"Is it done?"I look at the thing in my hands and take a moment to consider what it is I have done.Reeve is impatient when it comes to things like this, as we all often are when it comes to what we can't see.Be it hopes, dreams, expectations, we can't wait for it to happen, and then we get somehow tired of waiting. Right?I grimace and peer at the ball of light even more closely. "I don't think it's ready."Reeve releases a groan so loud you'd think he's been waiting for an eternity. I roll my eyes mentally and take another look around.I've already established the fact that I'm blind as a bat, and repeating it in my head always pulls me into despair so I won't. The world appears to me in a shimmering white color and I try to feel for where one of the chairs might be.To everyone else they're standing in a room, to me I'm standing in mid air, suspended between the blazing white above me and the one below. It's why I'm convinced the auras I see aren't figments of my imagination. Why
"Wake up my love."I groan and try to open my eyes but can't.The voice speaking to me is calm and pleasant, like butter melting down the tip of my tongue and warm honey in well-brewed tea.It gives me the feeling of home and peace, of things I know and things that I had known but know no longer.It gives me the feeling of someone who cares for me, telling me to wake up. The sleep has been enough Janette, wake up.I almost roll out of my chair as I open my eyes and look around. My clothes are wet again and Jane is standing over me, empty cup in her hand and scorn lacing her facial features.Oh, this bitch has some nerves.I look around and see we are in an empty classroom. The water dripping off my shirt is minimal, and colder than the one she had spilled on me earlier today.Trying to get me drenched for the third time today and succeeding with a score of two out of three, my patience is running out with her, and it's not that I had much patience to begin with.I walk to my seat and
"And you are?"The red haired guy doesn't look at Cara, he looks at me instead and fixes me with a glare so scorching that I feel myself wanting to melt in my seat.We're at Greg's cafe, and there's an odd feeling at the back of my mind that I was supposed to meet him here. Like our meeting is something that would have happened no matter how much I put it off and now that he's here I see it was really dumb of me to have put it off.A sigh escapes my lips and with it the information Cara has asked for."His name is Leander. He's my project partner."Cara looks from me to him and a sneer forms on her face."Does being a project partner give him the right to barge into the female's toilet?""I didn't know it was only for females."There is a note of anger and frustration in his voice but I know when someone is acting and right now, his expression is equal parts real as much as it is an act. I could be wrong though, but I don't feel I am.I sigh again and place my hands on the table."Can
She's safe.Oh god.My legs almost give out from under me and soon I can feel her hands on me, whispering words of concern into my ears and asking if I'm okay."I'm fine, I just need to catch my breath for a bit."I can imagine my father would have rolled his eyes if he was present but I'm not exaggerating, I really do need to catch my breath. I ran as fast as i can, all the way from Reeve's place and almost through half the city at top speed.Lesser men would have died but the only thing on my mind had been the thread and the way I had messed up massively. I would have never been able to forgive myself if anything had happened to her, but she's safe now.She's safe, so I can calm down.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Janette.)I stare at him, unable to take my eyes off and unable to make myself look away. Greg would have been pissed to his core if this had been anyone else, but I'm glad my regular has at least won a place in his heart.Leander and Cara are filling in for
What the heck?My heart is pounding in my chest and I can feel it hitting hard against my ribcage. My body feels cold and my blood feels even colder. I feel like I've been dunked in a tub of ice.His eyes are glowing.Ayden Bravlov's eyes are glowing. What in hell?"Calm down Janette. I'm not going to hurt you."I nod repeatedly because that's the only thing I can think of doing,HIS EYES ARE GLOWING. HIS EYES ARE FREAKING GLOWING. OH MY GOD.Okay, calm down Janette. I can do this.Glowing eyes don't mean anything, right? Billionaires get new toys every day, maybe this is just one of those toys, right?"Are you calm now?"I nod and remove my hands from my mouth. I can't seem to pull breath and I watch in awe as Mr. Ayden's eyes dim again. It's like a weight has been lifted from my chest and I can suddenly breathe, but apart from that, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.What the fucking hell?"Your eyes glow beautifully Mr. Ayden."The words are out before I can even stop them and Ayden
When I wake up she's gone.I am also gone from where I had been and I look across the room to see my father's figure along the wall. He's staring at me, and I suspect that his glare is what woke me up. The fact that I am yet to unravel the thread around Janette makes panic flare through me again. It's worse because I know more than I did right now.I passed out, not because I was tired but because the thread has bound itself in some way to her. It's attached itself to her and I passed out trying to get it off.Fuck. This is bad, this is really bad."How long have you known her?"I look to the direction of the voice and my Alpha is still there, his aura radiating that red afterglow he always has when he's annoyed at me."Who?"His anger brightens."The girl at the cafe, Janette. How long have you known her?"Why is he angry?"It's only been a few months. I go there on Fridays to have tea.""With Reeve, right?"I scoff and roll my eyes."I go there by myself most of the time. I only we
I am not okay. The feeling I get from all this is strange and weird at the same time, almost like I shouldn't be concerned but I should be concerned at the same time. I know I should be concerned, but I don't feel I should be concerned. He didn't try to kill me, did he? "Your pacing is annoying me." I flinch and turn back to look at Greg. He's scowling at me and he has a sullen look on his face. I'm guessing he's really displeased with how he had to shut the cafe down because of Mr. Ayden. "Will you shout at me if I apologize this evening again?" Greg shoots me another scowl and glares through butter-brown eyes. "I'll kill you if you apologize again. It's not your fault, plus you'll make up for your day off later somehow" I'm sure making up for the lost day will involve more work on my part but I am thankful for it. Not everyone would still keep me hired when I caused their place of business to be shut down. Customers were even posting about it on social media, and that's su
By the time I get to the door I have a million different thoughts flowing through my head. This could be really bad for me. It could be Mr Ayden at the door, with guards and a car outside so he can make sure I don't run away.Or it could be my parents and their friends. I'm sure Greg would have said something if he saw some thugs outside his door, but it could also be my parents and the police.Greg would be appalled at the kind of allegations that they would level at him, and it would look like he was being humiliated because of me.I can feel fear draping its coat over me, thick and heavy before I remember that I am not a kid anymore. I'm not a child that they have power over, I'm a grown woman who can take my life into my own hands. They abused me in that home, if they didn't i wouldn't have left.I groan and turn back to look at Greg."Did you check who's at the door?"He cocks an eyebrow up at me and rolls his eyes afterwards."You look great if that's what you're worried about,
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"You guys are evil!"Greg rolls his eyes and I look at him because if there's anyone that's a devil here then he's the one. He's a bonafide demon.Leander is sitting on one of the couches, looking totally at home and that scares me a bit. I didn't leave for a week did i? I didn't even leave for a full day. It was just half a day, a night and seven hours after 7 am the next morning.So why the hell does it seem like Greg and Leander have suddenly become super close these past few hours?Can people become like that? Get close in a matter of hours?"Are you going to stay out there or are you going to come in?"I try not to make myself scowl at Greg but I scowl anyways and he smiles back at me when he sees that."You couldn't even help me with a few bags?""The bags aren't for me are they? Or did you get something for me?"I step into the living room and grunt as I do so. Even if I did get anything for him, I'm not freaking gonna give it to him.He's not going to get a single thing."
"Why didn't you get a massage? Julia said you were looking forward to one."I nod and try to get the five inch heels back on without a grunt."I did but they had only one masseur at hand.""And one isn't enough for you? They're all trained and I heard the one you saw was one of the best."I scoff lightly.'"Oh, he's one of the best alright."A chuckle escapes my lips and I let my anger boil up."One of the best jerks and sleazy motherfuckers I've ever been chanced to come across. He attends my school.""Atreau?"She even knows his name. I sigh and nod."Yes, him. He's the one I'm talking about."Safira slouches back in her seat like she's just been deflated and I notice it. A frown creeps on my face and I let myself assume.'"Do you know him personally?" She shakes her head."His dad is...... let's say a worker for Mr Bravlov's greatest rival. He's one of those people who is always at the forefront of any antagonism, but I hear Atreau isn't like that."I chuckle ruefully but I don't b
I can tell the spa is a high-end one just by walking into it.Two attendants flock to Safira, who they seem to be familiar with by the way, and who seems to find them delightful. I am ignored and I can see some of the ladies being attended to looking at me strangely.One of them chortles when I walk past and I feel my ears go hot and red.I need to get out of here.'"Janette, what are you doing just standing there?"Safira is loud and I can imagine half the people here now know I'm named Janette.I walk over to her as fast as I can but when I pass by a mirrored wall, I stop for the tiniest moment.The person who stares back at me in the mirror is almost one I do not recognize. It's still me, still Janette, with the acne-ridden face and the splotchy skin, too much forehead, and too few eyebrows. I'm still the one who stares back at myself, but right now, I don't know..... something has changed.The moment is finished as soon as it starts and I cross the rest of the distance to Safira
"No."Safira blinks and I can tell she's just as surprised as I am at the fact that I just said that.I just told her no.She cocks her head to the side and smiles. I can already see a plan forming in her eyes."What if I told you this was part of your training?""If it was, you would have told me that at the onset, not popped it on me now.""But what's so bad about going on the streets in clown outfits? It'll be fun."I'm not doubting the fact that it'll be fun, I know it will. I've always heard of Safira's antics. She records the most amazing videos of prank-like situations but her pranks are always unique.Like the one video where she got a group of actors like herself to dress in Victorian-era style clothes and act like they just popped into the twenty-first century from a party they had been at a second ago.One of them full on tried to disrobe an officer who wanted to arrest them for making a ruckus. It was so funny watching an officer of the law get flustered and confused.I a
"Hello, Greg?""Where have you been Janette?"Although I had half expected him to be almost nonchalant and relaxed it still sorta hurts when I hear it. He sounds like he's asking a casual question.The same way I would ask someone "How's the traffic today?" or "What do you say we have for lunch?"He sounds so unconcerned."Good to know you were worried about me."Greg chuckles sarcastically and I can imagine him rolling his eyes as he sips his lemon-flavored tea. "Cut the bullshit, Janette. Where have you been?"I sigh and flop back onto the billionaire's bed."Sleeping with a billionaire. I'm in his bed right now."Greg chuckles and I wonder what would happen if I told him I actually did something sexual with Ayden Bravlov. I scoff internally.He wouldn't care, that's what. I'm sure he wouldn't care if the sun itself had a crush on me and that sort of hurts, again, but I feel I can understand Greg. I wouldn't care about a lot of things too if the person I had something for was gett
The sun burning on my skin yanks me out of sleep and I groan as I turn over and away to seek out comfort on some other part of the bed.When I roll twice and find that there's still more space for me to keep going, I know something is wrong. Something is terribly out of place. I stretch and open my eyes to look around my room but that's the funny thing, the walls my eyes meet don't look anything like the walls to my room in Greg's home."Fuck."The memories from last night come crashing onto me like a tsunami and I bury my face in the sheets."Fuck."Fuck fuck fuck! How the hell did I end up here? This is Mr. Bravlov's home, I know that. But why am I in his bed and why the hell am I naked! I reach for the closest piece of fabric my hands can get and I yank it over my exposed ass. I don't need to think before I realize where my clothes are. I don't need to try looking to know this is the morning of the next day and I spent the night in a billionaire's bed!Not just any random billi
I tell her about my life.It's relieving having someone to talk to when you aren't sure of yourself, and right now I feel like that.I've shut down my end of the connection with Janette so what she does with my father is privy to only her and him right now, but I still tell Lycia that it affects me.I tell her it makes me feel anger, and shame, at the fact that she'll never see me the way I had hoped she would one day come to.I always hoped that one of these days, my father would kick me out of the pack and I would seek out Janette.I would tell her I like her and that I want her to be mine. Of course, that would be after we cross over, suffer a defeat in the battle for our kingdom and return to our lives in the human world, but I still expected it. That when we came back my father would banish me from the pack and hand over the mantle to someone else.I wanted Janette to warm up to me more..."But now she's banging your dad isn't she?"I turn on my bed, only feeling the blankets an
"When the moon comes out at full glow our power surges...."I listen to the words and feel them escape my mind the next moment. There's little I can do to bring them back and I know I should listen, these are the words of a being from the other world, the memories of her own personal teachings that brought about a rise in the innovative use of gifts by the goddess's gifted.I should listen to what she's saying...... but I can't.Janette and my father let out ripples of passion that make me feel sick.It sickens me that she's being so easily deceived by him, and it sickens me that she's being manipulated by that hypocrite, someone who would kill members of his pack for having carnal relations with another's mated or a human but who bites out of the same acts himself simply because he can and there's no one who can stop him.My room falls into subdued darkness and a gem-like object hovers in the space in front of me, just at the same level with my eyes and glowing with a faint blue colo