ASTRID.Sleep doesn’t pull me in straight away, I guess having a hot Alpha by your side can make you a little bit nervous.The blanket feels cold under my body, my eyes snapping around the cold room. I fear that if I close my eyes now and try to sleep, I might not even fall asleep.I turn in the bed, where I am able to see Zeke’s face well, his brows are pinched together, even in his sleep, he has managed to look so breathtaking.This would have been the type of man that seventeen year old Astrid would have daydreamed about, but not twenty-two year old Astrid, dreams are long gone, what is left is the remnant of my sanity.I lifted my hand to run it across his face, but then debated, he looks so peaceful in his sleep, I just watch him, a sigh constantly waging against my lips.His brows pinched together, and his lips moved further apart. Was he having a bad dream?He stirs in his position, this time I grow more worried.“Zeke?” I call out, but his lips part apart.“Zeke!” I call again
GUS.The market is bustling today, people shoveling past me as they carry on with their business, I follow Mrs. Lola obediently, and when she reaches her stall, she stops.“Should I drop it over here?” I ask with a smile, and she nods, I drop the basket of fruits and straighten.“Thank you so much. Gus, we don’t see a lot of boys your age helping out old women like this.” She smiles at me, “Especially every morning, helping me with my fruits, you are such a good boy, Gus, don’t let anyone take that away from you.”It’s my turn to smile at her now. “It’s nothing, Mrs. Lola, I am just happy to help.”“Of course,” She chirps, and like though I know what’s coming next. “My grand-daughter is done in the academy and is coming to town today. Will you be kind enough to meet with her?” She gazes expectantly at me, wanting me to say that positive answer.I really wish I could, but now, I can’t even look at any woman except her, it’s like everywhere I go, I am seeing her, everything I do, I am t
ASTRID.“Hey. Astrid.” An Omega calls me, her hands filled with plates and pans. “Can you help me deliver food to the Gamma’s daughter?”I stare at her, but then I say, after all it’s just food. “Okay.”“Thank you so much.” She shoves the bowl to my hand. “The Gamma’s daughter room is just by the left in the west wing room.” Her smile sets me down. She bustles out of the room immediately, leaving me alone in the kitchen.I wonder where the Omegas are, I haven’t even spotted Juniper anywhere after my confrontation, it seems like she’s ignoring me on purpose, and I feel so bad.The heart-shaped pendant dangles around my neck, it’s like any time I touch it, I can feel the power consuming me, something sharp and raw filling me.Fuck. I am never going to take this off, my hands reach for the bowl as I exit the room. The west wing is just around the corner, a few more steps. I knock, but there’s silence.I pull the door open and freeze in my steps, on the bed the Gamma’s daughter is openly
ZEKE.Damn.When I stepped into the academy, I felt the cold air flush through my face. Being here, in the same place I attended with Gus and my twin brother, being back here seems weird.My parents and Astrid’s parents attended this academy together, and due to my reports, they seemed to have been really close, but my questions are: Why are they enemies? Why did they wage war against each other? Here, the dorms are spread around the west and east wing, the dining room. I know the problem about having room-mates, because for the entire time I was stuck with Vortex, I know everybody said staying in the academy was every wolf’s dream, for me. It’s just three years of pure hell.The reception at the entrance feels cold, the principal’s office is just to the left, I could picture her frail face leaning on her chair, sipping cold tea, during the years we were here, Logan and I got into thousand of fights and we would always end up in her office, on her seat.She was more scary than the t
ASTRID.I have a feeling that I am here for a reason, either Diva wants me to shut up and not say anything after catching her kissing an unknown man or she’s just here treating me to drinks.I watched carefully as she poured her martini and took a gulp, while mine still sits on the counter, untouched.Lights flashes in my face, almost making me dizzy, music blares from every corner, strippers move around, their bodies on the poles. Damn, this place makes me uncomfortable.Aya and I were having a conversation when Diva nudged my hand, clearly drunk.“I will have another cocktail!” She yells under the blaring music, her cheeks flushed red.“Can you please tell me why I am here?” I suppressed a sigh as I asked, “If you want me not to tell a soul about what I saw, then I won’t, you didn’t have to bring me here.”She laughs, before tossing her hair to her shoulders, one of the men present was ogling at her exposed cleavage due to her dress. She winked and waved, the man blushed and looked
ZEKE.My demons are reeling inside of me, self control, I tell myself, but only goddess knows how much restraint is left inside of me before I pin her to the wall and devour her.Even now as we ride back to the pack-house, I control the urge. I can do this.I can.-The next day, I stayed in bed much longer than usual, a throbbing headache starting to resurface. The door creaked open and an Omega creeps in.I realize it’s Juniper, her brown eyes are struck to the floor. She bows her head slowly, before dropping the food on the table, her eyes narrow around, afraid to meet my gaze. She slipped out and I grunt, falling back towards the bed.After my morning routine, I go out of the room, in a shitty mood.My legs stride over to Madam Yv’s room, asking how she’s doing. At least, a little bit of me is good for her, my hands almost near to the knob when I hear some voices. I hear fast paced grinding on the floor, I stop and listen. “You leave my boys alone. You will not force Zeke to get
ASTRID.“Juniper?” I call out when I see her coming out of Zeke’s room, I don’t get why she’s ignoring me now, it’s been days now and we haven’t even spoken.She walks faster and pays no attention to me, the stab in my chest is painful, being cast aside is what I have always hated. “Juni!” I run after her, hoping she would stop striding faster, if anything, it only makes her walk faster in the hall. “Just stay and hear me out.” She doesn’t even listen, her legs grazing the tile faster than ever.“Wait.” I call out, but even my throat feels dry.Mrs. Perry appears in front of me, hands etched on her hips. Dark eyes stare back at me. Oh great, what does she want?She doesn't even move out of the way, her body blocking my view, now I am sure that Juniper is out of view.Anger fills me, but I don’t show it, showing it means more punishment, besides. Mrs. Perry and I are not friendly to each other.“What?” I ask, feeling irritated.“Is that how you talk to me now?” She clicks her tongue i
ZEKE.Anger pricks at my skin. Honestly, coming to this dark underground makes me feel as though I am at the end of the road.“Gus, this better be good, else....You will be getting punished.” I grit my teeth as I follow him into the path that leads to the treasure room, honestly, I am not in charge of this fucking shit, Logan is. So, I don’t know why I am here.“Do you ever keep quiet?” Logan hisses under his breath, the path we are going into is dim, barely light from the tiny cuffed windows.“And, do you ever use your mouth for something good?” I almost actually want to punch his face, why Gus brought us here is still undecided. Even now, as we walk through the path of the treasure room, I think about her. Her body is filling my vision.It’s hard to fucking breath just by thinking about her.Gus jostled the key into the hole, and led us into the cold room, air whooshes through my lungs as I stared around. Everything is in place, Logan’s already walking towards the other side.“Why a
Thank you for following me throughout Astrid and Zeke’s story, they finally got their happy ever after! Though I am not sure whether to write about Leora and Hendrix’s story, they had a wild start throughout the story, if you want to hear about their story, you can do well to let me know in the comments and I will consider the possiblity of a sequel about Leor, Leora and Hendrix when they are all grown up.Please check out my other werewolf romance book, ‘Fated To Her Ruthless Alpha,’ and I promise you won’t be disappointed. Love,Rae-Rae.
LEORA.Age-16It’s been ten years since I last saw him. It’s funny how time flies so fast, one time I was just a little girl with a loving brother and a best-friend and now, I am getting ready to receive my acceptance letter into the academy.My family, especially my overprotective brother, Leor doesn’t want me searching for Hendrix; they say the past is all in the past. But, I need to see him; I need to see the ten year old boy who saved the six year old me. It’s like every time I close my eyes, I am transported back to that day, the contempt in his eyes when he looked at me was unmatched. My family killed his mother because they were trying to protect me, but every day I am secretly searching for him. I still wear the ruby necklace everywhere, anytime I rub the edges, it reminds me of him.How does he look now? How does he act? Will he still remember me? Does he still hate me? I will keep trying to search for him and when I see him, there’s countless things I want to say to him
ASTRID.I watch with widened eyes as Freya turns, but Zeke is gliding the knife into her back. She lets out a tortured scream, falling to her knees as blood gathers around her dark dress.My daughter is right here, safe with me. Hendrix yells loudly, rushing towards his mother, we all stare as he crouches to her level and cup her chin.“Mother?” He says fearfully, “Mother, you are bleeding. We have to get you to the hospital, please now. Mother, you can’t leave me.”“My sweet Hendrix, they took everything away from us. They killed me, they are the enemy, revenge my death.” She closes her eyes slowly, and Hendrix yells painfully, his hands covered in her blood.Freya is on the floor, unmoving. We did it, we killed her, and now, she won’t hurt anybody again.Slowly, Hendrix rises to his knees. “You killed her,” He mumbles darkly, “You killed my mother! I won’t let you get away with this, never.”It breaks my heart to say this, but I have to. “Arrest him.” I turn towards the guard, it’s
ZEKE.I am already barging out of the door.I have a son.I have a daughter.I have children, and I never knew about them for seven fucking years, that’s a lot of gap. I am a father, the more I say it out loud, the more it gets harder to believe. And now my daughter is missing.Preston follows behind us, and Astrid is beside me. I can’t even bring myself to look at her, but for now. I have to make sure my daughter is safe.“What’s going on in the hall?” I ask Preston as we walk hastily towards the hall.“I don’t know. A woman with dark hair is here and she wants to see you, we already moved everyone to the courtyard including Leor, though he seems very concerned. The woman is waiting for you in the hall.” Preston says.I open the door of the hall and what I see makes my mouth run dry, a woman with dark hair wearing a cocktail dress is nails deep into a man’s chest. I watch, frozen, how she sinks her nails into the person’s chest and squeezes the person’s heart. The person’s body pales
ASTRID.It’s the day. The day where vows are taken, the day that two people choose to love each other, in sickness and in everything. The day that changes everything.The pack-house is bustling with Omegas getting the wedding hall ready, Madam Yv and Gus’ mother are giving instructions for the wine and caviar. I have a feeling that they are going to get pretty drunk today, well I doubt so. This is Diva’s wedding. Everyone has been looking forward to it.Nothing is supposed to ruin the happy day except I had a dream overnight about the wedding, blood, knife stabs, running. It was so blurry to see and then I woke up, not even understanding a thing.“Mommy!” Leora’s sweet voice bounces me out of my thoughts. I look at my daughter who is now running towards me, her pink jittery dress flowing, my baby girl is the flower girl. When she reaches me, her brown hair is pinned in pigtails, her light blue eyes watch me.I am fascinated by the resemblance between her and her father, Zeke. Right, t
LOGAN.If someone told me that being with somebody could spark this much reaction out of me, I would have smacked them right in the face, because I always feel like I can generate happiness by doing lots of things that did not involve mingling with people.But, this sort of happiness...The one that hits so differently, people say love comes in tiny bits, but this love just hits me like a shockwave and now, as I look at Juniper, I know that there’s nobody I will rather spend my life with than this woman over here. “Hey, Logan?” She asks, swinging her hands that are entwined in mine. I don’t like petty things, such as holding hands, but as long as it’s Juni, I don’t really mind. We are walking hand in hand along the sea, earlier; she suggested we go for a walk just to calm ourselves down. “Yes, Juni?” I ask back and she grins, and I swear, this woman can make my heart squeeze just by smiling, she lights up my world. She brings out the sunshine in my darkness. The sky is just beginning
GUS.It’s one thing to open the door and see someone you actually know and the other to open the door to Cleo. What’s she doing here? Is the first question that comes to mind.She never comes here, so why is she here suddenly?I can’t deny the fact that my lips feel dry to the core. “Yes,” My voice comes out lamely as I stretch open the door and watch her step into the villa. I can’t deny the fact that her perfume wafts into my nostrils as she passes by.I lead her to the living room, “You can have a seat. Do you want anything? Coffee? Tea? Biscuits?”She sits down, staring around in wonder, but then her eyes soften, “I am okay, thanks.”I take a seat beside her, trying my best to create distance between us on the couch. She senses this and her face falls. I shouldn’t be doing this, letting her in the house is a red flag. If Zeke walks in right now, he will send her sprawling out, but considering the fact that I am the only here in the house, I should just hear her out.I want closure,
CLEO.Katherine stares out the window, looking dazed, whenever we come to coffee shops, she always picks the seat near the window. One time I tried asking her about it, and her reply shocked me.“Staring out the window at the numerous people passing by is just calming, you see someone walk by, but you don’t know what they are going through, I try to imagine the pain they are carrying about.” She had said.There are two mugs of coffee, barely untouched, and a plate of two grilled turkey sandwiches. Katherine has eaten a part of hers, but mine is untouched. I just don’t feel like eating, maybe because the anticipation that’s curling in the pit of my stomach is enough to make me weak.We are waiting for two more people, they are always late, I don’t know why but it just irks me when people come late.The door chimes and Katherine’s eyes bob towards the entrance, Kai walks in, he’s dressed casually in a t-shirt and sweatpants, he doesn’t bother with the greetings, he just takes the chair
ASTRID.I bite my lips, staring into his darkened blue eyes, I want this so much.“Go down on your knees, baby and take my cock into that gorgeous mouth of yours.” His command runs down my spine and I obey, going down on my knees, I unzip his trousers and take out his cock.Slowly, I slid it down my throat, until I hit the point where my eyes water, I whimper, before falling in length, licking and sucking until I am drenched.“Fuck, baby.” Zeke’s hand digs into my hair and yanks me deeper. “That feels so good,”My body pulses with need, as his groan fills the car, there’s something so powerful in having Zeke Rossi at my mercy, I increase my pace, driving him harder into my mouth, just when I am about to go deeper, he yanks my hair back, pulling me away from him.“You are going to be the end of me,” He mumbles darkly, before pushing me on the leather seat and towering above.“You should have thought of the consequences before putting this dress on tonight,” His hands move to the zipper