(A/N: I said I wouldn't update until march. Well, I lied. Also, Happy Valentine's day to everyone💝)
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"We found a dead body outside the pack territory" Brian's words make a muscle to tick on Adryan's jaw, Jade gasps lightly as she hears this.
"Which part?" Adryan asks.
"South-east part Alpha" Brian immediately replies. Adryan clenches his fist in anger. That was closest to where the elders of the pack lived, what would've happened if some rogue had attacked them? Those were people who stood beside him even when he thought he wasn't capable of being an Alpha at sixteen. Being a Lycan meant that the emotions he felt increased by ten folds and Jade could immediately feel his anger rolling off of him in waves, it would make any normal wolf back away from him, but she stood her ground.
"Let's go" Brian walks out of the house at Adryan's command. Adryan turns to face Jade.
"Stay here, lock the door after I leave." his voice filled with tension.
Jade was about to argue with him to let her come with him, but his words stop her.
"I mean it, Jade. Don't leave the house," he says again, knowing that she had a habit of disobeying him, just like the last time she did when the rogue attack happened during the initiation.
Jade sighs, "Okay" she looks up at him, who looks back at her, calculating if she'd listen to him this time, finally finding some sort of validation Adryan starts to head over to the scene.
"Be careful" Jade says just before he crossed the threshold, her words make him halt in his footsteps indicating that he heard her softly spoken words and continues on his way after a few moments.
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Dry leaves crunch under his shoes as Adryan walked towards where the patrol guards found the dead body, he didn't need Brian showing him where it was exactly since as soon as he travelled more towards the southern part of his pack ground, the smell of death hit him instantly.
The first thing Adryan noticed was how some of the wolves were circled around the dead body like a bunch of hyenas waiting to tear through its meal.
"What is happening over here?" his sharp voice made the wolves jump back in shock, upon seeing him they bow their heads in respect.
"I asked you all a question" Adryan's gaze didn't waver a bit, causing the wolves to shift their weight from one leg to another with nervousness. No one answered him for a few moments until one of them got the courage to speak up.
"Uh- We were just checking for the injuries on the body, Alpha" the guard stutters at first with nervousness.
"Are you guys the pack doctor?" Adryan asks with a clenched jaw.
"No- no Alpha." the same guard replies.
"I need most of you to guard the borders of the pack, and the remaining to run patrol inside the pack territory. Station two outside my house, six outside the pack house. If I find any of you slacking and gossiping around, the punishment would be severe. Understood?" he asks.
"Is that understood?" he yells harshly.
"Ye-s Alpha" all of the reply.
"Now leave" that was all it took for the wolves to scramble away.
Adryan was angry with how his guards have been slacking in carrying out their duties, of all years Adryan has been an Alpha, there hadn't been much of a rogue attack going to the extent where they ventured further into the pack territory, some managed to travel pass the border, but they were immediately killed off by Adryan himself, Brian or a patrol guard. Blaine's discovery last week didn't help either, it only added to Adryan's stress and fear. He was clueless for the first time in a while, there had been things of his past, he had hoped would never repeat, yet these instances were pointing towards one single direction. If vampires were behind these attacks, it only meant one thing. He was back for revenge. Darius was back.
Coming out of his trail of thoughts, Adryan inspects the mangled dead body. It was missing chunks of its body just like the one that attacked his pack during the initiation, its jaw wide open as if someone had broken them purposefully.
"Call Blaine, and ask him to run the tests he did on the rogues last time," Adryan speaks to Brian.
Upon further inspection of the dead body, Adryan managed to catch the faint scent of another wolf, it seemed like this one managed to escape after the killing of the rogue they found.
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Jade sipped on her green tea, as she sat on a stool along the kitchen counter, it was one at the noon, and she was home alone since Adryan left early in the morning for his Alpha duties, and Jade had already left Adonis at the nursery.
She looked outside the window in boredom, her gaze moving towards the figures moving back and forth through the perimeters of the house, Apparently, Adryan had appointed patrol guards near the house, in and around the pack territory, after they'd found a dead body which was about a month ago, he clearly wasn't taking any chances with the safety of his pack members. There also has been a curfew imposed, all pack members were supposed to be inside their homes by ten.
Jade also learned that Adryan liked her the food she had prepared for him since he had both Brian and Violet complaining to him about how he didn't even care to share his lunch with them, Jade was obviously flattered to hear that, so she had made it a daily habit to prepare lunch for Adryan every morning, which he would take it along with him, packed in a lunchbox.
Which reminded her of the incident that happened after the first day she had prepared lunch for him
The doorbell catches Jade's attention as it rings, she had a sleeping Adonis in her arms, she was just about to head towards her room when the doorbell rang. Cautiously, she opens the front door with one hand while the other held Adonis. She was relieved to see that it was just Adryan.
Jade moves aside so that he could step in, He looked tired with bags underneath his eyes. He rubbed his eye while the other held the empty food container.
"Let me take that," Jade says, pointing towards the empty container.
"Pass him to me," Adryan says motioning to Adonis who she still held in her arms "Your arm might be getting tired" Indeed her arms were aching since she had been holding Adonis for quite a while now since he wouldn't go to sleep easily.
Adryan takes Adonis from her, meanwhile, she takes the container from him, she was about to turn back and head into the kitchen to clean the container. But a hand on her wrist stops her. She eyes the hand on her wrist, her eyes trailing up to meet blue eyes. Sparks spread through her body at his touch.
"Thank you for the food," he says, his cheeks tinting a light shade of red.
"Are you blushing?" She asks him, causing the redness to grow further, amusing her. Instead of replying to her, he leans forwards and places a kiss on her cheek, saying his good night and leaving with Adonis. Now she was the one standing in the foyer with cheeks tainted red.
After that small moment, Adryan had gotten bolder with his approaches, whether it was finding an excuse to touch her or standing behind her while she cooked, he had also made it a habit to spend time with her and Adonis, coming home at night and having dinner with them to him playing silly and goofy games with Adonis, which brought a smile to Jade's face.
She couldn't believe there was a time in the past when she never wanted Adryan to know about Adonis, she realized how wrong she was in denying him of that happiness.
A knock on the front door makes Jade jolt in her seat with surprise, she was confused about who would be visiting at this time, but the familiar scent of Dahlia's made her relax.
Opening the front door, her eyes met a pair of blue-green ones, Jade's eyes lit up as she sees the person.
"Joan" Jade says excitedly. "What brings you here?"
"Nothing" Joan waves her hand in a dismissive motion but then adds, "Would you like to accompany me to the pack library?"
Her question catches Jade off guard, "Now?" she asks in confusion.
"Yes, right now. Come on." With that said, Joan turns and starts walking towards the direction of the packhouse.
Jade immediately wears her shoes and runs after the woman.
"Did you have any vision?" Jade asks once she catches up with Joan. Joan doesn't say anything, she doesn't accept nor deny it.
"You have to be patient," She says after a moment.
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