CRYSTALI'm alright. I'm… okay. I am… in control.I repeat those words in my head till I'm standing before my mother's room door and finding it hard to breathe. My palm is sweaty and I think I'm having cold feet. I can't even-"Is that you, dear?" her voice booms like a flower blooming on a hill. It's soft, gentle and inviting. "I know it's you. Come on in. I've been… waiting." She sounds soft like she's being gentle with a fragile child.I don't blame her. I ran away once and I can do it again.I hear murmurs behind the door and one of the voices sends a tremor through me. That's… father. He's here too. For the first time in five years, I'll be seeing him and I… I swear I'm not ready for this.What the fuck am I doing here?"Crystal," I turn to the familiar voice from behind and hold Kirill's gaze. He's my father's beta. His grey hair has doubled and the wrinkles on his face makes me imagine what my father must look like now."Beta Kirill," good thing my voice doesn’t shake. "It's go
CRYSTALHe's staring back at me with a blank look on his face. Everyone else disappears in the room as he's all that I see and all that I can breathe in.His scent is everywhere in the air and it's even better than anything I've ever inhaled. Judging by the calmness of my wolf and the deep purr she's giving off in my head, it's not too hard to guess what it means.The knowing look crosses his handsome face and it makes my heart jump. He knows."Crystal, you made it!" Ruby beams from behind him and steps forward, blocking him from my line of vision. She's spreading her arms wide in her blue and white jock jacket that's covering her white singlet. Her slick black ponytail is resting over her shoulders and her glam makeup makes her look a little older than her baby face."Where do you think you're going?" she says and pulls me into a hug. Once again, the stranger comes into view.Stranger.No, that's not what he is and I know it.My heart is hammering in my chest as my sister hugs me. I
CRYSTAL"Isn't he quite the gentleman?" Mother swoons where she's seated on her bed with her hands cupping her cheeks. She's lucky Father isn't here to hear that!“You flatter too much, Luna,” Silver replies casually, stroking the back of my hand with his thumb.G-Gentleman? His hold on my hand is gentle and firm as well as the look in his eyes. It almost feels like he's watching me like a hawk.First thing first, please give me my hand back.Good. Now a little distance… Shit! My hand still feels his warmth and a current still runs through me. I can already feel the turmoil that's piling up for me.An Alpha's rut is no joke. There's a high increase in sexual appetite and we have little to no control over ourselves. It is just like an Omega in heat only this time, if it piles up for too long, it could lead to loss of consciousness at intervals and in a case where it has piled up for years, it could lead to a Coma and chances of waking up is…"Do you know he's also a Lycan?" Mother boast
**Trigger Warning**CRYSTALIt's not a hard task. I'm used to it. John enjoys total submission before and during sex."After our conversation the other day," he says and I lift my head from the floor while I'm still on all fours, climbing to him. "I figured I should come home and trash it out. But," his lips turn down in a frown as he folds his arms and straightens his back. "Where were you? I don't think I like coming back home to an empty house-""I-It's not like that-""You're wasting so much time, Crystal," his eyes are sharp and glaring with a straight face. "Have you forgotten your basic instinct as well as how to be a good wife? Being on all fours is your thing."He's referring to… her. My wolf who never speaks in this situation. The first time in years I heard her was today and that was because of our mate.Her excitement was beyond me. She spoke so loud and so clear, affirming that it was him she wanted.Even now… she's purring at the thought of Silver.She missed the warmth
SILVERAn hour ago.With my fingers intertwined, I rest my chin as I'm seated at the back seat of my Jeep in the parking lot. My eyes scan left and right as people come and go while I tap my feet endlessly.Where is she?Where has she gone now? How long can one phone call take?-She's speaking to her husband. Astro grumbles in my head as he paces frantically. The only thing keeping him sane is me and the only thing keeping me sane is her.The smell of her warm skin underneath all that heavy perfume with the faint smell of her rut that she tried to erase.She has no idea that she can't hide anything from me. The minute I stepped out the door after her, I smelled it.My mate is experiencing her rut somewhere with her husband and that thought alone is enough to make me go nuts!"S-Sir, is there anything you'd like while we wait?" one of my guards interrupts, stuttering his words like a puppy and I'm snapping my eyes to him immediately.He jerks under my gaze but tries to keep his face pl
CRYSTALI open my eyes slowly with a deep heavy sigh as my body feels oddly refreshed and sated. There's a heavy arm thrown over my waist from behind and immediately, I can smell John's perfume.When did he return? I slowly sit up in bed and look around.Judging by the stillness of the day and the vibe it's giving-"No way," I mumble and look at the clock next to me on the dresser. It's morning? How did I sleep into the next day?The last thing I remember was begging John to stay before my rut worsened. Turning to look at him sleeping soundly by my side in his pyjamas, I wonder what happened.Did I pass out due to my rut?I press a hand to my neck to feel my temperature but my body is oddly warm and strangely, I feel… a lot better.Doc. Choi never mentioned that passing out could have this soothing feeling.Also… why am I naked?I lift the blanket and notice I'm not even wearing underwear. I look back at a sleepy John and try to remember what happened yesterday but nothing comes to me
CRYSTAL"Your eyes are all swollen," John says as he cups my face and wipes my tears with his thumb. "Why the tears, hmm?" he sighed heavily. "After I stormed out yesterday, I realised I was such a fool. You've been waiting diligently for me, wanting me all this time and I just walked out. I hope you can forgive me, love." his eyes are sad and he rests his forehead on mine."I was so worried when I got back after a few minutes and you were already fast asleep. I called a doctor but he's human so I-""You called a doctor? Which doctor?" I haven't had another doctor touch me in all my life. If my family gets a hold of that one, I'm doomed. "D-Did he draw my blood? What tests did he do?"John doesn't look half as worried as I do. He's the one who's possibly going to die if word gets out."No. He just checked your pulse, that's all," he pouts as I heave a sigh. "Is something wrong?"I must've acted too worried and scared for him to look at me with such suspicion, "N-Nothing at all," I lean
CRYSTAL"Get out!" I scream with my eyes shut, pushing John off me and pulling my skirt down to hide my ass."What the-- Crystal what the fuck!" John almost yells back in shock but when I open my eyes again, Silver is nowhere to be seen.I can still smell him. No doubt, he didn't go far. John is staring at me like I'm a mad woman while he fixes his already hard dick back into his pants.I hurry to the kitchen and take a quick look around but he's vanished like he wasn't even there. How the fuck did he get in? I wasn't imagining things! I saw him! I heard his voice-- Fuck! I can still smell his pheromones and it's making me pant.I'm no pervert but I'm even more turned on than before. I know it's his scent commanding so much out of me-"Crystal!" John grabs me by the arm and whirls me around to glare in my face. "What the fuck was all that about?"I can't bring myself to focus on him as my thoughts are all over the place. I'm scanning the kitchen again, making sure I didn’t miss a spot-
RUBY I open my eyes after a long nap, wondering if I crossed over to the other side after passing out. I trail my fingers over my belly, the place that Jack stabbed me doesn't throb anymore- I jerk up and look around the simple room and my eyes widen as I realise where I am. The last thing I remember was passing out in my mate's garden. Where am I? This is… his room. Besides everything smelling like him, I know because I've watched him for the past weeks, stalking him and sneaking in to sniff his environment and even his bedsheets. Goddess! Did I get caught? What the heck happened? I need to leave before he arrives. I need to find Crystal and let her know I'm safe. Hopefully the cab man has called the cops and has led them to to rescue the other two I met there- I'm trying to get down from the bed when the door opens and I turn my head to it. My heart leaps when I hold his gaze, he's standing by the door holding a steaming cup in his hand and I smell the rich cup of coffee.
JOHNThe night didn't last very long."Get it up!" she groans and hurls a lamp at me and I dodge quickly falling on my knees to protect my head.She was like a mad woman, screaming on the bed and threatening to cut my dick off if I didn't get hard enough for her to fuck me. Her eyes are blazing with anger and she looks like she could rip me apart.I can't. I can't do it.I already came once just from kissing her, running her hands over my body. It has to be the drugs but I can't speak to defend myself. I'm yet to recover my voice."Guards!" she screams and the door immediately bursts open as they rush in. "Take that thing to the slaughterhouse and make sure he gets no food nor water. If he acts stubborn, just drain him of his blood and throw his body somewhere to rot, I don't care."No, no, I can't die like this. All for sex? I want to explain that it's the drug they used on me but the guards are already approaching me with a menacing look on their faces, judging me for upsetting the
CLAIRE“Good morning, Alpha Claire.”I open my eyes as soon as the maid opens her mouth and I growl as I rise to sit in bed with the room still dark as the curtains are yet to be lifted.I stretch my hand and reach for the glass of wine being handed over by routine and after drinking the whole thing, I toss the glass aside, enjoying the sound of it shattering against the wall somewhere.I take a deep breath, preparing myself for the day, just like every other day. Nothing fun ever happens in this part of the world.Wake up, eat, haunt, rinse and repeat. Find some slaves to beat and fuck, it's all the same and boring.It was different a week ago. I got to step outside these walls and search for one of my lab rats who decided to play hide and seek.Thinking back on it now, I shouldn't have killed him so fast. Instant death is never the best option. I would've enjoyed it a bit more if I brought him back here and carved out his face day after day, till his throat burst from all the scream
CRYSTAL I try to stretch but when something hairy tickles my neck, I open my eyes in panic. My heart starts to calm down when I smell his familiar scent and he lifts his head to hold my gaze. He leans in and barely grazes his lips on mine, stirring up butterflies in my belly and making me crave more. It doesn't help when he's shirtless and he's over me, flashing that million dollar smile with my mark on his neck. It's like he's just begging to be taken. Goddess! I sound like a pervert but is it a sin when this man happens to be mine? I slip my hand up his chest and as I continue, his eyes start to darken and I gulp from the lust blaring in them. “You have no idea how much I've been waiting for you to wake up,” he confesses in a dreamy sigh that makes me pause. “Why do I sense a hidden promise there?” I'm stating the obvious and we both know it. But first things first, “Where are we?” I turn my neck to look at my environment and everything feels so familiar. It's my old house wit
SILVER Crystal is trembling in my arms from the gory sight and I glare at grinning Claire who showed up unannounced. I wasn't planning for him to even walk out that door alive but I guess a method is a method. She gags and I give her my attention, watching as she struggles to fight the bile and the urge to throw up. She puts a hand over her mouth and remains still, trying to calm herself. That's not a sight I'd have wanted her to see. “I'm fine,” she assures me after a while, squeezing her eyes as if she can't stop seeing the image. That's one problem taken care of, now we have another one. I glance at John who is lying lifeless on the floor, his breathing is shallow and he probably won't live to see the next twenty minutes. “You can put me down now–” “No,” where did she get that idea from? The last time I put her on her own two feet, I found her underneath a man. It sounds so much worse from how I'm making it but it's the same thing. Crystal lifts her eyes to me in a straight
CRYSTAL My hand has gone numb from the continuous punch to his jaw. I'm straddling him on the cold floor with one hand pressing against his neck and the other set to deliver the next blow. John is somewhere shaking on the floor, I can hear his whimpers and his irregular fast heart beat. I'm numb from his news, my thoughts eating me up alive as I stare into past his bloody face and look into his eyes with a blank expression on my face. Where is she and what did he do to her? I can't rid myself of the image of him driving silver into her belly. Ruby is young and vibrant, full of life and agile… she wouldn't let herself die from this- this dirty and smelly abomination. She's next in line to be Alpha. An Alpha cannot fall like this. He's lying. He's lying. I chant over and over in my head but the look in his eyes only bring about doubts and they interfere with my own thoughts– I flinch when I feel a sharp pain on my leg and I turn to it. There's a piece of wood in his hand and he
CRYSTALJohn whimpers against my palm and his eyes waters and rolls down his cheeks. The fear behind his eyes and the pleading for his life only made me snarl even harsher, asking for my sister.I knew he was capable of terrible things but kidnapping? I could've sworn his sin only ended as a ‘terrible human and a bad husband.’I didn't say a word when I went through so much in his hands. I didn't talk back or argue or question anything but he dared to touch her?“Where is she?” He flinches at my sudden yell. The harshness and the coldness in my voice doesn't feel strange nor does the growl leaving my lips. It's all me. Every single part of him.I push him back with a heavy grunt and he lands on his ass, almost tumbling over on his side. He's shaking like a leaf, picking himself up by turning to keep his eyes on me.He's very afraid, he's quivering, trembling like he's seen the devil herself.“I don't know,” he stutters in each word. “I-I don't know- where she is. I swear-”“You liar!”
RUBY My eyes are heavy and my breathing is harsh as if air has suddenly become so heavy. My whole body has never felt so out of control like there's no life in it. Everything hurts, it's so hard to breathe. My thoughts wanders to dark memories in my mind and worries that have kept me up all night. I squeeze my eyes to discard them, the dark eerie feeling drawing closer and closer till it becomes only a breath away and I'm thrust into it. I can see my room. It's the one I had when I was a child. The walls are painted pink, there are dolls on the bed and on my dresser but I've abandoned them for a while now and they no longer serve their purpose; to entertain me or as my parents hoped, to keep me distracted as they focus on more important matters. I let out a gush of air as I try to shake myself from the darkness, hearing my own groans as my body feels heavier like dead weight. The walls of that room stare back at me, every hour, every day and all I can hear are her grunts, her ef
JOHN I grip the wheels with trembling hands, glancing back and forth at the rearview mirror watching my back as I drive down the busy road. Everyone around me has tinted windows and that only increases my worry and panic.I wonder if I'm being followed. He took the wrong girl. Goddammit! “What the fuck is the meaning of this!” I had screamed when I arrived at the address he sent me this morning. The only reason why I even left breakfast with Crystal’s family so early was due to the picture that came with the message. “Where are they?” I matched towards him and grabbed him by the collar but the creep still had a smile on his face, mocking and ridiculing my strength. With ease, he lifted my hands off of him, “You weren't returning any of my calls-” “That's why you fucking kidnapped my daughter and Tatiana?” I screamed at the lunatic but he obviously wasn't interested in anything I had to say. “You said you had an issue-” “For fucks sake, Jack! I don't need your fucking help!”