Chapter 1: Humans
POV: Winston
There was something about being immortal that was beautiful. The fact that no one was waiting for you to slip before they could catch your hand. There was no cliche part in any side of your life. You are just alive, nothing to breed on, nothing to feed on. You just stare through the middle of the blinds in your large office, a place you can watch pathetic humans walk and pass with their daily activities all going through their heads.
I felt like that every moment. It was sickening to observe humans. There was nothing special about them, except the fact that they all claimed to love deeply, which was a lie because every single one of them ends up hurting the person that they love. I was just immortal, and sometimes I wanted to stare hard at them like I knew I could, because they were beneath me, and sometimes, it is simply not possible.
I had a meeting to attend by 2 pm and I still had a lot of papers to sign. I hadn’t even had lunch yet and I was still busy. ASOS was moving forward as I had originally planned from the very beginning, that was my second hobby. Planning things. Apart from the various resort homes and other things that I had, watching my company grow for the better was the best. I know the purpose of this meeting is to close a deal that I had been longing for years now.
It was finally happening and as happy as I was I couldn't take my mind off lunch. I know that I haven't been eating properly because I wanted to close this deal as fast as I could, ASOS couldn't afford to wait another year for it to be realized. I had spent years just for this deal. ASOS was always topping the news as the best five underwear companies in the world and I was not going to stop now. Not now, not anytime soon.
Being the billionaire CEO of ASOS, it was my top priority to take the company to greater heights, and closing this deal beautifully was one of them. Yes, I am a billionaire, my name has appeared in lots of magazines and newspapers as one of the best businessmen in the country, even in Forbes, although it gets old. But there was something these humans thought they could, figure out every part of my life, which obviously, they could not, there is just something they can never get, even in their many years to come.
I mean I've been in business for years now and there's nothing that I haven't been through to get to this point and sometimes I look back and reminisce. I smile just thinking of the old times when men's and women's underwear wasn't a big deal, people didn't care what brands they wore, it mattered.
I had to prove them wrong. Underwear was a very serious type of clothing and should therefore be taken seriously, people choosing carefully the kind of brands they wore. That was my priority and I succeeded.
I checked my watch and it was almost 2 pm. I packed my desk, getting ready to go for my meeting. I liked just a few things at this point of my life, my office, my house, and of course what is a man without pleasure?
Nothing.
My mind went back to last night, the crazy blonde that warmed my bed and my cock. I shivered, smirking. I'll fantasize about the rest later but right now I have a meeting to attend. I stepped out of my office and almost ran into my secretary. Her soft, blonde hair cascaded down her heart-shaped face in silky waves. She was a pretty woman. What was life going to be without pretty women?
Her eyes brightened as she exclaimed, "Mr. Winston! Your meeting starts in a few minutes!"
I raised an eyebrow at her. "I am aware of that. Have you prepared the paperwork?"
"O...oh yes sir!" she replied, handing me the file she had been holding in her hand.
I took the file and looked through it, nodding in confirmation.
"Alright then." I closed the file and nodded curtly at her. "Thank you."
It was a brisk walk to the meeting room, two levels above us and in the elevator, I cross-checked the files again to make sure there were no lose ends.
It was important to be meticulous with these dealings.
Walking into the conference room, all eyes turned to me as I stood at the threshold of the room, immediately getting assaulted by different scents, perfumes, and odors.
That was the thing with being what I was. I could sniff out scents I wasn't even interested in. Usually, I ignored this primal instinct, but being in a space with these many people only heightened my senses.
Pleasantries were exchanged and we got down to business immediately, going over everything we hadn't finalized yet.
The meeting didn't take too long as we had already gone over the deal before and the only thing left was to close it, which we finally did. I was happy indeed. Happy enough to dwell in the well-deserved praise and pat myself on the back.
The whole deal was a success and I was proud, it wasn't easy to get but I guess something just happened right?
"Thank you, everyone, for the effort that you all put into this. I'm grateful and I'm glad to announce that everyone will receive a bonus along with their salaries when it's payday." I announced this to the team who made this a success. They all clapped, shouting thank-yous with smiles on their faces.
"Mr. Winston? You have a call, it's a private number" my secretary handed my phone over to me.
"Hello? Who is this?" I asked but there was no reply.
I was about to ask again when- " Hello Winston. I hear you are celebrating your success after getting that deal you have always wanted." The familiar voice responded.
The hairs on the back of my neck rose. Shivers traveled down my spine.
His voice... His voice reminded me of something deep, something that others cannot find out about me... No matter what.
I left the room quietly and inconspicuously, keeping my voice at bay and trying to maintain a calm composure as I kept the volume of the call very low so only I could make out what was being said.
"Why are you calling me?" I growled into the phone, gazing out the window and trying to imagine his stupid face. "This better be an important, asshole."
"Wow!" The sarcastic voice of my best friend and favourite person in the world, for now at least, laughed happily. "Good fucking day to you too. One question! Do you ever stop being a jerk?"
"Nathan!" I snapped, trying to control my annoyance. "Get to the point."
"Fine. Sheesh. You know, it helps to get laid every once in a century. Does wonders for your psyche-"
"I warned you not to call just because you want to but because there's something important you want to discuss. Do not test me." I said, coldly.
"Chill man." He sounded serious now. " I heard you closed the deal. I just want to congratulate you, okay? I'm proud of you, man."
I sighed, deciding to cut him some slack. "Thanks..."
If he was still the childish asshole I know he is, I knew he was rolling his eyes sarcastically at me as he said, "Yeah, sure. Thanks, Nathan," he mocked my voice.
"I mean it!" I growled.
God, this idiot really knows how to push my buttons.
Humans 2POV: Winston"Hey hey. No need to be harsh, okay?"I huffed a breath and rolled my eyes."Hey, man." He continued, his voice subdued and serious again. "About the search. How is it going? Any leads?" He asked. From his voice, I could tell he was anticipating good news. But I had none of that.I sighed and walked to my table, dumping some ice cubes in a glass cup and pouring out some cognac for myse
TabooPOV: WinstonI sighted something in the woods and I couldn't get the scent because the wind kept blowing it away from me. A fast movement moved behind me, it felt so rushed. And that exact point, I knew who was directly at my back."Asshole! I know it's you!" I shouted.A burst of hearty laughter greeted me in response.My eyes immediately turned into an insane yellow, everything started to look brigh
Lights outPOV: WinstonI impaled into her, burying myself inside of her, moaning loudly at the feeling of her walls tightening around my dick."Oh, fuck!" She screamed, bouncing against me. "Yes, yes yes!"Her appealing screams and shrill gasps were all the gratification I needed. I took her hard and fast against the wall, pulling her hair back and pounding into her."Mark me," she suddenly whispered. "Do it. Do
Interviews POV: Maddison Two years ago, I was knee-deep in debt, dropping out of college and almost dreading the birth of my unborn child. Now, I'm a free woman, newly graduated out of college, childless, and working out every day like I was gunning for the Olympics. All thanks to the ones I loved. I had food on my table, had moved out of my shitty apartment in Brooklyn, and was looking forward to my first interview ever. Afte
lost and foundPOV: WinstonI found her.I was headed to my office in the morning and I already almost lost the elevator when I caught the whiff of her strength, felt a strong push in the direction.The scent and the pull were so strong that I could not ignore them, I had to check. So I stuck my hand inside to stop the door from closing shut.I got into the elevator and didn't have to look hard.That's her. That's the one.My mate.My wolf growled. Luckily I was able to control it so I wouldn't seem out of control. My control at that moment was in full momentum because I have waited years just to see her.She was just like I imagined. That face, that scent, that hair. Just looking at her, I wanted to run my fin
TakenPov: Winston"Fuuuck," I groaned, burying myself inside of her, finding my rhythm and slamming into her in a way that messed up my brain. "Fuck, Maddie,"She was so sweet. So wet. So tight. She was unbelievable.Her big brown eyes were glazed over in pleasure, her hands were clawing at my back, her legs tightly wrapped around my waist as I ploughed into her, again, again, again and again.She was screaming yeses and moaning in pleasure and my body was covered in claw marks, bite marks.After she shed off her shy-girl persona, Madison was a beast in bed."Winston, I'm coming," she moaned, just as her walls clamped heavily around my dick, milking out my dick and destroying me completely.Stars fizzled out beneath my eyelids as I felt my orgasm building, ecs
Corporate troublesPov: Maddison"DON'T YOU STEP OUT THAT DOOR!" A voice roared.I turned around and glared at my husband, placing my hands onmy hips.He bursted into laughter, approaching m
lunch datesWinston"Well, THAT went bloody fantastic!" Fucking Nathan cried sarcastically, appearing from the entertainment area where he had been lounging around quietly when Maddie had entered in."You called her Maddie.""It was a mistake. I corrected myself.""You called her Maddie."I didn't grace him with another response."You're whipped." "I am not."He walked over to my desk, heaving himself up and sitting on it. He grinned at me, his eyes shining with some of his crafty humour. "You are though, and you haven't even marked her yet."
It was a blur from then on.They whipped me with whips laced in silver, fed me Aurum and argentum and made me inhale wolfesbane, the grounded petals of a flower that attacked our cardio vascular system. They flogged me with silver studded sticks and kicked me with silver soled shoes and stabbed at me and poked fun at me and laughed at me.Maddie was struggling so hard in her seat, crying and begging in mumbles for them to stop.I was weak. My eyes were closing. I could have died any second...And then, i heard a growl so gutteral, so beast like, from the other side of the room, in the direction where Maddie was.At first, I thought that it was all in my head, because no no no... It cannot be.But the others fell silent and stopped their assault on me.Maddie was growling, deep in her throat, her eyes were flashing yellow with beast like slits as pupils. Fur sprouted out of her skin. She seemed to grow bigger and bigger on the seat and stood on her feet, still tied to the chair, and ke
daysPov: WinstonIt took me a while to rouse to consciousness. Gwyn had been the first one to wake and porge the sleeping pills out of her system, because she had the lightest weight and then, she made a disgustingly smelling potion and held it up at each of our noses, to wake us up too.And so, that was how I woke up to a pungent, egg smelling potion bomb, exploding in my nose.I looked up at the grim faces of my best friends, together with Cerulean and Lapis' worried gazes and wondered what the fuck their problems were.Why were they in my room, looking at me like that? I turned to my side to ask Maddie if she was seeing what I was seeing... And had the shock of my life.Maddie's side of the bed was empty. "Where is she?!" I had growled desperately."We don't know," Gwyn had whispered, "but from the looks of it, she had drugged us and ran away.""What?!" A tremor shook my spine. I was up and out of the bed immediately, tugging on a shirt and pants and grabbing my car keys, a mill
The ghost of a smile stayed on my lips but as I continued the story, my smile dropped and fell from my face. "I stayed with Mr Winston for a while, but one day, I decided to go back home to get the rest of my things and really leave for the last time... Or at least, the last time before I start the divorce process... My husband. He was a raging angry drunk that night. There was a party playing in the apartment and I had already packed my things but he cornered me and... And he..." my voice shook.Olivia looked at me worriedly, her beautiful face twisted into a concerned scowl.I took a deep breath. "He beat me up, Olivia."A shocked gasp escaped her lungs."Yeahhh... Winston kind of... Saved me that night, and took me away to one of his islands while I got healed up. He took care of me, Liv.""Like he should," she beamed at me. She suddenly froze,her eyes going wide. She snapped her fingers. "THAT'S why the two of you have not been at work lately!" She exclaimed, her eyes softening. "
AmbushPov: MaddisonIt was an entire month and half before I hatched my failproof plan. Before I got the motivation at all.I was able to sneak out of the Grand Mansion without Winston noticing that morning.It actually helped that I had taken charge of dinner and I may or may not have drugged everyone's food.I left the conservation at five in the morning, when Winston was still sleeping peacefully beside me, his arms around my waist, pulling me close and tugging him to his torso.I had made the call last night and the recipient was probably eagerly awaiting my return, back in the city... But I needed to do this right, and I didn't want any distracrions.I hadn't slept a wink last night, and we had talked and laughed and even made love and I swallowed a sigh of relief when the drugs began to take effect and his speech started slurring and he was mumbling and falling over his words.My eyes were wide open, i slid his arm away from my waist, slowly, quietly, just incase I had not give
see for yourself Pov: Winston "Drive me back to my mother's home," Maddie said, weak and exhausted as I held her quietly in the car. "But we just got back from there," i said confused. Nonetheless, I extracted myself from her body and strapped myself to the seat. She was quiet as I inputed the address information into the gps all over again and I understood why she would be so rattled. She had just lost her best friend. What I didn't understand was why she had suddenly stopped consoling Olivia, the moment she saw that thing on her phone. I was dying to know what it was. I was dying to let her let me in. But her end of the telepathic bond I shared with her had gone depressingly silent and cold. It took a while. Hours and hours and more frustrating hours on the road, but we finally got to her house. She stepped out of the car and looked at the stately brick house surrounded by a green lawn in front and green fields at the back. The front door had been smashed in, thanks to me,
The SetupPov: MaddisonSomething is wrong.Something is wrong.Something is terribly wrong.That was the sound track playing in my head when I roused from my sleep that night and checked my phone.It was almost eight o'clock.It was almost eight o'clock and I was still asleep.Any moment now, Ethan would knock on the door to inquire about why I wasn't down in the courtyard for the early morning jog.I never sleep this late in the mornings... Because, since the assault from William went down my mother always calls me up at seven in the mornings.But today, I didn't see her phone call."Winston!" I cried alarmed. "Winston, wake up," I begged, already sliding out of bed.He sat up, awake and alert immediately, searching my face frantically. "What happened, Maddie? Did anything happen to you?""Yes. I need you to drive me back to the city. I need to see my mother," I explained hurriedly as I slipped out of my nightdress and shimmied into a pair of jeans and tugged on a tank top.Winston
Heart to HeartPov: MaddisonAfter the study and books aspect was out of the way, I found out that I actually looked forward to Gwyn's lessons the most.I was currently sitting cross-legged, high up on a cliff, eyes closed, facing the setting sun.I felt her presence all around me, her voice was soft and delicate as she explained to me the basics of the technique she had used on Nathan that time."Chakra is a Sanskrit word and it means “disk” or “wheel” and it represents the various energy centers in your body. These wheels or disks of spinning energy each correspond to certain nerve bundles and major organs. To function at their best, your chakras need to stay open, or balanced. If they get blocked, you may experience physical or emotional symptoms related to a particular chakra."There are seven main chakras that run along your spine. They start at the base, of your spine and extend to the crown of your head. But these are only your main chakra points where energy is gathered in the
fighting stancePov: MaddisonEthan was a brutal taskmaster. Cold and calculating and belting out orders, pushing me to my max.I had changed my diet to contain more protein and carb contents as per Nathan's instructions and I had jogged and worked out and pushed my body to the extreme under Ethan's tutelage and Gwyn helped with my meditation and tutored me in basic human anatomy.The first day of my training with Ethan, I was a sweating, sobbing, puking, breathless mess on the floor of the sparring courtyard in the big house that was really the grandest mansion I had ever seen.On the fourth day, I wasn't doing much better, but at least, I had learned to throw a punch without causing much damage to myself, and I wasn't as breathless and winded after each early morning jog."You're punching all wrong," he told me in my first day. "When you hit your target, you want to strike with the first two knuckles, not that flat front part of your fist or the smaller knuckles on your ring or pink
Favourite fixPov: WinstonMy entire body freezed mid strike as I felt another presence join me in my private sparring room."I thought I would find you here," the very familiar voice said aptly.I exhaled the breath I had been holding and completed the punch–kick sequence I had been been doing on the sparring dummy, before I turned to him, grabbing my bottle of water and draining the contents thirstily."Who invited you in?" I asked my best friend now, raising an amused brow.He looked at me, shocked at first, and then he caught on to the fact that I was actually smiling at him, and his lips stretched into a conniving grin that was so Nate... That grin that made him look like you two were in on a private joke or something. Even if he had no idea what you were talking about, his goofy grins made you think he did."Thanks, man," he said now, his voice turning serious as he went to perch on the raised steps to the boxing ring. "I... I was actually going to leave today, immediately afte