MelissaThe conversation I had with Zachary left me sour and irritated during school hours and my friend, Chloe, seemed to have noticed. She came to my seat when everyone else had gone to the canteen and leaned on the table, batting her eyelashes at me. I stared at her with confusion, moving away the beverage I had been drinking to focus my attention on her and when she saw that I was ready for the conversation, she smiled.“What the hell is the matter with you today?” She asked, the eyelashes now staying in one place. I offered her a more confused look, as if I didn’t know what she was talking about and she sighed. “What is it, Melissa?”“What is what?” I demanded, now realizing that I wasn’t in the mood to have any conversation, all thanks to Zachary, who singlehandedly knew how to ruin my day.“You have been really weird today. You have snapped at our classmates when they do nothing wrong, you kept sighing in class when others asked questions, and if I had heard correctly, you call
MelissaAlan was at the gate again when Freya and I got outside after school, and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at him. I still didn’t know the reason for his frequent visit to the school, but there was still no way I could confront him because of it. From a good view, it looked like he was looking out for Freya and I, like he didn’t want us stressing to walk back home, but from the bad view, it looked like he was being possessive towards me. And Melissa Ravenclaw hated when anyone saw her as a property.Freya giggled like a child when she saw Alan and without saying a word, slipped into the car, as if she couldn’t bear to walk today and was grateful that he came. I, on the other hand, kept a straight face until I got to the passenger door of the car. Then I halted to look at him.“Don’t you have better things to do with your time, Alan?” I demanded. The question seemed to have hurt him because the hand which was on the hood of the car clenched into fist for a second, before relea
MelissaAlan was standing in front of the house when I got home, and I froze as soon as our gaze met. He looked me over, studied my demeanor and expression before turning and going back into the house. I followed him without a word and when we got to the dinning room, he turned to look at me again.“Had fun doing photography?” He asked, and I rolled my eyes at him. I tried to forget the fact that he looked good in his house wear and disheveled hair, but it was impossible. Instead of listening to what he was saying, I found myself looking down his body, feeling a little guilty that I was doing that after what just happened between Zachary and I in his house. I could still feel Zachary’s hand on my skin, still feel his breath against my cheeks, so feeling all those while Alan interrogated me, wasn’t what someone with honor should do.“Melissa?” Alan called to get my attention and I jerked back to reality. Instead of answering his question, I walked out of the dining room. I was on my wa
MelissaFreya seemed to have taken my conversation with my father to heart because throughout the entire day, she said not more than two words to me, and it was infuriating. In fact, everything ranging from my father’s marriage to my mates to my stepsister and even my best friend, were all infuriating. And I still didn’t know how to manage it all. The full moon was coming in two days’ time which meant that it was already two months since I entered into this unusual predicament.I have been tempted to end it all; tempted to call everyone involved and tell them the entire truth just so that I would live in peace, but anytime I thought of the consequences of doing that, the temptation disappears.The portrait Alan had given me caught my eye while I sat on my bed, and I walked towards it with a rag in hand. While admiring myself and my wolf, I began to clean off the dust on it when a sharp knock came to my door.“Melissa.” One of the servants called from behind and I hurriedly went to the
MelissaThe night of the full moon came with all its glory, and I woke up to hear howling sounds from the wolves to signify that it was time. With quick steps, I walked into my bathroom to have a bath, trying my best to control Lia’s giddiness as she couldn’t wait to get to the shifting square and take over our body. I couldn’t blame her for her excitement, she has been trapped inside my body for twenty-nine days, so she had every right to feel excited tonight.My shower ended quickly, and I walked out into the room to dry my body. As I combed my hair and watched myself through the mirror, one of the servants stuck her head through my already opened door and smiled at me. “Your father and stepmother have gone to the shifting square already.” She said to me. “The alpha ordered Alan to bring you and Freya.”“Of course. Thank you, Abby.” I said, smiling at her through the mirror and she left the same way she had come. I shook my head in indifference, not the least surprised that my fath
ZacharyShe was kissing him.I blinked twice from where I sat by the hill, trying to convince myself that she wasn’t the one I was looking at, but the anger from my wolf made it very clear to me. Of all people in the world that she could kiss, of all men and women in the entire pack that she could lock lips with, she decided to pick Alan. Alan, who was supposed to be stepbrother. Alan, who I hated with every fiber of my being and wanted to kill every opportunity I got. Melissa was kissing Alan, and I sat still like a fool, watching them.It was infuriating and very annoying to know that my hunch had been very correct. I had had my suspicions about them, knew that something was definitely going on between both of them, but when she told me it was nothing, I forced myself to believe her. Seeing them intimate like that, seeing them clinging to eachother and kissing like they would die if they didn’t, was like a blow to my stomach.I turned away from the sight not being able to take it a
MelissaMy heart skipped a beat as I stared at Zachary. There was a scary look on his face that had me completely worried, and even though we were already far away enough from eachother, I took another step back, just in case he decided to react.How could I have missed him yesterday? I wondered to myself as my heart searched for the answer that wouldn’t sound ridiculous to his ears. Normally, I would have noticed his presence yesterday, but I was too distracted with Alan to notice. Now he was hurt, and mad, and looked like he was going to kill me.How had he felt? I wondered again, because I knew I would have killed anyone who dared to lock lips with him. How had he managed to watch Alan and I kiss passionately without doing anything ridiculous? What was I supposed to say to calm him down right now?“I want you to be calm, Professor Zach.” I said, making the mistake of calling him by his title and he walked forward towards me, yanking my hand until I was almost against his chest.“Do
MelissaI couldn’t stop touching my lips. No matter how much I tried, it was impossible not to touch it, or feel it, or think of the moment Zachary had kissed me. The kiss had been a quick one, but that didn’t make it any less special. It hadn’t been what I was anticipating and for someone who had thought about kissing Zachary over and over again, I would say I was very much surprised. I knew not every girl would have appreciated being yanked like that and kissed without her consent, but I found myself liking it. His kiss had been fast and rough, with so much passion put in it and it made me realize that when something is forbidden, you end up wanting it more.The sound of the alarm all around the school snapped me out of my reverie and I quickly turned to see some of my classmates already getting their things ready to go home. I turned to Freya who was staring deeply into space as if something was bothering her, and even though we were not on speaking terms, even though she hated me
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