Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
Adam confessed.
I frowned at this unexpected revelation and demanded, “Where is that child now?”
Adam remained mute for a long time, his eyes going to Ella guilty before he raised his gaze and shifted it to his left. Everyone’s eyes followed his line of sight only to find it was none other than Bix!
“Bix is Ella’s cousin!”
Willow gasped under her breath and I was no different. My eyes subconsciously went to Oran. His wide eyes were stuck to Bix’s face which had not changed even the slightest. It turned out Oran was also unaware of it though Bix had known. “So Bix was protecting Ella not because he loved her but out of a sense of responsibility as a cousin ”
Willow said to me though mind-link.
Everyone’s shocked gaze fixed on Bix and Ella. However, Walter’s eyes were stuck on Ella while Bix was avoiding Oran’s gaze.
Bix felt the weight of everyone’s surprised stares upon him once the truth about his identity was revealed, but it was Oran’s burning gaze drilling into his face that proved unbearable. Try as he might, avoiding it was no easy feat.
A tense silence enveloped the yard as Willow glanced between them and Reuben, whose eyes remained fixed on his two friends with meaningful intensity. Restlessness hung in the air as she observed the others, including Ella. However, Walter’s chuckle shattered the silence as he addressed Adam, “Trading babies for your own personal gain, manipulating and using others to shield your own daughter I’m not surprised by the evilness in her personality,”
he remarked, his gaze shifting to Ella. To his surprise, she displayed no animosity toward Walter for the first time, which caught him off guard.
Ella blinked big wet eyelashes, taking a few hesitant steps closer to Walter. “It sounds like a bitter truth,”
she acknowledged, placing her hand over his that held the silver dagger against Alpha Adam’s chest. “I have to admit that you were correct when you said that evil can sense evil,”
she added, surprising Walter, his arm obediently lowered until they both rested at his side without his knowledge.
“What are you saying, Ella?”
Alpha Adam panicked, grasping her hands in his own. “You’re not evil, my dear. I have wronged you with my greed, binding you with a marriage treaty you never wished to sign. You only agreed to make me happy. None of this is your fault. It’s dad who’s responsible for everything ”
“I had only one father, and he died years ago. I had an uncle just a few hours ago, but I’ve lost him too ”
Ella slowly withdrew her hand from Adam’s grip, leaving him in stunned shock. “Ella don’t say such things,”
Adam weakly pleaded.
Meanwhile, Walter stood there frozen, his heart quickening at the sight of Ella’s defeated and broken figure, now oddly silent.
“Yet, I am the one that will have to pay for your sins ”
Ella murmured, gathering her luggage.
“What? No! ELLA! DON’T GO!”
Adam yelled frantically, but Ella didn’t halt her departure. She did not even look back as her tears continued to flow like a river. There was no way she would stay in Emerald Bright Pack when she could not even face Bix. “DON’T LEAVE! PLEASE, JUST DON’T!!!”
He collapsed to his knees, the weight of his loss crushing him. The daughter he had spent his life trying to protect was now lost to him, she did not even care whether she lived or died after his dark deeds were exposed. He ruined everything with his own hand.
Walter snapped out of his daze as Ella began to leave the yard. What did she mean by paying for Adam’s sins? Frowning, he recalled the current devastated state of the Opal Moon Pack.
The Opal Moon Pack, once the second strongest after the Emerald Bright Pack, found itself in turmoil once Reuben severed ties due to Alpha Adam’s attempted murder of Willow. With the collapse of their alliance, other packs that had feigned friendship now revealed their true colors. Bereft of treaties and protection, the Opal Moon Pack was vulnerable to exploitation. Alphas from powerful packs set their sights on their land, territory, business, and dwindling wealth.
With Alpha Adam’s left arm rendered useless by Reuben’s assault, he could no longer lead, leaving Ella to assume the role of Alpha. She now faced the daunting task of navigating all these challenges alone. Stepping beyond the boundaries of the Emerald Bright territory would expose Ella to ruthless Alphas, many of whom she had rejected for their unwelcome advances. Now, she stood as an unprotected target, vulnerable to robbery and violence of the beasts waiting outside for her.
Despite the looming dangers ahead, Ella made the decision to depart the territory, burdened by the weight of her father’s betrayal and the guilt of unknowingly usurping Bix’s position since birth.
Walter’s hands shook at his sides when her back began to disappear from view. She was walking to her doom. He stepped toward her but stopped with a frown.
“I don’t care what happens to her. Children must pay for their parents’ actions, she is evil,”
he muttered to himself, climbing into his car to depart from the pack.
However, as he started the engine, his mind conjured images of her being taken by all those Alphas beyond the territory. He envisioned her struggles, her tears, and her broken state.
“Fuck!”
he furiously punched the steering wheel before speeding away. However, he abruptly stopped the car upon spotting Ella walking alone and lost in the woods with her luggage. Exiting the vehicle, he approached her and grabbed her arm. “Go back,”
he demanded.
“Leave me alone,”
she murmured, pushing his hand away.
“I said go back!”
Walter growled, seizing her arms and pulling her closer to his chest. “There are wild dogs waiting for you outside. You’ll be eaten,”
he warned.
“Why do you care? Isn’t this what you wanted from the beginning?”
she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. “You hate me. You wanted to expose me. You wanted to get rid of me. Haven’t you achieved everything you desired?”
she questioned.
Walter’s hands trembled slightly at the sight of her tears, revealing her true beauty. The sharp facade she always presented to others had been washed away by tears, revealing a genuine vulnerability that pierced Walter’s heart. “I have yet to obtain everything I desire ”
he murmured, locking eyes with her teary gaze. “You haven’t satisfied me yet,”
he whispered, his hand gently caressing her cheek.
Ella’s body instantly shivered at his touch, her skin turning cold as she stared at him. “What do you mean?”
she questioned, her voice trembling.
He wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer until her chest bumped against his. Ella gasped in panic. “What are you doing?!”
she squeaked, attempting to push him away by placing her hand on his chest, but her efforts were in vain.
“Do you want me to save you and your pack?”
he asked, leaning down closer to her face.
Ella stared at him, surprised by the unexpected offer. The Opal Moon Pack held the last memory of her parents that she had, one that she couldn’t bear to lose no matter the cost. With the lives of over a hundred innocent pack members in her hands, she couldn’t afford to let any of them die. “Can you really help me?”
she whispered.
Walter’s lips curled into a smile, though disgust lurked behind it, unnoticed by Ella. “Of course, I can help, but not for free,”
he replied.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.