"All done, you look absolutely beautiful!" The make-up artist was smiling at me through the mirror, admiring her flawless work. Beside her, Genevieve who had picked out my dress nodded in agreement. My long hair was styled into waves and my almond-shaped eyes accentuated with dark smoky eye shadow. My high cheekbones and plump lips looked more emphatic now. Together with the short sequin black dress that Genevieve chose when the designer brought a bulk of clothes, I looked different. Older, more fierce, more confident. "Thanks, I love it." I said to both of them, and Genevieve proceeded to wear a necklace and matching bracelet to adorn my slightly tanned skin. "Don't lose them; they cost a fortune, sweetie." I nodded, touching the tiny pearl necklace as I admired myself in the mirror. "Okay... It's time, Alpha Cole is in the car already and you shouldn't keep him waiting." Oh dear, at the mention of his name, my heartbeat picked up. I had forced myself to push him out of my
"Aria...don't fucking faint on me." My eyes started to pry open. Sometime in the middle of the cold sea, the clouds had opened to strong torrents of rain. I had shivered as the harsh splashes drenched us whole, and may have fallen asleep in the middle.Or passed out entirely. But when I came to, the rain was merely drizzling in a lazy manner, and I was lying on the shores, wrapped in Alpha Cole's wet jacket."Where...are we?" My teeth was gritting in cold, my lips trembling as my eyes opened. The rain had done a number on my Alpha, drenched his dark shirt which clung to his body, water dripping from his long hair and lashes.Fucking sexy. "We are safe here, come on, let's get to where we'll spend the night." He tugged me upwards, and I wrapped my arms over my shivering body, and followed him at a slow pace.I realised that my heels were gone when I started to walk, and I turned to see that he was holding the pair, his red lips a hellish wet dream. I couldn't be this horny even
The sun was peeping into the small room when I woke up, feeling so rested I almost forgot the events of yesterday. Unconsciously, I reached for the other side of the bed where that potent scent still lingered...But I found it empty. My eyes snapped open. There were barely creases on the side Alpha Cole had occupied last night; he had dressed it so properly it looked like he hadn't slept in it. How long had he been gone? How long had I been asleep?My clothes were freshly cleaned and laid out, and I spent time in the bathroom reminding myself that nothing had happened last night. Yet my whole body wouldn't stop flaming up at the memory of his fingers sweeping back my hair, his deep breath as he slept beside me.I washed up slowly, wondering what I would say to him when I came out of the room. But when I opened the door of the bathroom, the towel clinging to my wet body, with a smaller towel tied on my hair, I didn't expect to see him entering the room at the same time.I froze o
I was avoiding my boss and Alpha. I limited our interactions to e-mail and avoided his eyes when I met him.I was embarrassed, and even more hurt. Then I was humiliated at myself; for how long would I fall for Holly's manipulation?It was even worse that I had to see her everyday and respect her rank.Then it was harder because different women visited the pack house more often and rode the elevator to the penthouse. The pain in my chest pushed me into being couped up in my room whenever I returned from work.And at that moment, I was grateful that Raine was always busy or she would have probed till I mistakenly spilled. On Saturday, I woke up to a knock on my door, and I was surprised to see Genevieve when I staggered to open it. She held a tablet and seemed really busy. "Change and go to the shooting range. The Alpha is waiting for you."Shit shit, double shitty shit.I thought he had forgotten everything about that night that meant so much to me. "Oh...okay." I muttered, and s
My Alpha was kissing me.And Goddess, he was a hell of a good kisser. He swept my lips with his, moulding my skin with his fingers with which he brought me closer to his body, so close I could feel his arousal.Long, thick, swollen. I moaned as relief flooded my insides, along with ignited hunger to have him closer to me.It was what I had wanted for a fucking long time. Alpha Cole, kissing me.He angled his head to the side and pushed me closer to the wall, his powerful thigh pushing my legs apart. Fuck, his fingers slipping into my skin and hell...gathering my breasts had to be illegal. His hard bulky chest smashed against my softness, moans of pleasure tearing from my throat.I had never been kissed like this before, as if I were the beginning and end. My fingers explored his shoulders and slipped into his hair, that soft silky hair which I gripped with my fingers.His growl of pleasure exploded my insides, and I was rolling my hips against his, seeking that bulgy friction in
"Damn! You look good!""How good?" I asked Raine on Saturday when we finally got time away from work to tend to our personal business.She stared at my reflection through the long dressing mirror of the shopping mall, sweeping a hair away from my face. "Good enough to eat, you know, in that way." That of course earned her a disgusted expression from me, my lips turned down jokingly. "Yuck." She gave me the middle finger. "But seriously, you haven't told me what prompted this decision." She was staring at me curiously, but I would shrink before I admitted to the humiliation I had gone through.My new look stared back at me in the mirror. My auburn hair had been cut to shoulder length and tinted at the tips.Although I wasn't wearing any make-up, my slightly tanned skin glowed more with the spa treatment we had undergone. Waxing my legs made me see how smooth and long they really were. With the shoulder length straight hair, I looked more mature and exotic and features like high ch
A month of preparations and sending invites finally ended, and the day of the most luxurious ball in history finally came.The most skilled décor designers, party planners and chefs worked for a month to ensure the success of the event, and I may have lost more weight answering their calls every hour.I was however grateful for the planning; it kept me busy, reducing the nudging hurt of seeing different women parade in and out of the elevator each day.Apparently the rule of no visitors beyond the living room area didn't apply to Alpha Cole.The bastard.It was finally Saturday night, and I stood in front of the mirror as the designer adjusted my dress."Are you sure you won't be finding a second-chance mate today? The wolves will be swooning all over you."My skin flushed at the designer's words and appreciative gaze.But in as much as I attempted to be modest, I couldn't deny that she was right.The red ball dress had an off the shoulder design with a v-cut that exposed a generous a
"So, do I call you Alpha Cage?" His smirk was dangerous, but not in a way that made me flood my panties. "Why don't you just address me as Sexy Cage, or hottie?"What was he? Fourteen? I raised a brow.I needed to know his status and understand why he knew those things about me. Each time I attended a function with Alpha Cole, one strange thing or the other kept occurring. First was Alpha Kyrian, then Konstantine's pack and now Cage?I was starting to get drained. Exhausted from all the drama.Cage held my waist, pulling me closer to him, his other hand linked with mine.But I felt nothing.Because occasionally, my eyes darted to Alpha Cole's, and for a few moment, it seemed like those golden eyes were focused on me.Just me."Falling in love with Cole is the greatest mistake you can make. What do you think happened to the last Luna?"My concentration snapped towards Cage, shock and disbelief flooding my eyes as I looked up to him.I almost missed a step."What?" My voice was bar
One Year Later The theme tonight was celestial. Just like the baby whose lips were attached to my breasts, suckling greedily as though it were a contest. "Oh goddess! The guests are already gathered here! I thought she ate ten minutes ago!" Genevieve was having a fit, but I couldn't blame her. Planning a mating ceremony and my official inauguration as Luna was bound to drive someone crazy. Now she was glaring at the baby she always came to babysit early in the morning! Raine chuckled beside me where she was protecting the dress I had already worn from getting soiled by my milk. "The little monster won't stop eating! Are you sure she isn't a dragon? Oh shoot! The Royal entourage has arrived!" I exchanged glances with Raine and we both laughed inwardly, none of us daring to speak to the crazy planner. Tonight, she wasn't our sweet Ms. Genevieve. "Hey! If that little monster ruins the dress that cost a whole building, I will abduct and send her back to the moon goddess!" Rig
Being pregnant had been my dream, But if I thought my Alpha was protective before, then I had something else coming for me now. "Oh no, baby, this is too dangerous for your health. Horse riding, swimming, dancing..." "Do you have to go to the office today? I just had a little talk with the general director and you can work from home... You can also..." Okay, I loved my mate, but this was absolutely driving me crazy! And oh dear, he wasn't the only one who had been driving me insane over the past few weeks. My best friend, Raine, had been following me around with that mischievous grin on her face ever since Alpha Cole marked me. "I can't believe you guys were totally fucking when security found you! Were you at least dressed at all? Oh shoot! But wait, do I have to address you as Luna now?" "Let's go shopping for baby clothes. I can't wait to be a godmother, I will spoil this little munchy munchy cute baby wolf." Then they all proceeded to touch my stomach, which was still
Warning: Beast/human form sexual relations'I fucking asked you to run. Hide, little wolf.' He communicated to me again, his voice deeper, his aura more chilling.But hell, his wolf was damn beautiful.Huge and gigantic with grey and black furs complementing dark hazel eyes.His prance was all predatorial, like a dark dangerous panther charging towards me.'Get the fuck away from here, Aria!' The growl was angrier now, more intimidating, spreading those high Alpha pheromones that threatened to make me dizzy and sleep...Oh, this was what had knocked the security out.He was spreading it higher and higher as he got closer to me, looking more enraged and dangerous.But he had called me by my name.He wiggled his tail and lifted his arrogant head, howling in a loud piercing manner and spreading more of those pheromones..."Stop!"He halted immediately, both of us surprised and in shock.I had...shouted at him, and he...listened?But hell, judging by his expression, he wasn't sharing my
The blue waters from the sea were tainted with thick blood,Red and blue mingling under the brightness of the full moon.And when I fell into the water, my own blood spreading and sinking with me,I felt a glow on my skin, as though the moon and I had become one.My eyes were fluttering shut, my fingers uselessly fumbling over my stomach.It was too late, that sword had pierced into the depths of my flesh and taken... our pup.I shut my eyes completely, willing the tears to join the other liquid, the blood of all the massacred flesh calling to the moon goddess.I was dying, drowning, withering, but a firm hand clasped tightly to mine, and a voice as familiar as my own skin whispered my name,Aria.My eyes snapped open to beeps from all directions sounding in my ears, white colours threatening to blind me.The walls and high technological medical equipment were all white, coupled with the doctors and nurses dressed in their white uniforms who were hovering over me.Then one of them fla
"This is the military in collaboration with the Royal council of warriors, release the hostage or we open fire!" A loud voice rang out over the air.But a low demonic chuckle tore from Cage's lips. "How about this, you move an inch, and the hostage dies." And to emphasise what he meant, he pushed me into the deck and followed, his palm wrapped around my throat.My heart was racing as I stood in the middle of the sea, a tear escaping my eyes the moment I caught sight of Alpha Cole, standing at the deck of the ship closest to us.The full moon shone its rays on him, his disheveled appearance making my heart beat fast.I wanted to cry at how much I had missed him, how relieved I was to see him even if it was going to be for the last time.He had come to rescue me, but all those assailants suddenly appeared from nowhere, their ships surrounding Alpha Cole's crew.Then Nathan laughed, throwing back his head as he joined us on the deck."Oh fuck! I'm enjoying this."I stared at my Alpha w
AriaI was pregnant, with Alpha Cole's kid.My fingers had been on my stomach for the past few hours after Cage delivered that news, mixed emotions surging inside me.It seemed surreal and too good to be true, but on the other hand, what would be the fate of this pup when I had just written off a farewell note to my Alpha?Goddess,Nathan hadn't disguised any of the rage he felt for me, and when he wasn't smoking and cursing me and Alpha Cole, he dragged me by the hair and slapped me, calling me a slut.I had cried and wished to turn back time, to return to that time at the party and stop Alpha Cole from walking away.Now he probably believed I had jilted him for Nathan and he may never learn of the existence of this life we had created.I rubbed my stomach gently, resting my face against the cold walls the repugnant smell of smoke and drugs making me lightheaded.I was pregnant, yet tears were still trickling down my cheeks, the drops of liquid wetting the floors."Hey bitch, you gon
Cole"Alpha, this is dangerous. You've already had more dosage than..."Colours flashed in my head, and I was moving swiftly and wrapping my fingers against my beta's throat."Keep. Your. Opinions. In. Your. Ass." I could feel my muscles rippling from my arms, the veins and tendons threatening to make me snap, the heightened adrenaline pumping in my blood.But I didn't give a fuck.It was all my fault. If only I hadn't walked away, if I had controlled the irrational jealousy I had started to feel, Aria wouldn't have been gone by now."Okay, okay. I'll call the nurse." My beta muttered, his veins popping out from the force of my fingers on him.When I was sure that my message had been well received, I released my hold on him and moved back, aware of the trembling of my own hands, the way my entire body was out of control.I hadn't slept a wink for the three nights she had suddenly gone missing, and I had been an ass to everyone around me, fed up with the incompetency of my security.
In that dreaded vision of my worst nightmare, my own body was found, massacred, and dead, But I wasn't the only one who died in that dream, but the life which had been forming in my womb, And my Alpha.It was the recurrent dream I'd had that night, the second one that had driven me to finally driven me to open up to Alpha Cole about what I had seen when he was shot.In the memory of the assailant I had touched, Alpha Cole was running towards me with a gun to protect me, but it was already too late,Because I was already shot at that moment by a masked man, and as I fell on my knees, blood seeping from my body, a long sword was driven into my stomach,Then bullets from all directions made holes in my Alpha's flesh, his blood spilling on my immobile body.And with our last breaths, we called each other's names.***My head hurt, a familiar scent infiltrated through the room, and I felt boneless and exhausted as I tried to adjust my eyes to my environment.Through my blurry vision, I c
One Month Later"It's a custom made dress, took us close to two weeks to make it, but as the Alpha said, he of course wants only the best for Aria.""Guys! That's nothing at all, do you know that the general kitchen had been commissioned to be demolished and rebuilt just because Aria may be traumatised to see it?""Or is it the way Alpha Cole ignores everybody as soon as sweet Aria comes in?" Oh dear, I face palmed myself as I listened to my best friend and Genevieve converse about me as if I wasn't there.But the makeup artist wasn't going to have it."Please, I need this to be perfect.""Or someone will have your head!" Of course it was no one else other than. Raine, and she and Genevieve laughed loudly, making fun at my expense.It had been this way for the past one month, the evil witches made comments about me and Alpha Cole,And no matter how many times I pretended to be pissed off, the little devils didn't stop.I gave them the middle finger, my cheeks flaming red.Genevieve l