Mason.I blink my eyes open to the soft snores waking me up. The sounds coming from under my neck.I smiled at how Kai nudged his face on my neck, his arms around me. At the same time, I felt strong arms holding my waist tightly.Leo?My heart is racing at a ridiculous speed.Is this what it feels like to love someone?I feel so good about this situation that I forget how bad it is.I gently pull Kai away from myself and fix him comfortably with an extra pillow. I turn around gently so I can watch Leo sleep and fall in love with him again on a night like this.I gasped embarrassingly, Leo was staring back at me immediately after our eyes met, โYou are awake?โ I asked him, embarrassed and I felt like I was caught in the act.โHow can I sleep when your heart is beating very fast?โ His voice is so hoarse and hot. The perfect bedroom voice.โHow do you feel, Mason?โ He asks me, kissing my forehead. I immediately wrapped my hand around his neck, hugging him.โMy ankle hurt like hell. I thi
Mason.I woke up quite too early, thirsty for water. I slowly slid off the bed, being careful not to wake Leo and Kai up.My ankles hurt and I shouldn't move around so it doesn't swell up. I let out a dejected sigh and gently made my way out, searching attentively for the kitchen.โI didn't expect you to wake up early,โ Zena smiles at me, her smile so bright.She stood behind the counter, brewing coffee. She adds another cup, โTake a seat, do you mind if I call you Mason? Mr Mason sounds kind of weird.โโI will appreciate that,โ I smile at her, my neck hot, โI'm not even that old and it's too official.โโYou are right.โI settle on the stool and let my eyes look around. This is a multi-billion house and it looks like it has been here for generations.The materials for the furniture are rare in the market or too expensive to purchase. The flower vases are ceramic eyedrop vases from Japan. It is across the coast and the floor marbles are unspeakable.Damn, My boyfriend is definitely loa
Leo.Thanks to the Moon Goddess, Zena kept Mason occupied as I got to the brief meeting with some newly settled hybrid habitats.I know there are only a total of 6% hybrids in the Central and it's not intentional. They are stronger than unevolved werewolves and that is a threat to the population of the Crescent Moon Pack. The pack members protest against them to drive them out which I find one-sided.My father was also neutral about it until he had to make a choice. I'm not taking his steps. I make sure each and every one of them settles with measures. And I'm supposed to be concentrating on everything the chief is saying but I can't hear him.I can't get over the unhappy look in Masonโs eyes when he couldn't get what he wanted from me. I could smell the arousal around him when he walked towards me, I could see the desire to kiss me in his eyes.All this when Zena was watching and I'm sure she might have smelled his arousal too.I'm so fucked and I need to get Mason out of the Packh
Leo.I glance at Mason and Kai as they both sleep peacefully, snoring softly. I hurried out of the bedroom quietly, it was a little noisy outside.The storm has started, and the wind is blowing brazenly. Couple with rain drizzling and thunderstorms grumbling and reverberating on the ground. โWhat is the emergency,โ I ask Auden as I step into the living room. Zena, Roosevelt and Jason share a look at a photograph in Zenaโs hand.Auden doesn't answer, he walks towards me and sniffs all over me. I ask him with wide eyes, โWhat are you doing?โโNothing, you smell funny,โ He folds his hands on his chest with attitude, โThe border patrols found a family of hybrids. They are dead and torn apart and their bodies are dumped in the Packโs perimeter. It's either a threat or the people of the Pack have taken matters into their own hands and begun killing the hybrids themselves.โโAnd they are making their intentions known to me? That is ridiculous.โโHere are the bodies,โ Zena hands over the pho
Mason.I step away from the door as Leo pushes inside. I ignore him and hurry to the bed to wake Kai up, patting him gently on his cheeks, and nudging his shoulders, โCome on baby, wake up we need to go,โ I beg him.Leo grips my arm and spins me around forcefully, โWhat are you doing?โ He dares to be angry.I fling my arm, getting his lying hand off me, โDon't touch me.โโMason, don't act like this.โโHow should I act, you disgusting liar?โ I chuckle ridiculously, rubbing my forehead, โYou know what? I'm leaving, I can't do this! I'm not doing this thing, whatever you call it with you.โโIt's not what you think,โ Leo says through gritted teeth.Something painful squeezed in my heart at how pathetic he was looking trying to lie to my face again. I know what I heard, he said it loud and clear to his family and friends that he is not in a relationship with me. That we are only friends.I wish I hadn't left the bedroom. Kai was sleeping peacefully but I couldn't. The loud growling thunder
Leo.โAre you crying, Leo?โ Roosevelt stared curiously at me as he entered my office.I ignored him, drowning my 12th glass of whiskey. The downpour is still hitting heavily on the roof, coupled with loud thunder and consistent lightning. I'm hurt by Masonโs rejection, he called me names and I can't imagine the fact that he doesn't know I'm a werewolf yet but he is flaring up over little things.That means he will never accept who I am.I know the situation, I know it was insensitive of me to deny him and it must have hurt his feelings so much but I denied him to protect him. To protect our relationship or my fate will separate us. The people around us will try to separate us just like what everybody is trying to do.I was trying to explain to him but he didn't even bother listening.Thanks to the Moon Goddess Amir is a powerful wolf or I will be withering in pain, losing my senses. I'm trying hard to control myself, I'm trying hard to be in charge so nobody notices the agony eating m
Mason.โI don't want it,โ Kai yells and runs behind the sofa, peeking his head out to look at me. I have been trying for over thirty minutes to get Kai to wear his clothes but he has been making that difficult and since I don't have enough patience within me these days it is pissing me off.I have been so angry lately, three days have passed and Leo hasn't called me or bothered to check on me. He is not making an effort to explain to me, he is not persistent and he is not even sending text messages.At least he should try to get me to not be angry anymore. Because I told him to let me go, he does just that and doesn't want to bother me.It's killing me on the inside.This big house is supposed to be for both of us but it's only me, Kai and his stupid bodyguard.I have been crying and cuddling my pillow to sleep, sometimes I hold Kai close. I can't even go outside because I don't know what my father is planning for me and surprisingly it has been very quiet from his end but I don't wa
Leo.Every elder of the Crescent Moon Pack sits around the gigantic table in the middle of the Courtroom. The almost full moon is spilling his shineness from the open ceiling into the table, illuminating the Packโs topography.Auden and Zena sit besides me. While I sit in the middle of the podium listening to the Proposal and contribution made by the head elder.โThis is unacceptable, Alpha. There are rumours everywhere that a human stepped his feet into the Pack. Such an abomination hasn't happened in years.โโI totally agree but our concern should be what he was doing here, we need an explanation,โ The oldest of the elders speaks, gesturing his finger to show his point.โYou both are overreacting,โ The only female elder in our midst, Mrs Magdalene says.โIf I may speak on these issues because I was a witness,โ Zena begins, โThe human in question is Mr Mason Alien. He was here with his child and he didn't mean harm or cause some sort of trouble. He was in desperate need of help and A
LeoโWhy did you invite me to a place like this?โ Nolan looks around the dimly dirty bar. A very cheap one at the downtown of Lauderhill. The room reeks of cigarettes and cheap booze. A man is making out with two girls at the other end. A drunk man is throwing money at the bartender, disturbing the customers who are trying to get drinks for themselves.โTake a seat,โ I tell him drunkenly, gulping down some no name beer. This was my nineteen bottle for the evening.โI didnโt take you as someone who would know a place like this. You made me drive two hours to some trenches? And how much have you been drinking?โโI can handle my alcohol, itโs nothing. Drink with me,โ I pass him a bottle.โI think one of us should have a clear head, we are in the middle of nowhere.โโCalm your horse, this is a great place where humans indulge in earthly pleasures. Nothing can go wrong and we are only drinking and talking.โNolan stares at me, unimpressed, โAnd you know this place how?โโIโm the Alpha of
Mason Two Days LaterโHow are you feeling?โ Doctor Raphael asks me, eyeing me suspiciously as if daring me to lie.โIโm alright, just bored and I hate hospitals,โ I complained, wincing as he came close to me with a syringe again.โSit still.โI nod as he gives me an injection on my shoulder, โWhen does it end?โโLuckily thatโs your last dosage for now.โโFor now? But I feel alright.โโYes, youโre recovering very well but Iโm not discharging you anytime soon, you will have to deal with it. You still need bed rest and you are still under observation and moreover you can start eating on your own from now on with limited choices of oatmeal and rice, banana and apple but I don't recommend you moving around yet. Just keep your head elevated as much as possible.โโThank you.โโHmm, I will take it that the number you gave me to call will provide you a caregiver?โโYeah, David. He is my bodyguard, he is close like a family.โโI havenโt seen that mysterious handsome guy around, I
MasonโIโll be waiting outside, Mason,โ Leo stands up from his seat as the doctor steps through the door.A bitter laugh escapes me knowing I will never have Leoโs full heart. This guy takes me for a fool, Leo is fucking with my intelligence, he is stepping on my self eesteem. He is making all of my life into a bitter joke.The way I feel, I donโt dare to look at myself in the mirror.โLeo, if you walk out of that door. Itโs over between the both of us,โ I solemnly said, feeling terrible and deeply terrified.Terrified because I know Leo can choose to walk out of that door and everything we have been through together will mean nothing, it will suddenly just end. I feel terrible, it seems my big body reduced in size to a smaller version of myself at how Leoโs physically shivered at my statement, his eyes are wide, piercing through me.I donโt dare look away, I look back at him, my eyes sharp. It is now or never. I need to get Leo to tell me the truth, there is no way Andrew would appr
Leo.โHe will surely be ashamed of how youโre handling things now and I would love to tell him that I was right. Youโre not as strong as you look, you canโt handle a Pack like the Crescent Moon. Not to mention how you have neglected the rules. Should I start from the part where you had a human being live among your Pack members?โ Marcelo smiles contentedly and turns to the Elders.โItโs like asking us to exist with vampires, can you guys imagine that?โโWhat happened here was an accident and I have taken care of it, I guarantee you. And whatever decision I make in my life, a happy one or a sad one, it is for the interest of my Pack so I donโt appreciate your accusations, Uncle. Please excuse me,โ I bowed to him and walked out. Jason immediately follows behind. โI donโt like him I swear,โ Jason says as he catches up to me, โHe doesnโt have good intentions about you and I swear I will kill him with my own hands.โโJust stop it Jason, shut up even! Do you know what you caused back ther
Leo.I take a step back as Nolan groans, his eyes turn red and his fangs drags over his lips as he spreads his hands open. Rolls of black smoke-like shadows discharge from his body, forming into human figures with skull faces. However, they immediately disappear. Nolan coughs out blood and almost falls on his back. With my speed I immediately stop him, holding him gently as he sits on the floor. I donโt move away because of curiosity, โWhat the fuck was that? What on earth are you?โNolan stares at me and chuckles, his mouth still full of blood, โTrust me you donโt want to know.โโYouโre hurt,โ I tell him, my hand still wrapping around his shoulders as he leans in towards me, his head resting on my chest.โI will heal, slowly. You said I should do something about the landmines. I did just that,โ He says, shutting his eyes.โI can see that but what will they do?โโThey will locate the landmines, remove them and destroy them then return back to my body. Easy right?โโNolan, what are yo
Nolan/AndrewโI donโt believe you,โ I shake my head in disbelief. โIโm sorry, Nolan. But when I woke up it was as if you never existed even until date, without all these coming to light I would never have thought you existed. Iโm sorry.โโStop apologizing,โ I tell Leo, closing my ears as the voices in my head have become bothersome. Theyโre loud, telling me not to stop, telling me not to listen to Leo, telling me to kill Leo and then kill myself. They are telling me not to believe Leo because he is mocking me, he is laughing at me because Iโm weak, Iโm a big fool.He is trying to get me to believe him so he can abandon me again. I know this feeling, I always dream of it every night. Infact for years I have always considered it a nightmare, a moment where Leo apologies and I forgave him. He said he wanted to give me a piggyback ride across the ocean but when we were in the middle of it he dropped me and dispersed, leaving me to drown. I never thought I would see Leo kneel before me.
Leo.His harsh words are beginning to get to me, โYou are being very unreasonable, Andrew or should I call you Nolan? Auden said that was your real name.โโDonโt you dare call me that, my name is Andrew now.โโLook,โ I run my fingers through my hair frustratingly, โYou have problems with me, why are you involving other people? My Pack people are innocent, they are going to be teenagers joining the hunt. You are going to be taking hundreds of lives and for what?โโI donโt care, trust me it doesnโt measure up to the tragic death I want for the whole of your family, Leo. Youโre playing pretends of not having memories of me? I hope you keep playing that game until the end when I take Masonโs life in front of you.โMy heart skips a beat at the reality of such agony and my brain automatically makes sure it doesnโt come to that.I let out a deep sigh, โYou wonโt believe me but I donโt have any memory of you. I swear to the Moon goddess that I want to, I want to remember everything about you
Leo.โWeโre here to see you, call them off,โ Auden mutters to the figure that has his back on us.I have a lot to say about this mansion, it feels creepy to say that every decoration and architectural design feels like my idea. The white and gold couches in the living room, the vintage paintings, the white ceiling with diamonds chandeliers. It was a young dream of mine to own a mini bar, made with the most lavish wooden stools and a long table.Everything in this house feels like a familiar plan of mine. Maybe Auden is not wrong, this Andrew guy might have been someone very close to me.โI can see that,โ Andrew doesnโt call off his henchmen who are blocking us from approaching him, nor does he turn around to look at us. He is in the mini bar, taking forever to pour himself a drink. I canโt tell what he is thinking, I canโt even get any energy from him.This mansion feels as ordinary as any normal guy out there could own. Maybe it's all a facade, someone that dares kidnap my mate shou
Leo. โAlpha.โI heard the voice loud and clear but I didn't pay attention. Iโm still looking in the direction of the High Priestessโs quarters, wishing her doors will open and she will invite me in and help me with a solution.Why did I ever think I could have it easy in my life? If the High Priestess doesnโt know how to help me with my problems then who will?What is the point of doing all this?Iโm left to fend for myself again, my father did the same thing. I was only a teenager when I took on the responsibility of leading a big pack. My age mates were still in high school while I sat on a throne. One I wasn't ready to sit on but I had to because my father decided to get murdered.Now I have a human mate and I donโt know what to do about him! I donโt know what to do!Iโm afraid of my story. Alpha Leoโs history wonโt end well. It will be one the next generation will frown upon, a leader nobody cares to remember.โAlpha.โI listen to the voice calling me and tears escape my eyes. โ