AlanI tried to pretend that I hadn’t heard what she had said by moving my ears closer and making a confused face, but I did hear what she said, and it sounded ridiculous enough for me to want her to repeat it.“What did you say?” I asked, still wearing the look of confusion on my face, and an exasperated sigh escaped her lips. I couldn’t believe she was the one sighing after making such a ridiculous statement, but I was still able to remain calm and patient.“I want you to take Chloe out on a date.” She repeated.“And why would I do that? Does it make sense for you to just come into my room and demand me to do such a thing?” I had to ask, folding my arms on my chest in anger.“Okay, look Alan,” she called shutting the door quietly behind her to come towards me, but I took two steps back to show her we were not in the close contact situation yet. “Chloe found out about Zachary and I today, and the only way to keep her mouth shut for now, is if you go out on a date with her.”My eyes n
MelissaAlan came back thirty minutes after Freya and I did with a smug look on his face. He walked into the garden to meet me but instead of coming closer so that we could talk without being heard, he stopped at a distance and placed both hands into the pockets of the ridiculously good-looking pants he had on. I had to admit that seeing him dressed in such spectacular outfit and sitting with Chloe at the café made me feel jealous. The café was intimate, and he was only supposed to go to such places with me. I had tried my best not to follow them, not to show him that their date annoyed me, but all my efforts was thrown through the window when Freya came up with the idea of spying on both of them. And he had made the whole thing worse by kissing Chloe.Alan had looked me in the eye, knew that I was watching them and still gone ahead to kiss her. Seeing his lips on hers for those few seconds had made my wolf to almost snap in the restaurant, but because I didn’t want Freya to be suspi
ZacharyShe was asking for a very difficult thing from me, and I wanted to refuse the request. I wanted to run away and tell her no one but Alexa was allowed to see Nate, but there was something in the way she looked at me that had me rethinking my decision. “Alan had no business telling you about me.” I said to her in an unusually soft voice, and she immediately nodded in agreement. “He didn’t, but since he did, why don’t you just show me?” she answered with pleading eyes. “Being a lycan is not something to be ashamed of, Zachary, you are supposed to be proud.”“Melissa, I…”“I want to see it, Zach.” She mentioned again, this time around, placing her hand on the part of my chest where my heart was located. Something about the gesture softened me immediately and I had no choice but to agree to her request.“Fine. You may want to step aside a little,” I mentioned, surprised with the way she quickly shifted even before the words left my mouth. I shook my head slightly at the distance
MelissaIt was hard to believe what was coming out of Zachary’s mouth. I desperately wanted him to wrong. I needed him to tell me that he was only saying these things because he was jealous of Alan, because he hated Alan. But the look on his face as he said them, told me all I needed to know. And now, it all made sense. Everything made sense to me now as I began to recollect every encounter Alan and Zachary had had. Yes, they hated eachother, but now I knew it was because of what happened during their childhood. Zachary hated Alan because Alan’s family had taken away his and made him grow up miserable.“Does Alan know about this?” I asked when the shock of the whole revelation began to subside, and Zachary shrugged his shoulders indifferently.“If you are asking if he knows his family is a fraud, he does. And so does his mother and even his sister. But if you are asking if they know that I was the former alpha’s son, they do not.”“How do they not know, you said you were spared.”“Ye
MelissaThroughout the next day, I found it difficult getting the opportunity to speak with Ciara alone. It was either she went for a pack meeting in the shifting square or had guests over at her office for another round of pack talks. I couldn’t help but get angry that she was being difficult to get a hold of. I mean, why was it now that I had something important to discuss with her that she had to be busy? Everytime, I came back from school, she was either having a cup of tea in the dining room or taking a nap in her bedroom. But now that I needed her attention, she had to be busy.“Damn it.” I snapped, forgetting the cup of hot chocolate I was holding in my left hand, and it punished me by spilling. I almost screamed out loud in pain, but because I didn’t want to alert anyone, I had to clench my teeth to suppress the burning ache.“Are you okay?” Freya called from behind me, and I turned to see her standing at the entrance of the kitchen with folded arms. She eyed the beverage in m
MelissaWhen I walked into the dining room the next morning, only my father and Ciara were seated, having their usual morning coffee. I said a very quick hello to both of them and crossed over to the kitchen where I found Jackie standing by the stove, turning something in a big pot. She immediately turned her head towards the entrance and after sighting me, offered a small smile as a form of greeting.“Since when do you cook?” I asked, ignoring her greeting and going over to pour for myself a cup of coffee. She shrugged her shoulders indifferently but continued to carry out her chore.After pouring some coffee into my cup, I walked over to get some sweetener from the counter close to the stove and that was when I saw the mixture Jackie was stirring in the pot. She turned to look at me with a sorry look on her face but without giving her the opportunity to say a word, I dashed into the dining room and stared hard at my father.“Do you have it?” I asked without any form of regard, and h
Melissa.Ciara never remained the same after our conversation and everyone in the house, including Alan noticed it. She became moody and snapped unnecessarily at the servants who were already growing to love her as the woman of the house. The only person she seemed to appear normal to, was my father and that was because she had to pretend in front of him in order not to get him sicker than we already feared.While alone in my room after school, Alan walked into my room without knocking and I jumped out of the bed in surprise. I watched his gaze travel to the scattered sheets and as his eyes darkened, I realized this was the first time he was coming into the room after our lovemaking the other day.“I don’t think I can ever view this room the same again.” He mentioned, walking round the bed area to inspect it but I stood at the corner, watching him. I knew I didn’t have decent clothes on, but I wasn’t worried because from where we were at the moment, I didn’t think any of us had forgiv
Melissa“Alan kissed me.” Chloe said to Freya the next day at school, and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at her. This was the third time that she was talking about the kiss to Freya, making it difficult for me to forget that the entire thing actually happened. There was a smug look on her face that I wanted to wipe out, but the fact that she was my friend had me feeling guilty that I was thinking such evil thing in the first place.“We saw it happen, Chloe. And you have said this a million times,” Freya said, trying her best to move Chloe out of her seat, but Chloe continued to chat excitedly with her.“What did he say about me when he came back?”“Nothing,” Freya immediately replied. “But I warned him thought. I told him that if he were to do that again, I would kill him.”“Why would you say that?” Chloe exclaimed with horror on her face, but Freya only shrugged her shoulders. I tried my best to shut my mind from picturing the moment of their kiss, but since all my efforts were pro