All of us stood rooted to the ground and the air was suddenly thick with fear. I’m sure all of us were wide-eyed, looking at Zaliver’s direction. He had his back to us, but his head turned to our direction with a glare directed at Amber. While I’m sure it looked threatening to the others with his height and bulging muscles, to me it painted a completely different picture. The light coming from the window shined down on him perfectly; his black hair shined like a dark halo, a black strand of hair falling over those icy blue orbs.Amber took a few steps backwards with her head lowered until she hit the wall. What the heck was that about? Her friends threw each other the same look before discretely talking to each other while looking at us.Zaliver turned quickly with a plate in his hands and strolled over to the table, ignoring everyone in the room, and placed the plate in front of me. I looked up at him, disregarding the plate. He was looking at me with a blank face and pursed lips, th
He leaned down and began to nuzzle my neck with his nose tickling me. I moved my hands, itching to touch his smooth-skinned torso as he tightened his hold.“You were going to reject me, weren’t you? Even though I said you were mine. Such a naughty girl. Girls like you need to be punished,” he purred in my ear. My eyes widened at his words. I shook my head back and forth.“No! I wasn’t. I was just angry. I swear, I wasn’t.” It was true, blame it on the heat of the moment. He hummed against my throat, taking a deep breath.“You smell so good. Maybe I will mark you. Who knows, it might keep you in your place.” I froze. I was sure I wanted him to mark me, but now? No way. My anger came flaring back.“Umm, let’s not push it. I mean we don’t even know each—forget that . I don’t know you, you rude ass bitch. You went through my memories and thoughts to get something you could have just asked me. Get the fuck off of me!” I thrashed under his hold. He pulled back baring his teeth at me as his
“You see, Vivian, even if you somehow escaped this house and passed all the guards, patrols, and cameras, there’s no way in hell you’d get off this island without me knowing.” Zaliver walked towards me as he spoke.When he got near me, he gently took his phone out of my hands and glanced at it, then back at me, but all I could do was look past him as if I didn’t see anything.There really was no escaping here, was there? I was trapped in here forever. Forever? No. There had to be a way out. I looked at Zaliver, who is typing something on his phone with displeasure on his face. He looked over at me and cocked his brow.I stayed silent, looked at him, and began to think deeply. If there were water, household tools, and a pack, then that must mean that this was a living environment for people. Last time I heard, the BT was just a large island ignored by the world for being unlucky. If you lived here and went around kidnapping girls from around the world, wouldn’t you need to leave and co
“They sent you to me as a bargaining chip, hoping to stop me. They were sadly mistaken. In reality, I just gained something out of their stupidity. It also helps that you aren’t tainted by this world, and I plan on keeping it like that. So my dear Vivian, you were made for this god, and this god will be damned if he let anyone take you from him, including yourself,” he said with dark humor.As soon as he leaned back, all the touching sensation stopped. I was left feeling tipsy and slack-jawed. With or without mark, I was his? Before I could think more about his words, he pulled me by the hand down a corridor and stopped at a living room that looked more like a game room.When we entered the lighted living room, I was surprised to see people. They were mostly large men with fit build and women dressed in black clothing. They were people of all colors and shapes. They all stopped what they were doing as soon as we entered, and stood up to bow their heads.“Alpha Lupus,” they chorused be
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
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