ASTRID.“Juniper?” I call out when I see her coming out of Zeke’s room, I don’t get why she’s ignoring me now, it’s been days now and we haven’t even spoken.She walks faster and pays no attention to me, the stab in my chest is painful, being cast aside is what I have always hated. “Juni!” I run after her, hoping she would stop striding faster, if anything, it only makes her walk faster in the hall. “Just stay and hear me out.” She doesn’t even listen, her legs grazing the tile faster than ever.“Wait.” I call out, but even my throat feels dry.Mrs. Perry appears in front of me, hands etched on her hips. Dark eyes stare back at me. Oh great, what does she want?She doesn't even move out of the way, her body blocking my view, now I am sure that Juniper is out of view.Anger fills me, but I don’t show it, showing it means more punishment, besides. Mrs. Perry and I are not friendly to each other.“What?” I ask, feeling irritated.“Is that how you talk to me now?” She clicks her tongue i

ASTRID.I lay on my bed, watching the way blood oozed out of my palms. I am glad that Juniper is safe now, probably lying on her bed, still unconscious.Something disturbs me, if I could turn into my wolf form and fight off that wolf, why couldn’t Juni? Does she not have a wolf? Now, that I think of it. Juniper has never mentioned her wolf before, even though constantly I have told her mine is named Aya.The blood trickles down onto the bed-sheet, my body still hurts, but since I am of Alpha bloodline, it will heal within a few days.The door barges open and I see a broad shoulder dangling at the door. My eyes snap up that instant and I sit up, dark eyes like the deep ocean stares back at me.“Astrid.” His yell fills my ears, and I whimper because of the pain that shoots through me. He kneels, legs on the floor and stares at my hand.“What the fuck happened to you?” His voice is angry enough to almost send my eyes moistening with tears.I shrugged. “It’s no big deal.”“No big deal? Yo

ASTRID.His dark eyes reek of no innocent, just by staring at those frosting pupils; I feel like I am wandering into another world, there’s something about those eyes that is like a mystery.As much as I want to unlock it, I just can’t. I try to reach for it, but a magnetic force pulls me back. In those dark eyes, I can’t even tell what he’s thinking or trying to think.I try so badly to connect with his mind-link. I flap around in darkness as usual, but I want to reach it, determination strikes me, I flap around with much strength but a force pulls me back, a headache surfaces.Just a little closer...I am thrown to the floor. Fuck.He stares at me with no words, before pulling his hand forward. When I grab his, it feels so cold and electrifying, I stand up, but my muscles still hurt.“Don’t do that again, Astrid.” There’s a cold tone at the edge of his voice.Aya snaps up. “I am your mate.” Your fucking mate, I have every right to try and communicate with you, why is just me? Why ca

CLEO.“What do you mean the Alpha can’t have lunch with me?” I ask angrily, my eyes snapping over to the Omega who bows her head in front of me. I tap the edge of my seat impatiently, my voice hard.“I am sorry, but the Alpha is stuck at a meeting with the council.”“What of Alpha Logan?” I ask.“He’s also currently busy as well.”I roll my eyes at her, before gesturing for her to leave; her apologies are starting to almost make me sick. Oh just fucking great, well it seems like I will have to postpone my plans, but it seems like that Alpha does not look interested in me.I grit my teeth together; He needs to be interested in me for my plan to work. Who won’t be interested in me? Yesterday, I already bid goodbye to my father, he is an Alpha, and he has a pack to keep away from my playboy brothers’ hands.I sighed, my hands stroking the necklace that dangles between my chest, the book I took from the treasure room still sits on the reading table, it’s not yet time to open it, it belong

ASTRID.I don’t know the first reaction I am supposed to get, but anger is one of them. I am right there, watching as she moves her arm along his. My mate, she has no right.I clench my fists together, suddenly feeling like an idiot. I never liked the Blue moon day, I just always read books till midnight with my mother, and today, I was planning to do that with Juniper and Gus, turns out we have become really close these past few days.But then, Mrs. Perry orders me around to come here, and now. Here I am, staring at them from the window, my mind mirroring around different thoughts. His eyes moved around and when they met mine from the outline of the window.Electricity cackles through my spine, dark and strong, I would have looked away, but I keep my eyes focused, anger still brewing through me. A fucking Alpha does not look away.From the outline of the window, Cleo releases herself from him, what’s she truly doing? She brushes past him and steps into the room, her familiar scent hi