MITCH"WHAT DO YOU mean she's not here?" His mother asked. "I don't know much about your kind, but I know that the wife of the leader - or do you say 'alpha' - must always stay with him.""I'm an alpha, Mom," he said in a low tone. "Aiden, Addison... Go with Gran Jean. She'll wash you up and prepare your lunch." He nodded at a lady standing at the corner to take the kids away. When they were alone, Mitch looked at his mother. "The last time I spoke with you, you said the cold air of these mountains affects your bones."She scoffed and nodded. "It does.""So can I ask why you're here?" He sighed."Because you didn't want to come see me," she replied. "Have you been dodging my calls, Mitchell?" Her eyes were reduced to slits.He shook his head. "No mother. I have not. I have just been very busy... with the kids and the kingdom...""Yes. Now, tell me about the kids," She said. "I hope you didn't knock up any human lady like your father did with me."Mitch scoffed. Humans were too fragil
ANNAI CHUCKLED AS I ended the call and put the phone in my bag.I could not explain the sudden flare of emotion that filled me when she answered. For a second, I thought he was with one of his mistresses. Even though he had not been with one in years, I still could not trust him completely. "That was jealousy," Ava said smugly in my head. "You were jealous."I frowned slightly. Jealous, I scoffed. But that moment of clarity had spurned a type of feeling for him. I could not yet put a tag on what it was... I sighed and decided not to think of it any longer.His mother sounded nothing like him. I had not even known he had a mother. How absurd did that sound? The thought made me chuckle again. It sounded like she had met my kids, and she loved them. She referred to me as Mitch's wife, and I didn't disagree or correct her that we were "chosen" mates.Only humans used that word. Was she human? Was Mitch the spawn of a Lycan and a human?And did she know that the children were not rea
AS SOON AS the doctor was bundled into the truck, the men got in and they sped away before the warriors of this pack arrived at the scene."Where are we headed to, Beta Jones?" the man in the driver's seat asked as their car bounced along the rough road."Where else?" The first man that had stepped out in front of Anna snarled. "Take us back home." He turned to look at the unconscious lump of the doctor in the backseat and chuckled. He was Beta Jones from the Red Moon pack, and he was just doing what was best for his pack even though his alpha was nonchalant. He looked at the sideview mirror to check if they were still being followed, and to his satisfaction, no one was following them.When they came out on the highway and merged with the traffic, Jones leaned back and removed the leather bag that had been draped over the doctor's face. She was a very beautiful woman, he noted. But there was something about her.He could not tell if she was human, or werewolf. "She has to be human,"
ANNAWHEN I SLOWLY awoke, my head felt like there were two monsters playing catchball in it, but instead of rubber balls, they were using large steel balls.I groaned and turned over, noticing that my hands were untied now. I gently rubbed my head and felt a sharp pain at the back of my neck. That was where I had been hit. There was dried blood surrounding the area. I groaned and l sat up. My vision blurred for a second before my eyes adjusted to the gloom. The air was familiar. I took a deep breath. It smelled like... home.I looked around the room where I had been locked in. It didn't look familiar. The windows were barred shut so I could not look out, or open it from the inside. The room was bare. There was a bed in a corner with a nightstand and lamp, and a single cane chair at another corner. But that was all the furnishing in the room.Who were these people that had kidnapped me and what do they want? I wondered.I remembered that the man had referred to me as "doctor", could
RICK FORSON"DON'T DO ANYTHING weird," Jones said as they walked out. "She is a young, beautiful, and successful doctor, not like one of your whores."Rick scoffed. "Every woman is the same, Jones." He moved his shoulders, feeling a little sore. "For the right price and right man, they will be your whore."They walked by the two redheads who had been in Rick's bed a few minutes ago."Are you coming back?" One of them asked, batting her eyelids."In a short while, yes," Rick answered. "Take the credit card in the drawer. It is an open card, buy anything you want." They giggled in excitement."You are not so different from the Luna," Jones muttered. "Why did you do that? You are spending unnecessarily. The pack will go bankrupt even quicker than I estimated.""What do you know?" Rick chuckled. "You know nothing."Jones shook his head but didn't say anything as they passed by the Luna who was still lounging on the chair, gazing at some diamond necklaces, which she obviously just bought.
ANNAI WOKE UP the following morning. My back ached but my head was feeling much better. The wound had healed up, leaving small crusts of blood behind.I stood up and stretched before walking to the door. I opened it and stepped into the morning sun.This was a sight I never thought I would see again. The pack I was born in.There were new faces all around, and new buildings too. The inn I was staying in had not been here when I was still Luna. The people walked by me, some of them gawked openly while some peeked discreetly. I had not yet seen anyone I recognized so I went back into my room. The beta Jones came in a few minutes later. He stood awkwardly at the entrance to the room and shuffled his feet uneasily. He could not look me in the eye as I stared at him. "I am sorry for -" He said.I cocked my head."I didn't know who you were," He said."You didn't know I was the Luna of this pack for close to 3 years?" I snarled. "You didn't know your alpha discarded me like a worthless p
MITCHYOU HAVE TO take the children to school.Those were the thoughts that rang in Mitch's head and forced him out of bed. He shuffled to the bathroom and woke himself properly with a cold blast of shower.He dressed casually before heading downstairs to get some coffee. He could hear the children being prepared for their new school as a cook poured him a cup of coffee just how he liked it - black. No cream. No sugar.He was on his second cup and midway through his breakfast of eggs and bacon when Draco came in. "Good morning," Draco greeted, pouring a cup of coffee for himself too.Mitch grunted in response. "You're up early." He muttered."I'm always up early," Draco retorted. He glanced at Mitch and then said, "Let me guess, with your crappy mood, casual clothes and scowl on your face... I take it that you are taking the children to school."Mitch grunted and nodded."Better you than me," Draco chuckled, accepting the plate offered to him by one of the cooks.Mitch snorted, stabb
MITCHHE MADE SURE the children were strapped securely before he drove out of the garage. Pups waved at Addison and Aiden as they drove off.After they were away from the kingdom borders, Addison crossed her arms, perplexed. Mitch caught her gaze through the rear view mirror and asked, "What is it?""What if we don't make any friends in the new school?""Of course, you will make friends," Mitch said."I don't mind if we don't," Aiden said in a sullen tone. "You have me as your friend."Mitch smiled."You are a bore sometimes," Addison complained."Don't call your brother a bore," Mitch said. But he agreed with her inwardly. Aiden was too reserved to keep up with the energy level of his sister."Sorry, Aiden," Addison sighed."I do have a question, Dad," Aiden said as they merged with the highway and picked up speed."Yeah?""What will happen when we get our wolf spirit?" He asked. "Will we keep on going to a human school, or would we then transfer back to the kingdom school, where we