I could feel my entire body shaking. I could hear everything, feel everything, sense my wolf clawing at me as a powerful force covered my entirety. I could feel my eyes changing to my wolf’s eye color, and when I blink they come back to mine. I instinctively clutched on the table, feeling weak in the knees as my entire body trembled with all of these unnamed sensations. I tried focusing, looking in front as blinding light continued passing through me. I closed my eyes, feeling them burn. But when I opened them again, I saw the same thing happen to the man who seemed to have been struggling in front of me. “Your Highness—“ someone was about to come close to the king, but Sebastian interrupted. “Let him be. It’s the effect of the ritual on him.” Searing sensations started crawling all over my body, and I groaned. But before I closed my eyes to the burn, I still saw how Sebastian’s eyes went back and forth to me and the king, as if he knew something nobody else knew. “Ahhh,” I
I gasped and stepped back, feeling the tremors of fear wash over me at the sight.But before I could even recover, a voice rang around the area, from someone I was painfully familiar with.“Looks like we were wrong after all. There was nothing to be cautious about this girl.”My head snapped to the other side of the place when sounds of people came my way.I instinctively took a step back when I saw the two Warriors that I’ve encountered inside the pack. The one from the Offering, and the other one from the Office Building's lounge area.They had bottles in their hands. And they appeared rugged and drunk as some buttons in their black uniforms were opened. They almost staggered as they continued walking towards me, smirks plastered all over their faces.And just when I thought it was the worst that it could get, those two girls that bullied Maddie appeared behind them, with satisfied smiles on their lips.“Looks like you’ll be the one down low on the ground with our feet on your fac
I moved my attention to the feral wolf that was in front of me. But no, he was no ordinary wolf; he was a lycan. The Lycan King.I stared at King Titus who looked as deviously powerful as everyone described him to be.He was so tall, and he was almost half turned: his fangs protruding out of his mouth, his veins so thick on his arms and hands, and his eyes were as blinding as the sun. I’ve never seen his wolf before, but I know from his appearance right now, he was huge and dark. Just like the horror stories they taught us as kids.But that monster in that horror story wasn’t the monster in my eyes right now. It was my savior, my angel. The rescuer of my distressed situation.The king turned to both men lying on the ground as they both groaned in pain. But as quick as a blink, the lycan king was already in front of them, looming over their figures that were far from recovering from the latter’s last attack.“K-King Ti—ughhh!” The man from the Offering tried calling his name when he
I woke up in a room far more grand than what I remembered my place was in the Omega House.A crystal chandelier was hanging on the ceiling, contrasting yet complimenting the dark colors in the room.I surveyed the area slowly, seeking for someone the moment I opened my eyes.But when I saw no one was around, I slumped my head back to the bed.He’s not here.I sighed and stared up at the carved ceiling, flashes of what happened last night came into mind.The way he touched and comforted me suggested things that were totally opposite of his threat on me. Even the dread of having to experience the same nightmare again was nowhere near my mind because it was filled with all of him. He said things last night that contradicted what he told me the last time we had a conversation. He didn’t want to sever our bond. But he didn’t tell me to not keep it a secret anymore either.What does he really want? What is his purpose for this?Does he still want to play with other women? Is he not ready
I exhaled a breath the moment the doors closed. My eyes went to the clothes on the table. I touched it and saw it wasn’t like the servant’s clothes I had from the Omega house. Those weren’t that shaggy and bad, they were the same ones I had in the House. But these ones looked new and expensive. The other Omegas and Maddie would for sure notice when I wear this.But looking at my bathrobed form, I couldn’t not wear them.I grabbed the clothes in my hand and made sure the door was locked. I stripped out of the black bathrobe I wore, once again seeing how I didn’t have a single bruise in my body as evidence of last night’s events. He really healed me. I couldn’t possibly do this to myself. But again, why? Why the cold and hot treatment?I shook my head away from those thoughts. I hurried and decided to stop thinking much about everything that’s stressing me out. Last night was emotional and draining enough.After changing, I made the bed and folded the bathrobe on top of it. I walke
I turned to the side, seeing Sebastian as he walked towards me. His blue eyes were sparkling in amusement as he stared at my shocked expression.“How…” I cleared my throat and met his eyes. “How did you know what I was thinking?”I didn’t like anyone using tricks on me. And how could I have not noticed his sudden appearance? I must have been too caught up with the paintings. Or he’s just sleek like that.I frowned at the Beta, but he just smiled, his dimple showing. “We’re packmates now. I can mind link you as much as you can mindlink me. Through that, I can hear what you have in mind.”My eyes widened slowly, realizing what he just said.Has anyone been hearing everything I have in mind?“No, but some people can. Like me.” His smile brightened at how shocked and frustrated I was with myself. He chuckled. “Forgot how mindlink works?” Sebastian teased. I looked away from him.“More like I never knew how it worked.” The smile on his face slowly faded, realizing my words.I didn’t ha
Silence filled our space for a while, and we both let it be, feeling quite comfortable with each other.I didn’t expect I’d get this comfortable with a lycan, most especially a high ranking one. But with Sebastian’s light and welcoming presence, it wasn’t hard to let go of my walls.Looking around the mansion, I realized how big and spacious it was, but it seemed like no one was around. And even with all the grandiosity of the place, the place looked cold.“Does he stay here?” I cut the silence as we walked in the middle of the ballroom I passed by earlier. Sebastian walked to the left corridor, and in there opened up another huge area where a long table and a few chairs surrounded it.I guess I should have stayed with my first choice earlier.“No, he’s got his own place,” he answered, gesturing for me to sit on the chair he pulled out for me.I looked at the entire place, looking for Miranda, but she wasn’t there nor anyone. It was just us.My attention went to the table in front, a
“Where have you been?” Maddie asked as soon as I got inside the Omega House.She ran towards me and immediately encircled her arms with mine. “I was worried when I saw you running away after the ceremony.”“I’m fine, Maddie,” I just said and walked towards my room. I had to prepare for work. I didn’t want to not do anything after Miranda saw me in the Andreyev mansion.Maddie frowned and pouted. “But where were you? I came here first thing in the morning but you weren’t here.”I opened the door to my small room and got inside. I took some towels and switched shoes. “I had to… go somewhere early,” I just said, not ready to share what has happened. I was still confused with everything. And I didn’t want to drag Maddie into it. After I told Sebastian that I saw some red eyes last night, he turned all professional. He just made me finish eating and he escorted me out and then he was gone.A part of me still wanted to stay, waiting for Titus to show up. I wanted to at least have a talk