*Leroy POV*Linda and I are discussing some of our work when her phone rings. I am surprised to see who it is. She and Cali hardly ever speak from what I know. Linda moves a few feet away from me to take the call but I can hear her responses. It sounds like Cali is looking for a contraceptive. That gets Sky edgy. Is she really planning on losing her virginity? I have a mate, Why the fuck should I care?It really does not matter how many times I ask myself that question. I care, period. I care so damn much that I would tear any man who so much as touch her. I am pacing by the time Linda’s call end and she returns to my side. “What did she want?”She shoots me a disapproving stare. “It’s confidential.”“Are you keeping secrets from me now?”“Leroy,”she cries. She is a doctor with a lot of confidentiality responsibilities. I usually do push her once she throws in that word. I can’t let her be now or I will explode. “I love and respect you. Don’t force me to command you.”She sighs an
*Leroy POV*I curse inside as I watch Cali run upstairs. In just seconds, she is running back down and heading towards the door. “Cali, get back here!”“Stay away from me!”she snaps and continues running. “Get back here,”I drag the words, rage taking over. She has no idea what she is doing to me when she chooses to be disobedient. “You might as well kill me!”I completely freeze. That’s when it dawned on me that she did not even try to peel my hand off when I strangled her. I can’t seem to control my rage with her. Now I am terrified that I will end up killing her. Is this the sacrifice the prophet spoke of?I will never forgive myself if I did and I’m certain I will lose Marcus too. “She is upset. Are you just gonna let her leave like that?” Phoebe asks in disbelief. I frown at her. “You can’t be serious! You wanted her gone.”She is the last person to judge as far as I am concerned. “Yes I did, but not like this. You strangled her and a she is upset,” she explains while Marc
*Cali POV*I wake up the following day feeling like I’ve been hit by a train. After running out of Marcus’s mansion, I headed towards the secluded part of town. The aim was to get enough cash and get out of town. The exams were done, I did not need to stay around anymore. I could get my results electronically whenever I decided to settle. My unlimited card had more than enough but I would not use it again because it could be traced. I remember bright lights before that SUV ran into the ATM I was in. Everything after that is blurred. My accident is all over the news. Looking at the images now, I am convinced that I should have died but here I am. I guess I should be grateful for another chance at this. I’m starting to feel like a cat with many lives. Marcus is sitting next to my bed looking worriedly at me. “The last time I was hurt, I was convinced that a wolf bit me and you told me that I must have been dreaming.”“Err…” he hesitates. I sit up to look at him. He is definitely h
*Cali POV*Leroy offers me his hand and I don’t have it in me to turn him down. He is the Alpha, doing that would be undermining his authority. I don’t want to do that. Not with our already strained relationship. His left hand behind his back, he twirls me around with his right. I spin around with my gown opening up like a dazzling umbrella, forming rainbow shades all over the hall. Now I know how Cinderella felt that faithful night as Leroy circles around me, his eyes glued on me as if I am the only person who matters in the whole world. He suddenly pulls me into his arms and rests his hand on the small of my back. I hold my breath, blocking his infatuating cologne and the many images of us in each other’s arms. This dance was a mistake. It’s taking everything in me to follow his movements. Why can’t this song end now?He leans closer to my ear. So close, his lips brush against my ear, making my chaotic mind fire aimlessly. “You are stunning tonight. How are you?”“Fine, thank you
*Cali POV*“I saw things getting tense with you and Leroy. Are you okay?” Marcus asks with his usual concerned brotherly tone. “Never been better, Brother.”Now that I know how to handle Sky, I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for me. He leans backwards and studies me before giving me a sharp stare. “Don’t even think about it.”“What?”“Leroy and your virginity. You…”“No, silly! I was dumb when I wanted that. I’m eighteen and wiser.”“That was only a few weeks ago,”he points out. Marcus really takes this big brother role serious. Not that I am complaining. It feels good to have someone watching over me. “That was before I turned eighteen.”He narrows his eyes at me. “What is it then?” “I know how to keep Sky in check.”I can’t hide my excitement as I relay to Marcus my discovery, but he is not so thrilled. “What is it?”Now it’s my turn to ask. “Leroy told you to come with me to Danlow?”“Yes, but I’m not doing that.”“Do you realise that no one has ever confronted
*Cali POV*Fallow is humongous, prestigious and everything I heard it to be.I take in the fresh air as soon as the car stops and the driver opens the door for me. It might be my imagination but I swear I can smell unlimited knowledge here. I will get as much as I can and work as hard to be the best engineer I can ever be. The endless opportunities and possibilities are just imaginable. No nameless slave or Omega and very few Gamma’s ever got to study here. I will never take this for granted. “This way, Ma’am.”My trail of thought is disturbed by my driver. He is carrying my bags and walking towards the four floored building with a golden Ruber city pack emblem mounted at the entrance. This must be the pack house. I let out a sigh as I embrace myself for what awaits me inside. “Welcome to the pack house, Miss Taylor. I am Dovy the house steward,” a middle aged man with a Beta title greets kindly. He reminds me a lot of Nora and I immediately take liking to him. Usually, the Beta’s
*Cali POV*I gasp, my heart pounding as he explores my mouth. He whisks me off my feet while I hold on to his neck, pulling him down, refusing for our lips to part. This feels so good. He sits on the bed with me on his lap and intensifies the kiss. My hips instinctively gyrates over his groan, the friction on my sensitive button sending electric waves throughout my body. I want more, much more than this but he breaks off the kiss and rests his forehead against mine. “Cali,” he murmurs my name, his deep husky voice making my already racing heart flutter. He curses under his breath before I hear a knock next door and her honeyed voice fill the air. “Leroy! Babe!”His mate is here. He sensed her, that’s why he stopped. Even if I was stupid enough to give myself to him, she will always come first. It’s not his fault but it’s still hurts like hell. I get off him and motion with my head for him to go. The bulge on his speedo makes me hurt even more. “You need to cover yourself,” I mana
*Cali POV*I don’t see Alloy as I emerge out of the forest heading to my pack house but I can feel his presence. I get into the pack house and meet Dovy who informs me that Leroy sent out every male resident to look for me. “Maybe you should stay away from him, Ma’am. I will inform him of your return,” he suggests. I shrug my shoulder and head up to my room. My door swings open a few minutes later. A fuming Leroy glares at me. I strangely don’t feel a thing. “Where did you go?”“None of your business.”He grabs my hand and sniffs me, inhaling loudly before his eyes warm up. That fuels my anger. He really thinks I am loose. “What did you think I was doing? Fucking the whole varsity?”“What?”“Isn’t that what someone loose with no morals do? Isn’t that the reason my room is on your floor?”“Cali,”his tender voice pierces through my heart. He really did say it. A part of me still thought Rose made that up. “Isn’t that the reason you sent every man to search for me?”“Just calm down.