(Golden Heart Packhouse, At 3:45 AM, present time)“Alpha!”A tall guy stormed into the vast and dark hall of the Golden Heart pack. Even in the dim light, the grandeur of the hall was clearly visible. There were none except for a single tall silhouette, resting on the huge golden throne in the middle of the hall. A soft tune was playing on the gramophone.His pale skin was complimenting his ginger hair. A black and long nightgown covered most of his body as he was holding a glass of whiskey, sipping from it occasionally. It looked like he was patiently waiting for someone.The dark silhouette entered hurriedly as his voice rose an octave, “Alpha! The meeting was interrupted.”The guy on the throne straightened his back as he asked in a deep voice, “Who dared to interrupt us, Jorden?”Jorden could feel the wrath in his low and deep tone. Taking a step forward, he removed his mask and replied guiltily, “Keir Walker and his pack members.”The loud noise of the crashing of the glass echo
“K-Keir!”I whispered in a low voice as I looked at him.Keir’s eyes instantly captured mine as it observed my face, scanning all over me. His rigid face became slightly darker and he approached me, taking big steps. Wishing me a brief goodbye, Violet left already, leaving two of us alone in that cabin.Examining my bandages, he asked in a concerned tone, “Is it hurting a lot?”“No, I am better now. They gave me painkillers,” I answered, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear. I didn’t know why my heart again started to pound and I was even having a hard time to look up in his direction. Somehow, I could feel his intense gaze on me which was making me more uneasy.Though his magnetic voice sounded a bit tired, Keir spoke again in a dissatisfied tone, “This happened because of your stupidity. Hope you will learn from this and will never repeat it.”Frowning, I looked up and murmured annoyedly, “You should praise me instead of calling me stupid. You know?”Raising his eyes, Keir ask
Firefly!”Keir’s mischievous smirk disappeared instantly. His emerald eyes darkened like angry thunderclouds. He suddenly had a fiery, angry look that was unfamiliar to me. Before I could realise what was going on in his mind, Keir approached me in the blink of an eye.Hovering over me, he harshly grabbed my cheeks as he asked in a cold and lashing tone, “How! How did you know this name? Who are you?”He was standing a few inches away from me, tall and angry. His burning gaze bore into me with silent expression. The torment and frustration were clear in his tone. I couldn’t understand why that name triggered him so much.I somehow managed to mumble, ignoring the firm grip of his fingers, “What do you wanna know exactly?”Keir’s infuriated voice muttered impatiently, “Who is Firefly? Is that you? Did we meet before? Why do you keep coming into my nightmares? Why the hell don't you let me sleep every night? What have I-”“Keir! Calm down!”I mumbled in a scared tone, “I-I saw a firefly
“Don’t leave! If you don't treat your wound right now, it can get infected,” I murmured in a low and trembling tone, still grabbing his sleeve firmly.Keir sighed as he turned to me, “Are you scared to stay alone? I can send Violet to-”“NO! I am not scared of anything.”I demanded in a gentle tone, stealing a glance of his deep injury from his right shoulder to his back, “Let me call the nurse for you.”Keir looked a bit puzzled at first, not understanding why I was so demanding. But, looking at my teary eyes and the dark red spots on my cheeks, his face softened. He replied after a little pause, looking at me, “I don’t like to be touched by any female. Don’t call the nurse. I will treat it myself.”My mouth felt like old paper, dry and dusty. Without letting go of his sleeve, I murmured promptly, “There is the first aid box in that cabinet. Do it here. I will help you if you need.”Honestly, I was very reluctant to let him go at that moment.A weird fear was tormenting me within. It
Asher? How did he-”Keir answered while putting on the shirt, “I sent my car for him. You must be worried for him so I brought him here.”I replied happily, “Come in, Ashy.”Suddenly recalling his injury, I stopped Keir hastily, “I wasn’t done yet. I need to wrap the bandage.”Gently brushing his fingers on my cheeks once again, he murmured in his magnetic tone, “Sorry for losing control and hurting you and thanks for the first aid. I will take care of the rest.”My little boy already entered the cabin while holding his dinosaur plushie. Though I wanted to stop Keir, he already stood up from his chair and picked Asher up from the ground with a bright and unusual face, “Little Man, good to see you here.”Asher’s face also beamed happily. Wrapping his tiny arms around his neck, he answered promptly, “Keir Uncle, did you save my mommy from bad people like I watched in the cartoon?”Keir chuckled softly, “Who told you that?”“Morris Uncle told me. Thank you. You are the best. You really a
“Get in!”“You? Why are you here?”I was shocked to see Keir in the driver's seat of the car. Coming out of the car, Keir opened the door for me as he answered briefly, “To pick you up. Morris and Violet are not in the town today.”“I know that. I could just return to my home alone. I wasn’t expecting you here,” I answered promptly. However, opening the front door for me, next to the driver seat, he answered casually, “You are not returning home. I asked the doctor and he said that you can join the work from today.”“What! That’s just unfair. Can’t I get a holiday?” I complained helplessly.Keir signed me to enter inside the car as he answered nonchalantly, “No, no more holiday. You already enjoyed two lazy days.”I got in the car as I mumbled, rolling my eyes, “Those were just painful days. Humph!”I noticed Keir’s mischievous smirk, playing on his lips. He looked in a light mood that morning as he started the car. Suddenly, he leaned closer to me, startling me. While pulling the s
“Hmm!”I sighed again, staring out of the window and looking at the greenery on both sides of the road.The car was running at a high speed. The sky was still cloudy and it was drizzling outside, drawing various patterns on the glass of the car window. Fixing his emerald eyes on the road, Keir asked in a concerned tone, “Why are you sighing so much today? Are you feeling sick?”Keir’s deep and husky voice broke my reverie. Forcing a small smile, I shook my head in denial, “No, I am not sick.”“Then? What's wrong? You ramble all the time. Your silence is suspicious today,” Keir commented in a teasing tone.I couldn’t help but smile now. Yawning sleepily, I answered teasingly,“I am letting you have some peace of mind, Sir. Anyway, where are we going?”“Somewhere.”I asked, squinting my eyes, “Doesn't that somewhere have any name? You have been driving for half an hour already. How far is it?”“30 mins more. We are going to Lyx Harbour. I have a meeting there,” Keit answered briefly, fo
“Why do you look afraid?”Keir asked in utter confusion. Closing the distance between us, I answered nervously, “I don’t know how to swim. Is it really necessary for me to attend the cruise party?”Keir stared at me for a few seconds and then, he burst into a jovial and rich laughter. Half laughing, he stated, offering his hand, “I will only take you to a small cruise tour; not like, I will throw you in the sea from the cruise.”Frowning, I still mumbled, “Still, I am scared of water. Can’t we just-”Grabbing my wrist suddenly, Keir declared arrogantly, “Stop being dramatic. I will be there with you.”Without waiting for my answer, Keir dragged me towards the entrance. The crowd began from there.There was a long queue in front of it. Bulky and huge guards in black were maintaining the crowds while well-dressed females with bright smiles were welcoming the guests inside after checking their Ids.All in that crowd were dressed extravagantly and the feeling of inferiority hit me hard on
“Maybe!”I asked, recalling about that day, “Anyway, I have a question.”“Go ahead,” Eden answered casually, crossing his long legs. Lucas’ powerful well-muscled body moved with easy grace as he took a step closer to me. A waiter was passing by at that time with a tray of alcohol in his hand. Picking up two wine glasses from his tray, he passed one to me, “I noticed that you prefer wine so have a drink with me.”“You noticed that too! Impressive!”I teased with a bright smile as I took the glass of wine from his hand. While sipping that exotic wine, I asked curiously, turning my face in his direction, “Did you really win that gambling game in paradise? Or, did you guys just lie?”An irresistibly devastating grin relaxed the muscles of his face. While enjoying the wine, he answered, “I was actually about to defeat Keir in the very first game but that would just spoil our plan of attacking. We were waiting for our informer’s signal. So, I intentionally lost my chance to win you, M’lady.
Good Evening, M’lady. It is a pleasure to meet you again.”I was tired of talking with the guests. So, leaning against the bar counter, I was sipping my red wine while lazily looking around us. The hall was overcrowd with all the high class guests.Father, Murphy, Eden, Haru, Jordan- everyone looked busy entertaining the guests and welcoming them. Surprisingly, that night, many renowned Lycans attended our party which wasn’t really common as Lycans preferred to avoid those kinds of parties.That extremely familiar voice startled me, making my heart skip a beat. I turned instantly. To my surprise, Kyrell was standing there with his usual and polite smile. His tall and slender silhouette had a lot of similarities with Keir. However, their gazes were totally different from each other. The calmness of Kyrell’s eyes was different from the burning and mysterious gaze of Keir.Smiling warmly at me, Kyrell approached me, ordering a whiskey for him.Suppressing my complicated emotions, I retur
(POV of Eliza of 19 years old)(7 months 18 days passed after the incident of the Red Light Village)Sitting in the rose garden, I was trying to memorise a bunch of complicated laws of our pack administration. I already finished learning history, geography, economics and math though I scored average in all of them.However, my etiquette and my dancing skill were my special weapons. I was extremely good at different foreign languages and playing violin. I even started learning piano recently. It was my new obsession.After that incident in the Red Light Village, months passed away and I didn’t meet with Keir again. That dawn when I returned with Eden in the pack house, both Kyrell and Father left to take care of that mess. I was feeling extremely guilty when I met Jordan. He was so injured that it took him a week to heal. Though my foot healed within three days and I returned to the training field once again, the wound of my heart didn’t heal yet. I swore not to trust anyone ever agai
“Eden!”I looked at the tall and dark silhouette who was standing a few hands away from us along with Haru and two of our pack members. His car was parked next to him as we were already out of the Red light village territory.A sudden thin chill hung on the edge of his words as Eden spoke again while approaching us, “You are my father's guest. That’s why I am letting you go for this once. But, I never want to see you again around my sister.”Sighing, Keir only answered in his arrogant voice, “I am grateful for your generosity, Eden.” Then, taking long steps, he reached Eden's car. Haru hastily opened the door of the front seat. Putting me down there carefully, Keir only whispered a word, “Sorry!” He reached for my cheek as his cold and long fingers brushed against the delicate skin on my cheek. He gently caressed my cheek for a few seconds, looking into my eyes as if he wanted me to read his eyes and his mind. Then, sighing loudly, he closed the door of the car with a loud ‘thud.’E
“Dev? Can’t you hear us?”I checked his body temperature as I suggested to Keir, “You need to take him out fast. Take him to our healers. They are quite competent.”Lucas and a few other strangers circled us as Lucas ordered some of them, “Carry him and take him back to Sasha. She is waiting outside.”I was feeling very guilty as I couldn’t protect that kid. Tears were gradually clouding my vision. When I witnessed how others picked his numb body from the ground and was carrying him out. I couldn’t hold back my tears anymore.I mumbled, gently holding his one hand, “S-sorry, Kid.”Miraculously, I felt his fingers wrapped around my hand as they squeezed my hand gently. In a low and gruff tone, Dev muttered a few, incoherent words, “S- Sister, I can f- fight.”Lucas ordered his men to take him out carefully so I let him go.However, recalling Jordan, I hastily told Lucas, “Mister Lucas, one of our pack members is still fighting. He is all alone. Please send some of them to help him.”Lu
“Ugh! Damn! This bastard!”Dev groaned in pain as he fell on the ground instantly. Crimson liquid began to wet his light blue shirt. While groaning and panting in agony, he tried to get up but the huge, brown werewolf behind him, leapt on him as his canines penetrated his neck from behind.Dev was a little far away from me but I was surrounded by two guards. So, I could reach for his help instantly. I shouted, tilting my head in Jordan’s direction, “Cover me. I need to help that kid.”“Alright, M’lady.”The sounds of Jordan’s firing was suppressing the screams of the guards as they were falling dead in the ground or writhing in pain. Approaching Dev, I also leapt on that huge, brown wolf. Without wasting a second, I wrapped my arm around his throat and slit his throat.He struggled a bit and then, his body turned numb as I pulled him away from Dev who was almost on the verge of fainting. His breathings were ragged as he closed his eyes while murmuring in pain, “It hurts so much, Siste
“Sister, where is Elder brother?”Sasha’s brother shouted, standing next to me. Surprisingly, he didn’t leave with the other kids. Sasha answered in a breathy tone, “Don’t ask me about that selfish dude. He appears and disappears as he wishes.”Clicking his tongue, the kid stated, “Tsk! We should have brought our younger brother here. He is more reliable.”“Are you talking about Mister Kyrell?” I asked him curiously.His dark eyes sparkled, “Who are you? You even know our younger brother and you are so beautiful. How did you become Sasha’s friend? When did it even happen?”“Umm.. Now? I became her friend just a few minutes ago.”The kid laughed a bit as he took a few steps forward, blocking the path of one guard, “As I thought. You still didn’t even know her. Sasha didn’t even have a single friend for her arrogant nature.”Sasha was still fighting with one of the guards while her brother stopped another guard from chasing the kids. While fighting, Sasha shouted from that side, “Dev! B
“What did he mean?”I asked in a puzzled tone, staring at that dark and deserted alley.Honestly, Lucas’ presence with us was assuring though he had an annoying personality. Sasha yawned sleepily as she checked the time, “Some of our people are locked here including my brother and some females of our villages. I need to find him here.”I realised that this visit wasn’t a sudden desire of Keir. He planned everything beforehand, maybe to save his clan members. Lucas was indeed right. Keir used me to fulfill his purpose. Seeing me silent, Sasha assured me, “It wouldn’t take long.”I kinda started liking Sasha’s personality. Smiling at her brightly, I answered promptly, “It’s alright. Let’s go and find your brother fast. Where did Lucas go?”Sasha answered while leading the way through a dark and narrow alley, “To set free all the trapped ladies. Honestly, we know that this place and all the illegal business of this red light village can’t be stopped overnight. We are just trying to slow t
“Yeah?”I answered briefly. Sasha’s jade-spoked eyes widened with astonishment. She was barely able to control her gasp of surprise as she and Lucas exchanged a few shocked gazes. Lucas only sighed briefly as he mumbled in a low voice, “That bastard has some audacity!”He began to walk again, stealing the glance of the Paradise stall behind us.However, Sasha’s expression turned gloomy. She complained in a low tone, “I heard that Princess Eliza is a very cunning lady. How did you end up becoming his prey? That manipulative bastard!”I impatiently answered her, “Prey? I don’t know what you are talking about but I think that we really should help Keir or he wouldn’t be able to escape from-”However, I was cut in the middle by a loud exploding sound, followed by chaos and screams of the villagers and customers. Sasha hastily suggested, “Let’s just leave first. The situation will get worse.”I asked anxiously, turning in the direction of Paradise’s hall, “But, Keir?”Lucas’ tongue was hea