~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
The scraping of plates made me snap my eyes open. I groaned and cursed whoever woke me up from the best dream I had ever had in my entire life. Xander was about to break my hymen when the intruder dragged me out of the world of bliss, throwing me back into this soporific unwanted realm. I raised my messy hair from the pillow, groaning loudly. “Who’s that?” I snapped gruesomely. “Good morning, Luna, how was your night?” Glacia’s peppy voice filled the air. I jerked my head backward and my eyes widened. Wait, I cursed Glacia! Guilt got the visible part of my face as I stared pop-eyed at her. “When did the Alpha let you go back to your room?” She asked, her eyes gleaming innocently. “I came back immediately after the event was over, I didn’t meet with the Alpha,” I lied, hoping she wouldn’t dive deeper into the topic. “Well… I stayed awake till past midnight. The Alpha brought you back before midnight,” she blurted. Her brows curved up in mischief as she figure
~Alexander~ We rode out from the Pack and headed for Isle Pack. Nathan and Aurora rode beside me in silence. I am surprised to see Aurora quiet, this is unlike her, Aurora never keeps quiet in these kinds of matters. I never wanted Aurora to come along, but after painstaking days of pressure, I consented to her demand. If she will remain quiet throughout this period then I won’t have any cause to regret letting her come along. Besides, it is for Elena’s safety too. As we rode through the thick forest, I heard Aurora’s shrill chilly voice muttering unknown words. I wanted to listen deeper into it but changed my mind and shrugged it away. Perhaps, she was trying to subdue the Isle Pack. We got to the boundary of the pack and I nodded towards Nathan. “Kill everyone who stands in your way, but leave Darius alive for me,” I instructed in a thick fearful voice. The soldiers close to me shivered slightly as Nathan nodded. They galloped away, leaving me with Aurora. I glanced
I glanced over at Nathan with a blank expression. “Why?” I asked. “He betrayed you, the penalty is death,” he said, his eyes bulging out in anticipation. “Did he betray you too?” “Alpha…” he trailed and chuckled embarrassingly. “I’m sorry, I let my emotions get into this,” he replied, rubbing his chin. “Tell the boys to stop the fight. I’ve found what I’m looking for.” “Yes… Alpha,” he replied and stood at the spot. Feeling reluctant to carry out my orders. “What’s with the cold feet?” I asked and he jerked up his head, swinging out of the unknown reverie he was buried in. “I’m sorry, Alpha,” he muttered, hesitated and trudged off. “Nathan… are you the rogue within my pack?” I muttered, tilted my head, and walked off to where Darius was kept. As I approached them, an odd irritating feeling began to spring up in me, doubting the truth that Darius was the one behind everything. The more I stared at the stout, tight-faced man in his late 40s, the more the feeling
~Elena~ It has been three days and I am still in here without food or water. My tummy churned angrily for a piece of bread and my throat burned for a drop of water. Mosquitoes and wasps have taken my body as a source of food for these three days. Well, they better enjoy my flesh while it lasts. I don’t know what the world outside looked like anymore, there was no single ray of light emitting into this dungeon, and I was covered in a layer of thick eerie darkness. A tear slipped out of my red puffy eyes and I sobbed. I couldn’t believe that I slapped the queen Luna, a woman who took me in as her daughter not minding my status in the Pack. I feel so ashamed of myself, Luna Violetta will never forgive me for this atrocious behavior. I sniffed and wiped my face, a mosquito sank its long proboscis into my flesh and I groaned in pain, I slapped it away and rubbed my swollen arm. The banging of a door dragged me out of my reverie and took my eyes to the shut door. The dungeo
I tried to turn over on my bed but my shoulder hit a cold hard floor. I snapped my eyes open and sneezed. It wasn’t a dream, it was reality. I am no longer in my cozy room, nor will I be sleeping on my queen-sized bed, nor will I get to see the Alpha casually again. “You’re awake,” a voice whispered beside me, tugging on the thin blanket folded around my freezing body. I craned my neck and groaned as pain shot through my body. “My Lady, how do you feel?” It was Glacia. I nodded slowly and wrapped my palm around my neck. “I…” my stomach rumbled loudly. Glacia held my hand and helped me sit up. The room I was kept in was very dark, only the snores of people and Glacia’s presence made me believe that I wasn’t back in the dungeon. “I brought you something to eat before everyone wakes up,” she whispered, nudging a cold metal plate into my hand. My brows knotted in surprise as I stared at her unseen face. “How long have I been asleep?” I asked. “For a long couple of ho
“Oh, You’re here,” he muttered, smirking sinisterly. I jumped at his words and gripped the tray tightly, my toes curled into the floor as the blade of betrayal slashing my heart threatened to throw me off to the cold ground. After everything, is this how he is going to repay me? Yes, I agree I did something wrong unintentionally, but what about him? He’s not innocent either. “Bring the tray over here,” Aurora said. I glanced at her in contempt and obeyed her order. As I walked to the round table before them, I felt Xander’s stone-cold eyes on me. I pulled my head to the ground and traced the designs on the floor, eluding his eyes. Immediately I got to the table, I dropped the tray and swerved around quickly, racing for the door. “Who asked you to leave?” his audacious voice froze my hands which were twisted on the knob. “You will remain here until we’re done eating,” he muttered, I heard Aurora stifle a laugh. My wet hands slipped off from the knob and I slow
~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