New Generation:"Tell me why I should waste my time on a maid when I can have a princess tonight?"On every blood moon, twelve princesses from all over the world, belonging to different packs, gather at the Harmon's Palace, the home to the King of Alpha's and where the hunt takes place.For thousands of years, the hunt had been marked as the game of Queen's, where only one of the females get selected to become the next Alpha Queen, only after a long trial Valarie arrived at the Harmon's Palace as Princess Sophia's lady but instead, she captured the attention of the King Gabriel himself and vowed to have the prize all for herself only after a one accidental night, where she got the pleasure of her life.ValarieI was rushing. It was hard to ignore the murmurs and laughter as I passed by, as well as curious conversations; the laughter I knew were directed at me. As a servant I was at the bottom of the pack, and wasn't helping my cause by stumbling barefoot through the walkways. But my f
"Welcome, messenger," she said in a voice as smooth as honey.The trembling in the man's hands stopped and he stood straighter, clearing his voice."Thank you, Princess," he said, glancing at Moira. "And Your Majesty. It is an honor to be welcomed into your pack's territory. I bring a message from the Kingdom and King Gabriel himself."Sophia practically glowed at this news. The rest of the pack waited with bated breath. I fought the urge to roll my eyes. Everyone knew what this was about. It had been two years. The messenger could only be coming to announce -"The Hunt," he said, bringing a letter forward and presenting it. One of the guards stepped forward to take it and walk it to Sophia, who didn't open it, but stood holding it in both hands. "The Hunt will begin in a few short days, and King Gabriel and his mother Queen Elizabeth would be honored by your participatiorn. Twelve other princesses will be joining you at the Harmon's Palace to partake in several tasks. King Gabriel
Beginning“Run! Hazel, run!”The sickening sound of flesh being torn apart filled the air, wide hazel eyes watched in horror, as the wolf tore apart the very man they had always looked at with every bit of love in her heart.The beast raised its blooded muzzle and snared in Hazel's direction. With a shriek of terror, she instinctively turned on her heel, ignoring the stones bruising her bare feet, and broke into a run.She could hear the power of wolves padding on earth like the boom, boom, boom of a loud drum. The sound of her heart was echoing in her ears like dug, dug, dug.She looked back, and two wolves were hot on her heels, snapping their blood-stained Jaws at her. Her stomach throbbed with the effort of running her legs and threatened to give up, but just then, three wolves appeared from the front, baring their teeth, and fell upon the others. Pained howls and snapping of bones filled her head.As if in a nightmare, tears streaming down her face. Hazel dashed forward. She run,
Unable to hold myself back, I stumble away, clasping my hands on my mouth. Only when I'm out of ear shot, laughter bubbles past my lips and I can almost feel my face becoming red. Another laughs combines with mine and I realize I'm not the only one who ran."Goodness, you didn't see her face!" he says.I grinned and told him, "Oh, don't worry. We always have next time.""Cleo!"Both of us jump at the stern voice, soon enough a tall man with pale blond hair and grey eyes come in my view."Beta Drew," Cleo and I bow our heads.Beta look at me for a second, his eyes holding the usual glint of disdain, then turns to my bestie."What are you doing here?" he demands. "All the pack warriors are supposed to be training right now," he added."The training ended not five minutes ago, Beta," Cleo says, jumping to his serious voice. "In fact, I was just here to tell the Omega to clean the weapons."Beta turns his harsh face to me again. "Then stop standing there like an idiot and get to it!" he b
Elizabeth Point Of ViewSebastian Walt. The only son of Alpha Sean and Luna Feather. The soon-to-be Alpha of our pack. He's coming back, after five years.The sound of my heart pounding in my ear gets faster by the second and Daisy, in her joy, doesn't even realize I'm not massaging her feet anymore.No, no, no! I don't wanna make a reunion feast!"My hot, dashing, charming Sebastian!" Daisy claps her hands together. "And finally, he's coming back—without any mate! Which mean one thing! Him and me, forever!""Yeah, really amazing," I agree not intentionally. I better find my mate before she becomes Luna."He's the most handsome man I've ever seen you know," Daisy says dreamily.Sometimes, some very rare times, I feel kinda bad for Daisy. The pathetic soul has no friends."I've only seen him like, three times." I pointed out, feeling obligated."Of course, the likes of you can't even look at him often." She smirks at me.No wonder she doesn't have friends."Now go, shoo!" She says. "I
"What?!" Mom started at me with wide eyes."Mom, calm down," I said. "It's not so bad—""Not so bad?" She repeated, interrupting me. "You'll be gone to an unknown place for the goddess knows how long with no one one to save you, shall you land yourself in trouble!""Mom... I'll be okay, I can handle myself," I said calm and besides, a little adventure won't hurt.Mom let out a shaky breath. "I just need some time to myself. Go to bed, Elizabeth. You have to leave early in the morning."With that she walks out of the room, leaving me with a dull ache in my chest. Oh mother dearest, you don't have to worry about me so much but then I suddenly remembered that I'm the only one she got left.I sighed as I collapsed on my bed. Yes, I want to travel a bit. Yes, I want some excitement and adventure but not at the expense of my mother's peace.I finally made up my mind. I go out of the Omega quarters and start for the main pack house. The few drenched grass bends under my feet, the cold night
The next day, I was still peacefully sleeping when I heard a voice in my head. "Wake up...""Five more minutes, Mom," I mumble and bury my face in the pillows."Get up, Hazel,""I'm not Hazel, let me sleep," I swat away the hand shaking my shoulder."Get up right now or I'm going to throw a bucket of water at you!" An angry voice command.My eyes snap open and the first thing they focus on is two orbs of deep, dark blue staring at me.A scream escapes my mouth and instinctively my hands go up but Sebastian catches my wrist in his hand before my palm could meet his face."Have you..." he said slowly while his jaw clenched tight. "..lost your mind?""You startled me!" I say as he drops my wrists and steps back.Sebastian straightens and folds his arms behind his back, looking down at me with supreme disappointment."So, why the hell did you wake me up?" I asked, stretching my arms over my head."We're going for a run..."My eyes are go-round with surprise. "We?!"He nodded and explaine
When Sebastian said that the trip would be worth it, he wasn't kidding. After going around for hours and hours, from one rippling stream to the next grassy land slope, from one majestic with little adorable houses to the ext, a loud rumble interrupted us."Damn, I feel like my stomach is eating itself," I slumped against Cleo."Come on, let's get you some breakfast," he puts his arm around my shoulders and take me to little tea shop at the bank of stream.As I devour my food, Cleo tells me about this Alpha's Hunt."So..." I swallow my food. "They send duos from each pack on an eight weeks journey through an ancient forest?"He nodded. "Shifting is Forbidden, they put a spell on them to make sure of that. It is also called a Deadly Game because all you get is one map of the forest.""Sounds simple enough," I shrugged. "Anyway, what time is it?""Almost four in the afternoon, why?" he asked.I stop eating, a deep voice rings in my ears. Crap! I almost forgot what Sebastian said."Holy m