Duke's POV 'Keep it? What are you, stupid?' My head was overflowing with thoughts now of me being an idiot. I loved and cherished that jacket! What was I to do when I couldn't take my eyes off her. How could a girl look that beautiful, it was supposed to be illegal!"You saw how bad ass she looked, right? Do you think she got all dressed up for us?" Dean asked excitedly. "Yea that must be it. No matter how hard she tries to pretend to be mean to us, she's already head over heels." Darius replied. "Okay, Dean you can stop grinning now."My dad stepped into the Sienna car and my mom and Anaya came in last with both dad and mom in the front, while Anaya was stuck at the back alone. She didn't just look good, but smelled even better!The ride to the party was silent and I couldn't be more glad. We were escorted inside by Sarah, who seemed a little too excited seeing us. Once inside, my dad and mom made their way over to the adults. We were forced to follow, just to say hi to some rich o
Anaya's POVNo matter how hard I tried to convince myself, I felt nothing special with Donovan. No pleasure, no excitement whatsoever! I really wanted to have fun, enjoy my evening like the trio devils were.His smile was pleasing though, "You're Ella's best friend, aren't you?" He said coolly. "You remember her!" Ella cheered. "Yea, when I came home two months ago, you guys had just practically became friends for barely a month. You were celebrating your anniversary, sharing cake for my dad and I. How could I forget!" He chuckled."Ha! He remembers! Hey babe, how is it that we've only been friends for months, yet it feels like you're my soulmate." Ella said dreamingly and I smiled. I wasn't really a shy person but I didn't know what to say to join in on the conversation!"Yea right. Your only soulmate is that dude over there looking everywhere for you with two glasses of drink in his hand." Donovan head stretched as he nudged towards Ella's mate behind us and we all laughed. "Well
Before I could say anything, Dean threw himself forward and together, they began to attack Donovan. I didn't know what to do right there. Two hefty men hurried forward and easily separated the boys, even through their struggling and raging words against each other. "Three of you, stop this right now before we involve your parents!" One of them spewed out in a deep voice. The area was more quiet, mostly filled with the youths of the town while the parents enjoyed each other in another grand hall so we might be saved. I had no idea what Alpha Donald might do once he found out his boys got into a fight. Especially if I was the cause!But why would they fight over me like that, wasn't I their enemy!??"You, come here!" Duke glared at me and I could have sworn I saw fire burning in those piercing eyes. "Dean, go get that idiot Darius. We're going home."Before I could object, he reached for my hand and grabbed me tight, dragging me out of the room. I struggled to pull free but his grip wa
Anaya's POV I tried to calm down and ease myself from this tortuous anxiety. Me? He thinks about...me??Before I could say a word, I heard an argument break from behind. This prompted me to move far away from Duke, so no one could see us together. "...home because I don't want to!" Darius was getting all heated up with Dean, who still managed to remain so composed. Duke glanced at them and shook his head. I realized he still needed to take care of the wound on his lips. Although he probably wouldn't feel that in the next couple minutes due to Alpha's ability to heal faster, still...a part of me wanted to take care of me.No. Snap out of it, Ana!I frowned, seeing all eyes staring at me. "Wait, did I say that out loud??" I blinked, waiting for a reply from any of them. "You, I heard what you did. Are you crazy, Ana?? Wanna put us all in trouble, huh!" Darius spat out, as usual. I wasn't even surprised. This was my chance. Whatever the hell it was that was going on, I could be in c
Anaya's POV What the heck? This was Darius's doing?? I should have known! The laughter grew further again. "She's such a loser, ha!" A short dude, Mike, said. Darius stepped out from the crowd, an evil smirk resting on his face. "Say it again, Mike. Louder." He rested his hand on his shoulders, still smiling, "I don't think she heard you enough."My heart sank as I watched them behave like fools. The rotten egg still reeked, making me nauseous."I said you're a loser! And a whore too, just like Hank said!" Mike screamed loudly. "Hank said so too? Wow Hank, hurray to you!" Darius laughed out, eyes lighting with excitement."Yes! Great job that I threw the rotten egg, right?" Mike howled, proud of himself."Oh, you threw the egg? Wow. You've got more of those?" Darius asked. He was still resting his hand on Mike's shoulders."No bro. I had only one." Mike said. "Oh that's such a shame." Darius commented. This was making me frown now. Darius never gave a fuck about the students, Dar
Anaya's POV "If anyone dares bully Anaya ever again, if you even dare to look at her for more than two seconds, and I catch you doing that! Then what happened to Mike will only be the beginning of your suffering. UNDERSTAND!!!"The murmur of a response was loud and clear, giving him the confidence to produce a satisfied smirk. "Good." He muttered, then pushed Hank causing him to stagger before he took to his heel. When Darius' gaze fell on mine again, I heaved in a raspy breath. "You good?" He asked again and my nod was vigorous. I saw Ella rush forward to meet me. Her eyes held worry in them. "Are you okay? Come here." She pulled me closer, not minding the stench from the rotten egg, but I did, so I moved away from her. "Ella, I'm fine." My gaze was still fixated on Darius. "Come here, let's get you cleaned up." Ella didn't seem to fear Darius because she just acted like he didn't even exist. She held on to me and dragged me out to the restroom. Ella always had some spare tops
"Nothing actually, I'm fine. I'm fine, Babe." Ella said carefully, realizing that everyone was staring at us both now. I glanced further at Darius's direction and saw he had concern etched on his face. I needed to ease this tension--whatever this was! Why did she suddenly overreact like this?"Okay, let's sit down." I said and she listened to me, slowly taking her seat. "Ella, are you sure you're okay? You don't look too good."She relaxed a bit, a fake smile appearing on her face. I knew she was about to lie, but what is going on with her? "I'm fine. Really. I just got something on my mind but I'm good now!"I just nodded, trying to accept her words to be true. She must have been stressing over something but she wouldn't tell me. Ella was a secretive person like that."Alright then. Let's eat." I said. She smiled and took a burger from the box. We ate in silence.Once it was closing hour, I was heading out until I sighted Darius walking over to me. I heaved in a deep sigh, prepared
I didn't hear any response so I turned to face her and saw she stared at me with arched brows. "Oh, I mean I was just asking! I honestly don't know, like I haven't seen him in a while!" I rambled on, and it got worse because Luna just stared at me with a suspicious grin on her face that only made me more uneasy!Finally, she asked. "Have you gone to check up on him?"I blinked, wondering how that was an option at all. If I did, wouldn't he just think that I was desperate if I went banging on his door! This was why I was waiting, hoping he would go to his study room or I would bump into him somehow!"Um, I will. I should do that tonight actually, thanks Freya." I lied. Although something inside of me was beginning to feel desperate to check up on him now."Duke is a very sensitive person. Even I am not so close to him as I wished I was, so you just have to give him a little time to get his shit together. He'll come around." Freya said and it made me wonder if she knew about what transp
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 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 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 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 POVUnlike I expected, rather than going to her place, she took us to a high end boutique instead. She seemed to be a regular since everyone showed her so much respect.I knew the respect was only because of her wealth and the fact that her dad was an alpha. When I excused myself to use the bathroom, I had overhead two workers chatting about her."She comes here every single time just to flaunt her money, pff, she thinks she's such a big deal.""All she does in her life is spend daddy's money but then again, who am I to blame her? She's such a lonely creep.""That's true, at least she came with someone today. Do you think she is in a relationship with her?""No way, I'd say that the other lady is out of her league. She's prettier and all the clothes fit her more. She's probably hanging around Rafa because of her money.""True. Let's get back to work. Maybe she'll leave a big tip today again. I can finally buy that new designer brand of purse that's on display. What color will
ANAYA'S POVHe let out a soft sigh, "we were only trying to discourage you from moving on with the dangerous project." He said with an apologetic look on his face. "But I have decided to support you no matter what. You can count on me."He leaned in closer to my face, his hot breath burnt down my neck as he spoke. "Why aren't you focused?""Huh?" I finally found the strength to utter a word.His brow arched at me and his lips curved into a seductive grin. "You seem so tense... Want me to calm you down?"He must have picked up on my scent, how aroused I was feeling and he could probably hear my heart the way it was banging in my chest. I was sure anyone and everyone could hear my heart pounding.His hand touched my neck and I wanted to curl up and hide myself from him. My cheeks burnt red as he trailed a tenacious finger up to my face and played with my hair.My body was on edge, every single nerve in me went off like fireworks. The bell rang, announcing the commencement of our next cl
ANAYA'S POVShe turned to look at me. "And what makes you think that?" Her brow arched."If you know my name then you should know my story." I responded."Yeah, your mother... Took her own life after your birth and then your dad died while protecting the pack. Your dad did a great thing and if things were different, and by different I mean you not being an omega, you would be getting praises from every single eye that landed on you.""Tell me about it." I sighed. "But, people would still think of me as an outcast since my own mother took her life after having me.""About that..." She leaned against the sink. "Do you know...""Why?" I said and she nodded her head. "Unfortunately, no. I don't know anything about her or why she would do that and it's for the best.""Why is that?""She will forever be a stranger to me and I can hate her for the rest of my life." My expression was all too calm for the words that left my mouth.She stared at me for a wordless moment before letting out a sof
ANAYA'S POVGasps echoed in my head where I stood when I realized what I had done. I didn't feel bad about it though, how dare she say something so vile?"How dare you Ella?" I squinted. "Even if it was all pretense, we used to be best friends. You shouldn't even be able to open your mouth to say such a thing to me."She poked the side of her cheek with her tongue and adjusted her hair. "Why?""What?""Why shouldn't I say such things to you? Huh? Why would you get mated to the best guys in the entire fucking town? Why?! Why the fuck...? Why the fuck would one person have such luck?"I stared into her eyes. "What has gotten over you, Ella? Where is the girl I know?""Oh you don't know this girl, you don't know her at all!" She sighed and gave a nod of her head. "Sure, I was angry with you when Sarah, Maria and Donna huddled the Cavannagh brothers to their chest, I wondered with you how they got so lucky to even get the Cavannagh brothers to spare them a glance. I wondered with you unti
ANAYA'S POVI stared silently at her but remained in place. She smiled and walked closer to me, her fake smile and pretending as if she really cared about me made me feel so angry.But I managed to remain calm and stood there waiting for her to spill whatever trash was in her mouth."You think the Cavannagh brothers care about you right? You think they want to stay by your side now that they know you are their mate? Well it isn't that easy." She said firmly.She smiled softly like she used to whenever she wanted to comfort me. "The Cavannagh brothers aren't as humane as you think you are. I mean, those guys used to be your biggest bully! Can you really be stupid enough to think they love you?" She arched her brow at me.There it was, the scrutinizing squinting of eyes I had been waiting for. She looked at me like that anytime she wanted to give me a lecture. It made me feel so angry that I usually listened to the bullshit she said every single time.My fist clenched but somehow, I man