CLEO.I stand there, watching. My eyes simply skimmed at the already panicked crowd, I don’t run, I don't even try to move, everyone’s holding their breath and I wonder how long that will take.According to research, one can only hold one’s breath for thirty to ninety seconds, before they inhale again, and when they inhale again, the smoke will be going down their throat.The glass of mimosa feels cold against my grasp, even when people shove me aside, telling me to run. I simply ignore them, I am breathing freely, no doubt, because why else will I remain here and not join the panicked crowd? My eyes turn to look for the couple of the night, Zeke and Aastrid, but it seems like they have joined the running crowd. I see Juniper, she’s looking ravishing tonight, like me, and she’s breathing just fine.“We are going along with the plan.” I had told her this morning that even when her panicked eyes stretched wide, I always wondered how she was so innocent, not wanting to do any of this ba
ZEKE.Damn. I ran along the hall, my chest tightening with every breath, Astrid didn’t stop. And, I am worried. The smoke seems to have flushed away, the town people have already flooded out of the pack-house, to their respective houses.“Astrid.” I say finally to her when we reach the main hall. She stares around with a flushed face, damn, the moment she said she wanted to help, something swelled up in me. She wanted to help.For a while, I was worried, worried that she would do something, and now seeing her face made me glad.But, that traitor, Thane. How dare he do this to everyone? Logan appears from behind; he has already taken off his gray suit shirt, and is now tugging at the edge of his tie. His brown hair is splattered across his face from minutes of running.“Where’s Thane?” I grind my teeth together, feeling the urge to smash that old man’s face, why would he do such a thing?“I don’t know, probably somewhere hiding, Gus is looking for me, the pack members are already safe
ASTRID.One day later,‘One!’‘Two!’‘Three!’My sword slashes into the air, the metallic sound making contact with the cool breeze. I take a step forward, before turning the sword.I pant heavily when I drop it down on the cold grass.‘Just like that.’ I say to my wolf, wiping away the piece of sweat that looms over my forehead. My back feels heavy; I could use water right now. The hot sun rains on my face. I have been in the private courtyard for hours now, trying to increase my combat skills and my Luna powers.The smoke incident that happened just a day ago is still fresh in my mind, I have pulled out a list of possible suspects, and I feel like I shouldn’t get involved in all of this mess, it isn’t my problem. Right? But, still, I am dedicated to this pack. I gave my oath to protect it at all cost, even if it means laying down myself. I have got to keep practicing. I pick up the sword again, but then, it combusts through me.Another vision.An image plays in my eyes, making m
ZEKE.Council meeting going fine, Thane standing, serving his punishment, Logan and I already informed him his time was ticking by, he had one more day to come up with his possible suspect, else we are going to look through the books for his punishment.The woman named Diva, the Gamma’s daughter, won’t ever stop running her mouth about a new security system she thinks will boom, her father just staring at her in fascination. No wonder Preston has taken an interest in her.Everything moves on boringly, I want to slip away, then the door opens, and she walks in, squishing all the sanity I had left. Her confused brows met with mine, her sharp golden flecks staring at me boldly.It’s hard to concentrate whenever she’s around. They are talking, mostly yelling at her. Anger consumes me, she’s not an outsider at all, and she has fucking alpha bloodline running through her veins.She has every right to be here, to be in here. So I let her join the council, everyone’s surprised face meets mine
ASTRID.It happens in slow motion. Zeke yelled out my name frantically, the arrow touching me. Pain. Then pain, and more pain, I don’t know when I am falling, huge protective hands catch me before I fall.“Astrid, come on. You are fading, your wolf is getting weak.” He says hurriedly, I can hear the panic in his voice but it’s going distant, as though everything is jumbling, and I am sinking.Aya fights to hold on, I can feel every bit of her strength, but wolfsbane is traveling faster into my system. My eyes are growing dizzy, energy is zapping out of me.“Hold on. We are getting you to the hospital right now, just hold on, you are going to be okay.” I can barely make out the words he’s saying, I am fighting for survival, trying my best not to sink in, but it’s hard to hold on.I can barely see, my body is slumped against broad shoulders, they feel so warm, but my body feels cold, I know this because of the wolfsbane.I try to hold on, to crawl onto something, but darkness consumes m
LOGAN.Oh goddess, the wound fucking hurts, but when you are used to all the pain in the world, nothing fazes you anymore, the pain from the arrow blade still hurts, but it’s nothing compared to the pain of my darkness.The only thing that sinks me in, that makes me want to crawl somewhere and escape. I am stuck in this room- thank goddess, it’s not a freaking hospital room, those made me cringe, the smell of stale coffee, and syringes, never a fan of those white rooms.I am in my bedroom; it’s hard to think of what the time is because I am on the bed, not even moving for a bit, rain thunders outside, tiny drops biting at my bedroom window. The white glass from outside flushes with rain water, a bandage is strapped around my shoulder.I try to roll to the other side of the bed, but I winced, fuck that wolfs bane. The attack is still fresh in my mind, the way the arrow skidded into the forest and down into me, it would take a professional shooter to target that well, even I can’t targe
JUNIPER.Her hand smacks my face so roughly, the pain stings my cheek, and tears gathers at my eyes, but I don’t cry.Instead, I stand there, trembling. My hand still clutching my already swollen face, I muster my voice to say something, but it comes out tiny and weak. “I am sorry, mother.”“Nonsense!” She thunders heavily, she pulls at my hair, the pain at my scalp burns hot. “You kissed him. You kissed the Alpha, why did you betray us like that?” Her voice is a mixture of disdain, and tears threaten to fall out more.Because I like him! I kissed him because I like him so much!Everyone looks at me with pure hatred, ‘oh just look at her, she kissed that damn alpha and she liked it.’ I am standing in front of the house in the woods, the same place I came that day, chairs surrounding me. I await my judgment. Certain dark eyes follow mine, Cleo’s hands are placed on her laps, she’s seated like the others, not even saying a word, it’s hard to know what’s running through those eyes.Hatre
ZEKE.The coffee burns the tip of my tongue; I drop it on the table, and slam the paper works- which are not yet signed, my head banging with a headache. I could use some drugs, but I don’t seem in the mood to be shoving medicine down my throat. The work has been piling up and up these past few days.More letters from that unknown sender. Goddess, who is even doing this? My mind is drifting away even when I am in the room, the familiar interior of my office does not seem to faze me. Nothing does. I could go see Logan right now, but dude seems like he’s going to need all the rest he can get, Astrid’s figure pops into my mind. She’s making me go crazy, I see her every time I close my eyes, and I know that this does not have anything to do with us being mates. Some people might be mates, but they might not even be in love. Harsh reality of life. Damn, it’s hard to work whenever I am thinking about her. Inside, I am messed up, and outside, I am just trying to find a reason to be happy,
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