Thalia.“I am mated to Lucas too. Cross knows about it just like he knows that my relationship with Steve was fake.” She blinked, trying to make sense of what I just said. I gave her time for it to sink in. “That’s a lie, right? You just made that up, right? I mean, I get that you might not be dating that and I am happy that you are not but there is no way tha—“ “I am not lying. You can call your alpha or something. This.” I said and pulled my top to the side for her to see the mark. I leaned in and showed her where Lucas had marked me and then turned to the other side.“The marks might have faded but it’s the truth and they both know. Both found out yesterday. Why do you think Lucas is in our school?” I explained. She shook her head, looked at me, looked away, and then looked at me again. She opened and closed her mouth multiple times. “That’s n---“ “It is, why do you think he was so mad earlier? Cross said he is a jealous freak and I made a mistake earlier. I shouldn’t hav
Thalia“What?” I asked again. Elena smiled.“I know it’s a lot to take in but yeah, if you are mated to both of them then you are Luna of both packs which means that you are the heart of both packs because a Luna is the heart of the pack. That’s why I said you might be the one destined to bring both packs back together.”Now. That’s a lot of new information that I didn’t know.“I thought you said only alphas and betas have positions in the pack.” She nodded. “Then how?” “You see, there are two positions until the alpha finds his mate, and as you know, our alpha just turned forty, we all thought he wouldn’t find his mate well until he told me about you so yeah. That’s why but now that he has found you, you complete the whole piece and even have your job cut out for you already.” “I stared at her in confusion.“The fuck are you on about?” I let out. “You are the heart of the pack. The soul, the one who brings life, love, and peace to the pack.” “So, I am supposed to put a stop
Thalia “There’s enough alcohol at your house or do you want to come over to mine?” Elena asked me when we drove into the pack estate.“My house?” She nodded.“Your mate’s home is your home too.” Aha, right. I live with Cross now, at least for the week and yeah, the pack is my new home. I am Luna and of the pack and I am bonded forever to two men who are alphas of their respective packs. Yeah, I really need that alcohol.“My house, that way you won’t have to drag my drunk ass over. I can be very heavy,” I told her. She laughed.“You have a really nice laugh. You are very beautiful. You are practically a goddess.” I couldn’t stop myself from complimenting her. The car came to a stop in front of Cross’s house and Elena turned to me. “You are beautiful too. I mean, I have always thought so. Not to mention that you are super smart.” I could say the same for her, she was super smart too. Technically, I saw her as my rival because she was always one step ahead of me in everything. Sh
Thalia “Mom?” I shouldn’t have drunk a lot, even my voice sounded weird to me.“It’s three pm in the afternoon, have you been drinking?” Trust my mom, nothing gets past her.“Mom, I am an adult so I can do whatever I want.” I slurred.“What is wrong with you? Why do you have to be such a thorn in our flesh? What did we do wrong to birth? How did we go wrong raising you?” I laughed. Raise me? They didn’t raise me. The nannies they employed did and they did a better job than my parents would have. I was pretty much ignored the day I was born. I ruined their trip so the second I came out, they left. Yes, I was handed over to the nannies the day I was born. My mom never breastfed me and my dad never held me in his arms. Oh, my mom did just once when she handed me over to the nannies. So her saying they raised me wrong just sounded funny.“Have you gone insane? Why are you laughing?”I stopped laughing, moved the phone out of my ears, and cursed.“You do know that I can hear you, rig
Thalia“Aha, my head hurts, Mily!” I yelled for my best friend while holding my head. I woke up with the most brain-damaging headache. I couldn’t even remember what happened and how I ended up in bed. I opened my eyes and closed them again as pain shot through me.This is why I shouldn’t be drinking. I always get the worst hangover headache. Why did I drink so much yesterday? I couldn’t even remember how much I drank yesterday and why I even drank in the first place. I just know that I get this kind of headache only after drinking a lot.“Mily? Can you help me with some hangover pills?” I yelled for my best friend and covered my mouth when I felt nauseous. Was Mily still sleeping? Did she not hear me call her? I swallowed and tried to stop myself from throwing up but it didn’t work. I was forced to open my eyes again and jump out of the bed.“Huh? This is not my room,” I let out, looking around the huge unfamiliar room I was in. How did I get here? I didn’t have enough time to thin
Thalia“Oh God, oh God. Please, please.” I let out as I ran the rest of the way to my room. I looked around frantically for my phone but I couldn’t find it. Where the fuck did I drop it last night? Wait, it wasn’t with me. If Cross took my mom’s call, then he must have my phone.“Fucker!” I let out as I made my way out of my room again. Why didn’t he just tell me that he was with my phone? He made me run upstairs for nothing.“Cross!” I yelled for him while I ran down the stairs again. Fuck the crazy man.“What?” He asked when I stretched my hand out to him while breathing heavily.“Givee… mee… myy… fuckk…ingg… PHONE!” I yelled at him with all my strength.“Oh, you could have just said that instead of running away like that.“Give me my phone right now. Why did you take my mom’s call? What else did you say to her? Are you trying to ruin my life? Why would you take my call?” I fired the questions at him. He dropped my phone in my hand and I turned away from him. I clicked on my
Thalia“It's really the end.” I whispered to myself after hanging up the call. I turned to Cross and sighed deeply.“I have to go over to my former apartment, thank you for speaking to the Queen Bes, she never shows up on her own. She always sends her Secretary or my father’s Secretary but never herself. Whatever you told her, just know it ruined my life.” I fired at him. He didn’t even look fazed by what I said. Did he really not feel sorry for me? Or does he not know what he has done?“Don’t you have anything to say? Aren’t you going to apologize?” I let out.“I didn’t say anything to your mom. She just kept calling and I told her that you were sleeping and that once you are sober you will call her, that’s all. How did that result in your life being ruined?” Did he really not get it?“When did you take her call? What did you think would happen after you picked up her call? You are a man and I am a woman drunk in your house! What did you think went through the Queen Bee’s mind wh
Cross“Do you need me to do anything for you?”I asked Thalia as I drove her back to her former apartment. She shook her head without looking at me. She has been staring through the window since we left the pack and hasn’t said a single word to me or answered any of my numerous questions with actual words.I don’t know how bad her relationship with her parents was, but it must have been pretty bad for her to react the way she did after she found out that I took her mom’s call. Also, when her friend called her to say that her mother was at her former house, she literally flipped and lost it.I don’t remember how it feels like to have parents because I lost mine a long time ago but I don’t remember it being the way it was with Thalia and her parents. It was like they didn’t have a relationship. She calls her mom ‘Queen Bee’ and not in an affectionate way or anything like that.Last night, I had walked into my house and was hit with the smell of alcohol and then I saw both Thalia and Ele
Lucas “Lia? Are you there? Did you hear what I said? Turn your car around and meet me at the house.” I instructed her and removed my phone from my ear to make sure she was still on the phone but she already hung up. I dialed her number again but she didn’t pick up. I called her for a third before deciding that it would be better to go pick her up before it was too late. “Damn!” I let out and rushed back into the meeting room. Everyone turned in my direction when I walked in again after stepping out to take a call that I wasn’t supposed to take during a very important pack meeting. Fuck my life. I made the rule of no phone calls during pack meetings but I was the one to break the rule and now I am about to break another rule. Leaving the pack meeting before time wasn’t allowed but I couldn’t stay in the meeting while knowing that my mate was about to leave the pack even though I told her not to. There’s only so much the guys at the gate can do. If she persists and insists
Thalia “Because we said so.” I stared open-mouthed at Lucas. Just when I thought he got better, he just had to go spoil things between us. What? Because they said so? Like I will listen just because they said so. Men and audacity. “Can you just listen to us?” Cross added. I glared at him. “So? You expect me to say yes sir and do everything you two want? It doesn’t work that way.” I told them firmly. It was just clubbing with my friend. Nothing too huge. I could have gone without telling them but I chose to be a good girl and look where that got me. “You can’t go around unguarded. We don’t want anything to happen to you.” Lucas said in that voice that made him sound like he was talking to a child. “I have been okay all my life. Why do I have to be watching my back like some fugitive? I am twenty-two. I can’t spend my nights curled up in bed in my twenties. I will do that in my thirties or forties. I am going out and that’s final. I just thought to let you guys know. You c
Thalia “And I thought my life here would be better. What a letdown.” I grumbled. It was only my first night here so I shouldn’t be disappointed but I was. How could he leave me alone in the house on my first night? I spent all day anticipating only to be left disappointed. “Shit!” I complained and got out of bed again. I was bored out of my mind. Alone in the house on my first night. I could do a house tour but I wasn’t the type to go snooping around without approval. In the end, I decided to chat with my friends. “What’s the use of having two lovers when I can’t even get any of them like I want?” I sent the chat to the group and both girls started typing immediately. “Holy, what?” I rolled my eyes at Emily’s question. Both of them didn’t believe me when I told them that I wasn’t getting any. “I am not kidding, not to mention, I am home alone right now. That fucker dropped me off and went away talking about some pack meeting.” I texted. “Oh, pack meetings are very impor
Thalia “Is she okay?” I nodded. “Alright, let’s go?” I nodded and grabbed my stuff from the chair I had kept them earlier. He took the bag from me. “It’s just school stuff that I need for the new week.” I told him when he looked at me with questioning eyes. “Let’s go.” I walked ahead of him and saw his car. I excitedly strolled there but as I got in the car, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Cross might have done some crazy shit but he had been a good host so yeah, I miss him already. “You will be back next week. Don’t miss him so much. In fact, forget about him for now. You belong to me.” Lucas told me. He dropped my bag in the back seat and got into the car. “I don’t belong to you or anyone. I only belong to myself.” I let out. He smirked and started the car. I sent a text to Cross that I already left and thanked him for having me. Don’t ask me why I thought of thanking him after how yesterday night turned out to be. “We have arrived already?” I let
Thalia By afternoon, I was all set to leave the house and so fucking exciting for my week with Lucas because I know it will be very spicy. I cleaned up really well. There was no need to pack my bag as Lucas already had stuff I could use over at his house. I only carried my school materials that I would need for the week and my gadgets. I went over to Elena’s house and had lunch with her and her brother’s pregnant wife. Contrary to what I thought, she was actually a sweet woman, just that her hormones were all over the place because of the pregnancy. “You look super excited to leave our pack.” Elena commented as we both made our way back to Cross’s house. I smiled. I couldn’t even deny the fact that I was excited. “I am but don’t worry, I will be back soon.” I assured her. “Can you actually keep doing the back and forth? Won’t you get tired?” I smiled. I have thought of it too but right now, I don’t feel tired yet. Maybe later I will but for now, I am just not going to
Thalia “Lia, I saw your calls. Are you okay? Where are you?” He asked with concern for me, lacing his voice. He sounded out of breath which made me wonder what he has been up to. I called him and waited for him for hours. “I don’t need you anymore Lucas. You didn’t answer when I called.” I let out. He sighed. “I am sorry, I was busy. I didn’t notice my phone was ringing because it was on silent.” He explained. Busy? What was he so busy doing that he was so out of breath? Fucking some random woman? The thought found its way into my head and I couldn’t let it out. “What were you doing,” I asked and swallowed the lump that formed in my throat. What the fuck was my problem? The man doesn’t owe me any loyalty and why did I even have that kind of thought to begin with? “I was far from my phone. I just got back. What did you want me to do? Are you okay?” He asked me. “I am fine. Where were you?” I let out. Was I really trying to find out where he was so that I could deci
Thalia “This place is expensive.” I whispered. “I know.” “And yet you brought me here just because I said I wanted to eat? I am not particularly dressed for dinner tonight.” I let out. I wore a runaway outfit and not a date night party. Why would he pick a place that most people only visit on very important occasions and dates? Maybe it’s a werewolf thing. “It doesn’t matter. No one will see you.” Good for him to say. He was dressed properly. I wondered how he was able to suit up before coming to find me. “Did you look through your wardrobe and find the most expensive suit, wear the nicest perfume, and pick out the nicest shoes before coming to look for me?” I questioned him. “I always dress this way.” “Huh? Do you always wear a suit? Don’t you have casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts?” I asked him as my mind went over the times I had spent with him. I realized that I had never seen him dressed in anything other than suits. Wow. Even in the house, I have only see
Thalia“Did I say something wrong?”I asked Cross when he went silent after I jokingly called him ancient, he looked at me and looked away. Okay, maybe he didn’t get the joke. I was just kidding why did he have to take it so seriously? It’s not like he was really ancient.“Cross? I was just joking.”I whispered to him. He didn’t look at me, and I decided to give it up. I realized what he was doing. He didn’t want to answer my question about the number of women he had been with, so he was acting all offended.It’s not like I wanted to continue that talk anyway, I already told him that he doesn’t need to answer. A man like him would surely have had his share of lovers in the past. I am not the kind of girl who gave a fuck about things like that.“If it’s because I asked about your past lovers, don’t worry about it. I am really open-minded. I don’t care.”I assured him.“I care.”I whipped my head in his direction to make sure he was being for real. He was. Which was crazy. Why would he
Cross "Are you going to ignore me forever?" Thalia questioned in a whole whisper. I looked at her and looked away, choosing to concentrate on driving instead of her question or the many thoughts that were running through my mind. I almost lost my mind while I searched everywhere for her. I didn't know where she was and that drove me fucking crazy. I called her plenty of times but she didn't take my calls. I tried to call that bastard but he didn't take my calls either and that made me so scared. I drove around looking for her car. I even went to her old house and found the door locked. I asked around and found out that her friend went home for the weekend which meant Thalia couldn't have been with her. It had been the scariest three hours of my life. I kept blaming myself which I should. It was all my fault. I was the reason she had left the pack. If I had just—fuck! I don't even want to think about that right now. When she finally took my call after I decided to call her