ANNA KYLIN CHESTER" - DID YOU HEAR what I said?" Rick's voice cut through my thoughts.I looked up at him. "What did you say?""Pay attention, Anna," He muttered angrily."You heard the alpha!" Beth snarled.I rolled my eyes. "Can you just... repeat what you said,""Perhaps we should sit down," Jones said. Rick nodded curtly and put a hand on my upper arm. He led me into the hospital. The scent of death hung heavy in the air. Nurses stood around their station with dumb, blank looks on their faces. The head nurse, who had advised me to go home this morning shared a long gaze with me. I nodded at her in assurance as we walked past. Just three days ago, I had never had a dead patient. Today, there were over 2 dozen of them. What an irony, I chuckled inwardly.Rick applied a little pressure on my arm. "Somewhere private, perhaps." He said. "Your office?""I was hassled here," I muttered, pulling my arm from his grip. "I didn't have the time to grab my key card.""Well, uh.." He cleare
RICK FORSON RICK LEANED BACK. He put his hand in his pocket to hide his bulging cock. He could not understand how seeing Anna like this - with her sharp wits and detective mind - was making him so hard. He sighed in sexual frustration. He wanted her. He wanted to - "Let me see that," Jones voice snapped him out of his reverie. Jones walked past him and took hold of the laptop. His breath was coming in deep rumbles as he went through the article on the screen."Rick," Beth said in her annoying grating voice. "Can't you see that she is a quack doctor? Why are we wasting time with her?! We should have her hanged -"Rick groaned inwardly and recoiled slightly as Beth placed a hand on his shoulder. Her touch disgusted him, but he had to put up with it. "How is it looking, Jones?" He called. The beta sighed and dropped the laptop. He shook his head slowly. "This is definitely what was used. I perceived wolfsbane in the blood of some of the dead, but I don't know of cyanide...""They don'
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER "LET. ME. GO!" I attached my arm away from the Beta's grip, but it was tight. He was going to leave a bruise, although he wasn't rough. He led firmly a good distance away from the hospital before he released me."You were going to start talking out of turn," He said."You." I planted a finger on his chest and frowned. "You didn't tell him, did you?"He rubbed his face and looked away. "I haven't found an appropriate time.""That's..." Bullshit! I scoffed and turned away. "So am I just supposed to sit back and let them ruin my reputation?" I asked."No one is going to ruin your reputation," He said calmly. "But I need you to control yourself."I scoffed again. If anyone here needs self-control, it's definitely not me. "Is there anything else you want to tell me?" Jones asked.I looked at him. I hadn't told anyone about the meeting I saw between Beth and Marcus a few nights ago. "Hoe did you know about the Luna and the doctor?" He asked like he could read my though
ANNA"I HOPE YOU are excited about your birthday," My chosen mate, Alpha Rick said. He came up to me from behind and hugged me, nuzzling my neck fondly. I rubbed his arm and smiled. He was more excited for the birthday than I was and I am only going along with it because he seemed so happy about it. The moon goddess knows my real heart's desire. I wanted a child. Over the 3 years that I and Alpha Rick had chosen each other as mates, we had been trying for a child, but to no avail. It wasn't until last year that it was confirmed that my husband was impotent. He had a low sperm count. I still loved him, but I wanted to have my own children. I am Anna Kylin, daughter of the old Alpha of the Red Moon pack. After waiting for my fated mate, who did not come, my father pressured me to choose someone else. And so, I chose Alpha Rick of the Blood pack. He was handsome, gentle, and loving. And he was also yet to find his fated mate. So we had gotten married out of convenience because he also
ANNA I WAS STUNNED for a second, and then I laughed maniacally. "This was a joke, right?" My gaze flashed from Beth and to my husband. "Right?" It was Beth that answered in her annoyingly grating voice. "I am afraid not, sis." She twirled her long black hair with a finger and continued. "I knew something was different when I crossed the borders into our pack," she sighed. "And I assure you, it was a big surprise when I caught the scent of freshly mowed lawns," She took in a deep breath and moaned in ecstasy. Sometimes, the scent of your mate was often one you enjoyed very much. It could range from the smell of vanilla cupcakes, to dried-out earth or to even toothpaste. "You know how much I enjoy the smell of cut grass," she said. "So I followed the scent, and bumped into your husband... and the scent was coming from him." She winked at him and he looked away, blushing profusely. "What?" All these still sounded like a joke to my ears. "Rick, is this a joke? Like some kind of si
ANNAA SUDDEN LUMP formed in my throat and I struggled to breathe at the sight before me. It was like my mind was playing tricks on me. My husband turned abruptly and his face paled when he saw me. I turned swiftly and walked away, unable to keep on looking at the compromising position they were in. I thought Rick would immediately follow me, but I heard Beth's moan resume as soon as I was out of sight, meaning that he had continued pumping into her. I broke down and sobbed near a large oak tree, after a few minutes, I heard Rick come up behind me. He cleared his throat once and said, "Um... Anna...""You bastard," I cried. "You promised me.""Anna, you have to try to understand. The pull was too much, I could not resist it," he said in that annoying soft-spoken voice like he was innocent. Out of anger, I slapped him hard, "And you had to do it on my fucking birthday," I sobbed. I saw Beth come out from the cottage and walk towards us with a smug smile on her face. "You can't go a
ANNAONE THING THEY don't tell you about when you go rogue is the loneliness that comes with it. For the first time ever, I felt totally alone. No bonds of the pack, no mind link, no nothing. Just my battered self, my growing baby, and my wolf. She talked to me to help me maintain my sanity, but apart from that, the only living things I've seen were squirrels and rabbits. And I came across a slithering snake once. It has been 2 days since I left Rick and my sister, but their betrayal still burns in my chest anytime I think of it. "Take a deep breath, Anna," My wolf said. I obeyed. Anytime my mind wandered to the betrayal, I usually go into a mini panic attack. I plucked some fruits as I continued walking through the forest. I had been living on fruits and nuts for the past 2 days and drinking water from a stream that meanders through the forest. I stopped at the streambank to wash my face and arms before I continued my journey. I looked at my reflection and could barely recognize w
MITCH"THE DUNGEONS?" DRACO asked Mitch. "Really?"Mitch scoffed and walked away. "This is all a ploy. Do not be bought by her sweet act. It is all pretense, you of all people should know that."Draco was Mitch's Beta, even though Mitch always claimed not to need one. Being a Lycan, things were different for him. He did not need that societal presence that werewolves lived by."You don't know that she is pretending," Draco said, following Mitch. "She might be just as she seemed... Hurt and lost."Mitch laughed and walked to the bar. He poured himself a drink of whiskey and drained it. "You are welcome to sit this one out, okay? But I am going to make her talk until she says the truth."He walked out of the room. Mitch Chester brewed a hatred for every high-ranked wolf from many packs. Especially those that had played an active role in hunting his ancestors like dogs, making them retreat into the harsh mountains. Over the centuries, they had adapted and made the mountain pack a refuge