Good. You’re trusting him now. My wolf said.It’s not trust. It’s me knowing I can get away with calling a god a jackass.“Umm . . . Would you like to go shopping now, Luna?” Courtney asked politely.I looked down at the card. A devious expression made its way to my face.“Awww, I recognize that look on her face. My little sister gets that when she takes my card and shops as revenge,” Johnson said painfully.I looked up at the guards in front of me, not at all ashamed or embarrassed at the creepy smile on my face.“I usually don’t like spending people’s money, but who am I to deny something that was given to me?” I said.“Why do I sense we’re going to die today?” Mila whispered.“Because we probably are,” Johnson replied dryly.I laughed. Zaliver had made a mistake.He just placed my freedom in my hands.~•~“When Alpha said shopping, I don’t think he meant this kind of shopping. Please don’t buy a boat,” Luke pleaded for the hundredth time.I just hushed him with a wave of a hand. He
When I was in middle school, we had a school trip where I was lucky enough to be one of the few to head over to the temples of Cambodia. Those structures were no joke. They seemed to go on forever in all directions with its halls chipped and covered in vines of roots that had grown over them. They stood tall and gave a peaceful effect.The temples in front of me reminded me of those, and I did say temples, as in more than one.They were positioned like the Egyptian pyramids but built like nothing I’ve ever seen in my life. From where I stood, they looked like a mixture of different architecture; tall towers at every edge and arcs connecting each building like bridges but in a puzzling way. Some parts of the temples were open to the outside; they didn’t have walls as if they were knocked down. From what I could tell, there also weren’t any roof, but I could see a glimpse of what I thought were stairs. The outside seemed to be made up of rocks and bright materials. I squinted my eyes at
He looked at me for a moment before facing the pack members. The youngest ones seemed to be around early teens. Court and Mila both winked at me as if to send me a message, but I had no idea what they meant.Zaliver spoke and everyone paid attention to him. It was mesmerizing to watch Zaliver speak, but I finally got a piece of this confusing puzzle.“You are all aware of the recent raids our pack have done. I’m here to confirm its suspension. Eighteen years ago, I received a note that a baby girl would be born. The child would grow and would be destined to be mine. Of course, I didn’t believe it until a few years ago happened. I’m here to say it is true.” My eyes widened at each word that left his mouth.Someone predicted I was meant for Zaliver? The raids were meant to find me? I was unsure on how to feel about what I heard.“I present to you my mate, Vivian Grey, your luna.” Zaliver took a step to the side, presenting me to the surprised crowd. I knew what they saw: a brown-haired
I was beginning to realize I had to prepare myself if I was to be around Zaliver. His experiences were different from mine. He knew things I didn’t know about this world or probably even about myself. I pursed my lips at him but didn’t push it.“What about the ‘mate’ thing? How is that going to work between us? Are we just going to go our own ways on this island? You stay on your side, and I stay on mine?” I asked sarcastically, putting my hands on my hips.I was distracted by the smile that graced his face. I and my wolf were deciding wether to respond to his smile or not.“Technically, they’re both mine since I own this island, but if you wish to see it that way, no, you will stay on whatever side I’m on. I won’t deny we are mates, but our bond is a puzzle. The big bad wolf god and an eighteen-year-old pup. What a unique pair,” he said in a wistful, curious tone and closed his eyes.I felt like I was getting to see a new side of Zaliver, but I wasn’t sure if he knew how he was actin
“I’m sorry, what?” I asked Zaliver after having our breakfast. I woke up and found him just staring at me that morning. After showering, I wore one of his clothes to his great pleasure for some reason and headed for breakfast. He said the first thing we needed to do was to visit the doctor.Zaliver stared at me blankly as if not telling me I was going to get tested like some animal. I mean, I know I was part wolf but still.“Um, I’m sorry. I think I heard you wrong. Could you repeat yourself, please?” I asked politely though my eyes were warning him to choose his words wisely.“Fine. We’re going to the doctor to get your blood tested.”“For what?” I asked.Did he think I had an STD or something? My wolf growled, offended. He cleared his throat and looked out the window. There were are a lot of people moving around the house, but they paid us no attention. I had a feeling it wasn’t by choice. As they passed by, their movements would slow down as if it was a command.“I just want to che
“What?” I voiced out my question. He stopped at a red light and turned to look at me with a weary but serious look on his face.“You wanted to ask me some questions. Now’s your chance,” he said. I thought he had ignored me, but I guessed not. I’d better not waste my chance then.“Okay. Um . . . so, why do wolves’ eyes in your pack turn silver? No other pack has done that before,” I asked, motioning my hand to my eyes. I turned my full attention to him, not wanting to miss any indication or clue. He clenched his jaw before he relaxed completely. He shifted his expression to his usual cold look as if he was bored.“Because no other pack is led by a god. My wolves call upon my strength when in battle, on a mission, or just to show their spiritual respect to me,” he answered.“They call upon your strength? But won’t that make you weaker, especially if everyone use it at the same time? Is that why no one have seen you in years to centuries because you have grown weak?” I asked him.“No. If
When we entered the room, I was relieved to see that it really did look like a doctor’s room. He pointed at the only chair in the room—which I found odd—for me to sit on. Zaliver greeted the man, shook his hands, and patted his shoulder. He leaned against the wall beside me and crossed his arms over his chest.“Hello Vivian, my name is Doctor Mickelson, but you can call me Dr. Mick. I’m not sure if you know why you’re here.” He saw Zaliver shaking his head and nodded. “Okay, so when Zaliver informed me about you, he said he wanted to conduct a research. Note why you aren’t marked like normal mates yet?” I glared at the doctor for the reminder. He flinched a little and glanced to Zaliver, who must have had a scary expression on his face because he immediately apologized.“Sorry! That came out wrong. Well, the reason for that was he wants to know how both of you will react to a mating bite and bond. It’s the first we’ve ever heard of such—a bond between a wolf and a wolf god,” Dr. Mick
I felt like I had rested for a few years when I woke up, but it was probably just hours. I didn’t need to open my eyes to remember. I wanted to get the image of that girl’s head snapping so close to me out of my head. It was even scarier when complete darkness seemed to surround Zaliver with his black eyes and angry expression.I squeezed my eyes even tighter, making the little white spots appear behind my lids, and sighed out loud.I wasn’t sure how I felt at the moment and how I should feel towards Zaliver. Hate him? Fear him? My mind and wolf were at war against each other. While the human side of me knew what Zaliver did was wrong and cold, my wolf was telling me it was the nature of wolves and life in general. Zaliver just protected and acted on instinct when it came to us; his anger was more than what regular alphas would have done when their mate would be put in the same situation.A part of me was convinced to label him a monster, but the other accepted it as justified.Was I
Whistling, I walked around him and whipped my fingers on my shirt.I wrapped my hand around his neck and lifted him out of the chair, making him thrash once more.“Ready to talk? No? Okay. This ought to change your mind,” I said after he spat on the ground as an answer.With one hand around his neck, I thrust my other hand into his lower mid back, going through the skin and pushing my hand into his flesh. I wrapped my hand around his spinal cord and pulled.Snap!His lower half slumped. I pulled my hand out and left half of his spine hanging out of his back. Walking to the front again, I whipped my bloodied hand on his face and smiled as he gave little twitches. His eyes were wide with horror and pain. He seemed to be frozen in shock.“Y-you’re a monster. You’ll go to h-hell,” he managed to say.“Of course I will. Someone needs to take the throne.”I laughed and walked back around him.~•~I clasped the back of Jack’s shoulder and shook him roughly, leaning forward in a serious and sl
I swiped my hand across his chest, leaving four deep claw marks over his chest to which he immediately let out a cry. His wounds began to bleed out and then slowly, so slowly, it began to heal.I made eye contact with him. Pale and sweaty, he glared at me with as much hatred as he could. We hadn’t even begun but he was already throwing glares at me.Swiping at the remaining part of his shirt, I tore it away from his top body, not wanting anything to stand in the way of the next process. He’d be lucky if I didn’t get to his back; that is if he died in this process, of course.“You can’t heal flesh if you don’t have any,” I said darkly, humor thick in my wild-like voice.The beast enjoyed it.He reached out and dug his claws in the top part of Jack’s left shoulder, ignoring the boy’s cry and cutting out the shape of a square on both of his sides. Looking at Jack deeply in the eyes, the beast put his claws under Jack’s skin before it could begin to heal, and pulled downward, yanking the
Zaliver AzralaI stood in front of the metal bolted black door, hearing Jack Ruston struggle against the chains that held him to his chair. If I focused enough, I would see his immense body heat moving through the door, but I didn’t.I heard footsteps approaching me from my right.“Is this what I asked for you to set?” I asked without turning to look at Albericus who grunted out a yes. I nodded at him, making him walk away.My beast grew more and more excited at the prospect of having fun now, finally having someone he was going to sink his claws into for this whole mess. I couldn’t agree more. He paced back and forth within me, lifting its head up and then looking at the black door in front of me. He lunged at it as if he was really doing it. He tried to force me to do so, but I held him back.“Patience . . . You will get your turn,” I murmured to him.When Albericus informed me of the quick and efficient capture and imprisonment of Jack, I was glad. The little rat sat with panic and
Making my way back to the park, I made my way quickly and made sure I looked like I was in a hurry, keeping my head down to avoid having the blood on my face seen by others and get stopped before I’d even make it. The sun was low in the sky, giving off a dramatic and beautiful flare of different shades in the sky. It was perfect.Once I made it a few steps, I began probably one of the best performances in my life.I began pacing back and forth, looking down and shaking my head. I stopped and sat down, bringing my knees to my chest and rocking back and forth very quickly. I then let out sounds of distress. My ears caught the sound of mumbles and slow approaching steps of four hearts. Without having to smell the air, I knew it would be them.They weren’t nearing me fast enough as if not sure what was going on.“Ohhh! I’m so confused! So lonely!” I cried out pathetically. I was feeling so emotionally cold that I was finding it hard not to snort at how flat it sounded.The moment I stood
“But I really should return this; could be important.” I smiled at their surprise and horrified expressions.My sensitive ears picked up a sound—the vibration of a phone. My eyes scanned them, realizing it was coming from the red headed guy.I lifted a brow at him.“Aren’t you going to get that? Might be important .”Shaking his head, he reached into his pocket and took the phone out with a grimace. Pressing the answer button , he brought the phone up to his pale face, which just seemed to lose more and more color over time.The other line answered.“Hello?” he mumbled, looking straight at me.The line on the other side followed his exact same words.“ Mmhh ,” I mumbled, ending the call and pocketing my phone.“Okay, spill. Who are you and why do you have my number, which then leads me to asking why are you following me?” I ask them seriously. I wanted to know what these familiar people were up to and where we met, not to mention why they appeared to be following me.“Look,” the tall
The four strangers didn’t turn to face me; they just stood still. My phone stopped ringing.“Maybe if we don’t move,” the tall blond man began to whisper.“Shut up!” the short red-haired guy whisper-shouted, interrupting the other.“I can’t believe this,“ a tall woman with her dark hair pulled back muttered. Her pony tail moved side to side as she shook her head.“We are so dead,” another with a similar hairdo said.I wasn’t sure what to do. They were all muttering stuff under their breath and not turning around to face me, but that thing with the phone was weird. They couldn’t have called me, right? That would mean that they had been talking about me the whole time. I shook my head mentally. There was no way they were here for me; it must have just been some crazy coincidence.I knew that any other person would have stayed away from them, but something told me they weren’t dangerous. Well I mean, they looked like they were ready for action, but personally, I felt like they wouldn’t h
“Hey, Dad . . .” I began. I guess my tone caught his attention because he frowned.“What’s up?” he said, leaning onto the desk and turning his body to face in my direction with concerned eyes. I groaned and threw my head back, taking a deep breath. I thought for a second before speaking to him.“Do you—I don’t know—ever get the feeling like you’ve forgotten something really important?” I asked. He nodded at me, clasping his hands in front of him.“Plenty of times. Just the other day, I forgot to tell your mother I—” I shook my head at him.“No, like you shouldn’t be doing what you’re doing even though it makes perfect sense as if you’re supposed to be somewhere else doing something else?” I swung my legs over and sat up, placing a hand on both knees. Dad looked at me for a moment before an understanding look crossed his face. For a moment, I thought he understood me.“Is this about you not being in college yet? Because it’s okay to take a year off—” I stood and threw my hands up in fr
I stopped clicking and let the Vampire Diaries play. As soon as Damon came on, my breath hitched. It wasn’t because of his hotness. Looking at him made me go blank. I blinked multiple times and made a face. I squinted at the screen when a sense of déjà vu hit me. Black and blue. I shrugged and kept flickering through the TV.“Somebody saaave meee!—”“I got in one lil fight, and my mom got scared—”“Next up, Hannah Mon—”“I’m not your dad—” I went back.“ . . . tana. ” My brows furrowed in confusion.Staring at the screen, I frowned.“Hannah. Hannah. Hannah?” The name rolled off my tongue without thought. Something about that name. Eh, I was too old to watch this.Slap “Whore! ”“Oookay,” I mumbled to myself, quickly changing the channel.“What are you wearing Jake from State Farm?” My head tilted to the side.“Uhh . . . khakis.”“She sounds hideous.”I turned the TV off. Why did I get the feeling like I had compared someone to Jake from State Farm before? Man, it had been a weird coup
Going back into my own mind and body, I grinned at the boys, not caring how they both tensed and the worry and fright that wafted off of them. I nodded at Albericus. He quickly focused on me, understanding that the next few hours were about to get a whole lot more productive.Any tiredness in my body vanished. My body straightened up and my shoulders rolled back. I tilted my head side to side, cracking the joints. I didn’t even care that my hair was hanging over my eyes anymore. If anything, I knew it made the look on my face a whole lot more chilling. I pointed a finger at my beta and good friend.“Put Jack Ruston into a room under the cells. You’ll find him hiding four blocks away from where his mate lived. It is a rundown hotel that goes by the name Legrove at room 42. If he hears you, he’ll hide out on the roof. Bring him to me. Now go.” Without another word, Albericus shouted in the room, yelling orders into his phone to assemble a team with fierce green eyes and go back to their