I gasped hard. I wasn’t even able to stop it from happening as Derek did it with so much aggressiveness. All I could do was step back and prepare myself for the worst. Uneasiness started to overwhelm me and I avoided his gaze.
I huffed. “G-Give it back!”
“I told you, I know more about you than you think I do.”
“Derek!” I roared and I felt my eyes changing in hostility. My whole body quivered as all I could think about was how to escape the situation that I got myself in.
He can smell my identity, what do I do? My brain couldn’t comprehend it nor my experience could- it would never have occurred to me that he would steal the artifact without showing any hints that could lead to it.
So how and when?
When did he know about it?!
Without even thinking, I was already fighting him as I attempted to retrieve my mother's artifact. However, no matter how many blows we exchanged, he continued to de
*DEREK's POV* Why can’t you trust me? It was all I could think of as I stared at her eyes. We both knew that the conversation was far from progressing as both of us fought to stand our ground. Nevertheless, I still hoped I could change her mind even just for a brief moment. However, my expectations once again failed me. In the end, her untrusting gaze made me realize that she was still out of my reach. Unconsciously, I lost my grip and she hastily pulled her hand back to her sides. “Do you think I'm dumb? Why would I be honest towards my target?” My chest tightened. So nothing has changed at all. “Of course, I guess I was just stupid enough to believe that you also feel the same way that I do towards you.” “…” More than I hate how things are going, I hated myself more for believing that we feel special towards each other. All the memories, may it be bitter or sweet, started to hurt even more than before. The air s
~*~*VENUS’ POV*Did I go too far?As I laid my back down on the mattress, my mind seemed to be filled with the pained expression he gave when I said that he shouldn’t expect honesty from a spy like me- I should be right about that one, I mean who would believe a traitor when you catch one? However, a grain of doubt lingered in the back of my mind.{“Of course, I guess I was just stupid enough to believe that you also feel the same feelings that I have inside me.”}Feelings?Placing my palm at the top of my chest, I wondered why those words made my heart feel uncomfortable. Is it really because I'm already in love with him? Or this weighing guilt keep haunting me due to the fact that he still likes me so much even after discovering my identity?I let out a deep sigh. “This is so annoying, I can’t believe I'm actually having second thoughts.”My eyelids drooped shut. I didn’t have mu
More than the suspense of being found out, I was more terrified at the thought that Seff could actually subdue me while I resisted. I huffed, and I eventually calmed down to abide by his stupid wishes. As soon as he noticed, he gave me a look of confirmation and I nodded.He lets go of me and took a quick look at the person in question. We were both on our back on the tree so I had to rely on him to check it out, as he was on the safer side of viewing.“Who is it?” I asked in a whisper, tugging his shirt. “Is he coming here?”Yet instead of answering me, he had the audacity to place his hand back to my mouth and I tasted the awful blood dripping from it. My blood boiled in anger as I endured it for a second- but it didn’t take me long.I slapped his hand away and stabbed his thigh in irritation.He yelps, and turns to give me a look of surprise. “What was that for?!”“PUT YOUR DAMN HANDS
He gave me a slight smirk and dabbed his finger to his right temple, “Great minds think alike, aren’t we so similar now?” I rolled my eyes in annoyance. Why did I even bother asking? Knowing him, he’d do whatever he wants without thinking of the consequences anyway. I didn’t want to stay long in our spot anymore so I told him to follow me up to my room. After I jumped towards my room, I looked down at him and noticed that he was still there like an idiot, he looked uneasy and unsure if he would follow me. My forehead knitted, how long is he going to make me wait? “Aren’t you coming?” “You’re not trying to kill me again, are you?” He says with a look of doubt. “Last time I jumped, a huge ass sofa came my way.” I let out a light chuckle. So that’s what he’s worried about, well he looked sincere when he said that he didn’t tell on me so I should give him a second chance. “Get in before I change my mind.” I was about to turn around but he
“Well, I never expected you to befriend me either,”“What?”“I mean..” He sighs, and we both looked at each other in confusion while he tried to find the right words to say. Yet even when a minute passed, he just eventually gave up and closed his eyes in frustration. “This is not the time to talk about those things. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that the job cannot be delayed any further. Didn’t you hear a while ago? There are already suspicions going around for security, I'm sure Derek gathered everyone because of that.”Surprisingly, Seff’s pain tolerance was beyond my expectations. While I scraped his affected flesh off, he seemed like the pain didn’t bother him. Like he was already used to such pain. I wanted to ask him but in the end, I couldn’t bring it up.I did the final touches after wrapping a clean bandage around his thigh.“You’re telling me to do t
*Derek’s POV*As soon as I reached a safe distance in a far away area, I threw Seff off against the large tree in front of me in irritation. My patience was at its limit already, all I could think of was how to beat the shit out of him from all the stress that I'm going through.He groans on the ground, “Are you trying to break my back? Man, that shit hurts.”“Stop playing around. I'm already busy enough with pack matters, I don’t have time to play with you.” I said, “You only have two options; Leave the fuck us alone, or we settle this right now.”He raises his hand in surrender and stood up, “Woah woah, aren’t we being too aggressive in the introduction? I already told you I'm not after Venus anymore … well not romantically at least. And come on, spare me for now dude. I'm literally wearing boxers in the woods.”I crossed my arms, “Then why bother snea
*Easton’s POV*We were all eating at the lounge when the bell suddenly rang. My eyebrows furrowed as I watched everyone run out of the hall in panic, except the people who I was currently sitting with, Who were very much calm like it wasn’t the signal for invaders.“Aren’t we going?” I asked in disbelief.Noah pats me in the shoulder, “Don’t worry, alpha Derek and alpha Seff is just outside, that enough will stop whoever bastard tries to get inside.”“What?! Alpha Seff is here?!”“He is.” Liam cuts in, while still locking his gaze with his food. “Jojo sensed him awhile ago in the woods just by the packhouse, and I already informed alpha so there’s really nothing to worry about.”My jaw drops.“That happened?!” I couldn’t believe that everyone knew about it while I was kept in the dark, but th
I let out a sigh of frustration. Who am I kidding? This guy is too spineless to even face Alpha Derek. If I'm going to die, might as well do it with the intention of caring! With that in thought, I mustered all of my courage left and ran to get in the way of alpha Derek, which of course made him snarl my way.“What are you doing? Move out of my way.”“W…Where are you going? Are you going to the enemy alone?”He shoves me away without hesitation but that didn’t stop me as I trailed behind him closely. I kept telling him that I’d be dangerous but he still insisted to go alone. At that point I had no choice but to shift to my own wolf to hope for a little chance to stop him.I growled as he stared at my form. There wasn’t a pint of fear in his eyes that it made my wolf almost cower in the corner.‘This is seriously not what I had planned! Why can’t you just stop, alpha?!’He too