~BREE~I couldn't believe it. Rain was back, my wolf was back, and I knew the creature said my witch part would also be back, but I didn't want to concentrate on that now; I was only happy Rain was back.I felt secure when she said she was here to stay. I had so many questions but didn't ask as I knew Glinda was still waiting for an explanation from me.“So? I guess… I guess I succeeded?” Glinda asked, and I nodded. I don't know how she read my mind as she passed me a glass of water. “Good, with your wolf, it will be easy to bond and eventually mate with your mate.” She said, “I just need to make a bracelet and—”“It's time to meet the pack members.” A voice cut her off; it was Raven.“We are still busy; can they wait a little longer?” Glinda said, looking at Raven, but I knew staying a minute longer with Glinda would make her figure me out, so I gave Raven a knowing look, and since Raven was on my side, she insisted.“You know how difficult it is to get every pack member here; they w
~BREE~I was staring at my reflection in the mirror, ignoring what Rain was saying. I didn't see any reasonable explanation for what she had done. She betrayed me; she betrayed herself. Instead of being there for me like normal wolves, she chose to abandon me; she chose to hide.‘It was for our good.’ I heard her say, but I didn't respond. To me, this was all excuses, and I didn't live on excuses; she made me blame Zander for taking her when it was quite the opposite. I mean, I was glad Zander failed; I've been making a fool of him even though I didn't know, but still, it could not excuse her action.A voice made me snap out of my state; it was Raven. She said the pack members were impatient.I didn't respond as I splashed water on my face. I was already dressed, and I knew splashing water would ruin my clothes since I didn't plan to wear any makeup, but it wasn't important now. After reassuring myself in the mirror that I could do it, I walked to the door and found Raven outside of i
~BREE~I was going to run to get first aid when he stopped me.“I don't understand you... You're bleeding? There's blood all over your—”“It's not my blood,” he responded. He was now in front of me. I looked down at his shirt and saw that it had blood stains on it too.“W-what?”“It's someone's blood.”“Wait, you went for a meeting, I mean, company, how?”“Are you hungry?” He cut me, and I shook my head in disbelief. “I was going to have a bottle of hard liquor, but I can just freshen up and prepare something for you before I—”“I’m good.” I cut him off. “I…” I raised my hand and hesitated to touch his cheek as I wanted to be sure the blood was not his; when he nodded, I did, and I realized it wasn't his. He might have tortured someone, and the blood spilled all over him, but for it to be this much must mean the person was dead.The electric wave hit us again, but I guess we were now used to it, as none of us flinched. After a few minutes of uneasiness, I pulled away and told him I wo
~BREE~It was Asher. The crow was Asher. It could only be him, as he was the one lying there last night, and so it could only be him.I was starting to panic with the way it was looking at me; if it was mine, I would be able to communicate with it, but this one, it didn't even look like it was going to speak.‘It's not our mate.’ I heard Rain say, but instead of making me feel better, I felt scared because then it was a stranger. I couldn't even scream as I felt like I didn't have a voice. I was going to stand on my feet and go to it and possibly scare it as it didn't seem dangerous when I heard Raven call me.“Can I come in?” she asked. I turned to the door, and when I turned back to the couch, I saw that the crow had disappeared. “Okay, I'm coming in,” Raven said before she opened the door.My eyes were still on the couch as they searched for the crow.“Good morning, Luna.” She greeted me and started making the bed, but I ignored her as I was still shocked at where the crow could ha
~BREE~I don’t know when or how I left the room, as I was already in the car with Jerry in the passenger seat. I insisted on driving, as I didn’t want to waste any time. God, please don’t ask me why, because I had no idea.Jerry did well not to ask questions, and before I knew it, I was parking in front of the company; after that, I got out and rushed inside. I was ignoring Rain, who didn't agree with me.Inside I ignored the receptionist’s greeting and asked straight away where Zander was.“He is in the HR’s office,” she answered, and without thanking her I headed to Isabella's office. I heard others comment on why he refused to see the nurse; yes, we had a nurse here who dealt with this kind of situation, but knowing Zander was a werewolf, he might have refused even when he didn't need to, as the nurse knew our nature.“What's going on here?” I asked as I opened the door. Isabella was so close to Zander that they were practically kissing, and with the way they jumped, I was sure som
~BREE~Zander was curiously looking at me while I joined the pieces together; I still couldn't believe I had the answer all this while.“You knew?” he asked, and I quickly snapped out of my thoughts and dismissed him. He tried to speak, but I told him to get out; I had to be a little rough.I turned to Isabella, who was surprisingly looking at me as if waiting for an explanation.“So?” She asked, and even though I trusted her, I couldn’t tell her this yet; I even refused to discuss it with Rain, and so I changed the topic.“Asher left.”“W-what?”“Raven said it's for some business, but I have a feeling he's hiding something.”“What, why?” Isabella seemed interested. “I mean, it's Asher; he never really opens up.”“Well, it's the least of my concern now. Jocelyn, I told you I met her at that couples resort Olivia booked, right?”“Yeah, but what's up with Asher? I mean, he's not fully a werewolf, so he can cheat.”“I honestly don’t want to talk about Asher right now; Zander also suspect
~BREE~I couldn’t believe it; King Levi was inviting me to the palace… me? But… but why?I rushed to where Isabella was and pushed her so I could see for myself, and she wasn't lying; King Levi was really inviting me to the palace, not only me but Asher too.“I don't understand.”“You should; I'm sure he has some important news to share.”“I know, but w-why did he send it to you?”“Because I'm your personal assistant.” She let out a nervous chuckle.“What?”“Ridiculous, right? Well, I just thought to make myself useful.” She awkwardly cleared her throat.“But you're already useful; you manage the employees of this company.”“You said I should prove my loyalty; this is me going the extra mile. Anyway, should I accept or decline?”“Ah, I will ask my husband.” I sarcastically said that and we started laughing.“Your husband?” She mocked, I only wanted to see if she had really moved past Asher. I mean, this was the same woman who did horrible things to me just so she could be with Asher.
~BREE~We were back at the pack; the car stopped about an hour ago, but I couldn't bring myself to come out. A lot was going on in my mind, and it seemed like I was at war with myself.Of course, that's the only reason she agreed to help, the only reason she forced me to employ Zander, even knowing he was my mate; she wanted to distract me, but what didn't make sense was that she didn't try to make a move on Asher.I mean, if she wanted Asher, she would try and win his heart, but she didn't; instead, she was there giving me advice on how to go about him, although it was starting to make sense, as today she told me Asher was incapable of love; I guess I had me to blame.“We can't jump to conclusions yet,” I said to myself, and then finally snapping out of my thoughts, I looked at where Antonio was earlier but saw he wasn't there anymore. I knew he had left; he was really a difficult person. Well, without wasting time, I opened the door and surprisingly met Raven, who seemed to have bee
~ZANDER~‘It's normal to feel that way; she's our mate.’ Ray said while I shook my head, still sniffing the seat where she earlier sat.‘I don't get it; I rejected her. Why do I still feel this way?’‘Because our bond will take more than a simple rejection to break it, now we are getting late; we need to figure out what Kaden and Jocelyn are up to.’ Ray insisted, and he was right. I don't know what Jocelyn was planning, but I knew it was not good, so I had to stop it before it affected my mate, I mean before it affected Aubree.I sat back in my seat and started the car since I stopped in the middle of nowhere just to sniff Aubree's scent.It didn't take long to get back at my pack; Stephen had already locked Kaden up, and they were just waiting for me, so after parking the car, I walked in and went straight to the torture room, where I once locked Aubree.Inside I was met with Stephen, who was sitting on a wooden chair with five guards surrounding them. Stephen stood up as soon as he
~BREE~I was in shock; I mean, how did that even make sense, beta betraying alpha? I've never heard of that, so it might be a mistake, or maybe my magic was failing me.“Alright, now we know for sure why Kaden has been weird.” I heard Zander say, which was still sounding so wrong to me, “Have one of the staff spy on them, and when Kaden leaves, you lock him up, and we'll take it from there.” Zander instructed before ending the call and turning to me.“Kaden betrayed you?” I wanted him to confirm it as this was too weird.“Looks like it, but we are not sure yet. For what we know, Jocelyn might threaten him or something,” he said, and I nodded my head. “Alright, do you want me to drop you off? I have some things to take care of.”“Yes, sure, and thank you,” I said as I didn't want to bother Jerry, and Antonio was the last person on my mind. Zander started the car, and before I knew it, we were on the road driving out of town.I was lost in my thoughts, still trying to wrap my head aroun
~BREE~I didn't want to overthink it, so I asked.“I honestly don't know, but trust me, I will figure it out. I will set you free like you want,” he said, and I nodded and cleared my throat before I asked about Isabella.“I know something is going on between you two.”“Yes… it was… Honestly, I don't know how to say it.” God, it's like he was shy of me; I mean, I was just a slave, a useless omega a few months ago, so this still felt unreal.“So you admit?”“It happened twice, but I promise that was it; I've avoided her since.”“Okay, so what was your plan?”“No plan. I mean, all I can tell you is to be careful with her; don't trust her.”“Why?”“It's a long story, but…” He stopped and apologized before he picked up his ringing phone. “Are you sure?” He knitted his brows, which made me wonder what was happening. “Alright, stay there.” And with that, he ended the call and looked at me.“Is everything okay?” I asked.“Yes, umm, Stephan just saw Jocelyn enter one of the nearby hotels.”“W-
~BREE~Zander didn't say anything for a moment as if rethinking.“This is not funny. Who's after me?” I asked.“Okay, calm down.” He said, “I was just wondering, but there's nothing to worry about; I won't let anything happen to you.” He said, confusing me because the Zander I knew never cared about me.“What do you mean?”“You will not understand.”“Yes, if you don't tell me. What’s going on, Zander?”“Okay, I... I just thought Jocelyn might try and attack you, and I just wanted to make sure you were okay.” He scratched his head.“I can protect myself, and besides, my mate is very powerful,” I said before clearing my voice and asking him to start as he wanted to go first.“I want to start by apologizing. For what I did, I am genuinely sorry. If there was something you wanted me to do, even cutting my fingers, I would do it. I was a fool and deserve any punishment you deem worthy.” I don't know why I allowed him to finish, but there's something about speaking from the heart. Yes, his
~BREE~I knew it would happen; I had just forgotten, as the past few days I've been slowly practicing the magic, how it worked, and all the tricks. That's how I learned how to lift and safely lend objects with magic, so I knew how to stop it, so I did, which even stunned Glinda more.“Oh my god!” She hit her head as if trying to concentrate; she was in so much shock.I didn’t have words to defend myself; instead, I ran my hands through my hair.“You... you're powerful?” It sounded like a question, “And I think you know what you are? Are you… a witch? Yes…” She came in front of me and eyed me as if trying to read me. “You are?” she said, but luckily a knock was heard on the door, which made me turn to it and ask the person to come in.“Mrs. Clark, Mr. Conners is here.” It was my PA.“Oh yes, send him in.”“We... we are not done?”“Sorry, my meeting with Zander is very important.”“Are you kidding me? This is what's most important now: with such power usually comes enemies, your life…”
~BREE~The times I've encountered Glinda, there was no day she looked this nervous, so it got me wondering if something serious had happened.“Please sit,” I said as my PA closed the door, giving us privacy.“I prefer to stand. It’s serious.” She answered, and I nodded, then asked her to speak.“You said it’s about the last time. Did you discover something else? I mean, I thought you gave up working for Asher after I asked you to leave last time, but for you to come here must mean it’s serious.”“It is, but before that, I made something for you,” she said and then reached into her backpack. I watched closely as she brought out a bracelet; it looked like the one Asher had on, except this one had a purple crystal. “It’s customized for you.” She said, handing it to me.“Oh, thank… thank you.”“With it, you can be close to your mate, even mate with no pain; it holds the waves.” She added, and I smiled as I worked it on my wrist. “There’s something I wanted to ask you… it’s regarding your
~BREE~ I waited for Isabella to come in, and when I heard the door open, I slowly turned and looked at her. “Aubree, you called for me? How are you? Did anything happen?” “You do realize this is the CEO’s office, right?” “Yes, I—” “And you didn't knock before coming in; I didn't ask you to come in.” “Yes, I’m… I–” “You're, nothing.” I cut her off: “Let this be the last time something like this ever happens.” “O-okay.” She looked confused. Of course she was, for the past days I've allowed her to come in even without knocking; I've seen her as a friend. That's another reason I kept her around, but after what Antonio told me, I guess it was time to treat her just as she deserved. “Yes, I want you to check all employee information; I want to know where they live, their children, and everything.” “What?…” She chuckled in disbelief, “I mean, we don't even need to know their first names, let
~BREE~I still couldn't believe what had happened earlier; I don't think I would ever be able to get over it. Like, what came over me? And Asher, he said we would continue this in the evening, but the truth was I was not ready to mate with him. I know Rain wanted to; I've starved her for years, but no, I couldn't.I jumped out of the bed and walked to the closet. I needed to distract my mind right now before I lost it because I couldn't take Asher off my mind; it was silly, but it was like I was now obsessed with him.I wore my office clothes, and when I was done, I picked up my handbag and left.As usual, I met Raven in the living room; she seemed to be arranging everything. Well, Tyler mentioned he called one of the pack maids to clean, so there was no need for her to do this.“It's already clean; stop wasting your time,” I said, which made her jump, as she didn't sense I was there.“How are you, Luna?” she asked after clearing her voice. I only nodded and headed for the door while
~BREE~Asher wasn't kissing me back; he seemed to be shocked. But, that didn't stop me as I sucked his lip even more because it was only that that made it to be less painful.“Aah!” I moaned against his lips at the pressure building deep within my core; it was now beginning to burn as I held tighter onto Asher's back, my nails slightly digging into his flesh.I kept kissing him, now slightly biting his lips, which got a reaction as he started kissing me back, not rough but gentle. It's like he was stopping himself. I opened my eyes and saw that his eyes were closed; his hands were running through my back but shaky.I was suddenly feeling better, so I pulled away my eyes, watching his closed ones. I thought he would stop, but he didn't; instead, he searched for my lips, and when he got them, he started kissing me, this time roughly.I kissed him back as I started to feel funny again, and before I knew it, I was off the ground but on the counter table, my legs slightly spread while he w