EVIEI sat on the couch in the living room, my hands on my system, typing away. I had been trying to search for the wolfman ever since I broke up with Scott. I needed to steal that man from Claire so that I would be happy once again. The plight I was going through at home just kept going from worse to worse, and I was already on my threshold. I needed something or someone to fill me with happiness. And right at the moment, the wolfman was my obsession, and I felt that he was the only one who could do the job. The only thing was, I couldn't find him on any of the social media handles no matter how hard I searched or even the keywords I used.I was so lost in what I was doing that I didn't realize that my mother was seated beside me until she bumped me gently on my arm with her elbow. I looked up and saw her looking at me with a smile."What are you busy with?' She asked me, the smile still on her face."Nothing," I said to her and closed the laptop immediately. I got up from where I sa
NATHANIEL I couldn't believe it. No, I refused to believe it.How could everything going on be like this for me? Was that how my life would come to an end abruptly because of a man who knew nothing about our pack? And everyone even had the enforrentry to behave as if I was overreacting. Yes, I was overreacting, but it was for my sake. I had given every of my existence to the pack and the people just because I thought that I was going to take over the pack in the future.If they were expecting me to sit still, then they were deceiving themselves. I was not going to sit still and watch as someone else stole what should have been mine by rights. Hence, the reason why I called the meeting for the Elders. If there was anyone who would be able to right the wrong I was facing, then it was them. They were the ones who determined who gets to be in the golden seat. Even if it was the wrong choice, as long as the Elders approved it, then the masses had no choice but to accept it."Elder Damon,
NATHANIEL/SCOTTWeaklings!That was the first word that came to my mind when I saw how the weak werewolf I wanted to make my host was with the way he trembled like a jellyfish out of the water. Of course, I didn't mind. Seeing his fear gave me joy that I couldn't exactly keep at bay no matter how hard I tried about it.After I possessed him and he lost consciousness, I erased whatever might remind him of his identity away from his head. Now, I owned the man body, soul, and spirit. "Hey, are you okay?" A woman asked me with concern in her voice. She moved closer to where I was on the floor and tapped me lightly on the shoulder. "Do you need me to call 911 for you, buddy?" She asked again.I opened my eyes suddenly, and she yelped, the phone she had in her hand thrown to the floor in her frightened moment. I looked at her with eyes that I knew were as dark as the abyss that she would soon be drawn into."Holy shit!" She yelled and turned to run away from me. My hands went to her neck
EVIEI looked up from the paper that I was staring at to look at the face of the man in front of me. I looked back at the paper again, then back at the man, and I nodded. I was sure that the drawing on the paper was the same as that of the face I was looking at.It turned out that the paper the man gave me was one that had the sketch of a man and a name and a place where he could be found. I followed the address and ended up at the bar. When I saw the same face coming out of the bar, I couldn’t believe how much luck had shone upon me."You are Nathaniel, right?" I asked again. The man looked at me strangely, and I realized that I had acted a bit out of place, seeing as I didn't bother to introduce myself to the man. I folded the piece of paper with me and smiled at the man. "Hi. My name is Evie," I said as a way of introduction.The man looked at me weirdly for a few seconds, then nodded at me curtly. I smiled as I took that to be the approval that I needed."You see, the thing is-""
CLAIRE I tapped the counter impatiently, post in my head while I waited for the coffee I was brewing to be done.Much as I didn't want to admit it, it was getting harder and harder to keep the thoughts of Alex out of my head. I couldn't help but think about us and how far we had progressed from the first time when we had just met each other. And these days? These days, we were moving from the friendship lane to that of something else. God in heaven, it felt like I was going to go mad if I didn't tell anyone about what was going on in my heart."Earth's to Claire!" Mrs. Annie said to me, startling the shit out of me. I jolted and sighed as I heard the machine ringing furiously. I slammed it shut and looked at the woman in front of me with an apologetic smile. "Where were you so lost?" She asked me. She didn't wait for an answer though. She picked up the coffee and made her way to the customer who ordered it.When she was done serving the man, she came back to me. I bit my lower lips a
NATHANIEL/SCOTT I was in the Morning Dew Pack now. It was easy and fun how everyone had bowed to me, thinking that I was the second son of their dead leader. I nearly laughed at how gullible the people were. But I couldn't blame them for their stupidity completely, I was someone to be loved after all. But that was beside the point. The point was that I had been making sure that ever since I came to the plan. I began my plan to make sure everything that I was planning fell into place. And thank Lucifer because I found the easy way to do that. I gave a wicked smile as I moved to a group of people who were standing together, gossiping so early in the morning. The moment they all saw me, they bowed their head in respect. I smiled at them and even held a hand over the shoulders of one of the men that were close to me."How is it going?" I asked them. They all shivered in my presence, and I smiled. I slapped another man across the chest in a playful mood. "Relax, everyone. I'm not going t
ALEXAKIS For everyone else, as the darkness covered the face of the day, they were either dozing off or even snoring loudly on their beds. But that wasn't the case for me. All I was doing was turning and tossing in bed like a lunatic. The reason why sleep was so far away from my eyes was not something I could comprehend, but sleep was. After a few more tossing and turning with no effective result, I got up from the bed and decided that I was going to make warm milk for myself to enable me to fall asleep.I was in the kitchen making the milk when I saw the shadow of a figure behind me. I turned around very fast to see who it could be. I relaxed my taunt nerves when I saw that it was none other than my mother."Why are you still awake?" I asked her."I was sleeping. You woke me up when you walked past my room. I was worried about you, so I came to check on you." She yawned very loudly and covered her mouth with the back of her hand."Please go back to bed," I urged her. She nodded at m
CLAIRE I shot up from my bed as soon as my alarm hit. It was morning already, and I needed to prepare for work and get there as early as possible. I yawned tiredly from not getting enough sleep through the night. After Alex agreed that I should go and see my father, we talked for over two hours after that. Not exactly talked, we just held hands and stayed like that for the most part. I had a feeling that if we didn't get caught by one of the servants, we might have never even tried to disengage from each other. Oh, the embarrassment I made as I raced to my room.I dressed up as fast and efficiently as I could. I made my way to the café to tell the woman that I wouldn't be able to stay for work that day. I felt bad that I was always leaving work. If she was a bad person, she might think that I was taking advantage of her, especially with this free day thing I was about to ask her off. Still, my spirit was drawing back home and I needed to make sure that everyone was okay."Good mornin
Epilogue. Claire's POV A full year had passed since Alex proposed to me, and I gladly accepted to be his woman. Today, we were taking the final step and getting married.My hand went to my neck where the mating mark was. After I accepted his proposal, he carried me to our room and gave me the mark after a hot, intense sex session. He had wanted the wedding to be carried out two weeks after his proposal, but I told him I wanted to wait. I wanted the pack to accept me as a human. To gain that approval, I learned how to fight with swords and how to shoot arrows, to show them that even if I was a human, I would always be there to fight by their sides if the need ever came. Then, I went ahead to start my own restaurant at the pack.At first, I barely got any customer as they were all weary of me. But little by little, people began to troop in. Now, I had two other branches out in the human world. This helped to show the people that if we ever had the need for cash - which was very unlik
Claire's POV A week passed after the ordeal we had in defeating the man who tried to claim the lives of so many people. I sighed, praying to the God in heaven that Scott's soul would find relief wherever he was now. He deserved that much for all the trouble he went through in his life."What are you doing, Claire? Wheel me well." Luna Lisa complained, drawing me back to the present."Sorry," I apologized. I moved the wheelchair a little bit faster than the pace I was keeping before. We were on our way out of the mansion to get some fresh air in the garden. Luna Lisa had to use the wheelchair as her legs were still healing. The doctor had, however, assured us that she would be fine and it was taking long to heal because it was a demon's bite."Claire." I heard someone call my name and I turned back, only to see Evie standing behind me, her suitcase already packed and with her."Are you going to somewhere?" I asked her. After the incident, we had gotten somehow closer as we had to comf
ALEXAKIS As soon as Kieran told me through the mind-link that my mate and her sister were safely back in the pack, I felt relief wash over me. I turned to look at Scott, her ex-boyfriend, all the anger in my heart targeted at him.He had endangered the life of the woman I loved, and I was going to make sure that he paid for it. No matter what anyone said about it, I was going to make sure that he paid heavily for his action.It was with that anger that I gave him an uppercut on his chin. While he bent over at the shock, I gave him a jab at his side, making sure I went all in to ensure I broke almost all his rib bones, if not all."You..." The man growled at me. He stood upright and gave me an evil smile. I knew he was up to something and that helped me stay alert. He began to morph into something hideous in front of me. Within seconds, there was no longer a man where Scott should have been. Instead, there was a tall dark beast, with two horns on his forehead, red eyes glowing brightl
Claire's POV After waiting for what felt like an eternity, even thinking that the man I was waiting for would no longer come, I was shocked when I saw him finally make an appearance. The tears that stopped flowing before came again, afresh. My heart wrenched within me, and I struggled to breathe well. Why? Why would he come here? Why did he risk his life like that?Our eyes met, and the man smiled at me. I shook my head at him as he started walking to where I was. When he got to me, he sighed."I am here now." He consoled me. It was clear that he thought I was crying because I was happy I saw him. I shook my head at him to show him that he was wrong about his insinuation. Still, he didn't get what I was trying to say."Alex, you need to run!" I finally let out amid my tears. I looked left and right to see if Scott and his men had gotten a whiff about Alex's appearance and were now on their way in here. When I didn't see them rushed in, I sighed, a little bit relieved about that. "L
Claire's POV "Scott, I am begging you," I pleaded again. I didn't care how pathetic my voice was. All I knew was that there was no way I was going to let the man kill Alex just because of a mistake that my father made."Why do you think–" his phone rang, cutting him off. "Really? Good." He said. Then, he cut off the phone. The kind of look he gave me made me cold all of a sudden."What is it?" I asked, feeling scared already."Guess who is coming over soon?" His voice held the malicious excitement he felt. "Alex! He is going to come here soon, and I will have so much fun killing him." He let out.My eyes widened in shock, and my breath became hitched."Do you want to know how he is going to die soon?"I shook my head to stop him. He ignored me and continued anyway."I plan to corner him and hit him when he least expected it." He said with a small evil laughter."You..." My voice trailed off as I realized that the man was gone already, leaving me alone."All of you, leave the building
Claire's POV It felt like forever since I got trapped in this basement where the light was never in and made it hard to tell when it was either night or day. The horror of not knowing how long it had been since I was in this hellhole made my heartbeat pound even faster. There was also the awareness that I no longer have a father to reach out to. Even though the bridge between us was rough, my heart sank now that I was aware that it had been burned forever. What made it worse? Knowing that the man and I were not on good terms before he died. How was I supposed to live on now knowing that my father hated me?I wanted to get angry with Evie over the death of my only family and how she played a part in it, but she lost Becky also, and I knew how much hurt she was going through for that. Besides, she was my family also no matter how hard we fought with each other."Claire, we need to escape." She said to me frantically again. I shook my head at her since the bandage was still covering m
Claire's POV Scott!" There was no doubt in my heart that I was relieved to see a familiar face even if it was that of the jerk who cheated on me with my sister.After I left the car and went in, I was surprised to see the door open. I thought it was so because they - Father, Becky, and Evie - were all home. I stepped inside, but it was empty. I went to Father's study but he was not there. After I searched all the places that I could, I swallowed my nervousness and went to Becky's room to see if she was there, but then she was not in the room either. A quick visit to Evie's room revealed the same ordeal.The house felt bizarre at that point, and I had a bad feeling flushed over me. I ran out of the house to see if I would see them, but nothing of such happened. I was about to move to the woodshed to see if they were there taking care of the games they hunted the night before when I saw Scott standing in front of me."Scott!" I called again. Even though the man and I never exchanged wo
ALEXAKIS I wasn't sure what exactly was making my heart feel like it had been shattered into two. Was it how Claire left me after I thought that she was going to stop and think about the love between us? Or was it because the house now seemed empty without her?I wanted her close to me - that was a fact. If I hadn't stepped into the position of the Alpha already, I would have damned every other thing and asked her to leave with me to a faraway place where we would be happy together, without anyone judging us.But I was already one, and she felt out of place.I knew it was necessary for her to take the break as she truly needed it, but I was against her going over to her parent's house. Still, that was the only safe place I knew would work for now. That didn't make my worry lessen any bit, though.Apart from her family treating her like trash, I was worried that Nathaniel might make a move for her now that she was no longer under my protection."We are here, Alpha."I looked up and sa
Claire's POV After contemplating my decision for a while, I finally came to a conclusion. It would be better for me to leave Alex and the pack, even if it was only for a while. Maybe when I would return, the animosity these people had toward me would be gone."Alex, can I have a word with you?" I asked. We were seated in the living room. He was busy with some files while I had my laptop in front of me, but I couldn't concentrate on anything I was learning on the screen. The man looked up from his work and gave me a gentle smile."I'm all ears, love." He said, the smile still plastered across his face."I want to leave," I let out quickly. I was afraid that if I hesitated, I would never be able to say it to him. I winced as he dropped the files in his hand on the floor and rushed over to where I was, holding my hands."Why? What is it?" He asked in a very gentle tone. "I just... I need a break," I told him."I know. I've been feeling the way you keep pulling away from me recently. I