LOGINI couldn't speak with a gun pressed against my head. Cold sweat broke across my skin, and my heart hammered violently against my ribs as fear took complete control of me."Talk."The man pressed the barrel harder against my temple."I—I am Lucia... of Blackwood Pack," I managed to say, my voice trembling uncontrollably.The cold metal suddenly disappeared. He lowered the weapon."I apologize. I hadn't realized you were a woman." His voice was still deep, but the earlier menace had vanished, sounding almost gentle now. "You should sit properly.""I'll stain your seats with mud.""It's not a problem," he said casually. "I can have the seats changed. Or buy another car."I blinked in disbelief. One minute, this man had nearly frightened the life out of me the next, he was being the sweetest gentleman I'd ever encountered. I didn't know how to react.But there was something else about him, his presence, his aura. The intimidating Alpha energy radiating from him made my wolf immed
The distance between the Blackwood pack and the university was too great to walk. I would walk for hours and still probably end up terribly late to the party.“Why do I have such terrible luck?” I cursed, walking down the road.Even if it would take forever, it was my only choice. I hadn't walked far and my whole body was aching; my bones felt like they would soon melt, and my feet were about to give way.“Ebisha is going to kill me, I just know it.” I sobbed, tears already slipping from my eyes as I imagined the type of brutal punishment I would be subjected to tonight for coming late.‘Ebisha won't kill you if Beta Wilson is there.’ Laurel's words weren't for comfort; they were factual.What if they went to look for me at the seamstress shop and she told them I didn't come? What exactly would I do?I wasn't sure I had walked for up to thirty minutes, but I was too tired to keep walking. I took a seat on a bench near the sidewalk, trying to steady my breathing.‘Well, your ome
A small smile stayed on my face the entire walk home. For the first time in a long while, hope had found its way into my heart. It felt so unfamiliar that I almost forgot what was waiting for me at home, until the moment I stepped through the front door and my smile instantly disappeared.Ebisha stood in the hallway with her arms tightly folded across her chest, waiting for me. Before I could utter a single word, her palm crashed against the very same cheek Alvin had struck earlier. Pain shot through my face, sending me stumbling backward."How dare you ruin Abigail's party!" she screamed.I opened my mouth to defend myself, gasping out, "I didn't—" but my words were cut short as her foot slammed heavily into my stomach. I rolled over from the force, desperately gasping for air."You ungrateful girl!" Ebisha hissed, glaring down at me as though I were something filthy beneath her shoe. "You went there throwing yourself at every man you saw, and then you tried to seduce the Alp
After Eren left, the party ended almost immediately. No one saw the point in celebrating without the Alpha’s son, and the guests slowly filtered out of the Beta residence, whispering among themselves about Eren’s sudden, dramatic outburst. Dior looked completely shaken. He and Alvin hurried off toward the Alpha’s mansion, determined to beg for Eren’s forgiveness, leaving only one person behind.Me.I had spent the entire day preparing for the party, and now I would spend the rest of the night cleaning up after everyone."You are the reason this happened!" Abigail snapped, marching over to me. "I told you to stay away from my party. Everywhere you go, you bring bad luck."I said nothing, simply continuing to gather the broken decorations scattered across the floor. Seeing that I refused to react only made her angrier. With a scoff, she tipped the remainder of her drink over my head. The cold liquid soaked through my clothes and dripped onto the floor I had just cleaned.She tos
“Tell the DJ to play something lively," Dior barked, a cruel, satisfied grin appearing on his face as he dropped heavily into a chair. "Looks like we're about to get ourselves a show."A ripple of mocking laughter roared through the room. I hurriedly wiped the remaining tears from my eyes just as the bass of a fast-paced track began to thud through the speakers."Smile, Granny," Dior called out over the music, his voice dripping with condescension. "Nobody wants to look at a crying face."I forced the corners of my lips upward. My legs felt heavy, as I climbed onto one of the long wooden tables. The music echoed off the high ceilings of the hall, I began to sway awkwardly. I moved my hips and arms just enough, to satisfy their twisted amusement.The room instantly erupted into a chorus of cheers, whistles, and drunken jeers. A few girls near the front joined in, mimicking my stiff movements and laughing hysterically, treating me as nothing more than cheap entertainment for the
The world narrowed down to a single, breathless point the moment our eyes met. He was my mate. The Alpha’s son, the most powerful, revered wolf in the entire pack was my fated mate. For a fleeting second, the chaos of the party disappeared. The music faded, the crowd disappeared, and there was only the heavy, magnetic pull stretching between us.But the spell shattered as quickly as it had formed.“Eren, you’re here,” a man interrupted, stepping forward with a respectful bow that barely concealed his eager excitement.Eren didn’t answer. His emerald-green eyes remained locked onto mine, dark and unreadable, as if he were still trying to calculate exactly what I was to him.The man turned his head, his gaze sweeping over me before his mouth curled into a look of pure disdain. “Could you please excuse us, omega?”My chest tightened, as though air was being sucked out of me at the word ‘Omega’. I looked desperately at Eren, wanting him to say something, anything. But he remained







