THE STRANGE MANWith anger radiating all of his body, Oliver stomped into the living room, shrugging off his jacket and throwing it behind him at the maid trailing behind him. "Prepare me a cold bathe!"Then he stalked off, making his way up the stairs and ignoring Xavier's and Geneva's gaze on him. Madonna who was by that time about taking the stairs down abruptly stopped and leaned against the wall, arms spreaded against it as she willed herself motionless. Even though she wasn't so sure he was going to sight her, she stayed that way.And luck been on her side, Oliver took off to his room with a single glance back.Instead of letting out a relieved sigh, she began pacing back and forth the hallway. Now what shit had she gotten herself into? Or will she keep hiding? This hide and seek game she's visibly starting wouldn't last her an eternity.This will possibly change between them under this roof and she's fully aware both of them can't ignore what had took place between them yester
KEEP THE SECRET (II)Tears was streaking down her face as she was about muttering the last few words."...It seemed as though it was his handiwork." She finished and Savannah moved closer to her, hugging her tight and also patting her head; smoothening it down softly. Resting her jaw on her head, both stayed in silence with no words needed to be muttered.It was as though a mother cradling her baby but it was more than that. It was as if she's seeking comfort and that she found in their hugs till she was comfortable and they both pulled away to stare at each other's face."You're okay now right?" Savannah asked and she nodded, dabbing at the tears on her cheeks with her palms and gjving a smile.Savannah smiled at that before shifting back to her side of the bed and then patting beside her on the bed, she beckoned, " C'mon, Lay down and lay your head. Once you wake up, you'll feel even more refreshed."Madonna gave a short nod and did as told. Savannah smiled, covering both their bod
ALMOST KISSED" You're sure about this?"Savannah asked Madonna as they both began to sneak through the hallway. Madonna hushed her by placing a finger on her lips in indication for silence. Savannah did just that but as she found them stopping by Xavier's door, she stopped as Madonna's hand grabbed the doorknob." What, you aren't coming in with me?" She inquired, looking back at Savannah who nodded tensely, causing her to sigh and move away from the fine." Great then. It's not a must we find out who drugged your brother." She said about to take her leave when Savannah held her back and she reluctantly halted on her steps, turning back around to yank her hand out of Savannah's grip." What do you want again?" She asked, feigning annoyance and she stood at akimbo, watching her with a smirk etched on her face." Let's get in." And that's all she needed as she went back towards the door and pushed it opening, walking in with Savannah following behind her. Before shutting the door, she
LIKE A DATE?Throughout the walk back to her room, she was completely drenched with embrassment. How on earth was this happening to her? Just as she shut the door and leaned her back against it, she couldn't help taking her index fingers up to her lips.They almost kissed. They almost until he found it the time to pull away.And as far as she knows she shouldn't be doing this and shouldn't be doing this, she felt as though it was near to impossible. Pushing herself off the door to venture further the room, a figure suddenly bumped into her way in the darkness." Arrgh!" She made sure to scream but not completely under her voice cause before it could gain more octave, the light to the room had flickered on revealing Savannah grinning ear to ear before her." You brat, you should always think twice before deciding to attack me."she mushed, bringing her arms you and folding it above her chest as she sent her a big smirk." As if you could pull a shit." Savannah gave a chortle before grab
THE EVENTMadonna's povOn getting to the event, I was amazed by how big the venue was. Just the parking lot alone was holding a whole lot cars of different colours and brands. Climbing out of the car and making my way out before Xavier could reach me to do that, I slammed the door shut.Looking around as we walked inside, I was dumbstruck. I don't exactly know the event that was going on here but the crowd alone was enough to tell me how much glamorous it's going to be." What's this event for?" I find myself asking Xavier who was staring right at his phone's screen, concentrated." Business related. "His reply came short and simple. As I gave a short nod, we finally stepped foot into the hall everything was taking place and I couldn't help the small gasp that fell off my lips in the process.The chandelier light was shinning brightly over everyone and by each step we took, the sparkling clean flooring glimmered below our feet. Then the great deal was walking past the bunch of bodie
CHALLENGED" What am I doing here?!" Madonna palmed her face, peeking out through her fingers as she screamed; her eyes bypassing Xavier that was just right before her seated on a sofa with his legs crossed as he flipped through the magazine in her hand, feigning unaware.Filled with annoyance, she yanked the bedsheet away from her body. About to stand up from the bed, she found her legs entangled through the sheets, causing her to groan, flipping her legs out it. Successfully shoooting it out, she climbed out of bed and ventured towards him." I said what am I doing here?" She asked him once again, placing her hand at akimbo as he finally looked up at her.The last thing she could remember was coming to this party with him as his date. Yes, everything felt plain boring to her that she had to go for a drink from the helpless bartender but then, she remembered how Circle also happened to be there, looking at her as though she wants nothing than to feed on her blood.And then what happ
OVER A DECADEUnknown's povIt has been a few days since I agreed to execute Beatnick and reveal myself to my pack. I am trying to imagine myself as a strong, powerful leader. Alpha and I have attended several meetings for hours at a time with the Pack Council, consisting of Kane, Woodland, and the man who drove me to the estate for the first time, Chandler.We ae in one now, sitting in Alpha's conference room that was decorated in ebony and dark oak. Alpha sits at the head of the table, I on his left, and Kane on his right. We face each other and I note that Kane is looking extremely impatient. Next to me sits Chandler, and older gentlemen. I can't figure out what his position might be until I search my mind for the books that I've been reading. Instead of exploring like I wanted to be, I was shut up in Alpha's room most of the time, going through book after book. Alpha didn't want me working in the days leading up to the execution apparently. Across from the Elder, Woodland sits l
LIKE DIRTY SAVAGESI lean up against the window in my bedroom, watching my Natalia sleeping so peacefully. The canopy is pulledback slightly from when she crawled into bed, after kissing my arm goodnight. There is pain in my chest as a result of not being able to touch her, to feel her perfect skin, to make her mine. My brother is snuggled in a warm,naked embrace with his mate tonight, and I stand watching mine from a distance that seems like a thousand miles. But I know that Kane suffers in adifferent way. His mate is dying. He can't mark her because it would cause an outrage within the pack. Beingnear him helps, but she still deteriorates from the inside. Emalin is too stubborn to have him mark her before theirwedding, so it has become my responsibility to make sure it all comes together within the next month, so that they can wed before the next full moon passes.I kissed Natalia on her perfect head, and slip out of the dark bedroom, lit only by the glow of the nearly full mo
The End Geneva and Xavier dismissed the maids after they were done bringing their luggages in. Both having turned around at the same time to check out their new abode, a tight smile crawled on top Xavier's face. Putting back on his sunglasses, he shrugged indifferently at Geneva. " At least now we'll be able to concentrate solemnly on our duties- as Alphas at that."" Yeah, you're kinda right." Geneva nodded in agreement. The mansion been so freaking huge with its funitures and interiors costing a whomping sum of money, they found no problem with it. And also, it's one of the properties owned by them. "Do you think Oliver will be fine? He reluctantly agreed to it when we told him of our decision to leave." Just as Xavier was climbing up the stairs to explore inside, Geneva questioned him. Almost like he just heared the unbelievable, the rate at which Xavier snapped his head towards him was quite snappy. " Did you just ask that?" Xavier wagged a brow at Geneva who wagged a brow, in
STIR UP Why does that name stir up so many emotions in my heart? Hearing him say her name while kissing me was the worse thing that could have ever happened to me. How could I continue kissing a man who called me by another woman's name?It means that he was thinking about her while kissing me. The realization hits me so hard that I feel the air get knocked straight out of my body. He didn't know he was kissing me this entire time; he thought he was kissing her. This fact breaks my heart into two. All along, I was hoping that Kane knew he was with me, that he knew how close we were, that he was enjoying it, that it was making him happy. Now I know that he was thinking about her, the woman he was deeply in love with. He loved and missed her so much that he mistook me for her; for Maya.I didn't know her. I knew nothing about her but yet I didn't think I'd ever been more envious of a woman in my entire life before. How stupid was I? How could I envy a woman I'd never met? She did nothi
LAST EVENT I can't let her continue to touch me like this. My crazy heart likes it too much when it shouldn't. She's making me feel things that I promised myself that I never would until I found Maya.I don't know what's happening to me. Why do I act like this girl is my mate? I didn't only kill that man from earlier because of what he did; I also killed him because I wanted to from the moment I saw him trying to flirt with her.My reaction to her was driving me f*****g crazy. When would I stop this? What did I have to do to stop feeling this way for her? Every time I tried to push her away, something like this happened, pushing me closer to her than ever.I didn't want to snap at her, not after what almost happened to her tonight.I imagine Maya in front of me, and I see the look of disappointment on her face. She's disappointed in me for being so weak and once again letting her down. I couldn't even control my urges around another woman. I never knew that I was this soft.How coul
STEPPING AWAY"I'll return to the party," I tell him as I step away from him. It's hard for me to do it, but he's leaving me no choice. He doesn't want me here. “It's clear that you don't want me here. I won't stay where I'm not wanted. All I wanted to do was to help you as you helped me. I wanted to hear your story; you remember everything from your past while I remember nothing. I don't know who my children's father is, and I don't know my name. I don't know my family. I don't know anything. I don't know if people are looking for me, and I don't know if someone did this to me or if losing my memory was an accident. I don't know why I'm telling you this; you don't want to hear it. I'm just trying to say that while I don't remember anything about my life, you remember everything about yours. And whatever it is that you remember, I can tell that it's hurting you. I'm sorry if I overstepped my boundaries; as I said, I only wanted to help."Kane doesn't say anything; he isn't looking at
ASTRAY My mind was racing as I tried to make sense of his words. Was he referring to the woman he was with before he decided to marry Giselle? Is she the reason why he's always looking like this? How much did he care about her? Did he love her? There were so many questions on my mind. I needed the answers, and I had to get them now. I felt like I would go insane if he didn't tell me who she was."Who is she?" I whisper. I can't even recognize my voice. I'm scared, actually scared, to find out that this was the woman he loved. I'm not sure how I would react to this, knowing that there was a woman out there that Kane loved this much. A woman that left him in a state of depression. He doesn't have to tell me. I can see the answer in his eyes alone. But I still want to hear it. I won't believe it until he opened his mouth and told me.I wait for his answer, but it never comes."Who is she?" I ask again. "How can you say something like that without explaining yourself? I want to know who
UPCOMING "Yes," Kane finally answers. "You weren't waking up, and I knew you had plenty of things planned for us today. I had my friend, a doctor, make sure that everything was okay. He told me that it's important that you rest for a few days."Giselle shakes her head, "I can't rest when we've already lost an entire day together, Kane; we need to make up for the lost time. I have some friends coming over tonight; I didn't realize I'd been sleeping for so long. I want to introduce you to them. They will be happy to know that I've finally gotten the man of my dreams.""Do you think that's a good idea?" he asks her. "I don't want to see anything happen to your health; it was hard being by your side today and seeing you so sick. Please reconsider."Giselle smiles, and it's weird to see her look this happy all at once, "thank you for showing me your caring side. If I had any doubts about our upcoming marriage, they're gone now. You're going to make a wonderful husband and father to our f
WAKES UPI had the list of their enemies. I needed to remove the ones that didn't have sisters; that would be rare to find, but it was all I had to work with. My plan will only work if the person who wrote the letter about Maya was telling the truth.I hold the paper tightly in my hands; this is the first lead. I'm not going to stop here. The next chance that I get, I'm searching for her.I don't care where you are, Maya. I will find you, and I will make things right between us."Kane!" I heard someone shout my name. I turn towards the sound, and I recognize the person immediately.It's the same girl from before who protected me from Maya's brothers. I didn't want to stay and speak to anyone, but I think I had to at least listen to her after she saved my life. She's why I can live to find out what happened to my mate."What is your name?" I ask her.She looked startled when I asked her, but she quickly answered, "Gabriella."I nod, "not that I'm not grateful that you saved my life bef
NUZZLE I felt the girl smell me earlier. I'm sure of it. Her actions both puzzled and did things to my body that I would rather not think about. Why did she trust me as much as she did? What was it about her that continued to draw me in? She was a puzzle to me, a puzzle that I had to keep away from. She kept doing things that surprised me; I was never sure what she was about to say or do. It was easy to say that I would never have a dull moment with her. I've had people hate me from the moment they met me, who judged me. She was probably one of the first women who thought of me as someone they could trust blindly.Thinking about her while she wasn't even near me was off-limits. From now on, I had to be harsher on myself. I had to do it because I couldn't disappoint the one person that mattered to me.I look up from where I'm standing.I don't know why I'm in front of Maya's home; I wouldn't be here if I had another option to find my mate. I knew that the only way I would be able to
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWO:- BACK THEREI want to scream in frustration when Kane closes his arms around me. I'm not allowed to feel this way for him. The man doesn't even like it when I say his name. I felt his reaction when I held onto him earlier; he was unhappy about it. I think he hates it when I'm near him. He hates it when I touch him and he hates it when I speak. What was wrong with my body? Why do I act like this isn't the first time we've been this close? Why does my heart tell me that I should remember him? Why do I want to hold onto him and stay this way forever?There is no way that I knew Kane.My stupid heart was crazy for thinking otherwise; that's the only explanation I can think of. If Kane knew who I was, he would have recognized me by now. Instead, he acts like I'm a stranger, someone he doesn't want to ever be around.I'm glad that he's treating me this way; if he'd continued to be kind for no reason, my heart would have continued to waver. It's something that co