ログイン~~~Anya~~~The statue stood right before me, staring straight into my bones. My phone was still up in the air, my eyes darting between the man on the carved stone and the one standing just close to my father. It was unmistakably him.I lowered my hands down as a sudden ache jolted through my arm. Right in this town, it stood right there —displayed. Not hidden. Not abandoned. Not buried. But proudly displayed as if everyone knows exactly who the man is in this town. While I had spent most of time trying to figure out this man's identity, he was practically something everyone looked almost every day in this city.I moved closer again, ignoring the way people looked at me as I stared too deep at the statue, staring directly at his face. He looked older in this carving, but it was definitely him. The same man everyone seems unwilling to talk about, but here, he stood looking less of a mystery and more of something to explore. It totally makes no sense right now. My eyes darted towards t
~~~Anya~~~I watched as the woman stood up so gently and moved out from the bus. I sat down there frozen at my spot, my eyes still wide open. Because I know for sure, this time around, it wasn't my hallucinations. Even if I had actually just seen it for a few seconds, I'm very sure of what my eyes saw. That name. That same location I was heading to was given to me by that old man. I suddenly came to one conclusion right away—it really has to be her. The same woman from the online comment, the same woman searching for the same thing I was searching, the same female wolf who was asking questions more than I am, and the same woman the old man had actually remembered. I immediately got up before my mind could stop me. I grabbed my bag tightly on my side and dropped down quickly from the bus. I wasn't going to sit down there clueless, and drown in curiosity. Because, you know what curiosity has done to me? It had literally ruined my life times without numbers already. So I'm not letting
~~~~Anya~~~~That's where the lies began? How? I nodded slowly as the realization of the truth that this whole mystery wasn't just as simple as I had thought it was. My shoulders lowered a bit as I sat back on the wooden chair. This whole situation was seriously becoming overwhelming. “What lies?” The question came out low, almost as if I was asking myself as I stared at him. Because honestly, I was already getting tired and frustrated about why old people always prefer to speak in riddles.His eyes held onto mine with a glacial, condescending stare. His lips curled into a mirthless, patronizing smile with a single perfectly arched eyebrow that ticked upward. The kind of look that says—you already know more than you think.And honestly, his constant silent stare and agonizing smugness made my blood absolutely boil further because I've been seeing too much of it lately. “Hollows of Ashvale is an old settlement,” he said. “It is older than the modern packs you've encountered. It is w
~~~~Anya~~~~“Protect me from who?” The question slipped out feeling heavy. The man looked like he didn't want to answer the question, his eyes were just glued straight into mine. It was just a simple question, right? But he just stared blankly as if he was processing my words. There was no guilt or secret behind his deadpanned expression.He cleared his throat, finally. “Some truths arrive when they're ready,” he said. “And not when we're curious about it.”You know what happened to my sanity right now? It frayed into a thousand invisible threads as his face carried a seriousness that didn't belong to this place. I was never aware that this was the way I'd be getting the answers I left home for.He adjusted his sitting position and moved back a bit. “Beta Zain came to this place before you were born,” his voice lowered. “Not once, not twice… many times.”The realization settled as my chin dipped. Because if my father had constantly come to this place, that would mean it wasn't just
~~~~Anya~~~~Damn! The words lingered over and over, just hanging in the air like they weren't just spoken to me.“Ridgewood was never really supposed to be yours in the first place.”“It was supposed to be his.What does that even mean at all? Because, does that even make any sense at all? My eyes fell on the man again who looked totally unmoved. “What does that even mean?” My voice cracked a bit. “Who are you for real? What are all these you're talking about? And why do you keep talking like you really know my father?” The questions left my mouth one after the other, I couldn't hide the confusion that was growing deep in me.The old man just sat down calmly. Too calm. Looking totally not intimidated at all. And this his constant calm composure? It made me more frightened by the whole situation. Then finally, he cleared his throat and shifted forward a bit. And guess what he did. Out of all the questions, he chose to answer just one, and that one? It was literally the less importan
~~~~Anya~~~~I spun around almost too quickly, already looking face to face with the old man now. This was entirely the first time my heart started racing since I embarked on this journey of mine.I tightened my grip on my phone, the photograph still blooming bright on my hand. The evening had already started to settle down into the night and the night felt as if it was running away from the evening. The man just stood there, looking so calm, his gaze shifted towards the photograph one more time. There was totally no sign of confusion in his face at all. Not even curiosity, almost like he had actually expected me, almost like he had seen this before now. A sudden rush of irritation grew inside of me, I stared into his face directly again, then the irritation multiplied.I really don't like it when strangers act this way—just like they know more than they should have and moe than I do. I'm not being selfish, but I don't like it when people are steps ahead of me. Damn it.I stared at
~~~Anya~~~The next morning felt colder than usual. It wasn't because of the weather, but because of the place I'm headed to. Sterling Corporation—Ridgewood Holdings, stood tall before me. Its glass exterior was reflecting the early morning sunlight as if nothing, not even the air in it had changed.
~~~Anya~~~Maybe it was just me. But the air felt heavier than usual the moment I stepped out of Sterling Corporation. My heels clicked softly against the pavement as I walked past the glass doors and tried to ignore the whispers that followed me out of the building like shadows.“They said Alpha K
~~~ANYA~~~ I cried, letting my tears mix with the warm water from the shower as the two liquids intertwined, rolling over my body. I had locked myself unsure of how I could make myself stop and look for a solution inside the bathroom in my new bedroom cage, as he said—not far away from the Alpha’s
~~~KANE~~~ A long crushing silence stretched the very moment I had recognized Meena as my mate and not Anya. The crowd exhaled. I turned to the crowd, my voice booming, “I reject the union between Anya and me. The moon goddess doesn't have to tangle me with a broken and cursed wolf. I know what's







