Chapter Two
/-Ezra-/ She was strange, yet she smelled so delicious. She looked so small and fragile. Delicate. Different. I have come across many types of humans during my stay here but none has been nearly as daring and audacious as she was. They were all weak, selfish and irritating. I hated them all but this girl, there was something special about her. Back at home, even looking me in the eye was a crime, not to talk of coming close enough to kiss me. Maybe that was it. The contact. The last time I kissed someone was three hundred years ago and right after that, she was snatched away from me while I was forced to live with the curse of tasting the forbidden fruit. When her lips touched mine, it felt as though my entire being was suddenly awake, my brain short-circuited and before I knew it, I was savouring those juicy moulds of flesh. “I tried to be a supportive friend, you know. God knows, I did everything to make her happy. I would cancel trips, pay for her stuff, take her on dates, I did everything! So why would she do this to me?” She slurred, picking another shot of vodka. I could barely focus on the words she was saying. Her intoxicating vanilla scent was messing with my head. I couldn't think, couldn't look away. Those big blue eyes met mine. “Do you think I am a horrible person? Is that why he left me?” “You have a very sweet scent,” I commented and she laughed. The sound had this strange feeling tingling in my chest and right then, I knew that I was indulging myself a little too much. I needed to stay focused. I had a mission. A woman to find. For three centuries, I have searched for her across realms, continents, worlds, species. This was the last and if I still couldn't find her, I would be stuck in this miserable loop forever. She was the one I should think about. The scent I should be intoxicated by. Not this funny pathetic human with the lifespan of a fish. I frowned, even fishes lived longer and with the way she was gulping that alcohol, she might die way sooner. She lifted her hand to wave the bartender over, her eyes pleading for another drink. But before she could even slur her order, I gripped her hand. "Stop, I think you've had enough," I said. She tried to pull her hand away, but my movements were rough. "L-let meeee guuu," she stuttered, her words barely making any sense. I suddenly regretted letting her drag me here. Now her little life was in my hands. I took out a bill from my pickets and offered the waiter. His eyes widened at the large tip. I have only been here for three months but it was very easy to learn that they were driven by money. These humans could turn against each other if the right amount was offered and it was just pathetic. In my realm, that unworthy wolf would be slaughtered and left for vultures to feed on. I effortlessly lifted her off the stool. She could barely walk so I was forced to carry her. Another activity I didn't enjoy doing. I was Alpha. It wasn't my duty to lift people. "Wh-where...?" She trailed off, giggling uncontrollably. "Your address?" I asked, my voice firm but gentle. I didn't want to frighten her. “Oh no!" She slurred giggling. "Mummy said not to talk to strangers" I was frustrated at this point and she made it worse by laughing. I was tempted to toss her by the side of the road and just go on my normal business. She has given me enough headaches for one day. I finally decided to check her into a hotel. She seemed barely aware as I dropped her carefully on the bed. I was to leave when she tried to sit up. She fell back onto the pillow, her eyes barely open. "Come to bed," she said slowly, her voice throaty. I didn't think it was a good idea. Then she reached out, grasping my arm, and pulled herself up, using me as support. Her body swayed, but I steadied her. She seized the opportunity to brush her lips against mine, inhaling my scent but I could smell her as well. It was so delicious. It triggered a craving in me. A hunger that was best forgotten. As her lips made their way to mine again, I turned away, avoiding her. This wasn't right. I shouldn't be here with her. "Oh, come on," she complained, her voice laced with disappointment. She seemed to really want it because her lips shifted to my neck instead. She trailed wet kisses down my neck and my pulse slowed. I could feel my member hardening and she smirked at me. Of course she felt it. I slowly moved her away from me. “You're no fun" she said groaned as I got off the bed but then she did the most shocking thing ever. Like I said, she was very daring. Sitting down, she pulled up her miniskirt, my eyes locked with mine. Then slowly moved her panties to the side. My breath hitched. She moaned, feeling her wetness and my fists clenched hard. She giggled, noticing my eyes darkened with lust. I wanted to look away badly but I couldn't. Not when her body was calling me like a siren song. She slowly pushed in her middle finger, her back arching from the pleasure. Then sank a second finger in paying attention to me as she moisturized the finger with her tongue then circled her clit. I was rock hard now and it was taking every bit of my self-control not to bury myself between those legs and get a greedy taste of that heaven. My wolf growled in need. Something that hasn't happened in almost ten decades. What was this human doing to me? A loud moan forced its way out of her lips. For some reason being watched seemed to increase her pleasure especially when with her arousal coating her fingers. She increased her pace finger fucking herself not caring that I watched. Her moans filled the entire room and I couldn't take it anymore. She closed her eyes as her hips grinded against her fingers. It wasn't even the full moon yet I had this burning desire to claim her. She was about to cum and before I realized I pulled her hand away and flipped her on her stomach. She let out a laugh, knowing she'd won. Since she wanted to get fucked so badly, might as well make do of the opportunity and leave. I ripped her skirt into shreds with just a pull. She tried to look at me but I pushed her head back in place, smacking her ass hard. She squirmed, clamping her legs together. I took out my cock, guiding it slowly to her pussy and her entire body tensed. It was trembling with anticipation, just the way I liked it. "Please..." She whimpered, trying to grind me but something else caught my attention. With her wild behavior, I expected my cock would get a free entrance but it was the exact opposite. She was so tight. Too tight. I could feel her hymen. So I pulled away and she whined. She glanced back, confused. "You're a virgin?" "What does that matter?" She whined, trying to get on top of me. "I dont fuck virgins," I said, moving away from her to sit on the bed. It would make it a lot harder to leave her. I wasn't here for her and virgins most likely fall in love with the first man they get intimate with. I couldn't afford that kind of attachment. "What the...well why not?" She asked, moving to sit on my lap. I thought I would feel irritated but I surprisingly let her sit. Just as she was about to say something, a wave of nausea washed over her or something but I knew she wanted to throw up. She quickly scrambled off him, desperate to reach the bathroom. But her legs gave out and she fell, vomiting halfway down. I cursed under my breath as she passed out.EZRA“She killed again,” Arayas said.No hesitation, no softening. Her voice cut through the low murmurs in the room.The joy that had been bouncing off the walls only moments ago fizzled out. Laughter ceased. And the murmurs quickly followed. Some of the younger wolves lowered their eyes to the ground as if afraid to meet mine. Others stared at me openly, confusion and fear tangled together in their gaze.“Who?” Jaros asked, his tone flat, his expression pained.Arayas turned her head slowly, her jaw tight. “Two guards. At the east side. And a woman.”The courthouse was thrown into sudden silence. As the people gazed at me, I could read their thoughts.The demon wolf hadn’t gone down alone. We hadn’t been completely victorious.Larek’s voice brought me out of my thoughts. “A woman?”Arayas nodded once. “Pregnant.”The sound that came next wasn’t one sound—it was many. A low groan rose from someone’s chest. Another let slip a curse under their breath. A heavy hand slammed against the
EZRAI walked back into the court with Beatrice’s head in my hand. Her long hair hung limp, the last sign of her arrogance gone. The doors creaked as I pushed them open.Only Jaros and Larek were there, waiting, their faces pale from worry. When their eyes fell on the head in my hand, both of them froze.Jaros’s mouth opened, but no words came out. His hand trembled on his staff. He had lived long enough to see kings rise and fall, but still he looked at me as if he had never seen such a thing.Larek stepped forward, his face torn between fear and awe. “You… you did it,” he whispered, as if speaking louder would break the moment. His eyes, as he looked between me and the head still in my firm grip, were laced with profound respect and fear.I dropped Beatrice’s head onto the stone floor. The sound echoed through the empty court. Her red eyes, once burning with evil, were nothing now but glassy and lifeless.I was more than happy that this was all over. Beatrice might have been able to
JACQUELINESleep never came.I lay on my side all night, staring into the dark, hoping Blair would turn toward me. I hoped she would look at me, let me explain again, and let me hold her hand so she’d remember we had been through too much for it to end like this.But she didn’t.Every time I whispered apologetic words, every time I tried to move closer, she kept her back turned. Her body was stiff, as if she had built a wall between us. Even when tears slipped into my pillow, she didn’t move.By morning, my body ached from lying in the same position, but I still waited. I thought maybe when morning came, she'd be in a better mood to talk. That she would look at me and remember I was her friend, a friend that was worth being given a second chance. But instead, she got out of bed without looking at me, washed her face, and left the room.I stayed under the covers waiting for her to return, hoping that she would, until the door flew open and Amy came running in, full of energy.“Jackie!
JACQUELINE That night, Blair slept faced away from me, her shoulder rising and falling in shallow breaths I could not trust as sleep. I had left the kitchen after I realized that Blair wasn't going to return. We were not going to have bread with butter instead of jam, and Blair was probably still mad at me. I went to the room she shared with Amy, heart thrumming with anxiety as I slowly pushed the door open. Amy was still fast asleep, hand still holding tightly onto Dante. But Blair wasn’t there.The sight of the empty mattress had filled me with sadness. Had Blair really gone to bed without me? I tried not to feel discomfort as I swallowed hard and began to walk down the hall and towards Micah's room. The room that we had slept in the last time I was here. If she wasn't in her shared room with Amy, she was definitely going to be there. Micah’s door had been open, light spilling out faintly from a lamp turned low. The air had smelled faintly of Blair’s body spray. Blair had bee
JACQUELINE Blair and I arrived at her house in comfortable silence. As she parked Chirpy, we both got out and began to move towards the door. As we stepped in, I thought for a splitting second that Blair’s mom would be there in the living room, maybe with a mug of coffee in hand, asking us why we were back so late. But the lights were dim, and the cushions on the couch sat undisturbed. “She’s not home yet?” I whispered, looking around. Blair shook her head, a small line tugging between her brows. “Sometimes she works overtime. The extra pay helps.”Her tone was casual, but I caught the flicker of sadness in her eyes. Resignation. It was in the way her voice softened at the edges and the way her gaze darted away quickly as if she didn’t want me to notice.I wanted to ask more, to press gently, but her shoulders were already stiff in a way that told me not to. So I followed her quietly upstairs, keeping my thoughts to myself. The door creaked softly as she pushed it open, and my he
JACQUELINEThe rest of the drive was too quiet. The kind of quiet that got under your skin and sat there like a weight you couldn’t shake. Blair’s hands stayed fixed on the wheel, her knuckles pale where she gripped it too tightly. Her eyes didn’t leave the road. She didn’t even hum along with the radio, though it was still faintly on, some song whispering low from the speakers.And I sat there, every second growing more uncomfortable, watching the streetlamps flicker through the windshield. Their yellow light streaked across her face and then slid away, leaving her in shadow again. That back-and-forth of light and dark made her expression unreadable, and I hated not knowing what was in her head.I wished I hadn’t said anything.The regret came quick, sharp, curling into my stomach until it made me feel sick. Why had I thought it was a good idea to blurt that out? The words had slipped, and I’d trusted Blair would just… accept them. Accept me.She had been such a good friend, better t