Ivy
I blinked at Asher, my heart lurching to my mouth with fear. He held his gaze, staring squarely into my eyes as if staring at my soul.
“The tr…truth?” I mumbled, trying my very best to stay calm.
“Yes,”
“I don’t understand,” Was he suspecting me? Maybe Eli really told him about last night. Maybe he saw me climbing out of that car? How was I going to explain myself? Will he even understand why I was doing what I was doing?
“I want to know the truth about you,” Asher said. “Who is Ivyanka? What happened to you…I want to know about your past. My brothers filled me in somewha
Without waiting for his response, I turned on my heels and stuttered inside. But before I could make it to the bed, I felt his warm fingers curling around my arm. I turned around and there was something unspoken in his dark eyes as he peered back at me. Even in the darkness, the gigantic bedroom bathed in the moonlight, he seemed to be glowing. And he was so masculine…so freaking gorgeous. Startling me a bit, he gave my arm a tug and pulled me into his arms, wrapping them around me. I didn’t know how to react. I just stood there, my face pressed to his broad chest with his intoxicating, potent Alpha scent spinning a web around all my senses.“I am so sorry you have to face that,” he said gently. “And go through all that on your own. I really am. And I know I haven’t given you many reasons to even remotely trust me, but I hope you find a home and a family in GrayCrest. And I don’t know about myself but I assure you my family will neve
AsherThis was not normal. The way this woman makes me feel, the intensity with which the unspoken pain in her eyes hit me, making every inch of my soul go crazy with the need to protect her, none of it was normal. I knew there was something pulling me to her that was beyond the dirty thoughts she evoked in me. But the moment we accepted each other, it was then it hit me full force—the bond. It felt like I had touched a live wire, pulsating with current.I needed to devour her right now. It doesn’t matter if I was breaking my promise to her, it doesn’t matter if it would make me seem needy and desperate, I just couldn’t care any less. To hell with it all. We can go back to hating each other tomorrow. But tonight, I wanted her.And I knew she did too. Her eyes were dark with need, lips parted and there was no way I would miss the sweet scent of her arousal and desire for me. She can’t hide it even if she wanted
AsherNeither of us spoke much as we headed back home after breakfast the next morning. There was a silent pact between us that we weren’t talking about what happened last night. It happened, with both our consent, and that was it. However, I did idly wonder how many men she has been with. Ivy was definitely not a virgin, not that it mattered. But I noticed how her voice had become softer when she mentioned her Alpha last night, her eyes sparkling with tears when she told me that he died in her arms.Was she and him then…?“Can I ask you something?” Ivy finally spoke, distracting me from my errant thoughts.“Of course,” I nodded.“Who is Alpha Natalie?”“Oh, right. Nata
AsherWhat the fuck was wrong?“Let’s go,” Noah said, rushing to the infirmary. I started to follow after them, but Ivy grabbed my arm, halting me.“Can I come?” she asked. “If that’s…okay.” I wasn’t sure what to expect at the infirmary, so I glanced at Logan and he nodded. I gave her a nod and then followed after Logan with Ivy trailing behind.Eli, Graham and Reed were already there along with Cora and Rose, the latter looking sick with worry. I stalked inside and Avery, the pack doctor, gazed up from where she was leaning by the bed, her face scrunched up with tension.“What’s goin
Asher“Alpha!” The middle-aged woman wailed as soon as she spotted Logan and me. “My son! Alpha, my son!”“I can’t,” Logan whispered, looking sick.“My son,” she whimpered, her eyes peering up at me with hope, with sheer faith in me, her Alpha, her protector. It was like a blow to my chest, one of the reasons why I never wanted to be an Alpha in the first place.“I…I…” I stuttered, struggling to find the words. Surprising me, Ivy gave my hand a light squeeze and nodded as I peered down at her.Don’t give her hope…even a second of it would bring years worth of pain, she seemed to say.
Ivy“Hey,” Eli gazed up from where he sat by the artificial lake and blinked as he spotted me standing behind him. “Luna…” he muttered, and I fought the urge to roll my eyes, flopping down beside him. Everything that happened today was just too much to process. So as much as I wanted to take Asher’s advice and rest, I just couldn’t. I tried, but every time I closed my eyes to take a nap, all I could see was the young boy twisting in pain and that innocent young girl. After a while, it pissed me off enough that I decided to take a walk instead. Asher hadn’t returned yet, but I spotted Eli sitting by the lake, his body slumped. He seemed quite disturbed earlier as well, so even though I was no good at consoling anyone, I decided to give him some company. “Don’t call me Luna, please,” I grumbled. “Isn’t that what you are?” he said, eyes fixed on the still, sparkling water of the artifical lake. “I’d rather
Anonymous POV34 years agoThe wind howled brutally. The snowstorm hit so hard that everything around for miles was nothing but a blur. It seemed like nature was mourning and retaliating over the brutality that took place in its lap. The bloodshed, the countless lives taken, hundreds of packs destroyed, allies turned into enemies. The fight for power and dominance that would be remembered for years to come.Andrés shivered, the little pieces of wood doing nothing to keep the cold at bay. But he couldn’t dare to add more wood to it because outside this cave; hungry hunters of the GrayCrest army were lurking around to hunt them down after destroying the last remnants of his pack, or what used to be his pack until last night. It was now nothing but dust, blood and a burial ground for his brothers, his family and his…Alpha.The bare minimum clothing he grabbed before fleeing did little to fend off the bitter cold. And every scream that came from the frail woman lying on the cold floor of
IVY 34 years later…Today was supposed to be one of the best days of my life. Today, my brother was supposed to be crowned as the new Alpha, a day we both have been waiting for since we were kids. My brother’s biggest dream was to claim his throne as an Alpha, and mine was to see him as one. And today was the day it was supposed to happen. But now he lay here, on the cold hard floor. Dead. “Ivan!” I shook him violently, my body burning with unspeakable pain, blood trickling down the corner of my lips and from almost every part of my body. But I could not care about any of that at the moment. “Ivan! Please wake up!” I sobbed, hoping, praying with all I got to the Moon Goddess that by some miracle he would wake up. But he lay there, still and silent, his body slowly turning cold. Coughing and fighting to keep myself from falling apart, I gazed around and all I could see was destruction, my pack burning to t