I sprang out of the chair with such force that it made a screeching sound. My heart was beating wildly against my chest, and my hands were shaking. Sweats lingered on my forehead. Tears burn in my eyes as I bite my lower lip. I murmured to myself, as I had been doing for the past two hours, "Take a deep breath, take a deep breath Jaidyn. This is not real at all." I'm not sure how much time has gone, but I was on the verge of removing every book written in Greek from the last shelf. And it describes and offers the same information over and over again. A piece of information I refused to accept. Because it's not true. Exactly what I had spent hours repeating to myself. I pull the last book with the title Secrets of Time from the shelf. My hand gripped the book tighter as it was the same book Traian had in his home. I went through its pages. And after 30 minutes, I felt like I was reading the first book I picked in this room when I already read and browsed almost 15 books. My legs s
I willingly allowed him to drag me even though I might have the idea of what he was about to tell me. I jumped to the question as soon as we stopped walking, "What is it?" I can't take the chance that someone may see or overhear us. He seemed to be unable to accept what he was about to say as his head shakes slightly and his hands are on his waist. "This.... this town, I know it sounds ridiculous but this town is the place of shifters. Okay, shifters are men that can turn into wolves" When I remained silent, he said, "You knew?" I tiredly leaned on the wall behind me, "Just hours ago. They have mates, right?" He regretfully grinned and asked, "Yeah. Who's yours?" “I'd rather not say” "Well, mine was Lara," he said, nodding in understanding. "She was the one who told me all about that, saying that she knows I can't accept her but I do. I'm also ready to keep this a secret till the day I die. But she rejected me." I asked, frowning, "Reject you?" "Yes, she rejected me the day I
It wasn't too long, though, until I noticed Traian coming my way. He kept on moving forward. His all-black outfit, which highlighted his gorgeous blue eyes and demonstrated how adept he was at carrying clothing, included a turtleneck and trousers. He approaches me while looking like a model. And I felt crying because I don't know now if this was me or the mate pull doing magic. I feel as though I have been on illusions for several days since I no longer know what is real or not when it comes to my feelings. He took my hand when he got closer to me and murmured, "Hey." I yanked my hand and said coldly, "What is this?" He looked at my hand for a second before meeting my eyes. "Um... I prepared something" He gestured the way. Without giving him a second glance, I walked toward the light. And the view made me speechless. A pool of crystal-clear water is encircled by rocks and trees. Under the dazzling moon overhead, the entire area seemed to sparkle. The stunning waters gave off the
I was up before my alarm went off. I rubbed my eyes and groaned, getting up. I took a shower and ate cereal. After I was finished, I made sure to clean the rental cabin I had been residing in for many days. My luggage is already placed close to the entrance. I had already settled into a slumped on the couch at 5:40, laying my head on it as I awaited the rental cab driver's call. My eyes were on the verge of shutting as I yawned. Last night, I had trouble falling asleep, and I frequently found myself waking up in the middle of the night. After that, no matter how I moved around on my bed, it was difficult to fall asleep. I may have slept for only four hours. When my phone rang, I sprang up abruptly. It was 5:50. "Hello," I said as I saw the rental car company's phone number on my phone's screen, which I had booked last night. "I'm here now, Ma'am approaching your area" the driver politely informed me. "Oh, okay then" I hung up the call. I have checked all the lights and windows.
Traian's Pov After I put on my shorts, I started to walk back to my house barefooted. The sun was just starting to rise. The sun's rays pierced the gap between the thick leaves of the feast of trees, bathing the forest with its warmth. I close my eyes, inhaling the scent of the forest and reveling in the fleeting noises of the creatures around to calm myself and my wolf. But once I opened my eyes, the anger, confusion, and pain still lingered in my mind. After Jaidyn left, I ended up destroying the surprise I had made and shifted to my wolf form, running for hours in the forest. When I got back home, I drank for hours because sleep didn't come to me at all. I was so damn confused. We were okay before I brought her to the library and I sure as hell didn't do anything wrong that I am aware of for her to be so angry and distant in a snap. Her words stung so much that my wolf whimpered in my head as she uttered how her human fiancee was still the one in his heart. It breaks and pains
Claire's Pov I looked at the path where Traian—my Alpha disappeared, still shocked to see someone shifting mid-air. Traian was our Alpha for many years and I have seen his wolf numerous times. We trained with him. But it still made my skin crawl in fear every time. Traian's was a Lycan. A superior kind to normal Shifters like us. Among our pack and others, there was no wolf who possessed such pure black wolf but only Lycans. They were like darkness in the skin of a wolf. They were bigger than us and their limbs are thicker, stronger so was their presence. I felt how my wolf instantly scooted to the back of my mind in the presence of Traian's wolf. I just know one thing—their Alpha will not stop until he draws blood from the people who were chasing Jaidyn. "Go back to the house, Claire “, was one last thing I heard from my brother—Cayden before he shifted into his brown wolf and ran away from the area. I looked to the sky where the morning sun shone so brightly, silently hopin
Shortly after, I saw the five wolves, stalking toward me. Even though I was ready to be devoured by wolves, I shouldn't have been that afraid and horrified. Perhaps it was the agony numbing in my entire body that caused me to even grin at them and wave my right hand at them. I stammered, "Hey," Because of how dry my throat was, my voice was gruff. The gray wolf that was leading the other four hissed at me and flashed its razor-sharp teeth. Well, I guess my ‘hey’ isn't to her taste. "I'm sorry, how rude of me to greet you like that" I meet the menacing eyes of the gray wolf and spoke, "Hi, Lara" The gray wolf stared at me for a few seconds before its body morphed into human skin. Its furs vanished and were replaced by limbs until the one standing before me was Lara in her naked form. I was completely taken aback and genuinely afraid throughout the entire shifting process. It appears to be agonizing, and seeing how a wolf can change into a person was perplexing and left me speechle
The man moved closer to me and lunged forward to grasp my hand as Lara's eyes widened. I closed my eyes and gripped the shard of glass tighter when the forest shook at the loud spine-chilling growl that resounded that even halted my movement at how deadly and dangerous it sounded. And the next thing I knew, an ear-shuttering scream followed. I opened my eyes and when I turned to my left, I spotted a large, black wolf that was twice as big as Lara and his men. Its flawless, pitch-black fur is shiny and mimics the night sky devoid of stars. Its boiling fangs were razor-sharp and exposed. I'm not sure why, but there seems to be a dark and heavy aura of suffocating power and authority around the wolf, which is riveted on me with its searing golden eyes. My heart fluttered as I held the black wolf's gaze. This wolf....... I mumbled, "Traian," and a wave of relief swept over me. I kept staring at the black wolf while a tear trickled down my face. My guess was confirmed by Lara who stut