~Liam~
“Hey baby, dance with me,” a chick said as her curvaceous body moved in a wave-like manner. Her dress hugged her torso tight and it shimmered in gold glitter and sequins, despite the low lighting. Its length ended mid-thigh, and my eyes traveled from her long legs to the promised heaven in between them. The plunging neckline exposed the top of her supple chest, enough to make a man lose his senses.
I wrapped an arm around her waist from behind, until she could feel me poke her ass. My head settled at the crook of her neck and I took in her jasmine perfume. She didn’t irk away from my hold, instead, bucked her hips against mine.
This little tease. You want this, don’t you?
My tongue flicked at her soft olive skin, tasting her.
Fuck. Her sweet arousal tastes so good.
I’ve lost count of how many women attempted to seduce me tonight, most of them intoxicated. But this little tease didn’t stink of alcohol, she smelled pleasant, just how I liked it.
She suppressed a moan and cocked her head to the side, asking me to make her feel more.
I could mess you up so badly you won’t walk for days and still want more.
My hands traced her torso down and settled on the curve of her hips. I pulled her to me, and she gasped as the monster pressed right at the center of her cheeks.
“Do you want this, baby?” I whispered in her ear.
“Yes,” came her breathy reply. “All of it, Alpha.”
But you don’t deserve it, baby. No woman in the world does. None of you deserve what I can give you.
I released her with a slight push and took a step back. She turned to face me, still smiling expectantly.
Being the gentleman that I am, I flashed her a smile and politely said, “Sorry baby, not tonight,” then quickly made my way out of the crowd. She kept calling for me, most likely to demand an answer, but the booming music drowned out her voice.
For a birthday party, this Alpha went all out, turning his own house into a nightclub. The dance floor was packed with unmated werewolves, their primal need for sexual satisfaction more intense than usual with the mating ceremony drawing near. And I’m no exception.
I glanced at my trousers; the thing demanded attention. The heated atmosphere didn’t help, not when I could smell arousal from every direction.
I have to get out of here.
Taking a whole bottle of unopened champagne from the buffet table, I discreetly made my way out of the main hall, taking a swig directly from the bottle while I searched for a quiet place. The problem would have to sort itself out.
“For a second there, I thought you were going to give in,” said a voice from the back of my mind. “Do you regret it?”
“No, I don’t, and you already know why,” I replied.
He smiled and said, “Will we find her tomorrow?”
“We better. Get ready to sniff her out.”
“Leave that to me. Can I count on you to be on your best behavior?” he chided.
“Asshole.”
Flashing a smirk, he retreated.
I’m running out of time, my dear. If I don’t find you tomorrow, I never will. This will be the last I get to search for you, so please, won’t you appear?
A stifled moan came from the right, followed by the sound of flesh hitting flesh, interrupting my thoughts.
Looks like some already found their mate.
I continued walking, no specific destination in mind but with every intention to put as much distance between me and this lustful atmosphere. I went up a set of stairs, heard moans, went back down. I took lefts and rights only to retrace my steps back; this was one horny night.
As I walked in on more couples, I started to regret leaving the party and even considered giving in to sinful desires. Because unfortunately for me, the problem kept asking for attention and the alcohol wasn’t helping.
Fuck. Calm down. I’m not an uncontrollable sex maniac.
I took in deep breathes until it went back down. Then I picked up my pace and continued to wander until I finally came upon a corridor free of couples making out. Only then did I realize that I was completely lost.“Idiot,” the voice said.
“Not now!”
I blocked him before getting back to this new problem. I stood on one end of the corridor, with two more adjacent to it on each side and another straight ahead.
Where the fuck do I go now? I’ve never been to this area before.
As I contemplated which path to take, I heard a woman’s scream echo throughout the walls, immediately cut short. My fight mode switched on. A door opened from the corridor straight ahead and I hid behind the one on my right, my figure concealed by the shadows.
The sound of heavy footsteps grew louder, and a man passed by stomping, his breathing heavy, and there was no mistaking the smell that hung around him – blood. I counted fifteen seconds to ensure that he was a good distance away, then carefully made my way into the room from which he came. I planted an ear on the door and heard nothing, neither labored breathing nor crying.
Fearing the worst, I hastily opened the door and scanned the room. I saw an image that I’d seen many times before, but it didn’t become easier to handle. It was always an image that I could never rid my mind of, and I wasn’t entirely sure that I wanted to forget.
A woman was passed out on the floor, bleeding. The smell of blood and salt hung heavily in the air. I went to her side and checked her pulse. It was too weak, but it was there. Turning her over slowly, I saw the horrific state of her face – red, bruised, bleeding, and tear-streaked. She needed medical attention, quick. Not wasting more time, I picked her up bridal style and carried her out of the room while mind-linking my sister.
“I need you to give me directions back to my room. Grab your things and meet me there right now. Someone needs our help.”
She guided me through this maze of a house which took longer than it should because I had to avoid getting seen and when I got there, she was on standby. Good, she was sober – the best-case scenario.
I laid the unknown woman on my bed and nodded to my sister; she knew what to do. Then I left the room and went to hers, which was beside mine.
“The rooms have been checked for bugs,” she said in a mind-link then cut it off before I could reply.
I sat on the couch and began to make out what I could of the situation. She was clearly a victim of abuse and the Alpha was involved. It was beyond me how an Alpha could treat any of his pack members that way when he should be a father figure, a leader, to all of them. Their strength and their protector. Not a fucking tormentor!
Getting up, I poured myself a glass of bourbon and drank in silence, downing glass after glass to keep myself from barging out the room and laying carnage on the White Lake Pack. Fuck the presence of the other packs, let them watch.
I could get her out but only if she wanted to. Since my Beta wasn’t with me, Lexy should do the talking. If I tried to get information out of her, I might just lose it and scare her instead of gaining her trust.
Haha. Lexy would kill me if that happens.
The alcohol appeased my anger then I remembered the bottle - it got left behind in the kitchen.
Hmm… that’ll do.
After a few hours, I received a mind-link from Lexy.
“You can come back now,” she said.
I hurried to my room and saw her leaning into the bedpost, her eyes closed.
Even the best healer has a limit.
“You’ve been drinking again, haven’t you? I saw you leave the party,” she said.
“That doesn’t concern you. How is she?”
She took a deep breath and said, “A couple of fractured ribs and multiple cuts and bruises. She’s fatigued. I gave her soporifics, let her sleep for now.”
“How long?”
“It could take a couple of weeks, maybe more,” she said.
My blood boiled at her words and I held back a growl.
Her wolf has weakened too much.
“And one more thing -” she said, turning to look at the sleeping woman, “- she’s wolf-less.”
To say that she was rare would be an understatement. Throughout werewolf history, the gap between the paucity of those born without a wolf could reach centuries.
He left her to die, because of something beyond her control.
The growl escaped and it was louder than I intended. My pack was already asking for instructions via mind-link from the open channel. I’m fucking itching to massacre this pack! And the look she gave me was silent approval.
~Liam~Continuous rapping on the door woke me up. I spent the night in Lexy’s room and she in mine, after a briefing with the pack yesterday.My head throbbed from the hangover and the pounding sound only made it worse. Annoyed, I opened the door to give whoever is behind it a scare, but I was instead greeted by a cheery face in pigtails.“Good morning, Sir. We regret to inform you that breakfast will be a little late. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience,” she chirped.“Did something happen, dear?”“Only a minor issue at the kitchen, Sir. We’re working on it as fast as we can,” she said like she was reading off a script and I chuckled.“Tell me, dear. Would you like to play a game?” I said with a smile, a proper one so as not to scare her.She stared at me for a few seconds, her eyes clearly saying yes before they directed their gaze on her shoes. Looks like there was more
~Anna~Bright light hit my face andwarmth covered me. It felt so nice and I wanted to sleep more but the strongsmell of antiseptic wouldn’t let me. Opening my eyes, I found myself staring notat the usual dark ceiling.My chest felt constricted and when I placed a hand on it,felt that it was wrapped in bandages. Memories of last night came crashing intomy mind and my heart immediately ached.Are you happy now, Flynn?Is this what you wanted?Is this the Alpha that you wanted to be?I didn’t want to know the answer, to continue to feelsympathy towards hi
~Anna~I wanted to scream but my throat felt parched.
His anger receded when he sawher. Flushed cheeks and disheveled hair. He questioned why she was in such astate, worried that Liam hurt her, but knew he had no right. He caused her painover the years, and his deeds last night were unforgivable.Her honey-glazed orbs stared at him in fear and… somethingelse. Something she kept hidden since that day, a promise, but he could neverbring himself to ask her.He saw his reflection in her eyes – a monster. There was atime when he wanted to see in those eyes the Alpha, he secretly promised he’dbe, for her. He missed how she looked at him with adoration and love. Now allhe could see was the kind of person he swore he’d never be, and he blamed it onher. She did this to him.He’d be lying if he said
On a rocky cliff that oversaw a wide expanse of the woods, three teenagers kept their eyes on the horizon, yellows and oranges streaking the skies as the golden celestial slowly retreated from view.It was the last day they spend together as ‘normal’ humans. All of them would be going through the coming-of-age ceremony that year to awaken their wolves. Their training would intensify as they enter the second phase, to prepare them for the responsibilities they would bear in due time.Each born into the top positions of the pack, they gladly accepted their future and from a young age understood the importance of their roles.They were raised and trained differently from an o
~Liam~She slapped me! For what?Is she rejecting me?No, she doesn’t know it yet. Fuck!“Get off me,” she said.I didn’t like the tone of her voice.No one disrespects me.“Now!” she screamed as she raised her hand to land another slap, but I caught it by the wrist.Not even my own mate.I turned my head to look down on her and fuck it if I scared her. She was already afraid of me, to begin with. But her eyes held me frozen in place. They burned with rage but behind it was pain. It wasn’t caused by me but by someone else. Luca flashed his canines in my mi
“I miss him, Anna,” he sobbed,pulling her closer to him. It wasn’t her fault. Even he wouldn’t have been ableto stand up against a large number of rogues then.He should’ve protected her, claimed her as his. Instead,he tainted her honor and treated her as an outcast.“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for it to happen,”she sobbed.He didn’t care when she didn’t shift at the ceremony. Hisfather, his mate, his best friend, his pack – he let everyone down. A disgrace,he didn’t deserve to be Alpha.With a sigh, Alpha Flynn pulled away and wiped his eyeswith the back of his hand. He sniffled as he recovered his composure. Lookingdown, her body trembled in anticipation of his next move.
His mate… and his prey. His mate…had betrayed him. And she will pay after he was done with his prey.Anna couldn’t see him, her hands still tied and her Alphablocking her view, but she could feel his burning gaze on her.Before Alpha Flynn could say a word, Alpha Liam ripped himoff Anna and threw him across the room like he was a ragdoll. The impact wastoo strong for the weak structure that the walls gave in. Then his back madecontact with a nearby tree, leaving him wheezing for air.The building was coming down on their heads and Annaclosed her eyes, unable to scream. She waited for the roof to bury her, but ahand instead brushed her cheek and she found herself in the arms of her pyschosavior.Witho
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A shrill scream cut through the otherwise silent mansion of the Rose family. Liam awoke, startled, and in a speed that the human eye couldn’t follow, he opened Alia’s bedroom door with a bang.The light switched on, illuminating the little girl shaking in her bed. Tears brimmed her eyes, threatening to spill. She breathed harshly, raising her arms to ask for her Daddy’s comfort.Liam’s gaze shifted momentarily to the windows, which were, much to his relief closed, the curtains exactly the way they were when he left her.The boys’ bedroom door opened as Liam stalked to Alia. He raised the girl by her waist and let her down on his lap.“Daddy,” she cried, burying her face in his chest.Liam stroked her hair and gently leaned forward and back. “It’s only a nightmare, baby. Daddy’s here.”“You can put those down,” he said to the boys. Aylan carefully put down the bag of wolfsbane powder.“No bad guys?” asked Amiry.“N
“I’m thinking of adopting,” said Gale as he ran a hand though his hair. “I haven’t talked to Andrix about it yet, but he won’t be averse at the idea, would he?”Rigel calmly drank his glass of bourbon, which was from Liam’s not-so-secret personal collection.“A human kid?” he asked.“No, you fucking dumbass. Do you want the kid to die?” Gale said, scowling.Liam muttered under his breath, something about not having a moment of quiet time for himself as he scanned and signed through a stack of documents. Gray streaks dyed his hair, and lines had begun to show on his face. He had a stubble from having forgotten to shave that morning. It was because of the children jumping up on him before daybreak.Sighing, he signed the last o
~Liam~“AAAHHH!!!” Anna’s screams filled the entire room as our babies pushed their way out. In a few more hours or minutes, we were going to be parents!“AAAHHH!!! Ughm!”I clenched my jaw as she crushed my hands in a death grip. She was sweating profusely, her breathing heavy. Lexy and Helia and nurses were constantly checking on her.I didn’t know what else to do. If I could share the pain with her, I would. The only plan my mind came up with was to talk to her like it would help.“You’re doing great, babe!” I encouraged.I can’t feel my hands.“Breathe… breathe… you’re alright… you’re doing great!”
~Liam~I’d been squeezing a stress ball since morning – Gale’s recommendation. As ridiculous as it looked, it was helping.“Did you hear back from Helia?” I asked as soon as Lexy entered my office.“She’ll be here by tomorrow morning,” she replied, dropping on the sofa like a bag of potatoes. “Are you sure you want to me to handle this, bro? We can ask the humans – they’ve more experience and frankly, I’ve only ever delivered one baby.”We owned hospitals and leaving her in the hands of an expert would maybe lower the risks, but she was a special case.Her blood, her race – if something hocus pocus happened while a human was around, the safest measure would be to kill that human. It would upset her. Then again, she didn’t have to know. Still…“I’m leaving you in charge of preparations,” I said firmly. “If something… starts happening, do whatever you have to save her.”“I want her to make it
~Liam~“Babe, I’m sorry. You told me I can have it.”I ate the last brownie on the fridge and forgot to bake more since I spent the day in the office. For the mean time, I was handling two packs because I didn’t want her to stress herself over pack matters. She was on board with the idea. It gave her more time to read books and nap – she’d been napping at almost after every hour.When she was in the mood for boring paperwork, she’d join me. I enjoyed her company – things finish faster, and her mood would lighten up at the Black Mist Pack’s reports which were usually on their progress on the numerous programs implemented to help stabilize their position.I didn’t get yelled at or pushed away for being
~Rigel~“The little fucker’s asleep.”I grinned in triumph. My carbon copy had been crying for hours, keeping everyone wide awake at twenty minutes past twelve on a Friday night! Sabri was lying in bed, her eyes closed, tired from the sleepless nights and early mornings.I wouldn’t let Mom take care of my kid while I slept. She needed to rest, too, after a long day of feeding the pack.I could train for hours, spar with every warrior willing to get bruises, but holding a kid and dancing him around for hours… every muscle in my arms screamed at me to let them down on my sides. Funny thing was that he didn’t even weigh much.A settled man. None of the guys would’ve expected that I’d be the first one. My bachelor days were over, and yet despite the added responsibilities, I was… happier?I had a beautiful queen in bed, and a little prince in my arms. What more could I ask for?Mom was ov
~Anna~“You look so beautiful, Anna,” said Lexy, dabbing at her eyes.“Thank you, Lexy… for everything,” I said and gave her a tight hug.“Won’t you at least tell me what happens after? I heard Aunty J stressing over the menu for tonight.”I didn’t know how the ceremony would proceed, and they’d been keeping their mouths sealed.“Well… we, your loyal subjects, enjoy a night of feasting and drinking and some alone time with our mates…”I sniggered, surprised that she could be so bold when it came to Carson.“… while you and bro copulate somewhere else.”Oh, Goddess…