~Nathan~My eyes darkened in fear as I staggered back, balancing my weight on the chair beside Aurora’s large mattress.“Are you surprised?” she scoffed, twirling her hair around her fingers.“How did you know?” I muttered, my eyes staring into a space I couldn’t make out.“Do you underestimate me?” Aurora laughed evilly, her glittering little teeth flashed against her flawless skin.“You’re going to tell Alpha Xander, won’t you?” I asked, my voice came out almost like a whisper.“Do you know the torture I went through in Xander’s hand? Do you think you will still be standing with your head on your neck if I am going down soon?” Aurora scoffed and stared at her nails.“You won’t tell him?” I asked again.“I’m not going down yet, if I am going down then you will be going down with me,” she replied, a sinister smile spread across her face.I stared intently at her, wondering what she was driving at.“What do you mean, Aurora?” “If you don’t want your head on a stake, protect
~Nathan~ The look on Alpha Xander’s face almost knocked me off my feet. I maintained my stance and searched for an honest answer to his question. “I… we… I’m sure there must be a mistake made somewhere,” I rapped out. Xander didn’t buy that, he was determined to probe deeper into this. “You knew about this, didn’t you?” He said in a hoarse voice. I snapped my head up and shook my head vigorously in a negative response. “You don’t?” He scoffed and took a few steps towards me. I wanted to step back but my frozen feet wouldn’t bulge, it felt like my body was paralyzed. “Even Aurora don’t?” he muttered, his penetrating eyes trying to dig out the truth written in my heart. “I…” “I do!” A crisp voice replied behind Xander and he turned. “I wanted to tell you, but you had me locked up so I couldn’t reach you,” Aurora said, smiling innocently. I admired her skill of giving off a flawless act. I wondered how she was always able to fool people with that face. “And Dariu
~Nathan~ I turned slowly on seeing his eyes on me, Xander also craned his neck and stared at me, a deep frown on his face. “What’s this about?” He muttered the sound of his voice sent shivers down my spine. I gulped down nothing as I began to feel a sickening sensation in the pit of my stomach. Alpha Romulus diverted his eyes to another direction and I felt my nerves relax a bit. “I don’t have any accomplice from your Pack,” Alpha Romulus muttered. Xander scoffed, his eyes darkening in anger. He craned his neck backward and nodded for me to come closer. My heart skipped as I obeyed his instruction and trudged closer. He grabbed my neck and pushed me against the blood-covered table. “He is the one, isn’t he?” he growled, tightening his grip on my neck. I felt my vitals contract as oxygen vanished from my body, and my eyes became teary as a result of his hold on my neck. “Alpha…” I coughed out. Alpha Romulus stared blankly at me. With the way he stared, I think he
~Elena~I watched the head fall off and fear gripped my entire body. I felt a sickening feeling down in my stomach as I grabbed Xander’s coat and buried my face into his chest.His hand sneaked around my head and combed my hair, muttering soft gentle words into my ear.The execution finally ended and I rushed out of the execution ground, feeling the strong urge to throw up.I sprinted into the castle and up into my room, dashing into my bathroom. I ducked my face into the washbasin and emptied the contents that sprang up as a result of the ugly sight.I gasped and clenched my stomach, leaning on the wall to acquire some strength back as I felt broken inside and outside.The door opened and Glacia walked in, holding a towel in her hand.“I think I might fall sick,” I muttered, alarm-gathered clouds of fear in my eyes.Glacia smiled lightly and placed the wet towel on my burning forehead.I never noticed that my forehead was burning up until the contact of the towel with my sk
~Elena~ I wished for the ground to open and swallow me up with the way Xander stared murderously at us. I pushed Nathan away from me and bowed my head in shame. Why now? Why does he have to appear now? My heartbeat accelerated and I felt it would burst out of my chest as Xander’s eerie footsteps approached my direction. I couldn’t see his face, but only the sight of his feet sent shivers gushing down my spine. I gripped the hemline of the bathrobe and clenched my teeth, biting my lips to stop me from crying out before his punishments started. I looked at his feet again, it was just an inch away from me, and, oh gracious goddess, I wondered if I would survive the heat of his anger wheezing toward me. I shut my eyes and bit my lips harder, my chest constricting in panic and almost knocking out breath from my body. My ears itched when I heard a loud crash beside me, my eyes snapped open in curiosity when a groan followed. I swerved my head and my throat knotted when I s
~Elena~ We lay under the sheets, both of us naked and still panting from the passionate moments we had. I kept drawing invisible lines on the tattoo on Xander’s chest. “Do you like it?” He spoke up. I looked at his face in the dimly lit room and smiled, though I couldn’t see his face in the dark, I could tell that his eyes were fixed on me. “Don’t ever let any man come close to you. I only let him live because he is my Beta and your exmate, I won’t be showing that kind of mercy on anyone again,” Xander warned and I nodded. “I will never let it happen again,” I mused. I placed my head on his chest, yearning to hear a slight beat of his heart, but to my disappointment, I heard nothing. It was like there was no heart under his chest. “Do you truly have no heart?” I found myself asking. “You never believed it?” he replied, combing my disheveled hair with his fingers. “You were not only trying to frighten me, right?” “Why do you think people run away from me?” he asked
~Elena~ I managed to get past the guards without attracting attention to myself. I crept past the block that had the sign ‘restricted area’ boldly written on it. When I crossed the boundary, I began to walk as fast as my legs could allow. I kept glancing back to ensure that no one was following me. Unlike the other night, I walked cautiously this time, avoiding sharp rocks and digging my toes into the hot sand to keep me steady and stop me from rolling down the sloppy little hill. I grinned out in relief when I caught sight of the old bent house on top of the mountain. I took time to study the house. Who could have lived here? Did the beast destroy the residents and occupy the house? I better find out,” I muttered and trudged towards the house, quickening my pace. My eyes never left the house as I climbed the mountain that held it. Xander, will you come to save me? I’m putting myself in trouble again, you better come and save me when things get messy. ~Xand
~Elena~My eyes flew and the first thing that sucked into my mind was Xander’s hardened face.My heart skipped a beat as I batted my lashes and fixed my gaze on him.“You’re awake, my dear.” The soft voice of Lavender made me turn my head away from Xander’s glare.“How do you feel now?” She asked as she approached me with a bottle of medicine.“You don’t have to worry so much, I’m not hurt,” I protested as my eyes were fixed on the bottle of medicine in her hand.I don’t like taking medicines, especially bitter ones. I’ve always tried to heal myself and escape the nightmare of medicines but it never works, I always end up taking it anyway.She sank into the bed beside me and opened the bottle, pouring some quantity into a tablespoon. My heart dropped with each drop that found its way to the spoon.“Am I going to drink this?” I muttered aloud, staring at the brownish liquid in disgust.Lavender threw her sweet enchanting smile at me then slowly shifted towards me, raising the spoon to
~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