhythm, shape and intensity. He brushed his tongue against her kiss swollen bottom lip and she couldn¡®t hold back the moan that escaped her throat. Heat was building at the apex of her thighs causing wetness to pool and she didn¡¯t realise when she grinded herself into his thigh for friction. Dominic¡¯s hands made their way down to her bottom and he scooped her up, she immediately wrapped her legs around his waist as he swam them in the middle of theke without even breaking the kiss. But soon the need of oxygen knocked on their senses and they pulled away for a split of seconds. Dominic didn¡®t stop there as he continued peppering her neck down to her corbone and back up with passionate kisses. Every ce his lips met her skin set her on fire even though she was in the middle of ake with nothing but water around them. Her insides were churning in nervousness, desire and excitement. This was like nothing she had ever experienced before. It was so intense like his hands and lips were all over her at once. There were no thoughts anymore, only burning need. But something clicked inside her and she pulled herself away from him. He immediately protested against and let out a low growl.He tightened his hold around her but she put more force into pulling herself away from him. That made him frown as he pulled away from her neck and looked at her with a deep frown. "What¡¯s wrong?" He asked in a hoarse voice while looking at her with darkened eyes which were glistening brightly under the mood light. A frown took ce upon his face as soon as he saw the look of distress on her face.. "Everything is wrong, Dominic.Everything that¡®s happening currently is wrong.Can you deny it?" She eximed in distress while pulling herselfpletely away from his hold. He didn¡¯t like that at all and immediately pulled her back on his chest by pulling her by her waist. She bumped back on his chest and looked up at him with a helpless frown. "What do you mean by everything going wrong? Are you talking about the kiss? Our closeness? Our moment? Are you saying these are wrong?! I will never agree to that." He stated in a hard and determined tone, making her let out a sigh. "No, Dominic.I am not talking about that.And you very well know that.You know exactly what I am talking about." She sighed in tiredness as she closed her eyes tightly, praying for him to drop the act and he suddenly went silent and serious. That made her nervous as she saw the look on his face. He didn¡¯t say anything and suddenly started to swim toward the surface. She looked at him in shock before following behind him immediately. "Dominic!" She called behind him in confusion but he didn¡®t reply. He reached the surface and got up from the water. But he didn¡®t getpletely out. He just sat on the ground with his leg dangling into the water. She looked at her in confusion and nevertheless followed his actions and sat on the ground like him while keeping her legs into the crystal water as well. "Ace is¡­my son¡­" He suddenly spoke up. She looked at him with a frown unable to determine if that was a question or statement.She tried to read his expression which he kept nk as well. His emptiness scared her. That was almost proving everything she was scared of. She didn¡¯t know what to say or do at that moment other than nodding at him slowly and nervously. "Yes, Ace is yours¡­and mine son." She confirmed his statement or question whatever it is while making sure to show off her right on Ace as well.She could never lose him no matter what. "We created him that night..." He mumbled out once again while looking nkly at the water.He spoke so lowly that she almost didn¡¯t hear him if it wasn¡¯t for the werewolf power to hear almost anything "Yes...We created him that night.He is the sign of that night." She spoke up in a low tone while looking at the water as well as she got lost at the thought of the past once again. "I......always felt a connection whenever I was near him or with him.It was so hard.Trust me, Athena, it was so hard to not believe that he wasn¡¯t my son.I had fallen in lovepletely with him without even knowing that he is my son.Without knowing that he was my blood, he was mine as much as he was yours.It was really hard, Athena." He spoke up in a broken tone as helpless tears fell from his eyes without his control or permission. "I know¡­ I know how hard it is, Dominic.Trust me I know." She cried as well while not looking at him away as she remembered all the hardships she had to go alone while she was pregnant with Ace. It¡¯s not like she regretted any of that because the moment she held him for the first time in her hands, she felt like the happiest human being in the whole world. "Why?!" He suddenly asked, making her confused as she looked at him with a frown and found him already looking at her with an using frown on his face. "Why didn¡¯t you tell me earlier? Why didn¡¯t you find me when you found out that you were pregnant? Why didn¡¯t you tell me about him as soon as we met again after years? Why did you tell me that he wasn¡¯t mine? Why did you keep him away from me for so long? Why?! Why, Athena?!" He eximed in agony while clutching her arms tightly as he shook her hard and usingly. Unshed tears made his eyes turnpletely red, making him look like the broke man which he was. "How dare you me me, Dominic?! How dare you?!" She gave a hard push on his chest as she cried out loud in anger and frustration. "Do you know what I have been through in these three years?! Do you have any fucking idea? I had to go through hell everyday while I was pregnant with Ace.I had to go through the pain of rejection.I had gone through the pregnancy heat alone.I had to die everyday to keep him alive while I wandered around the forest as the rogue I was.I had to fight everyday to keep his scent safe from those rogues, otherwise they would have killed him immediately after knowing I was raising an alpha¡®s child in my womb.Do you know how hard that was!? If that wasn¡¯t enough, I was kidnapped by Alpha Derrick and kept as a maid.Do you have any fucking idea how hard that was?! Then how dare you me me for this?!" She shouted at him while punching him on the chest nonstop to vent all the pent up anger of years. He closed his eyes, epting all herints without any word.He sat in front of her with his head hanging low in shame.He knew she wasn¡¯t done yet hence he didn¡¯t speak up and let her continue without any word. "And what did you say? You said why didn¡®t Ie to you? Why didn¡®t I find you? Why I lied to him about his father and why I didn¡®t tell you about him the first time I met you again after years, right? How could you ask me those questions? How could you? Do you know how scared I was? Wanna know why?" She asked while looking at him with hurtful eyes which made him look away from her immediately. He couldn¡®t bear the heaviness of her eyes as it broke his heart into pieces but she continued. "I was afraid of two reasons and those two reasons led me to no one but you.I was scared of you, Dominic! You were the reason I didn¡®t tell you about him! Only you should be med for everything!" She shouted as tears fell from her eyes uncontrobly. "Do you wanna know why?" She asked and when he didn¡®t say anything, she spoke up again. "I was afraid that either you would push Ace away just like you pushed me away or you would snatch my only reason of survival, him, away from me, just like you did years ago when you rejected me.I was afraid of you, Dominic.I was afraid of you." She cried with her head on his chest.She was exhausted.She finally felt free after being able to say everything which she kept inside her for years.She felt relieved. He looked at her with a pained expression as he didn¡®t have the face to say anything. But it surely hurt him to know that he pushed her so much that she was forced to keep their son away from him only.She was afraid of their son¡¯s safety only from him. What a tragedy! "I am sorry." He suddenly spoke up ever so softly in a regretful tone, making her pull away from him and looked at him in shock.She wanted to make sure if what she heard was right. "Wh¡­what did you just say?"She asked in shock and disbelief. Alpha Dominic was saying sorry! It was like the eighth wonder of the world. The prideful alpha was saying sorry with utmost sincerity, did she need anything else in the world. She was so shocked that she wentpletely speechless, unable to say a single word. "I am sorry, Athena.I know no amount of sorry can recover what you had to go through for me but trust me I don¡¯t have anything else to offer you other than my apologies.I have never been good with words or expressing what I want to say.You can me my past for that.But I am not trying to give any excuses.What I am saying is, I can¡¯t take it anymore.I have had enough and I am exhausted now.Running behind revenge has sucked my energypletely.I can¡¯t take it anymore.I want some peace and happiness in my life as well.Only you and Ace can give me that.I am begging you for that.Please give me a chance.Please." He begged while putting his head down in front of her while he was kneeling down. She looked at him in shock and confusion. What just happened was too much for her. He seriously washed away all his ego and pride in theke before taking this huge step. She knew what that meant to him. She could tell how hard it was for him toe out of the shell he was in and say this to her. She didn¡®t know anything about his past or the revenge he was talking about but he knew it must be something really deep to turn him like this. But could she look past what she has been through just like that? Yes, she could. AT THAT MOMENT She knew what she had to do at that moment and she didn¡®t dy another second in pulling his head up and pressing her lips on her. And he knew what that meant without a second thought...This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. Chapter 70: Happy morning Chapter 70: Happy morning Athena winced as rays of morning sun tickled her eyes. When she opened them, the first thing she saw was Dominic sleeping in front of her.She found herself wrapped around his strong, possessive and determined arms, the nket was covering the lower parts of their body. She was in a new bra and she is guessing he is the one who changed her because she waspletely drenched yesterday when she fell asleep. Her gaze darts on his face, and a soft smile tugs at her lips.She stared at his peaceful expression while he was sleeping. He was so beautiful and breathtakingly handsome that she felt the weight on her chest to even breathe. But after what happened yesterday night, a lot of things have changed between them. Heat crawls on her face at the thought of what happened yesterday night. Nothing special happened but yesterday night she witnessed the most raw self of him. A self she has never seen before and she is sure no one else has seen as well.She felt proud and happy to be that only one.She never thought this day would evere. But she knew one thing, that wasn¡¯t enough.She let out a sigh and looked at him.Her heart was still beating twice in one second when she looked at him. At that moment, she knew that they were taking slow steps toward each other. But how he looks at her openly nowadays with his intention clear, makes her heart beat crazily. The thought itself made her blush.She knew that she won¡¯t be able to resist his touches anymore.She knew that she won¡¯t be able to resist touching him anymore from now on. How can she wait till she reaches her GOAL?! Deciding not to wake Dominic up just yet, she slowly pulled herself away from him and got up from the bed. She looked at him once again and a soft sigh left her mouth.She nced at the clock on the nightstand. It was six in the morning. She wore his white shirt back while she was still in her panty and bra before exiting the room. Making breakfast for both of them sounded like a good idea to her. She didn¡¯t know where she was getting this sudden affection for him from. But she knew that she was excited to surprise him with her handmade breakfast. She was a fine cook! She freshened up in the guest bathroom. Ace was with Suzanne and Nathan. She knew that she didn¡¯t have to worry about Ace when he was with Suzanne.She got freshened up while thinking aboutst night.She loved every bit of it.She wouldn¡¯t have changed what happened for anything. Last night was so amazing for her that it even feels like a dream.She wondered what was going to happen when everything in her life settled down. Sighing, she took out some eggs from the fridge and decided to make some pancakes. She had been so caught up in her own daydream while making breakfast and swaying her full ass that she didn¡¯t realise Dominic was watching her from the living room, leaning against the wall. She gasped in surprise when her eyes suddenly fell on him, not expecting him out of the bed already. A smirk touched his lips as he found her taken aback. And his eyes were twinkling, as if showing that he loved what he was seeing. That¡¯s when she realised what she just gave him a nice booty shaking show. "What are you doing here?" She asked breathlessly, her eyes were roaming around his figure. He was still wearing his jeans but was still topless. Oh, hell.More heat travels to her face that it might even be hotter than the stove she was using to cook. Her cheeks werepletely red. "Enjoying the view." He said with a smirk. "What a wonderful sight to see you in my shirt and sexy lingerie, cooking for me.That¡¯s my favourite sight from now on." He said while standing straight from the wall he was leaning on. She blushed again after hearing him but she pretended to roll her eyes to show him that it didn¡¯t matter to her. He approached her as she turned the stove off. She started to put the pancakes onto the te when he put his arms around her waist, hugging her from behind, making her yelp. "Why didn¡¯t you wake me up?" He whispered in her ear while nuzzling her neck, making a shiver run through her body. His breath was hot in her ear, sending another series of shivers down her spine. "You looked so peaceful in your sleep, I didn¡¯t feel like waking you up.So, I decided to let you sleep.After all,st night was stressful for you as well." She said while closing her eyes and biting her lower lip as his hand which was on her waist started to creep inside her shirt. His shirt, sorry. "Oh, God." She breathed out breathlessly which he had heard. He smirked at her response while pulling her closer and caressing her soft body sensually. She felt getting wet down there just with how he pressed his body against her. "Well, you are my energy ball.You have the power to take away my every tiredness and stress.Also you made me restless when I didn¡¯t find you in my arms after opening my eyes and I couldn¡¯t stand that for long." He said with so much intensity that it made her heart melt at his words. His voice was low and husky, adding extra effect. He smelled the skin on her neck before his lips trailed down to her shoulder, cing soft kisses along the way. She let out the moan which she was trying hard to control. "Shit.Now you are making it hard for me early in the morning." He groaned. Which she knew was true because she could feel his hard erection against her ass. "Are you okay?" he suddenly asked and she was confused. His voice was filled with genuine concern. Before she could ask what he meant, he might have felt her confusion as he spoke up. "Do you feel bad about what happenedst night? Was the meeting too stressful for you? And then our conversation?" He asked in a low and careful tone. She smiled to herself after hearing him. "You didn¡¯t, you never will.I think whatever happened yesterday was very much necessary.It was getting too much for me as well to keep everything to myself with a fear of rejection or losing Ace forever.These thoughts were making me go crazy." She said in a soft and truthful tone while starting to feel like she will be breaking down again. Dominic turned her around so that she could face him. A beautiful smile touched his lips. "Whenever you talk like that, you increase my desire to cherish you." He leaned closer, his cheek was grazing hers, and she couldn¡®t help but close her eyes, enjoying how he made her feel. "Tell me, what should I do now?" He whispered and nibbled her ear, making her let out a small gasp. "We should eat breakfast." She stuttered, proposing the idea even though her mind was nowhere near eating breakfast at that moment. "Absolutely, I need my breakfast to function correctly." He whispered in a seductive tone. "I¡¯m craving for my breakfast now." Dominic¡¯s tongue trailed down on Athena¡¯s neck and went down to her corbone. "And I¡®m not talking about the pancakes.Although they look delicious.I¡¯m definitely going to eat them later.For now, I need something more sugary than that." He said in a dangerous yet husky tone, making her curl her toes in anticipation. She gulped, knowing where this was going. But she couldn¡¯t do anything but let Dominic¡¯s effect control her body, as if he was the only thing her body needed to respond to. His touch on her skin was like electricity attacking her body. Dangerous and unavoidable. She yelped when Dominic suddenly lifted her up to sit on the counter, giving him the perfect ess to her chest. He kissed her corbone while opening the button of his shirt and pulled it down her shoulder. "Can I have my ¡®breakfast¡®?" He asked in a husky tone, stopping himself with a lot of difficulty. And she could see that. And it was getting too hard for her to resist his touch any more as well. She could feel her wolf a little as well which is why it was harder because the mate bond was stronger than ever. As soon as she nodded her head at him, finally giving into the desire, he knew what he had to do next. Then he pulled it lower enough to expose her breasts without taking it off of her bodypletely. Then he put his hand behind her back to open her bra hook. The moment he opened it, her full breasts jiggled out after getting freed from the tight space. His eyes darkened seeing that. From the look on his face, she knew what his breakfast was and how it was going to be devoured by him in any second. He kneaded her breasts with both hands and she moaned, closing her eyes as she grip the edge of the counter tightly. She gasped as he wrapped his mouth around her nipple while still massaging the other breast. He open-mouthed, kissed and sucked her so fiercely like he hadn¡¯t had ¡®breakfast¡¯ for a long time. "Dominic!" His name escaped her lips as she let out a shaky breath. Now her fingers had left the counter and were clutching on his hair instead. Another moan left her lips as he softly bit her nipple. He sucked hard on her nipple leaving her breathless while kneading the other one crazily. Her breasts were so soft that he couldn¡¯t get enough of them. He bit and pinched both of her nipples at the same time, making her moan out loud. "Oh my god, Dominic¡­" She was letting out short breaths when his free hand suddenly went down to touch her directly over her lacy panty which was dripping wet. "Look who is so wet for me." He said with a smirk while bringing his hand back up and took a big sniff of the smell of her arousal. "Ah, the smell of sweetness.I want to taste it so bad." He groaned while putting his hand back to where it was previously and rubbed her clits harshly over the panty. "Who¡®s stopping you?" She asked with a moan while running her hand through his hard abs.Her hand was going down, crossing his V line. He froze on the spot seeing how badly her touches were affecting him. Just when her hand was going further down, he caught her hand in the middle, stopping her. "Not now." He groaned as he looked at him with fire in his eyes. "Not now what?" She asked with a small look of hurt, thinking of how he didn¡¯t want her to touch him or didn¡¯t want to touch her. "I am not going to get pleasure from you until I take you to the highest limit of pleasure that you will forget yourself and will only remember my name.You will be begging me to touch you and you will be saying that you love me.That¡¯s when I am going to get my prize.You will get to touch me only then." He said in a husky tone and her eyes widened when she realised how stressful and painful it was going to be. She didn¡¯t know how to answer that as his words left herpletely speechless.She let out a yelp and closed her eyes when he put his mouth back on her nipple but this time it was the other one. He started to suck on it hard while giving attention to her other boob and clothed panty as well. She wanted his fingers inside her and she didn¡¯t know how to tell him that.She was too shy to tell him and it was frustrating so she started to rub herself against him. "Hm, you want my fingers inside you, huh? Tell me.Do you want that? You get that if you agree to that.Tell me." He said while rubbing her harder there, making her tremble. She didn¡¯t say a word as she was lost to go to her heights just like that night but he suddenly pulled his hand back, making her snap. "What?!" "Tell me, do you want my fingers inside you, to make you cum undone in my hands?" He asked while pinching her nipple hard. He took a boob in mouth while helping her to decide he wanted. She still wasn¡¯t out of the daze of what his mouth was doing when the doorbell suddenly rang, making her startle, but he didn¡®t let her go. "There¡¯s someone on the door." She rasped even though she didn¡®t want it to stop. "Fuck it." He grunted, still eating his ¡®breakfast¡®. "They will go away eventually." He grunted, making her want to chuckle. "But¨C..." She couldn¡®t find her voice when his tongue teases her nipple over and over again. "Dominic, stop! There¡®s people waiting for us!" she spoke up with difficulty. Athena was trying not to make any sound as best as she can, but it was fucking hard when Dominic kept sucking her breasts. She had to muffle her own moans with her hand. God, it feels so good. He was damn right when he said that he would teach her pleasure, because she was dripping wet again. "Dominic." When he still didn¡®t answer, she shouted to take his attention.He growled, clearly annoyed.He atst pulled away from her after giving her onest kiss. His face was worth seeing. She chuckled at his frustrated face before getting down from the counter and walking toward where his shirt was.She bent down to pick it up while giving him a nice view of her round and full ass, making him groan. "Athena!" He grunted out loud, making her smirk. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. She stood up with the shirt and looked at him innocently. "What?" She asked while passing him the shirt. He was going to say something when the doorbell rang again. She let out a chuckle. "I am going to go and take a shower." She said before giving him onest peck, she ran toward the bedroom. "Whoever is this, I am fucking going to¨C...!" Dominic gritted out in frustration as he walked toward the door. Chapter 71: Finding Chapter 71: Finding Dominic¡¯s new nickname "Hello, love birds! Missed us?" Justin¡®s loud teasing voice weed Dominic as soon as he opened the door. He looked at his annoying third inmand with an annoyed look on his face. All their friends were there. Nathan, Suzanne and Patricia along with Ace and they all have big smiles on their faces. That irritated him so much! Of course not Ace¡¯s smile. That just made his world as he looked at him adoringly. But then Nathan snapped his fingers in front of him to catch his attention and he looked at them again with a deep frown. Snatching his peace, they were smiling! How frustrating is that! "What are you guys doing here?" He asked in a grumpy tone, making them roll their eyes at him. But of course Ace kept showing his toothy grin, without caring for anything else in the world. "You sure did miss us." Nathan said with a roll of his eyes before getting inside the mansion while pushing him away. They all got inside uninvited. "Hey, hey! Where are you going?! What the hell?" He eximed in frustration before following them inside. "Hmm! Such a good aroma! What did you order for breakfast?" Justin asked while sniffing the air to get some more of the aroma. Dominic was going to tell him that Athena made breakfast but Suzanne beat him to it. "Just from the aroma I can say with confidence that Athena made breakfast, right? She made pancakes, right?" Athena asked with excitement. "Yes!! Mommy made pancakes! I love pancakes! I¡®m hungry!" Ace eximed in happiness while pping his hand in happiness, making everyone chuckle. "Whoa, she can cook? I didn¡®t know that!" Justin eximed in surprise, happy to find that out. Thest day when she baked cookies for everyone, Justin was on duty for the border hence he missed this piece of information. "Yeah! She can cook the best food ever!" Patricia eximed in excitement, ready to taste her cooked food once again. "Oh, my! I want to taste it!" Justin eximed in excitement and was going to head to the dining room when Dominic caught him by the cor. "You ain¡¯t going anywhere! And not having the pancakes made by my MATE only for ME!" Dominic frowned at him, making Justin frown as well. "No! Mommy made them for me!" Ace, who was on Nathan¡¯s shoulders, scowled at him offensively as soon as he heard Dominic and Dominic immediately smiled at him as if he was going to melt any moment now. "Of course, champ! Mommy made that for you and me and we are not going to share them with anyone, okay?" Dominic asked with twinkling eyes, making Ace grin at him as well with the same expression. At that moment their facial simrities were as bright as the daylight and that made everyone admire them. "Okay! We are not gonna share!" Ace eximed happily as he pped his hands, thinking of it as some fun game. "You are so mean! We havee from far to congratte you and that¡¯s how you treat us?!" Patricia said in a dramatic way, taking her mate¡¯s side. "I wouldn¡¯t have any problems if you came here to congratte me.But you are my Beta and gamma and you guys are my friends, so I very well know why you came.Now get out! Excluding Ace of course." Dominic scowled at them in irritation before smiling at Ace cheekily once again. "Dominic! What are you doing?" Athena gasped in shock when she heard her mate throwing their friends out. She has juste out of the room after showering and covering all the love bites perfectly.She already knew who hade when she heard all the rucks from outside the door. Only their friends can cause this! "See, Athena! He is so rude and heartless.He is kicking us out when wee to congratte you both like loving and responsible friends we are." Nathan said in a dramatic way as well while walking toward her and standing beside her as if he was in his team. "Yeah, I know how responsible and caring friends you both are.Don¡¯t worry, you are next in the series now.Me and Dominic will make sure to congratte you both every hour on your mating night.I am sure you guys will be thrilled!" Athena said with a smirk as she walked toward Dominic and stood beside him, dropping their jaws on the ground. "Oh my, look at them! They already formed a team, forgetting us!" Justin eximed while going toward a shocked Nathan and standing beside him. The girls were blushing red when they understood what Athena meant while the boys looked at each other, gulping. Because it¡¯s Athena they were talking about. In these few days, they understood that she always does what she says. "Yeah, we will see.Now let¡¯s go and eat breakfast.I am hungry." Suzanne eximed as she started to walk toward the dining room. "Hope you cooked enough." Patriciaughed as she walked toward Athena and hugged her. "I didn¡®t but I have some extra batter left.You bothe to the kitchen with me.Because you guys are going to help me to make food now." Athena said with a smirk as she caught both their hands and started to pull her toward the kitchen with her. That¡¯s when she remembered Dominic who was still standing there, waiting for her attention. She looked at the both girls who were smirking at her and sent them both ahead while signalling ¡®you go ahead¡¯ through eyes. Then she walked toward Dominic with a smile and wrapped her arms around her neck and gave him a small kiss. He seemed to be lost in some deep thoughts. "What happened?" She asked with a small chuckle. Her smile took away all his gloominess as he smiled at her as well while wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer. "I am so happy." He said while nuzzling his nose with her" "Why? Because they came and stopped your ¡®breakfast¡¯ eating session?" She asked in a teasing tone. "Oh, I don¡®t even want to think about it.I will take revenge for this when their timese.But Ace is the biggest reason.He is so precious, Athena.I don¡¯t know what I would do without him.But for now the reason for my happiness includes our friends as well." He said with a smile. "They are very precious to us.We wouldn¡¯t have been here if it wasn¡¯t for them.They did a lot for us." She said with a smile and he nodded at her in agreement. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "So much happiness around.I don¡¯t want to go back to my regr life." He said with a sigh. She raised an eyebrow after hearing him. But she didn¡¯t say anything and they both closed the distance between their faces and were going to kiss but that¡®s when Justin interrupted them again. "Are you done making babies yet? I am hungry!" He shouted from the dining room, pulling them apart. "I swear, this boy will get beaten by me today!" He cursed under his breath before running toward the dining room to fulfil his promise. Athenaughed at that before walking toward the kitchen. Within a few seconds, the room filled withughter and happiness. They teased each other, talked a lot about many random things and spent a nice time while having breakfast together. But between all that Athena noticed the longing in Dominic¡¯s eyes as he looked at Ace every now and then. But he didn¡®t say anything about what was going on in his heart but Athena read it all. She knew what he wanted and what was the reason for his sudden gloominess. But did the right timee yet? She guesses not. A FEW HOURS LATER "Super hero, super hero! Can you catch me?!" Ace shouted happily while running around the living room yfully. Their friends left an hour ago and since then Dominic has been ying with Ace while Athena was tidying up the kitchen. Dominic gets stuck every time Ace calls him ¡®super hero¡¯ instead of what he deserves to be called rightfully. And the same happened this time as well. He got stuck and looked at Ace with a desperate yet helpless look, unable to say anything or unable to bear anything. Ace seemed impatient when he saw that his super hero wasn¡¯t giving his attention to him and it upset him greatly. So, he ran back to where Dominic was standing and stood in front of him with a pout. He pulled Dominic by his pants to gain his attention which he got immediately. Dominic looked down at him with a confused frown. "What happened, bud?" He asked, trying to bring back the cheerfulness to not let Ace feel that something was off. "Pick me up." Ace demanded while raising his hands up in the air for Dominic to pick him up. Dominic felt so happy and excited because it was the first thing HIS SON demanded of him and he couldn¡¯t wait to fulfil it. He didn¡®t waste another second and quickly pulled him up and held him in his arms while looking at him with a big loving smile. Oh goddess! He just realised that he wouldy down the world in front of him if he asks. He loves him so much! "What is it, champ? You seem upset? Did anyone say something? Tell me! Pa.......I will solve everything for you and punish whoever troubled you." Dominic said in an eager tone, ready to do anything for him. He still couldn¡¯t believe that he was a father.He was the father of such a lovely kid who was so intelligent and mostly loved his mother. What else could he ask for?! He and his son will protect Athena together. Ain¡®t that just perfect?! They just need a little princess toplete the family. ¡®Damn! I am getting way too ahead!¡¯ He reminded himself as he ended up chuckling to himself before looking back at the confused kid. His confused son. "No, no one said something.It¡¯s something else." Ace said with a serious and thoughtful look on his face which made Dominic look at him with a raised eyebrow. He sometimes questions himself if Ace was two and half years old only or more than that. Of course he couldn¡¯t be older than that but he was a lot smarter than kids his age and that made him proud. A proud father he was! "Then what is it about? Tell me, we shall solve it together." Dominic said in a pretending tone to be serious like Ace.He sat down on the sofa and put Ace on his lap before starting their serious conversation. How much he was loving spending these moments with Ace! How many opportunities he lost already! "I don¡®t think you like the name super hero anymore." Ace suddenly spoke up, shocking him beyond limit. His heart skipped a beat and for some reason he looked up and his eyes immediately met someone who was standing by the entrance of the living room. She was looking back at him with the same expression. Athena just entered the room after clearing all the work in the kitchen and the moment she entered the room, she witnessed a sweet bond between her son and her son¡¯s father, her mate. The scene was so beautiful that she didn¡¯t feel like ruining it by interrupting them. As she kept admiring them from afar, she didn¡¯t expect her son to say something like that. Even though it was a really innocent statement from him which meant nothing near what they were thinking, it already raised a storm into their hearts and that was not good. Finding Dominic¡®s new nickname "Wh¡­what do you me¡­mean by that, Ace?" Dominic asked while stammering a little in between. "I am thinking of calling you something else now but I don¡®t know what." Ace said with a thoughtful look as Dominic and Athena shared another look. Dominic could read the panic and denial in her face clearly. His face went nk after reading that. "What are you going to call me now?" Dominic asked while looking at Athena who stood there with held breath. "I don¡¯t know.I think I will have to take mom¡¯s help." Ace said with a thoughtful look and that¡¯s when his eyes fell on Athena standing there. His eyes lit up like a bulb and he eximed in happiness from Dominic¡®sp only. "Mommy!" "You are right, bud.Mommy is the right person to help you find me a new name.Take mommy¡¯s help." Dominic said with a small smile while his eyes were stered on Athena.He wasn¡¯t saying anything and just sat there, looking at her nkly. "Right, mommy! Come here!" Ace eximed and waved his hands toward her happily to signal her toe to them.She nodded at him slowly with a small smile before walking toward them.She was pulled to sit beside Dominic by Ace. They both shared a small eye lock before giving their attention back to Ace. "Mommy, help me choose a new name for a superhero.It¡¯s getting boring now." Aceined with a pout. "Yes, Athena.Help him to choose it.I am sure you are going to give him the perfect idea." Dominic said while looking at her intensely. She didn¡¯t look at him at that moment. She looked at Ace with a smile before taking him from Dominic to herp. "Hmmm, that¡®s a really big responsibility, Ace.Mommy needs time to think.Can you give me some time?" She asked sweetly with a pouty smile. Ace could never say no to her after that and he immediately nodded his head at her. "Okay, mommy!" He agreed and hugged her tightly. She hugged him back immediately and looked up at Dominic and saw that he was sitting there with his hand clenched tightly to stop himself from hugging them. She didn¡®t say anything at that moment even though she wanted to.She just knew that it wasn¡®t the right moment. If it was for her, it wasn¡¯t for her son. As a mother, she knew when was the right time for her son to know about his father about whom he never asked before.She pulled back from the hug and looked at Ace with a smile. "Baby, why don¡¯t you go to the pack house garden and y with your friends?" She asked with a sweet smile and he immediately nodded his head at her. "Okay, mommy! Thank you, mommy!"He shouted in happiness and ran away from there as soon as he got the opportunity. "Be careful!" Athena shouted behind him but he was already out of sight. As soon as he left, silence followed them around and they sat there without a word. But soon Athena let out a sigh and turned to look at him. "We need to talk." Chapter 72: Upset Dominic Chapter 72: Upset Dominic "Dominic! We need to talk." Athena said while turning to look at him. She didn¡¯t want things to get stiff between them once again after they have passed through all these hassles. And from the look of Dominic, she knew whatever he was thinking wasn¡¯t anything good. "I don¡®t think we have anything to talk about." He said while not looking at her and suddenly got up from the sofa was going to walk past him when Athena caught his hand, stopping him from leaving. She looked at him with a frown.. "Dominic! Why are you being like this? sit down and let¡®s talk." Athena said with the same frown as she tugged on his hand again. She knew he was hurt, maybe a little bit angry but mostly hurt.She also knew the reason for his hurt. After all, which father won¡¯t be hurt if not acknowledged by their own son. She knew he wanted her to tell Ace about him being his father. But how could she just drop the bomb on her sweet child? It could attack him like a shock as well. But apart from that she has another reason of her own which was stopping her from doing so but she can¡¯t tell Dominic about that. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. It¡®s going to hurt him more. "I am not being like anything, Athena.I just have some work and I need to take care of them immediately.I will talk to youter." He said in a somewhat normal tone as he tried to pull his hand away from her, immediately earning a scowl from her. She wasn¡¯t liking how he was shutting her off instead of talking about the issue in hand. That¡®s not going to help them at all. But how would she make him understand that?! "Dominic, why are you being like this?! You are not even ready to talk.Look, I understand that you are upset because Ace is not aware of your identity and about the rtionship you both share.But walking away is not the solution.You have to sit down and have a talk with me.That¡¯s how we are going to raise him or solve each and every problem in our lives.If you are like this, how are we going to do that?" She eximed in a little bit of frustrated tone as she looked up at him with a deep frown. He was still standing up. But he let out a sigh as soon as he heard her. He took a step back before sitting beside her. He looked at him with a calm look on his face while she looked at him with a small frown. "Who said I am hurt or angry because Ace is unaware of our rtionship? I am not upset because of that at all.You are thinking too much about it." He said in an assured tone but she could read through it clearly. "Dominic, you can¡¯t lie to me.Not after everything we have been through.I know you are upset." She said while looking down. She felt helpless at that moment.She couldn¡¯t do anything to make him feel better nor can she take an abrupt decision to regret thatter. "I am not upset, Athena.Don¡¯t worry.I understand why you don¡¯t want to tell Ace about me yet.Trust me, I understand you and I am always with you in every decision." He said in a tone which clearly said that he meant everything he said. "Thank you so much, Dominic.It¡¯s just I am afraid I am going to shock Ace a lot by suddenly dropping this on him.He might be a lot smart but I don¡®t know how much he could take or not.It mighte as a great shock for him which he might not take easily.That could end up bad for him.You know how much I love him.He is my heart.I am afraid of anything happening to him.He is my world and everything." Athena eximed and let out a sigh as soon as she was done.She was in another mess now and this mess included her son and she can¡¯t risk anything happening to him. Hence she wasn¡¯t ready to take any chances. "Shh¡­shh¡­calm down.I know.You don¡¯t have to stress over it so much.You don¡¯t have to worry about me.I am fine." He said with a soft smile grazing his lips, making her heart skip a beat. It wasn¡¯t any good kind of feelings, it came from a bad feeling which she got after hearing his empty words. "Do...don¡¯t worry about you? What do you mean?" She stammered a little while looking away from him.She was afraid of looking at him into his eyes as her heart started to beat crazily again. He let out a small chuckle. "I am the leader of this territory for a reason, Athena.I am not stupid.I could clearly see that you don¡¯t trust mepletely yet, at least not regarding Ace.You don¡¯t think that I am a good father for him yet.You think I am still not worthy enough to be his father yet and I understand.Trust me I understand that because I didn¡®t give you much reason to trust me on this.But that doesn¡¯t mean I am upset or sad.I am going to prove myself to you and be the best father that Ace deserves.But please have faith in me and never try to give me false words.That¡®s all I am asking for." He said with a small smile while looking at a dumbstruck Athena, who was too shocked to say anything.He didn¡¯t say anything to her after that.He left the ce after cing a small kiss on her forehead as she sat there silently. The thing she was afraid of happened. He found out that she didn¡®t trust himpletely¡­ Chapter 73 : Stacey’s father Chapter 73 : Stacey¡¯s father IN DOMINIC¡¯S OFFICE "How is Stacey?" Dominic asked in a cold tone. It was clear from his tone that his mood was off and messing with him will be no worse than suicide. Nathan and Justin shared a small look between themselves. They frowned at each other before looking back at him. "She is in the cell.We have kept our eyes on her 24/7.She is obviously not seated silently.She is creating a ruckus down there.She is demanding to set free and let her go to her pack" Nathan said with a clenched jaw. He just couldn¡®t tolerate that girl anymore. She was not only a troublemaker but a walking danger as well. He couldn¡®t believe that she was walking over their pack for almost three years. Goddess knows what else she did over the years to bring them danger. "Don¡¯t worry about her threats.She can¡¯t do anything.Nor can his father." Dominic said in a nk tone. He was furious at Stacey and her father as well.He couldn¡®t believe that such a respective Alpha could y such a dirty game using his daughter. Nor could he believe that his daughter could step so low. "Dominic, you shouldn¡¯t take her father so easy as well.After all he is also a leader of a territory as well.Alpha of alphas of the SOUTH¡®S.Don¡®t underestimate him.Only he could help you to catch those rogues and their alpha." Justin spoke up with a serious look on his face.He was disturbed about the situation as well. As he was the leader of their warriors, if a war breaks out, he has to prepare himself for it. The pressure is too much on him. Because a war between two leaders is not going to end up well between any of them. The leader of the South region is almost as strong as Dominic. He is experienced and cold.He is ruthless for some reason. They don¡¯t know what the reason is but there are rumours that he once lost his daughter, Stacey, because of the rogues which made him like that. But they are not sure of that. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "We don¡¯t need to be dependent on him, Justin.Rules are same for everyone and he became the leader after taking oath on that only.Things aren¡®t going to change because of his daughter.Also, I am very doubtful of the alpha of the South." Dominic said with a deep frown, making Nathan and Justin confused. "What do you mean by that?" Nathan asked with a frown as well. "What¡¯s there to be doubtful?" Justin asked after Nathan and he had the same expression as Nathan. "Did any of you ever see his face? Or saw him attending any of the board meetings?" Dominic asked with a frown and their frowns deepened hearing the questions. "No...?" Nathan trailed off as he tried to remember if he had ever seen the Alpha of the south or not. "Exactly, no one has ever seen his face nor did he attend any of the meetings.It¡¯s always his beta or gamma.He is always staying in the dark.There are tumours that he chose that path after losing his daughter.But he got her back, right? Then why isn¡¯t heing out yet?" He asked with a thoughtful look on his face. He was wondering about this from thest few days and these questions were not letting him in peace. He needed to find answers to these questions. And he is going to do that as soon as possible because for some reason, he thinks that a lot of things are connected with the answers of these questions. "You are right.We never thought of it this way.Is there any possibility that he is connected with the rogues?" Justin asked with a frown. "No, I don¡®t think so.Because as an alpha and an alpha leader, he is doing a great job.No rogues walk past his territory even by mistake and he¡¯s maintaining the most peaceful territory ever out of the four.So, I don¡®t think he is someone troublesome or bad." Dominic said with a permanent frown on his face as he was trying to figure out things. The alpha of the south was very mysterious and he needed to solve it as soon as possible. "Are you saying that he is not something that he¡®s showing?" Nathan asked with a frown as he realised how messed up the situation around them was. "No, what I am saying is, STACEY¡®S father is not what he is showing." Dominic said while putting pressure on the word ¡®Stacey¡¯s father¡®. Nathan and Justin looked at each other in confusion "We don¡¯t understand." "What do you mean?" They asked at the same time while looking at Dominic for answers. "Well, what I am saying is clear, instead of focusing on South¡®s leader or Stacey¡¯s father, we need to focus on both.South¡®s leader and Stacey¡®s father.Individually.We might get what we are looking for and even what we are not looking for." Dominic said while looking at them both in the eyes to convey what he was trying to say. They both nodded back, understanding what he meant very well. "Don¡¯t worry, we will look into it." Nathan said in a serious tone. "Yes, and start from sending a letter to Stacey¡¯s father and studying the contract papers between both packs again." Dominic ordered and Nathan nodded at him as it was his responsibility. "Got it." He answered. The Dominic looked at Justin. "And you keep your eyes on Stacey in the cell and on the shadow eclipse pack.I am sure Alpha Derrick is not going to sit back so calmly." Dominic said with a dark glint in his eyes and Justin nodded at him as well. "Got it." He replied back. "Great.Now you both can leave.I have some work to do." Dominic said in a dismissing tone. "Before we leave, tell us something." Nathan said while looking at him with a frown. He looked back at them with a nk look "What is it?" He asked. "What¡¯s going on between you and Athena actually?" Chapter 74: His regret Chapter 74: His regret "What¡¯s going on between you and Athena actually?" Nathan asked with a frown, making Dominic go completely nk after hearing him. "Nothing is going on.Everything is fine.Didn¡®t you see that today morning?" Dominic asked in a nk tone with his eyes looking at anywhere else but them. They both let out a frustrated sigh after hearing him. "Don¡®t lie or go nk in front of us.We are your friends.We don¡®t want your bad.We want nothing else but to help you.Share it with us." Justin said with a frown. He may joke around a lot but he wasn¡®t stupid. Even though heughed around a lot and enjoyed their today morning¡®s interaction a lot, he could see things. They could see the distance between Athena and Dominic. The distance was from Athena.She was not letting Dominic cross the wall she builtpletely. And as Dominic¡¯s friend, he and Nathan couldn¡¯t see his friend in pain. Dominic let out a sigh after hearing them. He closed his eyes and put his face between his hands. He let out a strangled groan of frustration. Nathan and Justin shared a worried look but didn¡¯t say anything. They waited for Dominic to get a hold of himself. They knew Dominic was ready to share whatever was going on with them. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. "I don¡¯t think you guys can help.I have messed up big time.I don¡®t think anyone can help me until Athena decides to forgive me." Dominic spoke up after a few seconds and looked up at them with tired eyes. "Trust us, Dominic.In terms of mates, we are more experienced and expert than you." Nathan said with a smirk to lighten up his mood. "I am a proud father of a three years old healthy and strong little boy. And you are talking about experience with me?" Dominic said with a scoff, making themugh out loud. "Look at this man flexing about being a father!" Nathan eximed whileughing around. Dominic smiled at them in happiness. "Look at him blushing.Tell us, Dominic.How does it feel being a father?" Justin asked with a goofy smile. "Damn, I want to be a father as well.Tell us." He eximed with a big smile, eager to know about his experience. But their excitement died down as soon as they saw Dominic¡¯s face. Dominic¡¯s smile vanished into thin air as soon as he heard their demand of hearing his experience as father. Ace¡¯s father¡­ "What happened, Dominic? Why do you look sad?" Nathan asked with a worried frown. "What is the first thought thates to your mind when you hear about being a father? Or thought of being a father?" Dominic asked them in a nk tone. The look he was giving them wasn¡¯t nk though, it was filled with sadness and¡­ Regret. "Uhh¡­ I guess the thought of calling someone ¡®papa¡¯ and running all around my house, is the best thing ever of being a father." Nathan answered with a soft smile on his face as he wondered about experiencing that. The thought itself was so heartwarming and filled with happiness that it put a smile on his face. Even Justin smiled softly hearing him as he got lost in the thought as well. "Yes, that¡¯s the best feeling ever.A little bundle of happiness whom I can call mine.And the feeling of being that little human being¡®s feeling of protection just by the word ¡®papa¡¯, the best feeling ever." Justin said with a smile while looking at the distance. "Exactly, now imagine not having that permission or right to hear that little bundle of happiness call you ¡®papa¡¯." Dominic said in a broken tone and they both looked at him with widened eyes. "What do you mean?" Nathan asked in shock. "That¡¯s the worst." Justin eximed in shock as well. "Yes....Ace doesn¡¯t know I am his father yet.You guys don¡¯t know how hard it is to find that you have a son about whom you didn¡¯t know anything for years and now that you know, you don¡¯t get the acknowledgement from him.Do you know how hard that is?" Dominic eximed with frustration and helplessness. His eyes were red with unshed tears. Only he knew how he controlled himself in front of Athena from breaking down and begging her to let Ace know about their rtionship.He was desperate and badly wanted that. "Is it Athena¡®s decision?" Nathan asked slowly. He was feeling bad for Dominic because he could understand what Dominic was going through. "Yes." He said with a sigh. "Why?" Justin eximed in confusion, not liking it at all. "Because she doesn¡¯t trust me enough." Dominic said in a nk tone, getting tired of thinking about it anymore. "What?" Justin asked in confusion. "What¡¯s there not to trust you about? About Ace¡¯s security? Even Athena knows that¡¯s not possible because you would give and take lives for him.Then what¡¯s the problem?" Nathan asked with a frown as he just couldn¡¯t ept the fact of what Dominic just said. "No, Nathan.It¡®s not about his security from the danger in the outer world.It¡¯s about his security from me.She obviously can¡¯t trust a man in her son¡¯s life who has been nothing but an asshole in her life.She is not getting the guarantee that I will not leave her again, that I will always be with her till the end.She just doesn¡¯t trust me enough." Dominic expressed in a distressed tone. Nathan and Justin let out a sigh hearing him. "How would she trust you?" Justin asked in a nk tone, making Dominic frown at him. "What do you mean?" Dominic asked in a slightly angered tone. "What he meant is, did you do anything to show her that you regret what you did?" Nathan asked with a sigh. He knew his best friend well enough to know where he made the mistake. "What do you mean?" Dominic asked with a confused frown. "My god, Dominic! Did you apologise?!" Chapter 75: Be the Luna Chapter 75: Be the Luna IN THE MANSON "What took you guys so long toe?" Athena asked with a frown as she closed the bedroom as soon as Suzanne and Patricia went inside the room. She seemed to be in a hurry and in distress.She was actually in a hurry and in distress.She was in a hurry because Dominic would be back anytime as it was lunch time and Ace was sleeping at that moment. And she was in distress because she still couldn¡¯t get over the conversation between her and Dominic from today morning. Gosh! Her life was so messed up! "Sorry, Athy.We are stuck in the pack house." Suzanne said with a tired sigh as she slumped on the bed with a thud. Patricia followed her act and sat beside her the same way. They both looked extremely tired and exhausted. "What¡¯s wrong with you both? Why do you look so tired?" She asked with a frown while walking back toward them. She took a seat beside them and waited for them to exin the situation. "This is what happens when you don¡¯t have a Luna even after having one." Patricia said while confusing her wording. She was hinting at something which Athena acted as if she didn¡¯t understand but she understood them very well. "What do you mean?" She asked with a frown. "Something happened in the pack house and it was messed up there. We were having a hard time handling that." Suzanne said while looking at Athena with an using frown as well, just like Patricia. Athena¡¯s frown deepened seeing the look they were giving her but she still nned to avoid it. "What happened there? Is everything okay? Where was Dominic then? Didn¡¯t he do anything to help you with the problem?" She asked with a confused look on her face, trying to make sense of their words. More than confusion, she was worried.She was worried for Dominic and about the pack.She didn¡¯t want to feel this sort of thing but she couldn¡¯t help herself. They were always with her since the time her identity was revealed in front of the whole pack. Well, her partial identity as her actual identity is still not known to her or anyone. "Well, Athy, an alpha doesn¡¯t involve himself with everything that happens in the pack and that¡¯s when we need a Luna to take care of those things." Suzanne said while looking deep into her eyes, trying to hint at the obvious thing with a lot of determination. "Well, where is the alpha at this moment?" Athena asked with a raised eyebrow. There was a frown still.He didn¡¯t say anything to her about where he was going even after she tried to ask. But he didn¡¯t reply to her and walked out of the house. She didn¡¯t try to stop him, thinking that he might need some alone time to think about things.She definitely didn¡¯t like how he kept her out of things, it made her feel really bad. But she still didn¡¯t say anything as she was very confused about their rtionship at that moment. One moment they were good but the next moment they were back to square one. Away from each other, it doesn¡¯t matter how much that was hurting them.She couldn¡¯t even me him. It was her who was still having the issues. She had many issues and she couldn¡¯t get into something without solving them.She didn¡¯t want to drag her past to her future.She wants to step into the future with everything bad and iplete things behind. "Alpha has gone for inspection at the borders.But it has never been a problem before.He went patrolling before as well.It¡¯s the first time the pack members lost control." Patricia said with a frown. "It¡¯s clear to everyone as to why they lost control over their behaviour, Patricia.We all know the reason, don¡¯t we, Athena?" Suzanne asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at Athena, "What are you guys trying to say? Can you guys be clear?" Athena asked which almost sounded like a snap because they were getting on their nerves. Suzanne and Patricia looked at each other, conveying something between themselves before looking back at Athena with determination. They looked as if they prepared themselves for the conversation whileing here. "The pack needs their Luna, Athena." Suzanne said and Patricia immediately added after her. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. "And that¡¯s you.The pack needs you as much as they need our alpha." Her tone was as stable as Suzanne¡¯s. "Why are you guys talking to me about this?" Athena asked with a frown while looking away. She wasn¡¯t ready to have this stressful conversation once again. "You know why, Athena.When are you going to ept your responsibility as the Luna of the pack?" Suzanne asked in a serious tone. "I don¡¯t know¡­" She murmured while looking away with a deep frown even though the thought of it was giving her stress and headache. "Athena, we don¡¯t want to stress you or anything but you need to think about it at some point of your life.Then why not now?" Patricia asked with a look of desperation. "I don¡¯t want to talk about it anymore. Let¡¯s focus on what you guys are here for." Athena said in a serious tone. Her tone was so cold that it was clear that she didn¡¯t want to talk about it anymore. "Okay." They agreed with a sigh. "Now tell me, what did you guys find?" Chapter 76: Restlessness Chapter 76: Restlessness "Now tell me, what did you guys find?" Athena asked in a serious tone, changing the conversation. Suzanne and Patricia let out a sigh, clearly understanding that they won¡¯t be able to convince Athena anymore after this. How stubborn she was! "We couldn¡¯t find anything because of the things going on inside the pack" Suzanne said with a sigh, making Athena frown. Suzanne clearly saw the dissatisfaction on Athena¡¯s face at the mention of the thing that was going on inside the pack.She knew her best friend very well.She knew it affected Athena a lot and she was being restless about and it.She knew that Athena was literally dying to know what was happening inside the pack but the stubborn woman would never bend down! But she knew her friend very well and she knew that she just needed a little more push and they would get what they wanted. So, she was going to say something but before she could say something, Patricia spoke up. "But I found a book which contains different signs.It¡¯s an ancient book and the marks and the clues somehow looked ancient or at least historical as well.So, I think we might be able to find something here." Patricia said while handing Athena the old book. It looked ancient in actuality. Athena took the book carefully and inspected it with more care as she didn¡¯t want it to get torn in her hands. The cover of the book said ¡®Introducing the region¡¯. She understood it must mean the four werewolf ns. North, South, East and West. She looked at the left upper corner of the front cover and saw the word ¡®NORTH¡¯ written in bold and symbolic away. That gave her the idea that it must be the copy of the North region. "Are you going to get in trouble with the alpha for taking this book without permission? Because it truly looks like beholding a lot of secrets." Athena said with a frown as she looked at the book with fascination. She didn¡¯t open the cover yet but it was already drawing her in. "No, everyone can read such books.I remember studying this book in highschool to learn about the regions but I wasn¡®t a bright or sincere student so forgot most of the things.Almost everything actually.But don¡®t worry, it¡®s not a problem." Patricia assured and that¡¯s when Suzanne and Athena looked at each other. They had a look of sadness over their faces. Patricia noticed it immediately and she immediately knew what it was about. Being a rogue didn¡®t give them the opportunity to get into high school. But they know how to read and write perfectly. It¡¯s just that theyck knowledge. "What an irony it is, isn¡®t it?" Athena spoke up with a fake smile after a few seconds of silence. "What is it, Athena?" Suzanne asked in a low tone while trying toe out of the thoughts. "My name is Athena which means the goddess of wisdom and knowledge but look at me.I hardly contain any knowledge.I don¡¯t even have the basic knowledge of highschool lessons.That¡¯s an irony." Athena said with a sigh, making them look at her with a sad look Athena noticed that she turned the situation more gloomy so she changed the subject. "Forget it all, tell me, did you find anything inside the book?" She asked Patricia. "No.Actually, as I already mentioned, I didn¡®t pay attention to such sses so I don¡¯t know anything that it has.But at the same time, I couldn¡®t read it myself as well because of the things.It¡¯s stressing me out." Patricia said with a sigh. Now Athena was confused would be an understatement. She was beyond that. "What¡¯s going on? You both have been going about something that¡¯s happening in the pack but didn¡¯t even tell me once about it.What¡®s going on?" She asked with a frown. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. "Well, when was thest time that you went to the pack house?" Suzanne asked with a sigh. Athena looked at her with a frown.She doesn¡¯t go to the pack house. Because she feels ufortable and awkward in front of those pack members.She feels like she doesn¡¯t belong there.She feels like she won¡¯t be able to meet their questionable eyes when she goes there. They might judge her. After all she was just a rogue who doesn¡¯t even know why she went rogue. So, how can she be their Luna and face them? Is the fare to them? They need a strong and powerful Luna with a respective background who can support them and represent them in front of the world with respect. "I don¡®t go there usually and you know why.Juste to the point and tell me what¡¯s going on." She said with a frown. Something was going on inside her suddenly. She felt a sudden restlessness inside her to know what¡®s going on inside the pack.She felt a sudden restlessness inside her to solve what was going on inside her. "The pack members are going crazy over Stacey and want to¡­ kill her." Suzanne said slowly while trying to note down Athena¡¯s expression. She didn¡¯t want Athena to burst out and worsened the situation nor did she want Athena to be completely oblivious of the situation. They needed her help. "What?! That¡®s absurd." Athena eximed in shock and disbelief, unable to believe it. She didn¡¯t expect this from such a well maintained pack! "Yes, it¡¯s getting nearly impossible to stop them." "Oh my, I want to go there." Chapter 77: Going to the pack House Chapter 77: Going to the pack House "What¡¯s wrong, Athy? Get in¡­" Suzanne said in a low tone, not to make her feel pressured or anything. But she got worried for sure when she saw the look of reluctance on her face. "I...I...Umm¡­ Where did you say Dominic was?" Athena asked in a shaky tone while looking around anxiously. Even though she was already told where he was, she still asked. The nervousness got the best of her. She didn¡¯t know what she was asking, she just wanted to dy the process she was getting into. They were currently standing in front of the pack house after Athena suddenly decided toe here to solve the problem out of nowhere. Now they need to get inside the house but Athena stopped, rethinking her decision once again. It¡¯s not her fault as well, themotion that¡¯s going inside was heard loudly and clearly from outside only. "He joined Justin in patrolling today and that¡¯s why the pack members decided to take advantage of it." Patricia said with a small sigh. She understood the pressure Athena was under and hence exined it again because.She wanted her to get easy with them before they entered the pack house. Because if she acts like this in front of the pack house, things are going to get worse for them. Suzanne and Patricia shared a look before they nodded at each other. "It¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t want to go in.I think we will need to get them by mind link now.We won¡¯t be able to control those wolves inside." Suzanne said and looked at her to see what she thought. Patricia immediately joined in what Suzanne was trying to do.She just followed Suzanne¡¯s way because Suzanne knew Athena better than anyone else.So, she knew what she had to do to get Athena worked up. "I think that¡®s the only option left now.Let¡®s do this." Patricia agreed with her but before they could do something, Athena stopped them and they knew what was toe next. "No! Wait!" Athena shouted while looking at them with widened eyes and the next moment she let out a defeated sigh. As if she gave into the internal battle with herself before finally agreeing to this. Suzanne and Patricia shared a secret smile before Athena could see them. They immediately put on a worried and innocent look on their faces before looking back at her. "What happened?" "What?" They asked at the same time. Athena let out another sigh before putting up a determined look on her face as she looked at them. "I don¡¯t think it will be a good idea to call them back in as we don¡¯t know where they are at this moment.They might be busy with some important work as well.I have heard Dominic talking about some rogues patrolling around our borders.I think he went there to check that only.I don¡¯t think we should disturb them." Athena said with a small nod which looked as if she was trying to convince herself something. "We know that, why are you telling us this?" Suzanne asked with a raised eyebrow, her tone was teasing "Or are you telling all these to yourself to convince yourself of something?" Patricia asked in the same teasing tone as Suzanne. Athena¡¯s face flushed red as if she got caught while doing something suspicious. The duo was having a hard time controlling their smiles. "No¡­ No¡­ it¡¯s not like that.." Athena said with widened eyes before she realised what they were doing and red at them. "Shut up, you both! And let¡¯s go." Athena said with a frown before taking a deep breath. They both nodded at her and got serious as well. "Before you go, are you sure you want to do it? You can do it?" Suzanne asked in a worried tone, she didn¡¯t want to pressurise Athena too much at the same time. She knew it was hard for her. "I am fine.I believe I can do it.How many people are in there, creating this ruckus?" Athena asked with a frown. She wanted to know that because she wanted to prepare herself beforehand. "Not many, considering we are a huge pack.There are only around fifteen to twenty people creating the problem.They mostly live in the pack house, that¡¯s why they have closer sentiment with the alpha and things rted to him." Patricia exined and Athena nodded at her, understating what she meant. Patricia looked at her with a careful expression. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Can you manage them?" She asked slowly and Athena looked at her. "I think we will have to see." Saying that with a confident look, with onest breath, Athena pushed open the door. As soon as she opened the door, she was weed with loud protest from the pack members. No one noticed them standing there. "Let us get the betrayer!" "Give Stacey to her!" "How dare she betray our alpha!" "How dare she try to harm our Luna and take her ce!" "We will kill here!" "She doesn¡¯t deserve to be here!" Those angry people were shouting at the poor guards while trying their best to get past them. While the guards were doing everything possible in their limit to prevent them from going. Athena inspected the scene for a few seconds before she came into conclusion about what she was going to do. "Athena, remember.You are their Luna.You are what they need.Yourmand is the only thing that can tame them.Have trust in yourself and you can do it." Suzanne reminded her once again and that boosted her confidence a lot as she nodded at her. A few secondster, Athena¡¯s loud, powerful and dominating tone boomed in the room, silencing each and everyone. Silence followed the room like danger. Athena wasn¡¯t less than any danger when she¡¯s angry. "STOP EVERYONE." Chapter 78: Their Luna Chapter 78: Their Luna "What¡¯s happening here?" Athena asked in a dominating tone as soon as she walked inside the room and stood in front of a group of angry people. Her posture was filled with strength and confidence, making each of them almost cower away. They could already feel some power radiating from her but they were way too blinded with some unknown rage which possessed them to notice who Athena was. "Who are you?" One of the male wolves asked with a snarl. His eyes were golden, glistening brightly, letting her know that his wolf was at the surface. But that didn¡®t scare her at all nor made her stance break even for a little bit. Instead she grew more intimidating. She felt a presence inside her and at that moment she knew that it was her wolf. So, instead of getting anxious about it, she got confident and epted and handled it gracefully. A malicious look came up on her face as she looked him in the eyes while taking a step toward him. "Look me in the eyes and tell me who I am!" She let out a small growl as her eyes shed bright red. The man¡¯s eyes widened in shock and fear as he took a step back "L...Luna..! Luna! Luna!" He dropped on his knees, his eyes dropped as well and he started to chant out of nowhere, creating a commotion among the other members. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Everyone else started to chant the same thing as well as they turned to face her with respect on their faces. "Everyone quiet down!" Athena ordered and they all shut up immediately. "Luna, thank you so much foring here for us." One of the female members said with gratefulness in her tone. Athena recognised her from the other day where they baked cookies together. Athena¡¯s face went nk every time they addressed her as ¡®Luna¡¯. But she tried not to think about it at that moment and looked back at them. "Now tell me, what¡®s going on here?" She demanded in a cold tone while looking at one of the guards who looked exhausted and tired.She could understand how hard it must be to handle such rough wolves. "Luna, they are going crazy and demanding to go to the basement to get Stacey even though we have strict orders that no one can go there to meet her without the alpha¡¯s orders." The guard exined quickly. His tone was requesting her to help him. She nodded at him before looking back at the pack members. "Why are you guys doing this despite the Alpha¡®s order?" She asked with a scowl and everyone immediately started talking at the same time, creating a ruckus. She immediately ordered once again. "Only one of you talk." She said while pointing at the first man. "Luna, that woman is a betrayer, a back-biter.We won¡¯t tolerate betrayers in our pack.We want hard punishment for that woman.How dare she go against our alpha and try to hurt you, our Luna.We are never going to forgive her." He snarled, ready to attack Stacey if she was there. "So, you are trying to say that your alpha and I mean a lot to you?" Athena asked in a calm tone, with a raised eyebrow. "YES!" Everyone immediately shouted at the same time. "We always wanted our Luna and having you as Luna is truly a blessing.We are very lucky to have you as our Luna." One of them said with pride in her tone and Athena wondered if they knew anything about her. If they knew that she was a rogue? If they don¡®t know, how will they react when they know? Will they ept her as easily as this? Or will they change their attitude just like they changed for Stacey? She quickly shook her head to get those thoughts out of her mind and focused on the matter in hand. "How much do both of our words mean to you all?" She asked in the same tone as before and they all nodded again with confidence. "You wish is like amand to us!" They shouted once again, making her look at them with a raised eyebrow. "Are you sure? Think carefully before saying because as far as I know, alpha Dominic said in clear words that no one will go near Stacey without his orders.You didn¡¯t respect that, so how can I believe you?" She asked with a small taunt in her tone. "We are so sorry, Luna.We got carried away in anger.Because we are very possessive over our Alpha and Luna.We got you after so long and couldn¡¯t afford to lose you.Because just the way our Alpha works hard to protect us, we need to do everything to protect him as well, right?" One of them said in an understanding tone and at that moment, Athena felt truly proud of Dominic. How much these people respect and love Dominic! What a great leader he was, his people were ready to do everything to protect him! That was truly beautiful and she admired it very much because such unity is hard to find in packs. "I am very pleased to hear that but you guys need to understand that there are a few things which can¡®t be handled with fury and rage.We need to calm down and think before solving such things.Alpha Dominic obviously thought of these.Alpha Dominic has taken the responsibility already, don¡®t you think it¡®s an insult toward him and his capabilities when you all decided to take things in hand?" She asked in a calm tone and they all fell silent. "We are sorry, Luna.We made a mistake.What do we do now?" One of them said in a guilt filled tone, understanding what they did was wrong. Athena was going to say something when a voice from the door spoke up, spreading pins and dropping silence around the room. "She did enough, now I will say what you are going to do." Chapter 79: Angry Dominic Chapter 79: Angry Dominic "She did enough, now I will say what you are going to do." The powerful and cold voicemanded from the entrance of the pack house, stilling and freezing everyone on their spot. A look of fear stered on each of their faces as they slowly looked at the door at their¡­ ALPHA. Even though Suzanne and Patricia didn¡¯t tell their men about what was happening here because they wanted Athena to handle it, one of the guards mind-linked them already and told them what was happening here. Because he was afraid that they wouldn¡¯t be able to handle the angry crowd. Dominic and others immediately decided toe back because they were aware of how their members can act when they are angry. They reached there a few minutes ago. They were there for enough time to witness how Athena was handling the pack. Dominic was astonished the way everyone calmed down by Athena¡¯s onemand. How eager they were to fulfil her wish considering that as amand! Isn¡®t that just great that his pack was happy with his mate? But was that enough? Because from the time he came, he noticed her flinching every time they addressed her as Luna. He understood it very well what that look meant.He wasn¡¯t ready to face it but he was preparing himself to face it.He was going to face his mistakes bravely if that is what Athena wants. "Dominic?" Athena questioned in surprise as she wasn¡¯t expecting him to be there so soon.Her demeanour went back to normal and her calm self as she looked at him. But soon that changed as she looked at his cold and distanced face. She frowned, unable to understand why he looked so upset. Was it because of the pack members or because she interfered in his matters? She couldn¡¯t understand but she didn¡¯t like the look on his face. "How dare you guys act like the animals you are?!" Dominic growled in an animalistic tone, almost shaking up the whole mansion. Everyone immediately dropped on their knees with their heads kneeled down. They knew they messed up and their alpha was furious about it. "We are sor-¡­." One of them tried to speak up but Dominic¡®s other growl shut him up immediately. "Shut the fuck up! How fucking dare you go against my words and act like this?! Why do you all fucking think of yourself?!" Dominic growled once again as he took intimidating steps toward them. And before anyone could understand anything, he reached a nearby member and picked him up by his cor. The man¡¯s feet were off the ground and they were dangling in the air. Everyone let out a gasp in shock, including Athena. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. She never thought that he would get so angry even after she handled it.She looked at him with widened eyes as she stood a few feet away from him.She couldn¡®t decide if she should interfere in this or not.She didn¡¯t want to anger him more when he was in his alpha mode. "What do you all fucking think of yourself, huh? An alpha?! You want to fucking challenge me, tell me?!" He growled as he red at each of the team members.His eyes were shing golden, letting everyone know that his wolf was on the surface. No one could me him for acting like that because the way the pack members decided to take things in hand, the alpha is supposed to feel challenged automatically. "Alpha, you should¡­" Nathan tried to stop him but one re from Dominic stopped him right at the middle of his words. "I don¡¯t need to know from you about what I should do! No one SHOULD interfere with what I am doing." He growled, making the warning loud and clear. Everyone immediately nodded at him and Nathan took a step back, to show him that he surrendered. "Nathan! What¡¯s wrong with him?! Do something! Stop him." Suzanne eximed in shock and disbelief as she held her mate¡¯s hand tightly.She was afraid of what might happen if Dominic didn¡¯t calm down at that moment. "He is not in a good mood.Something happened at the border and it pushed the wrong button on him." Nathan said in a low tone while thinking of ways on how to calm him down. Athena¡¯s ear was on their conversation. She frowned deeply hearing that. What happened at the border? And why did it trigger him so much that he was almost killing his own pack members whom he treasured so much? She wanted to know that badly. "What happened there?" Thankfully Patricia asked the question on her behalf and she waited for any of them to answer. "It¡®s about his....past." Justin breathed out in nervousness as well because he knew how sensitive the topic was. Athena fell into deep confusion after hearing that. His past? What happened in his past that triggered him so much even after so many years? Was it something that bad? She had to know that. "Athena, do something!" Nathan suddenly hissed near her ears, making her jump.He made sure to keep his voice low so that Dominic doesn¡¯t hear him. "What do you want me to do? I can¡®t do anything here!" She hissed back while looking at Dominic with widened eyes.She has never seen him act like this and it was confusing as well as scary. "He needs to calm down, Athena.He can¡¯t create a scene like this when his pack members were just trying to be caring toward him; it might affect them negatively.And if anyone can calm him down at this moment, that¡®s you.Stop him." Justin whispered while praying that Dominic doesn¡¯t lose his temperpletely. "He is in his alpha mode.How can I calm him down now?" she asked in confusion, unable to understand why they are thinking that she can calm him down. "Then get in your Luna mode." Chapter 80: Upset Dominic Chapter 80: Upset Dominic "Dominic?" Athena called him softly while taking slow steps toward him. They managed to convince her atst into taking the responsibility of calming him down.She also understood the importance of it because Dominic really needed to calm down at that moment. She didn¡¯t know what happened that triggered him so much but she needed to stop him from adding another problem to his list by killing his own pack members. But her voice did nothing to him at first.He didn¡¯t move nor did he look at her.He seemed determined of whatever was going on in his head. So, she decided to close the distance between them some more and put her right hand on his shoulder hesitantly. That seemed to break the trance he was in and he snapped his head toward her with his eyes still holding the re in. She almost flinched at the ruthlessness in his eyes and that did the rest of the work to bring him out of his stancepletely. No matter what he could never ever see her being scared of him. "Put him down, Dominic." She said in a soft and assuring tone while looking deep into his eyes. She didn¡¯t move her hand away from his shoulder instead it got firmer as she conveyed something through her eyes. It worked, he slowly put the man down on his feet while still looking deep into her eyes, looking for something. What was it? A little assurance, maybe. But for what? She didn¡¯t know the answer and he didn¡¯t have the answer. The man immediately fell on the ground as soon as he was freed from Dominic¡¯s hold. He coughed a little before he scurried away from Dominic. "Everyone, go back to your work.Remember to not to do anything such ever again.Now leave." Nathan quickly said in a strict tone. He wanted to get these people away from there as soon as possible before Dominic loses his temper again. They immediately started to shuffle away to leave but before they could take a step away from them, Dominic let out another growl, stopping them on their feet immediately. "No one is going to go anywhere until I say so." He said while still looking at her. He didn¡¯t show any emotions even for a second in those few minutes they were looking at each other. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Go easy on them, please." Athena passed the request in a whispering tone as she knew that ordering ormanding an alpha when he was angry can never prove to be a good idea, Dominic tore his eyes away from her alluring eyes with a lot of difficulty before fixing them back on his people. He kept her request. His eyes weren¡¯t as ruthless as before as he looked at them with his head held high. "Do you guys realise that what you guys were trying to do was wrong?" He asked in a calm but angry tone. The pack members looked down in shame before nodding their head at him. "Yes, alpha." They murmured shamefully. "Did you guys imagine what would have happened if you had done something to her? A war would have broken out.Do you think you guys are prepared enough for a war at this moment? What would have happened then?" He asked, his tone was getting calmer every second as he wanted them to understand what they did was wrong. And he knew shouting or getting angry at them was not going to help much. "We apologize, alpha." They murmured shamefully once again while looking down. "Your apology is not going to fix everything.You guys said and imed to do that because you guys care about me and your ¡®Luna¡¯, right?" He asked in a hard tone. Athena looked at him immediately with a frown, noticing the change in hi? tone when he muttered ¡®Luna¡¯. She didn¡¯t like the way he said that. It seemed forceful and almost meaningless to her. What¡¯s going on exactly? "Yes, alpha.We would do everything for you both." They replied with confidence. They sounded so fearless while saying so that she was afraid for them. "Then fine.From today onwards, your training is going to level up twice the current level.I want you all to train hard and prepare yourself for anything that mighte in the future.I don¡¯t want anyone to fall on their faces.So, tell me are you guys ready for it?" He asked in a cold and determined tone, making everyone look at him in confusion, excluding Nathan and Justin. "Is there gonna be a war soon, alpha?" One of them asked from the crowd. His tone wasn¡¯t filled with fear or anything. Rather he seemed like he wanted a confirmation to get ready with more force. Dominic¡¯s face went nk as soon as he heard the question. He even stiffened a little which no one noticed but Athena and that made her frown. She instantly knew that something was wrong and she didn¡¯t have a good feeling about it. But she decided not to ask him about it at that moment and kept her silence. "We don¡¯t know that.Rogues are unpredictable.They follow the true meaning of being animals.They only know how to cause trouble to others.They don¡¯t care about anything.So, we need to be prepared every moment." Nathan took up the responsibility to answer on behalf of Dominic when he noticed that he was taking too long to answer and it was going to raise unnecessary doubts into their people¡¯s mind. But Nathan answering instead of Dominic already did the job for Athena. "We are ready to train double, Alpha.We will not fall weak in front of our enemies no matter what." One of them spoke up with confidence and determination on behalf of everyone. Athena looked at Dominic to find him looking at his people with pride. That made her smile unknowingly as well. It was a great sight indeed. "That¡¯s what I expected from you all.Now get back to your work everyone.I don¡¯t want anything that happened today to repeat again in future.Is that clear?" Dominic asked in a serious tone and everyone nodded at him. "YES, ALPHA." "Alpha, we have a question." A woman raised her hand and waited for permission to ask the next question. "What is it?". When are you going to mark your destined mate and announce her as our Luna?". Chapter 81 Chapter 81 ¡®¡®Don¡¯t push me away¡¯¡¯ "Dominic¡¯ Wait, stop! Stop!" Athena shouted behind him, to stop him but he wasn¡¯t even listening to her. No matter how much she fan behind him, he was walking away too fast for her to catch up. But she didn¡¯t stop, she ran and upon reaching him, she pulled him by his bicep to make him face her. "Dominic!" She eximed while breathing hard She ran a long distance behind him They were currently standing inside their mansion And she has been trying to talk to him from the pack house It¡¯s a quite good distance between the pack house and the mansion "What is it?''" He asked in a cold tone as soon as he turned to face her. He didn¡¯t look at her face but there was a look of irritation on his face and she knew what was the reason. It was because of the question that the pack member asked at the end. He looked at her as soon as she asked them the question and she looked away. Athena didn¡¯t notice then but there was a look of difort and displeasure on her face. She realised itter and she understood that he must have noticed that and didn¡¯t like that. As soon as he looked at the look on her face, he walked away from there without looking at her face. He walked away from there. She immediately ran behind him, keeping people looking at them in shock. "Dominic! Why aren¡¯t you responding to me? I have been calling you for so long.I have been calling you from the pack house and now we are standing in front of your mansion What¡¯s wrong with you?" She asked with a frown, not liking him being away from her like this "There¡¯s nothing wrong with me.I don¡¯t know what you are talking about Tell me, why have you been following me? What do you want to talk about? And make it fast, I have some work." He said in a nk tone, while not looking at her still. She badly wanted his eyes on her. Why? She asked herself She didn¡¯t have the answer but she knew that it was bad for her. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. His ignorance was making a difference to her, it was making her sad. It was her who wanted to avoid him badly even a few days ago. How did it change so much? Was it his confession or the indirect apology? She didn¡¯t know but she knew that she had to get it together. Something was wrong with him and she needed to know what it was. Was it regarding Ace or something else? What was he talking about back in the pack house? Getting them ready for a war? What the hell? "What¡¯s wrong with you?" She took a deep breath asked in a soft tone, understanding very well that she was not going anywhere by shouting at him or demanding for an answer. Her expression softened as well. Alst he couldn¡¯t stay looking away from her anymore. Her softened tone did the magic and he reluctantly looked at her with a small frown on his face. How was he going to maintain his posture if she kept looking at him like that? She looked so beautiful at that moment with his eyes directly into his. He wanted that to be a forever thing but he knew the day was still far away. He could feel it So, he masked his expression back to nkness because he couldn¡¯t act cold in front of her. "Is that what you wanted to ask? I already told you that nothing is wrong with me.I will go to my office now.I need to work" He said in the same nk tone before removing her hand from his hand and lightly pushing her a little away from him Her eyes widened seeing that and she immediately got a hold of his hands again, this time tighter than the first time "Hey! Don¡¯t push me away!" She eximed with a cute angry frown and that stopped him again. He couldn¡¯t stop himself from looking at her in pure amusement. His eyes were on her as he was trying to think about what he just said. His expression went back to the previous one suddenly which made her frown deeply. He couldn''t take it anymore. He suddenly caught a hold of her forearms, making her look at him with widened eyes and before she could understand anything, she found herself pinned up against the nearby wall She looked up at him in shock while he looked down at her with his intention as clear as theke water "Dominic ¡® She couldn¡¯tplete what she was going to say when he shut her up by putting his lips on her. It''s not like she had anything to say other than his name because other than that, she was nk. The kiss made her go more ck and all her senses ran out of her system as she got lost in the kiss But it wasn¡¯t long when he pulled away and looked her in the eyes with a lot of emotions Trust me, from the time youe back to my life again, I am never going to be the one to push you away until I die. If I have the night and ability, I will try my best to hold you till myst breath But I don¡¯t think I have the right nor the ability to do that Do I?" He said while looking deep into her eyes His tone was filled with some pain and she could read that He once again pulled his hands away from her before turning around and walking away He didn¡¯t give her the chance to stop him this time once again But he knew he was not going to seed in it considering it''s Athena they were talking about . So he increased his speed and walked up the stairs quickly "Dominic! What the hell?! Stop! You can¡¯t run away like this! She shouted as she ran behind him to catch up¡± Chapter 82: Athena’s thinking Chapter 82: Athena¡¯s thinking "Mommy? Mommy!" Athena jumped out of the thoughts she was in after hearing Ace¡¯s loud voice, calling her. She looked at him with widened eyes and found him looking at her with a confused frown and a cute little pout. An apologetic smile immediately came up on her face. "I am so sorry, baby! Mommy was thinking something." She apologised while kissing his cute nose, making him giggle.Sheughed seeing his scrunched up nose and kissed it again. "What do you think, mommy?" He asked in a cute and confused tone as he looked up at her from the kitchen b where he was sitting at that moment. They were currently in the kitchen, preparing dinner together. She was cooking while her cute little bundle of happiness and joy was giving herpany. ¡®I don¡¯t want you to cut your finger, so I will watch you cook" He said so when she tried to make him watch the cartoon so that she could cook. But couldn¡¯t deny his demand after he presented it so cutely. She can¡¯t imagine her life without him! Goddess knows what will happen to her if she ever has to stay away from him! "Nothing important, baby." She said before turning at the stove to look at thesagna she was cooking for dinner. She heard from Patricia thatsagna is Dominic¡¯s favourite food. Hence she was cooking his favourite food, thinking that might cheer up his mood a little bit. That¡¯s if hees out from that office.He hasn¡¯te out of the office room ever since he entered there at noon.He didn¡¯t evene out for lunch or had lunch. She tried to call him but he shut her offpletely.She felt hurt and empty. But still kept her ego to herself which didn¡¯t let her ept that she wanted his attention. There she goes again. Lost in his thoughts. She didn¡¯t know if this was the mate bond or something else but the level of irritation and bothered she was feeling can¡¯t be exined in words.She just wanted him to act normal.She just wanted him to be back to his previous way, even if that means bing his cold and rude way. At least he was interacting with her somehow then! "I know what you¡¯re thinking, mommy." Ace suddenly spoke up, taking her attention to him. She was a little taken aback by the serious look on his face.She just realised how simr he looked to Dominic at that moment. Even though Ace looked a lot like her, his expressions made him look like a splitting copy of Dominic. He was an angry young man like his father, the thought made her smile. His smile, his expressions, his reaction and everything, it was enough to let the whole world know whose son he was.He didn¡¯t need the scent to prove that and she could say Dominic had noticed it all as well before finding out about the truth. But he didn¡¯t say anything because she didn¡¯t let him even have those thoughts. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. But the longer Ace was staying with Dominic and growing up, the more he was bing like his father! She turned off the gas and put the pot down. Then she poured it in a serving bowl before giving her attention back to her son. The dinner was ready. She needs to try her luck once again in calling Dominic. If he doesn¡¯te out this time, she was going to either use Ace to coax him out or break down the door and pull him out. "I see, you know what I am thinking, huh?" She asked in a yful tone before picking him up in his arms and looking at him with a smile. He nodded his head with a grin. "Yes, mommy." He said with a mysterious glint in his eyes which made her look at him with a raised eyebrow. "So, tell me what I am thinking. Share it with mommy." She said with a smile before picking up a dish with her other hand carefully. She was wearing a glove which was preventing the heat of the hot bowl from reaching her hand a little. She needed to walk inside the dining room fast before she lost her grip over it and it fell all over the ground.She checked everything inside the kitchen once again before turning around to leave.Then she walked out of the kitchen with Ace and a dish in her hands. As it was already dinner time, she was setting up the dining table. "You won¡¯t be angry?" Ace asked after a lot of thinking over if he should share this with her or not. She looked at him with squinted eyes even though there was a smile at the corner of her lisp. Her son was getting smarter with his words everyday. He was considering her temper before talking! "You are getting so smart, huh? Naughty kid! Tell me, what¡¯s going on in your little cute head.I will not be angry.I can never get angry at you, my baby "She said with a big smile as shended a side kiss on his forehead while walking still. "You are thinking of my super hero, right?" Ace suddenly spoke up out of nowhere. She was doing things very casually and she wasn¡¯t ready for this innocent question from her son The question made her stop on her way abruptly She didn¡¯t realize when her one leg got tangled with another and before she knew it, the dish was slipping away from her hand and she was falling down Her eyes widened and the only thing that came to her mind at that moment was to save Ace from the fall So she didn¡¯t think of anything else and let go of the dishpletely and embraced Ace tightly, ready to take all the pain for her That¡¯s when she heard someone shouting, "CAREFULLY" Chapter 83: Why she tripped Chapter 83: Why she tripped "CAREFUL!" Athena closed her eyes to embrace the uing pain as Ace clung himself with her. But the thing they were preparing themselves for never came. Athena felt a strong arm wrapping themselves around her waist which prevented her from falling down. The mind alluring scent already let her know who it was. "Dominic!" She eximed in a whispering tone. She let out a sigh of relief and hugged him tighter even after getting her bnce back. She didn¡¯t feel like pulling back. Her heart was beating loudly inside her chest and she could feel his heartbeat as well. It was racing miles in one second. He was worried and scared for her and Ace.He didn¡¯t want them to get hurt.He was really scared for them. She slowly pulled away from the hug even though she didn¡¯t want to and looked at him with a worried look and found him looking at her the same way. He was breathing hard as he looked at both their faces for any kind of visible wound. But they were absolutely fine. "Are you okay? Did you get hurt?! Did you burn yourself or something else happened? Tell me! Are you okay?" Dominic eximed while examining her body from head to toe, searching for any visible wound. The reason for his worry was mostly because she was healing slowly still. The reason for her slow healing was because of two reasons now. Not only the rejection was still hanging around her neck, he had to take it back soon, her wolf wasn¡¯t showing up as well. So, any small injury is as dangerous as a human for her.He didn¡¯t want any harm toe to her. "Dominic! Dominic, calm down.I am fine, absolutely alright.I am not hurt at all.Calm down, take a breath." Athena said with a beautiful yet small smile, a warm feeling spreading all over her chest, seeing him act like that for them. He stopped talking and looked at her with a sorrowful frown before letting out a sigh and before she could understand what was happening, he pulled her close and hugged her again. She was shocked for a second before hugging him back. Their son was being sandwiched between them. "You scared me for a second." He whispered in a small tone while caressing her hair slowly and giving a small and secret kiss on her hair. But it wasn¡¯t a secret as she felt it very clearly. She took a deep breath in as her legs almost felt like jelly at that moment "I am so sorry for scaring you.We are really okay.Please don¡¯t worry." She said in a whispering tone as well before pulling away from the hug to look him in the eyes. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. She wanted to show him that she was serious. But he didn¡¯t look at her. He looked away from her and looked at Ace who was very happy after getting so many hugs from her mommy and her super hero. "Are you okay?" He asked while touching Ace¡¯s face caringly. Ace nodded his head at him enthusiastically with a big smile. "Yes, we are okay! You saved us again, superhero!" Ace eximed in excitement before jumping away from Athena¡¯s arms to Dominic¡¯s, "Careful!" Athena said while tightening her hold against the super energetic Ace so that he doesn¡¯t fall down.She slowly passed him to Dominic who held him immediately. "Slowly, champ! Mom¡¯s hard work will fall down." Dominic said with widened eyes while holding Ace carefully. That¡¯s when Athena noticed that Dominic was holding the food container with the other hand. Her eyes widened in shock and disbelief.She couldn¡¯t believe that he didn¡¯t let the food fall as well because it was her hard work. That¡¯s when she realised something and her eyes widened some more. "Oh my goodness, Dominic! It¡¯s hot!" She eximed in shock before quickly taking the container from his hand and put it down on the dining table before looking back at him. "I am fine.I have been through worse pain than these." He said while not looking at her. She frowned but didn¡¯t say anything about that. "Thank you for saving us." Athena mumbled under her breath which he heard because of his werewolf power. But just like her, he chose to ignore that as well and that¡¯s when he remembered something. A frown came up on his face and he looked at Athena. "How did this happen, Athena? Couldn¡¯t you be a little more careful? Why did you have to carry Ace and the food at the same time? What would have happened if I hadn¡¯te here at the right time? Not only would you have hurt yourself and Ace badly, you would have burned yourself as well." He scowled at her, ready for a fight.He knew it wasn¡¯t possible for Ace to get hurt when Athena was with him.He knew that Ace was his life.He knew that she could give and take life for Ace.He had already witnessed it in the shadow eclipse pack when he went there to rescue them. It wasn¡¯t a small thing for someone toe in front of an angry and merciless wolf just like that. It takes a lot of courage no matter for whom you are doing so But he still couldn¡¯t stop the fatherly instinct inside him from kicking off and say a few things to her "I can die for Ace, Dominic.You should know that by now.The same would have happened here.I would have done everything to cover Ace from the pain and I would have taken all the pain by myself happily.That¡¯s what would have happened." She said in a low tone, feeling sad that he was ming her. She could see that he wasn¡¯t actually meaning any of the things he was saying negatively but because he was worried for them. But before he or she could say something else, Ace spoke up, shocking both of them. "Mom tripped because she remembered my papa!" Chapter 84: Who is his father? Chapter 84: Who is his father? "About your papa?" Dominic asked with a frown with his eyes fixed on Athena¡¯s face. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. His face was nk, not letting her see any emotions while her face was filled with nervousness. She didn¡¯t know why she was so nervous. "Yes, about my papa." Ace replied with a grin, taking both of their attention back to him who was grinning back at them with a mischievous look on his face. "What about your papa? Tell me about it.I also want to know." Dominic said with a smirk while walking toward the dining table and sitting on the chair with Ace. "Mommy was missing my papa." Ace said with a grin while looking at his mummy who was looking at him with widened eyes. "Ace!" She hissed in frustration, not knowing what to say at that moment. When did her little boy get so cheeky and mischievous? She knew he was learning all these from their little group of friends. She is going to teach all of them a lesson! "Missing your papa? Why? Was it making her sad?" Dominic asked, his eyes fell back on Athena who was standing there while fidgeting with her fingers. His intense look was making her nervous like a newly wed bride. What the hell?! "Yeah, mommy is sad, missing papa I know the reason¡¯ Ace spoke up with a thoughtful look on her face "What reason?" Dominic asked with a look of interest Ace is a child of less talk. But his talks are always wistful and interesting. And he always gives away interesting information which is always fun to hear. So, Dominic wanted to hear what he got to say because the expression Athena was giving away was making the situation more exciting. "I know why mommy is sad¡¯ Ace spoke up and Athena¡¯s eyes widened hearing that and she immediately looked at Dominic Dominic looked back at her with a small frown "Why?" Dominic asked Ace but before he could open his mouth, Athena snapped at him. "Ace! It was enough talking! Take your seat. It¡¯s time for dinner ¡®She used her strict tone at him which she rarely uses on him which shocked Ace.He looked at her with widened eyes and pouty lips "Don¡¯t scold me, mommy.I will cry.¡± He said while looking at her with a sad face which immediately made her frown because she saw through his act. That little dude was acting! "When did you be such a drama king? I am cutting your time with your naughty uncles" She said while looking at him with squinted eyes. That made him look at her with widened eyes because his act was caught. He immediately turned to Dominic for help as he knew Dominic would never ditch him. "No! You can¡¯t do that! Super hero! Say something!" He eximed with a big yet cute frown which immediately melted Dominic¡¯s heart and he looked at Athena with squinted eyes. "No one¡¯s going to punish my champ for anything. If anyone dares to do that, she has to face me. For thatHe said with his chin held high and then it was his time to earn her re and he immediately looked away because she was looking very scary at that moment. "I am ready to face you, you are the one blocking me." She snapped with taunt in her tone which he acted like he didn¡¯t hear. Hepletely changed the topic and looked back at Ace. "So, champ, tell me what were you talking about?" Dominic asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at Athena. Her nervous expression was confusing him as well as amusing him. He wanted to know what they were talking about so that it would make her tumble and act like this. "About why mommy is sad." Ace said innocently while looking between his mommy and superhero. He wasn¡¯t aware of what he was doing and no one had the ability to stop him. Athena knew from the look on Dominic¡¯s face that he was not going to stop until h e knew about what Ace was talking about "Why is she sad?" Dominic asked in a soft tone while looking at her face to look for any sign of sadness. She looked sad indeed but was trying hard to hide it from him. The thought of her being sad made him restless even though he knew he was somehow the reason for this sadness "Because papa is ignoring her." Ace spoke up while looking at his mommy with big doe eyes. Those eyes of his were filled with sadness and innocence but instead of feeling sad, they both were confused and shocked. Dominic and Athena looked at each other with widened eyes. Different thoughts were running in their heads but they couldn¡¯te to any conclusions about what their son was talking about. From the look of Athena, Dominic knew that she didn¡¯t tell Ace anything even though he had a little bit of hope inside his heart. Also, he has given strict orders to his friends not to tell Ace about it as well. No way is it possible that the pack members said this t o him because they don¡¯t know about Ace¡¯s identity being connected with him yet. They just know that their Luna has a son. So, what is Ace talking about? "Ace¡­ wha¡­what are you ta¡­talking about?" Athena asked in shock and disbelief. What has gotten into Ace? From the kitchen, all h e has been talking about is ¡®his papa¡¯ as if he knows him for so long. Who¡¯s this papa he is talking about? Because she clearly didn¡¯t tell him about it and he¡¯s not someone to believe something without confirming it with her. "Wh¡­who¡¯s you¡­papa..?" Dominic asked while stammering a little. Dominic wasn¡¯t ready to hear from Ace that he thinks someone else was his father.He won¡¯t be able to tolerate that.So, he was scared of hearing Ace¡¯s answer but Ace shocked him by his answer. "YOU!" Chapter 85: Ignoring him Chapter 85: Ignoring him AFTER DINNER "You are still going to stay silent about it, aren¡¯t you?!" Dominic hissed at her back as she continued to wash the dishes, without looking at him even for a second. She has been avoiding her, causing irritation within himself. "What do you mean?" She asked in a nk tone while wiping her hands on her apron. She has just finished washing the dishes.She was going to turn away from there once again when he had enough and stopped her by holding her elbow. But she immediately pulled her hand away and walked toward the dining table without replying to him or looking at him. "I can¡¯t believe you, Athena! You are still pretending to be clueless! Seriously?" He hissed in frustration before walking behind her till the dining table once again. That¡¯s what he has been doing after they finished dinner and Ace went to his room to prepare for sleeping. Athena has been walking back and forth between the dining table and the kitchen and he has been following her like a desperate lost puppy. He wanted to talk to her but she wasn¡¯t showing any interest.. "I am not pretending anything, Dominic.Leave my way.I have to clean up the kitchen." She said with a small frown, while still not looking at his way as he stood in front of her, blocking her way. And this was it for Dominic. He had enough.He lost all his calm and pulled her harshly by her wrist. Before she could understand anything, she was mmed hard against the nearby wall. She felt his hand behind her head, to prevent her from getting hurt on the head.She looked up at him with a deep frown while breathing hard. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Don¡¯t fucking do this to me, Athena! Don¡¯t fucking ignore me!" He growled at her before mming his fist on the wall beside her head with force. She gasped out loudly while closing her eyes tightly as he punched the wall.She opened her eyes and looked at him in shock and anger.She can¡¯t believe him! "Why can¡¯t I ignore you? Don¡¯t you remember that this is what you have been doing to me all day!" She taunted back while fuming in anger. She was remembering what she had been going through all morning and felt more hurt. His closeness, touch and scent was making it more difficult for her to control her emotions. Her emotions were all over the ce. She wanted to fight with him and be i n his arms at the same time.She was feeling like a pregnant woman all over again! "Yes and I would have continued doing that if I hadn¡¯t known that my son knows about me being his father." He said while looking deep into her eyes to show that he was equally hurt as well. "Whois stopping you, huh? It¡¯s not like it matters to you if your ignorance matters to me or not.You always do whatever you feel like doing.Do you ever think of me or anyone around you?" She asked in a hurtful tone, she also had enough and the thought of him ignoring her again triggered her in the wrong ce. "My ignorance matters to you?" He asked in a soft tone, his expression softened as well when he saw the hurt filled look on her eyes looked away "I can¡¯t look at those eyes ever again until they are filled with trust for me, Athena." He said with a clenched jaw, his tone was breaking. She looked at him in disbelief. "What do you want me to do now?" She said while looking away from him Her tone was very empty, making him close his fist tightly. He didn¡¯t like how she sounded.It still showed how reluctant she was i n giving in and letting Ace know about his father.It showed how she didn¡¯t trust him yet. "You know very well what I want, Athena." He said in a defeated tone. He lost all the energy to fight with Athena regarding this.He was tired "Fine! I will talk to him.Now leave " Athena said in a nk tone while trying to move away from him but he caught her wrist and stopped her from moving. She looked at him with questioning eyes which softened as soon as she looked at his pain filled eyes. She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when he put his lips on her, silencing her by the sudden shock. With their tense environment, she wasn¡¯t expecting that.Her eyes widened but she quickly recovered and kissed him back. The kiss was filled with sadness, passion and a little bit of helplessness as he kissed her. While she kissed him back with a few emotions as well such as anger, desperation and helplessness. They both poured all their emotions into their kiss and took it as a way to express their feelings as they didn¡¯t have the word to do that. They were kissing as if they didn¡¯t kiss for days, as if it was theirst kiss. But the kiss didn¡¯tst long as he pulled back, much to her unwillingness and looked at her with a soft look on his face. She looked up at him with a frown. He held her face in his firm and warm hands and connected their foreheads together. She immediately touched his hands over her face and looked at him in the eyes. They both were breathing hard and their heart beats were in sync "Don¡¯t do this until you are ready. I am sorry for acting like this just a moment ago I will always wait for you both no matter what That¡¯s what he said and after that, he walked away without giving her any exnation or saying anything else She looked at him with widened eyes and forwarded her hand to catch his hand to stop him but he was already far away from her "Why did that sound like a goodbye?" She whispered to herself, with her hand over her chest to calm down the pounding a little Chapter 86: Going for a run Chapter 86: Going for a run IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Dominica up straight from the bed with a look of restlessness on his face. It was the middle of the night but he couldn¡¯t sleep. He looked at the empty side of his bed and let out a high It¡¯s not like they started to share bed officially or anything. They did sleep on the bed a few times from the time she came back to his life But they, no, she didn¡¯t agree to move into his room with him. He didn¡¯t even force or say anything to her regarding it. But then why does it still feel so empty beside him? ¡®¡®We need our mate Only she can fulfill Only she can help us out of this misery.Go to our mate.Hold her close to our heart.We need her as much as she needs us ¡® His wolf whined in his head, making him clench his jaw tightly. He was helpless and his woll¡¯s demand wasn¡¯t helping him even though those words made sense. "We can¡¯t force ourselves on her! We have caused her enough heartache and misery, let''s give her some break Let¡¯s not disturb her any more." Dominic said while brushing away his hair roughly He won¡¯t be able to make anyone understand what he was feeling. No one would understand him. A lot of things were pent up inside him and he needed a release ¡®¡®We do need a release.We need to go for a run Let¡¯s go for a run Far away from everything and everyone Let¡¯s get lost in the air and give a moment to ourselves Go for a run" His wolf said and Dominic couldn¡¯t help but agree this time.His wolf was right and that seemed to be the right decision at that moment. He didn''t care what time it was.He was going to go for a run. Not only him, his wolf was restless as well. They both needed to go for this run and release their frustration. They need it to think properly. They have a lot going on in their lives. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. With that thought he walked out of the room, but he didn¡¯t walk out of the room directly. He walked toward the room opposite to his which belonged to Ace. They renovated the room for him a few days ago. He walked in there to check up on Ace before leaving and found Athena sleeping on the couch of his room. He was stopped at his track for a moment as he looked at her sleeping face with a frown. ¡®Mate! Go to her! Touch her! Hold her ¡®His wolf whined as it walked back and forth in his mind, The reason for his frown was the look of restlessness on her face even though she was sleeping. Only the goddess knew what she was dreaming about. Or maybe the position was way too ufortable for her to sleep there. Whatever it was, he wanted the frown to leave her face hence and he was ready to do anything for that. He walked toward her and kneeled down in front of her. As soon as he was close to her, he saw her releasing a deep breath as if his mere presence just took away half of her tension. The thought put a small smile at his face. But the tired look didn¡¯t leave his face. "The moon goddess took her time while making you, didn¡¯t she? How can you be so beautiful?" He asked while looking at her with a small smile. He removed a piece of hair from her face which was disturbing her sleep.He heard her calm and steady heartbeat to realise that she was soundly asleep. "I know I have been an asshole toward you since the first time we met.I have never proved myself as a rightful and capable mate for you.So, it¡¯s understandable if you don¡¯t trust me as Ace¡¯s father.I rejected you, hurt you, broke you and made you go through hell.Even after you came here, I continued being the asshole.I know I didn¡¯t do anything to make you trust me.But still why does i t hurt?" He asked as a small drop of tear rolled down his cheek, "I am a coward, Athena.I don¡¯t think I will ever be able to ask this to you face to face.Because I am afraid.I am afraid of what might be your answer.So, I will ask now, with no fear of your answer.What can I do to get your forgiveness?" He whispered whilending a soft kiss on her forehead.He let out a sigh before carefully snaking his arms behind her neck and behind her knees.He slowly and carefully picked her up, without breaking her sleep. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and let out a sigh in her sleep.She gotfortable in his arms as she adjusted her head at the crook of his neck. He felt her take a deep sniff of his scent which made him take a deep intake of breath to control himself from doing anything.He quickly walked out of the room and walked inside his room. Without any second thought, he walked toward the bed and dropped her down there carefully. He knew she would wake up as soon as his scent left her. So, he brought her to his room so that she could stay around his scent With that thought, he draped the nket he was wearing over her and fucked her nicely there. With onest kiss on her forehead, he walked toward the window and jumped out of it without wasting any more time With a loud howl, he got lost in the dark and deep jungle and at the same time, Athena opened her eyes with a nk look on her face as she kept looking at the ceiling. Chapter 87: The book Chapter 87: The book "Oh, moon goddess! Help me! Tell me what I should do to free us all from this misery! I can¡¯t do it anymore! You even took away my wolf! My onlypanion, I don''t know what I should do now." Athena eximed while looking at the full moon that was shining brightly. She was currently standing by the opened window of Dominic¡¯s bedroom from where he jumped a few minutes ago.She could hear his faded howling as he kept running further away from the mansion. His howling told her about the torture he was going through She knew what she had to do to help him out of all of these but she couldn¡¯t do it just yet. She needed toplete a few of her targets before she took a step toward him.She was so helpless at that moment.She didn¡¯t realize when a drop of tear rolled down her cheeks.She quickly came out of those thoughts as she wiped away the tears. Then she put on a determined look on her face as she walked away from the window.She walked toward a cupboard and brought the book out which Patricia brought that day.She wanted to read it herself and see if she found something.She couldn¡¯t waste more time and this seems to be the perfect time to read it. "I need to find the answer with at least one clue.I can¡¯t waste any more time or wait for the girls." She said to herself with a frown a s she looked at the book with determination. "How good it was going to be if my wolf was here with me! She would have helped me in figuring out so many things! Where are you, partner? Come back soon.I miss you." She whispered to herself with closed eyes before opening her eyes.She let out onest sigh before opening the book, preparing herself for whatever she was going to get out of it.She opened the book and started reading the book from the start. It was a big fat book. Good thing that she loved to read and hope she won¡¯t get bored in the middle. She couldn¡¯tplete high school.She had to drop out at the end moment because of Robert.She has always been a bright student. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Always caught everything very fast and was the best in her ss.She used to go to a human school. There were a few werewolves as well but no one minded her if she was a rogue or something else. They all minded their own business which made things easier for her there. Also the fact that she wasn¡¯t someone to get bullied easily, she had a peaceful life than most of them because there were a lot of bullies in the school. As the school was a human school, it was a little expensive as it was not easy for a rogue to get admitted in the werewolf school just like that who was she kidding, it was very expensive. Robert didn¡¯t mind her going to school as long as she waspleting her daily targets. Robert used to give her a target every morning. A target on how much she has to steal throughout the day and hand the money to him. He didn¡¯t care what she did as long as shepleted her daily target which she never failed. Actually she used to earn more than her daily target, as it was already mentioned that how good of a thief she was, she was really good at it. So, she used to keep the remaining money to herself and give the targeted money to Robert. Someday she used to give him more to make him happy and keep his mind away from business. And she used the money to study and for her expenses. She nned to be awyer and live in the human world for the rest of her life if her mate rejected her. Hence she was studying hard But one day Robert found her stash of money which she kept aside to pay for her school fee and he was furious when he found out where she was studying and how she was studying. That day he beat her a lot. But out of respect for her ¡®father¡¯ she didn¡¯t say anything or fight back and epted everything.She was furious and heart broken. She was angry at her fate. That¡¯s why when he ordered her to drop out of school, she did that without another word as she was tired of hoping for something good in her life. She shook her head toe out of the past thoughts. How did she get lost in that?! She let out a sigh and made a mental note to meet with Robert once again and talk regarding her past once again to see if she can get some more things out of him or not. With that thought in mind, she started reading the book. The book started with basic werewolf signs and all. Before she was introduced to the four regions.She started reading it "The four regions are ces that mark the werewolves territory.These four regions hold a lot of things.Starting from secret, mysterious, power and danger Many more things.And they are all hidden in every corner of these regions.They are hidden in the terms of signs Signs that almost look meaningless." She read out loud She pulled up her shirt and looked at the sign on her waist with a frown "What significance do you hold?"She whispered and started reading the book again. She was half way through it. She had just finished the East and West regions part She was going to enter into the North region when she heard a loud growling from the jungle and felt a killing pain in her heart She dropped to the floor while clutching het heart as she ched out loud "DOMINIC" Chapter 88: Silver arrow Chapter 88: Silver arrow Dominic¡¯s wolf ran with the air.His strong and powerful paws were banging against the ground, making loud sounds. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. The ground was shaking as he ran. He was blocking every thought froming to his mind. He didn''t want to think about anything else other than letting his thoughts free from all the things He wanted to give himself alone time, away from everything ¡®Let¡¯s not block them all. Let¡¯s talk it out with each other¡¯ He Heard his wolf¡¯s voice in his head which decreased his speed a little. He wanted to run away from those and here his wolf was suggesting to talk it out Really? ¡®¡®What do you want to talk about?¡¯ Dominic questioned back as they picked up their speed again and continued to run like before There is a lot to talk about.There is a lot going on but let¡¯s start from Athena, our mate" His wolf proposed and he immediately stopped at his track His wolf started to take deep breaths to calm itself down, ¡®I am here to run away from her thoughts only" Dominic said as his wolf slowly sat down on the ground. They were tired after running for so long. They gave their full strength in running which is why they were a little bit tired as well. So, they both decided t o take a rest ¡®Running away is not going to help us.We need to find a solution out of this" His sensible wolf pointed out, making him frown. His wolf wasn¡¯t supposed to sound this smart! ¡®I don¡¯t understand what is this solution you are talking about! Our mate is confused about us.She is reluctant to take a step toward us.One moment she shows she feels equally attracted toward me and the next moment she is cold and distant I know she was pretending when she said she was ready to take this step with me.In actuality, she wasn¡¯t ready.She was pretending and had some motive.I don¡¯t know what it is.I won¡¯t be surprised if she hates us as well.And that shit hurts, doesn¡¯t it?!¡¯ Dominic bbered out in his mind without stopping and his smart wolf patiently heard him all. He felt so much better after voicing these out even though they are in his head, in front of his wolf. It still helped a lot. ¡®Why won¡¯t she hate us?¡¯ His wolf suddenly asked, confusing Dominic. ¡®What do you mean? She is our mate.She is supposed to love us" Dominic eximed in frustration, making his wolf sigh in his head ¡®¡®Sometimes I am very proud to have you as my human but sometimes you make me question myself" His wolf said sarcastically, making him frown deeper. ¡®Now don¡¯t get so sassy with me, I will not take you to run for one week straight" Dominic threatened ¡®Okay, fine.But what I meant is, you didn¡¯t give her any reason to love you.Just expecting love isn¡¯t enough.You have to work hard for it.You have to earn it.You have to take a step toward your woman and trust me, she will take two steps toward you" His wolf said in a m tone, surprising him. ¡®You sound like a love guru But what is that one step?¡¯ He asked,pletely clueless. ¡®You rejected her, Dominic¡¯ ¡®Yes, I am aware of that I regret it badly but why are you pointing this out? Do you want to criticise me?¡¯ These are the moments when I question myself. But whatever, did you take your rejection back, genius? His wolf scowled at him i nirntation and his eyes widened in shock and realisation. He finally understood where he was making mistakes. ¡®Oh my, thatpletely slipped my mind. I will take my rejection back as soon as I am back!¡¯ He eximed in happiness, showing a little light already The thought took his mind away from every negative things, away from Stacey and Derrick, away from the problems at the border From the border, he remembered something and stopped in his tracks. He looked around himself and found himself away from his territory border. He was still in the North region so it was still his territory but it was still another alpha¡¯s territory as well. He shouldn¡¯t have entered here considering all the things that¡¯s happening regarding borders. He quickly turned around to get back to his Pack¡¯s territory while thinking about the things that¡¯s happening from the past few days From the past few days, different bodies have been found near his border And by different he meant, the bodies belonged to different people from packs and at the same time from rogues as well. The faces of the people are destroyedpletely. That¡¯s why nobody could detect yet from which pack those people are Just by smell they are able to identify the difference from pack members or fogues. They have sent news to the packs around them if they had any missing people or not. But for some weird reason, no positive response came yet which says that they have missing members They are thinking that these people might not belong to his region Now the question that arises is, why is this person doing this, why is he leaving the body in front of his Pack¡¯s border only? There are hundreds of packs around the world So, if these people actually belong to different regions, it¡¯s clear that whoever is doing this, he¡¯s trying to create problems between Alpha leaders. Not only a problem, A war This person is trying to create war Between him and who? He was still thinking about all these things when he suddenly felt a heart crushing pain which made him fall down on the ground with a thud He let out a loud howl which made every bird around the ce fly away while making noises He couldn¡¯t even understand what happened to him until a few secondster A few secondster, he looked down at his chest and saw an arrow on his chest Silvert He let out another growl while pulling the arrow by his mouth Blood poured out of the ce as the ce burned because of the silver "Alpha Dominic, it¡¯s nice meeting you after all" Chapter 89: Killing him? Chapter 89: Killing him? "Who are you?" Dominic growled at the man in front of him. He had juste back to his human form.He wore the pants he brought with him before looking at the man.He was stillying on the ground.He couldn¡¯t get up on his feet as he was getting weak and weaker because of the silver.He sat there with his hand clutching the wound as he was waiting for his wolf to heal him as soon as possible. But again, the silver was making the process slower. He was furious would be an understatement.He was more than that.He was in his territory and someone dared to attack him, at his territory only. Could things go worse than this?! It was a direct challenge for him because he could say from the smell that the man wasn¡¯t from the North region. Are you okay?¡¯ Dominic asked his wolf who was affected the most by the silver. Silver always works faster and more dangerously o n the wolf than the human body. It weakens the wolf which automatically slows down the healing power and eventually weakens the human body. ¡®It was a strong silver mixed with some magic or poison.I am unable to fight it" His wolf replied in a weak tone which worried Dominic Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Alpha Dominic, you seem to be angry.Why is that?" The man asked with a sneer as he red at Dominic. His hold against the "Why are you surprised?! You attacked me, used illegal silver on me while standing in my territory! Do you think I will be fucking joyous after all these?" Dominic growled as he was getting his strength back slowly as his wolf was doing the work. "Well, then do you think it was fucking for joyful for us to see what you have been doing to use from the past few days?!" The man asked as he took a threatening step toward him, making him growl. But he was confused when he heard him. "What are you talking about? What have I been doing for the past few days? And most importantly, who the hell you are?!" He asked as he slowly tried to get back to his feet. Seeing him doing that, the man got in defence mode again as he prepared himself with his arrow "Of course you are going to act clueless now! After killing all those innocent people, you dare to be clueless now! You fucking disgust me! I don¡¯t fucking care who you are and what happens to me but I am going to kill you today! After what you did, you don¡¯t deserve to live!" The man shouted as he pointed the arrow toward Dominic as Dominic was still in the healing process, he couldn¡¯t shift back to attack him. "Do you fucking know that I can snap your neck into half? Do you have any idea what¡¯s going to happen to you for attacking an alpha leader like this?" Dominic growled, his wolf was turning mad each passing second.He wanted to heal as soon as possible and then kill this freaking idiot as cruelly and mercilessly as possible. Dominic and his wolf, they both were feeling as helpless as their dark past. Just like now, he was helpless that night. Even though he wanted so hard to prevent whatever was happening but just like today, h e couldn¡¯t do anything. He just wanted this phrase to be over. It wasn¡¯t how it was supposed to turn out when he decided toe out for a walk. But then who would have thought that this stupid wolf would be so stupid enough to attack him in his own territory? "Alpha leader?! Don¡¯t you feel ashamed to call yourself an alpha leader after what you have been doing?! An alpha leader was supposed to protect the wolves, not only of his region but of the wholemunity! Just like OUR LEADER! But what you have been doing doesn¡¯t make you anything close to that! Did you hear me?! So don¡¯t fucking dare to call yourself an alpha leader again!" The man shouted in fury, making Dominic confused when he heard him. Their leader. So, it¡¯s confirmed that he doesn¡¯t belong to his region but from another region. So, could it be that it was rted to those things happening around his border? "Who¡¯s your leader? Which region do you belong to?" Dominic asked, wanting to know because after he gets out of this shit, it would help him to solve the issue easily. "Oh, you don¡¯t even know whose people you are killing?! You fucking deserve to die!" The man growled as his eyes were shing golden, letting him know that he was not going to stop until anyone stops him. But who would stop him at this moment? Dominic was all alone here. "Wait !" He couldn¡¯tplete his sentence when another arrow pierced through his skin but this time on the stomach. He let out another painful growl. The fuck is going on now?! He couldn¡¯t just let apletely random person kill him! He closed his eyes and regretted rejecting his mate ten times more now. Because if the mate bond was unscratched, he would have recovered long ago. That¡¯s how mates heal each other! "Shut up! Don¡¯t fucking dare to talk! I am going to kill you today! One more strong dose of silver and you are going to be done forever! The world doesn¡¯t need an alpha leader like you.Get ready to say..!" He couldn¡¯tplete his sentence as soon he was thrown at least ten feet away from where he was standing by a strong force. The force was way too strong and all the arrow fell away from him. An earth shattering growl was heard which made him look up and his eyes widened in shock. "A red wolf!" Chapter 90: Alpha lady Chapter 90: Alphady "Athena!" Dominic eximed while looking at the glorious red wolf in front of him. "What¡­ What did you just call her? Did you say ¡®Athena¡¯? Oh my god, that¡¯s her.That¡¯s our alphady! We have finally found her.I have finally found her!" The man eximed in pure ecstasy as he looked at the angry wolf in front of him who looked very determined to kill him by breaking his neck into half. But he didn¡¯t care about that.He looked so happy, as if dying won¡¯t mean anything to him. Dominic, who was getting weaker every passing second because of the second arrow which was on his stomach. Both of the scars were very deep into his flesh, making him very weak no matter how strong he was. Gritting his teeth, he looked ahead of him, back to his beautiful mate. The wolf was almost as big as his wolf, letting him know that it wasn¡¯t any normal wolf. Its unique colour was already telling everyone that it wasn¡¯t anything near normal. She was a special wolf! As she stood in front of him with a protective posture, ready to pounce at their enemy who hurt him.She was letting out growls every now and then as her long fur was moving with the air like a proud g or like a burning fire. The wolf was magnificent! Suddenly a voice rang in their heads. "How dare you attack my mate?!" Athena¡¯s wolf shouted in their heads and that made the man snap out of the thoughts and daze he was in.He looked at her with widened eyes and visibly started shaking.He looked at her in fear before slowly dropping to his knees as he couldn¡¯t remove his eyes from her. "A red wolf! Oh my goddess! I am seeing a red wolf! My life feelspleted suddenly.Oh my goodness!" The man started bbering as tears came out of his eyes. He kneeled in front of her with his hands folded and looked at her as if she was someone superior. "How dare you attack my mate?!" She growled once again,pletely ignoring his words or anything he was saying. But the man looked a little confused after hearing her the second time as he wasn¡¯t paying attention the first time. "Your mate? Alphady, this man is your mate?" He asked in confusion while looking at Dominic who was ring at him murderously. Dominic''s eyes were glowing as he was trying to get a grip on himself and try to recover as soon as possible. He was sweating badly and the veins of his face were popping out as he was gritting his teeth hard to bear the pain. "He is my mate! You dared to hurt him! I am going to kill you!" Athena¡¯s wolf was furious and wanted nothing but this man¡¯s blood But Athena was controlling her as she wanted answers. "He doesn¡¯t deserve to be your mate, alphady.Trust me, he is not worthy to be your mate.He is not worthy at all.He is not even worthy to be an alpha.He is the worst man even, alphady.Trust me." The man said venomously as he spat at Dominic with the same anger. Athena¡¯s wolf let out a loud growl which made the man look down in submission.She was beyond angry to hear someone call her mate bad. It hurt her more than anything.She can not tolerate that at all. "Don¡¯t utter another word against my mate if you want to be alive for a few more minutes." She threatened while taking a small step toward him. "I am sorry to offend you, alphady." He said like a submissive wolf, without arguing any more. The power Athena had over that man was astonishing Dominic who couldn¡¯t help but admire Athena in this avatar. In this ¡®Alphady¡¯ avatar. "Who are you? What are you doing here in our territory?" Athena¡¯s wolf¡¯s voice rang in their heads again. "I came here to punish this man, alphady.I didn¡¯t know I would get this lucky to meet you here.I am so happy." The man almost cried out while smiling through tears. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. But Athena and her wolf both were too furious to hear anything.It took a threatening step toward the man "How dare you hurt my mate! I am going to kill you!" She growled once again as she took another step toward him.Her eyes were glowing, looking like two fireballs. The man immediately took two steps back from Athena¡¯s wolf, not because he was scared but he had a determined look on his face "I am sorry, alphady.I can¡¯t be killed by you today Because I have to pass this news to our alpha that you are alive.I have to tell him that you have been found.I am sorry." Saying that the man quickly turned into his wolf before running the opposite way, without turning back for another nce Athena would have taken a run after him but a whimpering sound wasing from her wounded mate. She quickly turned around and let out a painful growl as she quickly ran toward him who was almost losing his consciousness ¡®¡®Dominic?! Dominic, can you hear me?! Reply to me! What¡¯s happening, why can¡¯t I mind linking him?" She eximed to her wolf i n desperation ¡®I can¡¯t get his wolf.His wolf has fallen unconscious as the silver works the worst on the wolf than on the human body That¡¯s why we are unable to connect with him. Her wolf said while whimpering She tried to call him through a mind link again but it wasn¡¯t possible as he was shutting down. She nudged his face by her nose while letting out whimpering sounds Dominic looked at her with a soft smile while letting out soft breaths His eyes were dropping He raised his hand slowly and touched her face and she immediately leaned on his touch "You¡­ are beautiful As soon as he said that, his hand dropped losing consciousnesspletely Chapter 91: Worried for the Alpha and Luna Chapter 91: Worried for the Alpha and Luna "We have searched the whole mansion.There isn¡¯t any sign of Dominic or Athena.They are not in the mansion." Suzanne said in a frantic tone as they all stood at the back of the pack house. There were four of them along with a few pack warriors. The earth shaking growlsing from their territory obviously woke them all up. They all recognised Dominic¡¯s voice and got worried. But when they came out of their houses and looked for Dominic, h e wasn¡¯t there. Then a few minutester, they heard another growl but they couldn¡¯t recognise the voice and that worried them. "I only found Ace sleeping there peacefully.But no sign of them.Even on the terrace." Patricia said after running to them and stopping while taking deep breaths. She just came running from the pack house after checking there "They are obviously not in the living area.They are in the jungle." Nathan eximed in frustration and worry.He couldn¡¯t think straight at that moment. "What happened, which is why they went there at this time?" Justin asked with a frown, trying to figure out the reason for both of them going to the jungle at this time, "Is it possible that Athena went for a walk when she was attacked and Dominic went to find her to save her?" Suzanne spoke up with teary eyes, she was ready to cry thinking of something bad happening to Athena.She wants her to be safe. "That is possible but the painful growl belonged to Dominic.It sounded as if he was hurt." Patricia voiced out and everyone looked a ther with widened eyes. They realised that too but hearing someone voicing that out, hit different. "Exactly, and if he is hurt, they both are in danger considering Athena can¡¯t shift." Justin eximed while running his hand through his hair roughly. He was very restless just like everyone else. "Hope they are safe!" Suzanne almost cried out, making Nathan hug her immediately. "Don¡¯t worry, I know they are safe.They won¡¯t let anything happen to each other." Nathan whispered soothingly while hugging her. "What should we do now?" Suzanne asked a few secondster "What¡¯s there to decide? We are going to go into the forest to find them.Let¡¯s go." Justin said with a frown, ready to shift and go into the jungle to fight both of them "Stop, Justin.We can¡¯t go in there without any n." Nathan frowned at him, immediately stopping him from going anywhere. "What n are you talking about, Nathan? They are in danger and you are talking about a n." Justin frowned back at him, trying to make sense of his words.He was getting angry. "No matter what, we can¡¯t go there without preparation and not only put our lives at risk but also our pack members.Who knows what would happen if someone attacks them when we leave?" Nathan eximed back, while raising his tone. He was in a tight situation as well, he needed to calm down. "Do we really have time to make a n now? Our alpha is in danger out there!" Justin shouted in fury, not ready to hear what Nathan got to say "And he has his Luna but the pack members won¡¯t have anyone if we leave.And as the second in command after the alpha, Imand that we are not leaving until leaving the pack protected." Nathan said in a cold tone, using his power and that immediately shut Justin up. "So, what¡¯s your n now? Letting the Alpha and Luna of the pack die?" Justin scowled with gritted teeth and no longer had he finished his words, a hard punchnded on his jaw.It was from Nathan. "Nathan!" "Justin!" Suzanne and Patricia shouted for their mates as they ran to hold their mates to stop themselves from killing each other. They can¡¯t believe that they were fighting at the time when they needed to be stronger together and be more united than ever. But look at them, fighting over something so small! What¡¯s wrong with them? "Can you both stop fighting?" "We have to do something fast.They are in serious danger!" Suzanne and Patricia shouted at them one after another, at least they were trying to stay united. They were really disappointed as well as confused over their mates¡¯ behaviour "That¡¯s what I am talking about, Patricia but your mate doesn¡¯t understand that." Nathan spat at Justin who was fuming in anger. "Nathan, don¡¯t me him because you are not acting mature as well.If you have any n, share it with us instead of wasting time fighting." Suzanne spat at him, angry at him for behaving so oddly out of nowhere. "And I support Nathan in this, Justin.You need to prepare something for the pack security as well before leaving to find them.So, enough of you two acting worse than Ace and getting to work." Patricia spat at Justin while frowning as well. Nathan and Justin seemed to calm down a little but before anyone could understand anything, the simr yet unknown growl was heard.It came from the jungle. "Oh my god! What is that?!" One of the pack members eximed in shock and disbelief, taking everyone¡¯s attention toward the thing he was pointing at. "Is that a fire.?" They immediately looked at the forest to see a fireball running toward them at full speed. But as the thing kepting closer, they realised it wasn¡¯t any fireball but a red wolf whose precious red fur was glowing in the darkness, making it look as if it was on fire. From the fierceness on its face, everyone could say that she was indeed in the mood of putting everything on fire. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. "That¡¯s a red wolf!" Patricia eximed in shock and awe. It¡¯s her first time seeing a red wolf about which she has read a lot. "Who¡¯s this?" She asked in a daze but Suzanne¡¯s next word, brought her out of the daze and she looked at him in shock. "Athena shifted!" Chapter 92: Blooda Chapter 92: Blooda "Oh my god! Dominic!" Suzanne eximed as soon as his eyes fell on the unconscious body of Dominic. No one couldn¡¯t focus on the glorious red wolf anymore after hearing Suzanne¡¯s words. They tore their eyes away from the beautiful red wolf and looked at the body on its back. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Everyone let out a loud gasp seeing Dominic injured. They all ran toward them and got them down from the wolf¡¯s back, The wolf let out a loud howl as it looked at Dominic and everyone immediately recognised the voice. It was the same unknown voice they were getting worried about. They realised that it belonged to Athena. "What happened to him?!" Nathan eximed while holding him in his arms. "He¡¯s hurt!" Justin eximed in worry while holding him from the other side. They were in shock after seeing their best friend and alpha injured like this. "Someone call the pack doctor!" Patricia shrieked out loudly, she was close to bursting into tears but she was holding the tears with a lot of difficulty. Athena let out another growl, taking their attention toward her. Everyone present there, immediately tumed their back to her when they realised that she was shifting back to her human form. "Ahh!" Athena fell on the ground with a cry and Suzanne and Patricia immediately turned toward her. "Athena!" Suzanne and Patricia eximed together before running toward her to give her support. A maid came running toward them with a rob and she handed it to Athena. "Here you go, Luna." She said in a respectful tone. Athena quickly took it and wore it before kneeling down in front of Dominic.She took his head on hisp and cried out loud. "Dominic!" She let out a loud shriek as she hugged his head close to her chest. "Athena, are you okay?" Suzanne asked in a pitiful tone, feeling really bad for Athena. "What happened to him?" Nathan asked her while trying to stop the bleeding by holding the wound but it wasn¡¯t working. He was losing a lot of blood very fast. "He is attacked by silver! Someone call the doctor!" Athena shouted while holding Dominic¡¯s face protectively. After the man ran away, she shifted back to her human form. Then she put him on her back with a lot of difficulty as he weighed a lot. After that she shifted back to her wolf form before running here. Only she knew how hard it was for her.. "The pack doctor is on its way, Luna." One of the pack members said. "Silver?! Who dared to do that? In our territory?" Justin growled, his eyes were glowing as he was ready to drop some head on the ground "Yes, a man who didn¡¯t belong to this region at all.He seemed to hate Dominic and was ming him about something.But I couldn¡¯t find that out as Dominic¡¯s state was way too bad." Athena bbered out in one breath.She was worried and nervous which was not letting her think carefully. "Oh my god! His face is getting paler!" Patricia eximed and cried out. She failed to hold her tears anymore. Justin immediately hugged her tightly to take care of her. "How much silver is in his system already?!" Nathan asked with gritted teeth. Whoever dared to do this is going to face death soon, he made a promise to himself. "He was attacked with two silver arrows." Athena cried out. She felt scared even after thinking about it. "He is bleeding profusely!" Suzanne pointed out once again when she saw her mate¡¯s bloodied hand. "Where¡¯s the fucking doctor!?!" Athena growled out loud as her eyes growled red again, she was ready to kill that doctor if something happens to her mate for himingte, "Calm down, Athena.They will be here any moment now." Nathan tried to act strong and said in a serious tone but that triggered Athena badly "I can¡¯t fucking calm down, Nathan! My mate! He is bleeding and unconscious and the doctor is not here yet.I am unable to do anything for him.Do you fucking know how helpless I am at this moment?! I can¡¯t fucking calm down!" Athena growled as her canines came out and she looked at Nathan, directing all his anger toward him but before he could say anything, the pack doctor reached them "I am here, Luna." He said while huffing, taking long and deep breaths as he literally ran all the way here. Athena immediately turned around and stood up. Before anyone could say something, she held his cor with one hand and raised him up from the ground. Everyone gasped out loudly as they looked at the scene in front of them in shock. "Oh my god! Athena! What are you doing?!" Suzanne eximed in shock and disbelief before running toward her to stop her from what she was doing. But as soon as she touched Athena¡¯s hand, one small push from Athena, almost threw her away if it wasn¡¯t for Nathan who caught her at the right moment "Suzy, are you okay?" Nathan asked in a worried tone while ncing at Athena He was too shocked to say anything "I am fine, Nathan.But we have to do something We need to stop her Otherwise she is going to kill him!" Suzanne eximed while looking at Athena with worried and nervous eyes "I know but we can¡¯t interfere now.Otherwise it might trigger her.She will let him go when she realises what she is doing Let her control her power and anger herself. Nathan said in a serious tone while praying it doesn¡¯t be toote for Athena to realise "I will fucking burn down this whole world if something happens to my mate! Do you fucking understand?" Athena growled, her eyes were literally spitting fire "Yes.Luna.I will take ca care of alpha ¡®The doctor voiced out those words with a lot of difficulty and as soon as he finished his words, her grip on him loosened and she fell down on the ground, losing consciousness. Everything atst wears her down Chapter 93: Ace’s mommy and papa Chapter 93: Ace¡¯s mommy and papa "Where¡¯s mommy?! Where¡¯s papa! I want to go to mommy and papa! Take me to them! Take me to mommy and papa." Ace cried out loud while moving his hands around to get out of Suzanne¡¯s hold.He has been like this for the past one hour. After everyone took Dominic and Athena to the hospital, Suzanne walked to their mansion to stay with Ace. Because only she would be able to handle him when he wakes up and doesn¡¯t find his mommy. But right now she was doubting her capabilities. There was still time for sunrise. Ace suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, around one hour ago and started crying. When Suzanne tried to calm him down, he said something about his mommy and papa getting hurt and he wanted to go to them. Now the question is, how does he always know whenever Athena is sad? This time Dominic included! That made her question herself if he had any special power¡­ "Shh, Ace baby, calm down.Mommy and papa are sleeping.Why don¡¯t you sleep as well?" She asked in a soothing tone, trying to divert his mind but that seemed to anger him as he cried louder. "No, aunt Suzy! You can¡¯t put me to sleep like always.I will not sleep.I want to go to mommy.I want to go to papa" He cried and tried to push his way out of her arms but she held him strongly. She hugged him tightly, feeling really bad for the child. Both of his parents were in the hospital bed. What could be worse than this? "Shh baby, please don¡¯t cry.Mommy and papa are going to be so sad if they find out that you are crying so much.They are going to be so sad and even scold Aunt Suzy.Do you want me to get scolded?" She asked while rocking him back and forth. Atst, she didn¡¯t have any other way other than ckmailing him.She knew that he loved her a lot and did not say anything after that. And that¡¯s what happened.He quieted down after hearing her. "No." He mumbled out after a few seconds as he hid her face at the crook of her neck while wrapping his small arms around her.It was his way of telling her that he was going to protect her from everything. Suzanne¡¯s heart filled with love at that. "That¡¯s right, baby.So, can you please let Aunt Suzy put you to sleep? I promise when you wake up, mommy and papa are going to be beside you." She said while kissing his forehead and hiding her teary eyes in the process. Ace and Athena were so precious to her and she didn¡¯t even know why! Maybe that is what true love is. It doesn¡¯t have to be romantic everytime. She was grateful to the moon goddess for blessing her with this kind of love. Athena was just like her sister which she never had.Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "You promise, aunt Suzy?" Ace¡¯s cute voice pulled her out of her thoughts and she looked down at her innocent tear filled eyes with a smile. "I promise, my baby." She said while wiping away the tears which rolled down his chubby cheeks. "Okay, put me to sleep." Ace said while hugging her again, not saying anything else after that. That made her smile at his cuteness. So precious! After that, she started to hum a luby while caressing his hair and in a minute he was back to sleep.It is the same luby she sings for him everytime. "Love you, my baby." She whispered while kissing his forehead very softly and lovingly after putting him back on the bed.She covered him with the quilt. "Did he sleep?" Suddenly a voice asked from the door which made her jump as she wasn¡¯t in the right set of her mind.She turned around after recognising the voice. "You scared me.For how long have you been here?" She asked while walking toward his opened arms and hugged him. He immediately hugged her back and they both stood there for a few seconds, healing each other. "Sorry, love.I didn¡¯t have that intention.I was standing here for at least five minutes." He answered while kissing the crown of her head "I see." She nodded at him with a smile before answering his previous question. "Yes.He was crying a lot.God knows how he feels it every time Athena is sick or in danger! He always senses it and bes restless like this." Suzanne said with a sigh while looking back at Ace "The whole family is special, Suzanne Understanding them is beyond us." Nathan said with a small chuckle, making her smile as well But then he suddenly got serious. "Tell me something." He said while looking at her. "What?" She asked with a small frown. "What did he mean by you can¡¯t put him to sleep like always?" He asked with a small frown. He heard Ace saying that and for some reason, that felt a little odd to him. And also noticed how she put him to sleep in less than one minute. That was a little odd to him. Suzanne¡¯s eyes widened a little hearing that but she didn¡¯t let it affect her likest time and put on a casual smile. "Oh, it¡¯s nothing.I just¡­help him sleep whenever Athena is in trouble or busy with work and he doesn¡¯t like that.Because he thinks of himself as a big boy and thinks that he should be with his mommy whenever she¡¯s in danger.That¡¯s why he mes me." She said with a small smile while exining that to him. He seemed to believe that and at the same time he seemed to be impressed by it. "Did he even notice that? How old is he again?" Nathan asked in an amused tone, making Suzanne chuckle. "Of course, he did He notices so much around him.He¡¯s so smart." Suzanne praised in a prideful tone.She felt as if they were talking about their son. "He indeed is.After all Dominic and Athena are his parents.What else do you expect?" Nathan joked with a small chuckle but at the mention of Athena, Suzanne couldn¡¯t smile happily. A look of worry stered on her face and her eyes welled up again. "What¡¯s going to happen to them, Nathan?" She asked in a defeated tone. She was tired of everything happening to them. "Nothing is going to happen to them, Suzanne.They are going to be absolutely fine.They are stronger than this.They will fight through this in no time." Nathan said in an assuring yet confident filled tone. He was sure they were going toe out strong. "Yes.I want them to be happy.I want their misery to end, Nathan I can¡¯t see them like this anymore." Suzanne softly cried out, unable to hold her tears any longer. Nathan immediately hugged her tofort her but he didn¡¯t have any words to stop her from crying. "I want the same, Suzanne.Trust me.I want the same." He said with a sigh while sending a small prayer for both of them to the moon goddess. They stayed in each other¡¯s arms for a few minutes before she pulled away and looked at him with a small frown. "Did you talk to the doctor? What did he say? What happened to Athena? How¡¯s Dominic?" She asked in a eagered tone. A deep frown came up on his face after hearing her and that put a frown on her face as well. "You are scaring me, Nathan." She said and he let out a sigh after hearing that. "I don¡¯t know what to say, Suzanne. Athena fainted because of exhaustion and anxiety.After all, she shifted after so long.It has gotten into her.But she will wake up soon.But Dominic¡­" He trailed off, a nk look appeared on his face. "And Dominic?" She asked in a fearful tone. "He might fall into aa." Chapter 94: Meeting with the doctor Chapter 94: Meeting with the doctor "D¡­ Dominic¡­ Dominic¡­" The feeble tone of Athena brought Justin from his thoughts and he jumped from his chair. They were all taking turns into visiting here while taking care of other things.It was now his turn. He didn¡¯t think that she would get up in front of him and he didn¡¯t know what to do other than bing a nervous wreck. "Athena! You are awake! Doctor, doctor!" He shouted in panic and tension while literally jumping on his spot. She let out a loud groan as soon as he shouted, making him look at her with widened eyes. He looked at her in a way as if she would turn into a red wolf now and strangle him to death. "Ahhh! My head hurts! Don¡¯t fucking shout!" She snapped at him in irritation while holding her head with both hands. His eyes widened hearing him and he realised what he did. He gave her a sheepish look before helping her sit up when he saw that she was trying to sit up "Oh¡­ I¡­¡­am so sorry, Athena¡­ I¡­got excited! The doctor ising right away." He exined in a nervous tone, eaming an¡¯ unbelievable¡¯ look from her. "W¡­ water¡­." She looked away from him and coughed out the word while eyeing the water. "Oh right¡­" He eximed in a slightly loud tone which earned him another re before he put his hand over his mouth.He gave her another sheepish look before picking up the water bottle and handing it to her. "Here you go¡­" He decided to whisper this time. She immediately drank from there in one breath. Her throat waspletely dry. After drinking the water, she looked around in confusion "Justin?" She asked out of nowhere while looking at him in confusion. From her look, it seemed like she had just realised who was i n front of her. "Yes?" He questioned back in confusion. "Wh¡­where am I? Wh¡­what happened¡­.?" She stammered out in an anxious tone after analyzing her circumstances better. He frowned hearing her question. "You don¡¯t re¡­." He was going to ask but a voice from the door stopped him. They both looked at the door and found a woman around their age standing there. She was wearing a white hospital coat and had a stethoscope around her neck. Athena immediately recognised her as a doctor. The doctor walked in with a warm smile on her face. "Excuse me, Gamma.Could you please move a little? I have to check up on Luna." She said in a soft tone while looking at them with a smile still "Sure, sure¡­" Justin cleared his throat before moving away from Athena and making ce for the doctor. "Doctor? I am in the hospital? Why am I in the hospital?" Athena eximed out loudly while looking at them frantically. She was immediately on her defense mode. "Did she forget everything?" Justin asked the doctor in a worried tone. Athena¡¯s eyes widened hearing him. "Forgot? What did I forget?! Why am I in the hospital?! What¡¯s happening?" She asked loudly while looking at them for answers. "Luna, please calm down.And gamma, could you please leave us alone? You are not helping with the situation." The woman¡¯s face had a stern look as she turned to look at Justin and he immediately knew that he messed up.He gave yet another sheepish look to her before taking a small step back. "Oh, I am so sorry¡­ I will leave you to do your job.Please take care of her." He said with a small smile and after that he walked out o f the room after giving a small assuring nod at Athena who was still frowning at him. "Sure." The doctor nodded at him before turning back to Athena. Her smile was back on her face, "What¡¯s happening?! I don¡¯t understand." Athena snapped in anger and frustration while looking at the doctor who was her only hope in getting the answers she wanted. The answers would help her out of this confusion. "It¡¯s okay, Luna Calm down.Take it easy." The woman said in her soothing tone but unfortunately it wasn¡¯t helping Athena at that moment. She was lost at that moment and she needed answers to help her, not soothing tone. "Who are you? Stop telling me what I have to do or not and answer my damn questions." She snapped at the woman, irritated without any reason but instead of flinching or feeling upset by her behaviour, the woman smiled at her again. That irritated her some more. "I am Lisa. I am a doctor and I am in charge of you currently, Luna.I will answer all your questions but before that you will have to answer some of my questions which might lead you to your answers.Is that okay?" Lisa asked in a professional tone and at that moment Athena felt embarrassed by the way she was acting like a brat in front of her.She let out a sigh before taking a deep breath and looked at Lisa with a calm expression. "Okay, tell me what is it? And I am sorry for reacting this way and behaving rudely with you.I am just confused." She said with another sigh and Lisa smiled at her understandingly "I understand, Luna¡­" She started talking when Athena interrupted her. "My name is Athena.Please, call me by my name." Athena said with a small and convincing smile which Lisa couldn¡¯t deny. She gave her a small smile. "Sure.Athena¡­, so, tell me, do you feel any pain? Headache or any kind of body ache?" She got into her professional mode again and asked while taking up the notepad and pen to note down everything Athena was going to say "Uh¡­ I was having a headache a while ago when Justin was screaming but now it¡¯s gone.My bones are a little stiff but nothing much." Athena exined and they both chuckled a little at the mention of Justin "I see.You have been sleeping for more than fifteen hours." She nodded at Athena while noting something down but her words caught Athena¡¯s attention. She looked at her with widened eyes "Fifteen hours?! Never in my life have I ever slept so long! Athena screeched out loudly, catching Lisa off guard a little even though she was expecting this kind of reaction. She calmed down a little. "Don¡¯t panic, Athena.That must be because your wolf took this time to help you both " Lisa said in a casual tone while examining Athena¡¯s face. Athena seemed to get another shock after hearing her as her eyes widened once again "My wolf..?" Athena mumbled out in disbelief but the next moment a voice in her head spoke up ¡®Yes, woman, your wolf.Do you remember me?¡¯ The sarcastic remark forced her to believe that indeed her wolf was back.Her eyes lit up in happiness and she looked at Lisa with a big smile. "Oh my! My wolf is back! I missed her sarcastic remarks!" She eximed whileughing, making Lisa chuckle as well "I think you share a very special and interesting bond with your wolf, Athena " Lisamented with a smile "You bet! She is the savage queen ¡®Athenaughed some more while ignoring her frowning wolf at that moment. She wanted to finish her meeting with Lisa before concentrating back on her wolf Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "That¡¯s great.Do you remember when and how your wolf was back and the process of it?¡¯ Lisa asked after a few seconds while looking at the notepad for a moment before looking back at her.The frown was back on Athena¡¯s face. "What do you me- ?" She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when the sh fromst night came in front of her eyes and that¡¯s when something struck her badly. Her wolf¡¯s colour! Chapter 95 Chapter 95 In the room next to her Athena always knew something was wrong with her wolf. Not literally but she knew her wolf was a little different than others. From the time she first shifted to till the time shest shifted before her wolf was lost, she has noticed an unnoticeable change in her wolf¡¯s colour. She didn¡¯t know if she made sense or not. The first time she shifted, her wolf¡¯s colour was brown. in brown.She loved her wolf¡¯s colour. It was prettymon in colour but she didn¡¯t care, she felt special to have a wolf even. But after one year or so she suddenly realised how much her wolf changed its colour slowly. From light brown, it turned to deep brown. Then, over the years it turned to dark chocte and after she shifted after months yesterday, IT WAS FREAKING RED! She was a red wolf! ¡®Beautiful we are, aren¡¯t we?¡¯ The familiar voice of her wolf pulled her back to the present and she looked at Lisa with widened eyes. She still had a hard time believing everything. She still couldn¡¯t believe it. "I have a red wolf.." She stammered out in an astonished tone. "Yes, you do and you are beautiful.But do you remember anything else apart from that?" Lisa asked in a cautious tone while looking at her carefully. Lisa¡¯s expression made Athena frown as she tried to understand why she was acting like that. And that¡¯s when she got some more shes. She suddenly remembered why she shifted in the first ce. Dominic¡¯s painful howling, the pain she felt which couldn¡¯t stop her wolf from shifting. She ran to find him and then¡­ Her face filled with horror and she looked at Lisa and her eyes filled with tears immediately. "I am guessing you remembered everything, Athena." Lisa said in a monotonous tone, not letting anything show. The tears dropped from her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. "Yes..yes¡­ L.L¡­ Do..Dominic¡­" She stammered while already making preparations for running out. "Please calm down Luna.Take a deep breath and listen to me." Lisa said as she was already expecting this kind of reaction. Athena¡¯s face tumed cold and she looked at Lisa in the eyes. "Where¡¯s Dominic?" She asked.Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "I will tell you after you listen to me calmly." Lisa said in a calm tone and Athena was too shocked and rigid to say anything. So, she just simply nodded at her. Lisa took the hint. "So, you passed outst night out of exhaustion.You wolf took this time to heal you both.Apart from that, you have no otherplications, isn¡¯t that right?" She asked slowly and Athena nodded while holding herself with a lot of difficulty fromshing out at Lisa. "Yes, now tell me where Dominic is?" She demanded with gritted teeth. She didn¡¯t want to behave rudely with her once again even though she was having a lot of difficulty. "I will tell you, Athena.Please keep your calm." Lisa tried to calm her down as the main thing was yet to be revealed to her. "Where the hell is my mate?!" She growled and her eyes were already glowing. "He¡­he is in the room next to you." Lisa stammered out as she was afraid of Athena at that moment. She looked really scary at that moment and she knew irritating her at that moment is not going to turn out to be good. "Why is he here?! What is he doing there?! Why didn¡¯t hee to meet me when I was here?!" Athena eximed with a deep frown. She acted crazy as she got down from the bed and was going to run out. "I want to go to him." She said but Lisa stopped her at the right moment "Luna, wait!" She stopped by holding Athena¡¯s hand. Athena immediately turned around and growled at her. Her canines came out already as she dared Lisa to say something. Lisa immediately took a step back.. "What? Why are you stopping me from meeting my mate?" She snapped, her tone almost didn¡¯t sound like her.She didn¡¯t know why she was feeling so restless and uneasy. A heavy feeling was settled on her chest, making her feel really like she was going to g o crazy if she hadn¡¯t met Dominic at that time. "There¡¯s something you need to know before you meet him, Luna." Lisa whispered while looking down. She felt bad to even utter the news as she couldn¡¯t imagine how hard it was going to be for Athena. Athena frowned deeply hearing her and took a small yet intimidating step toward Lisa to hear her better. "What is it?!" She asked in a steel cold tone which made a shiver pass through Lisa¡¯s spine. "I think you remember what happened to himst night?" Lisa asked in a low tone and let out a sigh. There was no way of hiding things anymore and what¡¯s the point? Athena was going to know sooner or later anyway.She let out another sigh before looking up at Athena who slowly nodded at her. "Yes¡­ He was attacked with silver and he was bleeding a lot.How¡¯s he?" Athena asked in a soft tone, afraid of hearing anything negative even though her heart was already saying the opposite. But she could still hope, right? "We managed to sh all the silver out of his system but it was a little bitte.The silver already did its work." Lisa said while looking at Athena guiltily. "What do you mean?" Athena asked with a frown, tired of the hide and seek game already. But she still asked with the remaining patience. "It has entered his system a little bit and affected his wolf badly which is why his recovery got much slower than normal." Lisa trailed off, still didn¡¯t have the courage to say the truth on her face. But Athena had enough. "What are you trying to say? Be clear!" She snapped loudly and in a blink of an eye, her eyes glow red again, ready to lose control any moment now. Lisa¡¯s eyes widened and that was it for her as she sprouted out the truth. "He and his wolf were unable to fight the silver which resulted in him falling into aa." Lisa couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she felt a hard push on her side and before she could understand anything, Athena was already bolting out of the door. Chapter 96: Wants to talk Chapter 96: Wants to talk "D¡­ Dominic¡­! Dominic¡­ Dominic? Dominic!" Athena¡¯s voice trembled as she barged into the room where Dominic was and found him lying on the hospital bed lifelessly.She felt all her energy left her body at the sight of him. Different kinds of machine and wires were attached to his body. Two big bandages were wrapped around his stomach and his chest.He looked so defenseless at that moment. The man who never let anyone look at him in the eyes and talk wasying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed for goddess know how long. Could things be worse than this? She cried out as she felt her heart breaking at the sight of him but the moment she took a step toward him, to run to his arms and ask him to wake up for her and hold her in his arms, someone stopped her by holding her arm. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. She immediately stopped and looked at the obstacle with dark and dangerous eyes. A growl erupted inside her chest, making the man flinch. He looked like another doctor. "Luna, please calm down." He said in a professional tone while trying to hide the fact that he was intimidated by her. She tried to pull her hands away from him as she didn¡¯t want to have the same conversation with him as Lisa.She just didn¡¯t have the energy. But when the man tightened his hold around her arm, not letting her go near Dominic, she lost her calm. "Let me go! I said let me go.I want to go to my mate.I want to go to him.Leave me!" She shouted in fury and frustration while struggling against his hold. No matter what, she was still weak from yesterday¡¯s events. Also the news about Dominic weakened her a lot as well.She couldn¡¯t put up a strong fight with the doctor. "Luna, you can¡¯t meet him until you are calmed down.It¡¯s not good for him" The young doctor said in a strict tone. Athena was too busy to notice how he looked. She frowned at him deeply, finding his words utterly ridiculous and irritating. "Who are you to stop me from meeting my mate? Dominic? Dominic, see they are not letting mee to you." She couldn¡¯t handle the burst of emotions andined like a child with a defeated shoulder. The doctor looked at her in pity but that seemed to oil her anger. "Luna, please calm down.Alpha is not in a great condition.If you create ruckus here, that¡¯s not going to be helpful for him.You have to understand that." His word of advice made her lose herplete calm as she red at him. "Don¡¯t fucking tell me what I have to do or not! Dominic would have ripped your hands off for touching me, do you realise that?!" She snapped in a cold tone while looking at his hand which was on her arms, making him immediately take his hand away. No matter what she said until then scared him as much as herst line did. He was truly scared thinking what Dominic would do t o him if Dominic found out that he touched his mate.He gulped out loud while taking a step back from him while looking at her apologetically "I am sorry, Luna.Please forgive me.I was just trying to look after the alpha " He said in a guilty tone which didn¡¯t do anything to calm her anger. ¡®¡®You think you can help him by stopping me from going near him?! I am his mate, do you think you have more power than me in healing me?!" She snapped, finding him really stupid.She had enough of these stupid doctors. "I am sorry, Luna.I was just¡­." The man tried to say something when a voice from the door stopped him. "You can meet him, Luna." A senior doctor in his mid thirties said while entering the room. Athena immediately recognised the doctor from her yesterday.He is the same doctor whom she attacked and threatened yesterday. The memory made her embarrassed.She was embarrassed for acting like a brat. God knows what happens to her sometimes! "Doctor Ron" The previous doctor nodded at doctor Ron respectfully. Athena understood that Ron might be the one in charge of the pack hospital. Ron nodded back at him before looking at Athena with a soft and calm look. Athena was ready with a frown once again, ready to hear the same thing from him. "You can¡¯t meet alpha" "Hello, Luna.I am sorry on his behalf.He is a new intern and he was worried for Alpha.But I am telling you, you can go and meet him. You are right, only you have the power to heal him at this moment.We did what we could do." Ron said with an encouraging smile while moving away from Athena¡¯s away. He even pulled the intern away with him, making way for Athena to go to Dominic Athena looked at him in shock and confusion "What do you mean?" She asked with a small frown. She was confused after hearing different things for the first time. "His wolf needs healing and no one else but you can help him.Please help our alpha in healing.We will give you privacy Call us if something happens.Thank you." Ron said in a very mature and smart tone with a small smile. His posture was very controlled as well.She was feeling more guilty for her behaviour now. "I am sorry, Luna." The previous doctor said in an apologetic tone and with a small nod. She couldn¡¯t say anything to them but just when they were going to leave the room, Athena stopped doctor Ron. "Wait, doctor Ron¡­" She called in an unstable tone while looking really guilty. "Yes, Luna?" Ron responded with a small smile. She let out a sigh before looking at him. "I am sorry for the way I behaved with youst night.I was scared and was not in the right state of my mind." She apologised in a very sincere tone.She looked at him in the eyes to show she meant her words. "It¡¯s okay, Luna.I understand.I am d you brought him here at the right time otherwise things could have gone more wrong.And thank you for threatening me with my life.My love for my life made me work harder to do my work properly." He joked to make the environment a little lighter. Athena smiled a little after hearing the joke before looking at him with a grateful smile. "Thank you, Ron." She thanked him and he returned the smile back to her. "I will be around if you need me.Please stay strong." He said with a small smile before walking out of the room, not prolonging the conversation any more and giving her time to share the moment with Dominic. After they both left while closing the door behind them, it was only both of them now. There was no sound other than their heartbeats and the sound made by the machine. Unlike every time, their heartbeats weren¡¯t synced this time. His heart was beating slower than her. That showed how weak his heart was¡­ That made her feel sadder as she took slow steps toward him. Her leg was wobbling but she caught a hold of herself at the right time and kneeled down in front of his bed. She looked at him in the face. His face didn¡¯t have his usual frown on his face nor the cold look. It was just calm. As calm as his favouriteke. Just like the calmke, his calm face was saddening as well.It was breaking his heart. "How c¡­ could you?" She asked in a broken tone. The tears she was trying hard to block blurred her vision. She couldn¡¯t see properly. But she still didn¡¯t let those tears fall. "How could you be so cruel? How could you do this to me?" She asked but this time she couldn¡¯t hold the tears anymore. They rolled down her cheeks as he cried out while holding his cold hand. His lifeless hand. "Didn¡¯t you say that you are going to work hard to win my heart? Didn¡¯t you say that you are going to fight for me, fight for Ace, fight for us? Then how could you not fight for yourself? Why didn¡¯t you fight the silver? How could you fail in this?" She asked while shaking his hand hard. The tears were unstoppable after that. Her thoughts were making her too crazy as she struggled in voicing them in front of him. What¡¯s the point? Was he going to understand her? Or hear her, reply to her? No, but she was going to feel a lot better. "Answer me! Why are you quiet?! I need answers, goddamn it, Dominic! I want you to talk to me.The last time we were fighting! I don¡¯t want that as a memory when you are in aa! Get up and talk to me properly so that I can hang on.Wake up!" She shouted while crying.She dropped her head on his chest and continued to cry.She cried her heart out with the rhythm of his slowly beating heart.She raised her head after a few seconds and looked up at him again.She wiped her tears away which was fruitless a s more tears kepting down. "I¡­ I have so much to tell you.I have so much to share with you.Please don¡¯t make me regret my decision of not sharing those things with you before.I can¡¯t go on one day with regret.Any small regret makes my day a living hell.Wake up, listen to what I have to say and free me from this guilt.Please." She begged. She had a lot to say but didn¡¯t know where to start.She also didn¡¯t want to say all these precious things when he was in aa.But she couldn¡¯t keep them inside her as well.So, she badly needed him to get up. "I want to tell you so much.I want to tell you that I am ready to give us a chance for real.I want to tell you that I am ready to tell Ace about you.I want to tell you that Ace couldn¡¯t get a better father than you.I want to tell you that I¡­ trust you, Dominic.I want t o tell you so much." She whispered near his ear while dropping a kiss on his forehead.She wiped away the tears which fell on his face before chuckling through tears. The chuckle was filled with emptiness and was void of any emotions or humour. "Isn¡¯t that funny? Before we couldn¡¯t pass a day without fighting and hardly talked properly, and now I am bbering non stop When I was in front of you, ready to give my everything to you, you rejected me.When you were ready to give the world to me, I pushed you away.Moon goddess must be punishing us." She said in an empty tone while looking at the nk space in front of her nkly. She didn¡¯t know what else to think of this.She wanted to me someone to feel better and at that moment, the moon goddess was the easy target She knew she was wrong but she didn¡¯t know what else to do. Her back was touching the wall. "Don¡¯t say this, Athena." A broken voice from the door pulled her away from her thoughts and she looked at the door. The tears she stopped from flowing a few seconds ago, starting rolling down her cheeks again, without her permission as she stood up and ran toward the person standing at the door with open arms. "Suzanne¡­ Suzanne!" She eximed in relief and the next moment in pain as she hugged her. Suzanne hugged her back and they both stayed in each other¡¯s embrace "Oh my, Athena!" Suzanne eximed as she cried softly along with her as well. "Suzanne, see, he is not waking up. They are saying he went into aa." Athena cried like a baby. Suzanne was the only one on whom she could rely on and she was grateful to the moon goddess for sending Suzanne in her life. "Shh¡­ Calm down, Athena.Yes, I have heard it.Please don¡¯t cry.We need to stay strong in such moments.You need to stay strong for him, for Ace, for us, for the pack." Suzanne said while slowly pulling her away from the hug and cupping her face. She looked at her in the eyes as she said those words.She wanted Athena to hear her words and understand what she was saying. "I can¡¯t¡­ I can¡¯t, Suzanne." Athena cried, almost breaking down once again. "No, Athena.You can.Trust me.You can.You have to do this.You have to make him proud.You can do this, Athena.Tell me you can do it." Suzanne made her look in the eyes and said in a hard tone. But Athena still wasn¡¯t ready for this as she shook her head negatively, not ready to hear anything. "I¡­ I can do it¡­" She mumbled out while looking down. "We are with you in this, Athena." Nathan¡¯s voice from the door made them look at the door as Nathan and Justin walked inside the room with confidence and determination on their face. "You are not alone in this, Athena." Justin said in a serious tone. Their words and confidence were slowly getting on her and she started to calm down slowly. "But¡­" She still had the major thing on her shoulder which she didn¡¯t know how to face. "But, what?" Suzanne asked with a small frown. Athena¡¯s face fell at the question. "How am I going to tell Ace that his superhero-¡­" She had just started to share her problem with them when she was stopped "Mommy?" Chapter 97: The girl in his dreams Chapter 97: The girl in his dreams "Mommy." Ace cried out while hugging her neck tightly. Athena let out a sigh as she hugged him back, close to her heart. "Ace, my baby!" She whispered out while caressing his back lovingly. Patricia brought him to the hospital after he started crying for uncountable times, demanding for his mommy and papa. Athena walked out of the room and entered a small empty room with Ace in her arms. She didn¡¯t want him to make Dominic¡¯s room more stressful than she already did. And their friends gave them privacy by not following them. They understood that Athena and Ace needed a mother and son bonding time. "Mommy¡­ Mommy, are you okay? Are you hurt? Did you cry?" Ace pulled back from the hug while looking at her with teary eyes. He was caressing her face with his small hands, making her smile at the sweet and cute gesture of her son. "Oh, my baby.Calm down.Mommy is absolutely alright.See, mommy got no hurt.Mommy didn¡¯t cry as well, my love." She said while cupping his face and kissed all over his face. She expected him to giggle just like he usually does. But instead of doing that, h e caught a hold of her face and looked at her with a cute frown. "Your pretty eyes are wet¡­" He said while wiping a drop of tears which rolled down her cheeks as soon as she heard her baby. "Aw, they are? Don¡¯t worry, I just¡­washed my face.They are water.Mommy didn¡¯t cry, I promise." She said while kissing his little hands. How smart her precious little son was! "But I was scared.I thought you were hurt." He whimpered as he remembered something and hugged her again, making her worry. She hugged him again with a small sigh.She will never be able to understand how her little son always finds out whenever she is hurt. Just how?! There¡¯s no way for him to know because everyone around him always stays very careful so that he doesn¡¯t know. Yet, somehow he always does. "Why would you think so, baby?" She asked while brushing off the thought and asked in a casual tone while thinking how she was going to convince him that she wasn¡¯t hurt. "Because I had a dream¡­" He whispered out while still hugging her. His words made her frown a little. She pulled him back from the hug softly and looked at him with a small frown. "A dream?" She asked with her eyebrows raised a little. She didn¡¯t want him to think that it was something bad and get scared from sharing it with her. "Yes¡­" He nodded with a cute yet serious look on her face. "What did you see in the dream?" She asked while trying not to sound very curious. "I saw that you were in pain and crying.I was scared, mommy." He said in a trembling voice. His lips quivered as he talked. She could see that he was relieving the dream and was getting scared. "Shh..Don¡¯t cry, baby.See, mommy is okay.Absolutely fine.Mommy is not hurt at all." She said in an assuring tone while hugging him again. She felt guilty for not going to him first. How scared he was! Gosh, she felt guilty now! But the mate bond, that was as strong as her motherly instinct.She was stuck in between "But papa is, isn¡¯t he?" Ace suddenly asked in a trembling tone, catching her off guard once again. But this time it wasn¡¯t only for him calling Dominic papa. It was because of how confident he sounded while saying that Dominic was hurt. What was she going to tell him? She would feel very guilty in lying to him once again. "Papa.he he is ¡­" She stammered while thinking of ways to avoid this question. "I saw in the dream that he was hurt as well." He spoke up in a low tone, feeling very sad. She looked at him with a frown once again "Wh¡­what did you see about him, Ace? Tell mommy" She asked, she couldn¡¯t hide her curiosity this time. The fact that her son had a dream about both of them was a little bit odd. Not a little bit but a lot more odd. "I saw that papa was hurt.Someone hurt him.He was in a lot of pain.He was crying, mommy.Papa was crying." He couldn¡¯t continue his act of acting strong.He cried like the baby he was. Big fat tears rolled down his eyes, making her feel really bad. "Shh Ace, stop crying, my love shh papa is okay now.Trust me, papa is going to be alright soon.Please stop crying "She said while rocking him back and forth She was really worried now. He was hardly three and already seeing such dreams, what was that supposed to mean? Also, she was scared that he was going to get sick if he continued to cry so much. She needed him to calm down "Papa is hurt?" He asked while looking at her and wiping away the tears slowly she couldn¡¯t lie while looking him in the eyes. She gulped down her pain and slowly nodded at him ¡°Yes papa is hurt a little.You know how strong your papa is, right? He is your superhero, right?" She asked with a small smile, ready to coax him into her words. "No, he is my papa." He suddenly eximed in a stubborn tone while looking at her with a cute frown. She looked at him with raised eyebrows and an amused smile. He just keeps surprising her. The look of anger and possessiveness was so simr to Dominic. The thought made her chest fill with pride. She chuckled a little and nodded at him approvingly. "Okay, yes..he is your papa but he is your superhero as well, right?" She asked with a small smile. She wasn¡¯t going to raise the topic about Dominic being his father until he calms down "Yes." He mumbled with a small nod, looking at his mommy with concentration "Aren¡¯t superheroes very strong?" She asked slowly and he frowned a little as he was trying to understand what his mommy was trying to say "Yes" He nodded once again "Do they get hurt?" She asked once again, very close to prove his points. "Exactly, my smart boy.Papa will get well soon as well.You just need to pay for him. Can you do that?" She asked with a beautiful smile which he can never deny. He was happy to hear her words. "Yes, I will pray a lot for him." He eximed while pping his hands. He was happy to pray for his papa. "That¡¯s my baby! Give me a hug and a kissie!" She said with a grin while forwarding her face toward him for him to fulfil her demand. He immediately hugged her after giving her a kiss on the cheek. He pulled back from the hug and looked at her with a small pout "I want to see papa, mommy"He demanded while giving her puppy dog eyes which she couldn¡¯t deny. "You want to see papa? Of course, you will see papa! We both will see papa.But before that, you have to tell mommy something." She said with a small smile and he eagerly nodded, ready to do anything to meet his papa. "Okay, mommy." He quickly agreed. "Do you know that your superhero is your papa?" She asked while looking at him carefully to note down everything that shows on his face "Yes, mommy "He replied with a grin "From when do you know that?" She asked with a small frown "I have known that for a long time, mommy. But I don¡¯t remember¡¯ He replied while looking thoughtful but quickly shrugged his shoulders, not willing to work hard in remembering for his mommy. She frowned deeply after hearing him. Was his son turning three or thirteen? Why does he talk like an adult? He badly needs friends of his age instead of hanging out with Nathan and Justin "Did you call him a superhero even after knowing that he is your papa?" She asked with a raised eyebrow "Yes, mommy" He nodded his head with a triumphant look on his face, making her look at him in shock "Why?" She asked, unable to hold the shock in her ¡®I wanted you to surprise me Also, I didn¡¯t want to make you sad.You fight a lot with papa." He replied with a pout, making her look at him with a look of disbelief. This kid kept giving her shocks after shock. Her head was spinning already "Oh I am sorry, baby.For not giving you the surprise earlier and fighting with papa I promise not to fight with your papa anymore." She replied, getting a little sad remembering she won¡¯t be able to fight him now even though she wanted to "Yay! You are the best mommy!" He immediately got happy hearing her and hugged her in happiness. She smiled seeing him so happy "And you are the best baby in the world! She eximed back before giving him a kiss as well. But she pulled back after a few seconds and looked at him "Umm, Ace? She called him casually "Yes, mommy?" He immediately replied, he stopped crying long ago "Who told you that your superhero is your papa?" She asked with a look of confusion. She was going to beat Nathan and Just in if they were the one to leak this because she wanted to do the work "No one told me " He replied with a frown while trying to remember something "What do you mean, baby? Then how did you know?" She asked with a frown because she knew he wasn¡¯t lying. If no one told him then how did he know? "I don¡¯t know I just know " He replied with a small shrug of his shoulder, making her frown "Huh?" She eximed in pure confusion trying to make sense of his words "Oh, I remember!" He suddenly eximed, making her look at him with a raised eyebrow "What, Ace?" "I had a dream!" He eximed with widened eyes, making her frown Dream? Again? "A dream? You mean you saw that your super hero is your papa in a dream7" She asked with a frown, while questioning herself if she was being a stupid by asking him these questions After all, he was just a little child "Yes, mommy?" He eximed suddenly sounding really excited which confused her a lot "What did you see in the dream " She asked while letting out a sigh But she was a little shocked after hearing his next words. "I saw a little gul She is my friend She was very cute and she told me that my superhero is my papa when one day I was missing my papa " He said with a grin while sounding very confident about his words. She was totally confused at that moment But she left her hope of getting anything useful from her son because his words now started to sound like a normal two or three years old "A little girl? Your friend? That really sounds like a dream, baby " She said with a chuckle but he was still very excited in talking about this little friend "Yes, mommy! I just rememberedShe is the one who always tells me whenever you are hurtHe said while grinning ear to ear "Did you see her face?" She asked with a raised eyebrow "Yes, mommy " Did you see her in the yground? Did you see her anywhere apart from your dream? She asked while trying onest time to see i f she could make sense of his words "No, mommy She is only in my dream She is very cute.I will never forget her face When I be a bigger boy.I will find her and be friends with her " He said with a grin and after hearing that he was actually talking about a dream only "Okay.Ace.Thank you for telling me, baby She said with a small smile He grinned back "You are wee, mommy Now can we see papa?" He asked in a hopeful tone and she smiled down at her "Yes, but you have to promise something to mommy ¡° She said in a yful serious tone "What is it, mommy? I will keep my promise" He said, mimicking her serious tone You will not make any noise when we go to meet papa Papa is sleeping So, we shouldn¡¯t disturb him Okay? She asked slowly.making sure he understood her "Okay, mommy" "Very good You can tell him to stay strong, get well soon and wake up soon to y with you, okay? She said while picking him up from the hospital bed, ready to walk out "Okay, mommy I want to y with him again!" He said, already excited even thinking about it "I know, baby We will y together soon." She said while trying her best to not cry "Okay, now, let¡¯s go. Don¡¯t forget your promise! She said with a chuckle and he giggled as well "I won¡¯t!" He said in a promising tone as they walked out from the room with him in her arms. "Hey, Dominic." She whispered in a shaky tone. She didn¡¯t want to cry again. Not in front of Ace. Because if she starts crying now, Ace will start as well and they he will fall sick as well. When they entered the room, there wasn¡¯t anyone there. She figured out that they left, giving them some more time to spend together.She was truly grateful for having friends like them. "Hello, papa.How are you?" Ace spoke up in a really soft tone, scared of raising his voice a little. He didn¡¯t want his papa to get hurt. Athena smiled seeing Ace caring so much for Dominic. "See, Ace is calling you papa and you aren¡¯t even replying." Athena spoke up in aining tone while looking at Dominic¡¯s expression less face with closed eyes. How much she was missing his eyes! "It¡¯s okay, mommy.Don¡¯t get angry at papa again.He will replyter.I can wait." Ace suddenly spoke up while looking at Athena with a frown, ready to protect his father from another fight from his mommy. Athena looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "I wasn¡¯t angry.Hey! Don¡¯t use me to act like a good boy in front of him!" She eximed when she saw the mischievous look on his eyes. He was trying to tease her! What a brat! "But I am a good boy."He grinned at her while showing the mischievousness on his face now.He loved teasing his mommy. "Yeah, you are but you are getting naughty these days." Athena said while looking at him with squinted eyes but an amusing smile on her face. She was happy to see him so happy.She has never seen him so happy and it breaks her heart to think that Dominic wasn¡¯t there with them even after being there. "Now don¡¯t scold me.Papa isn¡¯t here to help me." Ace said with a naughty smile, pulling her from the sad thoughts once again and made her chuckle. "Okay, fine.Let¡¯s stop.Do you have anything to say to papa?" She said while stopping the conversation there. She understood that all three of them needed to rest badly.So, she wanted to take Ace from there and put him to sleep after feeding him something. "Yes, get well soon, papa.I want to y with you in the yground and tell everyone that my papa is the best and strongest.I love you." Ace said all those in one breath, making her smile. He leaned down and gave Dominic¡¯s cheek a small kiss, swelling her heart some more. She knew how hard she was trying to stop the tears "Get up soon, Dominic." She said as a long tear rolled down her cheeks without her noticing and fell on Ace¡¯s cheek. He immediately looked up at her face with a frown.He immediately got worried. She was quick to wipe away the tears and put on a smile on her face "Mama, are you crying? Don¡¯t cry." Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. His tone shook as he spoke up, making her sigh. "I am not crying, baby.Let¡¯s say bye to papa and let him rest." She said with a fake smile because she lost her energy of smiling truly by then she waspletely drained out. "Will wee back again?" Ace asked in a hopeful tone and she slowly nodded at him. "Sure, we will, baby.Let¡¯s go." She said while standing up from the bed and picking him up in her arms again. "Bye, papa" He waved his small hands at Dominic. "Bye, Dominic¡­" She whispered before turning around to leave with the intention of not turning back at that moment again Because she knew she won¡¯t be able to leave his side after that. ¡®I don¡¯t want any female nurse or doctor around, Dominic" She mindlinked doctor Ron as she walked out of the room with Ace Chapter 98: The responsibilities Chapter 98: The responsibilities FIVE DAYS LATER "How¡¯s Dominic?" Athena jumped at the sudden voice and the file which she was reading fell from her hands. She turned around and found the group standing there while looking at her in amusement.She quickly picked up the file before walking toward the table. "Well, hello, Nathan and everyone.I didn¡¯t realise when you came." She said with a small chuckle as she put the file down and leaned on the table. Everyone else entered the room and got settled on the couches. They were currently inside the office room of Dominic in his mansion But the only difference is that he wasn¡¯t present in the room. He wasn¡¯t there to sit on his chair like a king. Even if the chair misses him, she could say that. Even though staying in this room was suffocating, it was soothing in a way as well.He spent most of his time here.His scent lingered here like azy season. She loved to keep herself lost here. May that be in work or in his memory. "We could say so." Justin said with a chuckle before eyeing at the file on the table which she just put there. "You are still busy in that file?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Athena was handling the paper works on behalf of Dominic from the past few days. She didn¡¯t want to make any mistakes as these things are very crucial and everyone put a lot of trust in her because of her name. Goddess of wisdom. While she was handling the paper work, they all divided the work. Nathan was helping her in doing the paperwork and handling the work with other packs. Justin was handling the border and training while the girls were handling the pack together. They all are doing great group work even though almost failing in every step. But stumbling back on their feets with the support of each other. Those are the moments when they miss Dominic more than ever. If it was him, he would have handled those with a blink of his eyes. These situations wouldn¡¯t have urred in the first ce. "I finished it a while ago.I was just revising to see if I missed something." Athena said with a small smile while taking the ss filled with water from the table and drank from there.She was thirsty for a long time but she was so engrossed in the file that she didn¡¯t mind drinking. "So, what do you think?" Nathan asked while getting up from the chair and walking toward the table. He picked up the file and started going through it. "I have marked some uses with red marks which I think we should improvise and even added my suggestion in a few ces.You can check them and discuss with me again if you want.Other than that, the deal is good I guess." Athena said in a serious tone, while going through every use in her mind once again to see if she missed something or not.This file was a contract file from the neighbouring pack. The pack was rtively smaller than normal packs and very small inparison to their pack. But the Pack¡¯s speciality is that they have very strong warriors. They recently faced a crisis and asked for their help. So, in the exchange of helping them, they decided to ask for their help with their warriors in future if there is any situation which needs them. That was a good deal. "Look at you, already handling things like a great leader.You are undoubtedly going to be a great Luna but if you were an alpha¡¯s daughter, you would have been a great alphady." Patricia said with a chuckle, making everyone nod at her in agreement. But the look on her face fell immediately after hearing her and she looked at her with a frown.Nathan noticed the look on her face. "What¡¯s wrong, Athena? Why do you look¡­ worried suddenly?" He asked and that¡¯s when everyone noticed the oddness as well. "Alphady.From that I remembered something¡­" Athena mumbled out with a frown on her face as she looked at them. "What is it?" Suzanne asked in a worried tone. "The man who attacked Dominic."Athena started speaking but before she couldplete her sentence, Nathan snatched it. "What about him?" He asked in a furious tone. "He called me Alphady, for some reason." Athena said, sounding very unsure herself as she had a look of confusion on her face. "Alphady? That¡¯s weird " Patricia said with a confused frown. "Yeah, and from that I remembered, we never really had the chance to talk about what happened that night in detail because of all the things happening after Dominic fell into aa" Nathan got serious and looked at Athena. Athena looked at him as well with a small sigh after he reminded her how they couldn¡¯t handle things properly. "Yeah, that shows how important an alpha is for a pack.A capable and deserving alpha" Athena said with a sigh and everyone nodded at her as they couldn¡¯t agree more. "Okay, Athena.Tell us what happened that night in detail." Justin said, getting serious. He was ready to take some notes in his head. After the incident, things have been a little rough for each of them. They were doing their best to hide the news of Dominic¡¯s state from the neighbouring packs.It¡¯s not good for the alpha leader to be down in bed.It¡¯s an immediate threat not only to his position but as well to all the pack under him. So, it¡¯s very important the news doesn¡¯t get leaked before Dominic wakes up. Otherwise things are going to be different than how Dominic left it before going toa. Very different. But the day Dominic got hurt, the whole region might have heard his painful howling to know that something was wrong with him. The howls were so loud. They received many letters from many alpha¡¯s, asking about Dominic¡¯s state. Their days went by replying to their letters and in convincing them that Dominic was fine. "Before I tell you what happened, did you guys find out about that man?" Athena asked with a frown. She regretted not killing that man right that moment.She badly wanted his blood to avenge her mate. But at that moment she was so confused and furious that it messed up everything for her. But now she wanted them to find him at any cost so that she could finish him off by her own hands. "We are still trying to look for that man but the progress isn¡¯t much.Hope we can get some clues from you." Nathan spoke up, bringing her out of her thoughts. She looked at him with a frown.She wanted tosh out at him for not finding one man in five days but she knew it was useless.She couldn¡¯t me him as well Everyone has been going through so much that it¡¯s hard for everyone.She understood that but still the helplessness was two times stronger for her. Her freaking mate was in aa! "I don¡¯t know how much I will be able to help.But the man seems to hate Dominic.He was very angry at Dominic." She said with a frown after letting out a sigh. She clearly remembered the look on that man¡¯s face. It wasn¡¯t jealousy or anything.It was a look of hatred and pure anger.It was the same look a person has when he was terribly wronged by a person and he wants revenge. He was giving Dominic the same look, like Dominic killed his loved one¡¯s. While Dominic looked as confused as them at this moment. The look on Dominic¡¯s face said that he wasn¡¯t aware of what was going on either. Athena knew that Dominic was innocent and that damn man was mistaken. "There are tons of people who are angry at Dominic and hate him.It¡¯s nothing new.They are all jealous of his sess and prosperity.They are jealous of his position and title and want to get him down." Nathan exined exactly the same thing Athena was thinking didn¡¯t happen. They couldn¡¯t stick to that point. They needed to explore other options as well to find that man because the chances of what they are thinking are fifty percent. There are fifty more chances left to think about other options. She needed to tell them about it. "Yes, that I understood.But this man, he was different.He was using Dominic of something which he did.ording to that man, whatever Dominic did doesn¡¯t give him the right to be the alpha leader anymore." Athena exined in a calm tone. Nathan and Justin looked at each other in confusion before looking back at her for further exnation, "Could you please borate your point some more? It¡¯s not making much sense now." Nathan said with a small frown. He was offended hearing anything against his alpha and best friend even though he knew Athena wasn¡¯t the one to say that she was just exining them. "What did Dominic do? He always does the best for his region." Justin eximed in fury as well, ready to kill some ungrateful brat.He has always been the one with the hothead. "He didn¡¯t seem like he belonged from this region.And he was talking about some innocent lives that ¡®Dominic took''" Athena said with a frown as the words still confuses her. She doesn¡¯t believe one ounce that Dominic was even involved in something like that, let alone doing that.She was never going to believe that He was such a man who could sacrifice his own life and mate for the betterment of his people. So, doing something like that to other people wasn¡¯t an option at all. "Innocent lives?!" Nathan and Justin eximed at the same time as the previous frown cleared from their faces and they looked at each other with widened eyes. They looked as if they suddenly solved half of the mystery. On the other hand, Suzanne and Patricia sat on the couch silently, without making anyments. They were listening to them silently and carefully. They decided to keep themselves away from their business, "Nathan, are you thinking the same as I am thinking?!" Justin asked with gritted teeth, his eyes were shing golden as his wolf was already at the surface. "Exactly the same fucking thing! I am so angry right now!" Nathan eximed back while having the simr reaction as Justin. His wolf was at the surface as well. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. The girls looked at him in shock because it¡¯s not easy to see him losing his calm. If he did, the matter must be something serious. "Nathan, what¡¯s wrong?" Suzanne spoke up in a worried tone, unable to stop herself anymore. She put a hand on his shoulder to calm himself down a little and it worked but he was still angry. "What¡¯s going on?! What are you guys talking about?" Athena eximed in a wary tone. She was already sensing something wrong and she knew it was really bad for the guys to react like this. Nathan and Justin shared a look which clearly showed that they were considering the idea of should they share it with them or not. But they knew the girls are not going to let it go anyway hence they let out a defeated sigh before looking at Athena. "Do you remember that we were having some problems at the border?" Nathan asked her while giving her a pointed look Athena frowned hearing her. Of course she remembers it.It was the same day when the pack members went crazy and she had to get down on business to calm them down.It was the same day when Dominic increased their training after returning from the border. So, she remembers it clearly. "Yeah, on the same day the incident happened.I asked Dominic but he didn¡¯t say anything." She replied with a frown while looking at him impatiently, she couldn¡¯t wait to know what it was all about. "Well, yes.We didn¡¯t want to worry you girls regarding the border matters.That¡¯s why we all decided that we would keep this away from you girls.At the same time, we didn¡¯t want the pack members to know as well.Because it doesn¡¯t take such news to go overseas." Justin eximed why they didn¡¯t tell the news before because he didn¡¯t want the girls tosh out at them for not sharing this earlier, "What¡¯s happening at the border?" Patricia asked in a stern tone while ring at Justin which made him look at Nathan as he wanted Nathan to break the news. "Was happening.It stopped on the day Dominic was attacked.Before that we were finding dead bodies of people at our borders from different regions.And we recently found out that those bodies are from the South region." Nathan eximed in a calm and nk tone, ready to get rained on with the scolding. And not so surprisingly, it came from his mate first only "How could you hide such a big thing from us?" Suzanne snapped in fury. She started to fume already while having a dark and cold expression on her face. The look on her face was a little different than everyone else. Nathan noticed the difference but couldn¡¯t point out what it was about "We didn¡¯t want to worry you because it¡¯s something really weird and dangerous.Nothing like this has happened before." Nathan eximed in a calm tone while shrugging the thought of the weird expression of Suzanne, thinking he was looking too much into things. "South region? Isn¡¯t Stacey¡¯s father the leader of the South region?" Athena asked with a frown as she was trying to make sense of what she had just heard. The question made Justin and Nathan look at each other once again. They looked confused and uncertain about the answer of this question, earning a threatening growl from Athena which said, ¡®You better hurry and let this out¡¯. They immediately looked at her sheepishly "Well¡­ Yes¡­?" Nathan answered and his tone was filled with total uncertainty. The girls looked at him with squinted eyes which made him immediately look away from them. "Why don¡¯t you sound confident enough?" Patricia asked with a frown, not liking how they kept on discovering such things on the same day. It was too much in one day and she was going to make Justin sleep on the couch for this, for one whole week. Only then he was going to learn his lessons "Err Dominic has the better answer for this question.He knows better about the South region and Stacey" Justin immediately spoke up on their defence, putting all the me on Dominic to escape. But the damage was already done "Well, he can¡¯t answer now.But I think there are two possible reasons for this happening." Athena snapped at them, really angry at them for hiding such things from them. But it was already done and there wasn¡¯t any point in getting angry with them because Dominic was equally involved in this "What are they?" Nathan asked, getting serious again "One could have been the leader of the South region doing these deliberately but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s the matter.Otherwise he wouldn¡¯t have killed his own people.You would have found your people¡¯s dead bodies at the border.So, the chances of being the second option is higher." Athena said with a thoughtful look on her face as she was trying to think of any other reason but couldn¡¯t find any. It was not easy for her to find such reasoning when she was kept away from such things. She didn¡¯t haveplete knowledge about the pack and its rtions yet. "Which is?" Justin was the one to ask this time. "Someone is doing it deliberately to create misunderstanding between two regions and lead to a possible war." Athena replied in a nonchnt tone and both of the men looked at each other again. Athena looked at them to see what they got to say about this. "Dominic said the same.That¡¯s the reason he had ordered to increase the training for the pack members.We had also nned to send letters to other packs to warn them about it." Nathan exined and Athena nodded at them, finding it as the best solution. She already knew that they must prepare for a war but she didn¡¯t know the reason for the war was much more than what she was thinking "Did you get any replies?" Athena asked after a few seconds. "Yes, they are all supporting us.We sent it to the very reliable packs only.Because we have packs which are against Dominic like the shadow eclipse pack." Justin said while spitting the word ¡®shadow eclipse¡¯ as if it was something disgusting in his mouth. Athena rolled her eyes at his childishness even though she supported him in this one. The alpha of the pack was disgusting! "Could it be possible that Derrick the dick was involved in this?¡¯ Her wolf suddenly spoke up, making Athena frown at the suggestion. The possibility was really high.But she kept herself from sharing this with them. "And did you guys send any letter to the south leader?" Athena asked aftering out of the thoughts of her and looked at them with a frown. Sending a letter to the south leader was very important because sometimes things could be solved with words as well.She didn¡¯t have much idea about the south leader. "We did but didn¡¯t get any reply yet.I guess they got busy with the issue as well.But we are expecting a reply soon" Justin answered with a worried frown on his face and Athena nodded at him. "I have a feeling that the reply we will get is going to bepletely different from the reply we are expecting." Athena suddenly spoke up, making everyone look at her with a frown. "What do you mean?" Suzanne asked with a frown and Nathan noticed the difference in her expression and tone again. And yet again he shrugged it off. "I am guessing the man is from the South region and his attitude was a little different toward me." Athena said with a thoughtful look on her face. "Different, as in?" Suzanne asked in the same defensive tone, making Nathan look at her with a frown. Was she just protective over Athena? "He was¡­ very respectful toward me.He was showing me respect by bowing in front of me and kneeling down in front of me.He was saying many things which didn¡¯t make sense.I think he misunderstood me as someone else.So, if that¡¯s the case, they will be back to find this person whom he misunderstood me for." Athena exined what she thought and the words made a lot of sense in a very dangerous way. The boys shared a secret look between themselves before looking back at them. "That¡¯s going to be really interesting then¡­" Nathan muttered under his breath with a small frown itching on his face as he thought over what she said again. "Yes but it¡¯s going to be tough as well without Dominic.Because only an alpha leader knows how another alpha leader works.We will need Dominic to face them." Patricia spoke up with a small frown as well and everyone nodded at her. What she said was true "For that he needs to get well soon." Athena spoke up with a sigh. Her shoulders slouched in defeat. "How¡¯s he?" Nathan asked in a sad tone. "The same No progress." She replied with another sigh. "I don¡¯t understand why isn¡¯t he getting better? Why is his progress stuck?!" Justin asked in frustration as their doctor wasn¡¯t giving them any answers as well "Trust me that question hurts me too." Athena said with closed eyes to stop themselves from crying. "You are doing really great, Athena.We are very proud of you.Dominic is very proud of you as well." Suzanne said in a caring tone while walking toward her and hugging her by side "Stay strong, Athena He will wake up soon" Patricia said while walking toward her and hugging her as well. They three shared a group hug while the men admired them "I hope the same, guys I want the same" Chapter 99: Kissing his wounds Chapter 99: Kissing his wounds "Good evening, everyone!" Athena said with a loud and clear tone while having a bright smile. She was standing on the third floor of the pack house while looking down at hundreds of pack members who gathered around in the second floor and living room. They all looked up at her with a simr smile as her. "Good evening, Luna." The pack house boomed as they all wished her back together. Athena literally has to close her ears to stop her ears from bleeding. The noise was so loud but it was so heartwarming that she chuckled out in happiness. "I have never seen them wish Dominic so enthusiastically." Justin joked with a smirk, making Athena, Patricia and Suzanne chuckle. While Nathan smirked back at him. "He is going to hang you upside down from this railing for stating the obvious truth." Nathan joked and Justin¡¯s face grimaced thinking how true that was. "Well, they lose their enthusiasm as soon as they look at the strict face of Dominic but in reality they love him more than anything." Patricia said with a beautiful smile and everyone nodded at her. "That¡¯s so true and I am so happy because of that." Athena said and they all looked downstairs to see the pack members calmed down once again, waiting for her to speak up. She concentrated back on them. "You guys will not stop calling me that, will you?" She asked in a teasing tone while chuckling and the whole crowd once again joined her in this. The scenery was so beautiful.She wished Dominic could witness this. The whole pack is trying to be strong for her and him. She knew that they were being extra cheerful for her, to give her the strength she needed and she appreciated this a lot. "Why should we stop calling you that, Luna?" One of them shouted from downstairs, his tone was teasing as he pressed on the word ¡®Luna¡¯ "Look at this brat." Nathanmented from behind in an amusing tone. "You are our, Luna." One more person joined the previous pack member in teasing her and soon more and more people joined them i n the joke. "We have the right to call you that." "Or is it that you don¡¯t want to be our Luna?" "Don¡¯t you want our Alpha?" "Don¡¯t you love him?" They all keep teasing, making her look at them with widened eyes. She knew they were joking to get a reaction out of it and they were sessful in getting it when she blushed hard hearing them which gave them the answers they were looking for. "Oh my god! Stop your emotional drama.I see it all, people.I am your Luna for a reason." She said while pretending to be strict, making them grin at her ear to ear. That made her smile as well. They became happy when she called herself their Luna. "Yes, Luna.We were kidding.We know you love our alpha and you are never going to leave us." One of them shouted with never ending trust in her tone, making her look at her with widened eyes. As more and more people joined that woman in the trust list, she felt a huge amount of burden on her shoulder. But she wasn¡¯t going to let that make her feel low or stressed. She was going to use that as her power, as her strength to fight all the challenges. "I hope to never break your trust." She said in a shaky tone, afraid of the promise she just made. She really hopes that she doesn¡¯t have to face a time when she would be forced to break this promise.She would be really heartbroken if that dayes "We believe in you, Luna" They shouted together, giving her the confidence she needed to believe in herself. After hearing them, she believed that she would be able to keep her promise. She smiled brightly at them again, making them shout in happiness, "Also, we love to call you Luna." They were back to teasing her again and they allughed out loud once again. "Okay, okay I give up the conversation is never going to end this way." She said with raised hands to show that she surrendered in front of them. The environment was like this for a few more minutes before they all calmed down and looked up at him with a calmer expression "How¡¯s Alpha, Luna?" One of the seniors asked in a worried tone, the question worked really well in silencing the house as everyone looked up at her, eagerly waiting to hear good news. The hopeful look on their faces broke her heart as she didn¡¯t have anything to give them to him which could make them the happiest. "His wounds are healed and he will get better soon I believe.But right now he is beingzy and loving to see me work." She joked to make the environment lighter again and that worked as everyone chuckled out once again. "You are making him very proud, Luna." One of them shouted and everyone, including her friends, nodded at her. She felt very proud seeing the look of pride for her in everyone¡¯s eyes. And the thought of him being proud of her was giving her another level of happiness. "Thank you, everyone." She said with a smile. "Did something happen, Luna?" After a few more minutes, a question came up from the crowd and soon another question joined the worried question "What¡¯s the reason for this meeting?" One of them asked in a worried tone. She smiled hearing the worried tone and her smile removed the worried look from their faces. "Nothing happened, don¡¯t worry, everyone.I came here for a general meetup to know if everything is going alright for you or not.Do you have any problems which you need our help to solve?" She said while getting serious suddenly. She was back on her duty and professional mode which her friends admired from behind. "There¡¯s no problem, Luna.We are all okay." One of them answered on everyone¡¯s behalf. He was the head caretaker of the pack. His job was to make sure everyone was okay. Hence he could reply so confidently on everyone¡¯s behalf.He was a very trusted man. Hence everyone believed him. "That¡¯s good to hear.How¡¯s training going on for you all?" Athena moved on to the next question and she was interested in knowing the answer to this. "It was a little hard at first but now we got used to it."This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. One of the new warriors said. She recognised her because Athena had seen her struggle on the training track when she went to train with them. Athena was a great warrior from before. Robert always made all his thieves train hard because he didn¡¯t want them to make him fall into unnecessary trouble by getting caught. So, he made them all train hard so that they could protect themselves in such situations and her being his best thief, he made her train really hard to improve her skills along with making her strong. So, she was truly grateful to him for that. She shook her head toe out of those thoughts and looked back at them with a hidden smirk. Nathan noticed that and frowned a little but didn¡¯t say anything at that moment. "Do you guys need a little break from it?" She asked, sounding really concerned while trying hard to hide her smile and that¡¯s when all her friends understood what she was trying to do. She was actually testing the pack members to see if they were going to take advantage of the offer and take a break from the training. They were in a crucial moment when the training couldn¡¯t be stopped at any cost. So, she wanted to see how much she could trust them when the timees. But she was very impressed when she heard their response. "No, Luna.It was our Alpha¡¯s order to train hard.We want him to see that we are following each of his commands when he wakes up." The second head trainer said with confidence. "Does everyone agree with him? Or you all have different thoughts than him.You can tell me freely." She said with a raised eyebrow, still going on with the acting even though they already passed the test. "We don¡¯t want to stop the training, Luna!" They all shouted, making her look at them with pride.She smiled at them brightly. "I am very proud of you guys.Dominic would be very proud as well! Well done!" She encouraged them and they all looked happy after getting praised by their Luna. "Thank you, Luna." They all shouted together, once again shaking up the whole mansion. "This will be the end of this meeting.You can get back to what you were doing.Thank you, everyone." She said in a dismissing tone while smiling at them. "Goodnight, Luna." The second time in less than one minute that they shook the building. "Goodnight, everyone." She wished back and kept standing there as everyone started getting back to their previous ces. Slowly the whole ce got vacant with only a few people walking around who stayed in the pack house. "You are doing really well everyday " Suzanne said with a proud look on her face as she walked toward her and hugged her Athena looked at her with a shy smile before hugging her back. She didn¡¯t pull back from the hug and kept hugging her like a child would hug her mother.She looked at others while keeping her head on Suzanne¡¯s shoulder.She was in the mood of getting pampered at that moment. Everyone chuckled seeing her like that "You keep surprising us." Nathan said with a smirk, making her smirk back at him. "Well, I don¡¯t want Dominic to me me or anything and say that we didn¡¯t take good care of his pack in his absence." She said with a small shrug of her shoulders. "That¡¯s understandable." Justin said with a chuckle as everyone else agreed with hom "What are you going to do now?" He asked while looking at the hand watch. It waste at night already. "I am going to call it a day now.I am going home ¡®She said as she pulled back from the hug with a sigh Everyone looked at her with a worried look. She looked exhausted but they didn¡¯t say anything. They knew she wanted to fight her fights alone "Okay, Goodnight. They all wished her as she started to walk down the stairs slowly "Goodnight, everyone¡¯ She mumbled out as she was trying to look for the energy she needed to go home and face the situation there. "Sorry foringte, Dominic You know your son is getting very naughty nowadays.I was giving him a bath before bed when he suddenly started to y with the water.He didn¡¯t only get him yet but me as well. And then ran around the whole house before dinner. I can¡¯t handle him anymore He exhausts me ¡®Athena said in a cheerful tone while getting inside the room She closed the door behind her and walked toward the closet while talking She brought a towel out of the closet along with a box and shirt She kept sharing a few more moments shared with Ace while drying her hair. Then she walked toward the bed with the box and shirt and took a seat beside a sleeping Dominic "Hmm.So, Mr alpha Did you miss me?¡¯ He asked while slowly putting her arms behind his neck and pulling him up in a seating position She made him lean against the headboard before looking at his face with a smile once again As if he could see her and she was looking him in the eyes "Well, I missed you a lot. But now, don¡¯t get angry because I didn¡¯te here all day. Your pack is huge! The responsibility of this pack is huge as well. And let me tell you something, keep it a secret between us. I think Nathan and Justin are gettingzy. She said in a mischievous tone while letting out a chuckle as she pulled the first aid box on herp and opened it. She picked up a scissor before turning back toward him "Shh. Don¡¯t you dare to tell them that I said this! But it¡¯s the truth actually they need you to keep them on track Your one re continued speaking with a chuckle as she slowly started cutting her bandage around his stomach furst She kept on doing her work without minding anything or ever letting the thought of him not being there mentally lete in her head even for once "No! How dare I call you scary.I wasn¡¯t calling you scary. You are very handsome. The most handsome man in the world is that what you wanted to know.She said with a chuckle while moving to cut the bandage on his chest She threw away the bandages and looked at his defined body with a shy look on her face but she quickly shook all those thoughts away from her head and started talking again "You know what happened today?" She asked while bringing out the cleanser from the box "Let me tell you Today I was having a general meeting with the pack again and I nned to test them So, I asked them if they wanted a break from the hard training and guess what they said ¡®She said in a smiling tone while she started cleaning his wounds which won¡¯t need bandages again "Hmm look at this.Your wounds arepletely gone! You don¡¯t need bandages anymore.Isn¡¯t that great? She said with a smile while caressing the almost gone scars on his body along with the one she gave. It was fading slowly as well "But do you still want my magic medication? Well I am still going to give it to you, whether you like it or not.You can return them back to me after you wake up. She said with a smirk before leaning down and giving three kisses on the three scars Her face flushed red in blush as she quickly moved away from him. She was sure that she couldn¡¯t have done that if he was okay at that moment "Oh, back to what I was saying.They said they didn¡¯t want to stop the training until you said so .They are very adamant inpleting yourmand I was very proud of them.I am sure you are as well.They were so happy when I said that I was proud of them. Think what would be their reaction when you would say the same to him " She said slowly as the emotions suddenly overpowered her "Oh wait, let me bring the water." She said under her breath before getting up from the bed and running toward the bathroom. She pressed her mouth tightly as soon as she was inside the room and let some tears freely fall from her eyes. She didn¡¯t let out a single sound before taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down After she was composed enough, she walked out of the bathroom after filling out the bowl with water She sat beside him once again and wetted the towel by dipping it in the water Then she slowly started to wipe his body with it while sharing a few more things that happened that day "Okay, you are done cleaning up! Let¡¯s wear a shirt now She said while moving closer to him and put his body on her to make him wear a shirt which she brought from the closest. "Oh my god, you are getting so heavy.Gosh.You are supposed to Carry me around, not the other way around." She huffed when suddenly something on his body caught her attention. As she looked at it carefully, her eyes widened and her heartbeat rose. But she quickly got a hold of herself and acted like she didn¡¯t see anything and started talking like normal again. "But it¡¯s okay, I am not doing it for free.I am going to make you pay for it and be aware.The price is going to be really heavy." Sheined whileying him down back on the bed again.She slowlyy down on the bed beside him. Her head was on his chest as she listened to his calm heartbeat. The room fell into silence for a few minutes as she silently wept on his chest. "Look at me, I am going crazy.Talking to myself like a crazy person.Don¡¯t you feel pity on me?" She asked in a broken tone while not raising her face to look at him. She didn¡¯t have the will power or energy to do that.She wrapped her hands tightly around his chest as she hid her face on his chest. His shirt was getting wet pretty soon. "It¡¯s hard, Dominic.Everything is so hard without you.I may be able to handle the whole world but at the end of the day, I fail to handle myself.I need you to handle me.But when I don¡¯t find you that way, it gets harder.Please don¡¯t do this to me.Please wake up.Please." She cried her heart out. Her body shook miserably as she was trying to stop herself from crying but it got out of control once again and she didn¡¯t know how to stop herself. "Are you deliberately trying to punish me?" She suddenly asked in an angry tone but the next moment it was gone. And she felt helpless again. "Because you also used to handle the whole world and at the end when you used toe home, I was acting like a brat.Is that why you are doing this to me?" She asked as she remembered all those days he was trying toe close to her but she used to push him away. She badly regretted that but if only he could understand her. "Then please stop doing this.I am sorry.I promise not to leave you ever again.Please wake up." She cried while hugging her and she didn¡¯t realise when she fell asleep while hoping for a different morning the next day. A morning with his arms wrapped around her, not interested in letting her off the bed. Chapter 100: Odd Suzanne Chapter 100: Odd Suzanne "How are you Athena?" Suzanne asked in a caring tone while getting inside the living room. Patricia followed beside her and they sat on both sides of her. "Not very good." Athena replied with a sigh while leaning on Suzanne¡¯s shoulder and holding Patricia¡¯s hands. They both gave her a worried look. Patricia squeezed her hands in an assuring way while Suzanne rubbed her back. They were worried for her. "What happened? Are you okay? Is Dominic okay? Is everything okay?" Suzanne asked in a really worried tone, making Athena smile in gratitude. Suzanne gets worried for her very easily. "Dominic is still the same.Showing no progress at all.And about me, my wolf just returned after months.It¡¯s getting restless for a run.But we can¡¯t go on a run with the things going on.It¡¯s really stressful." Athena exined with a sigh, making them frown at her "Why not?" Patricia asked with a small frown, trying to look for the reason why she couldn¡¯t go for a run. "Dominic is not well.I can¡¯t leave him alone here.On the other hand, There is so much to do.So much work left to do which I am having a hard time handling.Also, Justin doesn¡¯t want anyone to go far for a run but I know my wolf, it¡¯s not going to stop until it crosses limits." Athena answered with a frown while pushing her whiny wolf at the back of her mind again. As much as she loves her wolf, it annoys the hell out of her sometimes. "I am so sorry, Athy.Things are going so hard for you.I wish we could help." Suzanne said in a sad tone but the fact that she couldn¡¯t do anything to help her was making her even sadder. Athena said and pulled herself away from Suzanne¡¯s arm and looked at her with a small sigh. A small smile was shining at the tip of her lips. She held both of their hands and gave it a little squeeze. "It¡¯s okay.Your support is what I need." She said as her smile got bigger when they both hugged her from the side.She let out a chuckle and yfully pushed them away. "Okay, now, let¡¯se to the main business now.Did you guys find anything?" She asked, suddenly getting serious, making them serious as well. "Well, not only a thing." Patricia grinned ear to ear while sounding very excited, making Athena look at her with a raised eyebrow. "We found a lot of things." Suzanne eximed back with a smirk as well,pleting the sentence for Patricia. Athena turned to look at her with the same expression which she gave Patricia "You guys sound so confident today.What did you find and why are you so confident?" She asked in confusion, their excitement for some reason got her excited as well. They couldn¡¯t concentrate on the matter from the past one week because of everything that was happening. But today things were less rough so Athena decided to concentrate on the matter again and after what she saw two days ago, she couldn¡¯t stop herself from thinking about it. "Well the reason for our confidence is your wolf.You wolf made it very easy for us to figure out everything." Suzanne asked with a serious look on her face. She was making points in head which she was going to present to her. Athena¡¯s face went nk after hearing her and she went a little cold. "What do you mean by everything? Do you know what significance the word everything holds?" She asked with a clenched jaw. She wasn¡¯t angry with them.She was just a little frustrated and helpless that she couldn¡¯t get things easily.She always has to work hard "Okay, sorry.Not everything.But a lot of things for sure." Patricia said, while correcting Suzanne¡¯s words on her behalf. "And what are they?" Athena took a deep breath before asking. She looked at them with a raised eyebrow, waiting to hear what they got "Well, let¡¯s give your precious things back to you first." Suzanne said with a giggle while they both brought out the things from their bag "Here¡¯s the symbol and papers." Patricia said while handling them to her which she took with great care before turning toward Suzanne. "And here¡¯s the crown." Suzanne said while handling the crown with a small frown which Athena didn¡¯t notice as she was busy in taking that with the greatest care. "What did you find? And how did my wolf help?" She asked with a confused frown, she was unable to understand how her wolf was connected with her past when there wasn¡¯t any sign of her wolf "Well, after your wolf shifted, we got to know that it¡¯s a red wolf.From a book we found that that red wolf represents fire.Red wolf has the power of fire I don¡¯t know if they woke for you yet or not." Suzanne said with a confused frown while waiting for Athena to give her confirmation "Uhmm..No, I don¡¯t feel any different or¡­ powerful, you know?" Athena replied in confusion while trying to remember if she felt any different. But she didn¡¯t notice anything. "That means they haven¡¯t woken up yet." Patricia said with a small nod and Suzanne nodded back in agreement, "Okay, what else?" Athena asked, pushing the topic aside for a moment. And concentrated back on other things. "One thing leads to another, and I have found that the symbol means fire as well.I didn¡¯t find anything else about the signs.Did you find anything in the book?" Patricia asked while pointing at the papers which had a few signs which meant fire in different ancestry language. Athena put on a nk face as soon as she heard them and looked at them with a nk face as well, which didn¡¯t give away much. "I did find something but I will tell youter.First tell me what did you find about the crown?" Athena asked, shifting the conversation to Suzanne now. Suzanne¡¯s expression changed to cold and distant as soon as she heard the question directed toward her. Athena frowned seeing the change of expression on her face. "Oh right, about the ruby stone.Every region has a special coloured ruby stone to represent themselves.And the red ruby is for the south region.But the question is, such ruby¡¯s are very expensive and important things.What is it doing to you?" Suzanne asked with a frown, her tone held a certain amount of anger which Athena couldn¡¯t point out why. "Also, why didn¡¯t your foster father sell it? He could have done that and been really rich." Patricia spoke up in confusion, earning a sigh from Suzanne. "Well, you can¡¯t just sell such representative ruby to anyone, Patricia.He would easily get caught.Such things aren¡¯t for sale." Suzanne exined and Patricia nodded at her after she understood it. Athena didn¡¯t say anything about it.She nned to have another meeting with her foster father once again "So, we found two things.Fire and red, right?" Athena asked with a frown and they both nodded at her. "Yes." They answered at the same time. "Now tell us, what did you find?" Suzanne asked with a frown, she sounded eager to know what she found out. "In the book, I found the tattoo on my waist." Athena said while mentioning about the book Patricia gave her the previous day. "What did it say?" Patricia asked, sounding really interested. But on the other hand, Suzanne didn¡¯t sound anything near that but it seemed like her mood was getting lower every passing seconds. "The sign stands for¡­" Athena stopped and created a little suspense before eximing that loudly. "SOUTH." "What?!" Before anyone could understand anything, Suzanne shouted out loud while looking at Athena with a deep frown Athena looked back at her with a simr frown, unable to understand the reason for her such expression, "Yes, and girls, I found something else as well."Athena said with a grin, making them frown at her while she ignored Suzanne¡¯s weird expression. She didn¡¯t want to think of anything else at that moment. "What is it?" Suzanne asked with a frown. Her tone was getting less and less warmer every second. "The letter ¡®N¡¯ was tattooed on Dominic¡¯s waist.That tattoo is the same as the sign in the book." Athena eximed with widened eyes, ready to get some reaction from their friends. She found the tattoo two days ago when she was changing his shirt. She changed his shirt before as well but as it was really hard for her to do it alone, she didn¡¯t notice it before as she was struggling with his weight. "What are you trying to say, Athena?" Suzanne asked, her tone was getting cold and colder. "I am not trying to say anything, Suzanne.I am not pointing out the odds.Dominic is the leader of the North region and he has the symbol ¡®N¡¯ tattooed on him.What¡¯s my rtion with the south region? Why do I have this?! These questions are making me go crazy" Athena eximed in frustration while throwing her hands up in the air.She didn¡¯t know what to do or what not to do at that moment. "No! You can¡¯t have any rtion with the south region! You just can¡¯t! Did you hear me?" Suzanne screeched out loudly while looking at Athena angrily. Athena couldn¡¯t stop herself from frowning anymore and she stood up as well. "Suzy? What¡¯s wrong? Why are you reacting like this?" She asked with a frown, unable to handle Suzanne¡¯s different and odd behaviour anymore. It was getting too much for her. She was already going through so much, she didn¡¯t need her best friend to act like that now "Yeah, it¡¯s not proven yet if she has any rtion with them or not.And what¡¯s wrong with her having any rtion with them?" Patricia spoke up in Athena¡¯s defence while looking very confused as well. She couldn¡¯t understand what was wrong with Suzanne suddenly as she didn¡¯t notice anything before. "They are the worst! I don¡¯t want Athena to have any connections with them.Let¡¯s just do one thing." Suzanne suddenly eximed while looking at her hopefully. She looked as if she just solved a very big mystery. Athena and Patricia shared a confused look before looking back at her. "What is it?" Athena asked with a frown. She knew even before Suzanne said anything that she wasn¡¯t going to like it. "Just stop finding your identity." Suzanne said in a dead serious tone while looking at Athena, waiting for her approval but no way i n hell Athena was going to agree to that. "What?? Suzy! What are you saying? We havee so far and you want me to stop looking for my identity? Why??" Athena eximed in disagreement while taking a defensive step back from Suzanne. Suzanne noticed that and she didn¡¯t like that at all. "What¡¯s the point of finding it now? Also, if you are connected with the south, they are our enemy.For them Dominic is in this condition.You can¡¯t forget that." Suzanne eximed in a mean tone and Athena looked at her in disbelief as she understood what Suzanne was trying to do at that moment. She was trying to guilt trip her and Athena couldn¡¯t believe that Suzanne would try this. For why?? "She is not forgetting anything, Suzanne.Think this way, if she really has some special connection with the South, she can help us sort out the problems with them.She can stop the possible war.We can¡¯t stop our mission now." Patricia spoke up in a calm tone, trying to make sense. She was trying to make Suzanne see the possible benefits of finding Athena¡¯s identity. Her words seemed to anger Suzanne more than making her understand. She gave them a nk and cold look. "Fine, do whatever you want! I just don¡¯t want to be part of this anymore.Good luck!" She snapped at them before turning around to leave without letting them say anything. Athena was too shocked to say anything at that moment but it was toote by the time she came out of the shock. "Suzy, wait! Suzy! Suzanne!" She shouted behind her but Suzanne was already out of the mansion with the intention of not turning back again "What¡¯s wrong with her?" Patricia asked with a confused frown. She had never seen her act like this before. Even Athena never saw her act like this before. "I don¡¯t know." Athena replied in a low tone, trying to make sense of what the hell just happened. "It¡¯s okay.She might have fought with Nathan.Don¡¯t let this get on your nerves, okay?" Patricia said in an assuring tone and Athena just slowly nodded at her. "Hmm." She said with a sigh and Patricia gave her a worried look. She didn¡¯t want to stress her more and let her have some alone time. "Okay, I will take your leave now.Take care and don¡¯t worry about it much." She said in a soft tone and Athena nodded at her mood was still off. "Take care." "Please, let¡¯s stay a little longer"Athena¡¯s wolf whined as she kept running with the air, without paying heed to Athena¡¯s word.Athena atst decided to go for a walk after making a deal with her wolf that they will roam around near and not go far.But the sassy bitch broke the deal after Athena gave her the control over them. Now she didn¡¯t know where they were heading to. ¡®No, we need to return soon.Dominic and Ace are alone there.We can¡¯t roam around like this and create some more trouble than we already have" Athena snapped at her wolf while fighting to get the control back but she wasn¡¯t fighting hard enough which is why she still couldn¡¯t get it. For some reason, she was feeling a pull toward the way they were heading to and she didn¡¯t want to stop until they reached the leave ¡®Nothing will happen.Just a little bit more" Her wolf kept running faster than ever, not listening to her at all. ¡®It¡¯s not the time for us to stroll around.Stop and let¡¯s go back" She snapped at her, getting angry and scared as she examined their surroundings, they were definitely heading toward the danger.She wasn¡¯t liking the chill she was feeling.She was feeling paranoid A little bit more.I want to check something" Her wolf¡¯s voice sounded in a daze now, making her worry some more. Why does she sound like this? Was something wrong with her wolf? ¡®Check what? Where are we going? Don¡¯t misuse the chance of me giving you the control" She threatened while trying to fight back for the control over again but this time Athena didn¡¯t stand the chance in front of her wolf because the more they went closer to their destination, the more powerful her wolf was getting. Where is this destination?! And why was she feeling so different suddenly? She was feeling a lot powerful. The overpowering feeling was making her suffocate.I am not misusing it.I am just feeling a pull over a ce and I want to check it out.For some reason I think it¡¯s going to benefit both of us" Her wolf growled and the growl sounded very different as well. Something was definitely wrong. ¡®Where¡¯s this ce? We can¡¯t cross our borders" She said, sounding frantic to stop themselves. But her wolf was suddenly sounding really confident. That confidence rxed her a little bit. ¡®Don¡¯t worry, we are not going to cross it¡¯her wolf said as it slowly started to decrease its speed.She also felt like they reached the ce they were trying to reach. ¡®Would you please tell me where it is?¡¯ She asked, still unable to locate their surroundings even though it looked very familiar to her ¡®We reached¡¯ Her wolf suddenly spoke up in a very excited tone, making her confused and the next moment she raised her head, she got a shock Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "The centre! Theva mountain! What are we doing here?¡¯ She screeched out loudly, suddenly scared again. Theva mountain and theke was the centre of the regions. The calmke was just beside theva mountain, ever so calm like ever. ¡®I don¡¯t know.It was calling me.Wanna try something with me?¡¯ Her wolf sounded excited and her excitement wasn¡¯t giving her a nice vibe yet at the same time it excited her as well. She wanted to check out whatever she wanted. ¡®What?¡¯ She asked with a small frown. ¡®You already know we have the power to control the fire.Wanna try it?¡¯ Her wolf asked with a smirk, making her eyes widened in fear and anxiety. But she still felt goosebumps even at the thought of trying her powers out. ¡®How?¡¯ She asked slowly and waited for an answer but her wolf didn¡¯t answer her. Instead out of nowhere, it suddenly howled out loud, making the whole area shake. But it was after a few seconds that she realised it wasn¡¯t her howl which shook the ground, it was the volcano. The volcano erupted along with her. To check it, she growled out once again and the volcano made a growling sound just after her as if following hermand. ¡®Oh my god, what the hell was that?!¡¯ She asked her wolf shock and disbelief but she could get a reply, a voice from the back got their attention. "Are you trying to misuse your power and bum us all or what?!" Chapter 101. Chapter 101. The strongest forces "Thea? What are you doing here?" Athena asked in confusion after finding her very close friend standing in front of her and looking at her with a smirk. She shifted back to her human form after finding Thea there. "Shouldn¡¯t I be the one asking you this question? What are you doing here?" Thea asked while walking closer to Athena while Athena wore the undergarments and robe she brought with her. "What do you mean?" She asked with a frown while trying the knot of her robe "Your mate is sick back there and you are roaming around here, misusing your power." Thea teased. Athena rolled her eyes hearing her "How do you know about Dominic? And what power are you talking about?" Athena asked with a frown "Did you forget that I am a witch, Athena?" Thea asked in a smug tone. "Did you use your magic to keep your eyes on us?" Athena asked in disbelief but she let out a sigh after that because she didn¡¯t expect more than that from Thea. Thea was a dirty witch with nice intentions for the people she loved. And Athena was on the list. "To keep my eyes on our and my little pumpkin.I don¡¯t want you both to be in any trouble.Because trust me, sometimes I feel like the whole universe is against you both." Thea chuckled with a roll of her eyes. She acted as if she was angry but in reality she was angry and Athena could say that. "So, you came here following me intentionally?" Athena asked with a raised eyebrow "Duh, yes." Thea said with a roll of her eyes. "You didn¡¯t have to be so savage and smug about it and tell me what you want to tell me." Athena said with a sigh as she sat down on the ground. Her feets were aching from running so much. Thea joined her on the ground. "I came here to free you from two of your biggest miseries." She said with a small smile, earning a frown from Athena. "And what are they?" Athena asked "One, your recently discovered power.And two..?" Thea stopped herself in the middle and looked at Athena, "Two?" She asked with a frown, waiting for her to continue her words, "Dominic." "Dominic? How can you help with Dominic?" Athena asked in confusion but with a hopeful look on her face. "Calm down, pretty bitch.Let¡¯s go step by step." Thea said with a smirk. "You are a mean bitch, do you know that?" Athena scowled at her. "I will take that as apliment.Now tell me, do you know what just happened now?" Thea asked, getting serious. "Err.No, but I guess I was able to control the¡­ Fire? I think I was able to erupt the volcano?" Athena said in confusion, not sure of what she was saying "Absolutely correct.I havee here to study you about your wolf and your powers.Because as a witch, we study it more carefully than those bratty wolf dogs." Thea said in a teasing tone, immediately earning a re from Athena. "Hey!" She shouted at her while ring at her. "No offense to you because you are a pretty bitch." Thea gave her a cheeky smile. "Tell me what it is." Athena said, jumping on the main topic. "As a red wolf, you have the power of fire. You have two major powers regarding fire apart from many other small powers." "What are they?" "One, you can control the fire.Any kind of fire.Make a small fire turn into a disaster and tame down a disaster within seconds.You can light up a fire and burn everything into ashes using one single hair from your wolf¡¯s body" "That sounds so unreal." Athena eximed in astonishment "I know but there are drawbacks as well." Thea said with a frown, Athena looked at her with a simr expression "What is it?" "You can be tamed easily by another force of power." "And what is that?" Athena asked as she didn¡¯t like the sound of it. "The water." Thea answered, making Athena confused. "The water?" "And guess who¡¯s that person?" "Who?" "Your mate.Dominic." That came as a big shock for Athena. "Dominic?" She eximed in shock and disbelief. "Yes." "He holds the power of water.All your mighty power would fall empty in front of him.He can easily tame you.But you don¡¯t hold the power to do the same to him and that¡¯s the drawback." Thea exined. "Is that why we are mates?" Athena wondered, feeling really special. "That is why you are mate and that¡¯s why you guys are stupid to reject the mate bond." Thea scowled at her. "Will you ever stop?" Athena said with a frown. "Nope." "Fine, whatever! Now tell me how can I help Dominic? It¡¯s a must for him to wake up." Athena asked in a desperate tone and Thea let out a sigh. "I know and here¡¯s how I can prove that you guys are stupid once again." She said with a smirk, making Athena frown "How?" "Dominic didn¡¯t take back the rejection and you didn¡¯t do anything to make him take it back.If the rejection was gone, you could have easily broken the magic." Thea stated in a ¡®duh¡¯ tone, making Athena look at her with a frown as a word stuck to her. "The magic?" She eximed in shock and confusion. "Oh yes, the silver of the arrow was made with magic which is why every treatment was failing on him." Thea broke another news t o her and that angered Athena beyond limit. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "What the fuck?!" She eximed loudly in shock and fury. "Yes." "Then how can I free him from the magic?" Athena demanded to know as she was furious as well as desperate. Thea looked at her with a smirk, she knew she was going to love the look on Athena¡¯s face when she told her the solution. "You need to mark him." And the expression was priceless. "Did you hear it?" A voice from the dark said while looking out the window, looking at therge mountain "Yes, I did." Derrick¡¯s rough voice grumbled out the world. "Do you know what that means?" The man from the dark side said in anger. "Yes, Athena is aware of her powers now.She knows who she is now and that¡¯s bad for us." Derrick answered with gritted teeth. "Exactly.If she learns to control her powers properly before we do something, we will be doomed." The man said. "I know. You don¡¯t need to tell me that." Derrick grumbled out as he still caressed the wound which Dominic gave him thest time. "This day wouldn¡¯t havee if you were fast and smart enough to find out about her power and over power it." The man said in an annoyed tone while ring at Derrick. "Two strong witches were protecting her.What do you expect from me?" Derrick eximed with a roll of his eyes, feeling really irritated "I expect nothing from you now.You already did enough to break my trust." "Don¡¯t put all the me on me when you failed to do shit as well.Your dear daughter is in the dungeon of Alpha Dominic¡¯s pack Not only she failed to mark alpha Dominic, she messed up so fucking bad that now we have to rescue her." "I am going to destroy Alpha Dominic for doing this to my daughter.Trust me, his days are near.I will prove it to him once again that he stands no chance in front of me." The man said with gritted teeth while Derrick rolled his eyes at him. "You will not stand any chance in front of him if Athena and Dominic mark each other.They are going to be the strongest force ever." Derrick stated the obvious, making the man angrier. "That¡¯s why I started this game of war.Now we need to provoke our trump card a little more for him to dere the war before Dominic wakes up.Things will be under my control again." The man said as he laughed out loud like a maniac. "What if Dominic wakes up before that?" "There is still going to be a war.That¡¯s enough to do the damages.And we will get what we want in no time then." "And what is it that you want?" "The North and the South region.These two reasons have always been the strongest force from eternity.The moon goddess created these two regions with great care which is why these two are filled with more power and more mystery.And I am going to own it all if I can defeat the holders of these powers." "Who are the holders?" Derrick asked in confusion. "Dominic and Athena." Chapter 102: Marking him Chapter 102: Marking him "D.Dominic.I .I .found a way to heal you." Athena cried out in happiness as she got inside the room and fell on the bed, on top of him.She couldn¡¯t control her happiness after finding out the way of healing him. "Oh my god! I am so happy! B¡­but¡­ But it needs¡­ It needs me to mark you." She mumbled out in a nervous tone. "I.I am scared, Dominic¡­ I am very scared." She cried out softly. "If¡­ If¡­after waking up¡­ You don¡¯t take your rejection back, if¡­ if you ever reject me again¡­ I am going to die, Dominic.I am going t o turn into ashes.Did you hear me?" She asked while shaking him by the cor of his shirt. "I¡­I know, I trust you.Trust me, I trust you a lot.I am ready to die for you.But I don¡¯t want the death of betrayal.I am not going to get peace even after dying like that." She cried while keeping her head on his chest. She suddenly raised her head and looked at him in determination while wiping her tears away. "So, at this moment, I am putting my life at the power of your palm again.You either protect it in the strong fist of yours or crush it under the strong fist of your." She said as her eyes glowed red like some burning fire and her canines came out. "I am sorry for marking you without your permission.Hope you know why I am doing this and understand me¡­" She stopped i n the middle ofpleting her sentence.She was deciding if she shouldplete it or not. "I love you." She mumbled out atst, thinking what if she gets this opportunity again or not. With that thought, she lowered her head near his neck. She didn¡¯t let any other thoughts block her mind and inserted her canines a t the flesh of the crook of his neck, marking him under the bright moonlight, keeping the moon goddess as a witness. "UGH!!" A loud growl grumbled under her and she quickly pulled herself away to find Dominic groaning in pain. He moved his face and body a little while slowly opening his eyes. "Do¡­ Dominic! Dominic! You are awake! You woke up! Oh my god! This actually worked!" She eximed out in happiness. "A¡­ Athena¡­" He mumbled out after a few adjustments with the sudden surroundings. "Yes yes, Dominic¡­ You want to tell me something?" She asked with a worried frown, not ready to hear anything from him. "Ye¡­yes¡­" he breathed out. "What is it? No, wait. That can wait.First, let me give you water.Are you feeling any pain? Do you want me to call the doctor?" She blubbered out in worry. She was overwhelmed with feelings which weren¡¯t letting her think properly. "Shh shh¡­ I want to tell you this now." He opened his eyes widely and looked at her in the eyes while breathing hard. "No, that can wait, Dominic." She said in an adamant tone, she didn¡¯t want to hear anything from him. She was scared of some disaster if he said something wrong. "This can¡¯t wait anymore.This has to be done now only.I have waited long enough.I have taken enough time.Not anymore." He said in a serious tone. His tone showed that he wasn¡¯t going to listen to anyone. "Do¡­ Dominic¡­ I¡­ Don¡¯t think you know or not but¡­¡­ I am going to die if you reject-¡­" She started to mumble out when he shut her up with a kiss and when he pulled back from the kiss, his next set of words silenced herpletely. "I, alpha of alphas of South region, Alpha Dominic, I take back my rejection and ept you, Athena, as my mate, if you ept our mate bond as well." He voiced out in arge and clear tone while looking her in the eyes.She cried out softly after his words registered on his head. "I what? L I thought you were going to reject me¡­" "How could you even think so, Athena? How could you think that I would reject you after all these?" He asked while sitting up and looking at him with teary eyes. "I was scared¡­ Dominic." She couldn¡¯t stop the tears from falling down. "Shh don¡¯t cry.Don¡¯t think I am ever going to leave you again.You are mine.I am never going to let you go." He said while pulling her on his chest and hugging her in an assuring way. "Did you take the rejection back because." She couldn¡¯t help but wonder if he was doing this as a payback "No It hurts to know that you think I took the rejection back because you saved my life.But that¡¯s not true.The day all these happened, I went out for a run to think of ways to win you back again and that¡¯s when I realised the mistake I was making.As soon as I realised it, I was on my way to run back to the pack but I was attacked" He exined. "You n to take back the reaction that day only?" She asked with happy tears. "Yes, my love." He said with a big smile. "Oh my goodness! You don¡¯t know what a big relief it is to know that." She eximed in happiness while throwing her arms around him. "Thank you so much for saving my life, Athena," He said in a grateful tone while wrapping his hands tightly around her. "How couldn¡¯t I? You are my mate, Dominic.You are my everything.I would have died if something had happened to you." She mumbled out on his chest as the tears kept rolling down her eyes. "But you haven¡¯t replied to me yet." He suddenly spoke up, making her confused. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "About what?" "Do you ept our mate bond and take me as your mate?" He asked in a hopeful tone and the bright smile on her face already gave him his answer "Yes! Yes, I, Athena, take you, alpha of alphas, alpha Dominic as my mate and life partner." She said with a beautiful smile and he immediately pulled her into a kiss. They kissed like they were dying without each other and poured all their emotions into that.They stayed in each other¡¯s arms for a few minutes in peace and silence. "A lot of things happened in this one week, Dominic." She suddenly spoke up. "I know." He answered, making her look at him with a frown. "How?" "I wasn¡¯t in aa, Athena." "What?! Were you acting then?!" She eximed loudly in shock and disbelief. "No, silly.I was under the magic.All my senses were active.I could hear you, smell you, feel you, sense you but couldn¡¯t open my eyes or move at all.That¡¯s because of the magic." He exined and she nodded at him, understanding what he meant. Then suddenly she remembered something. "Does that mean you heard everything?" She asked with widened eyes, already trying to remember if she had said something she shouldn¡¯t have or anything like that. Oh god! She talked so much with him! If only she knew, she would have controlled herself a little. ¡®¡®If you had known, wouldn¡¯t you have marked him fast to wake him up, silly?¡¯¡¯ Her over smart wolf spoke up, making her push her back, just like always. "Everything." Dominic spoke up with a smirk, his hold around her got tightened as a teasing look appeared on his face. She gulped seeing that as she knew he was not upto any good. "From when?" She asked in-a nervous tone while looking at him carefully. But she became a little confused when she looked at the sad smile on his face as his eyes dropped from her face andnded on the nk space ahead him. "From the start.From the time you threatened the poor doctor on my name till yourst words, I heard everything." He spoke up with a small smile at the corner of his lips. He was trying to make it less saddening but what he went through was really worse for an alpha.He was so helpless that it was agonizing. "Wasn¡¯t it painful?" She asked in a careful tone while inching close to him to give him the much needed comfort which he craved. She wrapped her warm hands around him. "It was but at the same time it was very interesting as well.Sometimes it made me feel so helpless and sometimes it made me feel so special."He said with a small chuckle at the memory. She looked at him with a little bit of confusion, unable to understand what was going through in his mind. "What are those times when you felt helpless the most?" She asked in a soft tone. She could feel his heartbeat increase and lips tremble.She understood it wasn¡¯t a good experience.She got up and sat on hisp on her own and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his neck on her chest.She wanted him to hear her heartbeat which might help him calm down. "The times when you cried on my chest, I felt the most helpless that time.I felt so angry that I couldn¡¯t hold you back and stop you from crying.I tried so hard to break free the curse but couldn¡¯t and that¡¯s when I felt most helpless.Apart from that, I could feel how restless you all were with the pack issues and I couldn¡¯t do anything to help you all.It was very painful as well because I felt like I was failing you all as your Alpha." He said as his voice trembled and his hold tightened around her as if he started to feel his body unable to move just like when he was in thea. "Don¡¯t think like that.You are the best alpha anyone could get and your friends and pack members know that as well." Athena said in a strong tone while making him look him in the eyes. She wanted him to believe what she just said. The small smile on his face told him that he believed her. "These are times when I felt happy and grateful.To know how much I meant to my friends was really great.I always knew they loved me but this incident proved it once again and I am very grateful to my pack members as well for knowing from you that they were ready to fight for me to protect me.I can¡¯t thank the moon goddess enough for this." He said in a happy tone while snuggling close to her The position was like heaven to him. Her on hisp, their arms wrapped around themselves. Their heart beating in sync and what else they could ask for? "Yes, you are very lucky to have them as your pack members.And I am very lucky to have you as my mate." "I should be the one to say that." "Was there any time when you enjoyed being in your state?" "Of course." He said with a smirk, making her look at him with a raised eyebrow. "Really? When?" "When you used to bber sweet things to me, thinking I wasn¡¯t listening.And the time, when you used to look at me and touch m e lustfully in the name of changing the bandage." He teased and her eyes widened hearing him. "Dominic!" "What? Are you going to deny that you didn¡¯t enjoy touching my hot body!?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "No!" She flushed red hearing him. "Okay, then, I remember we had a deal." He said with a smirk, making her confused. "What deal?" She asked. "That I am going to return all your touches back to you as a payment for healing me." He said while wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her on hisp. "What?! No! This wasn¡¯t the deal-¡­!" "Shh¡­now I am going to return all your touches back to you." Chapter 103: Pleasuring her Chapter 103: Pleasuring her Dominic slowly freed herself from the rob she was wearing after the run.The rob fellzily around her waist as she was sitting on the bed.Her breath hitched as she sat there with her bare front right in front of him, just with a bra. cing his face just above her shoulder, his lips touching her ear, making her lean back at him. He held her hand and brought it up.He locked her fingers with each other at the back of his head, as a result, her bust pushed up into the air.Her head was on his shoulder "Keep them there." He ordered taking his hands back from her, freezing her movements with his cold stares. "Rx and take a deep breath." He ordered once again and she obeyed him once again. He had again overpowered her mind and now it was working ording to his will. She didn¡¯t have any control over it. Just like she didn¡¯t have years ago.She took a deep breath and her chest heaved up which made him curse under his breath. His lips were very close to her ear so it was not hard for her ears to catch it. "Leave your body free, Athena." He guided her and she loosened herself and ced her head on his chest. "Forget about your fears, difort, scars and responsibilities, everything, just remember me and my touches and the effect my touches were leaving on you.Let me touch your soul." His words were leaving her in a breathing mess.His hands were not touching her at the moment, but his hot breaths were enough for her to get breathless. The tip of his fingers brushed the bare skin of her waist making her squirm under his touch, as she felt tickles over her skin. She shivered at that. "Sit still." He ordered once again but this time in a hoarse voice, halting her movements.His fingers moved up towards her breast in a very slow and tantalising way. His fingers were touching her like a feather, like they were teasing her, sending a wave down her body, making her shudder under his touch. His hands stopped at her boobs. He waited for a few seconds to let her rx before cupping them when he didn¡¯t receive any kind o f resistance from her side. The mere thought of resistance flew away from her brain minutes ago. The only thing that is dominating her mind at the moment was just him and his touch, the exact things he wanted. The exact thing she wanted. He squeezed her full boobs, with hisrge palms and ced his hot yet soft lips behind her earlobe which made her shut her eyes more tighter than before and ckout from the world. She could see nothing else than the darkness and could feel nothing else than his sinister hands and lips, doing traitorous things, making her feel good and rx for some weird reasons. She didn¡¯t know what was happening to her but the way he is doing it is feeling too good and too wrong to resist. He kneaded her boobs. It was painful yet pleasurable as he ced another hard yet soft kiss just below her ear before losing his grip on her assets. Just when she was going to release a breath, he squeezed them again and ced another kiss one millimetre below the previous one. He kept on doing this until he reached her shoulder where the strap of her bra was resting, his every kiss and every squeeze was sending a buzzing sensation down to her lower region. She opened her eyes when she realised he was no longer kissing her and his palms were resting over her boobs without doing anything. His face was tilted down to her shoulder, lips were just above the bra strap and eyes were up, looking directly into her eyes through the mirror that was in front of the bed. As if he was waiting for her to open her eyes and witness what he was doing, he squeezed her breasts tightly, at the same time took the bra strap in between his teeth, and moved it down her shoulder without moving his gaze from her. She shivered under his captivating gaze His eyes burned into her from the mirror, daring her to even blink, while his tongue darted out. The tip of his tongue was making its way from her shoulder to the back of the ear, the area which his lips had just worshiped, slowly and sensually.Her breath caught in her throat as she had never experienced such things in her life. No one has ever touched her like this ever before him and after that night yet. A weird kind of sensation was taking ce at the center of her body which she was not able to control. It''s been years since she felt this again. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. When he reached the back of her ear he sucked that spot before blowing over it making her moan in pleasure. The voice that came out of her throat was very different from all the previous moans she had let out. It was the most intimate encounter she has ever had after years. "You like it, baby girl?" He asked to take the earlobe in between his teeth this time as she nodded lightly, feeling too drained out of energy to move her lips to answer. "Then you will like it even more." He said and in a sh, his palms from my boobs were gone and it was reced by his arm. He used his left arm to cover her left boob while its palm held her right boob.His right hand made its way downwards to cup her womanhood that was covered with the thincy panty.Her eyes widened when she felt his touch down there. "What are you¡­" She was going to ask in shock but couldn¡¯tplete her sentence. "Shhh." He cut her off. "Just feel it, baby." He said in a soothing tone. He started stroking her down there making Athena forget everything, even her existence. She saw their reflection in the mirror and her breath shortened looking at themselves.She felt her entrance getting wetter. His left arm was covering her upper part, making sure to have a firm hold on while his right palm was covering her vagina as if he owned them. He pressed her clothed intimate part with his two fingers for a few seconds before releasing the pressure. She gasped as he did that. His actions were leaving her breathless. "S¡­ stop¡­" She gasped out, trying to push his hand away or more like acting to push his hand away. That night when they got this close, he wasn¡¯t sweet and patient. That was rushed and they were in the brim of their lust but at that moment, she felt as if she was experiencing all these for the first time. Which was true. She was actually feeling this for the first time. He was worshipping her body for the first time and she loved every bit of it. "I have not even started yet, baby girl." He whispered seductively in her ear which built up more heat down there. "Oh my God!" She gasped once again as it was getting too much for her. She couldn¡¯t wonder what he was doing to her.Her hands are still wrapped around his neck while his hands were ying with her body the way he wanted.Her brain was so fogged up with the heat of the moment that she didn¡¯t want him to stop even for a second. She could feel beads of perspiration forming on different parts of her body. Her breath was bing ragged and a different yet pleasing sensation was forming in her lower abdomen. She flinched when he started stroking down there fast, making her forget her existence for the second time. And then going slow again "Too sensitive.Just like I remember¡¯¡¯ He whispered near her ear in a pleasing tone and she shuddered. She was too lost in her own world to give heed to things he was saying. While he was stroking her clits above the thin fabric, his eyes were not ready to leave hers. It seems like he was trying to control her, make her believe what he felt.. He was moving his index finger in the crack of her clits from the head to the base, thening back to repeat the process. His strokes were teasingly slow and for some weird reason, she wanted him to move his fingers faster. As if it was not of enough torture on her body, he started squeezing the breast that was covered by his left palm and at the same time, his lips and teeth began sucking and nibbling the side of her neck. "D.Dom¡­ Dominic¡­" She moaned out loud as it was too much for her to handle. Her breath and heartbeats picked up their pace and her body started to be rigid again. There was some kind of knot forming in her stomach which wanted a release. She wanted that badly but didn¡¯t know how. What was happening to her? She squirmed under his hold to get the release and the moment she thought it would be over he removed his lips from her neck and hand from clits. His left arm was still wrapped around her breast to keep her in ce. And everything was gone just like that except that knot in her stomach which was making her irritated beyond limit. "What!" She snapped at him as her eyes were glistening with moisture. "The thing I am going to do with you will give you immense pleasure and will release all your stress." He told her and she believed Do you trust me? His eyes wanted the answer to be positive, so she told him the truth and shook her head positively. He smirked triumphantly at her response. She thought now she was going to get what she wanted but he still wasn¡¯t done teasing her. "Why?" He inquired "I know you are the one who will love me and cherish me forever." She answered while looking at him deep into the eyes as if giving him some kind of hint. He kept his face void of any emotion other than desire.He nodded at her with a smirk, impressed by her response. "You have made me happy and so you deserve some presents." He said with a smirk "I thought it was your payback time " She breathed out in a seductive tone, making him groan. It was getting painfully hard for him. "We will get there, but for now, get ready for your pleasure, baby." He breathed in her ear. Before she could register his words, he used his right foot to push her right foot aside and spread her legs apart. And before she could protest, he slid his hand in her panty and cupped her bare womanhood making her moan in pleasure. She was not alone who made this sound of pure lust and pleasure as the same sound came out of his throat too when his fingers touched her most intimate part. "You are already more than prepared." He groaned. His palm stayed there, covering her wet entrance perfectly while his breathing became heavy. She could feel his chest going up and down and something very hard was poking her lower back. It didn¡¯t take her time to understand what it was and that was enough to make her heart go crazy in anticipation. His hold on her breast tightened when he started moving his index finger at the little space between her vaginal lips. After a few strokes, he slid his finger through the passage and started doing the same. His long index finger does not need to move a lot as it was already covering most of her part. Pressing his finger on the head of her womanhood he moved his finger down to the end and repeated the process till she was trembling under him, low whimpers were leaving her lips as if they were asking for more of it. The tip of his finger then started drawing circles on the head of her entrance, making her close her eyes and shut her thoughts. She moaned aloud when he picked up the speed and she fell back on his shoulder as she was feeling too weak to stand on her own. She could still feel his burning gaze on her in the mirror. Soon his finger was reced by his thumb, while his finger moved down and invaded her most intimate hole. Her eyes snapped open at the sudden attack and a low shriek left her lips. "Shhh.." He cooed while kissing her cheeks turned to calm her down and let her rx. "It.It is pain¡­paining¡­" She managed to say in the middle to those small gasps. "Soon the pain will subside and you will feel immense pleasure, Athena.Do you trust me?" He asked her. That was a really tough question in a situation like this but she was not in the situation to answer otherwise. "Yes¡­" She moaned out loud when he pinched her nipple hard while getting impatient for the answer. He started pumping his finger in and out while leaving feather-like kisses on the side of her neck to make her feel good. She never thought that he could be so gentle toward her. His finger and thumb increased their pace and the pleasure overpowered the pain. She closed her eyes in anticipation as it was feeling too good to focus on nothing else other than his fingers¡¯ motion down there. The knot again started forming at her lower abdomen and she could feel her face turning redder with every stroke. Her eyes squeezed tightly on their own as it was getting uncontroble for her. But suddenly he spoke up. "Open your eyes." He ordered, slowing the pace which she didn¡¯t like at all. A whine left her mouth as soon as he did that. "Look at me.Look at yourself to see what I can do to you." He said in a hoarse voice. But she wasn¡¯t in the state to listen to anymand. Her whole consciousness was on something else.She was bing a mess and he understood that. "Open your eyes, Athena." He ordered again. This time it came out politely so she opened her eyes slowly and he started to move his fingers faster once again, pushing her to the edge again "Let it go, baby, release your stress." He cheered and she let it go, moaning in ecstasy. Her hands dropped down, her head fell back as her eyes were closed once again and she was feeling herself on the ninth cloud. The sensation was too good to describe in words. She was so lost in the world of pleasure that she didn¡¯t notice him picking her up in his arms and walking in the middle of the bed.She knew it wasn¡¯t over yet. Chapter 104: Worshiping her Chapter 104: Worshiping her "You have no idea what I have nned for you." He said while pulling out her lip and mming his lips over her. His lips moved demandingly slow against her frozen and immobile one.He licked her lower lip twice to get any response and groaned when she didn¡¯t join him. "Kiss me back with all the passion you have, love." Hemanded her before cing his lips back on her. They waited long for this day and now they are not going to stop until they are done. Her heart skips a beat whenever he calls her that.Her lips started moving against his, on their own. His chest reverberated with a moan as her lips moved in sync with his. He tugged on her lower lip, and she gave his tongue a way to slip into her mouth. Plunging in, his tongue swirled and pulsated in her mouth, overpowering her senses and making her eyes shut on their own to feel the touch of his warm tongue against her. She was kissing him back the way she knew and every stroke of his tongue and movement of his lips against her was pushing her into the depth of the sea of pleasure. The way he waspping against her mouth was implying that he was equally enjoying it. It seemed like their lips were waiting for this moment for a very long time. They parted when she was out of breath and this time it was not only her who was gasping for breath. Giving her ten seconds to fill her lungs with the required oxygen, he again mmed his lips on her, this time hungrily. He used his palms to keep her head at its ce and kissed her demandingly, pinning her down on the bed, making herpletely immobile, leaving her at his mercy under his huge weight He started grinding himself against her, she was feeling weirdly nice when his hard shaft came into contact with her core. Hardly able to keep her feelings to herself, she moaned in his mouth, which encouraged him and his tongue and hips picked up their pace. It seems like he was losing his control over himself, getting lost in his own world. Moving her hands up, she grabbed his biceps, which were too muscr and broad to fit in her small palms. When he felt like she couldn¡¯t take it anymore he moved back. While she took time to catch her breaths back he peppered feather like kisses on her closed eyes, nose, cheeks, and jawline before moving down to her neck. His lips pressed on the junction where the jaw meets the neck. His lips trailed down to her neck, leaving every kiss deeper than the previous one. Every time he kissed, her skin dipped and a zap of electricity ran through her body, pooling desires down there. His right hand came down to grab her neck. Wrapping his fingers on the right side of her neck and cing his thumb on her chin, h e tilted her head to the right, granting his lips more ess to her neck. Her eyes closed, her body getting lost in the amazing feeling, her hands moved up to his nape and into his hair. She tugged lightly, and he bit her hard on her neck making her flinch, a little in pain, mostly in pleasure.. She felt him grinning against her neck on her reaction and he bites her again earning the same response one more time.. He was enjoying it. She was enjoying it. The desire consumed both of them. His hand that was holding her neck, moved down and rested above her breast while his lips took the position of his hand, giving equal attention to the other side of her neck. This time, she turned her face to another side on her own, without his guidance and h e moaned in encouragement. He kept on licking, sucking, and nibbling on her skin till he was not satisfied. By the time he was done with her neck, she was already feeling flushed and too lost in another world with no intentions ofing back any time soon. His lips moved down and kissed all over her cleavage, not leaving even a single inch of her exposed skin untouched by his lips. Sucking on her sweet spot for thest time, he sat on his knees just above her waist, their bodies no longer in contact with each other which forced her to open her eyes. He grinned from ear to ear in victory, when he saw the look of disappointment in her eyes. It was not even one second of him moving back and she was already missing his touch. This is not her! She couldn¡¯t recognise herself at that moment! She had never craved for anyone to touch her or kiss her. He has either drugged her or has used some strong spell to keep her under his control. She couldn¡¯t think of anything else other than that t o exin her body¡¯s reaction. "Time to remove all the hindrance between us," He said while eyeing the remaining clothes from his body. He moved down a bit, his groyne came in contact with Athena¡¯s core and she felt something hard poking her down there. "Fuck." Closing his eyes, he cursed under his breath and took a sharp, deep breath. His eyes fluttered open and bored directly into her, and she felt a kind of electricity between them, which she was sure he felt too. Thick and hot desires were pooled into his eyes, which made her heart thump even louder in her chest. Their gaze rampaged down to their bodies, taking in each other¡¯s frame. The yellow light was reflecting on his perfect Greek God like body, enhancing its beauty even more. Her eyes were enjoying the view so much that they could stare at the sight in front of them all night long. She didn¡¯t want to look away even for a second. "You are very beautiful, my love." He whispered in appreciation and astonishment. He sounded speechless. Her eyes snapped to him and her heart leaped a beat as he again called her love andplimented her once again which had the same effect as the first time. His eyes held veracity implying that he has said each and every word by his heart. At that moment, she was lying in the middle of the king-sized bed while he was straddling her. "I am going to ravish your innocence tonight." He said in a hoarse tone as his hands reached out for her. Taking her wrists in onerge palm he guided them above her head. His face came down and stopped just above her and her eyes followed him on their own. She was not getting what he was trying to do. He looked down into her big, wide orbs, his eyes were reflecting the battle that he was fighting, his mind contemting over some thought. After a few seconds, he opened his palm, setting her hands free. "Let them free for tonight." He spoke up while clicking his tongue. It seemed like he told this more to himself than to her. His hands came down and rested on the straps of the bra while his nose started grazing her neck. "You smell heavenly." He murmured against her skin. His mere words aroused goosebumps all over her body and sent shivers at the ce where his breath fanned her skin.His lips trailed down, fingers mirroring the action of his lips, and he pulled the bra strap down her shoulder.His lips changed the side of her neck while his left hand did the same to the left strap. Sitting back on his knees, he hauled her against his body, squeezing it against his, before pushing her down to the bed again. Her body, her brain, her heart, her eyes, her thoughts, her movement every single thing was being controlled and overpowered by him. He was moving her on his fingers and she was letting him do that on her own.It seemed like he had taken away all her power leaving her at his mercy, under him. Grabbing her hands away, he pulled them away, leaving her breast bare to his eyes. As if that tug instilled some senses in her brain, she flinched and covered her bust with her hands. His eyes snapped up to her along with blood that rushed to her cheeks. Taking the lower lip in between her teeth, she started chewing it. "Fuck Athena, do not make this difficult for me.I am trying everything not to fuck hard, right now, the way I want because I want t o make it easy for you." He scolded and she immediately left her lips which had then turned a darker shade of red. His hands moved up and grabbed her elbows.He moved her hands away, exposing her round and full bosoms to his thirsty eyes. "Do not hide yourself from me." He said in a soft tone which sounded like an order. Once her hands were all the way down his eyes stopped at her breast and stayed there for more than a minute. Her breaths became heavy and suddenly she was feeling the need to take deep breaths. The room appeared very small and hot to her. Her chest heaved up and down in anticipation. Her nervousness was on its peak. His hands and eyes moved up, his eyes stopped at her and his hands grabbed her bosoms, without even blinking "You are just perfect for me, Athena." He said, looking directly into her eyes. His type of words weren¡¯t helping her much in keeping control.She was going crazy. They were no longer breathing and it seemed like their world was paused in each other¡¯s eyes. Without taking his eyes off of her, he leaned in and sped his lips around her right nipple, her eyes closed on their own and an involuntary moan passed her lips. She could feel her nipples hardening under his hold. His hands squeezed her bosoms and at the same time, his tongue swirled around the nipple, before taking it in between his teeth and tugging on it She gasped in pain as the pain shot up in her breast which travelled down to the centre of her body in the form of an electrical short. He chuckled at her response and licked and sucked it to soothe the pain. Soon pleasure overpowered the pain and she began to enjoy the unfamiliar feeling he was giving to her. He blew over the one nipple while his free hand pressed the other nipple between his fingers, elongating it. Her nipples hardened even more and she melted under him. The sensation was making its way from her chest down to her groyne, building of desires down there. His lips switched the nipple and gave equal attention to the other one. The moment his warm lips started sucking it, she sped the sheets in tight fists, threw her head to one side and nearly convulsed. His lips and fingers that felt so experienced, were zing every nerve of her inexperienced body, making her pant in want. She herself was amazed by the way her body was reacting under his touch. His lips moved to the valley of breast and he left feathery kisses in a line till her navel, his tongue dipped into her navel making her palpitate under him. "Don¡¯t move." He said in a hard tone and gripped her waist from both sides to keep her in ce. His tongue repeated the process and every stroke was sending a zap of electricity to her core. His lips moved further down and stopped just above her vagina that was still covered with the thin fabric. He nuzzled over there and moaned in satisfaction before pressing a kiss above it and her nose scrunched up in the sensation. As if he read her thoughts, his hands moved down to her thigh, and twisting it a little, he nted soft kisses on her inner thighs making her quiver. It tickled and she was very ticklish! As he nted more and more kisses on her inner thigh his beard scraped the skin, and she burst into giggles. He stopped all of a sudden and looked up at her with knitted eyebrows. "What!" He sounded irritated. "It is ticklish." She said in between giggles. He chuckled at her response and kept staring at herughing face. "You are full of surprises." He said, which made her stopughing. He then lifted her left foot and pressed a thumb at her instep before scraping it with his thumbnail which again shot up the weird sensation to her groyne. Why does every kind of feeling go to the same ce? She wondered.He repeated his action which made her squirm under him. She was trying her best to stay calm but it was near to impossible for her. He chuckled lightly. "You have just shown me one of your weaknesses.I will use it against you." He slyly said as a smile stered on his lips. Before she could say something, his hands moved up, tugged her panty off, and threw it away before racking his eyes all over her naked self. She tried to close her legs but his hands kept her thighs in their ce. His eyes were touching every corner of her frame and suddenly she became conscious about her body.her skin started burning under his fierce, prating gaze, she was feeling hot and cold at the same time. Although she was butt naked in front of him before as well, she still felt shy. "Beautiful." That was the only word that left his mouth. All the heat rushed to her cheek and she bit her lips to hide her shyness. "You will be the death of mine." He mumbled before leaning in and capturing her lips in between his. His hands made their way down there and his fingers circle around her skillfully making her moan in his mouth. "Oh fuck! I want you so much." He breathed out. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Without any warning, his finger invaded her and she cried out in pain which was muffled by his lips. He kept on pumping it in and out, making her whimper in pain and pleasure. His second finger joined the first one and she squeaked in pain. His thumb started drawing circles which eased the pain and pleasure overtook her. He increased his pace, she felt a knot forming in her stomach and her legs stiffened. He moved his face away and ced his forehead on her, looking back into her eyes, daring her to even blink. "Let it go." Hemanded with authority in his eyes. She didn¡¯t need his words to obey his orders as his fierce eyes full of desires were enough to make her cum. He moved back as she tried to take deep breaths to collect her shattered body. It was a thousand times better than thest one She never knew that she was unaware of such feelings for so many years. She opened her eyes when she felt him parting her thighs even more. He was looking down at her, freezing her at her ce through his dominating eyes while he tore the foil packet with his teeth.He was looking freaking hot while doing that. She was so lost in his eyes that she didn¡¯t notice when he positioned himself against her. "Are you ready, baby?" He asked while rubbing his shaft against her vagina. His eyes held so much power that her head nodded in yes on its own. Her body has already surrendered to him and it is working ording to his will. She had no more control over herself. He smirked yfully before hovering above her and guided himself into her. "Ahhh." She cried out in pain as he entered her in one swift thrust, breaking all the hindrance between them. "Fuck, you are so tight." He groaned, his breathing harsh and heavy. Her hands shot up and she scratched his shoulders to get relief.He was not even fully in and she became a crying mess. He was pushing it in very slowly, allowing her to adjust to his size. His face was implying that he was trying his best not to push himself into her in one go. "I- I can¡¯t." She cried out. He breathed and pushed into her. She cried out again. He stilled as he was all the way in, giving her time to assimte the feeling of him being fully into her, and smiled triumphantly while she was whimpering in pain. He is too big for her, she realised. How did she have him inside her the first time. He leaned in and took her quivering lips in between his and sucked on it to reduce the pain but nothing worked. A single tear escaped the corner of her eye which he rubbed away with the pad of his thumb. "Don¡¯t cry." He cooed "If you want I can take it away." He proposed in a caring tone. "Ju-¡­ just go so¡­.slow." Her voice cracked up but she managed to say that out through whimpers. He nodded in understanding and moved back before pushing in again, very slowly and sensually, making her warm all over again. But the pain was still there. "Is this okay?" He asked with concern in his voice while caressing her hair soothingly. She was still not fully ustomed to his size yet it was better than before.She was slowly getting adjusted. It was not hurting that much to her so she nodded.He closed his eyes as his jaw clenched tightly. It seemed like he was struggling to not be too hard and fast. He was in pain and she knew that. With closed eyes, he pulled back only to push again and she cried which made his eyes shot open. "Ok¡­ I am ok¡­" She told him as she read the concern in his eyes. He stayed still until she didn¡¯t ask him to move.He picked up a smooth and slow continuous rhythm and her body became ustomed to him.He picked up the speed a little as she moaned and the pain disappeared on its own.He came down to her nipples and started his sweet torture again, which made her forget the pain. She again felt something building up in her stomach which she was not able to keep for long because of his continuous thrust and warm lips and palms around her bosoms. Her thoughts started to shatter at the unfamiliar feeling and the only thing that she could focus on was him. She was about toe when he stopped and she opened her eyes in confusion and agony. Smirking triumphantly he picked up the pace again. He was such a tease! "Come." He breathed out and she came with a scream looking into his eyes and he followed her soon after a few thrusts.He pulled himself back and she winced at the strangeness. "You took it nicely." He kissed her forehead once, before scooping her into his arms. "I am not done with you yet, but I will not go for another round as it¡¯s your first time after years, it¡¯s going to hurt just as the first time." He said and hid her face in his chest. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he ced his chin on her head. "Sleep, we still have a lot of nights waiting for us." He mumbled and caressed her head and back with his knuckles very gently Chapter 105: Moming shower with Alpha mate Chapter 105: Moming shower with Alpha mate "Good morning, beautiful!" The hoarse yet husky voice of Dominic woke Athena up from her peaceful sleep. It was the most peaceful sleep she ever had in her life. Her mate took back his rejection and respectfully epted her as his mate with her permission. They made love. The night just kept turning beautiful with every passing second and she loved every second of it even though he still had a few things left to do to set things between thempletely right. Without having any set back. But she has full trust in him.She knew that he was going to set everything alright very soon.She just needed to give him time and trust which she was willing to give. "Good morning, Dominic." She mumbledzily with her eyes still closed as she snuggled on his chest while winching a little from the pain. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. A worried smile came up on his face as soon as he heard her. His hold around her got tightened as he sniffed her scent. "How are you, love?" He asked while caressing her face to make her open her eyes. She opened her eyes but couldn¡¯t meet his eyes i n shyness. The red blush on her cheeks made him feel proud and happy because he was the cause of it. "Look at me in the eyes, love.I want to see your beautiful eyes filled with love for me." He said in a husky tone with azy smirk stered on his face. She blushed harder hearing that but nevertheless opened her eyes and looked at him in the eyes, fulfilling his wish. "I am great.A little sore down there." She said in a shy tone, finding it really hard to maintain eye contact. ¡®You are a mother of a child!¡¯ Her wolf snorted at her, making her roll her eyes.Thanks for the reminder" She scoffed back at her before pushing her back to her mind. "Of course, you are sore.It was your first time after years.I am sorry." Dominic spoke up in a soft tone while caressing her face once again beforending a small kiss on her nose, making her giggle. She was excited for the morning which is why she was so cheerful early in the morning.She couldn¡¯t contain her excitement to let everyone know that Dominic had woken up. That would be the greatest news the pack would ever get.So, all the pain was meaningless in front of that excitement. "Oh, don¡¯t be sorry.I loved every moment ofst night." She said with a grin, making him grin back at her. "And I love-¡­" He suddenly stopped from saying whatever he was going to making her look at him with a little widened eyes.Her heartbeat rose as she looked at him expectantly. "Y-¡­you love¡­?" She stammered, unable to make out a proper sentence. His face went neutral to casual as he looked at her with a heartwarming smile before shrugging his shoulders carelessly. "Uhh¡­ Nothing¡­" He said with a small smile. Her face fell hearing that as she was expecting something else to hear but she quickly shook it away before looking at him with a small smile as well. "Ohh¡­ Uh¡­ Let¡¯s get up and have shower quickly.Then you have to meet everyone as well.Mostly, Ace! He is going to be ecstatic seeing you awake!" She eximed in excitement while pushing all those thoughts away.She looked at him with sparkling eyes, ready to run out of the room to announce the news to everyone. But he quickly held her down with a serious look on his face. "Well, about that¡­ I want you to do something for me." He spoke up in a serious tone as well, making her look at him with a frown. She didn¡¯t like the sudden serious atmosphere but she stopped herself from thinking otherwise. "Okay? What is it?" She asked in a careful tone, preparing herself for any possible bad thing. But he shocked her by suddenly getting down from the bed while picking her up in bridal style. She let out a loud gasp as she tightened her hold around his neck and looked at him with amused eyes. "Dominic! What are you doing?" She eximed in amusement. "I will tell you in the shower." He said with a smirk while walking toward the bathroom with her in his arms. She blushed hard after hearing him, making him smirk more. "We are going to shower together?" She asked in a shy tone, making him look at him with a raised eyebrow "Is that even a question?" He asked in a ¡®duh¡¯ tone while kicking open the door.He got inside the bathroom and kicked it closed again, making her giggle "We are going to shower together." She said with a chuckle as he put her down. He went under the shower and turned it on. Cold water poured down his body, making him look hotter than ever. She couldn¡¯t even admire himpletely, he pulled her to his body so she could enter the downpour of water. "What¡¯s the reason for the cute frown?" He asked when he saw the thoughtful look on her face. "It¡¯s nothing important.I was just thinking." She said, as he caressed her body, like he was bathing her or something "Thinking about what?" He asked her with no interest in hearing her answer as if he already knew what she was thinking about. She didn¡¯t reply as well as she was lost with what he was doing to her. He turned her around slowly, until her back was to his front, his lips found its way to her neck and his hands sled to both of her breasts, giving them gentle squeezes that made her forget that he was ignoring her previous question about what he wanted her to do for him. He ced kisses on her wet skin, making her feel all warm inside. One of his hands made its way to her clit as he began to stroke it lightly, making her shudder with pleasure. The warm water hits their skin, making them hot and wet for each other. She would never ever get used to the ever pleasant feeling she gets whenever Dominic touches her "I love doing this with you " Dominic whispered to her ears as he turned her to face him, his lips found its way to her as they shared a hot passionate kiss. He swept her off her feet so that her legs could straddle him, when he entered her, she let out a moan of pleasure due to the feel of him inside her Her back was stered to the wall as he continued to thrust into her. She kissed his neck and tangled her fingers t o his hair, getting lost in the moment again She is guessing this will be her new favourite thing Morning shower with her alpha mate Chapter 106: The young force Chapter 106: The young force "What¡¯s wrong, Athena?" Nathan was the first one to open his mouth to ask the question, unable to hold himself back anymore. The environment was filled with tension "Why did you call this sudden meeting?" After Nathan, it was Justin who asked in a desperate tone while looking at her with a frown. Athena called a serious and urgent meeting suddenly, making them tense. They tried to ask the same questions before but she requested that they don¡¯t ask such questions. Which is why they were worried more than anything. "I don¡¯t like the look on your face.What¡¯s wrong?" Suzanne asked with a frown. She was still acting a little distanced from Athena but she couldn¡¯t hold down the worry anymore and ended up asking. Athena bet Suzanne¡¯s hands were itching to hug her. "Did something happen to Dominic? Is he okay? Should I call the doctor?" Patricia ended up asking the triggering questions for everyone and their eyes widened thinking of the possibilities of that happening. But before they could attack her with all those questions, she raised her hand to shut them all up with a nk look on her face. "Please don¡¯t ask me any questions.I can¡¯t answer them.I would like to talk to the pack members directly only." She said in a serious tone while not looking at their faces, earning scowls from each of them. "You are scaring us, Athy!" Suzanne spoke up in her usual worried tone, unable to hold it back anymore. Athena¡¯s face softened a little after hearing Suzanne¡¯s tone. But she again held herself back. "Bear with it a little longer. It will all be over soon." She said in a low tone while turning around to look down at the pack members who gathered downstairs like everytime. She noticed that everyone was there already but she still waited for confirmation from the head guard. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Luna, we are all here!" The head guard said and she nodded at him before roaming her eyes around once again. She knew they were going to attack her with questions once again. "What is it you want to talk about, Luna?" "Is everything okay?" "Is our alpha okay?" The series of questions immediately came at her from everywhere, making her sigh. But she couldn¡¯t back down at that moment.She had to end what she started.So, she put on a serious face one and looked ahead of her. "I would like to stop you all before you start attacking me with all the questions and start with the reason why I called this meeting. "She started in a nk tone, sending off the tense environment around them.As she always approaches them with a happy and assuring tone, they weren¡¯t used to her current tone yet. "Okay, Luna." They mumbled out with frowns on each of their faces. "I want you all to answer a few of my questions." She spoke up and everyone gave her worried looks. Her friends looked confused, unable to understand what happened to her early in the morning. "We are ready Luna." They all spoke up together in a determined tone and she nodded at them. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, preparing herself, before letting it go and opening her eyes back. "First question, do you guys trust me?" She asked in a very serious tone while looking down to examine their faces for any oddness.But before she could find any, they all spoke up together once again. "We do, Luna." She let out a sigh after hearing them. That was too easy, wasn¡¯t it? She thought of trying again. "Why do you guys trust me? Don¡¯t tell me because I am your alpha¡¯s mate.He didn¡¯t even announce or ept me as your and his Luna yet.So, do you have any answer other than that?" She asked the question again but in aposed manner. Everyone went silent after the question and she could say that they were mind-linking each other. Soon one of them raised her hand and she nodded at her to go ahead. "You saved our alpha¡¯s life.That¡¯s enough reason to trust you with our lives." The woman spoke up with confidence, making her feel proud but that wasn¡¯t enough as a few seconds later, another man spoke up. "You handled us when we needed it the most, that¡¯s enough reason to trust you." The man said, making her look at him with astonishment. But again that wasn¡¯t enough as another one spoke up. A pack falls apart without their alpha but you hold us tightly, hardly letting us meet our alpha.You earned our trust" This time it was a teen-ager which surprised her a lot. But she noticed one thing, their answers always ended at their alpha. "You love your alpha very much, don¡¯t you?" She asked and they immediately nodded at her. "That can never be a question, Luna." One of them spoke up with his chin raised high. She nodded at him after hearing that. "Indeed.So, tell me, how far are you willing to go for your alpha?" She asked with a raised eyebrow, slowly her tone was changing t o maniption which her friends caught and got worried. "What do you mean, Luna?" "If I say you have to select ten members out of you all to sacrifice to save your alpha? Can you do that?" She asked in a menacing tone while looking down. Her friends were shocked hearing that and Nathan immediately spoke up. "Athena?! What are you talking about?" Nathan asked as his tone was filled with shock and disbelief. He shared a look with Suzanne, Patricia and Justin. They were all confused by Athena¡¯s questions. They were worried that Athena¡¯s questions were going to raise unnecessary tensions among the pack members. They were going to assume the worst even if the situation isn¡¯t that bad. And they were worried that pack members didn¡¯t trust Athena enough to take the question normally. "Answer me." Athena growled inmand, ignoring Nathanpletely. She used her power in her tone which didn¡¯t let them oppose or interrupt her again. But they were shocked by the pack members¡¯ smartness after they heard their answer. "We all are willing to give up on our lives but we have a request." The man in duty of speaking behalf of the pack spoke up, taking their attention to him. "What is it?" Athena spoke up with a frown. Even she was shocked after hearing that they were ready for something like this as well! So, she was excited to know their request. "Please choose five destined couples if it¡¯s a must to save our alpha.Because it¡¯s going to be difficult for the other one if you chose randomly." He spoke up in a heavy tone, making Athena gasp. But everyone looked so serious and supportive of that decision that it made her nervous. She couldn¡¯t look them in the eyes anymore.So, without reacting to their answer, she looked down and with gritted teeth, she spoke up once again.She was trying hard to maintain her facade. "Onest question." She breathed out but everyone heard her anyway by their super hearing power. "We are ready, Luna." They spoke up again in a confident tone. They felt as if Athena was taking their test and they were determined to pass the test. Athena closed her eyes once again and took another deep breath. As if thisst question was the hardest for her to ask. As if she was having difficulty in even thinking about it. Nathan and others couldn¡¯t think of what was going on with her. They have never been this confused in their lives. But they couldn¡¯t do anything other than waiting to see what she had nned in mind "What if¡­what if your¡­ your alpha rejects me and¡­and doesn¡¯t ept me as your and his Luna?" Athena choked while bringing those words out of her mouth. She closed her eyes, not ready to hear the answer. No matter how much they loved her, they would never go against their alpha, would they? So, she already knew the answer of the question but she couldn¡¯t ept it. It was hard for her to even think about it. "That¡¯s not possible, Luna." A young voice doomed in the silent living room, making her open her eyes and look at the source of the voice with widened eyes. Her shock doubled when she saw it was a ten year old kid. She recognised him as Ace¡¯s y mate.She looked at him in shock and disbelief to see what he got to say about this matter. "If we can give our lives for our alpha, we can fight with him for our Luna as well." Another kid spoke up with a fire in her eyes, She was around the same as the previous kid. Maybe a little younger. But damn her words! It was nowhere near a kid¡¯s word! "We are not going to let that happen ever!" The whole team of kids shouted in determination and power while the elders nodded in agreement. They were all proud after seeing the maturity of their children But that wasn¡¯t enough shock for early in the morning. They got the biggest shock next after hearing a very familiar voice "That¡¯s not going to happen ever as well!" A voice spoke up, silencing the room. It was the same voice they have been wanting to hear for a long time. Chapter 107: Emotional everyone Chapter 107: Emotional everyone "ALPHA!" "DOMINIC!" The whole mansion roared as everyone shouted out loud. There were many emotions in their tone. It was filled with shock, disbelief, happiness, relief and many more ecastic emotions. The whole mansion filled with mumbles of happiness from the time everyone¡¯s eyes fell on the person standing at the entrance of the pack house. Dominic stood there ever so gloriously with his head held high with pride and an unknown feeling.He walked inside the room as everyone made way for him by moving away from his way. Nobody said anything as he kept walking upstairs to reach Athena and the team. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. Everyone was in shock apart from Athena who had a frown-on her face. She looked away from him as he approached them. He just smiled secretly a little at her but masked his expression before anyone could see that. "Oh my god! Dominic! You woke up! I am so happy!" Justin eximed in a loud and happy tone as he jumped on Dominic and hugged him tightly. Everyone chuckled a little at his antics while Dominic hugged him back with small pats on his shoulder. They pulled back after a few seconds. Dominic looked at each of their faces for a few seconds. It was clear from his expression that he missed seeing them. But didn¡¯t say anything and looked at Nathan. "How are you doing, Beta?" He asked in his signature neutral tone, making Nathan look at him with a raised eyebrow. "As you can see.Forget about me.Why was Athena asking all those weird questions?!" Nathan asked with a frown. They all kept their tone in control so that no one else could hear them from up there. "Don¡¯t tell me, she already sold ten souls to wake you up?" Patricia eximed with a loud gasp, but kept her tone covered again so that it doesn¡¯t go out of the coverage area. Hearing her, Suzanne realised something and her eyes filled with anger as she red at Dominic. "And why was she talking about you rejecting her? I swear to the moon goddess, I will cut-¡­!" Suzanne just started talking when Athena stopped her while looking at her with widened eyes. Athena didn¡¯t want to even think about what Suzanne was going to saypletely. Oh god! "Shh, Suzanne! Calm down!" Athena hissed at her with her cheeks turning red for no actual reason. But she hardly calmed Suzanne down who was looking at her with a frown when Patricia spoke up in that same tone as Suzanne. "Don¡¯t tell her to calm down! I am telling you Dominic, I am with Suzanne in this.If you dare to do anything stupid which would hurt Athena, I will-..!" Just like Suzanne, Patricia couldn''tplete her sentence as well but this time Dominic was the one to stop her. He gave Athena a pointing look who immediately looked away while keeping her eyes closed tightly.He turned to look at the fuming girls with amusement filled eyes. "I am amazed by your attitude.I was in aa for just one week and this is the treatment I get after getting up? Getting challenged by my beta and gamma female?" He asked in a joking tone, finding the situation really amusing and hard to control hisugh, making the girls somewhat nervous. They knew making an alpha feel challenged was a dangerous thing. Athena looked at Dominic with squinted eyes for pulling her friends¡¯ legs. "Dominic, stop! And girls, I love you both so much.Thank you for standing up for me.But you two calm down too.Calm down and let him talk." Athena said with a sigh while rubbing her forehead as handling them was harder than handling Ace. But Dominic couldn¡¯t control his chuckle anymore and ended up chuckling out a little, making everyone confused. Because it¡¯s the first time they are seeing him acting so casually. They were worried if the attack affected his head somehow or what¡­? "Thank you, Athena.They are going to listen to you only now." Dominic joked and Athena had enough of him by then. "Dominic!" She eximed out loudly while ring at him, making him a little scared after all. "Stop wasting the pack members¡¯ time.They are waiting for you.Go, have a talk with them." She said in an ordering tone. No alpha can go along with the ordering tone but Dominic didn¡¯t mind at that moment ash e gave her a smirk. "Okay, alphady." He said with a smirk before quickly turning toward the pack members before she could say something more. He looked down at everyone and they all cheered out loudly again. "Okay, so, my dearest pack members and friends, how are you all?" He asked with a neutral face on, not letting any emotions slip. "We are great, alpha.How are you?" They all asked at the same time which made the mansion shake once again, making Dominic¡¯s heart fill with adoration for his teammates. Dominic was relieved that the Mansion was built with strong and trustable material. "We wille to meter.Tell me, did you miss me or forgot about mepletely after getting your Luna?" He asked in a teasing tone, raising the corner of his lips to the left a little. That was the first emotion he showed to the pack members. "We missed you a lot, every moment but enjoyed our new experience with our dearest LUNA!" The speaker spoke up on the behalf of the pack. His tone was filled with teasing, making Nathan and everyone chuckle when they saw Dominic look down at them with amused eyes. Dominic shook his head with a small smile ying at the corner of his lips as he gave Athena a small look who was trying her best to look away from his way. "That I could say.You started loving your Luna more than me.What do you say, Athena?" Dominic asked Athena in a taunted tone while looking at him with raised eyebrows. His tone was yful, using which was saying, ¡®You stole my pack members away from me!¡± "I can¡¯t really guarantee that but I would love it if that¡¯s true." Athena replied smartly while hiding a smile and looking at the pack members, leaving it on them to answer. "You bothplete each other.You bothplete us! Then how can we divide our love for you both.We love you both equally, what do you say, everyone?" Nathan spoke up to save everyone from the dangerous question, making both of them feel proud once again. "Absolutely true, beta." The pack members shouted withplete agreement. This time Dominic didn¡¯t hide his emotions anymore and looked at them with a big and grateful smile. "Thank you everyone for all the love, care, understanding and maturity you showed in this one week, Your unity saved the pack from huge possible danger.I am very proud of you guys and very grateful to you all for this." He spoke up in a loud and clear tone, making them look at him with almost teary eyes. They were really happy that he was up from thea. ¨C ¡ª ¨C "This is our pack as well, alpha.Protecting it is our responsibility as well, not only yours.One of the pack members spoke up "That¡¯s so true." Justin spoke up in agreement. He was getting emotional as well and Patricia quickly hugged him tofort him. "Hearing that you are proud of us is the best thing that ever happened to us.Thank you alpha." Another senior pack member spoke up, making Dominic feel really great. "No, thank you all.This one week has been the toughest one week in my life.I could hear everything Athena used to narrate to me that happened in the pack.Every difficulty, every happy moment.I felt so helpless that I couldn¡¯t be there for you all.To help you to support you.It was really hard.I feltpletely useless to be your alpha." He spoke up truthfully, showing all the raw emotions.His eyes glistened with tears which he held back with difficulty. "Oh, Dominic¡­" Athena mumbled out softly while keeping her hand on his shoulder and gave it a small squeeze to show some support. "Please, don¡¯t feel so, Dominic.You are the best alpha we could ever get." Patricia spoke up softly while looking at him sadly as well.She has never seen him so emotional so it was emotional for her as well. "Yes, also Athena was here to handle us and give us shoulders like a true Luna leader." Nathan spoke up in a happy tone to lighten the situation a little bit.He thought to tease Dominic some more on the name of Athena but he was a little taken back by Dominic¡¯s next set of words. "Yes, that I know and that¡¯s what I wanted to see." Dominic spoke up with a smirk, making everyone look a t him with widened eyes. "What do you mean?" Chapter 108: His garden Chapter 108: His garden "What do you mean you wanted to see this? What did you want to see?" Nathan asked with a deep frown. His tone was filled with confusion. "And what was it all about all those questions?" Justin asked with a simr expression as Nathan while Dominic just smirked at them. Athena looked at him in disbelief before looking away from him with a sigh. But that didn¡¯t stop Dominic from ying around with them. "Did those questions scare you all?" Dominic asked with a small chuckle, it was clear from his face that h e was enjoying whatever was happening. "To be honest, yes alpha." Suzanne replied with an offended frown on her face, ready to throw a fist once again if necessary. But Dominic didn¡¯t give her the chance to do anything anymore.He looked at the pack members who were looking at his way very eagerly. "But you handled it very bravely.Don¡¯t be scared.It was just a test." He said with a small smile, making everyone confused. "Test?" The team members asked at the same time. Their friends didn¡¯t ask anything this time and waited for him to exin himself. "Yes, all these days, I have heard so much about her leadership skills and about my pack members¡¯ smartness.I was jealous of Athena that only she got to experience and witness all that.I wanted to witness that as well.So¡­" This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. Dominic was exining himself but trailed off at the end and looked at Athena with a smirk, giving her a chance toplete the sentence for him.She shook her head at him before looking down at the pack members. "So, he forced me to ask all those weird questions to you all and create a disturbing environment." Athenapleted the sentence and atst showed a small smile. "I didn¡¯t force you, Athena.You shouldn¡¯t lie.We made a deal and I already paid you half of the amount.You will get the restter." Dominic said with a smirk, his eyes were filled with mischievousness. Athena¡¯s eyes widened when she realised what he was talking about. "What deal?" Justin asked with squinted eyes, while looking at them with suspicious eyes. "NOTHING!" Athena eximed out loudly, making them look at her with more suspicion. Dominic was having a hard time handling hisugh. But before anyone could say something, she quickly spoke up. "So, what I was saying, he made me do this stupid thing to see how I perform as a Luna and how you guys react to these stupid yet scary questions.You guys kept my pride." She said in one breath while grinning nervously, praying that they forget about it. "You shouldn¡¯t doubt our Luna, alpha." "She is the best Luna we could ever get." Two of the pack members shouted in excitement. ¡®¡®There is no doubt about that.I saw what a great Luna she is." Dominic said in a soft tone while looking at her lovingly. "So, the rejecting thing is¡­ nothing? Right?" Suzanne said in a slow tone, making sure. "Yes, in fact, I have something really important to do which I want to do by keeping my whole pack as a witness." Dominic said, suddenly getting serious. He turned toward Athena suddenly, getting her caught off guard. "What is it.Dom¡­?!" She shrieked out loudly when she saw that he suddenly kneeled down in front of him. Her eyes widened in fear and shock. "Dominic, what are you doing?!" She shrieked out once again. "I am doing what I should have done a long time ago.I am sorry for taking so long." He spoke up. "Wh¡­what are you talking about?" "I am sorry, Athena.I am sorry for all the pain I caused you.I am sorry for rejecting you before.Sorry for not being there with you when you were pregnant with my child, my heir, Ace.I am sorry for every hardship you had to go through alone and all because of me, because I rejected you." He apologized with utmost sincerity. Athena¡¯s eyes teared hearing him. This is what she wanted from the start and she finally got it. "Dominic, you don¡¯t have to do this.You already took back the rejection." She said in a soft tone. "No, that¡¯s not enough.I need your forgiveness to start this from the start with a lot of power and strength.So, tell me, do you forget me for all the stupid things I did?" "Yes, yes.I forgive you.From the core of my heart.Now get up.It¡¯s over." She spoke up in a shaky tone, trying to pull him up but he didn¡¯t let her do that. "It¡¯s not over yet." "Oh, my god! What¡¯s more left?" She groaned, having a great difficulty in controlling her emotions. And it was so overwhelming for her and she didn¡¯t want to break down in front of all these people. "I am yet to respond to you." Dominic spoke up while looking at her with love. "Respond to me? About what?" She asked in confusion No one interrupted them. "I love you too, Athena.I love you from the core of my heart.I wanted my whole world to know this.And soon, I will make sure the whole world knows that you belong to me." "Oh my god, Dominic! You made me the happiest person alive today.You fulfilled all my emptiness and completed me today! I love you!" "I love you too!" They both had their moment in front of all of them but no one interrupted them until then. But as soon as they confessed to each other, the whole pack started shouting. "Mark her!" "Mark her!" "Mark her!" Athena looked at them with widened eyes before looking back at Dominic. "I will definitely mark her but not now! Such a big asion should be done through celebration, Grand celebration.Exactly two nights from today, it¡¯s the full moon night.I will mark her as my mate and Luna that day." Dominic announced in a serious tone. "That¡¯s going to be the happiest day for the pack." Nathan spoke up in a happy tone. "Yes, so you have only two days to make the preparation which I am leaving up to you allpletely." Dominic ordered with a smile while looking at them. ¡®Can we do everything?¡¯ One of the pack members asked "Yes, even use the red roses from my garden because she is the queen red rose of my garden and I have her with me." He sald white looking at Athena with loving eyes. "Don¡¯t worry, alpha leave it on us." "We are going to make it a memorable day in our history." Patricia and Suzanne said with excited smiles. Chapter 109: Kisses Chapter 109: Kisses IN THE MEETING ROOM "Oh buddy,e here!" Nathan eximed, getting emotional as he pulled Dominic in a hug the moment they got inside Dominic¡¯s meeting room in the pack house. Dominic¡¯s eyes widened in shock but before he could react or say anything, Justin jumped on them as well. "Oh, let me join as well!" Justin said as he hugged Dominic from the back. So, Dominic was sandwiched between Nathan and Justin who were making sure to hug him with all his strength. "Ugh! I can¡¯t breathe! You guys stink!" Dominic groaned out loudly while trying to push them off himself. It was clear from his red face that he was actually getting suffocated. But the guys weren¡¯t moving a little bit. Among all these, the girls were the ones who were enjoying these a lot. Theyughed out loud seeing them acting like some college boys and goofing around. The scene was really funny and blissful even though the experience wasn¡¯t quite the same for Dominic. "Don¡¯t make me punch you and just hug us back!" Justin groaned as he rubbed his face on Dominic¡¯s back, making Dominic groan louder. It looked from his face as if he was being tortured and he wanted to get away from him as soon as possible. "Ugh! Goddess, fine!" He breathed out as he slowly hugged them back in a weird position. His right hand was at the front, on Nathan¡¯s shoulder while his other hand was twisted back to touch Justin somehow. He awkwardly patted them thrice before trying to push them away again. "Look at the attitude of this man! If only you weren¡¯t my best friend." Nathan said with a frown after letting Dominic free from his steel grip. Dominic took some deep breaths while frowning at his two idiot best friends. But everyone could see clearly the small smile he was trying so hard to hide. "I am your alpha as well." Dominic said with a small roll of his eyes as he stood straight while straining his posture. "You are my best friend first." Nathan immediately snapped back with a simr eye roll as Dominic to mock him. Dominic let out a small sigh at that. "Okay, can¡¯t argue on that." He said as a small smirk raised at the corner of his lips slowly. Nathan smirked back at him but they couldn¡¯t enjoy that for longer as Justin scowled at them loudly. "Look at these two! Excluding me again!" He shouted while pushing them away from him. His face blew like a balloon in anger because Dominic and Nathan were having their moments without him. "Look at him, acting like a jealous mean girl again!" Dominic said in a teasing tone while smirking at him, making Justin re at him. But he understood it was not going to work on Dominic so he turned to look at Athena with a frown who was standing close by. "Athena! Are you going to say something or not?!" He demanded in aining tone while pouting angrily. Athena looked a little taken back after getting dragged into this drama before she decided to y along. She took a step close to Justin to show her support for him before looking at Dominic with a yful re. "Hey! Stop troubling Just in because he is my favourite out of you all!" She said with a cheeky grin "Yay, that¡¯s my best friend¡¯s mate!" Justin said as he pulled Athena by her arm and took her in for a side hug. But as soon as he did that two loud growls were heard in the room and Athena was pulled away. "Hey, hands off my mate!" "Stay away from my mate!" Dominic and Patricia shouted at the same time as Dominic pulled Athena into his arms and Patricia got into Justin¡¯s arms Dominic and Patricia red at each other¡¯s partners as their possessiveness were at their peak Athena just rolled her eyes a little at them while Justin looked down at Patricia with a sheepish look "Oh, Cia, baby! I am yours only." He said in a cheeky tone before nting his lips on hers and kissing her in front of their friends. "And you are mine only, Thena baby!" Dominic said just after that, copying Justin, before he did the same. He pulled Athena close to him before kissing her on the lips passionately as well, without caring about others. Suzanne looked at them in shock and disbelief "Oh my! The level of cringe I am getting from witnessing this scene.Thanks to the goddess that Ace isn¡¯t here" She eximed out loudly inke irritation but it was gone as soon as Nathan closed the distance between themselves as well and wrapped his arms around her waist. He pulled her close to him in urgency "Well, as he isn¡¯t here, why don¡¯t we both take advantage of the situation as well?" He said with a smirk and Suzanne¡¯s eyes widened when she understood what he meant. "Oh my, Nath ¨C !" This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. She couldn¡¯tplete her sentence and she was cut off by his lips on hers. Chapter 110: Business Chapter 110: Business "Enough of Runion, let¡¯s talk about business now, guys." Dominic spoke up in a serious tone while sitting on his chair. How much he missed this chair! The chair missed him as well.He needed to get back to work and take control over everything once again. There were three of them present in the room at that moment. The alpha and his second and third inmand. Athena and the girls left the room to give them the privacy to get back into work.Justin sat in front of him after closing the door behind him. "A lot of things happened in this one week." Nathan spoke up in a serious tone. The environment of the room suddenly turned cold as if the temperature dropped to zero. "I hope you managed to keep things away from Athena?" Dominic asked in a cold and mysterious tone which they both understood. "Don¡¯t worry.Even though she was handling the pack¡¯s office and paperwork, she handled only what he wanted her to handle.She is not aware of the other things." Nathan exined with a deep frown which deepened after he shared a look with Justin. Justin had a frown on his face as well. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "What is it?" Dominic asked in amanding tone after noticing the look of exchange between his beta and gamma. He knew something was off. "Well, even though we tried to keep things away from her, we think Athena managed to connect some dots already." Justin spoke up, making Dominic frown. "What do you mean by that? What dots?" He asked in a cold tone. He didn¡¯t want Athena to get a single hint about the ¡®things going on in his pack.Because the ¡®thing¡¯ is really dangerous and can even put her life in danger. Considering how emotional and hotheaded Athena was, he can bet that she would jump directly into this thing if she finds out about this. "Well, we were discussing the man who attacked you and she came to the conclusion that the man might be from the south region.She was trying to understand why he might have attacked you, which we tried to cover up by saying that it must be because he has their Princes in hold, aka Stacey." Nathan exined and stopped a little to let Dominic process things. Dominic looked at him with a confused frown. "Well, that was a good cover up.Then why are you worried? And how did she connect the dots after that?" Dominic asked. "Well, Athena is smart.She is looking for her identity at the same time.From Patricia I got to know that Athena thinks that she might have some connections with the south region." Justin broke the news which shook Dominic to some extent as he sat up straight and looked at him with widened eyes. "What? Connection? With them? What kind of connection and why might she think that?" Dominic asked in confusion as he tried to connect some dots then. "Is it because the man called her ¡®alphady¡¯?" He asked as he remembered this weird thing as well "Yes, and her point is, if the man is from the South region, he should be angry with her as well but as he showed her so much respect, she might be connected with them with positive ties.But it she has some positive ties with them, what rtion she might share with Stacey? That¡¯s Athena¡¯s question." Nathan exined and Dominic nodded at her with a frown. "She has valid points.Did shee into any conclusions to that question? Did she have any options which she shared with you both or Suzanne and Patricia?" Dominic asked with a frown. He needed to know how Athena is thinking to keep her away Y from the danger she is so eager to jump into "Yes, she thought of two possible options." Justin spoke up. "What are they?" "One, she might share some connection with the alpha leader of the regions which means Stacey doesn¡¯t have any connections.¡± Chapter 111: Princess of the south region Chapter 111: Princess of the south region "Dominic, are you sure it¡¯s the right thing to do now?" Nathan asked in a worried tone while standing in front of Dominic to stop him from moving. Dominic frowned at him for stopping him like this as he didn¡¯t like to be interrupted ever and as his beta, Dominic expected Nathan to know that. "You do realise that you offended me, don¡¯t you, Nathan?" Dominic asked in a cold tone which made Nathan step back immediately. Dominic didn¡¯t even use his alpha tone but he was already intimidated. "I am sorry, alpha." Nathan apologised while looking at Justin for a second to signal him to take the matter in hand. Justin looked back at Nathan with widened eyes before gulping down a little. He let out a sigh and turned to look at Dominic after realising that he didn¡¯t have any options "We mean, you have just returned back, we don¡¯t think it¡¯s going to be a smart move.We think it might be a rushed step.Because even though we tried our best to keep the news away from everyone outside the pack, words go around inside the pack.Everyone present in the pack knows about this incident." Justin exined in a calm and collected way.He tried his best even though it was so much out of his character. Usually Nathan does this type of thing but as he has already managed to irritate Dominic by nothing, it¡¯s not smart for Nathan to speak up again. Dominic is not going to hear him at all. "We don¡¯t have time to move ording to the n anymore, guys.We need to move ording to the time now and we don¡¯t have any time." Dominic said in his usual cold tone but managed to tone down the ruthlessness a little. "We understand but.." Nathan tried to speak again but Dominic cut him off once again. "There is no scope for but.We already got a reply from the South region leader! And you said Athena doubted that Stacey might not share any rtion with the south region.Do you know what that means?" He asked in a harsh and frustrated tone. He was frustrated because he realised how much time he lost in this one week. Everything he nned got hampered because of thea.He didn¡¯t want to waste any more time on this. Dominic decided something after hearing the conclusion Athena hade to. Go and meet ¡®the princess of the South region¡¯, Stacey! As Athena realised that Stacey might not be the Princess and she might share some connection with the south region, things might get more complicated if Athena decides to solve the issue herself, without talking to him. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. Also, if someone else from the pack doubts the same, it¡¯s going to be disastrous. So, he is going to talk to Stacey and solve it before anyone could get an idea of it. "Okay, you are right.We should handle it as soon as possible before the south region leader takes action for the things that¡¯s dragging him into all these." Nathan spoke up with a thoughtful look on his face as that made more sense. Justin also nodded at him before looking at Dominic. "We trust you, Dominic.We know you will handle the matter no matter how unprepared we are, Go and do what you need to do.We will handle it here." Justin said with a serious expression on his face. Dominic nodded at them before looking at the closed door of the cell. "Open it." Dominic ordered the guard who had been standing there like a robot. They didn¡¯t worry about him hearing things and creating problems for them. Such guards can¡¯t do much other than spread gossip and this guard being the holder of keys of the cells, knows he is going to die the moment he takes a wrong step. So, he won¡¯t even dare to do anything such, "Sure, alpha." The guard replied in a monotonous tone before quickly opening the door and stepping aside to let Dominic get inside. Dominic walked inside while Nathan and Justin stood there without following him inside. Giving him onest look, they turned around to walk away. They truly trusted Dominic with it and they knew that he would handle everything Dominic kept walking straight until he reached the end of the corridor. There were two cells at the end. One at his right and one at his left. He turned to face the right cell and the guard who followed him inside immediately went to unlock the door. Without any second thought, Dominic got inside the room with a monotonous yet dark look on his face. "So, you finally woke up from thea.Is it because of the letter my father sent which hints at the must war?" Stacey¡¯s taunting tone made Dominic smirk. It¡¯s going to be fun¡­ Chapter 112: Magic cut magic Chapter 112: Magic cut magic "So, vou finally woke up from the croma is it because of the letter my father went which hints at the must war?" Stacey¡¯s taunting tone made Dominic smith. It¡¯s going to be fun¡­ He stood there while leaning on the door casually. His hands were inside his pocket as he smiled at Stacey with a soft smile. He was looking at her as if he met an old friend after a long time and was going to spend a nice quality time together. While Stacey sat on the clean ground with a simr look on Dominic¡¯s face. She was smirking back at him as if she was waiting for him toe and meet her. Her usual aura waspletely gone where she acted to be kind and soft hearted around Dominic Right now she was looking like a cunning and shrewd woman which she actually was. The environment was not tense at all like anyone from outside would have imagined; rather it was filled with casualness and ¡®friendly vibe "Well, hello, Stacey. How are you? Hope you didn¡¯t miss me much?" Dominic asked with his casual smirk in his casual tone which stacey didn¡¯t mind at all. Instead she yed along. "Oh, my dear Dominic, of course I missed you.How are you?" She asked, acting to sound caring and cheerful but they both knew she was being so far from that. "Oh, I have been good as you can see.How are you?" Dominic asked, really sounding like he met her after years and can¡¯t stop to know about how she has been. "Oh, now you remembered about me? What took you so long toe to me?" Stacey asked with a small out before she let out a small ¡®not so funny¡¯ chuckle, unable to go on with the acting. "Ah, well, you see, your father¡¯s man attacked me and casted magic on me which is why I was in a coma for more than one week That¡¯s why I camete." He exined as his tone slowly started to turn low and dangerous. "Oh, my really?! I am so sorry! How did youe out of it so fast?" She asked with a sad look on her face, sounding sad because he recovered so soon. He suddenly stood up straight, leaning away from the door and walking toward her.Her posture got a little tense, unable to handle the intimidation suddenly. But she quickly tried to hide it but it was of no use as Dominic already saw it all and smirked knowing how he had all the control over the situation.He bent down a little in front of her. Their faces were almost at the same level but his head was still a little higher than her as he looked at her deep in the eyes. "Well, we used magic to cut the magic." He said with a smirk, making her look at him with a frown. "What do you mean?" She asked, her tone was suddenly filled with tension. The pretence of being calm and collected was gone Dominic didn¡¯t answer her.He just angled his neck sideways to show him something.His eyes were on her to make a note of her every expression. She looked at him in confusion at first before her eyes fell on the glorious mark at the corner of his neck and a loud gasp left her mouth Her eyes widened in shock, disbelief, anger and atst, betrayal.She looked at him with usation filled eyes. "You guys marked each other! How could you do this to me, Dominic?!" She eximed in anger as a cry left out her mouth, making Dominic look at him nkly. "Only she marked me. I am yet to mark her." Dominic said in a nk tone while looking at her carefully. ¡®Why did you say this to her?! What if she creates a problem at our marking ceremony?!¡¯ Dominic¡¯s wolf hissed at him in his ""That¡¯s what I want her to do, buddy.I want her to create a problem on that day so that we can put an end to everything on that day only.We will be preparedpletely." He told his wolf who calmed down a little after that. Stacey fell into a deep thought after hearing that Dominic is yer to mark Athena. So, she still had some hope in her heart to be his Luna. She was not going to let this opportunity slip past her hand.She is never going to let Dominic mark Athena, she made a promise to herself "When are you going to mark her?" She asked in a nk tone, while hoping he would answer her and he did. "On the next full moon night." He replied with a smink, not saying anything else other than that, "Okay, so is that why you havee here? To rub it on my face that how you broke all your promises? To cut me and hurt me by showing how the man I love and dreamt to be with is going to mark someone else as his mate?" She asked as uncountable drops of tears rolled down her cheeks, without any stop. His expression darkened hearing her. "Athena is not someone like you.She is my mate, my destined mate, the mother of the heir. The love of my life." He dered with his chin held high to show her how proud he was with Athena being his mate. Before Stacey could say something, Dominic spoke up again. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. "And could you please drop the act now?" He snapped with a disgusted look on his face as he looked at her. "Act? What are you talking about?" She asked with a frown while her eyes moved away from him, unable to look at her. "The act of being the princess of the South region!" He snapped, feeling angry at her. He couldn¡¯t believe someone could drop so low to lie about something so big.Her eyes widened hearing him and she immediately looked at him in fear. "Wh¡­ what are you talking about?? ¡­¡­..I am the princess of the South region!" She snapped at him, trying to sound confident. "Sure you are! Your father is invited to my ceremony.Hope to meet him soon." Saying that, he stood up straight, not letting her say anything else. She was too shocked to say anything else after that and he didn¡¯t even push her anymore as well. As what he wanted to do was done already. With all that thought, he walked out of the room and the guard immediately proceeded to close the door behind him. He was deep in thoughts aftering out of the room so he didn¡¯t realise his surroundings that much. He got a small shock the moment he raised his head a little and found the least expected person standing opposite him, facing him in the back. "Athena, what are you doing here?" Chapter 113: Daughter of the betrayer Chapter 113: Daughter of the betrayer "Athena, what are you doing here?" Dominic asked in a confused tone, making Athena jump. Athena quickly turned around to look at Dominic.Her eyes were a little widely opened and the look of getting caught was present in her eyes.She looked a little scared. Dominic took a step toward Athena when he suddenly realized something and stopped midway.He looked at her with a deep frown, making her more worried. "Wh¡­what are you doing here, Dominic?" Athena asked while sounding as nervous as she looked. "Shouldn¡¯t I be the one to ask you the question?" He asked while looking at her with the same frown which had a little bit of coldness now. She knew what was the reason for his coldness.She looked down, feeling guilty. "And why did you lock your scent?" Dominic asked, his voice sounded dangerously cold, making her flinch a little. Dominic locked his scent as well which is why she didn¡¯t find out that he was there. But the reason for him locking his scent is valid. It could create unnecessary ruckus inside the basement if everyone knows that the alpha was there. But why did she lock her scent? What was she doing there in the first ce? "I¡­I didn¡¯t want you to find out¡­that I am here¡­" She said while looking down. She looked like a child who got caught while stealing candy. He couldn¡¯t understand how he could find her cute even in a situation like this? He couldn¡¯t even get angry at her but it was such a huge thing! What¡¯s wrong with him?! He let out a sigh from inside¡­ That¡¯s what love is¡­ "What are you doing here, Athena?" He asked with a sigh while taking another step toward her, closing all the distance between them. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.He dropped his head on her hair and inhaled her scent which spread a weird feeling of peace and calmness inside him. Athena didn¡¯t know how to answer him.She went there to meet Robert.She needed to ask him a few questions regarding her identity.She didn¡¯t expect Dominic to be here.She didn¡¯t tell Dominic about Robert or anything about her past yet.So, he didn¡¯t know how to break it to him suddenly. "Athena? I am waiting." He said in a calm tone. He was being very patient with her at that moment. Athena huffed in a little bit of frustration before looking up at him. "I havee here to meet the person in that cell." She said while pointing at the cell opposite of Stacey¡¯s. Dominic¡¯s frown deepened when he realized where she was pointing at and suddenly he was in all alert mode. "What?! Why?! Why did youe to meet that person? Do you freaking know how dangerous beis!" Dominic snapped, feeling really angry at her for being so careless enough toe here without letting anyone know. Athena frowned seeing him reacting like this. She was more confused after hearing what he said. Robert was dangerous? From what sense? "Calm down, Dominic.You are just getting paranoid.He is not dangerous at all.He can¡¯t do much to anyone here." Athena said with a small shrug of her shoulder. She couldn¡¯t bring herself to be scared of Robert at all. After all, he was just a small thief and she spent almost all her life with him. She knew how far his race or capability was. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "What you fucking know, Athena?! He is very dangerous and I know that.So, believe me when I say so and don¡¯t argue with me." He snapped while sounding really pissed suddenly. Now Athena felt offended and annoyed for getting challenged and shouted at. He was seriously challenging her about how much she knows Robert?! She knew him inside and out. Better than anyone sees. "Of course, I am going to argue with you, Dominic.Because I know him better than anyone else here.And trust me when I say he is not dangerous at all.He can¡¯t do anything at all as long as he is stuck there." Athena exined with another small shrug, she was still trying to be casual about this. But Dominic just couldn¡¯t take it anymore.He was equally confused along with being angry. "How do you know him so well?" He asked in a dark tone. Anything rted to the person in the cell opposite to him angers him beyond limit.He sees nothing else but blood red whenever he remembers Robert or anything rted to him.He freaking hates that man and anything rted to him. If only Robert wasn¡¯t important to him for his goal, he would have burned him alive long ago. "Because he is my father, Dominic!" Athena snapped out loud at the heat of the moment and the moment those words left her mouth, she realized what she said.It was a slip of tongue. She was bound to old habits.She wanted to exin this to him quickly but the next thing she realized that Dominic pushed her away from himself.She looked up at him with a confused frown and found him looking at her with a look of betrayal in his eyes.She frowned deeply and before she could say something, his next words literally broke her world apart. "You are the daughter of the betrayer who betrayed my father and got him killed?" Chapter 114: Alpha’s order Chapter 114: Alpha¡¯s order Never in her life, Athena ever experienced how it feels when the ground underneath shakes.Not even when she found out that she wasn¡¯t Robert¡¯s real daughter.Not even when Dominic rejected her the next morning after they met for the first time.Not when she found out to be pregnant with Ace. Nothing shook her till now. Until that moment when Dominic called her the daughter of the betrayer. She felt her whole world shook and the moment he walked away from there silently, she felt her world breaking apartpletely She knew she wasn¡¯t the daughter of the betrayer but it still hurts. But she couldn¡¯t even get angry at him. Her heart broke when she saw the look of hurt, pain and many more in his eyes. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. He looked broken at that moment. "Hi¡­his father was killed?¡­And Robert was behind it? How?" She asked herself while still standing at the same ce, in front of the cells. "A¡­and what rtion Robert shared with Dominic¡¯s father? What¡¯s going on?" She asked herself in confusion.she go after him or stay there and confront Robert? She couldn¡¯t decide. ¡®Don¡¯t be a stuoi, woman! Go after him! Don¡¯t let him misunderstand us again.We just got together.Go after him! Tell him the truth" Her wolf shouted in her mind in desperation, she was afraid of anything bad happening again because of this misunderstanding. But Athena suddenly decided against it, making her wolf growl in her mind in protest. "I trust him and he trusts me.I know we are already past the misunderstanding stage.I believe he won¡¯t misunderstand us because of this." Athena said with confidence even though her heart was racing in a little bit of fear. ¡®But why did he leave then? What if he leaves us again?¡¯ Her wolf whined this time, afraid of the thought even. "No, he won¡¯t! He loves us! He just needs time to adjust to the new information.It¡¯s such a big thing.He will calm down soon ande back to us to hear us." Athena said in an assuring tone. She put her hands on her heart to calm it down. After giving herself some time, she turned back to look at the cell where Robert was.Her hatred for him increased some more. She clenched her fist tightly before taking dangerous steps toward the cell.Her steps were filled with fury.She needed answers.She needed a lot of answers about what she just discovered a few minutes ago.And she was going to get them all from Robert before going to talk to Dominic. With that thought in her mind, she opened the small window of the cell. It was to talk from outside.It was not that small, you can clearly see and speak with the person on the other side. "Who¡¯s this?" Robert¡¯s rough tone was heard from some corner in the room. "Is it the great alpha Dominic? Did you finally decide to face me? Or is it the day you end my life and take your revenge?" He spoke up without looking at who it was. As her scent was locked, he couldn¡¯t even know who it was.She looked at him to find himying down on the floor with his eyes closed.Her anger rose to some other level, seeing himying down there so freely and casually. "Robert!" She growled out in a low tone, having a hard time in handling her rage. He immediately opened her eyes and sat up straight.He quickly stood up and walked toward her immediately with a sick smirk on his face. She felt like punching him on the face to wipe that smirk out. "Oh, my dear daughter! Did you remember about your father after so long?" He asked in a taunting tone. "Don¡¯t fucking call me daughter! I am fucking disgusted by you!" She shouted, ashamed of herself for calling him ¡®Dad¡¯ for years. "Why do I see a new level of hatred in your eyes?" He asked in a damn care tone with a small shrug of his shoulder. "You son of a bitch! You betrayed Dominic¡¯s father and got him killed?!" She shouted in usation, wanting to kill him so badly.She started to seeplete red after she saw the smirk on his face which answered her question. "Oh, you just found out.Yeah, I did that.It was so fun and very easy as well.After all his father was a dump alpha.I couldn¡¯t work under such a soft hearted alpha." He said with a small shrug of his, not regretful at all about his act. "Why?! And what do you mean by working under him?" She asked with a furious look on her face. But she was confused at the same time. "Oh, I was his beta." Robert said with a smirk. Athena looked at him with widened eyes.She unknowingly took a step back, unable to digest the information. Beta! A beta betrayed his alpha and Dominic thinks she was that beta¡¯s daughter! It was such a big betrayal. Now she was scared as well.She quickly ran from there toward the exit ignoring Robert¡¯s words. He was asking her about her identity but she couldn¡¯t concentrate. She wanted to find Dominic as soon as possible and clear the misunderstanding but she was stopped at the gate by a guard. "You can¡¯t go out. Alpha¡¯s order." Chapter 115: An attack Chapter 115: An attack ¡°You can¡¯t go out.Alpha¡¯s order" ¡®You can¡¯t go out.Alpha¡¯s order" ¡®You can¡¯t go out.Alpha¡¯s order" Those words rang continuously in her ears, hammering her head hard. Not only her heart, she felt as if her heart was hammered hard and broke into small pieces. Her heart thudded inside her chest, knocking all the breath out of her lungs. She found it hard to breathe.She found it hard to stand on her feet and almost lost her bnce but handled herself at the right moment, before she could fall down. "No¡­no¡­no¡­ it can¡¯t happen again.It can¡¯t happen.He can¡¯t misunderstand me.He can¡¯t do this to me after all these! He can¡¯t! He can¡¯t!" She mumbled to herself while shaking her head to make her believe her own words.She didn¡¯t know what to feel at that moment.She felt numb, unable to think of her next steps.Her wolf was whining in her head, unable to believe that their wolf got them locked in a dungeon. But slowly Athena felt anger growing inside her as she thought more and more about it. How could he?! How dare he?! He distrusted her again?! She was not going to forgive him this time, not after he dared to lock her up here. Her hands clenched tightly beside her as she slowly felt her body again.She slowly gained her strength and senses back.She started to think straight again and she knew what she was going to do now She was going to ask him for answers. She fucking needed her answers! With that thought in her mind, she walked back to the exit of the dungeon where the guard again stopped her. "Luna, please.You can¡¯t leave the ce until the alpha says so." The guard said in a requesting tone. His tone was mixed with helplessness and anxiousness. Was he afraid of Dominic? Well, Dominic should be afraid of her now! "Let me out." Athena said with gritted teeth. She said that in a cold and dangerous tone while looking the guard in the eyes.Her tone was capable enough to make the guard shiver but he still didn¡¯t let her go. "I am so¡­ sorry, Luna¡­ But the alpha¡¯s order-¡­." He couldn¡¯t evenplete his sentence when Athena cut him off. "Fuck your alpha¡¯s order! I say fucking open the door!" She growled, with wolf¡¯s tone mixed with hers. Her eyes turnedpletely red, her wolf was at the surface. And that was enough for anyone to cower away. This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org. The guard started to shake in fear while sweating badly in a blink of an eye.He couldn¡¯t abide by the alpha¡¯s order anymore. "S¡­su..sure¡­, Lu¡­ Luna¡­" He stuttered badly before turning around to unlock the door and stood away to let her walk out.And she did exactly the same.She walked out of the damn dungeon with fisted hands and clenched jaw, without looking back again. "I am going to make you regret mis¡­." She couldn¡¯tplete the promise she was going to make to herself when she suddenly realised something.She stopped at her tracks and shock dawned on her. Something was wrong. As soon as she came out of the basement, she heard noises from outside.A lot of noises. "What¡¯s going on?" She asked herself in worry and confusion before quickly running out of the hallway and entered the living room of the pack house. The scenery in front of her shocked her some more. Everyone was running around frantically. They were all in panic. Something was terribly wrong and she didn¡¯t have a good feeling about it.She didn¡¯t know what was going on and everyone was in a panic state, so she couldn¡¯t even ask them about it. But soon she caught a hold of a running guard and stopped him. "What¡¯s going on here? Why¡¯s everyone panicking?" She asked with a deep frown, all things from earlier jumped out of her mind. "Some stupid rogues decided to attack us, Luna." The guard replied hurriedly and Athena¡¯s eyes widened in shock and fear. Fear, not for her but for her dear son. He was alone in their house! "Ace! My son! Where is he?! I have to go to him!" She eximed loudly in fear and worry as she was going to run out of the pack house to go to her son when the same guard stopped her. "Luna, please stop.The alpha heir is safe in alpha¡¯s mansion along with other kids.They are being heavily guarded by our special warrior team.They are safe.Please don¡¯t leave the pack house until the attack is over to stay safe." The guard said in a serious yet respectful tone but no way in hell she was going to listen to him. "If anything happens to my son, I aming for your head.And you don¡¯t have to worry about me, take care of the people in the pack house.I am going out.Don¡¯t try to stop me." She said, using her ¡®Luna¡¯ tone which he couldn¡¯t defy.So, all he could do was bow down to her respectfully while she walked away. She walked out of the pack house to see there weren¡¯t many rogues. Hardly twenty or something.She doesn¡¯t think it was a serious attack as everyone from the pack was fighting in their human form only. The rogues must have been hungry for days and decided to attack the pack nearby to hunt some food. Rogues tend to get cranky and impulsive when they are hungry.She looked around for Dominic.But she couldn¡¯t find him anywhere.She started to look around for him, without worrying about the rogues as she was sure that the guards would handle them.She was so lost in finding Dominic in the crowd that she didn¡¯t notice a hungry wolfing toward her way at full speed. It was almost near her when she noticed it but before she could do something, a punchnded on it out of nowhere, throwing it at least five feet away. "Don¡¯t you fucking know how to follow an order?!" Chapter 116: Fighting Chapter 116: Fighting "Don¡¯t you fucking know how to follow an order?! Try to do what you are told sometimes! What¡¯s your problem, Athena?" Dominic shouted at her while holding her face in her hands, looking for any visible wound.Even though he looked and sounded angry, she easily caught the worry in his tone.She was almost near to melting when she remembered why she was there and took a step back.She moved away from him as his hand stayed in the air which was touching her cheeks. A small growl erupted inside his chest in protest to her distance "Why did you move away from me?! Come back here." He said in a demanding tone, trying to take the step toward her himself to close the distance she made. But she showed him her palm to stop him from getting any closer with a cold look on her face. "I am noting anywhere near you after what you did!" She snapped at him in anger as she red at him hard, making him confused. He looked at her with a confused frown as if he couldn¡¯t understand what she was talking about. "What are you talking about, Athena? And let¡¯s walk back into the pack house and then to my room.Everyone is here.Let¡¯s not create a scene here." He said in a calm and serious tone while looking around. The attack was over, his pack members already handled all the rogues and got them locked up inside the dungeon. Now they were just looking at him for his nextmand while watching them fight. Athena also understood that it might not be ideal to fight in front of all these people who were making arrangements for her marking and Luna ceremony.So, she calmed down at that moment and didn¡¯t say anything about it. "But what about the pack members?" She asked while looking at a few injured pack members in worry. "Don¡¯t worry about them.They will be taken care of and the rest can wait for us until we are done fighting." He said with squinted eyes before taking her right wrist in his tight hold so that she couldn¡¯t run away again and started to walk toward the pack house. "W"¡­ wait! But what about Ace and¡­" She couldn¡¯tplete her question when he answered it as well. "I just mind linked to Nathan and he said that he is with Ace at this moment.So, don¡¯t worry about him as well until we are done fighting." He replied in a cold tone, he sounded as if he was in full mood for a fight. "Okay, then.Let¡¯s fight." She sounded frustrated seeing him so eager to fight.She was just losing all the interest in fighting seeing his eagerness. They walked back inside the pack house.. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. IN THE BEDROOM "Okay, so tell me, what do you want to know? What do you want to fight about?" He asked in a cold tone, making her grit her teeth in irritation. "Do you think it¡¯s all funny? Are you finding humour here?" She asked while looking at him coldly. He folded his arms over his chest and kept his face neutral. "Do I look like I am finding things funny here? I am very serious here.Tell me, what is it?" He asked, not a single emotion was on his face. She let out a huff before starting her blubbering. "How you fucking dare to lock me up inside the cell?! You called me the betrayer¡¯s daughter.How could you?! Did you even ask me for any exnation? You just dered me guilty and lock -¡­.!" she couldn¡¯t complete her sentence when he closed the distance between them, cupped her face and kissed her. Chapter 117: Condition Chapter 117: Condition "How could you even think that I am going to misunderstand you for that asshole?! There¡¯s no fault of yours in whatever he did! Why am I going to me you?!" Dominic asked in shock while looking at her with a deep frown after pulling away from the kiss. He was still cupping her face tightly, not letting her move away from him again. She looked down after hearing him.She felt bad and really guilty.She was getting angry at him for not believing her, for not having trust in her. But at the end moment, it turned out that it was her who didn¡¯t have enough trust in him.She doubted him. But why did he lock her in there then? "Then why do you hate rogues? They are all not at fault for what some of them did." She said in a low tone, saving the question forter. Dominic¡¯s eyes softened hearing her question.He understood that her question was valid as he never gave an exnation on that. Heck, they didn¡¯t get any chance to sit down properly and talk yet. "I don¡¯t hate them all right now, Athena.I know I was blinded by rage and hatred that I almost forgot what my parents had taught me.But the moon goddess knows I have never harmed any innocent rogues, if we put aside what I did to you.I am ready to aplog-¡­." He couldn¡¯tplete her sentence when she hushed her by putting a finger on his lips, closing his lips.He immediately shut up and looked at her with widened eyes.His heartbeat rose when he found her eyes fixed on his lips.His throat dried seeing the look on her face which he had never seen before.She leaned a little toward him and kissed her finger over his lips, brushing ¨C his lips in the process. He took a deep breath and waited to see what she was going to do next. "You don¡¯t have to apologize for that again, Dominic.I know you changed and understood your faults.I am very happy and proud of you that you did so." She said in her low and melodious tone while looking deep into his eyes. "I don¡¯t understand, why were you angry at me?" He asked in a hoarse tone, before he could forget this. Because the things her closeness was doing to him was making him go hard down there. "Why did you lock me up in the basement, Dominic? I thought it was because you thought I was Robert¡¯s daughter.But if that ¡­." Before she couldplete her sentence, he interrupted her. "Thought? Aren¡¯t you his daughter? But you said you were his daughter¡­" He trailed off in confusion, unable to connect the dot suddenly. "No, I am not his daughter.He is not my biological father.He is my foster father who brought me up from childhood till now after my family abandoned me at the age of one.I grew up with h¨ªm thinking he was my father until I found out he was not.But the habit has not died yet hence it slipped my mouth that he was my father." She exined slowly, making his eyes widened at the new piece of information. He had a lot of questions regarding that. But he didn¡¯t ask at that moment, "I locked you in there to protect you from the attack.While talking to you, I was mind linked that we have been under attack.So, I rushed out from there and told the guard to not to let you out so that you can stay there safely." He exined and her guilt tripled after hearing him. "I am sorry." She whispered out in a low tone, making him frown in confusion. "Why are you apologizing?" He asked in confusion. She looked more guilty as she thought she was angry at him. "You didn¡¯t misunderstand me even though it was a bit matter but I did.I misunderstood you." She apologized. "I can forgive you in one condition." Belongs to N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. "What is it?" "Let me make love to you." Chapter 118: Hot Chapter 118: Hot Dominic left Athena on the ce they were standing and went to sit on the bed.He saw the look on her face and he knew he didn¡¯t need any answer. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! She stood in the same ce with her cheekspletely turned red.She was standing there shyly and in confusion, not knowing what to do. He just left after saying his wish and sat on the bedzily. "Athena, I am waiting¡­" He said, his tone waszy as well. She frowned after hearing him and was going to throw a tantrum but it all died down in her throat when she turned around to look at him. He was slowly unbuttoning the shirt he was wearing, exposing his toned chest.He was trying to lure her by showing her favorite ¡®candy¡¯. "Wh¡­what are you¡­ doing?!" She gasped loudly while blushing some more. "What am I doing, Athena?" He asked with a smirk while throwing the shirt at some corner of the room. Her jaw dropped seeing that and she didn¡¯t know what to do at that moment.She was feeling so hot. "Ah¡­ It¡¯s so hot here¡­ It must be because of the windows which are closed.Let me open them up." She hurriedly said whatever came to her mind. Of course, she was feeling hot.He wasn¡¯t wearing anything above.His muscles were lean but firm. His six pack was hard and toned chest was glistening as if he had juste out of the shower but it was just the sweat after the fight. His beautiful hair was a little wet and messy. He gave her a smirk and sat on the bed in a rxing way, hiszy gaze was following her shy body. She was wearing short jeans with a shirt and it was his shirt. A light blue shirt with shorts. As he was looking at her with those desire filled eyes, it wasn¡¯t letting her function correctly. So, she decided to focus on opening the window to let some aire into her brain to knock some senses. But to do that, she had to cross him and just when she was going to walk past him, he pulled her by her hand and in a blink of a second. The next second, she found herself on him. As soon as she fell on him, he gave her a naughty smirk while she smiled at him shyly. "How hot are you feeling?" He asked while his hand slowly went inside her shirt, tickling her hip bone, making her breath hitch and finally his hand settled on her waist. "Oh, Dominic! What are you doing to me¡­" She sighed, unable to hold herself anymore. Her one hand was tangled with his hair while the other hand was caressing his hard abs, "The same you are doing to me. Can¡¯t you feel it?" He asked and she definitely felt it as she was sitting just above his hard erection. That made her blush so much that she was going to hide her face at the crook of his neck but that¡¯s when his one hand came out of her shirt and caught a hold of her neck and guided her face to his lips. Their lips touched and sparkles spread throughout her whole body, making her moan at that. But it was short lived, He immediately pulled his lips away but kept his face pressed against his. There was hardly one centimeter gap between their lips. Their lips touched as he huskily said "KISS ME." Histone was so hot that she felt like melting immediately. As soon as he said that her hand which was on his abs, she brought it up and wrapped it around his neck before immediately connecting their lips back. He sat therezily and let her do whatever she wanted with a smirk on his face. At first she took his upper lips between her lips and gave it to her soul and then moved to the lower lips after giving him a hard peck. She took his lower lips between her lips and sucked on his lips, hard, His hands which were on the bed, supporting both of their weight, he raised them from the bed and kept them on her butt cheeks, pulling them down back top while whispering-¡­ "How much you crave me!" The kiss was making her go crazy, she was getting so excited that I was almost going to get up from hisp and that¡¯s when he pulled her down through her ass once again while whispering, "Calm down, baby girl" It made her moan some more¡­ Chapter 119: Playing her Chapter 119: ying her "The tough palm of Dominic wrapped around Athena¡¯s arm harshly, pulling her back against his hard chest as he possessively secured her in his arms when she tried to move away in shyness "Let me go " She whispered, struggling against his hard torso, guilty pleasure consuming her His simple touches were enough to make her weak on her knees "Let me go, please" She pleaded, unable to handle the torture anymore "Not after you showed me how you crave me, Thena" His hoarse whisper let his warm breath brush across her neck as she shivered in his grip, weakening to her knees. She was standing at that moment Goosebumps covered her body as he swivelled her around again and pulled her down on hisp again without giving her a chance to protest, he attacked the weak point of her body She sucked her breath, striving to protest when her body did theplete opposite That warm mouthnds on her neck vigorously as he lustfully sucks the crook of her neck where he was going to mark her He knows how to take her breath away and make her crave for more She was shocked by how her body caves him so much Well, what was she expecting as the mate bond was stronger than ever now "Dominic She moaned shamelessly, taking a fistful of his hair, and pressing his head against his chest He slides his hand behind her neck, slowly getting under her hair as he dutches her air, yanking them behind She was left desperate to have his mouth on her, throwing her head back in a sensation She gulped down, trying to open her eyes and look at him, lighting with the shyness and the desire together However, he didn¡¯t let her do it either and pushed his finger under the cor of her shirt pulling it down she didn¡¯t notice when he opened the upper buttons His sharp teethnded on her shoulder as she yelped in pleasure "Dominic please." She battled with her inner turmoil, pleasure consuming het His hands slipped down to her breasts over the bra, leaving her out of breath as she arched her back against the bed Her legs turned into jelly She would have copsed long ago with his cruel tortures if they weren¡¯t on the bed "The way your body responds to my touch¡­" His hoarse voice buzzes next to her ear. "It makes me go crazy over you once again, Athena." He whispered, making her moan He hardly squeezed her breasts, sealing her lips again. This time his hard squeezes on her breasts made her kiss him back lustfully, desires crumbling inside her. She felt the warm wetness exploding in her entrance. God, if he feels that he¡¯s not gonna stop, she thought in excitement and embarrassment at the same time.She didn¡¯t even realise the moment he pushed her up in his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist during the kiss. Her heart beats a hundred times faster than before.She heard the sound of the switch going off and immediately pulled her head back, rolling her eyes around the darkroom. He turned off the lights. Only the soft light of tablemp was on her heart sank. Before she could utter anything, Dominic pushed her onto the bed and scooted on top of her, hungrily kissing her neck again. "Do¡­ Dominic¡­ahhhh." She moaned out loud out of pleasure, her sanity screaming at her to stop shouting like that but she couldn¡¯t handle it or stop herself. Tension builds inside her body as he pushes himself back, staring at her with his teasing and cruel gaze "You want me to stop?" His voice was teasing and husky. Her throat dried up with those cruel eyes stinging her skin in lust. "No¡­" She gulped down, feeling his hand tracing down to her body, slowly making its way to her inner thigh. Even the thought of him stopping then was scary for her. She went numb, squeezing her eyes shut as he pushed his hand inside her shorts, tracing hercy underwear Her pleasuring entrance hits his fingers, making her go crazier for more. "So fucking wet, love." He grunted, pushing his fingers into her slippery entrance. "Aahhhh." She hissed out of pleasurable pain, gripping his arm tightly. "You want me to stop?" He asked again, knowing how badly he made it impossible for her to resist him. He was loving ying with her. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. She couldn¡¯t speak out of both pleasure and shyness. "Speak up." He demanded, vigorously pushing in and out of her as she whined against the bed. "No.Please.Don¡¯t stop." She whimpered, parting her eyelids hall and witnessing him evilly smirking Damn him! That¡¯s what he wanted. He wanted her to beg to show her extent of craving him and ask for more. But she didn¡¯t care. Her body didn¡¯t care, "I love you so much, Athena." Passion was clear in his voice as he added another finger. His other handse to wrap her jaw in a firm yet soft grip. "I am never going to let you go ever again, Athena never again." He said, his tone turning a little cold and dark. He pulled out of her suddenly, leaving her breathless. She was not done yet.It was so painful, so frustrating. "Dominic." She sucked her breath. "Please, don¡¯t leave me like this.Please finish me off.I want you.I am never going to leave you or doubt you ever again." She said, as she knew he was ying her because of her showing her mistrust to him. As she struggled to suppress the urge, her eyes found the way to his evil smile as if he was enjoying her begging him. "You want me, don¡¯t you, my love?" He grins. "Tell me honestly what you want me to do with you." He asked with a smirk. "Make love to me. Please love me senselessly." She groaned like a wounded lioness, wanting his manhood to rip her into two.She craved him so damn much. He was watching her plead, kneeling in between her legs. "Rx!" He whispered, devilishly smiling at her exhausted body. "I¡¯m not leaving you without making love the hell out of you either." He said with a smirk, enjoying it so much. Groaning, he pulled down her shorts, threw them aside, and ripped off her underwear, vigorously parting her legs. His warm mouthnded on her inner thighs as he sucked her slowly, delivering shivers down to her spine.She went out of breath, her legs trembling with the building ache down there.Her loins were vibrating in soreness as she pushed her hips closer to his mouth. She didn¡¯t know what she was doing. Another attempt to control her burning desires failed as she looked up at him. The full view of his hard muscr body and leaning closer to her¡­ She greedily swallowed the view of his alluring torso, nibbling her bottom lips. It¡¯s toote to have a second thought when he unbuckled his belt, letting his rock hard member out "Spread your pretty legs, love." His seductive tone heated her body as she shamelessly parted her legs for him. The exact smirk crosses his face again which was sexy and scary at the same time. His dark eyes were enough to make her go on her knees any time. And this was the end of the game. Chapter 120: Questions Chapter 120: Questions "Do you want to tell me about what happened? I mean what Robert did to your " Athena couldn¡¯t complete her sentence, she just trailed off. She wasying on his chest while drawing random patterns on his naked chest.His one hand was wrapped around her petite body and the other hand was ying with her soft hair. A duvet was ced over their naked and tangled bodyzily. "This pack, Crescent Mystery pack, was originally founded by me." Dominic started speaking but she couldn¡¯t help but interrupt him in the first sentence only. "What? This pack isn¡¯t your father¡¯s pack? You didn¡¯t get it from your father?" She asked with a deep frown, raising her head from his chest a little to look at him. "No, it¡¯s not my father¡¯s pack.My father¡¯s pack was destroyed the moment he was killed.As I was very small and the beta was a betrayer, the pack broke apart." Dominic said in a low tone It sounded as if he was having difficulty in even talking about it, as if he was reliving it all over again. "I am so sorry to hear that, Dominic." Athena said in a sad tone, feeling heartbroken for him already even though she didn¡¯t know what happenedpletely. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! "You don¡¯t have anything to be sorry about.We both have been through a lot.Maybe that¡¯s why the moon goddess made us for each other.So that we can heal each other." Dominic said while kissing her forehead with love and assurance She closed her eyes to savour into the feeling of the kiss before opening her eyes and looking back at him. "I have a lot of questions in my mind, Dominic." She spoke up, indirectly asking for permission to ask them. His face went a little colder and distant. But she knew it wasn¡¯t because of her but because of the memory. "Ask me." He said in a strained tone. "Where did the pack members of your father¡¯s pack go after the pack broke apart? Did they be rogues? Where were you when this happened? Where did you grow up until this pack was formed and how did you form this pack? I still have a lot of questions but these are the initial ones." She said in one breath and let out some breath after she was done. "That¡¯s a lot of questions to ask at once, do you realise that?" He asked with an amused smile "Yes but you have to answer them all." She said with a stubborn frown, not nning to let him go until he answers all her questions. "Okay, after my parents were killed, that¡¯s a story for another time, the pack members were taken in by the neighbouring packs as my father shared a really nice rtionship with other packs.They were thankfully saved from being rogues.But¡­" He suddenly stopped with a frown, making her frown as well. "But?" She asked while looking at her carefully. "But I¡­ I became a rogue and lived almost all my teenage life in a run until I was capable enough to form a pack.I already had alpha blood in me.So, passing a few tests wasn¡¯t a hard job for me to earn the alpha title back.After all, I trained myself hard from childhood to get, along with Nathan and Justin." He exined. "Nathan and Justin? Where did theye from here?" She asked with a confused frown. "They were orphan rogues like me and we became friends from the time we met and got each other¡¯s back since then." He said with a small smile at the corner of his lips. She smiled hearing him as well. "Now I understand why you guys are so close." She said with a small smile. "Yes, I can rely on both of them with my eyes closed.I trust them with my life." He said in a proud tone. "So, they were with you in forming the pack?" She asked. "Yes, we formed the pack together.Then we went to all those members from my previous pack and invited them back to my pack.It wasn¡¯t so easy, you know." He said with a small shrug, making her frown. "What do you mean by it wasn¡¯t easy?" She asked. "Well, you see, I was just a new alpha whose father was killed by his own beta¡¯s betrayal.They couldn¡¯t rely on me nor trust my beta.So, we both had to go through a hard test to earn each of their trust." He said with a clenched jaw, making her frown. "Tests? What kind of tests?" She asked in confusion as she has never heard of anything like that "Well, for me, I had to fight all those alphas together, at once, to show them that I was capable enough to protect them from any kind of danger in future.The fight was hard.I was injured badly.And many more traps everyday until I proved myself enough." He said in a hard tone, without exining much. She could understand that it must be hard for him so she didn¡¯t try to ask him more about it.But she could understand now from where those marks came on his body. They were his crown as the alpha of one of the most sessful packs in the world. "You had to go through so much, Dominic.I wish I could do something for you then." she said in a sad tone Here she was thinking how easy his life was. She thought he became an alpha from inheritance and lived his life like a prince while she was fighting for survival. But it¡¯s so not true. They both had gone through a lot. "But I have another question before I go to the main question." She suddenly spoke up as another question hit her. "What is it?" He asked with a lot of patience. "How did you be the alpha leader of the north region if it wasn¡¯t passed down to you from your father?" Chapter 121: The sign Chapter 121: The sign "How did you be the alpha leader of the north region if it wasn¡¯t passed down to you from your father?" Athena asked with a confused frown. "Oh, we don¡¯t be the alpha leader by inheritance or by defeating the alphas in the region." Dominic answered with a small shrug, making her confused. "Then how do you be the leader?" Athena asked with a frown as everything started to get messed up in her head again. She thought one has to fight for the position. "Of course, we are chosen by the moon goddess, Athena.Didn¡¯t you know that?" Dominic asked, he was very confused that she didn¡¯t know such an obvious fact. "No, genius.I didn¡¯t know that.Because I didn¡¯t go to any high school, does that ring a bell?" She said in a sarcastic tone while rolling her eyes at him, making him look at him sheepishly. Then he nodded at her in an understanding way. "Yes, Athena.I am sorry I forgot it.But yeah, the moon goddess chooses the leader.Because the strongest one can be evil as well." This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. He exined and she nodded at him, understanding what he meant. "But how do you know that you are the selected leader?" Athena asked in confusion, not understanding how it works. "Oh, that.At the red moon night whiches once in twenty years, she selects the leaders.By ¡­" He trailed off, unsure if he should share this with her or not. "By?" She asked in an anxious tone. She didn¡¯t know why but she felt like something big wasing "By blessing us with tattoos¡­ which we both have¡­" Chapter 122 Chapter 122 122. First meeting "Wha-...?!" Athena couldn''tplete her sentence aftering out of the shock when loud banging on the door made them jump and sit up straight. "MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY!" Ace''s loud crying was heard from the other side of the door, making them forget everything that was happening before that. "Oh my god! Ace! He is crying. I am such a terrible mother!" She eximed in shock and panic filled tone. She was going to get down from the bed immediately, without looking around andpletely forgetting the state they were in. She forgot that she waspletely naked and filled with Dominic''s marks. But obviously Dominic didn''t forget about that and stopped her exactly at the right time by holding her hand. "Stop... stop... stop, Athena!" Dominic spoke up with an amused chuckle. His eyes were filled with amusement as he imagined about the disaster that might have happened if she had ran to open the door in that state. "What?! Why did you stop me? Can''t you hear? Our son is crying." She scowled at him. Her mind was so focused on going to Ace and in calming him down that she still didn''t realize the situation. "I can definitely hear him crying but at the same time I can imagine him being sacred for the rest of his life. " He joked with a teasing smirk, making her frown. "What do you mean?" She asked in confusion.Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Oh my god, Athena. How cute you can be?! You are naked, love! You aren''t wearing anything." He eximed whileughing out loud when he saw the look of realization drew upon her. Her face instantly turned red inplete embarrassment. She immediately hid her face behind her hands. "Oh my god, Dominic!" She eximed but before Dominic could hug her tofort her, Ace''s little hands banged on the door once again. "Mommy! I miss you mommy!" He cried once again. "You go to the washroom and get dressed. I will handle our little champ till then." Dominic said while getting up and getting dressed. She quickly nodded at him before running toward the washroom without wasting any more time. He chuckled at her once again before walking toward the door while buttoning up his shirt buttons. This is going to be their first interaction where they are both aware of each other''s identity. With a deep breath, he opened the door, only to meet the tear filled innocent eyes of Ace looking up at him with a lot ofints and hope. Within a blink of an eye, he felt a soft force and looked down to see Ace hugging his legs. "Papa, I missed you." Chapter 123 Chapter 123 123. Completed "Wh...what did you call me?" Dominic asked in a shook tone while kneeling down in front of Ace. Even though Dominic tried to pick him up but as if all the strength from him was taken away the moment Ace called him ''papa''. So, when he couldn''t feel his hands anymore, he dropped to his knees with slouched shoulders. His eyes were teary and his hands were shaking badly as he raised his face, trying to touch Ace''s face. But he was afraid that Ace might disappear if he touched him. "Papa... I missed you..." Ace cried out before opening his arm widely and jumped on Dominic. Dominic quickly caught him, hugged him back,ing out of the shock.. Ace started crying louder than before after getting into the embrace of his father. "Oh my! I missed you too, my baby. My champion. I love you so much. Call me ''papa'' again." Dominic couldn''t stop his cries anymore as he sobbed out loud while holding his son tightly in his embrace. He couldn''t exin how sensitive the situation was for him. He felt truly blessed after having him in his life. "Papa! Papa! Papa!" Ace shouted, suddenly giggling out, finding his father'' s demand to be really silly. "Do you like hearing ''papa'' from me?" Ace asked with a toothy grin while pulling away from the hug to look at his father. "Yes, I love to hear that from you. Call me ''papa'' again." Dominic said while wiping away the tears which were not stopping at all. "Papa, you are just like mummy." Ace giggled while hiding his mouth behind his little palm. "How, champ?" Dominic asked in a confused tone while having a small smile on his face. "Mummy also loves to hear ''mummy'' from me. She used to make me chocte muffins in exchange for a lot of ''mummy'' from me." Ace said andughed out loud. "What are you guys talking about behind my back, hmm?" Suddenly Athena came out from the pir where she was hiding, with a big smile on her face as well. Seeing the bond between her child and the father of her child was the best scene ever. "Mummy!" Ace eximed loudly and within a second came out from his hold and ran toward Athena. She was quick to pick him up. "I missed you, mummy." He said with a pout while hugging her tightly. "I missed you too, baby." Athena kissed his cheek. "Papa,e here! Group hug!" He eximed loudly and Dominic couldn''t wait there anymore. He quickly headed toward them and engulfed them in his safe and protected embrace. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Today I feelpleted." Chapter 124 Chapter 124 124- In the closet Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! IN SUZANNE AND NATHAN''S MANSION "SUZANNE!" Suzanne jumped in fear at the loud voice and the ss filled with water which she was holding fell down from her hands. "Oh, my god, Suzanne! What''s wrong with you?! Where are you lost?!" Nathan eximed loudly in shock and worry before running toward her fast. "Oh, what happened?" Suzanne asked in a lost and confused tone and was going to step forward on the broken sses when Nathan quickly pulled her back. "What''s wrong with you, Suzanne?! Where are you lost?" He asked while hugging her close to his chest, looking down at her worriedly. He was afraid for her. He didn''t want her to get hurt. "Huh, what''s going on?" Suzanne asked, sounding really confused about her state. She looked as if she wasn''t there. She looked as if she was somewhere else and she was pulled away suddenly. Nathan looked at her in confusion after realising the same. "I have been calling you for the past ten minutes but you seem to be lost somewhere. And why the hell are you so cold? Are you okay?" He asked while touching her face with a big frown on his face. She was as cold as the ice at that moment and it worried him beyond limit because it is not possible to be so cold and not be dead. Suzanne looked a little shocked and scared after hearing him. She looked as if she was caught while doing something. "Uh, nothing is wrong, Nathan. I just came out from a hot shower which might have made my body cold. And I am sorry, I was just...lost in some thoughts..?" She said which sounded more like a question. "What thoughts?" Nathan asked with a small frown. "The thought of my past." She didn''t take time to answer. FLASHBACK "It''s okay, Suzy... you are okay... Everything is okay. Stay inside the closet some more time and dad is going to calm down soon and then you cane out." A little girl whispered to herself who was hiding in a closet at that moment. She kept mumbling self assuring things to herself while rocking herself back and forth. She was hardly seven or eight years old but she was a really small girlpared to her age to fit into the small closet. And the look on her face was nothingpared to her regr terror. She was hiding there from her father. He was not afraid of her father. She loved her father a lot. She knew her father loves her a lot as well. It was just the... beast that resides inside her father. A wolf. Not everyone''s wolf is a beast like her father''s but her father''s wolf has turned into a monster because of her mother. She didn''t understand it but that''s what her father exined when the beast was sleeping. He said that his wolf had gone mad because her mother died. Her father gave her the idea of hiding inside the closet whenever the beast was out. Suddenly she realised something. All the noises stopped all of a sudden. There was no shouting. There was no sound of breaking things. There was no growling. No nothing. She couldn''t hear anything at all. "Did dad go outside for a run to calm himself down?" She asked herself with a small frown on her beautiful face. "Maybe. That''s why everything is so calm. Yay, that means I cane out of the closet now. Fun!" She eximed to herself in happiness while slowly pushing the door open. She peeked outside carefully to check if her father''s beast was hiding anywhere or not. But she didn''t find anyone. She slowly came out and stood straight. "Papa?" She whispered out loudly and walked out of her room to look for her father. "Papa, are you here?" She asked once again, this time raising her voice some more. But there was no response but suddenly she didn''t feel good. There was some bad feeling which settled in her stomach, making her eyes teary. "Papa, I am scared. Where are you? Papa..." She suddenly started to cry out loudly as she ran upstairs to look for his father in his room. She didn''t know why but she was scared. She was scared of losing her father. Was she going to lose her father? No, right? Then why was she getting this kind of feeling? And why was she getting this kind of picture in her mind where her father is ha-.... "Papa?" She just reached her father''s room as she called him but soon her voice died in her throat as she looked at the scene in front of her where her father was HANGING WITH THE CEILING FAN. "PAPA!" And that''s how her tone changed from questioning to shock and despair as she fell on the floor. Her mind went nk at that moment and what happened after that was still blurry until she got the second shock on the same day. The shock of being banished from her own pack because- "Her parents were the backstabber who got the princess kidnapped." i That''s how her life ended and she was born new that day. She was hardly eight years old that time and going a rogue at that was harder than anything else in the world. She was terrified. She didn''t know what to do, how to survive. Those hungry wolves were behind her young flesh, chasing her for miles to eat her. Her mind was giving up but her leg didn''t. Only she knew how hard it was. Still she managed to survive. She learned to look past everything and started newly. A new life. Where she was seeing everything from a new light. A light which was full of positiveness and kindness. She didn''t behave rudely with anyone ever or caused any intentional harm to anyone. She epted everything in her life with a smile until now. Until she had to face her past again and that too through the closet person of her life. How was she going to handle that... Chapter 125 Chapter 125 125. Didn''t bought it "Dominic, can you pleasee with us?" Nathan asked with a little bit of urgency in his tone which made Athena frown. Athena who was putting a morsel in Ace''s mouth stopped doing what she was doing and looked at Nathan with a frown. She didn''t like the tone of Nathan. It was filled with a tense feeling. He seemed worried about something and that immediately made her worry more. It was the first normal day and dinner of their lives. All three of them cooked dinner together for the first time like a real family. But now it was ruined because of something that happened. It seemed like the whole world was against her happiness. Anyone could understand her frustration and Dominic could feel her frustration through the mate bond. She was he pissed. "What is it, Nathan? Did something happen?" Athena asked in a cold and intimidating tone while looking at him with squinted eyes. She was literally ring at his soul. That was so intimidating that Nathan looked away from her immediately and looked at Dominic for an escape. Dominic immediately understood and shook his head a little before looking at Athena. "Athena, don''t scare the poor soul. Why don''t you continue feeding Ace. I will be back soon and then we both will have dinner together. Trust me, it won''t take much time." Dominic quickly exined without giving her any chance to say anything. He just wanted to walk away from there as soon as possible and return back to her after getting done with it.Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Wait!" Athena snapped at him, making him stand straight and close his eyes tightly. But Athena wasn''t going to let it go so easily. She was adamant at that moment and that shows her displeasure to let Dominic go at that moment. Dominic gulped down, knowing that it was going to be hard for him to convince her. Athena looked down at Ace who was busy ying some wolf running game on her phone. He didn''t have any attention toward the adults. Athena knew he was going to be stuck there until she was done with the conversation with them. So, she put another morsel in his mouth and walked toward Dominic. She stood in front of Nathan with her arms crossed and gave him the same intimidating look which made him squirm in his ce. "I asked you a question, Nathan. Did something happen?" She asked in a cold tone. He gulped yet again and looked back at Dominic for help who shrugged his shoulders at him, leaving him on his own. ''Do whatever you want, say whatever thates into your mind. Just don''t let the actual thing out if it''s something serious. Make up something fast, don''t let her doubt.'' Dominic''s mind linked him, making him re at Dominic. He gave Dominic an unbelievable look. ''What a great leader you are! Leaving yourpanions in the middle of the battlefield!'' Nathan scoffed at him through the mind link. ''The person you are battling against, I can only have white gs in my hand in front of her, not any sword.'' Dominic said, making Nathan sigh. He couldn''t say anything after that. Even though he was afraid of messing up in front of Athena, at the same time he was proud of Dominic. He loved hearing Dominic dering that he was always going to submit in front of Athena. His boy was in love! "Nathan! Are you buying time to make up a lie? Don''t even try it. Tell me what''s going on? Why do you need him at this time? It''s sote." Athena said with a deep frown, adamant to not to let Dominic go without knowing the reason. But it was toote. Nathan came prepared already. So, he was confident. He looked at her with a strained smile, trying to look normal. "Oh, Athena. I am sorry if I caused you worry by sounding urgent. Please don''t worry. It''s nothing. It''s just that I am in a hurry for dinner as well. Suzanne is waiting for me." Nathan exined with the same smile, trying to sound as casual as possible. He smartly passed the actual question and gave her the assurance she unknowingly needed. ''That was a smart move.'' Dominic couldn''t help but praise him and he felt happy after getting praised by his alpha. "You still didn''t answer my question, Nathan. Why do you need him?" Athena asked with a frown, almost letting go of the worry after hearing his exnation. "It''s just the paperwork which needs his signature. We had some project of development with a neighbouring pack which was supposed to start from tomorrow after getting a pass signature from Dominic. But as he was in aa, it got dyed a little. We need to start the project tomorrow only. So, we need the signature today and send it to the neighbouring pack so that they can continue with the work on the exact day as previously nned." Nathan exined in one breath and took a lot of deep breaths as soon as he was done. The look of confidence didn'' t weaver from his face as he patiently waited to hear something from her. She silently judged him for sometime, a few seconds, before directly looking away from him and walked toward Ace. She walked past Dominic and didn''t even look at him. "Fifteen minutes. You have exactly fifteen minutes to return back to this dining table and have dinner with me if you don''t want to sleep in the garden tonight." She said in a cold tone and continued to feed Ace again. Dominic and Nathan shared a confused look. They couldn''t understand what was going on in her mind. They couldn''t understand if she bought the lie or not and it made them anxious. But they decided to not to poke her more at that moment and take the opportunity. They can think about the restter. "I will be back in exactly fifteen minutes, love. After all, what are the uses of these powers if they can''t save me from sleeping in the garden?!" Dominic joked before turning around to leave with Nathan quickly. They didn''t want to waste another second there. "Oh, Nathan?" Athena called him at the end moment, making him turn around to look at him. "Yes?" He asked innocently yet anxiously. "Too much exnation and smiles can be anything buttrue." That''s what she said while feeding Ace with a smile. She didn''t even look up at them yet managed to kill them with her look. Chapter 126 Chapter 126 126. Guard''s mate "Ugh! How could I get caught?!" Nathan eximed in shock and disbelief as they both kept walking fast toward the pack house office. He still couldn¡¯t digest the fact that his master n was caught by Athena so easily. "You are thinking about that? I am still stuck at the smile she was having at the end. It''s still giving me chills." Dominic said as he actually shook his head, as if he really got a chill run down his spine at that moment. "Oh, don''t even talk about that." Nathan said with a nervous look on his face while opening the door of the office room where a guard was waiting with Justin. "Whoa, you came fast." Justin eximed in surprise as he thought it was going to take time to convince Athena. "What''s wrong? Why do you both look like you have been chased by a ghost?" He asked with a frown as he couldn''t think of anything else seeing their faces. "No, we have been chased by a ghost smile." Nathan said with a small roll of her eyes, confusing Justin more than ever. "What do you mean?" He asked. "Nothing, he meant nothing. Forget all these. Just start with the god-damned meeting. I have only thirteen minutes left." Dominic scowled at them and that widened Nathan''s eyes. "Oh yeah, otherwise you have to sleep in the garden. Let''s hurry up." Nathan said, immediately earning a re from Dominic. The thing Dominic was trying to hide from the guard actually came out through Nathan. That stupid man! Justin''s eyes widened when he heard Nathan and he immediately understood what was going on. He got serious in no time after all he couldn''t let his best buddy sleep in the garden. But the guard was having a hard time handling his smile. His alpha, sleeping in the garden! He couldn''t imagine! "Enough now! Why did you call me? It obviously isn''t for signing some damn paper and what''s he doing here?" Dominic snapped in annoyance while looking at the intruder. Suddenly everyone got serious again. "Alpha." The guard bowed in front of him to show respect which he epted with a small nod. Dominic looked at Nathan to exin what was going on. "Dominic, he is one of our guards. And he has found his mate." Nathan said and Dominic frowned hearing him. "And why are you telling me that? Do you want me to congratte him?" He asked with a frown. He was being extra sassy at that moment because he was displeased after being called at this moment as well. Also the fear of Athena'' s threat was there as well, i "No, his mate is from the shadow eclipse pack." Justin continued for Nathan without paying heed to Dominic''s sarcasm as he could understand him. Dominic frowned hearing him. "Derrick is torturing his mate as well? I swear to the goddess, I am not going to leave him this time if that''s the case." Dominic said with gritted teeth and fisted hands. As a leader, he couldn''t bear anyone going through any bad experience luck torture and abuse. Nothing angers him more than an abusive man. He swore to protect everyone in his region when he promised to be their leader. And he was going to keep his promise even if that means killing an alpha. "No, it''s not that. His mate is actually off Derrick''s rader and she has been handling herself very well there. But the fun thing is, they found each other for a long time now." Nathan said with a smirk, making Dominic confused. "For how long?" Dominic asked the guard with a frown. "One month now, alpha." The man answered. "Why?!" Dominic asked with a deep frown, unable to understand why someone would stay away from his mate for so long. "She said she had something to do there before she left the pack and joined me here." The guard said in a monotonous tone. "What is that?" Dominic asked yet again. "The destruction of her current alpha." The man answered with his eyes held high, making Dominic shocked. "Why does she want his destruction and how is she going to do that alone?" He asked with a frown. "She didn''t tell me why yet, alpha. But she is going to once she is here. And how is she going to do that? By giving me the pack''s inside news." The guard answered while looking away from Dominic. Dominic''s face went cold seeing him look away and he immediately understood that the guard was lying. "Stop lying to me, bud. You know that''s not going to end well!" Dominic snapped at him and the guard looked at him with widened eyes. He looked unprepared. "L..I''m... alpha, actually..." He tried to find words but gave up atst when he saw that he couldn''t win this against his alpha. He let out a sigh. "She didn''t tell me this yet but I heard from someone in the pack that-..." He trailed off, closing his eyes. "That?" Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "That she used to be the alpha''s ''toy woman'' who promised to make her the Luna but he tossed her away after using her and hence she wanted revenge. I am not sure of this yet." The guard exined and Dominic let out a sigh. "Do you realise this type of disloyal woman is dangerous for our pack as well?" Dominic asked. If the woman could betray her alpha, no matter how bad he was, he could betray him any moment. He didn''t want such troubles under his pack. "I understand, alpha. I have warned her of such things already, alpha and she epted everything and apologised to me. She was ready toe with me and live as a low rank guard'' s mate for the rest of her life. She said that she had learnt her lesson and now wants to spend the rest of her life in peace." The guard defended his mate hard and Dominic could understand where he wasing from so he let out another sigh, not wanting to think about this matter at that moment anymore. "And what''s that news?" "That alpha Derrick is nning to attack us at your ceremony." "I would like to see him try. What''s the name of your mate?" Dominic asked while turning back to leave. "Amanda." (Who''s Amanda?) Chapter 127 Chapter 127 127. Long night The night after tomorrow night is the night. The biggest night of their lives. The biggest night of Athena''s life. She already marked Dominic to heal him but this time he was going to mark her. They already epted each other as their mate. After the marking, there isn''t any turning back. It''s not like they are going to leave each other anyway. They can''t live without each other now. Heck, they find it hard even breathing. They are not going to let anyone or anythinge between them again. They are going to fight against any attack, any evil, any power together and stay with each other. They were ready for anything. They are not going to let anything ruin the day after the day after tomorrow night. No one is going to let that happen. The pack members were ready as well. "What are you thinking of, Athena?" Dominic asked while hugging her from the behind. He had juste out from the washroom after freshening up when he didn''t find her in the bedroom. After looking around a little, he found her standing on the balcony and looking ahead. He was curious about where she was looking. The almost full moon or the mysteriously calm forest? "I am thinking about the day after tomorrow." Athena didn''t hide her thoughts from him. She leaned her head back Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. to rest her head on his toned chest. He hugged her more lovingly while looking at the moon, i "What about the day after tomorrow?" He asked. "What if something bad happens the day after tomorrow?" Athena expressed her fear. He already knew about it. Hence his hold tightened around her. "Don''t worry, even if something bad happens, I am going to turn it against them and use it for our good." Dominic said with a hidden mystery in his tone. Athena was quick to read the mystery and immediately turned around to look at him with a frown. "What do you mean?" She asked in a serious tone. She felt as if something was going to happen and he knew about it but she didn''t ask about it directly. "What I mean is..." He trailed off with a thoughtful look on his face. He was thinking of how to exin things to her. "Let me give you an EXAMPLE. Suppose, someone is going to attack us that day." He couldn''t continue when Athena snapped at him. "Who?! What are you talking about?" She snapped, not liking this at all. "I said ''suppose'', love. It''s just an example. And it can be anyone. Derrick, alpha leader of the South, the rogues, any new enemy. Anyone. If they attack us, we are going to be prepared to wee anyone and treat them the way they should be treated." He said, making her confused. "What do you mean?" She was still confused. "I mean, if they deserve to be punished, they will be punished. If anything else is needed, we are going to be prepared for everything." Dominic said, not exining clearly. "I am very confused, Dominic. Is there going to be an attack?" She asked directly this time. "Why are you thinking about all these at this time? Forget it and leave it on me and time. lust focus on me now." He said with a smirk. His posture and voice changed suddenly. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "What do you mean now?" She asked, knowing very well what he meant. "Give this night to me." He said before iming her lips for a hungry kiss and picking her up in his arms. He went inside the bedroom. It''s going to be a long night. He gently tossed her aside, making sure she didn''t bump into something. She has still not recovered properly from things that kept happening to her. He was aware of it but it''s hard to keep himself away from her anymore, especially after the hot yet innocent look she was giving him. All he wanted was at that moment to fuck her right there and quench the burn she had created inside him. He threw himself back on the bed as she lied right there in front of him. Through the deemed lights, she looked a hundred times more seductive. His guilty gaze scanned her from head to toe. She''s wearing a tank top with shorts, her cleavage slightly visible, her tempting breasts making his throat drier. She was staring at him anxiously with her two beautiful eyes, her fluffy lips shivering. How can a woman look so sexy yet adorable at the same time? He wondered. "Strip!" He husked out of nowhere as her eyes turned bigger. She parted her lips in shock. Her eyes refused to blink. "Didn''t you hear me, my love?" He raised his eyebrows, tilting his head. "I said STRIP!" His tone was soft yetmanding, making it hard for her. She took a while staring into his eyes and her hands slowly lifted to her top, shivering. She lifted her top and took it off slowly, revealing her tight breasts secured with that red bra. Hot breath gushed out of him as he watched her treat his eyes. Then she let her shorts go down. Her face had turned red and hot as she didn''t meet his eyes. Maybe because it''s the first time she has stripped in front of him like this. He liked to undress her every time but watching her stripping for him was the next level of satisfaction he could feel at that moment. She took her hand behind to take off the lingerie. "Stop!" He groaned. She paused right away and looked up. Getting onto his feet, he took off his coat, tossing it aside, and then his shirt. Her zing eyes shivered when he walked towards her and cupped her buttock from behind that fitspletely in his palm. "These were made for my hand only." He said with a chuckle. Her cheeks turned hotter and rosier with his words. Then with just a single yank, he pushed her up into his arms, straddling around his waist as she wrapped her legs tightly around him. He held the back of her head, taking a fistful of her thick hair and seizing a feverish kiss from her luscious lips. Stepping towards the bed, he threw himself onto the bed and her back hit the surface first before he rose onto her body, trailing wet kisses down to her neck. She moaned simultaneously each time he kissed a section of her skin, greedily inhaling her addictive scent. "You smell different today." He muttered, nibbling her neck. "But I like my scent on you the best." He said while rubbing himself on her.. "I-," she strived to speak when he teased her skin with soft bites. "I love that as well.." She moaned out. It made him smile how innocent she sounded at that moment. "Is that so?" He grinned and scraped her breasts over thecy bra. She gathered the sheets and clutched them tightly, arching her back, her chest rising towards him as he watched her. "Dominic!" A set of hungry moans escaped her lips as he hungrily kissed her lips. She responded with each of his touches. He kissed her again, down to her neck, her wide bare chest. Wilder and harder. She hisses, whines and moans, driving him crazier and crazier. He didn''t wanna stop relishing this woman ever. "Dominic!" She whined as he nibbled her blossom gently and threw himself back. Her eyes turned bigger in urge and lust, desperation visible in them as if she was scared that he was gonna leave her like this. He smirked at the way she feared getting driven away from him. "Don''t worry. I''m not leaving you so easily tonight." Chuckling, he walked back to the ce where he tossed his clothes and spotted the tie. Turning around, he spotted her eyes stuck on him, those eyes showering heat with needs. He surged back to her and dug his knee in between her legs. Then he grabbed her both wrists tightly, leaning closer and inhaling her scent again. "This scent suits you, love." He rasped, rolling his tongue across her neck as she moaned. "I love the way you smell like me." He said in a loving tone. Husking, he yanked her hands upon her head and fastened them up with the headboard with his tie. She nervously looked up, terror filling her deep breathtaking eyes. "And I''m gonna fuck you until you smell like me." He announced and her eyes widened hearing that. "Ssshhh!" He ced his index finger on her lips and smirked when she was going to say. "I told you to use these pretty lips to moan for me." He said with a smirk. "Dominic." She panicked. "What is this? Open me." She looked afraid suddenly, her body vibrating badly. He leaned closer and kissed her sweet lips to decrease her fear. "Rx!" He husked near her face and looked deeper into her fearful eyes. "You trust me?" He asked. Her eyes calmed down with his words right away and her body slowly rxed. "I do." She said, looking straight into her eyes. It seemed like the entire scenario and environment had changed between them with that piece of conversation. He kissed her passionately this time and ripped off her lingerie, getting her naked in his arms. He found the blindfold under the mattress and wrapped it around her eyes as she breathed heavily without resisting, Kneeling between her legs, he ced his fingertips on her forehead, slowly sliding them down to her face. As soon as his fingers reach her lips, she parts her lips greedily to catch his fingers. "Is that what you want?" He teased her while chuckling as she struggled to take his fingers into her mouth. "Such a dirty girl you are, huh! But I love it." He praised immediately, not to make her feel embarrassed. He slipped his two thick fingers into her mouth as she feverishly wrapped her lips around them, sucking them with passion. He groaned, staring down at her and imagining how it would feel if it was his cock instead of his finger. What a fucking great feeling that would be! He took his fingers out of her mouth, coated with her saliva as she gasped for air. Sliding his knuckles down across her naked body, he delivered goosebumps all over her. She vibrated and moaned, unable to see and move her hands. Moving down to the apex of her legs, he parted them slowly and inhaled her feminine scent. It worked like a drug and he felt his head getting heavier, his body starting to melt with hers. She was dripping harder when he imed her dampness. "Oh, God! Dominic!" A scream of pleasure escaped her mouth as she struggled with his tongue hitting her blossom. He lifted his gaze at her, continuing to devour her down there. That sight of hers tied in the blindfold, screaming and moaning his name, her body suffering from his lusty assault, wanting more. It was nearly heaven for him. "Dominic, Ahhh-" She was struggling to move her hands. He knew she always wanted to hold him tightly and scratch his skin when a sensation hit her. He noticed this about her. "Wanna hold me, love?" He asked in a husky tone. "Y-yes.." She huffed. "Open me, please. I wanna touch you." She whined in a desperate tone. "That''s already a much smaller punishment. I''m being considerate enough. You better take it." He said in a teasing tone, making her whine more. "Oh, God!" She yelped as he sucked her core, biting until it''s swollen with his mark. Her scream subsided and the blindfold went wetpletely. She was breathing and shivering. Her clit had swollen red when he finished. "Tired already? I thought you would ask for more?" He teased.. "Yeah. I want-" She stammered. "Love me, please. Don''t leave me, please." She whined, it was new for her but she was loving every bit of it. "I''m not leaving you tonight anyway." He groaned out. Making sure the tie around her wrist is loosely attached, he gripped her ankles and turned her around. She wasying upside down upside down. Her stomach brushed across the bed. "Dominic!" Her voice is rmed. "What- what are you doing?" She asked in a shaky tone. He didn''t reply to her and lifted her hips, sliding his arm under her stomach. "I''m not sure your swollen clit can take me any longer. " He shrugged, unbuckling his belt and heard her gulping down in fear, anticipation and excitement. She was too nervous as she seemed as if she had got to know what he was gonna do next. Landing his palm on her ass cheek, he rubbed it wildly. She parted her lips wider and huffed. "You are doing whatever I am asking you not to do. You have not been obedient enough, Athena.." He groaned while reminding her about a ''punishment''. ''That freaking woman I can''t resist.'' Dominic''s wolf said and it made him grin. "Are you going to punish me?" She purred, she waspletely out of the general thinking state of mind. She was drowned in pleasure. "Do you think you can take it?" He asked with a smirk. "I trust you." She whispered. "I won''t go easy with you. Think twice." He told her, controlling himself with many difficulties. "I don''t want you to be easy, Dominic. Do what the fuck you want. Love me the way you want tonight." She groaned and for a second it felt like a new soul of hers had gotten into her. "If that''s what you want.." He whispered. He spanked across her ass as she let out a soft cry, more of pleasure. "Does that feel good, my love?" He yanked her hair from behind, not so roughly, and kissed her wilder. He spanked her again as she moaned into his mouth. It''s not even as hard as he had thought it would be and her soft moans said how much she enjoyed that. Seemed like it''s more like a reward than punishment to her. Who cares? He freaking enjoyed her response. She loved it. They didn''t need anything else. He felt his erection getting overwhelmed, wanting to dig deeper into her hole and make her scream in both pleasure and pain. Needs to cram inside him, her moans making it hard to wait any longer. He rubbed his length against her ass cheek as she shivered with a whimper. "Ummm-Dominic" "Yes, baby. Moan my name. Just like that" "Ah! Please-stop" "Stop what?" He smirked, figuring out her pleasing tone. "Stop teasing me, please. I want you. I want you, Dominic. Love mepletely. I can''t hold it anymore. " She whimpered. He couldn''t hold himself anymore as well. Without prolonging it much, he pumped his length deeper behind her as she screamed out. He rocked her on the bed, stroking and enjoying her tightness. "Ahhhh! Oh my- Dominic" "You love it? Tell me you love it when I love you." He groaned. "I-I love it. I-love- I love you.." She uttered,pletely out of her mind. It increased his speed and he kept pounding deeper into her. Lord, he couldn''t stay away from this woman. Goddess knows he is going topletely lose it without her. "You''re mine, Athena. You''re only mine. You will always be mine- until I breathest. I am never going to let you go away from me." Saying he reached the climax, taking her to the point of pleasure and groaning. Swaying near her neck, he inhaled deeply again, "My scent indeed suits you the most, love. Just like my mark is going to be the best jewelry for you." Chapter 128 Chapter 128 128. Shopping THE NEXT MORNING Athena and Dominic were busy from the time they woke up. They had so much work to do that they didn''t even have the time to have breakfast together. Dominic had something in the pack house while Athena had something while feeding Ace. After that she dropped him off at the yground with other pups. As soon as she was done there, she was dragged away from there by Patricia and Suzanne. They were taking her to the mall to get her ready for tomorrow. Even though Suzanne didn''t look as enthusiastic as she should be because it was Athena''s biggest day. But Athena didn''t say anything about it and focused on herself at that moment. "Athena! Are you done trying that dress out? How long are you going to take to try just one dress? We have so much more to do!" Athena jumped a little after hearing Patricia shout from outside the changing room. Patricia''s tone waspletely like a mom scolding her annoying child who takes forever to get ready for school. "Coming,ing! Geez!" Athena said while opening the door of the trial room. "The chain was stuck with something." She said whileing out and standing in front of Patricia and Suzanne. "What do you think of this?" Athena asked nervously while looking at them for their consent. She actually really liked this dress. They have made her change at least more than a hundred dresses. She was exhausted as well and at the same time she really liked the dress. It was a red dress with a mermaid tail. It has beautiful expensive rose embroidery with diamond studded all over the roses. It was a really beautiful dress. It has a sweetheart neckline. She really loved it. So, she just needed her friends to pass the dress. "Oh my! Goodness!" Belongs to N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. "Oh my my, Athena!" Suzanne and Patricia shouted at the same time while looking at her with astonished eyes. "So, this dress is final?" Athena asked with sparkly eyes, happy to finally be free from this new job of dress changing. "Hell yeah!" Patricia shouted, making her sigh in relief. "Now I can rest in peace!" Athena sighed in happiness. "Hell no. We still have a lot to shop for!" Saying that Athena was dragged by Patricia and Suzanne somewhere else. "Girls! I don''t want to. It''s enough. I am tired." Athena whined from the side bench where she was currently seated with all the things she bought from the past few hours. Which was just only a dress. "Come on, bestie. It''ll be fun! And at least this way you can make sure that you look the prettiest on your best day." Patricia states as she was standing in front of Athena with her hands on her waist. She couldn''t believe that there are women in this world who don''t love shopping. She has heard about such ladies only in movies and fiction. "But why do I need to go? You know I don''t like to go shopping! I trust both of your choices. I know you both are going to get the best for me. Can''t you do this for me?" Athena said with a pout while giving them her best puppy dog eyes. "No, we can''t." Suzanne brutally rejected her pouty face while Athena frowned at her. "Great, now that it''s settled! Come on, let''s go then!" Patricia quickly looked down to her list to decide where she was going to go then. "Suzy! I waspletely prepared with my full on pout -face! You just can''t reject it so brutally. That is unfair!" Athena almost screamed with a pout which the girls found totally adorable. "Come on, Luna. Get up so we can go, we have a lot of things to try on before we can make a choice." Patricia excitedly eximed and happily skipped toward new shops. Giving her a stern look, Suzanne follows behind Patricia as well. Athena stood up from the bench, grumbling and almost fell face down on the ground because her legs were tangled. The girls giggled andughed harder when they saw the Luna''s annoyed face. "Come on you clumsy, let''s find something hot for you to wear after the party is over. If you know what I mean." Suzanne teased, making Athena turnpletely red. "Suzy! I am going to make you do such weird things after I officially be your Luna! You will see!" Athena gritted her teeth before following them with defeated shoulders. They''ve been in about ten stores already and they''ve got a pretty good idea of what they want for them for the after party after the ceremony. They''vee to the conclusion that everybody is going to wear the same and they''ve decided gowns only, following the dress code which was ck for the after party. They were mostly excited about the after party. That''s when the fun was going to happen. Everything which they nned. If only they knew that they wouldn''t be able to reach that anyway. "Let''s shop for the boys.." Athena suggested and the girls immediately agreed, they couldn''t let such an opportunity go. "Let''s go!" "Okay, girls, what about this?" Patricia held up the first dark coloured zer she could find in hopes that Athena would actually like something because she''d been literally turning down everything they held up for the past hour. They already bought suits for Nathan and Justin but Athena couldn''t choose anything for Dominic. It''s a dark grey zer and a little white stripe on each side which turn out to be the beginning of pockets. Athena looked up for about three seconds and shook her head. With a sigh, Patricia dropped the zer somewhere and started to wander around the store. It''s actually quite a nice store. Big. Athena is not a big fan of shopping so she actually doesn''t know if it''s really a good store but since Patricia took her there it must be. But still she couldn''t find anything that would make Dominic look the finest-... Suddenly something caught her eyes... "Girls, look I''ve found the perfect thing!" Athena eximed and the girls immediately looked at what Athena found. Their Luna held it up proudly and she was right it was perfect. It''s a simple dark blue vest. It''s the exact bnce between a sharp contrast with the white t- shirt and still matching with the ck pants without being the exact same colour. "Yes, this is exactly what we need." Athena said as she walked over to the counter to ask for Dominic''s size. "She suddenly got energy to do shopping?" Patricia asked in an amused tone while looking at a happy Athena. "She''s always energetic to do something for her close ones." Suzanne said with a smile while admiring Athena as well. "Are you done?" Suzanne asked as they walked toward Athena who just got the suit packed. "Yes!" Athena eximed happily. "Girls, how about we go to ice cream and then go for a movie? Let''s make it a memorable girls day?" Patricia offered and Suzanne and Athena immediately agreed. "Let''s do this!" (The chapter isn''t that important. I just wanted to give the girls a few scenes together to show their bond which are like normal girls. Thank you and love you!) Chapter 129 Chapter 129 129- Love the darkness SOMEWHERE A man in histe forties was sitting inside his bedroom with all the lightspletely off. There wasn''t any light in the room. It was pitch dark inside the room, i His life was filled with darkness which is why he didn''t find it necessary to fill the room with light anyway. His heart and mind was filled with darkness as well and he was ready to fill everyone''s life with the same darkness as well if it wasn''t for his... Mate. "Dante?" Immediately after he thought of his mate, he heard the sweet voice of his mate. He opened his eyes to meet with a bright light which wasing from the balcony door. Her mate opened the door as soon as she came inside the room and filled his room with light just like she had been doing the same with his life. She was the light of his life, if it wasn''t for her, he would have destroyed everything. He would have killed everyone in madness. She kept him calm and collected. She was his life but still his life wasn''tplete. Because his smile was taken away from him years ago. It¡¯s been years he hasn''t smiled. His mate and people around him almost forgot how looked when he used to smile. "Dante? How many times do I have to tell you? Don''t stay in the darkness." Her mate scolded him with a small frown on her face. He looked up to see her beautiful face which looked as beautiful as the time when he first saw her. When she was only eighteen and now she was nearly forty five years old but looked wlessly young. Her beautiful blonde hair and deep sea blue eyes were his favourite. But they looked pale as well because of the light which they lost. "I started to love the darkness, Lucy. It''s the only thing which keeps me close to my sunshine." His agony filled tone broke her heart as she could understand what he meant. She walked toward him and sat on the bed beside him and kept her hand over his chest to calm him down a little. "But she used to hate darkness, Dante." Lucy said, her tone was heavy as well. "I am sure she started to love it as well, Lucy. Because that''s what her life is currently. Filled with darkness. Didn''t you hear what our spy said? They kept her in a cell! In a freaking cell, Lucy. There''s nothing but darkness in a cell. She started to love it as well." Dante said as his wolf was growling inside his chest. They both were getting angry again as they remembered about it again, i "Calm down, Dante. Only one day left. Our life will be filled with sunshine again and we will fill her life with the same as well. We have to be strong and happy for her. We will do everything to help her start her life with a fresh start. She will forget all her experience from that dark basement. We will love her that much. " Lucy said while rubbing his back up and down as if she was trying to calm herself down as well. "You are right. Just one more day. After that I will not let any harme to her anymore. I am not going to listen to anyone tomorrow and will get her back to me no matter what. I am never going to let anyone take her away from me until myst breath." Dante said with fire in his eyes. He looked as if he was going to burn everything tomorrow to get what he wanted and Lucy knew he wasn''t going to hesitate if it''s needed. He would actually burn everything. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. "Are you going to call for a war?" Lucy asked with fear filled eyes as she looked at his face in disbelief. If he calls for a war, it''s going to turn out to be disastrous. But she knew that she didn''t hold that much power to stop him if that''s what he was going to do. "I already called for a war, Lucy." Dante answered with gritted teeth while looking ahead at a nk space. "What?! You didn''t give any warning or send a letter for the war, Dante. How is that a war?" Lucy shouted in disbelief and panic, afraid of what her mate was nning. "I am going to go there without any warning." Dante said in a nk tone. "It''s not a war then, Dante. It''s an attack, a low and cheap move which only cowards attempt." Lucy shouted at him. "That''s what he deserves for keeping the daughter of the South Alpha leader in a cell!" Dante shouted back before walking out from the room, leaving a distressed Lucy behind. Lucy wept in silence while clutching her hands to her heart. She knew it was hard for her mate. But it was hard for her as well. She lost her only child years ago as well and couldn''t give her mate any more heir. It was very hurtful for her. She felt worthless silently, not letting anyone see that. She cried everyday but no one saw that because she had to handle the pack when the pack''s alpha was falling apart. She had to be strong because she had to support the pack and her mate. But who was going to support her and handle her? Who''s going to wipe away her tears? How she wished she had a daughter with whom she could be as close as best friends. But her dream was left as a dream only and she was left with many burdens. Burden of being a worthless and useless mate to her mate... But if something happens this time because of her mate''s decision, she doesn''t know who she is going to handle everything. She just hoped nothing bad would happen. Moon goddess was her only hope at that moment. "Alpha Dominic, one more day. Get ready to pay for the great sin which youmitted." Dante walked away with a promise to himself as he saw his mate crying silently like all these years. Chapter 130 Chapter 130 130. Blindfolded night "Argh!" Groaning, Athena covered her face and turned off the tablemp. Darkness fills in the room, even though the window is open, the rays of moonlight flickering inside. A pointed sound of footsteps clicked her ears from a close distance. Dominic came back. As tomorrow was the function, he had a lot of work to do which kept him there till midnight. As she heard the sound of the knob twisting, she closed her eyes shut, pretending to be asleep. She didn''t know why she was hiding from him but as the time kept ticking for the final day, her nervousness kept growing. She heard his footsteps inside the room. Amidst the darkness and silence, those footsteps and his existence were enough to give her chills. However, she remained stable on the right side of the bed. His footsteps were heard closer to her and she could feel his existence much more clearly. Her heart throbs against her chest with the burning silence. It feels so weird. She knew that he was staring down at her. Her wolf was excited for the hide and seek of the game. She remembered those nights when he used to stare at her when she used to be fast asleep. One day when she realised him doing that, she deliberately pretended to be asleep only to experience the beautiful feeling. But at that moment, it gave her only anticipation. She gulped down, hoping he''ll eventually move away but the air around her got heavier and heavier as she felt the distance between them decreasing. Goddamn! She felt his hands slowlynd on her torso, making her shiver against the bed. Her throat dried up as she breathed heavily, responding to his touch. Raw heat rushes through her veins as his hands slowly prowl tracing all over her. "How was the shopping today?" He asked casually, closer to her face. She found no reason to keep pretending anymore and opened her eyes wider at his silhouette. Amidst the sluggish darkness, she could see his structure clearly. "What''s keeping you awake at this hour?" His soft question caressed her face and through the moonlight she could see the turmoil on his face as well. "I-I wasn''t feeling sleepy.." Athena mumbled, not knowing what else to or how to exin things she was feeling. "It''s been a stressful day. You can''t handle stress unless you''re worried about something. What are you worried about?" Dominic asked while still caressing her face soothingly. Wow! Sometimes it scares her how well he knows her! "Why would I be worried?" She kept talking without looking at him while his hand kept caressing her body, making it hard for her not to moan in pleasure. He just touches her. And she was done. "Worried... hm, is it about the fear of something happening tomorrow and you are thinking how to prevent it yourself and be the hero?" He asked, catching her immediately. Fuck! "No", She lied straight. Actually that''s what she was nning which is why she contacted Thea as well. But how did he know that? "Yes, Miss Liar. I know that." He mocked me. "Well, you have been doing a lot of silly things today. Don''t you think you deserve a little punishment before we enter the new phrase of our lives?" He asked in a teasing tone. From his yful tone, she could feel what''sing for her. And it made her anxious and nervous at the same time. "I guess you should res-..", before she could even finish half of what she wanted to say, her vision got dark with a fabrding on her eyes. This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. Is it a blindfold? "Dominic!" She whispered. It''s pitch ck all around her when she sensed his hot breath near her face. " What are you doing?" She asked. She wasn''t afraid of the darkness, well, not anymore. But still she wasn''t fond of it as well but she trusted Dominic. So, it was okay, i "Shhh.." His thumbnds perfectly on her bottom lip, making them shiver. "You better use these pretty lips to moan for me tonight, not to question." He said in a demanding tone which made her squirm in excitement. Her heartbeats increased rapidly. She parted her lips to utter something again but got interrupted by his hot mouth crashing over her. His palms wrapped gently around her cheeks to prevent her from moving away from the kiss. He plunges his tongue deep inside her mouth, probing for approval as she part her lips wider to let him in with all her needs. He stroked his tongue into her mouth passionately, giving rise to her longing. The kiss is soft and gentle, unlike all the kisses they shared after meeting after years. She didn''t know what made him kiss her so lovingly right now. But she loved it. With her vision restricted, all her nerves could feel every little movement around her. Her wolf was active as well. The clock ticking, the moist wind blowing inside the room, her groans and his intense breathing - such a deadlybination. She heard the rustling of the sheets beneath her, anticipation increasing with every single second. She was guessing the kiss wasn''t enough for him to give her enough anxiety, his hands joining the league cupping her breasts into his tender grip. He started kneading them with all his passion and desire, driving her crazier and crazier. He denied leaving her mouth as she let out a soft moan into his warm mouth. His skilled hands keep pleasuring her. Meanwhile, he tangled his fingers with the cord of her nightgown. The next second, she felt the cold breeze hitting her skin, causing goosebumps all over her body. His knucklesnd on her t belly, encircling her navel with his addictive touch. No words were shared that night. She panted harder as he let her lips go. Needs surges down her spine and she felt like she was gonna explode with the immense pleasure he was causing her. Her clit clenched with the dampness. She was already soaking wet for him, waiting to invite him to take her on. "Do you know what''s one of many things out of many I love about you?" He asked in a husky voice. She nodded slightly. "The way your body responds to my touch." He doesn''t stop nuzzling and teasing her skin. Her chest heaved up, feeling his fingertips sliding down from her throat to her cleavage, then down-more down. He touched her through thecy lingerie as she huffed. As she couldn''t see anything, the intensity of him increased much more. "Dominic!" She screamed out of pleasure as he slowly caressed her core over the fabric. Why was she so sensitive? "Do you know how much I love to tease you like this, love?" He whispered near her face, tease visible in his voice. She waspletely under his mercy hence didn''t say anything. She hoped he wouldn''t leave her unfinished. It''s just not right to keep her hanging. ''God, no!'' Her wolf shouted even at the thought. "Dominic, please." She pleaded her heart out, knowing it''s a win for him. But she also knows that she was gonna explode in longings if he acted like a jerk at that time. "I doubt if your pleadings will force me to give you what you want. That won''t be a punishment anymore, right?" Dominic asked while smirking which she clearly could imagine. Dammit! Terror fills me with his words. And he could clearly feel it through her dangerous heartbeat. She heard him chuckling. ''That''s so freaking cruel of him.'' Her wolf whined. Her breath catched as he captured her blossom in between his teeth without any warning. Damn him. It was the start of thest night of their previous life and they are going to make full use of it. It has just started. A new morning awaits for them... Chapter 131 Chapter 131 131. A princess which she wasn¡¯t A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE PARTY "I just don''t understand, why do I have to take a shower for a party when I already showered once?!" Athena said aftering out of the shower room with a look of irritation stered on her face. She was already irritated because of many reasons. Starting from, she was sent to the city, among the humans to get ready. Ace was staying with Dominic. Dominic was too busy to talk to her the whole day andst but not the least, Suzanne didn''t apany her today. She was acting too cold toward her suddenly and she didn''t know why. "You are asking me that?! I don''t understand what am I even doing here. I don''t like to be around humans much. I can prepare myself just as well." Patricia said with a sigh as they both settled on thefortable chairs, ced in front of the big mirrors. After they were done with the work for the party tonight, they both came out of the pack house to see a car was already parked outside the building, waiting for them to pick up on Dominic''s order. And the host for their ride was none other than Justin. Of course, because he was the head warrior of the pack and he was going to ensure their safety. They were driven to the biggest fashion house in New York and were guided straight away into a room where they met four different women who smiled at Athena as Athena was their main target. Athena was never the one to worry about make-up and all. She hardly cares about her look. She was a natural beauty who had wless beauty without even putting any effort from her side. A true blessing of the moon goddess. Athena just gave them a nervous smile in return. "Miss Athena, Miss Patricia, this is Edna," The Host of the parlour said, gesturing to ady that looked to be in her early thirties. She was a tall woman with blonde hair that came to her shoulders. They both nodded their heads and the host further proceeded to acquaint them with these unknown people. "Over here we have Helen and next to Helen we have Vicky. And this is Lara- they will do your hair and makeup. They usually do make-up of famous film stars, so now you knowhow good they''re at their work. You can totally trust yourselves with them." The host introduced the girls to the professional fashion experts. They were all humans and unaware that they were standing in front of vicious wolves. Though they are not going to harm those humans... Vicky gave a pleased smile in return, appreciating thepliment. "Helen and Edna will take over Ma''am Athena while Lara and I will do Miss Patricia''s." Vicky said. Lara, the makeup artist, started to apply foundation on Athena''s face, followed by concealer. "Lara, I don''t want a heavy look, go light on me," Athena requested in a polite tone with her charming smile and Lara nodded at her, while returning the smile. "Any reason why you want it light even though everything is going to look super beautiful on you?" Lara asked while doing her magic on Athena. "I usually don''t like makeup but I still put it on sometimes. But I never put on too much because my skin is sensitive to it." Athena replied and Lara just nodded at her in reply. It was not good for her wolf, she doesn''t like the feel of it... She applied a thick coat of mascara to highlight her eyes along with a thin liner. She also told Lara not to make her eyes bold and just to keep everything minimum. All four of them were quite surprised with her requests and humble nature. "We have met very beautiful women before but you surprised us.." Edna said with a soft smile. "Surprised you? How?" Patricia asked out of curiosity, eager to know about those celebrities'' real attitudes. "Well, we don''t know if that will be appropriate to say or not..." Helen trailed off while giving a look at Athena, afraid that Athena was going to be the next face of America''s fashion world. Athena smiled at her assuringly, reading her thoughts. "It''s okay if you don''t want to. We definitely respect your sense of professionalism. Good job." Athena praised the young artist making her blush. "Oh, I am definitely sharing it with you now. You have passed the test." Vicky eximed in excitement, making Athena and Patricia chuckle at her. "Okay, in one word, our experience with them was horrible! They are such spoiled brat and they throw tantrums every passing second. Every time we work with them, we end up with headaches. They think of themselves as some kind of highness and never let their feet touch the ground. They are filled with arrogance and too much self-pride. They are very rude too and not appreciative at all. No one likes them. " Vicky said with a deep frown on her beautiful face. "Oh, why am I not even surprised!" Patricia said with a roll of her eyes. She always knew those human celebrities are nothing but arrogant bitches. "So, we were really curious to find out how you are in nature even after being so beautiful. Like them or more than them orpletely opposite to them." Lara said with a cute little smile. Belongs to N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. "And what did you see?" Athena asked with her signature charming smile. "You are far better than their opposite self. So polite and sweet and down to earth kind. We really liked you. To be honest, you are the first humble and kind person with no arrogance to step foot on here. We are very lucky to have you here, with us." Edna said, making Athena smile brightly at her. "That''s an honour to hear that from you guys. You guys are really sweet. Thank you for having us here." Athena said with a lot of genuineness. "Awesome! Both teams are happy to meet with each other. As that''s the case we all should thank Alp... Dominic then. As he is the reason we all could meet." Patricia said while correcting herself at the end moment and four of them agreed happily but Athena just smiled, didn''t say anything. After a while, Vicky took over Athena''s hair. "Wow, is this your natural hair or did you colour them?" Vicky asked while looking at her through the vanity mirror. "Everyone says the same but no, I never coloured it. My hair was naturally different. They were reddish brown from the top but when they ended, they appeared as a deep biondish colour, looking almost golden." Athena said and Vicky nodded at her with a smile as she yed with her hair. The girls curled her hair and pinned a few artificial flowers on it. Her makeup was done. She was asked to look at the mirror to see if she likes it or not. She looked into the mirror and was really happy with what she looked like. Satisfied with her look, she gave a thumbs- up to Vicky. Patricia''s makeup was done too, Patricia went with a heavy look. It suited her though, making her look really beautiful. Both of them were really satisfied with their looks. After that they were asked to wear her dress. The very beautiful and expensive dress which they bought yesterday. She wore the dress in the changing room and came out to leave everyone speechless. Everyone gasped when she came out of the changing room. "Oh my! Athena, you look stunning." Patricia said with her hands covering her mouth. Athena smiled at her with a blush on her cheeks. She looked at the makeup artists and they smiled in awe at her. They just couldn''t stop throwingpliments at her every now and then. After that, Lara applied the maroon lipstick, matching her dress, on her rosy lips whichpleted the makeup look. She truly felt like a princess which she wasn¡¯t. The shoes which she was going to wear were block heels. She was never a fan of high heels, so when she was asked by the designers, she agreed with wearing block heels. The colour of the heels was also maroon and gold, nowit was Patricia''s time to change. Patricia came out shortly after and she looked beautiful. Patricia was beautiful herself but looking at her in the burgundy coloured dress made her look like a fairy. "Patricia, can you click some pictures of me?" Athena asked while forwarding her phone toward Patricia. Patricia smirked in delight and happily took the phone in her hand toplete the order. "That will be my pleasure but may I know who is the lucky man to receive these pictures?" She asked in a teasing tone while wiggling her eyebrows at Athena. She knew who it was for. "Patricia! Keep your mouth shut and do as told." Athena yfully scolded her and striked some professional pose for the camera. Everyone was in awe seeing her sparkling beauty. A few minutester Justin came inside the room after knocking twice and was knocked back as soon as his eyesnded on the two beauties present in the room. He almost lost his bnce and took two steps back. "You are looking like the queen whose order I will abide by." Justinplimented Athena with a breathless look on his face and his head was raised high in pride. She understood what he meant and epted it with a grateful look on her face. "Thank you, Justin." She said, He nodded at her with a small smile and moved his eyes from her to his mate, Patricia, who stood there eagerly to have his attention, while fiddling with her fingers. She was shy and nervous. It was the first time she dolled up so much. At that moment, Jonah felt like the breath was knocked out of his system as soon as his eyesnded on him. 2 "Whoa! You look... beautiful and mesmerising!" He said in a breathless tone while looking at her with widened eyes. Patricia didn''t knowhow to handlepliments and that''s why she blushed hard after getting thepliment, making everyone present in the roomugh out loud. "Whoa! Thanks for embarrassing me!" Patricia scoffed at Justin with red cheeks. "Sorry, love. That wasn''t my intention at all." He said with a small roll of his eyes and then looked at make up artists. "Ladies, you have done a great job with Miss Athena and Miss Patricia. Expect a call of good news from HIM soon." Justin said with a smirk and a wink, making the four girls squeal like high school girls. They got two reasons to act like that, one a good news call from HIM, as in Dominic, who was very famous among human girls around the city, so it was like hitting a jackpot and and getting a wink from a handsome man like, Justin was like some highschool dreamse true type thing. Reading their thoughts, Athena and Patricia, both were having a hard time controlling them. "Thank you very much, Justin!" Vicky said with a gratitude filled smile. He just nodded at her before looking at Athena. "Lu...Athena, now it''s time for us to leave for the party. Are you ready?" He asked with a professional smile. "Uhh, I am almost ready but can everyone leave me alone for ten minutes? I need to make a really important call." Athena said with a small smile while looking at everyone present in the room. The four make-up artists quickly nodded at her and left the room immediately. Patricia gave her a pointed look, confused about whom she was going to call at this time. "Okay, Athena. We will leave for the pa... venue in 10 minutes. Please make it first. We don''t want to make AL..HIM wait." Justin said, correcting himself as well, and Athena just simply nodded at him before turning around to take her phone. Justin and Patricia walked out of the room together. After making sure she was alone, she pulled out her phone and dialled a number. The phone rang for a few seconds before the person picked up the call. "I want to awaken my powers today. I don''t have time for training." Chapter 132 Chapter 132 132. The Grand Night- 1 The car stopped in front of the pack house where the party was held. The party was to start at the middle of the night. The timing was perfect to see the glowing full moon. "So, we get down now?" Patricia asked Justin after a few seconds of silence in the car after they reached the pack house. Many cars were parked outside the pack house which said that many guests from neighbouring packs came to witness the marking ceremony of their Luna leader. It was going to be a grand night. "No, we won''t until you both put this on." Justin said from the front of the car. He turned around and handed something to each of them specifically. When they looked at it clearly, they saw that it was a beautiful mask on their hands. They both looked at it with a small confusion before sharing the same look with her. "Dominic or none of you told me it was a mask party. Why do we need to wear a mask?" Athena voiced out her confusion while looking back and forth between the mask and Justin. "Oh, we didn''t? My bad but what else to do except?! It''s the ceremony of the LUNA LEADER, mate of the alpha leader of the North, Alpha Dominic. He definitely wasn''t going to show your face to everyone just yet. So, that''s the only way. Also, I would like to warn yourselves to contain any kind of curiosity and mischievousness within you only, don''t try to show your face from the mask, it''s not going to end up well enough for you." Justin warned while squinting his eyes at his mate. "Okay, so she is going to be around all the people present in the room but her face will be hidden behind the mask?" Patricia asked while checking out the mask in her hand. It was red in colour and is going to hide both of her eyes and the right side of her face, the other half was bare for everyone to see but they won''t be able to recognise her if she wears it. On the other hand, Athena''s mask was really beautiful. It''s going to cover her full face with a lot of artistic patterns drawn in the red mask with a golden border, matching her dress perfectly. "You are right. They might be around or really close to her but may not recognise her. They may have a direct and casual conversation with her but they won'' t be able to recognise her. And it will be the time toe out, everyone will be shocked. It would be an understatement and you will say, ''how is it possible?!'' but nothing can change reality." Justin said and both the girls shared some looks. It sounded really silly to be honest but it''s not like they have anything to do at the end moment about it. It was exciting but scary at the same time. No one would know who was who. Even the thought of it will keep them rigid around people all night. They won''t be able to enjoy the party and the consciousness will always be there. "Wasn''t it just a party for my marking ceremony?" Athena asked while putting on the mask on her face carefully. She couldn''t understand that if they were to wear the mask in the party, why do they have to waste so much time in makeup and all. "The party has a lot of motive behind it." Justin said. "Okay, that sounds sketchy to me for some reason." Patricia said after putting on her mask too. "It might be. The real motive behind this party is the marking ceremony only. No one would snatch your spotlight. We won''t let that happen." Justin replied while bringing a ck mask, a little simr to Patricia out of nowhere. He started to put that on his face too. He was wearing a ck tuxedo suit. "What are the motives? Is it somehow rted to why we are wearing masks?" Athena asked in confusion. "There are some people behind the mask who have offended him. He is going to punish them for ying games with him in the party only. So, be aware all the time and don''t talk much to anyone in the party and don''t reveal your identity at any cost. And never let that mask slip off your face." Justin warned and they both nodded at him. "Okay, now you are prepared enough to get out of the car." He said and came out the car to open Athena'' s side of the car which was facing the entrance. "Thankyou." She mumbled as she gave her hand to him to help her out. She walked out and stood a little far away from the car to give space to Patricia. The three walked toward the venue with their eyes held high. Everyone knew that among all the people present in the room, one of them was their alpha leader and the other one was his mate. Their scents were blocked so they couldn''t recognize each other in any way. The hype that the people created for that reason was obvious. After all, they were excited to see whom the moon goddess chose for their alpha leader. With each passing second, they were getting nearer to the main entrance of the party and for some reason, Athena started getting really nervous. When they reached the venue, Athena and Patricia gasped loudly. The ball room was so beautiful that it was hard for them to take their eyes off it. They couldn''t even recognize it. On top of that, it was decorated with Athena''s favourite flower, red roses, everywhere. The sweet smile in the air was mesmerising her beyond limit. She suddenly felt a really powerful eyes on her and felt a strong pull towards it, she could sense the power, the glory that was reeking off it and she let her eyes wander around to see if she could find it or not and realized it was impossible to find one man looking at her as every man was wearing ck tuxedo and ck mask while every woman was wearing red gowns with red mask. She gave up the search as soon as she realised that. She knew from her heart that it was none other than Dominic. But why wasn''t heing out? What did he have in mind? The room was huge and was so glorious that she couldn''t take her eyes off it. The top of the pack house was of the height of three floors. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt Patricia nudge her shoulders. She looked at Athena with an inquisition face. "Oh goodness, it looks so beautiful, wow. They did a great job" Patricia yelped in excitement. Right now, Patricia looked like one of those little kids who get happy upon receiving their favourite candy. But she was attentive enough to not to say anything which might reveal that she belonged from this pack. The pack was surrounded with endless guards, some of the guards were glued to their positions while some were marching around the castle. They held determined and expressionless faces. All were well built with armed costumes. One of the guards ushered them toe in after sharing some secret look with Justin. Patricia held Athena''s hand tightly, she could say that Patricia was very apprehensive and excited at the same time. She felt as if she was in another world; where everything was beyond beautiful. As they walked she couldn''t help but admire each and everything. Just in front of it was a giant staircase that looked as if it was made of pure gold, the whole hotel was polished with golden colour. There were uniformed guards at every inch of the corner of the hotel. Dominic kept very high and strict security. "Oh, listen. I forgot to say something to you girls." Justin said from behind, stopping them in their tracks.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?. "What is it?" Athena asked with a frown. "Well, pardon me if I forgot to say this, but all the alpha of this region are invited to this party, be aware, you might bump into DERRICK as well..." Justin said and Athena and Patricia let out a groan at the same time. Justin let out a chuckle seeing them do that. " But you know who holds the power here so work ording to it." He said and left for some direction before getting lost in the pool of people. They knew exactly what he meant and they were going to do exactly that. Use their power over them. The party has started already. Some people were dancing on the dance floor. Some were gossiping around. Some people were in the bar and snacks section. They were still standing in the same ce, looking around when someone approached them, mostly to Athena. Athena instantly recognised who it was and was hoping that he wouldn''t. DERRICK.. "Hey, can I just say that you are the most beautiful girl present in the room?" Derrick straight came to her and said that while taking her hand without permission and gave the back of it a kiss. It was so sudden that she couldn''t protest it. But she noticed a weird thing. She wasn''t scared of him, not that she was ever but after herst exchange with him, she thought she would be scared of him. But rather she was disgusted by him. She didn''t flinch or show any reaction and acted totally neutral. Patricia and Athena shared a look before looking back at him. "How do you know that? I am wearing a mask." Athena said while changing her voice a little. She learnt this in her previous life when she was a thief. "It''s the aura you are carrying, midy." He said in his flirtatious tone, making Athena roll her eyes at him. "But why are you alone in this party? You should have a handsome partner like me." He said while flexing his muscles and all. Just like previous times, he could not get over his over-obsessed self. "Too bad that the handsome partner is blind and couldn''t see me. But whatever, you might be right when you said that she is beautiful because of her aura but she couldn''t say the same because we couldn''t see your face and we don''t like your aura either." Patricia replied in a sassy tone, making Derrick re at her. It obviously hurt her alpha ego. But before he could say anything, his beta came and dragged him away. They couldn''t understand why he was even invited here and why did he evene here ... He obviously had a motive. Was it to take Athena? Athena wasn''t afraid of Ace''s safety because the second most trusted person was in the world. Ace''s second mother. Suzanne. She was handling him while she prepared for the party. They will be here when the ceremony starts. Before that it''s not good for Ace to roam around and Suzanne wasn''t feeling that well. So, she took the responsibility. Athena was very grateful to her. "You are so rebellious." Athena said to Patricia with a small chuckle. "I have another rebellious idea." Patricia said and looked at her with mischief-ness in her eyes. Before Athena could understand or say anything, Patricia grabbed her hand and led them on the dance floor. Athena protested but Patricia didn''t listen to her. "Patricia, stop. For God sake! Don''t do this, you''re not only going to make a fool of yourself but of mine too. And you know Dominic and your mate. These guys will Athena tried to stop her but Patricia being Patricia, didn''t listen to her. They both now stood in the middle of the ballroom where every couple was dancing with their partners, some even randomly choosing partners to dance. "Patricia, this isn''t like a party in the club. We don''t know anyone here." Athena said while looking around cautiously, knowing very well that Dominic was around and he was looking at her. "Exactly, Athena! We don''t know anyone here! Which makes it more fun. Let''s grab partners randomly and dance. And it''s going to be a lesson for Dominic. He wanted to y hide and seek, right? Let''s see how long he can y it." Just after she was done saying that, there was an announcement from the front to grab partners randomly and get into the dancefloor. Patriciaughed out loud after hearing that. "Nowyou don''t have any choice other than doing this. " Patricia said and Athena just frowned which Patricia couldn''t see. Everyone was getting into the dance floor and Athena still didn''t know what to do when a guy approached Patricia. He stood in front of Patricia, as he took her hand in his and said, "May I?" as he offered to dance with her. Patricia looked at Athena and squealed as she nodded and thus they took off towards the dance floor, ignoring an obvious growl from Justin. As soon as they left, another guy approached Athena and maintained a decent distance between themselves. Athena looked at the person in front of her, his upper face was covered with a mask so she could see a small smile which he had on his face. "Hey, I know this is awkward but I saw you hesitating for a dance as much as I. So, I thought to come over and ask you for a dance. So, would you like me to lead you to the dance floor?" He asked while forwarding his hand toward her to hold it. She suddenly had this wild idea of teasing Dominic as well and she smirked. "Guess I don''t have any options either." Saying that she was going to give him her hands when suddenly the room went pitch ck. Before she could understand anything, someone took her forwarded hand and gave her a sudden spin and she immediately knew who it was from the sparks. As it was already dark and just like that, she was about to trip and fall when two heavy and strong hands grabbed her waist and saved her from falling. She was in a daze as she couldn''tprehend what was going around. Her breath was also caught up in her lungs. Her eyes were tightly shut as she was waiting for the painful impact and the pain toe. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up only to get lost in the most beautiful looking eyes which were looking in her. The room was now semi dark. Her head and body were in a hymn that she couldn''t get out of. The world around her stood still and all she could focus was on the man in front of her. "How dare you?" Chapter 133 Chapter 133 133- The Grand Night-2 "You seriously didn''t think I would let YOU dance with anyone else, did you, MATE?" The very familiar man spoke up in his deep husky voice which made her stomach twist. His face was hidden behind a mask as well. She was angry at her for a few reasons. So, instead of melting away immediately like her body wanted to, she put on a cold face. She immediately tried to get away from him instinctively but he pulled her closer by her waist and that''s when she noticed their position and noticed that they were somehow under everyone''s attention. Not entirely but everyone was stealing nces of them. Probably they were feeling the strong aura around them which wasing from Athena and Dominic. Her hands were over his shoulder and his hands were on her waist which he was holding tightly and firmly. The sparks were stronger than ever. They were standing very close to each other as he moved both of them with the song in the background. "Dominic!" She whispered his name as she looked at the masked man in front of her with shock and disbelief. She kept her tone low so that no one hears her. Weren''t they supposed to stay away from each other so as not to expose their identities? "What are you doing?" She asked in a whispering tone and started to wriggle toe out of his hold but it was impossible as he kept his hand firmly around her waist. "Having a nice dance with a beautiful woman and enjoying my party. You see I don''t get this chance often because of someone very jealous. That''s it." He replied in a teasing and casual tone which she definitely didn''t like. He was acting way too casual. She wasn'' t liking anything that was happening here when they should be on alert for anything that might happen anytime soon. But seeing him in the full mood of enjoying the party like a normal lover boy, she decided to y along with her. ''Let''s just let loose for one night and enjoy it with our mate.'' Her wolf said and she decided to agree with her. "You weren''t supposed to enjoy the party with me but with your MATE. Would she like it if she saw you dancing with some other woman here?" She asked with a smirk which he definitely couldn''t see. "I don''t know. Let me test her with you and see how she likes it or not. Let''s see if she feels as jealous as me when she sees me with another girl." He said in a casual tone while looking around suddenly, making her look at him in disbelief. He looked as if he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to test ''his mate'' with some other girls. "Are you crazy or what?! Don''t even think of doing anything. I am not going to mind turning my dress redder." She threatened in a furious tone and just at that moment, he gave her a small push to give her a spin before pulling her toward him again. "You weren''t supposed toin, princess. It''s my party, my rules. I can do whatever I want." He reminded her with a smirk and she let out a sigh after hearing that. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! "Be careful of the wordsing out of your mouth, alpha leader, it''s going to make the matter really ugly. " She said in a warning tone. As it was her marking day, her wolf was at the edge. Not even liking the joke of him being with someone else. He let out a chuckle after hearing that and clutched her waist tightly before raising her up in the air by the waist without any warning. She was caught off guard but didn''t say anything and went along with his steps. "Think twice about whom you are warning, princess. I am the Alpha Leader. I do whatever I want to do and am not afraid of any warning." He said while spinning her around. "Then go ahead with what you meant a while ago." She dared him in a hard voice while keeping her eyes on him. "Are you sure?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, amused by her attitude. "Yes, go ahead." 1 She stood firm on the ground but didn''t say anything. She fumed hard even after challenging him and having him just where she wanted him. Her raging nerves hadn''t calmed down yet. And shepletely lost her sanity when she found him looking at a specific single woman and her blood boiled. It was all the nervousness before the marking ceremony which was making her angry. She clutched her face and made him forcefully look at him. "How dare you!" She shouted at him. "How dare you say those things to me? Do you think I am going to let you do that just like that, the moment you look at some other woman, I am going to jump in the arms of the next guy I find and kiss him." She breathed hard while he stood there still while holding his mask in ce and listened to her. He didn''t get angry at her for some reason, rather, he found her really hot at that moment. He couldn''t stop himself anymore. He pulled her toward him with a great force and she fell on his chest. She was shocked seeing him acting so hard with him and her heart beat rose when she noticed him breathing hard and realised that she had instigated the fire inside him. But does she regret it? No. But will she regret it in future? Definitely not. "I will be really happy to see you try that, princess but before you leave, you should know that I don''t like to owe things to people and like to return their things back to them as soon as I can." He said in a sick tone which sent chills down her spine as she registered his words in her mind. "So, take your thing before leaving." He said while pressing her wrist tightly. Her eyes widened when she understood that he was talking about paying her back for saying that she was going to kiss someone else. "What do you me-...?" She couldn''tplete her sentence as he raised his free hand up and flicked it. In a blink of an eye, the room went dark and she felt the mask remove from her face before a pair of lips pressed themselves down on her lips. She was surprised it would be an understatement. She just went still at that moment. Her wolf immediately calmed down and started purring in her head. She couldn''t think properly nor could she react. She just felt really blissed at that moment. He kept his lips on her lips firmly and tightly and didn''t move them. When he pulled back, a spotlight went on which was focusing on a nk space at that moment. "Now it''s time, my Luna queen." Chapter 134 Chapter 134 134- His words of appreciation "Ladies and gentlemen, it''s finally the midnight. The moon is shining brightly, brighter than ever. It looks like the moon goddess has descended down to the moon herself to witness today''s ceremony herself." One of the elders of the region said while looking at the shining moon from the big window at the right wing of the mansion. It was true. No one has ever seen the moon glowing so much ever in their life. It really looked as if something really special was going to happen today and no one could wait to witness it. "As it''s already the midnight, I, one of the board members of this region, would like to call the alpha of alphas of the North region on the stage so that he could bring our Luna Lady into the light." Another elder said as he got down from the stage to let the leader get on the stage and own it like he owned the region. The spotlight fell on Dominic as he was standing on the dance floor. Athena immediately took a step away from Dominic so that the spotlight didn''t fall on her. She got mingled with the crowd to see what Dominic does now. It''s the time when the alpha introduces his Luna in his own way before the Luna makes an entry and she''s interested to know how he does that. "Hello, everyone. First I would like to invite you all to the ceremony of my Luna. Tonight I am the most proudest man alive on this because I get to im the most beautiful and strongest woman as my own tonight." Dominic said while slowly putting the mask away from his face and throwing it at his gamma who caught it effortlessly.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! His beta wasn''t present there at that moment. Even though he wondered where he was, he didn''t have the time or opportunity to think about it. This night his time, thoughts, attention everything only belonged to none other than his precious mate. And he was going to make sure nothing stops him from doing that. "It''s not because of her beauty and strength why I love her and treasure her so much. She''s filled with uncountable things within her which would make anyone love her. She''s a fighter. She is filled with battle scars which she acknowledges as her beauty marks. She is someone who would break completely from inside but will make sure her loved ones are far from sadness and any danger. She can be an angel for the good fellows and a burning hell for those who dares to cross their limits with her. That applies to me as well." Dominic said with a smirk while looking at everyone present in the room. Every male in the room removed their masks as soon as their alpha leader removed his mask. And when the Luna Lady would remove her mask is the time when all the females would remove their masks. "My love, my Luna, my mate. When Fate struck me, you were like my gand of hundred stars in my dark night. You were there when I stopped fighting. You are the spirit of me which motivates me to fight evil, to do better every day, to live my life. All the words in this world would fall short if I try to exin what you mean to me." He said, his eyes were glistening with unshed tears. "If what the elders said is true and the moon goddess is actually looking at us from the moon, she knows about how much I love you. She knows what you mean to me." Dominic said as he suddenly started to walk down the stage. Everyone knew where he was going and they couldn'' t wait for him to reach his destination. The spotlight followed him all the way. "Your eyes, it''s filled with such strong emotions, when I look at you in the eyes, I feel like you could hold the whole world in your eyes. They are so powerful and so beautiful. One look from you and I am ready toy down the whole world to your feet." He approached her some more. "Your smile, I swear on the moon goddess, it can even put the sun to shame with its brightness. It brightens up my whole world. When your beautiful smile is not on your lips, I feel my world falling into the dark pit of darkness. I hate that and it makes me want to do everything unthinkable to keep that smile always on your face." He was nearing her and felt as if the world was vanishing for them and if it was just them. "Nothing will ever be enough for you, so let mee to your wolf. Your beautiful wolf. The biggest surprise for me and whoever saw your wolf and it''s going to be the biggest shock for everyone when they saw her as well." He said, appreciation was clear in his tone. "She is the most beautiful, strong, sarcastic and wolf mate I could ever get. I am proud of her and I love her as much as I love you." "The motherly instinct inside you made me believe that no one but you are the perfect Luna for my pack. Your smartness, your way of thinking, your thoughts, your everything is beyond any word of appreciation. Your caring nature assures me that my pack members know where to go in trouble when I am unavable. The way you calm them down and handle them, makes me feel like they got a mother as their Luna. A mother who can give and take lives for her children. I am confident that the pack members can''t deny that." He said with a smirk, just a few steps away from her. "So, My queen, My Luna, my mate, my love. Athena! Are you ready for this?" He said as he stood in front of her and removed her mask slowly. Gasps filling the room immediately. Athena''s heart thudded crazily inside her ribcage as she thought about what she was going to do next. While Dominic misunderstood the crazy heartbeat as nervousness, unaware of what was going on in her head. "What''s going to happen to you if I reject you now, alpha Dominic?" Chapter 135 Chapter 135 135- Her wolf "Stop! Stop it, Dominic! Listen to me, Dominic!" Athena called behind a raging Dominic who wasn''t listening to anyone and continued to pull her to the stage with him. Nobody could understand what was happening. They could understand that Athena was Dominic''s mate. But they couldn''t understand why she said what she said and why he was pulling her forcefully to the stage. They thought their alpha leader and Luna Lady loved each other too much to mark themselves as soon as possible. Then why was she saying something so absurd that made the alpha angry? Patricia and Justin shared a worried look with each other, fearing that Dominic was going to mark her forcefully. If he actually does that, things are going to turn really dirty. But do they have enough time to negotiate and understand what was going on in Athena''s head? No! Everyone was here. If Athena rejects Dominic in front of all these people, Dominic''s rank as the alpha leader would immediately be taken away from him, regardless of him being chosen by the moon goddess. That''s a disaster! "Dominic, stop! You have to stop and listen to me!" Athena said in a stern tone while pulling a wall between them which won''t let anyone hear them other than Dominic. She would have mind linked him but that would let her wolf out from the cage in her mind where she kept her wolf in captivity. If her wolfes out somehow it would lead to nothing but a disaster. "I have heard you enough, Athena. Enough. I have had enough. Not anymore. Thest time I did what I thought was right, when I rejected you. It didn''t turn out well. And this is going to be the second time when I am going to do what I think is right. And trust me, this is going to turn out to be the best decision ever for everyone. For Ace, for my pack, for each pack under me, for my people and for me. And for their betterment, I am going to do this, you may like it or not. I have had enough obstacles between us. This time I am not going to give any obstacle a damn. I don¡¯t care if the obstacle is you either." Dominic grumbled out in anger while climbing up the stairs as everyone stared at them in confusion, unable to understand what''s going on between them. ''Try to connect to her wolf.'' Dominicmanded his wolf as he roughly pulled Athena on the stage, swirling her around to make her stand in front of him. She looked at him with widened and fearful eyes. ''I am trying but I am unable to do so. She''s not answering to my calls. I feel an emptiness surrounding her space. It feels like she has never been there. What''s wrong with my mate?!'' Dominic''s wolf howled in worry while pacing around in restlessness. Dominic frowned deeply at her. Seeing the look on her face, he knew she did something despite his orders and warning. That made him more angry. "What did you do, Athena? What''s wrong with your wolf? Why isn''t she replying to my wolf?" Dominic gritted his teeth at her. Thanks to the goddess, she created a wall around them which didn''t allow anyone to hear their conversation but everyone could surely feel the tense atmosphere around them from their expressions. He was beyond pissed at her. He knew this time it wasn''t his fault. This time all he wanted to do was sort out everything between them and in their lives and all he wanted her to do is have patience and enough trust in him. But no! She was too impatient and went to solve things herself and brought trouble for both of them. "I am asking you a fucking question, Athena! Where''s your wolf?! What happened to her?!" He growled in fury, making her jump. She looked up at him with teary eyes. "She...is not... avable at this moment..." She said under her breath while looking away from his eyes. "What do you mean by that, Athena? What was that supposed to mean? What did you do?" He asked in shock, trying to calm down a little. He could sense that something was terribly wrong. "And I don''t want to hear any crap. I want the truth. The truth only." He said in a cold and a low growling from his chest and she looked guilty. She knew she did something wrong and she didn''t have any right to lie to Dominic at that moment. She would ruin everything for both of them if they fail to find any solution to her stupidity. And to do that, she needed to tell Dominic everything. "I...I contacted Thea..." She whispered under her breath which he clearly heard. He frowned again. "Thea? The witch? Why?" He asked in confusion, not finding any reason for her to contact a witch at that moment. "You already know that my wolf is a special one. A red wolf, holding all the powers of the element fire." She sighed while looking down at her feet. "Yes, so?" He asked, preparing himself for the worst. "Thea said that all my powers would wake up gradually with training but I didn''t get any chance to train to awake my powers and this day came. I had this bad feeling that something is going to happen today which I am never going to let that happen. And to do that, I need my power. It''s not like I don''t trust you. It''s just I don''t want to be a burden. This day is equally my responsibility as much as it''s yours." She exined in dismay, making him sigh. He couldn''t me her for thinking that way. "And what did you do to do that?" He asked, ready to hear the worst. "I used magic to awaken all my powers and..." She trailed off, not knowing how to break the news to him. "And?" Dominic looked at her with held breath. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! "And the overwhelming powers made my wolf lose control because it happened all of a sudden. Now she has be... harmful." The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!