Disappointment is a bitter pill to swallow. A pain that cut deep leaving me hollow. High expectations, outcome low.
My disappointment lingers in the house like a storm cloud. My father growls weakening my knees. He asked for an explanation, but I was too scared to speak."Charia!" It was a warning tone."I'll speak" I immediately said. The thunder outside still clapped loudly and the rain increased, I couldn't afford to be thrown out of the house tonight. "I. I didn't. I did what you said father, I lured Alpha Ryder with my scent""And what happened next?""He..he came close to me and I..i..tried to use the dagger to…I couldn't father..my hands were trembling, I. I was scared.""He saw your face and registered your scent? Charia that's so bad" Delphi whimpered just to make my situation worse. She was never going to be on my side, she would do anything to get father to punish the living wolf out of me."I didn't tell him where I was from.." I tried to defend myself, facing my father who lit up his face in some sort of hope. "He asked who sent me. That was when I escaped..he doesn't know I'm from you, father. He doesn't even know me" I cried.Alpha Lugard paced a few steps, buried in his thoughts. I looked up at my mother whose face of pity didn't console me at all. The only person in the room who truly cared about me was Melissa and she wasn't allowed to come close, she was at the door entrance with her head bowed.Vera Wolfenstein moved to her husband and whispered some words to him, I couldn't hear, I didn't even have that ability to. I just knelt waiting for the judgment of my household."I'm impressed you're not dead" My father finally spoke. "I would spare you since you did not reveal my name to him and still found a way to escape""Thank you, father" I lay on the floor with my hands stretched out in appreciation."Melissa" he called and she ran over to us. "Lock her in the room for a whole week without food. If I hear or smell that she tasted anything, your job ends here"Melissa shook her head and took a glance at me. She would have argued, but it was my father and she dared not say a word. "Yes, Alpha Lugard" she concurred without a choice."Thank you, Father. Thank you for your generosity" I comprehended once more. Melissa came to drag me up on my feet, she pulled me to my room. I couldn't help but cry, I was glad to be alive at the same time I was not.A shattered dream to impress my father, a heavy blow on my face, felt like a weight hard to bear. I needed to understand why I didn't belong, but the answers evade me, they slip away, leaving me adrift, lost in the fray.As Melissa put me in my room, she locked it with keys and a sad face. The walls were closing in on me, the air was thick, I could already struggle to breathe, the room is small, the ceiling low, and time ticked by, so painfully slow.I've been locked in here for days, all my life since I was born, but unlike previously where I could still roam around the house, now it was just in this room, without no food no water, just my premium tears.My home was a prison.To escape this prison, this endless tomb,I would wait for freedom to break through. But it was all a dream. There can never be freedom.I moved to my window and opened it, I took a bowl and stretched it out in the rain for water. If this was the little I could get for a week, I would feed on it to survive. The darkness is suffocating, a weight on my chest, and I long for the outside, for the sun to crest, over the horizon, and light up my face, but for now, I am trapped, a prisoner of fate.Tonight crossed my mind once more as I lay on my bed. His face clouded my thoughts again, his touch, his eyes, his lips, his growl. I felt a bond somewhere, a bond that can never abate, but if wishes were horses. I was drawn to him in an unexplainable way. His embrace made me whole and made me feel special. But maybe that was how he was to every other girl. That was why his charming and sexy rumors never ended in the lady's mouth.I feel my lips hot in desire once more, craving for Alpha Ryder's touch. I wished I ended up in his bed first before he killed me, that way I would be relaxed in heaven that my pheromones didn't call for the wrong person.I closed my eyes still not able to get him off my mind. Why did he look like he was interested in me? I was overthinking, wasn't I? He looked like that in all of his pictures online. Talking about his pictures. I took one from under my pillow and stared at him. I was opportune to see his red eyes spark in front of me. I was lucky for once in my life, thankfully for my dad's mission.I was sad too that my father was going to get somebody else to do the mission and Alpha Ryder would end up dying. But I didn't have a right to ask questions, make decisions or betray the family. I was just going to worsen my existence on this earth.I want to learn that being different was a gift,That my spirit was meant to uplift. That I would find my own path, my own way to thrive, and in my heart, I would know I was alive.A wolf without a pack, and in fright.For I have not found my own destiny,And I am not proud of who I was meant to be.ALPHA RYDER'S POVI, Alpha Ryder, had never been one to lose control of my desires. I was the epitome of self-discipline and restraint, always keeping my passions in check. The rumors in the magazine had a lot to say about me but I knew myself better than anyone. I had pretty and sexy betas around me, who would kill to have me, but I only went for the ones that took my interest. Most of the time, only one beta always catches my eye somehow. But all that changed the day I met the wolfsbane dagger girl.It's been a week and I haven't been able to get over that night where I almost died at the hands of a lady with the wolfsbane dagger whom I knew nothing about and who tried to kill me and still saved me too because she was scared. I wasn't angry at her plans and all I wanted to know was her pack. What pack could behold such special beauty, a special smell that I didn't know about in the city? My mind hadn't taken a rest since that night. I see her in my dreams all the time, her beautiful
Alpha Ryder's POVEmily woke me up the next day with another deep kiss, and I turned her over, my naked body glued to her, I kissed her back, and our tongues were hot with morning passion. Sometimes I never get enough of her. "Hmm. Ryder" she moaned, wrapping her hands around me and bringing me closer for more. She separated her legs and wrapped them around my butt, releasing some of her pheromones too. I could scent her better now, I was with her throughout the night and she somehow managed to take off the mystery girl scent from my nose"One more round" she whispered in my ears and I moved away from her to lay back on the bed uninterested in a morning routine, she climbed on top of me this time around, her wet pussy sitting on my shaft, she moved up and down slowly trying to turn me on again. "I missed you Ryder" she moaned again, playing with my nipples.I held her hips, she was extremely tempting and all I wanted to do was rock her hard once more, but I carried her and dumped her
Alpha Ryder's POV___________________________The air was thick with the scent of werewolves at Alpha Lugard's house. I could see about four pack leaders as I walked into the living room. Other werewolves approached each other, flanked by their respective packs. The city leader, Alpha Lugard ranked first place has his seat high up, he was one with sleek black fur and I, the second city Alpha, with russet brown, approached each other with caution but also respect for each other's power.The other packs moved away from me recognizing my presence and Alpha Lugard came down from his seat with a shocking glare. As we drew closer, we began to circle each other, the packs watching silently from the sidelines. Despite the tension in the air, there was also a sense of camaraderie among us wolves, as they recognized the mutual respect and strength that existed between the two alphas.After a few moments, we came to a stop in front of each other, hands touching briefly in a gesture of greeting.
Charia's PovMy mother had barged in with so much force that fear gripped me instantly. I jumped up from my bed as she entered my room, closing the door tightly behind her. "You need to go, now!" She said to me."Mother…""Alpha Ryder recognizes your scent, your father orders that you leave now and never come back to this house"My heart broke, tears roll down my cheek and something that seemed impossible for a long time was finally happening. I was going to leave this family and be a stray wolf without no care and no power. I rushed to the window and I see Alpha Ryder amongst the wolves leaving our house, he was looking around desperately, and I saw his nose flickering, he was definitely in search of something.I rushed back to my mum. "Mother please don't let me leave" I went on my knees and pleaded in tears.She pushed me away and dragged me up. "Do you want to fail your father? Do you want to fail this family? We are in this problem because of you, Charia, you caused all this and
Charia's PovPeople said, don't eat from a stranger, but I bet if I didn't take what I was offered, I would have died of starvation. I was offered a lot of food and I took it and rushed it in without no explanation of why I was starving. It didn't take me long to sleep off too, better than I had ever slept before.When it was midnight, I heard a lot of arguing, it was dark in the room where I was kept, but I still strained my eyes to look at them. I finally came to the consciousness of where I was, in some stranger's abode. I didn't think they were dangerous, at least they had kept me alive to this point.When my eyes were opened, I saw two people, we were all in the same room but they were a bit farther from me. They were arguing and it was about me."You can't just decide who would stay in this place. It's both our decision" the male said"She's going to stay here till she finds a better place to go. Why do we have to argue about that?""Did you see her, what type of wolf is she, sh
Charia's PovThe first thing that woke me up was the cries and beatings of Zara's son, Jacob. I woke up to find him standing beside me and whacking me with his little hands to wake me up. When my eyes were opened, he suddenly stopped crying, he walked over to his mother who was on the other mattress."I'm so sorry, Charia. Jacob can be very annoying" she said putting makeup on her face, she seemed to be in a rush. "His teacher would pick him up soon, you don't have to worry. You can get a better sleep when he's gone"I stretched my hands towards Jacob. "Hi Jacob" I smiled widely and motioned for him to come closer, he was hesitant at first but eventually he walked towards me. "You're so handsome, Jacob." I played with his cheek and face. He laughed at my gestures and my heart was filled with warmness."Who..yoh..mama?" Jacob said pointing at me and then at his mother. I didn't quite understand baby languages, but I could read the air. It was the first time he was seeing me, he was bou
Alpha Ryder's PovI made a fool of myself at Alpha Lugard's house and I was furious that I experienced such a horrible scene. He had listened to my request when I growled for all the women in his household to be brought out to my front. But none of them looked like her, had a scent like her. Even the rest of the Alphas almost concluded that I was mentally down and I needed rest.How did that happen? Was she present at the pack meeting, why couldn't I find her, why did I smell her, was it all in my head?I tried to erase every thought in my head to focus on the conference table where I sat at the head, surrounded by different pack colleagues. We were discussing the state of the business, I owned a successful company that specialized in hunting and tracking gear for other predators.The company was known for the best equipment production, I had intelligent wolves who were in charge of bringing new ideas on what can be used for the wild wolves, safety wolf gadgets for camping and holiday
Charia's Pov"I assure you that this is the best ice cream you would ever taste in your entire existence," Ice said. "Of course" I agreed with him, licking off the sweetness of the cream. Back at home, I don't even get treated with something as good as this."So, where did you say you come from?" Ice asked me. We had earlier taken a walk down the street for some ice cream as he said. I was happy about his kind gesture, but I still felt he had a prank to play on me in return too. We were taking a walk back home and we engaged in a conversation."I came from a very strict family. My father is so popular and rich" I boasted."Haha," he laughed scooping more ice cream into his mouth. "It's either your father is Alpha Lugard, Alpha Ryder, and Alpha Garry. If it isn't any of these three, then you are as well a middle-class or lower class like any of us""I'll be dreaming to be a family member of the top three Alphas," I said. There was no way I was claiming the top Alpha of the town as my