GIANNACheers, growls and extreme pheromones circled all around me as I stared at the scene before me. Two wolves – one a Beta and another, an actual omega with a much smaller size compared to its challenger, circled around each other in preparation to fight as multitudes of people, all largely half naked might I add, surrounded them and cheered them on.If not for the fact that there were no seats, and that it was all on a large clearing of land, I would have assumed that I had stepped into a battle arena of some sort. “What the fuck?” I gaped and stood still, my body unwilling to take another step further.This just reminded me of the scene of Bryant and Marco’s battle.“Welcome to the training grounds.” Nalia piped up from behind me, and I turned to face her, my brows raised as if to tell her to explain quickly.The roars and cheers grew louder behind me, but I didn’t care as I focused all my attention on Nalia.“It’s just like I said. This is the training ground.”I frowned. “The
GIANNAI looked at Nalia, but she just had a scowl on her face with a hostile look. It was clear on her face that she didn't like this Omega.Soon, was standing before me. “ Hi, I'm Blaire.”“Umm… Hi?” I was still confused by the sudden friendliness. I stood there awkwardly as I eyed her warily.Yes I admired how she fought, but that doesn't mean I would welcome her with open arms. Especially when Nalia was obviously at odds with her. Nalia is the sweetest person I know. If this female made her hostile, then something really bad must have happened.“You are Gianna. Everyone knows that. I'm a good friend of your… I mean, Alpha Enzo.” I felt Nalia shift beside me.She was a friend of my brother?“What do you think you're doing?” Nalia growled as she stepped in front of me.I was utterly confused as to what was going on.Blaire finally looked at Nalia, her smile morphing into a smirk. I noticed that despite her small wolf form, she seemed to be over Nalia in height.Even with that though
GiannaI thought I was having a bad day until my life flashed before my eyes. The day started out normal, except for the fact that I was currently trying to carry five bags at once. One with a picnic blanket, and drinks. Another one with sunscreen, towels, moisturizer and other things my sister, Helena, insisted on bringing along even though they weren’t really necessary. One filled with the actual food we were to eat. One filled with extra sets of clothes for Helena to change to if she gets too sweaty. And another filled with fruits just in case Helena didn't have an appetite for the regular meal. She refused to help me carry any of the bags, and the distance from the car to the spot she picked was too far to go twice. Shifters are naturally stronger than humans so the weight itself wasn’t a real problem, it was the fact that the items were too much. I dropped a few items along the way and had to stop to pick and rearrange them. I took a deep breath when we finally arrived at the sp
GIANNAMy eyes widened in shock. “You must be mistaken. I’m not from the blood moon pack at all. I have a family in the River side pack.” I immediately said to him.“I am not mistaken. I’ve been searching for you for years, and when my warriors found you abandoned by rogues, they brought you here. I didn’t realise it was you at first until the doctor discovered the star shaped birthmark on your lower back. That birthmark is unique to our bloodline. But I had a DNA test done just to verify and it came back positive.” He explained to me but I still shook my head.It just sounded so unbelievable. If what he was saying is the truth, that meant the family who raised me, are not my real family. And my whole life was a lie. But then it made more sense actually. My parents always treated me with a bit of indifference and favoured Helena a lot. Their behaviour influenced the other family members to treat me the same way. They even saved her and left me to die. They must know the truth that I a
MARCOMy jaw dropped when I saw Gianna. She was a beautiful female on a normal day, but now she seemed to glow even more? How was that possible? I thought she was being held by rogues. She was holding hands with the Alpha of Blood moon pack, one of my biggest rivals. How dare she touch another male in my presence? Helena gasped beside me and that was when I knew she had also seen her sister. It had been weeks since the rogue kidnapping had happened. “What is she doing here? I thought she was dead!” Helena screeched in that annoying voice of hers and caught the attention of several people. Gianna turned towards our direction, but made no indication that she had seen me. She had a calm expression on her face and refused to acknowledge my existence. That made me see red. Did she forget that she was my mate?I ran in her direction before I composed myself enough to slow down and walk gently. When I reached her, she didn’t even look bothered. She didn’t care that I just caught her in th
GIANNA“Have you lost your mind, Helena? Why would you even think of something like that?” I said to her immediately.She looked surprised, and she should be. The Gianna she grew up with was the old me. The old me would have never tried to speak back at her. I would just be quiet and allow her to throw her tantrums, because I knew that retaliating would only get me in trouble. As the favourite child, Helena could get away with murder, and our parents would still be happy for her. The same wasn’t true for me. I always had to be careful not to make their precious daughter cry, or I would get punished. But the new me no longer cared. I was with my real family now, and they loved me more.“First of all, you never had a diamond necklace. Your parents may be rich, but they’re not that rich.”“How would you know that? After getting mated, you no longer lived with us. Mum gifted me a new necklace. I told you about it because I was happy, and I brought it to the picnic because you insisted I
GIANNA Marco tried pulling Helena away from her gem frenzy, but couldn’t succeed because of the others that were also in the midst of the struggle for gems. He gave up on her, and walked in my direction. I frowned before he even got close. Why couldn’t he just take a hint. I wanted absolutely nothing to do with him for crying out loud.I was saved from having to tell him off, because Alpha Bryant of the Forestland Pack intervened.“Don’t dare take another step.” Bryant warned Marco.“And who the fuck do you think you are to tell me where to go or not go?” Marco asked with a challenging growl.“I have been watching everything going on since the event started. It seems you only came here to start up trouble. Your attention has been rejected in clear terms, yet you don’t know when to back off and save what little pride you have left. How else do you want to be told that your presence is not welcome here?” Bryant scoffed.Marco clenched his fists, and his nostrils flared as he glared at
GIANNAI forced myself to step away from him before I lost my control. He smirked at me and just held my hand. He didn’t try to pull me closer anymore, we just walked and talked some more. We returned to the event when the guests had started to leave. Helena was already gone, thank the goddess. I didn’t know what I would have done if she still remained here to cause trouble.“Would it be okay if I come visit you here tomorrow?” Bryant asked me.“You’re free to.” I replied.“I’m asking so your Alpha won’t send his warriors after me when I arrive. He seems really protective of you.”“You can visit, Bryant. I promise not to chase you away. As long as you respect yourself around Gianna, and make sure not to give her any trouble.” Enzo interrupted our conversation as he got close enough to hear what we were saying.“Okay then. I appreciate you giving your permission for me to enter your pack undeterred.” Alpha Bryant nodded at Enzo, and then kissed the back of my hand.He left his scent on
GIANNAI looked at Nalia, but she just had a scowl on her face with a hostile look. It was clear on her face that she didn't like this Omega.Soon, was standing before me. “ Hi, I'm Blaire.”“Umm… Hi?” I was still confused by the sudden friendliness. I stood there awkwardly as I eyed her warily.Yes I admired how she fought, but that doesn't mean I would welcome her with open arms. Especially when Nalia was obviously at odds with her. Nalia is the sweetest person I know. If this female made her hostile, then something really bad must have happened.“You are Gianna. Everyone knows that. I'm a good friend of your… I mean, Alpha Enzo.” I felt Nalia shift beside me.She was a friend of my brother?“What do you think you're doing?” Nalia growled as she stepped in front of me.I was utterly confused as to what was going on.Blaire finally looked at Nalia, her smile morphing into a smirk. I noticed that despite her small wolf form, she seemed to be over Nalia in height.Even with that though
GIANNACheers, growls and extreme pheromones circled all around me as I stared at the scene before me. Two wolves – one a Beta and another, an actual omega with a much smaller size compared to its challenger, circled around each other in preparation to fight as multitudes of people, all largely half naked might I add, surrounded them and cheered them on.If not for the fact that there were no seats, and that it was all on a large clearing of land, I would have assumed that I had stepped into a battle arena of some sort. “What the fuck?” I gaped and stood still, my body unwilling to take another step further.This just reminded me of the scene of Bryant and Marco’s battle.“Welcome to the training grounds.” Nalia piped up from behind me, and I turned to face her, my brows raised as if to tell her to explain quickly.The roars and cheers grew louder behind me, but I didn’t care as I focused all my attention on Nalia.“It’s just like I said. This is the training ground.”I frowned. “The
GIANNAThe speed at which Nalia could change her expression sometimes alarmed me at times, and this was one of those times.It made me even more doubtful as I narrowed my eyes at her and took a few steps back.She chukled good naturedly. “I promise I'm not about to murder you. I’m a bit hurt that you would think that, but I understand in a way.”My nose crinkled.Yeah…. That didn't sound very convincing.“Okay okay, you got me. I brought you to the meetup spot for carnivores.”My heart turned cold and I froze.Alarm bells rang vehemently in my head, and I immediately made to turn and run for my life, but she gripped my arm and held me back with a terrifying strength I never expected such a petite looking girl to possess.Slowly I turned my head back to face her only to do a double take when I noticed her face puffed up with her lips clamped between her teeth. Her shoulder was also shaking slightly making her look like she was about to explode.Despite my fear I couldn't help the conce
GIANNARemembering the expression of embarrassment on Bryant's face when I asked him not to die on our next date, after his attempt to ask me out again in a cool manner, I couldn't help but chuckle.He was just way too cute.Nalia groaned and I looked up only to see that she had walked way ahead of me, and was now looking back at me with a displeased expression, her hands on her hip.“What?” I refused to admit to her that I had fallen behind, because I was thinking about Bryant so I decided to be snarky instead.“Stop acting oblivious. I know your charming Alpha is performing a sexy show in your head right now. And that's why you're lagging behind, walking at a snail’s pace.” “I don't know what you're talking about.” I huffed, turning my head sideways but my heating cheeks betrayed me.“Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you don't. Just hurry up or we'll be late and we'll miss the interesting parts.I faced her and raised a brow, hoping for an explanation on what she was on about, and where she wa
GIANNA“Once we confirm you're okay, I have to take Gia somewhere.”“I'm actually feeling very fine...” Both Nalia and Bryant said at the same time with Bryant trailing off mid sentence.For a while, everything was silent, but he suddenly groaned like he was in pain making my eyes fly to him. He clutched at the wound on his chest, his face contorted in signs of agony.My heart dropped and I hurried over to his side faster than I could imagine my legs would move.“What's wrong? Is it hurting?”I know I sounded stupid by asking an obvious question, but I was just way too panicked and I didn't know what to do with my mind in disarray.“I was fine just this minute but I suddenly feel sore all over.” He said while grinding his teeth.“Maybe. I. If I. Let me.” I couldn't even piece a sentence together with how much I was panicking. My voice was filled with worry, and my hand was trembling as it hovered over his chest while I tried to decide if I should touch him or not.“I'll go get the
GIANNA“I'm sorry.”After he conceded and apologized, which was a far cry from how it was with Marco, I got emotional and found myself hugging him.With Marco, I had always been the one to beg and plead,even when it was never my fault. But with Bryant, I felt seen - I felt like an equal. He actually cared about my feelings and my opinions. It was a great gift in my opinion.“Thank you.” I whispered softly, unsure if he even heard me, but judging from how he wrapped his previously tense arms around me, and nuzzled his chin on the top of my hair, he certainly did.After my moment, I found my cheeks burning when I realized that my face was actually pressed against Bryant's bare chest.Everytime I took a breath in, I could smell the unique scent belonging to him. A whiff of cinnamon, pine, herbs probably attributed to the salve on him which I was sure I had smeared all over me, and a faint smell of copper. I could hear his heart thumping loudly in his chest. I could feel the heat radiati
Bryant's POVI gritted my teeth as I pushed myself up into a sitting position, so I could better collect my thoughts.Just then, the door was pushed open, and I whipped my head up as fast as I could, my vision getting sharper as I tapped into my wolf out of vigilance.“So doctor, you're sure that he'll be fine? I mean I know everyone is saying that he'll be fine but he’s still being given sedatives.”My eyes were immediately drawn to the speaker and I found myself unable to look away, my body and wolf relaxing almost immediately.Just like magic, I felt memories and thoughts fall into place at the sight of her and the sound of her voice.My wolf stirred in anger and embarrassment at one particular memory. I couldn't believe I allowed myself to be bested by a low ranked Alpha. Even if he cheated, I should have anticipated that.I honestly felt very insulted, but I knew I couldn't change the outcome as that fool Marco played dirty tricks so I let it go.“Miss Gia, I don't think that you
GIANNAPanting, I raced down the stairs and towards the garden. Even with the heartfelt moment I and Enzo had, it still didn’t relieve me of the heavy feeling that was weighing down on my chest from all the events that happened.As soon as I rounded the corner, I spotted that familiar petite figure pacing back to forth. She continuously bit her lip as she mumbled something I couldn’t hear even with my enhanced hearing.“Nalia.” My voice came out raspy and hoarse, a side effect of crying constantly all day.She stopped looking up at me so fast I was almost sure that she would get whiplash. She gasped loudly before hurrying over to me.Before I could tell her to slow down, I found myself wrapped in a warm hug – a Nalia hug. A comforting warm and oddly relieving hug that got me sniffling. It was one of the things I loved about her. How warm she was.“Gia love. I’m sorry you had to face all that. I’m also sorry I couldn’t be there to at least slap that psycho Marcus on the face.”“It’s Ma
With a loud creak, the door swung open and Rina who was now pale with fright immediately stepped back.“Why?” she finally managed to squeeze out.With each step I took into the cell, she took an even bigger one back, her eyes big as saucers and her lips trembling in fright, probably because she realized how big the situation now was.“Enzo!” Hector who I had just noticed was chained rather beautifully at the corner growled out, hatred and rage in his tone.I turned towards him with a smile.“That is my name.”“I’m a council member. You cannot do this to me. Don’t you realize what this can spell for your pack.”I tilted my head. “Oh, do enlighten me, Alpha Hector. And correction, you're not a council member. You're just one of their messengers. Sure, it grants you a degree of immunity, but not completely.” From the rage swirling in his eyes, he knew I was mocking him but he still kept talking, probably hoping to talk some ‘sense’ into my head. “It can mean a pack war. If my pack elde