[~♣RAEGAN♣~]“Why are you angry?” My little moonbeam demands as she follows me into the house, her foot plattering in the hallway as she tries to catch up to me.I glance at her over my shoulders, momentarily catching her bright green gaze hot on me. My lips curl up with a little smile before returning my gaze to my path.“I'm not angry.” I tell her. She doesn't buy it though, I could feel the doubt oozing out of her small body walking up behind me.“Lies!” She rebukes, calling me out on my bullshit and she was indeed calling me out but truthfully, I wasn't angry, not exactly. “You definitely are. I saw it in your eyes earlier.”I sigh, stepping into the living room. She follows. “Why? Why are you angry? Is it because I was practicing with Damian at the courtyard when you told me not to?”Her question has me confirming my thoughts about earlier with her and Damian out in the yard. So she was indeed practicing combat behind my back, that sleezy bastard, I was going to deal with him la
[~♥CORAL♥~]Reagan's breath catches in his throat soon after the words leave my mouth. I flush with embarrassment and quickly throw my gaze away.I can't believe I just said that.Reagan's touch on my cheek has me looking back up at him. He must think I'm a wanton female for that utterance. I stare into his eyes and catch the pair of ice blue orbs flash into a smoking silver.“Do you… really mean that?” His voice is a deep baritone and it sends a shiver down my spine.Did I? I wasn't even sure why I said that but now, I'm just curious to know. My heart is thumping so hard against my chest and I fear it might leap out any second from now.I slowly nod, my gaze drifting to his lips before slowly trailing back up. His intense gaze was watching me intently before falling to my own lips. “Are you sure? He asks, “I don't want to push you…” the hunger in his eyes flares and he looks as though he's fighting his control.Damian had the same look in his eyes too. It's the same look that says h
[`~♠CORAL~♠] -Age 17- The cool breeze hits my skin as the evening sky thickens on dark clouds, leaves rustle around us and my hair dances to the conduct. I hold my dress by the hem and wait for the gust to pass.“I–I really like you, Coral… won't you reconsider? I won't do anything to hurt you, I promise.” Jason probes, professing his feelings for me once more.“Jason… I like you too, but… not in that way.” I say, tucking a stray strand of my fiery red hair from my face.Jason wears a crestfallen face that pulls at the guilt at my chest, plaguing me once more. He was a sweet boy and a year older than I am. I wanted to give him a chance but I couldn't. “We're only a year away from getting mated. It's not going to be possible—”I start to tell him but he doesn't listen, cutting me off halfway. “You don't know if that's going to happen!” Jason argues. “And even so, I don't care about that, you're the only one I want right now.”His words made me smile, bringing a certain warmth to my
[~♠CORAL♠~]-Age 18- I stir awake to a warm feeling in my chest and a smile on my face. Sitting up, I stretch, humming as my body comes alive as the sun hits my skin through the open window. Today's my eighteenth birthday and most likely the day I get mated. I'm so ecstatic that it's nerve wracking. I wonder who it'd be, what he'd be like. Was he as excited as I am? I hurry downstairs, my tousled red hair flying behind me as I step into the landing and take the flight of stairs till I'm at the bottom. I giggle, feeling the excitement of today. I'll know when the moon comes up. My hair brushes my face as I hop onto the landing and skittle down the hallway, into the dining room for breakfast. The house is surprisingly quiet as I walk through, I don't see a single person, not even the maids but I hear the whispers of distorted voices as I approach the dining. Coloured papers rained down on me with a loud pop when I pushed the wooden double door open, then bright lights from the morn
[~♠CORAL♠~] Soon nightfall came with the passing of the sun as the moon toppled over the reddish-orange hues of the sky and the day became even buzzier. I was overly excited— I was nervous and I was almost about to implode. It’s the night of my birthday and my parents had invited every member of the pack. The celebration is customary since I'm the daughter of the pack leader. Well, former pack leader, since my father, Knox Hendrix, is retired and my eldest brother, Raegan has taken over leadership as the next head. It’s the night I get to discover my other half, my second piece. My mate. So it was an important event and it was going to be grand. My brothers had turned eighteen years ago and the same was done for them, although they hadn’t been able to find their mates, even after taking over the leadership position from father. It’s been sixteen years since turning eighteen and it’s also been five years since their enthronement as pack leaders so I understood the worries of th
[`~♠CORAL~♠] It seemed as though the mechanism of my world, once hovering euphorically about me, spotted a cog and came to a crushing stop.Three familiar gazes watched me as everyone turned their attention to the one place I couldn’t take my eyes off. My heartbeat was an ever palpitating organ in my chest, threatening to implode and crush my bones.My mates… were the very people that held a very special place in my life.My triplet brothers; Raegan, Damian and Rune.It couldn’t be possible. The moon goddess was surely playing some sort of cruel, sick game on me.Surely, this was just all a dream… No. This was no dream, because dreams don’t give you the worst event of your life. This was dark and twisted. A nightmare.Raegan was the first to start an approach, his gait exuberant and domineering and for some strange reason, it felt so very… arousing?I felt the blazing heat of his icy-blue gaze pinned at me—like he didn’t care at all about the world around him, all the gazes watching
[~♠CORAL♠~] I had cried myself to sleep again and when I awoke, wrapped around myself, the sun was already high up in the sky. The blinding rays filled my room and filled my senses with the same heavy sensation I’ve been carrying for a week now, locked in my bedroom.And despite the trials of my parents to reach out to me, I just couldn’t pull myself together to communicate with anyone. My brothers— or should I say, my mates now, didn’t fail to show their turbulence as well. But I’d refused to see them either, ignoring the pounding sensation in my chest that wants me to be nowhere else but in their embrace.My bedroom had become my solace and crying myself to sleep right after pleading to the moon goddess for forgiveness, if I had done anything to dishonor her, had become a routine. But each day, still, I wake up with the same churning feeling in my chest and inkless inscription, that I’m still mated to my brothers.The burning feeling, a raging evidence of the reality of my fate.M
[~♣RAEGAN♣~] A week ago should have been the happiest moment of my— our lives. I guess I was wrong, woefully. It had morphed into an intricate, heart wrecking nightmare, one that has plagued my mind for a week now. The entire length of the days my moonbeam had locked herself away from the world, from us— her mates and family. And I’d realized that I was probably in my own world thinking she’d be happy about it. I knew deep down, below my selfish soul but I didn’t think it’d be this bad. My moonbeam had locked herself up in her bedroom, shutting out everything and everyone—that didn’t exclude us, her mates. But we’d been a proper family until a week ago when she’d finally turned eighteen. When she had finally become aware of our mate bond. It was a secret I held… we held, my brothers and I. We’d always known about it… since that night. I was the first of the bunch to realize it. And it’s been years since then. My selfishness hadn’t let me reveal the truth to my parents. Her swee
[~♥CORAL♥~]Reagan's breath catches in his throat soon after the words leave my mouth. I flush with embarrassment and quickly throw my gaze away.I can't believe I just said that.Reagan's touch on my cheek has me looking back up at him. He must think I'm a wanton female for that utterance. I stare into his eyes and catch the pair of ice blue orbs flash into a smoking silver.“Do you… really mean that?” His voice is a deep baritone and it sends a shiver down my spine.Did I? I wasn't even sure why I said that but now, I'm just curious to know. My heart is thumping so hard against my chest and I fear it might leap out any second from now.I slowly nod, my gaze drifting to his lips before slowly trailing back up. His intense gaze was watching me intently before falling to my own lips. “Are you sure? He asks, “I don't want to push you…” the hunger in his eyes flares and he looks as though he's fighting his control.Damian had the same look in his eyes too. It's the same look that says h
[~♣RAEGAN♣~]“Why are you angry?” My little moonbeam demands as she follows me into the house, her foot plattering in the hallway as she tries to catch up to me.I glance at her over my shoulders, momentarily catching her bright green gaze hot on me. My lips curl up with a little smile before returning my gaze to my path.“I'm not angry.” I tell her. She doesn't buy it though, I could feel the doubt oozing out of her small body walking up behind me.“Lies!” She rebukes, calling me out on my bullshit and she was indeed calling me out but truthfully, I wasn't angry, not exactly. “You definitely are. I saw it in your eyes earlier.”I sigh, stepping into the living room. She follows. “Why? Why are you angry? Is it because I was practicing with Damian at the courtyard when you told me not to?”Her question has me confirming my thoughts about earlier with her and Damian out in the yard. So she was indeed practicing combat behind my back, that sleezy bastard, I was going to deal with him la
[~♥CORAL♥~]Damian groans lowly the moment my fingers touch his taut skin. His eyes closing and his head hangs even lower, hovering over mine as his lids clenches and unclenches. His nose flares, his low groans turning more animalistic and strained as though he was having an internal battle.It made me a little worried seeing such displays of emotion twisting up his face. I didn’t know if he was in pain or something. Am I causing him pain? Is it because I’m touching him? I didn’t like it. I didn’t like seeing him look this way.“Don’t do that. Don’t stop.” Damian says, catching my wrist with his hand when I attempt to remove them from his skin.“But… I’m… causing you pain.” I counter and try to free my hand from his grip but it locks like a vice around my wrist, trapping my hand against his chiseled abs.His chuckle is deep and exotic, I want to fall into the trance the sound caused inside me. “The last thing you're causing me is pain, sweet girl.” he says, his voice strained with som
[~♥CORAL♥~]“Raise your arms a bit more, lower your hips to steady your stance, that's good, just like that, keep it that way, your fist has to bear the weight of your strength…” Damian instructs calmly even though I'm trying my hardest to land a decent and possibly hard hit on his large body. He blocks them all and still has the gall to instruct so well!As Raegan had said he would, he'd instructed the instructors for my combat training class to sit me out of participating. They couldn't defy their Alpha.Raegan worries too much. It was barely a wound and it healed pretty quickly too. I could properly use my hands because of the pain medicine I was given but it's not like I was dying or had a fatal disease. He didn't have to withdraw me from practice.Five days have passed since my bruise and I'd secretly asked Damian to practice with me. He was much obliged to but with the condition that I rest a bit more, for two extra days, making it a week, to heal. Now we're at the courtyard at
[~♦DAMIAN♦~]“You're so mean.” I stare down at my mate to see a pout puckering her sweet lips.“Whatever do you mean, sweet girl?” I ask, letting a smirk curl up my lips.She looks up at me, her eyes flashing with a coy smile. She's finally gotten used to the name so now it doesn't bother her anymore when I address her by it. Then they turn solemn, almost like she's trying to scold me silently.“You know what I mean.”I did. But I love teasing her. The thrill her expression causes is a medicine I've gotten addicted to. Even when I don't want to, I just can't help it.I flash a grin, “I apologize, sweet girl. I just can't help myself when I'm around you.”I hear her breath catch in her throat just as her cheeks turn a light shade of pink. “You're not sorry at all,” she narrows her gaze at me.I can't help the chuckle that slips past my lips at her acute accusation. “And you don't think I'm going to forget about your sudden intrusion into school today.”“I wasn't intruding, sweet girl.
[~♥CORAL♥~]I let Damian drag me off the training ground, mostly because I'm still reeling from what just happened.Raina had tried to seriously hurt me and Damian had stepped in. He'd protected me. My heart felt afloat with the feeling of both fear and relief, it still does, the aftermath effect is still strumming around in my chest.Damian leads me behind a building. There's a bench resting against the surface when we round the corner and he pulls me down gently to sit on it before lowering his height and kneeling with one knee to the ground. His face is a mess of worry and… distress and his gaze fervently runs up and down the length of my body in fluid movement.“Where exactly does it hurt?” He asks, pulling up the sleeves of my shirt past my elbows, he carefully lifts my left arm to his face, inspecting closely.“Here.” I respond, using my other hand to motion across the length of my forearm. “All of it… hurts.”Damian's ember orbs flashes a glowering red and a snarl shapes his f
[~♦DAMIAN♦~]She won. My sweet girl won the spar. It was a little surprising because I knew her opponent was a lot stronger than her, she’d surprised me with that move she pulled.I couldn't help the smile that grew on my face the moment it happened.I've been beating myself up about stepping into her fight and breaking it off the moment her body hit the ground but I know that would only cause trouble for her.My girl was already trying to carve out her own part through her circumstances. I didn't want to be the new source of her agony. I never want to experience the hurt and broken heartedness of my mate ever again. She is the most precious fucking thing to me and bringing her joy is the only thing I'd live to do from now on.The instructor has just declared her the winner and there was a surprising alarm of cheers at her victory even though this was no more than a practice session. I was so fucking proud of her and all I could see in that moment was her.Wanting to get to my mate t
[~♥CORAL♥~]When my body hits the ground, my world spirals for a moment. Raina's movement had been so quick and her attack was sharp and concentrated, knocking me to the ground within a second. I barely saw her coming. Much to my dismay. She proved her strength when her body settles on mine. My hands though, had shielded my face on instinct, though it didn't ease the pain that spammed my body at the moment it made contact with the hard ground.Dust gust around us before it finally settles and I look up at Raina. A smug look paints her face and she's smiling down at me like she's just won.“Ha! This is going to be so easy.” She snarls wickedly, her smile turning into a mischievous grin, her eyes shining with sheer diviousness.And somehow, my gaze finds Damian. His arms are folded against his broad, black clad chest and so is the rest of him—built like a warrior king. His demeanor is stoic and fierce but I don't miss the way his hands clench at his sides and the very subtle flex of hi
[~♥CORAL♥~]The moment my gaze locks with warm ember orbs, I feel the air around me shift with an electrifying sizzle, for one, because Damian is here, as our supposed instructor and he smiles, waving at me like a child that's just found his mother in a crowd.It hinders my attempt at hiding my presence—though I wasn't succeeding much in that area either, my red hair makes me stand out like a sore thumb.The other, because there’s suddenly an uproar of excitement bubbling from the girls and the boys but most especially, the girls and very extremely, from Raina.My gaze cuts off from Damian, landing on Raina. She’s not looking at me this time because now she has her gaze solely fixed on Damian and I swear to the moon goddess that I can see the moon-struck hearts in her freaking eyes and I’m flushed by a wave of violence at her shameless ogling at my mate.“Quiet!” One of the instructor’s voice catches our attention again, this time, it’s the black haired one that speaks up, his voice h