The feeling of her lips on mine startled me. I sat transfixed at first, but slowly she leaned closer, pulling deeper and into a depth of passion that would end us on the wrong path. I held her shoulder and cautiously pulled her back, her back hit the soft fluffy pillow as my body towered over hers. Her chestnut eyes burned in desire to have more of me, but that can’t be possible at this time. I moved away from her and she quickly shot up in surprise, she grabbed my arm, her eyes begging that I stayed back. “Not now,” I muttered in the iciest voice I could find. “Why do you keep pushing me away, do you think I’m too weak to have you?” her little voice broke as it spoke. “This is not about weakness, okay? My Pack is under attack, you don’t expect me to sit with you while rogues destroy impregnable boundaries that took me years to build.” I noticed my tone was harsh with the way she recoiled into the bed. I waited for her to argue like she always does but she didn’t, she couldn’t e
When I walked into Xander's room, the first person my eyes caught was Aurora. She scrambled to her feet and wiped her face with her palm. Wait, was it tears that I saw on her face? I couldn’t believe it, what could make Aurora cry? Did Xander reject her after hearing her confession? I doubt that. Xander looked up at me and turned up his lips. “How many times must I warn you to knock before flouncing into my room?” He muttered, not sparing a glance at Aurora who was fidgeting with the hem of her lemon green dress. “I’m sorry.” This isn’t the first time I’m apologizing for barging into his room unannounced and it probably won’t be the last time. He sighed and thrust his hands into his pocket. “Did you find any clue of where those rogues came from?” he asked. “No. I’m here because of the trainees…” “Darn the trainees!” he fired. I took a step back to prevent the magma of his anger from getting to me. “I want to hear no other news from you aside from the development concerning t
~Alexander~My lips stretched into an angry thin line as I stared from Nathan to Aurora. “What are you talking about?” I asked. Nathan was trying so hard to hide the fear that was swimming around his blue iris. “You, leave,” Aurora pointed at Nathan. “What?” Nathan cranked his neck in confusion. “I said you should leave, this is a private conversation between me and Xander,” Aurora sassed. Nathan didn’t seem to get upset with Aurora’s sassy display, instead, he smiled ruefully and nodded. “Of course,” he muttered and walked towards the door. “Wait a minute, who are you obeying, me or Aurora?” I snapped and his hands froze around the door knob. He slowly released the knob and spun around. “You, Alpha,” he replied, bowing. “You will leave when I say so,” I replied and slumped into a dark grey cushion. “Get on with your explanation, who is behind all these?” I said, tilting my head towards Aurora. Aurora smiled and began to walk towards me in slow deceitful strides. “Stop ri
~Elena~My eyebrows furrowed in surprise as I stared at the beautifully trimmed beauty staring back at me from the large mirror.I felt a lump in my throat and batted my lashes severally to be sure that I was staring at the right person.‘Am I this beautiful?’ I thought as I examined my face again.“Oh my!! You look extremely beautiful, my lady. I mistook you for the moon goddess,” Glacia kept gasping repeatedly as she paced around the house. She stopped at intervals to peer at my face again.“Be quiet Glacia, you don’t even know what the moon goddess looks like,” I chuckled. I pray my fast-paced heart does not betray my level of anxiety.“Whatever she looks like, it is not one inch compared to this beauty,” she squirmed excitedly.I chuckled and shook my head at her childish jokes.“If being an Omega makes one this lucky and gorgeous, then I won’t mind being an Omega in my next life,” she giggled as she searched for my tiara.Glacia is worse than Melsa, her ta
A gasp shot out through my lips as a hard-built body pressed against me. I closed my eyes and stood rigid in the arms of my savior. What are you doing, Elena? This is your inauguration night, don’t forget you’re the Alpha’s mate. What will people say? What if it’s Nathan?! Different thoughts bounced around my head, but I didn’t pay any attention to it. I felt security and comfort in the arms that were wrapped protectively around me. Murmurs broke out through the hall, as different unheard words bounced across the hall. “It’s the Alpha!” a rough voice boomed across the room, forcing me to pull my head away from my savior’s head. But the hands that held my waist didn’t move, they remained there. “Are you always so clumsy?” I looked at his face and my eyes grew wide like saucers. His dark blue orbs speared into me. A scowl was sprawled out on his handsome face as he looked intimidatingly at me. “Al…Alpha?” I stuttered. “I can’t believe it, Alpha Xander is holding a woman?” “
~Alexander~My eyes didn’t leave her as she mingled freely with the prominent women in the room, she walked around with her nose in the air, proudly puffing out the aura of confidence radiating in her. “Everyone knows Alpha Xander, even mere Omegas like me, I’m glad that I have a well-known strong Alpha as my mate, that will increase my status in the society, don’t you think?”I smiled as her voice filtered into my ear.I wasn’t expecting her to be this confident soon, but the truth is that she must not continue like this. If she does, then I will have no other option but to clip off her wings and subdue her to be a submissive and inferior Luna.She must obey me and only me.I glanced at her again, ignoring the discussion going on in the group.My eyes slowly wandered away from Elena and landed on Nathan. He has been acting strange these days, always being to places that I’m not aware of.His eyes were fixed intently on something. ‘Could it be Darius?’ I muttered inwardly
~Elena~I couldn’t believe what I just did, I kissed him without his permission. I didn’t know where the courage came from, but I didn’t regret taking that step either. I love it, he loves it, maybe that’s the reason he didn’t push me away as I expected him to do.A low moan escaped my lips when he parted my lips, sucking in my saliva.I grabbed his collar and leaned deeper. Though my breath was slowly dwindling, I couldn’t break away. The feeling I had was skyrocketing me to another world entirely.He slowly pulled away and washed his piercing blue eyes all over me. I swallowed hard, enjoying the mint flavor that rolled around my mouth.I glanced at him, my innocent eyes begging for more. He understood the language and grabbed my waist, roughly slamming my body against his.He wrapped his fingers around my chin and raised my face to look at him. His long fingers caressed my swollen lips as he smirked in mischief.“You want me to mark you?” he whispered.I eagerly nodded, my he
Alpha Xander raised his head from my neck. He cranked his neck and his hands which were on the bed, balled up into a fist. I sighed frustrated when I saw Nathan standing by the door. His eyes popped out in shock and his jaw fell open as he gapped at us. Xander shielded me from Nathan’s prying eyes with his bulky body. My shaking hands slowly reached for the duvet and I wrapped it around my body. Xander cursed Nathan under his breath and got down from the bed. He wore his shirt and sauntered towards Nathan, his face red in anger. “What the hell are you doing here unannounced?” Xander snapped at him. “I’m sorry, Alpha, I wasn’t aware that you had your Luna with you. Please forgive me,” Nathan’s voice was frail and broken as he spoke. “Get out of here!” Xander growled and his eye color switched from blue to a dangerous-looking set of dark eyes. Nathan shivered slightly in fear and jumped out of the doorway. Before he left, he cast a surreptitious glance at me. My
~Elena(Louisa)~ It was hard trying to convince Kayla and my foster parents to let me go, though they had no other choice but to heed my request. I was told that I was found floating on the shore of a beach the day they found me. They took me to the hospital and had me saved but when I woke up, I couldn’t remember anything about myself, not even my name. My foster parents, who had lost their daughter a month before they found me, took me in and named me after her, Louisa Neville. I was given the nickname ‘Luna’ because they thought I had a peculiar scent that didn’t belong to the human race. It was hard being who I wasn’t and leaving who I was but somehow, the cruel fate that separated Xander and I eight years ago was able to bring us back together, this time in a different way, in the best way. I wasn’t a contract Luna, nor Nathan’s mate. I was Alpha Xander’s true Luna, his fated mate. And this time around, nothing will be able to separate me and Xander. “Are you
~Xander~ I touched her pale face, tracing her chin with my fingers slowly. She stirred and fluttered her lashes, groaning loudly as her hand flew to her forehead. “Elena?” I called out even if she might decline to be Elena like she did the first time we met. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up on the bed. She glanced around the room and her eyes fell on her parents and sisters. "Mother, father," she gasped out and my brows snapped up in surprise. They gasped out and wrapped their hands around her. "I missed you so much, sister," Areola sobbed and hugged her. Melsa walked closer to Elena and rubbed her cheeks. "You are alive?" she muttered with tears glistening in her eyes. I watched Elena nod her head before burying her head on her shoulder. Elena's father glanced at me and gestured for the others to leave the room with him. I was the last person her eyes fell on and when it did, it widened in shock. “Xander,” the sound of my name from her mouth made me raise my
~Louisa~ My lips parted, and I let out a scream that got Kayla running into my room. My door burst open, and I clenched unto Kayla, who rushed to me. “Wolf, wolf!” I exclaimed, pointing at the spot I found it earlier but to my surprise, there was nothing there. Was the wolf gone, or was I hallucinating? “There is nothing there,” Lisa’s annoying voice spoke up. “Tell me what happened, honey, calm down,” Kayla muttered, rubbing my back soothingly. I took in a deep breath and started my explanation. “I saw a wolf, a huge black wolf, standing right there,” I pointed at the spot again. Lisa chuckled in disbelief. I narrowed my eyes at her and faced Kayla. “You need to believe me, Kay, it was standing right there, staring at me with golden eyes. It must have run into the woods when I screamed, I saw it!” I screamed out. My heart sank when I saw the look on Kayla’s face. She doesn’t believe me too, she thought I was making it all up. “I’m not making it up,” I whispered
~Louisa~ The shrill ringtone of my phone got me groaning as I forcefully snapped my eyes open and reached out for my phone, which had been ringing for half an hour. I gasped out loudly as my mom’s name flashed across the screen. “Hello, mummy,” I muttered, sitting up on the bed. “What took you so long to answer your phone, huh? I’ve been calling for hours; I thought something bad had happened to my sweet baby. You got us all so worried that I thought I would die of heartache. Isn’t the place nice? Do you want to switch—” “Mom, I’m fine!” I snapped, making her stop her endless talk. I heard her sigh in relief. “Why didn’t you pick up your calls? We called for hours.” “I was asleep, and besides, it’s not even up to an hour since I fell asleep,” I replied, narrowing my eyes at the exaggeration she was making. “Whatever, whatever, tell me how that place is, hmm? Do you like it?” “Well…” This is my chance to get away from the weird surroundings that no one loves to come
~Louisa~ I pushed Jason away and when I spun around, the stranger was gone. I faced Jason, filled with anger. “Are you crazy?” “Luna—” “I don’t like you!” My outburst made Kayla cringe back in shock. Jason’s lips parted and slammed together. I sighed out, trying to calm down after what he had done. “I’m sorry, Jason, I understand how you feel about me, but I don’t feel the same way for you,” I confessed. Kayla walked up to us and tried to talk me out of what I was saying but I shooed her out, standing on my words. “I don’t love you, Jason. You should find someone who does.” My heart shrank in guilt as disappointment and pain laced across his face. “Thank you for telling me the truth, Louisa,” he replied and walked away, not sparing a glance. Though I was filled with guilt for hurting him I was glad that I told him the truth before his feelings got deeper. I felt like a burden had been taken out of my heart. A hard slam on my head brought me bac
~Louisa~ “Brandon?” I scoffed and turned to take another path but he drew me back, clenching unto my arm. “Hey, let me go!” I yelled. “I have missed you, Luna; let’s get back together again; I promise to be a good boy,” he said, mischief twinkling in his dark eyes. I scowled at him, certain that there was no single ounce of repentance in him. When he didn’t relent to my warnings, I splashed the brandy on his face. The liquid got into his eyes and stung him greatly, forcing him to release me. “You scumbag, don’t you dare show up in front of me again,” I snapped at him and sent my feet into his groin. He cursed loudly and dropped to the ground, his face wrinkling in pain. “That’s for showing your disgusting face in front of me,” I muttered and blessed him with an eye-rolling slap, making him spit out blood. “And that’s for saying shit.” I grabbed a bottle of liquor and cups and went down to the place I had left Nat. As expected, she was waiting patiently for me. “
~Xander~ I stood by the window, watching the cars that drove in and out of the large gate of the castle. “Dear,” Mother’s voice piped behind me, and I shifted my attention away from the bustling activities below the castle. “Are you still drinking?” Mom asked and I glanced at the bottle of liquor on the table. “You don’t have to worry about me, Mother; I am fine,” I muttered, cupping her cheeks. She sighed and rubbed my hairy arm. “The elders are waiting for you in the throne room. It’s been eight years, and you’re yet to find a Luna for the people. Besides, we need an heir, too. Everyone is worried,” Mother muttered, and the smile on my face disappeared. I narrowed my eyes and pulled my wardrobe open then picked out a shirt. “I will wait for Elena to return.” Mother sighed at the words she had been hearing for the past eight years. “No one survives in that water, you said it yourself. She must be dead, she—” “I am leaving for the meeting,” I cut her off, slipping on the sh
~Louisa~ “One, two, three, go!” We chorused and poured the shots of liquor down our throats. “Oh shit! This burns,” Kayla muttered in a croaky voice. “I’ve got lots of projects this week,” Philo chipped, popping on a bubble gum. “And here you are drinking,” I chuckled. “Come on guys, what’s the motto!” Natasha snapped and we poured another shot and raised it over our head before screaming our absurd motto. “Drink now, study later!” We poured down the shot and slammed the tumblers on the table, coughing and breathing hard in laughter. “We should come here tomorrow, don’t you girls think so?” Natasha said and they all nodded their head in approval. “What about you, Luna?” Natasha asked, their eyes fixed on me. “Me?” I stammered and shook my head, backing out of the plan. “I’ve got work to do.” “Work?” Philo muttered, twitching her lips in disgust. “Community service. An architect student will never understand,” I replied, narrowing my eyes at her. They all bur
~Xander~“We searched the entire kingdom, Alpha. She is nowhere to be found,” Philip’s voice spoke up behind me.I smashed the vase I was admiring on the wall and spun around with eyes reddened in anger.Philip flinched back on seeing my face.“You searched the entire wolf kingdom?” I scoffed and Philip nodded.“Nathan must have been smart enough to take her away from the wolf lands,” Philip muttered a reply, rubbing his clammy hands against each other.“She hasn’t been found yet?” My mother asked from the doorway.The silence she received made her break into tears.She entered the study room and walked up to me then gripped my collar as she seethed angrily.“You have to find her, Alpha, you must find her!”I shut my eyes, breathing in deeply.All these things are happening because of me. If only I had woken up earlier, Nathan wouldn’t have snatched her out of my grip.How am I going to find her?The beast no longer lives in me, I can no longer track her location using the