"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
I can't sleep.I tossed in bed for hours, unable to get the events of last night's party out of my head.To make it just worse, the little sleep I tried to have ended with another sex dream about the Alpha.Or was I to say, fucking.I didn't want to think of what it implied or get my hopes high again, nor did I want to imagine how I could have died at the hands of Cage if he hadn't needed something from the Alpha.How did the Silver Moon pack fit into all this?Needing to clear my head, I slid out of bed and changed into a one piece swimsuit, wrapping a robe around myself.I took the elevator and walked the silent hallway downstairs, turning to the back of the posh house where a spacious pool was located.But as tricky lady fate could have it, Alpha Cole just managed to be in the water, twirling a glass of wine, puffs of smoke rising from the cigarette in his other hand.As usual, my heartbeat perked up, but I was having none of it. I started to turn around unnoticed when his voice so
Alpha Cole's P.O.V. My Beta and COO placed a sealed envelope on my table beside a pile of others with a similar colour. I needn't open it to know what it was, and neither did my beta, but he stated the obvious anyway. "Kyrian has been successfully taken out." His mean eyes were focused on mine attentively, awaiting a reaction he damn well knew he wasn't going to get. While he made himself busy attempting to do the impossible since I had practice with blanking out my expressions, he sank into the opposite seat, crossing his legs. "I didn't know you were targeting him. Thought you intended to keep him, use him as pawn." Yeah, that ship had sailed the moment he sent an assassin after Aria Smith... Aria... But I didn't say that to him, or even a word at all. I took a swig of the cigarette which graced my finger, watching the puffs waft in the air. "Go straight to the point." I said curtly. My beta's eyes narrowed briefly in disapproval at my tone, but relaxed almost immediately.
Aria's P.O.V. I stood in front of the notice board with lips thrown open in mortification. A transfer? I had suddenly been transferred to the PR division where I had neither knowledge nor skill? At first, I thought it was a prank when Genevieve sent an email asking that I vacate my office, then in the next hour the notice I was currently staring at was circulated publicly on the official boards. With colleagues I barely knew whispering behind my back. "How long did she last as Alpha Cole's P.A.? Wonder what she did wrong to get kicked out." "Or maybe it's a promotion and she fucked him to get it." "Oh please, the Alpha doesn't do his pack members and subordinates. Besides, you can see that she's not his type. He likes them mature..." My cheeks were flooded with embarrassment and my palms balled into fists as I listened to those insults hauled at me. What the fuck had I done so wrong? "You see, I warned you. Whatever you thought you had with him, Cole tires of...easy things l
An eerie silence thickened the walls in my mind. What the hell had I just done? I could see the widened look of mortification in their eyes, directed at my silly silly self. My heart pounded harder as they slowly moved from Alpha Cole to the King who exuded aura of power that made me more aware of how much I had erred. Then the beta was looking at me as if he wanted me dead this very minute. Double fucking fuck! "My...apologies, I didn't mean to..." I stopped, my heart pounding in precipitation. What was I to do? Get on my knees and apologise and perhaps slit my own throat because I was head either ways and I could simply speed up the process? "Get out." Alpha Cole's low voice emanated power and rage and disappointment. All controlled and bundled into a single package to be delivered in those two words. My hear sank, and tears brewed in my eyes. How the heck had my emotions gone from a fucking tornado to...this? I swallowed hard and muttered another apology, making to step
There was storm outside the cold dark cell, splashes of rain against the floors singing loudly in my ears, a song of mockery. Worthless... Uselessness. I was huddled in a corner of the room, my eyes shut against the deafening echo of my own mind. I deserved this. It had been raining nonstop for the three days I had been in the dungeon, the basement of the building where people were tortured and killed. I had been awaiting my sentence for those days, my own imagination throwing me into a fit of worry that was probably worse than what awaited me. Because in my mind, my Alpha made me a rogue and had me sent out of the pack. I was after all unappealing, Useless. Some chains rattled at the end of the hall, followed by a loud cry, the sound of flesh being sliced into two... And silence. Another person had been killed. My nostrils picked up the metallic scent of thick blood seconds later. I hugged myself tighter, attempting again to seek comfort in my wolf who had been silent for
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