Disturbing content is below, please read at your own risk…I jolted awake at a splash of water on my face. My eyes widen as I gasp in terror. My heart was going a mile a minute as I started to panic, my breath was becoming short and fast, feeling like no matter how much I breathe in I wasn’t getting enough oxygen into my lungs. Where am I? My thoughts speak as my throat felt like it’s been broken. I am unable to speak for some reason. Taking a few breaths to calm down, I took in my surroundings and realized that I am in the middle of the forest and many people were there, standing and just staring at me. Panic laced through me as my gaze sprinted through the crowd over and over again. I can’t seem to recognize any of them, but I think I am in the middle of strangers, the same strangers that hate me. Oh no. They caught me, this is over for me. My heart begins to hammer in my chest, every pump accentuated and sped up as hysteria took over. What am I going to do, I can’t die here, I h
A muscular man hands Kelvin a large sword. He takes it from him and a smile tug around the corner of his lips, he looks between the sword and me. I gulped the lump that formed in my throat. That’s it, I’m going to die. "You’ve always been a sweetheart Maya and for that, I will give you a chance to say your last wish," Kelvin said Tears streamed down my face as my heart beat in disbelief. I never thought I will be in a position whereby I have to think of a last wish. Honestly, I don’t have a last wish, though I have two wishes that are yet to be fulfilled; my revenge and being with Ashton. I close my eyes and try to forget everything surrounding me. I focus my mind on something entirely different. Ashton's handsome face comes into view, smiling beautifully at me. A drop of tear escapes my eyes, I can't believe this; I can’t believe he's here. "Ashton," I said softly. As I reach to touch him everything begins to vanish, my beautiful dream was shattered. "As expected, your last wish
~ MAYA’S POV"Hold him up!" Kelvin commands the guard with an evil glint on his face. My heart begins to hammer in my chest, every pump accentuated and sped up. What does Kelvin mean by that? Are they going to hurt Ashton? Are they taking him away? So many thoughts ramped in my head and I couldn’t think straight anymore. I can’t imagine Ashton being hurt because of me. The tension around me rises as panic laces me. A muscular man came approached Ashton and he clasp his arms like he is some sort of criminal. Ashton tries to pull out of his grip but the man was so determined to not let him go. "A helper of an enemy is an enemy." Kelvin gushed spitting on the floor. "You decided to help an enemy and for that, you will be punished!" Mummers began and people started pointing fingers. I wanted to call Kelvin’s name, tell him that Ashton has nothing to do with this, and I want him to spare Ashton’s life, I don’t mind him taking my life but not Ashton’s; never his. But I can’t speak out b
~ FIVE MONTHS LATER I heard the alarm beep behind me but it quickly cancelled so I didn't bother to open my eyes. I turn around and was drifting back into my blissful sleep again when I became aware of someone singing quietly in my ear, and fingers trailing up and down my side, tickling my skin. I couldn't help the goofy grin that stretched across my face."…… birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Maya. Happy birthday," a soft kiss was planted on the side of my neck making me draw in a ragged breath, "to you."I opened my eyes and half rolled over to see Ashton lying against my back. His gorgeous face was merely inches away, his beautiful eyes were locked onto mine and he has an equal smile on his face "Happy birthday my love," He mumbled, his lips almost touching mine."Thank you," I said, giggling. He makes me so happy He laughed too and finally pressed his soft lips to mine. I smiled against his mouth and wrapped my arm around his neck, pulling him closer to me as he sucked my bo
I just finished getting dressed for my birthday date with Ashton. I glance at the mirror one last time, I am wearing a black cocktail dress Ashton bought for me as a gift earlier today. It is very beautiful and it fits like a glove, hugging in the right places. It is an off-shoulder gown so it is wrapped around my shoulders, showing my neck which I am about to top up with my mom’s necklace. I wasn’t really interested when Ashton spoke about going out on a date. Honestly, ever since that incident happened, I don’t really like going into the town. It always gets weird because there, we meet a bunch of people and sometimes Ashton’s pack members. Things just turn out to be very weird when we see them around and I feel like it reminds Ashton that he isn’t the Alpha anymore; Aiden is. Though that’s not the only reason why I don’t like going out, people stare at me all the time. They act like I’m some kind of creepy creature thing. I mean, I am different from them but that doesn’t mean they
Ashton and I had a lovely time eating and talking about random stuff. I have to admit, it was really nice going out with him, and for the first time In five months, no one stared at me awkwardly or said anything mean to me. People must have rolled back the fact of me being a human. A small smile tug on my lips as I think about that. I guess now I can go out whenever I want without feeling uncomfortable. Thinking about that, I bring up something I have wondered about for a while."So Ashton, I’ve always wanted to ask you why werewolves don’t like humans, I mean there has to be a story behind that right?" I said, taking a sip of water. I thank the waiter as he clears the table.Ashton releases a sigh before speaking. "Apparently there is and it’s very complicated. It started long ago when the Alpha got mated to a human.""Was she wicked or what?" I asked "I’m not really sure. I was young back then, though I heard a lot of stories about her. She was great and very courageous, she fought
My eyes started to slowly open, slightly hazy once my eyes cleared, I opened them fully. The first thing my eyes set on is another pair of eyes; it’s Ashton. "What hap-" He closed my mouth with his hand cutting me off. "Shh," he hissed. I looked at him confused as to why he said that. I take his hand off my mouth "Why? What’s going on?" I blink my eyes, my vision is becoming a bit blurry; I don’t know why. Ashton didn’t respond to me and I take a look at my surrounding, it’s getting really dark- that is strange. The weather has never been like this before."Ashton, why is everywhere getting dark and why-" I trail mid-sentence as the brown giant wolf standing in the middle of the road caught my attention.My heart beating as I tap Ashton continuously. "Ashton, that wolf, it’s walking towards us." I point at the wolf. Ashton doesn’t respond, I was about to speak but as I turn to look at him, I discovered that he was gone. What is happening? I immediately stand up and look around. As
I look up to see the desire in his eyes. He leans in and his lips brush mine, softly, delicately, like butterfly wings, just long enough that I could inhale his breath, feel the warmth of his skin, and the taste of the red wine he took long ago before coming here. Ashton breaks the kiss and palmed my face. I lift my eyes and smiled as our gazes lock. I can see the love he has for me shining in his eyes. I can't help but think of how lucky I am to have Ashton with me. I can’t imagine how I would have handled this without him being by my side. "Nothing will ever change who you are." He said with sincerity. "No matter what happens you will still be the same Maya I know." He clasps my hand and holds it in his. His eyes exude love, protection, security, safety, patience, and respect. I smile and he lets go of my hands, with one hand he runs his fingers through my hair and gently guides my face closer to his, eventually leaning me in to rest my head on his chest. His other arm wraps aroun
I love Ashton so much and I am so excited for our big day tomorrow but I’m extremely nervous. I’m having cold feet. I know I want to marry him but I’m scared. I mean, marriage is a big deal. I don’t know if I can do it. I have been standing in front of Victoria’s room for almost ten minutes now. I want to go in and speak to her but I don’t want her to think I’m unserious, I tried speaking to Jane but she is of no help, I wanted to speak to Dad but he is not here tonight, he is at Ashton’s bachelor's party. Ashton didn’t want to have a party but Ryle and Aiden insisted on throwing one for him. Dad joined them because didn’t want to be stuck with the girls and he says he wouldn’t want to miss Ashton’s bachelor’s party for anything. While they had gone, Victoria, Jane, and I had a little fun girl's night. We did a lot of fun activities and we had a lot of fun. But eventually, we all got tired and decided to go to bed, of course, I didn’t go to bed because I was too nervous. I release
~ ASHTON’S POVI have been working on this for the past one week. I want everything to be perfect and for that to happen it has to go as planned. This is one of the most important things I’m going to do in life and I don’t want to screw it. I look at the arrangements one more time, it looks good but I can’t help but think it’s not the best work. I want everything to go exactly the way Maya dreamt about it. If I’m the man of her dreams then I should be able to propose to her the way she dreamt about it. I earlier told Jane about it and since I want it to be a surprise I asked Jane to keep Maya busy so she doesn’t suspect a thing. They are at home right now and I think in a couple of minutes they will come here to the restaurant. I want to propose here because this is Maya’s favorite place for dinner dates and we spent a lot of our wonderful times here.I can not wait to see Maya’s reaction when I propose. I even asked Aiden to videotape her reaction when I propose to her. I would love
~ A month laterI got discharged from the hospital and my wound seem to have already healed. The doctor said the cut wasn’t that deep which I am glad it isn’t. Things have been going pretty good around here. I have had one of my best times in this month. To say I am happy is an understatement because I am way more than happy- I am elated. I have the most wonderful family with me which has two of my favorite people in the world. Dad and Ashton. I think Dad is as happy as I am. I am really glad that he’s feeling much healthier now, and he has been enjoying his time with us and he is getting the hang of being around everyone. At first, he seem a little scared around people but now he is comfortable. I can not be any more happier to see him smiling every day. Ashton on the other hand, has been nothing but supportive of me and Dad. He spends quality time with his dad and I think his dad likes him, at first, he wasn’t sure of Ashton because he is Narya’s son but Ashton showed him that he
I woke up to the sound of the heart monitor beeping to my left. Am I in the hospital? I turn my gaze around to see Ashton sleeping soundly close to my lap with his hand holding mine. I smiled at him, he must have spent the night here. I look around the room and realize that I am in a hospital and I’m wearing an oxygen mask. I take the mask off my face and as I move my hand to massage my forehead, Ashton wakes up. He looks at me and a smile stretched its way across his lips "Maya." He looks very delighted to see me. He stands up and kisses my forehead. "How are you feeling?" He asked but doesn’t allow me to respond to the question. "I will go get the nurse.""No wait, Ashton." I halted his actions "Why am I here?" My voice came out low, it sounded barely above a whisper. Ashton looks like he is about to speak but before he could, I said "And why are you here?" I remember him saying that he won’t be around for a day. I am surprised that he is back so early or is he? Has it been a day?
I pushed the door again and to my surprise, it opened. I didn’t even try that hard. "Let’s go, Dad," I said. We were about to walk out of the room when we suddenly came face to face with Narya. My face falls as our eyes met. I never actually liked her but now I feel more hated towards her. "What a surprise, you found your old man." She said with a smile on her face. Why the hell is she even smiling? I was about to throw a remark on that when she effortlessly pushes my dad to the ground. "Dad." I gasped as I reach to help him. "Are you okay?" I embraced him. I check his arm to see if he is injured and thankfully, he isn’t. Turning my gaze to her, I begin my rant. I have been waiting to give her a piece of my mind the moment I saw my dad tied up here "You witch! How dare you push him." I push her to the wall. She always says I don’t have the strength of a Luna but now I will show her that I may not have the strength of a Luna but I do have the strength to hurt her. I will make her s
My jaw dropped and my eyes flickered open in shock. "Dad," I said as a single tear rolled down my cheeks. I can not believe this, the man sitting in front of me is my father. Tears streamed down my face and I looked at him to see a hint of confusion in his eyes. I don’t think he recognizes me. I take a step closer to him and I knelt next to him "You’re my father." I said; my voice very low. I reach to gently palm his face with my hand but he instantly wince away, shaking his head. Is he scared of me? "Dad, I-" I broke into tears. I don’t know what to say, I never expected to see him again. It’s been eleven years- eleven goddam years since I’ve seen him and now he’s here sitting In front of me- my dad is here. Hot tears streamed down my face as I hold his hand in mine. I gently squeeze his hand, my eyes shut as tears continue to stream down my face. I am never letting go of his hands, this feels like a dream to me. My father is sitting in front of me.I gently open my eyes and as my
I kept to where I stood until I heard no more noise of her heels clicking on the floor. I peeked my head to confirm that she is really gone before I gently pull the door open and walked into the store room. I made sure I closed the door quietly so she doesn’t hear a single noise. The second I realized she was about to turn around, I hid behind the shelf. I hold my breath as my heart lurched into my chest. I don’t want to make a single noise otherwise, I would be dead. It’s good that she just started liking me, but once she sees me here, she will go back to hating me and I will be dead meat. Speaking of dead meat, my heart starts to go a mile a minute as panic took over. I can not really comprehend why my heart is beating too fast, maybe it’s because I’m scared that she will see me or because I took immediate action. "Do you think she saw us?" Victoria asked me."I don’t think so," I respond "But what if she did?""If she did, she would have said something or even come to check," I
It’s late at night, and everywhere seems to be dark. I guess the lights aren’t on. I am standing in the middle of the hallway, I don’t know why and how I got here. I use my hand to feel the wall trying to find the light switch, as I did, I reach to turn it off when I heard the clicking noise of a heel. I think someone is coming. I turn my gaze to the direction I heard the sound. It’s dark and I can not see who it is. I furrowed my brows as I saw a silhouette just moving around in the dark but when I moved my head to get a clear view. I noticed it was Ashton’s mom. What is she doing here and why is she on heels in the middle of the night? She revealed herself through the darkness, I noticed she is holding a plate that contains raw onions and plain white rice. I wonder why.I was about to speak to her but my words caught in my throat when she walked past me almost like she didn’t see me. That was strange. What is going on with her?Walking straight to the storeroom. She stopped at t
~ NARYA’S POV (ASHTON’S MOM)God! I hate pretending, I just hate to behave differently because of someone; someone undeserving. I shouldn’t even be pretending, that stupid girl isn’t worth it at all. She is worthless, I just don’t know what Ashton sees in her, she is not pretty, she’s not smart, she is nothing, she’s not even able of doing anything not to mention she’s not the kind of Luna this town deserves. I wish I could just rip her skull out and kill her right away so all this will come to an end but I can’t, at least not right now but maybe someday. Right now, I need her because she’s my only key to my son. I can only convince him that she’s not the right person for him when I get him to trust me. Maya may be a nice person but despise her.I despise her even more than I despise her mother. Maya is exactly like her mother, stupid, useless, and of course not worthy of being the Luna. Sometimes when I think of Maya, I feel like she’s worse than her mother. At least her mother was