CRYSTINA’S POV Even though Luka had said he would ground me for not telling him about what had happened between Mellissa and me, nothing happened. I can’t say if he actually told the guards or maids to not let me out of the house because I didn’t make any attempt to leave myself. Kris had been on edge since the day we fought Mellissa and she wasn’t in the best mood to be among people. It might be dangerous that way. I only allowed her for a run last night and it was for a few minutes before we returned back home. I didn’t want her to go too far and still, she wouldn’t stop nagging and complaining about how I was a party pooper. She said if only I had allowed her to fight others during the past year, they would’ve known she wasn’t that easygoing type. Her complaints weren’t my major concern and neither would I give her nagging a second thought on a normal day. I’ve been worried about Paige. I haven’t heard anything from her since three days ago when we met at the restaurant. She was
LUKA’S POV “To what do I owe this unpleasant visit, Mellissa?” I grumbled as I walked into my office to see Mellissa sitting at my table with a wide grin on her face. “Since when did my visit become unpleasant, Alpha? I thought I was your guest, shouldn’t you treat me with kindness?” After what she did to my mate, I planned on walking her out of my pack forever but on second thought and out of respect for her father, I left her alone hoping she’ll decide to leave once she wants to. “You didn’t treat my mate with kindness, so why should I reciprocate something you didn’t do?” I challenged. “I guess you only cared about her own side of the story and wouldn’t bother with mine,” I smirked at her stupidity. For the past three days, I’ve been pestering Crystina to tell me what caused that fight between them but my mate was so stubborn that she refused. “Get off my table,” She stood up, straightened her skirt, and walked toward me. “Whatever lies she told you isn’t what actually hap
CRYSTINA’S POV He called me Crystina! Luka called me Crystina and it felt strange. When was the last time he called me by my name? It felt different because I could feel the anger and pain behind those words. I’m utterly confused about what was going on. Why was he so angry? Why did he want to kill Aiden that badly? After Luka left, I picked up the pieces of my pride and dignity from the floor, rubbed them against the surface of my hurt, and walked out along with Paige. Paige held my hand as we walked out of the hotel room. A little crowd had gathered to watch us and as I walked by and past them, I could hear their gossip, and whispers and I can’t even understand what they were saying. “You’re wounded, Crystina,” Paige shrieked as we walked into my bedroom at Luka’s mansion. I couldn’t even bear walking into his room right now. He’s asked me to stay away from him. “It’s not that bad,” I plopped onto the bed. “What do you mean it’s not that bad? You’re bleeding,” I examined my pal
CRYSTINA’S POV Luka had no right to call me a slut. Even though his anger is justified to an extent, he still didn't have the right to speak to me that way. He didn’t even allow me to explain what had happened before passing judgment. He can decide to ignore me and not talk to me again, he can even break the mate bond but never in his life does he have the right to call me a slut. I clenched my fist at my side and regretted not slapping him one more time. I was angrier than I’d been when I walked into the room a few minutes ago. I’d come with the intention of explaining and working things out but it appears Luka has already made up his mind. Luka was staring at me murderously, I could see the color of his eyes had turned to pitch black, he was glaring at me murderously. I suddenly remembered how dangerous Alphas can get. Did I just dig my death hole?He began walking towards me slowly like a predator trying to catch his prey. I thought about running for my life but I remained roote
CRYSTINA’S POV Mellissa had a big and victorious smile on her face as she walked into the house with her designer’s ensemble. I turned to look at Luka for the first time that day and he was staring at Mellissa with a smile. “Welcome Mellissa,” he gestured for her to sit next to him. “We’re having lunch right now and I was hoping you would love to join,” “Of course, it would be an honor to have lunch with Alpha and Luna,” She gave me a side-eye. Turning to Mary, Luka instructed, “Direct these men to the room before mine on the second floor. I’d called for the interior decoration. Once they’re here as well, do the same,” he commanded. Mary gave me a look before she walked the men to the second floor. Mellissa turned to me and bowed. “Hello, Luna. It’s been a while since I saw your face. Ooh, I think I saw it yesterday on the news blog,” I bit down on my lower lip to stop the tears that threatened to fall. I scoffed. “Good for you,” I picked up my plate, ready to walk out of the r
LUKA’S POV On Thursday morning, I ordered an arrest of Harryand the owner of that newsletter. I wanted to find out the root of the news and whoever decided to make such news public needs to be taught a lesson. Nobody messes with the Alpha’s family and thinks they’ll ever go scot-free. It wasn’t possible. That would never happen during my time. Before I left the office, the warriors that I sent came back with unpleasant news. “What happened? Where are they?” “The identity of the owner of the blog is unknown. Nobody knows whoever they are and it has been that way since they started operating three years ago. As for Aiden, he’s nowhere to be found, Alpha,” “What!”“We’ve increased the patrol around the pack and equipped them with necessary information. We’ll find him, Alpha,” I left the office in both anger and frustration. I’m still not on talking terms with Crystina because I can’t even bear to look at her without getting angry. The images were still in my head and I tried to co
Crystina’s POV After I saw Mellissa and Luka almost kissing in his room or maybe they were done kissing, I ran out of the house and kept running till I got tired, too tired to even cry. I ended up at the bus station and stayed under the pavilion for hours before returning back to his house. It was on my way back that tears slipped out of my eyes. He said there was nothing between them, he told me Mellissa meant nothing to him and she was just a nobody. How come he was kissing her and holding her tenderly? That was all a lie. It was Monday morning already and that means, I have to resume at the pre-school as planned together with Paige. Throughout the weekend, I’d tried to avoid both Mellissa and Luka. I didn’t take a step out f my room, I had every of my meal right on my bed even though I had no appetite for it. This morning, I did the same thing. I already heard Luka’s voice outside of the house so I turned and took the back door. To avoid Luka, I had to pay the price of walking
LUKA’S POV My Beta, Baba told me that Crystina would be teaching at the preschool from Monday, and throughout the weekend, I looked forward to dropping her off at the school myself either if she wants it or not. I couldn’t bear the thought of her walking down to the school all the way from my place. Even if we’re not on talking terms, that doesn’t mean I should let her suffer like that. Those were my own thoughts but I didn’t know she had other plans of her own. I waited outside on Monday morning till around ten but she didn’t show up. It was when I asked Mary to check her room that I realized she was gone. During lunch, I went to the school to see the principal for something else because I swore not to step foot into that school for a while because of Crystina. As I passed by a class, the first thing that hit me was her scent. I took a turn to take a look at her but what I saw made me stop in my tracks, she was flirting with a guy. I wanted to change my mind and just walk away bu
Paige's POV "I didn't expect to see your face again or even see you marked by my brother," I rolled my eyes as I decided to ignore Carter no matter what. Gabriel and I together with Azel arrived at the palace two seconds ago and I'm so unfortunate the person who came to meet us at the door was no one else but mother fucking Carter. "Hello to you, Carter," I said with a fake big smile. "I know that smile is fake, Paige. You can't fool me," "Maybe you should stop stressing the girl out so much," Azel advised. We hadn't even walked into the palace yet because of Gabriel. Gabriel was speaking to a woman on the far end side of ours. "Aww, don't get too jealous, Paige. He marked you already, he can't jump to another woman just like that," "You're a pandemic," I told him. He wasn't just an arch nemesis to Gabriel, he was a problem to everyone around him except Azel. I've been thinking of so many ways to get rid of him and I just couldn't come up with something that'll kill
Paige's POV"Do you want me to come over there?" Crystina asked from the other end of the line. I shook my head as if she could see me.After several days of mopping and locking myself in my room, I found the courage to call my parents and I asked them to tell me the truth and not leave any stone unturned. Even though they were both adamant at first, my mother cracked first. She told me she had begged my father not to do it but he didn't listen. My father didn't talk to me even after I was done talking to my mom and I didn't care. They lied to me all my life, they made me hate a different person, they almost made me leave Gabriel and made an innocent person apologize for the sins his father didn't commit. I asked them not to contact me anymore. I told my mother she should be rest assured that I'll be fine because it's obvious I'll be safer with the Lucien's brothers than with my own family. "You don't have to. Moreover, we'll be leaving for the palace in a day," I replied Crystina
Paige's POV "Lucien didn't do it," Carter said. He picked up a grape from the fruit bowl, ate one, and offered me the next one. I shook my head. "Who did?" He shrugged. "I wasn't really particularly interested in the story because it would've been more interesting if they'd said my father did it," I clenched my teeth. His answer wasn't what I wanted and his words were beginning to piss me off. "Carter, who did?" "Why do I think you're angry? I can smell your anger," "Because I need a fucking answer," I yelled."It was you, right? You're the girl in the story," "That's none of your business, I just need an answer," "No wonder that bastard hasn't marked you yet. He's probably stalling from marking a wolfless bitch," I clamped my lips together, forcing myself to swallow whatever it is I wanted to say. "Listen, Carter. You can keep the tale, I don't want to know," I turned, ready to leave again. "What happened to you was tragic," It was his game and the little time I'd spent
Paige's POV"Someone looks ready for training," Gabriel teased as I walked down the stairs. I was in my training gear already excited for the training. How could someone be so excited about getting exhausted and sweaty? That someone is me by the way. I know it's going to be hard but I'm ready in every way. I've been training for a month already and I get stronger each time. "I guess," I shrugged. I walked past him to pick up a bottle of water from the fridge. When I turned back to look at him, I caught him staring at my ass. Since the last time, we haven't made an attempt to make out not to talk about having sex. It's not like the spark died because I could still feel the sexual tension between us but I believe something else changed in Gabriel. I can't know what's going through his head but it's a lot sometimes and he acts on it. He thinks I'll break if he touched me. If I want him, I have to pull him in myself. "Quit staring at my ass, commander," He gave a small smile and looked
Paige's POVI tried to wrap my head around what Gabriel meant by his words and I couldn't bring myself to find an answer to that. I was shocked by his words and I couldn't understand it. I've been playing with Azel because he was too busy to have my time and I didn't want to be a bitch by demanding his attention every time. "What are you talking about, Gabriel?" He clicked his tongue. "You don't want me around you. Don't try to deny it, Piage," I had to interrupt him at that point. "That's not true, Gabriel. You've been busy and I didn't want to be an additional problem by complaining," "You've been giving your attention to Azel. You don't even look at me when I come home either in the day or at night," "That's because you don't stay for more than five minutes when you come home during the day and at night, you come home late. I try to stay awake and wait for you but you just never come," He stared at me, ran his hand into his hair, and slumped into his chair. "I stay for five
Paige's POV"Get off my path, you demon," I yelled at Azel as I tabbed the game console with more anger. He was growling, yelling back at me. "Move your ass, you're not a snail for fuck sake, Princess," I snarled at him and he winked. I still don't understand how I get so worked up about these games and Azel can still compose his shit to look like gold. Two weeks have passed since Gabriel and I declared how important we were to each other. He's been busy at the Pack, rarely having time for me. Still, I always wake up to breakfast that he made while the chef he hired fixes dinner for me. Most times, when I wake up in the morning, he's gone and I don't even have the privilege to see him before bed. I miss him so much but I didn't want to complain and act like a clingy mate so I shut my trap and let him do whatever he wanted. Sometimes, I would sneak into the training ground in the early hours of the morning to watch him train with the others and when I'm satisfied with his looks, I'
Paige's POV"Do you really want to know the answer to that?" I asked him. He stared at me, his eyebrows furrowed. I knew he was surprised by my question but I believed at the same time that he needed to be mentally prepared for the truth. "I think so. If you want to tell me, then I want to know," I nodded. I sat up, leaning away from his body and into the sofa so we could sit opposite each other. We stared at ourselves for a while before I looked away. "Originally, I'm from Lucien's pack," I said, holding my breath."You're a Northerner," he said, in disbelief. I nodded."Yes, I'm a Northerner. According to my parents, they said my dad was a Beta to your dad at some point before we had to leave. I don't know how true that is anyway," He appeared to be thinking about something. "I know every Beta that my dad had because I had to work with them at some point. What's your family name?" "We go by Drews now but previously, we were called Rowards" Gabriel shook his head. "That doesn
Paige's POVAfter having our breakfast by evening, we settled into the living room and put on the TV. "Do you think we should play some video games instead?" Gabriel asked. I shook my head.I was waiting for him to sit beside me so I could cuddle with him. His body felt warm and I wanted more of his warmth. I so longed for him beside me that I wanted to cry. Whatever was happening to me is something that I don't understand but now, I don't think I can take a step away from this man."I don't know how to play any video games," His eyes widened in surprise. Laughter kissed my lips but I held it in. I was actually surprised to see him surprised. "Well, that makes two of us," He dropped the game console, and the laughter I'd been holding dropped out of my mouth. He sat beside me and watched as I laughed, a smile dancing on his lips."Why did you ask me to play a game with you when you didn't know how to play yourself?" He shrugged. "I don't know, I just thought you would know how to a
Paige's POVWhen we finally came out of the room, it was past midday. Well, the shower took longer than expected and we spent two hours cooped up in the four walls of my bathroom while he banged the fucking life out of me. My toes still curl at the thoughts of him filling me up. A smile lingers on my lips and my heart softens like a cellophane paper. I can still feel his taste on my tongue and his touches on my body.I needed more, it was as if I became addicted to Gabriel all of a sudden. I don't think I can get enough of those kisses and his touches and the way my body shook with tremors every time he filled me up to the brim. I couldn't control my screams. At some point, I had to cover my mouth with my palm but Gabriel removed my hand and told me it was okay. I could scream all I wanted, he loved it that way. Quickly, he replaced my hands with his lips. Right there in the bathtub, he took me thrice while I molded my body against his, my tiny legs wrapped around his body and his h