Chapter 159

Chapter 159

Astrid POV

Warriors from Alpha Logan’s pack came rushing in and they picked up Tracy. She screamed and begged for mercy, but Logan watched her with stone–cold expressions as the warriors took her away. Kael came to me and pulled me to his chest, enveloping me in his tight embrace. He rested his head over mine and closed his eyes. Through our mate bond, I could sense his relief.

“Let’s get you out of here,” he murmured.

I just kissed him on his chest and nodded. We both needed to get out of here because we were both just too tired.

“What about Xander?” I asked, looking at him. He was still unconscious.

Toren and Aiden went to Logan and Kylie, who were talking to Alpha Derek in hushed tones. They were glancing at him now and then. “We have to hand him over to the police,” Kylie said.

“I’d say let’s finish him right now!” Toren growled.

Suddenly, a car screeched to a halt near us. A police officer got out of it and went to Logan. “Thanks for informing me about Xander, Mr. Logan,” he

said.

Kylie’s eyes widened in surprise momentarily as she looked at her husband. None of us expected Logan would call the police.

Logan shook hands with the officer. “He kidnapped my son’s girlfriend.”

While it was an understatement to call me Kael’s girlfriend, we all understood that without a marriage certificate in the human world, our partnership wasn’t acknowledged.

“I know!” the officer gritted. “Moreover, we have evidence indicating that he was responsible for starting a fire in Kael’s home.

I gasped. “It was Xander?”

“Yes,” the officer said as he walked to my stepbrother. “We traced a few call records as well, and it seems he wasn’t alone. Tracy was with him in the scheme.”

Shocked as hell, my eyes snapped to Alpha Derek. He had blanched. He lowered his head, shaking it with remorse. “I’m so sorry…” he murmured. “I didn’t know that Tracy would go to such extremes.”

“It’s not your fault, Alpha Derek,” Logan tried to reassure.

Xander was handcuffed by the officer and, with assistance from Toren, was put into the car. “I am going to imprison him, but I would need your

statements.”

“Of course,” Logan said, shaking his hands again with the officer.

That night when we went back home, we took a bath and went off to sleep. We were all so tired that none of us wanted to even eat food. We skipped school for the next day. And that day, all of us sat together for hours, talking about how Tracy manipulated everyone around her. We all wanted to move on from the topic, so it was better to address it to avoid future guilt.

Fred and Bree came over and when they heard I was kidnapped by Tracy, Fred’s blood drained from his face. “You aren’t safe with them!” he growled out of anger. “I won’t leave you here!”

“I’m fine, uncle,” said to him, hugging him. How could I say to him I got visions and that I knowingly got into Tracy’s trap? “Things are fine now. Tracy’s father has pulled her out of school and she’s being brought to a location where justice will be served.”

Bree walked to me, “Astrid, we really want you to be safe.”

“I am safe with Kael and his family,” I assured her with a smile. “But I have a favor to ask you,” I said, looking at both of them.

“Sure, what is it?” Fred asked, his anger replaced with curiosity.

I took a deep breath in. I knew it was a tough decision, but I had to make it. “The house that dad built for us–I want to give it to you.”

Fred jerked his head back. “No!” he said in a serious tone. “That house is yours and I won’t take it.”

I lowered my head. “Kael is saying that I have to go with him once I finish my exams. Apparently, I have to have Luna training and won’t have time for my college.”

A frown appeared on Fred’s forehead. “But you are a brilliant student, Astrid. You should go to college.”

I took a ragged breath in. “I want to go college, uncle, but I want to be with Kael. He is my mate, and it would be impossible for me to stay away

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from him. Besides, I want to see what Luna’s training entails. If I feel that I have enough time, I’ll apply for colleges.”

It took some time for me to convince Fred and Bree, but they eventually agreed. Fred said to Logan that he would visit their pack along with me to see if I was being taken care of nicely or not. Logan grinned and replied that he would love to have them all.

“Oh, there’s one more thing I wanted to tell you, Astrid,” Logan said, scratching his eyebrow. “I had contacted the Alpha of the white wolves, and I have offered them sanctuary in my pack.”

My mouth dropped open in surprise and excitement. “Really?” I squealed.

He chuckled. “Yes. I don’t want Kael’s mate’s family to wander around to stay safe when I can give them a place to stay.”

“What do you mean by that? Do you own a lot of land?” Fred asked, amused.

Logan laughed. “I do, and I am sure that the white wolves would like to settle there. They would be under my protection.”

“Awesome!” I exclaimed. “Thank you so much, Alpha Logan!”

I couldn’t believe that Alpha Logan would be so kind. Kael was standing next to me, and I couldn’t help but hold his hand and rest my head on his upper arm. This was the sweetest gesture I had ever seen in my life. I think I was going to the right family.

“So about the house,” I said to Fred.

He put his hand up. “No, that is yours. You can use it as a holiday home sometimes.”

I sighed. “Okay…”

The next two months went by in a whirlwind. Logan and Kylie had left, but the warriors from the pack stayed for our protection. I heard Tracy was thrown into the dungeons of the Elder Council Headquarter. Xander received a twenty–year sentence for rigorous imprisonment in a maximum security prison.

We passed final exams with flying colors. It made me so happy that all my family was present at the graduation ceremony. I secured the first position while Kael came second. Toren and Aiden were both in fourth position with a girl in third. They just couldn’t believe that a human girl could beat them by just one bloody mark. They had a permanent scowl on their faces for the whole day.

It was on the graduation day that I met their sister, Layla. She was a beautiful girl with features like her mother’s. Layla was excited to see me and couldn’t contain her thrill for me.

“Oh, my goddess!” she said, hugging me tightly. “I’ve got a sister–in–law!”

“We are officially getting married when we reach the pack,” Kael informed me as he watched the two of us eating an apple.

I blushed. So soon? Giggling, I hugged Layla back. “It’s nice to meet you.”

“We are going to be great friends!” she announced. “I can’t wait for you to come to the Nord Pack with me. Gosh, now I have a shopping partner.”

Kael pulled me to him and growled, “She’s my mate, not your shopping partner.”

“Oh, shut up, Kael!” Layla chided him, pulling me back to her. “This is called sisterhood. You wouldn’t know!”

Fred hosted a lavish party for our graduation, and we spent the evening joking and talking about it. He was extremely proud of me. Briana and Nate were also amused by my extended family.

“Hey!” Nate said, looking at Layla. “Can you please introduce me to her?”

After wrapping things up in Cedar town, we headed to Nord Pack a week later.

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This book is coming to an end. Just a head’s up.

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