ASTRID.“Hey Juni.” I call out, my mind piquing with curiosity.“Hmm?” She says, her eyes are focused on the book she’s reading, we are seated on the bench in the garden, the blooming flowers in our sight, the gentle breeze making me feel warm.“How long do you heal from injuries?” I don’t even know why I am asking, but I want to know.She purses her lips into a thin line. “I don’t know, maybe a week or so?” Her eyebrow rose, and dread washes over her brown eyes. “Why? Did something happen to you?”“No.” I hurriedly, I noticed that Juniper loves to worry, she has a heart of gold, and I hope no one uses it against her, she’s just so pure and innocent, always worrying, no one knows about the fall, just Madam Yv, if she knows, she will be worrying sick.Why had his injuries healed immediately, I am worried, I shouldn’t be, but I am and it scares me.Juni concentrates back on her book and continues reading, my mind is wheeling around different thoughts, something seems to be occupying my
ZEKE.I like having breakfast alone, because it makes me think about everything, but having breakfast with my brother and Madam Yv is like a living hell.Madam Yv pops the dumpling into her mouth, “The Alpha’s daughter is coming today.” She stares between Logan and I with that mischievous glint of hers, sometimes I wonder how she and my mother were best friends.“She is.” Logan replies calmly, his sticks twisting the noodles.“I can’t wait to see which of you she is going to pick, I hope she has a fine taste of sexy, because my boys are going to be the center of attention today.” She smiles wistfully.“Madam Yv.” Logan says, ears heating. “There are some things you shouldn’t say at your age.”“What?” Her lips parted apart, and she laughed. “Age doesn’t define anything, I can say anything I want, sexy or not.”Logan sighed and murmured something like ‘Oh goddess, please help her.’ and took a sip out of the tea. Again, I am thinking about her, those fine lips, structured collarbones, sh
ASTRID.Omegas have the right to do the same things that other werewolves do: Their job isn’t always to clean, to be like a maid, we have lives too and we can’t live it constantly trying to please other people.So, when Mrs. Perry told us we were going to be working our butts off at the party, I fumed. While everyone was busy chatting and drinking, we would be the one passing off the drinks, if I were the Alpha, maybe I would change the rules a bit.“It’s not a bad thing.” Juni says, smiling weakly. “We could snuggle some drinks along the way.”Juniper is the one who likes to obey and do: I rebel and don’t do.I was passing the drinks to the Gamma’s daughter when the announcer blew the trumpet. Like everyone, I focused my eyes on the door, eager to get a glance, even though she isn’t here yet, I wished she wasn’t.She could just go, and I would be glad, but she’s coming, it creates a tug in my heart to even see her.‘Is it because of Zeke?’ My wolf, Aya, calls out.‘Shut up.’ I tell h
ASTRID.All this while, he was my mate, possession kicks in, obsession follows, I growl towards no one in particular, I feel Aya begging to be let loose, to claim what is hers.“Astrid!” Juni’s worried voice echo throughout the room, someone’s eyes are following me, and I know that it’s Logan, but I don’t care, none of that matters right now, all I want to see is my mate.The moment I reach their presence, the Alpha’s daughter stares at me with a bewildered expression.I feel pain, the next moment, I fall to the floor, Mrs. Perry’s presence hovered across my vision, before I knew it, she kicked me.“How dare you?” She yells, “Claim to be his mate, I have told you not to do that, you are crazy!”“Stop.” Zeke says calmly from behind, it’s like everywhere goes silent, no one speaks again, as though they are waiting for him to speak.Pain gravities through me, my eyelids blinking away the tears that shielded my eyes, no. I won’t cry, tears are for the weak, and I am not weak. My body is s
ZEKE.I was there that night, in her bedroom, seated on the stool, watching her face rise and fall, her brows pinched into a frown, like darkness is leading me into light, but it becomes my choice, do I want to follow that light, or do I want to sink into darkness?She’s my mate. The thought almost makes me insane, but staring at her calm expression, that smile hanging on her lips while she slept. She looked really happy even in her sleep. Even after everything that has happened to her, she still looks happy.I just sat there under the dim light for only goddess knows how long watching her, trying to feel her, trying to trust her. I took the picture I had found in my father’s study out and examined the photo. I stare at her parents in the photo, standing beside mine. She really got her father’s smile, so free and warm, her father’s golden eyes that stared outside the picture.Truly, she’s the Alpha, and I wonder how bad she will feel. Does she wish for another time for her parents? Do
ZEKE.I don’t want to talk to my brother right now. Our relationship together is great, but sometimes, he annoys me and I want to punch the living hell out of him.We go into the garden little house and sit, he’s not even carrying a bottle of whiskey. I sigh and rap my knuckles together, my body aching for alcohol.“I really have to go.” I say, stressing each word. He stares at me with an amused brow, something shifting in his mood, I can feel that he is angry, hell I feel it every time.“She is your mate.” He says dryly, is that a question or a statement?“Yes.” There’s something cold in his tone, but I don’t shift further. Honestly, I don’t have time to have this kind of conversation with my brother, it might result in a fight, and I am not ready to be pumping fists early in the morning.“She can’t be your mate!” His anger explodes, Logan can’t keep his anger, I guess it’s one of the things that make us different: I can resist, and hold on. He just can’t.“She is.” I reply calmly, a
ASTRID.My mind is filled with different thoughts as I step into the kitchen. It doesn’t help that everyone's eyes are on me, I can almost picture what their mind is thinking about.‘Oh look at her, she thinks she’s mated to the Alpha.’ ‘Isn’t she pathetic? He definitely is going to reject her sooner or later!’None of their hushed comments even seem to faze me at all, my eyes search for Juniper, I see her talking to an Omega with a flushed face, her white face not crimson red.I walk over to them. “Hey. Juni.”The Omega looks at me weirdly, before shifting away from me, as though I am like someone to be avoided, when she steps away, Juni gives me a weak smile.“Sorry.” She whispered over to me, her brown eyes itching with apology, she spread her arms out, and I hugged her, she felt safe, it is as though whenever I am near her, I feel safe.She leans on the counter and purses her lips together. “So, he’s your mate?”“Unfortunately, yes.” I shrugged and said like it was no big deal, b
ASTRID.The rage I feel is what makes me go to the courtyard at the west wing of the pack-house, no one comes to this courtyard much, when I reach there, it’s empty.There’s a sword lying on the floor, I pick it up and twisting it around, feeling the rage once again.“How dare they?” I mutter angrily, taking a step forward, swinging the heavy sword. It felt just like yesterday that I practiced with my father. I was never tired, always saying I would be the first best female Alpha, but all of that now feels cliché.It feels like nothing is real anymore, like I was never real to begin with, I sighed, moving closer.Somebody emerges from the shadow, his gray eyes seem lighter now, or do I just assume?“Astrid. Seems like you need some help.” Logan says, and he picks up the other sword without warning.Why is he always everywhere I am?I really don’t want to train with him, I want to be alone and discover my mother’s powers, but I gave him a weak smile and found myself saying. “Sure, you