I trudged back from the pack therapist's office, keeping my head low as I walked, hoping to avoid running into anyone.
When Dad discovered me lying in a pool of my vomit this morning, he didn't know what to do, and seeing his expression shift between helplessness and anger made me feel even smaller. He mindlinked Josie (the Alpha's mother) and had her come stay with me in the bathroom as I washed myself. My wedding dress was finally ruined. It had caught most of the puke. I sat like a scolded child while they booked me a session with the pack therapist. A session where I'd sat staring into space until the hour was up. I knew the doctor would insist to my dad that I come for another session, but I couldn't care less. A woman asking me about my problems wasn't going to magically make the ache go away. A woman bumped into me as I walked, making me stumble slightly. I raised my head to see Cora smirking at me. Cora was my version of a bully. Beautiful and aloof, she had always found sick pleasure in tormenting me. Of course, being highborn in the pack gave her leave to do whatever she wanted, and that included making my life even more miserable than it was. She was one of the pack members who thought my being mated with Sean was a fluke. She proved that when she spoke. "How'd your visit with the shrink go?" I ignored her and stepped to the side. She stepped in front of me. "How the mighty have fallen." She laughed. "You thought just because you were mated to Sean, your lowly status as omega would be overlooked? Too bad for you, Sean came to his senses. Although why he took so long to reject trash like you is still lost on me." She laughed again at her poor joke. I sighed again, although my eyes were beginning to sting. "What do you want now, Cora?" She smiled broadly. "I heard you tried to kill yourself. Did Sean hurt you that bad?" I shook my head, now angry at her nerves. For years, this pack has been the source of my unhappiness. Now, I couldn't even be allowed to grieve in peace. Scowling, I shoved past her, hitting her shoulder with mine. She stumbled. "Hey!" Before I knew it, she grabbed my hand and yanked me backward, raising her hand to slap me. Before she could, however, a familiar voice cut in. "Careful, Cora,” Sean said. "That one's fragile." He was back to his usual charismatic self, all smiles and dimples, as he strolled towards Cora and I. Cora's hand was still gripping my wrist tightly, and I roughly broke out of her grasp. "Aren't you, Nova?" Sean asked. "What are you doing here?" I spat. Sean rolled his eyes. "Still dramatic? Relax. I'm not here for you. I'm waiting on my mate." I tried to stifle a pang in my heart as I heard his words. Didn't he care that I was supposed to be his mate? How could he transition so smoothly from rejecting me to calling Anya his mate? "Are you and Anya going somewhere?" Cora asked eagerly. Sean nodded, smiling like he was about to reveal a huge secret. "We decided to honeymoon at the cabin at the edge of the pack. We'll be there for a week." I turned my head sharply to Sean, my feeling of betrayal compounding. Sean and I were supposed to spend our honeymoon in that cabin and we had spent days stocking up on things we would need. "Bastard,” I hissed at him. He shook his head. "That word is getting old, Nova. And you keep forgetting that I'm still your Beta and you're still an omega. Another word out of line and I'll have you punished." I stared at the heartless man in front of me. "One day, Sean, you'll regret all of this." He rolled his eyes again, then his face lit up as Anya walked towards us. Without another word, I quickly turned away and stalked back towards the pack house. When I was a good distance away from them, I let my face crumple and allowed a tear to slide down. I knew what I had to do. It was obvious Sean had made his choice and nothing was likely to change it. The house came into view just as I made my decision. "Sean,” I whispered under my breath, "I accept your rejection." I didn't feel anything, but I knew the remnants of our bond would be sniped away with my acceptance. All that was left was to make sure I wasn't faced with the reminder of all that I had lost. My letter to my dad was halfway composed by the time I got to my room. I knew he would still expect me to be with the therapist, so now was the perfect time to do what I had to. My pen flew across paper as I explained to the man who had raised me that I couldn't continue living miserably even if it meant I was away from the only person who wanted me. When I folded the paper and kept it on my pillow where it would easily be seen, a few teardrops spilled onto it. My few clothes went into a suitcase next, followed by the two books I owned, and my measly savings. I had no idea if it would be enough to buy me my freedom, but I'd rather die than not try. My heart pounded as the severity of what I was about to do dawned on me. Out of the pack, I would be at the mercy of rogues, but I didn't care. I'd take anything. The packed house was quiet as I sneaked out with my small suitcase under my arm, praying silently that no one saw me. I wanted it to be as painless as possible. Soon, I was out of the living area and in the woods. I tried not to stumble as I briskly walked past our borders, trying to ignore the sudden overcast sky, and feeling the last of my tethers to the pack fade away. I was now officially a rogue. Free pickings for whoever found me. I hoped it wasn't as bad as the stories made it out to be because if it was, I was in deeper shit than I was before. Almost immediately, I heard a deep, feral growl.My heart began to pound as I forced myself to walk calmly, breathing deeply to stabilize my heartbeat. One of the things I'd learned by living with wolves was that if they heard or saw any sign of weakness, they pounced. A speeding heart was a dead giveaway of how scared I was, and I quickly brought it under control, maintaining my brisk pace. I knew the nearest pack was miles away, but I was sure if I kept walking in one direction, I could meet something or someone. After just a few minutes of carrying my light suitcase, I began to regret bringing it with me. I knew I was being stalked. And if those wolves decided to give chase, running with a suitcase wouldn't help me - not that I was even fast enough to outrun a shifted werewolf. They would be upon me in a second. My best bet was to maintain my pace and pretend I didn't know I was being followed. I increased my pace when the first drizzles of rain hit my face and I heard the crunch of twigs being stepped on behind me. With a fe
The sun's rays woke me up, and I stretched my hands, looking out the area with a smile on my face; then it faded away after the reality of things hit me.I was in another pack, captured by people I didn't even know.Yesterday's experience kept popping up in my head, and I just couldn't help but think about it, and I started figuring out ways to counter it. He had just seen me take me, and the words he had proclaimed only caused thrills down my spine.A knock on the door sneered me out of my thoughts. I took a deep breath making sure that I was well dressed to avoid repeating yesterday's situation itself.I opened the door, and I didn't know why. I was somewhat disappointed after finding out that it wasn't the rogue king, making my heart sink. It was a crazy experience but I was able to shrug it off soon after.“I'm sorry, did I wake you up?” The innocent girl seemed sorry.I shrugged my head in response, “I was already awake. Did you need something because I'm not sure if I know you?”
IN THE CAR"How old are you?" Kristen asked, and Bella became confused."Twenty, why?" She answered, and Kristen locked his lips with hers. Bella was shocked; this was not expected. Kristen would never kiss her, not in a million years. She tried resisting, but he was such a good kisser. She had kissed before, but that was when she was fifteen, and now she was kissing again. But out of everyone, did he have to be her best friend's brother?Kristen was kissing her so deeply that she succumbed to it. Then she remembered the ten rules and immediately removed her lips. Kristen was confused, and Bella kept looking around like she was a psychopath. She got out of the car, and Kristen got out with her. She kept trying to walk away, but Kristen pulled her back."Where are you going?" He asked, and she tried to avoid his eyes."I...I...have to get out of here...I...I have to go," she said, trying to register all that happened.Kristen heaved a deep sigh. "If it's about the kiss, it's nothing. I
I was getting started, Irene sat beside me on the bed. I couldn't deny that I was still trying to get used to this lifestyle, Luther and I still haven't discussed the relationship term. His family mistook me for his girlfriend. Is that why he brought me here? Because they were out of women and he needed me to pretend to be one?“A penny for your thoughts,” Irene snapped me out of my thoughts.I smiled at her. “What are you thinking about? Is it about rogue king Luther?” She teased, giving me a smirk.“... Shouldn't you be doing something else?”She ignored my question. “Speaking of Alpha Luther, he requested your presence,” she told me.I was shocked and pointed to myself asking, “Me? Why would he want me?” I was feeling very nervous.“Because you're his girlfriend, silly,” she giggled.Oh right!“Go now!”I was feeling uneasy and she urged me to go. I didn't know why he needed me but I had no choice. She directed me to his room and I took deep breaths trying to figure out what to sa
I woke up and heard a loud banging on the door, I became distraught and annoyed. Who was knocking on my door so very early in the morning? I was annoyed and struggled to get up, staggering also the way back to the door.“Who is it?” I opened the door, realizing that it was my beta —James.I scoffed, running my hands through my hair. “You had better have a good reason for waking me up; otherwise, we're both going to have a problem,” I threatened him.He raised his hands in surrender. “I wouldn't have come here if it wasn't an emergency, but you have to come to see for yourself,” he told me.I sighed, hoping that it was a good cause at least. “What is it? What's going on?” I demanded to know.“It's about Nova. She's nowhere to be found and her father is here to see you. He's been causing a scene and demanded that you show up,” he explained.I was confused, wondering what you had to do with me. “Why is he making a scene here? Does he think I'm behind her disappearance or what?” I scowled
I returned to his room with a cup of coffee. I found him talking with a strange lady and immediately she noticed me, she stopped talking.“Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had company,” I apologized, ready to leave the room at any moment.“Stay,” Luther ordered and returned his attention to her. “How about we talk some other time? Alright?” He told her.She nodded in response and walked towards me with a smile on her face. “It's nice to meet you, Nova.”“N–Nice to meet you too.”I was confused, wondering how she got to know my name. I was feeling weirded out here because not only did they assume I was his girlfriend, but they were also nice to me. Treating me better than my previous pack despite the fact that I'm an outsider among them.“Um…here's your coffee,” I handed it to him.“Thanks.”He collected it and took a sip. I wanted to leave but yet, I felt like I needed an explanation at least. People can't go around thinking that I'm his girlfriend when I'm supposed to be a captive.“
LUTHERI followed James into my study, curious to know what he had in mind to say to me because I wanted nothing more than to go back to that room and spend more time with her. It was getting kind of strange how I was already becoming more and more addicted to her.I didn't even know what he wanted to talk about yet but I was already feeling impatient and desperately wanted to know what the heck he had to say so that I could go back to her. I was almost dying of curiosity as he walked into my study.I got hold of my seat, facing and eager to hear him wrap up whatever he had in mind to say but for a few seconds he just stayed quiet and didn't say anything which pissed me off."Are you going to start talking or should I make you?" I threatened, feeling extremely eager to know what he wanted to say.He just rolled his eyes at me and then sat down straight to let me know all that was happening. "Your father and aunt are coming back to the pack," he announced.I felt thrills run down my sp
AVA POVThe sunlight peeked its way through the windows and then I slowly opened my eyes only to find a sleeping figure of Sean beside me. I couldn't help but admire him, he looked so dreamy and his abs were to kill for.I slowly trail my hands to his chest, caressing his biceps softly. I used my fingers to trace lines over it. It was nice to watch him sleep and the way he makes my heart feel all jiggly was even more enticing.He stirred in his sleep and I tried removing my hands from him so as not to wake him up but he was ahead of me and got a hold of my hand."What were you trying to do?" He asked and my cheeks shamelessly turned all pink.I couldn't help but blush whenever I was around him and it was even more crazy how he made me feel this way and I was falling hard for him each time.He smiled at me and pulled me close making me be on top of him this time around. My heart raced a million beats and I was feeling extremely shy around him.I was naked and on top of him but he didn'