Cast Aside, Claimed By The Lycan

Ava's Pov“Make it stop!” I muttered, clutching my head as a sharp pain throbbed behind my eyes. Each ring of my phone seemed to drill deeper, increasing the ache.Who could be calling me so early? The question barely registered in my mind. But then—suddenly—I felt a bit of clarity, like a switch flipping. My eyes flew open, and I sat up straight, heart pounding as a strange panic found its way up my chest. I scanned the room, suddenly feeling strange. “What the…?” I whispered, confusion taking over my kind. “Where the hell am I?”I clutched my pounding head, trying to make sense of my surroundings. I was in a room that felt foreign, almost impossible to understand. It was hard to process how I had even ended up here. “What is going on?” I grumbled, looking down to find my clothes scattered across the floor, yet I was completely alone in the room.I gasped, my mouth falling open at the sight in front of me. I wanted to remember what had happened, but my mind was blank—like my memory h

Ava’s Pov“Silence!” The voice of Councilman John boomed across the room. Chaos had erupted in the council chamber, and everyone was desperate to diffuse the situation in any way they could. Everyone had come to testify against me.My mother, my sister Betty, even the maids in the house claimed they had seen me sneaking around with wolfsbane. “I have always tried to raise my daughter with love…” My mother began, fake tears rolling down her cheeks as she wiped them with the back of her hand. “If I had known she would grow to hate her sister so much, even going as far as harming her and killing the heir out of jealousy… What kind of a child are you?” She shouted at me, bursting into tears that I could clearly see were fake.Ever since the incident, I had been locked away in a cold cell for days, barely given anything to eat. No matter how many times I begged and pleaded, claiming to have nothing to do with the terrible thing that happened to my sister and her child, nobody believed me.

Ava’s Pov "U… us?" I managed to get the words out, even though I could barely control the stammer that followed. He wanted to talk about us? Was there even an us? He and I held eye contact, my heart pounding so fast I could barely keep up. And my wolf... she stirred inside me, restless, almost uncontrollable. His eyes lingered on me, starting with mine before dropping lower. Lower and lower, until they landed on my lips. Nervously, I bit down on them, and I saw his eyes darken. It was like he wanted to give in, to close the space between us. Oddly enough, I didn’t find the thought strange. In fact, I welcomed it. What the hell was wrong with me? My thoughts were a mess. “T… that night... you took advantage of me when I was vulnerable, didn’t you? You just decided to have your way with me,” I said, my voice trembling. He let out a low chuckle, his hand slowly reaching for my hair. Gently, he tucked it behind my ear. "I’m not the type to take advantage," he murmured, his voi

Ava pov“What did you say?” I asked the old man, trying to process the words that came out of his mouth.What does he mean by "I need to be prepared for what's coming"? What exactly is coming that I need to get ready for?“You start work tomorrow, right? This place gets busy on weekends, so you need to eat and get your strength,” he said casually as he cleaned up the mess. “Eat your food quickly, then you can sleep in the room.”I nodded, trying to understand everything before finally smiling. I must have been overthinking. His words sounded reasonable enough.I sat down and quickly started eating the food in front of me, my stomach growling, clearly in need of it.“You done?” The man asked, coming over to check on me just a few minutes later. The look on his face showed he was surprised to see me finish so fast.“I was really hungry,” I muttered, and he nodded, giving me a smile.“That’s to be expected, especially for a woman in your condition,” he said, looking around before adding,

AVA’S POV“You see, our tracker picked up her scent all the way here, even with all the rot and blood polluting the air,” a voice echoed down the stairs. A voice I knew.I stiffened.I could smell her. Hear her. Feel her.And I knew exactly what this meant, I was screwed. Not just the usual kind of trouble. No. This was the kind of trouble that swallowed you whole and spat out your bones.“I don’t usually let my clients back here," Enoch said. "Wouldn’t want the council sniffing around my little operation. But you, Madam Evelyn… you, I trust.”Yes…Evelyn..My senses hadn’t been wrong all along. My freaking stepmother was somehow here?How? Why?! This night had already been a horror show, but somehow, it had just taken the kind of turn that makes people wake up screaming.“I am not your client,” Evelyn said, her voice cutting through the filth in the air. “I don’t partake in the consumption of human flesh, and I certainly have no interest in whatever disgusting business you have runni