ADRIAN
I despise sunglasses, can hardly stand them. The only thing I despise more than sunglasses is how wolves stare at my eyes… like they’ve never seen anything like it. Angering thing is that some staff do that shit. I’ve gotten tired of firing them.My wolf snickered. ‘That’s simply because they haven’t. Ever seen another wolf with orange eyes?’ Fox said in his slick I-could-care-less voice.He was the last thing I wanted to talk to.‘How many times have I told you never to snicker and disturb my thoughts?’‘If I never disturbed your thoughts then I’d never get to talk. Your brain’s in constant mayhem.’ I kept quiet, hoping he’d shut it. ‘And…’ Fuck. ‘You seem to be forgetting that you aren’t my Alpha. I’m practically inside you so your threats mean nothing to me. And…’ He cut in, knowing I wanted to say something. ‘…you can block me off for all I care. Talking to you is one of the most degrading things I have to put up with daily.’ GAURORA“He’s a liar! He’s a fucking liar!”I was pacing around my room-made-prison, punching my fist into my innocent palm. “How dare he say that about them. Mom would never do that to me. The same thing happened to her and she would want better for me. Wouldn’t she?”I stopped and crashed on the bed, landing hard on its soft coziness. “But what if she hates me? What if she wants me to suffer as she did? No, I think they sold me.”I leaped back on my feet, pacing again. “That doesn’t sound right. We’re the richest pack in the territories. Mom wouldn’t sell me off for a few thousand. They’ll come for me. They surely will.”I dropped back on the edge of the bed, wallowing in my thoughts. “What if they don’t?” I looked down at my naked feet—needed a pedicure as well. “But what if they wanted to get rid of me and all he said was true?” Evolet who had been quietly listening to my constant whining finally put her anger aside and chime
AURORA“What did you say?”He left the comfort of the wall and walked over to me with slow defined steps. I gulped, hoping he wouldn’t do what he did to that iron table… to me. I was sure that table couldn’t be the same.‘For the record, you won’t be the same if he lashes out at us!’I was not going to take my word back but maybe I was breaking into his privacy… Fuck privacy! He kidnapped me and kept me in here like some sex slave. Yeah, speaking of that, mom and dad have raised treaties with numerous packs to ban owning sex slaves among Alphas and his aides.They’ve succeeded in many because packs want to be allied with Moonstone so they happily or diffidently accept these conditions to form the partnership. Silverclaw wasn’t one of them. It made me angry for a reason and it wasn’t just because of what he could be doing to them, but how many of them he would’ve fucked.“I don’t think it’ll be wise for me to repeat it.” I looked down at his released claws and shivered slightly when I r
KATRINAI hadn’t moved from this position since I had gotten back from the search mission. As much as I wanted to be out there, scaling through the forest, barking orders at Sigmas, and doing everything I could to find my daughter, the truth was… that I had already done that.All day. Me, Kane, the Beta, and the Gamma led search troops and we searched everywhere. I searched everywhere. Yet, we found nothing and I forced myself to return because it was getting dark and rogues would take the chance to attack us.We were lucky to not encounter some in broad daylight but everyone knows that rogues like it best when the moon is out.‘How long have I been sitting here, Mel?’She sighed heavily. ‘It’s one am in the morning, Kat. We need some sleep.’‘Sleep?! I don’t know if my daughter’s sleeping now. She may be shivering under a rock somewhere in the middle of a rainstorm. She might be stuck in a ditch, crying out for help and I wouldn
KATRINAElder Sesan has been trying to wear ‘normal’ clothes for the past few years but he was never successful in pulling it off. His baggy trousers and long-sleeved brown shirt were just… a terrible combination. He had tied his beard and though he looked older, it was not as obvious as if you knew Penelope almost ten years ago.Penelope was a woman now. A full-grown woman. She had long wavy coal black hair and her extraordinary confidence had never wavered. From what I last remembered, she had a harder voice and always held her head upright.She wore a small black dress and tied a matching ribbon around her neck. They walked forward and Kane stood beside me, folding his hands and flexing those muscles.“I hope you’re the only ones here. You know I don’t approve of the others,” I said, expecting to see the rest jump out.Dan died a year ago, but Fraser and that prick, Madeline, were still alive—unfortunately. “Of cour
AURORALizra dropped a humongous thing on my lap.“This is a history book with detailed explanations of the most famous and high-ranked Lunas that the territories have ever had. I made some small notes in most chapters and I’m sure you’ll find it useful.”Wait… it’s a book and… was she kidding me? “How many pages is this thing?” I asked, dusting and seeing nothing but the plain shabby leather brown cover of the thickest thing ever.‘Well, you haven’t seen a lot of books.’‘I don’t plan to.’‘That explains why Hilda is smarter than you.’‘I’ve blocked you off too many times this morning, Ev. Don’t make me do it again.’The cover had been recently changed—obviously. I wondered how many times it had to get new… clothes.“A thousand and three. You’ll be reading that after each of our lessons.” I looked at her with raised brows. Once again… she had to be kidding me. She turned away from the cup of coffee she
‘Oh, she’s sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho, at night she’s screaming, I’m-ma-ma-ma out of my mind. Oh, she’s hot but a psycho…’‘Stop, you’re driving me insane with that song.’‘I thought you love that song.’‘Not if you keep singing it that way. You’re in my head, remember, and it’s been like an hour.’ ‘I sing it all the time. You’re just noticing because you’re bored and have nothing else to do.’I hissed. ‘Whatever.’The sun was preparing to set and the moon was warming up for duty as it was late evening now. I’ve been inside all day, it’s driving my insides as insane as Evolet’s singing voice made my ears squirm.‘Hey!’I mean, if it were Hilda in here, she’d find a book or two and wouldn’t mind as long as she was allowed to read. She doesn’t leave her room on most days in the packhouse—obviously when she isn’t in school. Dash would be able to cope if he had a computer with Internet access or a play
AURORA The Beta aggressively grabbed my hand and pulled me back with force. On impulse, I tried to twist myself free but his mind was somewhere else and my attempts weren’t making a difference to him. He faced the Alpha with what he ‘hoped’ was a remorseful face.“I apologize, Alpha, she…” Any excuse that included how I ‘begged’ him to let me out for a walk would sound stupid so I understood why his tongue was tied. The younger wolf was smiling and he somewhat reminded me of Dash with his charm and dimples. No one said anything as they were all waiting for the Alpha’s commands. I glared at Adrian and he stared at me. The anger that had once surrounded his prevailing aura was gone and it turned to arousal.Shit, I hadn’t used wolfguise. When the Alpha abruptly stood up, those seated with him—I proposed the older one was the Zeta and the younger one would obviously be the Gamma—did the same—and I’d always known Gammas to be tough and hug
AURORAThis explained why Adrian agreed to let me accompany him to find the antidote. Because he knew how uncomfortable I would be and how comfortable it’d be for him. I couldn’t think of a worse punishment.Imagine me in a giant cage. I know that sounds nuts but imagine a 5 foot 6 inches living person in a silver birdcage. No one alive could imagine my degree of anger when I discovered that I would be transported like this. Like an animal. A freaking animal!‘But technically, you are…’‘A word from you and I’ll block you off for a week.’Evolet never took this threat seriously until I did it once, for two straight weeks—the worst time of my life but I had to teach her a lesson. I wonder how humans cope without these annoying and clear voices in their heads. It’s hard to imagine living without Evolet even though she’s an annoying prick.When times for directions arrived, I hesitated to guide them because I wanted to bar