MasukThings are about to turn far more dangerous, and far more personal. Nikolai is pushing the boundaries and Vena doesn't seem to mind. See you on the next. Updates are daily, make sure to comment and like.
Nikolai.The warehouse smelled like rust, old oil, and fear. It always did, especially when I was here. A small glow of yellow light hung from above us.The vampire was tied to a steel chair in the center of the concrete floor, his head hanging forward, dark blood sliding from a split in his temple and dripping slowly onto the ground beneath him. One of his arms was shaking. Both of his hands were ruined.I twirled the bloody blunt knife in my hand as I held the last finger I had cut off, dropping it on the table along with the other fingers. I could still hear his scream in my ears as I sliced them off slowly. “Look at me,” I said quietly, grabbing his face but he had passed out again from the pain.He didn’t move.I signaled Ivan who stood behind as he grabbed the bucket of water, splashing it against the vampire as she gasped awake, looking around for a second before his eyes found mine, fear immediately pooled in those eyes of his. Red. Clouded. Terrified.Good.“Alpha Nikolai K
VenaI ran.I didn’t even remember choosing the direction.I only knew I had to get out.I burst through a narrow emergency door at the far side of the mall, the cold metal bar slamming against my palms as I shoved it open. An alarm chirped once behind me but no one stopped me. I stumbled into a wide service alley filled with stacked crates and rolling metal carts.Two workers were unloading boxes from the back of a delivery truck, they stared at me.But I ignored them.I ran straight past, my breath coming out in short, broken gasps, my legs burning as I reached the far end of the alley, a tall wire gate stood open.A group of workers were pushing another cart through it.I slipped between them, nearly knocking into a woman holding a clipboard.“Hey!” someone shouted, but I didn’t stop as I reached the bushes, a narrow strip of overgrown land between buildings and a low service road.The noise of the mall faded as I breathed heavily, trying to find my way out of this maze. Wondering
Vena.I looked out the windows as I couldn't help but admire Thornmoon Pack .Sasha sat beside me in the back seat, a book in her hand. Elena was in the front, leaning a little too far toward the middle as Mikhail drove, pretending she is only looking out the window when she is very obviously sneaking glances at his profile.“So…” Elena starts, too casually. “Is traffic always this light around the central district?”“Yes,” Mikhail answers.“Because when I lived closer to the eastern woods, only a few families own lands there.”He didn't respond.Elena sighed under her breath as Sasha shook her head beside me.The car passed smoothly down a wide road lined with tall silver lamps and long rows of flowering trees. Thornmoon Pack was nothing like the human lands.It is open. Wide and alive.I press my forehead lightly to the window, watching the world pass by.People walk along paved paths, laughing, talking, carrying baskets and bags. Children run across open green spaces with their par
VenaI turned toward the kitchen, my feet carrying me there on instinct as I tried to walk faster from the domineering atmosphere from the men in the sitting room. The smell hit me before I even crossed the doorway.Warm bread. Fried eggs. Something sweet and buttery.My stomach twisted.For a second, I honestly thought I was going to be sick right there on the polished floor.I pressed my hand lightly to my mouth and breathed through my nose.“Good morning,” I said quietly as I stepped inside.The kitchen was already alive.Sasha stood by the counter, tying her dark hair back with one quick motion while checking something in a pan. Elena was perched on one of the stools by the large kitchen island, kneading flour. She saw me before Sasha did.Her eyes widened as she wiped her hands on her skirt and practically ran towards me, almost knocking me off my feet.“Vena!” she whispered loudly, grabbing my arm. “Did you see him?”I blinked at her.“See who?”Sasha let out a slow sigh withou
VenaI woke up with a sharp ache pressing behind my eyes.For a few long seconds, I did not move. I just lay there, staring at the pale strip of light cutting across the dark ceiling above me. Someone had opened the curtains while I slept. Only a small gap, just enough to let morning light in.My head throbbed.My body felt heavy and sore, the kind of dull ache that sat deep in my bones.I slowly turned my head.A glass of clean water rested on the bedside table. Beside it was a small white tablet. And a folded piece of paper.My stomach tightened.Someone had been in my room again.I pushed myself up onto my elbows and squinted at the note. I recognised it as the same writing from last night, even if the words themselves meant nothing to me and I turned away from the paper.It was probably Miriam. It had to be.I reached for the glass and took a small sip as I closed my eyes and my mind betrayed me immediately as memories of last night resurfaced in my mind.Being in the Alpha’s bed.
VenaI landed on Nikolai’s bed. No. No. No. This isn't what it looked like! I screamed at myself.But before I could sit up again, he was there. He crossed the room in two long strides and climbed on the bed, looking down at me with those cold blue green eyes of his.His hands came down on either side of me and the mattress sank under his weight as he leaned over me slowly.Deliberately.I sucked in a sharp breath.My heart felt like it was trying to claw its way out of my chest.“You humans are very bad liars,” he said quietly.My hands fisted into the sheets beneath me.“I didn’t plan this,” I whispered. I hated how small my voice sounded now. “I swear!”He watched my face like he was reading something I couldn’t hide.“Yet here you are.”I turned my head away.His presence pressed into every part of my awareness. His scent, clean and sharp and unfamiliar, wrapped around me until my head felt light.He didn’t move for a second, and I could feel his eyes on me, on my bodyFrom the co







