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
If I did, then it would always be like this—him forcing me to submit to him whenever he didn’t agree with what I had in mind. If I wanted to at least have a somewhat equal ground with him, I had to stand up for myself.“You idiot! Do you know how dangerous it is for your kind to hold in a shift? I can’t believe you would endanger yourself like this. This just proves how much you need me to take care of you!” He scowled at me.Huh! I looked at him slack-jawed.What? Out of everything, all he heard was the shifting part. How the hell did this become about me depending on him all of a sudden? Where the hell did this come from?“Wow, hold up there. First of all, it’s not my fault that I haven’t shifted in three days. I was on a plane, got kidnapped and knocked out by two and then knocked out again by three. So if there is anyone to blame here, it’s you. I was planning to go for a run when Algebra freaking took me. One day! I’d like one day where I’m not getting put to sleep!” I exclaimed.
I froze for a second on top of Zaliver, who hadn’t removed his arms around me. I slowly looked up and saw him already looking at me. His eyes were slowly darkening as I looked into them. It had always been him on top of me and not me on top of him. I could feel his heart beating under my hand, strong and fast. As we looked into the each other’s eyes, I felt myself get pulled into the vast ocean of blue his eyes held. Surrounded by his scent and feeling him underneath me, my body heated.“Are you alright, Vivian?” he asked with his voice coming out provocative. I watched his plump red lips pronounce my name slowly and sensually.I’m dead. I think my ovaries exploded with how hot that one sentence came out.No, no, I’m not fine because my sexy-as-fuck mate is currently under me with his arms wrapped around me. We hadn’t even kissed yet, and I already felt like dying on the inside.“Uh yeah, s-sorry. I don’t know what came over my wolf.”“She seems to be quite mischievous and playful.” W
It took me a moment to realize what he had done and what we were doing. My eyes were closing a second too late. Immediately, it felt like my senses were on overdrive. I could feel everything; I could feel him. His body was adding warmth to my body, and his heartbeat was strong and loud.His lips, firmly pressed onto mine, were as soft as silk. After a few seconds, his lips began to pull on my bottom lip. The sensual movement was making me shake a little. I was slightly frozen, not knowing what to do or think. This was my first kiss. What the fuck was I supposed to do? As if fearing I would pull away, his hand cupped my face, keeping my face still; the other supported him so as not to crush me, not that I would mind though.I went on instinct and moved my lips to do the same. I lifted my hands and placed them on his back. He tensed at first and then he relaxed. As he began to make patterns on my lips, I slid my hands down his back and gripped his firm waist. His kiss became rougher as
I was officially annoyed and felt slightly rejected by the pack.After being escorted to the largest mall on this side of the island, I came to realize fairly and quickly how fast pack news would spread, especially when it involved the alpha snapping someone’s neck for his mate. I was treated with respect in every store I entered. It would have been fine if the wolves hadn’t been: A, shaking; B, stuttering and apologizing for nothing; and C, avoiding me like I was that one weirdo you see in the streets late at night, thinking I was going to rob you so you pick up your pace and look the other way. I wanted to meet new people and mingle with the pack and get as much information as possible, but with the way things were going, I’d have better luck getting information from Zaliver. We all knew how much he loved to talk.“It’s fine, Luna. They’re just not sure how to handle you yet. That’s all. The pack never really expected to have a female alpha,” Court comforted me as I looked through s
My face turned into a rosy color. I didn’t get to buy any of those because of how odd everyone was around me, but I couldn’t just not buy it. Now, I had to, not for Zaliver but because I was not about to go around like captain commando.We entered the store immediately. Johnson walked away for a moment and came back a second later with a petite feminine blonde who has blue eyes that looked similar to him. She seemed to be a few years older than me, dressed in a light purple dress. I smiled and was surprised to see her large baby bump. Her eyes immediately sought out mine. I held my breath preparing myself for her to react like the others, but I was happy to see her smile back at me without fear in her eyes. She extended her hand, and I shook it politely.“Hello, I’m Johnson’s sister, Hannah. You must be Luna Vivian. A pleasure to meet you,” she said sincerely. I could tell she meant it. She looked at me in the eyes, but my wolf didn’t feel like she was challenging us or anything like
It was safe to say I had become best friends with a psychotic, evil pregnant woman who enjoyed watching people squirm. Hannah did not let me leave the store until I tried on every provocative piece she shoved at me. Some of those pieces made me want to get on my knees and pray for forgiveness. I had drawn the line on the see-through ones. I mean really, what was the point?After that, she left the store to one of her workers and spent the rest of the day with me, giving me a tour of a lifetime. While Johnson was funny and childishly playful, Hannah was brutally honest, straightforward, and not shy at all. While on tour, she noticed the distance people keep from me. She also called out a waiter who kept apologizing to me after accidentally spilling my drink before it got to the table. Her words did not only snap the waiter of whatever fear he had on me but also seemed to calm the people eating at the restaurant.“Yo, we got your sorry the first and fiftieth time. I think she gets it. C
Zaliver AzralaI shut the door and stood behind it. I heard her movements on the bed and my name that was cursed out in anger. Staring blankly at the wall, my mind was racing with hundreds of thoughts.Who knew such a small brown-haired beauty could drive me crazy? While I did feel a bit wretched, I mainly felt an odd sense of ease knowing she was trapped in my room. It was wrong, no doubt, but it felt so right. She made me chain her to the bed. I wasn’t blind to her lustful gazes and wandering hands when we slept. I never brought them up because I enjoyed them too much and avoided making her feel self-conscious about it.I made my way to my office, which was located far away from the room, in less than a few seconds. I slammed the door with much force, creating a loud bang that shook the room. I walked towards my chair and sat on it with a sigh. I spun around to look at the window behind me and watched the moon high in the sky, illuminating the dark and cold room.The beast within me