Jane’s POV
The man I had met by the crystal pack’s border turned out to be Adam Grove, the beta of the pack. When I had met alpha Aragon, he was not charmed by me at all. He only accepted to help me when I told him that I could help him destroy Ridian Jamison. After explaining who I was and why I wanted revenge against Ridian, he was in. unfortunately he could not let me stay in the pack because Ridian would know. This would work better if Ridian didn’t know where I was, and that I was working with the person whose pack he had taken away. Besides, that would put my life at risk.
Since Aragon was friends with the leaders of crystal pack, he asked them to shelter me while we came up with plans to destroy the Blackmoon pack. It was because of that that I was stuck in crystal pack with beta Adam showing me around. Crystal pack was vast. As I moved around in the large tomato farm, I remembered the last time I had been there.
I had been with my first boyfriend Alex hill. Alex hill’s grandparents were from crystal pack and we had spent a great weak with them. Three days after we left, they tragically died in a fire. Ever since then, Alex and I never had reason to go to crystal pack until he died, leaving me alone.
“I never got the whole story about Cilla’s family,” I told Adam. “Could you please tell me about it?”
Adam told me of how Cilla’s father had betrayed the pack and she got sold to slave traders. After the whole family was got rid of, many were angry. When Aragon realised it, he became meaner and restricted their freedoms so as to prevent an uprising about him. It was after that that he introduced very many unfair policies that made him even more unpopular among the people.
According to Adam, most people were relieved when alpha Aragon was brought down. The fact that one of their own could rule them filled them with great joy. Although her father had betrayed the alpha, he had always treated people fairly when he was alive.
“Do you think she’s going to want this?” Adam asked me, referring to Cilla.
“I have no idea. She is definitely very stubborn but I’m not sure that she has the kind of strength required to lead two packs. I don’t know what the moon goddess saw in her. That woman is weak.”
“You seem to have a lot resentment towards her.”
I couldn’t even deny it. There was no point in doing so. “Well, she is with the man I love. What do you expect?”
“You always knew that his mate would turn up at any point.”
“I did, but he loved me. He’d never leave me for anyone.”
“But he did.”
“After I left him on the altar.”
Adam shrugged and stopped walking. He picked a flower and waited for me. He placed it in my hair. “You’re a great woman. I don’t think you should be wasting away, worrying over a guy doesn’t want you. Why don’t you be with me? I know I’m just a beta, not an alpha but I do great things as well.”
I observed him. Adam was tall and fairly lean. He had brown eyes, a straight nose and a sharp jaw. His brown hair was combed back neatly. He looked good, but nowhere close to the kind of men I usually opted for. I liked men with more muscle and length but I couldn’t tell him that.
“We have just met,” I said. “You don’t know anything about me.”
“I know that you ran away from your wedding, returned but the man you anted didn’t want you anymore and now want revenge on him. I don’t support the revenge bit but I understand what happened to you. You made a mistake of running away with someone who was not what he seemed to be. People make mistakes all the time.
I know that despite those stupid mistakes, you are a great woman. You’re strong and I like that in women. I don’t want someone I have to do everything for. Although I’ve known you for a short time, I think we can be a great couple.”
He started walking and I followed suit, mulling over his words. The last thing I wanted was to start a relationship.
“What would Aragon think about that?” I asked.
“Why do you care what he thinks?”
“He is the one who brought me here and I’m under his protection.”
“Are you? We are the ones protecting you. Aragon has no power now. He can’t do anything to us so you don’t need to worry about him. Besides, he has too much on his mind right now. The last thing he would be thinking about is women, when he has enough in his own pack. I can assure you that at another time Aragon would have jumped at the chance to have you and would have hidden you somewhere in his pack, but right now I don’t think he’s interested.”
For me, that was good news. “I find it hard to believe that you like me when we barely know each other.”
“What I know is enough for me.”
“Okay, I’ll think about it. I need to know more about the pack and its leader before I decide to stay. I’m not also sure if I want to stop pursuing my revenge plan.”
I wanted to use him so I needed to be tactical. If I said yes immediately, he would know that I was trying to take advantage of him. The man was nothing compared to Ridian and I didn’t want to settle for less when I could have what I wanted.
“I’m glad to hear that you will consider it,” he said. “I hope that you will forget about breaking him and his luna apart. Let’s forget the past and start a future together. The only revenge I can accept is taking Moonshine Pack from Jamison. That would be epic.”
I had not thought of it from that angle, and to be honest I liked it. I wanted to take away Moonshine from Ridian.