ELEANOR The room fell into an awkward silence and some members of the pack dropped their jaws. Alexander was gazing into my eyes the whole freaking time, and it was making it extremely difficult for me to focus and formulate a feasible plan. “May I have a word with your daughter? In private?” He requested. A small gasp escaped my lips which I kept solely to myself. Dad gave me another threatening glare before he nodded and moved himself out of the way. Alexander motioned his hand for me to follow him to a more private place. As soon as we got into an enclosed space, in a guest room I believe, the Greek God pivoted to face me. “Hey. It’s okay.” He started. “Huh?” What do you mean it's okay? I cocked my head, pulling my brows together closely. He then crossed his arms over his chest before taking one huge step, looming closer towards me, making me gulp and bit my tongue unintentionally. A stinging pain flashed inside my mouth, but I bit that pain before I let out an unwanted wh
ALEXANDER ‘MATE!’ Loki and I reveled at the sight of our beautiful mate. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. The girl’s utterly drop-dead gorgeous. She had long dark brown hair that cascaded down her back way past her tiny waist. Fair, smooth looking skin. VERY large breasts and fucking thick thighs I want to lick and caress while we make fucking love. But it was her eyes that held my most attention. They were blood-red, and she was looking at me with those deep gorgeous eyes with a hint of fear and confusion and shock. Alpha Victor pushed her towards me, making my wolf growl internally. ‘He should watch hoe he handles her’ Loki said in a threatening manner. When he introduced her to me I knew my eyes were glued to her face. I licked the corner of my lips as she bit her own. I wonder what those plump little lips of hers taste like? Excitement coursed through me as I pictured her on my bed. Legs spread wide to welcome my entrance. I pushed those thoughts to the side when I realized t
ELEANOR After what almost seemed like an eternity-long drive, we finally arrived at a huge modern building located at the center of a populated city. Elijah, whose name I learnt from their conversation with Alex while I was watching the passing trees out the window, opened the trunk of the car to pull out the only baggage the omegas from my pack had arranged for me before I left. I immediately rushed to him and gracefully reached for my own stuff. I felt bad thinking about Elijah carrying such a huge luggage for someone like me. Someone who would potentially ruin their pack. That I couldn’t take. My hands accidentally grazed Elijah’s skin when I heard Alex speak from behind me, making me jump in surprise. I turned around and looked at him, frowning at me like I just committed a terrible sin. And for some reason, I felt guilty, which is utterly ridiculous to even think if. “Elijah will take care of those” He glared daggers at his beta with his sharp eyes. Shaking my head, I refused,
9 ELEANOR "What do you mean had?" I ask, meeting his gaze. "I had a mate, but she...died." He said those words so slowly as if he would break if he went on too fast. A gasp slipped from my lips so I brought my hands to my mouth. Alexander's mate is dead? "H-how?" I ask, suddenly feeling nervous to know the cause behind his mate's death. A mate's death could drive werewolves insane to the point of seeking their own demise. That is how serious it breaks you when your mate bond is forcibly torn apart. You love the other too much you won't be able to make it or accept that the other has gone. Looking at Alexander now, he looks perfectly fine and confident when he stood in the meeting room, but I certainly did not know he had lost his mate. "Killed. Someone from an enemy pack. We're still failing at finding out who the killer is, so the case had since remained unsolved." He looked at me unsure. "Oh" Was all I ever was able to say. Wait. If Alexander's mate died, then that means...
ELEANOR I bit my lip, not knowing what else to do when I heard him grunt slightly. Then he cleared his throat and I felt a hand now touching my chin. His touch alone was seemingly alike to the jolt of electricity coursing through my body as he lifts my head to look at him and meet his eyes. Heat rushing to my face, I stared at his piercing blue eyes that was looking right into my soul. It's like my face and whole body is burning under the intensity of his gaze and his overwhelming touch. "You look.... beautiful" He leans in his face closer to me and I didn't know whether I could take it anymore. It has gotten to a point where the smell as aell as the hotness of his breath was already turning me on, that I needed to push him away slighty as I settle my hands on his rock hard chest. God I can already feel his abs right here. Instead of pushing him away I pushed my body back as Alexander stood so strong and hard. I looked away from his gorgeous face, feeling my heart quickening its
ALEXANDER Veronyka is taking things way too overboard. I know she isn't always like this. I've known her since she was just a little pup, and I can tell somehow, this Veronyka sitting two seats away from me now, is not the Veronyka I know. "Veronyka Blade! You will not disrespect my mate in this house! Apologize!" I made sure to emphasize that last word for Veronyka to understand, that she's done something she will soon regret if she still chooses to push her boundaries more than she should. I shot her a warning look complemented with my most effective threatening glare. Veronyka pursed her lips into a thin line, as though she was holding her emotions back before me. Damn right she should. But instead of apologizing directly to my mate, she hurriedly stood up, making a screeching sound as she pushes her chair abruptly and hurting my ears, enough to irk me in a way I never felt towards her before. Don't get me wrong. I love Veronyka. Just not the way she wants me to. I love her li
ELEANOR Ares kept groaning and muttering something incoherent in my head, then complaining over and over about why I went with Adrian rather than his brother, Alexander. Ares felt comfortable being with the alpha, saying she can feel kindness from him and even a sincerity towards us. I say she's getting way too comfortable and accepting with everything in our enemy pack, as though she's completely forgotten our main goal once we got here. To escape and go rogue, or maybe live as a normal human being in some place far away from the werewolf world. Get a job I don't know. Pay for an apartment and such. That's what I'm seriously looking forward to. Not how to be a part of the enemy pack, to which my father threw me in like garbage he didn't need anymore. I walked silently side by side with Adrian, who was leading me somewhere I couldn't care much about. Honestly I had wanted to go with Alexander at first, but after he mentioned the thing about a mating ceremony taking place, and not j
ELEANOR The thing that was hanging between Adrian's legs felt hot and hard beneath my thighs. Though it happened for only about two seconds, I felt it. My heart raced rapidly as if I'd just run a marathon and I was too nervous to glance back at Adrian's face. So I immediately picked myself up from his lap, before Alexander, who was already glaring threateningly at him, explode like a ticking bomb. The room was filled with Alexander's low growls the next moment, and I nervously looked up at him, but his gaze was completely fixed on his brother. Whipping my head to the side, I caught Adrian smirk at him, making my eyes widen in confusion and shock. I turned my head to look at Alexander who I noticed was clenching his large fists. I gulped, suddenly burdened by the stink of heavy tension swimming in the air around us. I could have sworn their energy were clashing in the middle right where I stood amidst it all. As I looked closely at Alexander, I saw his eyes darken completely, his b
ELEANOR FIVE YEARS LATER Hmm. French toast. Waffles. Cereal. Biscuits. Cinamon rolls. Croissants. Bacon and eggs. Oh, and how could I forget? Alex's favorite breakfast burrito. I smiled to myself as I arranged all the food I made onto the trays. I picked up the first one, glancing over the other where my son, Elias', food awaits. The urge to scoop it up from the kitchen table was strong. Moments after staring at it like a creep, I lift Elias' tray with my free hand while holding the first tray with the other. After managing to balance their weight on my already trembling hand, I slowly make a U-turn from the kitchen, heading to the table where I'm supposed to set the trays. 1,2,3 steps. You got this, Eleanor. You just got to-- "How many times do I have to fucking tell you, Ellie?" Electrifying chills vibrated through my body as I whipped around to find Alex squinting at me, his face darkening. His platinum blond hair a hot, sexy mess from our little exercise last night. Well, li
ALEXANDERI've been pacing around these halls for nearly an entire fucking hour. After Ellie's water broke when she was fucking washing the dishes, like I fucking told her not to do, I was lucky to have Elijah and Vera there watching over her in case something happened. He'd linked me up and told me right away what had happened. I was in a meeting then, discussing pack negotiations, alliances, and rogue sightings type of shit. I didn't expect my pup to come at the only day I was forced to attend one of these meetings. Other alphas were becoming upset at my decreasing appearances. If Elijah had not convinced me she'd be safe with him and Vera this morning, I wouldn't have left. And I fucking wished I hadn't. Then I wouldn't have arrived late and had to get Elijah to take my place, and Vera wouldn't fucking let Elijah go anywhere by himself. Those two are inseparable.I felt something touch my shoulder and I whipped around ready to tell whoever this fucker is to leave me the heck alone
ELEANOR “What do you think of this?” Laura gently nudges my arm, showing me the digital photo of a long, poppy red evening dress covered in shiny crimson sequins from top to bottom. I smile awkwardly, unable to bring myself to tell her that every dress she’s found so far was either way too revealing or simply too much. “Well, it’s a mating ceremony. It doesn’t have to be so…grand,” I tell her, and she stares at me in disbelief before letting out a sigh. “It’s precisely because it’s a mating ceremony that everything must look grand! If not, you are allowing yourself to miss out on your own event!” Laura huffs, her eyes squinting at the sight of me and my distaste for grand things. The exasperated look on her face brings out a giggle from my lips as I watch her continue scrolling through the dozens of dresses in the most successful clothing companies worldwide, making me wonder… “Then why don’t you come up with a design of your own? I’d be glad if it’s a dress you designed that I’d
ALEXANDERThe wind bristles, brushing through my locks and across my skin, though it doesn't bother me the slightest. Running my fingers through my hair, I tilt my head looking down the letters engraving his name.Taking a deep breath, I force my feet forward, force my eyes open as they focus on the lifeless ground beneath me."Hey, Adrian. Uhh...Fuck, honestly I don't know what to say to you now." I whisper into the air, picturing his piercing blue eyes which not only were identical to mine, but were also the same eyes I'd grown to hate through the years. I hated them then, because each time I look into those eyes my failures as an alpha haunted me in my sleep. Scratch that, not only my humiliating failures as an alpha, but also as a son, a brother. I gnash my teeth as my heart sinks, my head lowering for the first time for my brother's sake. I move down, I wipe away the remnants of dirt that gathered round the stone, letting a sigh fall from my lips as I stared at his name engraved w
ELEANORPretty soon, Alexander's men rounded up the rogues, keeping an eye on them in case they try to make a move. They don't, and there is no doubt from the look of betrayal and defeat in their eyes they won't risk their lives to try. Members of my pack were, in fact, pretty neutral about it. Heck, they didn't even spare a glance of pity for Sandra when they saw Alexander's warriors drag her ae rbway and force her into the car. They held no respect for her, that I was sure about. I couldn't ignore how none of them attempted to act in rescuing their new Alpha despite knowing she was being forced to step down. Weren't they concerned at all for her safety? From the looks of it, they'd rather see her step down than let her continue to be Alpha.That goes without saying, because one thing everyone in Blue Mountains Pack knows is the fact that Sandra could barely lead a pack. Let alone fulfill the duty of being a Luna. I flit my eyes between Barbara and the pack. In one split second, I no
ELEANORWe were getting near the border when I noticed a weird scent laced through the air. I couldn't pinpoint what it is, but I could feel it in my bones that it was something...dangerous.My wolf growls lowly, and I urge her to glance around for a moment, halting in her tracks. She sniffs the air as I instructed her to. Trying to see if she can find anything out of the ordinary in these parts.'Found anything?' I ask, and Ares simply shook her head though she acknowledged something felt really off. My entire body was tingling, and I wasn't sure if it was from excitement, or some other feeling brought by the effects of this pregnancy.'Why did you stop?' Laura asks, walking closer to us in her small wolf form. I find myself panting heavily, as though I had drained all my energy out from running a few miles away from the packhouse.'Just tired,' I reply, hoping she would stop questioning me any further.I didn't tell her about my pregnancy, hoping I'd be able to tell Alexander first
ELEANORMy mother looks up at him, and I could see the pain in her eyes when she spots all his wounds. Making her gasp at the bloody sight, probably wondering how he even managed to survive the fight against every Alpha in the country. All of them seemed desperate, too obsessed at the power of the blood wolf which I'm starting to realize...must be too valuable to compel a war like that. My heart instantly constricts and my chest began to feel heavy. Marcus, after seeing me as a baby, dropped with a loud thud on the cold ground. Hitting his head first as he did. "Marcus?" My mother slowly gets up before crawling to him. She began by feeling his wrist, and checking his wounds which were getting worse by the second."No,"Taking one last look at the baby, she heaves a deep breath before closing her eyes, and...healing him.Wait, but if she does that... then she...I bring my hand over my lips, watching wide-eyed as my mother continues to heal all his wounds, and soon enough, every on
ELEANOR"Hello, Eleanor.."If I was right, then this person standing in front of me now must be my..."Mother?" The word barely coming out my mouth through a whisper. My real mother.A smile covers her lips. She looks at me softly, nodding her head ever so gently like royalty at its finest.From that moment, I felt my heartbeat speed up. My hands itching to reach out and touch her in that moment, but I couldn't.She was too bright. Her body surrounded with white glowing light as she stepped out from the darkness. The scene before disappeared, and suddenly it was as if the world has erased itself from this dream."Look at you," she breathes, seemingly unable to stop her lips from reaching her ears while her eyes look me up and down. Not in a bad way, but rather in a way that you would know when someone is truly admiring you, finding themselves at awe at you presence and beauty.I plastered a smile on my face as well, mirroring just how pleased I was to finally see my real mother. Someo
ELEANORWhen I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a big oak tree. Grass pricked my ears, letting me know I'd been lying on the ground under this oak tree for goddess knows how long. Streaks of sunlight pressed against my face warmly, compelling me too move to take in my surroundings.My brows furrow instantly when I realize I wasn't in the Red Silverwood Pack territory.I was back in mine, the Blue Mountains Pack, and I don't even know how I got here, or at least remember how I got here. With my heart racing and my body jerking forward as I scramble to my feet, I whip around. Flinching when I see Marcus walking in my direction.I froze in my spot, but a few seconds later I find myself squinting at him, my father.Why does he suddenly look so much younger now? He was getting closer, compelling me to take quick steps back and prepare for a run, but as soon as I whirl around to go for it, I stumbled on my feet letting me fall on my ass."Ouch!" I yelped, but before I could get mys