Caspian kissed Elora's lips, lustfully, mercilessly. Caspian's hands held Elora's hand on the sofa, preventing Elora from moving. As Caspian pulled away, just so he could look into Elora's frightened eyes, Elora took a deep breath.
Caspian's face, which had been dark with passion, turned to surprise when he found Elora shedding tears.
"You..." Caspian was unable to continue. Elora bit her lips hard, her jaw tightened so that her jawline was printed clearly at the corner of her face.
"Let me go …." Elora's voice was just a desperate hoarse.
Caspian loosened his grip, and Elora made the most of the opportunity. She pushed Caspian's body away with the last of her strength.
"I hate you," Elora growled with hate in her eyes.
The door to the room opened just after Caspian was pushed away by Elora.
"Am I bothering you guys?" asked the person who had just entered. A small woman with shoulder-length red hair. Thick-rimmed glasses in bri
“They found me unconscious at the edge of the forest. There was a car passing on the highway near me, then the driver took me to the police station. They tried to question me and search for my identity, but they’ve got nothing.”Elora poked at the remaining pieces of her roast lamb disinterestedly. Her thoughts were no longer on food, but on the far north island where she had spent most of her life.“You’re from Queenstown?” Kate tried to dig deeper into Elora’s background, and Elora didn’t mind that. Because Elora also needs to know who she really is.With this situation, Elora’s desire to find out about herself, which she had buried long ago, was again torn to the surface.“No. I grew up in Auckland until two years ago. There was an incident, that caused me to be transferred here.”Elora pushed her plate of food away. Now she buried her body deeper into the sofa. Slowly, sleepiness
What was wrong with Caspian that Elora hated him so much?Elora should have felt the same way as him. Such passionate love, a strong desire to touch, longing for kisses and affection that escaped easily from each other’s lips.Because that’s how Caspian felt, since he knew Elora is his soul mate. Honestly, this feeling torments him inside out. Caspian ruffled his hair in frustration as he walked out of Elora’s room.At the end of the hall, Zed was waiting for him. The Beta tilts his head while giving a mocking smile. “Rejected again?” he sneered.Caspian couldn’t help but retort in annoyance. “What are you doing here? Any new information?”Zed’s face turned serious. “Not much. But it might help. This time someone said they saw someone from Jack’s Point pack at the scene that time.”“We visited Bill’s pack a few weeks ago. Did you forget? Chaos on the golf cou
The next morning Kate wakes up Elora. She delivered breakfast and said Caspian would drive her to work. Of course, Elora flatly refused. “Caspian had expected you to turn him down,” Kate said, “that’s why he asked me to remind you that from today on you will work together. So like it or not, you have to go together.” “I do work together, but that doesn’t mean I have to go with him,” said Elora. “I’ll have Javier pick me up.” “No one is allowed to enter Sacred Storm territory without Alpha’s permission.” “Sacred Storm?” “That’s our pack’s name.” Elora still needed time to digest the fact that she was now in the den of a werewolf pack. “Kate… that means you’re also… a werewolf?” Elora asked carefully. “Of course,” Kate answered, as if it was obvious. “I’ll bring your clothes here.” “My clothes?” Elora asked in surprise. She took nothing with her when she left her apartment. “Yes. Caspian asked some members to pack
“You want to change the script? Do you realize that tomorrow we will start shooting?!”Elora could have guessed Charlie would be hysterical at this sudden change, but Elora had already prepared everything. Including ways to persuade her boss.“The place won’t change, and I’m just changing the plot a little.” Elora smiled innocently. “I’ve also spoken to Caspian. He agreed.”“Is it?” Charlie squinted. “He just agreed?”Elora nodded twice. “He even said the new script was more interesting. Since the original was only about lovers walking around Queenstown, the new script has more dynamics.”Charlie rubbed his chin as he stared at Elora for a long time. “How about this? I will present these changes at a follow-up meeting. If other departments don’t have a problem with it, then I’ll agree.”“Okay.”*Makes a
Arrowtown. A city that has its own beauty. Although every corner of South Island can be called a paradise on earth, every inch has a uniqueness that is not found anywhere else.Maybe it was because Elora was so immersed in the calm and peaceful atmosphere of this city that she forgot she should act hate towards Caspian. That supposedly Elora just needed to act as usual. Refuse the existence of men around her.“El, weren’t you the one who asked for the script to be changed? Then why you act like this? At this rate, we won’t be able to finish everything in time!”It annoyed Elora that Madison reprimanded her. Even though Madison called Elora to a quiet corner, but still all eyes involved in this project were on them.Elora wanted to say that what she was doing was out of her control. From hugging Caspian, holding Caspian’s hand as they walked down the sidewalk when Elora should have walked first with a frown on he
Caspian heard it clearly. Kate screams, calling his name. It didn’t take long for Caspian to know that something was wrong. Caspian heard a loud bang, followed by the sound of a building collapsing. The creaking and crashing of the rocks, the roof logs, the shards of glass mixed into one terrifying sound.Caspian ran out of his room, which was on the other side of the building. He even shape-shifted just to get to Elora’s room. Caspian saw a plume of grayish-black smoke along the hall. Visibility is almost zero.“Kate!” Caspian shouted, but there was no answer. There were only panicked and questioning exclamations from the members who arrived.“What happened?!” shouted Zed who had come shortly after Caspian. Caspian’s face was pale. He couldn’t answer Zed’s question. The only thing on Caspian’s mind now was how Elora and Kate were.Caspian desperately charged, as the dust began to subside. Leavin
A moment had passed, and Elora’s grip on Caspian’s hand loosened. Caspian shuffled away, dragging his hand. After making sure Elora didn’t wake up, Caspian left her. He had to go to Kate to ask what really happened. He hopes Kate already awake.Caspian half ran down the stairs to the infirmary on the ground floor. Caspian tried to hold back his strength as he opened the double doors of the infirmary, but failed. A loud thud resounded in the ward.There was only Zed, and Kate lying on the bed closest to the ward door. This ward was once the hall used for the annual gathering of the werewolves. Since Caspian built a new building near his vineyard, he has converted this room into an infirmary.There were several beds lined up, with white curtains now folded at the corners of the rails. The moonlight shone through the stained glass, casting a faint reflection of color on the pure white sheet.“Settle down,” Zed scolded. Among the
Elora couldn’t understand how she ended up in Caspian’s room. When Elora opened her eyes, Elora felt pain all over her body. Her head was dizzy, as if a big and heavy object had hit her. Caspian’s room smelled of wood and stone. Elora groaned as she tried to sit up on the bed. The side of the bed next to Elora was empty. Elora thought Caspian had woken up and left, but apparently, that man was sleeping in a sitting position on the sofa. A black shadow covered Caspian’s face. His chest rose and fell steadily as he inhaled and exhaled. Caspian was wearing only dull black cloth pants, the hem of which was worn and torn, as if he had been used to running among the thorns. A cold air caressed Elora’s back, making her realize that her body was covered with nothing but a blanket. Again she ended up in Caspian’s room, naked. Elora tried to remember what
Ten years later….Caspian looked at himself in the long mirror in his room. Today is a very important day in his life. The day he had been waiting for for the last ten years.Caspian deliberately opened the bedroom door, because he was waiting for someone to arrive. As Caspian was adjusting the position of the suit attached to his body, the bedroom door snapped open and someone ran in, screaming.“Uncle!!”“I told you, call him Alpha!”A loud bang was heard, and the sound of a child screaming in pain followed. Caspian frowned, sharing the pain in the boy’s head. “It’s okay, Kate. He’s my nephew, anyway.”“If I let him, he’ll go easy on you, Cas!”“Mommy sucks!” Cooper shouted, then he ran away, leaving Caspian and Kate.Caspian smiled widely and hugged Kate. Kate hugged him back. She gave Caspian a few pats on the back before they let go.
“Elora!”Caspian shouted for her, but Elora kept running. They thrashed the snow under their feet, breaking through dry branches and braving the skin-biting air. Elora was in werewolf form, and she ran faster than Caspian.Caspian continued to chase after her, but all he could see was Elora’s back getting further and further away. Until they came to a dark and almost frozen riverbank. Elora suddenly stopped, then turned around. “Stop! Stay away from me!” she screamed. Caspian stopped a few yards from Elora. His lungs ached, and the wound throbbed like a second heart.“Elora,” Caspian spoke Elora’s name carefully, as if her name was sacred and contained magic. That one word can describe how longed and desperate Caspian is. He walked over, turning himself into a human again. Instantly, a chill shot through Caspian, worsening his condition and making his wound feel like it was being stabbed by a thousand tiny needles.
“Don’t move,” said Brittany. She hitting Caspian in the chest with her rock-hard fist.“Ouch!” Caspian groaned. “Brit, you know I’m sick, right?”“No. Your wound should be healed by now.”“I’m still recovering.”“Bullshit.”“Have you ever been shot with a silver bullet?”Brittany stopped arguing. She shrugged and glanced at the nightstand beside Caspian’s bed. “I still can’t find her,” Brittany muttered. “It was as if she had disappeared from this world.”“She’s still alive. I can feel it.”“How about you stop looking for her? It’s been a month, Cas.”“Only a month, Brit.”Brittany took a deep breath, then when she looked back at Caspian, a smile tugged at her pink lips. “I can’t keep mobilizing my members to look for h
“Hëna.”Arapeta’s voice was at the threshold of Elora’s hearing. She felt dead to the world, but she was still awake. Elora could see everything around her, but at the same time, she could not feel her body. Elora seemed to float in another dimension, which looked the same as the world she knew.“No,” someone denied. Zed’s breath was close to Elora’s ear, whispering a doubtful refusal. “Hëna wouldn’t want to meet lowly werewolves like you! She is too sacred to be seen by the ignorant eye!”“Look who’s talking,” said Javier. “You mean the moon goddess doesn’t want to see you?”The sound of bullets cut through the night, and a moan of pain escaped Javier’s lips. “Bastard.” Zed gritted his teeth as he realized his shot had only hit the edge of Javier’s arm.Zed pulled the trigger again, but the gun fell from his hand,
“You can guess the rest,” Zed said. “He confronted me, and since we were both anxious about each other’s secrets, we started arguing. I purposely took him to the edge of the forest, far from the city. I felt that our conversation would not go well, so I prepared for the worst.”“You—you killed Cooper?” Caspian gasped.Elora couldn’t see Caspian right now, but she could imagine how devastated Caspian would be to know one by one the harsh realities that were happening around him.Elora thought Zed would laugh and admit it proudly. However, there was only a cold reaction to Caspian’s question. “Didn’t you hear my explanation? Your best friend sells drugs!! And you’re angry because I killed him?? You should thank me!! I have removed the trouble from your pack!!”“You killed him! You killed Cooper and you’ve been acting like you know nothing?! Have you gone mad?!&rd
“Are you sure?” Cooper asked. He still didn’t believe in Zed’s theory. The pack of The Moon Protectors was long extinct, and there is not enough evidence that they inherited Hëna’s powers. But Zed had done a lot of research, relating events, until he concluded; there was still one werewolf from that pack. And she is a woman.“Damn sure,” Zed replied.They were sitting on the balcony of the Sacred Storm restaurant. It’s a full moon tonight, and because it’s the holiday season, many tourists come here, including single women. Soft prey to satisfy Zed’s passion. Cooper was happy to see Zed in action because he said every woman looked so hilarious when they had fallen for Zed’s seduction. Although Cooper often says that Zed’s behavior is immoral, Zed knows Cooper enjoys it too. Seeing how helpless the women were in front of them.“Then what’s your plan?” Cooper asked again
Caspian didn’t know if the plan he had put together with Javier, Arapeta, Aiden, and Hanupo could go smoothly. Caspian wasn’t even sure what they were talking about together was a rescue plan. After learning that Zed betrayed him, Caspian could no longer expect the members of the Sacred Storm pack to submit to him. Caspian knew some of them had sympathy for Zed.Caspian drove to the abandoned wine cellar in the west. It used to be the territory of the Sacred Storm, but through tough negotiations with the Alphas at that time, they decided that the area would become a neutral area and a barrier between the territory of one pack from another.Caspian left his car on the side of the road. He made sure no one was around before turning himself into a werewolf. The sky was getting darker as Caspian made his way through the woods. The longer Caspian could feel the energy radiate from the other werewolves. There were many werewolves up ahead, and none of them Caspia
Cold. Dark. A faint sweet and bitter aroma.Elora opened her eyes, but she couldn’t see anything. The intoxicating smell of medicine still lingered in her nostrils. After a while, she realized that someone had covered her eyes with a black cloth.“Judging by the way you’re moving, it looks like you’ve come to your senses.” A familiar voice greeted her. That’s Zed. Elora could feel Zed beside her. His breath brushed against Elora’s cheek.“Let me go,” said Elora.Zed chuckled. “Why are you saying such useless things? You think I’ll let you go when you ask me to?”Elora struggled. They tied Elora’s body with ropes to a chair. As Zed ran a finger up Elora’s cheek, Elora rebelled and shivered in disgust. “Get your hands off me,” Elora hissed.“Don’t piss me off, El. Soon we will be husband and wife.”Elora gasped. “What
Caspian drives like a madman after Elora doesn’t answer his calls, and when Caspian calls Javier, that man says he left Elora alone. When Caspian got angry at this, Javier said, “Hey! I didn’t mean to leave her! She insists on being alone!”Caspian parked his car carelessly in the parking area of Elora’s apartment. He rushed to the second floor and knocked on Elora’s apartment door in a hurry. “Elora! Open the door! It’s me!”No answer. Even Caspian didn’t hear any movement in there. Caspian tried to knock again, this time louder. Instead of Elora coming out, it was the residents of the apartment opposite Elora’s apartment who opened the door. An old woman walking with a cane.“She went out with a black-haired man,” she said, half grumbling. “For God’s sake, what happened to her recently? She hadn’t been home in a long time, and last time she made a big fuss. I almo