Richard placed his hands on Serenity’s shoulders. “There is no changing his decision, Serenity. The Alpha already has enough on his plate. Don’t anger him. You barely managed to come out of the prison alive. Do you want to be sent back to that place?”
The idea of spending a week more locked up in that suffocating room made her shudder and brought her mental trauma back. But Serenity was desperate. Just as she was starting to get acquainted with the pack members after being alienated by them, she could not be sent back.
Serenity smiled at him. “Thank you. I know you are worried about me, but I will handle it. I might seem reckless, but I know what I am doing.”
Serenity definitely did not know what she was doing.
She reassured the Beta with no plans.
Standing outside the Alpha’s office, she clenched up her hand into a tight fist. Although she had a lot of pent up frustrations towards him, she
Although the third floor was not booming with patients, it was not deserted like before. Serenity had patient s visiting her with their queries. Almost everyone was surprised to see her get out of the person barely harmed and wanted to learn the tricks behind it.According to them, prison is a gruesome place, and barely anyone come out of it alive. Those who manage to see the light of the day, they are half dead. Hearing the graphic descriptions from the few enthusiastic werewolves had Serenity shuddering and actually feel that Kieran could have gone worse on her.Compared to the usual treatment that the prisoners get, she felt like a royalty.Other than that, she had many ask her the secret behind hr. professional skills, and few kids expressed their wishes about wanting to become a doctor. Having them warm up to her and acknowledging her effort brought joy to her.Although Serenity inherently preferred to be lazy, being a doctor was also something she r
Few words of comfort was the only help he received from Serenity, which in his opinion only added salt to the wound and oil to the faire, before she departed for her so-called beauty sleep.Jake cursed at her as soon as she left.As if he would believe her if she said there was nothing she could do to alleviate his dilemma.However, the excruciating pain of his stomach clenching came next, causing him to fall on his knees. Groans of pain left his mouth, and even though a part of him wanted to lose his consciousness, the sensation was only getting more and more vivid.On the other hand, Serenity grinned widely at the successful execution of her plan.Even if she had the antidote, she was not the fool to hand it over to him so soon. Let him suffer from the pain for at least a week to leave a long term memory lest he messed with her again. Also, she needed to take care of that excessive energy he has.Serenity hummed happily as she skipped over to her room.It was regretful she had no co
As Serenity wrapped the bandage around the warrior’s arm, she brought up, “I haven’t seen you all gather for training today morning. Is there anything special coming up?”Everyone started to drop their reservation around her, and Serenity’s friendly personality, especially after how well she healed them, made it easy for them to open up with her.Although the warrior had a cold and intimidating expression on his face, Serenity’s gentle care made him calmly answer, “The Alpha is in low mood today. No one dares to get close to him. He postponed the training for the day.”“Is that so? With how strict and devoted the Alpha is, it must be a lot for him to cancel the training. I suppose even he needs a break at times. Breaks are good. They give you time to calm yourself down.”“It is not just a break for him. Previous Alpha passed away on this day. For the Alpha… it’s a sad day.” A sigh left the warrior’s mouth.Done dealing with the wound, Serenity commented, “The Alpha is strong. He will
“What a coward,” Kieran commented, not hiding his derision.Serenity retorted, “You would be as well if you were not a werewolf. Not only does that look creepy, a bite could literally have my heart stopping. It’s not like you have doctors here other than me.”Kieran scoffed. “Pathetic. Now, get off of me.”Heat rose up her cheeks as she realised her position, and immediately jumped down his body. Clearing her throat, she clarified, “I have slight phobia of snakes. I would have done this to anyone in your position.”“There is no need for an explanation. I don’t cater. Get lost from here. Were you not allowed to leave the pack house?”Serenity felt lucky and grateful that she was not the one with a fragile heart or else with his constant insulting behaviour and her embarrassing slight crush on him, her face would have collapsed.Serenity assumed a gloating expression. “Guess what. Your pack actually likes and trusts me a lot. They suggested I sneak out tonight. You can’t believe that yo
On their way back home, Serenity occasionally glanced at Kieran while the Alpha kept his line of sight straight. The silence between them made Serenity itch to create troubles.“Alpha, how were you as a child? Were you the quiet good kid? Or were you the type to be naughty? Or could it be that you were born with this cold expression on your face?” Serenity’s voice held a teasing intent.Kieran sharply stared at her from the side, having no intention of entertaining her.“Come on, Alpha. Don’t be such a bore. Tell me your childhood stories,” Serenity expressed.“Don’t force me to throw you off to the wild animals. They would love a human like you for feast,” threathened the Alpha.Serenity scrunched up her nose at his mean words.“If you don’t tell me about yours, let me tell you about mine. I had a very happy childhood. My parents loved me a lot. In fact, everyone around me loved and cared for me a lot. It was as though I was born to be loved. I was loved so much that I did not know w
“Flowers in your office? That too such an ugly arrangement? Isn’t that a first?” commented Richard. Although his tone was tinted with amusement, there was noticeable probing inside his words.“I never thought you cared for the arrangements inside my office.” Kieran raised one of his eyebrows.The corner of his lips curled up. “Indeed. But you are acting too oddly for me to not to, Alpha. You wanted Serenity out of the pack, but all of a sudden, you are silent about it. Why?”Those grey blue eyes darkened as they narrowed on the Beta. “Are you ordering me to explain my decisions to you?”Hiding a knife behind his smile, Richard responded, “Alpha, don’t you sound a little too defensive over a simple question?”“Richard, it seems that you keep on forgetting your position. Do I have to resort to a harsher punishment, perhaps lock you up to get you to clear your head?”Knowing that it would be considered too disrespectful of him to keep on pushing the Alpha like this. Richard took a step b
This was a bad idea.Kieran would probably get another reason to prison her.And he will gladly take up on that to torture her.However, Serenity was at times prone to making foolish, impulsive decisions.“You will the reason you die one day, Serenity,” Serenity mumbled as she pushed open the door to Kieran’s office. “It seems that you haven’t been taught enough lessons yet. Was the experience in the prison last time not sufficient?”Serenity scolded herself mentally as she entered Kieran’s office. No matter how wrong her decision was, she could not hold back the nagging curiosity. She really wished that she could remain completely indifferent, but before she knew it, she ended up acting rashly.“It will only take a minute.” She will only take a glance to confirm what she heard before running away.Turning on the light, Serenity looked towards the table. The bunch of dried flowers resting on the table seemed very familiar to her. She stepped closer to the table, and her hand reached t
“YOU ARE INSANE!” exclaimed her friend, Jane, from other side of the phone. “You are planning to get yourself and our entire pack obliterated, right?”Serenity explained, “I got a little too bored here. And you should have seen how he acts around me. Clearly, he has feelings for me. It would be my loss if I did not play with him.”Her friend mockingly uttered, “He likes you? Isn’t that your delusion? Why would that big, bad Alpha who detests humans like you?”“That is what going through his head as well. And if I seduce him entirely, can’t I get whatever I want from the pack. Instead of sneaking around, I will control the Alpha of the strongest pack out there.” Serenity laughed.“I think you haven’t been chased by death for a while. That’s why, you started to feel itchy for death,” Jane pointed out.“You always say that, but haven’t I made it alive up until now? I tend to be very lucky,” Serenity bragged.Jane sighed. “Do whatever you want. If you want to die, it is none of my busines
Serenity was inherently a lazy person to begin with. Because she was afraid of missing Kieran and being worried about everyone, she kept herself occupied with work for so long. Now that everything had come to a peace, the long hours of working as a doctor was a little too taxing for her soul.Serenity leaned against the couch and groaned. “Should I just quiet and go back with you to your pack? Anyways, you can afford to raise me,” Serenity suggested.Kieran, who was working on his laptop, did not look up and responded, “Were you not determined to stay here and develop your career like an independent woman? I support you. Don’t worry.”Serenity furrowed her brows. “I change my mind. Am I not allowed to do that? Working like these every day for long hours, I don’t even feel like living anymore. This is killing all my passion.”Amusement crossed through Kieran’s eyes as he turned his head to look at her after her dramatic words. “Is it that bad?”Serenity nodded her head.“I get you, Ser
Almost two weeks had passed since Kieran came here. Throughout this entire time, Serenity and Kieran had small fights with Serenity starting those most of the time and Kieran simply tolerating her temper. Other than that, they have been peaceful.Since Kieran was here now, fine and healthy, and everything was alright between them, Jane thought that she shouldn’t be overstaying her welcome. As she would only be getting in between the couple, she decided to return.Serenity felt guilty at that since her friend had come here for her sake, and she was not able to do anything. Jane only laughed at her emotions, calling her a fool and telling her that the best thing would be for her and Kieran to peacefully settle. The two of them had gone through a lot of things.That was what Serenity hoped for as well.As Serenity finished taking her shower at night, she smiled at Kieran who was busy in the kitchen. Never did she think that she would be able to domesticate such a mighty Alpha. A recent h
There was confusion in the Alpha’s eyes as he stared at his mate.“Serenity that… isn’t it too abrupt?”Serenity stared at him startled and scoffed. “What are you feeling shy for? You had no issue roaming topless in front of the entire pack before.”“Well, you are right.”As she watched him slowly take off his shirt, it felt as though she was harassing him, and spoke out, “Alpha, I only want to check up on your injuries. I heard from my brother that you are gravely hurt. That is it.”Hearing that, Kieran was about to put his shirt back. He said, “There is no need for you to do that? I am almost fine.”However, not giving him the chance to do that, she pulled away his shirt. Seeing how his upper body was covered with thick bandages, she could only imagine how bad his wounds might have been. There was a thick scar that ran across his shoulder that was yet to heal. Knowing how as the Alpha he had great healing powers, for these to take so much time, she could picture the life and death s
Serenity frowned when she noticed tha she received a call from an unknown number after midnight, but remembering how she told Kieran to have her brother call her, she received the call.“Serenity, you are still awake,” Richard softly said. His voice held a bit of guilt and fear in them.Serenity sneered. “Look who is alive. I hought you were dead by now given the silence from you.”“It is not that I have not been wanting to call you. It is just that I have been so busy every day that I keep putting it off. Look, now that the Alpha is no longer in the pack, all the responsibilities of the pack have fallen on my shoulder. I know you are my sensible little sister and understand my position, right?” Richard tried to get her to calm down.This only infuriated Serenity further. “Oh? Is that so? If you are crammed with so much important tasks, why did you have to call me now? Let me hang up. After all, I do not fall in those important categories, and therefore, I have no right to waste your
The lack of sleep caught up to Serenity, and she found herself dozing off during the work entire time today. Not even cups of bitter coffee could keep her awake and drive her headache away.When the day was over, Amelia, the nurse who proposed she went on a date yesterday with her nephew, caught up to Serenity and garbbed her arm. Although Serenity wanted nothing more than to go home and rest on her bed, she smiled and carrued on the conversation with Amelia.“By the way, are you hungry? Why don’t we go and grab a meal together?”Serenity replied, “I had little something to eat earlier. I am not hungry yet.”“I am sure you will feel hungry on the way there.”Serenity was about to turn her down when her eyes fell on Kieran who walked over to her. It seemed that he came to pick her up. He didn’t know when her shift today ends. Could it be that he was waiting for her the entire time?What a fool!He could have just asked her for the time.“And also my cousin will be there. You wouldn’t m
But Serenity was doomed to have a sleepless night. No matter how hard she tried, her thoughts were filled with Kieran, how he was standing outside, and what will happen in the future. Before she knew it, it was already time floor her to get to work. Instead of taking a day off, she decided to get to work, believing that would at least keep her thoughts occupied or else laying down on her bed, she will be consistently pestered by Kieran mentally.Last night, she resisted the urge to get to the balcony to check whether or not the man was standing outside multiple times, and after an arduous fights with her inner self, she managed to prevent herself from taking a glance.Looking at her state in front of the mirror, Serenity knew that she looked extra bad. One would think she went through a night of horror.Staring at the foundation in her hand, she commented, “This is what makeup is for.”There was no way she was letting anyone know how restless she was last night.After Serenity was don
Staring at the familiar an in front of her, Serenity felt baffled. Jane noticed the tension between both of them and decided to give them space by getting up to Serenity’s apartment.Serenity quickly brought her emotions in control and put on a mask of nonchalance to match the Alpha’s. She took a second to observe his features. He cleaned up his wild hair considerably, taking a neat appearance, but instead of that making him seem gentler, he somehow appeared to be equally oppressive.“What are you doing here, Alpha? What a surprise!” Serenity expressed. Sarcasm evident in her voice.“I am here for you, Serenity. Are you going to accept me?” Kieran stated. Instead of it being a pleading request, there was a domineering pressure behind his words.The corner of Serenity’s eyes curved up, and there was a twinkle in those hazel eyes. “I am afraid you are a little late. I already went on a date with someone today, and we hit it off rely well. I don’t think it would be right of me to accept
After being done with the day’s work, Serenity removed her doctor’s coat and packed her bag. Just as she was about to step out of her office, her phone suddenly rang up. She reached for her phone to find out that it was her best friend ‘Jane’ calling and a soft smile formed on her face.She received the call.“Where are you, Serenity? I have been looking for you at the airport for so long, and I can’t see any signs of you. Where are you?” Jane stated, her voice filled with dissatisfaction.Serenity looked at her watch and frowned. “You are already here? I thought that there was still an hour left.”“Serenity, are you kidding me!? Don’t tell me you forgot the time? What a friend you are!” There was obvious sarcasm in her voice.“I am sorry. There was too much things on my schedule today, and I forgot. Come on, forgive me. I will take you on a shopping spree, and all the money will be on me. I will be there in an half an hour. I promise. I will drive fast.” Serenity rushed out of her of
Serenity waved her hand at the little girl who walked out of her office with a bright grin, guided by her mother. Once the door was closed, Serenity stretched her arms out of exhaustion before extending her hand and taking a sip out of the coffee cup in front of her. The hot cappuccino inside it had become long cold.Serenity’s eyes then fell on the calendar in front of her, and a frown fell on her features as she leaned closer to the calendar. She took out a pen and circled today’s date.“It’s already one moth.” A sigh left her mouth. After that, she raised her voice, feeling the anger rise within her veins. “I knew that I should not have trusted that bastard! ‘Wait for me for a month’. Well, I have waited. Where are you now? What am I? Some kind of pushover? I am not going to wait for you anymore, you mean bastard!”It has been a month since she had received any kinds of news from the pack. She asked everyone around her for a piece of reliable update, but the information was all sca