Crystina’s POV “How was your first day, Luna?” Miss Mary asked me as soon as I returned home. I gave her a small smile. “It was eventful,” In all sincerity, I didn’t have difficulty teaching those kids. They are so smart and adorable and they made everything so easy for me. I wasn’t expecting such cooperation from them because of how they replaced me with their old teacher. I guess the previous teacher must have done a good job training them because they had no resentment whatsoever. “That’s good. You should take a warm bath, I’ll bring you dinner,” “Thank you,” I guess having to eat my meals in my room had sent out the right message to everyone and now, they’ve accepted it as the new norm. I unlocked my door, expecting to walk into my shabby room but what I found wasn’t what I expected. The room that I left behind this morning was old, ugly, and unattractive but what I walked into was the beautiful room I’d ever laid my eyes on. I wasn’t expecting that and the view bought a w
LUKA’S POV The only reason why I survived through two nights was because of my mate. Crystina was right there by my side, holding my hand. I could barely lift a finger because of how weak I was. I was dying and she was there to help me through it all. Maxim also aided with the healing process and I was grateful I wasn’t wounded in my wolf form because that would’ve been disastrous. I’d gone with some of the warriors to inspect the borders because of some fishy movements around the perimeters. If only the warriors had reported the strange movement to me earlier, the casualty wouldn’t be up to this. I was not the only wounded wolf, more than ten of my warriors are wounded and about two or three turned up dead. Whoever planted that stupid dynamite in that place definitely has their plan of killing everyone off in my pack. And I swear that I’ll kill them once I lay my fingers on them. I turned to my side as slowly as possible and I saw Crystina sleeping like a baby. She was still hold
CRYSTINA’S POV After I was able to escape from Luka’s stronghold, I ran to my room to calm myself down. My heart was beating like a bitch from how close we were. It’s been a while since he held me like that and my stupid heart couldn’t take it. I got ready for class even though I knew I would be getting there late again. As I was having breakfast, the wannabe Luna, Mellissa walked into the dining area with a glare on her face, and that glare was directed at me. “Have you given Luka his meal?” She asked Mary. Mellissa was already parading herself as the new Luna of Moon Valley Pack both in the mansion and around the pack. “He rejected your meal, Mellissa,” At that point, the memories of that night when the doctor walked her out of the room came to my head and I laughed. I picked up my bag and walked out of the house. Even though a driver was waiting to take me to the school, I told him not to bother, I could walk. Once I move to the pack house, I wouldn’t have to walk such long di
CRYTSINA’S POV ‘Discusses what with Luka?” I took a deep breath before I turned to the door. There he was, looking pale and weak but still, I could feel the aura of anger coming from him. He must have heard some of the discussions I just had with his Beta, his question was just for clarification. “Alpha, you shouldn’t be up and about. Moreover, I wasn’t expecting you in the office today,” Beta interfered. Luka looked away from me for a minute, facing his Beta with a hard glare. For a moment, I almost thanked his Beta for saying something because I couldn’t find myself talking under the intensity of his stare. “Don’t try to change the topic, Baba,” he warned his Beta, his voice sounded inhumane. “Yes, Alpha,” Baba bowed before walking out of the room leaving me with the angry Alpha. He marched towards me and that was when I noticed he was slightly limping. He must be crazy to leave that house despite being at death’s door two days ago. “You want to move out of the house,” he men
LUKA’S POVREGRET!That was exactly what I felt after Crystina told me what happened between her and Aiden. I know I should’ve listened to her back then, I should’ve asked about her own side of the story but I was blinded by anger and jealousy that I judged her even without knowing anything.Now, I want to turn that regret to anger and get rid of that motherfucker who dared to hurt my mate. I know it’ll be hard for Crystina to trust me with anything from now on. She was building that trust and love for me and I couldn’t deny the fact that I was feeling it as well but now, I broke everything with my hands and I hate it.I hate myself for not trusting her, for not even listening to her. If anyone is to be tagged the most stupid wolf on earth, I deserve that award.“Where is he?” I barked as I walked into the dungeons where Harry was being kept. His first offense was touching my mate while his recent offense was the greatest. The CCTV Baba got had shown Harry at the borders a few minutes
CRYSTINA’S POV I was in my room on Friday night, trying to pack some of my clothes so I could get move my thugs to Luka’s apartment in the packhouse. It must have been empty for a while because Miss Mary told me she sent some cleaners to get the place ready today. Since the last confrontation I had with Luka, I haven’t seen him. I didn’t bother to ask about his whereabouts from anyone because that’ll make them think I care about him. I wouldn’t even want to know where he went because I might end up being heartbroken with my findings. I got the approval letter to move to the packhouse from Baba today but when he didn’t say anything about Harry, I guess I wouldn’t be allowed to see him. Maybe I would never get to know the answer to those questions of mine then. My door flew open, pushing me out of my thoughts. I turned to see Luka striding in like it was his room. “Haven’t you heard of knocking? What if I was naked?” I was angry at his sudden intrusion. He can’t just go missing in
CRYSTINA’S POV My eyes went wide at the sudden and tragic news. My heart went out to Grace and I wondered how she must have been coping with the news. I wanted to ask what happened to him but knowing Luka well, I sealed my lips. It was better to not as him and trigger one of his childish jealous traits again. “Won’t you ask me what happened to him?” I moved away from his hold and resumed what I was doing. I wasn’t ready to start another round of arguments over someone that I barely had two conversations with. “Do I have the right to ask that?” He shrugged. “Weren’t you anxious to see him the other day? I thought you wanted to ask him some questions,” “Since he’s dead now, I guess my questions would have to remain unanswered till I die,” Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and pulled me closer. “I was messing with you, he’s not dead. He’s just too weak to talk,” “Why? What happened?” This time, I couldn’t keep my curiosity at bay even though they always say curiosity killed the cat. H
LUKA’S POV Instantly, I started laughing and removed his mask. “What the hell Luka?” She yelled“I hate it when you sneak up on me like that,” I raised an eyebrow as I stared at her. It wasn’t my fault that she couldn’t recognize my scent immediately after I walked in, it was her fault for shutting her wolf out and breaking our mind link. I’d noticed the connection had been broken since the day I went to see her at the school but I decided against asking her about it because I didn’t want to scare her. “Apologies for that, your grace. I promise not to sneak up on you like that anymore even though that was fun,” I laughed. She glared at me before she twisted her hand into a fist and punched my chest. We were back in the room already and she won’t stop talking about how I scared the hell out of her. She punched me the second time and I fell to the floor, holding my chest, pretending I found it difficult to breathe. “Stop messing with me, Luka, and find something else to do,” I s
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