VALERIE I felt a chilly sensation on my arm when I tilted my head. I tried to snap my eyes open but couldn't; I felt like something was holding me down. Two different scents slipped into my nostrils and I gasped out, enjoying the scents of dark musk and rich sandalwood that intermingled and played with my senses. The chilly sensation came again, but this time, it was on my waist. I felt something slide up my thighs, heading in between them. My heart skipped a beat and I forced my eyes open. The first thing that hit me was the grey and blue eyes that flickered blackness the moment they met mine. My mind reeled, my pulse raced and my mind shot back to the previous tragic events that took place before I fainted. I wasn't dead, I was still alive and trapped with the devils that threatened to ruin my life. “You?" I gasped and shifted uncomfortably. I tried getting away but found that impossible as they were both hovering over me, caging me down to the soft mattress. “Stop, let
VALERIE The door creaked open, and I raised my head, expecting to see Lucian and Killian, but to my disappointment or perhaps to my relief, it turned out to be a girl who seemed to be my age mate. My eyes trailed after her as she walked over to a table and set down the tray she was holding. She turned in my direction, walked up to the bed, dropped some clothes on the edge, and turned around to walk away without saying a word. My heart constricted at her cold attitude. “Hello," I whispered and her feet stopped shuffling to the door. She cranked her neck and stared at me with blank brown eyes which seemed to have a layer of pain and sadness behind them. "Hello," she replied and bowed her head then quickly averted her gaze. I needed to get out here, but firstly, I had to know where I was. “Where is this place?" I asked, still clenching the duvet. She switched her gaze towards me and I saw a flash of disgust dart across her eyes as she looked at the duvet covering my nude body.
VALERIE “Hello, who is this?" Her voice sounded more like a ghostly whisper. My heart tightened and I regretted calling her at that moment. I would only be a burden to her again. But then again, I couldn't stop myself from yearning for her lost warmth. “Mom," I muttered in a weepy voice. The silence that loomed from the other end of the line made me think that she had hung up on me. I was about to put the phone down in despair when her voice came up again; this time, it was filled with surprise and fear. “Valerie, is that you?" She said in a hushed tone that got me wondering if my stepfather was at home. Mom, it's me," I replied and heard her release a breath of relief. “I heard about what happened to the Pack, you aren't hurt, are you?" She said in the same tone. “No, mom, I'm fine." Silence trailed after my reply and after a couple of minutes, she spoke up again. "Are you still in that Pack? I heard that lots of people were killed and… and Thomas isn't doi
VALERIE I peeked into the dark tunnel Bianca led me to and sighed out loud in relief. “Go through the tunnel; you will find your way out to the Pack’s boundary, but be mindful of rogues; lots of them lurk around the boundary of Dark Moon Pack,” she advised, waving her hands towards the entrance of the frightening tunnel. I sucked in a deep breath and muttered a word of appreciation before taking the flashlight she extended toward me. “You won't get into trouble, right?" I asked for the third time and she smiled, shaking her head. “No, I won't." I nodded at her words and began to shuffle into the tunnel. “Valerie," her voice made me pause and crank my head backward. “Be careful. Survive." My throat knotted at her last words. I nodded when I couldn't find my voice and bade her goodbye before walking into the tunnel, with my heart in my hand. I jumped in fear when I saw a skeleton leaning on the old dark walls of the tunnel. I shuddered and cautiously walked past i
VALERIE My heart shrank and the pieces dropped into the pit of my belly as I stared at the red eyes that glared at me from the dark. I clasped my hand against my mouth as my heartbeat thumped loudly to my hearing. It was so loud that I was afraid that the beastly tiger standing before me would hear the sound. I stepped back, making sure that my feet didn't make any noise. The growl came again, loud, fierce, and horrific. Sweat broke out on my skin and shivers rushed through my body. I kept stepping back until my feet stepped on a dry bone on the ground. I tripped and unintentionally released a howl before dropping down to the ground. The tiger roared upon hearing my yell and bounded towards me. I was filled with fear and struck with horror. An ear-piercing scream escaped my lips. I reached for my flashlight which I had picked up earlier, and turned it on. The rays of light fell on orange and black stripes on a large body. The tiger, which was facing the wall opposite w
VALERIE The door was pushed open and Killian flung me in. I winced in pain as my arm brushed against the rough wall, getting bruised in the process. “Please, don't hurt me," I whimpered, backing away as they approached me. “You should have obeyed when you had the chance to,” Lucian snickered, glaring haughtily at me. “Please, I promise never to attempt running away again, I promise," I cried, rubbing my hands together I wasn't only scared of dying, I was scared of losing my virginity to them, in the most cruel way. No matter how much or long that I pleaded, their expression remained the same. A flash of pity didn't dare dart across their face. Killian took some steps towards me, covering the distance between us. I made to shift back but he grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my feet, dragging me towards the bed. I screamed till my throat burned yet none of them had mercy. “Pull off your clothes," I heard Lucian say from the door. What was the use of making me suffer this wa
VALERIE The cold water that was splashed on my face made me snap up from bed. I gasped loudly and swerved my head, searching for where the water came from. My heart shrank when I saw Bianca staring blankly at me with a bowl in her hand and right behind her was Killian and Lucian. I shuddered, feeling betrayed and used. “It's time for your punishment!" Lucian snapped and my belly knotted. “Get up and get dressed," Killian added. Tears gathered up in my eyes as I looked at Bianca, who kept glancing at other things in the room aside from my face. Who would have thought she would betray me? I considered her a friend and a sister but she ended up betraying me, just like Margaret and Juliet. I managed to get my sore body up from the bed. “Don't be so clumsy!” Lucian snapped and I jumped. I picked up my clothes and pulled them on, subduing the pain that throbbed in my body. Killian grabbed me, digging his nails into my arm as he dragged me out of the room. Once we were out, he pu
VALERIE Gasps erupted from everyone in the hall when she spilled those lies. “I… I didn't…" Bianca held my hand and my lips slammed shut. Lucian's eyes flickered in my direction, and I felt my soul leave my body. Every step he took down the stairs and towards me cut out a piece of my heart. I wondered what he was going to do to me. When he got close to me, I staggered back, shaking my head as tears gathered in my eyes. Bianca stepped away from us, filled with fear and sympathy. I glanced across his shoulder and saw the girl snickering at me. “Did you say that?" He muttered in that icy voice that always made me shudder. “No," I muttered and she frowned, scowling at me. “She's lying…" Lucian held his hand, shutting her up. “I never asked you, Adriana," he muttered in a cold voice and her face reddened. Lucian raised my chin and forced me to look into his penetrating eyes. “You're fond of getting into trouble, aren't you?" He muttered and my belly flustered. “Don't be a f
VALERIE My jaw dropped and I staggered back, almost falling to the ground. Right before me was a bullet hole on my stepfather's forehead. His eyes were wide open and lifeless. Blood and some whitish substance were splattered against his face, and his pale body lay lifeless on the pool of blood that flowed freely on the white marble floor. A deafening silence followed my mother's scream as she slumped to the ground, sobbing silently. Though the room was as silent as a graveyard, the loud thumping of my heart tormented my mind. “You… you killed my stepfather,” I stammered after I had recovered from the shock. Killian turned and looked at me, raising his left brow, as he squared his shoulders. “Yes, I just granted your wish,” he muttered. Anger and pain surged through me as I glared at him, wishing I could rip off his head from his body. “You bastard! I never asked you to kill him. I never asked you to!” I snapped, pounding my hand on his chest. He remained rooted at the spot,
VALERIE My jaw dropped and I stepped away, tilting my head as I stared at him in confusion.“What do you mean?" I asked, my heart thumping loudly in my chest.He smirked and pulled my hands into his pant pocket, a glee in his eyes.The room began to feel suffocating as silence trailed after my question.I spun around and stared at my mom, my eyes demanding an explanation.She darted her eyes towards Lucian's hardened face and fear swept across her pale face.“You won't tell me too?" I asked, huffing loudly.She picked on her nails and avoided my eyes, looking down at her feet.“Mom!" I snapped, filled with aggression.“Ugh…quit the noise already!" Killian snapped, narrowing his eyes at me.I glared at him and swerved my attention to Lucian who was leaning nonchalantly on the wall.“Who do you want me to kill?" I snapped, heaving loudly.He stared blankly at me and shrugged.“Your little brain is still active, right? Use it," he muttered.His words stung me greatly, making my heart tw
VALERIE I raised my brows in question and turned to face Killian.“What are we doing at my place?" I asked.Killian squared his shoulders as he looked down intimidatingly at me.“Have you become so attached to us that you can't let us go?" Killian smirked.Valerie twitched her lips up in disgust and scoffed loudly.“Attached?" She scoffed again and narrowed her eyes.“I only asked because I thought we… we were heading to the Blood Moon Pack," I stuttered, pouting out my lips in embarrassment.Killian chuckled and glanced at the house before leaning close to me.I winced and tried to flinch back but Lucian was sitting right next to me, preventing my attempt to move away from Killian.“What are you doing?” I snapped when I couldn't take in his behavior anymore. He chuckled, not moving back. His face was just a hair's breadth away from mine, and his breath brushed teasingly against my face, causing my face to flush red. “We are your mate. Why are you so frightened?” Killian muttered, a
VALERIE The sun rays that hit my eyes forced me to drag them open. I cried out as pain shot through my body. My heart skipped a beat as everything that happened last night came, haunting my memory, flooding in with no obstruction. They were my mates and they had marked me! I sprang up from the bed and gasped, touching my neck which was a bit swollen from the bite. I darted my eyes around the room only to find out that I was the only one in it.I couldn't believe it. Why do they have to be my mates? It should have been someone else. It shouldn't be them. Of all the women, why did the moon goddess choose me to spend the rest of my life with them? I couldn't bring myself to accept it. I couldn't imagine being their mate and having to endure them for the rest of my life. I wanted freedom, not slavery in the facade of being a Luna or the Lycan kings' mate. I shook my head in disagreement at the realization and got out of bed. Immediately my feet touched the cold floor, my pussy thro
VALERIE “Mate!” I gasped out and my heart tightened, threatening to shrink life out of my burning body. Their eyes dimmed and turned dark, causing me to flinch. Lucian grabbed my waist, almost crushing my bones to pieces. I saw shock dance around Killian's eyes as he drew his face closer. “You know?" Killian muttered and confusion sneaked into my distorted mind. My lips trembled as I tried to control the heat bubbling in me. Killian didn't wait for me to reply before slamming his lips on mine. I moaned out, the heat getting intense. Lucian's warm moist lips on the nape of my neck caused me to shiver in desire. I gasped out and grabbed Killian's shirt, pulling him closer. Lucian jerked me off the wall and slammed my body against his, leaning on the wall instead. He grabbed my left breast and squeezed it, causing me to groan in pleasure. Killian broke the kiss and stared intently into my eyes, burning me with the fire in his orbs. “Should I stop?" He whispered in a husky v
VALERIE The sound of Killian's voice caused my belly to flutter and my heart to shrink at the same time. I could have run away, but somehow, I couldn't. Maybe because he held me, or maybe because I just couldn't find the desire to run away any longer. He wrapped his hands around me protectively, drawing me close so that there was no space left between our bodies. “Little fox, you want to run away again? You want to have more people killed for your sake again?” My heart leaped at those words. I didn't want any more dead bodies, I didn't want any more blood, neither did I want any more accusations. I just wanted to be free from them and to have other people free as well. “No,” I snapped. He let out a dark chuckle, teasing my earlobe with his cold breath. “Then come back to us, and don't even think of running away again, because we will catch you, even if you go to the ends of the earth. Do you understand?” He muttered. I couldn't help but nod my head in response.
VALERIE My heart began to break, bit by bit as I stared at her pale face. My breath began to cease and my body started going stiff as well. I felt my breath leaving me and it felt like death was staring right at my face, laughing mockingly at me. Tears dropped from my eyes. As I lay still, letting him choke me down to the abyss. I was dying, yet I wasn't struggling. What was there to struggle about? I had lost everything. People had died because of me, even those who tried to save me. “Die, you little witch! Die!” He groaned, clenching harder onto my neck. Somehow, the pain wasn't there anymore. It felt like he was doing nothing, yet I could see my life slipping out of my grasp. I wanted no one to save me any longer. I wanted to die like he wanted. I didn't want to live anymore. I wanted to grant him his wish. But just as my eyes were about to shut down, the door burst open and I felt the weight of his hand on my neck being lifted. I coughed out loudly, wheezing as I
VALERIE I gasped out in shock and stepped back, my heart clenching in fear as I stared at his horrifying face. “Stay away from me!” I snapped and spun around to run back up the stairs but he grabbed my hand and dragged me back, slamming my back on the wall. “What do you think, that I'll let you go after causing such chaos in my town? Do you know how long it took me to build these people and gather them around? These same men attacked us; they attacked our original Packs and destroyed everything that belonged to us, including these people!” He growled, his eyes darkening in indignation.“I gathered these people around and formed a Pack outside the wolf kingdom, just to maintain peace and order. And then you… you come to destroy it?” He snapped, clenching onto my arm and digging his fingers into my flesh. I groaned out in pain and poked his chest, but he didn't budge. Instead, he moved closer, hitting my face with his hot, furious breath.“You…I'm going to kill you. Not because you
VALERIE My head snapped up and my eyes widened in shock as the familiar voice echoed in the assemblage. Only two people possessed that kind of authority in their voices— Killian and Lucian Nox.Confusion broke out in the crowd, and I staggered back, glancing around the place which had gone chaotic.“Run, Valerie, run!" Jade warned and I quickly nodded.I made to push past the priest and run off but the blade that wheezed into his neck caused me to flinch back, screaming out in horror.My scream alerted the people, and a series of screams of horror filled the air as everyone began to scamper away in different directions.My blood froze as I watched the priest throw up blood and drop down to the ground, going limp.I gasped for air, my eyes dilating.The screams that pierced the air and the blood that splashed on the podium messed up my mind.I crawled to a corner and hid there, shivering violently as arrows that flew in the air struck people down as they ran helter-skelter.“Valerie!