MayaAs soon as I hanged up after speaking to a client on phone, I heard a soft knock on the door. “Come in,” I said. I knew it was Kim because I had heard her footsteps a while ago. She thought I had not noticed that she was always eavesdropping. I wondered what incriminating things she hoped to hear from my mouth. I had decided to pretend not to notice it until she got fed up. She opened the door and entered my office. She was wearing a red blouse tucked into a black pencil skirt. Her ponytail was a little bit too tight but it didn't seem to be causing any strain on her face. “Miller's assistant says you're needed in the HR office,” her sharp eyes studied my face.My heart saw this as an opportunity to increase its beat. I pressed my fingers together and took a deep breath. I hope he hadn't found out that I worked at St. Felicity's during office days. I hadn't been at the center since the day I had to tutor a child before she went for a competition. The person with the photograph
Zane’s POVAnother body. For the past week, I had been getting reports of bodies of members of my pack. I had no choice but to leave the company, return to Misenium and take charge of my duties as an alpha. I had been there for two days and hadn’t yet figured out the perpetrator but I knew it wouldn’t take long before I found out and made them pay for the terrible things they’d done. This one was of a young woman. She lay on the grass, her hair matted on the dry blood covering the grass. Her head seemed to have been hit by a blunt object as the back of it was a mess. It was a pitiful sight, seeing a young soul gone, leaving behind all the dreams and possibilities they had.“I don’t get it,” I said. “I don’t smell vampire around any of the crime scenes. Whoever is killing this people is a wolf.”At first, I had thought it was Aaron, the vampire trying to get revenge on me for locking him up but the second body I had seen made it clear that it was a wolf. The scent seemed masked by vam
Zane’s POVFive years back, my father mysteriously left the pack and has never been seen since. No one knew why he left, or where he was. For the last two years of his rule, my father had become increasingly horrible. He drunk a lot, spent pack funds extravagantly on meaningless things, and refused to be accountable for anything. He stopped caring about his children and nearly drove our mother crazy. It was when he started hitting her that I cut off ties with him. The pack was going down really fast and people were becoming fed up of him. Because of that, there were several attempts at ending his life. Everyone close to him tried to convince him to mend his ways for everybody’s sake. One day, his bodyguard was found dead in the alpha’s residence and my father was gone.The vision I had seen of him when I touched the roses showed he was in a cave I knew very well. I had spent a big part of my childhood playing in it with my friends. I felt angry that he had chosen to hide there when h
KimMiller's office was very spacious and contained plush seats. It was hard to imagine that it was scorching hot outside with the advanced air conditioning in there. You're probably thinking I wanted that office too but unfortunately or fortunately for you, I was not that greedy, yet. Having Maya Bennett out of the company was so satisfying it felt like I would never need anything else in order to be happy.“I'm so glad you finally did it,” I told Miller who was glaring at me like I had just killed someone he loved. The look on his face told me he was one step away from hitting me to death. We both knew I can never be as competent as Maya Bennett and while I didn't care, I was sure he did. This was going to affect the company and not in a very positive way. Maya had been more committed to her job than I would ever be.“You know I didn't want to fire her,” he said, opening a black file which was on top of the table. “And I may not have been able to even suspend her if you hadn’t manag
MayaIt had been four days since I got suspended from Milner Inc. Five days since I saw the man of my dreams. I can't say it was easy because that would be one huge fat lie. Ever since the day we made love, Zane and I hadn't talked, neither physically nor via phone. Sometimes, he would send a text message asking if I was okay and I would reply on the affirmative even though that was far from the truth. He would go ahead to say he was glad I was okay and didn’t send another message for days. He probably didn’t want the conversation to get far enough that we had to talk about what we did on that day. I had gotten used to hearing his beautiful voice and I missed it so much. I missed how he made me laugh. Being around him had turned into one of the highlights of my days, especially after I had got over him turning me into his assistant.Harry had tried to be there for me as much as he could and I was really thankful. I wondered if he would still be that helpful if I told him that I had
Zane.Standing on top of the cliff, I gazed out at the vast forest below. I sighed, feeling the ache in my heart that I could never seem to get rid of. It was always there, reminding me of the missing piece in my life. I thought of Maya, my mate. I missed her more than anything in the world but I knew I couldn’t go to her until I had finished sorting out the issues with my father. I couldn’t underestimate the man because he was capable of destroying me. One wrong move, and I would be done for. Closing my eyes, I let my mind wander. It drifted back to the night I met her. I remembered how captivated I was by the beautiful young woman. I had been so angry to see her with that bloodsucking vampire and she had been so scared when I attacked him. I had not been happy with how everything had gone. I remembered seeing her again when she was talking to the receptionist about me while trying to take sneaky glances at me. I chuckled. If she knew that I heard everything she was saying that day
Maya.When I told Harry about my outing at the resort and how much I enjoyed it, he insisted that I go with him. Going with the kids was great, going with an adult was even better. I refused to think that it would've been better if I was with Zane. Though to be honest, that was a hundred percent true. Since Harry had refused to back off after I turned him away, I decided to let him distract me. Besides, he was being so nice to me that I was beginning to think I would be better off dating him instead of pining for a man who had disappeared and seemed to have forgotten me.We were lying on hammocks under the shade of beautiful trees overlooking the river. The river was quite muddy that day. I thought it was because of the fishing going on at the upper side of the river. I had seen some fishermen with nets when we were entering the resort. Harry and I were talking about objectification and women empowerment. We rarely talked about such things but there was a trending case about the issue
Zane.Somehow, I found the strength to turn away from the heart wrenching scene before me. I knew that my reaction seemed immature but I couldn't think of anything better to do. I couldn’t even decide how to react. In my current condition, I could neither face Maya nor have a fruitful conversation with her. My jealousy would probably turn into anger and make me say things I'd regret. There was already a strain between us because of what we did and I didn't want to make it worse. I wished to make things right but didn't know how to. Was there a point to that anymore, after everything I had seen?I heard hurried footsteps and my name being called by Maya. She was about to catch up with me but I couldn't run. Sure I may have been in love but I was still the CEO of several big companies and the alpha of Blood Moon pack. I was not about to let myself get caught on camera running away from the woman I loved. The tabloids would love that and never let it go. I didn’t want to be the focus of