Alora. As I sat there, my head wrapped around Ares' palm with fingers caressing my cheeks, his other hand wrapped around my waist and his lips locked with mine. I was speechless. It was like my mind had run blank, my thoughts vanished into nothingness, every fear I had felt earlier dissolved, dispersing into the wind and leaving me emotionless. Ares' lips ran over mine and I finally started to realize what was happening. Ares was kissing me! The Alpha of The Blood Moon Pack, Ares Delgado, Jax's number one enemy, was kissing me! I was too stunned to pull away. To shocked to blink, I could taste the alcohol in his lips and the softness of those pink lips against mine. I had expected someone like Ares to be rough, but his lips on mine were gentle as if wanting to taste every part of them. Every part of me stood at alert and as much as I didn't want to react to the kiss, I could feel a heat growing inside of me, steadily and almost unnoticeable. And just as Ares had placed
Ares. "Alpha, are you listening?" Seth asked, and I nodded, tearing my gaze from the window and turning to him. We are currently in my office, my meeting had ended a few hours ago and Victor and Seth had followed me right to my office. My head banged in pain and I was almost sending them both out so I could take a nap. But as usual Seth was bugging me about the pack ceremony that was coming up in a few days. Every month, we celebrated the newly mated wolves as they marked themselves under the full moon. It was a ritual I had grown tired of but as usual, the elders would be there to make sure everything went right. "I am." I answered through gritted teeth, snatching the bottle of water on my table and taking a huge gulp. "The full moon is coming also. Would you be able to bear it this time?" Seth asked and I fell silent. The full moon was indeed a few days away, the same night as the ceremony and I knew what to expect just when the moon formed the perfect circle. "Don't
Ares. I unlocked the door, taking out the key from the keyhole as I pushed the door opened. It was evening so the setting sun casted bright orange rays of light into the room, making it almost magical as my room was mostly dark and uninviting. I scented Alora immediately and I turned my gaze to where she was shackled to my bed. Her violet eyes were fixed on me, fear filled them and I suddenly grew tired of the scared aura that radiated off her. Her legs were pulled to her chest shielding some part of her body from me, I ran my eyes down the scars on her hands as they were lifted above her head chained to my bed in a discomforting way. Her black hair looks greasy and I suddenly felt the urge to see them glow once more when she washed them. There were eye bags underneath her violet eyes, leaving dark circles around them. She said nothing as I walked into the room, closing the door behind me and taking a step towards her. Her fear intensified, almost choking me and I saw how emba
Alora. I stared at the paper just beside my feet, the words weren't familiar. At least I could identify a few words like "English", "Math" and "Textbook" because I had seen them a lot in Jax's books. But that was as far as my vocabulary went. I didn't understand what was in this paper Ares had thrown at me and my eyes blurred with tears as I stared down at it. How had he even known? I hadn't told Lana or any of the girls so how did he find out I couldn't read? The words laid in my throat as I was unable to ask him. It would only just confirm that I was an illeterate, an uneducated slave who knew nothing. "Are you deaf? Read it." Ares said, sounding a bit angry and I cowered away from him in fear. Goosebumps filled my skin, both from the cold and from nervousness as I gulped visibly, peeking at the paper once more. I was a bit dyslexic so I couldn't even try to understand it if I tried and a tear fell past my eyes staining the paper. I shivered, looking o at Ares to see if
Alora. I couldn't fall asleep, even when my body ached and I felt tired to my very core. Maybe it was because I felt very dirty, made and clammy with sweat and even cold. Ares was already asleep, from the sound of his steady breathing and it's only been maybe an hour or so, I stared at the bedside clock, unable to detect the time, I looked away. It was still very dark outside, the moon shone into the room, it was almost full and I couldn't feel excited about it. The full moon was the most exciting time for a werewolf because they felt power, strength and the cord that tied them to the moon goddess. Most days I spent my time thinking about what it felt like to have a powerful being tied to you. What was it like to feel the bond of the moon goddess and the strength of the moon she had bestowed on her people? The ability to shape shift, taking a new form of a wolf, powerful, fast and beautiful. I had seen many colors of my pack wolf, my father's fur was brown while my mother's
Alora. I couldn't sleep the rest of the night and Ares hadn't woken up either, the sun blared through the dark curtains and I was almost tempted to roll under the bed because I knew Seth and Victor would be coming in very soon to meet Ares. I turned to Ares who still slept tiredly on the bed, my mind drifted to what had happened last night and I drew my legs closer to my body as the door slammed open. Seth walked in angrily, arguing with Victor who stood behind him quietly. I grew scared as Seth tore me an angry gaze before his eyes widened in shock at Ares still on the bed. "Fuck! He needs to stop sleeping in on days we have important meetings. The elders will be arriving next week and things need to be in order before then." Seth was saying as he walked towards the bed to shake Ares who groaned loudly and turned slightly. Victor took a silent stance at the door, resting his back against it and folding his arms as he watched Seth. For a second, I thought Ares would wake up
Alora. My ears rang as my cheeks stung from the Aiden smack against it. My mind went blank as my head swerved to the right at the contact. The slap had echoed in the kitchen, freezing everyone in their spot as soft gasps escaped their lips. "What the hell Camilla?!" I heard Carmen yell, as she finally caught up with her sister who was still glaring at me. "It's all her fault!" Camilla yelled. I felt her hand on my shoulder as she forced my eyes to meet hers. My shoulder stung in irritation at her touch but not as much as my cheeks did, so I raised my hand to it, ribbing it softly and trying to recall how I had managed to anger Camilla. What had I done to deserve this? I thought, my eyes tearing up immediately. I had been locked up in Ares' room for three nights in a row. And the only time I had spoken to the girls was on the second day of my arrival. How could a one time moment cause Camilla so much anger that she would slap me? Camilla's blue eyes sparkled with so much
Alora. "He's dead." Lana said, making my eyes widen in surprise. Ares had a brother? Older or younger? He played the piano and now he was dead? When? How? A thought question ran through my head as I dropped my feet to the floor shyly looking at the food whose scent wafted off my nose. Lana let out a soft laugh and I looked at her. "I can hear your stomach growling from here. You can eat if you want." She said, pushing the plate closer to me. A part of me was scared to take it. What if she poisoned it to get back at me for upsetting her twins? Another part of me knew Lana wouldn't do that. Why? Because she gave you a few smiles and a jacket to cover your scars? I almost nodded at the thought as I looked away from the food. That little trust that I had for Lana had crumbled away from the incident earlier and I suddenly wanted to be back in Ares' room to hide under his bed away from everyone. "I won't force you to eat but you should. You look thinner than the first
Alora. “I finally have you!” I heard a voice behind me as I stood in my bathroom in my towel, my red hair dripping wet as I stood in shock, staring at the face of the monster I had lived with for years. Jax stood at my bathroom door, he was wearing a dark suit, his shirt unbuttoned revealing tan skin and a series of tattoos running down his chest. His long legs closing the distance between us. He pushed his long black hair away from his face revealing an evil gleam in those green eyes that put the garden outside to shame. “H—how did you get in?” I asked, my heart thumping loudly in my chest as I took a step back even Jax grabbed me, pressing me against his chest as he smiled, his eyes fixed on my lips. “It was easy.” He drawled, his fingers circling my waist as he held me still when I tried to let go but Jax was powerful, he wasn’t the Alpha for nothing and I feared him. “Ares let me. He let me get to you.” He told me as he smiled when I froze. I shook my head, unable to proc
Ares. “Why do you want to be Alpha?” I asked Seth as he stalked down a rabbit that was a few feet away from us. His grey eyes turned to me sharply, raising his finger to his lips to silent me. “Shut up,” he said, looking at the rabbit that sniffed around and followed the scent of the carrots we had laid as bait for it. The rabbit was small, dark brown and a part of me was sad that it would fall into our trap and our stomachs later. But we were hungry, we hadn’t eaten for days except fruits and berries, and we were tired of it already. “But the Alpha is the strongest in the pack right?” I asked Seth as he rolled his eyes at me. It wasn’t difficult knowing who had power in a pack, and what positions they had. If Seth was a better teacher then I would have learnt faster, but he was mean and cold towards me. “Yes. And I want to be the strongest. I want to rule over everyone and my father said I would.” He told me, his eyes flashing with anger as he ducked behind the tree when the r
Alora. “Lana said I’ll find you here.” I heard Isabel say as I sat up from the couch. After Lana had left, I felt so alone in the house. Camilla and Carmen had gone to the mall and Raya was busy cleaning out a room for Alex while Lana went about her duties. It was starting to get hard being locked up here with nothing to do. Ares didn't even let me go even out of the estate doors as my encounter with him this morning had made me sad, his tone and his cold eyes reminded me of Jax even though I knew Ares would never hit me. I wasn’t in a much different situation from when I was Jax’s slave. I didn’t know what freedom was back then, so I never felt bored locked up in his home. I felt empty. But here, I had experienced the outside world and I wanted to be there. Always. “Are you ok?” Isabel asked as she looked around the room. “It’s weird being here, since I started working with the Alpha this room had always been locked. It’s funny how you were the reason he opened it.” She said
Ares. My door burst open with Victor and Seth strolling in immediately with Isabel’s brother behind them, tapping furiously at his iPad as I shut my laptop close, hiding any evidence of me watching Alora. Victor didn’t look very well, he wore a black suit with his tie loose and shirt unbuttoned as his eyes lacked any emotion as he rushed to my desk with Seth beside him looking angry as usual compared to how I had seen him a few minutes ago. “What is it?” I asked casually as Isabel’s brother, Zach worked in my I.T department, walked forward first as Victor stood behind him peering down on his iPad. “Someone sent a video to the company’s email and is trying to breach our servers.” He said and I frowned looking at Seth with disinterested eyes. “We get that every time. How is this any different?” I asked as Seth sighed before stepping closer. “This is from Jax.” He said and I frowned, rising to my feet. Zach stepped back from me. “What?!” I growled angrily. In all the years th
Ares. “So I’ve narrowed down the schools that offer adult education,” I heard Isabel say as I looked up from my laptop as she walked into my office holding an iPad. She wore a weird shirt with an anime character and short tennis skirts. Her blonde hair was pulled in a ponytail and her big round glasses reflected the lights from the screen of her device. “It’s quite surprising that many pack schools have adult education in their curriculum. And I was able to find a few close to us.” She said as she bowed at me. “Alpha.” “Didn’t you find any in the pack?” I asked curiously as Isabel shook her head. “The two pack schools don’t have adult classes and there’s no one experienced enough to teach Alora. The only pack member who had taught an adult is away for his PhD and won’t be back until another year.” “So where are the schools?” “I found one just close by. It’s in the Moon River pack.” I frowned. The Moon River Pack was a small pack that was just about thirty minutes drive a
Alora. I ran to my room, slamming the door behind me before running to the bathroom and splashing water against my face. My hands trembled as I washed my face before I looked at the mirror. My reflection stared back at me, my orange hair from its root as if I had been born that way ran through my face and back, falling at my waist. It had grown longer over the days and my violet eyes were scared and confused. Looking down at my hands, I wondered what had happened earlier. One minute I was looking at Ares’ curse mark, and the next minute I was touching it and blanking out. Even going to the past and seeing what had happened. I didn’t know what to think, nor what to do. Every time I took a step with Ares, something drew me back, something about him didn’t make me trust him fully. Finding out he killed his parents made me look at him differently. And the look he had given me when I had called him a monster, those cold blue eyes stared back at me with hurt for only a second. I s
Alora. The feeling of someone hands on my cheeks woke me up from the deep slumber and I fluttered my eyes open meeting Ares cold blue ones, but they had some sort of emotions buried beneath all that icy blue. As quickly as I felt the touch, it was gone and Ares snatched his hand away, coughing awkwardly as I smiled softly at him. “Hi.” I said quietly as Ares nodded, starting to get off the bed when I clinched to his arm and giggled. “Don’t leave yet.” I told him as he looked down at my hands wrapped around his biceps. I blushed as his muscles flexed a bit before he nodded. I didn’t know why I was suddenly brave around him, but after knowing Jax was lurking around ready to pounce on me when Ares wasn’t looking, I wanted to be around Ares and his protection. A part of me ached to tell Ares but another part of me was scared. He hadn’t been fully kind to me when we first met and he hated Jax. I couldn’t imagine what his response would be when I told him. “Why do you hate the
Ares. I looked in the rear mirror at the boy who had fallen asleep in the back seat, his hands clasped under his head as he snored silently. I drove carefully and pulled up at the estate gate before driving in. Looking at the house, and at my watch. It was already past twelve so I figured Alora was already asleep. Coming down from the car, I walked to the back seat and pulled the door open before reaching for Alex who mumbled and reached for his thumb before sucking on it. I forced the smile off my face as I pulled him to my chest and he rested his head against my shoulder. “Make sure the gates are locked properly.” I said to a guard who nodded as he came to get my car keys to take to the garage. I went to the house, pushing the door open before closing it behind me. It was dimly lit inside and Lana always left the hallway light to the kitchen turned on so I didn’t trip on my way up the stairs. Alex slept peacefully and I turned to the chair where Alora usually sat and watched
Ares “Alpha, you can’t do that.” Seth said as I signed on a booklet one of the pack nurses gave me and I returned it back to her before turning to look at Seth who was fuming behind me. “It’s late. We can’t leave him here.” I told him as Seth growled before running his hand through his hair and turning around before facing me once more. “Then we can just give him to one of the pack maids. They can take care of him. Taking him to your home is a bad idea.” Seth told me and I shook my head. “He is alone. He just lost his mother. We can’t leave him at the pack house.” “It’s even better there, he can be with other kids.” “When I lost my mother, I didn’t want to be with other kids and then I met you. I wanted to be alone, grieve and not be surrounded by people who would take pity on me.” I said and Seth sighed just as Doctor Kunle came to us. Seth turned to him as Isabel’s father frowned at my Beta clearly disapproving of him since he basically kind of rejected Isabel. Doctor K