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Chapter 8: Broken Apart

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I'm already prepared to fight or flight should he ever come face to face with me again.

My gaze automatically followed the cedar-and-pine scent. There, in the shadows of the outdoor parking lot, stood my ex-boyfriend.

A deep frown was what I noticed first. Then the hands on his pockets before my eyes glancing back at his face. His eyes were glowing with that golden signature stare of a werewolf on one step to shifting.

Our eyes locked. I willed my wolf's eyes to shine too.

"Is something wrong, Blake?"

Lucien's ears cocked as if hearing our conversation.

I turned to see Francis, his eyes locked on the parking lot but did not notice Lucien. He was still seated in his car with the driver's window down. "Do you need help? I can accompany you to your apartment's door if you'd like."

Francis might be from a powerful Beta family and the Head of the Healers but he's no match for an Alpha-especially to a mated Alpha. I'm pretty sure when an Alpha tossed a gaze to someone like that, any sane w
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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 9: Sick

    My work on the next day became chaotic. Gone were the days of a perfect work streak.A newly hired nurse bumped me as I opened a door, spilling a dozen iced coffees all over me. My hair, my face, my white uniform, even my feet were all freezing and smelling like almond macchiato. His apologies were genuine even when he was stuttering but I simply waved an idle hand off and told him to be careful next time.Even when it's me who should be careful.I know Lucien's late-night visit always has a negative impact on my life-whether at work or in person. Well, now it seemed he managed to check both.Although it still flashed in my mind the raw sadness in his eyes, the pure guilt. What if...what if he's really now accepting the truth that he's been the one at fault in our relationship?I shook my head. I should never think about him again.My lunch break came and I heard two females gossiping behind me."I think they're dating!" one said cheerfully."Nah. Charmaine is just clingy towards Alph

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 10: Alpha Lucien is Back

    Beta Thomas dragged his gaze up to me. "You knew?""Oh it was very obvious!" I exclaimed. "You were the one trying to break me up with Lucien so that you can make Charm happy, didn't you?" I laughed when he muttered something under his breath. "You know. It seems we're just the same after all, Beta. We always pour our hearts out at the wrong people.""Vesta—"I held out a hand, my laugh becoming less mocking and more real. I wiped away those tears that blurred my sight. "I'm so sorry for you, Tom. But you don't need to make it up to me. Your confession is enough to complete my day.""Why?" He asked with those innocent eyes, still oblivious to what I'm feeling."That you yourself confirmed that Alpha Lucien had always prioritized Charmaine more than me—hence why Charm is also entertaining the Alpha with wide open arms. Perhaps with wide open legs too!" I chuckled hysterically at the last words I just spat.Now I know. Now...it made me breathe comfortably even more."Good luck in convin

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 11: The Moonstone Grove

    The tensity of the ride lightened when the car entered a familiar place.Their glowing trunks in the night seemed as if they came down from the moon, and they grew up into this breathtaking sight to give light to whoever visited it.The Moonstone Grove.After about half an hour, Alpha Lucien turned onto a narrow, almost hidden path, leading us up a mountain to the less visited part of The Grove. This spot was renowned for its mystical ancient trees, glowing with the presence of the moon in the night.The moonlight was different here, something more sacred. More beckoning.We got out of the car and I watched Lucien keep up with my slow steps, breathing in the scent of the place and feeling the cool breeze whipping my hair.I can't remember the last time I visited here, probably it was when I was still with my parents. Oh, it was the time I was praying hard that I'll be accepted in the pack's prestigious college!And I was accepted. Now I just hoped I didn't get accepted because that wa

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 12: Job Opportunity

    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

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 13: Public Apology

    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

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 14: Flight or Fight

    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

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 15: Friend

    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

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 16: The Foghounds Pack

    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

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  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Epilogue

    After that day of telling the truth to Miles, he didn't come home again. Clarke hasn't even contacted me since.One day, while I was scrolling through my phone, I received a photo from Miles.Coincidentally, Miles' car stopped by the road to where I was sitting on a bench.The passenger-side window rolled down, revealing my former fiancé's handsome face. "Get in. I'll take you home."Nichole waved at me from the driver's seat. "Gayle, we came to pick you up. You're our friend after all."They looked like a couple just swinging by to pick up a friend. I forced myself to stand up and willed myself not to vomit on their faces.Miles seemed to sense my actions as he got out of the car before I could sprint away and grabbed my arm. "How long are you going to keep this shit up?" his tone was wholly frustrated and less angry."As long as you keep doing this 'I'm the best boyfriend' kind of shit." Miles didn't say anything else when I just brushed past him. Of course, I rejected his offer by

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 6: Twisted With Obsession

    He stood up and quickly hugged me. We both fell back on my bed mattress. "I didn't marry Nichole."His breath was warm on my cheeks but my hand didn't dare move as I tried to caress his face."Miles..."He swallowed and stared at my lips. "Tomorrow night, I'm rescheduling our wedding. You'll apologize to Clarke and the entire Wolf Moon Pack. Nichole will be there too."My broken heart cracked into a thousand broken pieces again. "So I was the one who's wrong yesterday?"He inhaled a sharp breath and quickly removed his body from mine. "Of course you are. You ruined the whole wedding and-and what you did to Clarke and Nichole wasn't polite at all.""I ruined the wedding?!" I muttered each word slowly, shoving that urge to laugh at the Alpha's statement deep in my bones."Was I supposed to just stand there and watch my fiancé embrace and kiss another female the night before our wedding?"Miles shot to his feet and anger rumbled in his presence again. "I told you it's just a pack traditi

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 5: Passionately and Forcefully

    Despite his gasp of surprise, I kissed him passionately and forcefully.While Miles and Nichole had only kissed for ten seconds, I kissed Clarke for more than thirty seconds, nearly snatching his breath and soul away.As soon as our lips parted, Beta Clarke came to his senses and pushed me away. Everyone was dumbfounded. Nichole was utterly shocked. And Miles...his furious stare could bring down the heavens.Clarke's past reprimands echoed in my head:"Gayle, how many times have I told you that Miles and Nichole are just good friends? Hugging your friends and kissing them is completely normal. I don't get why you're so jealous of them.""We feel sorry for Miles, dealing with a controlling and obsessive freak like you. He's got no freedom at all.""If it were me, I would have just left you and married Nichole. You two shouldn't even be together for eight years!"I looked at Miles with a triumphant gaze as I spoke, "Well, it seems I just did my own pre-wedding pack tradition of kissing

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 4: The Kiss that Become Everything

    "Gayle, what's your deal?" Miles' breathing was uneven as he looked around and then back to me. "Okay, I'm sorry for the slap earlier but you triggered us!"Miles grabbed the bouquet from Nichole's hand and threw it to the floor, scattering the red and pink petals everywhere. The whole pack was just watching us beneath their gossipful noses.When I didn't answer, the Alpha finally lost his temper and shouted, "Gayle Snow, where did I go wrong?!"I let out a cold laugh as I closed the distance between us. "How could you be wrong, Miles? It's me who was always wrong, aren't I?" I paused as I glimpsed Nichole and somehow, she stepped back. "You're foolishly perfect, Alpha. There's nothing wrong with you."But Miles scented the sarcasm and the immense anger bright in my eyes. "Gayle, this is just a pre-wedding tradition. I'm sure the Snow Moon Pack also does that. Why are you angry?""I'm not. I'm just..." I threw Nichole a glance for emphasis. "I'm just tired."I want this drama to end s

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 3: Taunting

    The slap was full of anger and despise. Almost as if he was not the Alpha Miles I came to love for the past years.“And that,” I announced with a furious grin as I pointed at him, “ladies and gentlemen, is why I’m not fit to be married to Miles. I won’t marry an Alpha who beats his Luna in front of his pack.”“Miles!” Nichole’s call cut through the tension. And I saw how the Alpha’s expression softened at his bestfriend's behest. “Please,” she pleaded. I don’t know what she’s begging of him but it was enough for me to step back and clenched my fingers to a fist.Looking at both of them, it seems the Alpha I love only care about Nichole. It seems as if I never existed in his life even though I did everything I could for him. I offered my heart and mind and soul to him. I gave him everything I had. Yet, he only returned his affection to me for the first four years of our relationship. As soon as Nichole returned after studying from another pack, Miles changed. Everything fucking cha

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 2: Violence

    "You should set that room on fire." Celia, my Beta and bestfriend, snarled beside me."No need for violence when their kissing is already violently against the ethics of to-be newlyweds.""It seems Nichole doesn't know what boundaries or respect are." Celia huffed, "And yet you're fine with that?"I shrugged and sighed, lowering my gaze to the floor as I massaged my forehead.In the past, I would have screamed at everyone and become the jealous violent monster Miles described me to be. It would have ended in an ugly pre-wedding party and an even uglier argument between me and Miles."It seems I'm the only one who doesn't know that Nichole and Miles are more than just friends-opposite to what he constantly growled at me."Celia scoffed, "You see the pack's reaction. All of them know what's between the two. You're just the one being fooled by your Alpha."Indeed, in the past years, Miles would often call me out for having dirty thoughts between him and Nichole. He would be utterly disap

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   I Kissed My Alpha's Brother for a Dare

    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

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Epilogue

    "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

  • Alpha Lucien Craved For Me Even After Breakup   Chapter 6: Naked Truths

    '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

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