I sighed as I walked alongside Angela and Seira through the bustling streets of the shopping district. I had never been a fan of shopping, and doing it with my sister-in-law felt like nothing short of torture. Apparently it's a week until my father-in-law's birthday, so I had to tag along to get him a gift.Angela had bugged me until she managed to convince me before I agreed to come with her. "I can't believe we're doing this," I said, trying to hide my reluctance."I'm sorry for dragging you into this, but we really need to. Come on, it's a family tradition that you don't want to miss out on."She says she is trying to sound convincing."Yeah, because nothing says quality time like fighting over prices and waiting in lines," I muttered under my breath.Sierra chuckled. "fighting? Waiting?"She questions me like I said the most absurd thing before walking inside the shop."Come, Lyra, you'll see," Angela says, pulling me into one of the shops.As soon as we walked in, the warm air
LYRAI stood outside the building of Bricks and Hammer, a bit tensed as I gathered all the courage left in me before walking in. I received an email three days ago saying that I'd been offered the job, and to say I was excited was an understatement.I honestly didn't seem to be getting the job, but I did, and I'm grateful for that. I let out a breath as I reached the elevator, stepping in alone. Memories of the heated moment I shared with Sage in the elevator came flooding back, making me feel aroused.I bit my lower lip, clutching on the hem of my shirt, and just then the door dinged open.I really hope that there are no wolves lurking around; I bet they'd smell how turned on I was.Sage and I haven't really seen each other each other since I recovered from my injury.I don't know why he is so against me working for Xavier, but it's not going to hold me back regardless of what he thinks; I want to be independent.I don't want to be reliant on my in-laws wealth; I am very much in c
LYRA"What is it with you, Mickleson? I just don't get it with you," I growled out as we stepped out of the building.Clause didn't seem to be pleased. He ignores me, drawing me into the car with him. I try to fight back. Who was I kidding?Our drive was quick and fast before we ended up with a broken-down car."It was my first job, something I worked for, but you just had to ruin it."Clause hissed, "Don't you see that he's the enemy? Huh?" He rat."How? Just because you don't settle well with him doesn't make him my enemy. I am allowed to get involved with"He cut me off. "You are most certainly not." "What is your problem? I thought you were different from the others. I am well aware that your siblings aren't really welcoming of the idea of me and Sage, but for God's sake, won't you at least let me be?" I breathed out in frustration."Lyra You don't get it, do you? You're Sage's Luna now. Being a Mickleson means any enemy of ours remains your enemy."I hissed, "It most definitely
SAGE. I broke the egg into the pan flipping through each side till we were neatly done. It was barely 8 am. I woke up a while ago and decided to have breakfast. Lyra was still back in the room sleeping. Yesterday night was nothing short of torture, refraining from having her is one of the hardest decisions I've had to make in my entire life. I was so close yet I couldn't put myself to go further. She had passed out immediately she came after riding her organism off my finger. She was a novice but I have to admit that I never really considered Lyra to be a virgin. At least now I know that no one has had her and no one would ever aside from me. The feeling of ownership made some unfamiliar feelings swell up in my chest. The things Lyra is doing to me these days without even knowing it is starting to get very unhealthy. .The thought of having my dickens buried inches into her right sweet cunt made me cry.Kato growled. 'You could have marked her'It wasn't only me but Kato a
Lyra."Come," he motioned for me to come take a seat next to him.My brows furrowed as I was a bit sceptical, unsure of why he would want that. Just a few weeks ago, he was thinking of all shades to end me. "Please." His voice came yet again, snapping me back to reality.He took me by surprise when he pleaded for something he had never done. I nodded, taking the seat opposite him. I didn't miss the chuckle that slipped from his lips, causing me to roll my eyes."What?" I question the boring look."I want us to have a tall Lyra.""You can go ahead.".He remained silent for a second before he cleared his throat. "Look, I know we started off at the wrong place, and I had treated you so badly, which I wish I could take back as you didn't deserve it. Just like I was forced into this, so were you."My left brow arched up in surprise. What was happening to Sage? This sounds so unlike him, and why was he all of a sudden so interested in setting out differences?"Why are you doing this?" I
SAGE"She's going to be okay," Clause states, placing his hand on my left shoulder.I growled in frustration. It's been three weeks now, and she hasn't moved a limb; her wounds are barely recovering. "How? It's been fucking throw weeks now," I roared."You're an Alpha, for god's sake! What do you expect? She won't heal that fast; your claws did do some damage." The clause states as though it wasn't the most obvious thing.I felt the guilt gnawing into me. Lyra shouldn't have been dragged into this mess in the first place; she deserves way better than this.My jawline hardened. "Mum has been inquisitive lately," the clause states, snapping me out of my train of thought.My heart dropped. I knew that hiding such information from Mom was going to be a tough one, yet it didn't stop me. No one aside from my siblings knows about this, not even my beta. "You can keep hiding it from her. We have the doctors working on her, and I believe she'd be fine with time," Clause tries to say, but n
LYRA "Lyra, come," Sage's mother ushered. I shared a look with Sage, causing him to lose his grip on my waist, but not before drawing me to him and placing a lingering kiss on my forehead. He smiled while I forced him to let go and walk towards his mother. His mother narrowed her stare at him as though she were trying to figure out something. "Walk with me," she states before tearing her gaze off Sage and taking my hands into hers. We walked out of the parlor, leading a path that eventually led us to a garden. "How're you doing, Lyra?" She asks after moments of silence. I gulped down a lump and said, "I'm good." She chuckled. "And how's your relationship with my son going so far?" I saw that question coming, but I wasn't mentally prepared for an answer to give. The old woman has this daring gaze of figuring out thongs. "It's a little bit rough, but we're trying to figure ourselves out," I answer, knowing very well that she could sense if it was a lie or the truth. "Is
LYRA. Laughter roars, feeling the air at the joke Axel had made. I only forced a smile while playing around with the food. The conversation I had with Sage's mother is still lingering in my thoughts. I felt a weight being placed on my shoulders; it was left to me to take responsibility. My feelings were beginning to get conflicted, and I felt as though I couldn't do it, but there was no backing out, not after giving my word for it. I felt Sage's hands on my lap rubbing on it while he leaned into my left ear. "Are you okay?" I blink myself back to reality, forcing a tight-lipped smile. "Yes." "Are you sure?" He insists on his voice fanning on my neckline, making me rub on my thighs already turned on. His motion on my lap never seizes. I say on my lower lips, "I won't be unless you keep rubbing on my thighs." He smirked. "Really?" My eyes widen as I feel his hands slip into my skirt, compelled to look at him and ask, "What are you doing?" "Giving you what you want," I ans
Lyra’s POV.I wiggled around the chair trying to get off the ropes that bound me with the chair, anger and fear cursing through me as I stared at Xavier's dark deep orbs that exuded venom and the smug smile that spread against his lips."Why are you doing this, Xavier?" I spat, firing my words at him like bullets.His smile grew wider. "You're just a pawn in a bigger game, Lyra. This is about Sage. Don’t worry princess, I may or may not hurt, so I won’t make any promises” I wagged against the ropes trying to get free from them even though my efforts were in vain yet I didn’t waver, “What does Sage have to do with this? And why would you result to violence for whatever this has to do with” His eyes gleamed with malice. “He needs to learn the hard way, I plan on taking everything from him, anything that ever brought him happiness must be eliminated” I gulped down a lump batting my eyelashes as my eyes stung in tears, “You’re sick Xavier! Sage won’t spare you if he ever gets a hold of
I stood before my pack, my voice thundering through the walls."Twenty-four hours! That's how long Lyra's been gone. And what do I see? Nothing! No leads, no clues, no progress!" I roared.Goddamit!I should never have trusted anyone to pick her up. I should have done that myself.Part of me hoped that she didn’t leave me yet again. I thought we had sorted out our differences and now starting things afresh.What changed then?My gaze scoured the room, meeting the downcast eyes of my pack."Incompetence! That's what I'm surrounded by!"Jason stepped forward. "Alpha, we're doing everything we can—""Everything you can?" I roared, cutting him off. "If that were true, Lyra would be back here, safe and sound!"My fists clenched, nails digging into my palms. "I want results, not excuses!"Damien spoke up. "Sage, we've tracked every lead, every rumor. We've covered miles—""Miles? Miles mean nothing without Lyra!" My voice cracked with frustration.I paced, my eyes burning with anger and des
I stirred letting out a growl feeling a masculine chest beneath my cheek. I paused asnmy heart dropped lifting up hurriedly, I came in contact with his stare.Memories of what happened last night came rushing back to me urging a growl that has him chuckling.My face carried a blush as my cheek heat up, hurridly hiding my face at the crool of his neck motrified.He burst into a fits of laughter holding onto my waist asbi cuddle deep into him, hiding from the embarrassment.“Stop” I mumbled.“If you keep doing that, I won’t be able to control myself anymore” he says making my brows furrow in confusion.“It won’t hurt to go for another round” he addsI chee on my lower lip the thought turning me on but I am still sour from last night, a good rest won’t hurt.I groaned, my embarrassment deepening."Last night was...unexpected," I stammered.Sage's fingers traced gentle patterns on my back. "Unexpected, but incredible."I peeked up at him, my eyes narrowing. "You're enjoying my embarrassme
I measured out the sugar carefully so as not to miss the recipe "Lyra, you're lost in thought again," Angela said, nudging me with her elbow. I smiled sheepishly. "Sorry," I say trying to fight back the thoughts. Sage’s different behaviors have been getting to me these days. His efforts aren’t going unnoticed though I try as much as possible to make him believe that his actions weren’t getting to me or going to change my mind, I still stand to the fact that I won’t be giving us a chance. “What is wrong?” She questions with worry in her tune. I shrugged, “Nothing” trying to wave off the conversation but she wasn’t having it, it’s Angela after all. Letting out a sigh I paused my action on molding the dough, my shoulders sulking. “It’s Sage” Angela's expression turned curious. "What about him?" I cleared my throat proceeding to mix the dough. "He's been trying, Angela. Trying. But I'm not making it easy for him." Angela nodded thoughtfully. "You're still hurting Lyra,
I collapsed onto the floor, my legs giving out on me as soon as the door clicked shut behind Sage. The sobs I'd been holding back erupted, shaking my entire body. Nyx, howled in sympathy making me cry even harder.How could he do this to me again? I thought I'd moved on, that I'd left the pain behind. But Sage's kiss had awakened something deep within me, something I couldn't ignore and I hated that.I didn’t want this for myself. My heart has already been broken once and I don’t want it to happen again. It’s breaking me.I wrapped my arms around my knees, rocking back and forth as tears streamed down my face. Why did I still feel this way? Why did my heart still race when he touched me?This isn’t supposed to be happening. He shouldn’t have this effect on me. Nyx's gentle nudges didn't calm me this time. My wolf sensed my pain, but even she couldn't soothe the storm raging inside me.I am left feeling conflicted and hurt. It saddens me that he feels as though he is still in contro
I sat down on the edge of Sage's bed, my heart pounding loudly in my chest as I heard the door creak open, signaling Sage's arrival. Despite the turmoil of emotions inside me, I made a conscious effort to mask my face, trying to appear composed even though I was burning with discomfort. I don’t know if he is aware of my return but then I am sure his Wolf may have sensed it. I turned slightly away, my eyes fixed on a random spot on the floor, avoiding any direct eye contact with him as he entered the room. The tension between us was palpable, and I struggled to find the right words to break the uneasy silence but then again, I was the one wronged, so making an effort first is his go and not mine. “Lyra” he calls out his voice sounding foreign to my hearing, almost as though it was the first time he had ever called my name. The tingling was still there. “Thank you for coming back” he states urging me to stare right back at him and I hit him with a physically chang
I sat alone in the room, Ryan's tiny hands wrapped around mine. His bright eyes sparkled as he chattered excitedly about his favorite cartoon."...and then, Mommy, Buzz Lightyear saved the day!" Ryan exclaimed.I forced a smile, my heart heavy with sadness. Knowing that I will be leaving him, the thought alone is frightening and suffocating.I have never been far away from him and the thought of that happening now wasn’t something that sat well with me.I trusted Luna and Henry to take care of my baby boy while I was away but I didn’t want to leave Ryan and couldn’t take him with me.The last thing I want is for Sage to find out about him even though it is his right as Ryan’s father, but no, he didn’t deserve any of us in his life. "I'm so proud of you, baby," I whispered, squeezing his hands.Ryan looked up at me with innocence and trust. "Mommy, what's wrong?" he asked, sensing my emotions.I quickly blinked away tears. "Nothing, sweetie. Mommy's just tired."Ryan nodded, accepting
I stood before my mother-in-law, Luna, her piercing gaze trying to persuade me to return home with her. But how could I? After what Sage is to me.It's not even an option. I don't want to go back to my past. I want to move on completely and away from Sage or his family, but Luna is making it too hard for me."Lyra, dear, come home with me," she said, her voice laced with a gentle urgency. "We can work through this together, and I am not even asking you to return to him; we can settle for a divorce."My heart dropped at the mention of that. I don't exactly know how I felt after those words had left her mouth, but it sure didn't sound good to me.I hesitated, my heart still heavy with the wounds of Sage's betrayal. "I'm not sure, Aunt," I replied, my voice barely above a whisper. "I don't want my heart broken again," I say biting on my lower lip.My eyes were already beginning to sting at the mention of Sage. He was my past, and I wanted things to remain as they were now.My life with
Axel walked through the front door of his apartment, exhausted from the long day it had been. The martial arts session had completely drained the daylights out of him. He needed to get some rest, and part of him hoped that Raya was asleep, as he didn't have the energy to entertain any of her dramas, at least not today again. He knows she has so many unanswered questions, but when it is the right time, he will let her in on it, but for now, no. As he walked further into the house, his exhaustion quickly turned to shock. The room was in disarray—furniture overturned, vases shattered, and papers scattered everywhere. "Raya!" Axel called out, panic creeping into his voice. "Raya, where are you?" He rushed through the living room, eyes scanning the area for any sign of his wife. But she was nowhere to be found. His heart dropped as he let out a frustrating hiss, yelling out her name. "Raya, answer me!" Axel yelled, his panic turning to fear. He dashed into the bedroom, but it wa