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
AlanAs I watched her leave, I couldn't help but curse under my breath in frustration. I hated it all, hated the fact that after waiting for seven years for my mate, she ended up being someone I wasn't allowed to touch.And Godddess knew how much I wanted to touch her, how much I wanted to do more than touch her. Melissa had no idea what she did to me, she wasn't aware of the demons I had to fight every day and every night to keep away from her. If she did, she wouldn't look at me with those irresistible large eyes of hers.With a groan, I dragged out the rubber holding my hair in place, allowing the hair to flow freely before using my hand to blindly make it appropriate again. I arranged my room, put away the stand and the brush bucket before making my way down the stairs.In the dining room, I met my mother and Freya talking to each other and decided to join them as a way of distracting myself.“Well, tell me whoever says that again, and I will have them punished?” My mother said to
Zachary.“Who the hell does he think he is? Daring to run after me and stop me all because he is the alpha's stepson?” I scoffed arrogantly as I recalled my encounter with Alan Harrison. I couldn't believe he was still a stuck-up werewolf even after many years had passed. The guy annoyed the living daylight out of me and the more I thought about him, the angrier I became. Back at Moonriver High, Alan used to be despicable. He had never failed to brag to everyone that he was the alpha’s son, never failed to bully the omega wolves for being born weak and had also made them do things for him like the servants in his very big mansion. All his actions had all been infuriating.Every day I got to see him at school, every day, I got to witness all the atrocities he committed but there was nothing I could do about it. I had been left out of his bullying because just like him, I was also in the top hierarchy of werewolves even though I couldn't tell anyone that I was an alpha. Afterall, two a
MelissaI couldn't stop looking at the drawing. No matter how much I tried and how much I forced myself not to, I just couldn’t stop looking at it.No one had drawn me before whether with my consent or without it, and the fact that Alan was the first to do it without me posing for it was thrilling.Every time I looked at the picture, I tried to think of what he had imagined while drawing it because it came out so great. Last night, I spent most of my sleeping hours wondering if he had thought of my smiling face, my angry face, or my confused face as he drew, but after recalling his speech he gave to me, I decided to let the thinking go.The door to my room opened and I immediately covered the drawing with a large sheet before turning to look at the intruder. Alan surprisingly stood at the entrance of the room, dressed in his pajama pants and nothing on the upper part of his body. I swallowed hard after taking note of his abs before looking up to his face. This time around, he didn't h
ZacharyThe school bell rang to indicate the third period for the day and I jerked my head towards the direction of the clock sitting pretty on the wall of the school’s gym, with a smile curling around my lips. This was the time I have been waiting for, the time for Melissa’s class to have their training session with me. I stood from my table to pace the hall, trying my best to get my emotions on check before the class enters and witness their not so smiling professor blushing like a fifteen year old.I couldn’t understand why I was so excited at the thought of seeing Melissa, but I just was. It was a feeling that I had woken up with this morning and a feeling that was refusing to go away. Alexa had teased me on my way to school, reminding me that I usually now had a smile on my face while leaving the house, but I told her it was nothing. When deep inside of me, I knew Melissa was the cause of my happiness.And Alexa was right by the way. I now looked forward to going to school more t
MelissaHe was in a good mood. There was a smile on his face that I have never seen before, a smile that I didn’t think he had addressed to me before. I couldn’t fathom why he was in such a nice mood, but I knew I didn’t want it to be because of the ploy I had pulled with Jake earlier on. Afterall, I hadn’t done it to get him in a good mood, I did it to get him mad and angry and needy. If all my act had managed to do was get him in a good mood, I would really be angry at him.“You aren’t speaking, Melissa.” He said again, stopping at a reasonable distance so that even if anyone was to barge in on us, they wouldn’t find both of us in a compromising situation. I cleared my throat, trying all in my power not to get mad that he was happy instead of being mad. Lia couldn’t keep herself steady inside of me as she wanted to me to go closer to him, to touch any part of his body, but I refused her. If Zachary wanted to keep a distance between us, then I would have to oblige him.“You aren’t
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