His kiss was gentle, yet stung with passion. It erased every embarrassment from me. As I tasted the flavor of his mouth, sparks corroded my internals and he did a great job in making the moment moderate enough for public view. I wanted to hold him, to explore every inch of his mouth, but he pulled away, clearly to avoid things getting heated. "Let's get going." He smiled and rose up. It re-dawned on me that I was in public and a few people had cast glances at us, and I swear, I wanted to be swallowed into the ground.When we took our leave, my lips still pulsated from his kiss, the sparks not leaving me. Dang, he was a good kisser. We got into his car and I prayed he'd keep the journey silent; he did everything but remain silent. "Your cheeks are red," he teased me over and over again. My mind didn’t stop racing through the effect of his kiss, so my cheeks remained heated. When he didn’t stop teasing me about it, I hid my face. "Where are we going now?" "You'll find out." *** M
Roger's eyes bugged out. "This has to be a lie. Lyric, come on. He can't be your boyfriend."He really thought I was an absolute loser. That made my brows furrow and I stepped forward, maintaining a fierce stance in front of him. "I swear you're pissing me off so bad.""I don’t care.” He had never cared. Turning to Blade, “You. Why are you pretending to be her boyfriend? I know she's too broke to have paid you, so why are you ...." He trailed off, a smirk crawling on his lips. "Oh, her body. I mean, she's gotten hotter so she must be better in bed." "Roger!" Blade walked past me and punched him in the face. It made Roger fall backwards, his hand falling on his nose. "Darn it!" He hissed and lifted his head with blood oozing out of his nose. He held his fingers up to scan the blood and hissed again. "Have you lost it?" "I should be asking you that." I spat, my nose scrunched up. "Six years is enough time for people to change. I'm not the same loser you know, but clearly you're sti
Proud to announce that I had gone two days without responding to Brian. He had called me over a hundred times (no kidding), sent multiple texts, and voice-mails I didn't bother to listen to. I wasn’t going to let another man use me and think he could get away with it. I rolled off my bed and picked my phone up. I had two new text messages. One was from my brother, Tone. 'The mechanic said it might take a while.' Oh yeah, thank goodness, his car had broken down about 10 hours into the journey, so he couldn't arrive here. The joy that filled my soul was beyond comparable. The other message was from Blade: 'Good morning, sunshine. Did you have a goodnight rest?' Blade had been texting me constantly, and while I'll admit that it was a little too much, the annoyance from Brian's situation fueled my passion to respond to him. 'Good morning. I did, indeed.' I replied his text.A notification popped up, showing that I had an email from my student account. Opening it, I read the heading. '
If anyone had told me I’ll be going to Maui for my thanksgiving break, I’d have laughed at and called them stupid. Well, here I was, on a private jet, with my mate, to Maui.“What are you thinking of?” Brain asked, walking toward me.“Uh? Uh?’ I blinked back to reality. He gave a lopsided smile and sat beside me, buckling his seatbelt. “Were you thinking about me?”“In your wildest dreams,” I rolled my eyes. The servers brought our meal and it was cooked and presented like those I had seen in movies of people with high-class. “This is a private jet. Brian, you're rich.," that realization just struck me. "I guess." He shrugged. So many questions flooded my thoughts, like why the heck was someone rich enough to own a private jet working as a professor. I guess that's what this trip is for; I was going to uncover everything about him. By that, I meant both abstract and physical.*** I had expected us to arrive at a luxurious hotel, but even better, it was a beach house; it looked sma
Watching Brain stirring up breakfast made him look very hot. His arms moved in perfect rhythm with the music blasting through the mini speaker. This man didn’t know what wearing a shirt was, always showing us those fine abs. I wanted to run my hands over his chest all day. However, I fought the urge. Memories from last night's kiss flooded my thoughts and it made me bite down on my lips. It was just a kiss, I tried to convince myself, yet the sparks, the passion, and everything about the kiss still affected me greatly, confirming that it was not just any kiss. . He walked over to me. “Hey, kitty.” Ouu, that’s new. I like that one. “It's partially sunny. Do you want to sit outside after breakfast?: "Why not?" He flashed a smile then left to serve my breakfast. Once we were done eating, we stepped out and sat at the shore of the beach. The wind made my hair dance around, getting in my line of vision multiple times. The sand was so soft and a mix of cold and hot. The water kept tric
Returning to the beach shore, Brian lifted an eyebrow. "You took a while. What happened?" "It's nothing. I just received a spam call." I tried to smile, but it came out forced. "Are you sure?" "Yeah, it's nothing." Nothing like being threatened by your ex's girl. "Okay, if you insist." Rising to feet, he stretched his arm to me. "Let's go to the store to get new clothes. I have a surprise for you.""You do?" That immediately filled me with a bubbly energy and I took his hand, rising to my feet. "What's the surprise?" "It wouldn't be one if I tell you.""A hint?" "No!" "Please…" I tried to look cute by pouting, but he just shook his head at me. Scoffing, I gave up and we both went in for a change of clothes. My brain calculated every possible definition of a surprise from Brian, but nothing could match it. Then, my eyes widened as a thought crossed my mind: 'was he going to officially ask me to be his girlfriend?' I internally squealed. I understood our relationship was going
~ RAINA ~I shifted in the pool of my bathtub. It wasn't surprising that I had soaked myself for forty minutes in my dorm bathtub, during Thanksgiving break. My parents had traveled out of the country for Thanksgiving break, without me. Being an only child sucks. Lyric was gone, so having the room to myself was equivalent to being at home since I'd be alone. Once I was done in the tub, I turned off the rap, hoping she had received my text for the shower to be fixed Wrapping a small towel around my frame, I headed out and walked to my wardrobe to select something to wear. I saw a human-like frame move from my peripheral vision. My body froze, my head slowly turning till I saw a man sitting on Lyric's bed, headphones over his head. He and his bag of chips had frozen when his gaze matched mine. A loud scream escaped my throat and I started throwing items after him from my wardrobe. "Calm down, please calm down." He shielded his face from my attack. "Help, thief!" I screamed. "Hol
After almost an hour of Brian convincing me to run, I gave in and decided to run in my wolf form. Running felt so new. I could feel my paws dig into the sand and grass like never before, so soft and gentle. Maya (muy wolf) wanted to scream in the language of freedom because she was finally on a non–emergency run. I only ever ran in my wolf form when I was running from danger or embarrassment, but here I was, running leisurely with my mate. Brian's wolf was a huge, gray wolf with brown patches around him; his eyes were still a pair of gray eyes that shone even brighter. Not to mention he was double my size and looked like he could trample my wolf with his huge paws. Bigger wolves had always intimidated me, but with Brian, I felt safer than safe. His wolf caught up with mine and he gently knocked me down. "Hey," I barked and ran to jump on his wolf's neck, forcing him down while I bit through the furriness of his skin. He pushed me off and jumped right on me, trapping my paws in
The Humidity around me suddenly became unbearable as it was hit and it felt like I couldn't breathe. With my face squeezed up, I opened my eyes, glancing around and realized I was tied up to a chair in a white-walled room. Mom was also tied on the other side of the room, hee neck dropping sideways. "Mom!" I whispered at first just when there was no response, I called out loud, "Mom!" She flinched then her eyes slowly fluttered till they opened. She glanced around in confusion, taking in the view of her surroundings till her gaze met me. “Wh-what’s happening? Where am I ? Why are we here?” She wondered“It’s our old pack, I believe.” WHen I said that, her face turned pale. She began trying to pull her wrist out of the ropes, grunting, but to no avail. “I think they’re awake.” Someone announced, and the door was kicked open. Suddenly, multiple men ran in, some of their faces were familiar, and some were not. Then, the Alpha, Jeremy, walked in, an awkward grin on his face. “Well
~ LYRIC~ Yet again, another raspy cough.my ears were starting to get used to my Mom's cough, and it was uncomfortable. "Come see this," she said, then cleared her throat. "It's a letter from the old pack." "What do you mean?" I walked up to her and glanced at the brown envelope she was holding. It was indeed a letter from our old pack. "What the heck do they want now?" I scoffed. "I don't know. Open it." She passed it. "Why me?" "It specifically says 'To Lyric'." She said, pointing at the label on the envelope. "Oh," I chuckled and ripped it open, revealing the long letter. "It says:"Greetings to the Ashton family, especially to you, Ms. Lyric Ashton. It's our pleasure to write this letter to you and to have you read it. We hope you are doing fine and well. It has been seven years now, and we have been actively searching for you. We have never ceased our search for you. After you left, our pack lost a true gem. We have tried to find answers and our answers revealed that Ro
~ RAINA ~ Lyric, completely unreachable. Dad questioned my whereabouts daily. Tone, forever bothering me. Blade, nowhere to be found. Focusing on Blade, since he confirmed we were mates, he wasn't answering my calls. He had completely disappeared from the campus. I knew only a few students still stayed on campus after school ended, so I wasn't hoping to find him soon. "I can't believe I have to wait the entire summer till I meet Blade again. That turkey. Why would he just run off?" I sighed, not bothering that I was talking to myself, out loud. I stopped and gasped. "What if he transfers?" A girl walking beside me cast an irritated glance at me and walked off. No way! I had to reach Lyric to beg her to make Blade talk to me. Werewolves are actually real? I pondered on that, grinning that I had reached a big discovery. Suddenly, I bumped into a hard figure that was running from the corner. "Ouch," I whined and lifted my gaze to meet Blade. "You!" I squealed. He wanted to res
It had been four days since I had been back home, and Mom's cough was still as painful to hear as it had been the first time I heard it. However, she insisted on not going to the doctor.Also, she was being super nice to me and that scared the heck out of me. What happened to the yelling and cursing at me? Blaming me for every problem in her life? Tone's number was dialed on my phone, yet I couldn't bring myself to call. He cheated on Raina and I was mad at him, but it felt beyond that. I couldn't bring myself to call him anymore because It felt like I had wronged him. I needed to talk to him about Mom but my approach to him lately had been too harsh. He might not want to talk to me anymore."He's the one at fault. Why am I feeling bad for him?" I canceled his number from my dial screen and called Brian instead . "Helllo, baby." He said, requesting to switch to video call which I immediately did. As usual, he looked like the finest piece of cake. His stubble had grown a bit and his
~ LYRIC ~I walked up to meet Brian, giving him a really tight hug. My heart was racing heavily and I couldn’t quite figure out why. “Do you really have to go?” I asked. “Yes. Why do you keep forgetting that I’m the Alpha. Please be strong. This is one of many wars I’d have to go to. Please,” he pulled away and cupped my face, “brace yourself up.”“But Brian,” I held his hands, giving them a tight squeeze. “Can’t you at least wait this one out or postpone it.” “No, I can’t. That’s too dangerous.” He smiled. “You’re overthinking it.”“I promise you I'm not. Why wouldn’t you just listen to me? I don’t have a good feeling about this at all.” “It’ll be fine.” He chuckled. A knock came on the door and Jordan poked his head through the crack of the door. “Alpha, we need to leave now. It’s starting soon.” “Okay, got it.” When Jordan left, he leaned down to kiss me. "I love you." "I love you too." My voice cracked. I stared into his soul, hoping he could read my eyes and tell that somet
~ LYRIC ~ School was finally over. This meant I could finally meet Pat’s granny. Hanging my backpack over my shoulder, I checked out of the hotel. Yes, a hotel. I had lodged in a hotel to avoid Raina at all costs. Today, we had to check out of our dorms, so I had made Brian hire people to help me pack. Raina had called me a billion times and every time made my heart skip a beat, so I completely ignored it. “Hello? Are you still there?” Brian snapped me out of my train of thoughts. “Y-yes, sorry about that.” I apologized, shifting in my cab. “Where are you now?” He asked. “What do you mean?” “You asked me to hire people to pack for you and you’re not here yet. Do you need me to pick you up?” “No!” I quickly responded, and pursed my lips in regret. I just had to make things suspicious.“Are you…okay?” He asked. “Yes, absolutely. I am.” I let out a harsh breath. “I’m at a girls’ hangout. We’re hanging out to celebrate the end of the semester. I’ll be with you right after.”“Oka
“No, Raina. You’re mistaken.””I am not!” she sat upright and gasped again. “The first time I had challenged you… you weren’t acting along.” Another gasp. “Tone is also a werewolf. I dated a werewolf!” She screamed. “WEREWOLVES ARE ACTUALLY REAL!”I slapped my hand to her mouth. “Be quiet. You’re being too loud.”She smacked my hand off. “So I’m right?”“No! You’re not. Nobody is a werewolf. I think the breakup has gotten to you too hard. You're rambling nonsense.”She frowned. “Don’t you dare call me insane. I know what I’m saying and you know it’s true. Don’t try to make me sound foolish. Why are you hiding it from me?”“Stop it, Raina!” I raised my voice. “Raising your voice wouldn’t change the truth.”“There’s no truth. I have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re misunderstanding everything. Maybe Blade meant something else.”“You’re lying, and I know that. You’re all werewolves!” She dug her hand into her hair. “What am I supposed to do? I have to tell someone. This is big.
Brian’s Mom, Myla, sat on the couch, one leg confidently crossed over the other. “What sort of question is that?” she made a hand gesture to Celine, and Celine rushed to pour her a cup of tea from the kettle I only noticed sitting on the table. “You know why I’m here. I need you to get off Brian. You took my money, so you might as well leave.”My eyes widened. “That’s right. How could I have forgotten the three million dollars?” My mouth went agape. “Mom would be so glad to know this. “You’re so shameless.” She scoffed. “You’re a good for nothing wench that’s just here to ruin my son’s life. You helped him get the Alpha position, okay? Now what? You expect him to marry you for that? He only did you a favor. You’re a useless, weak, stupid wolf with nothing to show forth. No worth.” My hands were tightening into fists beside me. I swallowed my words, muttering to myself that she was still Brian’s mother. However, she went on. “You’re a worthless crap, a waste to his life. You don’t des
~ LYRIC ~Finals week, finally! As much as I hated to admit it, I was excited for finals week. The exams were annoying, but it meant that once they were over, I had the chance to head back home. Lowkey, I missed my mother. I hadn’t seen her in almost a year! My phone chimed. Opening it, it was a text from Anna: ‘Hey, girlfriend. The semester got busy and I didn't have time to bother you, but here’s your reminder that Brian is still mine and you better get off his back or you won’t be able to see the next semester (smiley emoji)’. “This girl is crazy.” I scoffed. Speaking of Brian, I hadn’t seen him in person in a while. I hoped he was okay. I dialed his number, but it went straight to voicemail. I dialed it again, yet no response. “Is he okay?” I could feel my heart starting to throb harder as I dialed his number again. ‘Hey, kitty. I’m in class.’ When I received the text, only then, did the heaviness in my chest disappear. I was always worrying about him, especially since I heard