GabrielEveryone, including the elders of the pack, agreed with Alexa this time. It turned out that the girl could control her wolf power over the past two years. That meant if she married me and became Luna, we could use our combined strength to explore a wider territory.Including those rogues. They would submit to me from now on. Damn it! I hated those insolent scums. From now on, I no longer needed to hold back because Alexa could defeat them all in an instant.There was a slight sting to my pride because she was the monster who defeated me when I fought Alpha Romero. That fact made me consider the possibility that Alexa had a special relationship with him. My elbow rested on the table, and my hand clenched over the other.Alexa was surrounded by many men. How could a woman so easily defeat me? How could she arrogantly toy with so many men?Especially that damn Omega. Annoyed by Alexa’s game, I rose from my desk in my room with a
GabrielAlexa reignited my anger as my face heated. I growled a threat at her. “Watch your words, Alexa. Lorraine is an honorable woman. She is your sister who bears the same family name as you.”“A stepsister with no blood relation at all.” The girl still looked at me with eyes full of challenge.She wasn’t afraid of me at all. Even though my hand was gripping her neck, even though I was releasing my dominant aura, I still couldn’t subdue Alexa. I gritted my teeth, frustrated by my failure as an alpha.“She elevated her own status. She holds an important position as an assistant in the Alpha and Luna’s secretarial bureau of the pack,” I defended her.“Ah, so that’s why she can keep tailing you and spying on me? So she can always be by your side without being scorned by others?” Alexa asked with a smirk.I tightened my grip on her neck again. “Watch your w
AlexaTwo days from now, I would marry Alpha Gabriel. Like any Alpha and Luna couple about to wed, we had to go through various ceremonies. Not to mention, the wedding would be immediately followed by the Luna coronation ritual.Pressure, pressure. It was the first time I felt so much pressure. Well, I’ve never had before getting married and becoming Luna. Beauty treatments, shopping for clothes, and physical training had been meticulously scheduled on a packed agenda. Fortunately, today, I felt like all my burdens had lessened.Starting today, Harlow was assigned by Alpha Gabriel as my bodyguard. I didn’t expect Alpha Gabriel would actually grant my request from last night.As a bodyguard, he accompanied me throughout the day. He drove the car and went with me wherever my schedule dictated. As a bonus, no one suspected anything about our time together.“I think I’m going to faint now,” I said, taking a deep b
Alexa“No, please, don’t! Let me go!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. My hands were restrained by two men. They dragged me away from my own house, even though I screamed and kicked with all my might. My wolf couldn’t fight back and could only whimper in my head. “It’s okay, Alexa. It will be just fine,” my stepmother said, her gaze downcast. Beside her, my stepsister put on a display of fake tears. “Mom! Please help me! Don’t sell me out!” I cried for her help, but she stood still. “I’m sorry, Alexa, but we have nothing else to cover up your father’s debt,” she said, tears streaming down her face. Wasn’t that a lie? How could they hide so many things in our house? Where had our TV gone? The car? Did we go bankrupt overnight? “No! There must be some mistake!” I defended myself. “Shut up, wench!” A brute slapped my cheek, and it stung so badly that my teeth scraped my lip. Blood dripped from the corner of my mouth. “Your father owed us a million dollars. Now he’s dead, so you
AlexaAfter waiting in despair for a long moment, the guard gripped my hands. They led me to a white limousine outside of the building. A rough shove pushed me onto the passenger seat, even though my hands were still bound with chains and my mouth gagged with a cloth. Once I was inside the car, I realized the man who bought me was already seated inside. Without his mask, his bright brown eyes sparkled with enthusiasm. His shoulder-length jet-black hair looked silky enough to run fingers through, and he combed it back to the nape of his neck. His body was massive, and his suit clung to his broad chest. His beard was trimmed, extending to his sideburns, making me wonder how it would feel brushing against my inner thighs. Just imagining it made my body tremble for a moment. The musk scent filled the car, overwhelming me until it felt like I would float onto his lap. ‘Alexa! He’s our mate!’ Mythril, my wolf, squealed in my mind. ‘No. That can’t be!’ I cursed inwardly, trembling in my
AlexaThe car sped at a high velocity. I knew about Rider, a car modified to absorb the energy of the driver and passengers to accelerate faster. I knew I was riding it now because my head felt increasingly dizzy. My stomach started to feel worse and worse. My emotions seemed to be scattering all over the place.“Answer me!” Alpha Alastair roared.My body jolted at the sound of his voice directly in front of my face. Trembling, I tried my best to remain strong.“I’m not,” I whimpered.“What?”“I’m not a virgin,” I confessed to him.He froze upon hearing my words. He gripped my neck tighter and I saw his eyes burning bright crimson. His other hand dug into my inner thigh.“Who took it?” he grunted.I shook my head, refusing to answer him.“Answer me, who took it?” he asked, his words slow and deliberate.I grew more uneasy and chaotic. In the midst of my swirling emotions, I opened my mouth slowly. I didn’t know what to say to him. But his gaze bore into mine, making me obey him in a s
AlexaThe stranger’s voice howled in pain. I stopped running and turned back. My heart sank as I saw him now covered in wounds, overwhelmed. A guard held him down while the Gamma pummeled the man’s stomach.‘He’s losing numbers!’ Mythril leapt restlessly in my mind.I bit my lower lip as I watched the pain on the man’s face with each punch from the Gamma. The emotion inside me grew. With raging breaths, I pondered the moral decision I should choose.Could I help him? Was I strong enough to fight them? I groaned when finally I pushed my feet to run back toward them.‘Yes, girl! Let’s kick those asses!’ Mythril cheered.I ran until I was close, but still at a safe distance. Amid the chaos of the fight, I paused in front of a tree. I've never done it before, but the strength in me grew larger in each second. My confidence surged up. I hugged the large tree. My arms wrapped around its trunk.‘For those who grow, there will be wilt.’ I focused all my thoughts on the tree I was holding. The
AlexaI mourned my fate in the corner of this small boat. My hands wrapped around my knees as my tears refused to stop.I didn’t know why all of this was happening to me. I had never felt full affection from my parents in my entire life. My mother died when I was little, protecting me from a rogue attack. My father, the former Alpha, passed away six months ago due to a heart attack.Since my father died, my stepmother and stepsister treated me as a servant in the house my parents left behind. I thought I only needed to endure until I turned 18 and gained a strong wolf. Turns out, I couldn’t control my wolf’s strength, making me seem as if I was wolfless, unable to transform.The day I was taken away was the day I was supposed to reclaim my inheritance rights to my parents’ house and belongings. That day, I was supposed to meet my father’s lawyer. But this event clearly prevented me from doing so.My hand supported my forehead. My tears flowed as bitter laughter accompanied my journey.
AlexaTwo days from now, I would marry Alpha Gabriel. Like any Alpha and Luna couple about to wed, we had to go through various ceremonies. Not to mention, the wedding would be immediately followed by the Luna coronation ritual.Pressure, pressure. It was the first time I felt so much pressure. Well, I’ve never had before getting married and becoming Luna. Beauty treatments, shopping for clothes, and physical training had been meticulously scheduled on a packed agenda. Fortunately, today, I felt like all my burdens had lessened.Starting today, Harlow was assigned by Alpha Gabriel as my bodyguard. I didn’t expect Alpha Gabriel would actually grant my request from last night.As a bodyguard, he accompanied me throughout the day. He drove the car and went with me wherever my schedule dictated. As a bonus, no one suspected anything about our time together.“I think I’m going to faint now,” I said, taking a deep b
GabrielAlexa reignited my anger as my face heated. I growled a threat at her. “Watch your words, Alexa. Lorraine is an honorable woman. She is your sister who bears the same family name as you.”“A stepsister with no blood relation at all.” The girl still looked at me with eyes full of challenge.She wasn’t afraid of me at all. Even though my hand was gripping her neck, even though I was releasing my dominant aura, I still couldn’t subdue Alexa. I gritted my teeth, frustrated by my failure as an alpha.“She elevated her own status. She holds an important position as an assistant in the Alpha and Luna’s secretarial bureau of the pack,” I defended her.“Ah, so that’s why she can keep tailing you and spying on me? So she can always be by your side without being scorned by others?” Alexa asked with a smirk.I tightened my grip on her neck again. “Watch your w
GabrielEveryone, including the elders of the pack, agreed with Alexa this time. It turned out that the girl could control her wolf power over the past two years. That meant if she married me and became Luna, we could use our combined strength to explore a wider territory.Including those rogues. They would submit to me from now on. Damn it! I hated those insolent scums. From now on, I no longer needed to hold back because Alexa could defeat them all in an instant.There was a slight sting to my pride because she was the monster who defeated me when I fought Alpha Romero. That fact made me consider the possibility that Alexa had a special relationship with him. My elbow rested on the table, and my hand clenched over the other.Alexa was surrounded by many men. How could a woman so easily defeat me? How could she arrogantly toy with so many men?Especially that damn Omega. Annoyed by Alexa’s game, I rose from my desk in my room with a
Alexa“No, Alexa. I know you’ll forget me as soon as you get married. This is all just temporary.” Harlow shook his head.My eyelids dilated, and my breathing was ragged, with panic engulfing me. Both my hands cupped his cheeks. “No,” I said as I stroked his temples.“No, I won’t forget you. I love you,” I urgently repeated my feelings for him. “I don’t want to lose you.”“Alexa,” Harlow looked at me with the corners of his eyes dropping. He stroked my temple gently. “I don’t want to lose you either, but you can’t do this to Alpha Gabriel. You’re already bound by the blood pact.”“No, no, Harlow. Look, I promised him I’d marry him and become his Luna. But I didn’t promise I would love him,” I reassured him.“How could you do that to your husband? What would people say if they saw us together?” The back of his hand rubbed my cheek with sadness reflected in his frowned brows.“I know it’s wrong, but I can’t go on without you. Ever since you left me in the Southern Star, I’ve felt longin
AlexaShe lunged at me with a sharp dagger swinging in her hand. I moved back into defensive mode. My body dodged several times to avoid the dagger’s swings. At one point, I blocked her arm that threatened me with the dagger, causing its tip to graze my cheek. A slight wound did not deter me from defeating her.With trained primal instincts, I searched for an opportunity as she thrust the dagger toward me. My body spun to the side, and I used all my strength to pull her arm. My hands snapped, twisting her wrist until the dagger fell beside my feet.I used her arm as leverage to jump. In a split second, my legs locked around her neck, bringing her crashing down to the ground.With my knee pinning her back, I threw some relentless punches at the side of her face. It was as if all my years of pent-up resentment would dissolve with each strike. Even though Lorraine’s face was bruised and reddened, I did not stop.A wolf dashed toward me. Its jaws gaped open, ready to maul me with its shar
AlexaI stood on the training field. It had been a long time since I last stood on this grass field. The last time I trained, I ended up battered and bruised, desperately struggling to use my magic to defend myself against Lorraine’s cruelty.For two years, I trained in the battle ring at Southern Star. I had grown so accustomed to the many pairs of eyes watching the strength matches between me and my opponents.This time was no different. The pack elders sat watching from the sidelines. Among them, Alpha Gabriel stood in the middle of the row with his arms crossed over his chest. His sharp eyes were fixed on me, and despite his threats, I glanced at Harlow at the far end of the field.‘Are you really going to show your true strength?’ Harlow asked through our mind-link.‘Yes. It’s time,’ I answered.I walked to the center of the field, following Beta Drake’s lead. He was the referee for this match. As I stepped in, I heard a few mocking giggles. Some elders, including Lady Gertrude,
AlexaOur lips were still locked together, enveloped by the pouring rain. The cold air seeped into our exposed skin, making me tighten my embrace around his neck. As if desperate, my lips and his searched for each other.Harlow’s hands wrapped around my waist. But as passion surged even more toward my core, my breath became ragged and uneven. Yet I couldn’t resist what Harlow was feeling, either. I felt his hard bulge pressing against my lower belly.“This is wrong,” he said between heavy breaths. His breath brushed against my lips while our foreheads met.“But I love you,” I whispered amid the clash of our breaths.“There are many guests inside the packhouse,” he warned.“But I miss you,” I whined, tightening my hug around him.Those words were enough to tempt Harlow. He surrendered to the same uncontrollable desire and longing. I didn’t care if Gabriel caught
AlexaAfter waiting for some time, I stood by my bedroom window. From the second floor, I could see the street in front of my house. Someone was walking past with four guards surrounding them. Harlow paused for a moment and looked up at me.I turned around and hid behind the curtain. My heart pounded as my teeth bit into my lower lip. The thunderous beats in my chest felt suffocating, with irregular thuds against my ribs.I turned my head toward the glass in my room. The blood pact circle, drawn with my blood, was etched there. It was a reminder for me I had to break all other mate bonds.“Goodbye, Harlow,” I whispered.***The next morning, I wore a sleeveless pink midi dress with a knee-length skirt. The dress was tight, with a slit up to my thigh, revealing my figure, which was now vastly different from two years ago. It was a new dress I bought this morning last night.My hair was styled in a high bun, exposing my slender neck—now strong enough to withstand the choking hands of th
Alexa“Tomorrow?” My forehead furrowed. “Yes, tomorrow. Is there a problem?” he asked with a low growl. I considered the things that could happen by tomorrow. Even though Mythril seemed quite enthusiastic about the idea. “Aren’t you rushing things? I haven’t even had the chance to sleep in this room again,” I said as my hand opened the three-door white wardrobe. The wardrobe was now filled with clothes I had never seen or worn before. They were smaller than my size, so I assumed they all actually belonged to Lorraine. Expensive dresses, thick warm sweaters, and bags in various colors seemed like props meant only to please the Alpha. There was nothing I could wear. “For what? Besides, if we get married, you won’t be staying here anymore,” Gabriel shrugged. “What about Harlow? And Jack?” I asked as I closed the wardrobe door.I examined my horrible appearance in the mirror. My hair tangled, dark spot of dirt, and oily face looked back at me with a scrunch on my nose. ‘Oh, my Godd