Blair comes home to her lonely and dark house.
The first place she came was Axel's former room. She opened the bedroom door slowly. In her little heart, Blair wished for a miracle.
"What am I doing here? There's no way he'd just suddenly appear here. I don't even know where he is right now. After I rejected his proposal, he just walked away, leaving everything."
Blair will close the door of Axel's empty room again. Then her gaze stopped on the large portrait of Axel still hanging on the wall. Axel is shirtless and poses so alluringly in the photo.
"That photo is the only thing that remains." Blair considered how proud Axel was of that photo.
That's when Blair really started to feel lonely. She brushed aside the sweet memories of Axel and quickly closed his bedroom door again.
Blair rushed to Angelie's room. The little girl is the only solace for loneliness Blair At the moment.
***
Louis went to the pack. Axel has left everything–the company and the pack to him. All the pack members were confused because their leader suddenly disappeared.
Initially, Louis thought he would be satisfied when he snatched the Alpha position from Axel. But, in fact, Louis was not at all happy after the leadership passed into his hands.
"Even though all the pack members remain loyal and subservient to my leadership, I know they still expect Axel to return secretly. Bastard!"
Someone came. "You called me Alpha?"
Louis put down his glass of whiskey and turned to the man.
"Carlos... are you still loyal to me?"
"I must serve you, Alpha."
"Oh, to hell! Sit down, and we'll talk as friends."
Carlos looked at Louis in surprise. He and the Betas were previously loyal to Axel. However, before Axel left and handed over the leadership to Louis, Axel forbade them to follow him. Axel even advised Carlos, Marco, and other Betas to support Louis and help Louis in any way to strengthen the position of the company and the pack.
"How can I help you, Alpha? Are you having a hard time?"
Louis also watched Carlos with a sad look.
"Tell me where Axel is?"
Carlos is just silent.
"Fine, if you don't want to say it. I really want to use something other than this method. But I have no other choice. This is an order for you! Tell me, where is Axel Barney? Bring him here!"
"But Alpha. I do not-"
"It's an order!" he hissed. "I'm sick of seeing you all loyal to me, but your eyes suggest that you only feel sorry for me. I don't need this kind of leadership. I feel like a doll here. Please bring Axel back! I don't want all of this."
"Alpha!" asked Carlos. "We can't do it. You are our current leader. It's your job to protect and defend this pack and our job to be loyal to you."
Louis smiled irritably. "Loyal to me? Is that your promise to Axel?"
Carlos looked down.
“The time has come for me to return this position to him. I wouldn't need all of this if you guys felt sorry for me."
"Sorry, Louis," Carlos said bravely. "Because of the divorce… Axel is really down and wants to be alone right now. It looks like he won't be able to take on the responsibilities of a leader either."
Louis took a deep breath. "Can you meet me with him?"
"Unfortunately, Axel is currently not here."
"Did he go abroad?"
Carlos shook his head. "No. He is still in the country. It's just that he doesn't want to come out of hiding."
"This is an order, Carlos. You're the only one who can mediate between Axel and me. Please tell him. I really don't want to continue this leadership. It's time for him to come back."
Carlos was silent and couldn't promise anything to Louis.
***
"Did you hear what I said, Marco? Louis had given up on his leadership. If Axel doesn't return, then there's no telling what will happen to our pack." Carlos told me everything about Marco.
"As we have tried before, I'm sure this time Axel won't want to come back either," Marco replied.
"Then do it and use any means to drag him here. I don't want our pack to be destroyed because each Alpha doesn't want to take responsibility. Our only hope is to bring Axel back."
***
Axel was in the middle of the forest. He was shirtless and wearing only jeans, which were torn at the knees. His body was sweating, and his hair was longer than before.
Axel gave a long howl under the full moon. He jumped, and his body transformed into that of a large brown wolf. He ran in one direction, following the tracks of the wild animals.
Axel stopped in one of the cleared areas of the forest. He saw an animal that was injured by a hunter's trap.
Axel is in the form of turning back into a human. He tried to release the beast from the trap.
"Are you scared? I will treat the wound on your leg. Calm down!"
Axel winced. His jaws chattered. He felt another figure coming towards him. Axel immediately became alert.
A black wolf was walking towards him. Axel became calmer when he realized that figure and relaxed his tense muscles.
The black wolf turned itself into a human. He bowed before Axel and saluted.
"Alpha! I've been looking for you for days."
Axel ignored him and continued treating the injured animals.
"What are you looking for me, Marco? I told you I don't want to get involved with any business in the outside life."
"Why are you like this, Axel? Why are you busying yourself with things you really don't want? You're trying to deny the contents of your deepest heart. I know this is not what you want."
Axel didn't like hearing others express the most profound anxiety hidden in his heart. Axel cleaned up his medical equipment and hurriedly left Marco.
Marco hunts Axel. He transformed himself into a black wolf and blocked Axel's steps.
"I told you to stay out of my life, Marco. Why do you still come here and keep bothering me? I have ordered you to be faithful and only listen to the words of the new leader in the pack Barney."
"Go!” added Axel. "If you keep bothering me, I will be forced to cut off contact with the outside world and run away as far as possible so you will never find me."
Marco started to panic. "Actually, I didn't come to persuade you to come back, Axel. There's something else I need to tell you."
Axel walked back and left Marco. He didn't care what the man said.
"You are not curious about the news Miss Blair?"
Axel suddenly became doubtful. His steps stopped even though he didn't turn to Marco.
"As you wish, Alpha. We continue to monitor and look after Miss Blair and your daughter from afar. I've noticed that your daughter doesn't look very well. I think your daughter is sick."
Axel's attention was wholly consumed. He turned to Marco and even turned to walk towards the man.
Axel shook the man angrily, and both hands gripped Marco's shirt collar.
"What pain? Tell me, what happened to my daughter? Why did you let her get sick like that?"
"Sorry, Axel. I wasn't even given permission to come closer. Miss Blair really restricted all of us from getting close to her."
Marco closed his eyes. He is lying.
Axel removed his hand from Marco's shirt collar. He hardened his heart again.
"Forget it! I don't care what happens to them. Blair already rejected me. She wouldn't even let me get close or touch the baby. If I go back there, I'm afraid she'll go farther and farther than even out of my reach."
Axel turned around and resumed his activities.
"Go, Marco!"
"What?" Marco can't believe he failed with his lies.
Just two steps, then suddenly Axel turned again and chased Marco.
"If my daughter is sick, what is Louis doing for her? Why is Louis silent? Wasn't he determined to keep and seize Blair from my side?"
"Louis?" Marco stuttered. "Yeah, I mean… Louis… of course, he always visits Miss Blair and your daughter. But, apparently," Marco looked down and couldn't finish the words.
"Apparently, what?" Axel snapped.
Axel was angry and disappointed because he had entrusted everything to Louis. Even Axel has given up if Blair wants to be close to Louis.
"Sorry, Axel. I came here without knowledge from Louis. Even after being with him for these six months, I just found out the real bad character of Louis."
"What?" Axel shouted loudly.
Marco silently asked Louis for forgiveness for bad-mouthing him. But Marco has no choice but to make up lies. He had to lie before Axel to persuade him to return.
"Louis has been nice to Miss Blair. But it seems he doesn't really like your daughter. Who knows. I guess Louis just doesn't like kids. Because of that, Axel. Come on back with me. Who else, if not you, can protect and look after them? Do you have the heart to let that little baby suffer without a father?"