My Secret Life (New Edition) Maleah novel Chapter 481

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Crystal Cove Pack

Pack-members are busy with their daily routine: training, border patrol, and everything else that needs to be done. For thirty–seven years, they have been going through the motions but not really getting anywhere, and it seems as if everyone is fine with that. Their Alpha has been running this Pack for nearly seventy years, and he is still the same fair and just Alpha today as he was back then. But those who have been living here as long as the Alpha has been in place know better.

Their Alpha has a younger Sister who acts as their Luna because their Alpha never found his fated Mate. Their Luna found her fated Mate about sixty years ago, but their Alpha didn’t trust him and insisted that her protection detail would accompany her–something her Mate wasn’t willing to do. Being marked and mated, their Alpha expected his Sister’s Mate to change his mind, but that didn’t happen until thirty–seven years ago.

Fifty–five years ago, his Niece was born, and she was announced as the new heir to Crystal Cove Pack. He went through great lengths to keep her safe. With Juliette’s birth, everyone thought her Father would come and get her and his Mate, but instead, they had to witness how their Luna went through the pains of betrayal. The only times Juliette saw her Father were during supervised visits. Shortly before Juliette turned eighteen, her Father changed his mind and wanted to move his Daughter to his Pack.

However, it didn’t turn out the way anyone had hoped, and to this day, their Alpha and their Luna are hoping that Juliette will return one day. Every Pup gets taught about Juliette and her position within Crystal Cove Pack. They get taught what her Father tried to do to her. Everyone is still hoping for Juliette to return, but with each passing year, their optimism dwindles.

Besides the Alpha and Luna, there is one other Lycan who still hopes that Juliette will return. His name is Matthew Styxx, and he was the head of Juliette’s protection detail. He still holds that position, as the Luna wants him near her at all times. He is the only one who can calm her down when the memories of her Daughter get too bad, and he is one of the few who remembers her vividly.

Matthew is watching Jacqui as she tells a group of Pups about Juliette. A small smile graces her face as she speaks about her Daughter, and he knows this will be one of

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years to recognize what kind of day it will be by her demeer good days. Matthew has learned over the

she has a bad day or a good day.

in the morning, and he knows what to do if

The day passes by without any incidents, and during dinner, Jacqui talks about Juliette’s studies–studies she never finished because she disappeared. For Matthew and Jacqui, today was a day to cherish, a day that passed without Jacqui being reminded of Juliette in a bad way. With a smile on her face, Jacqui wishes her Brother a goodnight. If either of them had known what the night would bring, they wouldn’t have fallen asleep peacefully.

Zalia

Papa is talking to Deimos about the hidden compartments on the Alpha floor when Dad tells me through the mind–link to get going. I know they will keep him occupied until I am out of the territory, and to make sure they can inform Deimos the moment I am out of the territory, Leander accompanies me t border. “See you later,” Leander says as I cross the border, and I tell him to keep an eye on my M.

I strip down behind a tree to shift into Twilight, and Leander whistles the moment he sees her. “You look absolutely gorgeous. Deimos is one lucky Lycan,” he says before turning to walk back to the Pack–house. Twilight takes off towards Crystal Cove Pack, both of us in desperate need of some answers–answers I hope to get from the Alpha of Crystal Cove Pack. I know he is Juliette’s Uncle and that his name is Darric, but that is all we could find.

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Even Axelle was unable to tell us more about him, and she had to admit that she should have pressed harde to gain access to his territory. But I believe it would have backfired if she had tried to push too hard. The moment I leave Sundown Pack behind me, the forest becomes dense. The crowns of the trees leave little space for the moonlight to get through, and yet the ground is covered with a mishmash of mushrooms.

At the first sign of Pack territory, Twilight comes to a halt, and we listen for any sounds. But I need to use. my gift of sense to find that there are no Warriors near this border. Twilight walks along the border to find the nearest Warrior who can take us to see Alpha Darric, but it isn’t until the forest seems to open up that we find a Warrior, and he looks rather surprised to see a Lycan approaching him.

I can sense others approaching, so Twilight and I stay where we are and wait patiently until the other three Wolves show their faces. The first Wolf that appears skids to a halt when his eyes land on Twilight, and within a second, he starts howling–a howl I have never heard before in real life, but I know what it means to a Pack. It is to announce the arrival of the heir and usually only sounds when a Pup is born.

Not being shy about standing in front of males naked, Twilight lets me shift back to Human form, and F grab the clothing I placed in my backpack before I left our territory. “You’re not Juliette,” the male who howled says as he approaches me. When I ask hin

why he thought I was Juliette, he explains that our Lycans look alike. He is one of twenty Wolves who have ever seen Juliette’s Lycan.

I ask him if he can link Alpha Darric because I have a few questions for him.

“I have a few of my own,” I hear a male say, and the moment I turn towards him, my jaw drops. It is as if I am staring at a mature version of Slater. I can also tell that he is an Alpha, and I bow my head out of respect for him.

“My name is Zalia, and I am from Moon Stone Pack,” I say, and I hear every Wolf around me growl. “I mean you no harm. We are investigating Alpha Brad of Moon Stone Pack.”

Alpha Darric takes a few steps towards me when two Lycans come running from the treeline, and three males step in front of one of them. A female appears the moment they step aside. I gasp when I look at her -she is a dead ringer for Mom, and I can’t stop myself from whispering, “Mom?” Twilight forces me to slowly step forward, and I can feel the same bond form between us that I have with Dad, but I also know that she is not my Mother.

Twilight points out she can feel the same bond building between us and Alpha Darric, and I step closer to him to speed up the process–not that it is a painful process, but it isn’t a pleasant one either. I look back at the female who looks so much like my Mom, and I think I finally understand what happened all those years ago. But I still need Alpha Darric to answer a few questions.

I can see tears streaming down her face, and I know I will cause a few more to fall. “Maybe we should take this inside, Alpha Darric,” I say as I turn towards him again, but he is shaking his head as he says to call him Uncle Darric. “I have a feeling that you are going to answer a few questions for us, and with the bond I feel, I can say without a doubt that we are related,” he says as someone picks up my backpack, and an arm gets wrapped around my shoulder to guide me across their border.

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The closer we get to the Pack–house, the more Wolves and Lycans we pass, and I can see that the older Pack- members have a look of relief in their eyes. But at the same time, I can sense the grief they feel. I stop dead in my tracks when I realize I have found a new ability. I let my senses drift to Uncle Darric, anc same feeling from him–a feeling of relief and one of grief.

“What is wrong?” Uncle Darric asks, and for a moment, I am not sure if I should tell him. But Twilight points out the deal I–made with Deimos. “I have always thought I was a good judge of character, but it looks like it was an ability that wasn’t ready to come out yet,” I say as I start walking again, and I hear everyone around us mumbling. Uncle Darric asks me what I mean, and I tell him that I can feel the grief of his Pack- members. Some Pack–members start to sound excited at my words.

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