Chapter Sixty-sixMaelisIf I were told to write a test on how I feel, I would fail miserably because I just couldn’t put my feelings into words, no matter how hard I tried.I wanted to hate Ulric, to resent him for what he did to me, but I just couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to do it, even after everything he had done. Why? Why can’t I hate him? I couldn’t have the good things go my way, and even the bad ones seemed to be working against me.He hurt me, he betrayed me, he broke the trust I had in him—what more could I do but hate him? But my heart was working against me. I found myself being drawn to him even when I wanted to pull away.I watched as he dragged his legs out of the room, and a low gasp escaped my lips. I was completely confused, unsure of what I wanted or what to do. I knew I would have to make a decision sooner or later, but how could I do that when I didn’t even know what I wanted? When I was still so confused? He did all of that to me, he hurt me more than I coul
Chapter One Maelis Right from the moment I set my eyes on him, I felt a sudden breakthrough of all prisoned nerves and muscles of my body. It was as if a torrent of warmth and ease flowed down my length. The voice I had never heard, the one which I had always hoped to hear—the voice of my wolf. I heard it for the first time. “He is our mate!” It was a silent and hushed whisper that sent a cold shiver down my spine. I froze. The way he stared at me made every reluctance in me melt away. He gazed at me with intensity, his eyes filled with admiration and longing, one which I last saw on the faces of men coming to my father to ask for my hand in marriage years ago. Ugly. Wolf-less. Old witch. Slave. Chipmunk. Old hag. All of those were names I had been called for the last three years since the fire accident, where I lost my face and wolf. “You are eighteen, but you look thirty.” I remember my stepmother saying that right to my face. For the past three years
Chapter Two Maelis “Who could you be?” Prince Valko questioned. I couldn’t speak; my words got caught up in my throat. I peered intensely at him. Does he know? Do they all know? That they were my mates? Can they feel the same bond I was feeling? I could never have imagined that the alpha princes would be my mates, not in this world, not in the next. “I really hate to repeat myself.” I swallowed hard, forcing down the lump in my throat. “I…I am a new student here.” I stuttered, the quirky rhythm of my hiccups continued to echo in my ears. “What? You are what?” “A new...a new student.” He burst into a contemptuous laughter, clapping his hands sarcastically. “A new student?” He held his stomach, exaggerating his laughter. “Has the standard of this school fallen so much to admit someone like this thing into this school?” He asked rhetorically. I hung my head. He was right. I was no way up to the students in the school, but at the same time, I earned my place there; I d
Chapter Three Ulric “You know she is our mate, don’t you?” Aries, my wolf said to me, but I completely ignored him. Yes! I knew she was my mate. I knew that right from the moment I set my eyes on her, but how was I supposed to accept her when I was already torn between two women in my life? One was her, the most beautiful lady I had ever seen. Her beauty radiated from the very long, flowing blonde hair that crashed down her shoulder like a cascade of sunlight, her lips were adorned with a natural captivating curve that invited admiration and made me want to kiss her every single time I see her, and her jawline was sculpted with elegance, which added a touch of grace to her perfect features. The contours of her nose complemented the harmony of her perfectly arched eyebrows that framed her captivating eyes. Speaking of eyes, they were an enthralling hue, perhaps a captivating shade of electric or Caribbean blue. She was, and she remained the most beautiful lady I had ever se
Chapter FourMaelis Each step I took away from them reminded me of the words he said. "Welcome to EclipsarumElite Sancta Royal Institute?" Was that what he was supposed to say to me after his girlfriend, or whosoever she was, beat me up for what he did? He was the one who held my hand. He was the one who took me to his resting room. I didn’t go because I wanted to. Why did she have to punish me for that?My heart raced with anger and pain. I felt as helpless in this school as I did outside of it. I thought things would change when I came here. I thought I would finally lead a good life, where I wasn’t worried about what people said about me or my face. But I was wrong. This school was no different from every other place I had been to. There was no escape for me. He could have said, "Welcome to hell," instead because this was hell. A new hell for me, a new place to be treated as badly as I had been before.I wish I could go back to the time I stepped into this school. I wished I could
Chapter FiveUlricAll I wanted to do was give her the ointment and band-aid so she could cover up her cut. I never expected to be met with such a hot and sexy sight. My gaze was fixed on her cleavage, the revealing part of her breasts awakening the desires of my wolf, which I had been fighting hard to suppress. My wolf had been reckless ever since the moment I saw her, which meant I was reckless as well. Despite all this, I tried to keep myself in check so I wouldn’t do anything wrong or stupid, but with the sight in front of me, it wouldn’t be as easy as I thought it would.“Sexy bracelet.” The words dropped from my mouth. “Can I touch?” I thought it was all in my head; I wasn’t aware of when I opened my mouth to speak.I looked down at her, and the expression on her face seemed appealing at first, but it changed in a few minutes and she pushed me away, stepping back to the open area of the restroom. Luckily, the ladies who came in earlier had already left.“You pervert!” She yelled
Chapter SixMaelisI wanted to avoid Prince Ulric, his brothers, and those ladies for the rest of the school day, so I headed to the school library. As I browsed through the sections looking for a quiet place to read, my eyes caught the billboard announcing upcoming exams in a few weeks, with a message encouraging students to study hard and wishing them good luck.On the other side, there was a notice about the annual Blood Moon Harvest scheduled for the next weekend. Despite the excitement surrounding the event and the activities planned, I wasn’t interested. I still felt like I didn’t fit in at the school, and attending the harvest would only exacerbate that feeling.My main concern was catching up with my studies. I knew I had fallen behind and needed to work twice as hard as my classmates to catch up.At the librarian’s desk, I joined the queue of students waiting to be served. While standing there, thoughts of the day raced through my mind — from the initial excitement of being a
Chapter SevenMaelis“Oh! Thank goodness you are here. I was just telling the Royal Guards about you,” my dad said with a big smile on his face as he pulled me towards the center of the room, right in the middle of the Royal Guards.My dad had a big smile on his face, one I hadn’t seen since my mom passed away. He usually wore a frown or scowl, glaring at me whenever he wanted to speak to me. But now, he was smiling from ear to ear, and I could tell he was genuinely happy, which he hadn’t been in years.What could the reason be? Why were the Royal Guards here? What news could they bring to make my father this happy? I searched for answers but couldn’t find any. The only explanation that seemed reasonable to me was that the Royal Guards were sent by the Alpha Princes. I imagined instances where I would have to choose between the Alpha brothers, scrutinizing them from their looks down to their behaviors. Those minutes I spent standing and waiting for an explanation were filled with dayd