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
MelissaI had a decision to make.Now that things between Freya and I were okay, I began to think about my conversation with Zachary the day before. I could still see his angry face when he had made that statement even without closing my eyes, I could still feel his hard kiss on my lips and could also recollect all the words he had said to me but only one question kept burning my mind. Who among my two mates was I going to choose?I hated been put in this situation, a situation where I was supposed to make a choice between two men I was hopelessly falling in love with. Both men were so important to me that the thought of losing either of them or the thought of either of them ever having a relationship with any other person, crushed my soul. I didn’t think I would be able to handle it and whether Freya was right about me being selfish or not, there was no way I was going to let both men go.The ruffling of flowers and silent footsteps in the garden had me turning immediately, only to s
MelissaThe next day at school, I walked past Zachary at the gate, offering him a smile of acknowledgement, but he completely ignored me like he hadn’t seen me. I scoffed in surprise but said nothing to him since it was unwise to engage in a fight with my professor in front of the whole school. I waved Alan goodbye on my way in and didn’t wait to see if he and Zachary would engage in their usual staring contest especially now that Zachary knew Alan was also my mate.Inside the class, Freya took her seat, and I watched her take out the plate of brownies she had woken me up so early to prepare. She sniffed it with joy before leaving the class with a big smile pasted on her face.“Where is she going to?” Chloe asked me after bumping into her on her way in, but I rolled my eyes in response, not pleased with the fact that Freya was heading to the gym. I had wanted to go to the gym to wait for Zachary to finish his duty but since Freya had beaten me to it, I had no other option but to remai
MelissaZachary managed to ruin my mood throughout the day in school up to the point that when it was time to leave, even Chloe noticed how sour I was. She asked me about it numerous times on our way out of the school building, but I continued to ignore her, telling her I was fine and that nothing was wrong.Professor Zach was at the gate when we got to it and Freya waved him goodbye at once. To my surprise, he waved back at her for the first time ever, his gaze shifting to meet mine briefly before looking away again. I shook my head at him, and without saying a single word, walked to Alan’s waiting car in the driveway.“Well, if it isn’t my favorite people,” Alan said out loud to us, completely ignoring Chloe who waved him goodbye. He saw the look on my face while I opened the door of the car and raised his eyebrows in surprise.“Hello, Alan.” Freya responded to his cheerful greeting before slipping into the back seat of the car. On our way home, Freya and Alan chatted with eachother
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