‘No, no, no! It cannot be him! He barely made it out as a member of the Shadow Pack and I have to be saddled with him. Is this a joke, Moon Goddess?’ Samantha hissed as she was making her way around the crowd that was filling the backyard of Arthur’s house.
It also happened to be Zachary Adamos’ house—her fated mate.
Samantha didn’t get the gist of what had happened to Zachary—Zack for short and what he preferred to be called—but she knew that Zack had been going through some rough shit since his accident—an attack upon his personnel by the rogue that worked together with dirty, filthy humans to take down the wolves in the sacred forest of Paphos.
’It would seem that you are not happy with the match, Sam,’ Scarlet asked as images were flying through her head. Samantha frowned, rubbing her chest as she remembered the imprint that had happened between them. The im
Samantha went to work in town as usual. She tried to forget the imprint that had happened upon her personnel as well as the rejection that she made toward her destined mate, Zachary Adamos.She worked as usual. She greeted people who had come to the little shop that had been successful since the Folk Festival had been a blast and a renowned event for each month. The tourists and locals alike were attending the festival, mingling around with the tight community that hid themselves from the world—for a good reason.Samantha had been spending her time with the blonde woman that Xavier had saved from being rolled over by a car. Her name was Stella Canali, an Italian woman who was rewarding herself after she graduated from a prestige university in Italy.She always wondered if she was a normal human being like Stella was, if would Samantha dare to venture out and pursue tertiary education like Stella did. Or would she be at home, overseeing everything that need
Samantha went to work the next day as if nothing happened. The intimate brush of the mind link when she cut off from Xavier was still a mystery for her to resolve. Still, she forwent that situation as Samantha was conversing with Stella about Shadow Pack ancestry.Perhaps, she was talking too much about it that it was not good for her to expose the pack to a virtual stranger. Even if Xavier’s intention was clear—Stella Canali was his intended bride and mate.Plus, Samantha had been inviting Stella to come to the Folk Festival that will be held tomorrow in the town square. It was an occasional festival that helped the locals and tourists to mingle around and build connections.It was one of the marketing strategies to ensure that the locals of Paphos would thrive even though they were a small community.“Forget all the things that I said and I hope you will consider coming to the Folk Festival tomorrow evening. I will see you then,”
Samantha sighed for she was sure that her reclusive brother must be in his cave as Sebastian loved to spend some time there for alone time—meaning that he needed to calm down his wolf for a while. It helped him to think and figure out any problems that might be stuck in his head since Sebastian was the acknowledged doctor of the Shadow Pack.Even though Samantha didn’t know what Sebastian was thinking the whole time, she couldn’t say that her brother had been thinking about his mate for she didn’t smell anyone’s scent on him. Thus, she can only conclude that maybe it was something that was related to the pack—be it medical or law aspects of the problem.After the lights had lit up the living room of their house, Samantha went to the window as she was looking outside. Her garnet eyes were wide, searching for any movement that triggered her earlier.There was no movement among the darkened shrubbery as she exhaled a deep breath.
Zack was looking at Samantha—his undefined mate—as she was drawing the curtains close, blocking his view from tracking her with his blue eyes inside the house. Zane snarled inside him, making it possible for Zack to control Zane when his wolf was close to the surface to claim what he was destined to have.‘Mine! Claim her, take her somewhere secluded, and have our ways with her,’ Zane suggested as Zack scowled at his darker thoughts.‘You know we cannot do that. We cannot even enter their house as far as we’re concerned, Zane. Plus, have you forgotten that she rejected us two days ago?’ Zack reminded Zane about Samantha’s determination to reject their bonds. Zane snarled again.‘As if I care about the formalities, little boy. You know better than I am that you are suppressing your inner rage and fury, parading yourself as the submissive, obedient little Omega that you are not,’
A couple of weeks later, Zack had infused himself into the role of acting Beta. It was not that hard once he had the confidence to do it. Plus, Xavier had been encouraging him to be a leader and most of the members of Shadow Pack listened when he had to say about something that concerned the pack’s lives.However, Zack did not make any progress toward having a chance with Samantha for a one-on-one conversation if it meant that he would be with his mate for some alone time and clear the air between them.Zane purred at the thought of Samantha with her waist-long brunette hair and eyes like the fire that concealed inside her. Zack couldn’t think of anything else other than her sweet strawberry scent.It was the only thing that kept him awake at night—aching and lonely in his bed.Her scent was so alluring for Zane that Zack almost lost control every time he walked around the pack and that elusive scent enveloped him. Zack knew tha
“Ugh, I don’t even know why I bother to come along to this festival. It’s not like it’s something I can benefit from,” Samantha said, as her best friend, a human named Karisa Papadopoulos, chuckled lowly beside her.She was the daughter of a carpenter who ordered the lumber from her village, and Samantha had met her when she was working at the famous café.“Oh, come on, Sam. This would be fun. And I heard that there was this belief that if you go to the folk festival, you might find the one,” Karisa said before Samantha snorted.Her best friend was a hopeless romantic, and she got by with her obsession with a chance meeting that would lead to marriage.“Just so you know, I am not thinking of finding the one here. I already have too much on my plate,” Samantha retorted before recalling her reclusive brother, Sebastian, a doctor, an officiator, and an ultimatum to consid
“It’s a nice pleasure to do business with you then, Mr. Papadopoulos,” Zack said before he was shaking hands with the old man. He was being pleasant with the new price that Zack was asking from him and did not even have a complaint about it.This was the best job he could ever have in his life.Zack left the premises before he walked away with the fat check that he promised Xavier that he would get today. And he finally did it. He got the money that was being denied for so long as Zack was staring at the check.Damn, I am good, he mused before he slipped the check away and turned to look at the road that was in front of him.Zack told his team to get home early and that he would wrap things up that day before he spotted the familiar brunette walking outside of the famous café where Xavier found his true mate.Samantha Lykos, the Ultima’s little sister and his destined one.Zack had been wondering about
Samantha was on her way home as usual after her shift had ended at the family-owned café where she worked in the town. She walked through the trail and she felt another presence. However, she didn’t give a damn about it for her body was exhausted and Samantha wanted to be home as quickly as possible.It was early evening, and the chilly breeze was greeting her when Samantha’s eyes were wandering around the woods. There was nothing there, she knew and she didn’t have to be afraid when she walked alone. However, Samantha couldn’t brush off the thought and felt like she was being followed by something—or rather by someone.“Who’s there?” Samantha asked as her garnet eyes were looking around. She didn’t see any movement in the darkened forest around her. However, she could sense there was another presence nearby. It was one of the perks of being an Ultima for Samantha was able to sense the living thing a