When the food is ready and we go out to the dining room, I notice that Alpha Riku has arrived. He's having what appears to be a serious conversation with Jae on the couch, probably about his foot and how dumb he is for letting that happen. I wonder if Jae will tell him that 'it was all my fault' for daring to wear a bikini in front of him and his dumber friend. Once everything is set on the table, Vivian calls them. Both men get up from the couch, but Jae refuses his father's help and hops on one foot to the table. Rude as always, but still consistent. Like I said. I kind of like that about him, weirdly."Hello, Anya," Riku greets me as he approaches and gives me a light hug. His eyes drop to my neck briefly, but he doesn't look surprised. Only satisfied, "It smells delicious, dear.”"Thank you, Alpha. Please have a seat," I say and once he's seated at the head of the table, I find my own seat next to Jae and I focus on my food… except the salad, because it’s too far away from me.
{ Jae }What the hell did she just say? I think I misheard.I turn to get a better look at her. She’s curled in a ball, looking up at me with red cheeks. The shirt she's wearing has lifted up and it’s letting me see the soft skin of her mid-rift. She really looks like a fucking kid all curled up like this. I don’t like it. "What did you just say?" I ask with a frown, only because I can't believe she's... initiating something with me. Why would she? There's no way. "Forget it," she mumbles and tries to get up, but I manage to grab her arm before she runs off. I pull her until she falls back on the bed, "Hey!""What did you just say?" I repeat, louder this time. Anya frowns too and I can see she has an internal struggle between repeating it or not. Maybe she regrets it. Maybe she didn't even say what I thought she said in the first place. "I wanted to ask you if you took a shower, that's all," she lies. I let go of her arm and just narrow my eyes at her, "You smell... stronger tha
{ Anya }"Everything okay?" Luna Vivian asks with a frown as I return to the boutique, stumbling like a baby deer. I feel like someone just hit me over the head with a frying pan. I guess she can tell. "Aha, sure," I reply, but it sounds and smells like a clear lie. Because I'm OBVIOUSLY not okay. What the hell? I've never been so embarrassed before. I can't believe he was in my room, WHY WAS HE THERE!!!, "Nothing important.""Okay," she mumbles as if she's not sure she believes me, but she decides to pretend nothing is going on and lifts up a gold dress that's too sparkly for me. I'm going to a gala, not the Grammy's, "How about this one?""It's not for me," I mumble, swallowing my pain. Damn it, what the fuck am I going to do now? How am I going to look him in the eye again? "This one?" Vivian asks again, showing me a black one. I don't care, so I just nod and she hands it to the saleswoman to put on my fitting room. I want to run away and never ever see Jae again. I never want t
Jae is outside when I arrive, under the hood of an unfamiliar car. I frown in confusion and forget about my embarrassment for a second. I park right next to him and get out, looking at the red BMW. "What are you doing? Whose car is this?" I ask. Jae turns to look at me and rolls his eyes immediately as if my mere presence annoys him."It's my old car. I brought it here so you can stop stealing mine and use this one," he replies and takes a cloth to wipe his oil-stained hands. He has a smudge on his nose too, but I'm not going to tell him, "Give me my keys and don't drive mine again.""Everything here is mine, Jae," I reply with a smile, he just glares at me. I raise a hand to pinch his cheek like I did yesterday, but this time he swats it away from him, then holds he out his hand as if he's still waiting for the keys, "Keys are still inside, genius.""Good. Now go cook for me, Wife," he orders, returning his attention to the car. And I do, only because I’m grateful about that excha
I pick up the piece of cloth and my mouth drops open when I see it's a lingerie set. Like a bathing suit, except with see-through fabric all over it.I hate the fact that my cock starts to fill up just thinking about how this would look in contrast to Anya's skin. With her big tits overflowing while she’s looking up at me from the bed, nervously, waiting for me to take this thing off and fuck h—A loud sound jolts me out of my fantasy and I raise my head to the passenger seat window. Anya is there, looking at me with big panicked eyes and red cheeks. "Your mother bought it, not me,” She says from outside with a nervous little giggle. I press the button to put down the window so I can hear this, "It was just a silly gag gift. Give it to me, I'm going to give it back to her.""No," I say and move it further away from her hands when she tries to grab it, "I don't believe you. Why would my mother buy this for you?""Because she wants me to seduce you," she replies, almost climbing into
As soon as I park and get out of my car, I call my mother."Did you or did you not buy a... red outfit for Anya?" I ask, walking slowly towards the front door and smiling at some people waving at me from afar. My mother stays quiet, "Mom?""Uh, yes. I did," she admits in a low voice, making me frown, deeply annoyed, "But listen...""I told you to stay out of my fucking business," I mutter through my teeth, trying to keep my voice down, "What are you doing, meddling in my sex life so much, Mom? I won't tolerate that, ever. That shit is insane, even for you."She groans, embarrassed. Well, she should be embarrassed. What the fuck was she thinking?"I apologize, Jae, you're right. It was insane," she agrees and then continues talking almost in a whisper, "But listen, we want Anya pregnant during the Alpha Competition. We want her pregnant as she’s standing next to you while you're being named Alpha at the presentation. It would leave a good taste in people's mouths, so I'm sorry if I'm g
"Can we get in the pool?" Julie asks as the sun begins to set and we’re just relaxing on the sunbeds. "Sure, let's get in," I reply and we get up from the sunbeds. Since it's just us, they start stripping down to their underwear and jumping in. I do the same until Lucia gasps."What's that? Omg, you kinky slut," she giggles and draws everyone's attention to my ass. Fuck, I'd forgotten about that. I squirm to look at my ass. It doesn't look as angry as it did this morning, it's starting to fade and just looks like reddened skin."Yeah, yeah, grow up," I roll my eyes and put her in a headlock, "Stop insulting your future Luna.""Future Slutna," she blurts out in a choked voice, making the rest of the girls laugh. I laugh too and pull her to the edge of the pool. Once there, I jump in and bring her with me. And, thankfully, the subject of my marked butt is forgotten a few minutes later. We keep playing around in the pool until Julie's mom starts pestering her to come home, so we get ou
The next day I wake up with a hell of a hangover, but I have to force myself to get up and go to work whether I want to or not. My dad hates it when I take days off just because, and I hate to hear him nagging me like I'm still a kid. This time, when I head to the kitchen, Anya isn't here, but she's left breakfast ready for me. Scrambled eggs with toast and avocado, but no fruit. "Remember we have the event at seven today. We need to be ready and on our way by six," I text Anya as I eat. "Okay,” she replies a few seconds later. "Your stuff is still in my car, I'll put it in your room," I let her know."Thanks, Sir,” she replies. Sir? Pff. I just roll my eyes.I guess she's still mad about yesterday. What a baby.I thought she had more fight in her. I was kind of even expecting some retaliation or something. Her trying to piss me off or sneak another punch on me.If she thinks that her being quiet and well behaved now is going to make me stop messing with her, she’s dead wrong. E
{ Epílogue }Six Years Later The day I hate the most is finally over. The third Alpha Challenge is done and, unsurprisingly, my man won. He fought for almost two hours against five very brave but very dumb competitors. He's once again, the Alpha of Ellington. And now we're back home, all safe and sound, so I can finally breathe. I guess you could say I am a little traumatized about what happened at the Challenge when Jae almost dies and lost his memory. Things are so, so different now."My daddy is the strongest," Iseul says, looking up at Jae with sparkling eyes because she loves her dad. She looks at him like he's the fucking sun."And you're the sweetest daughter alive," he says, finally picking her up even though I know he must be tired as hell. He kisses her chubby cheeks over and over, making her laugh in pure joy. Jae walks a few steps until he can sit his ass on the couch and he groans, "Where's your brother, huh?”"Still outside," Iseul says. And that's true, Tate never
I remember being told Anya sent me a 'good luck' little pastry and I thought, ‘damn she knows I don't like sweet treats, but I'll eat it anyway because I don't want her to get mad at me for not doing it’.Next thing I know, I can't even move my body correctly and my mind is all slow and slurry. I couldn't even move my mouth enough to fucking talk. "What happened after I went down?" I ask my father when I'm back in their house after being discharged. My memories are back into place, so now we're allowed to talk normally. My dad growls in anger."Anya ran to you," he starts, making me lift my eyebrows in complete shock, "She ran and shifted to attack Klein in wolf form, she got him real good actually. His arm got the worst of it, but she managed to bite his head, too. The council was going to let the Challenge continue, but Anya and Rogan figured out you ate that pastry thing, which you never fucking do. Also, Anya never sent anything. The fact that they figured it out so early was the
I shake my head. I don't know much about myself, but I do know I wouldn't do something like that."No," I say, the girl frowns and looks at me, then nods, "Nu-uh.""Yes.""No," I repeat, "There is no way.""Jae, I'm the only one in this room that remembers anything," she spits out at me, "I remember what happened, you don't.""But I'm me," I say and I point a finger to my head, "And I don't think I would do that.""You did," she says, clasping her hands into fists, "And I want you to say you’re sorry again.""Why? I don't even remember. I think you're lying to get my attention and get me horny for you again," I joke, making her eyes get red, so I relent. I take a deep breath, "I'm just joking.""I know you are fucking joking because I know you and your stupid jokes," she yells, "I know you! I remember everything. And you don't."She starts full blown crying then, so I force myself to take this seriously. And consider the fact that I... hurt her on purpose? For what reason? The only wa
{ Jae }It's been almost twenty four hours since I woke up after my fight and fortunately, some things are starting to make more sense, but I'm still struggling to remember 80% of things. I don't even remember my best friend, but it helps that he's here, forcing me to remember."Rogan," I close my eyes with stress, "I believe you, dude. I just don't remember.""Well, shut up and let me continue," he spits with a furrowed brow and opens his mouth as if he really wants to keep telling me our entire friendship story, from the very very beginning, when we were ten years old. This bastard really has a good memory, "We've only had one fight, back when we were in sophomore year, it was over a girl. I didn't actually like her that much but I..."The door opens slowly and I sigh in relief because someone is finally saving me from this storyteller. A head peeks in and I recognize her as the crying girl from yesterday, the one with long red hair."Anya," Rogan says, and he suddenly tenses up, lo
{ Anya }I leave Jae's room even though Vivian is telling me it's not necessary. I close the door behind me and cover my mouth to control my sobs, but I can't.No. No. No.I refuse to believe this is really happening to me. Jae has been in intensive care for two days while the swelling in his brain goes down from the fracture that idiot Klein gave him. I've been here with him, holding his hand and wishing with all my might that he'll be okay.I know he's going to be okay now. And I also know, logically, that it's completely normal to have trouble stringing thoughts together after such trauma. I know Jae could be back to normal in a few hours or a few days, once he gets better.But logic doesn't fix how I feel right this second. Jae looked at me and ignored me like I was nobody, then implied he didn't remember me. And then he talked to me that way... like he used to when I first met him.I can't do it again, I can't deal with Jae treating me like crap again. I won't, I refuse. I've l
"What's going on?!" I grumble once we're backstage, completely disoriented. When I see Jae being brought in on a damn portable stretcher, I run towards him."Luna Anya, please stay away," a paramedic tells me, holding me back. I'm about to tell him I'm a doctor and I have a right to see what the hell is happening with my mate, but Rogan grabs me from behind and pulls me away."This isn't normal. Jae didn't do anything to fight, that’s not him!" I say, but Rogan keeps restraining me and trying to quiet me down, "You can't let this happen, Ro. Something was wrong with him.”"Anya, Anya, please," Ro continues, "I know it's not normal, but you need to calm down first. I can't take care of you and find answers at the same time."That makes me calm down because he's right. I can't be another problem right now, I have to help."Okay, okay... what do you know?""Nothing. I was here with him when he arrived, while he was getting ready and before the fight began. Everything was perfectly normal
Before I realize it, the day finally arrives. The day of the Alpha Challenge.Jae has been more focused than ever on his training, so we haven’t had any more time to explore our relationship, but I’m not worried because I know it’s necessary and important… maybe not as much as our bond, but close. Because this is not just about his position and his future. It’s the future of our family, a future where the pack will bear our name.When I arrive with Tate and my aunt and uncle at the arena, Jae’s family is already in the family booth, so I greet everyone and then I have to go through the worst anxiety ever again, just like five years ago, except this time it’s even worse because Klein is not just another True Alpha who came to Ellington to try to fight Jae. Now it’s personal.Klein is my ex-boyfriend and he wants revenge for being ‘humiliated’ at the last Alpha Challenge. I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling about this. Or maybe it’s just worry because this time what I feel for J
"And because you're mine to use whenever I feel like it,” I continue, sucking on his bottom lip and making him let out a low growl from his chest. "We can't do this here," he whines, trying to take a step back, but I don't care. I follow him, "Baby, I mean it. I can't fuck you here with my parents and my son downstairs.""Why not?" I ask, running a hand down his chest until I reach his hard dick. I grab it through his pants tightly and pull, making him moan, "I know you want it.""Of course I fucking want it," he grunts, thrusting his hips against my hand for just a second before ripping my grip off his erection and flipping me over until my back is to him. Jae takes my hands and in just a second crosses them across my chest until he has me completely unable to move...at least my upper body, "Damn it, Anya. You don’t change. Don't you ever think with something other than your clit? We can't do this here. You can wait until we get home.""I can't," I moan, wiggling my ass against him,
When we all arrive at Vivian and Riku Kyung’s house together, I can see the surprise on both of their faces. I don’t think Jae told them I would be joining them for Sunday brunch.“Anya, darling, hi!” Vivian exclaims, coming over to give me a tight hug, which I return. I haven’t seen them since the news about our bond started circulating in the pack, so I’m not surprised when she holds onto me for longer than would seem normal, “I heard the news. About your bond… whatever decision you make regarding that, I want you to know that I am SO grateful to the Moon Goddess for choosing you as my son’s mate. You are such a wonderful girl, and I will never stop considering you part of my family.”I blink several times when my eyes start to sting, returning her hug with equal intensity.“Thank you for your words. I consider you part of my family too,” I let her know. When I let her go, Riku takes me into his arms.“There is no woman more perfect for my son. I hope he knows how to treat you as yo