~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~ 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~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 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…”
ALASKA, PETERSBURG FOREST ~BREE~ I looked at the table satin one more time to make sure it was in the shade Alpha Zander wanted. I didn't want to give him a reason to lock me up in that rat hole again; my stomach was still hurting from the starvation, and do I even remember why he locked me up there? The truth is, he did it for every reason. Even asking him if he wanted orange juice or apple was a crime, as he would lock me in the dungeon for days without giving me food, claiming I was being disrespectful. I don't even know how I was still alive—well, alive and dead at the same time as the pain in my stomach and the wounds on my body were eating me. I just had to carry myself through today because today is a special day. Today is my birthday; I am finally twenty-one, and I will find my mate. There was no party or anything, but today seemed to be my lucky day as Alpha Zander was hosting a ceremony to announce his engagement to his chosen mate, Luna Ruby. Ruby is from a
~BREE~ I was excited that Rain was back, but I knew if Alpha Zander or any of the pack members heard of it, I would be tortured, and he would summon the witch to bind my powers and Rain because I knew whenever Rain was here, my powers were also back. I quickly moved back. I knew Beta Kaden just wanted to get rid of me; he didn't need me to check the champagne as it was always enough—Luna Rosa, Alpha Zander's mother, can never go a day without a glass, so when my back hit the wall, I got to my senses and dashed out of the kitchen and went straight to my small room. Yes, I had a room, or, let's say, a shoe closet, as there was a little bed; it used to be a shoe closet, but the time they started torturing me, they moved me here as it was inside the mansion since they didn't want me far away in case one of them wanted to release stress. Reaching the little room, I closed the door and rested my back on the door as I caught my breath. My head moved up and down, and I placed my hand
~BREE~My legs were shaking; I could barely hold my weight, but knowing better, I took the pain and forced myself to stand on my feet because that's all I could do. Alpha Zander didn't give a shit about me, so crying or falling to the floor would just give him a reason to punish me.“Alpha Zander,” someone pushed me off the way and rushed to Alpha Zander; I guess he mind linked him and asked him to come here.“Kaden,” Alpha Zander sounded like he was in a little pain, but he did well to mask it as next he stood to his feet, and I don't know why, but I was now watching his every move. He whispered something in Kaden's ear, which he didn't need as he usually said, and did anything in front of me.“You piece of shit! You…” I wasn't expecting Kaden to kick me in the stomach, as when the pain hit me, I fell on my knees and held my stomach, which felt like it busted from the inside—a man's kick is painful. “You killed them for yourself; I bet you're a witch or something because how did she
~BREE~“I won't come back here.” Kaden's voice brought me back to reality as I struggled and stood on my feet before I made my way to my bed, where my bag was.“Ouch!” A whimper escaped my lips as I tried to clean my cheeks, but they were sore from the slaps.‘I'm so sorry, Bree. I'm sorry I'm weak.’ Rain apologized, but it wasn't her fault. I didn't want her to take account of Zanders' behavior, but unfortunately, I couldn't say the words as I was in so much pain, and with Kaden's warning, I quickly got to my bed and opened my bag; nothing was in it since I didn't have anything. The only thing I had was my old jeans and a tee; those were the only belongings I had, including the clothes on my body, track pants, and a white tee, which Kaden gave me earlier as I would be serving his guest and I couldn't look dirty.I walked to the little mirror and looked at my reflection. I know I always looked messed up and bruised, but looking at myself like this on my birthday was heartbreaking, and
~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
~BREE~“Ah.” I complained as I massaged my forehead, “Oh my god,” I gasped when what had just happened clicked in my head, “It was a vision...” I said in a low tone, “Zander and Isabella are sleeping together!” I said out loud as it all now made sense.Of course, that could be the only reason why Isabella wanted me to employ Zander even after she said he almost took advantage of her because they were together and she wanted him close.But still, it didn't make sense, as she's the one who gave me crazy ideas on how I would get back at Zander, so if they were together, why would she want to see him in pain?I swear nothing was making sense, but I was a witch. I didn't know how to use the magic yet, but I was sure I would find out. I will trick them into telling me everything. I mean, Zander wanted to meet me, right? Well, I might just get my answers in our small meeting.I was not that naive, Aubree. I had magic. I was a witch; witches were known to be manipulators, getting whatever the
~BREE~I felt so heavy like I was under a ton of bricks. I tried to move, but I couldn't. I almost panicked until I felt the scent hit my nostrils; that's when I realized Asher was still there. It was early morning, so I didn't expect him to be still here.I knew he had his reasons, though, so I tried very hard and removed his body from mine without waking him up. Asher seemed in distress last night, so I knew rest would do him good.I got up, and as my eyes traveled to the couch, I saw the same black crow, the one from yesterday. God, I had forgotten that I was supposed to look into the book and figure it out. I palmed my forehead and turned to Asher, who scratched the back of his head, still in sleep.I rubbed my eyes before turning to the couch and saw that the crow was gone.At this point, I was confused as to whether it was all my imagination, but again I didn't have time to waste; I had to prepare something for Asher, so I walked to the bathroom and took a shower.After I was do
~BREE~I tried to keep Rain in because I've never allowed her to take over before, especially in this state. I don't know what she was capable of, so no matter how painful it was, I still tried hard and kept Rain in.‘Stop resisting.’ She insisted I had Tyler now off the ground as he was in the air with the support of no one's hands, as my hands were just in the air; it was obvious my other powers were at work too.I was going to ask him for the last time to tell me where Asher was when the door flew open and the person I was looking for came in.“What's going on here?” he asked, and I quickly rushed to him, leaving what I was doing, which made Tyler fall to the floor.“Asher?” I threw myself in his arms. He also had blood all over him, but I didn't care; I just wanted to hug him.“Don't worry, it's not my blood,” he said when he noticed I started examining him. With the bracelet Glinda made, we could be close, maybe even mate, but we haven't tried that.After Asher confirmed he was f
~BREE~My eyes darted between Alma’s, as fear surged through my body. I don't know why I feared for Asher; I don't know what it was, but something I was sure of was: I couldn't let Asher get in trouble.“Alma, what is it?” I was tired of waiting.“It's not what you're thinking, but…” She cleared her throat. “The Blood Moons seem to be after him; they have sabotaged his business moves in the human world. He lost an important deal yesterday, and today his plane of goods crashed.” I knew what she was talking about; I knew Asher was involved in the dirty drug business. I knew that from the first day he purchased me, so I didn't need her to go into details on what goods.“And you think Alpha Blake is behind it?”“Alpha Blake has the same influential level in the human world, but it seems he has gotten Asher's enemies on his side.”“And they are the ones helping him take down Asher?” I joined the pieces together and she nodded: “Is… is it the reason he has been distracted lately?”“Yes, Ash