VALERIE Ansel and I both stared at Skylar in shock as the words left her mouth, and her eyes darted between the two of us. She rolled her eyes, folding her arms. "Oh I see what's happening here.""Cousins?" I blurted out, still trying to wrap my mind around that.My eyes darted to Ansel's, ignoring the blush that crept u to my lips as he stared at me with confusion written all over his face."She's your cousin?"I instantly felt stupid as he nodded slowly at the stupid question that left my lips, while I struggled with myself. I really thought she was his girlfriend. But they were just cousins?And what she said about-I gasped, ny hand flying to cover my mouth as my face heated on its own accord. "We aren't in laws!"Skylar roared with laughter at my out burst, while Ansel's eyes gleamed with mischief."What's so wrong with her being your in law, little wolf? Does the idea of being with us irk you that much?""Yes! You guys are pigs!"Skylar's laugher doubled, and I rolled my eyes
AnselAs I walked away from Valerie and my nosy cousin, a stirring occurred in my chest, one that gas been happening way too often when I was around her. It wasn't a coincidence. She was causing it, but I didn't like it.This just deepens my need to get rid of her. without my brothers knowledge, of course. Neither of them wanted to let go. They claim to hate her, but only i know the signs because I have felt love once. At least, what seemed like love. I was fifteen and weak. A phase in my life I would fight heaven, and he'll make sure stays buried forever.She caused Ansel to die. This Ansel would never let another woman come close to hurting him.She would be gone before she knew it, and that was what would happen to Valerie.Oh no, I wouldn't kill her if I don't need to. she was connected to our destinies.But i would make sure we never see her again.Before she ruins my brothers and I. kaden didn't notice. He was obsessive. That was his flaw. He hyperfixates, then becomes obsessed
VALERIE"Are you telling me you do not have a single lingerie here? wait, do you even know how a lingerie looks?"Skyler, my self-proclaimed best friend who I just met a few minutes ago, yelled as she destroyed my closet, making it resemble the aftermath of an elephant stampede in the jungle.I rolled my eyes as I snacked on some cookies I found in my cupboard. she was such a drama queen. What the fuck woykd I need lingerie for? I had no love interest, and I'm so not dressing up in that way for her stupid cousins to see.If they wanted to see a half-naked woman juts for therm, I'm sure Fiona woykd be happy enough to give them a show."Stop ignoring me, you." She threw a shoe at me, but I expertly dodged, years of things been thrown at me have finally come in handy.She peeled herself from the floor where she sat in the closet, and ran towards me with so much speed, making sure I couldn't avoid her as she crashed into me like a sea diver."ughh, what do you want?" I groaned as I attem
GREYI delivered another punch to the dummy head, and if it was human or a wolf, it would have been long dead by now because of the force I was hitting the head with.I was supposed to be torturing that useless beta in the cell underground for hurting my mate, but after seeing what I saw at the border just an hour ago, I feared that I would kill him if I saw him.my head whirled with thoughts and contemplations.who dared to kill my most trusted men? my friends?A grunt tore from my lips as I kicked the dummy head, causing it to snap back.who dares to cut off all their heads in my pack, yo show they are more powerful than I was?Another anger filled grunt left my lips as the dummy snapped back.Those guards weren't just guards, or my men. They were my friends. I knew their mates.A grunt left my lips one more time, but this time the head of the dummy flew off, exposing the white stuffing, but instead of the stuffing I could only see red line the blood that flowed from the bodies of m
VALERIE"Lingerie shopping? Really?" I rolled my eyes as Skylar pulled me out of the house.I did care about the fact that this almost stranger was taking me out to get revelaing clothes for me to wear because of her cousins, but I was more scared of her cousins finding out that I left the house.yes, I wanted to rebel, but they were scary men. And they hated being defied, and that was what I was doing.a part of me was excited to see what they would do, but another part of me, the sensible part, wanted me to return back to my room and obey."Of course, Lingerie shopping. You are too sexy not to own at least a pair or ten." She smiled at me as we walked to the exit.Before we exited the large door I only passed through when they stile me from my life, two burly men stood at the entrance and blocked us with spears crossing in front of the door and stopping us from exiting."We can't allow you to pass." The first one echoed, glaring at us.Skylar's eyes burned with anger as she glared b
VALERIE Renee and Skylar both got up and advanced towards me."wait wait wait, what do you guys plan to do to me? is this also part of the shopping?" I asked, worry lacing through my words.Renee laughed. "No honey, this is no more just shopping. It's a makeover."Skylar nodded excitedly while I sat there trying to digest everything. I had never experienced a makeover before. I never had enough friends to do it for me, but I had always longed for it since I was a little teen, and Fiona and her friends used to do it every party night."Okay," I smiled, "Let's do it."Renee clapped excitedly while Skylar smiled knowingly. "Great choice. I can't wait to see the boys' reaction when they see you can even be more beautiful than they thought."For the next hours, I went through thorough cleaning. Turns out a makeover means a pedicure, manicure, waxing, and even exfoliating, but after each procedure, I was left feeling even more beautiful than before. We finished those, and then it was time
Valerie The whole tunnel as we drove down to the location of the club Skylar said little to nothing about buzzed with unspoken tension and music so loud and deep, but still soothing.As we came out to the building, my eyes landed on the fleet of cars parked and the people who wore expensive yet seductive clothing. one thing I immediately noticed was that every single person here was powerful.in fact, too powerful. No one was less than an Alpha pr a Luna here, and apart from being powerful, they were loaded and dripping with wealth.It was an exclusive club, and I feared deep down I would be weeded out and thrown out by the big guards who stood at the entrance and scanning the people's cards."Let's go have some fun! Woo!" Skylar screamed, and she took out an alcohol flask and took a shot of it. "Do you want some booze before we get in?"I shook my head, my thoughts bothering me. "No thanks, I'm more worried about them." I pointed to the bouncers, and Skylar gave a sound."Pfft. Thos
Valerie The next two drinks buzzed in my brain as the song boomed from the speakers, and I moved my body to the sound of the music.The woman had stopped dancing now, and it was a show of lesbians touching themselves, but I wasn't interested in watching that.I wanted to dance, to forget who I was and what my life had become since the minute I was abandoned in front of Mr Hill's House. I could feel eyes on me, and they consumed me all over , and I smiled to myself.I loved the excitement, I love being free."Do you want to check out the special areas? you could learn more about yourself from them." Skylar's voice purred in my voice, and I laughed."Sure, why not?" I giggled, and she led me to the back, where a bouncer stood."Alpha Skylar." Skylar announced. and the bouncer parted and allowed us in without hesitation. The corridor was dark and quiet, unlike the other room, and if my head wasn't fuzzy, I would have panicked if I wasn't drunk yet."Stay close to me at all times, okay
ScottWhen Grey has asked me to go get Elara, I had taken the back door and quickly escaped, not waiting an extra minute or watching what was going to happen. I had hurriedly made my way back to the palace with a sleeping Elara. I was still in the castle when Kaden had mind linked with the guards and told them of the situation of things. I knew the guards would be powerless against both Ramona and Coral. I mean if they had defeated all four alphas- Skylar included- what could they possibly do?Not wanting to find out if my theory was true or not, I had stayed hidden in the castle with both Elara and Dennis. I had watched through clenched teeth as Coral had put everyone under mind control and did just had she wanted. I watched as she humiliated the three alphas, how she had turned Valerie into nothing more than a pet and I also watched as she treated my Skylar and I wanted to so badly go there and rip her head off. But, I knew that was a stupid move and that wasn’t what I needed to
Skylar “Take her away,” Coral commanded the guards, her voice clipped and worry etched on her face.She and tried to break me just to get answer and even though I was in pain, I was happy that she didn’t succeed. The guards moved closer to me, roughly grabbing onto my hands before they pulled me away from the field. I tried fighting against them even I knew it was pointless. I could hear Coral dismissing the crowd and saying something to Ramona but I couldn’t make out what it was. I also saw Grey standing silently beside Ramona and I wondered what that was about. The cold stone of the dungeon came in contact with my skin as I was finally dragged back there. My body was still aching from the way Coral had tormented me but, my soul was on fire and I was burning hotter than I was before. I was helpless and that alone was the reason why I was angry. I was mad at myself for not knowing how to save Valerie or even get rid of Coral and Ramona. If it were to be Valerie, she would have a
GreyI watched in silence as Coral and Skylar exchanged words. I badly wanted to go there and stop Coral from hurting Skylar, tell her that Skylar really knew nothing about Elara’s whereabouts.But, I couldn’t do that. I was now Ramona’s slave and it was whatever she asked me to do that I could do. After torturing Skylar for a bit more and seeing that she knew nothing, Carol stopped and sighed in anger. Skylar was still running her mouth when coral ordered for her to be taken away. She fought against the guards and tried to break free but their hold on her was to tight. Coral dismissed the pack and asked them to go back to their various houses, saying she’ll call on them whenever she needed them. And with that, the ceremony came to an end. I expected the worst for myself. When Coral walked away, I was dragged by the guards as we filled behind Ramona. I steeled my mind, bracing myself for whatever she was going to do to me. I had expected her to humiliate me, torture me and even ma
CoralBeing in control felt so good and I was enjoying every bit of my newly acquired power. The smell of blood wafted mixed with the smell of the fire and wood wafted though the air. Everyone present was silent after they had watched Grey surrender and proclaimed himself as Ramona’s slave. Not like they could say anything anyways, they were under my- our control Valerie was curled up like a dog by my feet and I smiled at myself, proudly. Not only had we taken Valerie’s powers, we had always stripped the Alphas of any remaining pride they had. My legs were crossed and I watched as Kaden struggled to regain himself while the vein on Ansel forehead popped as he struggled to break free from the guards that were holding him back. I was bored of it and I wanted them out of my sight as fast as possible. “Take them away,” I ordered, looking at the guards that were standing around them. “Both Kaden and Ansel. To the dungeon.”One of the guards made to move closer to Kaden but Ansel let o
Grey“Come,” Ramona said, beckoning for me to come closer to her. I was standing with my hands twisted behind my back. My body was aching, my muscles were tense from the beating and struggles I had suffered against my brothers when we had been ordered to fight. The crowd looked at us with empty eyes and the light that had been set on for to illuminate the field casted eerie shadows all around us. I had agreed to being Ramona’s slave all because of Valerie. They had found a way to always made sure we bent and danced to their tune using the one person we cared about. She was unmoving, a cut on skin from Ramona’s dagger as he stared into space. She was empty and soulless, and it was all because of me. I wanted to ruin everything, kill everyone and behead whoever came in my way but I knew I was powerless against them. Kaden and Ansel were forced to be on their knees beside me, their faces were battered and bloodied. Ansel’s was worse because he had offered himself as the one to die t
Ansel“STOP!” Coral’s voice rang out like a whip, sharp and commanding.Blood was dripping down from my lips to my cheek and all the way to my neck. The taste of my blood was overwhelming and I felt sick but I didn’t let it bother me because, I was confused as to what Coral was up to.I could tel that Kaden and Grey were just as confused as me because we all turned to there both her and Ramona were seated. They had a malicious smile plastered on their face and their eyes glinted with mischief, making me all the more worried. We were bloodied and battered form the fight, me worse than the others because I had chosen to sacrifice myself and had made sure they had hit me hard enough so that they would believe we were really going against each other. I waited with my heart in my stomach, wanting to know what they were going to say next. What they would tel us to do just to save Valerie. Ramona got up, tugging on the leash that was wrapped around Valerie’s neck and making her walk close
AnselThe taste of blood was thick on my tongue.The dirt beneath me was soaked in my sweat and the unbearable pain I was feeling.I staggered, my body screaming in agony as Kaden circled me, his chest heaving, his eyes glassy with unshed tears. The pain of each blow, each strike from Kaden and Grey, dulled into a distant throbbing.We weren’t really fighting. Because if they really were fighting me, I’d have been knocked out. My brothers weren’t fighting me as much as they should, I had even tried saying things they hated, bringing up buried memories and even cutting open healed wounds they still wouldn’t put their all into fighting me. Not the way Coral wanted us to.We were stalling.They fumbled, missing easy openings, our movements sluggish- deliberate. They dodged all of my hits barely gave me any, and even the ones they gave me was weak and had no passion to it. Grey even went as far as to drop his guard completely at one point, barely dodging a swing from Kaden’s blade.It
Ansel“Would faking it really work?” Kaden asked, not sounding convinced by Grey’s plans and truthfully I wasn’t too. “No it wouldn’t,” I replied him before I turned away from them and faced both Ramona and Coral. “I refuse to fight against my brothers.”“I refuse to do so too,” Kaden added. “Me too,” Grey said, his voice a growl. The smile on Coral and Ramona’s faces dropped. “Really?” They asked in unison and we stared at them silently. Her face contorting into one of anger, coral stood up, yanking the chains she was holding and making Valerie stand straight. She walked with Valerie behind her, dragging her roughly to the fire that had been set up earlier. “It’s either you fight or you watch me toast her to death,” she threatened, her voice dangerously low. “You won’t dare,” I growled lowly, my body because tense as I stared at her. The fire burned hot and I could see the flames licking at the air, threatening to devour all that came close to it. Valerie stood there, expressi
KadenAfter coral had made everyone under her control, worshipping both her and Ramona, we had gone further into the pack, heading to the palace and I watched, helpless and angry as Coral and Ramona moved through the palace with an air of entitlement, as if they had always belonged here. They treated everyone like trash, commanding them and pushing them around like they were nothing more than her playthings. The pack tested us like we were the intruders, looking at us maliciously as they kept on worshipping the two witches that had turned our lives upside down.The people- our people- bowed to them like mindless puppets, their eyes empty, their wills stolen. The same warriors who once fought beside us now stood as puppets under Coral’s command, their bodies rigid, their expressions blank.I had never felt so powerless.And it was only going to get worse.Because Valerie-I couldn’t look at her without wanting to rip my own heart out.She was there, standing beside Coral like some kin