VALERIA"I love you too. No matter how much I try to hate you, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with you all over again.” The words had slipped out of my trembling lips before I could even stop myself.What the fuck just happened?! Did I really say those words?! What the hell came over me?! I couldn't believe my own ears?! The fuck!!!!Wait a damn minute... I just confessed to my sworn enemy that I love him!I must have gone nuts at this point!I just told Reese the one thing I've been fearing to do all my life—hell, I told him that I love him—something I've been denying to acknowledge all my life.The confession hung in the air, a fragile truth I hadn’t even fully admitted to myself.My heart drummed furiously, every beat louder than the last, as Reese’s eyes darkened with something deeper, something primal.Before I could gather my thoughts or convince myself, that I didn’t really mean it; Reese was on me.The kiss took me by surprise, so swift and sure that I couldn’t even gathe
REESEI couldn’t stop the words from slipping out, even though I knew the moment they left my mouth that I was crossing a line. “What if I don’t want this to be an act, Valeria?”Her eyes widened, and she blinked like she’d just been slapped. I knew I shouldn’t have said it, but I couldn’t keep pretending. Ever since we’d made love at her place, my emotions had been on a wild ride, a rollercoaster of emotions stamping all over the place and one I couldn’t control no matter how hard I tried.I wanted her so badly it was like a constant ache, gnawing at me every second we were apart. And every time she looked at me, every fleeting touch, every smile—real or forced—it only made things worse. Valeria’s reaction was immediate; she shook her head almost frantically. “No, Reese. You know we can’t do that.” The frustration inside me bubbled over. I was sick of this dance we’d been doing, tiptoeing around what we both felt but refusing to admit. Hell, I wanted her, and I was so damn tired of
REESEI jolted awake, a violent shiver running through my body as the remnants of the nightmare clung to me like a cold, suffocating fog. My heart pounded each beat like a drum against my ribs, loud and erratic, like the galloping of a thousand horses.I gasped for breath, the darkness of my room closing in on me. The nightmare had been so vivid, so terrifying, that for a moment, I wasn’t sure if I was awake or still trapped in that hellish loop.My body ached from the tension, and my muscles locked tight as though I’d truly been running for miles. I sat up, raking a trembling hand through my hair, my mind racing with the echoes of Valeria’s screams."Reese! Help me!" Her voice rang relentlessly in my head, causing me to clench my hands into tight fists as I tried to make the searing pain in my chest disappear.I blinked repeatedly, hoping it was just a nightmare and not reality.I gulped down a lump that had formed in my increasingly dry throat.My eyes darted to the clock on the wal
REESEValeria stood there, hair slightly tousled, wearing an oversized sweater that clung to her curves in a way that made my breath hitch. Instantly, relief flooded through me so forcefully that I almost staggered.I didn't realize how relieved the mere sight of her could bring me.I swept my gaze over her, searching for any sign of bruises or anything out of place. She looked unharmed, perfectly fine, but my pulse was still erratic, and I couldn’t shake the unease. The images of the sharp-edged dagger piercing through my chest and blood gushing out from the horrid nightmare flashed through my mind out of nowhere, almost making me gasp. But I quickly restrained myself and straightened up.“Why are you staring at me like that?” She asked, her brows furrowing in confusion, snapping me out of my jumbled thoughts.I forced a chuckle, trying to play it off. “Nothing, I just... missed you.” The truth was too raw to admit. I didn’t want to burden her with my nightmare or the paranoia eating
VALERIAAfter Reese left with the kids, giving me some alone time, I puffed out a deep sigh, rubbing my temples.I had been slightly surprised to see Reese by the door this early morning. I knew that he was coming for Derek as I had requested, but I was expecting him to come later in the evening after the kids had returned from school.However, I didn't fail to notice the edge in his voice and the fear lurking behind his eyes. I wondered what could have happened to have propelled him to rush to my house at such odd hours of the day.Despite how slightly tousled he appeared and the bags underneath his eyes, he still looked breathtakingly handsome. I couldn't deny how erratic my breathing became and the way my nipples pebbled into two sharp points underneath my shirt.I heaved a deep sigh, running a frantic hand through my hair as I made my way to the bathroom.At any rate, I had to get ready for the board meeting. Lately, things have been straining between us, even though it started so
VALERIAHe stared at me, his expression twisted with something that looked like a mix of anger and desperation. “I don’t want it to be an act, Valeria."I laughed bitterly, a sound that was more hollow than amusing. “I saw the news, Reese. The paparazzi hounded you after you dropped the kids off at school. You say you’re serious, but how can I believe any of it?”Reese’s eyes flashed with an emotion I couldn’t quite place. “So what? I told you I’m done pretending, Valeria. I’m not playing games anymore.”I folded my arms across my chest, trying to build a barrier between us that could withstand his persistence. “Stop whining like a child. This is all an act, even the sex.” The words tasted sour on my tongue, but I had to say them. I had to make him believe that what we shared was nothing more than a lapse in judgment. Because if I didn’t, I might start to believe otherwise.Reese’s face fell in disappointment as he looked away, clearly hurt by my words.But it already slipped out befo
VALERIAReese’s words left me shocked, breathless, and devoid of thoughts. A chill crawled up my spine the moment I got the call. Derek was sick, just like Dave. I could barely breathe as I hung up the phone. My heart thudded aggressively against my chest as fear clawed up in my throat.How could this be? This was making it the second time that something like this had happened to the kids, although, the last time, they fell unconscious.The relief that Reese was already on his way to my house was a small comfort. We needed to get the kids to the hospital as quickly as possible. My mind raced with a thousand thoughts, all of them dark and twisted, coiling like vipers around my sanity.I hurried to carry Dave downstairs, his small body burning up against mine. Sweat coated his skin, and his fever was a raging fire I couldn’t put out.I placed him gently on the couch and ran to the kitchen, grabbing ice and wrapping it in a cloth. With shaky hands, I gently placed the cool ice wrapped in
VALERIAA cold, creeping fear settled into my bones. This was worse than anything I had imagined.I felt like the ground had disappeared beneath me, like I was falling into a bottomless pit. My knees wobbled, and I had to steady myself against Reese, who immediately wrapped an arm around me, his touch the only thing keeping me grounded.“What are we going to do now?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper, trembling with the weight of my fear. I looked up at Reese, searching for answers, for reassurance—anything to pull me back from the edge of despair.Reese’s jaw tightened, and I could see the struggle in his eyes. He wanted to be strong, to be the rock I needed, but the fear was there, too, just beneath the surface. “Don’t worry, Valeria,” he said, his voice steady but strained. “We can’t lose hope. There has to be a way to save them.”He pulled out his phone and started making calls, his voice urgent as he spoke to various contacts, trying to locate a healer. But with each passi
VALERIA And just like that, everything was beginning to look up for the better. Bree, Chase, and Cynthia were now executed, ushering a phase of new beginnings for the Blue Moon Pack. I couldn't be prouder of my kids for saving us times without numbers! With tears blurring my vision, I looked down on my kids, hugging us tightly, fighting the whirlpool of emotions threatening to spill over. They had saved me and Reese on countless occasions, and now, they had saved their grandfather, the former king, and Alpha of the Prestigious Blue Moon Pack, Marion. I couldn't believe my ears when he narrated that my twins, Dave and Derek, were the ones that appeared to him in a dream, warning him of the impending danger we were in and even guided him back to the pack he had lost track of. These kids were more powerful than I had ever imagined. They alone faced off Chase and Cynthia and even Bree. This was just another solid proof that the Moon goddess was always on our side. It had
MARION The sound of the execution drum echoed in the distance, marking the end of an era. My heart felt heavy as I watched Bree, Cynthia, and Chase being led away to meet their fate. As they were dragged away, the sounds of chains clinking faintly in the distance. They were once part of my life—Bree, the woman I had loved so deeply, and Chase, the boy I believed was my son. But that love was a lie, a festering wound that had rotted from the inside. It was over now, and with their execution, I hoped to close the chapter on that betrayal. How did it come to this?! The weight of it all settled heavily on my chest. I never imagined it would end like this—executions carried out in the name of justice, and yet, there was no joy in my heart, no sense of victory. Only a deep, gnawing ache. I turned to face Reese. My son. My pride. And his children—my grandchildren. I had been apart from them for so long, but now, we were together again. Instead, I sought solace in the eyes o
BREEI never imagined it would come to this. Banishment. Exile from the Blue Moon Pack. Fuck!I paced the cold, dimly lit hall, and I clenched my fists, my nails digging into my palms until it hurt. But the pain did little to calm the storm inside me. After everything I had worked so hard for, how could this be happening? My life's ambition, my every calculated move to ascend the throne, all of it now lay in ruins. The air around me felt suffocating, and my vision blurred with anger and disbelief. "Why?" I whispered, my voice trembling. "Why was this happening to me?"The answer was simple: they had found out. Reese's food. Damn it! How could I have been so careless? What a fool I’d been to let myself be caught like that. The footage was undeniable, raw, and vivid—it showed exactly how I spiked Reese’s cup of tea. No excuses, no plausible deniability. Just my treachery laid bare for all to see. And Marion. My husband. The man who had once hung on every word I said, whose loyalty I
BREE When power corrupts you, it seeps into every corner of your soul, twisting your thoughts and poisoning your actions. It wasn’t immediate, not at first. In the beginning, it was ambition—an innocent desire to rise above my station. But now, as I stared at the reflection in the polished glass, I barely recognized the woman staring back at me. The effects of the black magic I’d meddled with had crept deep into my veins, making me easily irritable, my moods volatile. I found myself lashing out at the maids, the servants, even little Reese when Marion wasn’t around. Of course, I couldn’t afford to show that side of myself in his presence—not when I hadn’t yet achieved what I set out to do.I couldn’t afford for him to notice my change in behaviour, not when I was so close to everything I’d been working for. But it wasn’t just Marion standing in my way anymore. I had a far greater adversary, one I didn’t fully comprehend until it was too late.Reese. That child. The rumoured vessel
BREE"Ahem!"A deep voice from the shadow almost made me jump.I was so blown away by the view in front of me that I didn't notice the huge king-size bed in the corner and a huge white-beard man clad in a luxurious golden robe seated on the bed, watching me intently.The Alpha! The famous Alpha Marion!!!My eyes widened in admiration and fear. He was... was there even a perfect description for a godlike Alpha wolf seated before me? He was magnificent! I had never had the honor of meeting the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack closely before. This was....surreal!I quickly fell on my knees on impulse and bowed my head, paying my respects.As omegas, we dare not stand on our feet in the presence of the Alpha and even look him in the eyes. That's how we're programmed to act anyway, but the ever-ambitious Bree had always craved more.People laughed, derided me, and called me a fool forever, believing that a beta talkless of alpha would look in my direction. Taking interest? Nah, it's never going
BREEYou know that moment when you start hating your kids? Yep, that was the stage I was at right now.Or perhaps the dark magic was already consuming my heart, as the witch had warned.Maybe hate was a strong word, but I was indifferent, and I spent less time with her family. I was always locked in the hidden chambers, honing my dark magic skills, biding my time until it was ripe.It took me a long time, but I knew that I had to be patient if I wanted to achieve substantive results.It's been weeks since I've paid a visit to the witch, and ever since, I've been honing my skills and trying to follow the instructions she had given meticulously to avoid any complications to the spell. I needed the spell to prepare the portion that would inevitably eliminate my husband for good as the witch had promised.I was counting on her words...I had one goal in mind: to lay claim to the position of the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack. That's right. I was going to be the first female Alpha of the Blue
BREEThen silence followed in fear that a man who was supposed to be long dead was standing right in front of everyone!The silence that followed his statement felt deafening, almost suffocating. My heart hammered in my chest, and for a moment, I couldn’t breathe. My mind raced, trying to make sense of what I was hearing, but it didn’t make sense. How could he be standing here after all these years?I stumbled back a step, the weight of his words pressing against my chest, making it hard to breathe. “That’s impossible. I saw it myself. There’s no way you could have survived that.”Marion’s lips curled into a grim smile, his eyes dark with the weight of his truth. “I was kidnapped, Bree. Taken far away, to another pack. One so distant I didn’t even know how to trace my way back.”I blinked, shaking my head as if I could somehow shake away his words. But they clung to me, suffocating me and pulling me down into the abyss of realization.Kidnapped? Dumped in some distant pack? But I had
BREEFor the first time in years, I felt true fear. My entire plan, the careful manipulations, and the decades of secrecy had suddenly crumbled around me in an instant.Marion’s eyes locked on mine, cold and unforgiving. His lips curled into a bitter, twisted smile. “You thought wrong.”His voice reverberated through the hall, deep and gravelly, full of unspoken menace. I felt the room shift, the pack’s attention snapping away from me and toward him. The murmurs grew louder, a wave of uncertainty sweeping through the ranks.“Your time is over, Bree,” Marion growled, his eyes never leaving mine. “I never thought you would go this far. But now I see... I see exactly what you’ve become.”I gripped the staff tighter, the familiar surge of power flowing through me, but it did little to quell the panic rising in my chest. He wasn’t supposed to be here. He wasn’t supposed to be *alive*.“You don’t understand,” I spat, my voice rising in desperation. “I did this for us—for the pack. You were
BREEToday, victory never tasted so sweet.I beamed at my reflection in the mirror. I was clad in an extravagant, luxurious Victorian ball dress befitting of the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack. Everything was in order, and the fact that I would soon be crowned the new Alpha sent excited shivers down my spine.The day is finally here, and all my plans have been running smoothly till the very end.Oh Marion, if only you were still alive to witness my ascend to the throne... but that would have been a bumper to my plans now, wouldn't it?It was better I got rid of you to fulfill it. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be here today.By now, Valeria and Reese, alongside their good-for-nothing twins, would have been eliminated by Chase and Cynthia as planned.A devilish grin curled up at the corner of my lips in jubilation.This was just the beginning of the new chapter that I had always wanted!How satisfying!!!A light tap on the door snapped me out of my thoughts.I adjusted my dress, smoothing it ca