It’s too late to stop me now, when I’ve read over a hundred mangas, and she is saying when I’m older, that sounds more like a dream than a reality; by then I’d have read over thousands of them.
I rolled my eyes at her. I’ve never heard of a manga being read to add something to your life; it just feels good and gives entertainment to my life rather than this boring luxurious mansion that is all white as snow.It felt like a cemetery, really quiet, and who lives like this?“Mom, I was reading my books, not a manga; I dropped that a long time ago. You know I always listen to you,” I said confidently. It was just a minute ago, though.Me? And I don't Listen to my mom; probably it will be another Oceana, not me.*You are such a good liar* My wolf chuckled at my words.I ignored her and focused on the matter at hand.“Don’t test me, Oceana; When you are older, you read it, you hear me?”Who listens to that kind of advice these days? Kids do their own stuff now.“But Mom, you just heard me, didn’t you? I was reading some books upstairs with Jessie before she left for the ceremony.’ I elaborated.Oops! I shouldn’t have mentioned the ceremony.What have I done? My stupid mouth!“What!’ she reacted. “What are you still doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at the ceremony? You never know, you might come across your mate.’“At this age, Mom, for crying out loud, I’m only ten.’Who needs a stinky and smelling mate? Eww, they all smell so badly; don’t they take a bath?“Shut up,’ she snapped. “Don’t talk when I’m talking.”“I’m not interrupting you.’ I broke in.“Then, shut up; you talk when you are being spoken to; do I make myself clear?”“Yes, Mom.’ I mumbled, nearly rolling my eyes at her.So much for being a child.“That’s the reason you should hope for a mate, not sitting down and doing nothing. At this age, you need your mate; you are supposed to meet your mate, get betrothed, and once you are eighteen, get married. You go to the mate; it doesn’t come to you if you hide yourself inside the mansion all day. You are a wolf; you never can tell; meeting your mate will control your powers and be able to change into your wolf form.’“I don’t desire a mate.’ I blurted it out.“Don’t be silly, young lady; mind your tongue.’ She scolded.“But, Mom, why do I need one?’ I argued.“I just explained to you why you need one.’“Must I get a mate?” I enunciated with anger. “I’m an Alpha; what do I need a mate for? Isn’t that a disgrace for me? Why should I go to the extent of doing such a thing as mating with another Alpha because I can’t shift? Everyone will know the reason I’m suddenly bonding with an alpha. The pack and the kids at school will laugh at me. Why can’t I just learn how to do it myself? Learn how to shapeshift before searching for a mate. I’m a princess, not a commoner.’. “You are not reading up on what you are supposed to study, young lady; your wolf speaks through you but refuses to come out of you because there is something blocking your wolf from taking over your body; you can’t even control the powers of the realms.” My mother yelled, sighing. “Listen, Oceana, it’s not like I don’t believe in you; I’m not forcing you to live up to my expectations of being perfect; I don’t like what I’m doing to you. You have every right to live your life as you please; I wouldn’t force you, and I will make sure I respect your opinion. But this is for your own good; everything I do is to make you happy. I will do anything to make you happy because I love you, and that’s why I want the best for you. If I’m telling you to do this and that, it’s for your benefit and your future, my dear. But this is our clan that we are talking about; people will talk about you, shame you, and say all kinds of things to you. You know why? Because you are an Alpha and not an Omega. To be prepared for what’s coming. You need to have an encounter with your mate. That way, you can achieve great things in life. It’s not like I hate you, but I want the best and the most beautiful things in the world for you. That’s what I want, and I want you to be happy. If possible, you will be my heir and succeed me in being the Luna of this clan, the Queen of the five clans; you will be a powerful woman with your mate beside you, helping you with his powers, so that no one will laugh at you again; everyone will look up to you and respect you; trust me and believe me; I am your mother; I will not lie to my child.”“But I have older brothers before me. How can I be an heir to the clan?” I was confused.“You are still young. With time, you will understand how the clan’s rules go as you get older, Oceana. You gotta be strong and don’t let anyone pull you down. No matter the person, you are who you are, and I don’t want anyone to belittle you.’I understood my mom’s words.I know she is trying to do her best, but I just don’t know how to explain this.She was scaring me. I don’t know why she is saying all these things to me.One thing is for sure: I don’t need a mate or anyone by my side; after all, the clan secretly makes fun of me for being so pathetic.My mother came to me and touched my shoulders. “Oceana,’ she called me.“Yes, Mom,’ I sadly responded.“Make me proud; don’t disappoint me; I don’t want you to be some useless alpha out there written in history. Fight and be the strong Alpha you are, so that when you meet your mate, he will be worthy of you.’I felt like a heavy burden had just landed on my shoulders.‘Do I make myself clear?’“Yes, Mom,” I replied. Sometimes, my mom freaks me out; she has never talked to me like that before.What did she mean by I will be an heir?“Now, follow me; it’s time to meet up with the clan elders; they all want to see you crowned as the princess of the realm.” I sighed and followed her to the clan.They want to see me. For what? To touch their feet or what? I can’t even use my powers. Why do they want to see someone like me and crown me as the princess of the realm?It’s not like I wasn’t a princess of the realm; it’s more like they want me to be crowned for recognition, so all the people know I’m the princess of the realm blah, blah and blah.And also use this opportunity to carry on my duties and come across my mate.Blah. Blah. Blah.That’s all they want to see me for—wrinkly old council elders, all sitting down with young muscular Alphas discussing a few things among themselves and blocking the path to the mating ceremony.“Oh, ah… Alpha, go harder,’ whoever it is, was screaming like a pig. How annoying.As if the elders knew what was going on, they shut the gigantic white designer’s gate to block out the noise.Goo
“Well, I haven’t seen you for a long time, and I’m glad you are home to see me because I will leave shortly. Before that, let me make it up to you to leave home without informing you.”He was so tall; was I that short? Wait, a minute!Leaving home?“Huh,’ I whined. ‘`You are leaving so soon, but you just came back. Can’t you stay?’“Nope, I can’t, kiddo. I'm doing this for your protection. I’ve got to go soon or else the rogues will attack you; that’s why your brother has to fight.’ he playfully poked my nose; it twinkled me as I giggled, and we both laughed happily.“I’ve got a present for you.” He announced, brought out a cute little black box, and handed it over to me.“Really?”I took it from him, opened the box, and saw a little silver necklace with my name written on it, “Oceana,” gleaming, and in the middle of my name was a blue sparkling diamond.It was the most beautiful silver I have ever seen.“It’s ravishing, isn’t it?’“Yes,” I whispered with admiration, and I couldn’t sto
I nearly screamed.She closed my mouth by slapping it with her hand.“Prove it to them,” she commanded.I was shaking and looked over at Carmine, who gave me a thumbs up, and Gerard, who nodded at me to go on.I shook my head; at least Gerard would understand how scared I was.He came to me and rubbed my shoulder with a smile.“I’m scared, Gerard; there’s blood and organs all over the place. I felt like I was in the midst of thousands of dead bodies. I want to vomit. Please tell Mom not to do this.” I pleaded with him.“People are watching Oceana, but I’m here for you; do it for me, love. I will always be here to support you.’“Okay, Gerard.’ I gobbled my saliva and began walking.Slow.Everyone was watching. I was scared, hoping that I wouldn’t fall on my face. I stepped on the cold blood as my body shivered and my eyes welled up with tears.I began imagining all kinds of horror movies and being eaten alive.What kind of ritual was this?Suddenly, something moved under me.I screamed
What were they hiding? Was my father disowning Gerard, or was I thinking something unrelated?I noticed Gerard and Carmine leaving the dining table, and I had better run before I get caught.Anyway, I was going to find out someday and they can’t hide the truth from me forever on why my brothers were not always around.I got to school the next day and noticed people whispering among themselves.I don’t know why, but I lowered my head and concentrated on searching for Jessie when I felt something hot poured on my head.I jumped up, shouting panickingly and taking off anything that was on my head. To my surprise, it was pasta.An Alpha poured this on my head. I looked around and it was this girl named Beatrice; I hated her with every gut.How dare she, I growled, glaring at her.“Do you hate your life so much to do this to me?”I got such a badmouth, huh, for a ten-year-old little kid. Well, the school taught me that.“You don’t belong here, bastard, we don’t want a woofless and pathetic
Someone covered my mouth and dragged me away from there and pulled me to my room and closed the door behind him.I turned and saw Carmine glaring at me as if I was some kind of monster.‘What the hell are you doing there, peeping into someone else’s room? Are you nuts?’Carmine hardly gets angry when he is with me, he adores me. What happened now?“I…I didn’t know. The door was opened and…”He hustled me as I fell to the ground.“Shut your filthy mouth, Oceana, I don’t want to see you close to Gérard again, you have no right to invade his privacy.”“But I didn’t intentionally go meet him.” I defended myself.“I don’t give a fuck. The next time I see you do that sort of thing again, I will deal with you. You useless thing that can’t control her powers, fool,” he walked out on me and slammed the door so hard.What was that? Why was he mad at me? I just wanted to go see him. I didn’t know I would see such an incident in his room?He…he called me useless.Carmine called me a fool who could
I took the bottle of water and gulped nearly everything since I was as tasty as fuck. I was done. I took the sword beside me and threw it at him.“Take care of it, Andrew. I need to go take a clean bath.”“Alright, Oceana.’ He replied and bowed before me.My back was killing me.Anyway, I’m not so beat and a coward.That’s how strong I have become and till now, I have heard nothing from my brothers, nor did they care to speak to me.I wish I could see them, just have a word with them and ask them a lot of questions.There are some things that I want to ask them, especially Gerard.Why did he also avoid me? Did Carmine tell him what I caught him doing a few years ago?Eight years had passed and I still can’t forget about that day.He was hot.I strolled along the hallway. A guard ran towards me and bowed.“Lady Oceana, the Alpha asks for your presence.”“ Where is he?’I wanted to take a cold bath. Why is it this time he is calling me?“In his Chambers, Lady Oceana.” He answered as if h
“Nope!’ I shook my head. “I got some training to do and I would love to come with you, but I can’t.” “You are always training your ass off. Don’t you ever take a break. Come on, just go with me for once. You are an alpha, strong and beautiful. What else do you need? No one will question you and besides, loads of guys are dying to be your boyfriend. You are not gonna miss it.’ She explained. “I want to be stronger.” I blurted out. “What!” Jessie muttered. I brushed it off. “No, it’s nothing.” I walked past her. I can’t slack off. “Oceana, wait up.” She ran after me, blocking my way to my classroom. “What’s wrong, Oceana?’ She cradled my shoulders, filled with concern, her soft eyes making me smile. “It’s nothing.” I giggled. “I know you.” She began with a sigh. “You are not useless. You are not a fool or anything, stop pushing yourself so hard, nobody hates you or dislikes you if that’s the right word but don’t take what your brother said to you years ago to heart, you are speci
I was excited to see him as well. He seemed more muscular and handsome than the last time I saw him. He has grown well. ‘`Thanks for coming to pick me up at the airport even though you said you were tired and jetlagged.’ He appreciated me as he tapped my shoulder. “I just felt like walking around California since I just came back from the cold winter in England, my furs it’s been screaming for some warmth,” I confessed. Yeah, that’s right. So cold. My wolf agreed with me. “Yeah, wouldn’t you warm your bed with a woman if you felt so cold?’ He teased me. “Carmine.’ I cautioned. I felt embarrassed. He was so loud. He laughed. “You changed while you were in England. I see it in you.” “Yeah, I just shifted into my wolf's form alone and it was amazing doing it. I missed the pack though and the full moon there. I could howl as much as I wanted,” I admitted. “Yeah, me too, we can’t do that in abroad, that’s why we have a fucking pack here to do whatever we want.” He agreed. “Have y