We were waiting on betas today. Omegas were supposed to be soft and caring. They practically cleaned up after the pack and took care of the needs of everyone else. So, the betas were our test dummies. Mom taught me how to cook, clean and sew, so this class was a breeze. The betas were difficult to handle because they were determined to make this class difficult for us.Everyone else took their crap because there was nothing else they could do. I wanted to kick a beta in the shin, but that would land me in detention. So, I kept my head down and did my work. Where were you at the Beta Squad? The smaller castle that housed the betas. That’s where we did the cleaning, the waiting and even folding their laundry. I carried a pile of clothes to take to the rooms on the second floor.I sighed, “Can’t wait to get back to the quarters.” “The redhead. She’s hot, bro.”I paused and nearly choked on my saliva. The only other redhead among the omegas was a boy named Greg. A couple of the betas we
“There are a ton of caves in there,” Blair said.“Oh no! You have no idea which cave it is, do you?”“It’s not like it’s the social centre of the school!” Blair and I stared at a huge silver rock with wide black openings. I wanted my wolf to appear, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to go in there. “Well, are you going to stand there staring, or are we going in?” Blair bumped my shoulder. Sensible me was silenced, and reckless me took over. I rushed ahead of Blair, despite her yells for me. I darted into the first opening I came to. It was bigger than the one to the right, with the spikes dangling out of the opening. The moment I was far in enough I was hit with the scent of moisture in the air. As I walked, I thought about my wolf and how I wanted it to come alive. The surface of the cave was damp, and it got worse as I went along. The ceiling was high, with sharp rocks sneering down at me. Seconds later, a crystal blue pool materialized in front of me.I swallowed. Blair didn’t mention
There were a few things I couldn’t stop thinking about after Alex and Kade’s encounter yesterday. It added salt to the open wound that no one wanted an omega without a wolf when Kade said he wouldn’t mess with me. It shouldn’t have, though. He was an Alpha. Taking omegas as mates wasn’t their forte, especially Sanders's wolves. Alex, he said the advantage, but how? And the battle season, what was that? I found the answer to that when we got to school the next morning.Apparently, there were a couple of ceremonies before the actual event in a month, and the omegas did all the work. Everyone else was supposed to show up and perform.“How come we don’t have battle season back home?” I asked Blair as we carried boxes from the castle attic into the kitchen. I hadn’t started panting yet after making two rounds down there.“It’s kind of an academy thing. To determine the extra strong wolves and sometimes… extinguish the weak ones.”I gulped. “Like us?”She shot me daggers, “Who are you calli
“I don’t know if I should go guys,” I said to Blair and Emery.Emery who was going through my clothes stopped to frown at me.“You are so going! Who knows when we’ll be able to dress up again? I know just what to do with your hair.”“It’ll be fun Gabbie. Live a little.”“It’s because I want to live I’d rather stay here,” I said.They both laughed. I was also worried about mom. Her phone was disconnected. She wouldn’t get a new number without telling me. Something happened to my mom. Going to a party didn’t feel right. Then again I didn’t want to be negative. She could have just broken it or something. Maybe I needed to write her a letter. Knowing Mom, she would write back.I didn’t want to believe anything happened to Mom, but I didn’t want to be naïve either. I couldn’t lose her too. I already lost one parent.“I hear the gamma females have been practising all week for this,” Blair said.“I’ve heard the food’s even better and we won’t have to eat according to rank tonight!” Emery exc
Kade POVI’d never felt that way before. It was like I was finally found and I didn’t even know I’d been searching this entire time. I didn’t know what I was doing when I saw her leave the ceremony and decided to follow her. I couldn’t stop myself or my wolf. She looked so vulnerable even when she was down earlier that day after standing up to Leiah she was still defiant.Seeing her so exposed jerked something in me. I didn’t intend to talk to her, but I let myself get caught. I ran a hand through my hair just thinking about last night’s encounter. She was so different. She didn’t even address me right and I liked that she didn’t. I knew when she turned around and saw me, there was a deep pull I felt in my soul. She was mine.I didn’t know what ticked me off more the fact that she didn’t know we were mates or everything that came with our bond. I remembered her walking into the dark omega quarters. I stayed out there watching the place to make sure a horny wolf didn’t go in there afte
Gabbie POV “I should have known the fairytale would only last until midnight.” Emery sighed as we struggled to juggle buckets and brooms out of the school basement.“Had I known I would have danced more?” She said with another sigh.“I don’t know if it would have ended differently for me,” I said.We carried everything we needed so we wouldn’t have to make another trip. Blair had gone ahead of us with the other omegas off to clean the mess left from last night’s Gamma rituals. They even left the stage for us to undo!Had I known I would have been stuck with all this work to do today I would have gotten up earlier to mail mom’s letter. I had given up on calling her. After I got back to the quarters last night I wrote her a letter. I knew she would write back… she just had to.The letter was still in my pocket. I couldn’t guarantee to finish early so I might as well mail it early. I didn’t know how we got stuck on cleaning up some of the other omegas got to go to class. I couldn’t beli
Kade POVI watched as Alex grabbed her around the waist as if he was her mate. If I could, I would have punched myself because the jealousy that came over me was enough to take out an army of wolves. I watched how she looked at him with so much affection, so much… longing. She had a letter in her hand, fuck it if she was giving Alex a lover letter.I should have just walked away and gone on to the class I needed to be in, but I stayed until Alex left. I noticed Ryan take his position as a bodyguard. He lingered with the other betas who waited for the omegas to finish their work. Everything was calm and I felt good enough to leave her there. That was until Collins rolled his shoulders back and with the aid of his stupid friends walked over to where Gabbie was quickly raking up leaves.My wolf was put into kill mode when he laid his hands on her. Collins laid his fucking hands on my mate. Every plan that came into my head resulted in death. His death. I couldn’t do that without the worl
Gabbie POVI was up just as the sun seeped into our room. I had a massive hoodie on that covered my ankles. I hadn’t stopped thinking about it. The way he kissed me. Like he owned me. Did all wolves kiss that way? He held me like I was his, but at the same time as if I was fragile and I would break. I felt powerless in his hold like all I had to do was let him bend me to his will. At that moment I would have let him. Gladly I came to my senses quickly.I have no idea why Kade kissed me. I doubt he knew either. Maybe he did it just because he could. What a jerk. Then he had the guts to storm off on me after insulting me. If I could I would stay in my room forever. Some wolves pinned me and kissed me out there against my will.“You’re up early,” Blair said as she suppressed a yawn. She walked out of her bed and over to the closet.“So are you. We don’t have to be at school until noon today.”“I know. I have plans with Dexter.”“Dexter?”She looked over her shoulder and blushed. Blair bl
Gabbie POV“What were you thinking? You should have moved?”Dad kicked the lifeless wolf off me, and Kade helped me up.“I wasn’t thinking right, Kade.”He wrapped me in his arms despite my bloody uniform.“It’s okay, it’s over,” he said soothingly.“Kade… that’s my wolf. It’s dead.”“What? How’s that possible?” He demanded.I stared at Dad. He ripped the blade from the animal’s gut and shrugged.“I detached it.”Kade stroked my hair and led me from the scene.“This isn’t over,” Harlow snapped. “The whole school’s going to know you’re a monster!”“Can I bury her with the wolf? Please?” Dad frowned.“No, she’s right, I don’t belong here.”“But you’re part wolf on your mother’s side. That should count,” Dad said.I pointed at the dead black wolf. “That wolf’s dead.”Dad grumbled and busied himself with disposing of the wolf.We got to the door, and Kade lifted me into his arms and carried me into the castle.“Do you still want to go to the omega quarters?” He asked.“I’m good.”He kicke
Gabbie POV“How could you both give up the most important battle of your lives… for…. for a wolf-less omega! You must be insane.” Harlow raged and paced the living room in the Alpha castle.“It wasn’t about Gabbie,” Alex said.“Yeah,” Kade grunted.He lay on the couch with his feet up, nursing his cracked ribs.“Then let us in on the secret?” Leiah scoffed.“Clearly, they were frightened of meeting me in the final and decided to give up at the last minute. Who can’t blame them?” Gareth said, reclining in a chair with a fat grin.“You’re too cocky for your own good,” Harlow spat. “You’ll eat those words when my jaws are around your neck.”Gareth smirked. “We’ll see about that, Precious.”Harlow shot the rest of us dangerous glares before storming out.“Is anyone going to spill the beans?” Leiah scowled.Kade rubbed my thigh while I stroked his hair.“No, secret. I saw an opportunity and I took it. I thought being Alpha King was all I wanted, but that changed.”All eyes turned to Alex.
Gabbie POV“Hurry up. Light the torches as soon as you set them up,” Athena demanded.“Don’t forget the moon stones. They have to be on every corner.”“Geez, I’ve never seen Athena this agitated,” Emery hissed.She and I piled water gems from the basement into baskets while the other omegas dealt with the torches and moon stones.“Everything must be perfect!” She yelled.“It’s a big night. I feel like yelling too,” I said.We gathered the last of the water gems and rushed to the ground. I hadn’t seen Kade since this morning, or Alex since yesterday. Though an Alpha female with white hair had been prowling around. There was a chance she could face Kade if they both win their battles.“I’m sorry about your date. We worked extra hard on it,” Emery said.“I can’t believe you hid it from me!”She laughed. “It was fun to do something normal for once. The Academy… hasn’t been the same. Sometimes I think Blair made the right choice.”She stared at the basket of water gems. They were oval shap
Gabbie POV“Do you have a thing for forests?” I asked.He shrugged. “Been running through the woods since I could walk.”Of course, he had. The violent wind felt like a bad omen, but despite the scent of danger in the wind, the whole truth needed to see the light and breathe again.“I know you’re a Hunter,” I blurted.He gave me a firm nod.“Now that Aiden knows things are complicated for Kade and me.”“It worked for your Mother and me,” he said.He stuck his long knife into the ground and settled on a rock.“Hunting is in our blood. That’s why it comes so naturally, you might have noticed.”I scratched the back of my head, remembering the first time I had to defend myself from a wolf here. My environment came alive. I knew what I could use against it without panicking.“I met Anya first. She hated her family for being born a human while her sister was the strongest female wolf in her whole pack.” A smile lit up his face.“Anya came to me to learn how to be a Hunter. She was a quick l
Gabbie POVThe beta goons were capable of snapping my flimsy arms. If they wanted to get rid of me, they would make sure I didn’t survive. Kade filled the doorframe and dared them to come any further. The goons must have been caught in two minds because they couldn’t hurt the only heir to the Sanders pack.“Out of the way, Kaden. I warned you this would happen!” Aiden Sanders bellowed.My heart leapt into my throat. He wouldn’t hurt his son. He wanted me.Images of Gareth’s pain, when his mate was killed, flashed in my mind rapidly. The black mark appeared on his chest when she died. If Kade were hurt, a part of my soul would leave with him. He was stubborn and would provoke a fight.I needed to find a way to get out of this without us getting hurt, but the chances for me were devastatingly low.“I told you I’m not leaving her! She’s my fated mate, get that into your thick head.”Aiden fisted Kade’s shirt. “Rejection was created to get us out of the moon goddess’s messes! The Alpha of
Gabbie POVKade pulled out the chair for me and then moved to sit across from me. He had all the chairs and desks in the classroom removed, but I couldn’t get over the necklace. When did he have time to buy this?It was a big rock. I could see my face in it. Kade had good taste in jewellery. I’d treasure this forever. I brushed the cold stone and smiled. Kade’s chuckle made me snap my head up.“What?”“Am I going to get any attention tonight?”“After this? I’ll give you anything you want!”He laughed. He placed an open hand on the table and stared at me. I squeezed his hand. I had to address the elephant in the room. Could it be worse than my Dad telling me the woman I cherished as my Mom wasn’t my Mother?“What’s on your mind, baby?”“A lot, Kade.”His brows dipped. A woman in black pants and a white shirt walked in holding a notepad. She smiled at us.“Ready to order?” She asked.“Give us a minute, please,” Kade saidShe bobbed her head and turned to leave.“Want to talk about it?”
Gabbie POV“I’m sorry I ditched you. It’s his damn scent. It drives me crazy,” Leiah said.“Ivan?” I whispered.“I don’t want people to know!” She hissed.Leiah supervised the omegas decorating the Alpha’s VIP seating area for the semi-finals of the battle season in one day.“How’s he doing? That battle with Harlow was intense,” I asked, picking garbage and leaves that blew here from the forest.“He’s pissed. His family’s even madder.”Tomorrow night Kade’s family and Alex’s family will sit on this stage with the instructors and lecturers of the academy to watch this match that could leave me without either one of them. I sucked in a breath and willed myself to think positively. No one was dying.“Have you spoken to Harlow lately?” I asked.She lifted a shoulder. “No, she’s focused on winning this thing. I’m kind of scared for Gareth. He’s not serious at times.”“Leiah, she killed his mate. He’s as serious about this as it gets.”I tied a knot in my second garbage bag of the day. I wa
Gabbie POV“Don’t cry,” Kade whispered in my ear. “What do you want me to do?”I sniffled as my tears stained his arm. “Just hold me.”“I can do a little more than that,” he whispered, kissing the side of my face.“Kade… I don’t know where my mind is right now.”“Don’t think, Gabbie. Forget about your mind and think about your body. Scratch that, let me worry about your body.”Kade slipped away from her strong embrace and hovered above me. He went in full force. Kade dominated me, showing me his passion and desire. I could cling to him to absorb the stress and the tension in my body.Kade vehemently sucked on my swollen clit. I stretched out my arms for anything to hold on to but there was nothing but concrete. Kade was evil. He pulled back just when I was about to cum. He withheld his touch when I was aching for relief.“Have I told you how good you smell?” Kade panted.“Maybe,” I moaned.He’d been doing this when I was about to orgasm. He stopped and I shot his daggers but it was us
Gabbie POV“Are you sure you’re feeling okay?” Kade said, trying to change the subject.“Nice try, Kade.”“I’m genuinely concerned about you.”He rolled out of bed and walked to the bathroom.“Then why are you walking away?”“Can’t a guy use the bathroom?”I followed him to the bathroom. He threw his head back and groaned.I planted my hands on my hips and narrowed my eyes.“You’re more than a wolfless… You’re a Luna. Did you forget?”I dropped my arms. I was mated to an Alpha, which meant I would be co-ruler of the Sanders pack when Kaden is crowned Alpha. I walked back to the room. That was more intimidating than facing Harlow again.“What? You’ll make a great Luna.”I didn’t want to get into the Sanders pack, not wanting a wolfless omega for a Luna. I gave Kade a pressed smile, climbed under the covers, and hid my head. It wasn’t long until my mate came after me.“Come here, sexy.”I wiggled to get away from him.“You can’t hide from me.”“Kade!’ I laughed. “I’m still in pain!”“So