NALANI
I suddenly pushed the man I was staring into the eyes for a moment. In his reaction, it was as if he had known me for a long time, but I, no matter where in the corner of my memory, his face did not cross my mind. I didn't know him since then, and I really saw him just now.
My heart rate quickened. I couldn't help but step my feet back as his eyes met mine. But from what I also noticed from him, he also seems confused by my reaction. He actually asked, "W-What's going on?"
I shook my head and ran away from him. I felt a fear that I could not explain. It was as if my system was telling me that I should be scared. Maybe because, he knows my name even though I don't know him.
In my fast run my feet brought me to the front of Madame Hale's flower shop. I just swallowed when he held out his hand to me expecting the payment for the flower bouquet and said, "You're too fast, you just left then you're here now? Where's the payment?"
I'm dead. I didn't sell the flower bouquet and the truth is that it was there in the middle of the road and was crushed. I licked my chapped lips and took the wallet from my dress pocket. He didn't need to know what happened so I took some money and paid for the flower bouquet.
I answered as an excuse, "I just run as fast as I could, so I got there right away. Anyway..." I took a deep breath to calm my panting and went on, "There's someone wants to buy that flower bouquet too, same design."
I closed my eyes in my lame reasons but he giggled, and he even snapped his finger in the air. She turned his back to me and called Siena, "Siena! Another order of seraphina white bouquet!"
"Okay, Madame Hale!"
Crossing his arms across his chest, Madame Hale looked at me for a moment from head to toe as if doubting my quick return from the place she was talking about. He should really have doubts because the truth is that I failed. He told me, "Okay, start arranging flowers that will be brought to the human town later."
Speaking of that matter, before he left in front of me, my mouth automatically open and called him, "Ahm, Madame Hale!"
He raised his eyebrows at me in a modest but sarcastic way. "Yes?"
I bit my lip before I went on, "I have to prepare Alpha's—"
Before I finished what I was going to say, his mouth fell opened in realization and touches his lips as well. "Sorry, I forgot. You can follow us alone in the human town, after your work with him. And—"
I snapped him, "His brother is also coming tonight so I need to make a meal box for both of them too."
His eyes suddenly flashed and he exclaimed, "Really?! Travis is coming?!"
As my brows knitted, I winced while nodding and he automatically clapped and said, "I miss that guy. I think I'll prepare food for him too." I was about to open my mouth to tell him that I'll be the one to cook, since that's my job, but he raised his index finger and said, "Wait, I should be buying the ingredients now—"
In order not to have a competition with what I will cook later, I snapped at him, "I think, it's better if you just make a desert for him, Madame." I smiled politely, to convince him more.
His eyebrows raised for a moment and I didn't change my reaction even though I had a little doubt if he would follow my suggestion. He hummed, still thinking, then finally, he said, "That seems more okay. What kind of desert is the best for him? What do you think? This is your thing, right?"
I wanted to retort 'not at all' but I chose to just think. I said, "What if you do something special unique..." Crossing my arms across my chest, I looked at the ceiling until the desert I imagined came up in my mind and told him in an exclaim way, "Vacherin!"
His face scrunches up and bows to me since he is taller and repeats what I said that he also forgot the full name, "Va... Vache what?"
I repeated it more clearly, "Vacherin, meringue!"
His lips parted in realization, but it was only for a moment and was replaced by a question, "So how to do that?"
My mouth closed as I realized that was his problem. But I came up with an idea again, "I'll just write the ingredients and procedures on paper."
After I wrote down the ingredients he should buy and the procedure he would follow to make that desert on a clean piece of paper and Siena was just done with her new flower bouquet, I immediately returned to the Rowan building that Madame Hale told me. While walking, I was mentally praying that I would never see the weird man who called my name again.
I didn't even do what Madame Hale ordered me about the flowers for the reception in the human town. We were both busy about the desert he was going to make for Travis, Alpha Liam's brother. I don't know if Madame Hale has a crush on Travis or not but my mind was more accompanied by the man who called me by the name earlier.
Honestly, he is handsome, tall, and hot. But in his eyes it seems to be full of sadness. I think that man has an unpleasant past but why does he really know me?
When I reached the entrance of the Rowan building, I breathed a sigh of relief that I didn't even see his shadow. But I guess I was too traumatized by our meeting earlier. No matter where I go, I feel uncomfortable. I feel that he is always there around me. But why I'm scared? He doesn't seem like a bad guy.
Should I be afraid of a man who is so good looking? Hot and yummy?
In front of the door of room 104 here in the Rowan Building I slapped myself with that thought. But my shame increased when the house keeper saw me in such a situation. It seemed that she was even more embarrassed than me based on her anxious movements. She quickly turned her back on me and ran away with her cart.
Because of that, despite the shame I felt, I couldn't stop letting out a loud scoff of laughter. But since I was going to deliver a flower bouquet, I first pressed my lips together to ease my laughter and then decided to knock.
I cleared my throat again and again until the door opened. A man with messy hair and a bit fat came out, he was frowning and really scolded me, "Your service is too slow. Your shop is close to this building but why does your delivery take so long?"
I'm dead again but I just cleared my throat and tried to make my smile polite and said, "We're being careful in making the design of the bouquet you want for your girlfriend to be satisfied, sir."
He just let out a smirk and said, "I don't have a girlfriend. This is for my pet cat."
I was surprised by what he said and I couldn't resist my curiosity causing me to ask, "P-Pet cat?"
He nodded while taking cash from his wallet. "Unique, right? My cat is male and I brought a female for him. When I noticed that he had a bit of a crush on her, I thought of buying him flowers to use in his courtship."
I wanted to burst out laughing in front of him, but I didn't want to offend him and he might even punch me in the face, so even though I couldn't stop laughing, I just tried to look pleased with the craziness he shared. I said while taking the payment from his hand, "You're really smart! That's a better idea, unique and memorable. Honestly, a cat can also be a person."
I immediately turned my back on him but he answered in agreement causing me to stop, "Yeah. Just like a human that became a big dog. I mean, the werewolves. Right? They also use the flower to please the women they like."
My mind automatically asked questions about his personality. I turned to him and smiled again to ask, "I thought you were a werewolf too."
He waved his hand over his face and said, "I'm wolfless. I'm a hybrid of human and werewolf."
I looked at him all over and mentally asked how it happened that he was close to the cat if he was a werewolf. But I shook my face to get these questions out of my mind and just smiled, "Okay, sir. Thank you again, I'll leave now."
I quickly turned my back on him and ran back to the elevator. When I entered there I breathed a sigh of relief but automatically asked, "Why do I always meet weird men these days?" I looked up at the ceiling and just as the elevator came down, I went on, "Earlier, the man who almost killed me. He called me by my name but I didn't know him and now, the man who bought flowers for his cat! My goodness! "
I slapped my forehead out of frustration and just stopped when I heard what seemed to be the sound of a hand going into a pants pocket. I quickly stood up straight and the male voice suddenly dominated the question, "So you are really Nalani."
My eyes widened when I realized who the owner of that voice was. I slowly turned to him and automatically pressed my back against the wall when I immediately recognized him. He was the man who called me by my name and he was currently looking at me with his hands in his pockets.
He said again, "And you're alive. I wonder what happened to your wolf. You smell like a human but your face, your hair, doesn't change."
I gulped down and asked out of nowhere, "W-What are you talking about?" I don't know how to hide my fear. I also don't understand why I'm afraid of him.
But he asked, "You are Nalani Halifax, am I right?"
I retreated against the wall even though I had nowhere to retreat. I gasped while nodding and also asked, "You know my full name too. H-How did that happen? I don't even know you."
But he said, "That's impossible. Your fear of me hasn't changed. How can I believe you that you don't know me?"
NALANIThe strange man stepped closer to me. I knew I had nowhere to go, and the only thing I could do now was tilt my head to the side, and close my eyes tightly. I hold my breathe while feeling his approach, and I gradually felt his hot breath hitting my nose.I whimpered in a low tone as he spoke to my face, "That's why, no one can found your body in that river because you're alive and still kicking. Why are you pretending that you don't remember me? You're fear of me hasn't change, you can't lie to me."I really don't know what he's talking about. And I wish there is, at least, I have an idea why I have to be afraid of him. But here, I am confused by what is happening. He accuses me of pretending even though I don't know him. He went on, "Don't tell me you have amnesia." He smirks and said, "You are not human enough to experience that thing, Nalani."To escape, I pushed him away and I don't know if my system really predicted that the elevator door was about to open but that's what
NALANIDespite the pain I feel in my shoulder, in my hip, even in my knee that hit the edge of the stairs, I couldn't help but huff when I saw Travis' face wearing a teasingly smile.He hasn't really changed since I last saw him. The scars on my knee that he left are still saying hello to him. He is carrying a suitcase, which means he will not return from the human place. Well, the Undergrove was his home after all, and he was a werewolf. The only annoying thing about the situation is, because I will see him again everyday, and I'm sure the stress will be included in my daily routine from now on. I put my hands on the floor to try to get up but he pressed his shoe a bit on my smallest finger causing me to yelp and curse him, calling his name in a hiss way. Then I grumbled, "Can you rest first before you bother me?"I'm not in the mood right now. He didn't know how painful it was to hear Lily's voice saying Alpha Liam's name talking about punishment. My stomach crunches every time I t
RossIt's been five years, and I've also been consumed by sadness. Actually, eight years, since my family died together. The whole thing is still clear in my memory, and the worst thing I ever went through was to witness how they died in front of me.After three years of that, I still haven't recovered from the mourning when the next who died was my mate. They can die not in front of me but the fate I have is really torture. Seeing her fell off the cliff, that was the most painful of all. I endured it for five years.No family, and no mate and all I have is my pack. But can I take the pack if I don't have Luna? I am not saying that the pack is strong when there is Luna but Nalani... I love her, and I just realized this thing too late.What I did to her is unforgivable. I just realized that day, she was all I had left, but I still let her go and die. If the loss of my family hurts me a lot, I suffered even more when she's gone.She did nothing wrong but she paid for everything that ha
NALANII maneuvered myself as I entered the door of my apartment. It created a loud thud with the force of my closing it. Panting, I held my chest and breathed out through my lips. I feel that even in the taxi, the male cousin of Alpha Liam and Travis is following me.In his eyes, I can see that he misses me a lot, but it's full of sadness and curiosity. But what I don't understand is his question about how long I've been working with Alpha Liam as if he never expected.He really knows me, and it seems like I knew him before but I just forgot. I was puzzled that I didn't know where to start to find out. The pounding of my heart ten times faster than the fear seems to be nothing new to me. In his grip, my body seemed to have felt it before.I don't understand, I feel like I'm shrinking in his presence. I'm scared. And I still feel these feelings even though I'm here in my place. He's not around me, and more he's not here with me.I picked up the bag on the floor that I dropped earlier
ROSSAfter I told her about what I noticed in her, she automatically hugged her chest. I don't know what's wrong with her why she came back to the packhouse wearing only a nightgown and no bra. Her nipple still pointed against her thin dress and that made Darth chuckle inside my head. This caused the return of his energy as if she was the truly cure for our current illness."I... I'm sorry, I... I forgot... I was in a hurry." I just watched every turn of her eyes as if she was about to drown in shame. "Ahm...Madame Hale will get mad once I couldn't give that. I-I mean, I woke up and remembered that I didn't do my..." She glanced at the gift I was holding. "...Mission," she finished her sentence.Until now, it seems to be in her system to be afraid of others as it happened to her in our pack. Even with the omegas, she became scared to the edge in their presence. I want her to go back to how she was before our painful tragedy happened.She was never afraid that time, especially in our c
NALANI"So... this guy you say who know you, but you don't have the slightest hint of who he is, is Alpha's cousin?" Siena asked after I told my situation and what I found out about Alpha's cousin. She was currently stacking flowers in a bouquet wrapper resting on a red ribbon. She glances at me.I nodded and she added, "And Alpha Liam ordered you to leave the packhouse right away because his cousin can't see you?" I nodded again. She squinted her eyes at me and asked for the last, "Do you know what this means?"Yeah, I have a hint but no words came out of my mouth and I only did shaking my head causing her to flick my forehead. I halted yelping rubbing my skin she'd flicked. I yelled, "What's wrong with you?"She huffed and dropped a flower stem on the table and turned to face me, crossing her arms across her chest. "Listen carefully, okay?"I frowned at her but I still wanted to hear what she had to say despite the realization that came up in my mind. "You said that man was Alpha Li
NALANI"He's Alpha Liam's cousin and he's the guy you say you don't remember?" I nodded and Madame Hale went on still exclaiming, "Why don't I know him? Mostly Alpha's cousins, I really know them. Well only two boys and a girl but—" His thoughts snapped his words and looked at me. "Wait a minute!" Fear and worry flashed in his eyes as he held his mouth.Siena also peered into his face, waiting for what he would say about whatever realization that was. My heart beat faster with the doubt that, his realization might not be good for me. After his dumbfounded moment, he shook his head with a wave of his hand over his face as if to swipe away what he was thinking.But he quickly grabbed my arm as well as Siena's. He cocked his head inside the flower shop and said, "Let's go inside. I realized something, but of course I need your opinion, thoughts, realization or whatever..." We move inside the shop. My curiosity is killing me while watching his reaction. Before he started his words, he l
ROSSDarth really hates flowers. It had a strong effect on him, and out of all the wolves, he was the only one with this kind of issue. That's why, I left the flowershop earlier even though I wanted to talk to Nalani. Honestly, I don't even know what topic I should open up, and maybe it's good that it happened for me to better prepare for the next chance.'Or you better meet her in another place next time,' Darth suggested in my thoughts. That was my plan but to the fact that I can still see the fear in her eyes, I don't know how to approach. 'Ask her when she comes here later in the packhouse.'I glanced at the wall of the room, and I just realized that it was almost noon, which meant that Nalani would be coming to cook food for Liam. I was jealous but the idea that I would see her again watered my soul—a bit. 'What if you wait for her arrival? Then don't frown, smile at her.'My brows creased at Darth's suggestion. 'How do I do that?'Because we went through the same thing, he heave