~Ace~
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"One last punch and the punching bag slammed hard into the wall for the second time. My blood was pumping fast. My lungs burned. I forgot how long I've been here, beating the bag with emotion but never being satisfied.I untied the hand wraps from my hands while catching my breath."This isn't going to work."Something inside me refused to get the image of that damn girl out of my brain. Yes, it was all because of that damn half-breed girl. I couldn't understand. After all this time, why would the Moon Goddess give me such a disgusting fate? Of all the female werewolves in Nightfall City, why did it have to be her?I grabbed a small towel to wipe off my face and neck, covered in sweat. Underneath my breath, I could still feel her scent. Damn it! She was like poison fused with air. Her scent filled my airways, suffocating me so tightly. It felt like it wanted to make me die of lust."Get my car in gear!" I ordered as I threw a towel at Ben.Benjamin Foster was my beta. He was more like a brother to me since we were only one year apart in age. He was reliable, even though he was annoying at times."Do you want me to go with you?" Ben asked as he swung his legs, following me. He handed me a bottle of mineral water and said, "You don't look well, Alpha Ace. Should I be worried about you?"I roughly gulped down the mineral water, not caring about the spilled water that soaked my bare chest."Do I have to repeat myself?" I said as I threw the bottle at Ben, which he swiftly caught.I half turned my head without breaking stride. His reflexes were excellent. It was just a plastic bottle. I had even thrown a dagger at him."I'll get a car for you," he replied. He stopped following me and turned his steps in the other direction. Ben had known me since we were kids. It wouldn't be hard for him to understand what I wanted.The oxygen in this mansion was way too thick with that damn girl's scent. My head was aching, and I needed fresh air to keep me sane. By getting away from her, it might help me forget about the desire to fuck her."Your car, Alpha Ace." Ben handed me the car keys as I reached the bottom of the stairs. He looked at me from top to toe, like there was something strange about me."What the hell you looking at? You think I'd be stunned by that kind of stare?" I glared at him.Ben chuckled, immune to my harsh words."You look dashing and charming, Alpha Ace. Are you sure you don't want to take me with you?" I knew Ben's words and manner of speaking could rub people who didn't know us the wrong way, but I also knew he was doing his job. He was worried about me."I'm not in the mood to date, Ben. Get the fuck out!" I shouted. I snatched the car keys from Ben's hand and left him. I walked to my car and left the mansion, searching for anything to take my mind off that girl.The only place I could think of was a nightclub. My mansion had a room full of high-quality wines, but I didn't want to get out of control. Wine and that girl's scent were dangerous, and I wouldn't try them.I exited the car, facing the three-story building with security guards at the door. The later it was, the more crowded the club became. It had been a while since I last came here, at least since I took over the Nightfall Pack leadership. Unbelievably, because of that girl, I was standing here. I thought a lot would have changed, but it didn't. This place was still the same as I last remembered."Mr. Cassilas!"I turned around and saw a man walking quickly towards me. Marlone. I knew him as the owner of this club, and he was very dull. Not everyone in Nightfall City knew our identity as werewolves, including Marlone, who thought I was a businessman with many high-value assets."It's been a while since you came to my club. How you doing, Mr. Cassilas?" He repeated it."Just a coincidence. I want a good drink," I said, uninterested in small talk."Of course. I have plenty of good drinks. Come with me; you'll be addicted to Sexy Winona," he said.My forehead wrinkled. Did he say a woman's name?"Um... sorry, I mean... I have a new drink concoction. We named it Sexy Winona. It would be best if you tried it. It's everyone's favourite concoction," he explained without me asking. He then opened his hand, letting me walk first.The smell of liquor was thick when my feet stepped into the club. My eyes roamed, seeing people enjoying their evenings with alcohol and women."Fuck! Are they so poor that they can't afford a motel for sex?" The club looked like an orgy place because of the couples making out almost naked in the dim light.They were lucky that they weren't one of my members because I would have beheaded them if they had done anything disgusting like that.I turned away when I heard Marlone laughing."Youngblood, Mr. Cassilas. They are on a roll. I guess they're just not as rich as you," he said, making me feel like vomiting.Marlone shooed away some drunken youngsters on one of the couches and gave the place to me. Then he called over a waitress, asking her to bring him the drinks he had mentioned a while ago."I have some pretty girls if you want them," he offered.'Girls? I don't know. I wasn't interested in any girls, except...'Fuck!"Give me that drink!" I said, not responding to his offer of girls."The waitress will bring it to you soon," he said.Not long after, a waitress came with a drink for me."Give it to me!" I extended my hand towards her.A crystal glass slid into my hand. I looked at it for a moment and then smelled it. The rum scent was thick, but overall, it smelled pretty good. I sipped the drink and found that it wasn't bad. I had no idea what made this drink a favourite because I thought it tasted so-so.The only thing that made me sick was Marlone's babbling. He made my head spin even more. I was restraining myself from shutting him up forever. He finally left me when there was chaos on the dance floor.I leaned back as I watched the chaos ahead. I figured this was my bad day. I'd come to this place to relieve my stress but was treated to an unnecessary riot. Marlone was there but was unable to solve such a small problem. What a shame!The chaos made me even more fed up, so I left. But one more misfortune happened to me. A man bumped into me as I was about to leave the place."I'm sorry," he said.I turned away and didn't expect to see him in this place. I recognised that face. He was the same man who had made me lose millions of dollars overnight, Jared Waltz."Alpha Ace?" He looked surprised to see me but then put on a hypocritical face with a smile. "I didn't expect to see you here." His eyeballs moved as if he wanted to say I shouldn't be there."Shouldn't I be the one saying that, Alpha Jared? What are you doing here in my territory?" I said it with emphasis on every word.I felt the tension building. I think he felt it, too. Without reason, he shouldn't be in this place, not in my territory."I came here to meet a friend," he replied.I couldn't take my eyes off his. Damn! His eyes were too calm for me to read. But I felt unsure of his answer. He dared to enter my territory, and I was sure there was another reason that made more sense than to meet a friend."He's over there," he said again as he pointed behind me.I turned and saw a man sitting at one of the tables waving. My eyes narrowed, trying to penetrate the dim light of the club to see his face more clearly, but I didn't recognise him."There's nothing for you to worry about, Alpha Ace. This is just a business matter. I'll be on my way when my business ends with him." Jared's words made me turn to him.I still couldn't trust him. But I wouldn't embarrass myself by acting rashly."It would be best if you behaved inside my territory, Alpha Jared. You know I have a very low tolerance for offence." I told him not to get into trouble with me.He smiled faintly."You have my word, Alpha Ace," he said.I left him with a glare. I was in a bad mood. I would not hesitate to finish him if he dared to make trouble in my territory.I left the club, picked up my cell phone, and called Ben."Jared Waltz is at Black Wheels. Find out what he's doing here. If you find anything suspicious, finish him off!" I said it earnestly."Roberto Martinez." My eyes fell on the figure in the photo Ben had pointed to. "He lives in the southern district's elite neighborhood with his wife and two daughters. Founder of the educational foundation Moon School of Design. A family man. Nothing is interesting about him besides sharing the same hobby as Jared Waltz. Roberto Martinez is an antique collector," said Ben. "Is he one of our kind?" I asked. Ben shook his head. "Nope. He's human." He moved another photo. "Look at this!" My eyes narrowed, watching the photo closely. The man named Roberto appeared to be handing something to Jared. It needed to be more clear what the object was in his hand. Something like a wooden box. Maybe it was an antique, like Ben said. "I think they're just doing an antique deal," Ben said. "Can you find out what's in that box?" I turned to Ben. "I've already missed out once, Ben. I won't let it happen again," I said. Two million dollars was no small sum. Jared Waltz had cost me a lot because
~Victoria~ The same man who brought me to this room came, and I just remembered who he was. He was the Beta, Benjamin Foster. His face looked very different from the one I remembered. All this time, my parents severely restricted my social life, so I didn't recognize him. If not for the tattoo on his neck, I wouldn't have known that this man was Benjamin Foster. He stood before me and sighed as if regretting what I had done. But who cares? I was sick of being a slave to the lustful asshole Ace Cassilas—or, should I say, I was sick of always falling prey to his temptations. It was the most humiliating thing that had ever happened to me in my life. "I've warned you to be nice." He shook his head lightly and crouched down. "Don't try to attack me! I'll do it gently," he said as he untied my legs. As soon as the ties loosened, I kicked my legs towards him, but his hands firmly gripped my ankles. His face lifted, his golden-brown eyes looking at me sharply, warningly. "Stop being so st
Something inside me was harrowing. I couldn't take it anymore. Slowly, my feet stepped back, and I turned to leave. The joints in my entire body felt weak. I rested one hand on the table's edge to avoid collapsing. I didn't want to cry, but the tears were welling up. "Don't cry, Vic. That bastard doesn't deserve your tears," I told myself. Why was I crying over him? Why was I in pain for him? Shouldn't I be happy he found another girl to spend his nights with? But why did it hurt so much? "Hey, you! What are you doing there?" Someone called out and came to me. I wiped away the tears with my fingers and lifted my face. I turned to the man standing a few steps to my right. "You're here to serve guests, not to daydream. Go back to your place quickly! Don't get me in trouble for your behavior," he ordered, his eyes glaring at me. From how they treated me, it seemed that no one in this mansion knew that Ace and I were mates. Or maybe they knew, but it meant nothing. "Sorry. I'll be b
"What are you doing in my car?" The baritone voice snapped me out of my shock.My eyes blinked a few times. My mouth opened and closed, and I had no idea what to say.I turned away when I saw Ace's men moving in the distance. They were heading towards this car."Please, let me hide here," I begged him as I cupped my palms together.He remained silent for a moment."What's in it for me to help you?" he asked.I glanced away, making sure Ace's men had yet to catch wind of my presence."Maybe there's nothing in it for you, but you may save my life," I replied."Give me a reason so I don't think that you're a crime syndicate in action," he ordered, still not believing me."Don't you see my clothes? I'm a maid at Alpha Ace Cassilas' mansion. I ran away because I couldn't stand his cruelty." I turned outside for a moment. "Please! They'll catch me and take me back to Alpha Ace," I begged."Do you know who I am?" he asked."Sorry, but... no," I answered honestly. It didn't matter who he was.
~Ace~With much deliberation, I agreed to a deal with Alpha Marcus. Hayley Moon and I finally got engaged after we agreed to the terms. In just one week, I returned to the mansion with the girl I was about to introduce as my fiancée.A party welcomed me. Ben organized everything. He's always reliable in so many ways. He could even be anything I wanted him to be. If he were a girl, I'd probably have made love to him."What about her?" I asked Ben when we had just entered the party venue."As you commanded, Alpha Ace. She's over there." Ben pointed in one direction.My eyeballs rolled following Ben's pointer. I saw her. She was wearing a maid uniform and offering drinks to the guests. She looked even cuter with her hair braided."Damn it!" I swore as the pounding came back."What's wrong? Is everything okay, Alpha Ace?" Ben's voice distracted me.I turned to see Ben staring questioningly at me. I thought he wouldn't hear my swearing, but his hearing is pretty sharp."Nothing," I replied
~Victoria~He was smiling. Alpha Jared said those words with a smile, but I felt like the air around me was being sucked out. This car felt like a vacuum, and I couldn't breathe."Have a comfortable seat, Victora. We still have a long way to go," he said again, which made my body freeze.Had I just walked into another asshole's trap? I tried hard to escape from Ace but fell into another black hole. Oh my! What a miserable life!We spent the rest of the trip in silence. No one spoke. Not me, Alpha Jared, or the driver. This made me shiver even more. I wondered what I would face after this."Alpha Jared, please. Don't hurt me," I begged as the car we were traveling in drove down a deserted road. I could see it was pitch-black left and right, but I could smell the thick werewolf scent from all around. It was as if they were in every air I breathed. It was like we were traveling through the darkness into a different dimension. The man only looked away briefly, and I'm sure my eyes saw t
And there I was, sitting on a single couch, reading a book while enjoying a hot chocolate far from my bastard Mate. I can't even remember the last time I did that. I think it was before the tragedy happened.It had been a few days since I arrived at the mansion, and Alpha Jared had been very kind. He allowed me to do anything, letting me roam at will throughout the mansion. I wouldn't say anything about living in Ace's mansion. Trust me, I felt more alive here.Lowering the book slightly, I could see the door to Alpha Jared's workroom, which was not closed tightly. He was sitting there behind his desk. Working on something with some papers, his expression was solemn. The man looked mature. No... not old, mature. As I looked at his face, I felt something hard to describe. His deep eyes seemed to change. Sometimes, they were calm and soothing, but other times, they seemed cold and dangerous. That contradiction was precisely the attraction. Many girls would scream for him, for sure."I s
My head was so heavy like a giant rock was pressing down on it. I heard someone talking. Well, not one person. There were two different voices. I wanted to open my eyes, but it felt so heavy. It took a while until I finally managed to do so. And I realized I was in my room, in my bed."Victoria? Are you awake?"My eyes were still too heavy to open, but I could see Alpha Jared rushing over to me. The bed swayed gently as Alpha Jared sat beside me."What do you feel now?" Alpha Jared touched my forehead."What's going on?" With all my might, I tried to make a sound."You passed out. You had a fever, and it looked like you threw up." He explained patiently, his voice sounding soothing.My mind flashed back to the last thing I'd done. Yes, Alpha Jared was right. My head hurt like hell, and it still does now. Then I got nauseous and threw up until it felt like my stomach was coming out."Excuse me, Miss Russell. Can I ask you something?" The voice sounded unfamiliar.I turned to him. It was