's F
owering a little. As silent as the Crescent moon pack could ever b
quility throughout its history. Despite his cunn
home near the woods, complete with a tiny garden and porc
and her younger brother Olive ran
Isaiah, their f
asked his father to show him his flawlessly white teeth. The seven-year
ven the woods were safe, he reprimanded; th
lovely times when Bell would narrate a sto
he took his seventeen-year-old sis
s having none of it and hurried throu
rm as they sat on the blanket B
he questioned his astute sister, seeking
u can be anything you want
since Uncle Adrian is a single man, I will automatically become the Alpha. Olive summarize
the strongest, kindest, and most pow
he replied,
re not strong enough because y
tioned while interlocking his fingers with his
strong; only you can do that with the will of your he
turned to face her innocent younger brother, wh
beca
ut off when she he
" Olive didn't wait for her and instead r
llow him, but as she did, she trip
eld by a wolf who had ripped his body apart and slashed his neck with his claws when she notice
moment. When she awoke, she saw a young man dressed in royal clothing standing in front of the bodies. He had pe
n the direction of
lt beside them. Her entire family had be
was the man's face who had killed them. She screamed loudly in the a
va consoled her. On her way to the castle, Bell had seen other familie
he said, giving her a tight hug. Bell's family was her family, and Isaiah was her uncle. A
ur uncle Adrian needs to see you." Diana had been w
en her mother stopped her, but
ll," she
ilence, opening the Alpha'
n Alpha Adrian motio
ve been grieving for your family for a we
t to cry again. He was as saddened by Bell's death
ught back to her final moments with them, the quiet momen
he apologised, feeling guilty
pped to his kne
uncle?" Perplexed by
"Please sav
should save them confused Bell even
hand, "If we don't give him a bride,
rn eighteen in two months, Bell, you know that I would never d
acity to advise her to get married to someone else, but Bell
ld be under another attack if we don't present a bride to the Alpha." He tried to talk her out of it, but his eyes were
pack was nothing i
saying, "No,
other families from suffering the same fate. He tried to reason with Bell once more, saying, "Think
s; it was obvious that she had heard everything the
ore acting in a way she
ll be the bride," a
*
er. The pack was larger and livelier than the Crescent moon
ress, but it also had enough l
Gamma Lucian as they entered the enormou
n hair, a massive build, a chiseled face,
isn't all that bad," as he app
u must be Bell. My
he Alpha she was assigned t
stairs. She saw a man with brown eyes, a stern face, long black hai
and remained silent as
he was the man who ha