I didn't hear her well, and apparently, so did her minions. Maria was the one to talk. "What? What are you doing Sarah!""Yes, love. Why are you saying sorry to this loser!" Donna added. "I'm confused."Sarah turned to them and slapped them both. It looked so dramatic that I opened my mouth to watch in shock. They looked too surprised as I'd been too. "Why did you do that!" Donna cried out, still holding her cheeks. "Because I wanted you both to shut the hell up, okay! I'm here to offer my most sincere apology to Anaya, okay!? So you bitches will shut the fuck up, and listen. In fact, you both, say you're sorry right now."From here, I began to suspect this was probably a dramatic fake ass scenario playing before me. Sarah would never apologize to me for anything! Unless she was planning something even more dreadful. "W-we're sorry?" Donna said. Maria gave it a while before repeating the same thing. "Sarah, what is all this about?" I was forced to ask so she could get straight to
"It's green! And look, it's all old. Ella, this is an oversized boot, I can't wear this with the dress. I dunno..." I didn't mean to be an ingrate, but none of this made sense to me. She was supposed to be my friend, yet here she was standing right in front of me handing me her maid outfits--her dead maid outfits!"It's fashion. What is wrong with you? I really tried my best to get you all of this, why are you complaining?" Her tone had suddenly changed into something eerie and definitely upset. "I just thought...I mean, I wanted to look good like you. I have a date today after school, and I don't have anything to wear at all. Besides, your maid is dead. Isn't it like a bad omen to hand me her outfits? It doesn't seem right, Ella."She blinked, then smacked her lips and took in a heavy sigh. "Fine. I'll take all of that back. But you've gotta wear this dress. Okay? It's nice and will look good on you. If I don't see you tonight, I'm coming to drag your ass out at home, you understand
Anaya's POV Once it was break period, Freya came around like she had promised and together we entered the car parked outside. A short while later, we arrived at the big boutique Dean had asked me to meet him at! I was starting to panic from here. Why had she brought me here?We got out of the car and she held my hand tight, maybe so I wouldn't run away?? Freya was being so suspicious now!But instead, this warm smile filled her features as she said. "Surprise! We're going shopping, you and I."I stood there looking stunned but she held onto me more tighter and dragged me inside. The store was so huge and was a lot more than I'd expected it to be. The truth was that I only always saw it from outside but I'd never stepped foot in here before!Two slender ladies came towards us and Freya whispered something to their ears which brought a bright smile on their faces as they glanced at me. "Come with us, miss." They said to me and came to hold me as they led me to a long wide hall with va
ANAYA'S POV I quickly gathered my stuff after closing hour and headed to the front of the boutique Dean had asked we meet at. It took a short while but I saw him walking toward me from a distance. My heart fluttered as I thought of the reason I was standing there! I was going on a date with one of my bullies...it certainly did not feel casual to me at all. I adjusted my hair with my hands and smoothened my short dress. A smile worked its way to my face as I stared at my fine exposed legs, making me appreciate the fact that I'd inherited my father's smooth and fair skin. "Okay. I'm sorry I'm late," he said, stretching his hand forward for me to hold. I didn't understand why but I reached for his hands, feeling this electrifying current surge through my veins, but in a pleasant way. "We're just going to watch a movie. I've gotten tickets already. Come on." He held my hands tight as we made our way to the cinema which wasn't too far from where we were. I tried so hard to enjoy wha
ANAYA'S POVI wondered when I would get a response from our silent Knight when he opened his mouth. My heart sank at the unimaginable words he must have put together in his head."Sure." He plainly responded.I blinked. "Sure?""Yeah, I mean... We'll go with you. Have you talked to my brothers?" He looked unexplainably calm as he spoke. How was he so cool with this?"Uh... I will, I'm planning to." Wow! I couldn't help but think how easy it was. Hopefully it would be the same for the others. Even Duke.I shrugged out of his jacket and handed it to him. As much as I would miss the warmth and the scent of him-- making it feel like I was in his arms-- I couldn't go to see any of his brothers while wearing his jacket."Thank you! I'll see you at home in time for the party. I have to go." I flashed him a smile then turned to leave. But then he said;"It doesn't end."I stopped and turned around, confused. "What?""I said it doesn't end. That's my answer to the question you asked me before.
ANAYA'S POVI stood there once again, placed in the situation of waiting for a response. He didn't even seem to be thinking about what I had said.After sipping from his drink, he placed the cup down and rose to his feet with a soft exhale. "Okay, but I won't ask my brothers for you. That's for you to figure out."I exhaled with a soft chuckle. I could almost hump into his arms and hug him. "Don't worry, I know. That's up to me."He nodded his head. "Wanna keep playing?" His voice had turned low and seductive.I bit down on my lips subconsciously. My eyes found it hard to meet his gaze and my cheek turned red. As much as it enticed me, I was running out of daylight quickly and I heard Duke wouldn't be as easy as his brothers."I... I have to go." I managed to respond as hard as it was rejecting such an offer. I knew if I stayed, he would explore me more and I would like that.It fascinated me how I learnt of new emotions I never knew I had."If you ever want to continue our lessons, I
ANAYA'S POVHis hand reached up to my face and trailed across my lips. "So this is what this is about?"I shook my head. "I didn't come in here to give you a head as a bribe, I came here to ask for a favor but then this... Happened." I was surprised by my own boldness.But it seemed to be having an effect on him. He was different, cooler, as if he couldn't dare to send me away. He wanted me here. He needed me.I took a step closer towards him, closing the gap between us. My hard nipples poked his chest and it made me want to curl into a ball and hide my face but I kept looking into his eyes.At the moment, in contrast to my height, I dominated in that room over him.I could feel how much he was craving to strip me and pin me to his bed and the funny question was, would I have stopped him?I didn't think so. A part of me wanted it too. I didn't know how hard a woman could become until now. I was begging for him on the inside, to touch me and relieve me from this torturous greedy desire
I had kissed him with the expectation that he would shove me away so hard that I would be sent flying across the room but surprisingly... He didn't do anything.He didn't kiss me back, he didn't shove me away, he didn't say anything. He had a habit of not talking when you expect him to.I summoned the courage from the depth of within me and asked a question I had been meaning to ask. "Why did you avoid me for all those days after our first kiss?"His eyes flickered with what I believed to be anger and he finally looked away from me.I continued. "If you can kiss me so casually now then why make a big deal out of it for all those days?""I didn't kiss you." He muttered a response."We kissed, Duke, we did.""Okay, okay can you stop talking about that? We had our fun and that was it. Forget about it and think about the party. If you put me in a bad mood then I might not be able to go with you." He didn't look at me all through his response.Yet thanks to his words, I got reminded of the
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