Melissa’s Point Of View.“The professor is here.” Freya whispered to Chloe and me, as we stretched in the training hall. My heart skipped a beat as she said those words and I stood to my full height to watch him walk into the class. He was putting on his training clothes and very white sneakers that glittered on the floor. On his wrist was a gold wristwatch that I surprisingly couldn’t peel my eyes off no matter how hard I tried.Professor Zach walked through the aisle of the hall, nodding his head to the greetings of the other students and also smiling at them. I scoffed silently in my mind, wondering why he seemed to know how to smile to others, but frowned anytime he talked to me.“He is so handsome,” Freya said as she watched him. I turned to look at her sweaty face, only to see a very bright and dreamy smile on them. Rolling my eyes with disdain, I focused my attention back on the professor who was now standing on the raised podium located at the far end of the training ground.“
Melissa’s Point Of ViewI kept staring at Freya’s back in anger as she walked before me to the school gate. She could have given me just one minute to see what the professor would do. I had needed just one minute to see what that intense gaze between him and I would lead to. By now, Professor Zach and I could have been kissing each other in the hall, or we could have at least had a conversation about our mating bond. If only Freya had given me just one more minute.Shaking my head, I allowed my mind to focus on the present, realizing that if she had also given us that one minute, she might have caught us in an inappropriate situation that I might not have known how to handle.As soon as we got out of the school gate, someone pulled me away to the side and I gasped into Chloe’s face, surprised as hell. “What is the matter with you?” I asked, placing a hand on my chest.Chloe pointed at something with her index finger and I followed her direction, only to see Alan leaning on his car, we
Melissa“Where do you think you are headed to?” Alan asked through Leon, his voice hard and husky. I watched his wolf’s eye turn into a mixture of yellow and blazing red, before clearing my throat to speak.“Where we are going to shouldn’t be any of your business. Pretend like you didn’t see us and allow us go our way.”Alan scoffed arrogantly at my words and before I knew it, his wolf was coming closer to us, intimidating us with its size and energy. Freya and Chloe’s wolf moved slowly to hide behind me, allowing me to deal with the intensity of Leon’s gaze alone.“You told me you were doing all you can not to tarnish your father’s image.” Alan continued, his words piercing through me even before he could complete his sentence. “Is this a way of not tarnishing it? Lobbying other people to act recklessly like you?”“Alright Alan, that’s enough.” Freya answered, leaving my back to stand toe to toe with her brother. They both looked at eachother with familiarity but while Alan’s wolf wa
MelissaMy father stood tall in front of the alpha mansion, waiting for my return from the shifting square. Although I hadn’t been expecting him to be at the gate, I tried not to panic when I saw him standing there. He was already in his human form, dressed in a very long robe that he usually wore whenever he had important meetings to attend. Freya stopped walking as soon as she saw him, and I turned to look at her. “What is it?”“He seems mad.” She answered, the gaze of her wolf turning soft immediately. “He looks like he is about to pound on something.”“He is angry, but it is fine.” I answered, trying to be brave even though I was indeed scared of him. Alpha Alexander might be my father but on every night of the full moon, he was nothing but the alpha of Redmoon pack. And I had spent too much time with him not to be aware of that.“Father.” I whispered when Freya and I finally got to where he stood. His gaze lowered as he stared at our wolves, and I saw the anger in them. This wasn
MelissaWith my back against the wall and the light from the moon protruding through my glass window, I watched Alan walk into my room, wearing nothing but his pajamas pants. His hair was disheveled and his lazy eyes very calm as he leaned on the door to stare at me. I knew I had nothing more than my nightwear, still I wanted him to take off my clothes and touch me with his very good-looking hands. But he stared intently at me instead, accessing all parts of my body before taking long strides to pull me into his arms. We stayed like that for a moment, each breathing eachother’s scent. When the hug ended, he began to caress my skin with his lips, kissing my neck, my forehead and even the top of my breasts.“Oh Alan.” I whispered, arching my back against the wall as he held me in place. “Tell me you want more, Melissa.” He said, tracing more kisses down my body until he got to his knees. I watched him look up to meet my gaze and with a slow smile on his face, he began to trail kisses
Chapter 16MelissaThe door to the training ground was closed when I got there which was quite unusual, so I peeped to make sure Zachary was inside. He sat by his desk, reading a long note that I could tell was the class registry even from where I stood. With a little and effortless nudge, I opened the door, closing it quietly as soon as I got inside. Zachary looked up from the material in his hand when he noticed my presence and I immediately felt a wicked sensation going through my body. I was immediately reminded of the wet dream I had the previous night and had to rub my throat to get myself calm again. As I took the long walk to Zach’s table which was situated at the far end of the hall, I noticed his eyes were on me. He was watching, studying, analyzing me with dark gaze and I immediately felt my legs grow weak.“Stop there.” He called softly, as if he could not handle the thought of having me close. I halted on my steps at his command, looking up to realize I just had four mor
ZacharyThe moment the door of the training hall closed, I sighed and relaxed against my chair. My wolf, Nate who had been growling with need due to having Melissa so close collapsed in desperation and I place my hand over my chest to calm him down.“I don’t think I can take this any longer.” He growled, his voice proving to me that he was just coming back to his senses. I rolled my eyes at him, standing and pacing the hall to also relieve myself of the ache I had felt just by sniffing Melissa’s scent.The girl was trouble, I had to admit. She was a bold, yet timid, strong yet weak she-wolf that had too many layers to her. If only she knew that every night I dreamt of having her in my arms, she wouldn’t be testing my patience.Want? I asked, scoffing arrogantly as I recalled her earlier use of the word. What did she know about want? Has she made love to a real man before? Has she been touched by a man who needed her so much more than he needed air? Of course, she knew nothing about wa
MelissaThe walk back home was quiet as I contemplated on my conversation with Zachary during the early hours of school. It was still a wonder to me that my professor, who was supposed to be off limits and whom I was supposed to be staying away from, was now actually the one I wanted most.And I knew he wanted me back the same way no matter how much he tried to deny it.I saw it in his eyes everytime he looked and stared at me during training. The dark gaze, the lingering feelings in his eyes whenever we were close. It always felt like he was fighting a battle deep within himself to stay away from me.And that made it more intriguing.I was used to being chased by boys, used to being the center of attention whenever I walked by because of my beauty and body structure. But this was the first time a man was actually not chasing me despite wanting me, and I liked it. I liked being the one who chased. I shook my head at my reckless thought, trying not to like what was going on between Z
MelissaIt was Alan’s coronation ceremony, and we were all gathered in the shifting square to witness the occasion. I stood sandwiched between Freya and Chloe, who looked at the podium Alan stood with love in their eyes. It was difficult for me to concentrate on the event though, because I kept thinking of Zachary even though it had been two weeks since his death, but I stood there, looking on like everyone else.The sorceress performed her incantations on Alan and after putting on the alpha robe on his body, she invited the spirit of all alphas before him to dwell on him. At that moment, he shifted into his wolf form, to show that the process was now complete, and everyone bowed their heads in respect to him. Alan’s wolf howled into the sky, his sound the only thing being heard in the shifting square, and I closed my eyes, already feeling the impact of his strength around me. When he was done, he shifted back into his human form and the warriors gathered around him to cover his naked
MelissaAfter twenty minutes of crying and holding Zachary in my arms, I finally found the courage to crawl to my father’s table and press the button underneath it for the servants. Zachary still laid on the floor in his pool of blood and as for his heart, I kept holding it in my hands because it reminded me of the fact that I was the one who killed him. It didn’t take up to twenty minutes for Jackie and one of the servants to appear in the room and they both froze at the sight in front of them. “Melissa?” Jackie called softly as she came forward to kneel beside me, ignoring the blood and Zachary’s body. “What happened here?”“I did what I had to.” I responded, allowing my gaze to settle on Zachary again. This time around, I felt no more pain because I had stayed long enough with him in that state.“Is this why the sorceress came today?” Jackie asked. “She wanted you to kill him?”I nodded my head in response, before looking up to the other servant who was still shaken up by the whol
MelissaLike a ghost, I walked weakly into the house, surprised that my legs could carry me despite how weak they were. I wanted to scream at the moongoddess, wanted to bawl my eyes out, but the more I thought about killing one of my mates with my own hands, the weaker I felt to even do any of those things.The maids watched me with intrigue as I walked, but I ignored them as if they were not even present. While taking the stairs one at a time, Jackie rushed to meet me and with her right hand, turned me to face her. I forced myself to focus on her face, seeing that she had on an expression of worry and concern, so in order to ease it, I offered her a genuine smile.“What did she want?” Jackie asked, her eyes scanning the entire house to make sure Zachary wasn’t anywhere close. I took her hand off my arms and shrugged my shoulders in response to her question.“Tell me, Melissa.”“She just wanted to confirm something from me. it is not a big deal.”“I heard her say something about you h
MelissaI shuddered at his words and the meaning behind them, just realizing for the first time that he had indeed lost his mind. He really wanted to make love to me? I wondered, thankful that I didn’t say the words out loud. Zachary wanted me to have sex with him, despite the turmoil going on in the pack and the many atrocities that he had committed. He wanted me to give myself to him and forget the fact that he had killed so many people in the pack and was still holding my stepbrother and sister hostage. Was he crazy?Don’t you want me to make love to you? his voice came crashing through my mind, forcing me to blink away my thoughts and focus my attention back on him. there was something in his eyes as I looked into them, something that told me I wouldn’t like his next action if I were to say no to him. with a little hesitation, I linked my arm around his nek, and pressed my lips against his.The kiss was slow, and very calculating, as if he was trying to make sure we were on the sa
MelissaAfter convincing Zachary to allow me to move freely outside the house, I walked into the cell where Freya and Alan were supposedly kept. I froze at once after seeing the pack and mansion warriors occupying different prison houses, with Marcus being one of them. The guards all stood up from the floor they were sitting on and bowed their heads in respect when they saw me, their simple gesture forcing me to bow back.“What the hell happened?” I asked, looking at Marcus alone as he walked closer to stand in front of me. Even though the railings demarcated him from me, I could still see his injured face properly.“Zachary has lost his mind, Melissa.” He spoke, using his hand to massage his swollen lips. “He came here with rogues and disrupted the coronation process.”“I know that.” I responded, looking around to be sure the rogues standing as guards weren’t paying attention to our conversation. “He has occupied my father’s bedroom and as it stands, I do not think he plans to let yo
ZacharyI knew Melissa hated me. It was in her eyes and also in the tone of her voice. I might look like a monster to her because I had done a terrible thing to take back what was supposed to be rightfully mine, but I knew she would grow to forgive me one day. Afterall, she had no other choice because we were both going to spend the rest of our lives together.The rogues I had put in charge of the cell bowed to me as soon as I approached and i nodded my head to acknowledge them. The cell housed four separate prisons, each large enough to accommodate more than twenty people at once. So, we put the mansion warriors in one cell, placed the pack warriors in another, and kept Alan and Freya in the third. The warriors were all pleading for their lives when the cell door opened but I ignored them completely and headed over to where Freya and Alan were kept.Both Alan and his sister were awake now, but while Freya remained seated on the hard ground, Alan walked round the cell, probably thinki
MelissaI woke up with a faint headache and the smell of coffee filling my nostrils. I tried to open my eyes, to understand what was going on around me but it was quite difficult to. Last night had been weird, and the only thing I could remember was preparing to leave the mansion for Alan’s coronation ceremony. A lot of things happened after that, but I still couldn’t remember what it was or how I ended up lying on a soft mattress which I could feel behind my back. This wasn’t my room. I knew it wasn’t my room because after sleeping on a particular bed for more than ten years, I should know how my sheets felt and how they smelt. The sound of footsteps approaching me got me back to my senses and I used the whole of my will to snap my eyes open.The view I met in front of me was quite deceiving, so I had to blink three times to be sure I was seeing right and not just imagining things. Zachary smiled at me as he lowered himself on the bed, making sure the cup of coffee in his hand didn’
AlanAfter a successful burial ceremony and mourning period for the alpha, I stood in the garden of the house, thinking about the responsibilities that were about to befall me. The beta and gamma of the pack had prepared me for the coronation ceremony which was to happen in few minutes’ times, and I couldn’t wait for the whole thing to be over and done with. The sounds of footstep from behind had me turning at once to see Freya walking towards me. I offered her a genuine smile, just realizing that since the banishment of Zachary from the pack, she and I hadn’t said a word to eachother. But she didn’t return my smile. Instead, she stopped few meters away from where I stood and stared deeply into my eyes.“Do you feel ready?” She asked in one of her serious voices. I looked at her in confusion and it wasn’t until she tilted her head to the side did I understand what she was asking.“I do not know…”“You are supposed to know, Alan, you are about to be made the alpha of two great packs.”
MelissaI walked into school the next day with all eyes on me. Some of the students murmured as they walked past me and from their discussion, I knew they were talking about the subject of Zachary’s banishment. So many of them believed I had something to do with it, but I ignored their murmurs since none of them had the guts to come ask me about it.As soon as I walked into the classroom, all speech stopped, and everyone focused their gazes on me. I scanned the class for Freya who seemed to have left the house before me and she was seated on her desk, hands folded with Chloe bending down over her, probably asking explanation for what had happened the previous day. Ignoring the silent class, I turned to the direction of my seat only to see Jake waiting for me with hands tucked into his pockets.“What is this that I hear about marriage, Melissa?” He asked. I closed my eyes in distress, realizing that the last thing I wanted to talk about was my sudden betrothal to him.“You will have to