IRIS "You're excused, Iris. You will meet your tour guide on your way out. Take good care of yourself." He smiled. I bowed and left the room to avoid much drama. "I wanna go back." Artemis cried. Artemis is my wolf. Aside from Fenrir, she was one of the reasons I wanted to stay alive. She would console me every night I woke up from a nightmare and every night I would stay up because of some severe injury inflicted on me by my stepfather. "Suck it in, Arti, shouldn't you be dying for Fenrir instead?" I rolled my eyes. "That idîot. This one is more good-looking than that stûck up fool." She grouched. "Glad we think alike." As Alpha Finn had said, I met a man waiting down the hallway for me. "Is this place too hot or is it just me?" Artemis asked on arrival to the man. "Shut up," I whispered to her and kept my cool. "Hello, Iris. My name is Damon, the Beta of this pack, and I will be your tour guide for today." He took my hand and kissed the back of my palm. I could sense Artemi
IRIS I stared down at the clothes that were now properly arranged in the wardrobe. Thinking about everything, if felt like a dream; a dream I never wanted to wake up from. "Oh, mother," I sighed and walked to the window. "I wish you were here to see all of this. Finally, I can live the life you've always wanted." My hand trailed the glass windows as I stared down the building. "I'm no longer a slave. I'm being treated like a human being." Although lots of things had been taken from me, I was still grateful I was alive. At least, it was better than being dead or living in fear with some rogues out in the woods. The memories of what had happened were still fresh in my mind. I was meant to be dead. For goodness sake, I was thrown off a cliff by someone who once told me to call him father. And raped by a notorious man was enough to cause a great shift in my life but there I was, standing strong and hoping that one day, I would exert my revenge. I moved away from the window when I h
IRIS "Good evening, Alpha Finn." I greeted him with a slightly deep bow. I refused to take my eyes off the ground. I didn't want to see the previous look from before. "Look up." He commanded and I did as he said. He was smiling and his red eyes seemed warm. His eyes didn't depict the tone of his voice. I was left in utter speechlessness. His chin was resting on his right arm, giving him an alluring look. "How are you, Iris?" He asked and stood up. He walked over to the table and poured some liquid into two classes. "I'm fine," I replied. "Wine?" He offered but I shook my head. "Don't worry, it's harmless. Make yourself comfortable." His back was facing me so I couldn't see his face. I found a seat and sat down. He brought the wine to me and I took it with shaking hands. "I don't bite, Iris. Be free with me. Besides, I'm not your Alpha." "Yet," I muttered. "You will be soon." "Oh? You plan on staying forever?" I nodded. I didn't have anywhere to go and he had been the only on
IRIS Getting prepared for school was like going through hell for me that Tuesday. I couldn't sleep the entire night as I was thinking about what everything would be like; the teachers, the subjects, and most importantly, the students. Hopefully, I won't be running into the luna any time soon. I got out of bed lazily and slipped into the bathroom. I took off my clothes and had a bath. Everything was still so surreal; I had my very own apartment and nobody was there to send me on errands or give me a limited time to finish up a task. I was living the life I had always wanted. The only thing I didn't have was a phone. Well, I was going to get a job and buy that myself. Immediately after I finished dressing up, I heard a knock on the door and swirled to open it. I didn't see anybody but when I was about to shut the door, my eyes went to the ground and I saw a package. I looked around the environment but I didn't see anybody. I picked up the bag and with one last look, I walked back in
IRIS The tension in the class as the students stared at me while I was walking to an empty seat was enough to make me wet my pants. I clutched onto my bag tightly as I bent my head. That wasn't such a fine showing. What would Raven think of me now? A mate snatcher? Such a bad reputation on the first day of school. I finally settled for a seat beside a girl in glasses who seemed to be the only one not to care about my presence. I sat down quietly as I awaited the homeroom teacher. Soon, everyone forgot about the incident and went back to what they were doing earlier. I could hear noises from different phones and that made me wonder if phones were now legal in school. My eyes instinctively scanned my environment and I was quite impressed. The students didn't discriminate against me as they did at my school. Well, maybe because they had seen me with alpha Finn. My eyes darted to Raven, the alpha's luna, and I found her speaking to a group of girls. If I didn't know any better, I'd h
IRIS "Oh, hey." I waved at Roland. He smiled and waved back. "I see you two have already met," Anya said while looking between the two of us. "Yeah, yesterday. On her way to the pack house." Roland explained. "She was quite lost and nearly got into trouble." "I see. Oh well," She shrugged and turned to me. "This is my best friend in the whole world and I love him a lot. He can be a real nutcase sometimes but he's good." She patted his shoulder. He turned to her, frowning, while she bore the sweetest smoke she could muster. They were just so cute together. "It's great to have you here, Iris. Maybe we could all have lunch tomorrow, I'm free." He stared at me while he spoke. "Uhm… sure, only if Anya would want that. I don't want to intrude." I cleared my throat and clutched my bag. "No problem at all. It will give us time to get to know each other, don't you think so?" She asked me and I nodded. I sat down far from Roland while Anya sat very close to him. I was sensible enough to
IRIS I got back to the apartment with my mind in chaos. I couldn't deny the fact that both guys were stressing my poor brain out with their good looks and charming demeanor. I had a long bath and settled for something skimpy since I was the only one. I decided to read my books in anticipation of the classes the next day. I brought out the geometry textbook I had borrowed from the library and settled on my bed to read. Soon after, my mind became fully rooted in the book. I was enjoying solving the mathematical problems when a knock on the door interrupted me. I groaned and stood up to open the door. I met Alpha at the door and that was when I became conscious of my clothing. I looked down at my exposed breasts and then at him. He didn't seem to notice what was going on as he only arched a brow and tilted his lips. "Excuse me," I said in a haste and tried to close the door but his right foot prevented that from happening. "Don't bother about that, I'm not that kind of person." He a
FINN I walked over to the broken soul and pulled her into a warm embrace. Her body seemed cold and her mind distant. I kissed her hair and embraced her tighter than earlier. She sniffed and hugged me back. There was one person she would rather receive this amount of love from and that was Roland, the jerk who couldn't reciprocate my sister's feelings. No matter how hard I try to pull her out of her fantasies, she would refuse my advances and decide to depend on the goddess to mate the two of them. Roland wasn't a good boy for her. She knew this but wouldn't just let go. She preferred getting hurt, over and over again. I hated him because he made her cry every day. I knew how it hurt not to receive love in return. I faced the same situation when Zaria was killed. I knew she wouldn't be able to love me as she did. I know what I did to try to revive her but my efforts proved futile. I wanted to die with her. I didn't even think about my sister; all I cared about was Zaria. Right th