Novel-novel oleh E.B Starling

***FIANNA(KYLIE)***“Arghhhhhhhhhhhh,” I heard a loud groan, and my eyelids fluttered open before me was a man who was slowly changing, but only he wasn't shifting into the normal wolves I had seen. Another older man and two young ladies stood in one corner, holding onto one another as the sight before them scared the hell outta them just like it did me. “Look,” the man pointed in my direction, “she's fine and well,” he added. I looked at myself, I was in rags, definitely, not the boot-cut Jean and crop top I had been buried alive in by Thalia and Lucien, my body was covered in bruises where I sat beside a fireplace were some chains that seemed to have been taken off of me, I glanced at my hands and the purplish color confirmed my thoughts, the shackles had been taken off me. Still, in my reverie, I stood up on my feet, and adjacent to me was a window where the moon's rays shone through, I could see my reflection in the window glass, only, I was looking worse, like one of those tra

***CALEB***“WHAT THE HELL!” I exclaimed in shock as I placed my coffee mug on my central table. I keenly kept my eyes on the TV, watching the news report; my brother's fiancee and my mate had been found dead and buried in a shallow grave back in the Woodcreek mountain at the borders of Woodthorn. Grrrrrr Grrrrr! Grrrrr grrrr!! My phone rang. I picked up the phone with my eyes still glued to the TV and placed it in my ear. “WHAT are we gonna do now?” my best friend Kathy said into the phone in a hysterical tone. She must have seen the news; the only woman who could break my curse had been murdered. “I don't know, Kathy,” I said to the receiver as I bowed my head in frustration, taking my eyes off the TV. “you're gonna die, Caleb, oh my God,” I could hear her stomping her feet in her house from the phone; she was furiously pacing around. “We should have just kidnapped her when we had the chance when she was alive, we should have kidnapped her, and you should have marked her imme

***KYLIE***I felt my body being dragged on a rather not so smooth path as I slipped in and out of consciousness. “Should we leave her out here” I heard Thalia’s voice laced with fear ask. “We can't; it's cold here, and anyone could find her easily; we have to bury them here,” Lucien replied in a low tone. “could you grab those shovels we packed back at the house?” he asked Thalia. “Oh sure, where are they?” she asked. “in the car…” “You want me to walk back there, alone?” Thalia asked, in a tone louder than the one they've been conversing in. “Shushhhh, keep it down. Would you rather stay with a dead body in this dark forest alone?” Lucien asked, and after a while of not hearing Thalia’s reply, Lucien added, “I didn't think so, so kindly go back to the car and grab the shovels,” I heard the twigging of a branch as Thalia walked away from where we were, “and Thalia?,” Lucien called, and I saw her turn, though it was all blurry, “move fast, and carefully,” the hazy figure that I

***KYLIE***“I am not sure which to choose, they all look so beautiful,” I said as I stared into the pictures of available venues in my hands, grinning ear to ear. “You think you should consult with the groom? I thought you both were going to do this together,” our event planner, Lexi, said as she looked around the room of my home, definitely seeing if she could catch sight of my husband-to-be, Lucien. I blushed hard thinking about the last part. “oh, he has some issues he had to attend to last minute, you know what? Don't worry, I'm going to take these to him,” I said, placing my right hand on all the pictures in front of me, “and we'd be getting back to you, let's say tonight?” I added, and immediately, Lexi stood to her feet, and I did too, escorted her to the door as she exited my apartment, I locked the door, turned, and just grinned in excitement, everything was happening so fast, the same wolfless orphaned girl that was more of an outcast in Woodthorn was getting married to L

***Amelia*** I woke up to the sound of noise, my head on a solid but smooth and warm hard wall, I could hear the beating of the heart of a human, and in a split second, the realization hit me, I was lying on Alexandra Gomez, I feared for my life as I jolted up from the bed and was welcomed with the smiling face of Evelyn, a surprised look of Simone and knowing look on Vinny's face, I saw two other pair of eyes, one from a young boy that looked as though he's fearful for my life and another from a beautiful short length brunette lady with brown eyes, she looked as though she's about to strangle me but was trying to keep it all in, in my half sleep state, I stood from the bed and I could have sworn I saw the look of disappointment on Alex's face as he looked at Vinny, but Vinny only shrugged, in less than ten seconds the duo must have had a full conversation without saying a word.As I stood, the room was in motion again as Simone started to move to the bed and Evelyn followed suit, fo

***Alex***My eyelid fluttered open, as it did, the events I last witnessed played in my head, we had gone for the meeting to dialogue with the Perez, but had been ambushed at the meeting point and had been shot. I groaned In my mind knowing fully well Vinny would be telling me "I told you so" When next he sees me conscious, he'd never let it rest, it'll be his majestic moment to shine.I felt a weight beside me on my bed and as I looked down, I saw my fragile angel sleeping right beside me, she must be so uncomfortable sleeping in a sure position, once again, I had made her suffer needlessly.She must hate me, I concluded in my mind.As I watched her sleep, soft locks of red curly hair tumbled across her face and I couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of it.As I reached out to stroke the locks back, she stirred in her sleep and I froze, luckily, she didn't wake up and I proceeded in my action, I stroked her hair back and she reacted by snuggling her head in more into the bed, she

***Amelia*** The whole room seemed to divert their gaze in my direction as my knife clattered on the floor, but for a minute, it lasted just for a minute. As Simone walked up to Vinny, I picked up the knife and poor onion from the floor. "Evelyn, Amelia, come along" Vinny barked the orders out of his throat. I placed the duo that had fallen back on the counter, and exchanged a questioning look as to why we were being called with Evelyn, she shrugged. "Have you ever been up there?" I asked Evelyn as we started walking right behind Simone who was now holding one of the first aid boxes from earlier. "No" she replied curtly. We walked to the elevator where Vinny stood impatiently waiting for us, as we stepped inside, he immediately pushed the button to the top floor, I had never been there, only heard rumors of the place and stood in the elevator waiting for it to stop, I pondered on what awaits us up there. The elevator stopped, and the door slowly opened revealing a grand

CHAPTER 4 ***Alex*** The encounter with the red haired girl Roger had dropped as payment left me thinking hard through the remainder of the week, I kept having flash backs of how she looked in the soft light of the night, her bright curly red hair tumbling down her shoulders in beautiful locks right to her waist line, her deep brown eyes that should have been a contrast to her wavy red hair but somehow fitted so perfectly it made me hard right at the sight of it, I remembered as her gown hung tight to her body and every curves as though she's born with it, and right now, as i watched her wash the dishes like I've done countless times through the week, i felt horrible for assigning such beaut to doing such a tedious task, I watched as she wiped off a trickle of sweat from her face with her hand, and as she washes the dishes, her locks of curls kept tumbling in her face, she kept pushing them back in place but the rebellious curls wouldn't stay, and in one swift motion, she packs them

CHAPTER 3 ***Amy*** After the encounter the last time on the day I got to the mansion, I didn't see Alex again, or let's say I couldn't, his place was high up and I worked below, the rest of the week went by slowly, and tediously, apart from always feeling like I was being watched but never seeing anyone watching me, I also had to work my ass off like never before as the kitchen was in charge of making the meals of the whole gang, or rather "family" as they often regard themselves, the house was a big house with about 27 rooms in total and maybe more since there was more to the mansion that what I could see in a week, as the newest addition in the kitchen, I was made wash the plates, deliver the meals and run a lot of errands, it's the hierarchy, and I was the last in the table called hierarchy. While working in the kitchen, I made beautiful acquaintances of course, the head chef, Simone, took me like her own daughter, every time I came in the kitchen, I couldn't help but notice he

Chapter 2 ***Amelia*** I woke up to the sound of a voice, talking in the room, but knowingly, I shut my eyes not opening them. "She is beautiful" I half heard a voice say, I could almost hear lust sounding in the voice that made the statement, "who knew something so beautiful could come out of someone so gruff like Roger" the voice added. Roger? My dad, they were talking about me. He was talking to someone else, my eyes were closed but I could feel the presence of another person in the room. "What do you think?" The voice continued, obviously talking to the other person who hadn't till now said a word, "The kitchens? Delivery? Or the bed?" The voice asked. Realization of what the voice was asking the person hit me, I was about to be designated into a work department in here, the kitchen must mean I tend to food duties, delivery I'm not so sure, working the beds must mean I'm to take care of the rooms, I concluded then tried opening my eyes a bit to check out what exactly was g

***KAYLA*** I ran as fast as my leg could take me, clutching my belly, just like the first time I was hunted by members of the Ravenclaw pack, only, this time, I was heavily pregnant and could feel my baby with every step I took while I ran. I was getting tired, Caleb was nowhere, everywhere was in smoke and even Carla had been separated from me when it all went into shambles. I stopped for a while to catch my breath and I could hear the steps of the one who had been chasing after me get closer and closer, I knew I had to continue running, save myself and my baby, I had to run, I was thirsty but I had no choice, I started running again, only this time, I wasn’t as fast, my energy was burning out and I was getting slower and slower, then, I felt someone grab me. “Haaaa…” I yelled but was cut short as someone placed their hands on my mouth, burying my cry for help. “Shhhh, it’s me,” Caleb said, his voice soothing and making me calm down, I heaved out in relief and tapped his han

Nate and the blondie turned around and left while Toria followed behind, looking back as she walked away. I turned to look at Philip, we shared a knowing look and he nodded. “Maybe the blondie thinks he’s human?” Philip shrugged speaking my mind. “Maybe,” I shrugged too, and went back to take my seat. “You should inform the rest and gather more information on the blondie, but inform everyone to not relate with Nate, or rather, send a message,” I said, that’s the quickest way to reach all alphas and maids in the castle. “Sure,” Philip said and glanced at his phone that’s just beeped. “Alpha Derek has arrived, and with his Luna,” he announced and my head went blank, what the hell was Sheila doing here when we only invited Derek, I sighed. “Come on, send the message, and let’s go welcome them,” I said to him and he started typing on his phone very fast. “Done!” He announced and we started walking out of the room. We took the elevator down just in time to see Derek standing in fro

***CALEB***“The alphas are already arriving for the competition,” Philip filled me in as we briskly walked around the hallways of the castle. “Well, as expected, is Nate still coming today?” I asked I didn’t really want to face him now, but by the time I’d realized, I knew I couldn’t rescind my order. “I guess so, but he’s not arrived,” Philip answered and I just nodded. “Who is the first alpha I’m seeing?” I asked, Philip turned to the file in his hands and scanned it. “Alpha Sonya, she’s arrived and she’s the only person you’re seeing today,” he said and I nodded. “Lead the way to her room,” I ordered and he started walking in front while I followed closely, in no time, we were standing in front of a room, Philip knocked and we heard a ‘come in’ and so we entered. Alpha Sonya was sitting on the bed with her brother right beside her, the duo must have been discussing something of importance, but they rose to their feet immediately they saw me and bowed. “Your Highness,” they

***MORGAN***“We found a new place, sir!” Vinny said as he entered the room. I stood from my bed where did sat after the call with Nate since I had nothing to do. “Okay, do I need to check it out first?” I asked him, of course, I needed to check it out. “Oh, we paid already,” he scratches his head never pushy as he answers. “What?!” I walked closer to him, maybe I heard him wrong, but why would he pay for a house that was to be mine when I hadn’t even taken a look at it? “We paid for it immediately because the broker explained someone else was ready to make payment and that’s the nicest place on the market,” he said and I just rolled my eyes, he’s been victimized by the realtor who knew exactly what he was doing, I wondered what Vinny did with his life before he came out here. “Anf how many houses did you check out?” I asked. “2,” he said in a tone barely above a whisper, I felt my head rise literally. “You checked out two houses and bought one, outta the two? No other options

***NATE***“Come in Robin,” I yelled as I stood up, walked to the door, and unlocked it, I went back to my chair immediately after it was opened. “One would think you’re hiding away from something if you keep locking yourself in like that sir,” she said as she walked to my desk and dropped a file on it. “Well, they wouldn’t be completely wrong now, would they?” I smirked and she just wore a vague expression. Grrrrg! Grrrrr!! My voice vibrated just as Robin was about to say something, I held a hand up to her and she shut her mouth, it’s Toria, I picked up. “Hey!” I calmly said into the phone. “Guess what?!” She squealed into the phone rather loudly. “What? I really do not have the strength to guess right now, I’ve a lot to do,” I said to her in a tired tone, so as to sound somewhat convincing. “Well, Caleb agreed to you coming to Crescent Pack, you’d be at the contest and also at Carla’s wedding,” she said and my stomach knot in discomfort, for a while there, I’d totally forgott

***NATE***“Thank you!” I said to the guard who opened the car door as we got to the front of the company building. Grrrrrggg! Grrrggg!!! My phone rang, I stared into the name of the caller and it was Morgan, great, he must be back in New Orleans by now, I thought, I picked up the call. “Nate, I’m here,” she shouted into the phone elated, I instinctively pushed the phone somewhat away from my ears. “You’re so loud man,” I said. “Sorry, I’m just so happy,” his voice was now known and better. “It’s fine, so how are you finding the place?” I asked, but then remembered I had to get inside the building instead of picking the call out here and making the guards wait for me. “You know what? Let me call you back once I enter the office?” “Of course, I’d be expecting, bye love,” I heard the beep, indicating he’d cut the call, keeping my phone in my pot, I strode into the building with my head held high, while the guards followed closely. I entered the office, took the private elevator,