Novels by Zhanybhe

ARIA'S POVThe dinner has to be perfect. Nothing must go wrong. "You keep stressing about it, baby." Lucas rasped from the bed. I guess my pacing must have woken him up. I don't know why I've been so snappy and irritable all day. I'm not one to snap at maids, but how hard is it to set the chairs at the right side? How hard is it to note down the number of chairs needed? It's very frustrating. "I'm not stressed. I just want everything to be perfect.""And it's going to be, baby. Come here to get some sleep so I can sleep. I have several important things to do.""What you're saying is this dinner isn't important?" The anger in me was rising by the minute. "You know, I've seen the way you've been nonchalant about this, and I get it, you're not the one bringing two sides of your lives together.""Whoa, whoa, I didn't mean it that way, baby." His gentle words made me burst into tears. "Come here, sweetheart." He pulled me under the covers, and I snuggled up to his warmth, which made me w

THIRD PERSON'S POV "Through her necklace?" Alpha Lucas wasn't sure if he was hearing correctly. He tightened his hold on his wife. He had first known that some people who could possibly be her parents were looking for her through Oliver. That was all he had heard before he told his people to go check them out. He just wanted to make sure they were not some weirdos or anything that could pose a threat to her at all. They had turned out to be real. This was the first time he was seeing them too, and he thought they were solid so far, but this necklace talk was bothering him. "How I found her was through a silent auction that was being held." Augustine spoke up. "It was a necklace I had when I was younger. It's a stone yin and yang necklace, see?" He showed them the one on his neck and produced a similar one in black while his was white. "Of course, it could be a similar one, but there was an old picture of us wearing it, so I took it to Mum for confirmation.""I knew it was hers the

ARIA'S POV The first thing that came to my mind was to hug the man in front of me. I don't know if I was in an alternative universe or something. I managed to recover my composure to raise an inquiring gaze."Luna Aria?" He said. His voice was deep and calm. Like hot cocoa in freezing winter. He spoke my name again and snapped me out of my reverie. The sound of my name coming from him felt wrong for some reason I couldn't fathom. There was a pull from him to me. I shook my head to get rid of the thought, and I realized that I had been staring at him, which was very rude of me. "You're talking to her." I said calmly enough to hide the tremors in my voice. I could certainly be an actress. He bowed lightly and introduced himself. "My name is Augustine, and these are my parents." Huh. Why can't I stop staring at him? There was something about him, and it wasn't even because of our resemblance. I hope I wasn't the only one that saw it."Can I come in?" He stared back at me with a quiet

THIRD PERSON'S POV What happened next was a blur. Zach could barely breathe with the bullet firmly lodged in his side. His life was flashing before his eyes, and he knew he had only a few minutes left to live. The blood had already seeped to reach his head. He could hear someone screaming, but it was distant. He knew he had to say something. Thankfully, Todd had come nearer to examine his beta. He didn't even know how to feel about the last two minutes. "Zoe was a spy. He was trying to help him take over the pack. He wanted to..." "Stop talking, Zach. I'm going to get you help." Todd said and he meant it. There was no way he was letting him die. Todd bent over him and pressed firmly over his wound, but it was useless. He had bled out too much. "I'm not greedy, Alpha." Those were the last words he whispered before he gave up the ghost. Alpha Todd didn't have time to mourn too much because the cry of his youngest and favorite child rang out clearly. He looked up to find Au

THIRD PERSON'S POV "I'm still a little bit skeptical about this Alpha's mental health." Alpha, Todd said to Zach. They both stood in front of the new glamorous pack house, waiting for the guest to arrive."It sounds insane in theory. You have seen the numbers, they're insane too, but we're both going to make a lot of money off it in the long run.""Yeah. I wouldn't have believed it if everything hadn't checked out. I guess we have a little bit of competition now.""What do you mean, Alpha?" "I sent out a messenger to slyly check on that pack yesterday to see if there's really a well and everything. He came back yesterday, and everything checks out. They do have a well, so yes, we have competition.""Huh. I didn't know you were sending anyone." Zach tried to keep his voice level so he didn't sound suspicious. "Yes, I didn't want to burden you any more than I should. I hope you find a way to resolve your wife's situation."He blanked for a moment before he remembered he was supposed

THIRD PERSON'S POV The next time Zach woke up, he was tied to a chair, and not one muscle in his body was working."Welcome. I was beginning to think you wouldn't join the party on time.""We had a deal." Zach managed to whisper. "You said I could trust you.""I didn't say anything like that, boy. It's not my fault you're so naive.""What do you want with me?""Oh. You're going to find out in a minute." Bart stood up from his chair and rounded his desk. "There's no silver, is there?""Isn't that obvious?" Alpha Bart laughed as if there was anything remotely funny about the whole situation. He cursed his own st*pidity. How could he believe something that st*pid? He would kick himself if he could move. "Of course, there's no silver.""I still don't know what you plan to achieve by holding me hostage here.""Plenty, boy. You know, when I first sent out that proposal, I told Gary here that there was no way we would get any response. You know what John told me?"A man snorted behind him,

FINAL CHAPTERMAGNUS POV"What are we doing then?" Mane asked."He will be waiting for an attack. We won't give him one.""So we are not attacking him?""We definitely are.""I'm confused, Alpha.""It's simple. We are still going to go with the strategy you drafted, except that I'll go in first. Distract him.""Oh. That's much better; the spy said he's getting passports done, so we know he's leaving soon, and he will be at his pack.""Exactly." I stood up, battle-ready. "Let's get a move on then. I would hate to miss him.""Yes, Alpha.""I'll go first. Lead the men and meet me there.""Yes, Alpha." I got in my car and drove off. This was the third time I was traveling this route in months, and I hope this will be the last time I'm going with fear and uncertainty in my heart.If our plan works, then this will be an easy win. I packed my car about ten meters from his house at the edge of the park and waited until the coast was clear."Alpha, come in." Mane's voice filled the earpiece I

JAXON'S POVI brought her back to the old place where it all started. The house at the edge of the pack was where she hid when she was still in her right senses. When she still saw Magnus for the hypocrite that he is,"Why are we here?" She was even more beautiful than before."You will see.""Is my baby in here?""Do you want to see for yourself?" Why was I answering her questions with a question?I pushed the door open. "I fixed the door. You know the one Magnus threw me into?""Jaxon, I really am not interested. I don't feel sorry for you or anything. I just want to see my baby. How hard is that to comprehend?""I'm sorry, my lady." He smirked. He finds her adorable with her smart mouth. "Your baby is right up ahead."She climbed the stairs and went into his room. There was the baby. There was a maid with him."Who are you?" She jumped up."His mother, that's who. Get out.""No, Alpha Jaxon said...""I don't care what Jaxon said. Get the fuck away from my son." She yelled at him. I

MAGNUS' POVImmediately after I discovered the note, I ran out of my room to Mane's."Mane." I pounded the door. "Mane.""What? What's happening?" He opened the door and joined me outside."This." I handed him the note Audrey left me. Soon after, Estelle joined me too."What's happening?" He showed her the note. "Oh Goddess." She groaned."What?" We both turned to her. "Do you know something?""She suddenly wanted to be alone yesterday. This might be what she was plotting.""Why didn't you say something?""I didn't think it was important. I didn't know she was planning anything. I'm sorry."I relented. "There was no way you could have known." Mane said."She obviously got a letter." "What?" We turned to her again. "What are you talking about?""She said she was going to be long gone, meaning she knew where she was going.""That's not hard to guess. She's going to go to the Blue Moon Pack.""Jaxon would not go back to his pack with a baby. No one is that stupid. He must still be nea

AUDREY'S POVLAST NIGHT"Where are the men now?" I asked Estelle. It was a rhetorical question. I didn't expect her to know."Last I heard, they were searching all the empty houses.""Why?""They say there is a possibility that the kidnapper might still be on ground." My nerves spiked up. "Is it possible?""I don't want us to put our hopes up." She said gently. "I believe the Alpha will do everything he can to bring him home.""I know."About twenty minutes later, I left her to go back upstairs. We came down earlier to see what was happening."What is happening?" I pulled one of the guards aside."The Alpha got injured.""What?""He is at the physician's already.""Oh No. Is he okay?" I couldn't afford to lose my husband either."Yes, Luna. He might be unconscious for a while because he was hit pretty badly.""Thank you for scaring her, you jerk." Estelle sneered at him, and I patted her hand."Can I go see him?""No, Luna. I have strict orders to keep you here.""I see." I sighed. "

MAGNUS' POV THREE YEARS AGO“What are you doing?“ I jumped at the sound. “Why are you so restless?“ Jaxon laughed at me.“I was just surprised, is all.“ I defended myself.“You still don't feel at home yet?““Honestly, I've never felt at home anywhere before.““Why is that?“ He sat beside me on the floor.I sighed. Was I really ready to tell him my life story?“You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.“ He said. It wouldn't hurt to tell someone.“No, it's cool. What did you ask again?““I want to know why you have never felt at home anywhere.““So my parents died in my last year of high school. Rogue attack or something like that. I stayed with a friend of theirs until I could leave for college. The point is, I've always been on the move. I never stay in the same place long enough to feel at home there.““I see.“ What did he see? “It sounds like an eventful life.““A sad, eventful life.““My life has been very boring. There's nothing spectacular about my life. My father

MAGNUS' POV“This house has been unoccupied for a while now.“ One of the guards said,“Go on.“ They broke the door down and went in. “It's all clear, Alpha.““Let's go.“The second house was empty too. Same as the third.“All clear, Alpha.“ I was beginning to think this was a futile effort.We reached Audrey's old house.“Do you know where this is?“ I said to Mane.“No, Alpha.““This is Audrey's old house. This was where she lived for the first twenty years or so of her life.““Oh. Are we checking it?““It's not necessary. I still send maids to clean this place out regularly.““Yes, Alpha.“We moved on from the house.“Alpha.“ One of the guards caught up with us.“Yes.““I think I saw a curtain move.““Are you sure?“ Mane asked.“Well, why didn't you say anything?““I'm sorry, Alpha.““It won't hurt to check it out.“ I directed them to go back.“I don't have the key, shit.““We could break it down.“ Mane suggested.I thought about it for a while. If it turns out to be nothing, I coul

LIAM'S POV I had gotten out of the warehouse with a lighter weight on my chest. I returned to the office in a better mood. Reid had returned about an hour later, and we were working on some of the work we ought to have done."Now, I know how to ease you out of a bad mood." I simply grinned at him, not wanting to remember the reason I was in a bad mood in the first place when he brought it up. "Do you want to talk about why you were in a bad mood in the first place?""No." I said briskly, but that didn't deter him. He was a persistent fucker."Perhaps your wife?""Soon-to-be." I growled as if that made any difference, but I would do anything to deflect.He shrugged, then said, "I'm just saying that we have to be more careful in our dealings. We can't afford to have a weakness.""She is not a weakness." I almost snapped at him, and I barely restrained myself. This was the exact type of thing he was talking about. He raised a single brow as if to say point proven. He dropped it then, a

AMY'S POV As I stared at this Grace woman, I realized that I was feeling a lot of things at once. First, it was relief that she was not his girlfriend, and then disbelief that I was jealous. Second, I was hurt that his sister hated me on sight, and then, disbelief that it hurt because I wasn't planning on being here for a long time, no? I also realized that I would have to fight this woman all by myself, and I knew I didn't have the strength for that. So I shoved all those emotions down and settled for cool indifference. "He has never mentioned you, so I guess you aren't all that important. Also, if you have a problem with it, you should take it up with your brother, don't you think?" I said coolly. Xiao stifled a laugh, but it still slipped out. I had no idea I could be this catty, but some people just seemed to bring out the worst in you. Her glare froze. She wasn't expecting me to say anything. She recovered and turned her furious gaze to Xiao. "You're going to pay for this."

AMY'S POV I woke up this morning with a faint memory and a feeling that something was deeply wrong somewhere. I just had to put my hands on it. Since when did I have sheets this nice and a heavy duvet to keep me warm and covered? Suddenly, it slammed into me like a freight train. It wasn't the sheets or the duvet. It was everything. Everything was wrong with it because I wasn't in my house. And the reason I was not in my house was because I had been sold to Liam Arlington by my own mother. The betrayal clawed at my throat until tears welled up in my eyes. How my life always ended in situations like this was beyond me. How did I even manage to be here? My head ached with all the tantrums I threw yesterday. I screamed so much that my voice went hoarse, and I no longer had the energy to talk. My wolf, on the other hand, wasn't helping matters at all. It purred and preened like we had found the greatest thing to ever happen to us instead of this disaster we were in. I wondered if m

LIAM'S POV The brief interaction I had with Amy in her room this morning stayed with me all morning. I didn't know what to make of it or what to do with it. It haunted me.Something about the way she said those words broke my heart. She was not acting or pretending. She was at her most vulnerable while she was sleeping when she said those words. "I liked you, but I hate what you did to me." The way she worded it was even more interesting. She liked me. Did she pine over me after I left? Did she try to look for me? What happened that made her hate me? What changed? It couldn't solely be because I ghosted her because it wasn't intentional, and she would know that if she would let me explain. Or it was the money.If it would help her look at me like she did that night at the club, I would hunt her mother down and let her pay back every last cent she owed me.I got ready for work distracted, and my wolf was even more tense than this morning before my run. Only Amy had the power to infl

LIAM'S POV The first thought that pops into my head when I wake up this morning is that I'm closer to happiness than ever. Before Amy popped up in my life, I had never stopped to think about whether I was happy or not. I make goals, and I go after them with the ruthlessness they deserve. More often than not, I achieve my goals, and there's a sweet relief that comes from it. Another notch to my bedpost.Now, I wake up and think about all the ways we could be together. All the ways I could make her happy, only if she would let me. I sighed in relief at the thought of her under my roof. She was now under my protection, even if she didn't know it yet.Something had changed about her in the one month we were apart. The first night I saved her, I knew she was trouble. The night at the club, I found that there was a sadness in her eyes. A sadness that made my protective instinct kick in and made my wolf want to protect her.Now, though, the sadness had given way to something even more darke

AMY'S POV M-marry me? I tried to wrap my head around what he just said. Surely, he didn't mean getting married in that sense. Werewolves' marriages were for life. Does he mean he was going to be entangled with me for life? I swallowed hard and drummed up all the worst scenarios. I was entering into a lifelong commitment, no, I was being forced into a lifelong commitment to a man I knew nothing about. I had seen him naked, but that was all that it was. Sex.What if he was a cheat, and picking up slightly drunk girls at the club was the way he rolled? Worse, what if he was a woman beater? I had no illusions that I would find my soulmate like some modern werewolf, but I, at least, thought that I would have a say in whom I eventually got married to.Nice, hard-working, and a decent head on his shoulders. Those were my requirements now I was stuck with... well, he must be a hard worker bordering on workaholic if he had achieved so much in his 27 years. "Amy, you're going to like it with