CRYSTALI drop the tea on the table in front of her before taking my seat on the dining table. She accepts it and takes a sip of it while I wonder what my mother is doing here.It’s strange to see her here. She's never been- wait, how does she know where I live?Seriously, what is up with everyone and knowing my whereabouts?"You still make very good tea," she says. "I'm glad that didn’t change." She taught me how. It was one thing I really liked to do for her."How did you find me?""Ruby," she admits. "She didn't want to give it to me. I wonder if you told her not to.""I didn't!" I quickly defended but lowered my voice to say, "She was probably surprised and… curious." lifting my head to her, I observe her a little. "Did you need-""It's sad that you're going to ask if I needed something before seeing my own daughter," she rambles with a displeased frown on her face but she smiles. "Well, I hope you will let me see you whenever I want. I promise, I won't be clingy."Something pokes
CRYSTALI avoid dinner that night, pretending to be asleep when my mother sends someone to call me. She checks up on me herself later that night and it's even harder to pretend.She takes a while in my room, sitting next to me as I feign sleep. I feel her hands on my hair as she pat my head with loving tenderness and my heart almost melts at the closure.After a while, she presses a kiss to my cheek before leaving my room. I don't react immediately, not until her footsteps disappear down the stairs and I'm opening my eyes just in time for the tear to roll down my cheek.I can almost feel my mother's sadness and pain in the way she looks at me. She must miss me very much, that bit is obvious.My room is just how I left it; except that the bed is made and there are no clothes lying around in my hurry to fit everything into my little suitcase to escape the night. Everything is clearer now that I'm here.I stare at the moon right outside my window- one of the reasons I really liked my roo
CRYSTALThe festival is more like a ‘coming-of- age’ for the Alpha's daughter before they take over or before marriage. Sadly, I never stayed long enough to even have one organised in my name.My parents were looking forward to it, no doubt, as well as the whole Pack. They were all invested in me as they wanted me to be Alpha.I stay in my room all morning after breakfast even after mom tries to get me to step out and take a walk around the pack.I can't do it in a Pack I don't belong to anymore. I don't even feel connected to them. There's no mind link that connects us and I feel more like an outcast here than an Alpha's daughter.An Alpha's daughter of shame, of course.I walk around my bedroom, sometimes standing in a corner to just stare and get lost staring.I'm bored out of my mind and soon I start to remember my childhood. I've never thought back on it for so long. Being here brings up memories I don't think I'm ready to revisit any time soon.Each memory comes and it leaves me
CRYSTALRuby screams, snapping me out of my trance and I notice everyone has stopped and they've stepped back a few paces. She's suddenly in my face, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me furiously.“Don't use so much alpha aura but oh my god! That was amazing!” She squealed with a genuine smile on her face. “How'd you do that?”I blink in confusion, “Do… what?” I don't know what she's talking about and alpha aura? What does she mean by that?“You mean you don't know how you did that just now?” She growls in frustration. “You were spreading some really commanding authority in the air. Just look, everyone's all shaken up.”I look around me and she's not wrong. They are all staring, frozen like statues like they had just seen a ghost or witnessed something beyond words can describe.“Did that cause any harm?” I ask quickly, ready to apologise but Ruby laughs.“Of course not. You just showed off your dominance and dominated the shit out of this arena. Anyone around can surely feel the pres
CRYSTALWe're interrupted when Ruby gets mind linked that she had a guest to attend to.“Think about what I said, please,” were her last words and now I'm all alone in the woods, left with her words playing back to me.There's nothing to think about.No, no I'm not… I'm not doing it. Coming here was a mistake, a planned work between my mother and sister.I should've jumped out the window the minute I saw her face. Damn! Why did I allow myself to be tricked and fooled by empathy?Take over as Alpha? On whose orders? They'll try to convince father and I can already imagine the brimming hate in his eyes as he says never!I need to get out of this place. Staying for the festival will only put me in an awkward position.If I perform that dance and everyone feels my Alpha aura, it's over. Their wolf will immediately subscribe to my authority, they'll recognise me as one of their own and there's nothing even my father can do about it once they take me as their Alpha.An Alpha is chosen by tw
CRYSTALSilver walks up to us, his eyes still having their glaring glow as he looks between Kevin and I. While I'm surprised as to what he's doing here, I'm more bothered about his attitude.'Get over here, now?' Who does he think he's talking to; his future wife?Well, that won't be wrong if I accept to swap places with Ruby.What am I thinking about now? I shake the thought out of my head-"No?" Silver tilts his head to me with his face still blank and eyes wide. "Crystal, who is this man?" I tense when I sniff the air with his pheromones in it. "And why won't you step away?""Ugh!" Kevin groans by my side and his hand slips from my arm as he drops to one of his knees, clutching his stomach with one hand and his head in the other."Stop it, Silver! You'll kill him!" I drop down to hold Kevin, pulling him into my body for him to lean on-Silver grabs my hand, "You're come with me-""For fuck sake, stop doing that! You'll kill him. Just let him go!" I scream at him, trying to yank my
CRYSTALI flip open the toilet seat as I empty my guts all over the place, holding onto the seat for support. Once I'm done, I catch my breath and flush the vomit, before standing before the mirror. Goddess! I look like a mess!My eyes are red from crying and my face is all oily from the sweat of fear I had just from seeing my father. This much changes because of that man. I really don't want to be here for that festival. I could drop dead.Imagine dying on the spot after Silver's cock is supposed to prolong my health. That's just sad and very ironic.I pick my toothbrush and brush my teeth to get rid of the smell before taking a shower. I skip the bathtub and just stand under the showerhead, letting the water rain down on me as I imagine it to be a purification for my sins.Trouble follows me everywhere and I don't know what to do with myself anymore.-Just give yourself to our mate and let him fuck you back to good luck, she says, purring like a little bitch and oh fuck! I'm getting
CRYSTALMy eyes twitch at his words as I struggle to understand what he says. Deny what? Why should I deny anything? If anyone walks in on our conversation, they'd probably go 'awwn' at the lovers quarrel but we're from that.I frown at his words and how ridiculous my thoughts were just now. 'Lovers' is a too intimate term to describe us as, I'd rather not put a tag or a term to it."Stop this nonsense," I half scream, careful not to draw any attention to my room. There's an Alpha in the house and trust me when I say his eyes and ears are sharp enough to monitor everything that goes on in his house and pack."Leave my room if that's all you came for," I can't believe he made Kevin go through that for nothing.I can't believe I was unscattered by it. I still need to figure that out."It's too late for that now," he informs me in a nonchalant tone and I'm beginning to wonder if his mission on Earth is to piss me off. What is wrong with this man?It also doesn't help when he's wearing his
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!”