Anaya's POV Both she and Alpha Raphael knew of me being the mate to their sons, and deep down I knew they didn't accept me as I was just an ordinary omega with both her parents dead! "Um, fine." I didn't know what to say, and I wish she would drop this matter. A pitiful smile followed, just so she would understand how awkward I was feeling. Thank the goddess, Luna Freya was smart."You should get Duke for me, can you do that? I need him to get something for me at the store. He promised to help me out last night." She said and I instantly nodded. Heading up the stairs, a strong scent filled my nose and I sighed in frustration at how my wolf jumped in excitement. The boys all had different scent but everytime, it made my body tingle and to make things worse, when I thought about Dean's earthy scent mixed with the pleasant refreshing fresh rain scent, I just want to cuddle with him all night. Or when Darius pass my side and his strong sandalwood scent filled my nostrils, especially wh
Anaya's POV "Lisa, she meant the world to us. My sister. She loved the boys like they were her own, and she was more than a mother to them than I ever was.""I didn't know this," I said. "It took a while before we became a happy family again, or whatever this is. And um, that's that. Oh and Duke, he suffered this trauma the most. Duke and I aren't even as close as a mother and son are supposed to be. He pretends like he's alright but the trauma still haunts him, I know that."A part of me felt bad now as I thought about this. But if she was telling me this to justify their cold behavior, then I would have to ignore her reasons. I lost both my parents and I never bullied or belittled anyone before. I was suffering too!"I know they can be a lot, but they're just scared babies afraid of getting too attached so it doesn't all fall apart again. We would always tease her for styling her long dark hair tied high up in a ponytail instead of just letting it loose." She smiled to herself. A
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
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
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
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