THE Luna’s shoulders shook as more tears rolled down her cheeks. “No, it’s our fault. We made you feel that way. Can you still forgive us, Xandra?”She was looking at ‘me’ now. At last. Today, during breakfast, she didn’t try pushing Serena’s favorite dishes to me anymore. Instead, there were variety of food on the table and I saw how she carefully observed me as I choose my own food and drinks. Maybe there was hope.“I never hated you and Dad. Although I did feel that you were the ones who didn’t like me, that you were ashamed of me especially during our last meeting.”“I was not ashamed of you. I was ashamed of myself. My frustration got the best of me and I took it out on you. I had always hated the fact that you were the prophesied wolf, Alexandra,” the Alpha answered, looking emotional for the very first time. “Because it meant that you have to be away from me and your mothe
“PARDON the intrusion, Alpha Calypso, Luna Harriet, and Alexandra. There is a woman named Suzanna outside who is requesting to see the three of you along with the Elders. Shall I send her in?”Clay’s voice had broken our first ever family moment.Dad’s brows furrowed before releasing me and Mom from his embrace. All of us quickly wiped our tears away. “Suzanna? Was she the Mage you talked about in your letter?”“Yes, Dad.”Before I left after the emergency meeting, I left a letter in front of the master bedroom containing my explanation about Luther and the Mage who could help us solve the puzzle about the Vampires.“Bring the guest to the meeting room, Clay. We will meet her there,” Dad said authoritatively.“Right away, Alpha.”Mom smiled and gently squeezed my hand before letting me go. “I’m going to learn all your favorite dishes and I will cook them for you.”My eyes shone. “I will look forward to that, Mom.”“Please do.”Both of my parents embraced me one more time before we ste
(Luther)“THE TEAM is hoping that you don’t blame yourself for this, Sir. We are happy to serve you. We knew the consequences of being in your team and we still joined. That was because we wanted your dreams to become reality. The members who died are all proud to work for you,” Isaac said. “I’m sure that if they could go back to the past, even if they knew they would die, they would still choose to serve you.”“And how would you know that?” I asked while looking at the six coffins in front of me.Tristan came forward. “Because if we could go back, we will not change a single thing about our lives, Boss. That’s how we knew. Those orphans saw you as their hero. You believed in them when no one did. The public persecuted them for stealing and selling drugs even when they didn’t. But you saw them and stood up for them when the cops were about to beat them. For you, you were just a passerby who intruded that day. But for them, it was the day you changed their lives. They were also able to
“I’M SORRY.”Those two words were so overrated that you could hear it almost everywhere: from the songs on the radio, from movies, and from the mouths of either politicians or fake associates and friends. And standing before me was an ex-politician whom I happened to know so well.At first, I wondered why I should believe him when he was the one who taught me to how to lose faith in politicians.But then, this man hardly ever used those two words inside his own house. Tears streamed down his hollow cheeks. His voice cracked as he apologized. And then… he kneeled. His haunted eyes reached for my hands, he lowered his face, and kissed the back of my hands as he repeated those words over and over again.And I didn’t need to hear more. For me, those words were the entire summary of everything I didn’t know I needed to hear from him. I wished Ma was here to hear them, too.I came here after visiting my team members. And I saw how he rushed to see me.Duncan was a very proud man. That’s why
WHEN I realized that I had fallen in love with my wife and that Giovanni had already imprinted her, there was a time when I told myself that maybe I didn’t need her to love me. Maybe it was enough that I love her. Falling in love with anybody was not included on my to-do list anyway.After I finished the thing with my father, I had planned to die with him because I also thought that only my death would stop him. And yet, I kept wanting to be with Alexandra. My eyes kept searching for her whenever I don’t see her. My heart would either drop or flutter with her every action until I couldn’t get away from her grasp anymore.Maybe at the back of my mind, I wanted her to look at me, to love me. I wanted her to stop me. I wanted her to… save me.And she did. Through her, I had found a way to live.Now, we are going to marry each other for real with her pack and the full moon’s blessings. This time, there were no hidden motives. Twenty-four humans were present on my side, all were my team me
(Alexandra)“WITH THE wolves and the moon as our witnesses, I hereby declare both of you to be mates through joys and struggles, through light and darkness, and through victories and losses,” Dad announced as he firmly held my hand and Luther’s. “From this night onwards, you, Luther Sinclair and Alexandra Kendricks are now officially bonded. You are now one entity. Nothing and no one shall ever break this bond for this is sacred and eternal. If anyone tries, he shall prepare himself to receive the wrath of the moon goddess.”Clay and Beatrix then came forward carrying golden daggers. They slit Luther’s palm and mine and together, with our blood still dripping on the ground, we held hands. Only then did our marks below our left ears had become visible to everyone’s eyes. I felt my own mark heating up and I knew Luther felt the same sensation, too.With this, the ritual had ended. And to commemorate the success of our union, the warrior wolves had shifted and howled.The music which sta
(Luther)I WOKE up with the sight of Alexandra’s breasts right in front of me. When I looked at the clock inside our room, it was past ten in the morning. No wonder I was starving again.Lucky for me, the brunch was just right here. The most delectable food was within my reach. I licked the side of my wife’s breast before I flicked the tip with my tongue. She stirred, but she didn’t wake up. And it was because of me.I smirked.It was almost dawn when I carried her back to the house in the woods. The wolves were gracious enough to give us time. We didn’t see even their shadows when we went back. And the second we entered our room, we were at it again, we banged each other like there was no tomorrow.We only stopped when the sun rose. But the hunger inside me was still there. And Alexandra Sinclair was the only meal I wanted to eat. If it was not her, I don’t think I could ever be full.She was holding my head in her sleep as if she was tucking me to bed while I was embracing her waist
“WHERE are you going, Sir?” Isaac asked when he saw me wearing my coat.“To my wife.”“There goes that look in your eyes again. Sir, I suggest you tone down your temper a bit. Right now, you don’t look like you’re meeting your wife. You look like you’re going to war.”“If I catch someone lingering around my wife and making advances on her, then yes, Isaac. There could really be war today.”“But Sir, what about work?” Tristan appealed. “There are still documents you need to review and sign today-““They are on my desk. Of course, I finished all the paper work first before calling my wife. Just what do you think of me, Tristan? I don’t slack around. I reviewed them already. The proposals I didn’t like are now in the trash can. Tell them that I expect better pitches next week. I don’t like people who half-ass their jobs. They have to be deserving of the salary I’m paying them or else, they can say goodbye to the company.” I waved at them after getting my car key. “Take care of the rest.