So, I'm thinking of changing the title of my book to a more generic one. Update: The New title is now under review by my editor.
“Well?” Adrik said, looking from Chad to me. “Share the joke so that we all can be merry.” Chad stepped in front of me and bowed stiffly to Adrik. “I was about to fetch her as you requested, alpha. We were about coming to you” “Indeed. Seeing as I have watched you two from a distance for about ten minutes now, I’d say you were really quick in the discharge of your duties, Chad.” His bloodshot eyes made me shudder. I’ve seen him furious before but this time felt different. This time, he was enraged and it felt to me like it was more than the fact that his Beta wasted time to bring me to him. It was in-depth, and a little personal. I quickly went around Chad knelt and threw myself on the ground before Adrik. Hopefully, his egoistic side will turn a blind eye to whatever it is that is making him rage and focus on the weak little female who is lying on his feet. I grab a foot and place my head on it, making sure to show how vulnerable I felt before him and how much I was at his mercy.
Her gaze was harsh and certainly not friendly. Sincerely, if not for the seriousness of the moment, I probably would have cracked out a wheeze because she looked sourer than a lime. She walked towards me, her eyes taking in my appearance from my head down to my toe. I internally reminded myself not to try this one’s patience. Witches are not my favorite people in the world. I remember when I was around 12 years old before my stepfather sold me out, a witch had cursed a family to never be productive and she died before she could undo the spell. Now that family has a long generational curse in their lineage with no one to break it. And I know what you’re thinking. There’s always a loophole. I agree, but for close to eight years now, that loophole is yet to be found. So, no; I do not want to get into her bad books. You can call me weak or spineless but I do not think there’s a need to be spine-ful or strong if I’m dead. “I see that Adrik has taken a fancy to you. So you’re his new play
The hall bustled as I walked in. The tiny lane that led to the banquet room was filled with strange faces who I assumed were also men of power, smoking and talking loudly. It reminded me of the auction sale that I witnessed two weeks ago when Adrik decided that he was going to sell some of his omegas as they were now too much. I dragged myself through the hall, trying my best to ignore the catcalls coming from the men and their ridiculously boisterous talks. The lewd looks coming from them made me try to cover up my tits that were almost slipping out of my dress. Adrik must have had a good sport while picking out this particular dress for the dinner. I finally managed to maneuver my way through the smoky area and entered the banquet hall. It was a dimly lit room with candle stands at each point of the wall. I mean, who still uses candle stands? And yet again, the interior decor was terrible. I think I might need to meet whoever was doing this terrible job and ask him why he loves
“We will wrap this dinner up for tonight here”. Adrik announced. “I’m sorry I’ve got a rather interesting development to attend to. Hopefully, we’ll be able to gather together once more when everything has calmed down. Thank you all for honoring my invitation”.He yanked me up immediately after he was done with his speech and trotted out of the room, Chad following on his heels. He stopped immediately we got out of the hall and faced Chad.“What the hell did you say happened to my men?”“We were attacked while watching the perimeter. And this letter was found on one of our men who was strung up on a tree”.Adrik snatched the letter, tore open the envelope, and read through the content. Whatever it was that was inside must have been very bad because his eyes turned fiery red and his breathing got shallow.“It’s that stupid Lucian. I know he’s the one behind all of th
~Lucian~“Alpha, your guest has arrived and is currently waiting to see you”.Elsie’s voice brought me out of my reverie. What time was it again? It must be noon already if the lady has gotten here. I’d almost forgotten that I was expecting a visitor today. A new girl who might turn out to be my chosen mate if everything goes well and as planned.I should be excited.Scrap that. Why should I be excited that a girl is coming to share my space? She should be happy that I’m even granting her the privilege to look upon my face. I swung my legs off my bed and strained my arms, running my hands through my hair after doing so.Another knock sounded on my bedroom door, this time more insistent. “Alpha?” Elsie’s voice rang out again from outside.“Thank you, Elsie. I’ll be with her shortly. Please make her comfortable while I prepare to join her soon.”I step
“What is the problem?” I asked, throwing another sword to Marcus. Sparring while talking about whatever was going on in the pack was the best way to get our points through. Ever since we were just pups, Marcus and I have always sparred our way through things. Like when we fell for the same girl before we hit adolescence, or when I got mad at him for taking a decision without consulting me first; even though he tried to make it clear that he had to make an emergent decision to save my mother. I remember giving him a deep cut on his left arm; a scar which he still carries with him till this day. “Alpha Adrik”, he replied and caught the knife mid-air. Just the bastard that I can’t wait to tear his throat off. “What has he done this time?” I asked and brandished my sword at Marcus, lunging at him with the swiftness of a tiger. He countered my attack just in time and swung at me, barely missing my jugular. “I got word from the spies that we sent out that he is planning a full-on attac
~Amara~ A few days after the sudden end of the Friday dinner, it felt like everything was back to normal again. Not the usual ‘good’ normal because there would never be anything good about this Pack, but at least no one was scared of any werewolf getting murdered anymore. Adrik hasn’t made any stupid advances towards me too and I’ve been on my lane, just doing the daily chores that were meted out to me while trying to find a way to escape. I was sure that Elsie would have gotten contact from her cousin and by now would know that I’d been missing for weeks. I suddenly grazed the floor so hard that the skin on my knuckle came off. In frustration, I dumped the washcloth that I’d been using to scrub the floor and stood, inspecting my now bloodied knuckle. I tried to wipe the blood with a finger but immediately regretted that move. Pain shot tingles into my brain and left me frozen for some seconds. I never realized that the abrasion was so deep. “Oh, fudge. Why would they even give me
~Amara~“Oh, goddess! You scared me”. I gasped, holding my chest.Katherine uncurled herself from my rickety bed and walked up to me, a look of disgust flashing in her eyes.Surprisingly, I was not as much faltered by her presence as I used to be. If it was before, I would have been internally vibrating from all the energy that she pulled off but now, I just stared at her like a troublesome child who likes to disrupt their mother’s nap time.“Why are you here? Last time I remember, you’re supposed to be in Adrik’s chambers attending to his primal needs while also being his dog. Don’t tell me that he has relieved you of that duty?”I couldn’t stop the words flowing from my mouth. It’s like when you’ve had enough of something and it starts to turn your belly so bad that you need to get rid of it in the toilet.Katherine has been under my sleeves for a long time and I had been condoning her because of her witchy powers; I mean, I don’t want to be turned into a cat- not that I hate cats-