~ BRIAN ~ “No, Mom. Stop it. This is not the time to start your nonsense. I know you don't like Lyric, but it's not the time to make accusations.” I snapped at her. “Oh, so now I'm making accusations? When I told you that girl was ill-fated, I told you you had the opportunity to change your mate and request for someone else, but no, you just had to stick with that thing.” As she said that, my hands balled into fists, a wave of heat rushing up to my head. “I don't know what the heck you saw in her, but look at what she's done. She already messed things up for you. That filthy—”“Mom, be quiet.” I growled and glanced around at the confused faces of the people. “this is not the place and this is not the time for this. I have claimed the Alpha power; it is an important part of my life and we need to figure out what went wrong. Lyric must be missing.” Shuffling sounds came from behind me and I glanced in the direction to see Roger begin to move, coughing. His eyes opened as he cough
~ LYRIC ~ It had been 42 hours, I thought to myself, glancing at the wall clock on the broken wall across from me. I had six hours left. I knew I had to hurry. If those six hours passed and Brian couldn't kiss mee, then he’ll be defeated. The entire scheme would be a waste. Heaven know what would be on his mind right now, I found out Emily had snuck in to clear my closet out to make it seem like I had run away instead. Brian must hate me so much. I glanced at the rectangular block by my feet, something that once bubbled with lively videos and text messages,now laying at my foot, dead. She had also turned my phone off to avoid any communication.I stared around the room, and it was obvious I had been dumped in an abandoned barn that looked like it had been built in the twentieth century. Suddenly, I noticed a knife. My eyes widened. I immediately hopped with the chair andI grabbed it with my feet. It took a while till I successfully passed it to my hands, slicing through the rope
I walked up to Brian in his new office. If anyone had told me an office room could be bigger than the one he had in his previous home, I’d have argued, but this Alpha office in the packhouse was beyond ginormous. It was bigger than my entire family house in our old pack. It had a wide, black L-shaped wooden office desk by the end, with bigger sofas at the center of the room, and it had sections for beverages, snacks, quick meals, and a massage section.Brian was standing by the large, probably 20-feet tall window that revealed the perfect view of the sunset by a waterfall. The view was perfect, but do you know what looked even more perfect? My freaking mate. He was in a red tuxedo that accentuated his muscles and showed off the perfect magazine-worthy frame he was blessed with. His gorgeous dark brown hair was neatly trimmed, yet still thick on his head. I wrapped my arms around him from behind, resting my head on his back. “You look sexy.” I mumbled, letting his bourbon vanilla scen
Emily. I rolled my eyes. I ought to expect such from her. Now that Brian was Alpha, she wanted to leave Roger. I scoffed, exiting the room. She was so shameless.Exiting the Fook, I left to return to Brian. When I got in, he was sitting on the arm of his couch, on a call. "Yes, I'll be there. Yeah, right now." He said then ended the call. "What's that?" I asked, my brows curling upwards, sad that he was leaving. "Alpha duties.' He sighed, rising up to hold my shoulders. "Don’t worry. Once we go on our vacation, it'll be strictly us, no work, no school, no nothing." With thar, he pecked my forehead . I sighed too. "Alright." "Okay," he stared then smiled. "I love you." That immediately sent butterflies to not only my stomach, but my heart. "I love you too." Then my thoughts went back to Emily. If she had managed to steal Roger from me, what if she did the same with Brian? My heart started throbbing faster at that. Brian's forehead furrowed. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" "It's
Brian shoved the last bit of clothing into his closet of the PRESIDENTIAL SUITE of the hotel we were staying in. Yeah, I had expected a small house by a beach again, but no, he chose a ginormous, five-star hotel for our vacation. That was a great deal, but slipping back to the major problem at hand: Blade. His text had been bothering me ever since. He was clearly more dangerous than I had thought. As I thought about him, my chest was starting to feel tight again. I wanted to pour out my feelings to someone, someone I could rely on, but neither Raina nor my Mom, nor my brother could understand my situation. Only Brian could, but telling him about Blade meant telling him about the debt collectors, and I wasn't going to do such a thing. "Lyric," I flinched at the sound of Brian's voice. With squinted eyes, he stopped in front of me. "What's wrong with you? You've been so lost all day.""N-nothing."He playfully glared at me. "Nothing? Really?" "Yesh, it's just…I need to rest." "That
~ BRIAN ~ Lyric was sleeping so peacefully on the bed. I leaned down to plant a kiss on her forehead. Once again, the sight of her face first thing in the morning was enough to make my day automatically great. She rolled around, her face in front of mine. I stroke her jet black hair away from her face. Her long lashes fluttered, and before I could escape, her pair of jade green eyes were staring into my soul. Her forehead scrunched up as she yawned, stretching. "Good morning," she said sleepily. "Good morning, kitty." I rose up and kissed her again. How could she look so stunning after just waking up? She stretched again. My mind reflected on our conversation about her childhood and all I wanted to do was embrace her over and over again, let her know I was here for her. "I'll go take a shower." She yawned as she rose up the bed. All I wanted to do was remind her daily of her worth and be there for her as much as I could. She walked past me and headed to the bathroom. Walking
~ LYRIC ~ Brian had gone to heaven knows where, and I was getting bored of staying alone. My thoughts were constantly slipping back to Mom's words, and no matter how hard I tried to shrug it off, it still stung. Sighing, I rose to my feet, slipped on a pair of sweatpants and a sweater and headed out, maybe to go on a run or something.Arriving at the lobby, I stopped to buy a bottle of water when someone suddenly stood very closely behind me. "Why the heck is this person so close to me?" A frown formed on my face as I scrunched my nose, watching the curls of the vending machine take forever to twist and push the bottle out of place. Once it fell, I took the bottle and turned, bumping into a hard figure. "Ouch." I rubbed my nose, lifting my head to catch the gaze of Roger, and that automatically worsened my facial contortion. "Wow, someone must really not like me." He said jokingly. "Like you? I despise you with every fiber of my being." I spat. "Why? Because I showed you how
"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" I frowned. "You'll find out. I promise, you will." Roger smirked and walked away, a chuckle erupting from him. I tried to reflect on it. What that could mean, but my brain was jumping to too many unhealthy options. "Shut up, Lyric. Roger is an idiot. Don't listen to him." I said, took a deep breath then resumed running, making sure my thoughts were far from Roger, Emily, and their stupid words. *** I was rummaging through the closet when I saw some of the sexy outfits the maid had helped me buy from the store. They were a bunch of see-throughs, net dresses, and many more very sexy outfits. Realizing I hadn't worn them since we arrived, a naughty thought flew into my head and as I bit my lower lip, I thought hard. To be honest, I was enjoying my relationship with Brian without anything extreme going on. The cuddles, embrace were enough for me for now, but Brian was a man, a man with some strong hormones. Running my hand over my face, a h
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