ARIEL’S POV“What the hell are you on about, Melvin?” I groaned, pushing my head against the door, “Silver Moon? What are we going there to do? You told me to stay out of there.”“I know, I know, but right now, we have to go. There’s trouble,” Melvin pointed his hand in the direction of Silver Moon.I grumbled and turned away from him to go back into the cabin. He followed right behind me.“Did you not hear what I just said, Ariel?”“Buzz off, Melvin, my head is banging. I need sleep,” I sighed as I walked through the cabin’s passageway.“If we don’t go right now, someone is gonna die and it’s going to be because of you!” Melvin shouted.I stopped and turned to him. His words were starting to get through my sleepy head. I could see tears of frustration welling up in his eyes.“If we don’t go right now, Ariel, I—” his voice cracked, “I don’t know what’s gonna happen.”I took quick steps forward before stopping just a few feet away from him, “What happened, Melvin? What will happen in t

ARIEL’S POVMy heart skipped a beat when the strange semi-built guy appeared in front of us. Melvin backed away as the guy strolled into the house and those of us behind him backed away instinctively too.Was this Niko?“Who are you?” I asked him.“The name is Viktor, Milady,” his lips spread from side to side in a wide grin, “and I am here to take you with me.”So this is the infamous Viktor from Niko’s squad. I’ve heard about the ridiculous bloodlust he had from Melvin. Even if I had no prior knowledge about his bloodlust, right now, I could smell the bloodlust oozing off from his aura.“You are the main prize,” Viktor said pointing at me, then moved his finger from me to Gio, “and you are the bonus.”I didn’t want to take any chances. I know I couldn't take Viktor yet, this was Melvin’s fight. I looked at Melvin’s back. I knew I couldn’t call him by his name but we still needed to communicate. So I had to improvise.“Hey, Ski mask!”Melvin turned around to look at me. He understood

MELVIN’S POVI hopped off the remaining half of the house that I stood in and walked to where Viktor landed. He was pushing off the rubble of pieces of wood from his body.I took a glance towards the direction Ariel and the others ran off just in time to see Ariel disappear into the woods. I needed to end this with Viktor as soon as possible so I could join them. I was sure the other members of the group had planted themselves in strategic places around the area to cut off any form of escape.The woods were a perfect place for an ambush. At least one of them has got to be in there.My face tightened in a frown under the ski mask as I turned my attention back to Viktor. I couldn’t leave him to run after us. I had to put him down right here and right now.Viktor staggered to his feet, groaning, “What the hell, mate? That felt like magic.”He squinted his eyes and scanned me slowly for a few minutes. After a while, his lips curled into a smirk and his eyes widened in realization, “So yo

ARIEL’S POVI led my trail into town, still holding on tightly to Gio, and Melvin followed closely behind us.I could hear the paces and quick feet of two other people behind us. That was definitely Niko and Darius. We weren’t in their view but they were hot in pursuit and were not that far off behind us.“They are right behind us,” Melvin said as we were about to come out from the woods and enter the Silver Moon pack area, “The woods are what has been hiding us from them. Once we move into an open space, we will directly be in their line of sight.”“Yeah, I know, but we really don’t have a choice,” I called back to him.“The only place I know we can hide out from them is in town and we have to go there. We just have to go faster so we can lose them in town.”I ducked under a branch, “Watch your head, Gio.”Gio could only mumble back in response as she ducked under the branch behind me.We came out from the woods and houses came into view. It was already getting dark so we got no ques

ARIEL’S POVWe sat in silence after Gio talked about the half-moon emblem. It was quite a very unnerving reveal for me and it could only mean one thing. Joharres had started invading the other packs.I couldn’t quite place my hand on what I was feeling but I could tell I was feeling a mix of anger, sadness, and guilt. There was another feeling eating away at my heart. This feeling…It was a betrayal. I looked up at Melvin with pain-struck eyes. There was no way he didn’t know his Father had started invading the other packs. If he knew when his Father was planning the invasion, then he definitely must have known when it would happen.So why didn’t he tell me?“Melvin,” I called slowly.He looked up at me, “Yeah?”I blinked once and swallowed the lump in my throat, “I think we should head out now.”He nodded in quick succession, “Yeah, yeah.”I stood up and Melvin followed suit. I watched him closely as he moved away from the chair towards the door. He turned around and his eyes locke