“Why don’t we become Chosen Mates?”
I look at DK filled with disbelief. DK knew very well where I stand regarding Chosen Mates. I know that things aren’t going well with Mikey but that was because we haven’t seen each other for a long time. But that doesn’t mean that I have already given up on us.
But just when I was about to give him a piece of my mind, a kind smile appears on his face.
“Before you misunderstood, listen to my explanation first,” he said as he took a sit beside me on the bed.
“I know that very well that you are still hoping that Mikey will come back–”
“He will come back,” I said frowning at him as I cross my arms in from of me cutting him off.
“He won’t,” DK replied in a very serious tone.
“He will!” I said getting angry at him. “You don’t know Mikey enough to judge him!”
“I may not be close to him, but you forgot one thing, we are both men.” What he said was partly true. But just because they are both men doesn’t mean that they are exactly the same.
“Let me finish my explanation first, so you can see how it will benefit the two of us.,” DK said. What he told me is making me curious so I decided to let him finish what he was about to say.
“I have several human friends and I heard that contracted marriage is the trend right now,” DK started to explain.
“Contracted Marriage?” I asked. It was the first time I heard about it.
“It’s like a contract that before getting married,” continued to explain, but his explanation was making it more and more complicated for me.
“Don’t they get a contract when they get married?” I asked, “It’s a piece of paper that humans sign to let other humans know that a specific human is taken.”
DK let out a frustrated sigh as he run his fingers through his dark blonde hair.
“Are you really going to butt into everything that I have to say?” He asks, “Because if you would, then let’s just forget about it and just let your wolf go berserk and destroy anything that stood in her way.”
He was about to stand up and leave but I held on to his arm. I was desperate. If Mikey decided to come tomorrow and my wolf was in the state that she was in. I’m afraid that Mikey would misunderstand that my wolf doesn’t like him.
“I’ll listen,” I said softly.
“Okay,” DK said as he sat in front of me, “contracted marriage is not like the usual marriage that you know. Yes, they will be married, but it would only be because of the contract that they have agreed on,” DK started to explain once again.
“Usually a contracted marriage is done when both parties wanted to get something from the marriage. Some humans do it for money. Some do it just for show,” DK continued to explain, “One of my friends entered a contracted marriage because his parents are pushing him to marry someone he doesn’t love. So, while waiting for her, my friend decided to hire someone and enter a contracted marriage so that he can avoid getting into a real marriage that he would forever regret.”
I am now beginning to understand what contract marriage means but I am still having a hard time understanding what it has to do with me. Still, I kept quiet to listen for the rest of his explanation.
“Remembering it gave me an idea,” DK said with a kind smile, “Why don’t we make a contracted Mate Bond?”
My eyes grew big upon hearing what all the fuss was about.
“Are you crazy?” I asked him as I start to get riled up.
“Nope,” He replied with the arrogant smile that I hated, “My mind had never been this clear.”
“I only have one Mate–,” I started to say.
“And that Mate just broke up with you, let your wolf go on a rampage, and even destroyed my brand-new car.” I wanted to hate him. I wanted to get angry at him but what he just pointed out was all true.
“Mikey won’t come back, that I can guarantee,” DK continued. “I don’t know what happened between the two of you but that’s not my business. My concern right now is, if your wolf continues to disregard you and act that way, it will be dangerous for you. And I promise you I will never forgive Mikey if something happens to you.”
I look down at my hands, unsure of what to say or do.
“Let’s cure your wolf,” DK said confidently, “And then let make Mikey come running back to you.”
I look at the in front of me and I have no doubt that he can get any woman that he wants. Despite our differences, I know deep down that he is a very caring and kind man. He may act like an arrogant asshole but I know very well that it was all just a facade.
“What is it in for you?” I asked carefully. “Why are you doing this for me?”
“Because I care for you,” He replied.
“I can’t give you what you want,” I said as I avoid his eyes.
“I know,” DK answered, “And I am not asking for you to give me something. All I want is for you to be safe.”
“I don’t think it would be fair for you,” I said, still unable to look at him, “You deserve to be with someone who can love you back.”
“The right person will come in time,” He replied as he places his fingers under my chin, “But right now, cupcake, I want you to be safe. Treat me as your best friend.”
“I just feel like it’s not fair,” I replied softly.
“That is why we are making a contract. Everything will be listed there for transparency. If you see something that you’re uncomfortable or I’m uncomfortable with we can remove it no questions asked. I just want to make sure that by the end of the contract, you will be safe and maybe Mikey will wake up from his senses and comes back to claim you.”
I never had anyone else be this kind to me other than Mikey.
“Anya,” DK said as he held my face so I can focus on him, “Trust me, I won’t let anything, or anyone, even me, hurt you.”
A small smile appeared on my lips as I see a small glimmer of hope through the man who was seating in front of me.
“Let’s make the contract,” I said with conviction, “I will make an announcement at my Birthday party tomorrow that you will be my Chosen Mate.”
Tonight is the night that I have been waiting for. But instead of being excited, I am more nervous, scared, and stressed. News has spread all over Purple Hill about my Chosen Mate. After discussing our contract, which I feel so guilty about because it clearly shows how it benefits me more than him. Still, DK insisted that we push through since he was really concerned with how my wolf is going to act the next time that she shows up. And seeing what my wolf did the last time I have no choice but to follow DK. But that’s not what makes me nervous or scared or stressed. What stresses me out was when DK and I told our parents, and close family that he is my Chosen Mate. I know that it would be easier said than done especially since my parents knew what Mikey means to me. I was able to escape the questioning because the doctor came and told them that I should get some sleep. But then of course, just like any rumors, what I told those that are close to me had spread like wildfire tha
My father finally got his memory back. However, I just found out that the woman that he had chosen as his Mate, Aunt Dana, turns out to be the twin sister of my biological mother, Lana. To make it worse, I also found out that my adoptive father’s Fated Mate was my biological mother. But because of some fucking prophecy he left her. Knowing all of this information has left me lost and confused. Who wouldn’t be?All my life I had been a believer in Fated Mates and hearing what my adoptive father did made me question who he was as a person. The truth is, It makes me question all the things that I believe in and all the things that I know. My name is Micheal Moonstar, which later changed to Michael Bang. But after five years I found out that my real name was actually Nathaniel Silverstar. The son of the Chosen One (one of the most powerful mages in the region), Lana Starlight, and one of the strongest Alphas in the region, Mikael Seth Silverstar.Anya and I are already having problems w
He’s here. He’s finally here.I’m not quite sure if it was because I haven’t seen him in the flesh for a long time or if I just miss him so much that he looks more handsome now than before. He was wearing his signature black leather jacket over the white V-neck shirt that hugs him in the right places, and yet he looks more handsome than those wearing an expensive suit. But that’s not all, because in addition to his sexy attire was his now wavy and long black hair with side bangs that slightly covers his beautiful eyes. Mikey can turn heads regardless of what he was wearing because aside from his looks his Alpha Aura can also be felt. “Don’t forget our plan,” DK said in a low voice, reminding me about the piece of paper that I signed last night. I took a deep breath to stop my heart and my mind before it convince me to jump at the fine young man in front of me. “I’m sorry, Little Wolf,” Mikey said softly as he took a step forward closer to the stage, closer to me. “If there is some
I hurt the only woman I loved. And now I lost her.The only person who had accepted me despite all the things that I am lacking. The only person who was always there for me through my ups and down. The only person who loved me was her. But that’s not all, I didn’t only lose the love of my life, but also my best friend. I stood outside Anya’s hospital door and watch her as she lay sleeping on the hospital bed with another man sitting beside her when it should have been me. “Son,” my father Nori called me, “Your Uncle Drake asks us to go home for now. It seems that Anya had shifted to her wolf prematurely last night. Which makes her wolf unstable and usually go on a rampage and cause chaos. They have to inject her with a tranquilizer to calm her wolf down and let her shift back into human form.”“I will stay here,” I said without removing my eyes from Anya’s sleeping body.“Son,” my father said pulling me away from the door which triggered Hades’ anger and mine, “Did you forget? Anya
The smell of disinfectant reached my nose giving away to where I was at that moment. I can hear my parent's voices not far from where I am. I know that I owe them an explanation. But I am not ready to give that to them right now.That is why I am pretending to be asleep even though I am already awake. I thought that my little stunt was flawless until I hear a familiar voice whispering in my ear.“Do you want me to tell them to go home?” DK asked. Still, I pretended that I was asleep.I felt DK move and heard footsteps which stopped and then followed by DK’s voice. “I know you’re all worried about Anya but it would be best if all of you go home and rest,” DK said, loud enough for me to hear, “I promise you that if something happens, I will call you immediately.”“I would stay,” I heard my father offer, “If her wolf wakes up and goes on a rampage I am afraid that you would get hurt.” “I won’t,” DK said confidently and I can just imagine how he arrogantly smiles, “I think her wolf rec
The sun’s rays peak through my window lighting up my dark room where I lay in bed wide awake. I had been repeating the turn of events last night over and over again in my head. And I admit that I have made the biggest mistake in my life, hurting the only woman I have ever loved. I don’t know what came to me, why I did what I did. Because looking back now, I really don’t have enough reason to break up with her.‘You just want to make excuses because you are pathetic,’ my wolf Hades said angrily. He was always angry since I left Purple Hill to be with my father Nori and Aunt Dana leaving Anya behind to look for my ‘biological parents’ as Aunt Dana calls them.I know that it was not enough of an excuse, but back then I guess I just really wanted to know a part of me that has been in the dark and somewhat lost ever since I became aware of the world around me. ‘Because of you I lost my Mate,’ Hades hissed, he had been blaming me since Anya announced that she already has a Chosen Mate whi
“Hey, Little wolf,” Mikey shouted happily, raising his right arm and waving at me, “I’m back,” he said excitedly. The loud cheers around me started tuning out as the time seemed to move in slow motion. I thought that after all that I’d said to him, and after what my wolf almost did to him. He would just leave. But here he was, being the old Mikey that I know and love acting like nothing bad had happened between us, just infuriates me. I wanted to scream at him, beat the shit out of him. Just to make him feel worse than I do. I feel my heart racing as I clench my hand thinking of all the ways that I can make him pay. What’s more frustrating than his smiling face was the way he looks. I never thought that he would look this good with his unruly wavy hair that he chose to keep short before. And to make it worse, I hate the fact that our new warrior she-wolves are giggling beside me because of how sexy he looks without his shirt on. I swear to God I will rip that smile from his face
Mikey stretched his hand out in front of me and said, “Hi, my name is Mikey.”I look at Mikey’s outstretched hand, I know that if I held on to it right now I will never let go. I was about to give in to what my heart has been longing for ever since he told me that no one can have him but him. But whenever I remember how he had easily disregarded me, over the years that we were together, the anger that was hiding in the darkness, just outside my heart shows up. The way he made me feel like I was some old clothes he no longer need that he would either throw or give away. Like I was the most useless person to him that worth nothing at all.And now he comes back like nothing had happened?I am so angry with him right now and yet all my heart was feeling is all the love that I have for him. I missed him. I missed him so much. But I am also so angry. I remember how I pleaded, how I begged. How I called him over and over again but he never budged, he never listened. And in the end, he
It’s been five years since the war ended, but there were still times when I would be so afraid that the horrors would come back again. But then my family would come and remind me that no matter what happens we will always get through them. Anya still hated me for the way I acted that day as I approached Isabel. She hated me because she almost lost me. But then it was also because of what happened we finally found what DK’s power was. If my power was death, DK was life. Which explains how he was able to pull me out of death’s arm. We were the extreme of everything, and Anya was the balance in between. Which is why we were Fated with each other. I have to thank my mom. She was one of the reasons why I survived. Turns out she was right, we would have triplets and I have a daughter who was as unique as her brothers. Her hair was black on the crown of her head which slowly changed to blonde by the ends of it. A perfect combination of my hair color and DK’s. But what made her m
She’s here, they’re here. They came for me.‘Redeem your powers and your wolf,’ Anya orders, ‘We are going into war.’I smiled through the pain as I chanted the words that my mother told me to say when I was ready. Pain, spread through my body as Hades took his rightful spot. ‘It’s about time,’ Hades growled. We watched as Isabel’s eyes filled with fury as she watched my body heal like the torture that she gave me this past few days never happened. A guard came rushing and said, “We are surrounded.”Isabel’s eyes widened as she finally realized what she was up against. “Seize them!” she ordered to her guards. “Keep them alive.” Additional guards arrived and to our surprise, they all shifted into their wolf forms barring their teeth at us. “Don’t ever think I can’t fight them or Persephone will never allow you in bed with us,” Anya threatened, making DK and me laugh. “Oh we wouldn’t dare,” I replied. Suddenly our wolves order us not to shift telling us to fight in human form.
I failed. I was brought to the Black Moon pack to hide as I let my new best friend die right before my eyes and let one of my Fated Mate be captured by the enemy. I failed. And I have no one else to blame but me.DK had tried several times to check on me. To talk to me. But I wouldn’t let him. I was angry with him for letting Mikey go and I was afraid that if he came closer I would lose him too. Why? Why did we have to suffer like this?And yet despite all my questions, no one seems to provide an answer. *****It was the second day, and I cried myself to sleep. I found out that Ruby was buried as me. This isn’t fair. This isn’t right. But there is nothing I can do because she is already dead.I used to enjoy sleeping because it let me escape my harsh reality. But I hate sleeping now because I dreamed of Mikey in a cold dark cell suffering as his body was broken several times over and over again. DK broke the door of our cabin, but I still won’t talk to him. He carried me to th
After finding out who the spy was everything went clear. I know what needs to be done. How can I not know when I dreamt of it almost every night? My nightmare was finally becoming reality, but all I could think of was Anya’s safety. “What are you waiting for?” DK asked in a panic. But I knew that nothing would happen to Anya as long as Ruby was there. “I need you to listen to me,” I finally said. “Anya will be killed,” I said. “What?!” DK was about to launch a punch but my mother stopped it. “Let me rephrase that,” I said as I took a deep breath, “Everyone will think that Anya will be killed because it will be someone with Anya’s face.”“Oh god,” DK said as he fell back on his chair as he finally realized what I was saying. “And I will be captured,” I continued.“What?” It was my Dad who reacted this time. “Because I will let them,” I replied, “Asher will be tortured in our hands but we will not kill him. And just right in time, Isabel would arrive and kill Anya. The moment th
I closed my eyes and envisioned the person I was going to imitate. This is the last chance that we have and I need to make everything as perfect as I remember it. I tuned out all the sounds and negative thoughts that I had and prayed that this chance that I had won’t go to waste. And then I feel it, the soft hum of the spell working their magic. I watch as the shape of my hand changes as well as my clothes. Once the change was complete, I pulled out the small mirror that I hid in my pocket and looked at myself to see if I had become the person that everybody feared. I know that by now, Mikey, DK, and the rest of my family understood what I meant that I would root the spy out. Because I finally learned the best way to do it. As I was waiting for Ruby to come, a thought came to me as I recalled my grandmother’s words. “The spy you are all looking for is right under your noses.”“There is only one spy.” I guess I have known it for a long time, I just don’t have enough proof to admit
“I still think this is a bad idea,” Uncle Drake said for the third time. “Can’t you just trust your daughter?” Aunt Athena complains. Even though DK and I agreed with Anya because we wanted to support her. We can’t deny the fact that we are still scared that something bad might happen to her just like the last time. This is why the tournament was held in a different Arena that Anya personally requested.As the three of us agreed to disagree, we finally found a way to compromise which included my Mom and Uncle Jericho’s presence. The wards inside the arena were created to not have any rogue wolves in unless it was tampered with from the inside. But that does not include me, DK, my Mom, and Uncle Jericho. Aunt Dana added our blood the same security she used in Purpura that would allow us to enter the Arena when needed through teleportation. We watch through the screen as Anya and Ruby prepare to enter the arena and see Rose approaching them. And as much as Anya hated it, she was wa
The day of the tournament is finally here. The place where the tournament was going to be held was announced an hour before the tournament began.It was on the plain just outside the forest of Purpura. I know the test that awaited us, but instead of surviving the tournament, I now have a different purpose. And that is to find the spy. “Luna,” Rose said as she approached us. I nodded at her. “I know that you’re not here to win the tournament,” she said, her voice so low that only I could hear what she had to say. “I want to help.” Rose was there when Isabel attacked us. My father said to be on alert because she may be the spy. I told him that Rose would never do such a thing and that I trusted her. But my father then pointed out that the purpose of the spy was to gain our trust so that they could attack when we least expected it. He pointed out the same thing with Asher, which of course hurt Mikey. He had watched that kid grow with his guidance, which made the thought of him being
After practicing for more than a day and a half, I finally got the spell right. I know that I shouldn’t let anybody know about the spell but I needed to practice it. So before I did the spell I made sure that Ruby made a promise bond with me. So that she won’t in any possible way tell anything to DK.“It worked!” I screamed happily as we stood in front of each other in the training room of the packhouse. “Do I really look like that, Luna?” Ruby asks as she stares at me with this belief.I pulled her in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror by the corner and smiled. “We look like twins,” I replied happily. Ruby sighs, “Still, I don’t think I look like that.”“Stop it,” I ordered, “You're spoiling the fun,” I added pouting. Just then someone moving the doorknob caught our attention. “It’s locked,” I hear DK complained.“Are you sure?” Mikey asked. “Anya!” DK shouted. “I’m here!” I shouted but then my voice sounded different, “Don’t open the door.” “What’s going on Little Wolf?” M
After the announcement about the tournament, Anya headed back to the packhouse to do the thing that she needed to do but couldn’t tell us. Since Anya said that she will just stay at the packhouse for it. We decided that Ruby was a better alternative in the meantime since DK needed to return to Silver Mountain to assist my mother, Aunt Dana, and Aunt Athena in finding a suitable place for a safe place for his people. But he promises to be back before nighttime to keep an eye on Anya while I stay in Purpura for the night. “You’re avoiding your mother,” My Dad Nori says as he falls a step beside me. As we walk towards the entrance of Purpura.“No,” I replied but it didn’t sound as convincing as I want to be. “What’s on your mind?” My Dad asks as we enter the threshold of Purpura. “I guess I just don’t know her,” I answered.“You don’t know Seth before but you got along just fine right now,” My Dad countered. I looked at my father and saw the same onyx-colored eyes that I possess and