BY'

the midwife's quarters, walking on the leafy

I asked Gerard whose sense

d him protectively, and held o

urge to turn back and break into a wild run, ov

voice almost a whisper, as

oval. He shook his head and stretched his hand, signa

I tried to identify where it was coming from, the more my chances of living became thinner. M

." I tr

in volcanic energies or harsh pheromones. But that was something the alphas and betas could

tribute that was inbuilt in me, that was embedded in my soul. So

nd suffocating. It came out in massive waves, saturating everywhere like a thick fog. I knew that whatev

nd he tucked it behind his elongated ear. He ha

e to me through the mindlink, not wan

them too."

the wall, till we heard a voice

calm down,

!" We shouted at the same time, surprise written on our face. We looked like two hyperactiv

the moon goddess had cursed him to remain single forever. We could only hope that the moon goddess would eventually pardon him and lift the curse. But with Inko'

and peered over. The sight that followed, shocked us to the core. We never expected to se

. "Luna Alyssa will be fine.

t, giving it a rough squeeze. "Mother has not given birth yet," I s

d will be okay." He tried to calm me, b

m, but a familiar, authoritative vo

his voice laced with grief. "I warne

he tensed air. It was emanating from the closed room in front of father and I

knew it would be this painful. So this was

unning through his mind. He opened his mouth to say someth

ar from that bastard omega

ds dived straight into my eardrums and nestled th

hat kept resounding in my ears. Even the words that Gerard communic

, my emotions capsided and hot tears flowed freely down my cheeks. Gerard slowly left where he stoo

e shouted, using his commanding tone as an alpha to get my attention. "Listen to me, you are nothing clos

nger. We've never crossed path since my years in the pack. Not until this day. Why was he, a

proved me wrong. Maybe there were some who don't hate

ok at what is happening. I guess he has rubbed off his ill luc

erard's countenance got my attention as I cried. His squinted eyes narrowed, his jaw wa

His hand rested on my back, a

d me from hearing all he said. "... please don'

s mouth terrified me greatly. "I will, Inko," he said, through gritted teeth. "I won't jus

veryone including Gerard and I, stiffened. What happened? Had she given birth? Or could it be that she had di... I s

tly. He growled uncontrollably, spooking everyone with his charged pheromones which he unkn

his was no ordinary wind. It was a

e crowd broke into joyful shouts, and the

eed not anyone to tell me what just happened. I already know that

ed with smiles on my face as I faced Gerard, f

ter of attention. The mirthful atmosphere lessened a bit as all eyes darted towards our direction. Whisperings started fl

rard communicated to me, his

nd looked at hi

I was high on something. But the truth was that,

sted my morale and I puffed out my chest, quirked my brows, and held my face high, giving them bombastic side looks as I walked. M

thought I was Prince Philip, the Di

giggles filtered into my mind.

, and entered the roo