OAK I took more swig of the drink, hoping to drown myself in the alcohol so as to forget her face. The way her lips had turned downwards like I had hurt her personally really stunned me. I just couldn't believe I had been fooled to think she was a good woman.She was nothing like I had imagined her to be. Gosh! Did I even understand women? They were so complicated and...I slammed the glass down harshly as I swapped the content of the table on the floor with one swish. A scream tore from my lips and I wasn't sure if I was capable of speaking anymore. It felt like I was about to drown.Turning around, I noticed Raven standing by the door. He was staring at me in disbelief. I bet he never imagined that I was capable of such violence. I didn't think I was too. But, when you found out that the woman you cared for you as the first choice it hurt differently.I held onto the counter to stable my nerves, but it proved to be so difficult. "What are you staring at? Haven't you done enough?" I
ROSEMy fingers stalled on the plate I held. I just couldn't breathe. I had assumed that Oak would be less irritated with me the next time I saw him, but that has proven to be false.The worst was I couldn't even look at Raven in the eye. He must be enjoying seeing me so humiliated. This was what he wanted. I was so sure of it."Take this stuff inside," The maid snapped through gritted teeth.I quickly did as I was told, only for another maid to jerk the tray from my hands, almost rendering me imbalanced. My throat felt thick with pain. There was nothing that I wanted than to run to my room and cry."What are you standing there for? Get to work cleaning the dishes!" Miss Taylor was colder this morning, and I have come to realise that her moods fluctuated so badly under pressure. It was so annoying.I walked over to the sink and began the painful task of washing the plates. I tried hard not to think of the twins, but they crept up my mind without invitation. It was OAK I had wanted to
OAK'You shouldn't have hit our mate!' William growled in rage.I combed a hand through my hair as I struggled to control my emotions. He growled. 'Are you even listening to me?''I don't need this right now! Just shut up!'I pulled my belt out, tossing it to the bed closest to me. I was so tired of Rose and the damn mate bond. I didn't ask for this. She was just a whore!'You keep telling me to be quiet, but it doesn't solve anything. Raven is going to get the....''I don't care what Raven wants. But, I'm not going to make a fool of myself by meeting with Rose anymore. I don't want to listen to your words anymore, so please leave me be.'"Open this damn door!" Raven?Why the hell was he screaming?I moved quickly to the door, jerking it halfway open. Raven growled as he slammed the door back, holding me forcefully by the shirt. "What the fuck? Let go of my shirt right now!" I screamed at once.The shock was too much for me to breath and I struggled for him to let go of me, instead
ROSEI walked through the lone hallways to the kitchen. It was morning already and I decided to stick to the quietness of the kitchen for the rest of the day. If I could make a way not to see both of my mates, I would be grateful."Stop!" Miss Taylor snapped at once.I sighed as I came to a stop at the door of the kitchen. Miss Taylor glared at me lightly. I took an awkward step back."Good day, maid," I managed."Where do you think you're headed to?" She asked at once.I blinked lightly. "I was told that I have been assigned kitchen duty."She scoffed as she made her way to the fridge, pulling it open to reveal some fruits and meats. I tried hard not to show how anxious i was with the whole thing."You don't just give yourself duties.""I did not. You literally told me...."She gave me a look. "Are you trying to argue with me or something? When I tell you to do something, then I expect you to do that without fuss. You're not going to have special treatment because the future Alphas m
ROSEI walked through the lone hallways to the kitchen. It was morning already and I decided to stick to the quietness of the kitchen for the rest of the day. If I could make a way not to see both of my mates, I would be grateful."Stop!" Miss Taylor snapped at once.I sighed as I came to a stop at the door of the kitchen. Miss Taylor glared at me lightly. I took an awkward step back."Good day, maid," I managed."Where do you think you're headed to?" She asked at once.I blinked lightly. "I was told that I have been assigned kitchen duty."She scoffed as she made her way to the fridge, pulling it open to reveal some fruits and meats. I tried hard not to show how anxious i was with the whole thing."You don't just give yourself duties.""I did not. You literally told me...."She gave me a look. "Are you trying to argue with me or something? When I tell you to do something, then I expect you to do that without fuss. You're not going to have special treatment because the future Alphas m
OAKI watched as Rose scurried out of there to the nearest room. She looked so scared and pitiful. This isn't my problem right now. "Focus," I moaned a I placed a hand at the back of my head. It made me feel relieved at once.I let my eyes move around the sitting area as I waited for any form of movement, but there was nothing. My eyes moved over to the fallen men on the floor. They had not fought like werewolves. Instead, they acted like they had other means. It was too strange. There must be a way to find out who they were.If only Raven would listen to me for once and stop trying to make me feel like I was some sort of deformed soul who didn't think but just did whatever she liked. I didn't like that at all. But, I didn't have much choice right now. I had to get to him. We can only fight these souls together and not separately.With a grunt, I mentally sought out Raven through the mind-link, but he kept blocking me out. "Stop doing this, damn it!" I groaned out loud as I made my
ROSEI moved up to the small room at the immediate left upstairs. Everything was happening so fast, and it didn’t help that my legs were practically shaking. I shouldn’t be scared, but I definitely was terrified of everything."Oh, goddess! I hope I get out of this mess as fast as possible," I whispered to myself.Pushing open the door, I stepped in, and noticed that there was a light brown chair, and quickly made my way in there. I used a band to pack my hair up, as I searched in my trunk for simple outfits to wear. There was no way I would be meeting Priscilla, looking like myself. If anyone realised that it was me behind the whole thing, it would lead to a serious scandal that I would not be able to recover from, and I had to do all I could to make sure that this wouldn’t be the case."Oh, Goddess! I can only hope that I’m not making a mistake. I have been hurt so much, and I don’t want things to get worse. Give me the grace to follow this through," I prayed as I finally picked up
RAVENI ran as fast as I could to the outdoor area...Two men in black cloaks were fighting two of my guards and it made me so upset. I ran as quickly as I could and disarmed them. There was no way that I would let them hurt my men. One of them tried to kick me on my right leg, but I moved to the side as fast as I could. I froze in shock mid-steps when the wind carried this stranger's voice to me and his deep voice registered in my head. Did he just call me “Mine” or maybe I was beginning to hear things?I risked a glance over my shoulder to see if there was anyone there, but there wasn’t. My eyes went back to his, and he was still staring at me, so pointedly as if he could see to my soul.Who was this stranger, and why was he still looking at me the way he was and even calling me his? I got myself back and forced my legs to leave the ground as I slowly made my way to the table, noting that Talia had a quiet expression on her face. Maybe, I wasn’t the one he was referring to, but he
BIANCA"Sweetie," I whispered as I threw my hand across the bed, only for my hand to touch the pillow in full force. My eyes fluttered open, and the first thing I saw was an empty bed. Surely, Raven didn’t leave me here last night? I looked around slowly, and noticed that the only thing keeping me company this morning was emptiness.His scent was heavy here, but his presence was missing. How could he treat me like this?I was not one of the whores that he picked up to fuck from time to time. I was supposed to be his best friend, but he left me after sex like it didn’t even matter to him.My fingers grazed the bedspread, ignoring the fact that I was naked. I was so confused, and didn’t understand what was happening anymore.'You need to relax. I told you that you shouldn’t sleep with him till he is sane enough to tell you how he feels about you, but you didn’t listen to me,' my wolf said smugly.Glaring at the emptiness, I stepped down from the bed, and made my way to the empty bedro
RAVENI gave Bianca a look. Since when did she make such silly comments? She simply smiled sheepishly and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at her. "Ok, guys," I said easily, steering the conversation to something else. "Since you’ve been screaming that I should come here. What do you have for me?"Tim moved to my left, holding me by arm as he dragged me to the centre table where there was alcohol and rabbit skin on the table. I smirked inwardly as I watched it. It was one of my favourites, and life couldn’t be more better now."Well," he gestured to the delicious spread. "We are about to fist to our heart’s contents now. There would be no talk on business or pack duties. It’s just so much entertainment."I whistled. "Ok, that sounds good by me."With that, I released Tim’s hold from me, and sat at the edge of the table. At this level, it looked even better than it was before. I quickly helped myself by pouring the bottle of swish into a glass cup with a pinch of rum and vodka."Th
RAVENI felt Oak’s gaze on me the moment the elders left, and that irritated me slightly. I couldn’t understand why he always acted like he was my dad. With a sigh, I blew the hair off my face. "Just say what you have to say. Your death stare is becoming boring."He took a step towards me, his hands deep into his pants. "You know I have a whole lot to say,"I turned to him then, staring at him like he was an idiot. "We are not kids anymore, Oak. Spit it out.""Well," he said easily as he looked around. There were a couple of maids hanging around, and the look he must have given them, caused them to scurry around like flies. That was just what they deserved since they couldn’t mind their business for once. Oak turned back to me, leaning slightly towards my direction. "What do you have to say about a mate?""Do we have one?" I asked back.Oak gave me a look.I walked softly to him. "To you, you’re mateless. Don’t forget this.""And, you?"I shrugged. "If you would just reject her, I mi
OAK'You may be rude to our mate, but I know that deep down you care about her,' William pointed out smugly.I rolled my eyes at that. Seriously, my wolf didn’t wish to shut up about Rose, and it was honestly getting on my last nerve. With a grunt, I rolled around on the bed, grabbing a hold of my phone. There were posts on the wolf-gram about how I had been able to assist my community since father died. It was strange to see me on the little screen in such a light. I knew that father didn’t care about these things at all. The community had never been relaxed to hype him up because he was a definition of a tyrant.'Forget about Rose for a minute, and let’s think about how we are going to handle father’s burial,' I mumbled.My wolf purred in response. 'That’s not my area, Oak,' he pointed out. I sighed. 'It’s best if you talk to Raven about it. He has been up to date with keeping up with the trainings of the pack and other stuffs.'I scoffed. "I don’t think so. What he does is sleep ar
CELINEI lay on my stomach with my leg raised up, as I tapped on the apple tablet I had. I was fishing for any news about Janet. It was important to curb her nonsense to the bud. If she had the courage to fight me, there was no telling what she might be able to do.A knock sounded on the door, causing me to groan as I shifted my gaze to the door. "Who is it?" I queried.There was a pause, and then, the door pulled open. I blinked as I jumped right on the bed, staring at Craig’s dark looks. He looked so good in worn-out jeans and a black t-shirt, but I wouldn’t tell him this."I believe you should have knocked?""I did," he responded smugly.I rolled my eyes in irritation. "Then, you could have waited for me to open the door for you before you stepped in like that. It’s common curtsey you know. I could have been... naked."He smirked. "That would be interesting to watch."I gave him a look. Was he really serious now? I watched as he placed his hands deep into the pocket of his pants. I
ROSEIf I could have locked myself in after that horrible incident with Janet, I would have been the happiest person in the world. But, right now, I didn’t have such luxuries, so I had to do the only thing that made sense, and that was to carry on like nothing happened. "Hey, girl," someone called behind me.I looked around, and noticed I was the only one in the kitchen. I really hoped that it wasn’t Paige that was calling me. I didn’t want more troubles today. Taking a deep breath, I turned around slowly. Bianca, Sir Raven’s friend was standing in front of me. She looked so elegant in a pant suit. But, she was frowning, and that was directed at me.Oh, goddess..."Can’t you greet?" She snapped.I bowed lightly at her. "Greetings, miss," I mumbled."Look at me," she snapped.I blinked as I did as I was told. She looked behind her as though she wanted to be sure that no-one was coming, and I schooled quickly. "Is there something you need, miss?" I queried slowly.She shook her head l
ROSEI resisted the urge to bite my nails as the fight escalated. I just couldn’t understand why Celine and Janet were fighting. To be honest, I just wanted to jump into the whole mess and separate them from fighting, but I had no courage.In between the scuffle, Janet looked towards my direction. I shivered at the hate that I saw in her features. And, I subconsciously took a step back, hoping her attention wouldn’t fall on me."Witch!" She spat out.I blinked as I felt my cheeks flare in awareness of her harsh words. "Who is she talking to?" Someone asked.Eyes turned slowly at Janet’s pointed gaze, and my stomach squeezed in fright. They all gasped as they looked at me, and I tried not to cower in fear."Janet, stop this madness and go home," Celine snapped.Janet ignored her like she hadn’t spoken. How would she take her seriously when they literally fought moments ago? I was literally on my own, and that was terrifying."Where do you think you’re running to? Janet snapped as she
CELINEWhat the fuck?How could this bitch hold my hand like this? My eyes slid over to Janet’s grip, and I gritted my teeth in rage. No-one had ever tried this with me before. They were all afraid of what I could do, but this woman easily held me like she could take the worst of my rage."Do you really think you can walk away from me?" She snapped.My other hand curled into fist and I moved my eyes over to hers. "Let go of me right now, Janet," I spat slowly.Her nose flared. "Your stupid threats don’t move me."I growled lowly as I placed my other hand against her hold, jerking it off at once. Janet’s howl of pain was heard, but I didn’t flinch even once. I watched as she shook the hand like she could take away the pain. In a minute, the broken finger reset itself like nothing had happened thanks to the werewolf genes, and she looked at me with anger."If you don’t want to be beaten to a pulp, get the hell out of my house. I’m feeling pretty generous this time, but I won’t always be
CELINE"Take more of the grape wine," I whispered to Paige.She smiled lightly, sliding her red hair behind her ears. "I don’t want to drink while carrying a baby," she whined.I smiled at her as I leaned over, pouring a glass for myself. We were right in the middle of the porch outside the house, enjoying a calm evening breeze. With all that has happened so far, I understood that this was very important."You know," I said as I took a sip of my wine. "I can’t understand how we never got along before now, Paige."She smirked as she rubbed her belly. "We did."I rose a brow. "Did we?""Of course, " she admitted. "The thing is that you were just protective of Oak. You didn’t like the fact that we had several fights in a week. But, I always knew when you left a fruit basket for me with one of the maids. You were always careful about my needs, and I think I love that even more."I blinked, slightly amazed at her words as the wind tussled my hair. I easily removed some strands of hair from