OLIVIA The air in the room was thick with tension. Luna Claire glared at me. Her features tightened in a frown and her eyes gleamed with disgust as they swept over me. I lowered my eyes to the ground, shifting uncomfortably. From the corner of my eyes I could see Lisa narrowing her eyes at me in annoyance alongside her friend, Bella, who was right beside her shooting me an icy glare. My eyes fell on Rowan, he was slouched on the couch next to his mother like he had not a care in the world. The news that I tried to seduce Rowan had reached the ears of the Luna. I knew that Bella or Lisa would report the matter to her but I really did not prepare to face her wrath.Luna Claire sent for Rowan immediately. She, of course, wanted to hear from the horse's mouth. Her face widened in shock as Rowan answered in the affirmative at the subject of me being his fated mate. Luna Claire laid back on the couch and propped herself on one elbow. Her eyes narrowed at me for a brief moment and the
LISA It would be an understatement to say I am displeased. I am as furious as hell about how this whole mate issue was playing out. Rowan doesn't seem bothered, if anything, he seemed to be very much pleased with his mother's decision. Everyone in the pack knew that Rowan liked Olivia. He had liked her for years now, even though his relationship with her had only been that of mere friends. Although he grew distant from her shortly after the loss of his father, our alpha. Their friendship went totally sour when Luna Claire picked me as her son's chosen mate so he could take over the pack. I never expected that this same Olivia would be fated to Rowan as he had been in search of his mate for over four years with no success.I suddenly feel a bit of guilt, wondering if I didn't do too much by hitting Olivia the previous day.Flashback Smack! My hands landed on the face of the girl I disliked the most in this pack. “How dare you attempt to seduce Jason?” I spat in rage. She looked
OLIVIA I walked into the large hall with Lily. She had insisted that she wasn't going to leave me all by myself in my room. She wasn't hearing any of the excuses I made to not attend the party.Lily is Lisa's younger sister, they are the present beta’s daughters. While Lily was calm and feisty, Lisa’s the opposite of her sister, loud and rude.“If you really want to go ahead with your rejection, then you should watch him mark Lisa. You would see yourself hating him for real.”Those were her words to me all through the day. Her idea of motivation marvelled me at times. She was always blunt at it with no hidden feelings. Lily had rejected her mate a few months back, on the very day she met him. She stumbled on him plunging ferociously into another she-wolf. I often wondered how she was able to cope.I had let her know that I would be rejecting Rowan. His regular sexual episodes with Lisa were getting to the height of it since the Luna's order. My chest burned and tightened with pain ea
CAMERON No sooner had I sat on the seat reserved for me, than my beast was on the verge of taking control. I fought hard to remain in control, releasing my Lycan aura as I reigned in my beast. Everyone bared their necks, submitting to my Lycan aura including the alphas present at the occasion except this beautiful werewolf. She stood straight and unbothered for a few seconds, then in the next, as though she realized herself, she bared her neck too in submission.Something about her that got me hooked. It was deeper than mere attraction, I was completely smitten by her. As my eyes darted to her every passing now and then, the desire to own her arose greatly inside of me.The oath taking commenced immediately after I made my entrance. I wore a bored expression all through as the ceremony was honestly boring. These werewolves were just too extra, doing too much at once. By the time the alpha had been sworn in with his Luna, I was already fed up with their shenanigans. I looked at the
ROWAN The ceremony came to an end much faster than I expected, all the hard work put into making it a success were productive. My days as the ‘acting’ alpha were over, I am now officially, the Alpha of Cold Moon pack. I felt different now, maybe it was the feeling that came with being an Alpha. I smirked.“My Alpha,” my Luna called sweetly, her eyes appealing to me seductively. I smiled at the beautiful woman sitting on the edge of my bed and was tempted to join her. But Echo, my wolf, gave a low growl of disapproval, he wanted his mate. With a shake of my head, I stepped forward and leaned to kiss her on the forehead. “Not tonight, Lisa.” I uttered softly, wiping the sweet smile off her face. Her eyebrows shot up at me questionably, “How do you mean?” She cupped my chin, drawing me closer to herself gently. “We should consummate our mating process tonight.” She pouted. “You're right! But not tonight.” The disbelief on her face was slowly turning to a frown. “Baby, we've had p
OLIVIA“Come on Via, you should calm down. Leaving the pack isn't the best option.” Lily said calmly, trying to talk me out of packing my things to leave the pack. “So what am I supposed to do now? Stay back and continue to see Rowan every other day?” I asked in a mean voice, as I continued to pack my stuff, not even throwing a glance at Lily. I picked only the necessary things, I didn't have much stuff anyway. I honestly would not like to remain here when Luna Claire finds out that I rejected Rowan last night. Although I have no place to go to, I still needed to get as far away from this pack as possible, now that they were still unaware of what had transpired in my room the day before.The door opened to reveal Lisa walking into the room. My heart did a flip as I got up to my feet, showing respect to her as the Luna of Cold Moon. Bella took a stance as she hovered at the door. “Look who's trying to run away, the alpha's precious little mistress.” Lisa taunted, her eyes glittered m
CAMERON “GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY MATE!” I snarled. A very dangerous aura emanated from my body as anger rolled off my body in waves. I clenched my fists tightly to prevent myself from giving in to my beast's desire to rip the throat of the woman assaulting my mate. I was not a man who would lay a finger on a woman. I ignore the looks of shock and surprise on the faces of the assailants and her accomplices and rushed over to my mate who was lying on the ground. Her body was covered in a mixture of dirt and her own blood. Her beautiful face that haunted me since the previous night was so battered. I had been on my way to an attacked pack when I decided to make a diversion to the Cold Moon pack just to get another glimpse of my mate. Gray had been prancing in my head for hours nonstop. His restlessness was accompanied with demands to see his mate. A mate that we just met the previous day. Resisting him was fruitless so I ordered Landon to take a detour path to the Cold Moon pack.
CAMERON The cry from my mate's hospital room notified us that she was awake. I dashed into the room with the speed of light hurriedly sitting next to her on her bed. A muffled groan escaped her lips again and all I wanted to do was grab her in my arms and comfort her. She looked extremely pale and I could see the pains in her eyes. Right there, I knew I needed to make the perpetrators pay for their sins. “Sorry baby, I'll make them pay for this.” I assured her. I would protect her with everything in me, even to the last drop of my blood, I swore within myself. She flinched as my hand made its way to her hair in an attempt to stroke it. I froze. Just how bad had she suffered in the hands of her own people? I wondered.She fixed her gaze on me with all of her attention. I could see her struggle with grasping who I was to be seated at her bedside. “I am your mate.’ I said firmly. A crease formed on her forehead as she shot me a questioning look. “Your second chance mate.” I offerred,
OLIVIA I sighed as I stepped out of the bathroom. The hot shower seemed to wash a little bit of the gnawing feeling of unease that threatened to overwhelm me. I slipped into a freshly laundered clean white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, deliberately wearing a matching outfit with Cameron. Following Cameron's order to always get me fed, we both walked downstairs to the dining, my stomach rumbling slightly the moment I sat down for breakfast. “Sorry,” I looked up at Cameron, slightly flustered. “You shouldn't be, baby.” He said, giving me a peck on the forehead, his right hand stroking my hair as he took the seat next to me. ‘This is all thanks to you anyway.’ I mindlinked him. It isn't out of place for me to blame him seeing as he did not let me sleep the whole night. He smirked. ‘I take it that you are well satisfied this morning. So what if I do want more now? Huh?’ He mindlinked me back, the weight on his large palm on my thighs as he rubbed them gently. I felt my cheek b
OLIVIA “So if I get you clearly, you're saying there's a woman out there with a striking resemblance to me. She's been through a lot and you want me to go see her because you think I can help her heal from her trauma?” I asked my mate, unsure of his response. “Right.” He confirmed. With the way he's looking at me with skepticism, I can tell he is afraid that I would not buy his idea. Far from it, I'm rather impressed at how thoughtful he is. With how big, stoic and proud he is, you would think he had no emotion somewhere inside of him but I know better. “Baby, if you're not comfortable with it, we can just let it pass.” He tapped me, bringing me out of my thoughts. “Sure. Why not? I'll go see her.” I assured him with a smile. “I was just thinking about how, you know, how thoughtful you are, so different from your outward appearance.”“Really, Via?” He faked a frown, pretending to be hurt. “What happened to not judging a book by its cover?” He complained.I bursted into a long lou
CAMERON The result showed a heavy amount of the Aphrodite's kiss in her system. How on earth did she manage to live with such an unhealthy amount of that substance in her system? I immediately mindlinked Landon to request for the antidote.‘Send a message to the council to request for the Aphrodite's blur. It's highly needed here.’ The doctor left the room after ensuring that she was physically okay save for the marks she incurred while she scratched her body during her artificial heat.“Leave us.” I excused Lucas and his Luna.With just the two of us in the room, Clara made to sit up on the bed. “Your Majesty,” She called weakly.“Quit the formalities.” I ordered and pushed the chair towards her a bit.‘What a good way to be informal, human.’ Gray mocked. I inhaled a deep breath to compose myself. I would have to check the tone of my voice at all cost if I wanted her to be free with me. And if she is who I think she is, then by all means I needed to get informal with her. But
CAMERON I had to rush to the Red Moon pack in spite of my mate making a fuss. Thankfully, with Landon driving as fast as possible, we got there in good time and Clara had already been resuscitated. We hadn't gone quite far into the packgrounds when an unexpected voice sounded in my head. ‘Cameron, I'm sorry.’ My mate's sweet voice distracted my thoughts. ‘Wow! That was quick… and unexpected.’ I mindlinked her back, eagerly expecting another response. ‘Really?’ she chuckled and I responded with a chuckle too, knowing that she was rolling her eyes by now. Even though I'm upset, I know it's not at my mate. Believe me, I want to be angry at her for her frequent tantrums but I just can't bring myself to get angry at my sweet little wolf over something as trivial as this. Knowing how suspicious my action was this morning, I only wished she would give me a little more benefit of doubt. I couldn't tell her the real situation because it was supposed to be a surprise. ‘She’s still very
OLIVIAWith Cameron and me ravishing each other as much as we both desired, the days went by in a blur. Right now, I'm sitting on the bed, the sound of running water in the bathroom confirming that my mate was having a good shower without me. Cameron had to go back to tracking down rogue wolves again as that was his mission here in the first place but this time, he’s made sure to not neglect me like before. How could he? When there's a mindlink between us that works even long distance. ‘Seems you now mind me joining you in the bathroom.’ I half-joked and half-complained through the mindlink. ‘Never would, sweetness.’ he chuckled, knowing I did not take the issue of him having a shower alone half as seriously as I sounded. After having his bath and stepping into the walk-in closet to dress up, he pulled me into his big arms, kissing me softly on the face, his scent lingering on every part of my body he touched. “I wish I really didn't have so much to do today.” He hissed, obviously
CAMERON Restraining myself from eating my mate up while being with her for about a month now even though I badly wanted to, had to be the most quelling task I have ever had on my hands. I was a man with zero patience yet I literally had to battle to keep my primal need under control. Frankly, it wouldn't be too extra to say I deserved an award of some sort.I had always known it was going to be impossible for her and her wolf to accept me just like that so I was willing to wait. But what I did not know was how tough it was to keep my hands to myself. With my patience stretched so thin, I still wanted her to come to accept me as her mate by herself and at her own pace, not because she feels forced or obligated to do so. Good thing she came around soon enough and now that I've had a taste of her, I wasn't about to let her go so soon. Infact, I doubt I'll be letting go of her in a few hours. She's just the perfect one for me and I love her the way she is. I pushed her further into th
OLIVIA “I did not realize how much I missed her meals until now.” I tell Cameron as I excitedly move up the stairs with him in tow, his big hands on my waist. The taste of the scrumptious lunch or dinner - whatever it was we had, still lingered heavily in my mouth. Mrs. Mila's food was always mesmerizing to the taste buds. As soon as we walked into the bedroom, Cameron shut the door behind us, pulling me into his arms and rubbing me against his hardness.“There’s something much more delicious that you're yet to taste though.” He winked and pecked me on the forehead. “Really?” I widened my eyes in fake shock. “You have no idea.” He grinned, playing along with my acting. “So sorry then. I'm full already.” I rolled my eyes, pretending to be uninterested. “Since you're so full, I could eat you instead.” He whispered in my ears. The hoarse voice that accompanied his words sent sparks all over me shooting down to my core.‘Ooh… That's hot.’ Ava squealed in excitement. So what if I ju
OLIVIA “Welcome back home, my love.” Cameron held the door open for me to walk in. He whispered something to Landon and I'm shocked at how low and muffled it sounded. These Lycans sure knew how to have some gossip, whatever happened to the mindlink. I said to myself before responding to Cameron. “Yeah. Feels good to be back.” I muttered and made to head upstairs before Cameron grabbed my arm, dragging me back. For a brief moment, we stood holding each other captive in our gazes, the worry in my head slowly faded away into something else. Cameron lowered his head slowly, while I lifted mine up for our lips to meet. His lips sucked on mine possessively as his hands moved from my waist to rest on my butt.An unexpected rush of mixed feelings flooded my body, feelings that I couldn't decipher accurately. I can feel my happiness and relief with a sudden mix of lust to it and there's a very minute amount of skepticism - almost like I was imagining it. Ava purred in my head. ‘Shameless
OLIVIA ‘Mate! Mate! Mate!’ Ava leaped in my head, wagging her tail joyfully.‘Calm down, Ava. I'm still very dizzy.” I reprimanded her, my mind still in a fuss with my mate scents so strong in the air. Thank the Goddess, I wasn't hallucinating when I felt my mate scoop me up in his hands.I took a deep breath to calm my racing heart beat as Ava had decided to have a will of her own. I wonder how she is still this strong enough after the dose of wolfsbane even though I suspect that we might have been administered the antidote. ‘Mate’s presence helped us heal.’ Ava responded cheekily. I mentally smile at how happy she is for us to have finally acknowledged our mate though. The saying of ‘not realizing what you have until you almost lose it’ is so true. I never feared or worried about losing Cameron until Rowan almost marked me. I released a frustrated sigh and slowly opened my eyes. The bright light hit my eyes, making me shut them back again. After blinking severally, my eyes adju