***CRUELLA'S POV*** As we left the hall, Jason took my hand in his and smiled handsomely at me. I felt my cheeks burn a bit, and I could feel the butterflies in my stomach. I really thought I hated the idea of us being mates, but after spending time with him today, I'm actually starting to... like him? I'm not sure yet, but I know that I don't dislike him anymore. We walked that way, hand in hand, talking and laughing at the slightest joke. I was so comfortable with him, until... “Cruella?” The moment I heard Sebastian's voice, instinct kicked in, and I yanked my hand out of Jason's hold. I could tell he was disappointed by my action even without seeing his expression, but I was more worried about how Sebastian would feel. I knew I had to tell him about Jason and Kyle soon, but I just didn't want to hurt his feelings. “Sebastian.” I called his name in an awkward manner, brushing some strands of hair at the back of my ear. Sebastian's expression was unreadable at the moment, but I
***CRUELLA'S POV*** Cruella, are you okay?” Carly asked, her expression that of genuine concern. It brought me a little comfort to know that she knows all my secrets now and that I could talk to her about anything. I smiled, letting go of the blouse in my hand. I still didn't want to believe we were actually going to the human world and then back to my university. I wondered if the humans there would remember my face; it would be a consolation if they didn't, especially because of my online humiliation. “I...I can't go back there. Can't I just pretend to be sick or something?” I asked, but Carly shook her head. “How can you be sick? Even I don't even remember falling ill since my childhood.” She replied. “But what if they recognize me? I was only able to pull through after Ethan, thanks to Swayer. What am I going to do now?” I asked, my eyes filling up as memories of Swayer resurfaced. I thought I would have overcome the pain of losing her by now, but it still hurts like hell. I gu
***AUTHOR'S POV*** “We are so glad to have you all in our school. You'll be assigned to your dorms very shortly, meanwhile, feel free to explore the campus.” Cruella recognized that voice and tried her best to hide her face. She knew she would be recognized immediately if she was seen. “Thank you so much, Mrs. Cushion.” Principal Hai said with a smile. Cruella paused, she wasn't sure she had heard right, but principal Hai had just addressed Miss Cushion as Mrs. Cushion. How long has she been gone from the human world? It did make her happy to know Miss Cushion was now married, and it tempted her to have a look. She raised her head, trying to get a glimpse of Mrs. Cushion. A smile appeared on her face when she saw her. She looked a bit older from Cruella's initial memory of her, and she looked prettier. Mrs. Cushion suddenly looked in Cruella's direction, and their gazes locked. “Cruella?!” Mrs. Cushion exclaimed. She wasn't sure she had seen clearly, but she couldn't forget her face
Cruella's body heated up even more the moment their lips touched. She felt a rush of electricity flow through her spine all the way to her toes. She kissed him back immediately, digging her hands into his curly dark hair. Jason's hand went underneath her top from behind, caressing her back as he walked towards the wall, pinning her against it. He kissed her deeply, sucking and nibbling on her bottom lip while Cruella ached her back a little, grinding herself against him. Jason broke the kiss, trailing kisses on her chin, down to her neck, earning soft and intoxicating moans from Cruella. “You don't know how long I've been wanting to do this.” Jason whispered against her skin, adding more heat to Cruella's already burning body. She pulled his head back up and reconnected their lips, sliding her tongue into his mouth in a desperate way. She wasn't thinking straight at that moment, all she wanted was for that feeling to die down, that lust and craving. Cruella got down from Jason's wai
“Can I help you?” Zina asked, staring suspiciously at Cruella who stared back at her in shock. Sebastian gave her hand a little squeeze, and that seemed to calm her down a little. “I'm sorry I didn't mean to stare, I just...” Cruella trailed off, thinking of the perfect excuse to give. “It's not like I'm not used to the stares.” Zina responded then walked up to the counter. “Yellow Martini, please.” She said to the bartender who began pouring the drink immediately into a glass. “Are you alright?” Sebastian asked and Cruella shook her head. She was far from alright. Her heartbeat was faster than ever and she could tell Jason and Kyle could hear it by the way they both stared worriedly at her. She felt a bit at ease, knowing she had her mates—all three of them by her side. “Here you go, ma'am.” The bartender said as she handed Zina her Martini. “Thank you.” Zina responded, taking the glass. She turned around, and almost immediately, a tipsy lady bumped into her, making the glass f
***CRUELLA'S POV***“Sebastian! Sebastian!” I kept calling out to Seb while chasing him down the hallway. We had returned to the campus after the incident to avoid any more accidents and Sebastian hadn't said a word to me ever since.“Would you please stop ignoring me?!” I yelled and he finally stopped walking.“Is this really how little you value me, Cruella?” Sebastian asked, and I could tell he was hurt by the look in his eyes.“What are you talking about? You know very much that I care about you a lot—”“No you don't, Cruella. If you did you wouldn't have kept the truth from me!” Sebastian snapped while running a hand through his curly brown hair.“Seb, I didn't tell you because I didn't want to hurt your feelings —”“No, you didn't tell me because you didn't think I would be able to handle it. You told Jason of all people, the guy you dislike and not me whom you're dating?”“Jason is my mate, Sebastian! I admit I hated his gut at first but he had proven that he's not the arrogant
***CHINA'S POV***“Impossible!” Cruella snapped while Carly simply glared at me as though she wanted to murder me with her stares. It doesn't matter whether or not they accept it, and it's not like I like the idea anyways, I just have to stay close to them if I want to dig out more dirt on Cruella.“Why? I thought you'd be happy to have me around, you know the saying, keep your enemies closer...” I said with a cheeky smile but Cruella's gaze was far from friendly.“I'm not staying here.” She stated firmly and began walking away, Carly followed immediately.“You're hurting my feelings, Cruella. It'd be a shame to have me stay with someone else, I mean tongues slip. Who knows, I might accidentally disclose what happened a year ago to them... The fire I mean.” I said with an expectant gaze and just as I had predicted, she stopped in her tracks. “You know that the detective at the bar could have sworn she had seen you before. She claims someone similar to your description was a prime sus
***AUTHOR'S POV***Zina stared at the photos on her table as she tried to make sense of everything. The case had been closed for over eight months but she had the feeling that there was more to it than anyone could phantom. The bite marks, the claws, the crime scenes, she felt it was all related to that fire. She brought out the photos of the two students who were the victims of the tragic accident, Swayer Sapphire and Cruella D'vile. She stared at Cruella's photo again and a frown settled on her face. “I can't be mistaken. She is definitely the same person.” Zina muttered to herself as she stared intently at the picture. “What are you doing?” Zina immediately shuffled the photos together the moment she heard the voice before looking up.“Oh, it's nothing. I was just going through some old stuff.” She said as she tried packing them but one fell off. “You don't have to stop because of me. I told you to feel free to do whatever you want. Thomas and I are more than happy to have you
***JASON'S POV***I stared at the queen with burning rage, her words replaying at the back of my head. “You must be joking.” I said through gritted teeth. She might have somehow caught my father in her trap but she won't be able to manipulate me the same way, I made sure of that for over ten years when I decided to move to the academy.“By now you should know that I don't joke with things like this. If you won't do it then I'll simply find someone else to court her—”“Stay the f*ck away from her!” I thundered, my wolf trying to surge forward but I pushed him back in as I didn't want to put my father in harms way. “Seeing how you're being so protective of her, I'm assuming you're already smitten by her.” She stated this with an amused smile.I couldn't let her know Cruella was my mate, I didn't want to give her any leverage over me. “I don't know what sick plan you have, but I'm warning you, leave Cruella out of this!” I growled, my eyes glowing bright gold but she seemed unfazed by
The dinner with the Queen has been peaceful so far. Cruella tried her best to stay composed and focused on her meal. She hoped that it would remain quiet until it was time to go, but luck wasn't on her side as Sheila began questioning her. “So I hear you recently enrolled in Greenville Academy. Where did you school before that?” Sheila asked and Cruella froze. She didn't prepare for any of this as the invitation came so suddenly and she knew if she said the wrong thing, she would give herself away. “I was homeschooled.” She lied and Sheila furrowed her brows. “Really? Your parents must be so protective of you to keep you hidden for so long.” Sheila stated and Cruella almost rolled her eyes. Her so-called adoptive mother didn't give a pigeon's wing about her existence, and was more than delighted to cast her away. Protective? What an irony. “Yeah, you could say that, your majesty.” Cruella responded after a while. She glanced at Carly who gave her a thumbs up before focusing o
“Carly, what are you doing?” Cruella asked Carly who has been throwing things around for almost a minute now.“I'm looking for the perfect outfit for you to wear. You need to look your best if you want to impress the Queen.” Carly gushed but Cruella frowned.“Impress her? What I want to do is separate her head from her body. I should wear something comfortable enough to fight in and not to impress her.” She stated, not hiding her resentment for Sheila.“I'm so sorry, Ella. I totally forgot about the whole revenge scheme.” Carly said with an apologetic gaze as she realized she had let her excitement get the best of her. She has never been to the palace before and knowing that her best friend got invited, she was more than happy to help her prepare, but the circumstances weren't as merry as her intentions.“I understand, Carly. I didn't mean to be hard on you. You could come with me if you like.” Cruella suggested, and Carly's jaw dropped. “I could?” She asked just to be sure.“You hea
“Harder!” Carly yelled and Cruella intensified her punching force as she kept throwing punches at the sandbag. “I still don't get the point of doing this. I already know how to throw a punch.” Cruella stated while keeping her focus on the sandbag. “I don't think you understand the stakes here, Cruella. China might seem weak but that's only because she's been holding back. Her father is a high ranking official amongst the royal counsel and she's had years of training. She would crush you at the duel if you should underestimate her.” Carly warned and Cruella turned to her. “The more reason why I should be practicing my spells or rather training my wolf. The duel is in two days and all I've been doing is punching a sandbag!” Cruella snapped and Carly rolled her eyes. “Actually all you've done is complain about everything and miss the whole point of this training.” Carly stated with a deadpan expression. “And the point is?” Cruella asked with furrowed brows. “Patience. You're so eage
Cruella stirred in her sleep, and her eyes fluttered open, her vision blurry at first but after a few seconds, it cleared up. She sat up straight while holding her head as she looked around and realized she was back at her lodge.“What? How did I get here?” She asked no one in particular. She stared at her empty bed for a second and almost immediately, the memories of the previous night hit her hard. She remembered kissing Kyle, and desperately begging to be touched, and... The door suddenly opened, interrupting Cruella's thoughts. “Finally, you're awake.” Carly said as she walked into the room. She stopped right next to the bed, her arms folded across her chest.“What happened?” Cruella asked, feeling perplexed.“You tell me.” Carly responded, her gaze hard as she awaited Cruella's response.“I... I don't remember.” Cruella stuttered.Carly creased her brows. “You Don't Remember?” She asked word for word.“At least not everything. I can't remember how I got here but...” Cruella trai
“Well don't just stand there, do something!” Carly yelled and they all exchanged glances.“What do you want us to do?” Kyle asked with a shrug.“Anything we do now would be seen as taking advantage of her.” Sebastian added.“And after what happened between her and that human guy, we can't do that to her.” Jason concluded and all three bobbed their heads in agreement.“Is it me or is it hot in here?” Cruella asked breathlessly as she ran a hand down from her neck, down to her boobs, in a seductive way.Carly groaned, obviously annoyed by the outcome of events. “Well, she's your mate, so handle her!” She snapped as she pushed Cruella towards them, Sebastian swiftly caught her and Carly walked away immediately, not giving them a second to say another word.She had a sly grin on her face as she did so. “You owe me one, Cruella.” She said to herself as she went over to the drink counter, and helped herself out to one.Cruella immediately wrapped her hands around Sebastian's neck, her gaze
When Carly and Cruella left the room, they ran into China who had a scowl on her face.“Well someone seems to be having a bad night.” Carly said with a smirk and China rolled her eyes.“I don't have time to waste on the likes of you.” China responded and made to walk past them but halted. Her gaze shifted to Cruella and she smiled, a smile that didn't reach her eyes. “You look better than I thought, for someone who got involved in an accident.” she smirked and Cruella furrowed her brows.“How did you know that?” She asked curiously.China chuckled. “Who did you think was driving the truck?” She asked and Cruella widened her eyes in shock but then her gaze suddenly darkened and she swiftly pinned China to the wall, her hands pressed tightly against China's neck.“You just keep giving me reasons to end this pathetic life of yours.” Cruella said through gritted teeth.“I'm not afraid of you Cruella.” China responded with a smile on her face even though Cruella was literally choking the l
Cruella sat on the grass, her head resting on the marble stone as she cried her heart out. The stone had a bold inscription of the name, Swayer Sapphire. “You're probably the only human who remembers me now, if only you were alive as well.” Cruella said, her tears freely flowing down her face. She raised her head from the marble, and wiped her eyes. She stared at Swayer's name and ran her finger through the inscription.“I'm so sorry, Swayer. For everything. It was all my fault and I know it now. You didn't deserve any of it, and I wish I could take it back, all of it.” she sniffed.“You probably hate me by now. Like Mrs. Cushion said, You're probably disgusted —”“No she's not.” Cruella turned to her side in shock and her eyes widened a bit.“Sebastian?” She called just to be sure he was the one.“I'm certain wherever she is, she's really proud of you.” Cruella turned to her left and her eyes widened even more.“Jason,”“Like we all are.” She heard another voice turned in the direct
Cruella stared at the bullet as it approached her in a surprisingly slow manner, contrary to her expectations. She moved out of the way and caught the bullet to avoid it hitting Carly. Again it was a silver bullet, and could have actually hurt her, had time not slowed down a bit. Cruella turned back to Zina, exhaled heavily then shut her eyes. When she opened them back, her eyes were glowing bright crystal blue and a wave of wind exploded from around her, enveloping them all in what seemed like a barrier. She walked closer to Zina and noticed the faint but slightly noticeable bite marks on her neck, which made her frown a bit. “So that's why you were able to figure it all out? It seems I'm not your first encounter with supernatural beings.” Cruella said as she placed her hand on Zina's neck. The marks began to clear off until there was no evidence left. As it did so, Cruella got a vision of a little girl crying in a car that had just been involved in an accident. The little girl wa