THIRD POVThe beta stared wordlessly at the girl in front of him, he tried to keep his thought from straying but he found himself admiring her delicate features. 'Her beauty is like a magic spell compelling me to want to stare forever.' He thought to himself. 'She should be ours.' His wolf said in response. Miguel couldn't say he was not greedy for her as well, he wanted to have her solely to himself. If only he could bewitch her into becoming his. But a bigger part of him knew that he stood no chance against the Cavannagh brothers. Besides, it was obvious that night at the coronation party that she had taken a liking to one if not all of them. 'Why torture us this way when there is no hope?' Daniel, his wolf, questioned him. 'Reject her and find someone else for yourself, for us!'Miguel couldn't say he didn't want the same. There was no chance after all, why was he still holding on to a false string of hope? But Anaya was someone he cared about. A little too much and unhealthy
ANAYA'S POVA yawn left my mouth as I woke up feeling refreshed and well rested. The hassle of yesterday had been drained out of me by the soft bed I slept on. All night long, I had been looking forward to what beta Miguel had planned for us. But firstly, breakfast. I quickly freshened up and changed from my night wear into a pair of jean trousers and thick white long sleeved sweater. Arriving downstairs, Miguel was already in the living room, taking a bite out of a sandwich. His eyes met mine as he sensed me coming and he gave me a soft smile. "Good morning." "Good morning, beta Miguel. Did you sleep well?" I returned his smile as I sat myself down at the dining table. "I always do. Eat something light, we are going to train today and you don't want to do that on a full stomach. I told the cooks not to prepare anything." He stated with a casual tone to match the look on his face.I blinked. "Training? I don't understand." "Yes. I train a lot as a beta to keep fit and strong as y
ANAYA'S POVAfter eating, he drove us to a secluded large space of land, it was a long ride indeed. It took us almost an hour to get there, I was starting to feel hungry. As we arrived there, he parked his car along with a few others at a distance from the area and we walked the rest of the way. He didn't say anything to me while we drove there but finally turned to me when we were standing close to the training ground and said, “some people might stare at you in a funny way, don't get offended. As you know, they can tell what rank you are and not everyone is nice.”I nodded my head. I was expecting that much and more. There were some people who found it essential to voice their thoughts even though no one asked them to. I almost rolled my eyes. “I understand. Don't worry, I'll just observe from a distance anyway.” He didn't say anything more and just led me down the large space of land. A few people were already there, shirtless guys who didn't seem to be bothered by the cold or ma
ANAYA'S POVEveryone gathered towards the forest of tall large trees, it seemed they knew their way well around the place but then again, they called the place their training ground so how could they not? Beta Miguel and Hunter Kings decided to warm up so I decided to talk to Miguel first. "Hey, can I ask you something real quick?" He stretched his hands into the air and twisted his body to help him get more flexible. "Yeah okay, while you do that, help me unbutton my shirt." My eyes widened and I stared at him. He didn't seem to have any wrong intentions behind it and the last thing I wanted was for him to think of me as some naive little girl. So I stepped closer to him and reached for the first button. Ever since Giselle's cold and piercing glare, I just had to know; "are you... Perhaps... Close with Giselle?""I'm close to everyone here, why?" He responded in a straight and direct tone. I needed to make myself clearer. "No I mean, are you--" I undid the third button."...are y
ANAYA'S POVThe match began sooner than later and the boys were in their wolf forms and chasing after each other. Everyone else ran at their fastest speed to keep up with the beta and the hunter but I wasn't fast enough. Not to mention, I was completely distracted.I had always thought as an omega, I had a wolf but just couldn't wolf out. Now that I was thinking about it, it didn't make much sense. “Hello?” I said, waiting for my wolf to respond but got nothing. Or maybe I didn't hear because I was running, trying to keep up with the match. I stopped, trying to catch my breath. I leaned against a tree to rest and calm myself. Several werewolves ran past me, some jumping from trees to trees and howling as they enjoyed the duel. “Slow.” Giselle remarked as she ran past me, stopping for a second only to insult me. I glared at her as she continued her way. “I hope you trip and break your leg…” I muttered with a frown on my face. She obviously didn't hear as she kept on going her way
ANAYA'S POVOut of the forest emerged a wolf with fur as dark as night. I closed my eyes and opened them again, hoping the wolf was nothing but a figment of my imagination. But I was wrong, it was still there, and now it was coming towards the tree. “What do I do?!” I panicked, reaching out to my wolf. “Get down from the tree.” She repeated. “How!” I growled. I was terrible at jumping, any mistake would definitely leave me with a broken leg. But the wolf was fast and impatient to get to me. I noticed beta Miguel had turned back, apparently he had noticed the wolf as well. He was running at full stride, yet sadly, his speed just wasn't enough. This black wolf was impossibly fast. I had never seen a wolf run like that. Why was I his target? There was no time to answer that question. Taking a deep breath, I used the tree's strong branches as support and began climbing down as fast as I could. It would be better to run on foot than to be stuck on top of a tree with a wolf that could
DUKE'S POVI let out a sigh as I relaxed into the couch. The night had been harder than before knowing well that Anaya wasn't in her bedroom. No one mentioned her this morning, like she was some kind of abomination whose name was not to be mentioned but I saw how it tolled on their faces. I wasn't the only one feeling the way I was, wondering, when would I get to see her again? Would I bump into her on the street? I had intoxicated her with the thoughts of doing what she wanted, would I act the same around her? Was this the end of our fling? How was I to act around her when school resumed? All those questions tore relentlessly at me, not minding how much it brought me down. I rose from the couch and went towards the bar close to our kitchen, grabbing a bottle of scotch whiskey, I poured myself a glass and emptied it down my throat at once. The alcoholic liquid burnt down my throat and sizzled, tingling as it slid down my lungs. I poured myself another cup and sipped slowly on it
ANAYA'S POVThey shifted to their human forms and standing before me were the Cavannagh triplet. I felt awkward being in the arms of beta Miguel while they were staring down at me. They all looked so shocked and perplexed. "What did you do to her?" Duke suddenly barked at Miguel. "Relax! This was not my doing. Good thing that you are here though," Miguel said in a harsh tone. "There is a wolf lurking around here somewhere within these very woods, I need you to join the hunters and sentinels and sniff him out. He is big and black like a dark night sky." "What makes you think we can leave her here with you?" Dean voiced out. "She's bleeding and hurt badly!""And help is on the way already!" Beta Miguel stated firmly with a bit of authority. "What gain would it be to her if you just stood there and stared at her? When you can be out there and help the others sniff out the monster who did this!"A young brown head with big brown eyes rushed towards us from within the woods and followed
ANAYA'S POVDarius arched his brow questioningly at her. “So… you are the famous Rafa we have heard so much about.”“Sheesh, what do you say about me girl?” She turned to me as she asked. “I wonder what you say about me that made them give me such looks.” I couldn't help but to chuckle at her words. “You can't understand. It's a long story but I want you to know that they appreciate you for everything you have done.”“They appreciate me?” Her brow shot up. “Damn! I wonder how they will look at me if they hate me.”“Oh don't worry,” Darius said with a firm expression. “We won't just look at you.” “That would have been really sexy if you didn't look at me like that.” Rafa stated and we all shared a light laughter. “Come on,” Darius' arms fell on my shoulder once more. “Let's get to class.” ***The entire day was nice and fun. It felt really good to be around familiar faces that didn't hate me. Well around the Cavannagh brothers. We laughed, talked, gave each other updates about our
ANAYA'S POV Darius stared down at me, a smile in his eyes. "Long time no see my love," he said with a smile. A smile I had desperately missed even though I did not want to admit it. I didn't know how to react to his niceness. Was it fake or sincere? Was he mocking me? Yet I smiled at him and said; "hey, Darius. Oh my goodness, it has been forever.""Since you left us? Sure has." He commented and I fell quiet. I didn't know if he was being serious or not because the look on his face didn't change, not even for the slightest time or by accident. He smiled and tugged at my shoulders. "Ah, relax, I'm just messing with you. We missed you at home, mom especially. You should try to visit sometime. Your room is still the same way it was when you left it. You can spend a few days there if you would like to." He said with his arms still around my shoulder. I smiled, feeling a weight lift off my chest at his words and I heaved a soft sigh. "Of course, honestly it is something I have been thi
I hurried out of my bedroom while trying to put my leg into my shoes. I didn't know how I had managed to but I had overslept. A grunt escaped my mouth as I struggled to fasten my shoe properly. Almost slipping, I relaxed against the railing of the staircase and properly put on my shoe then hurried down the stairs. The holidays had gone by in the blink of an eye and here I was, late on my first day of resumption. Things had changed. A lot. It had changed from how it used to be, living alone was healthier than I had expected it to be. Miguel had offered me a roof over my head for close to a month. The Cavannagh brothers were not so comfortable with the idea of me living with the beta of our pack-- and they had every reason to be if only they knew the things we did behind closed doors-- but there was nothing they could do about it. Or rather, I had left them with no choice. After spending one sensual time with the beta in a bathtub that day, it oddly felt like we grew closer
The evening sun set over the busy town, spreading its orange wings over the town and quite generously in the clouds. The house was not like it used to be without Anaya around but they were slowly getting used to living that way. Slowly. After all, it had been weeks. This also made it weeks since Duke had seen Anaya last and he didn't plan on spoiling that streak. Not yet at least. But school was resuming, the seniors were to round up with their education and then further to the higher institutions if they wished. He didn't know what Anaya's plans were and he also didn't plan on asking. But he would be a plain liar if he said he was not excited to see her face again after avoiding her all winter break and he was also afraid of how he would act towards her to push her away. He had taken a stroll around the town just to help his busy with patrolling. Although that was his excuse, he just needed to be out of the house and get some fresh air to clear his thoughts. The town wasn't the
ANAYA'S POVMiguel stared at me with an arched brow, he didn't say anything and just waited for me to come out with what I had to say instead. “Can you… help me wash my hair?” I asked him, forgetting the fact that I was about to ask him to help bathe me like he wanted to. How could I even think about something of such an extent? I had been far away from Duke for so long that my body craved for him more than my heart did. Not that my heart didn't crave for him either. His brow shot up as he heard the words that left my mouth, there was a spark of surprise in his eyes but he didn't seem displeased with my request. “Sure. Do you mind if I take off my shirt? I don't want water splashing on it.” I nodded my head, subconsciously wrapping my arms around myself. The promiscuous spirit in me had already left and I was reminded that I was sitting naked in the bathtub. But then my eyes wandered to where he stood and I saw him take off his shirt. His abs alone made me bite down on my lower l
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