SCARLETTAfter talking to Valerie some more, I felt a little better. I wouldn’t say we were back to being besties for life. But, the grudge I held against her slipped away.Not completely.But a few inches.It was enough for me to feel comfortable with her. Sometime in the future, I might find it in myself to go back to the way we were, I knew now. I had to tell myself that it would take time. I might move at a snail's speed, but eventually, I would get there.Everything would be fine. Between Valerie and I. And everything would be perfect. Between Izer and I.I sighed, walking towards the elevator silently. I planned on going back to the penthouse because going to the bookstore felt meaningless. Martha was missing, and the bookstore was closed, given that she was the manager and most probably the owner too.As I waited for the elevator, my mind drifted to the way her eyes glowed and her lips curled. The odd expression on her face was bugging me. It was not wicked—at least, not the
SCARLETTHeat seared through my veins as I stopped in front of his taut body, all muscles and hardness. My tongue darted out to wet my lips.I grabbed the jacket hanging by his forearm and took it away. Izer let me, while his eyes stayed on my face, a heated look in his eyes.My gaze dropped to his chest instinctively, the intensity of his stare making me nervous. He knew what I was doing, and this was the second time, I was doing this. The first time I seduced him was when he took my virginity and fucked me up good. I couldn’t forget that night.And tonight, maybe he would be the one to remember these moments forever because I was trying to make him feel important. Not the other way around as it had always been.“ I made dinner. ” I whispered in the small space between us.Izer breathed, turning his head to the side for a moment. My gaze rose to his neck before I leaned in and pressed my lips against my favorite sweet spot—the spot where his left shoulder met his neck. His hands inst
IZERThe exhaustion of a fucking stupid day all evaporated as I helped her make lasagne and then fucked her on the same kitchen counter.Having sex with the woman I loved was a different kind of relief. I didn’t know a thing like that existed until her.But right now, I was as light as a feather and could possibly forget every fucking thing in the world.“ I can say my plan worked, right? ” She giggled, pressing her back to my front.I was sitting on the couch in my boxers, and she was sitting between my legs. Her hands played with my fingers as some weird romance movie played on the screen. I couldn’t focus on it like her when she was sitting so close to me in nothing but her panties and bra. Instinctively, I kissed her shoulder and pressed my nose into her neck to inhale her honey scent.“ I need to tell you something. ” She whispered after a moment.I frowned, pulling my head back. She moved to the other end of the three-seater couch and grabbed her bag lying on the ground. I eyed
SCARLETTAnother night of terror passed before the sun came up and we both went our ways. I stayed at home and Izer went to deal with pack issues that I still was not accustomed to.I wanted to know more about his pack, about where the pack members stayed, and how he ran the whole thing because I was sure I would be Luna one day, but I was not really in the right mindset for such huge steps.Last night had been terrible. I had thrashed so hard, that I broke his wrist. When I woke up, his bones were healing but there was a pained look in his eyes.I knew it was not because of the physical pain. It was all because of how desperate this stupid power in me was struggling to kill me. And I? I couldn’t do shit to assure Izer. I could only lay on his chest and hear his hard breaths as his wrist snapped back into place. He told me that I didn’t need to feel guilty over it, but that’s now how my mind worked.So yes.I still felt guilty because I hurt him in more ways than I could think of.
SCARLETTIzer drove the car to the outskirts of the city. Surprisingly, there was a whole ass beach out there and I knew nothing about it.I took in the quiet area at night. The sound of waves hitting the shore and washing back was soothing. But that was not the object of my focus.I had to pay attention to the small wooden structure in the distance. A pier, and a small warehouse. Izer stopped the car and turned off the engine. His eyes were watching the silent place just like me. The scene looked like a part of a horror movie. Dark sea, an eerie beach, and a haunted structure with an entity lurking behind the walls somewhere. It was giving me creeps.“ Come on. ” Izer said, getting out of the car.I opened the door. He was by my side, grabbing my waist, pulling me up, and then placing me down on the ground in a single moment. “ What is this place? ” I asked, balancing my weight on my feet.Izer intertwined our fingers. I glanced at our joined hands, a calm feeling overcoming my he
IZERThere were a terribly few things that made me restless in this shitty world. I didn’t imagine knowing about Scarlett’s birth mother would be one of them.But, it was.The truth that her mother was alive somewhere and was waiting for her made all my nerves spark to life. I wanted to twist Martha’s neck and kill her on the spot so she couldn’t reveal her location. I also wanted to pretend Darling and I never went to that warehouse but all this was beyond my control. If I didn’t want to make Scarlett hate me, I had to endure this restlessness.So, I had to leave Martha alive. Scarlett even made her promise that she would come to visit her when the new problem at the border would be sorted. It annoyed the fuck out of me but I kept my mouth shut. Maybe, I would go behind Scarlett’s back and get rid of this Demigoddesses because I didn’t want her to take my Darling away from me.If this was not enough, I had to leave Scarlett in the middle of nowhere so she could go with her own idea.
SCARLETT“ I will take care of any guard or warrior. You can go look for it, Luna. ” Dixon told me as we climbed the walls to Alpha King’s house. I was pretty shaken up after the little talk with Martha but not enough to realize this was my chance. Alpha King was out of his hiding spot, and I had no doubt he would leave the important things behind because he must be sure of himself when he attacked and he wouldn’t want the part of me to be close to me. He knew after all, that if it was near, I would sense it.The doubts all solidified when I sensed a strange tug on my heart. I looked at the huge mansion before me, and my eyes stilled on the window on the right side. That’s where Alpha King’s study was.It was so predictable.Dixon and I moved forward on the lawn, as he kept an eye on any approaching guard and I kept my eyes on the window excitedly.The screaming voice had gone silent inside my head, providing me with a clear headspace that I needed to get everything done. And the sce
SCARLETT There was no one behind—My thoughts all died when loud howls echoed behind me. My body begged to paralyze in fear of what was coming, but I kept running just like Dixon. I couldn’t let him down, couldn’t make him think I was an idiot who froze at the hint of threat.“ Don’t look back, Luna. Keep moving forward. ” Dixon shouted at me when I slowed a fraction.Energy returned to my body. I ran faster than before, matching his speed and stamina. But who was I kidding?The howls were growing near. And from the sounds of it, the number of wolves couldn’t be less than two dozen or something. This was a death situation. Dixon and I were against at least 20 wolves. We were going to die. It would be all my fault.My eyes stung and so did my nose as we kept running, and dodging branches here and there.“ They won’t catch up to you. ” Dixon’s hand loosened around my wrist somewhere along the way.I didn’t stop. But he slowed down. I ran forward. He released my hand. I was far. He