Adea
Shane walked through the kitchen door, his stride confident, his eyes dark. When they lock on me there’s a flicker of emotion there and I fight the urge to cower under his gaze. The need to run pumps through my veins, but I fight it tooth and nail and return the same energy he’s shooting my way. The corner of his lip twitches before it turns into a full on smirk as he walks across the room. Shane makes his way past me and his sister to take his seat in his usual spot. Gabe elbows me, a reminder to get their breakfast on their plates. The sooner they eat, the sooner we can leave. Today, we went for simple and easy. I filled their plates with scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and bacon.
I bow in greeting as the Alpha and his mate walk through the other entrance. Alpha Joshua and Luna Rose look the exact same they did when I first came to Half Moon. They haven’t aged a day. I like to think it is their love that keeps them young. Alpha is tall like Shane, has black wavy hair and gray eyes, while Luna rose has pencil straight brown hair and obsidian eyes.
“You don’t need to leave Adea. Come, sit and have breakfast with us,” Alpha said warmly.
All eyes are on me so I can’t leave now. I grab a plate and Gabe fills my plate with scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, and buttered toast. I look up to say thank you, but he gives me a snotty smile. So instead of saying thank you I swat his arm holding the tongs and turn from him. I walk over to the table, the only seat available is between Mavy and Shane. She waves me over eagerly and I try to hide my reluctance as I walk over to them. I take a seat in between the twins.
Shane leans forward and hovers over his plate. He doesn’t have to turn to me for me to feel his eyes on me. Mavy takes a bite of bacon and dances in her seat. I can’t help but smile as I watch her. She turns to me and flips her hair over her shoulder.
“Trent is coming over before school if you wanna hitch a ride with us,” Mavy says excitedly.
I fight the urge to groan, but Shane groans clearly not wanting to hear about his sister with Trent. I was curious about what his thoughts were when it came to his sister and finding her forever partner. Mavy looks at me expectantly. My mouth is full and before I have the chance to chew my food, I swallow it down. My eyes water as the hard toast cuts my throat. I hit my chest with my fist and Mavy grabs her glass of water. She offers it up and I grab it and drink it down.
“I’d love to, but I can’t,” I say through a fit of coughs. “I’ve got to get some stuff done before school. You guys go on ahead.”
Trent and Mavy aren’t dating but his feelings were obvious. Mavy was waiting for her one true mate, the one the Moon Goddess made and picked out for you. Even though she was waiting until she came of age, everyone knew she had a thing for him. The last thing I wanted was to be the third wheel to their early morning ride. I could already see Trent giving me the stink eye the whole way to school.
No thanks.
“Oh… okay, Adea,” Mavy says sadly.
Mavy gives me a smile before turning back to her plate. I watch as she pushes her food around her plate. She’s sad now, but I know without a doubt I’ll be forgotten as soon as she hops into Trent’s car. There’s a scoff to my left and I turn to look at Shane. I give him the arched eyebrow what-the-fuck look.
“What?” Shane asks.
“I don’t know what—”
“What do you have to do? Dishes? Scrub the toilets? Take out the trash? I’d like to know what’s so important,” Shane spat.
I don’t know where this venom is coming from or why he even cares. There was once a time where we could have been friends, but something happened and he started giving me the cold shoulder. Alpha Joshua fixed his son with a look.
“Did I say something wrong?” Shane taunted.
“Shane,” Alpha Joshua warned. She doesn’t bat an eye, but after a moment of staring into my eyes, he slowly turns his attention on his father.
“Yes, Alpha?” Shane asked.
That annoying smirk returning to his face, his eyes provoke his father as they start to glow, and the room goes quiet. Mavy lets out a frustrated grunt and reaches over to to get to her brother. When he is within reach she slaps his shoulder.
“Shane! Don’t be such an ass. She is not a slave. Adea doesn’t have to go anywhere with me if she doesn’t want to. She has a life and she can have things she wants to do, or needs to do,” Mavy said coming to my defense. She sits back in her seat and looks at me apologetically.
“It’s okay, Mavy, don’t worry,” I said.
“I’m sorry, sis. Please excuse my idiot brother. All that Alpha testosterone,” she mutters.
Mavy rolls her eyes and reached into her designer bag to grab her phone. I straighten in my seat as something touches my lower back. Shane leans into me and stares at me with wide obsidian eyes. With Mavy distracted Shane trails his fingers up and down my back.
“You’ll forgive me, won’t you, Adea?” Shane pleads.
I glance back and forth between Mavy and Shane as his fingers trail circles into my skin. I open my mouth to say something, but nothing comes out as Shane’s gaze drops to my neck and slowly makes its way down my chest. He licks his lips, pleased with what he sees. My mouth closes and opens like a fish. Amusement dances in his eyes and my anger sparks. He’s toying with me like I’m one of his little playthings.
I am not one of your playthings.
Mavy turns to look at us in time for Shane to throw out his bottom lip as he pretends to pout. Anyone can be remorseful, but with how he’s acted in just the last few minutes I know for a fact that Shane is not really sorry. This is all a game to him and I hate that I have to bite my lip and let him win. I have this sudden urge to scratch his eyes out, but I don’t move.
The corner of Shane’s lip twitches as he tries to keep his devilish smirk from spreading across his face. I don’t know what it is, but there’s this need when I see him. I want to be violent with him. His face, his attitude it all just rubs me the wrong way. Being stuck between the two of them my mind wanders from Shane to Mavy. His fingers grip my hip in an attempt to force my attention back to him. This feeling bubbles up inside of me. It isn’t rage, it isn’t embarrassment, it isn’t annoyance.
I don’t want Mavy to see.
“Don’t me mad, you know I was only joking with you, don’t you Ad-y?” Shane asked.He uses Gabe’s nickname for me and I can see Gabe in the corner of my eye freeze over the sink. Shane’s eyes dart across the room to where my best friend stands. I don’t know what’s going on with him, but there’s something in his gaze that tells me he’s hostile.“Of course I knew you were joking,” I murmured in an attempt to get him to stop looking at Gabe that way.It’s common knowledge that there’s a different way of life within the packhouse. For a servant or a worker the sure way to a shitty life is to get on the bad side of the heirs or of anyone of rank. I plaster a smile on my face for my best friend as Shane looks away from Gabe and back to me. His fingers release my waist and slides lower down my back.“Shane’s sense of humor is oh-so-funny… not,” Mavy said.“I love you too,” Shane chuckled.The one time there wasn’t darkness in his eyes was when he talked to Mavy. It was plain to see that he th
ShaneMy first conscious thought that morning was Goddess-damned that feels good. Warm wet lips are wrapped around my cock and I flex my thighs and lift my hips without so much as opening my eyes. I can imagine whatever I want with them closed, I can imagine whoever I want. I bite on my bottom lip as she takes me so far down her throat she gags.Fucking choke on it.She swallows around my hard cock and I throw my head back as she does exactly what I asked. Soft fingers gripped my thigh as she crawled in between my legs. I gripped the back of her head and reveled in the motion of her head bobbing up and down. I imaged Adea’s long brown hair in my hands, that it was her soft lips around my length, and it was me she enjoyed in her mouth. Her tongue slides up and down my shaft as she sucks me like her life depends on it.“Oh fuuuuck,” I groan.She lifts her head and my cock stands and sucks on my tip before she lowers her mouth to my balls. I curse when she takes them into her warm mouth
“You’re greedy. Do you think greedy little girls get whatever they want?” I asked. My fingers pump in and out of her pussy. She cries out as I fuck her with my fingers fast and hard.“No,” she whimpers.“That’s right. They don’t, but you like being a bad girl, don’t you? You like making me angry. You like it when I hurt you. You like it when I take my anger out on you and you like it when I tell you how dirty you are. Say it,” I demand.“Yes, Alpha,” she moans.She isn’t who I want, but at this moment she can be what I need. I watch as her arousal seeps down my knuckles. I watch as my fingers disappear and reappear from her wetness. The sounds from my movements are filling like music to my ears. Her pussy clenches my fingers, she’s close. Right before she’s about to come, I stop.“Say it,” I demand.“I’m dirty and I like it when you hurt me,” she cries.She whines and I move my fingers again until she clenches tight for me, but again I stop. Refusing to give her what she wants, refusi
ShaneI was asked today to share a happy moment spent with my family, when I couldn’t think of one, I was asked to share any happy memory I had of my parents. Still, I couldn’t name one. Where familial bonds should pull me to them, an emptiness sits. If it weren’t for my twin sister I think I would have killed myself long ago.People think that I would look down on her or want her gone sine we are both technically heirs to the throne, but I would rather slit my own throat than to harm a single hair on her head. Had I been born an only child I firmly believe I would have killed my parents at an early age. Why do I harbor such hate towards them? Why do I not care about their expectations or low opinions of me?I was born with all of the memories from my previous life.Every terrible thing, every death, every time she chose him over me, I remember it all. As a child it was hard to sort multiple past lives out, but eventually I got the picture. I was doomed to an eternity of suffering, bu
My place in the world had always been chosen for me. My father the Alpha, my mother the Luna, and me, the future ruler of Half Moon pack. It had all been mapped out and it was my job to obey and follow his instruction.I’d known from a young age that the weight of responsibility would pass down to me. Despite knowing how that worked out in my previous lives, I clung to it, clung to responsibility, clung to my future title. It was the only thing I would have in this world.So I worked my ass off, slept around, and did as I was told. I did everything to be considered worthy of my pack. I did everything I could to be seen as worthy in my father’s eyes so that our agreement would be considered null. I would sacrifice, I would do anything to keep her safe even if she couldn’t stand me.My parents held no love for me, although I had a soft spot for my mother, I only had room in my heart for my sister. My kindness, my understanding only covered her. There were many things I grew up knowing I
Instinct told me to rip his throat out, slice his belly open, and pull his entrails out. I came to a stop, I stopped myself from making another move. As much as I wanted to kill him I couldn’t. Devin was my best friend. Even though pure hatred flowed through my blood, it isn’t his fault I haven’t told him about my feelings for Adea. The only person who could have suspected how I felt about Adea was too focused on herself. I loved my sister but she was dense. She didn’t notice the obvious, or she didn’t want to.I haven’t told anyone, but I thought I’d make it obvious that she was my play thing. I played with her, I couldn’t help it. I loved seeing the anger that flashed in her eyes when I did. It was the one time she dared look me in the eyes and I loved it when she challenged me. I needed her will to fight over her need to submit for me.I willed Max back and reminded him that this was Devin, our closest friend, our oldest friend, and our Beta. I would show him who Adea belonged to a
Shane4 years agoI didn’t like to listen to anyone, but Mavy could order me around and I’d listen. She demanded that I come with her to the hospital because she didn’t want to go alone. I hated hospitals and she knew it. I hated everything about them. The beeping noises, the smell of medicine, the sound of high heels click-clacking on the floor, and the smell of the dead that stained the walls. Mavy pulled on my arm as she whined about how slow I walked.“Hurry up, Shane! You’re not even trying!” Mavy yelled.“How would you know? You’re rushing like she’s going to leave,” I teased.“Shane,” Mavy warned.“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m coming, I’m coming,” I grumbled.“Walk like you want to get there today, not tomorrow,” Mavy whined.“It’s not like she’s going to be awake! We’ve been visiting all week and she hasn’t so much as twitched,” I said.I didn’t care that she hadn’t woken up yet. I didn’t like seeing her like that. I didn’t like knowing that she had been hurt so bad that she couldn’t
Adea has been living with us for two weeks now. She’s nothing like how I remember. It’s hard not to try and put her into the same box as the version of her I know. In this life, she is clumsy and no matter how hard she tries, she keeps making a mess. Her food isn’t too bad, but I try to avoid her as much as possible. Keeping my distance is hard because Mavy drags me along when they hang out. I pretend I don’t want to, but I like it when she makes me go. I’m sitting in my room throwing my basketball up into the air and catching it when Mom knocks on my door. She opens the door and peeks her head in.“Your father needs to speak with you,” she said.My throat constricts and I clench my jaw. Sitting up, I drop the ball to the floor and stand to my feet as it bounces. Mom steps out of the room and I start for the door. As I walk down the hallway, my father links me. Why have my mother come get me if he’s just going to link me?Come to my office, son.Yes, Alpha.Now.Coming.He cuts the li
Odis takes a step to the side, and the crowd’s attention turns to me and my mate. As my gaze travels over them, their cheeks stained, their eyes are shocked, and blood splattered at their feet. A lot has happened and everything is moving so quickly now. I don’t know what I was expecting to happen after Shane killed Ethan. I thought everything would go back to the way it always should have been. Becoming Luna and taking over a pack wasn’t what I had in mind. My mate turns to leave, but Odis block him. “Move,” Shane growled. Odis tucked his chin, but held eye contact. “While I am not your chosen Beta, I will hold this position until you choose your own,” Odis growled. “I’ve already got a lineup. Your services are no longer needed,” Shane said coldly. “Until it’s official then,” Odis replied firmly. “Please allow me to have my-to have the remains moved.” My mate went still. He didn’t look back at the body, and I didn’t either. His gaze remained on Odis. “Permission granted,” Shane sa
I love you.I love you.I love you.The words repeat in my mind and I struggle with not linking him. Shane’s eyes widen as he takes in the words that are on repeat in my mind. It’s utter chaos up there, and I don’t want him to hear any of it. His head tilts to the side in question, as if he can’t believe what I just said, and his brows furrow. Shane’s fingers dig into my side as he pulls me flush against his chest. My heart is beating so loud I’d be surprised if he couldn’t hear it. The curse’s broken, the true villain defeated and dead at our feet. It restored the way things always should have been. There’s nothing in our way, and we can finally be together. I have my mate’s full attention as screams of despair ensue behind him.
“Do you know how many times I’ve killed you? You won in the first life, but I made it my mission, to end every one of yours after. I’ve become the villain so many times, I don’t know if I can be the hero. I don’t know if I can be the man she deserves. What I do know is that I’m the man she’s got…,” Shane trailed off. His shoulders shook and I wondered if he was crying, when he started laughing.“I should not atone for sins I know nothing of. This is not the way an alpha should run a pack. There was no trial, and I wasn’t given the opportunity to defend myself,” Ethan grunted.“Defend?” Shane asked incredulously. “Defend?! At what point did you give my mate the opportunity to defend herself? Was there a single moment in the time she spent shackled to you that you gave her a reprieve? On the nights she begged you to stop, did you?&rdq
As the unwanted feeling began welling up inside of me, I wanted to slap myself across the face. I needed to do something to snap out of it, anything to shake this feeling. Ethan’s face started to grow pale and my hands trembled as I stared at the man I’d spent lifetimes with. I wanted him gone, I didn’t want to see his face any longer. The sooner the better, before this disgusting feeling could grow any larger than it already had. I had asked Shane to take his time and make Ethan’s blood run, but now I just wanted him gone, erased from my memory, erased from this life.I wanted him to suffer as I had, but no amount of torturing would make him feel what I had felt. Nothing Shane did could make him feel what I was going through now that I had all of my memories back. Nothing could make the wrongs he’s done right and I hate that I know this. My throat dries as Shane grabs a handful of hair and the largest part of me that loves him a
“Watch as I kill the man that cursed us,” Shane murmured.Everything clicks into place and my mate’s glowing eyes stare back at me. I lean up and press a kiss to his chin. Shane’s breathing shutters and he devours my lips as I cry. His hand slides up my neck and cups my cheek. I nuzzle into it, but he releases me too soon. My knees are weak and I sway on my feet without him. Turning to look down at Ethan, I follow Shane’s gaze and take in the man on his knees. His hair is in his face, blood drips down the side of his face, and oozes down his body. He’s losing a lot of it and fast.“The two of you need help,” Ethan spat.“I don’t think you’ve got much time left,” I said to Shane.I should sick at the sight of what Shane has done to him, but all I can think about is how fate still brought us together. Even as Shane fought for me, it was as if this was all a fairy tale story with a shitty ending. And somewhere out there, an author was getting off on our pain. That, or the Moon Goddess pu
My mate’s shoulders shake and he rolls his head back until he’s looking up at the sky. He closes his eyes and a tear breaks free and rolls down his cheek. He laughs hysterically before his head drops forward. The muscles in his jaw twitched before he lifts his chin and he looks at me with haunted eyes.“Now I know I’m dreaming, but I pray I never wake,” Shane murmured.How is it that even after I tell him I’ve remembered, he still can’t believe me? My soul bled for him as more tears blurred my vision. Would I ever be able to make it up to him? He turns from me as people poured from the halls and into the courtyard. A crowd was forming around us and worry filled me as I feared for my mate. We were on Ethan’s territory, surrounded by his pack, and soon his ranked members would be here. I could only hope the law in place for alpha fights kept them back.“Shane,&
Hate. I hate myself. Self-loathing filled me and threatened to explode. I felt like I was going to combust. How? How has he done it? How can he still stand to touch me, to be near me? Just the thought of what I’ve done is enough to make me sick. I’m disgusted with myself. This world is getting blurry and I focus on the moon above. I’m out of air, out of the will to live, out of time. I don’t deserve it, I shouldn’t want it, I shouldn’t dare, but I do. I wish to see him. I want… I want to see those obsidian eyes one last time. My hands fall to my side as my head lolls to the side.There’s a roar that cuts through my thoughts and fills the garden. The hand around my throat loosens as green eyes turn from me and for the first time oxygen fills my lungs. Little breaths of air as I suck in more and more air. I follow his gaze, my eyes locking on the open door. Light spills out from the party and a dark shadow fills the doorway. My body convulses as my eyes lock on obsidian eyes. Betrayal s
I’m ripped away from him, my chest flush against a table, fingers prodding me. I shake my head and claw at the table. Tears fill my eyes and the feel of his body against mine makes me want to vomit. I hate him. The world spins and I’m begging my best friend to take me. He does what I need. Helps me erase the vile touch from my body. He takes what’s promised to another.I want him. I choose him. They know. They’re going after him. They already have him. Obey or he dies. That’s what father said. My heart screams for me to run and find him, but my mind controls my feet. I’ll do whatever I have to. He comes for me. I beg him to take me away, beg him to run away together. He can’t, no, he won’t. My heart shatters as he walks away.Hell. I’m in hell. My feet land on the ground as the monster drives into me from behind. I scream and wail. I want to wake up now. Let me out. I don’t want to be here. A firm had wraps around my neck and squeezes as I’m torn apart from the inside out. I don’t lik
“What have you done?” Ethan whispered. Green eyes were wide with shock and his brows arched high, as he shook his head. The claws that had dug into my shoulder were now scratching at his chest. They were sharper than any blade and ripped at his shirt. Blood gushed as he tore at his chest. I took a step away from him, completely confused. We were fated to be mates but there had been no pain. Why? I’d heard rejecting your mate was the most painful thing that a wolf could go through. Ethan’s eyes flashed and he was on me, his blood soaked shirt squelched against my chin. I shoved my hands against his abdomen to try and push him off.“I cannot lose you,” he breathed.“You never had me,” I said honestly.“Who you were seeing before me doesn’t concern me,” he growled. “What matters is that today you became mine.”