CRYSTINA’S POVThe full moon was the talk of the town. Almost everyone in the pack talked about it at every opportunity they could get. It rarely happened these days, the last time they witnessed a full moon was two years ago. From stories that I heard as a child, the full moon does happen once in a month or once in two months but these days, climate change has also affected it and the wolf’s full moon became a once in two years occurrence. Even the students were released from school to return home early as it was possible for some of the wolves to go rabid or mateless wolves to attack each other and nobody wants their kids to witness that. “How bad is it?” I asked Paige. She and Samer have also been talking about it. We were on our way out of the school premises because we had to ensure all students had left before we did. “Really bad. Some wolves go rabid, and newly marked mates also jump each other. It’s going to be a long crazy night. I guess I’ll have to lock myself in my room
LUKA’S POV “How do you feel?” I asked Crystina as I placed my lips on her temple and caress her face. My palm was large enough to hold her small face. I smiled at her and she smiled back. It was morning already, the moment I’d dreaded the most and I hope she doesn’t hate me for what happened last night. Last night, after I realized she was already asleep in the kitchen, I picked her up to bed so she could sleep better while I went out of the room. I was on the balcony when the full moon appeared in the sky and the first thing I felt was a sudden cold air against my skin before a tingling sound resonated in my ear. My entire body was as if it was on fire and I closed my eyes to control my mind. The first thing that appeared to me was my mate, Crystina and at the thoughts of her, I stood up from the balcony to check on her. She was still sleeping soundly and that brought a smile to my face despite the fact that I was dying inside. At least,
CRYSTINA’S POV Luka hadn’t said a word to me since the day after the full moon. It has been awkward and unusual to be in the same space as him and not argue or talk with him. He would come home late at night after I’m asleep and leave very early in the morning before I woke up. I know he was angry about what happened but it was all a misunderstanding. Yes, he was right that I was disappointed about marking him. I’d never planned on laying claim on Luka in the heat of the moment like that. All my life, I’ve thought about marking my mate after I heard female wolves could mark their mates as well. I’d always thought of laying my claim on someone that I love but with Luka, that thought never occurred to me. It was never in my plan to mark Luka because I don’t love him. That marking was the only thing that I had left after everything was taken away from me. It was the disappointment that made me cry and not the fact that it was Luka that got my mark. Today, I plan on waiting for him t
CRYSTINA’S POV After Nico’s wedding, I and Luka went back to ignoring each other again. I wasn’t ready to talk to him because I didn’t believe he could do that to me. He told me himself not to talk to Nico and now, he took me to his wedding, for what exactly? What was he trying to prove? Was he testing me or trying to see what my reaction would be to seeing Nico getting engaged?Nico is my best friend and of course, my first love, I wouldn’t deny that but after seeing him at his mating ceremony I didn’t feel sad about anything. In fact, my feelings were indifferent and I was happy for him. A tiny part of me wished that was me standing beside Nico but as long as this universe exists, I don’t think that was possible anymore.That part of me that wanted to be together with Nico was somehow dead and I can’t deny the fact I was a little pained about this. My eyes met that of Luka more than once during the ceremony and he had that smirk plastered on his face. It’s been four days since the
CRYSTINA’S POV Luka had an evil smirk plastered on his face as I walked into the house. I don’t know why or what was going on but I watched that smirk slip off his face as I moved closer to him. His jaw clenched and I could see the veins running through his neck. He was angry about something but I was too pissed to care about that. “Why didn’t you tell me about Paige’s family?” I asked calmly. I knew attacking him instantly like that wasn’t smart but I couldn’t think twice about approaching the matter in another way. “She’s your best friend, isn’t she? You care more about her so why should I be the one to tell you about what happened to her.” He spat. He turned away from me. I watched his back as he walked into the bedroom. “She didn’t tell me anything and you made me a fool out there the same way you did at Nico’s wedding. Why didn’t you tell me he was the one getting married?”“As I said earlier, they’re your best friends, I’m nobody to you,” “That doesn’t explain why you did t
LUKA’S POV I wasn’t expecting that reaction from Crystina. I knew we had a heated argument before I came downstairs but I didn’t expect her to gag because Luna Ruth wanted to shake her hand. So, instead of waiting, I quickly apologized to Mellissa’s mom and ran after Crystina. She covered her mouth with a hand while trying to force the toilet door in my office open. Quickly, I intervened and opened the door for her. She ran into the bathroom and that was when I realized she didn’t fake it, she actually felt nauseous for real. I bent down and held her hair for her so it won’t get messed up. I ran my hand through her back, calming her down, and said some soothing words till she stopped. “Are you okay?” I asked her once she was done. She shook her head and opened her eyes slightly. “I feel a little bit dizzy,” I kissed her hair as we both sat on the floor of my office. I was holding her in my hands and I could feel her lukewarm temperature. “You’ll be fine, I promise. Do you want m
CRYSTINA’S POVIt’s been three days since I found out I was pregnant and things haven’t been the same for me. I couldn’t stop thinking about how I’d lost every bit of freedom that was left for me. This pregnancy is an end game for me. If I have this child, I wouldn’t be able to do anything for myself anymore. I’ll have to stay beside Luka for the rest of my life. I’ll have to be his trophy woman for as long as I live. This wasn’t what I wanted. This wasn’t the way I planned it and I’m so stupid for giving in several times to Luka without thinking of what the effect would be. I keep turning and tossing through the night, finding it difficult to sleep. I could hear Luka’s heavy breathing and footsteps at an interval and I knew he wasn’t sleeping as well. He was probably busy with work. By morning, I’d browsed the ten thousand ways to get rid of a child. The safest was going back to the hospital but I doubt if they would perform the procedure without telling Luka about it. I wish I wa
Luka's POV "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? Ever since Crystina came into my life, I never thought there would be a moment where I would cry this hard, and hate myself this much. She hates me, I know that and I understand that but trying to hurt our baby, a child that doesn't have anything to do with this is too extreme. Even if she doesn't want the child, she should at least discuss this with me before trying to find a way to get rid of the baby. I've been waiting for her to tell me she was pregnant, I've been waiting for her to share the big news with me but each day, that hope gets deflated and I knew I had to take action before she could hurt herself. I thought if she quit her job at the school and return to the mansion, she would have enough people to look after her and take care of her and she would get enough rest but instead, I didn't know she was busy trying to find a way to get rid of the baby. I didn't mean to go through her phone or even check her browsing history. I came back h
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