Elise had tried to rest as much as possible for the past few hours, but she was left tossing and turning until she checked the clock and saw it was time to meet Rygan and the others. Elise then got dressed in a comfy turtleneck beige sweater that was given to her with comfortable leggings and shoes, and she tied her head up in a messy bun. She still had that creeping feeling that makes the end of her hair raise as she shuddered “don’t worry , your age now, you’re back at the moon house with Rygan” she assures herself. Taking one last glance at her reflection and hoping there was no mark in sight from Rygan’s mouth on her, she walked out of the chambers and headed for Rygan’s familiar study. She couldn’t help but question a few skeptical gazes that guards and servants gave her as she passed them by while heading to the study. She got that they could be shocked about the abduction, but the stares they gave her seemed more intense than usual. She tried to forget
“We need to talk.” his tone blared with so much power . “We have nothing to talk about," Elise argued. She tried to control the incessant pace at which her heart was beating from just being near him, trying to show that he had no control over her, but she was failing miserably. Their heated breaths were the only sound that filled the silent space as Elise shut her eyes and tried pushing his tempting voice that always shook her resolve and made her body shiver with want away. Just one look at him reminded her of last night in that damn cave and how she surrendered herself to him, both wolf and body. How her flesh and soul were mended by just his touch. “We have a lot to talk about; look at me, Elise,” he says, but she stays still, her body still facing the door frame. *Look at me*, and she freezes when she sees that familiar heart behind her. Slowly turning around, she peers up through her lashes to meet Rygan’s hard gaze that studies her, from her icy blue eyes to the very
Elise felt like she had been doing nothing but sleeping for over two days, trying to quench that burning ache in her, tossing and turning around her bed. Her heart ached every time she looked at the door and smelled a familiar pheromone and sees shadow of the alpha king wanting to come in, but she had locked her doors and held her tongue to prevent any tears from slipping. "It's better this way," she thought, repeating those words like a mantra. Along with overthinking scenarios from her abduction and Alvira's hurtful words in the past few days, her mind was a mess. She felt like her memory was a broken glass, being embedded tighter piece by piece, and it frightened her to learn the extent of it—to learn what her wolf had done to those men, no, what 'she' had done. “Lady…Elise?” A voice filled with apprehension broke her out of her thoughts as she looked at the female who served her well, giving her skeptical stares filled with uncertainty and fear, as if she had heard th
After her confrontation with Alvira and everything Elsie had happened for the past week, , Elise decided to focus all her attention on training to become stronger to fend off anyone who tries to abduct her again. By evening, Hana brings her training clothes that Kaide instructs her to wear for training the next day. Elise was already in her robes and ready for bed when Hana comes in. But the moment Hana lays her clothes down, Elise stands up from the queen-sized bed and trails towards Hana, her nerves cooling with anticipation as she stares at and admires the leather material of her attire. Its sleeveless arms are paired with the dark knuckle-cut gloves and leather dark pants with its shoes. It was the newly made uniform for the newly turned wolves. She was a late walker, but with Kaide and others fully aware of her shifting abilities, she was eligible to be part of the group. As Elise admired the clothes, she couldn’t help the fee the ends of her hair stand like
Elise stood frozen on the spot to the scene in front of her, a scene she had caused, She'd wounded Kaide and now Blood was everywhere. Blood spattered on the floor, and her fingers, claws, and canine immediately retracted. The violet power in Elise's eyes flickered and turned back to normal when she saw who she wounded, and it was Kaide. Kaide, who blocked her attack on Zach and took the blood instead, felt a sick turn in her gut from shock as her senses were back. His back was left with a big, wide wound from her nail. “K-Kaide,” she stuttered out, her eyes blown wide in horror as her hands trembled from shock. “Everyone leave!” He roars forward as all the young shifters hurry out with haste from the training field. “B-beta Kaide!” Zach exclaimed in shock and panic as he saw Kaide here. Elise was more worried about his wounds, even though the beta was hardly worried about them. His gaze was burning with so much anger at Zach. He looked at Elise's wounded lips that were
Elise's POV. After Kaide's words, I was left still thinking about his proposal for a date. I contemplated it, still confused and distracted. After a while, I decided to leave the room to clear my thoughts. As soon as I walked out of the back rooms, I heard a call to my name: "Elise!" I turned to hear a relieved sigh as I saw Vienna running towards me. I could see she was in haste after being told what happened here, as she looked worried. Her hands touched my body carefully, looking for any signs of hurt. “Oh moons, Elise!” She exclaimed, and right behind her were Bellamy and Hana. Vienna immediately lunged at me to pull me into a tight hug. “Are you alright? I heard from Bell what happened—those bastards!” She muttered, echoing her anger. “I’m fine; I am,” I assured her. I looked over to Bella, who looked like she was crying in worry for me. I took a look at her face and saw there was no permanent harm done by Zach’s attack. “And I’m glad that you’re safe, Bell,” I said
“Yes, I accept you,” Elise says breathlessly to Kaide. The surprise on his face is evident as she stares at Elise. But the joy was short-lived, as he immediately stiffened the moment he felt a strong scent of Rygan’s pheromones filled with blood lust. His hands were balled into fists, his nose flared in anger, his eyes stared like deadly daggers towards them, and his jaw tightened in rage with a popped vein that was evident across his creased temple. “What the hell is this?” He snarls at them both, but the moment he lunges to attack Kaide, Elise comes in front of Rygan, pushing his massive frame back as his hands are on Kaide’s neck in an instant. “Rygan, stop!” “I’ll kill him!” “Rygan, I wanted this; I chose him, and you have to respect that,” she says firmly. Rygan paused at her words. He looked down at Elise, this time really looking at her. He looked into her gaze, pleading for him to stand down, and something in him broke from her icy blue gaze. A stifling silence g
Rygan's POV I never knew that after Alana’s death, someone would make me feel so anxious and yet so obsessed that I had with Alana an innocent love, but I’ve never felt so intense and never wanted someone so much like how I craved Elise, and she was all I could think about. Since that very day that I took Alvira in my bed, my wolf had fought against me, thrashed my mind, and filled it all with Elise; she was who I wanted. But it all came crashing down when Alvira announced her pregnancy. I could see the look of betrayal in Elise’s eyes. I knew I was going to lose her, but nothing prepared me for the moment Kaide told me that she was gone that night. A clouding fear surrounded me and left me wondering if she had left me and left the pack, finally freeing herself from a messed-up old me, but the moment I found out she was taken, I became feral with a killing drive. My wolf had become mad with searching for her; I could barely sleep or eat after she was abducted, not until I