Amelia’s POVI check the message. Still no reply.I don’t believe a word Eva says. But I can tell from Eva’s reaction that Nyx is fine.He must be very busy now. He’s out on a trip and an emergency happens. There must be a lot for him to handle.But I hate that I have to know it from a third person, especially a woman I hate.It sucks.Anyway, I’ll just come back home and wait.After taking a quick shower, I change into my sleeping gown, lie on the sofa in the living room, and pull a blanket over my body.I need to know it immediately when he comes back. I also need sleep. So I’ll just wait for him in the living room.Because of fatigue, I fall sound asleep very quickly.Somehow my forehead feels wet. Someone kisses me.Is it a dream?I slowly open my eyes. Nyx’s face is what I see first.Nyx is back! I’m not dreaming, am I?Seeing that I’m awake, he pulls me into his arms tightly and kisses me on my lips.I wrap my hands around his body.All the tension and worry for the whole night
Nyx’s POVStartled by my words, Eva stops all her movement and looks at me, fear and tension evident in her eyes.I signal her to sit back. She does accordingly. I’m already clenching my fist for fear that I might lose control and kill her. Yes, this can totally happen.“Eva, there’s one thing that you need to explain. Why did the emergency happen exactly after you poisoned me?” I cross my arms and examine her expression closely while I speak, trying to tell whether she’s going to lie or not.“What do you mean?” Eva looks at me in disbelief.I sneer, “Should I make it clearer? Amelia, the rogues attack the pack at the time that fits them the best and ambush me at the right place. What role did you play in this?”She looks at me with her eyes wide, as if she can’t believe my eyes. So she’s playing the victim now. If it wasn’t for her, things wouldn’t have come to this.“Nyx, do you mean it? I’ve been the Luna of the pack for such a long time. Now you’re suspecting me! Do you really th
Amelia’s POVIt’s eight-thirty in the morning. Nyx has left for work. He came back at midnight yesterday and I don’t even know when he gets up this morning. He’s literally working his guts out. I want to check his injury and I still don’t get the chance. But I bet that wound is quite severe. I can tell from his pale face.I get dressed, leave the pack house, and walk a long way to the appointed place, a coffee shop. It’s in somewhere remote in the pack and it’s a nice place for some private talks.I enter the shop, order two cups of coffee, and begin to wait.As I’m waiting, I look around the coffee shop. The wall next to me is something like a mirror, reflecting my face and my determined look.Soon, the guy I wait shows up and sits in front of me.“Hi, Duke,” I push a cup of coffee in front of him.I can see that he’s a little nervous because I asked him out without telling him the reason.“Remember that promise?” I ask.Duke nods calmly. But he keeps drumming his finger on the table
Amelia’s POVSauntering down the suburb street, I talk to my phone, holding the leash with the other hand. I’m walking Bucks, a beautiful and purebred Alaskan Malamute. The dress I wear is the latest release from the runway. To anyone who passes by, I must look like that type of rich and carefree girl who spends all her day splurging on frivolous things. But they will think otherwise if they hear what I am talking about.“Please, I’m penniless. I don’t even have money for lunch. Just give me ten more days. I’ll pay the rental as soon as I get paid…Thank you so much! Love you! Bye!”I hang up my phone in satisfaction. I know, a pleading tone and a sweet voice with a hint of flattery always help me get my way. That’s how I manage to grow up without parents. The fact is, the dog, the dress, and the striking high-heels, none of them belong to me.Bucks is actually the pet of a rich couple. Its white and brown fur is soft and fluffy, obviously well-groomed. This couple is out for a vacati
Nyx’s POVI lean back in my leather upholstery chair, ignoring the messages that keep popping out on my phone. I know what these messages are about, the mating party. Yes, my pack members are having fun at the mating party, here I am in the office, working on pack affairs and preparing for a meeting. And I totally enjoy being fully devoted to the development of the pack as the alpha. I mean it.My phone rings. It’s a call from the Beta Duke. I know exactly why he makes this call.“Hello, and no.” My attitude is very clear.“Nyx, are you sure you don’t want to join us at the party? There’re a lot more young girls here than last year.” Duke’s excited sound can be heard through the phone.Duke is only twenty, an age excited about everything, especially the mate thing. He stops at nothing helping me find my mate.“You said young girls.” I put stress on “young”.“So what? You’re also young.” Duke insists.I chuckle. I’m thirty years old. As a werewolf, I’m quite young. Technically, I’m sti
Amelia’s POVThe plan is that I’ll just grab something to eat and leave here. I stand in front of the buffet and take a bite of the salmon. It tastes awesome. The host of the party must be so damn rich! I guess I’ll never have a chance to taste these top-quality food. I take out my second-hand phone and take a picture of it.I adjust the lens to find the best angle. At this moment, a man walks over and enters the screen. No, he ruins the background of the picture. But wait, he’s hot! I can tell from the tan and muscular wrist in the screen that he must be hot. I raise my head immediately to see his face.He’s so damn handsome, and hot, and handsome!He doesn’t seem like my age. Rather, he exudes the aura of authority, of mature and successful elites. And different from those successful but greasy middle-aged men with potbellies, he has a perfect and muscular figure.For the very instant, I forget where I am and what I’m going to do, until my phone slips from my grasp and is falling t
Amelia’s POVI wake up from the backseat. Still in a daze, I’m slow in thinking and I’m trying hard to figure out where I am. The car door has opened. A tall and strong figure stands in front of me and blocks the light outside. It’s Nyx, if that’s his real name.He leans over, holds me in his arms, and stands up straight.A tall and magnificent building comes into sight.Many terrible thoughts flash through my mind. Those rumors and legends about rich men with all kinds of quirks that I heard on the grapevine flood me and give me goosebumps. I slowly turn my head to Nyx, trying to get a hint of my situation from his expression.Meeting my eyes, his lips gradually curl up into a smile. The way he looks at me and smiles sends shivers down my spine. The handsome face and lethal smile that pulled my heartstrings at the party now only seem scary and cruel.Why did he bring me here? What does he want from me?At this moment, I can’t help but feel a wave of self-pity. Just when I thought thi
Nyx’s POVA human being mate.These words don’t sound that annoying the instant my eyes fall on her. The moment our eyes lock, all these years of waiting are worth it! And I swear I’ll do everything to protect her from any harm.I know it won’t be an easy thing for my pack to accept her, but I don’t care.Although she’s a human being, she’s the most beautiful girl I’ve seen in my entire life. When I hold her fragile body in my arms and I carry her into the mansion, she glances around the mansion with her almond eyes wide and her eyelashes flustering. It’s so adorable. And the way she gets easily startled like a bird is so cute that I can feel my heart softening. My smile grows larger as I think of how she complimented my “perfume”.When I tell her the pack thing, she seems completely shocked and unable to accept it, but she has to accept it. Hopefully, she can accept it without going through much pain. I stand up from the sofa, take off her high heels, and hold her in my arms again.