ZADEI didn’t think much of anything at first when the guy I have been going for these races tried to deny me access and make the night fun for me.But when my car collection was suddenly gone from my warehouse, I knew something was up. No one knows about my warehouse save for the boys and the people who work there.They cant even meet my eyes, as I wait for them to explain why I cant see my cars, why the warehouse is fucking empty.“We didn’t do anything, we were all told to stand aside as they took the cars and left without a word.” One of them tries to explain, but my patience is starting to run thin.“Who are they?” Rowan asks as I turn around, looking around, trying to think who could have the guts to try crossing me like that.No one can try pulling some move like that on me because they know they won't be sleeping with their head attached to the rest of the body.“King Alpha’s command. He told us to stand down. We didn’t have any other choice! I am sorry, please spare us!”Of
ZADEThe whole world seems to fade out as I walk towards the girl who’s getting out of the car, looking around.“What are you doing here?”Her head snaps my direction, looking directly at me before she dismisses me by looking over my shoulder.My jaw clenches as Max walks up to me, looking a little uncomfortable. “Hey, Zade. We thought we could join in on the fun.”Is she dismissing me even now, in my event that she is not supposed to be? Seriously? “Were you invited?” I don’t conceal the cold venom dripping from my tone.“That’s the thing we-““Crashing my race?” I cut her off, raising my voice a little. “Leave.”I start leaving, not able to stand there and be ignored. I don’t know what's annoying; the fact that she is ruining my life or the fact that she is here, unbothered and blatantly treating me like I am invisible.“Are you okay? You seem a little bloated.”That voice stops me in my tracks, and I raise my eyebrows. Bloated? “Did you talk to me?” I turn around and point at mysel
ARI“You don’t have to do it.”“I know, but I want to wipe that smug smile off his face when I win,” I smirk, watching the prince walk off with a brunette in his arm. Is he now becoming a man whore?Max sighs. “You think it’s a good idea to go against him?”I turn around. “Are you doubting my capabilities?”“I just care about you,” she holds my hand. “I don’t want you to be hurt any further because of him.”“Yeah,” Mimi, who has been silent, joins in. “You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. We like you as you are.”“Thank you guys,” I smile. “But this is not going to get me hurt. I know what I am doing. I can't let him get away with being all cocky and thinking the world is revolving around him.”“Ari,” Max squeezes my hand gently. “I know you are mad about what he has been doing to you. But if you keep on going down this road, it won't end well. People like him don’t operate in normal worlds.”That is what is pissing me off even more. Ideas that people like him and his boys all
ARIShe can't shut up, can she?“You are not his, never will.”“And you will?” I can't help but laugh at that.“At least I will be his for the night or even a couple more. He will want me and touch me. He will be with me in ways you can only dream of. That’s the difference between me. You are a weirdo who lurks in the shadows, and I am the girl he saw and took an interest in me.”I let her go in an instant, only for my fingers to wrap around her throat and snap once before she falls with a thud on the ground.An exhale rushes out of my lungs, and the world's falling silent for a second.Then I look down at my hands. One hand is bloody, my claws have retracted, and now my short black painted nails are coated in blood.My eyes catch something on my feet and I take a step back, once blank eyes look into nothing, mouth open as if in a scream.The girl who was talking and saying all these things is now dead … and I think … I think I killed her.I … killed her.I have killed her.My hand go
ZADEI couldn’t do it.I tried being with that girl, to kiss her and forget myself in her, but all I could see is that she didn’t look like the one I wanted.She didn’t smell right, she didn’t feel right, and it only aggravated me further.It's safe to say I am having the worst night. I run my fingers through my hair as I look up at the sky. I am becoming pathetic. Here I am, far from my fucking party and looking up at the stars with only one girl in my mind, wondering what she is doing.She dared me to race her. I groan as I pace, my mind racing.“Why are you so stubborn?” I whisper, a question posed for the girl that has been in my mind longer than I would love to admit.I rub my chest, feeling a little uncomfortable. Lately, I have been experiencing these aches and emotions that I don’t know what to name, and it’s the most frustrating thing.I am going to race her, yes. I am, and then I will maybe rub it all over her face when I win, so that she can finally react, look at me like
ARII am drowning, I am being pulled under. These gnarly hands are dragging me under. I am screaming, but there is no sound coming out.It's suffocating, I am beginning to lose it … I can feel the sanity slipping slowly. I can't get back up, it's heavy, the current is dragging me under, no air … maybe if I let go, it will be okay.Maybe ….Something ice cold pierces my neck, the feeling travelling fast through my bloodstream, so I gasp so heavily and deeply, coming up for air.All the hands, the darkness, the current all disappear, and I am suddenly up, finally on the surface, and the world is like I know it.I open my eyes, and I am met with his face, his scent all around me. I can taste it at the roof of my mouth, it's in me, it's tangling up within me in almost a dreamy, euphoric dance.It feels so good, so freeing, I can feel him in every inch of me, I want to sing, I want to dance, I want to be with him in all ways, I want him, I crave him, I desire to be with him …Maybe if I ge
ARIFor a cruel day, the weather is perfect.The cold air hit my skin and I exhale, feeling the weight of my circumstances heavy on my shoulders. I have never considered this to be my home, but the view on my balcony of my bedroom is so beautiful. The vast green rolling fields before a forest line breaks it is so perfect.I sigh when I scent the pancakes that mother is making me for my eighteenth birthday. Every wolf looks forward to this day, the mark day when they will meet their mate.I hear my mother coming in and I slip in my bedroom, jumping in bed and pretending to be still asleep. I am determined to avoid any confrontation today if I can and being absent until I am off to the new school.The thought of the new school makes me nervous but I will myself to be calm when I hear my mom turning the knob to my room.“Honey, wake up. It’s a new beautiful day,” she goes straight to the window and draws the curtain and comes to sit beside me.“I know you are awake, so stop hiding from m
ARIThe limo rolls through the massive gates and a long driveway comes into view, giving into tall stone buildings that look like castles. The school is so massive, and beautiful that it puts to shame all the private top schools I went in the human world.“Do you like it?” Mr. Parker asks me and I nod, while turning to look at them. “I wanted us to stay and meet your new friends and mates but Jacob has a meeting in New York so we are leaving tonight; you don’t mind do you?” my mom asks and I shake my head.“Mom, I will be okay. I will let you know everything tonight,” I wave the gadget I am holding, “I have this thing called a phone, it allows people to communicate when they are long distance.”My parents laugh, my mom rolling her eyes at me. “Look at you, treating me like an old lady,” she cajoles, and I laugh as I look outside the window again just as the limo stops.Some students are mingling at the front and I wonder how I will be received since I am the only one who is attending
ARII am drowning, I am being pulled under. These gnarly hands are dragging me under. I am screaming, but there is no sound coming out.It's suffocating, I am beginning to lose it … I can feel the sanity slipping slowly. I can't get back up, it's heavy, the current is dragging me under, no air … maybe if I let go, it will be okay.Maybe ….Something ice cold pierces my neck, the feeling travelling fast through my bloodstream, so I gasp so heavily and deeply, coming up for air.All the hands, the darkness, the current all disappear, and I am suddenly up, finally on the surface, and the world is like I know it.I open my eyes, and I am met with his face, his scent all around me. I can taste it at the roof of my mouth, it's in me, it's tangling up within me in almost a dreamy, euphoric dance.It feels so good, so freeing, I can feel him in every inch of me, I want to sing, I want to dance, I want to be with him in all ways, I want him, I crave him, I desire to be with him …Maybe if I ge
ZADEI couldn’t do it.I tried being with that girl, to kiss her and forget myself in her, but all I could see is that she didn’t look like the one I wanted.She didn’t smell right, she didn’t feel right, and it only aggravated me further.It's safe to say I am having the worst night. I run my fingers through my hair as I look up at the sky. I am becoming pathetic. Here I am, far from my fucking party and looking up at the stars with only one girl in my mind, wondering what she is doing.She dared me to race her. I groan as I pace, my mind racing.“Why are you so stubborn?” I whisper, a question posed for the girl that has been in my mind longer than I would love to admit.I rub my chest, feeling a little uncomfortable. Lately, I have been experiencing these aches and emotions that I don’t know what to name, and it’s the most frustrating thing.I am going to race her, yes. I am, and then I will maybe rub it all over her face when I win, so that she can finally react, look at me like
ARIShe can't shut up, can she?“You are not his, never will.”“And you will?” I can't help but laugh at that.“At least I will be his for the night or even a couple more. He will want me and touch me. He will be with me in ways you can only dream of. That’s the difference between me. You are a weirdo who lurks in the shadows, and I am the girl he saw and took an interest in me.”I let her go in an instant, only for my fingers to wrap around her throat and snap once before she falls with a thud on the ground.An exhale rushes out of my lungs, and the world's falling silent for a second.Then I look down at my hands. One hand is bloody, my claws have retracted, and now my short black painted nails are coated in blood.My eyes catch something on my feet and I take a step back, once blank eyes look into nothing, mouth open as if in a scream.The girl who was talking and saying all these things is now dead … and I think … I think I killed her.I … killed her.I have killed her.My hand go
ARI“You don’t have to do it.”“I know, but I want to wipe that smug smile off his face when I win,” I smirk, watching the prince walk off with a brunette in his arm. Is he now becoming a man whore?Max sighs. “You think it’s a good idea to go against him?”I turn around. “Are you doubting my capabilities?”“I just care about you,” she holds my hand. “I don’t want you to be hurt any further because of him.”“Yeah,” Mimi, who has been silent, joins in. “You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. We like you as you are.”“Thank you guys,” I smile. “But this is not going to get me hurt. I know what I am doing. I can't let him get away with being all cocky and thinking the world is revolving around him.”“Ari,” Max squeezes my hand gently. “I know you are mad about what he has been doing to you. But if you keep on going down this road, it won't end well. People like him don’t operate in normal worlds.”That is what is pissing me off even more. Ideas that people like him and his boys all
ZADEThe whole world seems to fade out as I walk towards the girl who’s getting out of the car, looking around.“What are you doing here?”Her head snaps my direction, looking directly at me before she dismisses me by looking over my shoulder.My jaw clenches as Max walks up to me, looking a little uncomfortable. “Hey, Zade. We thought we could join in on the fun.”Is she dismissing me even now, in my event that she is not supposed to be? Seriously? “Were you invited?” I don’t conceal the cold venom dripping from my tone.“That’s the thing we-““Crashing my race?” I cut her off, raising my voice a little. “Leave.”I start leaving, not able to stand there and be ignored. I don’t know what's annoying; the fact that she is ruining my life or the fact that she is here, unbothered and blatantly treating me like I am invisible.“Are you okay? You seem a little bloated.”That voice stops me in my tracks, and I raise my eyebrows. Bloated? “Did you talk to me?” I turn around and point at mysel
ZADEI didn’t think much of anything at first when the guy I have been going for these races tried to deny me access and make the night fun for me.But when my car collection was suddenly gone from my warehouse, I knew something was up. No one knows about my warehouse save for the boys and the people who work there.They cant even meet my eyes, as I wait for them to explain why I cant see my cars, why the warehouse is fucking empty.“We didn’t do anything, we were all told to stand aside as they took the cars and left without a word.” One of them tries to explain, but my patience is starting to run thin.“Who are they?” Rowan asks as I turn around, looking around, trying to think who could have the guts to try crossing me like that.No one can try pulling some move like that on me because they know they won't be sleeping with their head attached to the rest of the body.“King Alpha’s command. He told us to stand down. We didn’t have any other choice! I am sorry, please spare us!”Of
ARII look hot.As I look at my reflection in the mirror, I can't help but notice the progress in my psyche and how I look so different from the girl I was months back.That girl dressed and spoke from a place of pleasing everyone around her, to not upset anyone, and to remain in the background. I didn’t dress how I wanted, I didn't even eat some of the foods I wanted when I was at a party that my mother had hosted on yet another Friday night.I wasn’t myself, accepting to be dressed like a doll, going with the motions until I couldn’t know what was real to me and what wasn’t.I never had a chance to grow into myself, decide what I like and what I didn’t like. All of that was pushed away because it didn’t matter when I didn’t know if I was going to live long enough to see spring.Nothing held meaning in a life of survival, and all that I could do once we found a new home and we could sleep a full night without waking up to walk around the property was to continue living the life of a
ARII am lying on my couch playing on my phone, Mimi and Max hanging out with me, when Max sits up from her seat, looking at her phone with wide eyes.“I can't believe them!”“What is it?” Max asks, looking up from her book.“The boys are doing an illegal street race,” Max shakes her head. “The last time they did this, someone died and the human police had to be involved.”“Who died?” I ask.“A human girl died. There are usually humans joining in on the fun, and the night is so wild and dangerous. I wish they would just notice how dangerous the people they are hanging out with are dangerous.”I shrug casually. “Some people prefer the darkness and the danger. How did she die?”“She was killed.”“What? Why?” Mimi asks, her round eyes wide behind the glasses.“Logan killed her.”That makes my jaw drop. “Whoa.”“yes, that’s why I don’t think it’s a good idea to hold another race especially with how unhinged they have been lately,” max lies down on the couch again. “those stupid assholes.
ARI“Ari! What a surprise, what brings you here?”I smile, bowing slightly in greeting. “Hello, Mr. Parker, I was in the city and decided to come in and say hello to you.” I meet his eyes. “Well, and thank you for the car and the new suite at school.”He laughs, sitting behind the large desk. “You don’t have to thank me, it was nothing. Sit.”I sit on the plush chair facing him, the large luxurious office very intimidating, or it could be the king alpha himself. His presence is very commanding, and his energy is felt, even without him trying to. You have no other choice but to obey and listen to him.I wonder how mother copes with this, as she is an omega; but then again, they are mates, so she is in tune with him.“Mary has not been in the best of moods,” he starts as he sits back, fingers drumming on the mahogany surface. “You haven’t been talking to her.”“I have been busy with school, but I intend to rectify that as soon as possible.” Lies. I have no intention of facing my mother