CRYSTINA POV The terrible beeping of my alarm clock sent me jerking up from the bed. It took me a few seconds to realize that I was in my room. I’ve had a terrible nightmare about Luka growling at me. Wait! I think it wasn’t a nightmare. I ran my hands through my hair in frustration as the memories of the previous night came back to me. I hadn’t planned on going to his room, I thought I could escape meeting him last night but then, I was afraid of the consequences of my action if I did that so I went.When he started kissing me, I wanted to disappear from that place and never return to this house but I don’t understand why he affected me so much and made me yearn for more of his kisses. Just as I was processing what was going on, he pushed me back and yelled at me to leave his room. I was beyond embarrassed, I wished the floor would open and swallow me. Ashamed and so close to crying, I lifted my feet one after the other walking out of his room, biting down on my lips to stop the tea
Crystina’s POV I kept grinning from ear to ear as I walked back home in the evening. After what Nico had told me, I was excited and happy that my feelings for Nico wasn't one-sided. If I had to choose, I would’ve preferred the goddess making Nico my mate and not Luka. Nico is amazing, cool, and kind but Luka was the opposite, hot-headed, evil, and possessive. Every time I remember that he’s a part of my life, I get scared for my future but with Nico, everything seems fine. I feel happy whenever I hear his voice or our finger brushes against each other and my heart races whenever he smiles at me. With Luka, the opposite is the case one more time. I’m never happy to be with him, and I hate the fact that there’s nothing I can do about it. My eyes watered as I remembered Luka’s threat. He had said I belong to him and no other man. I don’t want to break Nico’s heart and I hope I find a way to get through this and be free so I can be with the man that I want. As soon as I stepped into t
Crystina’s POV Through the night, I didn’t sleep a wink. My eyes were fixated on the door as I covered myself with my blanket out of fear that Luka will break the door and walk in to finish what he started earlier and every time I heard a movement outside my door, my ear twitched and I would sit straight, waiting for the dreaded moment to pass. This went on through the night till daybreak. I was angry, no, I was mad at Luka and mad at myself for letting him kiss me that way the other night. If I hadn’t allowed him, he wouldn’t have had the audacity to touch me like that last night. A knock resounded on my door, dragging me out of my train of thoughts. Mary walked in even before I could tell her to. “Good morning, Ms. Mary,” I greeted. She took a glance at me, shook her head, and smacked her lips. “Did you not sleep at all last night?” She asked, taking in the eye bag and the dark circles under my eyes. I’m sure I look so terrible right now. “I couldn’t sleep,” I answered. “Even
Crystina’s POV My first class was art and I had the class with Paige. After we separated at the school gate, I went on to my locker to get my things while she went to the toilet to change her skirt. It was when she later joined me in class that I realized she was wearing her sportswear trouser, I felt really bad for talking to her that way earlier. I needed to apologize. “I reserved this seat for you,” I tapped the stool next to me as she got closer. She glared at me before dropping her bag on the floor and sitting on the stool. A smile lingered on my face at the thought of her not being mad at me.“I’m sorry about earlier. I shouldn’t have made that comment about your skirt. That was silly,” I grabbed her arm, she rolled her eyes like the drama queen that she was and pinched my cheek. “Ouch,” I cried out,” “You deserve that, silly. What’s with the phone and card from the powerful Alpha Luka?” She asked, changing the topic so quickly. I shrugged, not having an answer to that ques
LUKA’S POV When Crystina said she didn’t want the phone and the credit card, I was angry but then, I knew I had to be patient with her if I wanted her to trust me. After last night, I realized she’s right to be scared of me or even hate me. I deserve it! I deserve every hate and anger from her. I shouldn’t have done that to her but anger clouded my senses and I found myself hurting my mate. After she ran out of my room, I followed her intending to apologize and hold her close, but as I moved closer to her door, I could smell her fear mixed with her scent. Her heart was beating rapidly and I could hear it from the door. So, I waited for a few minutes, hoping she would calm down and when I realized she didn’t, I walked away. I came back more than five times during the night. She was calm but she was still wide awake. At some point, I crumbled in front of her door as guilt ate me up. My heartache from the thoughts of hurting my mate and Maxim, my wolf wasn’t helping. The gifts I gave
Crystina’s POV It was never in my plan to let Luka see the teddy bear I received from Nico. I didn’t even know he recorded his voice in the teddy bear, craziest thing is I never knew such teddy bears existed, if I had known, I would’ve been more careful. When Luka asked me to move into a room on the second floor, I’ve been so bothered about staying next door to him that I didn’t think about him ever noticing the teddy bear.“I love you, my Belle,” The words kept on ringing in my head as I stared at Luka who was glaring at me in turn. His pupils were no longer their usual color, they had turned pitch black and at that point, I knew his wolf was taking over. I swallowed hard as I broke into a cold sweat. Words failed me because I was so scared that whatever I said might annoy him more. “What is this?” He asked, his voice low, husky, and petrifying. I shook my head frantically, not sure about what to tell him. As he took steps closer to me, my mouth opened voluntarily on its own and I
Crystina’s POV “You have to kill me before I get into that car with you,” I refused. How am I supposed to explain to others when they see me alighting from a black sleek car that belonged to their Alpha? What if they find out I’m his mate? I hate the idea of riding in that car the more I thought about it. “You have to get in, Crystina. If you don’t, I’ll be forced to inform Alpha Luka about this,” “Why…” Words failed me as I stared at him in disbelief. I can’t believe I’m being forced to actually ride in his car to school. Frustrated, I sat down in the car, waiting for Derek to get in and drive me to school. It’s not like I have many choices anywhere. I’m almost late for the first class and if he gets Luka involved, I might arrive at school during lunch period. I really don’t want people to find out that I’m Luka’s mate. If they see me dropping from his car, they’ll put two and two together and find out. Alpha Luka is well loved within the pack, a lot of female wolves are in love
Luka’s POV “Thank you so much for coming here today, Alpha Luka. We didn’t expect that you would be interested to hear about the school ceremony,” The principal, grinned widely as she smiled at me. “Thank you for having me. It’s safe to say we all know how important that ceremony is. It’s a coming-of-age event for all the pups here. At least, they won’t be pups anymore but full-breed wolves now,” “It’s my pleasure, Alpha. Thank you for coming as well, Beta,” Baba smiled back at her but the smile slipped off in a second and his stoic face reappeared. We both walked out of the Principal’s office and told her not to bother seeing us off. “You can’t stand her for a second, Baba. It’s written all over your face,” “I’m sorry, Alpha,” He bowed. “You don’t have to apologize, I’m just curious about what your history is with her. Did you guys dated in the past?” He raised an eyebrow, questioning my curiosity with his eyes. It was so glaring that he wasn’t a fan of that woman and I’d noti
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