ELARA**********"Wake up!" I heard faintly from my sleep as I felt a hand taping me rapidly on my shoulder. I quickly opened my eyes tilting my head to look at who it was and my gaze fell on Lora. I scoffed as I sat up on the bed, heaving a sigh as I remained quiet."Don't you know how to wake when it's morning? Do I or my mother have to come and wake you up every morning?" She asked in a sharp tone as she stared at me with a straight face as if she was trying to stop herself from hitting me. "Well, it's not a new thing." I thought as I yawned, stretching my arms out as I did not utter a single word in response to what she had just said.I lived in a small house downtown with my stepmother and her only daughter. I could not recall the last time that I set my eyes on my mother as she ran away when things went sour with my dad. I had no idea how it all played out but from the stories that I heard, my dad maltreated her and subjected her to domestic violence. According to stories, she e
SONIAWe walked through the thick woods for minutes but there was no lake in sight. The excitement on her face a while ago had suddenly changed and I feel sorry for not listening to her. I didn't know what to do, whether to keep quiet and just continue with the journey or at least halt for a while to talk to her. The latter became consistent in my mind and I didn't waste time, halting my steps and turning around to look at her. Just before I tried to talk, she heaved a heavy sigh and started to talk, forcing me to keep mute to listen to what she wanted to say."I was just about to ask you to wait and let us think this through. We have been walking in all directions since and still have not come up with the route that leads to the lake. Are you sure we are doing the right thing? Perhaps we should retrace our steps back to the pack and ask for directions so we can get there easily without having to go through this stress." She spoke rapidly without any break in between her words. For a
ALLANThe meeting with Elara was slightly a success as I walked back to the room, half happy and half sad. I didn't know whether to be completely happy or not but at that moment I just wanted everything to go according to our plan. I heaved a sigh as I walked to the room. My father immediately looked me in the eyes for a moment as if he was not happy with me. I walked directly to the edge of the bed to sit down. He heaved a sigh and for a moment, I began to get inconvenienced with the silence that grew louder in the room."What is it that you are doing with this girl? I hope you know that you are betrothed to Sonia and your marriage and mating ceremony are coming up very soon. You should not be involved with anybody at this moment." He explained slowly as he looked me in the eyes for a moment. I heaved a sigh as I lowered my head. "How can he not still understand that I am not interested in any of this? I don't want to be involved in any form of business with his cronies and all?" I a
ELARA I walked back to the room slightly happy. I was going to stay back in the pack and get down with my mission. "I don't care how he is going to do it, I just want to remain in the pack." I thought as I walked slowly to the room. Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind, forcing me to immediately halt my steps and heave a sigh. "Lia is definitely going to be in the room." I thought and for a moment, I stood there thinking how to avoid her but nothing was coming to my head. After a while, I continued to walk still thinking of how to avoid her unnecessary questions and comments. "After all, I had made it clear to her that I didn't want to talk to her anymore for the rest of the day." I thought and nothing after, I was standing in front of the door to my room. "Here goes nothing," I whispered, shutting my eyes tight to take a deep breath before tilting the doorknob to open the door. I peeked stylishly into the room to see if she was there but from the angle that I stood, I really could no
SONIA Trying to find our way back to the pack had been so strenuous yet, unyielding. At this point, I was scared that we might have gotten lost in the woods. "What do I do from here? Why didn't I just listen to them when they all asked me to ask my father for directions?" I thought for a moment and then took a deep breath. My heart at this moment was racing faster as if it were about to jump out of my chest. Not long after, I noticed that Eli was tired and unable to continue moving. I halted my steps immediately as I walked closer to her to hold her by the hand. Her breath was shaky and short. "What have I done?" I said to myself as I looked at her, unable to utter any word to her. She stayed like that for a while before I placed my hand in he back to pat her gently. "Don't worry too much young Luna. I am fine. I just need to catch my breath and we are okay. You need to rest too before we continue the search for our way back home." She said through her heavy breath and for a moment,
ALLANAs I walked down the hallway, trying to clear my head of any thoughts, my mind couldn't help but wander back to the last discussion that I had with Elara. I didn't know how I felt but I certainly knew there was something special about her. The whole connection, the feeling after the touch, how we somehow find ourselves crossing paths with each other again. It all says a lot about how we are interrelated. "Is this a sign for me, moon goddess?" I asked myself as I continued to walk and just then, I stumbled upon the one person whose thoughts had filled my mind the whole time. "Where was she heading to?" I asked myself as I stayed there for a while. My heart started to beat faster than normal. I maintained my walking pace until I made her notice that I was right behind her. She stopped walking but didn't turn around to see who it was and that got me amazed. "What could be going on through her mind? Does she want to quit at this point?" I asked myself as I looked away from her and
SONIA"Dad!" I yelled as I quickly came out of where I was hiding and rushed towards where I heard the echo of his voice. My eyes went wide open as I looked around in search of him. Eli looked at me with pity and worry at the same time and as soon as I was about to yell out my father's name again, when his voice filled the whole place, forcing me to turn and look at the direction his voice was coming from. I waved at him the moment my eyes fell on him, rushing towards where he was standing. He had a frown on his face the moment I walked toward him to hold him in a tight embrace. "What in the goddess's name are you doing here? What are you doing out here?" He asked me in a low tone but a sharp tone. He gave me a fierce look and I immediately knew he was not having it with me. I took a few steps backward to see the expression on his face properly. I heaved a sigh to get my heart at peace but it was not coming down. He looked me in the eyes with a stern face and then I knew he was not
ELARA"I don't think that I need to apologize to you at all. I just want you to stick to the plan and let us get these men. They are definitely up to something." I didn't know what he was trying to do. "Was he trying to run away from what he was supposed to do or it was all just about his ego?" I asked myself as I looked away from his direction, lowering my head slightly. Many thoughts rushed through my mind and the only one that stayed on the surface was the tingling sensation that I had all over my body when he touched me earlier. I could not come to terms with the fact that his touches had so much effect on me. "What could that mean by the way?" I asked myself as I tried to relive the whole moment in my head again. It was something I wanted to feel again but didn't want to be the one to ask for it. "Are you lost or something? You don't seem to have been following me since I was talking. Is there anything that is going through your mind that you would like to share as well?" He ask
ELARA"What did I just witness? Did I just witness first-hand sex? A live sex between two lycans?" The questions could not just stop coming to my mind. I couldn't help but think about what they had just done. "This must be a dream," I said to myself as I stood there. I felt my legs aching as I stood there for almost two and a half hours watching the alpha of the pack, pounding hard on the head of the maids. "How is this even possible? What is going on with these two?" I asked myself as I kept watching them. Alpha Gunther sat there in his chair as he tried to catch his breath and purred softly."I missed you so much. I can't have enough of you. I need more of that dick of yours. Please come and give me more. Make up for the days that we could not do anything." She shamelessly said through her last breath. I shook my head slightly as I closed my eyes slightly to stop my eyes from straining. As I closed my eyes, the memories of what they just did, kept playing in my head. Her words reve
ELARAThe door opened and light flashed into the room. For a moment, my heart raced faster than normal. I wanted to peep to see who walked in but as soon as I moved my head towards the opening, the light flashed into the room again and I quickly had to retract my head. Forcing me to make a thudding sound as I hit against the wall slightly. "What the hell just happened?" I asked myself. I just hope they don't come to check what happened here and find me here. I closed my eyes as my heart raced faster. I could hear the sound of my heart beating like it was about to jump out of my chest."What was that?" Surprisingly, I heard the voice of the head maid. I didn't know when I suddenly opened my eyes. I was extremely shocked to have heard her voice. "How did she have access to this room?" I asked myself and then I recalled that perhaps she wanted to come and pack the cups that were used to drink coffee last night. But something was not right about how she came into the room. She laughed for
ELARAI involuntarily slapped myself, forcing me to open my eyes immediately to see what was going on. I realized that an insect was crawling on my face. It was then I came to know that I slept in Alpha Gunther's private office. "How did I even sleep? How did I sleep here?" I asked myself in a low tone as I stood up on my feet immediately. I looked around and from the way things were in the room, it looked like the sun was already up and shining. I was sure that they would all be looking for me in the pack right now. "What do I do?" I asked myself as I walked around the whole room.My gaze fell on the cup that sat there on the table where they had their discussion. As I saw the cups, my mind wandered back to the discussion that they had last night. "What could it be that they wanted to achieve? Who is Alpha Larry? Where has he been? Could I have seen him before?" I asked myself all these questions and soon, my thoughts were occupied again with the fact that I was stuck in the private
SONIA"That was when I started to have a rethink about the whole thing and that was why I asked you to meet my father and talk to him about the fact that you don't want this. That you never wanted it in the first place but you are too much of a coward. Right now, I am not scared of what might happen. I am ready to go and tell them that I am no longer interested in the arranged marriage and I will also tell them that you are not interested in the marriage." I explained slowly like I was counting my words as I spoke them. He only stood there and watched me as I talked. "I am so enjoying this whole drama and the way it is going. The only thing that I don't like about this is the fact that he keeps quiet most of the time. Where is the proactive Allan that I used to know? Talk to me like the man that you are Allan? Don't be such a coward." I thought in my head before I heaved a sigh and the only thing on my mind at that moment was that since we were no longer interested in the whole marri
SONIA"Wait!" I said to myself but my body was not responding at all. I shook my head slightly before I continued to talk to myself. "What if he doesn't want this at all? What if he pushed me away from in after all that has transpired between us since the beginning of the morning?" I asked myself as even if I had all these thoughts in my head, I could still feel myself moving towards him. "Oh Moon goddess, how can I stop myself from all this?" I asked myself but nothing was coming to my head. As I stood there, a thought suddenly crossed my mind. "He mentioned my name in his sleep during the middle of the night," I recalled immediately but didn't show a sign that I cared about the fact that he mentioned my name. "It doesn't mean a thing." I tried to convince myself as I stood there before him. "Could he have been dreaming about me? Why did I just remember that he called my name in his sleep? Was the moon goddess trying to prove us a point here?" I asked myself but not long after thos
SONIAHe looked at me as if he were thinking of what to say and then the silence was really getting me uncomfortable. "What does he think he is trying to do? Why was he keeping mute like this?" I asked myself as I heaved a sigh. My mind momentarily wandered back to the times that I was staying in his pack. The whole ill treatment from him.I recalled the day that Helen almost killed his mother. The day he showed me that he was ready to go with her over me. I felt rejected at that moment. I felt like I was trying to fit in where I was not welcomed. I felt my rage increasing rapidly within me but I tried to keep myself at bay as I looked away from him slightly but brought my gaze to look at him. A thought crossed my mind to remind him about that night but another part of me wanted to completely let go of the thoughts and just go on with what was going on. I didn't want to waste any more time before I started to talk."What more do you want me to tell you? If all these are not enough fo
SONIA"What more sign does he want? Should I spell out to him that I am tired of this entire sham called an arranged marriage? Can't he see that I am no longer interested in being with him?" I asked myself as I slowly lowered my head. If I had wanted to say what was on my mind, I would sound very rude to him. I didn't want to make our last days together a tragedy so I shook my head slightly as I shook off the thoughts in my head.I tilted my head slightly as I looked back at him in the eyes. He looked like he was being held accountable or he wanted to be pitied. If all he didn't say anything again, I was just going to walk out of the room and head straight to my father's room to tell him the latest developments. I didn't know what else to do to make him talk so I just kept mute and waited for him to think about what was making him look at me that way but nothing was coming to my mind. I took out time before I looked away from him, all because I wanted him to talk to me. I did waste ti
SONIAHe also looked as if he was lost and didn't know what to do. That made me have the time to think of my next action. It was at this moment that I decided to let go of my initial decision so that I would know exactly what he had in mind to do."What do you think you are doing? I hope it's not what I think it is. Please let me go." I really should have kept mute because I didn't like the way I sounded at all. My voice suddenly started to break and he looked away from me. "He probably is thinking that I am not serious right now. I should have just remained quiet." I said to myself and placed a hand on my forehead. For a moment, I lowered my head and tried to convince myself that it was normal for me to act in such a way and when I was cool with it, I tilted my head to look at him and noticed that he was not looking at me. I wondered why he could not bring himself to look at me in the eyes but he still held on to my hands even while I tried to free herself from his grip. I wanted to
SONIAI didn't let anything bother my mind while I stood there in front of him. "Whatever the case might be, I was prepared to let him know exactly how I was feeling. I couldn't wait any more to tell him what I had in mind. I can't do this anymore. "Not anymore!" I yelled inside my head and just then his voice began to echo, forcing my attention back to him as I didn't know what to do.As I turned to look at him, he was still quiet and then I had the idea that perhaps my brain was playing a trick on me. We stood there in silence and I could not help but wander in thoughts as many of them ran through my mind. For once in my entire existence I felt like I didn't care about anything that happened at all. I was ready to let everything go just like that and focus on myself. I didn't know if it was the right thing to do but I wanted to just stay on my own and not do anything with anybody. I just hoped that he agreed with me or had the same idea and wanted to be free from all of this.He con