"Hold on, I can explain. I promise." I said. "Explain what? He's literally standing outside, expecting me to bring you to him. Plus, he looks super mad. What have you done?" She said at once. “I’ve done nothing. Tell him I’m not home and make him leave.” I frowned, my fists clenching. Why would he want to visit me?“YOu sure?’“Yes!” “Then where are you? Why did you lie about where you’re at?”“Can you please just chase Blade, then I’ll.. talk about it.” “OKay…” She trailed off, her tone rang with skepticism. I heard muffled sounds then mumble-like sounds of her conversing with Blade, then she exchanged conversation with Blade.“When will she be back?” I heard him ask. “I’m not sure, but I’ll let you know when she does come back.” She said.“Okay, please let her knowI miss her and love her a lot.” He said and I rolled my eyes. Brian lifted a brow at me, but I shook my head, signaling for him to not bother. After his nonsense cheesy talk, I heard the door shut.Raina yelled, “W
I sucked in a deep breath and suddenly forgot how to exhale. No words could make sense at the moment, so I just splurted again, “Why are you here?”“She already mentioned that we're here on a date. Why are you here? And who the hell is this idiot?" He stepped between me and Brian, his shoulders squaring up. “T-Tone, calm down, calm down.” I let out a harsh, painful breath, my heart overworking itself.“Don’t tell me to–” "Chill, dude." Brian laughed. HOw could he seem so calm in a situation like this? This was the first time we had ever been caught in person, and he was smiling? Whereas, I had my heart going a million beats per minute. "I'm your uncle." He reiterated. “YOu’re not.”"Yes, he's Dad's brother." I quickly added and Tone's shoulder dropped, his brows still furrowed. "How do you know? We've never had anything to do with Dad's side of the family. How can you be so sure he’s related to Dad?" He drew his eyes in askance. “He is.” “That explains nothing. How did you find
"Why mom, why? Why exactly do you always call me just to give me sad news at the worst times?" I groaned. "First, you sign me up to an agency and you didn't bother to call me, but thikk about me, and just abandoned me to our misfortune, then you call me for the first time after that to deliver the worst news. "What do you expect me to do with this? How do you expect me to remain happy knowing that I could transform to a crazy monster in the next minute?"it's okay, Lyic. just calm down. I just wanted to tell you, so you're prepared, but don't worry baby we'll work it out together." Her voice was its usual raspy form ."I don't want to talk to you." I admitted. "Good night, Mom." I hung up on her, letting out a deep, harsh breath. My head felt tight. I didn't know wjat to do with the nonsense she just said. Gosh this woman knows nothing about timing. After taking a few more deep breaths, I calmed myself down and stormed back to the restaurant. Staring at the food made me lose int
He twisted the man’s hands till he fell to the floor, groaning. “Dude, what the hell? Let go!” The man groaned while Roger kept effortlessly twisting his hand beyond normal rotation. “Get your damn hands off a woman when she tells you she has a boyfriend.” He said in a low growl, pushing the man from his hold till he fell butt flat.“Darn it, what's with you?” The man spat before scuttling away, holding his wrist as he ran. Roger, smiling, turned to me. “Hey, sweetie.” My face scrunched up at that phrase. “Why are you here?”“Did you think I was kidding when I said I wanted you?” He had an annoying playful smile that made my stomach feel uneasy. “Your mate has taken my position as Alpha, not to mention what you stole from my previous pack that tagged me as a traitor, You messed up all my choices, so now I want my only desire…” He smirked, sitting on the bar stool across the counter. “You won’t ask what it is?”Deep down, I wanted to know what it was, but I huffed. “I don’t need t
"Fired?!" I knew he was mad, but was it that deep? "You can't fire me." My trembling body became more evident. A frown formed on Josh's face. "Why can't I fire you? Who the hell are you? Is that why you had the audacity to hit a customer?!" "I'm really sorry, I mean it." I pleaded, joining my quivering palms together in prayer form. "You should've been sorry before hitting my customer!" His voice was so loud, hence,he was drawing so much attention to us. Turning to Roger, his brows curled upwards. "I'm so sorry. I apologize on her behalf. It'll never happen again." "Yes, get rid of her. Your service is horrible with workers like this." Roger chose to add salt to my burning wound. I shot him a death glare and from the smirk he had on , I could tell he was trying to sabotage me on purpose. Turning to Josh, I held his hands together. "Please, I'm literally begging you. This man is my ex and is just seeking my downfall. Please, I really need this job, you know that.""I will file a
My thoughts kept racing to the she wolf at the forest. Who could it be? It was clearly someone that lived around Dentville , or someone that went to school with me. That thought sent a shudder down my spine, as I began to steal glances out my dorm window, looking around for any suspicious-looking female. It was hard to figure out who it could be, and I knew it wasn’t going to be a quick thing to know. Sighing, I stepped away to wear my shoes and dialed Brian’s phone. “Hey.”“Hey, I need to talk to you after class today.” I said to Brian immediately he answered the phone, forcing my feet into my shoes. “About what?” His voice was raspy, confirming that he either just woke up or was lacking sleep.I remained silent, my heart beginning to pound heavier than normal. Where do I start from? There was a lot to say, especially how Blade had hugged me and comforted me, then there was Roger, Emily, and she wolf, but the major news I wanted him to know about was Blade and to clear any misu
“What the heck, Bri? It was you?” I frowned. “I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.” She stuttered, her hands shaking as she quickly yanked the jacket from me, throwing it over her body again. “Oh, cut the crap. You definitely know what I mean!” I snapped and her body started to move in more obvious trembles.“I don’t–”“Girls,” our professor called, stealing the attention as we both watched him, his bag hung up to his shoulder. “It’s time to leave. I’ve gotta lock the classroom.” He stated, flashing a smile at us, one that went against the atmosphere around us. “Okay, sir.” she said and started sprinting out. I grabbed my back and hung it over my shoulder, scuttling to catch up with her. Once I stepped out, I called, “Bri!” but she pretended to not hear me and ran faster than I had ever seen her move, bumping into people on her way. Our professor walked out, flashing a smile at me as he walked past me.Forcing a smile at him, I watched Bri again and she had disappeared from m
I watched a frown form on Brian's face as he squeezed the bag of his meal. He cast a deep, chill-inducing glare at Roger, then stormed off. My attention snapped back to the people around me and I only realized the crowd was cheering for Roger, encouraging me to say yes. "Have you lost your mind?" I spat. "Lyric, be calm." He said, smiling. "How dare you do something so absurd?" Suddenly, my memory flashed back to six years ago and the memory of him on one knee, proposing to Emily sent a dagger through my chest. 'This is a perfect opportunity for revenge!' Maya pointed out, awakening a new sensation in me. From the look in his eyes, I could tell that this was all a drama to embarass me. But I wasn't letting that happen. "Oh, Roger." I called in a soft tone, watching his eyebrows furrowed in confusion for a quick second till he feigned his smile again. "This is such a nice proposal, in my university student union and all." Shaking my head, I took the ring and wiggled it around,
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