[ CLARISSA GREY ]
"Please God I won't ask you anything in my whole life again but please help me to grab this job it is my last hope to get out of the hell I have been suffering."I kept chanting the same prayer since I entered in the Elliot's Heritage Hotel.My mind spinned glancing at the magnificent architecture and lusture of
the building.I saw numberless butlers serving the people from higher class making their way inside and outside of the hotel.It is definitely not the place for people from the class I belong.
With shaking footsteps,I stepped inside centre hall.My body started releasing sweat in the freezy atmosphere when I saw the luxuries,magnification in every corner where my eyes could travel.
I felt my lungs short of air,the atmosphere was giving me a churn in my stomach,I had never been this nervous before but the circumstances led me here.Suddenly my eyes fell on the huge glass wall,which was reflecting my image.
I felt like a useless object or a cursed soul,who accidentally sneaked in God's heavenly garden.My sub conscious mind warned me to ran outside or else this place might swallow me in its effulgence.
"Calm down girl you need it,more than you,your family need this job think about your mother,you're here for both of you."My wolf Mia,who was bearing my nervousness groaned from inside and I took a deep breath before approaching the receptionist.She is right.I have to be optimistic.
"You won't understand the human nature Mia so shut up."I reprimanded her.She can be a headache sometimes.
"Yeah I am free from human sufferings which are mostly caused by your stupid emotions."She rolled her eyes on me and then went silent much for my relief.
"Hello,I am Clarissa Grey.I have an appointment for interview of a barista here. "I said to the girl in her mid twenties,most probably of my age but our personalities were poles apart.
Here I am,waiting for my turn in a endless queue for interview.
She had long wavy hairs tied in a high pony tail,with thick black rimmed glasses on her pointed nose.Her lips were colored with blood red gloss and most importantly her attire,I couldn't stand in front of a mere receptionist!
And me,dressed up in a simple peach colored cotton top and a black satin umbrella cut skirt with flats belly shoes,the best dress I had in my wardrobe among the tatters.My hairs were cascading down til my waist with a thin strock of kohl and pink lip gloss.I was not looking less than a chipmunk among the great beauties walking in their expensive clothes,more costlier than my whole month's expenditure.
"Give me a min-"She replied in her trained style.
"Hello Sir,Ms. Clarissa Grey is here for the interview..yeah.I am sending her..in.."She put the intercom back and them looked at me.
"Mr. Elliot called you in his cabin,go to this way,the last room in the right corridor."She told me and resumed her work.
I made my way in that direction,with my heart thumping on dangerous pace.It was a do or die situation for me.My mother's treatment depends on the money I will get by this job.Being an undergraduate,I cannot apply for a professional with hefty amount but this is the least I could do while I am still studying at my college with the scholarship I won.
On reaching in the corridor,I looked around me,there were nearly thirty women sitting waiting for their turn.I clutched my file and squatted on a vacant seat.I knew it will take a long time for my turn to come.I glanced at my wrist watch anxiously,more delay meant my mother would be alone at home,there was no one to look after her moreover she was too weak to even walk.
My step father and not so caring husband,don't spare even a sympathetic look at her.He always regarded my mother only as a source to satisfy his sexual needs and a caretaker to his son,well he hardly interact with us.I and my mother don't exist for him and currently he isn't living with us anymore.
I gently pushed the large glass door to enter inside,sweat started forming on my skin seeing the most beautiful office that I only seen in movies.
"May I come in Sir?"I asked for the man sitting straight on his chair for his permission to enter.
"Oh yes Ms. Grey."He said in a gentle tone opposite of my prediction of a rude and haughty boss.
I nervously walked inside where was sitting on a crescent moon shaped leather sofa and a chair facing him for the candidates.
"You may sit Miss Grey."He told me to take the chair and I obliged quietly.
"May I see your documents?"He gestured at the folder in my hand that I instantly forwarded to him.
He opened the file and begun reading my 'not so boastful' qualifications.I was already prepared to face the rejection like I have been for a long time.
"Hmm so you are a trainee M.B.A in hotel management and your last semester isn't done yet?"He asked closing the file and giving it back to me.
"Yes Sir,"I replied embarrassingly.
"Hmm I see but-"He seemed to think,"Your grades are noticeable though,so I'll ask you a few questions if you are ready to answer."He said leaning comfortably on the sofa.
"Of coarse Sir,"I prepared myself for the real interview.
It will be a lie if I say the interview had gone like a swallow of my favorite chocolate cake.Jason Elliot is one passionate boss who do not compromise with the rules and standards they set for the growth of their business and I totally respect him.
After the interview I walked out with a light heart,well I wasn't sure to get the job but the man,everyone else entitled as a business demon was my friend and he had been polite all throughout the interrogation.
It's was almost lunch time,so I walked into the nearby diner to fetch a sandwich and coffee quickly before heading to buy some groceries we needed to survive for the rest of the week with a few bucks in my purse.
The diner was cozy and very less people were there as it is usually the office hours.I placed my order on the counter and started looking for a perfect spot to devour my lunch but the place I liked was already occupied by someone.I always had a habit to eat my meals whenever I am dining outside,close to open area and he was taking the booth facing the small garden in the backside of the diner.
Suddenly Mia became agitated,pining and sniffing.Her hybenrated emotions now doing a summersault inside me.She had never this uneasy and nervous before,usually she sleeps and help me to endure the sufferings I face everyday at home by my step father in a hope that our bad days will soon end.
"Mia this isn't the right time to piss me.I am already exhausted after the interview."I warned her whose over active energy giving me a hard time to think about the results of the interview.
"Mate mate mate!!I can smell our mate Clarissa.He is near us.He is here.I can smell him.Can you believe?We finally found our mate."She howled in joy.Its our nature,when Moon Goddess bless our specie with a destined partner,we are connected by the heavenly bound that even death cannot break.
I freeze on hearing her words My mate whom I thought I would never meet in my life is here!
I and my mother shifted here from our ruthless pack as they threw us out because we became a liability for them when my father,who used to be the Gama of the Dark Moon pack of Alaska,died protecting our borders from human attacks.
Mia sniffed for our mate's scent in the air,desperate to have a glimpse of him.
I roamed my eyes in the every single corner of the small space to see whether its Mia's assumptions or he was really present in the diner.Just I was about to look outside the doors,a man probably six feet tall,wearing a grey business suit walked past me.
Our shoulders bumps and then I see the most handsome face ever,those grey eyes with the flickers of black,tight jawline and cold expressions.The mere touch between our bodies send an electrified sensation down my spine.
He is a walking Greek god on the earth.
"Watch where you go lady,"He glares at me with those icy eyes and his deep voice left chill run down my spinal cord.
His coldness caused me unbearable pain in my heart.Mates are suposed to recognize each other by a single touch and I am sure he did too but instead of drawing towards me and my wolf,he shoved us away if we meant nothing to him.
His masculine scent made Mia jump,"Mate he is the one Clarissa.He is our mate,stop him,his wolf is calling out for me but what about his silly human?Why is he glaring at us?No he can't be really thinking to reject us."She screams in utter happiness and shock and I rooted on my spot unable to register that I almost met my wolf mate but before I could go after him,he walked out of the diner with a half dozen men following behind him.
Now,as I find him,my mate and probably a powerful wolf of high rank of his pack almost rejected us.My heart constricted inside my chest and I feel so low and useless of myself who couldn't attract her mate,whom the moon goddess destined for me.
"What the hell Clarissa!You let him go!How can you be so stupid?How can you let our mate go like this?No stop him!We need our mate Clarissa."Mia groans on me in anger.
"We'll find him soon Mia just believe me what if he refused to acknowledge us.I won't give up on us Mia."I console her as my mind and heart both were too tired to process anything.
The aching numbness grew more intense as our wolves departed away.
[ TREVOR SHERWOOD ]After calming my anger by a shot of whisky,I boiled after another round of heated conversation with my father who must be boiling in his own fury,as if I care but he still holds a huge percentage of share in our business and he use it as his nuclear weapon against me."To Karena's diner first."I told my driver and he didn't need to be told twice.Only the special caramel latte prepared by old Karena can reduce my headache.Morever,it is near my office.In less than thirty minutes,I was at the diner.I put my shades on so the paparazzi don't get a catch of my visit in a small place.I loathe them like a contagious decease.Phill and other guards quickly surrounded me as it is a public place no matter how much my security is tight, I am always an easy target.Old Karena,who was working behind the counter smiled at me with her wrinkled pink cheeks."Hello Mr. Sherwood how are you?"She greeted me."Hot and handsome as always.Now please may I get my special latte?"I asked
[ Clarissa Grey ]Its been two weeks since I met my mate who walked away on my face.The pain of rejection becomes more stronger and unbearable with passing moments but I have to come with the terms of living with it as he never showed up at the cafe where I saw him first,the owner of the Cafe, the old lady told me once that he is her regular customer and visits often but he didn't come in last fifteen days,which means only one thing-He is avoiding to come across me.Mia confined herself in self mourning since that moment.She had been nudging me to search for our mate but my high self esteem stopped me to go after him when he doesn't want us anywhere around him.I even don't know a thing about him except his name and he is one of the richest man in the state,thats it.I got my job at Elliot's Heritage Hotel one day after the interview so I took the opportunity immediately now for two reasons;my family needs the finacial aid and my wolf deserves a distraction from the pain and anger
[ Clarissa Grey ]I retired to my house after the eventful day ended.I could feel my heart being thrown under bulldozer whenever the image of my mate with another woman flashed through my mind.Mia howls in agony so to give her some peace of mind,I decided to go for a run in the nearby forest area once the night rolls on.I hate the urban life,its not our natural habitate to live with ordinary humans but being a rogue,we aren't welcomed warmly by any other pack,most of them see us as a threat for themselves.I,myself escaped death many times when I and my mother wandered through the forests to find shelter,so having no other choice left to survive,we decided to settle down in the city of New York.I called my mom in my way out of the city to inform her that I won't be coming for dinner so she should have her meal and rest,for our luck,my step father Willie also had a night shift which means-a peaceful sleep for my Mom.I always crave for the love of family and protective members of
[ Clarissa Grey ]I stare at the girl in the mirror,who is me to ensure I look presentable and fit for a high social class party.I wear a bottle green colored dress with sparkles,it is a descent dress covering my body till knees and puffed full sleeves to hide the old scars on my forearms,a result of last week's beating.I bought this dress years ago with my savings but never got a chance to wear it so having nothing to wear for a big party,I thought it will work."You look pretty my baby."Mom's happy squal brings me back in the present.I check my side profile to convince my low confidence about dressing like a real lady."Do you really think so?"I arch my right brow at her for more clearance.She walks upto to me holding a box in her hands.I never saw it before in her handful personal stuffs so I look down at it suspiciously."This is for you.I want you to wear it tonight Clar."She placed the square brass box with beautiful carving on the dressing table and open it.She picks out a
[ Clarissa Grey ]Suddenly the door fly open and Trevor walk out in his powerful aura.His eyes snap at me whereas I fail to react on his intense gaze upon me.His stormy grey eyes reflect anger and remorse but why.A sudden chill run down my spine.I forget his betrayal on our mate bond and I can't help myself from staring at his devilishly handsome features."Miss I was looki-"The staff woman come running there but paused in her mid sentence when her gaze fall on him."I am sorry Alpha.I didn't know she come here."She bows her trembling figure in front of him.An Alpha!My mate is an Alpha male!It breaks my heart more because a male alpha is the most possessive creature on the earth for their female mates."You're fired."His voice boomed in the empty corridor,"I don't want to see your face tomorrow,neither here nor at pack house Lyla."He adds and storms out,the whiff of his scent mixed in another women's smell fills my nostrills."This is what happen when you defy your master,you l
[ Trevor Sherwood ]"The little rogues are more frequent near our borders,I fear they are upto something big.Well that's what the report says.Last night our petrol team sniffed a rogue's scent at our mountain borders."Gamma Brandon sighs while I read the paper work of our upcoming meeting with Alaskan packs of werewolves.There are five of them,fighting among themselves over the barren,ice covered lands.Pathetic foolish wolves.But right now a new crisis has emerged out of nowhere.Some rogues tried to sneak into our terroteries.It rarely happens when someone tries to come near us,The Lackside Pack,at least since I take up the position of Alpha."I don't appoint you and Jason to report me every damm thing like some kindergarten kids.Grow up Brandon.I have already too much on my platter so it means its your and Jason's responsibility to deal with cheap shits."I barked on him as my patience run low since I spotted her at the doorstep of hotel room.Its only an hour but Zade isn't letti
[ Clarissa Grey ]I don't realise when time fly,the party is almost on its end.Most of the human guests had already left around eleven in the night.I should have also taken my departure but Mia and her parents aren't letting me go.I have a strange feeling that they are intentionally trying to expand my stay but I must go back as its almost one in mid night and poor Derek has to stick with me.Its not like I didn't insist him to go back but he is way stubborn.He simply refused saying he has promised my Mom that he'd drop me back at home safely."So Clarissa tell us something about your family?"Theodora asked me and it is the subject I haven been praying to be untouched."Umm I live with my Mom and my step father,who works as a driver for some rich family in the city.My biological father died a few years ago."I tried to keep my answer brief.I am not willing to disclose about our hardships we faced because our pack refused to keep us in pack land without a bread earner."Oh I am sorr
[ Trevor Sherwood ] "Alpha where are you?Come here Old Alpha is wounded while saving the rogue wolf."One of our warrior wolf's voice echoed in my mind. My blood froze in my veins as soon as he finished.I was doing a paper work for the meeting preparation with Alaskan packs when I heard the commotion inside my head. "What the hell did you just say?"I growl at him in my Alpha tone.Its impossible,my father used to one of the best wolf warrior in America and hardly got injured during atracks. "I am sorry Alpha but it's true.We were about to kill the rogue she wolf when he came in front of her and our Gamma Brandon fell over him."His voice trembles when he narrated me the incident. "Damm just don't let anyone go near him.I am coming there in two minutes."I shut all the mind links and immediately let Zade take control over me when we shift. My mind drifted to many worse scenarios.My father is being attacked by my Gamma,one of the strongest wolf in our pack for whom...the pathetic rogu