Katrina POV"She going to be fine, isn't she? It's not something serious right? She just passed out, don't you say? But it's taking forever for her to wake up!"I almost scream, tears threatening to spill out my eyes as I watch Isobel sprawls on the bed through the transparent door.Becca said she just passed out, but it's already been hours since that happened, and my friend is not waking up.I turn to Becca, grabbing her hand in mine.I hate that she doesn't care. She only looks nonchalantly with a stupid smile on her face like someone who's achieved her goals."Let's take her to the hospital!" I cry.Becca wrenches her hand away from me, leveling her red eyes on me."She's fine," she breathes out. "Breathing just fine, Katrina. Why can't you see that?""Because she's not getting up!"For fuck sake! She's been saying that now for hours, but I see no improvement with my friend.What if something happens to her? What if she never wakes up again?... All because of me!I angrily wipe aw
Becca's power My gaze lingers on the red tiny thread on my first middle finger; the tiny thread that Becca bets my life on.I bet my life on Becca, and she bets it on this tiny thread."Are you sure this is...""Trust me," Becca cut me short before I can complete my statement. And with a giggle, she thrust this into my finger.I sigh, shaking off my conversation with Becca.I don't care how tiny or how small it can be, as long as it's going to protect me from those that are willing to kill me.Months ago, I'll bet anything that Becca is nothing but a fake, but then, I've seen many strange things that make me believe many things that many will find unbelievable."Trust me, Bel. Becca can be manipulative. She only wants to rope you in whatever she's planning" Katrina has tried to talk me out of it, but want exactly did I have left to lose?Nothing if you ask me.Becca won't want to take a life that I'm desperately trying to protect, would she?And she's convinced me that I'll be able to
Javier POVI sat Isobel down on her bed before I sit beside her, her soft hand enclosed in mine, and my eyes roaming all over her faceGoddess does she looks this beautiful before and is her lips this inviting and tempting that I so badly wanna kiss her?"Hmm..." Isobel clears her throat, beating her long lashes against the fresh skin under her eyes.I swallow down nothing, my other hand not holding her hand fisted on my lap.It's taking a huge effort resisting myself from claiming her lips with mine, to run my fingers all over her face and her delicate curves.How did it take this long for me to see this beauty before me? What was I thinking that I almost reject my mate?So what if she's a human? So what if she might cause chaos for the Pack? So what about the prophecy? I don't care about all those, why should I?What matters now is that the girl before me is no one other than my mate.My mate!Mine!She belongs to me.I love the sound of that. The thought of this human girl being my
Isobel POVIt's too much to take in, too much, and overwhelming.As I stare at the tiny red thread tied around my middle finger, everything that happened replays in my mind.How Javier apologized, telling me he'd wait for me to get my mind in one piece.No! I don't believe in my magic, or black power, I just will myself to trust Becca because I'm in desperate need of protection.But it works! It fucking works! It makes Javier lose his sense and sees me as a different person entirely.I thrust in my glasses, stowing my books inside my bag before I sling them across my shoulder. Not waiting for anything else, I sauntered outside; more like running.Goodness! I can't wait to tell everything to Katrina and Becca.I'm finally free from being bullied. I can live my life just a little differently from before.No! Maybe Javier is not going to leave me alone after all, but he's going to protect me and not bully me anymore.Maybe it's better having him as a knight in shining armor than having
Isobel POVFear coated my body like a second skin, my lung, devoid of any air.I'm going to die.I can see the predatory look on her face, the anger, and the hunger to snap my neck of my neck.I clasp my hand together, my eyes snapping shot.No! I don't want to see my friend looking like this, but with my eyes close, the image of her looking like a monster refuses to leave my sight.My body vibrates, tears pouring down my eyes lid.I'm going to die... It's finally going to be over."Bel... Isobel... It's fine..."I wriggle, snapping my eyes open at the hearing of a faintly familiar voice.My eyes met with a familiar white ceiling, clouded with different colors of faint stars."Isobel..."A soft tug on my arm and a finger smoothly ran down my arm.A loud gasp escapes my lips.Where am I? In heaven? Am I finally dead?Gripping the soft silky material beneath me, I close my eyes as my chest rises and falls."It's okay!" I feel a strong hold on me. "Breath me, Isobel. 1... 2..."But I can
Isobel POVIt's been three days... Three days since the unfortunate happened to me.I do not want to o think about it, of course, thinking back to that night brings me nothing but pain, and heartache.Javier sits at the edge of the bed, before me, staring at me as I eat the food he got for me.I'm trying... Trying to familiarize myself with this new nature of Javier, but I still shudder at the thought that this is not the real Javier that I know."What are you doing?" Javier growls, his voice not intending to be harsh, but to scold a little as I had dropped the spoon and pushed the food away from me.I lost my appetite.It's been happening like that.I can't eat. No! I don't know how to eat with the thought of Katrina in my throat, threatening to burst out of me anytime soon.God knows that I miss my friend, and there's this desperate part of me that secretly wish, hopes, and prays that the Katrina that night wasn't the Katrina that I knew.I wish she wasn't the one with that glare t
Isobel POV"Don't listen to her. Don't listen to what she's saying" Javier cajoles, pulling me tighter to himself. His hand rubbed the small of my back. "An don't you said she's unconscious, Liam!""I don't know how it happens again. I'll be going then"Cassie chuckles, then she smiles. She takes a step back and straightens her body. Her rough hair fell freely down her shoulder."What do you think, Javier?" She says with a smirk, her eyes glinting with mockery. "Are you going to choose me over her now? Now that you witness how strong I am" her eyes dart from Javier to me, and she flashes me a mockery grin."You wish," Javier says. "Come, Bel. Let's get you out of here""But I'm not done" Cassie pouts, managing a puppy look on her face. "Won't you listen to me, Bel? Don't you want to know why your friend wants to kill you?"I gasp, clapping my palm firmly on my mouth.For days, I've ignored using that word... "Kill"I had thought that not using it will make me feel better.That it'l
Isobel POVStanding under the shade created by the large tree, sitting on my knees, I wrap my arms around my legs, and my head bury in them."You're just food she needs to survive"Her cackles, her voice replays in my head many times, almost giving no room for other thoughts to come in.I do not want to believe her, yet, she sounded so convinced and so sure.Raising my head from my legs, I sit on the bare ground, leaning against the tree.It's been three days after that conversation with Cassie, and no, I've not been able to get it off my head. And yes, it's almost a week since the incident in the bush, yet, I never see a shadow of Katrina.I want to see her, talk to her, and prove to Cassie that she's nothing but a lair... Katrina won't do that to me, she loves me so much she won't keep that big secret from me."Is this unrequited love and loyalty, or you're just blatantly stupid?"Cassie's face leers at me, her teeth bare, and her face wrinkles up in a frown.Wha
Claiming His Rejected Luna SynopsisRejecting one's mate comes with a price for Javier.After his Pack was destroyed, and taken over by the enemy, he's cursed by the moon goddess.To break the curse, he needs the help of his human mate.But then again, how can he get help from someone he bullied, and almost destroyed her will to live?Dejected again, he realized that his mate is different from the one he bullied seven years ago.She's not the same nerdy girl that has her eyes hidden under the round-rimmed spectacles...***"I, Isobel Anderson, accepted your rejection as your mate, and as the future Luna of your Pack." She said, her eyes boring into mine, daringly.But Javier is not ready to let go. With the witches on his tail, shoulders the responsibility of saving his people and the supernatural world from collapsing. He needs to reclaim the mate he rejected."This is a choice only for me to make," I replied, equally staring at her. "You're gonna do a
Isobel POVI could not fight him, and even if I can't, I don't want to.There's this guilt stabbing me right in my heart, a small voice yelping at me that I deserve what's happening to me... And yes, I agree!Had I not run to Becca for help, then this won't have happened.Do you know how many people I killed? How much innocent blood is on my hand?I am nothing but a murderer. A murderer that deserves what's being done to her.With my eyes close, resolving to my fate.I'm going to die, and not thinking about it will make it painless... Or maybe not.The hand suddenly slip off my neck, making me slide down the tree as I break into a fit of cough."Let it go!" Javier growls."You'll kill me first before you kill her!"Painfully, I let my eyes slide open for I've just heard a voice I'll recognize anywhere.Katrina holds on tight to Javier, preventing him from getting to me.I let out a relieved sigh... Katrina is here.As much as this sounds selfish and self-centered, seei
Isobel POVWithout turning back, not allowing me to take a last glance at the peril in that building.The smell of blood, fear, and death clouded the air.Becca pulls me along, my feet reluctantly trudging in the bush.I want to go back in there... To save him... To save Javier, protect him just like he'd protected me."He won't want you there," Becca snaps, not stopping to take a look at me, but keep dragging me along with her. "The thread lost its power. If he sees you, he'll pluck out your heart"I look down at my finger... Now with no tiny thread.It's gone, and everything will be back to normal, but I still want to go back there, to find him...He's shielded me against his family, his people. He's gone against them just to protect me.Then what did I do? I left him to his death... Alone... To be killed by the enemies."Stop thinking about that!" Becca stops to face me, angrily glaring at me. "You're grossing me out!""Stop reading my mind then!"For the first t
Isobel POVStaring at my reflection again in the mirror, a faint sad smile spread on my lips.It's today. It's happening today.Whatever Becca is planning is finally happening today."It's okay," I assure myself, blinking back the tears that are about to fall.I shouldn't be thinking about it. No, today should be the happiest day of my life.I let my eyes dart to the tiny thread wrapped around my middle finger, and I let out another sigh.It's going to stop working someday, and before it does, I shouldn't be anywhere near Javier.I should be far away from him... As far as possible."Are you done!"I flinch on hearing the familiar voice behind me, hiding my finger before j whirl around to face Javier who has a wide grin on his face."Hmm..." I hum with a nod.Javier raises his brows, his gaze darting from my face to my hand clamped behind me."Are you okay? Are you hurt?" He asks his tone laced with worries and concerns.How good will it be... How fortunate could it have been if only
Javier POV"I don't know why you're grinning this widely, but whatever it is, believe me, it might not last!"Cassie walks out of the little prison she's been locked up in for months.No! Before you blame me, I had not locked her up and be punishing her. She was just there, receiving no punishment, except for not being able to see the outside of this dungeon."You don't want to say that!" I glare, earning a roll of eyes from her.Cassie stretches her body, then she lets her fingers run through her hair."You punished me because of that human mate of yours, don't you?""And I'm going to eat your kidney if you say that to anyone out there!"Cassie sighs.I couldn't kill her. She's an important part of the Pack, and punishing her was just to let her know her place."No one asks of me?""Not your mate, but the others"Her face pulls up in a frown, her lips setting in a thin line as though she tastes something bitter."The moon goddess must be joking," she chuckles. "Pairing me with Jake,
Javier POV"Shut up! I'm not going to be fat just because I eat this much today!" Isobel smack me on the head, her mouth filled with steak, pouted, and her eyes glare at me.I giggle, pinching her chubby cheeks.She tries to look angry, but she only looks cute.She's like a kitten I want to cuddle, pat and pamper with kisses.She's too cute."Stop giggling!" Isobel gives me another smack on the shoulder, still maintaining that adorable glare, and pouty lips I so much want to kiss.We're currently deep in the forest, having our little picnic somewhere where no one can see us.It's so sad I've not been able to flaunt her around. Show everyone that this little kitten is my mate. She belongs to me!My gaze finds hers, darting down to her lips stained with sauce."Look at you," I grin. "You still can't eat normally. How old are you? Six?"I raise my finger to her lips, wiping the sauce away from it, my finger lasting a minute longer on her lips, feeling the softness."Javier..."Isobel bli
Isobel POV"It's an illusion! A world that's not real, that's where you live!"My eyes snap open, loud gasp purrs out of my mouth."Isobel, are you okay?"I feel a grip on my arm, not strong enough to hurt me, but enough to send a message up my brain that I'm safe with someone.With Javier.Slowly, my eyes darted to his face that's filled with worries and concerns."You were found passed out cold outside the room. What happened?" His gaze narrows.Now, his fingers are running soothingly on my arm skin, sending a tingle to my stomach.His worried expression, his effort to relieve me of my pain.I blink away, looking anywhere but at him as Becca's words came to haunt me. Her voice replayed repeatedly in my head."It's an illusion. It's not real"Because it's not real, and it's the truth.I feel an itch at the corner of my eyes, my tears threatening to spill down the cover.I'm getting used to this new Javier that I didn't want it to end."But what if this tiny thread lost its power?" Be
Isobel POVRolling out of the bed, I snatch my glasses from the bedside table and thrust them onto my face.The room came into a blurry view and I let out a dejected sigh."Stop crying, Bel." I reprimand myself as I wipe my tears under my glasses.I don't know why I can't stop crying, but knowing that Katrina gives up on me, on us, make my heart bleed so much."We're going to be fine."My subconscious mind whispers, but I don't believe that.We've never been okay without people's help, and that's what's happening now.Letting out another sigh, I walk down to the table to pour myself a cup of water which I down in a go.If I can go back in time, I'll go back to that day we had that conversation with Katrina.Then, I would have listened to everything she's got to say.I won't let my emotions get in the way and push her away.Pouring myself another water, I drink half and drop the rest on the table before I slump back onto the chair.This is the moment I need to be strong, to be brave, a
Isobel POVGetting to class, I make my way to sit where I'd expected to see Katrina's or her bag but saw none.Taking my seat, with the thought that Katrina will be back soon.Perhaps, she comes late to school today because of one thing or the other."You are here! Finally!"I flinch, letting out a squeak on hearing a familiar voice swirl past my ear, and a body falls freely down on the sit beside me."Why are you freaking out? Did you already forget my voice just because you went on hiatus for a month?"I look sideways to see Becca with a pout on her face, folding her arms beneath her boobs, and looking like a kid sulking for candy.I sigh, slowly raising my hand to my chest.It's not like I forget her voice, she just appeared too suddenly and that got my heart in my throat.I look around the class, in case, I might have missed the chance of Katrina being in the crowd.Maybe, she'd wanted to give me space by something somewhere but beside me."No one is going to harm you" Becca whisp