MasukI still remember the smell of blood and smoke in the air the day they came, and it has never quite left me. Sometimes I wake up and still think that everything I’ve managed to carve my life into will be taken away from me.— Bash’s Journal—“Me?”“Yes, you. You are different. Normally, from the Alpha family, only Alphas interact the most,” Maya said as Eva followed her. They entered her office and settled while Maya started scanning through the papers.“Alpha’s family—” Eva began in confusion, then stopped. “Oh.” She realized what it meant. Maya raised an inquisitive brow at her. Eva just shrugged in response.“It seems like you are still not used to this place,” Maya noted.“I am not used to myself,” Eva clarified.“I know these past few months have been…” Maya seemed to search for a word.“Fucked up,” Eva said bluntly. Maya blinked at her, clearly not expecting it.“You don’t like it here,” Maya misunderstood.“I love it here, more than I care to admit,” Eva found herself reassurin
Everything hurt; who knew training was so hard. Eva had run miles, but this was different—even being blocked by one single force would send her skidding back. She had no muscle strength to block even the lowest Beta in the pack.“I am made for paperwork,” Eva’s words muffled in the pillow. She was bruised and battered. After half a month of working out, Sebastian had decided for her to train with others. All her excitement was gone after spending an hour there, and now another month had passed with it. She still felt her bones tired and her body hurting in all kinds of places.“It’s fine,” though Sebastian’s words were reassuring, Eva felt far from it.“If you don’t need to win, you know enough to find your way out of trouble,” Sebastian said. Eva pressed her lips into a thin line and raised her head from the pillow, staring at Sebastian, impatient. He chuckled at her look and kneeled at her side of the bed. The light in his eyes danced with patience and amusement.“It’s been only two
Eva stopped as she was passing by the training field to the Granny’s house, where everyone—every able adult—was practicing hand-to-hand combat. No one was shifting, at least not fully. A woman flipped a man; she winced a little as he landed on his back with a thud, sand cushioning the blow, splattering around. Briefly, he managed to overpower her, but her last move was so swift to catch that the man ended up on his knees with a blade at his throat.Eva blinked in surprise at the blade.“Now! Everyone, see that,” Sebastian called out from behind the watching crowd, rolling his sleeves and leaning on the iron ring enclosure that surrounded the training area, his eyes fixed on everyone’s movement. “Now move in pairs and practice.” He clapped. “Come on!”At his command, everyone did as he said. They all made their own circles, and everyone had a blade in their hands.“Efficient, isn’t it?” Maya said, coming up behind her.“I didn’t know they trained like this. So far, I just saw them shif
Eva’s whole weight leaned on Sebastian as he held her, and their lips moved in sync. The kiss was soft and deepened with every breath. There was no urgency in the kiss or the moment as Sebastian’s hands wandered up her sides, then to her shoulders, leaving soft trails of shimmering heat under her skin. She gasped a little as their lips parted, and his hand came to her face to tilt it so he could kiss her deeper. His tongue brushed her lower lip in a silent question, and she opened her mouth. Their tongues slid together, sending a current through her whole body. She arched into his touch, and his hands went to her thighs to pick her up and press her against the wall. They parted, breathing heavily.Eva wrapped her legs around his waist as his lips trailed down to her neck in open-mouthed kisses. She moaned, squirming in his hold, rubbing herself against him.Sebastian’s tongue traced a path from her shoulder to just below her ear, where she now knew why she was so sensitive. She shiver
Demon Wolf – they called me. A demon who sucks people’s very soul dry from fear. A reputation that served me well, both on our side of the camp and the enemy side, but my soul is being devoured by pain and grief. I lost my best friend, my guardian, my second family to this war because of one pack’s greed. No matter how much blood I spill, no price can turn time back. ~ Bash’s Journal.—“I see my image is perfectly ruined,” Sebastian said as he looked over Eva’s head as she tried to put together some notes Maya gave. Eva looked up, and he sighed in embarrassment. She had taken over his study. It was good to be productive.“I know now why you just gave only little comments in the form of feedback in papers,” Eva said, looking down at the notes. There was no way anyone could understand that.“Don’t ever tell that to Maya,” he said. “I have immaculately kept my two lives apart.”“With me here, I don’t think you are succeeding very much,” Eva grinned as Sebastian moved a chair to sit besi
War changed everything. When I thought everything in my life was now settled, after losing my parents at the age of 10, eight years later I had a purpose in my life until they came. ~ From Bash’s Journal.—-It got suspiciously quiet for a few days. Her days were actually filled with peaceful walks into the village and the people around her being very excited whenever they saw her for some reason, but everyone here was sweet. Granny and Amon also made her and Sebastian join them for lunch after they had a tour of one of the berry farms.Apparently, because they couldn’t have any business relations with other packs, they had business contracts with human society. They had produce of berries, oranges, and other fruits along with woven cloth. So everyone had more or less the same homespun, ethnic quality in the village, she noticed.Unable to hide her curiosity as they were served lunch at the little table by Granny, she turned to Sebastian and asked,“Why did you become a professor then







