“Hurry up with your coffee.” She pushed the coffee that Eon made for her away from her. She needed it away from because she was worried that in her annoyance, she would end up pouring him the coffee, or worse, she would end up pouring it to herself to put out the fire of desires that was lighted in her core with the way Eon looked at her. “Why do you keep on coming here at this hour?” Her brows were so tightly knit that they looked like they merged as one.
“I want to see you first before I go to bed.” He replied with a straight face that annoyed the hell out of Lina because her resolve was slowly melting.
“You want me to believe that?” She mumbled under her breath. Their exchange of words was getting on her nerves and she noticed that they were like a couple that was fighting. And she doesn’t want that for she will end up assuming things again—only to get disappointed in the end.
“Why won’t you believe me?” He asked brazenly, running his foot along her shin.<
Eon grunted as he rolled to his side, his arm automatically sought for Lina but his hand ended up in an empty and cold space. His eyes flew open and his wolf yawned inside him. Another strange thing that he has that other werewolves like him do not have, is the ability to let his wolf sleep. He can tell his wolf to sleep or stay awake, like a guard dog. However, whenever he’s with Lina, his darn would fall asleep before him. He’s too comfortable with Lina. A smirk that was about to curl at the corner of his lips, halted. [She’s not here.] “Hmm,” Eon creased his brows. He and his wolf have to talk about his overprotectiveness towards Lina. [Shut up!] He snapped at his wolf and grabbed his phone on the bedside table. “Where’s my girl?” He asked not to let the person on the other line talk, nor did he hear his own protectiveness. “She went for a run.” The man answered, clearing his throat. He wasn’t used to Eon’s tone of voice. He didn’t expect him to be too ter
Lina bent down to tie her shoelaces when he spotted the man that wasn’t even in a running outfit but following her. She scoffed. ‘Eon’s men.’ She straightened her back and stretched her arms above her head, bending her waist left and right before continuing with her pretend jogging. If she’s actually jogging, she would avoid the usual route of joggers, but now, she deliberately went into the same path where there was heavier foot traffic. She jogged leisurely, trying her best not to give in to the urge to look back and check where the man was following her.Her attention was caught by the colorful balloons that flew into the blue sky—the balloon vendor was screaming in rage, she stopped on her track to watch together with the other onlookers. Apparently, someone played a trick on the poor balloon vendor and cut the ties of the balloons from his bike, letting go of hundred balloons up in the sky, never to be seen again. Lina shook her head a
His footsteps echoed in the quiet corridor of the hospital. The white walls and the generic door with small cheap-looking numbers stuck on the wall next to it were ticking in his head. The nurse told them that their patient was in room 543.Travis found out Trent was taken to this hospital. According to the bystanders that they asked in the boulevard, there was a riot because of a prank that went wrong and Trent was one of the casualties. They don’t believe any of it because there is no way that Trent would end up in a hospital for a simple wound.Eon’s face was grim and somber. He was worried about Lina. The homeless man that Frio was fighting with, told them that a beautiful woman gave him the smartwatch so he could sell it. Thus, he had to pay for the damn smartwatch to get it back. He and Frio exchanged glances, thinking how far does Lina know about what he has been doing behind her back. How the hell did she know that the smartwatch has a tracker.
The wind is howling outside and the light inside Lina’s room has been out for a while now. The electricity must have been cut off. She wondered how far they are in the city to lose electricity because of a strong wind.It has been two days since the light bulb in her room was changed—or so she thought. She had no idea of the time since nothing really changed inside her room. The light bulb is always on and she tried to check if she can see outside but failed. There wasn’t any crack where she could take a peek.She was no longer tied in the bed and she took the opportunity to survey her room and that’s when she discovered that the room that she was in wasn't really a room but a container van, hence, the absence of a window and the rattling that she always hears whenever there was a strong wind.She had already stopped trying to talk to someone because no one ever answered her even though the man who brought her food and the water that had
The shadows of the towering trees were dancing on him as he drove fast down the quiet highway to the place that he left many years ago. His left hand was on the steering wheel as his right fumbled on the hidden compartment next to the driver seat for his sunglasses. The wind was hurting his eyes because he had all the windows of his sports car open. He inhaled the fresh air and somehow the worry that had been sitting on his chest was soothed. They still haven’t had any information about Lina. And coming home to ask for his father’s help was an act of desperation. With all the power and money he thought he had already accumulated over the years, they were all useless in face of the situation. His money and his power had done nothing to find Lina. Although his men continued to look for her, they still haven’t got any news. Lina vanished in thin air. He gritted his teeth and his knuckles turned white as his grip tightened on the wheel. He hoped to God that his father wo
Eon let gravity pull him down, watching the trees upside down as he fell off the cliff. When he was halfway down, he let his wolf take over and leap, grabbing a rocky edge, pulling himself up, gracefully and in complete ease. Elyon and the other wolves were already waiting for him. They all had changed into their human form, waiting for him, cheering with awe. “At least, you are in much better condition than your sports car.” Grinning with pride, Elyon welcomes him with a big hug. “Your father would be so happy to hear that you’re home.” “I doubt that,” he whispered under his breath when he opened his arms to accept the brotherly hug that Elyon gave him. “It seemed like the pack had a lot of new faces,” he said as he scanned the men, mostly in their early twenties, standing a few feet behind Elyon. “Silly! These young men were those boys that were crying behind you as you left us.” Eon watched them give him a shy smile as if they were embarrassed abou
Eon and his father sat down around the campfire and none could be heard except the chirping of the insects and the tree branches slapping each other as the wind blew. The rest of the wolves went back to their respective task of guarding the borders of their territory. Elyon didn’t have to tell him that things weren’t the same in the past.Eon heard his father clear his throat but he didn’t take his eyes off the crackling fire. The atmosphere between them was painfully awkward and Eon felt like he regressed into his young self, fearing his father’s overwhelming presence.“It’s a surprise to have you here.” He bent down and put another log on the fire. “When Elyon came back with the story of your successful fight over a territory, I had given up on trying to bring you home.”“Did you really?” He asked with a sneer. He knew his father. Giving up wasn’t in his vocabulary. He was about to say mor
“In love?” He spat the words, mockingly and with utter disdain. “I’d already lost my Luna. Don’t make me laugh.” “Son, don’t underestimate our heart with how much it could feel. We happened to be a little different from the other human race, but we are all still human. The matter of the heart is full of mystery that our brain could not fathom. Don’t close your mind and your heart to falling in love.” He scoffed. He stopped himself to laugh at his father’s words. They are more than just a little different from the human race. They are werewolves. It is questionable if they are even human! And yet, his father thinks of them as a little different? He has a lot of things that he can do that would make any human recoil in fear. For them, werewolves weren’t just a little different from other humans just as his father was saying. “I’m not here to hear your wisdom, father. I’m here to ask for help in finding Lina.” He said in a grave voice. He missed this kind of
Lina woke up from the feeling of warm water gently splashing on her skin. When she opened her eyes, she saw Eon in deep concentration, washing her naked body in the tub. She looked to her right and noticed that they were in their own cabin. “Hey, welcome back.” He grinned, caressing her cheek. “What happened?” She asked in confusion. Eon had the audacity to smirk and arch his brow. “Well, sweetheart, I could remind you what exactly had happened,” he said in the soft tone of voice, flicking her nipple that was peeking on the water. “What a jerk!” She cupped some water in her hands and threw it to Eon’s face to wipe the smug expression on it. “You were asking,” he chuckled, wiping the water off his face as he stood up and started removing his clothes and without a word stepped inside the tub with her. He took the other end, opposite from her. He had his knees bent but his legs were wide open. Lina swallowed, and the thought of crawling in between his legs, to settle in the comfort
The murky water of the swamp rippled and then became calm again as if nothing had happened. The silver moon was high in the night sky and the gentle breeze blew as they all stood at the bank, watching the swamp in silence.The wedding bouquet that Lina threw in the water could no longer be seen in the dark. She stepped closer to Eon’s side who automatically opened his arm to enfold her.“Eon, Lina, we have to go. Thank you for inviting us to your wedding.” Briare’s voice broke the silence between them.“Thank you for coming for such short notice,” Eon replied, extending his hand for a handshake then realized that Lina was like a small chick under his right arm, that he had to move to his left and again offered his hand for a shake to Briare. “Hope to still see you at Luna,” he added.Briare smiled at Eon’s invitation but in his eyes was sadness that Eon could not help but wonder what this man had been
“Lina Baptiste, today, I want to take you as my wife,” Eon said, kneeling in front of her.She gasped, covering her agape mouth with her hands as she stared at the kneeling Eon in disbelief. She lifted her gaze away from Eon for a few minutes and glanced at Elyon, Edina, and Ehann. They were all smiling at them, standing a few feet away from them.“I-I don’t know what to say. I couldn’t believe that you’re going to pull this kind of shit!” She slapped Eon’s shoulder as her eyes looked around the familiar path to the cliff that was decorated with white flowers. She wondered when Eon prepared all of it.“Baby, please, say yes and hurry because we are running after the sunset,” he laughed in amusement with the disbelief on Lina’s face.“Okay!” She laughed. She handed Eon her right hand then her left. She was confused about which hand to give.Eon took her left hand and slipp
“Holy shit! You’re getting married!”Elyon won’t stop grinning as if he was the one getting married.Eon scoffed but an equally wide grin was on his face. “Ask Edina to come because just as I’ve said…if you’re even listening, you jerk! Lina needs another woman to be her maid of honor and since you’re already my best man, your mate would be just perfect.”Elyon's glee was abruptly wiped off his face. “Dude, this mate thing…is quite—” He cocked his head to the side because he was lost for words and helplessly stared at Eon. “Was it really this hard?”Eon glanced at Ehann before returning his gaze to Elyon. “If you’re asking if it was really that hard to breathe without her next to you…then the answer is yes.” He laughed. “You’re screwed big time since it includes always wanting to be inside her.”Ehann, who was
Surveying the waffles, the scrambled eggs, and the fresh fruit on the breakfast tray that Eon put down on the bed, she glanced up at him in wonder.“How did you make this breakfast?”He smirked. “You don’t have confidence in your husband that I can give you whatever you want?”Lina rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue at him for two things. Because of how overbearing he was with a smug look on his face to be able to catch her in surprise with her breakfast request, served in bed and the second factor was him, calling himself her husband.It does tickle her fancy. She definitely likes the sound of it. ‘Her husband.’ However, they aren’t married and they haven’t talked about marriage at all. They talked about children but a wedding was a topic that they haven’t touched. She didn’t know if it was avoided or just that they didn’t think about it. Thus, now that Eon is calling himself her
When Lina came out of the bathroom, Alpha Aaron was no longer in the cabin. “Where is your father?” She asked, scanning the room. She came out of the bathroom wearing lounge pants and a sweater. She had no idea whose clothes she was wearing but they were comfortable. The perfect wear for the cold mountain night. “He had to leave because the Alpha of Lykanthos was caught and brought here.” “Oh,” she said with a sharp intake of breath. “You aren’t going to—” She had no idea what Eon should or could do. He shook his head and opened his arms and she strolled inside them and pressed her cheek on her chest. “We are just guests here. Whatever business they have, they will settle them on their own. Besides, why would I want to meet another egoistic Alpha when I have a beautiful woman in my arms?” He whispered over her head, rubbing her back. The slow movement of his large palm, rubbing her back in a small circle is giving her soft feelings. Sh
When Eon returned to the small receiving area of the cabin, Alpha Aaron was quietly drinking his tea. If he didn’t know that the Deep Forest pack was attacked and his father’s pack successfully defended his pack and his position as an Alpha, he would have been able to draw a strong alliance with the two packs in his borders, and a successful Turning ceremony. Eon would not know that his father was bone-tired. That he was just keeping it together but he had to take care of a lot of things and be able to make a sensible decision for the well-being of all the wolves of the Deep Forest pack. He has never been so amazed and admired his father than today.And now, he had to make another hard decision. He had to give a punishment to his own daughter.Eon took the only chair left on the table and without a word poured himself a cup of tea.“Lina won’t sit with us?”Eon met his father’s eyes. “No. I’d rather not.&rdq
“When are you going to tell her about Larissa?” Ehann nodded in Lina’s direction, who was talking with Alpha Tomas.“Later…”He said with a sigh. It’s something that he doesn’t want to discuss with Lina as much as possible. She doesn’t want to tell Lina what will happen to Larissa after she was known to conspire with the pack that attacked the Deep Forest pack, resulting in some members of the pack being heavily injured and one dying.Larissa, together with his two half-brothers were confirmed to connive with the Lykanthos pack to attack the Deep Forest pack. Her two brothers were killed by Laurence with the help of the wolves from the Rising Sun pack. Larissa was caught escaping with the Alpha of the Lykanthos pack but the coward Alpha of the Lykanthos used her as a trap and escaped on his own. Larissa is not held prisoner in one of the secret dungeons of the Deep Forest.And it’s something that she do
After the chaotic mess that happened at the end of the Turning ceremony where Elyon jumped down from the viewing deck, claiming the unmoving new she-wolf, Edina while the rest of the young wolves were scattered all over Deep Forest and the adults who were tasked to follow the new wolves. After Eon and Ehann had a really good laugh because their premonition of Elyon having a mate twenty years his junior just happened. All the while the two were splitting their sides with laughter, she just watched them in amusement. It’s another side of Eon that she had witnessed. And in a few moments that she was watching Eon laughing at his friend's supposed misfortune, she had a glance of what Eon was like as a teen with his friends. When they finally stopped laughing, they all went down from the viewing deck because they were the only ones left. “Where did the other go?” “At the after party of course,” Eon grinned. “Are we going there too?” He cares