King: If you ever show it to him, I will kill you and make it look like a suicide.Me: And how do you plan on doing that?King: I’ll tell you if you meet me outside in ten minutes.Me: What?King: What?Me: KingKing: Yes, Martian?Me: Why do you want to see me?King: To tell you how I plan on killi
“You are?”“Yes, I am.”“Don’t let that ever leave your lips again, it’s a disturbing abomination.”“So dramatic.” I laugh and he rolls his eyes. We make small talk and banter back and forth as we make our way to the movies.“What are we watching?”“They are having a nineties throwback today, so we’
King and I stumble out of the cinema two and half hours later giggling, laughing and making jokes about the movie. Turns out it was a pretty good movie and I think I liked the experience a lot. Never really gone to the movies with a friend before or even as a way to hang out before, so experiencing
“Wait, so what exactly is going to happen during the night ceremony, because I’ve only ever heard of one, the claiming one that happens in the day?”“it’s like a huge dinner party for the whole pack, you know, and we’re going to be the centre of attraction yet again because it is in an honour. And y
KINGI’ve been riding on a high for days.Ever since my date with Mars...before that, even, I’ve been happy beyond all reason. Floating on all sorts of clouds and it’s the best feeling I’ve ever had. The best feeling I may ever have. I don’t know how I managed to go so long being around her without
“Dad”He pulls himself away from the desk and walks towards me.“Has she shifted yet?” I lose focus. What?“What…what are you talking about, has who shifted?”“Mars, has she shifted yet?”“No, why are you even asking, that isn’t important right now. What is important, is Penelope sitting here wearin
“I don’t have the time to argue with you over this, King. I could easily kill her and be done with this, but I’m giving you a way out. A way that will benefit all of us.”“Oh, all of us? Can you specify who the hell ‘all of us’ is, because I don’t see it benefitting anyone at all. I mean, why are yo
KINGThe ride is silent and tense.My dad is at the front with our driver, Alexi. We don’t usually need drivers, but sometimes when there’s an important event, he drives us. He is usually present as a guard, but, when need be, he doubles as a driver. He sits silently in the front, his movements cont
“You are friends with the moon goddess.” He says, slowly enough that I fear the information has managed to break his brain somehow.“Yes.” I reply slowly, mimicking him, and when he realizes what I’m doing, he rolls his eyes in amusement.“It’s just really…it’s a lot, but I’m following as best as I
“But I’m sure he’s been with other women before he met me, and maybe even after.” Saying that leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but I voice it anyway. “he can’t say he’s sexually frustrated if he’s getting the sexual attention he needs.”Aria shakes her head at me.“I can assure you that the only att
“Mars…”“I’m going to the kitchen, have a nice shower!” I say and sprint to the kitchen like my life depends on it, limp momentarily forgotten.“Oh, why does he always catch me.” I groan and bury my face in my hands as I stew in embarrassment for a while, and then I begin to get everything ready for
“I’m gonna shower,” Richfield says when we get to the house. “I stink.”“Agreed.” I say with a smirk as he helps me off Remy.“I’ll heat up some of the leftovers from last night and go shower too, but I think I’ll go out today, some fresh air would do me good.”“Are you hanging out with King, then?”
“You better not be developing a crush on him, he is our father, F-A-T-H-E-R, father…and we have a mate.”“Yeah, a mate you want to strangle right now.” I glare at him.“Don’t encourage her.”“A father is supposed to encourage his daughter.”“Unbelievable you two, simply unbelievable.” They laugh as
I wake up to the sound of knocking on my door, and turn to wake Rome up, but when I stretch my hand to touch him, I find the space beside me empty and cold. I jolt awake, and surely enough, King is nowhere in sight. My heart clenches painfully. The knocking persists and I throw the covers off my bod
Oh, and a Ham and Swiss Omelette sounds lovely, by the way. Enjoy your shower. “Get the fuck out of here before I strangle you or something.” He laughs as he leaves.The fact that I’m joined to him for life is a fucking nightmare that I’m not sure how I survive.As I head into the shower, however,
ROMULUSSometimes, humans want things they can’t have. They have desires that are just impossible to obtain, they don’t know or acknowledge their limits, so they desire for things way beyond them, and it burns them out because most of them never achieve these things, and the little who do cut down t
“So good, fuck, you smell so good.” He breathed in deeply, licked his lips, a movement my eyes tracked with the precision of a killer, and then he came closer and brushed his lips against mine again, setting fire to more than just my skin.“Yes, mine.” He whispered against my lips right before licki