Iris.It became extremely clear to me at that point that I had been played all these a while ago. Not just by the man who was supposed to be my husband, but also by the Omega who claimed to be the personal maid to the Alpha and wanted me to feel at home by befriending me even from the very first day. I didn't know why the thought came, but I knew that there was no way that the hand of friendship she extended to me was a genuine one. All the signs had been there, even Clarise had tried to warn me subtly so many times, yet I was the one who refused to see it.What had she said again the first time we met and I requested for her help to run away from the pack? She hadn't even tried to dissuade me from doing such a thing. She just kept offering help and even pushing me further each time I relented from the task.How could I have been so stupid that I didn't noticed that the woman was doing all her very best to drag me out of the way so that she could be together with the love of her life
Dylan. I woke up feeling like my head had been hammered with a big object. I snickered, even as I covered my eyes with my arm to keep the light shining over my face from burning me up. I groaned as my stomach churned. For some weird reason, I felt like I was not currently myself. The moment I turned to shield myself from the light, I collided with a warm body. With all the speed and strength I could muster, I got up instantly and rolled my head in the direction where I touched the warm body. I was shocked to see a naked woman beside me. The bed sheet was covering her face, so I couldn't tell exactly who it was. I wasn't even thinking about who exactly it might be. And it was hard to tell when it was only the slender legs and the half exposed butt that gave the identity of the person as a woman away. My memory was foggy. The last thing I remembered was that I went to Iris so I could apologize to her about my odd behaviour that cost her dearly more than I could even force myself to t
Giselle. Everything was falling wrongly. How could everything that I had planned in my life suddenly turned apart right in front of my very eyes? When the Alpha had invited me over to his chamber the previous night, I thought that all was set between us. True, him calling me to his chamber was not entirely of his own doings. When I found out that he was having trouble with the woman he married, I had taken hold of that opportunity and swooped in on him. At first, it was amazing to see how he reacted to me, wanting someone to just talk to and let all his sorrows out to. But soon, it became clear to me that the man had no intention of leaving that human. Not even when I told him about her supposed affair. All he had just done was give that Omega friend of Iris some manual labour and a clear warning that the man should in no way go near his woman again. For all it was worth, I believed that he should not have done something like that. I mean, what kind of a man would hear that his wom
DYLAN. "Iris," I called gently as soon as I knocked on her door just once. I expected a response from her when I knocked but nothing came, hence the reason for calling her name. I waited for a minute for any response from her - even if it was for her to tell me to go away - still she said nothing. "Iris," I called again. This time, my voice was a pitch or two louder than the first time. I couldn't tell what it was but her silence stabbed my heart than any angry comment she might have thrown my way. Somehow, I preferred the angry, loud, and yelling Iris over the deadly silent one. "I don't like how I am not hearing anything from you, so I am coming in, ready or not," I warned her. I stayed still for like thirty seconds to see if she would yelled at me not to try anything like that, still I got no response from her. I didn't wait for any further invitation before I turned the know of the door. My surprise was evident as the door was firmly locked from behind. I released the know and
IRIS.Where was I?I couldn't tell where I was.I took another look around to be sure I was not hallucinating. Sire enough, I was in an almost empty room. How had I gotten to the place?I tried to stand up from my sitting position, but that was when I noticed that I was sitting on a wooden chair and my body was tied to the chair with some kind of rope that was so thick it was cutting into my skin. I whimpered softly as I shook myself to see if the rope would loosen a bit.My head protested in response to the action I just carried out. I winced as I couldn't tell what it was that could have caused so much hurt in my head. I tried to lift my hand to my head, but the task proved impossible also. Tired and ready to give up, I took another clear look at the room. There was barely anything in the room. As far as I could even see, it was just myself, the chair I was tied on, and some broken pieces of woods scattered around. Other than that, there wasn't anything of interest. Except if one
IRIS.The annoyance I felt from looking at the person standing in front of me made me want to kill the motherfucker."How dare you?!" I growled angrily, my patience already waning thin."Calm down, my sweet." The person said, moving more deeper into the room. He had a box in his hand which be dropped on the floor gently before he concentrated back on me. "You look like you need to breath."Even though I tried to ignore it, I couldn't deny the seductiveness in the tone that was implored."Tell me why, Arnold, that I am tied up like someone that is getting sacrificed to your goddess this instant!" I threatened.For a response, Alpha Arnold moved from where he stood and came even closer to me. He crouched low until he was looking at me eyeball to eyeball. His smile turned huge when he tried to touch my cheek with his hand and I just rapidly turned my head to the corner to avoid that with him."I see that you are still as stubborn as something else, my sweet." He said with a chuckle. Then
Iris.For over ten minutes, I did nothing but sob my eyes out. I didn't know what opened up my dam, but I just felt that if I didn't let the hurt out, I was going to die.The arms that surrounded me tightened some more. I blinked rapidly, making more tears fall. I also got more into the embrace of the man holding me."There, there. Keep calm and let it out." Alpha Arnold said to me, patting my back repeatedly. "Cry it out." He said again.Another ten minutes more, and my well of tears had died down. I sniffed and moved away from the embrace of the man I was in. I looked at him with my teary eyes and was slightly ashamed of myself for how I had allowed myself to be vulnerable with him. He seemed to know what I was thinking about because he moved closer to me and took my hand in his, giving me a reassuring squeeze. I blinked back the tears that threatened to come again."Come, let me treat the injury at the back of your head for you." Alpha Arnold offered. I nodded to give him my consen
IRIS.For the next three days after Alpha Arnold took me in, he barely gave me any time to myself At first, I thought that he was doing whatever it was that he was doing just to use my plight to try and win my heart, but I soon realized the error of my ways. Rather than enticing me as I first thought, I noticed that he did was gave me a companionship. In fact, his presence was so soothing that I barely had any time to think about Dylan and his mistress.I sighed, realizing that I was already so close to defeating the purpose of the man who wished for me to be happy. Even when I tried to stop it, my traitorous mind couldn't stop thinking about the man and wondering if he was now happy that I was out of his hair and he could now openly display his lady love.Even before I could dwell on the thought any further, a gentle knock sounded on my door. Thinking that it was Alpha Arnold, I cleared my throat first to devoid my voice of any emotion that could betray me and my line of thoughts."
Iris.I watched the Alpha Arnold walk in with the man who had refused to grace me with his presence for a few days now. I didn't know why, but I had gone from not wanting to have anything to do with the man to simply missing his presence around.But then again, as much as I missed his presence, there was still this warning in a part of my heart that kept telling me that I should not give him the chance to get too close with me. Otherwise, I would be playing with fire. I didn't even know what that was supposed to mean, but I wanted to pay attention to my sixth sense. In a way, it had helped helped me out of trouble.A sigh escaped my lips as I turned to pick up a handkerchief so that I would be able to wipe sweat off my face. I was alerted to how well I was healing now. If it was before, rather than that sigh that I let out, I was sure that it was going to either be a groan or it was going to be me being in tears from the excruciating pain that would take over me."Let me help with tha
Dylan.I woke up with my head banging hard like I had spent the entire night handling some dangerous mission that left my life on edge. I groaned as I got up from the bed and made my way to the...Wait? A bed? How had I gotten onto a bed? The last thing I remembered was Alpha Arnold trying to communicate with me and me rudely cutting him off. The events that follwed after that were a bit not so clear to me."Are you okay now?" I heard the gruff voice of the man I was just thinking about. I turned around and saw him sitting down on a chair, a book in hand - book that I was so sure he was not reading - and his attention duly focused on me. I looked around and saw that we were in the same hotel room we had gotten for almost a week in a row now. Or was it three days? My brain was still a bit foggy, so I couldn't think straight.But how? How did he end up being with me? Was he not supposed to be with Iris?"Is something wrong with Iris?" I asked him without even stopping to think."Oh, so
Alpha Dylan. Days after the doctor told me those words, my heart was no longer in the right places. I lost track of myself and barely managed to keep my shit together.The possibility that the woman might never remember who I was? How absurb! Except that I knew there was nothing absurb about the matter. In fact, since I got that revelation, my mind had been far away. Why?Because every time I stepped into Iris's room, I got that look that said that I was a nobody to her, so she couldn't overly be concerned about my presence. While I tried my best to act like the words and actions didn’t get to me whenever I was with her, once I was out of her room, my heart always sank down.It was so bad that even Arnold had begun to notice the difference to me. Now, I hadn't gone to the hospital for two days in a roll after telling Arnold to only contact me if there was something wrong or if my signature was needed for something.While I was at the hospital, I tried to urge the doctor to continue
Alpha Dylan. Just like the first time she would ever ask me that question, my mind still went blank again. How could she always ask me the same question every time she set her eyes on me?"Iris, it is me, Dylan," I said in a lame attempt to make her remember. The doctor came over to my side and moved around me to get to her. Once he was close, he began to examine her thoroughly. Unlike the first time, no one told me to move my ass out of the way. I waited, watching as the doctor used some sort of touch to check her eyeballs, roamed his fingers in front of her, and asked her a few questions also."How do you feel now?" He asked when he was done with his examination. He had his hand on the report card that was always seated at the edge of the bed. "A bit of a headache and pain," Iris mumbled out. "Dry throat also." She added after a while.The doctor nodded and wrote some things in the card. Once he returned the card back to the usual position, he turned to look at me first, then bac
Alpha Dylan.I rushed into the hospital the next day, a few minutes past 10 in the morning. Or was it 11 AM already?I had no idea that I was extremely tired until after I got to the hotel, took a long needed shower, sank into bed and just dozed off instantly. The only thing that was not making me panic was the fact that there was no call from Arnold yet, which could only mean that Iris was fine."Good morning, sir." The receptionist, whom I didn't bother to find out her name, said to me as a form of greeting when she saw me. I nodded my head to her before letting out a short, "good morning to you, too." And then, I was rushing to get to the ICU so I would be able to see Iris for myself. "Arnold, how is she?" I called when I got closed enough for him to hear me."You are here." He said gently. He was standing close to the glass area, almost as if he was just checking her out. "There has been no casualty since you left. In fact, she opened her eyes about three times already, but they
Alpha Dylan.Five days of no show. Five days of no reactions. Five whole days of waiting for a miracle.Iris had not shown any form of life or even danger ever since she got wheeled into the operation room for over five days now. At a point, I became so worried about her state of just lying down, looking almost lifeless. I didn't know if I should be worried about that or if it was a good news in itself. The doctor had told me that she was responding to treatment, and it was good that she was not showing any reason for crisis as that could be bad for her.Now, I was just standing outside the ICU section she was put in and watching her through the glass wall. The first day after she got in here, I visited her for the number of times allowed. The second day, I did the same. The third day, I came in once and allowed Arnold to use the second time. The fourth time, I couldn't find the courage in me to go in there and look at her when she looked like she was in a lot of pain, if the way she
Giselle."He failed," I muttered to Juliana the moment I got into the mansion and settled on the couch in the living room. I didn't need to tell her some more about whoever it was who failed. From the way she gasped softly, I knew that she already knew just exactly who I was talking about."I never thought he would ever fail." The maid said as a way of response.I never thought that he could either.From the way the man had handled me and the ruthless edge he had around him, I had been so sure that Beta Daniel would not have been able to survive an attack from the rogue. But somehow, that hope had been dashed."He did injure Beta Daniel heavily, though." I sighed as I remembered just how bloodied the man had been. Heck, he had even given the authority to someone else because he needed to recuperate completely. If only the rogue had managed to deal one deathly blow to the man, all my problems would be solved by now."Maybe Beta Daniel had someone help him out of the blue? Perhaps that
Beta Daniel. I hurried back to the pack, my blood still dripping from my injured arm to my shirt and trousers. In fact, I purposely held the arm over the clothing so that the blood would drip more on them, and it would look like I was injured in more places than just the arm.The moment I got to the gate, I was stopped by the guards who immediately camouflaged around me whole looking around, their swords ready just in case there was a danger lurking around."At ease," I said, making my voice sound low and disgruntled. "I made sure to lose the man before coming back to the pack," I told them. It would do no good to deliberately make them worry when I knew that all was well.Or could it not be?For all I knew, the other man could have played on my intelligence and was just waiting for the right time to strike me. Or maybe he was even interested in invading the pack and dominating it so that he would be the new Alpha."Still, do not let your guards down," I said as an afterthought. Afte
Beta Daniel. I was still lost in my thoughts and concern for the pack that I almost didn't notice that I was already in the forest which bordered the two packs. A squirrel made a sound, and I paused as I looked at a tree and saw the said squirrel trying to get some kind of fruit which looked like nut. Or more like trying to crack it. An army of ant interrupted the squirrel on the mission it was after. The squirrel, sad that his mission was intercepted, raced from the branch of the tree to another in order to get the ants to leave him, still holding on to rhe nut like it's light depended on it.I laughed at the small event I had just witnessed. I tsked and ignored the squirrel and the ants and began to make my way back to the pack. I tensed when I noticed that there was a movement behind me.It was the same kind of walking pattern I had noticed before when I was going over to Alpha Arnold's pack. I doubted if it was the guards of the pack or any pack for that matter since this part of