I didn't bother healing myself after that night. I even cry secretly in the restroom where Lucien visited me after my work the next day.Days passed like hours and I didn't even notice it's the end of the month."The pack hospital's offering me a chance to work abroad?" I swallowed, repeating Francis's words. "This news...it's great!""Yes, Blake, we are. A hospital there needs an assistant director and I couldn't think of anyone else to send other than you," Francis declared, his warm smile is always a delicious coffee to my lazy days. "We thought it might help in your road to healing yourself after your...you know. After you and Alpha Lucien.""I heard the Foghounds Pack boasts a lot of perfect places to have a vacation!""Yes," he said, "consider it as both a work and a vacation. Don't worry, your workload there is lighter so that you can also focus on learning the ways of being an assistant director of a pack hospital. You will still attend weekly classes since being a pack heale
My world came crumbling down when I saw Alpha Lucien posting a video on his official account two hours ago.Did he know about my promotion abroad?Shit. That’s why he did this and made my life more difficult by deciding between him and my work!Though I already knew which one I will stay loyal to: my work.But curiosity got the worst of me and I decided to watch the video—the announcement—he posted.In his formal black suit and red tie bearing the insignia of the Brightheart Pack, he spoke in front of the camera with a solemn expression.“Charmaine is not my girlfriend. She never has been. We’ve known each other since we were young but she’s only like a sister to me.” He paused as he looked down and held on to his tuxedo. He looked up again, this time with a more calculated expression, like the face an Alpha wore before engaging in a battlefield. “Please avoid spreading false news and such outright malicious rumors. Such comments are not only uncomfortable for Charmaine but also distr
I bared my teeth at him, letting my wolf's eyes and fangs shine so that even the people sitting nearby flinched."Vesta.""Shut up and leave."He heaved a deep sigh. "We're thirty thousand feet in the air.""So what? You're an Alpha—don't you have powers to fly or control the air or something?" I asked with a mocking incline of my head, the grin on my lips.Surprisingly, he's not like a ghost this time compared to when we were in Moonstone Grove. There's an unspeakable calm in his eyes, a lulling serenity in his voice.It looks like he has now moved on but is still willing to chase after me."You're still craving for me, aren't you?" I teased, poking his shoulder.Though his smile didn't reach his ears, his eyes glimmered with the moon's light. "Don't be afraid. I'm just escorting you."I snorted. "I don't need a bodyguard."He shrugged a shoulder, an air of playfulness and arrogance swirling around him. "You probably don't need one. But you want one." He glanced at me before jerking
Something cracked within me at the genuine words he offered.Friend.Not as Alpha Lucien, but as Lucien, my friend.And one moment, we're back to being college again. That's exactly how I approached him. Now, he's using my own techniques to win me.I punched away that lingering thought and leaned forward. "Well, welcome aboard, friend!"The flight will probably be a bit awkward, but having a friend onboard was one thing I couldn't ask for more.***It was midnight when we landed at the Foghounds Pack's airport.He fell silent until we were stepping down from the airplane. The story he told me was still echoing deep in my bones. I moved quickly as soon as we landed though I'm sure Lucien was just following behind.Despite my initial suspicion whether I should listen to the story he told me or not, there was something in Lucien that never gives up just so he can protect his pack. Just so he can protect the ones he loves.His story is a testament itself to the courage and willingness to
My stomach gurgled as soon as we settled ourselves in the backseat of a driving taxi.“Here,” he offered me a burger.I muttered a simple thanks beneath my panting breath.True to what Lucien promised me, he guided me to the exit, not thinking twice to reach for my hand and hold it tightly as we slither through the crowd and into the midnight air outside, the open space already buzzing with cabs driving away and cabs arriving to pick up passengers.“How long will you be staying here?” Lucien casually asked but I know he’s been monitoring my every move.I took a quick bite of the burger as big as my face. “Two and a half years at most. Maybe three years.”He fell silent after that. I just finished my burger meal and then the fries and then the coke float he brought for me.“Are you sure you’re not going to eat?” I asked as I sipped the drink.“I bought them for you,” he eyed the trash that were the only things left from the fastfood takeout. “I knew you’d easily get hungry when you’re
"Are you okay?" his baritone voice asked again. "You're the one stalking me, Lucien?" I answered his question with another question. Despite breaking up, he still keeps showing in unexpected places like a looming shadow always trailing behind me."I told you: you need me in the Foghounds Pack's unfamiliar city.""I've been here over a month!" I flashed my fangs at him. "I've been to a couple clubs and malls and restaurants already. I've been walking home alone on my own for a month, Lu!"He lowered his gaze as he snuck his hands on his pockets, his voice dropping to a whisper. "I only want to keep you safe. I only want what's the best for you, Vesta."When I saw him, the fear crippling my senses vanished. It's him who had been watching me all the time. "You've been stalking me this whole time!""It's not stalking when my intentions are good, Vesta." His hands shot to my blushing cheeks, "I'm trying to protect you as a friend. You're far too defenseless because you're an Omega, Ves. I
Short Novel's Blurb:Left by her engaged Alpha for his first love, Farrah decides to return home to her home pack where she runs away seven years ago. But upon returning home, she found out her brother is now the Alpha of her pack and the pack that tried to attack them seven years ago. Farrah, even when her heart is broken by an Alpha once, found herself drawn to the mysterious right-hand of her brother: the cursed troll named Roland. ***Chapter 1 Seven years of love with Alpha Heather misted away like the smoke of a dying fire. I stood outside their private room, the one where he and his friends are catching up. Apparently, it wasn't just a simple catch up. When it was supposed to be me to surprise him that I managed to finish early at my job at the pack's hospital, it was me who was surprised instead. "Isn't Farrah a burden to you? You've kept her far longer than a rebound girl should be." I knew th
Adrianna's welcome party is a hell disguised as a paradise. "Thank you for coming here, Farrah." As Heather smiled and thanked me, I couldn't find that trace of wicked laugh or cruel sentiments towards me yesterday. Nothing. It just disappeared, or perhaps it all retreated behind this mask he's currently wearing. "Thank you for changing your mind," he added. "Well, I guess no is not an acceptable answer," I jokingly said, but in reality, it really felt like it: I've got no choice but to attend. Perhaps this is my punishment for running away from an almost dying pack and leaving all of it behind to my older brother Jacob. I don't even know if he's the Alpha now or if the Dark Moon Pack has been dissolved to be one with the Black Sun Pack. "Smile, babe." Alpha Heather's purr tickled my ears. His hand rested on my back, just above my ass as we entered the hotel Adrianna had prepared for us. His touch, that used to be affectionate and romantic, felt like a touch of malice and ruin.
Short Story's Blurb:Gayle's world shatters when her mate, Alpha Miles, chooses his childhood friend, Nichole, to spend the night before their wedding. When Nichole boldly asks if Miles would make her his Luna instead of Gayle, his response cuts deep: "I would."Crushed, Gayle forces a smile and claps for their union, knowing that tomorrow's wedding will never happen. With her heart broken and her place in the pack shattered, she's done pretending. The love she's held for eight years is no more, and she's ready to tear it all down. ***Chapter 1I watch as my mate and fiancé, Alpha Miles, kisses his childhood friend, Nichole, in front of me.“That was fun!” she chirped, as if I, the bride-to-be and her future Luna, wasn’t in the same room as hers. “If Gayle wasn’t here, would you make me your Luna instead?”I pretended I wasn’t stunned; I acted as if I wasn’t even in the room. I know each pack has their own tr
"Don't worry, I was once in a relationship like that," Alex explained as soon as we got to our hotel room. "They're dangerous, not because they're obsessive, but because they no longer see the need to respect you. They see you as a possession of theirs that they'll chase even to the far end of the world." "Thank you," I inhaled. I found myself wandering to the window and there, Jon was standing outside. Thunder cracked the distance and soon, the rain started to pour. Alex saw him too."See. That's why."I understood what he meant and right now, instead of hatred, I feel sorry for Jon. He no longer feels the need to live. He doesn't know how to let go as if what he and Emilia have possessed him with intense guilt that he thinks the only way to solve it is to prove to me we can still be together despite what happened.Well, what's done is done.I dialed Emilia's number and spoke in a flat tone. "Stop letting him go out and make a scene." Dr. Alex tossed me a subtle smile. I just shook
'It only happened once, Anastasia.' I chuckled mirthlessly at Jonathan's words earlier. Only the dead would believe his lies.Although it made me vomit, I gulped down the bile that rose to my throat at the foul picture I received."Really? Is this all that you can do, Emilia?" I texted the unknown number and then blocked it right away.I went back to sleep as though I just dreamed all of it.***Dr. Alex approached me the next day. The Dawn Thorn Pack wants a Head Nurse as their current Head Nurse resigned after being married to another pack's Alpha.Alex has approached me with several offers from other packs but I rejected all of them because I don't want to be far from Jon.Now that I'm free from him and single, I immediately volunteered for it even when he didn't offer it to me at first."As soon as they mentioned Head Nurse, I immediately thought of you. But then I remember you always rejected all the opportunities I laid before you so I didn't tell you right away. What makes you
As I had my breakfast the next day, I found out Jon was just staying in the room next to mine.He kept on eyeing at me like some dog who doesn't want his owner to vanish before his sight. He even stayed with me at the Dawn Thorn Pack's hospital to finish some paperworks before Dr. Alex dismissed us. The Alpha stubbornly stayed with me all day and then went home with me as well.I couldn't argue further so I just let him.When I got home, as soon as I opened the door, there were already people there: Jon's friends and Emilia, including Beta Homer.They have prepared a table full of delicious food as if welcoming Jonathan back that they're glad they've seen him again for so many decades.It was only three days.Even with the food's appetizing look and mouth-watering smell, I feel nauseous.Emilia instantly met my gaze. "The Alpha only went to Homer's house that day and now you have to be dramatic and go to another pack without the knowledge of the Alpha? As the Alpha's girlfriend, you
"I'm busy. Dr. Alex sent me to the Dawn Thorn Pack because they had some accident there and they need more stuff." I made my voice as bland and boring as possible."Ana-"Then I hung up on the phone without second thoughts.Dr. Alex told me I'll be in the Dawn Thorn Pack for three days, unfortunately.I told the Head of the Healers that it was actually fortunate for me.I was walking to the hotel that Dr. Alex had booked for the Dusk Rose Pack healers when I saw Jonathan in the lobby.He looked extremely disheveled as if he had been trapped in a cave for so long and he just got out.As soon as his eyes met mine, I felt shivers down my spine. Cold sweat starts to form on my forehead. Before I could turn around, he immediately lunged at me and grabbed my arm with such force that I cried. "Anastasia, are you avoiding me?""Of course, I am. We have already broken up and it is right that I avoid you and you leave me fucking alone." "Where were you?" his voice dropped to a whisper."From
When I woke up the next day, Alpha Jonathan was gone. He never returned since that tiptoeing of his to answer Emilia's call.I was thrilled about this since I no longer had to worry about eating with him or hearing his second round of making-up excuses that Emilia and him have nothing between them.As I prepare myself a simple breakfast of a boiled egg and black coffee, I realize I can actually wake up every day without Alpha Jonathan after all.As I worked my day as a nurse in the pack's hospital, Alpha Jonathan sent several missed calls. He called repeatedly. Thankfully, I managed to put my phone in silent mode as part of the working hours rules."You're not going to answer that?" Dr. Alex whispered behind me and I almost yelped. We were both in the elevator as we headed home."No. I'm going home anyway." My entire day went smoothly and I went home feeling very satisfied.But I immediately dropped my satisfied smile when I opened the door to my house. The smell of cigarette already
I didn't let myself fall as I strode away. I clutched my chest as I turned around, the pain of the breakup and rejection clawed its way past my heart and into the core of my soul.My tears fell on their own accord, and I didn't stop even when I called for a taxi.I can still hear Jonathan's words earlier even when the taxi was already moving. "Don't mind her, she's just being fucking dramatic."Was I though? Was it dramatic for calling out your boyfriend and his bestfriend-feeling-girlfriend that they're acting more of a couple than the Alpha and I ever was?Even with the breakup, the pack party continued lively. The dancing and music have become even more vivacious since my departure.But I don't care. Everyone knew I was upset and they knew I wouldn't care about Jonathan on the floor, clutching to his chest too.If they gossip about me being heartless, then I'll show them heartlessness.The ride to my apartment took longer because of traffic. When I opened the front door, I already
Short Story's Blurb:For years, I ignored the signs, swallowed my pride, and told myself that Alpha Jonathan was mine. But tonight, as I watched him dance with Emilia, his so-called "friend," something inside me snapped. Their closeness, their whispered words-I'd seen it all too many times, and I was done pretending.At that moment, I decided I was done being second best. Standing, I met his surprised gaze, steady and unyielding. "I, Anastasia Stephens, am breaking up with you and severing our bond. I reject your love and affection from now on." Finally, I was choosing myself.***Chapter 1"They certainly love each other, don't they?" I compelled myself not to glare at Beta Homer as his words hit close to home.I crossed my arms, a displeased grin split my lips. "Oh, they've been doing that many times that I felt like the Alpha's personal Omega rather than the actual Alpha's girlfriend.Alpha Jonathan, my boyfriend of four years, is dancing closely with Emilia, another Beta's daugh
Everything is now over: Gianna is gone, the Winterfang Pack has faced severe consequences aside financially, and I have finally moved on.The scars remain, yes, but me and my mate’s priority is rebuilding our lives. Our future.“Here’s your favorite chocolate cake,” Paxton handed me the plate. I received it with both hands. “My beautiful mate is always captivating,” he praised. The sun was setting and it somehow drenched me and my white dress in gold and orange light.I blushed and stuck out my tongue. He laughed.The lake was so beautiful here, especially at this hour. I know the Silvernight Pack’s lands have access to the beautiful scenery that's why me and my mate cherish this pack so much.“Does it still hurt?” I knew what he meant.I set down the fork and the plate and shook my head, but then I looked at him again and I willed my tears to remain at bay. “It’s just...it’s something that we’ll never erase, love. The Moon Goddess knows that.”Paxton caressed my face. And for once,