ABOUT THE CAVANNAGH BROTHERSANAYA'S POVLuna Freya squeezed my hand affectionately. "I know they are, but still, I feel like we owe you more. Your father... He made a great sacrifice and fought well for each of us in this pack. He fought to keep us safe. You deserve to be treated better.""No, no, don't say that!" I took her hand and squeezed it. "You guys are treating me just fine."I did deserve to be treated better, not by them though, but by the other people around me. By Ella, by Sarah, by Donna and Maria... Well, I wasn't expecting anything much from the latter two.But after my own father gave up his own life to protect every single one of them, why did they think it was fair for me to treat me the way they did?But the people who I had expected to bully me and hate me forever now cared for me and worried about me. Like that wasn't enough, the Luna and the alpha were always there for me whenever I needed them to be. I couldn't ask for anything else.I smiled at both of them. "
DUKE'S POVAnger coursed through my veins as I sent a sharp kick to the front tire of our stupid car. "Gah!" I grunted furiously.Dean got down from the car to assess the damage. "How the hell did a tiny nail like that puncture such a hole in the tyre?""How the fuck am I supposed to know? Last time I checked, I knew about paint brushes, not car tyres and nails.""Geez, chill bro." Darius said. "Why are you extra grumpy today?" He slammed the car door and leaned against it with his hands folded at his chest.I let out a sigh as I stood with my hands at my hips. How was I to tell them that Anaya was the cause for my anger? I ran my hand through my hair as it occurred to me what she must be thinking.How was I supposed to tell her that I didn't take advantage of her the other night? I didn't sleep with her just because she wanted me to and it obviously wasn't that I saw her as cheap or anything.Why was it so hard to communicate with one simple girl? Maybe it's because she isn't so simp
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
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 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 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 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 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
THIRD POV"What the fuck did you do to her, Duke?!" Darius spat out angrily. "Don't tell me it is what I am thinking.""Yeah Duke," Dean added as he advanced towards his brothers. "Tell us exactly what happened.""What are your brothers talking about?" Luna Freya stared confusedly at her sons. What were they talking about? Duke felt the words too heavy to pronounce but they had already felt it and it was of no use to pretend. So he took a deep breath and spoke up in a loud, audible and confident voice. "I rejected her as my mate."Luna Freya's arms dropped lifelessly to her sides and her heart slowed. She did not understand what her son had just said or maybe she had not heard him clearly. "You... You rejected her?" She arched her brow at him. "What were you all expecting?" Duke asked without a hint of remorse in his voice. "Were you expecting me to make her our luna? Come on, we can't always be selfish.""Why can't she be our luna?" Dean requested in a stern voice. "Because she is
ANAYA’S POVI had hoped I would be next to him until the world would end. Until death would do us apart, until our bones would wither away. Had I hoped for too much? My heart was heavy, my feet were too heavy for me to lift but I managed to turn away from him without looking back. I wanted to keep my confidence as I accepted his rejection but I knew my heart would ache and my eyes would fail me. So I turned my back and opened my mouth to speak, "I accept your rejection..." Tears poured from my eyes. An invincible knife stabbed my chest and my body ached seriously. I wanted to crumble to the ground, it felt like I was being torn apart piece by piece. It was true when they said the pain of rejection could kill an omega. It left other werewolves feeling like they had lost a big part of their soul but it made me feel like my entire soul had been sucked out of me. THIRD POVDean grabbed his chest at the same time Darius reacted in the same way. The ceramic dish in both of their hands
ANAYA'S POVShock was a feeling that could not explain what I had truly felt at his words. My ears refused to believe what they had just heard but then again, that was the plain truth. He had truly said those words and I was not delusional. He... Wanted to reject me as his mate. He stared into my eyes for a second before avoiding my gaze once more. His former coldness returned and he furrowed his brows. "I, Duke Cavannagh, reject you, Anaya Fields, as my mate and future Luna." "That is absurd!" I spat out before I even realized it. My body refused to fall under control, my heart could not handle the wounds and bled uncontrollably. "You cannot reject me!" I yelled. "No, you will not reject me! Not after everything we have been through. Do you have no idea what you really mean to me? How can you just selfishly say those cruel words to me without even batting an eye?" "Because it is the truth, reality. This is our reality Anaya, you and I were never meant to be, it was a mistake and
THIRD POVDuke stared at me with confusion in his eyes and I realized what I had just said and I tried to swallow the words back but there was no way to do that. He walked over towards me and as much as I wanted to stand still, my legs betrayed me and I took a step back. "You... Are you trying to tell me that you found out that Miguel was your second chance mate but you still stayed with him for the winter?" He arched his brow at me. I opened my mouth to talk but the words refused to leave my mouth. I cleared my throat and decided to try again. "I just needed a place to stay until my place was ready. I couldn't stay with Rafa because she lives with her dad who is an alpha. "The man is quite strict and he would not have even allowed me there. I just had to take him up on his offer to spend a few days before moving. He had several rooms and we went without seeing each other for days whenever we wanted to. It was no big deal. Besides, I lived with you guys for months." He scoffed a
THIRD POVAnaya swallowed, hiding the hesitance she felt. Opening her mouth, she blurted out the first thing that came to her head. "What does that question mean?" She foolishly asked. Duke stared at her with an arched brow. "What does... I don't-- I don't understand, what does what question mean?" He asked confusedly. "The question you asked me." She continued her lies with a straight face. "How I felt and all... I don't know what you want me to answer with, I was on a stroll, I missed you, I was coming to visit you because you didn't go to school today and then I saw those creeps so I hid behind a tree. "Crouching down for too long must have gotten me feeling dizzy and when I stood up to explain my presence behind the tree, I passed out. It is as simple as that, I thought you would have guessed." She pouted her lips, pretending to be sad. "How I felt?" She questioned then scoffed a laugh. "I felt angry and disappointed and sad. That is how I felt knowing I was the one who shamel
ANAYA'S POV They all waited expectantly for my response. I hated to let them down but... "I left a friend at home and she will be very worried if I don't go back home. I told her I would only be a minute because I needed to buy something and get some fresh air." Luna Freya could not hide the disappointment she felt from playing on her face. She forced a smile that did not bother to reach her eyes. "Ohh that means you cannot stay the night. I always cleaned this room with the hope that you would one day come and spend the night with us or even a few days." I felt a pain in my chest at her words. I hated to hurt her but would Rafa not be worried sick? With the way I left, she would think something bad had happened to me even if I called her to tell her I would not be going back home. Even if I did that, what would my reason be? Would she even believe me?"What if you call your friend over? Both of you could spend the night over and head back tomorrow morning after breakfast?" Luna F
ANAYA'S POVWaking up to the sound of muffled murmurs, I opened my eyes and noticed I was in a bedroom, the comfort of the bed relaxed my aching body. I looked wearily around as I blinked, two silhouettes stood by the door murmuring inaudibly to themselves, one of which I instantly recognized to be Duke Cavannagh. Only after a moment later did I recognize the second person to be alpha Donald. Their muffled talks became audible as I woke up totally. "Anaya was hurt by those monsters on purpose and you expect me to just let them go like that?" Duke's voice was a harsh whisper. "Dad, do you have the slightest idea what she had to go through just because she was close to us? It is too dangerous to leave her alone now because no matter what we do, they will always go after her." Alpha Donald let out a sigh and bit down on his lower lips in a panicked way as he ran his fingers through his hair. After a moment, he let out another soft sigh. "Duke... I know that you are worried about he
ANAYA'S POVI ducked behind a tree and looked wearily around me for the sign of danger she mentioned but saw nothing. I was about to question her when I noticed two guys standing with Duke in their middle. It didn't seem like a friendly conversation and Duke seemed to be filled with anger. “Are you trying to tell me that you two are the ones that hurt her?” Duke's voice was loud and filled with anger. One of them let out a hoarse and mocking laughter. “It was really fun, believe me. She had never expected to see me and she was stuck on a tree. Honestly, I was already wondering how I would be able to get to her but that stupid beta made it easy for me. “Putting her up on a tree when she is a weak and powerless omega, how did he expect her to get down on her own in case of an emergency?” His tone was filled with mock. The other one sniffed in the air. “She is around.” He suddenly said. “I can feel her presence. That weak and powerless soul is somewhere around here and she is very c
ANAYA'S POVI stared at her, wondering whether to tell her about the secrets that I had or maybe to let it die within me. She waved her hand in front of my face. “Hello? Earth to Anaya?” I blinked twice. “Oh sorry, I didn't–”A sudden sensation washed over me, filling me up from the inside and traveling to every single part of my body. It felt strange and powerful at the same time. It was a call. A call from someone all too familiar for me not to recognize yet I didn't recognize it. Like it was being masked. It overwhemeled me, making it impossible to ignore. I could feel it all the way down to my toes, even the smallest one! A sudden shiver ran down my spine and I felt goosebumps cover up my entire body as I hugged myself. I was shivering. “Are you okay girl?” Her voice snapped me out of my head. “You look like you just saw a ghost.”I turned to look at my mirror and my reflection stared right back at me, pale and afraid. Those feelings were foreign yet somehow they felt like