ANAYA'S POVI placed my hand on hers. "You're a really good person."She smiled at me wordlessly.Once everything was packaged, we went to make our payment and she took out a few hundred dollars from her purse.Placing it on the counter, she turned to face both girls from earlier who were still sulking that I had bought everything they wanted to get. "Next time, make sure you say things that actually hurt me, like what you said last week, maybe I'll drop a bigger tip then out of sadness."They were surprised to know that she knew they were always badmouthing her and gossiping about her. Their heads fell to stare at their shoes and the manager didn't know what kind of response to give. Whether to apologize or just stay quiet."Well what are you standing there for?" Rafa demanded. "Who else will carry all these things I bought if not you? Hurry now."She turned and walked away without lifting a pin and I decided to follow. After what happened now, I was sure the girls would never dare t
ANAYA'S POV"Okay everyone, calm down." Luna Freya spoke up. She cupped my cheek in her hand. "Honey, you are an adult and you don't need to explain anything to us if you don't want to. As long as this friend of yours is a good person and you are safe then I don't think we have any further questions."I smiled. She was always the one to understand me. Maybe because she was the only woman?"If... If you wouldn't mind, I got you some things too. If you will accept it." I didn't know how it sounded offering the Luna a gift that someone had bought for me. "I know it isn't my money and I hope it isn't insulting in any way.""It's fine." She smiled. "I'll take just one item.""Okay. There are cosmetics too, maybe we can share them.""Who is this friend that bought all of this for you?" Duke demanded. "Is it a boy or girl? Give me a name also. I know every student in our school.""Rafa." I plainly said.He stared at me for a few seconds as if he already knew who I was talking about before as
ANAYA'S POVHis eyes burnt through my skin was a brand new sun. The beauty lured me to stare but the fierceness burnt me. Yet I couldn't look away.His firm and strong hands were holding mine and pinning them to the door. I wanted to push him away but I didn't bother to struggle.His gaze fixed me in one place and I felt like a tiny helpless puppy at his mercy.He leaned in closer to my face, his breath burning me as they caressed down my face. I wanted to do something, look away, close your eyes! Kiss him first!, I yelled at myself but instead, I just froze. Staring into his eyes like a motionless doll.His lips, soft and seducing, brushed against mine in the lightest way. Almost like a feather. I felt my middle burn up with desire, the desires that didn't seem like my own.His eyes never left my face, traveling momentarily from my eyes to my lips. I wanted to push him away, yet my lips parted before I knew it.He sucked on my lower lip, nibbling it softly. My eyes finally fell shut.
ANAYA'S POVI stared into his eyes, suddenly feeling embarrassed. I was already naked in his arms but the thought of being with him in the bathroom seemed... Odd.Before I could protest or accept, he carried me in his arms and went into my bathroom.Placing me gently on my feet, he stood in front of me like a statue. "Take it off."I blinked. "What?""My clothes. Take it off." He repeated without batting an eye.I remained fixed as I was before, standing with my hand by my side. 'What is wrong with you, Anaya? Weren't you so eager to undo his belt earlier?'I swallowed. I was but now that he was staring at me like that, I didn't know how to react. I just stood there, staring at his clothes.He suddenly took my hand and placed it on his belt. "Go on." He said in a low and seductive tone.I swallowed. With a soft sigh, I began to undo his belt. One by one, I took off the clothing on his body until we were the same. Naked.We stood there admiring each other's bodies. I felt my cheeks hea
ANAYA'S POVThe sound of the shower turned off and Duke walked out of the bathroom-- my bathroom!-- putting on his pants and a towel around his neck.He scrubbed at his wet hair with my spare towel and flashed me a smile when he noticed that I was looking.I had already dashed out of the bathroom minutes ago to get dressed while he got a proper shower. I didn't know how to dress, it was cold and I wanted to cover myself up from head to toe but I also wanted to show some skin.I had to choose between looking sexy or feeling warm. And of course, I chose to look sexy.I put on nothing but a big top that barely covered my thigh and my nipples poked out as well.Rather than covering myself up, I sat with my legs out in the cold and pretended like the freezing weather was not getting to me."Aren't you cold?" He questioned while putting on his shirt."Cold? No." I responded, ignoring the chill that snaked up my bare skin.It was hard pretending that the cold wasn't getting to me. But if it
ANAYA'S POVI tried my best not to look at Duke or any of the boys, knowing well that their penetrating gazes were on me.Luna Freya smiled softly. "Good morning dear, you look amazing."I smiled. "Thank you. Oh and here." I handed her a small box with the earring laying inside. "I don't know if it suits your taste though."She opened it and her face lit up excitedly. "Wow dear, this looks amazing! I love it. Thank you. Let's eat."We started eating and silence descended on us. One time I almost choked on a spoon full as I looked up only to notice Duke staring at me.The deafening silence was thankfully broken by alpha Donald. "Not to judge you or anything, this new look might actually be good for you, to help you keep your confidence up and make people look at you with more respect, but... Did your new friend tell you to change who you already are?"All eyes landed on me at his question. My eyes widened. "What?! No! No she would never. She is oddly nice for a rich girl. She didn't as
ANAYA'S POV"Earth to Ana?"I blinked. "Huh?"Rafa chuckled. "You have zoned out a lot today, everything alright?"I forced a smile. "Oh yeah, totally fine. Just, stressed out from all of the tests I guess.""I know right? Wait till exams start." She rolled her eyes. Picking up a French fry, she took a bite out of it.I couldn't help but to think about what she had said earlier this morning. Who I had to choose, I hadn't even spent a second to think about that before. Not when I expected rejection from all three of them.But now that they were all being nice to me, even Duke and I have had casual sex twice now! Did I really have a shot at being Luna for any one of them?I shook my head, chasing out the thought. What did it matter if I distracted myself by thinking on which one to choose if none of them wanted me in the end?'That's true.' My wolf stated. 'You don't have to bother yourself with that until you are sure about how they truly feel about us. Even if they kiss you and touch
ANAYA'S POV"It seems I have let you stray for long enough." Sarah's expression turned grim. "It's high time I put you back in your place."In the blink of an eye, she snatched my head warmer from my head and tossed it. With a chuckle, she stated, "go on, fetch it puppy.""What is wrong with you!" I yelled in her face angrily.Gasps erupted in the cafeteria and I wondered what was the cause of such a reaction.Sarah, her minions, Rafa and I followed the direction of the people's stare and what we saw drew a gasp from Sarah's mouth, her hand pressed over her mouth.Duke stood not far away from us with my head warmer laying at his feet. His brothers were on both of his sides and they stared expressionlessly at us.Duke bent forward and picked up the head warmer. He stared at it and let out a soft sigh before approaching us.The three towering suave brothers walked towards us and Sarah went stiff like a log of wood for real.I swallowed. Did they hear what I had said about having them at
ANAYA'S POVThe days dragged on without caring about how unbearable it was. Four days now had gone by now with me trapped within the walls of my own bedroom– if I could call it that– and left with no choice but to witness the rise and all of the sun from the frame of my window. Beta Miguel had cared for me without complaint, carrying me when need be. I wasn't comfortable with it but I couldn't stop it either. For example, bathroom breaks. He carried me to the bathroom and even insisted on helping me take off my clothes but I refused that offer. Maybe if it were Duke then it would have been different. Speaking of Duke, he had not visited me in the past four days, it was almost like he was avoiding me. I even heard from Luna Freya when she came to give me a general check up yesterday that he was around but just didn't come into my room to greet me! I wondered why he was refusing to see me. Our parting four days ago still plagued my thoughts and I kept wondering what he meant by “goo
I didn't know how to respond, how to tell him no, how to tell him that I didn't want to move in with them because I felt too much like a burden. So I didn't respond. Instead, I opened the lid and took a small sip. In contrast to its aromatic scent, its taste was bitter and strong like a very active gin except very bitter. I tried so hard not to scrunch my face but the taste had taken me by surprise and it couldn't be helped. The door pushed open and Luna Freya immediately snatched the container from me and tucked it into her pocket. Beta Miguel walked in with a tray of soup in his hand. “Sorry that I took too long, the alpha was having a conversation with me.” He walked over to the table and dropped it. “Does anyone smell flowers?” He questioned almost immediately. Luna Freya wore one of her best and most innocent smiles. “Oh it's alright. It was nice getting to talk to her and I checked her too just to know how she is doing.” She completely avoided the question about flowers. T
ANAYA'S POVThey all stared wordlessly at me and Luna Freya's brow arched thoughtfully. “What?” The words left her mouth in no hurry at all. “He was on… how did you…?” She couldn't bring herself to ask a full question. “I just knew it.” I confessed. “His scent, his behavior, everything about him that moment was so wrong and I could get the strong scent off of him. It wasn't faded, which meant he took it recently before coming for me.”“How do you know this wolf in question is a ‘he’?” Duke arched his brow at me. I turned to look at him but couldn't bring myself to meet his gaze. I allowed my gaze lower back to Luna Freya. “Beta Miguel told me. He got a better look at the werewolf before it attacked me.” His brow twitched thoughtfully. “I guess we will have to question him then.”“You don't have to,” Luna Freya said before I had a chance to say anything. I was thankful I was not the one that had taken beta Miguel's side this time around. She added, “he already said he would tell eve
ANAYA'S POVHe stared at us and all I could do was close my eyes to avoid his gaze. To let go of Miguel meant to let go of the peace I was feeling, the safety, the release from my nightmares. I only clung on tighter to him.***I fiddled with my duvet nervously and subconsciously under the stern gaze of Duke. His brothers were seated on each side of the bed, staring at me with worry. Luna Freya walked back in and handed me a cup of steaming tea. "Drink up." She ordered. "Finish it." She smiled softly. I nodded my head with a grateful smile and raised the cup to my lips. It had a strong scent of ginger and garlic and some other herbs that I could recognize. I wiped my lips and handed the cup back to her. It burnt down my throat and suddenly warmed me up from the inside."How are you feeling?" Alpha Donald's voice was low and there was a hint of worry in them. I smiled gratefully. "I am feeling fine, thank you." "Did you have trouble sleeping?" Luna Freya's brow arched swiftly. I
THIRD POVThe house was packed so early that morning, Miguel had yet to find a chance to grab breakfast as the alpha and his family returned into the walls of his home. He wasn't complaining though, he just wished they would not decide to wake Anaya up if she didn't wake up soon. It was only seven in the morning and he had only laid her back to sleep four hours ago. No one argued with his point and they all patiently waited for her to wake on her own. "Since we will all be waiting," Miguel said after thirty full minutes of waiting. "I would like to have breakfast and I wish you all could join me. The cooling ladies realized it's a full house and decided to make enough for everyone."Luna Freya smiled decently. "Oh you don't have to worry about us dear, is there something Anaya can eat when she wakes?" She curiously asked. "Luna Freya," Miguel's voice was soft and filled with respect. "I cooked for her with my own very two hands last night and it is exactly the nurse's prescription.
ANAYA'S POVHe blinked, obviously taken aback by my request. But then a smile carved on his lips and he raised his hand, only to pat down on my head like I was some pet. "Our first date was the training ground," he voiced out. "This is our second date." He simply added as he retracted his hand from my head and placed them on the bed instead. I couldn't stop my eyes from widening. I batted my lashes, "what?" Our first date was the training ground and this was our second date? Was I sure I had heard him right? "This is our second date? How? I don't... I don't understand what you mean." I confusedly said to him. His smile never left his face as he spoke. "I'm not a greedy person, I don't hold on to what is not mine and I certainly don't ask for what can't be given to me." I only felt more confused. What did that have to do with our dates? But before I could ask him any more questions, he rose to his feet and leaned towards me. I wanted to move away but I was surprised by the fact
THIRD POVDuke couldn't stop himself from getting stuck in a spiral of his own thoughts. He didn't want to be here, away from Anaya, he wanted to keep her safe from that flirt of a personality. He couldn't help but to think back on when he and his brothers first arrived there. The look on Miguel's face was plain horror and fear. Why would the beta be so worried about a woman he had only met once? What should have been on the beta's face should have been pure sympathy, feeling bad to see a stranger get hurt. And he should have never been the one to stay by her side being the beta and the most skilled. He should have led the search for the imposter. There were so many questions he wanted to ask that flirtatious werewolf but instead, he was stuck in the passenger's seat of his mother's car. He had offered to drive, that at least would have helped get things off of his mind. But the woman stubbornly turned down the offer, only she knew where she was going to and she was not ready to s
ANAYA'S POVHe stared confusedly at me, eyes gleaming with worry at the same time. I felt a pain in my heart. Why did I have to be so much of a burden to the people who wanted to care about me and look out for me? 'It is not your fault' the voice in my head suddenly spoke out. She was back again. 'You didn't plan this attack, no one on that training ground knew it was coming. Don't blame yourself for the falling of an avalanche when you were not even in that country'"Did that wolf communicate with you?" Miguel's voice reminded me of where I was and who I was with. I turned to look at him and shook my head. He sighed softly, if not wearily. "I felt it, everything about him. His gender, his mocking grin, his evil intentions, it made my skin crawl and it still does." I arched a brow at him. "Mocking grin?" He nodded with another sigh. "He was laughing... At me. Because he knew I would never get to you in time. He was like a psycho on drugs or something, his energy was way off. There
ANAYA'S POVShe crouched down beside me and took my hands in hers. "Oh dear..." Tears filled up her eyes. Alpha Donald was standing behind her now. Even he looked surprised. "Honey," he called out to her. "We need you to be a salutary right now and not a motherly image."She wiped her tears, staining her beautiful face with blood, and nodded her head. Moments later, thanks to her intervention, it was safe for them to move me to the van. Duke didn't join his brothers in the search, rather he remained with us. "We shouldn't treat her in a hospital," Alpha Donald suddenly said. His wife stared questioningly at him and he explained further. "She was attacked, whoever did it obviously didn't get a chance to finish her off. What's the assurance that he won't come back?" "We need a place to take her to if we won't be at a hospital." The brown eyed salutary impatiently stated. "We'll go to my place." Alpha Donald responded. "With all due respect, alpha Donald," beta Miguel interfered. I