Alruin I woke up the next morning feeling a little sore between my legs, but the intense satisfaction of last night still coursed through my veins, sending a warm vibration between my thighs. I slowly opened my eyes and found myself staring into two gleaming eyes that shimmered like winter steels.I gasped breathlessly. “You sleep like a princess at times.” Lorak remarked and planted a kiss on my forehead. “I must have fucked you too hard, you’ve never slept this long.”I sighed, a pale smile tugging at the edges of my lips. When I closed my eyes, Lorak’s massive frame was above me again, thrusting, writhing, groaning. I shivered and squinted at the fervent rays of sunlight that diffracted into the lush bedroom. “Maybe if I had passed out, you’d have stopped when I told you to.” I replied and rolled off the bed, absolutely naked with my package swaying around like a bell. I stretched my body and Lorak’s palms covered my nipples from behind as he pressed his hard body to my ba
My heart was racing.The young Alpha of the pack was going to lay naked in my bed tonight, a privilege no lady in the entire nation had. But for the past two years, it had been my unorthodox luxury, a guilty pleasure no one else gets. And as much as I loved it, it didn’t only terrify me, but it had also shattered me beyond repair…and I only yearned for more. I swallowed nervously when my feeble wolf picked up Malric’s warm bourbon scent. He was here!I sprang off the bed, my nerves jittering as my anxious eyes scoured the room, checking one last time to make sure nothing was out of place. Malric was a keeper of symmetry, he loved everything to be in perfect order and if it wasn’t, I was afraid that he might cancel our rare meeting. These sporadic meetings with Malric were what kept my sanity in place. And whenever Malric changed his mind and cancelled any meeting, it felt like my world came crumbling down. Because even though I was just an omega in a secret affair with the Alpha
The young Alpha of the Vantheir pact walked past me like I didn’t exist.His dark, powerful aura lingered in the atmosphere like the curls of an intoxicating smoke. And although everyone else was terrified, I felt no fear. The young Alpha of Vantheir carried a primal mark of the Alpha line. My mate, Malric..The hallway was crowded at this time of the morning. It was like a beehive, buzzing and boisterous yet, somehow, I knew that Malric had noticed me. Long before he briefly sighted me, my eyes were already on him while I had been pretending to pick something out of my locker. Even though I knew that Malric was loyal and would never cheat on me, my heart still felt those jabs of jealousy whenever I saw him being swarmed by excited, giggling girls. I always wondered how he could deal with their aggravating squeals. But that jealousy was always morphed into sadness when I saw him with his friends, knowing that he could never mingle with me that way in public. It should be somethin
Draven had to be bluffing.I scoffed and shook my head. My fingers quivered and a cold, frosty feeling clenched my thumping heart. It made no sense. There was no way I was going to believe that my Malric was really going to…ha! I laughed, but even that couldn’t keep the tears from swelling up in my eyes. “Look at them!” Draven continued, “Future Alpha and Luna, don’t they look perfect?”The small crowd chorused a cheerful roar of approval. Were they all blind? Malric had thick, untamed black hair with subtle streaks of midnight silver near his temples! While she was blonde and not so good looking and… Oh, who the fuck was I kidding?My insides curled when I looked at her again. She was a goddess! With flawless skin and golden hair, gleaming as if she just floated out of the sun’s glorious rays. I took a deep breath. I needed to calm down and trust my knowledge of Malric. Yes, girls have always swarmed around him, ready to drop their pants at the slightest brow raise, but he has
Peasant?He never insulted me. No matter how much I annoyed him, the most Malric usually did was raise his voice slightly, but this…this was new. Nonetheless, I swallowed it up, seeing that I had limited time to talk to him.I heaved a deep breath, allowing my shoulders to slug as I exhaled, “Y-You’ve been ignoring me, Malric,” I stammered, unable to meet those ferocious eyes that looked like they’d burn me whole, “Why?”He breathed, shoved his hands into his pockets and glanced behind him. “Look, Aluin. I’ve been very busy lately.” A pang hit my chest firmly and the air around me suddenly turned bleak, “Aluin? Am I not your heat-kitten anymore?”His eyes flashed again and he seethed through clenched teeth, “Are you fucking crazy? You want me to call you that in public?” He snapped and swiftly scoured the surrounding area again. “You have to leave now.” “Not without the truth.” I said firmly, despite the shameless trembling of my lips.His eyes darkened, “What do you mean by th
The alarm clock rang.I ignored it, apathetic about breaking my perfect attendance record.My heart still laid at the base of my stomach, dismantled and drowned of every emotion I have ever felt. Not a flicker of hope, just melancholy swooping in like a deserted ocean. I sniffled and tossed the squeezed tissue into the trash can. It was already full, so it just hit another tissue and bounced to the floor. I knew that no one would even notice my absence today. Maybe Chadwick might, if he wasn’t too obsessed with gawking at Sasha Blackwell. I had told him severally, an omega will never get the chance to fuck someone as highly ranked as-A knock suddenly sounded on my door, sending a jolt through my body. Malric? My wolf sprang to life and growled excitedly. Maybe he had realized his fault and wanted to reconcile! Oh, how I had prayed for this at night!It had to be him! No one else knew where I stayed, this apartment was also part of our secret. I scrambled out of bed and a tira
It couldn’t be.Not this particular tree! I swallowed, tears welling up in my swollen eyelids. How could he bring her here? This spot under the slender branches of the massive willow tree was where Malric and I had first met. That special night his arms had curled around me, behind the cascading branches that created a curtain-like effect. We had touched each other here for the first time and that was the night that had rippled right through the normalcy of my life; the night we discovered that we were mates. That was how sacred this tree was and he defiled it by bringing her here! That night had been the last time I experienced a romance so pure and genuine. After that, Malric had hidden our love away, locked up in the apartment he bought for me, along with his promises and sweet words. And every emotion, every show of passion had resulted into something sexual since then. Even on the nights that I wanted to just sit and talk, bask in the fullness and warmth of his presence,
I took a deep, shaky breath. I was done chastising myself for not listening to my wolf.Why did I think he’d ever choose me over his birthright in the first place? I thought Malric was a saint in the midst of the darkness that clothed this world, always striving to do the right thing no matter the criticism…but I was wrong. He was just like everyone else, a shadow thriving in the dark. I sniffled and picked up my bag. My stomach grumbled with hunger, but the light pulsing of my shattered heart was all I could hear. A reminder of the feelings I harbored for Malric. It broke me, and I let it. I didn’t want to cry at all tonight, maybe when I was out of the pack’s borders.To leave the pack, I had to be stealth, sober in fact. One wrong move could lead to my death. I should have taken Lyra’s help when she offered it. Leaving on my own was far more dangerous…but I had to. ‘But no, stupid, you just had to go and dismantle whatever was left of your fragile heart by meeting that monst
Alruin I woke up the next morning feeling a little sore between my legs, but the intense satisfaction of last night still coursed through my veins, sending a warm vibration between my thighs. I slowly opened my eyes and found myself staring into two gleaming eyes that shimmered like winter steels.I gasped breathlessly. “You sleep like a princess at times.” Lorak remarked and planted a kiss on my forehead. “I must have fucked you too hard, you’ve never slept this long.”I sighed, a pale smile tugging at the edges of my lips. When I closed my eyes, Lorak’s massive frame was above me again, thrusting, writhing, groaning. I shivered and squinted at the fervent rays of sunlight that diffracted into the lush bedroom. “Maybe if I had passed out, you’d have stopped when I told you to.” I replied and rolled off the bed, absolutely naked with my package swaying around like a bell. I stretched my body and Lorak’s palms covered my nipples from behind as he pressed his hard body to my ba
Alruin The excitement in the atmosphere pulsed through the very air I breathed. Everyone had a common ecstatic smile on their faces. There was a buzz of excitement in the bus we were in as we arrived. My heart was thumping with anticipation, my fascinated eyes wide and taking a tour of the perimeter I could see. The cold surge of euphoria bubbling in me was calmed by Lorak’s warm touch. I looked at him, his metallic eyes holding me captive for a few seconds, like the storm clouds captured in his gaze. His smile lit up my world instantly. I leaned into him and he stroked my arm as he encompassed me in a half-hug. He placed his chin on the left side of my shoulders, rubbing his cheek against mine in a romantic gesture he loved. “We’re finally here, moonbeam.” He said softly as the large bus came to a stop.Both of us sat at the extreme, watching everyone else rush out of the bus. Silvermoon was well represented by its exhilarated members. It would be a struggle to keep everyone
I hated dinner time.Having to share the room with my father, mother and Lyra was an occasional, yet very dreadful and gloomy occurrence. Lyra had her eyes glued to her plate while I stabbed a piece of a perfectly smoked steak lazily with a fork. We were both waiting, nerves rattled and anxious.My father had that smoldering look in his eyes, failing to restrain the fury that charred beneath those gleaming, yet smokey pupils. It didn’t matter that I had taken the mark of the Alpha from him two years ago, my father was still regarded as the most powerful man in our pack and beyond. I loathed his silence more than his venom-spitting words and he was an expert at being torturous with it. The lines on his forehead deepened, exposing the wrinkled marks of time that he tried to conceal with proper sleep and healthy eating ever since he stepped down. His eyes narrowed and the edges of his thin lips twitched. I took a deep breath, my nerves holding my ice cold heart on an edge. Just fu
“W-What?”The words couldn’t form in my mouth any better than my thoughts tousled in my brain. What did he just say? A mate bond? I took deep, raspy breaths all of a sudden, my lungs felt empty and bleak, like a cold room being sucked of its air and life. I swallowed and looked away, a bump at the base of my throat serving as a block in the nervous passage. His words had certainly struck a nervous core in me, littering goosebumps all over my skin like confetti. “Alruin?” he called warmly and squeezed my palm again. I gasped at him blankly, “Are you okay?”Of course, I wasn’t! I was stunned by this offer that had sprang out of the blue! Not once in five years had Lorak mentioned or even hinted at anything like this. It had always been pure romance and raw, crazy sex on a regular basis…that was our show of love. The walks, the dates, the kisses,the sex…but a mate bond? It wasn’t just crazy, but audacious. Staring into his eyes now, I couldn't find the void I had once seen.
Alruin.They were excited. I sighed and glanced at Lorak, those steel-gray eyes that had cradled me at the verge of death, were gleaming with excitement now and weaving through the crowd that had gathered for this ceremony. The feeling was still quite overwhelming; from being hidden in an apartment for the fear of my identity, to being celebrated because of it. Preposterous, right?These people that danced and ululated, singing songs of joy while they casted euphoric glances from time to time at me were all gathered here because of…me. Lorak slipped his warm, comforting hand into mine and squeezed reassuringly. His pink, plump lips, graced by a gentle moustache below his nostrils, spread into a charming smile that made my heart tickle with warmth. He must have probably detected how breathlessly I was wheezing.“Don’t worry, moonbeam,” he cooed softly, “these people, they love you. Their eyes do not scrutinize you…they adore you. Bask in it.”Five years. It’s been five good yea
Malric’s povI called him a peasant.Fuck.I didn’t like calling Alruin names or even snapping at him, but I had to put on a show for Lyra somehow. Was he fucking crazy? That was the second time he had approached me in public recently! He had become far too clingy and what really pissed me off was that he didn’t seem to care about the dangers of that anymore. I sighed, watching the strippers Draven had brought in apathetically. Over the past year my mother has been introducing different girls to me, from high-class families and even from the royal houses of other packs. She had compiled a list of potential Lunas and each one of them I had politely rejected. “Why? Malric? What is wrong with Melissa?” She had finally snapped at me after I had declined the forty ninth girl. “Time is running out on you. You don’t want your father to take matters into his own hands, do you?”I had given her the same monotonous reply, “I didn’t feel the spark, mother. She has to be the right one, she
I took a deep, shaky breath. I was done chastising myself for not listening to my wolf.Why did I think he’d ever choose me over his birthright in the first place? I thought Malric was a saint in the midst of the darkness that clothed this world, always striving to do the right thing no matter the criticism…but I was wrong. He was just like everyone else, a shadow thriving in the dark. I sniffled and picked up my bag. My stomach grumbled with hunger, but the light pulsing of my shattered heart was all I could hear. A reminder of the feelings I harbored for Malric. It broke me, and I let it. I didn’t want to cry at all tonight, maybe when I was out of the pack’s borders.To leave the pack, I had to be stealth, sober in fact. One wrong move could lead to my death. I should have taken Lyra’s help when she offered it. Leaving on my own was far more dangerous…but I had to. ‘But no, stupid, you just had to go and dismantle whatever was left of your fragile heart by meeting that monst
It couldn’t be.Not this particular tree! I swallowed, tears welling up in my swollen eyelids. How could he bring her here? This spot under the slender branches of the massive willow tree was where Malric and I had first met. That special night his arms had curled around me, behind the cascading branches that created a curtain-like effect. We had touched each other here for the first time and that was the night that had rippled right through the normalcy of my life; the night we discovered that we were mates. That was how sacred this tree was and he defiled it by bringing her here! That night had been the last time I experienced a romance so pure and genuine. After that, Malric had hidden our love away, locked up in the apartment he bought for me, along with his promises and sweet words. And every emotion, every show of passion had resulted into something sexual since then. Even on the nights that I wanted to just sit and talk, bask in the fullness and warmth of his presence,
The alarm clock rang.I ignored it, apathetic about breaking my perfect attendance record.My heart still laid at the base of my stomach, dismantled and drowned of every emotion I have ever felt. Not a flicker of hope, just melancholy swooping in like a deserted ocean. I sniffled and tossed the squeezed tissue into the trash can. It was already full, so it just hit another tissue and bounced to the floor. I knew that no one would even notice my absence today. Maybe Chadwick might, if he wasn’t too obsessed with gawking at Sasha Blackwell. I had told him severally, an omega will never get the chance to fuck someone as highly ranked as-A knock suddenly sounded on my door, sending a jolt through my body. Malric? My wolf sprang to life and growled excitedly. Maybe he had realized his fault and wanted to reconcile! Oh, how I had prayed for this at night!It had to be him! No one else knew where I stayed, this apartment was also part of our secret. I scrambled out of bed and a tira