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Crescent

Asher's

d left with aunt Rhona for the Circle's meeting in Nevada. Once I reached my room, I showered and got dressed in casual jeans

dressed in short lavender single strap dress. She had makeup on and looked li

Eric, Enzo, Carl and Louis came up to us. They were sma

n was etched on th

ng something?" I

up behind us. He was perfectly dressed as we

re wearing

pishly. "You never know when I'll find my mate. I go

devious snickering erupting at the back of my mind. A deathly pain zapped through my head and I felt my darkness fight for control. His conviction was stro

Her breathless yell snapped me back to r

erald green eyes and a bright cognac brown eyes. It belonged to my demon. I pull myself in control. Sighing deeply.

ed to Amy, pulling her clos

h a smile, trying t

ouis pointed out flatly. I furrowed my eyes, r

t! He forgot

." Pinching the skin on my foreh

e Pack's bar" I heard

thes and grabbed a leather black jacke

?" I asked, noting Malia, K

up" Daryl replied. We ordered s

she walked to our usual spot in the bar. I gulped down the remaining drink in my mouth. I had neve

Malia and what did you do to he

ns that gripped her legs, trailing her perfect curve she often hides under baggy pants and workout clothes. It was paired with a

sweetheart is all grown up" She reached Malia for

g from it. Everyone still had stares on her. "Seriously guys! E

p on his feet. We strolled out of the bar when suddenly, uncle M

A bad feeling. It worsened when un

ng?" Theo queried, simi

Mitch never moved his eyes from me. I

" My eyes shot up instantly

Luca is sick

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hat the Alpha was dying. Uncle Mitch didn't share much insight on that. I had a lot of questions grazing my mind. But for now, I focused on the bright glow that radiated in the

the ground beneath my feet trembled. Slowly, my surroundings began to flicker, almost as if it was dissipating. Before I knew it, my sight fell on the familiar bu

Hendrick, the Alpha's ever capable Beta. He wore a l

on my shoulder. "Take care Asher" She sen

uncle Hendrick and a group of the Pack's warriors

was flourishing. The group of warriors tailing behi

. It was warm and honestly, I craved for one

to chin smile. "It'

high ranking officials. A sharp shrill pierced through my ears. Suddenly, a figure raced

wonder and amazement. Stephan, Wren and D

to me. She leaped in the air a

nging her from side to side. Fuck

fan. He was Lyra's mate. They only realized they were each other mates few months ago when they turned eighteen. Well, everyone kind of knew that already. Be

ically, we were of the same age. I was only few months older than her, but I'd still like to think of her as my baby sister. Sh

from her. The last time I saw her was three years ago, she had visited me

still taunting Asher." She joked. I looke

ick. Dorian was my future delta and Wren, was just like me. Or at least, half of what I was. He was a dem

"You look different Asher. I guess more m

t came out in a whisper. I stared into her chocolate deep eyes and it had already welled up in tears. The s

and the Pack's doctor said he'll barely last a month." She hiccup

n terms with that horrible truth yet. "It'll be alright

"He's been missing you for years Asher. Dad just can't say it but he really did miss you

her. We made our way

yra left me when we reached the hallway of the Alpha's r

oing at all. I didn't even know what I'll say to the man who was my father. Our relationship had always bee

o Alpha Luca's, my father. I summoned the strength to go inside. The room was as dark as night itself.

ved closer to his bedside. Unsure why he was apologizing and what I

ody on the bed. Involuntary, I halted on my tracks. That was not the man I knew as my father. The bulky and

ead, it turned into a killer series of coughs. "I

that was supposed to be

scattered beards that gave him a shabby look. Had he been living in a fucking cave this last years. I felt enraged that the Alpha of the Pack looked like this. What in the goddess name have the servan

biting tears that ran to the surface with my emotions. I didn't expe

myself every single day" He spoke as t

n. And for the briefest seconds it felt like we were having

that all you or the Alpha have been working you up in the gym" Sl

rprisingly, I felt relieved. Like the pain and rage I had always harboured against this man had dissipated into nothingness. The serenity was soothi

ther blankly in silence.

I lost Lucia." He breathed deeply. I knew it was a failed attempt to quell the shimmering waters that enveloped his eyes. "When I lost her. I lost a part of me..." He didn't bother to wipe off the tears

eyes, withstanding it's hotness that burne

a would hate me completely. But I didn't know how to deal with your mother's death. I didn't know how to be the father you deserved and the father sh

ed my own mother. The darkness in me did. And I knew that much and wouldn't kid myself. For years at the Crescent Moon Pack, uncle Benjamin had taught me control over my inner demon. But that was something I could never

on I saw dad's rough hands

wished I never find my destined mate. It'll be better if I never meets her. For her sake. At the thought of my destined mate, I felt the demon that stre