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The next day, Onaries was publicly executed in the square at the Heart Of Naturiah, before the people. Crowds gathered to watch it and it gave them great satisfaction to see the shame, the humiliation on the psycho's face before he was beheaded.

To Onaries, it was the worst punishment.

He should have killed himself when the lab was invaded—it was better to die in battle than to be killed by public execution where the people get to laugh at him, spit on his face and call him names.

He'd been tortured for days by his own Head Sentinel, Rodarh who took great pleasure from the act.

He tortured Onaries until he lost his pride and begged to be killed.

But Onaries, that monster, had denied him. Until today when he was publicly executed.

As for the human doctor, Beloca; Alphose, and Degar had taken turns beating the man up, they carved his skin out of his own body, his screams like music to their eyes.

They tortured Beloca to an extent that he stopped breathing several times, but they didn't let him die that easily.

They called Harhan repeatedly to come to work his magic, and he revived Beloca every single time and the Alphas resume the torture afterward.

Beloca ended up giving them fifteen different locations of the Labs owned by the Facility.

He even called three names of the leaders who started and funded the project of experimenting on werewolf changelings.

When he died again, Degar and Alphose took pity on him and decided to let him stay dead, after all, he has begged for it.

By the time they came back to dispose of the body, the tiger Alpha has devoured it and the male didn't look sorry at all.

A week later, Amelia and Valentina arrived in Naturiah.

Ismena was over the moon when she saw them.

Apparently, Wolfaraine had invited them without her knowledge to surprise her.

The family hugged each other, over and over again.

Their love and the close bond between them so visible in their body language.

Wolfaraine went to court after welcoming her family to attend to important matters, normally Ismena goes to court with him but today, she stayed behind and toured her family around the Heart Of Naturiah. A radiant Sandra joined them on the tour too.

When they went back to the Tower, Wolfaraine was waiting by the gate and he told them that he has a place to take them to. A person he wants to show them.

They were curious, but they followed him anyway. He led them to a small, beautiful house that belongs to him, several miles away from the Tower. As they entered the house, they were shocked at the sight before them.

Alfred stood there in the middle of the living room, looking healthier and stronger than ever. The older man had waited all week for this day. Seeing his family again after these months made him tear up.

Amelia was crying already, disbelief and shock in her eyes. She staggered forward to him, her hand outstretched, and she touched his chest hesitantly.

"M-My Alfred? Is it really you? Am I s-seing you or I've gone...mad?" She cried.

"It's me, my love. I died, but Wolfaraine saved me. He brought me here to heal and treated me with his blood and his ring. He forgave me too." Alfred narrated to his wife, tears in the older man's eyes.

"Oh my God!" Amelia went into his arms and started bawling like a child. Her husband she thought was gone forever is right here with her. The love of her life she'd buried, the man she never got over his death was still alive! He was hugging her again!!

Amelia cried, Ismena and her sister wept, and even Sandra had tears in her eyes. They all pulled each other into a tight hug.

"Love you so much, daddy. I missed you so much!" Ismena sobbed in his arms.

"Missed you too, my child. I'm so proud of the woman you've become. So so proud of you. I love you so much." Alfred kissed the top of her head before he placed the same kiss on Valentina's head too. "My beautiful daughters. You two are my whole world, never forget that daddy loves you, okay?"

"Yes, daddy." They chorused. Ismena and Valentina felt like children again; crying in their father's arm after they'd skinned their knees while playing, listening to him read them bedtime stories and playing basketball with him.

Wolfaraine and Alphose walked out of the room to give the family some privacy and they were smiling as they did so.

A big dinner get-together was prepared at the Tower at night and their families were invited.

Alphose, Kassandra, Eline, Nalaila, Valentina, Amelia, Alfred, Degar, Wolfaraine, and Ismena was present.

During dinner, Wolfaraine knelt down in front of everyone, took Ismena's hand into his, and proposed to her ;

"Ismena, baby, I wish to spend the rest of my life with you.

I want to wake up every morning to your beautiful face, I want to go to sleep at night holding you in my arms. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.

You came into my life and changed it forever.

You made me whole again. You gave me back everything I thought I lost forever.

I promise to love and cherish you for the rest of our lives. Please, be my lifemate, Ismena Crane."

The proposal caused the second outburst of tears for the day. Kassandra, Eline, and Nalaila had tears in their eyes, but Valentina and her parents have huge smiles on their faces. The Alphas were smiling too.

Ismena has tears in her eyes and a huge smile on her lips, she knelt down too and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Yes, I'll love to be your mate, forever. I love you so much, Wolfaraine."

"I love you too, baby." He rose with her in his arms, withdrew a gold ring from his pocket, and slipped it into her ring finger.

"It's so beautiful..." She cried, staring reverently at the sparkling jewelry.

"It looks so good on you," he whispered to her.

That night, they made passionate love together.

As always he took his time arousing her body, touching her everywhere until she begged him desperately to join them intimately before he proceeded to do just that.

They created the perfect rhythm together, moving sensuously and whispering words of love to each other.

Wolfaraine took his time making her go wild in pleasure in his arms, he savored the cries, the litany, the sounds he drew from her as they pleasured each other for hours.

Afterward, they lay together, sated and happy. He caressed her belly, cradling their child as Ismena burrowed closer to him .

"I'm so glad that it was my father that helped us escape. We were victorious because of him." She played with the soft hairs on his naked chest.

"Your father is a good man. I'm glad he is with his family again."

"Thank you for saving his life, honey. I know I thanked you already—probably five hundred times now, but I can't seem to do it enough. Poor you, my mom cried all over you in gratitude."

"She's a good woman, just like your father. They gave me their blessing to marry their daughter."

"They love you. Your practically my sister's idol right now."

He smiled, kissing her cheek, "Your To-Do list. You never finished it, did you?"

"That list? I'm no longer in a hurry because I no longer have a few days to live. I have the rest of my life now. Besides, I already canceled out a lot from that list." She grinned, "I have the best thing in the world now, and that's you."

He returned her smile, "You never let me see that list."

Ismena remembered the To-Do in her list where she wrote to get a constant fuck buddy and to make a nude video that would go viral. She giggled like a child.

"Never. I burnt that list already." And she did. She doesn't need them anymore.

That doctor that treated her after their escape from the lab had told Wolfe that her heart was healed completely as if she had grown a new one. Ismena felt like she did .

Two weeks later, Head Sentinel Rodarh was made the Alpha of the elephant clan. The people were happy, especially the elephant changelings, because they loved him as their Head Sentinel.

He deserved it, too. After he led the team that found all the other laboratories Beloca had told them about and destroyed everything. The three founders confessed the name of other founders before they were killed.

In fact, it's safe to say they have crippled the secret operation of wicked humans to experiment on wolves.

After he was pronounced the new leader, the Alpha King placed the crown of leadership on his head and stepped back, the people bowed to him as a new leader, and the other leading Alphas acknowledged him.

At the same time, Wolfaraine made Floara a female of status by making her a Sentinel. The information she was brave enough to provide helped them during their search for Ismena. The woman glowed, happiness on her face, tears in her eyes, as she thanked her Alpha King.

When Rodarh came down from the podium and joined his fellow Alphas, he walked straight to Ratinus.

"I have a crown now, you see. I'm a leader now like you are." He bragged smugly.

Ratinus snorted, "That crown is too small for your enormous head, Rodarh. To hold that crown to your head, you will need to attach two ropes for the side and tie them together under your chin."

Rodarh glared at him, "You're a mean son-of-a-bitch, do you know that?"

"I love you too." Ratinus brew him a kiss .

Rodarh gave him the middle finger. "One of these days, I'm gonna knock those baby teeth off your mouth, you rodent. With your ears like Naturiah's flag."

Ratinus gave him a toothy grin, "I already told you that I love my mate, and I won't make love with you, you pervert."

Rodarh moved threateningly towards him, "Why, You little rat—"

"Ladies, please." Alpha Morose injected.

They turned and glared at him.

"Fuck you, Python." Rodarh and Ratinus said at the same time. Then turned and glared at each other for saying the same thing at the same time.

"How can you call two leading Alphas ladies, Morose. You wound their manly pride." Assisy said, but his eyes were laughing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Even ladies don't banter like they do, Assisy. I mean, look at them." But Alpha Morose was smiling too.