~ 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
~ LYRIC ~"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Brian announced to the entire pack and loud cheers filled the crowd, people immediately making fireworks and screaming, music filling up the air. He turned off the mic and turned to me, wrapping an arm around my waist. "Happy New Year, kitty." "Happy New Year, my love." I smiled and he leaned down to plant a kiss on my lips in front of everyone, not breaking it. My gaze traveled to Kelly, Jordan, and his Mom behind us, and both of them, except his witch of a mother, were smiling. Shutting my eyes, I dwelled in the moment and savored the taste of his lips, standing on my tiptoes to enjoy the sparks his kiss flooded me with. "Get a room, y'all." Jordan joked, causing me to break from the kiss. A frown formed on Brian's face and he shot a death glare at Jordan who just laughed. I glanced over at the pack members beneath us who were still dancing to the music, chugging drinks, and throwing fireworks. Brian sat on his chair on the veranda, watching his
I stopped to stare at myself in the mirror, shaking my head. "I can't believe school starts in two days." I muttered, a heaviness resting on me. "Me neither." Brian said from the bed. If you guessed well, school starting again in two days meant that I had passed the deadline of the debt collectors. My email had been bombarded over and over again by their alarming warnings, but I had deleted all of them and even blocked the email addresses. Shaking my head, I decided I didn't want to think about it. Whatever will happen will happen. I turned around, glancing at the multiple open luggage at Brian's feet. "You still haven't packed yet. You know we're leaving this evening." "And it's still morning." He said, laying on the bed and scrolling away on his phone. What the hell was that supposed to mean? I stormed over to him and tried to reach for his phone, but his hypersensitivity made him stretch his hand out, making the phone far from my reach. "Give me that! You've been on that th
I ran out of the bathroom and headed to Brian, running as fast as my feet could go, and almost bumping into other customers. “Brian!” I exclaimed when I saw him and ran up to him. “Calm down, Kitty. What’s wrong?” He held my shoulders. I had to let out a few pants. “The texts, the threatening ones that I had said were from Emily, they aren't from her!”“What? Who is it, then?”“I don’t know!” I exclaimed, my forehead crumpling up. “How did you find out it's not Emily?” How could his vice still sound so regular and calm?“I met Emily after receiving another text, and she admitted that she wasn’t the one.”“Can we trust her?”“She sounded genuine. She didn’t even know about our situation.” My hands were starting to shake, so he held them. “Okay, please calm down. We’ll figure out whoever it is.” “What if we don’t?” “We will, I promise.” He stroked my hair. “Please calm down, okay?” As much as his voice was awfully and annoyingly calm, it made my shoulders relax. “Let’s pay for th
My eyelids kept Fluttering, the horrible stench of cigarettes filling my nostrils. However, my body hadn't come back to live yet to reject the smell. "The dude that bought her is crazy." I heard a deep voice say. "Yeah. I mean…she's kind of worth it. If he hadn't placed that stupid clause, I'd have has my share of that—" "Be quiet already. He bought her, she's off the market. Shut up. This is business, not your personal strippers club." One of them hissed, automatically silencing the other voices. A mass of the cigarette fas swift into my nostril, forcing me jerk back to life, coughing my lungs out. "She's awake!" One of them said. Lifting my head, I caught the vision of four hefty men, each in black tuxedo with a name tag I couldn't quite read from where I sat, tied down to a chair in the middle of a basement that was coated in green, manure-looking substances. Three of the men rose from the raggedy splash they had been sitting on and started walking up to me in slow steps. I
~ BRIAN ~ 'Hey, this is Lyric. I'm probably busy right now, so yeah…leave a voice-mail.' Lyric's voice-mail message announced for the umpteenth time, and I proceeded to leave a voicemail: "Come on, Lyric. It's been a week. I'm getting worried. Where are you? You haven't answered my calls or texts. I'm getting really worried and I don't know who to reach out to. I don't know your roommate or anyone you know. Are you mad at me? Did I do anything wrong? Please just let me know." I sent that and texted her again. Scrolling through past messages, I realized they hadn't been delivered to her. My heart felt tight, awfully tight, as I held onto it. What if she's in danger? Where could she be? Multiple thoughts flooded my head. I rose up and paced around my office, pondering on what to do, then I remembered I was a head of this department and could look at her records. Running back to my chair, I opened the student portal and searched her name. It immediately pulled up her student profil
“What?” I screamed. “How could he do such a thing? Why? Where?” I asked at once.“I don’t know. After you had left the party, I got bored, so I was doing extra research on werewolves upstairs, then I stepped out, only to find him at the party, kissing another woman!” She wailed. “That bastard!” I gasped. “He just… I didn’t invite him to the party, so he didn’t know I was going there, and he just came with another woman. I just.. Gosh, I’m gonna pass out.” She said breathlessly, palming her face as she wailed. “Why? Why me?”Her body began to tremble, so I hugged her. “It’s okay, I’m so sorry.” “It’s not your fault. I should've listened to you when you yelled that he was irresponsible. I sacrificed everything for him and even lived in that shabby house with him, just out of love. How could he betray me like that?” She cried. Her body was shaking vigorously. I patted her back to try to calm her down, but it didn’t do anything. “It’s okay.”‘It’s not okay, not at all.” She wailed. “H
Pulling away from the granny, I nodded. That made my chest sink deeper because not only was the thought of Brian dying disturbing enough, now I had to continue bearing the burden of this knowledge by myself. “Can I please get your number?” They looked at one another and burst into laughter. “WE don’t do that here. We’re very traditional and don’t want those technological things messing with us.” Janice said. “Oh, then I guess I’ll have to come back to visit?” I raised my shoulders. “Absolutely, and you both are welcome anytime.” Pat said. “Thank you,” Brian and I said in unison. “What exactly did you mean by 'she's gifted’?”Brian asked. “It’s just as you have said it. She is extremely gifted. Certain werewolves are chosen once in a thousand years to possess the power of the moon, which represents that they would be the most powerful werewolf alive, physically and spiritually. They would possess physical strength, and powers that are not ordinary. This time, Lyric is the chosen
I watched myself in the mirror and my eyes flooded with tears. The white dress was knee-light, body hugging and its hem had a white furry coat around it that gave off a vibe of a wedding dress. Brian definitely had ulterior motives when he had bought this for me. I had tied my hair up to a neat bun and added some accessories I found. I also found makeup items that were my perfect shade, so I caked my face a bit and it turned out looking gorgeous. ‘Remember why we actually came here?’ Maya said and before she could speak further, I cut her off. I didn’t need any other option, not even my wolf’s. I felt her tugging at my mind, forcing me to let her speak, but I didn’t give her the chance to. A knock came on my room door, followed by Brian pushing it open. “Are you ready?” He asked with a grin. I nodded. He stretched out his hand to me and I took it, staring down at his neatly ironed black tuxedo . HIs gorgeous dark brown hair was slightly gelled backwards, and because it was longer,
“Wait. What?” His brows jerked upwards. I nodded, laughing. “Yes. Let’s get married, right now. Jordan can be a witness on the call, whatever location. We can sign our marriage legally, do the blood oath at a temple or a park. I don’t know what it is, but…” I tried to define what felt like explosions in my belly, a feeling that I Could do anything right now. “”Are you certain?”“I’ve never been more certain about anything in my life. Let’s get married. It’s a win win. The pack wins, we win.” I was grinning from ear to ear. “Uh… okay, okay.” He glanced back then back at me then at the phone and he looked back and forth, searching for something. “I swear I don’t know what I’m looking for.” He said and we both laughed. “Get your car keys first.” I instructed. “Okay, gotcha! Wait here, okay? Don’t run away after I leave.” He instructed.I threw my head back to laugh. “Why would I run away?”“That’s right. Why would you?” He clicked his tongue and ran up the stairs. I heard him exclai
“What did you just say?” I asked Brian, a frown on my face. “I– I… I can explain.” He immediately took off his apron from his body, rushing to me. “Lyric is there?” The panic in Jordan’s voice could be heard over the phone. I turned around, storming off, my fists clenched to its side. “Wait! It’s not what you think it is!” He called, his steps thundering behind me. I increased my pace but he caught up with me and grabbed my wrist, forcing me to a halt. “Let me go!” I hollered, yanking my hand from his grip. “Please hear me out. I promise it’s not what you think.” His face was paler than it was, his breath quickening. “What do you mean? Are you crazy? Why would you propose to me but not want to marry me?” I screamed. “That’s not what I meant, I promise. I swear, it’s not. Of course, I’d want to marry you. I won’t propose to you for clout.” “You said otherwise earlier!” I snapped. My entire body was boiling. I could swear smoke was oozing out of my ears. “It’s a misunderstan
I tapped my feet uncontrollably in the cab as I reflected on Roger’s words. ‘Brain would die in a war,” Roger had said. I shook my head, ridding my brain of such horrific thoughts. No way! I shouldn’t believe Roger's words. I don’t know what came over me with Roger tonight, but it shouldn’t make me believe all he had said. He was still the same old liar. I may have forgiven him about our past relationship, but that didn’t mean I had to completely trust him now. As much as I tried to convince myself, my body became more unsteady at the thought of Brian losing his life too soon. “Can you please drive faster?” I said to the cab driver, and he shot me a death glare through the rear-view mirror. “This is the tenth time you’re saying that, ma'am. I want to believe you’re not blind and can see the traffic ahead of us. I can't make my car fly over the other cars.” He snapped. “I–I’m sorry.” I said, immediately drifting my attention back to my phone to avoid catching his glare. I tried c
I stepped out of the building, a frown on my face as I glazed around for the annoying sight of Roger. Something kept poking my mind, telling me I didn’t need to know and I should just ignore his text and go back inside. However, a heavier stubbornness pushed me all the way out of the hall and was waiting to hear what Roger had to spill.MY gaze shifted to the side of the porch and a couple were making out beyond viewer’s appropriation. It made the frown on my face worsen. “Get a room!” I yelled. They shot me a glare and resumed their nonsense. I walked away from them, watching between the jam packed cars to see if I’d see a familiar figure around, but none was found. Rolling my eyes, I began walking back in when my phone chimed again. ‘Calm down, baby. I’m coming. I see you. Just wait.’ Roger’s text popped up.My frown hardened at his text, yet I waited and lifted my head to the side, watching Roger scurry up to me. “Hey, baby.” He grinned.“Call me that again and you won’t live t
My body immediately began trembling and I glanced at Raina who had her brows furrowed in confusion. “What the heck is that supposed to mean?” Raina asked, stepping in front of me. “It means exactly what we said. She had come to confess it by herself.” A lanky girl draped in all-black and black makeup said, walking towards us. “Confess it?” I lifted a brow and finally looked behind me, realizing that Bri had walked in right after us. She had a tight, pursed-lip smile on her face. I raised an eyebrow at her and she just averted her gaze. “Yeah, she confessed it herself and ruined the fun of us trying to discover the truth.” The lanky girl said, picking a glass of drink from the table. “What are you going to do now? You’ll surely be expelled.” someone yelled at Bri. “Yeah! Reveal who the professor is. Why are you still trying to protect his image?” Someone else hollered. They kept yelling, till it became jumbled nonsense. Bri, on the other hand, was trembling as they spoke, her
My forehead furrowed at her like she was one stupid child. "What are you rambling about?" "Cut the crap!""Cut what crap?!" I yelled back, making her flinch. "You just walked up to me, yelled at Ms, and started rambling nonsense, yet you're telling me to drop the act. I honestly don't know what you're talking about." "So you've never noticed anything off about yourself as a werewolf since you were born?" She raises a brow, but her forehead was still furrowed up in a frown. "No. I mean…" was I supposed to tell her? I didn't think twice before blurting out, "I'm cursed, and you should know it, I was bullied for it in middle school and high school." "I joined our high school late. How am I supposed to know?" She hissed. "You idiot. Who made you tag a blessing as a curse?" "Wait. What are you… what do you mean?" I stepped back, trying to gather my thoughts as one piece. "I'm…" "It's not a curse. I've done my research. You've been meddling with my love life so much, I wanted to find