When I woke up next, I felt a heavy weight across my waist. Shit. I must have slept so deeply that I wasn’t awakened by my usual nightmares. I blinked at the dim light of the bedside table lamp. I turned my face to the side and found myself looking into the man who I met last night. My throat became paper dry when I saw that he was naked. I looked down and saw that my gown was still on, bunched up on my waist. Damn it. My heart raced, when I recalled what we did last evening.
My eyes drifted from his face to his torso and I saw a tattoo. It was that of a wolf entwined in rose vines with thorns. It covered all of his left chest and a portion of his biceps. It was difficult to look away. It was a tattoo that left me with a lot of questions. But I had to ask them later, that is if we ever meet again. I was resolved never to meet him again. His hair had fallen over his forehead and I had this strong urge to brush them back. His scent filled my nostrils, and I couldn’t help but peck his cheek.
I glanced at my clock. It was 5 a.m. Holy Shit. I removed his arm that was so possessively wrapped around me and glided across the bed. I was without panties and didn’t bother to look for them. I had to get out of this place before my aunt and uncle came back home. When I got up, I looked back at him. He stirred a little and then went back to sleep. I picked up my heels, my phone and stepped out of the room, closing the door quietly behind me.
When I checked my phone, there were a dozen missed calls and the same number of texts from Nicole. I couldn’t blame my poor friend. I had had a wild night—one that would soon become a distant erotic memory.
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It was my first day at the Black Moon high school or BMHS. Nicole had picked me up. “Stay with me Lisa, okay?” she warned me. She showed me around the large, elegant halls that were our classes. I had never been to a real school, so every bit of it overwhelmed me. I knew that my last year in BMHS was going to be enthralling. Our classes were held as per the schedule. Nicole and I went to the training arena for our mandatory sports period.
“Why is it mandatory?” I asked. This was plain stupid.
“That’s because Alpha Jacob doesn’t want the young ones in his pack to lose their edge while we are studying. Eventually, we all have to do something about the pack whatever business we own,” Nicole replied as we reached the wiring that surrounded the arena.
From the corner of my eye, I saw a small crowd gathering which mostly contained girls. They murmured eagerly at something. The crowd swelled in a few minutes.
“The de Vries are here!”
“Gods, I would so do the eldest brother.”
“His dick is massive!”
“I will be happy with the younger one.”
More chuckles.
“The Andersons are here too!”
A girl squealed. In the training arena, I saw a few boys. They weren’t exercising. They were just passing a football around them. And they were all gorgeous. Wearing white jerseys that molded with their bodies and red shorts, they looked drop-dead handsome. But the attention of the girls was only at three boys who were talking amongst themselves. Nicole’s eyes went to them and she paled.
I touched her hand and she genuinely shivered. “What happened?” I asked.
“That one is Artemis de Vries,” she pointed with her chin to the boy with blond hair, sharp jawline with a cleft and a tanned skin. He was the tallest amongst them. “Son of Jacob de Vries, Alpha of our pack.” And that information sent me into a tizzy. Fuck. “And those are Anderson brothers standing with him, Duncan and Gilbert.” Nicole’s voice was shaky. “They are the sons of the Beta. Stay away from them because they are real trouble. If you want a peaceful life in this pack, you better be non-existent in the school.” She turned to face me and cupped my cheek. “When I ask you to stay away, I really mean it. We omegas always keep our eyes down when they walk.”
I was here only for a year and I couldn’t afford any more vagaries than the last night. This morning when I returned home, I had texted Nicole back that I was fine but I was chided by her at length. Thankfully, my aunt and uncle hadn't yet arrived.
I threw another look at them and the hair on my nape rose like needles when my gaze locked with the winter gray eyes of the man I had met last night. He was walking towards the boys without his shirt and looked painfully handsome. My world stopped, tilted and then started spinning at god-speed. In the broad daylight, he looked regal, domineering and lethal.
“Apolllooooo!” a girl from the crowd shrieked. And I freaked. He stared at me with crazed interest as if he was going to kill an enemy.
“Oh fuck!” Nicole held my hand and started pulling me away from the crowd.
I was so shaky that I allowed myself to be pulled away by her. I was so sure that I would never meet this guy again, so sure that we would never cross paths, that dread pricked its thorns in me. Did he study here? He appeared a bit old to study here.
“That is Apollo de Vries, elder son of the Alpha of the pack. He is not only the heir of Alpha, he runs his father’s business as well and these people own half this place. This school belongs to them. You just don’t want shit with them. They will make your life miserable, especially Apollo.”
I was so jittery that I mumbled something incoherent. I didn’t want to have anything to do with them. I hoped that he forgot me and that I was just another woman in his life. I was sure he had many. “Then why is he here?” Definitely a playboy!
“Sometimes, Apollo teaches football to the young kids!” Nicole said. “Oh shit!” she cried. “He is coming this way. Run and hide!”I managed to look behind and saw that Apollo was coming this way. The crowd parted for him as it fell into a stunning silence.“Run Lisa!” she urged. “I ran as fast as I could, but I was slower. Apollo came to us soon enough and blocked us from running. He stood right in front of me and my eyes zeroed in on his yummy cleft. He stared at me with cold eyes and the moment my gaze shifted to his eyes, I was terrified. My mind goaded me to run away from him. I had to hide. I couldn’t afford to expose myself.With his eyes fixed on me and without looking at Nicole, he his
Apollo’s POVMy fingers balled into tight fists as soon as I arrived in front of the bar. I was stiff, all but snarling. My blood was heated as shock bolted through my body and I broke into cold sweat. An exquisite scent hit my nostrils. Orange blossoms and sweet spicy. It was so exquisite that my heart raced and adrenaline coursed wildly through me.My mate.Her pull was crazy. My stomach knotted and my throat became dry like a dessert. There was an aching need that suffocated me. My need for her. I needed her so bad that it hurt. Every muscle in my body became taut. Every second that I wasn’t with her seemed like eternity. It felt like a lifetime of torture. I wanted to howl in ecstasy.And at this point of time, I knew that all my nightmares and traumas would
As if instinctively, Natasha curled her hand around my shirt and pulled me closer in her sleep. Now my body shivered for a different reason. Revenge that I had planned all those years, surfaced. With my heart racing, I looked down at the face I realized I had come to hate and I tasted fury at the back of my throat. Anger and distrust swelled inside like a storm in the eye of the ocean. It was so consuming that I wanted to wake her up and shake her. My hands went to her head in the hope of threading my fingers in her hair and yanking her down, but I found myself holding the back of her head with my shaky hands. While she lay in my protective embrace, I seethed in my rage. She moved a little and I froze when she buried her head in my chest. I needed to get away from her, kick her out, or kill her, but all I could do was feel her soft breath on my skin as she slumbered. I placed my head over hers as I
Natasha POV The class got over and I realized that I had much to catch up. As such transitioning from homeschooling to a proper high school was difficult for me. I really didn’t have any inclination to get any more attention and so I packed my bags quickly and looked at Nicole who was zipping her bag. She moved her chin to the exit gesturing me to go. Honestly, I wanted to leave this scholl and this pack after today’s incidents. I intended to have a word with my aunt and uncle. BMHS was the pack school that was a part of a larger building that consisted of the pre-K school and the college. It was a giant monstrosity of a brick building with great interiors. The gardens were lined with woods and their perimeter was full of seasonal herbs and flowers, emitting intoxicating fragrance.
My stomach plummeted and terror seeped inside my skin. For the love of God, what was he doing here? The way he was leaning against the car, it was as if he knew that I was in detention. Did he wait for me to come out? Did Rita fill him with her skewed version of the story? I realized that he was waiting for me to get even. My knees started shaking but I couldn’t show that I was weak, so I continued to walk to my car. When I neared Apollo, his woodsy and male musk scent flooded my nostrils and a muscle tingled in my core. Shit. Shit. I ignored him and opened the driver’s door but Apollo caught my bag and tossed it on the ground. Before I could protest, he spun me around against his chest. I yelped. “You are the stupidest girl I have ever seen,” he growled. “It seems your girlfriend has alre
I closed my eyes as he rubbed my clit while pressing my core. The sensation was so consuming that I chased my orgasm. I felt like an addict. I held his forearms and dug my nails in them. My thighs began to shiver as a tingle ran down my spine and just as it was about to touch the heat that had pooled in my belly and explode into an orgasm, Apollo removed his fingers.“Nooooo!” I cried, missing his fingers. This was frustrating, agonizing.But Apollo had other plans. He spun me around and pushed me to kneel in front of him. “You won't get your release, Natasha, but you have to take care of this.” He opened his belt, unzipped and lowered his pants. His massive erection sprung free. “Open your mouth,” he ordered.I stared in awe at his huge length—the most bea
“Natasha,” my uncle called, worried that I was suffering from separation anxieties. I was. “I will come here every weekend for you, okay? There’s nothing to be worried about. Your aunt has stocked up everything. If you want, you can call Nicole to stay with you.” I gave him a weak smile. He was a genuinely sweet soul. He didn’t know the kind of anxiety I was going through and I didn’t want to burden them with my worries. How could I tell them that a certain crazed Alpha wanted to avenge me for I-don’t-what and that I was the cause of them leaving for two months. No, they didn’t have to know. I would endure it… for them. My aunt leaned to the right, picked up a credit card and gave it to me. “This has a withdrawal limit of three thousand dollars for this month. If there is an urgency, don’t hesitate to withdraw.”
Apollo POV Two days. For two fucking days, she didn’t come to the school. I was furious. After my successful attempt to break her pride in the car park, she thought she would be happy by avoiding me? No. I wouldn’t let her be happy. For sixteen years, I had suffered the agony of the past every day. I would take those sixteen years of torment in one year. Each day is going to be hell for her. When she went home after our incident in the car park, I wanted to see how broken she was. I was in the woods behind her house that night, hiding in the shadows, looking at the light of her window. She came there once. Satisfied after seeing her troubled face, I went home to prepare for my next day’s adventures with her. I was going to ruin her to the exte