Claudia's POV I peeked over at Isaac only to run right into his eyes and after a few seconds of staring at him, I read his thoughts. A huge shock took over my mind. How was this possible? I was so shocked by what I read that my fingertips trembled. Someone beside me was calling my name and telling me to get my ass to the back kitchen, but I was frozen in place as if I had been struck by lightning. No matter how loudly they called me, I was still caught up in the emotion of surprise, until one of the maids forcefully dragged me to the back kitchen. "What were you doing standing there?" The maid scolded me, "Do you think you're the focus of the banquet, staying still in the doorway and not moving?" She pushed me to the sink and the cold water soaked into my skirt before I slowly eased back from the shock. I picked up the dishes and scrubbed them numbly, the word "mate" running all over my mind. "She's my mate!" I looked into Isaac's eyes and read his mind. I was a
Isaac's words knocked me from heaven to hell and I looked at him with incredulous eyes. When I had read that he was my mate, I had fantasized about being with him. Would I finally be happy? But his words shattered all my fantasies. After a brief moment of surprise, I calmed down. I mentally laughed at myself; indeed, it was all in my head. Isaac had never acted like he liked me. He had bullied me since I was a kid and always teased me. He had even torn up books that I had protected with all my heart. I wouldn't want someone with such a bad personality to be my mate. "Whatever, I don't want to be your mate either." I actually said that to Isaac in a fit of pique. Isaac didn't seem to expect me to answer him like that, and his face got even uglier. I watched his reaction with a little pleasure of revenge. Then I continued, "We can break off our mate relationship." Oh my God, I really said that out loud. My heart still ached from saying it. This was the mark that the Moo
Neil's POV It looked like Fiona was crazy that she had been looking for trouble with people for the past two days. I heard a talkative maid say that she saw Fiona being kicked out of Isaac's room only wrapped in a blanket. I could probably guess what happened, even though Fiona grew up with us, Isaac always had a bottom line that no one could touch. Isaac never showed a hint of liking her, and Fiona really had it coming. But my brother was always ruthless and stern. Fiona should never dare act out of character again. Words couldn't even describe how I felt when I thought of my big brother. When we were very young, I was relatively mild-mannered and out of place in the wolf pack that revered strength. Because I was Alpha's child, many people didn't dare to bully me on the surface, only daring to taunt me behind my back. In the face of these insults, I could only pretend not to hear them. But Isaac would punish those who talked too much about me, and there were many who were
Claudia's POV Someone slipped into my room late at night and I was too scared to move. That was until I smelled the faint scent of ebony and cedar. Why had Isaac come to me at this time? I had no idea what he wanted to do and I had to continue to pretend to sleep. He sat slowly on the edge of my bed without making a single noise. Then he brushed away my long hair that was covering my face, uncovered the bandages that Neil placed, and applied the medicine again. I could feel his gentle movements, which even made my cheeks tickle a little. But I resisted, because I was really curious about what Isaac was trying to do. But when he finished dressing the wound, there was only a long silence. After a while, he started touching my face, and I could feel from his movements that Isaac seemed to be reluctant to leave. After Isaac left, my face was burning like a fire where he had touched it. I went to look in the mirror and in it my face began to flush unusually. Slowly, my bod
Claudia's POV It was as if Isaac could see my concern. We made a deal that he could come and stay with me every night to help me through my rut. Of course, this was all to ease my physical discomfort. I had to agree. After that, Isaac literally came to stay with me every night. He would hold me to sleep all night. Just holding me, of course. It was supposed to be a quiet night. Isaac didn't seem to be in a good mood that day, he buried his head in my neck and sniffed me like a large pampered dog. "Isaac?" I whispered his name. He looked up at me just in time to look into my eyes. After a few seconds of staring at each other, I read his thoughts, "I like her so much. What should I do to have her?". I covered my mouth to keep myself from screaming. Was Isaac actually into me? Didn't he reject me as his mate? But when I read his mind, I could feel how strong Isaac's adoration was. Of all the people whose hearts I had read, Isaac was the only one who had
Isaac's POV Just as I was about to continue, there was a commotion from outside and my wolf immediately sensed danger. Fuck! Who's interrupting me at a time like this? The passion was interrupted, which eased me out of my feverish state. The heat slowly subsided from me. Claudia also heard someone screaming outside and she pushed me away from her body. She hurried and asked me to see what was going on outside. I could only kiss her hard on the lips before I left her. I told Claudia to close the door as it was dangerous outside. Then I rushed out of the basement. The chaos outside was worse than I'd imagined, and the pack was haunted by a heavy smell of blood. There were also the cries of children and the screams of women. I didn't hesitate to run towards the center of the chaos. It turned out that the surrounding rogues had gathered and sneaked up on our wolf pack while it was dark. The rogues had shifted into wolves, and the leader had already stabbed several of the
Claudia's POV When I woke up from the coma, I touched my abdomen. The torn hole that had been pierced was still on my shirt, and the blood on it had dried. But the wound had slowly started to heal, and the place where the hole had been pierced had turned into a small wound. This was the werewolf's ability to heal itself, I guess. I looked in the mirror, and I had regained my human form. "Nicole?" It was the name I tentatively called out in my head. "I am here." Nicole literally responded and a huge sense of joy took over me. Finally, I had my own wolf! After suffering countless glares and ridicule, I finally had my own wolf. I was no longer a crippled alien. I thought of my father's tall figure that turned into a werewolf, proof that I had inherited his excellent bloodline. Nicole felt my joy too. She told me that she hadn't shown up before because my powers were too weak. But in a critical situation, she was roused by the power to survive, allowing me to succes
Claudia's POV Recently, I had a "guardian angel" at my side. The man who pushed me into the pool never went to class after that day. I heard he fell down the stairs at home and broke his leg. And the guy who put the plate on my head yesterday was hit on the head by something and got a dozen stitches at the hospital. It had always been like this for the last few days. The bullies had been getting their comeuppance in one way or another. And there was always something delicious in my basement that smelled good and didn't belong to slaves. Luck always came one after the other, and I made a new friend. I was even afraid to tell anyone, no one would believe me anyway. My new friend was Neil, Alpha's other son and Isaac's brother, and I remember the time he helped me scare off Fiona and then apply medicine to me. But I never thought that Neil could be my friend. What happened was that I was dragged to the bathroom by the girls as usual. They held my head under the fau