Fuck! I did not see that coming. A sharp pain travels along my spine. I swear to the goddess, my legs almost give out.“Did you just reject me?” I asked in shock.I can’t fucking believe it. We managed to keep the news of Lola rejecting me between me, Jason, Micah, and the elders. If word ever got o
No one has ever managed to catch me off-guard, but Sadie has been doing it since I got here. The blows just kept coming one after another, and it was getting hard to keep up with all of them.“Y-you’re the Alpha?” Jason mumbles the words in disbelief.Even Micah looks as shocked as we were. I guess
Sadie.I stared at Alec, and I knew that something was working in his mind. It was quite clear that he didn’t like the fact that I was his mate, or the fact that I rejected him. To be honest, it puzzled me.He couldn’t hide the hate he has for me, and I hate him right back. So why the hell would he
My mind is trying to find out the reason behind his sudden shift. It must be something big. Something he has no control over. Something important enough to make him tolerate me as a mate. Well, that is, until he gets what he wants.The thing, though, is that I’m not the same gullible, naïve Sadie I
“W-what?” I could hear Raven stammer behind, but my mind was otherwise preoccupied.I’ve heard about shifting. We were taught about it. How it is painful because your bones are basically shifting, re-aligning themselves to those of a wolf.There’s always been excitement towards someone's first shift
Less than ten minutes, I get to where I want to be. It’s my spot. My calming spot. The only place in the pack where I can fully let go. The one place I come to think. It isn’t much, honestly. Nothing grand or out of this world beautiful, but there was a pond.Stepping into the open space, I start re
I didn’t understand why he was so shocked. It’s not like he's never seen a wolf shift before. In fact, he has helped some of our pack members shift when their time came.It felt different being in this form. Unlike the other forms where Nyx and I shared control, in our wolf form, Nyx was more domina
“Nyx,” I call, trying to avoid the deer’s empty eyes; they felt like they were staring straight at me.Sure, I have killed a lot of rogues and hybrids since my first kill when I first met King, but this felt different. Maybe because it’s an innocent animal.“Oh, stop with the guilt," Nyx says, dropp
She’s quiet for a moment, but I do feel her emotions. A bit of sadness, longing, but also anger and resentment.“Did you know that she’s the one making the hybrids?” I pushed. The more I got her talking, the more information I could get to piece things together.“How?”At first, I thought she was in
The moment I left them, my mind switched to work mode. I couldn’t sit around and do nothing. I also couldn’t keep waiting for Nyx to feed me breadcrumbs of information.The first place I decided to make my stop was the library. I don’t know why, but it was the first place my brain urged me to go to.
Alec smiled as Aspen told him about what she had been doing since morning. She gave him every detail, down to what she ate for breakfast.The smile that showed on his face wasn’t fake. It wasn’t one that was forced as he pretended to show interest. It wasn’t one to placate her. It was genuine and re
“You love being outside, right?” I began and waited for her to nod her head. When she does, I continue. “How would you feel if I locked you inside the house and refused to let you out?”She thought about it for a second, a cute little frown appearing between her brows. “Very bad.”“Would it make you
I woke up the next day with the name Xena still bouncing around in my head. I didn’t get it. If Nyx had blocked our emotional connection, then how come I felt that fear? Why did that name affect me the way it did? And why would Nyx be so fearful of her sister if these were really remnants of emotion
When I wake up again, Alec is nowhere to be seen. In his place, though, is Raven. She was scrolling through her phone and had not noticed that I was awake.I take that time to study her features. She seemed tired and worn out, just like Alec, just like I was. My shoulders drop as I realize that I am
Again, he doesn’t reply, but I see a small shift in his eyes. He’s an Alpha. A leader. Of course, he wouldn’t be okay hiding while others sacrificed their lives.“It doesn’t sit well with me… I just want to protect you.”Something softens in my heart and I feel something warm uncurling within me. I
His words stopped anything I was going to say. I gaped at him, unable to say a single word as everything inside me felt like it just froze.I stared in wonder as he shot up from his chair and started pacing the room. He seemed so agitated that I could almost feel my heart stopping for a second and w
“How long have I been out?” I asked after downing the whole glass.“Three hours, give or take.”“Is everything okay?” I muttered. “I hope I didn’t do too much damage and that no one got hurt.”“Don’t worry about that. Apart from the trees, no one got hurt,” he teased. I had to blink twice to make su