EASTONI knew soon that Zane's next plan of action was to attack another park after the party. I knew that the purpose of organizing the party was to properly identify his victims, the weakest pack that he could easily ambush. I wasn't surprised for a moment that he kept track of his target, but what left my jaw dropped was that it was too soon. Usually, it takes him four to five months to completely execute a plan for his attacks, but I guess he was running low on resources or something for him to be in haste.“What are you going to do about it?" Black asked, bringing me out of my reverie. “Are you going to stop him now or permit him to attack the pack?" I stared at Black blankly, not sure of the next step to take, my message to the alpha king had not seen any response yet and going on such a mission without being granted access was deemed treason.Although I wouldn't mind the consequences, but my Luna's life would be on the line. Notwithstanding, I would be saving the day; seeing t
EASTON“You have guests. Alpha Zane of the Blood Moon pack and his Beta, Mark, are here to see you," Alice informed me, and my brows furrowed in confusion. It wasn't exactly a usual occurrence, nor was it a good one, for Zane to visit my pack or any pack for that matter, unless it was with malicious intent. Of course, maybe he was thinking of adding it to his long list of potential packs to infiltrate and was here to try and collect vital information. Well, if that was the case, then I had every reason to thank the moon goddess because he would be giving me more than enough reasons to wage a war against him.“We're going to have to adjourn this meeting for now, Black. You can leave through the emergency door, " I said, and Black smiled before slowly getting up from where he was sitting, dusting invincible dirt off his clothes.“Guess that's my cue to leave. I would have loved to sit and watch the drama unfold, but we can't risk getting exposed. You can contact me whenever you need my h
ELEANORIt's been three days since getting fake marks from Zane and almost loosing my mind in the bathroom until Jasmine came along and even the relief of her assurance of what it really was didn't last very long. I hadn't been myself since the last few days and have gotten yelled at for making mistakes and messing even the littlest of things up. My mind was in disarray because, even with how I continued to mess up, I hadn't exactly faced any punishment: no getting flogged or dragged to the dungeon. Nothing except maybe a tongue-lashing when I was caught.The thought of Zane being my actual mate was another reason why I couldn't collect myself no matter how hard I tried. I was still in disbelief at the fact that it took so long for me to find out. The fact that he'd always known too and still went ahead with his usual torments. The fact that he still had the heart to force himself on me even with the way I reacted after finding out. Looking back now, even if I wasn't marked on that nig
ELEANORI felt a strange tug in my chest at the mention of his name. Easton. The memory of our first and last interaction was not exactly one to write home about, neither the start or end of it was pleasant and it ended with me rejecting him -quite rudely, now that I thought about it.Jasmine sounded confident in her description of him, the information I had just supplied, one that said he hated Zane a lot, probably just as much as I did. I knew we did not part on friendly terms, but I wouldn't mind seeking his favor and getting on his good side if it really did happen that his hate for Zane would be enough to have him join forces with me to take that brute down.If the hatred wasn't solid enough, then I would have to resort to other measures. If he held grudges owing to my rejection, then I would just have to go about it in a more level-headed way, apologize for my words and probably give him the reasons why I acted the way I did. Even if he wasn't that inclined to wage war against Za
ZANE“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” I yelled out, enraged, grabbing the closest thing my fingers could find and only realizing hazily that it'd been a glass table when it hit a wall and shattered into pieces. Disregarding it, my head whips around to find Mark, who did not seem fazed by my outburst, “What do you mean my men were attacked and killed? Who would dare do that? Did you see who it was?” I questioned, chest heaving as my fingers remained tightly balled.“They were outnumbered on the Emlow route. It was a surprise attack so a good number of us were taken out before they could even think of counter-attacking. We brought back the bodies we could but, unfortunately, wild beasts got to some of them before we could, so we have more swords and weapons than bodies as it stands.” Mark recounts and I growl lowly.“Somebody betrayed me. We have a double-crosser in our midst and I want you to find them and fast. I want answers, Mark and I want them soon. You find whoever it was that brought about t
MARKThe first thing I did on getting back home, was to sink into the couch in exhaustion from the day's work. As much as I enjoyed working with and for Zane, the job did get pretty tiring and exhausting on occasion. And with the recent attack on our troops, it meant we had to strengthen our defense and Zane needed protection now more than ever even if he insisted he could protect himself.Zane had a lot of enemies, that much was obvious, but like he said earlier, it was unexpected that they would suddenly grow so audacious to attack our men in broad daylight, slaughtering the best of them. I found Zane's suspicion of Alpha Easton very unusual and I am glad we are over that for now. I was relieved and even a little elated at the fact that we succeeded in forming an alliance. Now we will truly be untouchable.Looking around the house after collecting my thoughts, I finally noticed just how silent it was. I nodded in bitter understanding, jaw clenching at the fact that Jasmine was out,
MARKMy tongue found the sweet spot near her collarbone, and I licked the skin slowly, with enough moisture to make her squirm. A naughty grin curved my lips.She tasted of earth and caramel. I deftly pulled her slave gown down her body, and it dropped to the floor. She moved her feet to allow me to kick it away, breathing shakily against my lips. I delved into her mouth with my tongue, kissing her hungrily.She let out a shuddering sound, fingers fumbling against my shirt. "We don't have much time…""Just leave it to me.." I groaned.My lips only left hers when I leaned back to peel my shirt off, and I was grabbing her off the ground. Her skin was so soft, with her underwear the only barrier between us. I squeezed her ass, covering the distance between the living room and my bedroom in just a few strides.I held her up with one arm while my other arm slammed the door shut, so hard that the sound probably travelled through the entire house.She gasped, "Careful—" The rest of her words
JASMINEThe sky had taken on an orange hue when I finally got out of Mark's grasp, and he wasn't kidding when he made the remark about me not being able to use my legs in the middle of our rendezvous. My entire body was slack, totally worn, and even my legs wobbled as I got out of bed, and I even considered skipping my meeting with the girls, but this was important. I needed to deliver the message to them so they could get prepared and if I should miss this opportunity, it would go to the head of slaves, who would no doubt appoint different girls, thus ruining any opportunity Eleanor might've had of seeing or talking to Easton.This was an opportunity we couldn't miss, a very essential part of our entire plan. I was sick and tired of life here, forced into servitude with no free will. I missed my life before. I missed who I was before it all went to shit. I was a beta and a warrior, but now I can't even remember when last I held a sword, the feeling of that cold, hard metal in my hand
EASTON“Will you stop with the pacing? It's just some people coming over to the pack for work, for Goddess sake.” I heard Laycon scold from behind me, and I suppressed the urge to shoot him an unimpressed glare. “I know you are excited to see her, but you must control yourself. One mistake and the world would know what, or rather, who your weakness is,” He continued, and I finally rolled my eyes this time before fixing them back at the door.They were already twenty minutes late, and it did nothing to ease my already flaring nerves. I kept wondering if Zane had decided not to push further with the truce, and if that was the case, I was ready to bring war to him and burn everything to the ground.He might have bought his way to being the Alpha's second right-hand man, but that, too, would be over soon. Everything on that end was under control. Black was doing everything possible to find some substantial evidence against the Alpha, something big enough to bring him down from his positi
ELEANOROnce dressed, I hurried off to the bus and was surprised to find Jasmine and Clara both seated and patiently waiting, their eyes fixed at the entrance. A smile spread across their faces when they spotted me, and they immediately waved me over, enthusiastic. I hurried towards them, and they parted to create space for me.“Took your swell time to get ready this morning,” Clara said, sarcastic, the second I settled into the space. “Where have you been?” Jasmine asked, the question causing Clara to turn to me with a confused frown. “I searched the whole party for you and then, the dorm, but you were nowhere to be found.” she continued, paying no regard to Clara's confusion. “Do you know how worried I was, I thought something bad might have happened to you.”I forced a smile as I shook my head, “Something bad did happen to me last night. So bad I can’t even begin to describe it because it was that horrible and I wanted nothing more than to be dead at that moment but surprisingly,
ELEANORI woke up to a slight throbbing in my head, my vision hazy as my eyes pulled open, only to have them widening at the sight I was greeted with. I was in Zane's bed, tucked in nicely, with a coverlet over my body. I looked down to see i’d been thoroughly cleaned, with a change of clothes waiting for me on the bed. I frowned as I quickly sat up, needing to piece my thoughts together; There was the party last night, where I got into an argument with Zane because….The drink!My eyes widened in shock at the realisation, memories of last night slowly starting to flood my mind.I'd been right, and the drink was indeed spiked! I was in heat for goddess sake… a fucking heat.An Alpha being in heat was unheard of! I growled in anger when it finally dawned on me. Whatever had been in that drink had reduced me to an Omega. But how was that even possible? Just until yesterday I'd have never guessed something like that existed, and how was Zane able to get his hands on it? And what comes
EleanorMy body was thrumming with an unparalleled heat, the need to act on it so overpowering that it felt like an out of body experience. I was like a beast let loose, not even taking a second to dwell on the fact that this was Zane I was drolling over, letting myself be turned inside out by the very man whose existence I was living to end. Damn whatever he'd fed me, those drugs or whatever they'd taken complete effect by now and I was holding unto Zane, feeding off his heat and everything he had to offer like a lifeline. The old me, the Eleanor I knew would have picked my torn clothes and hurried out of the damn room the second he was through, or atleast cry myself to sleep if he wouldn't let me. Instead, I laid back on the bed, whimpering pathetically at the slow, languid thrusts Zane delivered as we both came down from our high, the mess of fluids in me filling the room with filthy squelching sounds. The logical part of me that would hate every second of this was reduced to a
ZANEEleanor was mine.She'd become mine right from the very second I laid eyes on her, and I'd be damned to let anything change that for as long as I lived. I couldn’t stop pacing the length of my room as the new information bounced around in my head like a fucking rubber ball. My thoughts were interrupted when a knock sounded on my door and Mark walked in at my command. “Is everything okay, Alpha Zane,” he asked the second he stepped in, voice laced with worry, concern written all over his face.“Yeah, I’m fine. What brought you to my room?” I asked, not giving him room to delve further.“… are you sure?” he sounded unconvinced but I nodded, waving him off and repeating my question. “Well, the party is about to start and your presence is needed to commemorate the occasion and you have been in your room all day which is causing the council members to murmur. I was sent to check up on you as your Beta,” he answered and I sighed.“I’m sorry, I’ll go get dressed and be there to open
ELEANOR‘Try and enjoy the party’ Those were the last tangible words I could make out as my mind and thoughts took a downward spiral into a place I struggled to get it out of. Occasionally, I remembered being jolted back to reality by the head of slave's loud yells and Clara or Jasmine's whispered pleas for me to get my head on straight and not bring unnecessary punishment upon myself, but I still couldn't. My mind seemed to have a mind of it's own and my wandering thoughts could not be stopped, even when I knew they were but a fever dream.Gory details of Zane gagging and choking on his own blood flooded my mind. I would stand back and watch in joy and fascination after having spiked his drink, his last agonizing moments as he struggles to draw each breath whilst coughing up his own organs, stained crimson Sure, it wouldn't be as satisfying as watching his head hang off a stake, completely drained of blood, but it was enough to keep me sated for now.Obviously I couldn't act on thos
ELEANOR“Hello? Earth to Eleanor,” Clara’s voice brought me out of my reverie, and I blinked back to reality to find fingers snapping in front of my face. I winced, pushing her fingers away from my face as she offered me a concerned look.“Jeez, you would have been in deep trouble if she hadn’t dismissed us. What’s wrong, El? You haven’t been yourself since you came back from Easton’s Pack. Is this still about what we discussed?”“What? What did you both discuss?” Jasmine perked up from where she'd been surprisingly quiet, and I huffed quietly, knowing what would follow.“She wants to end Zane’s life without following the plans,” Clara supplied, and I could see the exact moment it sank in for Jasmine.“Are you crazy?!” She whisper-yelled, her mouth opening and closing incredulously. “That's like asking to die! Do you have a death wish?!”“Apparently, yes,” Clara deadpanned, and Jasmine continued before I could manage a reply.“Why? What are you thinking? Did things not work out betwee
ELEANORI knew that much could be expected when the drive back to the pack felt like a different kind of torture that even Zane himself hadn't been able to put me through yet. The feeling of emptiness that only grew wider in my chest with the growing distance was not one that could be easily ignored. I had gotten a taste of freedom and deny it as I may, experienced happiness in the warmest possible shades in just a few hours spent in Easton's pack. I wish it wouldn't come to an end. I wished I didn't have to go back and that this day would never end, but alas, all of it had just been wishful thinking.I heaved a sigh as I took a seat on my bed, slowly taking off the uniform we'd been given for the party, which was now to be submitted back to the kitchen head and promptly burnt. It hurt to think about something so beautiful meeting such a terrible end, but luxury was nowhere synonymous with slavery in Zane's eyes. We couldn't be allowed to keep clothes that were obviously made not for
ZANE“What!?” I yelled out in anger, finding it inexplicably hard to comprehend what I'd just heard. My fingers ball up into fists and I could feel my entire body brew with maddening anger at the thought of Eleanor with another man. I give her even the slightest taste of freedom and this is what she goes and does behind my back? And Easton….. How dare he touch what I'd made clear was mine in every sense of the word? Eleanor was mine! Mine to possess, mine to own and mine to do however I please. I wouldn't have forgiven him for laying even a finger on her after my very clear warning, but kissing her? He had gone way over the line and there was no way I was going to let this slide. He knew Eleanor was off limits. As if my warning the other day weren't enough, I'd sent Mark over with a clear message that Eleanor was not to be touched. Yet, he ignored every single one of them and claimed what was mine. I couldn't swallow down the weight of his disrespect, the sheer audacity to do somet