Rain’s POV.
With tears in my eyes, I find myself standing before Willowcreek. The town’s biggest pub.
I don’t know how I ended up here because I was moving on autopilot.
As my eyes take in the neon lights gleaming before the pub, I know I need to be there and drink away my sorrows.
If I have to burn my last card here I’ll. With that, I begin to move to the pub. I present my fake ID and head inside to the bar.
The moment I take a seat, I order a very harsh drink that’ll make the burn I feel in my heart go away.
How could Killan be so cruel to me? I ponder with bitterness while I gulp down the first shot the bartender served me.
My heart squeezes as my mind replays the image of Killan’s head between the legs Nadia sucking her off.
A stupid, bitter laugh vibrates from my lips and I feel the bartender looking at me.
“Hey, are you good?”
I stare at him lazily while drinking the fifth shot he has served me.
“Haha…” I laugh humorlessly as my lazy gaze take him in. “I wish I could say…that...” Stuttering, I pause a little and belch.
I just want the pain I feel to go away. I want to switch it off if that’s possible.
The bartender watches me intently as if he’s willing to listen.
“Look, I don’t feel okay. At all. I just feel like burning down the whole town right now. I wanna…” I belch again.
Time runs by fast and before I know it the DJ turns on the music and people gather around the dancefloor, romping each other.
“Why would you want to do that?” Asks the bartender when he returns from serving someone.
“It…sucks you know?” I grumble, my vision going blurry. The alcohol effects and my tears make it quite difficult to see.
But I struggle to watch the young man while I tell him some bullshit things I feel right now.
“When someone you love says you’re just a specimen…”
“A specimen?” I hear the distinct voice of the bartender. I nod at his words. He says he understands while I order more drinks.
All I feel inside me right now is the need to prove Killan wrong. He can’t be right about me.
“That must have hurt…” The guy says but I’m already standing wobbly on my feet as I hold my glass of Bourbon.
“It did…it fucking did.” I slur, swinging my body to move to the dancefloor when my body crashes into someone’s body.
“Gosh!” I slur, laughing as I watch the mess I l've made. “Eww, I’ve soiled the shirt, hmm…” I say, laughing at nothing.
My hand moves up and trails the mess I’ve made on the person’s shirt. He freezes when my fingers trail his soiled shirt.
The moment I touch his body in a feather light way, I sense the swirl of something strange through me. The stranger’s torso is sharp and trim.
The urge to slide my hand through his torso up to his chest fills me. My eyes are blear when I look up at him, but from the sharp lines of his chiseled jaw, I know he must be one of those models that have lumberjack body.
“Excuse. Please, get the lady a drink of water.” The strange man says when he notices me staggering again, taking my full glass of drink from me.
“Psst! Give that back! I’m not done drinking!” I hiss in a groggy way, staggering in tow with him.
“No, I’m not giving it back to you.” He hisses but I hit my hand into him, wanting to grab my drink back.
How dare he? I think in my fogged mind. The bartender quickly does what the stranger says and brings a bottle of water for me.
I grumble while I snatch it away from the stranger and gulp.
“Next time, you know the right amount you should drink.” His words sound more like a warning than an advice.
Pissed at that, I veer around, only for me to stumble and fall into his arms.
The man grips me quickly, steadying me on my feet. That’s when I saw his face. With a sharp facial outline, a pointy nose, and almost silver eyes, he’s hands-down the most handsome man I’ve ever seen.
His brown hair is curled neatly behind him and he has this otherworldly aura rippling from him as he holds me and looks into my eyes.
“You might want to be extra cautious too, lady.”
Now that he speaks so close to my face, I sense the effects his deep baritone voice is having on my body.
Eyes still a bit bleary, I stand shakily on my feet, straightening the crease on my shirt.
“Thanks but don’t order me on what to do and what not to do…” I rasp, sitting back in my seat.
“You saw it as that. But I don’t. Was just trying to help you.” He intones.
Despite myself, I let out. “Yeah, but save it for your kids, thanks.”
“Really? That’s it?” He states with shock and when I look into his face now, watching as his lips curl into an unbelievable smirk I wish he would put those lips on me.
For the first time in my life, I find myself desiring something I’ve never desired before.
A man’s touch.
Why do I feel it all of a sudden? I wonder, locking eyes with him.
The man stares at me with devouring eyes, like he wants to eat me out just as much as I want to eat him out too.
The hairs on my body stand on end as I track my eyes down to his customized two-piece suit.
Hell, he looks rich and smells like one too. What is this about this hot stranger that makes me want to do things I’ve never dreamed of?
To think I’ve never felt this way with Killan.
Killan? Gross! I speak inwardly. Right now, even thinking about Killan’s name much less is face or what he did to me makes me feel like vomiting.
“Yes…that’s it.” I stutter as I feel myself spinning under his devouring eyes.
He oozes a strange kind of power. Oakdale is a small town where people usually know each other. I know a few familiar faces given my father’s status as one of the town's mayors but I’ve never seen this sinfully handsome stranger before.
Maybe he’s not from this town. The fact that every other thing around me--- the music, the din of conversation, fades intensifies the hunger I feel under his gaze.
“I don’t appreciate it when strangers try to butt in my affairs,” I add, uncapping the bottle of water and taking another sip.
“I see. Very well then. Sooth yourself.” He drags his eyes around me and…his silver eyes change a little to amber but it vanishes as quickly as it comes before he walks away.
How is it possible for someone’s eyes to change like that?
Dammit! Maybe I’m seeing double, I rub my temple while sighing. I owe it to this drink.
Watching the stranger walk away with rigid shoulders makes me realize he's pissed. I guess I was rude. I should apologize, I tell myself and surge on my feet but the man’s already out of sight.
“Where did he go?” I say under my breath, determined to find him and apologize and…
‘Kiss him…’ the voice in my head suggests.
I suddenly find the urge to kiss him and have him explore my body so appealing that I rush through the exit and saunter into the dimly lit alleyway.
That’s when I see him hastening down the cobblestone ground of the alleyway.
“Hey! Wait…” I hoot as much as my croaky voice can allow me.
The man continues moving, his strides fast and hurried, despite hearing me. The blaring of car horns accompanies me as I half run and half walk towards him and clasp his wrist.
“Hey!” I murmur when I touch him but he quickly presses me into the wall.
“What do you think you’re doing? You shouldn’t be here!” He roars into my face and the whoosh of his harsh breath on my face turns me on so bad.
I feel my nipples turning into pebbles, my cunt moistening. I swallow as he sandwiches me between his body and the building’s cold wall that’s pressing into my back.
“What if I choose to be here?” I say instead of muttering my apology.
The moistness l feel between my legs increases and I find him sniffing the air as his beautiful silver eyes bore into my green ones.
“You’ll end up regretting it! You’re drunk!” He roars so lowly into my face, his mouth a fraction of an inch away from mine.
“Uh-uh. You got it wrong. I’m not drunk and I chose to be here…” I mutter but he doesn’t let me finish as he spits out.
“Why?”
There’s this sexy grit to his jaw like he’s trying to keep himself at bay. But the luscious way he’s looking at my lips tells me he feels what I feel too.
With my nipples hard and my mouth watering for a taste of him, I brush my upper body into his chest. A hiss spills from his mouth.
“Because I want to do this…” I whisper into the hot air between us, standing on my tiptoes, I press my lips against his luscious ones, kissing him.
“Fuck, you asked for this, lady!” He lets out when he breaks away a bit, ogling into my eyes.
The man growls low in his throat and before I know it, his big palms cup the sides of my face as he presses his mouth against mine again.
Oh, my God. I’m kissing a stranger in an alleyway? The thoughts flash through my mind rapidly and before I know it, he whirls me around and presses my chest against the wall, hitching my poodle skirt up my waist and slamming into me.
TBC.
Rain’s POV.“Hmmm…” I whimper as toss around the bed. A blissful sigh leaves my lips.I feel so good in the right places, like my nipples and my cunt.What the hell happened? I've never felt like this before.Scratching my closed eyes, I slowly open them to take in my surroundings.“What the hell!?” I yelp, propping up on the bed. How did I end up here? I ask myself, darting my eyes around the room.My blinds are closed but because it’s transparent the sun beam shines in my small bedroom.What the heck? How come I ended up in my bedroom?I wrack my mind rapidly and I remember what occurred at school with Killan and Nadia.I went to the bar and I had lots of shots. I remember being with the stranger in the alley.Aside from these, I don’t remember much again.So? Who brought me home?“Grrr!” I groan when I feel the banging headache. Fuck, I’m having a hangover.As I’m about to recline back on the bed, my personal servant calls out. Nadia and I have different people serving us.Being th
Rain’s POV.“So, since you all already know my name, I’d like you to familiarize myself with yours too.” Professor Logan says, his sharp eyes taking in everyone in the classroom.I feel my whole body shaking at the revelation that the man I had tasted last night was my professor.Other students are already on their feet, introducing themselves as he had demanded. But I was so lost in thought that I did not realize it was already my turn for the introduction until Kylie bumped her shoulder into me.I gasp, staring at my friend to scold her but Kylie whispers, “The professor…”“The red-haired! May I know your name?” The professor’s voice intercepts Kylie.I feel a ripple of shivers down my spine and I manage to get up on my feet, swallowing the lump in my throat.“Uh…professor.” I stutter, my body jittering Why the hell am I shaking? Peering at him, I notice the intense way he's looking at me like he’s studying me.My whole body prickles with a strange kind of awareness under the weigh
Rain’s POV.Looking into Professor Logan’s eyes, my breath stalls in my lungs at the way he's peering at me like he's looking into my soul.I don’t know why I feel like he followed me here deliberately. Is that even possible?Gosh, my mind is a mess right now as I’m standing right in front of him, lost for words.I wasn’t aware the rector was calling me only for me to tour professor Logan around the school.How convenient? Being with the man I’m forcing myself to stay away from?Then the man chuckles, the baritone so deep it coats my skin with tingles. I get lost in his mesmerizing eyes.He shoulder passes me, putting some distance between us.“Lead the way, Rain Hanks.” Is what he says, cocking a brow at me. He knows what that look he's giving me does to me that’s why he keeps glowering at me that way.Embarrassment mottled my cheeks red when he says. “I simply don’t prioritize stalking my students, Rain Hanks. So, I advise you to get past that thought.”He adds a gear in his stride,
Logan’s POV.I shouldn’t be here with her!I shouldn’t be feeling the satiny flesh of her skin with my palms.Despite how much I tell myself that, my wolf insists on being by her side.To touch her. To kiss her.Fuck! It’s all messing with my head, burning my soul.Blade roars inside me, ordering me to spend more time with her. Then I ask her to hold my hand so we can wander into the woods.She said it’s a forbidden part of the school. Students aren’t allowed there but I know better.That’s the place it all started.My wolf purrs in my head when Rain knit our palms together and we begin to venture deeper into the woods. My nerves are frayed with an unbridled need to be inside her.The wagging of my wolf’s tail, the purring of my balls and the ripe tension I feel coming from Rain muddles my mind.When she mistakenly stumbles and falls into me, I give in.I pull her into my thighs, assessing her foot to see if she obtained any injury. Though I see none I keep caressing her foot.My fang
Rain’s POV.Whimpers of bliss vibrate from my chest, mixing with the pains I feel.But with each passing moment, he kisses me, crowding me with the heat of his body, I notice the pain isn’t there any longer.How’s that possible? Is all ponder on. Professor Logan tights his mouth on mine, holding the sides of my face.I give in, my legs parting to welcome him in between my legs fully. Tension uncoil in my belly as I savor the kiss.Wow! Hmmm. This is so good! I rasp.When he pulls back, his harsh breath washes over my face. Then… “Does it still hurt?”I wrack my mind to check if I still feel pain but I don’t.Strange, I ponder, ogling at his face through the dark.“Rain…” He chirps and his husky voice sends chills down my spine. “We shouldn’t have come here.” Echoes his voice.Professor Logan zips up from me, facing away as if he’s battling demons. But I know he's only battling his attraction for me.I refuse to battle mine for him anymore, certainly, not after that sizzling, mind-mush
Rain’s POV.“Gosh!” I let out, trying to meet up with Professor Logan’s car.He’s speeding away from our vicinity, making it difficult for me to catch up with him.“Hurry up!” I whisper under my breath to my bicycle, riding fast while also making sure he doesn’t see me coming after him.I turn every corner he turns to. Much to my surprise, I realize he’s driving back to the school direction.What? Why is he going back there? I wonder.“Fuck!” I yelp and squelch my tires to a stop when I see him kill his engine before a man standing by the sidewalk.I watch them in the dim parts, trying to hear what the blond-haired man is saying to him but it’s totally impossible to hear them.The blond then nods and enters the car. Professor Logan quickly starts the car and they zoom away.Again, I try to stalk my professor but the blaring horn and my name coming out of someone’s mouth makes me stop.“Rain!! Come over here!”Kylie! I mutter inwardly, turning my gloomy face to my girlfriend. She obvio
Logan’s POV.Hiding in Rain’s bathroom, I peep at the older woman and wait for her to leave. She tucks Rain's duvet well, caressing her hair.Though it’s dark, I still make out her face and she looks the same as the picture Lester showed when I asked him to dig in deeper about Mr. Hanks's household.The woman struts to the dresser but I can’t see what she did there exactly before reaching the exit.I thought she had left when I pushed the bathroom door open, the hinges hissed and her voice echoed in the dark room.“Who's there?”My eyes go owl-wide immediately, my breath stalling.“I said who’s there?” The woman screeches and I hear her footsteps coming closer.Fuck! I curse, clenching back into the bathroom. I don’t know what I step onto but I suddenly find myself in a small walk-in closet, and into a heap of Rain's panties.“Dammit!” I curse, picking up some panties to stuff over my mouth.Jeez, what the heck am I doing placing Rain‘s panties over my mouth? I ask myself.Regardless
Logan’s POV.The blinds are drawn, allowing the morning sun to filter into my study. My footsteps echo as I head over to my bar nonchalantly, grabbing a bottle of margarita.Back behind my desk, I settle into my seat with a wince and pour the drink into my glass filled with three ice cubes.The two young men in the room watch me with curiosity. I know Lester watches me with worry given the slight wound I obtained earlier this morning.“Hmmm…” a hum escapes me when I take a drink, wetting my throat. Then I glare back at Tiago. “Let me guess, the rulers have notched up their security just to keep us away from this town?”Tiago swallows, a grit to his jaw as he nods. It actually amazes me how he manages to pretend to be human all these years while living under the noses of the four rulers. The four founders of Oakdale.Tiago literally works for Mr. Hanks, the highest and most powerful of the four rulers.He's Mr. Hanks' assistant. Tiago fell in love with someone and decided to stay human
Rain's Pov. *Six Months Later*Peace. Recovery. Happiness.These three things were what I thought our pack would never experience again after the atrocities meted out on us by the Slayers. But I guess I was wrong. For the past few months, these three things have begun to trickle back into our midst. The pack members are back on their feet, rejoicing over the newfound peace and connection we made with the humans. A week ago, Logan called for a conference between werewolves and humans in the town square. All of the people of Oakdale were in attendance, listening as my mate addressed them on the importance of peace between our beings. Oakdale has been divided into two parts. North Oakdale is occupied by humans and South Oakdale, is occupied by our kind. Regardless of the clear boundary, people still choose to live where they desire as long as they're willing to obey the other's norms. The North Oakdale is now under the leadership of Simon Cooper, the man who led the renegade army th
Third Person POV. *** Two A.M*** **In The Manor**Augustine stirred from the cot he was lying on, wheezing calmly through his teeth. The infirmary was dead quiet and as for the guards keeping a close eye on him, they'd been knocked out. It took strenuous effort and days of planning for Augustine to pull this up. The werewolves must be joking if they thought letting them prevail was ever going to happen, Augustine thought as a smile plucked at his lips. He propped up from the cot, the chains binding his hands clattering briefly. It gladdened his heart to see the werewolf guards sprawled haphazardly on the floor, thanks to the Ramah leaves he spiked their water with. You see the adage: keep your friends close and your enemies closer? It was at this point that the adage made more sense to Augustine. He was happy the werewolves kept him closer, closer than they thought. With the chains on his wrists clattering and a dark grin on his face, he walked over to the table cluttered with v
Rain's Pov. "Stop it!!" Logan hollers but I don't stop. My claws slip out, borrowing into the skin of my arms and ripping off the flesh. Blood splooges, melding with the water as it rushes down the drain. "Rain, goddess!!!" Logan growls, horror shock on his face as he bangs on the stall. I had deliberately locked it, knowing Logan would come after me and try to stop me. I don't need him to stop me. I've to wash off this filth. I pull at my hair, tugging at the strands and it makes my scalp burn. The water sluicing down my body is extremely hot but it's not hot enough to wash off the filth. "Haha! Look at her taking my cock!" Their laughter vibrates in my ears.Their strokes brim my mind. The way their fingers sank into my skin, bruising me as I cried. It's all I think about. Their proposal. The bloody wedding dress. Their chant. All of it. I can't breathe. I can't see anything except the dark basement. The torture. Their faces. Their dicks. Their teeth as they bared it in a sm
Rain's Pov. "My luna. Thank goddess you're finally awake." Irene's voice pierces my ears when I stir on the bed. Waking fully, I look over at the woman, surprised to see her towering over me. A full smile covers her lips. "The alpha must be very happy to know you've woken up." The older woman chirps and before I can get any words out, she flees from the room. The moment she's gone, I begin to crack my head. I don't know how I ended up here. My mind is fogged and upon wracking it more, I begin to remember a few things.The Island. The mayors and...the fight. I remember Logan and his father fighting. I remember the witches taking on Sinai. The chopper. All of it, except my return to this room. The door snaps open a moment later and when I look up, I see Logan's burly frame hovering over the door. His eyes light up when they settle on me and I blink, swallowing rapidly to lubricate my parched throat. Logan smilingly walks closer to where I am, humming under his breath. "My luna?"
Logan's POV. "What?" I gasped in total shock at what Ryat had just revealed to me about Rain. She's pregnant. "How far along is she?" I sputter, settling on the edge of the bed Rain's lying on. It's been five days since we left Seychelles. Five days since Rain went into a coma. I feel so guilty looking at the bruises on her thighs, torso, and her breasts. Those depraved men bruised Rain beyond repair. According to Ryat, she was raped countless times. The thought of those men mounting what's mine makes me seethe. I failed Rain, I hum inwardly as tears prickle my eyes. I made a promise to protect her and yet I failed. I left her to the wolves and they devoured her. Even as she sleeps, her pulse hammers. A grimace is on her face and that lets me know she's reliving the horrors she experienced at the Island. "One month...but...uh...I'm not exactly sure since her uterus is yet to fully develop..." Ryat answers, shrugging tentatively. I understand why it's difficult for Ryat to deter
Third Person POV. Chaos brewed across the shore. Blood, howls and screams penetrated the air. The witches battled with Sinai. A woman they had all feared since she upset the balance of nature and sought for the book of Amelek. They all knew defeating Sinai would not be easy but they were willing to make that sacrifice. As Sinai struggled to release her powers against the witches, Aphrodite and the rest of the coven chanted more. Their voices high-pitched. "I WILL KILL YOU ALL. YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME!!!" She yelled, emitting fire from the tips of her fingers- the witch's fire. To counter that attack, the witch called forth a crystal cocoon that trapped Sinai inside. She struggled to free herself from their cocoon but it was all in vain. Seeing they've successfully trapped her, the witches formed a circle around the cocoon, holding their hands. Then they began the chant of Kadhijabal- the death chant. For them to successfully take Sinai down the purgatory where witches lived their af
Rain's Pov. I stumble. I groan. Darkness soars around me like feathers. Dizziness claws up my mind, twisting my vision. Hard, hot breaths punch out of my lungs.Blood gushes from my belly like a waterfall, making me sluggish. Yet I run. I stagger, stumble but still manage to rise to my feet and scamper away. "AWOLLLLL!!!!" The wolf roars. Its voice is thunderous. Mighty. My spine curdles with dread. When I risk a look back, I see the beanpole wolf jumping the rocks that serve as barriers with its bared as it races after me. Why now? Why can't he remember me? My mind whirrs. Only one answer comes to mind. He's been enchanted. Just like I have been enchanted so I wouldn't be able to shift. I would've given Sinai a thumbs up if the situation was different. She's very creature in her vile work. Roars of laughter ring high, cutting through the blasting noise of the sea waves. With a brief pause and a hammering heart, I roam my eyes around searching for the best direction to run to.
Rain's Pov. My belly is empty. My strength wanes.. I clutch at my chest, a desperate attempt to tame my wildly beating heart as that wave of nausea returns again with a blinding force. Doubling over, I vomit the bitter viscous liquid and tumble over the wall. Streaks of the vomit stain the corner of my mouth while I dab at it. My bleary eyes gaze across the dark room. I feel so cold. So lonely. So scared. I let my eyes linger on the strand of sun rays slipping into the base through a crack on the wall. Gasping and in need of warmth, I chase after it. A blissful sigh slips past my lips as the warm sun kisses my skin. I don't know how long I've been locked in here but it's definitely been long enough to bring such change to my body. I almost doubted the fact, but Mrs. Sinai confirmed it some time ago. I am pregnant. An inconspicuous bump is protruding from my belly, a glaring confirmation of my worst fear. A tiny being is growing inside me, but the problem is that I don't know w
Logan's POV. "No!!! No!!! Lo...gan!" Ivy belts out, her chest heaving as pain attacks her from all angles. She refuses to speak up, and I refuse to stop inflicting the pain on her until she spills the answer I demand. Matt squirms in his seat as he watches me rain hell on Ivy. Seeing her a squirming mess gladdens my heart. Somehow I feel whatever pain I dole out on her equals the measure of pain my mate is suffering. Since I've known Ivy, I've never seen a smidge of scratch much less blood on her body until now. It gives great pleasure knowing the all-powerful queen of the vampires is at my mercy. Blood dribbles down her disfigured eye. Hoarse cries vibrate into my ears. Ivy has lost sight in one eye, nothing but the veins and tendons of what makes up her eye remain, coated in thick dark coppery liquid. Matt pisses himself seeing the gory sight, he panics, attempting to tear the rope binding him to the chair away but Lester doesn't give him the chance. My beta pounces on him.