Furious at the thought that he avoided me using violence, I dragged my feet to his office, my sweat dripping as I fought the urge to kick the door open.
"Alpha Derek!" I roared, almost crumpling the metal doorknob in my hands. "Can you explain what the hell is this behind my neck?!"
Yet, instead of giving me an explanation. He didn't respond, not even batting an eye towards my direction. He lifted the file he was holding directly to his face as if there was a chance that I wasn't even breathing in the same room as he was.
I slammed the door shut, "Stop feigning innocence! You know what you did! Do you think that covering your face would do you a favor right now?!"
"Lower your voice down-"
Seething with fury, I punched a hole in his desk, which caught his attention this time. Carefully, he drops the file down, his gaze focused on the broken wood in front of him.
"You were intoxicated. What did you expect me to do?"
"Look at me," I taun
He eyes me, "Nah, Alpha Derek isn't into stuff like that. I haven't heard any women being related to him before. Though, I also can't blame him if he gives in to beta Venus."Pft. I couldn't help but chuckle, "You're saying you find beta Venus attractive?"He shrugs his shoulder, "Not taking her attitude into account. Then she'd be my type."I replied with wide eyes, "I'm surprised. This is the first time you acknowledged beta Venus for something unrelated to her duties.""Don't get me wrong," He says, "I do acknowledge her skill and abilities. It's just that there's something weird about her. You know, I've been under different mentors. Each of them had its unique battle principles, and yet beta Venus couldn't even teach us her original skill. I don't know if she's just hiding it, or she didn't know any of it at all."Original skill? Now that I think about it, it is true that she hasn't shown us anything like that, I thought. A bit hesitant about
~*~*~"Alpha Derek!" I slammed the door open, and as usual, beta Venus was also there beside him. I marched toward his desk and stopped, "Alpha Seff just went off after causing such a commotion. Can you at least give us a gist why? Did you and Alpha Seff fight over something?"Liam closes the door behind us. Alpha Derek didn't even spare us a glance when he replied, while beta Venus wondered what the hell was going on."No, we didn't. He's just a douchebag no need to worry."I rubbed my temples in frustration, "No Alpha, this time's different. He was hostile to us earlier. He even shifted!""What's going? Why didn't I hear about this?" beta Venus cuts in."Well.." I trailed off. I looked at Alpha Derek as he signaled me to shut my mouth off. "..Though the scene was chaotic, we handled the situation anyway."She glares at me, "That's not an excuse!""Venus. Drop it." Alpha Derek says in a low voice. "For now, go to the bor
~*~*~*DEREK's POV*"Admit it. You like Venus. You want her Alpha Derek."I don't want to lie to myself anymore.I frowned.The truth is, there was no day I wouldn't think about Venus and the possibilities if ever she became mine. Every night, I would get dreams about her- as if she was even haunting me whenever I closed my eyes.I was doing well resisting her attempts, but I finally gave in just a while ago. This thirst of wanting her... I couldn't quench it even if I touched her for mere 5 seconds.I jumped to the pit myself.
*VENUS's POV*Something was very weird. Derek wasn't his usual self for the past days, he was taking my jokes too fondly to the point that he'd respond intimately too. Not that I am complaining, but I can't help but be suspicious."You think i'm acting?" He asks, his eyes squinted. Like a hungry man, he pulls me closer that our lips almost touched if I hadn't placed my hand on his firm chest of his. He whispers, "Listen, I'm a simple man. You think I would just be this close to any woman?"I smirked, "You're no simple man, Alpha. Have you forgotten you're a cold-blooded tyrant that doesn't trust so easily?""Are you saying I don't trust you?""No," I replied, I pulled away from his hold and stood up. "I'm saying you're cleverly careful. Must be an alpha's instinct, don't you think?"He looks over his hands where I just left, his eyebrow furrowed as if he was bothered by something before he shrugs it off. His once tende
~*~*~ {"No matter what, promise me you'll live. Even without a purpose, you must live your life...okay? promise me that."} Who's that? My eyes wandered to my surroundings. It was vague and sullen. Then I realized I was back at the house that I was very familiar with in the past. As I turned around, I finally saw myself as a child and my diseased mother beside her. {"If I promise, would you be okay?"} the child sobs. {"I'm sorry mom, I can only heal physical wounds."} {"Don't worry. Mommy would be at peace. If you promise me, I'll promise you I'll always watch over you."} {"Okay, I promise."} Raising my palms, I confusedly gazed at it. I still couldn't believe that I was dreaming. How long was it since I last dreamt so vividly like this? To my surprise, words that I hadn't even heard before echoed around my ears. A forgotten statement that she had long told me before. With grief evident plastered on her face, she
~*~*~*DEREK's POV*Seeing that she didn't complain as I soothed her back, I realized that she wasn't that indifferent towards me after all. The nightmare she saw must be too much for her that she was even willing to lean on me.She just laid on my chest silently, not uttering a word.Just what did she see that she'd go as far as to tell me not to trust her? After a while of staying in that position. I glanced at the clock and noticed that it was almost time to go."Venus?" I whispered.She didn't respond."...You got to wake up now. Don't you have anything to pack an
~*~*~*VENUS's POV*Why am I feeling this way? Though I was already used to being angry most of the time. It was kind of different this time since all I've thought about was how Derek still wants to hide our relationship from other people by shutting my mouth off earlier.I mean.. was he that embarrassed with me?The fact that I can't even tell him off makes me more upset about the situation. I was so drowned in my vengeful thoughts that it didn't occur to me that Derek had stopped the car."Isn't that... Alpha Seff?"What? I glanced to see the road in front of us, and to my surprise, Alpha Seff was really standing ri
While I just focused my gaze on the view beside me.The drive to Stone City didn't even take more than 5 hours. And I assumed that it was due to Derek's current mood. He didn't like Seff staying with us. Moreso, Seff didn't even bother how pissed Derek looked and continued to annoy Derek throughout the whole ride.Finally, he stops the car.Knowing that we already arrived at the location, Jojo happily opened the door for us. His enthusiasm reached Liam as he shook him to wake up. Noah and Easton get off. When I finally stepped out of the vehicle, I noticed that we were at the parking spot of a luxurious hotel in Stone City."Neat." Liam whistles in praise."Okay, get all your bags. We'll be staying at this hotel before the summit takes place. Make sure not to leave anything behind." Derek says as he steps out of the car.Complying with was he said, we all went behind the vehicle and took our bags. Surprisingly, Seff snatched my bag in