Betrayal on a moonlit night

Chapter Five

As night fell, Maria's senses were sharper than ever. She could smell the dampness in the air and the call of wolves in the forest in the distance. Her werewolf instincts told her that tonight would not be quiet.

"No, it is the mark of the elders of my clan." Maria gently touched the palm mark on her face, a punishment from the elders of her pack, her eyes revealing an imperceptible hint of the pride and defiance that characterized the wolves.

Jacob, as the leader of the pack, his eyes were like the brightest stars in the night sky, and he could feel the unique aura of a werewolf emanating from Maria, which made him realize that tonight's events meant a lot to Maria.

His cell phone vibrated twice, a message from Jason with a hint of the werewolf's characteristic slyness and teasing:

[I told you Maria must have been stimulated tonight, and she was!

【Your nephew is really something, usually pretending to be a man, but he's really keeping someone outside】.

Immediately following a video, Jacob glanced at Maria, his werewolf instincts telling him that Maria needed to be alone, to face her inner storms in a werewolf way.

"I need to go hunting Maria, you wait here for me." Jacob's voice was low and strong with the authority of a wolf leader.

Maria nodded, knowing that in the world of the wolves, hunting was a way to cleanse the mind and think. She sat quietly in the car, the patience of a werewolf allowing her to wait, but the urge inside her was like a storm about to erupt.

Jacob stepped out of the car, his figure standing tall in the moonlight. He took a deep breath, the werewolf's keen sense of smell catching every ounce of information in the air. He knew that Maria's decision would affect the future of the entire pack.

Maria waited in the car, her werewolf instincts telling her that Jacob's decision would be a wise one. Fifteen minutes later, when Jacob re-entered the car, Maria immediately sensed a change in him, the calmness and determination that characterized a werewolf leader after a hunt.

"Perhaps, you need to rest now." There was a hint of unquestioning command in Jacob's voice, the firmness of a werewolf leader when it came to protecting a pack member.

Maria understood that she needed time to calm herself, in a werewolf way. She looked up to Jacob, her eyes filled with respect and trust for her leader.

"Uncle Junior, my impulsiveness may have caused trouble for the pack, but I have a reverence for you, and I dare not disturb you unless I have to." Maria's voice was calm and firm, her attitude showed her sense of responsibility as a member of the werewolf pack.

Jacob could see Maria's determination, a hint of the werewolf's characteristic huskiness and strength in his voice.

"The wedding is in three months, do you have any idea what you will face if you cancel it now?"

The cancellation of the wedding would be disrespectful to the pack, it would be Maria who would be ridiculed and discussed, and it would be Maria who would suffer. But Maria knew that her heart had already made its choice.

"Uncle Junior, I've thought this through very clearly when I decided to come to you. This wedding, I'm sure I don't want it, Daniel, I'm sure I don't want it either."

Maria's words revealed the werewolf's characteristic decisiveness and bravery, she was ready to face any consequences.

Jacob was silent for a moment, his werewolf instincts telling him that Maria had already made her choice. He spoke slowly and asked a crucial question.

"What would you do if Daniel chose another werewolf?"

Maria froze, knowing that Daniel's heart was no longer with her. If Daniel chose another werewolf, then how would she face it?

"I'd give him up, and whatever he did in the future would be none of my business." Maria's voice held a hint of werewolf determination and freedom.

It was the truth. She was now hoping that Daniel would find his true love so that she too could let go of the past once and for all and start a new life of her own.

Jacob's floating mist-colored eyes stared at her for a moment and said, "Just think about it and don't regret it."

This was a promise to help. Maria's taut body loosened a few points and was grateful, "Thank you Uncle Junior."

Jacob's dark eyes always looked at her, and when she finished expressing her gratitude to get out of the car, he suddenly called out to her.

"Maria."

Maria was just about to open the door and turned back to him at the sound.

Jacob said, "It's a three-way street, I owe you three wishes for saving your life, you used two, one remains."

Maria froze, "Eh?"

She can still have one wish granted? There's still this good thing? Doesn't he think she's annoying? She had shamelessly approached him twice for the favor of saving her life, and he even gave her one more wish.

In a daze, Jacob had opened the door and gotten out of the car, his dark voice coming out.

"You write down John's cell phone number, and when you think of what you want, call John."

Before closing the door, Jacob paused for a moment and added a sentence as if he was careless.

"Third chance, anything you want, it doesn't matter if you go overboard, just mention it and I'll say yes."

Maria: "...... Okay, thank you Uncle Junior."

By the time Maria came back to her senses, there was no longer any Jacob in the car. She hurriedly turned around, ready to get out as well, and her hand had just touched the door handle when a man came in from the driver's seat.

It was John.

"Ms. Jane, do you have my cell phone number?" John sidled toward the back, his tone calm.

Jacob's promise wasn't for everyone, and Maria wasn't stupid enough to take it or leave it.

"Good."

The phone came out only to realize it was off and dead, and John gave her one of his business cards.

John wanted to send her back, Maria was busy saying no, "Too much trouble."

"No trouble, Uncle Junior's hunt isn't over yet, I'll drop you off and come back in time."

John buckled his seatbelt and smiled, "You didn't drive, Uncle Junior said it's not safe for you to go back to the campground alone at this late hour, and asked me to give you a ride back."

Maria thought about her cell phone running out of battery and not having any cash with her, so she didn't push any further, "Thank Little Uncle for me."

Who on earth is saying that this little uncle of the wolf clan is cold-blooded, selfish and heartless? Rumor ah, it's not, people are still weirdly good.

......

Jacob returned to the camp and went straight to the third floor. The hunt was over and a group of people moved to the ground and rested in the pack room.

Jason saw Jacob come in and waved his hand with the cards at him.

Jacob walked over and was immediately offered a seat and took the cards, he scanned the situation and when it was his turn, drew a card and threw it.

Jason leaned over.

"What's the deal? Is that little princess adamant about canceling the wedding?"

Jason had been about to go down with Jacob when Maria arrived and was stopped.

Jacob said the little girl was here to beg and she'd be embarrassed by the crowds, and to save her face.

Jason thought about it and didn't go, but he was really surprised that Maria suddenly wanted to break it off with Daniel.

Maria and Daniel these two, grew up together, doll relatives.

Daniel this year twenty-five, Maria this year just turned twenty-four, the two entangled for twenty-four years.

Twenty-four years, how long ah.

Long to Daniel from the clear wind and moonlight of the teenager, into a smooth worldly werewolf.

Long enough for Maria to go from being the star-crossed little princess of the Michelle family to the poor little thing whose own father doesn't love her and whose own mother doesn't love her and who is disliked by her bamboo horse.

The only thing that has not been cut by the years is probably Maria's love for Daniel.

Maria has always been non-Daniel not married, now suddenly wake up, must be what happened.

Jason knew it was Grace's birthday today, not that he'd deliberately paid attention, it was someone on the hunt earlier who'd mentioned that most of the young talent in New York was at Michelle's tonight.

He figured Maria's mood tonight would have something to do with Grace's birthday, so he asked his friend who was at Michelle's tonight to inquire.

Sure enough, something was really wrong.

The friend sent him the video, and after watching it, he, as a big man, choked for Maria.

Sensei how to fall into the water, the first thing that his own father, mother and brother cared about was an adopted daughter, and the first thing that his fiancé saved was another woman.

How suffocating.

No wonder Maria would go crazy, according to Maria's past temper, she would definitely turn over the roof of Michelle's house tonight.

As a result, she was surprisingly quiet when she came up from the water.

Mia said, not afraid of Maria crazy, afraid of Maria quiet.

Being mad meant that there was room to turn things around, that she was giving the other person a chance to coax her.

Once she was suddenly quiet and cold, it meant she was really desperate.

Therefore, Maria came to Jacob this time, must be completely dead to Daniel.

......

Jacob didn't answer Jason's question and straightened his cards, suddenly remembering something and lifting his eyes to look at him.

"Where's Mia?"

Jason peeked at his cards with his afterglow, "On a business trip, why do you ask her?"

Jacob was oblivious to Jason's little gesture, "You call her and ask her if she knows what happened at Michelle's tonight."

If she knew, then she would definitely be there for Maria. If she didn't know, then let her know and let her go be there for Maria.

Jason glanced at his cards again, "No fight, been bugging her lately, too much of a stalker, nice to give me some breathing room."

Jacob spreads his cards out directly in front of him, "Call and let you win."

Jason: "......" Does he need to let?

Fine, he needed to, he hadn't won this one yet, and Sensei was sure he was going to win one tonight, and show it off to his friends when he did.

Jason called Mia and got through quickly, his voice was noisy.

"Jason?"

Mia's voice was a little breathy, "I just got off the plane, I'm in a bit of a hurry, if your business isn't important, I'll hang up first?"

She had just been on the plane, turned her phone on when she landed and found Maria's missed call just as she was about to call, when Jason's call came in.

"Getting off the plane?" Jason then remembered what Maria had said about her cell phone being off, "You're back in New York?"

Mia spoke quickly, "Well, it's Grace's birthday today, so I'm coming back to keep Maria company and leaving on the earliest flight tomorrow."

Jason could hear that Mia didn't know what had happened at Michelle's tonight.

"There's a situation at Maria's side, since you're back, stay with her, I'll let someone else follow the work over there, you stay in New York."

Hanging up the phone, Jason suddenly remembered a question and turned his head to look at Jacob.

"You care about Maria a lot?" Why else would you ask about Mia specifically.

Jacob played a bright card this round, ignoring the eyes of the table peering over, and drew a card and threw it out.

"She saved me."

Jason took a generous look at his cards and played one over him.

"Yeah, well, saving your life, I'd let you do it for me if I were her."

Jacob ignored him and reached for his cell phone to message Daniel.

[Meet me at the campground tomorrow morning at eight, bring Louisa.]