Golden gleaming eyes held my being captive, they sucked me in like a vortex. My agony, my screams drowned in the magnetic force that restrained me. He drew closer patiently, and my heart drummed in my chest with fear and anticipation.But the toxicant trance broke with some ominous eruption when he was a breath away from me. Another bang shook my world off its axis, I stumbled back into an abyss only to open my eyes with a start, sweltering in my own sweat in the mid of November. The ragged breath had me shutting my eyes, hiding behind my hands.I flinched with another loud bang, I realized my door was the victim of these blows."...Reyna! Rey, please! Open the door, f*cking talk to me! …" like always the chaos in my head drowned him out.The excruciating torture of knowing he was a door away yet miles apart from where I was trapped went on for another minute before I heard the retreating steps. I let go of the breath, I didn't know I was holding.I hate what I have become of me.Swip
"And since when do you eat meat?"My eyes snapped back to the half-eaten steak in my bare hand. I wasn't only a vegan, I despised the umami sensation on my tongue. It always made me scrunch up. "Oh." I couldn't muster anything more than that.Then suddenly as if my taste buds discovered the flavor bouts that were dispersed in my mouth, I felt a tingling sensation. A vomit reflex made me gag. I ran up to the sink and rinsed my mouth furiously. The stench and overwhelming unsavory taste made me want to puke but all my attempts at it only left me heaving. When I came to my wet hair was dripping damp, while a group of people watched me in horror. The humiliation hit me like a canon ball, I recoiled trying to sway away their disgusting gazes. I felt like a freak.Though maybe that's what I'm reduced to.With my blind craving, I didn't even recognize what I was eating, much less how vulgarly I did it. My stomach just needed something to fill it. I closed my eyes wiping a hand on my face
"...Don't mind me if I point out that men who don't care about how his women dress don't give a fuck about her at all! Aren't I right, Reyna?" Suha spat with indignation. I took a sip of my drink and tilted my head. Juliana scoffed, "Oh, please! Why would a man even have a right to comment on how his women dress? It's such controlling behavior. Reyna herself is all about competing in the male-dominated corporate world." Suha narrowed her eyes at her with a scowl and slowly turned her head to me as if to say 'look how her brain works'. "Listen to this Dumb-struck, Reyna! If you wear, like a very revealing sexy outfit that is outright vulgar and if your man is waving you around he's just saying 'I'm fucking this hot chick and she's freaky as f*ck!' basically he's boosting his sex life!" I roll my eyes and fish out my phone. This is going to take a while. Juliana looked irritated at having less to refute, but shrugged anyway, "You're a pig, don't drag Reyna in it! Isn't that supposed
"Wh-what is the meaning of this?" I spat with indignation. I took a cautious step back as my heart burst from the alarm bells that rang around me. He just raised a brow as if he was ridiculing my outburst. The cold wind of the night assaulted my sweaty skin once his warmth was gone. I was left immobile. I somehow wanted to dive back into his arms, he was ominously beautiful. But I couldn't take how trivial he made me seem, but all I could do was grit my teeth in retaliation, "…After how you people ruined my life, now you want to stalk me. What is next? You will chase me to be slaughtered once again?" I huffed after straining all my energy just to curse him out. He stood up leisurely, his jolly smile stripped off and in an instant, his stare turned callously stern. "With your level of intelligence, I can only guess what you have dragged yourself into." the corner of his mouth lifted up, "Oh, our little peeping friend has just left our side." My eyes widened and my mouth dropped open
He left as he came, with the whoosh of wind. I could do nothing but stand there flabbergasted. I scoffed clutching my head to rid of the hairs falling on my face. "What the hell?" I could hardly believe my ears with the shit I have to face, from every freak that comes my way."No, Lord, no!" I run my hand on my face. No way was I going to marry that eccentric man. He looked like a scheming gigolo at first sight."Reyna! We saw your boyfriend…" I see Juliana and Suha running at me like they were getting any browny points with after all the shit they pulled on me. But their face distorted fast as they fell down focusing on my left thigh, stopping them in their tracks.My eyes followed to see a patch of blood straining my bright-colored dress. Sarkhan's blood. Fuck! These ladies had peas for brains but even they weren't past accusing me of homicide. But before I could open my mouth to blurt a poor excuse I heard Juliana exclaim,"Eww… Rey! Did you just have your period?" I froze as he
I had been reduced to a plaything.I slid down with no strength left to support myself upright. It was going horribly wrong, I tried his 'let it go' method which only worked when I was conscious enough to be driven mad with the pain coursing through my body.I had an instinctive fear consuming me, if this goes on I'll either be dead or be driven mad. But… what if Jordan was right and it was just madness that had resulted after the trauma I went through.I banged my fist on the marble as my eyes went awry, considering the possibility. But… Sarkhan had said I need to adapt to it.It could be a non-terminal mental illness.I clutched my hair, shaking my head at the possibility. It wasn't far-fetched. Maybe I did make it all up…A sob broke through me and then another. I rocked through the anxiety of my state and the frustration of being helpless. I cried harder as all the anguish I went through flooded me with a strong force.What do I do? Where do I go? I didn't want to die, but I didn'
"A witch." "Somehow I don't doubt that." She pursed her lips, trying to cling to the last of her sanity. I really do wish to be more sympathetic to her pathetic sob story but I was rather too pissed.She was a witch! A Witch!Outwardly I kept my composure reposed, and nodded along, "So you do those voodoo ritual things?" I needed more information. If I freak out she will be alert and reel back.Snorting, she turned away as if she heard a joke, "I was the weak link of the family, I couldn't cast a spell much less perform rituals." She waved her hand in her hair, she looked spiteful for the degraded period in life then she smirked smugly. "And now they are all about how I got here!"The microwave dinged but my knife stilled ominously, "You fed my father a love portion."I need to confirm some things before I open up to her about my own dilemma. For all I have seen and experienced I don't even trust a hair iron to not turn against me.I stated it as I knew for sure. She stared at me ga
Beyond devastation is the point of invincibility.I had spent a week trying to adjust to my new reality. I may never know what triggered me today to leave misery and my blanket on my bed but I guess it had something to do with the message I received early this morning. Bathed and scrubbed, I picked up my phone again to check if it wasn't one of my illusions playing me. But no. Still there!"I found the bloke's frequented spot and temporary residence. Meet me in my office or I don't spit on the floor you walk."I don't even feel offended by my mother's crude threat. People assume I learned to swear from the neighbors but if only they knew the one-of-a-kind mother I have under my belt. I sigh with a barely contained smile, she was well past redemption. So no shade there.I had decided to wear a white Sundress with a warm Black Fur Trench Coat, matching them with heeled boots and leggings. Pulling my hair up in a ponytail and I went on to touch up my face."Huh." A closer look at my fa
Her eyes stay latched on mine till begrudgingly she is shoved into another corridor. Her material beauty shone brighter than Sirius. I tear my eyes impassively.The charm of a demon is such... huh.“Tsk. Her wooers come in all sizes, and now species.” Annoyingly Ddurehan wriggled his brows.Rashard peeled his eyes away from the opening she disappeared to, chuckling.He raised his hand in the air. His Twin Daggers from across the room, swishingly flew closely by several heads, landing in his fist. Gasps and then a deafening hush fell with his stunt.Turning around he craned his neck, “What I saw was a pathetic slave, lavished with gold and silk that can't cover the shackles in her feet.”The Hall submerged in a mum disturbance left in his wake.“God! Sordan had screwed him up good,” Durehan muttered with his mouth dripping his drink. The Coven’s Master hadn’t been the ideal father figure.Hashtan tipped his head pouring more of the rich fruit sap “It must suck to be the runt of the fami
Eerily static, everything in his house reeks of lousy witches and nuisance. In the veil of the night, I stare down at my wife with empty eyes. She always looks almost innocent of any flaw known to men. “Nafasm.”How she held my attention just breathing you would expect her to be the most profound of arts. Carved to perfection and vices.“Little Temptress.” Whispering in the night, I graze my forefinger on her cheek. From her neck to her inviting bosom. Her miniature freckle there buzzed with her beating heart. This dainty twig-like neck would snap in two with a flick in my hold. This fragile, yet she had this inexplicable hold on me. I narrow my eyes, sniffing her close. The transition had begun. I scrutinized the minx and I wonder how she made it this far.She will likely need to have molten lava in her veins to survive the change. The corner of my lips turned up humorlessly. There's a possibility the last thread holding me here could disappear any moment.As if to gut me good, she
I jerked up with a yelp, my hand on the bite mark warily still. Leaping for the coat, I wore it turning my head away from her. Once the evidence of my blunder was under wraps, I pivoted to her. she stood there with hands twisted on her chest and a dirty smirk in place, “What is that? A hickey from your lover to remember him by?” It stung when she called it out. My lover? The man looked like he could hardly stomach the sight of me. I curse the day I fell into this loop of misery. Venus didn’t have much to her if you took away her lineage and the grudges that drove her motives. Dad always said she was all ‘all rattle and no rain’. Inconsequential. Perhaps that is what drove her this mad at the world. Unsurprisingly I wasn’t feeling generous enough to humor her jabs, “Watch what you say. I’m not as laid back as your diabolical family.” I was giving back the throb Sarkhan's indifference had left on me to her. And despite this new low, I didn’t have an ounce of guilt. She scoffs. Eve
We both took the comfort only we emitted for each other and in those moments his identity or my obstinacy didn't exist. Though I didn't acknowledge it, I was the monster my parents' blunders birthed to.I sigh burying myself deeper and getting cozy with the hard and sturdy man I barely knew. A voice from the back of his throat snaps my head up. I see his eyes squinted at the ceiling before scrunching them up like he was holding something in. He looked so intense, so intimidating. Everything about him screamed sinful, the wide shoulder that could shoulder two of me. If I didn't know he was 'Lycan', I would assume he was one of those sculptures carved to surreal perfection in Italy, brought to life with a kiss of true love.Assuming a mere kiss had the capacity to achieve such a feat. I purse my lips but decide it's futile to ask anyway. Hiding my reddened face on his chest I take a breath. He wasn't ready for an upgrade from his status as my comfort pillow. Like a glutton, I open my
"My door isn't locked." He only smirks cupping my face, "Feverish." The voice was so rich like a siren call, it had me entranced. Surprisingly so. I was stone cold just a while ago. He snatched up the blanket and bundled me up before getting under too. Even with the flimsy barrier of the heavy blanket between us but his heat still reached me. The sensations he awoke began from the depth of my heart so a layer couldn't help from the shyness. My eyes cast down to his chest exposed between the buttons. "You shouldn't have bothered, human these days are too materialistic to believe." Snapping up I can only stare at him. While I was distracted his hand came down soothing my hair. I slid closer to him. I only guess from where he conjured it from, but he slipped something into my parted lips. My first reaction was to spit out the unfamiliar thing but he covered my mouth. I looked up at him horrified. "Eat." His decree fell on like a sentence, and I chewed it bursting the tangy and sweet
"He can't kill you, Rey! You are his only heir." I reassured my beating heart, repeating my life mantra. This is what I counted on when I screwed up. I stand in front of the giant oddity of bricks and stones I called home. It had never looked this intimidating. I knew my father was already aware of my arrival much before I stepped into the perimeter but my heart just thumped down at the thought of facing him. Dragging my feet on the path, I halt with a grimace. I should have gone to my mother's place instead. She would be pissed too but I won't be this scared of her. Besides, like any other emotion, her anger was volatile gasoline too. Sarkhan wasn't agreeable when I told him to leave me we were close to our estate but I didn't want to choose a discreet tombstone for him in our backyard, so I insisted. Dad will probably know who I hitched a ride with. But I'm too virgin to be a widow. Looking up, I'm struck to see my Dad standing in the doorway. He looked far more wretched and mi
"Yours? You bit me to call me yours?" I asked with my brows raised and my mouth ajar. I really was shaken. "Huh! I can't believe it. Why don't you piss on it me too?""I'm open to fetishes, but golden showers are disgusting.""Ha!" Did he just make a sorry attempt at a joke? I'm so done with him."Cut the crap! Why the hell would you bite me?" With pursed lips, I clench my hands from taking a swing at him "Is that what you are? A cannibal?" Despite my apparent repulsion, I didn't pull myself out of his lap. Instead, I craved his calming touch.Strangely his touch tingled sometimes and sometimes it just made me feel inexplicably calm. It probably is why I'm not screaming bloody murder.His face again is passive, though his lips are still upturned I know he wasn't amused anymore, "I injected my venom in you. It worked like antibodies." Staring was the only thing I could do. He scarred a very visible part of my body. His nonchalance is what enraged me the most.The only thing we had spec
I felt, I was underwater drowning and reemerging with no sense of my own organs or r a body I resided in for that matter. Like I didn't exist out of the haze I was in, nothing came to my mind. My thoughts and existence blurred in and out of consciousness. I drowned deeper till I settled with the sand. Then like a breath in my lungs, I jolted hearing it."Wake up, Nafasm. It's been days. Your Ki…"My conscious followed it with a yearning that hurt me physically. The soul I knew to be tranquil, dead scalded me to reach him but then it all fell mum yet again. A peace I never knew washed over me. I felt assured. Empowered. Invincible."Fuck it! Fuck!" "Alpha, the Luna won't survive thi—""Get the fuck out!" Screams and crashes followed. But like an onlooker I regarded nothing. like a ghost faded in light, I just heard."Alpha, please we need to inform the council—""Fucking leave!" The growl was inhumane, from a man broken beyond consolation. Passively, I tried to remember any emotion a
Startled but too out of my wits to speak, I just muster to hold on to his strong arms when his head invade the sensitive space between my nape and shoulder blade. The stark difference in height has him leaning on me and he too noticed. The next thing I know I'm levitating."Sarkhan!" I squeal, trying to push the guy away but the loss of momentum has me grabbing his head. My eyes widen, looking at his face buried in my breast. A gasp and a ferocious roar are the only thing that resounds beside my thumping heart. I release his head, only to keep my hands firm on his shoulders for support. "Sarkhan!" I grit out as the heat on my face exceeds. His other hand is freaking under my ass! My back stationed against the wall was of hardly any coverage. His chin and cheek were still nestled in my boobs. The damn flimsy bra wasn't even padded.A man. A real MAN was there! I haven't even looked a half-naked man up close and this! The most opposite sex had gone with me is a tap on the shoulder. I