Giselle felt so ashamed.
She was lying on her side, curling up, staring at Marcus’s window.Outside of his window, the moon was hiding behind those greyish clouds. She did not see the scene unfold in his bedroom. She did not witness the hell Giselle had been through once again. In the corner of her eyes, she saw Marcus get up and get dressed. He seemed like he wanted to go out.But Giselle did not bother to ask, so she shifted her gaze back to the outside of his window pane.Marcus caught the sight of Giselle lying on his mattress. A thin blanket covered her bare body. In that messy bed of his, Giselle’s petite body frame seemed to be swallowed by all of those pillows and the duvet under her. She drowned in them.The petite omega lay there, motionless. Tears streamed down from her eyes, silently. Yet, Giselle did not sob. She did not whimper, either. She was lying there, crying in silence.Unknowingly, his heart achedNabeel stood in the elevator, patiently awaiting it to reach the first floor.But then, in all suddenly, he caught a familiar silhouette of a young wolf – Marcus, his nephew.Nabeel remembered when he left the pack, Marcus was only a pup. The little pup used to hang out with him all the time. Nabeel could still recall whenever he shifted into his wolf form, little Marcus would insist on sitting on his back, screaming in excitement as Nabeel carried him running through the woods.“I want to be like you when I grow up!”, Marcus had said that.“You should be like your father!”, Nabeel used to laugh it off with Marcus’s dad.All good things must come to an end, things were different then. Nabeel touched his car on his neck, feeling bittersweet.The lift reached the first floor, Nabeel got out just in time for Marcus to get in. It was a brief moment of the two passed by each other. However, Nabeel’s earthy scent remi
“You’re dozing off again.”Derek shifted in his seat, uncomfortable.Giselle shook her head, kindly turned down Derek, “Sorry, but I’m pretty busy with the dinner recently. I want to focus on this first.”“Oh,” Derek seemed sad, “Sorry, I’m too inconsiderate, am I?”“No, no, no, of course not. You’re not inconsiderate. You’re a good man, Derek.”Giselle saw the man blaming himself for what he should not have been. She quickly covered it up by saying otherwise. Obviously, it was not Derek's fault.“Then why don’t you go out with me?”Derek stared at Giselle dead in her eyes. If she said he was a good man, then why did she not go out with him? Must have been something wrong with him.Giselle let out a heavy sigh before she decided to tell him the truth, “I’m married, Derek. I’m married.”Derek widened his eyes
Raiz had known for a long time that Lady Bailey and her son would need an ally to secure their positions in the pack. Even though they could have found their allies within the pack, it was not enough. They needed more.So Raiz was kind enough to give them more.The Brown was a perfect choice. Why? Their daughter was a dumb bitch.Dumb, arrogant, reckless, and filthy. That was all Raiz needed.He approached Tina way before she met Marcus. In fact, Tina met Marcus was all an act that Raiz had staged.Marcus, what could Raiz say about the young alpha? Oh, right, the pup was easy to control. It was not because the young alpha was dim-witted. Marcus, on the contrary, was wise enough to know things were pros or cons. He was a talented young man. He knew how to stay low when he was young and incapable of doing anything. However, once he came of age, Marcus would definitely be a formidable opponent.But sadly, the pup was too short-temper. Short-temper might be one of the
“Well, well, what do we have here?”That was a strange man. Giselle had never seen him before.He had dark brown hair, narrowed eyes, unshaven jawlines; his tone sounded amused; his eyes flared bright red.He was an Alpha!She looked at his shirt. It had blood splashed on it. She did not think it was his. Highly chance it was Marcus’. But there was no Marcus’s scent on him. So, it was safe to say that Marcus was safe.Giselle felt relief at the thought.Giselle sat on the floor. Her shaking had lessened as she saw the strange man coming up to her. This alpha had no scent at all. It was odd. She had never heard of any wolves who did not have scents.“Who…who are you?”Giselle gulped, asking the strange alpha.Her wolf was grunting. Her wolf's caution mode had been reducing. Yet, it was still on alarm, obviously. But it had calmer than before. Maybe it was because her wolf had known her mate was not in danger, but her.Was he from the Bailey’s pack?
“What are you doing?”Giselle jolted, her face turned pale as she looked up.One of the men stood in front of her. He stared right at her phone with a dead look in his eyes.“You can’t use this. I’ll keep it for the time being. Let’s go!”He quickly snatched her phone away. She looked at her phone with a desperate look in her eyes. She had just press called. Derek had not answered her phone call yet. She knew, calling Derek would be of no use. But he was the only one Giselle could call right then. She did not have Marcus’s number. Even if she did, he would not have come. He hated her.Luckily, Giselle had already sent her location to Derek. He would have come here. And then what?Giselle was so urgent that all she could think of was Derek. She should have to call Lady Bailey instead.What to do then?“Get in!”One of the two alphas pushed her in their awaiting van. They both get
Marcus glared at Derek for the last time. He then turned away, storming to the elevator.Derek was quick to catch up with Marcus before he walked past the security, “Please, I need to see Giselle. I need to make sure she’s okay.”Ben startled. He glanced at Derek. Terrifying ran all over his body as he felt the tension around Marcus had just risen.“Does this man know what did he just say?”Ben thought to himself as he shifted his gaze back to Marcus. The alpha leader stared blankly at the elevator’s door.His tongue poked the inside of his left cheek. He looked unamused and annoyed also.Ben licked his dry lips, saying, “Marcus, we should…”Marcus let out a huff, definitely did not want to hear what Ben had to say. The alpha leader clenched his teeth, turning toward Derek’s direction. He stopped in front of Derek, looking straight into the poor man’s eyes. His voice laced wit
“What do you want from me?”Giselle was tied up.Her surrounding was a run-down warehouse. It was not that spacious, maybe about twenty square meters. Rotting woods, molding, and ammoniac scents filled her lung with some kind of a disgusting mixed scent.The two strange alphas heard Giselle asking, but they made no effort to answer her question. They just left her there and left.“Wait!”“Just stay there!”One of them snapped, slamming the door shut, leaving Giselle alone in the dark.She bit her lips, thinking of a way to get out of this situation. No matter what those men were up to, Giselle could swear they were no good.Giselle had not met them before, and even if they were in the Bailey’s pack, the chance of they knowing Giselle was their Luna was small. If they were not a council member or friend with Marcus, they would not know.Basically, Marcus made sure no one that did not attend their w
Marcus.We could not go in any further in our human forms. It would be dangerous, so we shifted.“Where’s your friend, mom?”I asked her. I had sniffed around to find there were no other scents than Ben, my mom, and me. Our scents were so visible compared to the two rogues that hid in the abandoned warehouse over there.We made sure to keep a safe distance from them.Mom did not answer me.But then, I heard a low roar echoing from the other side of the forest.My ears peaked at the faint sound. I immediately stood up, looking around. My heart was pounding. That painful roaring got me worked up. I wanted to run to where that sound was. I felt like I was on fire. Anxiety crept through all the veins in my body, urging me to go whenever.The thrill was eating me up. “Do you hear that?”Mom and Ben looked at me, confused.“Hear what?” Mom asked. She peaked her ears up, trying to hear w
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Derek met Giselle again a week later.The girl was queuing at the coffee shop that Derek was frequent. The two were pretty surprised to see each other there.“You were Derek, from a week ago on the street, right?” Giselle asked him first, with a hint of unsure.Derek beamed at her. He nodded, “Glad you remember me.”“Oh, no. Not that kind of remember,” Giselle shook her head.The manager chuckled, “I know. So, erm- would you mind having a cup of coffee with me?” Derek asked.And surprisingly, after a bit of consideration, Giselle said yes. But it was not rocket science. The girl was curious about Derek and that was all.From what had happened three days earlier, this man seemed to know her and that bothered Giselle. How could she forget if she ever met the guy? He seemed to be a nice guy, Giselle would remember if she had met him before.But then, again, everything about her past was nothing but a blurry mess to her. He might be someone she knew back then. Moving here was such a great
“Giselle-” Marcus said, trembling. He could not believe in his eyes anymore.It was Giselle by flesh and bones! She was not Marcus’s hallucination.She was alive!“Giselle!”The head alpha happily pulled Giselle in his arms, hugging her tightly as if he ever let go, then Giselle would disappear in only a blink of an eye.If that ever happened, Marcus did not know how he could hold himself together anymore.Now that she was here, he would not let her go ever again.His wolf was howling, feeling happy that it could finally bathe in its mate’s comfort scent once again.This was ecstasy.“Wow, easy! Who are you?” Giselle frowned, pushing Marcus away harshly. The girl looked at Marcus with only irritation and confusion.“Giselle-” Marcus found himself dumbfounded. He could not catch on with the situation anymore.Giselle frowned, eyeing Marcus head to toe. The girl then huffed, she sounded so distant, “Do you know me?” Marcus was too stunned to speak. His lips quivered but no words could
A year later.“It’s Toby’s wedding ceremony today, Gigi,” Marcus said, “He’s getting married to your human friend. They both seemed very happy.”Marcus shoved his hands into his pockets, his eyes darting away as he let out a heavy breath.It had been a year then. A year of longing and torment with Marcus.Time had passed but he could never forget the day Giselle fell off the cliff, and how useless Marcus felt over a year ago watching her disappear right in front of his eyes. Though that day had been gone for good, still, Marcus could recall the sadness and such a helpless feeling of a year ago like it had just happened yesterday.Marcus still lived, but he rather d*ead.The head alpha did not seem to be himself anymore but rather an alpha wolf struggling and tormenting himself.He overworked himself to the point of being almost exhausted. He rarely ate or drank anything. His sleeping schedule was a mess, too. He was deprived of sleep. Because every time he closed his eyes, he could no
When Tim and Ben got to the lighthouse, they got no sight of Marcus at all.Raiz’s lackeys’ bodies lay on the ground, no longer intact. Then there was also Raiz, who lay dead behind Marcus’s back. His cause of death might be a b*loody hole in front of his chest, or it could be because of the silver knife piercing through his forehead. Either way, Raiz was dead.But Marcus? They did not know about his whereabouts.The head alpha had been impatience, so he came here by himself first. And for what had happened, Tim and Ben could say Marcus handled the situation well. Yet, where was he then?Did anything unfortunate happen to him?The two looked at each other, frowning.Unexpectedly, they heard Marcus yelling, “Giselle!”The two flinched, rushing to where their head alpha’s calling rang up. And they saw him.There he was, diving under, frantically searching and calling Giselle’s name. But there was no sight of her.“Marcus!”“Alpha!”The two called out for their head alpha, but they got n
Without any hesitation, and not even a blink of an eye, Raiz’s blade c*ut through Giselle’s throat like it was nothing.Not only Marcus was too stunned to react, but only Giselle.The cut was quick. So quick that Giselle did not even feel the sharp edge of the knife slashing through. Only when the damage had been done, as the stingy feeling rushed in with the burning sensation that flooded her neurons, did Giselle realize what Raiz had done.Giselle looked down and widened her eyes in disbelief as she saw b*lood quickly staining her front dress.Her wolf immediately got into action, spreading its healing ability to keep Giselle from dying.The Stephern’s omega was lucky because it was not a cut caused by a silver knife. Otherwise, she would be dead by now.“Stop right where you are!” Raiz raised his voice, and he caught Giselle’s attention.And then, Giselle heard a raging roar. The roar was so scary that it even terrified Giselle’s inner wolf.Looking up, the Stephern’s omega saw Mar
“Aren’t you happy now that your beloved uncle calls, Marcus?” Raiz said smudgily.“Where’s she?” Marcus got straight to the point.“My oh my, aren’t you worried about her?” Raiz chuckled, “And here I thought you two are separated. How silly am I! I almost got played by your little one, nephew.”Marcus stayed silent for a quick second before replying, “Let Tina go!”His words hit hard.“Pardon?” Raiz raised an eyebrow as he glanced at Giselle.The Stephern’s omega quickly turned away, avoiding his gaze. Tightening her fists, Giselle bit on her lips hard enough that she tasted blood.Even though she had a guest that Marcus would call Tina’s name out in the very first place, Giselle still felt somewhat hurt.However, she must endure this feeling.As she said, Marcus and Giselle were histories. Apparently, Marcus would think of Tina right away. Also, it was kind of humiliating for Raiz that he had chosen the wrong one.Marcus probably had not heard about Giselle’s missing yet. Be that as
"What do you mean Giselle is gone?" Marcus sounded disbelief.How could she be gone?But f*uck it, he had no mind to think about it anymore.He had to get to the hospital first!.The special department was in a hastiness.Securities and guards were seen at every corner of the hospital and its parking lot, desperately searching for the Stephern’s omega, who had gone missing. Every little detail counted. Therefore, they were doing their best searching for her.Marcus barged into Giselle’s ward, where Fynn had already been there. The doctor leaned on the window pane that Giselle kept opened and facing the door. He looked troubled.The head alpha looked around the whole room, frantic.“She has been gone when I came here,” Fynn sighed, “We have no idea where is she. We have been searching throughout the hospital but could not seem to find her anywhere.”“Did she go out alone?” Marcus nervously asked, “Have you checked the surveillance footage yet?”Much as he wanted to jump right to his f
"Let me go!"Marcus was startled awake to find he was no longer in Giselle's dreadfully cold and cramped hospital room. He was at his house now, asleep on the couch since God knows when.The head alpha sighed, and slumped back against his couch.Resting his hand on his forehead, Marcus stared at the ceiling, remembering what had happened this afternoon.Giselle had told Marcus to let her go. She still did not have any particular feelings, however, Marcus could hear a little bit of inner pleading in her voice.Marcus knew it would be best if he let Giselle leave the mess that was him. But at the same time, he could not. Just as he thought about letting Giselle leave, Marcus could not bear it.He was too blind beforehand. He let his anger cloud his mind and made a terrible mistake.***“Let go of me!”Brenna and Tina shouted out loud. The two were kidnapped and brought to the forest within the Ashes pack territory.In such a place, no one could interrupt Lukas took out his anger on them