“Where do you think you are going, sweetheart?”The man standing in front of her was short, skinny, and wore a dirty and disgusting smile. There were uncovered lusts and crude desire beaming from his slender eyes. It took Amelia some time to recall who he was—One of the many customers she served in the coffee shop. She remembered his name was Scott. She met Scott on the second day of her work. Vernonia once warned her about him. “He is one of the gang members who ran the unlicensed taxis in this area. Be careful and don’t cross him.”Amelia nodded her head and greeted Scott with her beautiful smile as she did to others. She didn’t know much about gangsters and their illegal business, and she had no intention to cross anyone. That’s why she was able to serve him without any bias.Her innocent smile and her fragile beauty somehow impressed the rough man. From that day, he came to the coffee shop frequently and asked her out a few times.Amelia declined him politely of course. She didn
“Can you take the shower on your own?”After going back to the hotel, Carlie didn’t take Amelia to the fourth, but back to her own room on the second floor. She put Amelia on her bed and then turned on the tap to put hot water in the bathtub.Amelia kept mute all the time, but gradually she gained back her sense. The rotten smell of the hotel, the pungent odor of Carlie’s cheap cosmetics, and the annoyingly loud noises coming from the hallway just reminded her that she was currently in the human world, which was a place big, strange but warm, and far far away from her scary wolf pack.There were no wolves around her anymore and there was no Ian. She had escaped from him and he would never find her ever again. Never.Amelie wiped off the water drops on her face with the backs of her hands. It’s hard to tell whether they were tears or just raindrops.She lifted her head and saw Carlie changing her clothes. Noticing she had back to her sense, Carlie quickly threw her a bath towel and
It was Darren.The moment Amelia saw him she got frightened, but she soon recognized it was her mate who was looking after her.The rain was heavy which soaked his fur to the skin, but he didn’t move a bit as that would cause him to lose sight of her window.When Amelia looked down at him, he got startled first and then quickly walked away with his head lowered. Amelia noticed his ears went down and there was a trace of guilt flashing through his lonely green eye.He was feeling guilty and regretting, guilty of not being able to help her, regret of not finding her earlier…Amelia felt her heart get stung. She didn’t want a relationship anymore, but she had no intention to hurt Darren. In her pathetic short life, Darren was the first one who was nice to her. He saved her from that cold wheelchair and comforted her with his soft, warm fur.He was indeed a ferocious animal, but wasn’t a scary man.Amelia clutched the windowsill in her hands. She bit her lower lip, wondering, hesitating,
Amelia woke up at 6 when Carlie left for work.She got to rest today so she could sleep as much as she liked, but she couldn’t do it as she now felt too embarrassed by what happened last night.She lay on the bed, hiding under the cover with her body curled up into a ball. To think of that kiss, her face burned with shyness and disbelief.She had no idea why she kissed Darren like that, just like she had no idea why she always acted baldly while facing him.Don’t you ever talk to strangers.Don’t you ever touch another man.For all those years, those rules Ian stipulated to her were so deeply carved into her bones. To think of the consequence of finding out by Ian, Amelia thought she would never have the courage to get intimated with anyone, whether spontaneously or not. But last night not only did she clean his fur, she kissed his forehead and she liked it, not the feeling of their skin touching each other, but the feeling of owning the courage to do things she thought she couldn’t.
Darren felt embarrassed. He didn’t know how to act in this awkward situation. The little boy liked him too much. He insisted on bathing him with Amelia together. Amelia didn’t stop him. Instead, she seemed to be enjoying doing so.They let him sit in the bathtub, then soaked him with hot water from top to toe. Amelia fetched her own body wash from her room. They smeared it all over his body, then started to rub his fur. The little boy Eric took care of his forelimbs. Amelia took care of his back. She sat at the edge of the bathtub, starting from the top of his head.She put her palms there first and then grabbed his ears, rubbing them gently with her delicate fingers. Her motions were soft but the stimulation was strong. It cost all Darren’s willpower not to moan in front of the little boy. And then, she slipped her hands down to his mandibular lines. She used her fingertips to massage the muscles on his cheeks and then gradually moved her gentleness to his neck. Darren felt hi
Amelia kept silent the whole time after leaving Eric’s room.She kept her head low as if she was contemplating. When she got back to Carlie’s room, she sat on her bed silently with her eyes fixed on the floor.Darren escorted her all the way back. He felt her emotions going down the moment she saw that little girl. He didn’t know the reason, but he was worried about her.“Is everything alright?” He walked toward her and then sat beside her legs.Amelia averted her gaze onto him. It was hard to specify her feelings now.Her old life with Ian. Her new life in the hotel. Her destiny of being Darren’s fate and the future of going back to the wolf world.She liked Darren but she didn’t want to marry him. She hated wolves but she didn’t want him to disappear.“Could you not shift in front of me?” She asked, knowing she was making trouble out of nothing. To ask an Alpha wolf to keep his wolf form all the time was outrageous, but Amelia didn’t want him to change. She didn’t want him to beco
Alpha James had never thought his pack would be defeated by a rogue. Not only half of his army was demolished, but he also had to sign a statement to announce his waiver of half of his property as the price for peace.The Blue Forest Pack used to be the strongest in this area. When he was young, all the other Alphas looked up to him. He used to be one of the most powerful wolves. Even the Wolf Committee had to treat him with respect. But things changed without him even noticing it.Long before Darren took over the Alpha’s title of the rogues 5 years ago, his status had been challenged. No matter lost or won, in every single war he fought with rogues, Alpha James always lost something. Sometimes an excellent warrior or a tracer. Sometimes a piece of land was extremely important. Alpha James was shocked and confused at first. And then he started to dig into the reason why he kept losing all the fights. He had all those meetings and discussions with his Betas and his warriors. In the e
Amelia felt very nervous.Darren was about to take her out for their first date.She was curious how he could manage that in wolf form. But there were excited expectations flickering in her heart.On her first date with Ian, Ian drove her into the depths of the woods and raped her in the car. He said, “That’s what will happen when you agree to be on a date with a guy.” He also told her, “It is your only use as a girlfriend.”He told her she must satisfy his needs whenever he wanted in whatever way he liked. Amelia tried to tell her parents but failed. Gradually, she just let him.Ever since Ian came to her pack, her life had been reshaped to a different one. He brainwashed her with all kinds of twisted ideas incessantly. Day by day, Amelia just lost her ability to tell wrong from right. She didn’t know what rules she should follow, or what she shouldn’t. She was played by Ian like a doll and she had no dare even to complain.But now she met Darren, and Darren was very different from
Nine’s POVUp to today, I still couldn’t fully comprehend why I stopped for that teenage girl on that day.It was one of the coldest winter nights in this strange country, chill, dark, and the iciness was just seeping under your skin.There was no wind that night, just snow, flake by flake, but in quite large sizes, falling off from heaven.I walked aimlessly in the thick snow on the street. The melted mud soiled my furs on my legs.There weren’t many street lights either, just cars and scarce passersby running past hurriedly. I heard loud music and laughing noises coming from those colorful stores on both sides of the street. It was still early in the night, but the street was so dark and quiet like it had been devoured by the demon.I walked haphazardly on the sidewalk, eyes fixed in the air, mind wandering restlessly.It was the 60th day I arrived in the city. As always, I found no one even slightly looking like my aim. It was quite disappointing, but I didn’t think much about it.
Amelia was waiting outside the village in the car. Up to today, they had been traveling around the country for 7 months. They paid a visit to Emily first, and then went to Fay and Gregson’s son and all the other wolves who were once part of the murder.They hunted down every wolf who was responsible and made them pay their debts.James’s house was their last stop. After today, they would head back to their home and start a new life.Amelia said “No” when he asked if she wanted to visit her parents with him. Darren knew the reason. James and Doris were just the most ignorant and stupid couple he had ever met. Harm would be the only thing they might have caused Amelia if there was a reunion.He wrapped his coat a little tighter because of the autumn’s cold wind, then quickened his steps to the outside of the village.The sky’s color was sullen yellow today. While he was still far from their car, suddenly he saw Doris standing beside it with Amelia. His heart clenched. He then ran toward
James was pretty upset about his retirement life.Nearly three years had passed since he lost his pack to the rogue he hated most, Darren. Though he had successfully persuaded himself to accept the fact and have a life with nothing a long time ago. Still, he was worried all the time about his adopted son, Ian. Three years ago, right after Darren took all his property from the Wolf Committee, Ian showed up at his front door later that day with a heavily wounded face. He plunged himself into James’s arms and cried. “The Rogue has put a wanted notice on me. He wants me to be dead!”James patted his back and sighed, knowing it was the ending of his and his pack’s glory. Still, he had this tiny expectation left in his heart that maybe someday, Ian could find a way to defeat Darren and regain everything. He was a smart kid, and had always been. And, he was the heir of the most powerful pack, Green Lake.At that point, James could hardly tell. Did he adopt Ian out of his condolences to hi
“Mom, Dad, Emily….”He drifted back to his childhood in that cold, suffocating lake water, reliving everything that was so treasurable and amiable for him….When he was sinking, the lost memories of his slowly grew back piece by piece. He remembered how his sister fell from the cliff on the exact same day, and how Roy caught him in the lake, then took him to a secret chamber underneath it. That’s how he survived.“Hope you can have a normal but happy life, kid.” Roy sighed and wept beside his bed, then did something to his wounded eye. He couldn’t remember.Next, another surge of hatred and fury overwhelmed him.Now he could see clearly how he and his sister saved that wounded rogue boy in the forest, but got betrayed and attacked by him.“Fuck you! Fuck! How dare you use the Alpha tone on me?!” The rogue boy cursed, riding on top of him, using that sharp rock in his hand, repeatedly beating his head. After crushing his left eye, the rogue stood up and started to kick his chest and s
Adam had no idea why he agreed to help Mia. Mia was just an orphan he picked up from the street 10 years ago. A girl who had grown up, but refused to leave. When he told her that she was free to go at any time, she just said, “You need someone to take care of you, Master. And I am that perfect someone”, and then stayed as his maid.Adam didn’t try to persuade her. He didn’t even talk with her that much. He wasn’t a passionate person, had never had too many emotions. During the past 600 years, he had witnessed the death of too many people. For him, people were just things, or even less than things. Because things can last and stay, while people change and decay so quickly.No matter what kind of lives they have, or how reluctantly they behave, the endings of them are just the same.They will all die eventually, being buried into the earth soundlessly, and then quickly dispersed into nowhere.Years later, sometimes even days later, no one would ever remember them. Only he, the outsid
The moment Amelia heard that she felt her blood freeze.She quickly turned her head and then looked towards the castle, then saw Jovian grabbing a young girl in uniform by her throat, dragging her to the window.It wasn’t the girl who served food for them tonight, but Mia. The torch dropped on the floor had ignited the curtain beside the window, the whole place was about to sink into fire.Jovian giggled at the window, tightening his grip on Mia’s throat, “Guess what I will do to her, baby brother? I am going to eat her alive, starting from the fingers.” He reached his other hand to Mia’s wrist and broke it off like it was a chopstick. Mia screamed out of pain, but it was quickly cut off by the hand on her throat. Her face instantly turned purple. Tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes.“Or I am going to rape her right here and dismember her. You hate that kind of thing, don’t you, little brother? I hear you deprived a wolf for a human girl.”Adam’s face turned pale. Ameli
When Amelia headed back, the temperature within the manor had suddenly dropped.The whole place somehow went into dead silence. Ominous coldness infiltrated her skin. Amelia kept her footsteps light, eliminating the sounds she made to the minimum. Way before she made it to the castle, she had already heard that cocky male voice laughing and shouting from inside it.“Where are you, Adam?”“Come to meet your big brother!”“It has been 70 years since the last time we met. Don’t you want to treat your brother to a drink?”His tone was both playful and vicious, sounding like provoking a fight or seeking conflicts. No matter who he was, his visit here was definitely not kind.Amelia quickly climbed up to a huge maple tree outside the castle. She hid herself on a branch under those lush leaves, observing the castle, trying to get a peek at what was going on inside.From the opened window on the façade of the building, she saw an average-height figure wandering through the hallway on the se
After going back to the castle, they said “good night” to each other.Adam parted with her in the lobby. He didn’t want to frighten her by escorting her to her room.Amelia took the elevator and went back alone. After entering her room, she loosened her hair first and removed all the ornaments Mia decorated on her.After that, she picked out one of her own dresses from the closet. She didn’t wear it. Instead, she wrapped it around her waist and then shifted.The castle was high, but the second floor wouldn’t be a problem for a deft wolf like her. She pushed open the window using her paws, and then jumped out through it.The dirt underneath the window was soft, tinged with the mixed scent of different kinds of plants. Amelia stopped there for a second to identify the direction. And then she moved her legs and sprinted. She was heading towards her mate who was guarding her outside those tall grey walls.She just had one of the greatest nights of her life. She couldn’t wait to share it
Adam had made plans for tonight.Long before he asked Amelia to Switzerland with him, when he was still in her bakery shop typing, writing, and observing her, he had already decided what he would do to her once he brought her here.When the night came, he would invite her for dinner for sure, but before that, he would have her dress like a princess, even make her wear a splendid wedding dress.After she cried throughout dinner at the table, he would “ask” her to dance. In the company of the beautiful symphony of Shubert, he would flirt with her, tease her, and even terrorize her by pretending to bite her. “I am going to transfer you to a vampire,” he would whisper in her ear, gliding his sharp teeth through the soft skin of her delicate neck.Amelia would be so scared, and then she would run and hide.He would chase her through every single room of this huge castle, having some weapons and exits prepared for her, giving her fake hopes now and then, but quickly push her back into deep