Eden suggested hastily, “Don’t talk! Let me give you some water.”He passed me the glass of water as he asked worriedly, “How are you feeling now, Eli? Are you in pain? Is your head still hurting?”I felt a warm glow flow through me. I started to feel bad for causing him trouble. His dishevelled appearance, worried and exhausted expression and those dark circles under his eyes pinched my heart with a bittersweet feeling of affection.I felt a lump in my throat and tears slowly found their way down my cheeks. I bit my lips firmly to control my sobs but Eden’s gentle and caring voice kept on asking, more worried and scared than before, jumping up from his chair.“What happened, Eli? Are you in extreme pain? Tell me? Where are you hurting? Don’t cry! Aldus will be here in a minute. Is it hurting a-”A deep sobs slipped my lips as I mumbled in an incoherent voice, “S-sorry! S-sorry, brother. Did father scold you a lot because of me?”Eden paused for a moment and then, he asked in a puzzle
“Jeez!”A soft gasp escaped me as I tilted my head sharply and looked up. A familiar and perfectly handsome face greeted me as he finished reading the line from the novel in my hand. His emerald eyes captured mine as Keir chuckled softly while analysing my pale face, “Sorry, Miss Firefly. Did I scare you?”“A little! ”Taking a deep breath, I asked in a puzzled tone, “What are you doing here? How did you even enter my room?”Keir answered nonchalantly while sitting next to me, “Of course, I am here to meet you and obviously, I used the door to come inside.”“Eh! I didn’t mean that. I thought that our guards were still outside my door and they shouldn’t allow anyone without my permission.” Squinting my eyes, I added, clearing my throat, “Don’t you know that it is bad manners to enter a lady’s room without knocking?”“So… Did I offend you, M’lady?” Keir asked, raising his one brow.“Yup, I am very offended. I demand a sincere apology letter.“Letter! Well, I will try to write a long let
(POV of Eliza Claire Gold, 5 years later) “S-stop it, Eden! I said not to disturb-” I saw a blurry figure through my half-opened eyes. “Eden!” I mumbled in a sleepy voice. But, instead of Eden’s familiar voice, I heard Issac’s urgent demand, “Lily, we have reached your office. Wake up now.” “Office?” While rubbing my sleepy eyes, I looked out through the car window and noticed the familiar gate of the AJC organisation. I almost jumped out of the car as I started running while checking the time, ‘Damn! Why did I fall asleep?’ From behind, I heard Issac’s worried voice, “Lily, call me if you need anything. I will be around.” “Sure!” I ran as fast as I could and took the lift to the top floor of the building. Last night, I returned home very late after meeting Alpha Stephen. He was very delighted to hear the news of my new job. They even started planning for the next move. There was a possibility that it would be the most dangerous mission of my life, but I was paid extra for my w
Even after trying a few times when I couldn’t get Keir’s approval, I was really annoyed. I could feel that Keir was doing it intentionally to annoy me. I bit down hard on my lower lip to hide my irritation and picked up the cup once again for the seventh time.I only murmured in a low voice, “Let me try again, Sir.”Keir’s emerald eyes looked calm and observant. He was silently analysing my all reactions. I could feel his gaze on my every move.Within two minutes, I came back with a huge tray in my hand. I brought hot water, sugar, milk powder, coffee and tea pouches and a few other essentials. Placing the tray on his table, I claimed in an exhausted voice, hiding my annoyance perfectly, “Now, teach me how to make your perfect coffee. I will follow your steps next time.”Keir was a little puzzled at first and then, a little, unpredictable smirk curved his lips as he looked up, closing the file in his hand, “Do you want your boss to make his own coffee? What’s the use of having a PA th
‘Now, my head is hurting.’ I felt restless and irritable as I looked out of the window of that luxurious car. Instantly, I heard a husky voice next to me, “Why are you wasting time? Didn’t I ask you to concentrate?” “Ahem!” I cleared my throat and smiled a bit to cover my annoyance, “My brain will explode, Sir. Let me take a ten-minute break at least. I have been working for so long.” Keir was also flipping the pages of a file in his hand as he looked up at me and answered coldly, “You started working only one hour ago, and I noticed that you got distracted six times within that one hour. When did you exactly work?” I only stared at him for a few seconds and again, focused on the pages of those boring documents in my hand. Keir asked me to find out and mark all the deals the AJC organisation signed with the Jupiter agency. Surprisingly, I found out that they signed numerous deals and all the deals were off big budgets. But, there weren't many details about the deals. I could fee
“Of course, not for dancing or having fun.” Keir answered casually, “I will be there to investigate something and meet with a customer. Unfortunately, it is a couple's party so you have to join me. Do you know how to fight or run? How strong is your wolf?” My face became a bit pale, “It’s very weak. I don’t really transform.” “Why?” Keir asked curiously, frowning his brows, “Don’t you hunt once a month at least? Why don’t you transform?” “I- I just don’t because-” I stammered for a few seconds and then answered, looking away, “I have some personal problems. It is strictly forbidden for me. But, I can use daggers or swords, even shotguns. I have basic knowledge of taekwondo also. I can run easily. So, will that be of any help?” I noticed curiosity and doubts in his eyes but Keir only nodded his head without asking further about that topic. He added while scrolling his phone, “I will arrange daggers for you then. That will be easier to carry. Anyway, we are going to visit a site
“Madam? Would you like to get out of the car already?”Keir asked in a sarcastic and cold tone while waiting for me outside the car. I hesitated, blinking with bafflement, “Are we still going to have a meal?”“Are you not hungry?” Keir asked impatiently.“Yes, but it is already so late. I can have my dinner after returning-”Keir lazily stepped back from the door as he declared, “Are you coming out, or should I eat alone? I don’t have time to waste in thinking.”“Hmm, I will join you then.”Pushing away all my hesitation, I just followed Keir. Muse was one of the most expensive restaurants in our city. I barely ever got the chance to enter there, so my hesitation and insecurities were holding me back, but Keir looked very familiar with that atmosphere,e as if he was one of their regular customers.We were greeted by a gorgeous waitress as she asked, flashing a seductive smile, “Good Evening, Sir. Should we prepare your usual solo table?”Keir corrected, “I have a companion today. Prep
“Mmh! C- Calling!”I picked up my phone from the bedside table and forcefully opened my sleepy eyes to check the name of the caller, but the number was unknown. It was around 6:30 am in the morning and my phone was ringing again and again.I had no other choice but to pick it up as I didn’t want Asher to wake up yet. I sleepily asked, “Who is this?”Keir’s familiar husky voice answered from the other side of the call, “My car will be waiting in front of your house at 9 o'clock. Don’t be late.”“Huh? Isn’t it a little too early?”Keir answered briefly before disconnecting the call, “We have an appointment in three hours.”Sighing I hid my face again in my pillow. Asher was lying next to me, wrapped in a blanket. I pulled him in my embrace as I mumbled sleepily, “Your father is such a bully. He doesn’t even let me sleep peacefully. Why the hell did I even fall in love with him?”Asher’s sweet voice instantly whispered in my ears in a sleepy tone, “Mom, were you talking with Dad?”“Huh?
“Let’s begin!”The staff of Paradise declared excitedly, distributing the cards between two fine gentlemen with an extremely dominating and powerful aura. Both of them were standing out in the crowds of the drunkard as they were sitting lazily in their place. I preferred to stand behind to avoid unnecessary attention but Keir pulled me next to him, “Stay next to me. I don’t want you to get lost in the crowd, My wealth.”I asked, frowning my brows a bit, “Your wealth? Really?”Keir chuckled softly as he teased me, suddenly pulling my chair closer to his, “Yes, really. You are the most precious one to me right now. I am betting you to win of course.”Rolling my eyes, I only mumbled in a threatening tone, “Don’t think that I will let you slip easily for your audacity.”My reaction seemed to amuse him. He smiled benignly as if dealing with a temperamental child, “I don’t even want to be slipped out of your thoughts, Firefly. Now be quiet and witness my skill.”However, I couldn’t really
DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!”The crowd was cheering in chorus as we entered the vast hall of Paradise. Every inch of the hall was filled with gamblers. The reddish and bright lights of the hall made it look more intriguing. The strong scent of alcohol and thick smoke were lingering in the air.Weaving our path through the drunk and excited crowd when we walked forward, we noticed numerous tables of pokers. On a vast table in the middle of the room, a middle aged guy was standing and striping his clothes, one by one. He looked embarrassed but the crowd was cheering excitedly.I could see the back of the winner who was sitting lazily while counting his gold bars. The man in his undergarments asked in a low and trembling voice, on the verge of crying, “I have given everything that I had with me- my car, my gold chain, key of my house, my cards, all my money and even my clothes. Now let me go, Sir.”The healthy and bald guy stopped counting as he looked up and answered in his gruff and taunting
“Stop! Stop here.”I suggested in a low whisper, checking my surroundings. Keir instantly stopped the bike, near the Starfall forest. The Red Light village was just at the end of the forest. Both Keir and I were wearing black cloaks to hide ourselves.Scanning the place, Keir asked, “We still didn’t reach the village. Why did you ask me to stop here?”Getting down from the bike, I answered while fixing my cloak, “We will walk from here, Mr. It is safe to hide the bike here so that we can find it in an emergency.” Chuckling softly, Keir followed me. I was walking through the narrow and muddy path of the village when he spoke again from behind, closing the distance between us, “Emergency? What kind of emergency, M’lady?”Without looking back, I directly took the main path to the village fair. The village looked very ordinary but not poor. The houses were mostly two-storeyed and colourfully decorated. On the balconies of the majority of houses, beautiful and tempting women in revealing
‘Damn! I shouldn’t be here.’I mumbled nervously while twisting the rose in my hand. It was almost late at night. When I received the note from Keir, I decided not to meet him. I didn’t want to disobey Eden. However, after dinner, I thought of taking a walk and instinctively, I found myself in front of the rose garden.The night felt colder than usual. While wrapping my arms around me, I scanned my surroundings. The faint, sweet fragrance of the roses intoxicated the air around me. The soft and cold breezes of the late night were playing through them, making a wild, rustling sound. There wasn’t any guard around me; neither any sign of Keir.Standing in front of the garden, I waited for a few seconds while enjoying the cool breezes, ‘Mmh! I better go back to my room and finish my novel.’ I murmured in a low whisper as I turned in the direction of my bedroom.Instantly, I felt a gentle tap on my shoulder, followed by a husky and magnetic voice, “Didn’t you like the pendant, M’lady?”“K
POV of Eliza Claire Gold)“Ugh! My head!”I touched the back of my head and sticky, red liquid covered my fingers with a sharp pain. It was too dark to see anything around me.‘Where am I? Why is it so dark h-’I mumbled in a dry voice. The next second, I recalled everything.I unlocked the door of my house and I instantly felt the presence of outsiders. I was ready to attack but Asher’s scream distracted me. I heard his loud and sudden cry, and I ran to his bedroom immediately. Surprising me, a short but bulky guy was standing there whose half face was covered with a black mask. He was holding Asher from behind, and his clawed hand was aimed at his tiny throat.“Stop where you are, Miss,” The intruder ordered sharply.Though I was glaring at him, he looked fearless and powerful. Instinctively, my eyes shifted on Asher’s teary and scared face. I asked, taking a step back, “Who are you? What do you want from me?”The guy signed me to kneel as he answered briefly, “You. We are here for
(POV of Keir Walker, In the dinner party of the Diamond Resort)“Brother!”Lucy said softly as her sharp eyes narrowed slightly, “Keir is just too busy. Otherwise, he always calls me and tries to talk.”Though her soft voice sounded confident, Lucas didn’t look convinced. His cold gaze scanned me swiftly as his cold and calm face relaxed a bit with an affectionate grin. I answered, looking up, “It seems that Lucas still enjoys being sarcastic.”Chuckling softly, Lucas greeted Alpha Kenneth as he took the seat next to Lady Rosemond. While sipping from the glass of his wine, he answered, “Sarcasm! My sister is going crazy for you, Keir. Shouldn’t you take better care of her?”“It is just work pressure. I hope that you are already aware of our sale’s condition. If I don’t work hard, how will I take care of your sister in the future?” I asked, raising my brows. The tension between us was so intense that everyone felt it.However, Lucy wrapped her arm around mine as she interrupted both of
(POV of Keir Allen Walker)“Hello?”I received the call and Lucy’s annoyed voice echoed from the other side. She sounded quite angry as she asked impatiently, “Where are you, Keir? I have been waiting for you for the last 2 hours. When are you going to come?”Sighing secretly, I answered briefly, “I was stuck at work.”“Exactly, how long will it take you to arrive here? Everyone is waiting for you and you are giving me excuses now. Really?” Lucy complained furiously.I had no energy left to deal with her. She always used to give me a headache. It wasn’t easy to handle her personality. Surprisingly, my Lycan didn’t like her aura at all though she was my fated mate and we were engaged for the last five years.Lucy was my childhood sweetheart and we spent a lot of time together. I didn’t know why my Lycan still reacted like that. Was our relationship always bitter like this? I couldn't really recall my past that much.However, we played a lot together when we were kids.I asked after a l
“Keir!”The tense lines on my face relaxed immediately. I instantly pushed him inside the room and closed the door behind us. I sighed in relief when the sound of the approaching footsteps faded gradually. Resting my forehead against Keir’s chest, I mumbled in a low and breathy voice, “Thank God! I found you. I- I-”I couldn’t say anymore. I didn’t even realise that I was resting my head on his chest until his hand gently touched the back of my head. All the sounds disappeared and his steady heartbeat calmed me down.After a little pause, Keir asked in a low and gentle voice, “What is wrong? Why do you look so scared?”Without looking up, I mumbled briefly, “Why did you leave me alone in the hall? I was looking for you everywhere.”Keir’s familiar scent and his warmth worked like magic. In a few seconds, the inner torment and fear of Lucas both faded away from my mind. I slowly looked up, taking a step back from him.Keir spoke in an odd yet gentle tone, “S-sorry. I shouldn’t have lef
‘He needs me, really?’Staring at the sea bitterly, I thought to myself, “What does Dave want me to know? I was always madly in love with Keir. I was ready to sacrifice anything for him. What did I get in the end?”Tears trembled on my eyelids as I gulped down my sobs and tried to calm down my rapid heartbeats. I sensed an odd twinge of disappointment. The lonely silence of the deck was impossible to endure anymore.Still, I waited there for a little longer, leaning against the railings. The sky looked darker and nearer there than I usually get to see in my town. The sparking stars adorned the sky, making different designs on the sky. Still, the moon looked so lonely and outcasted. The soft breezes were tousling my hair as my restless heart calmed down slowly. I suddenly began to feel an intense urge to return home, to go back to Asher. Wiping the drops of tears from the corner of my eyes, I began to walk in the opposite direction in search of Keir.The crowd was mostly busy at the