Lily sighed, giving up the game.She slid a picture over to him, and he picked it up, glancing down at it.“She’s pretty. Is she a model friend or what? Do you need me to off her?” Vance asked with furrowed brows.“Be serious.“ She snapped at her ex boyfriend, as the waitress dropped the cake and coffee for them.In these parts of the city where criminals resided, talking about killing someone was like talking about the weather. Therefore, the peroxide bleach blonde waitress was unmoved and minded her own business.That was how one survived long enough to settle down, after all.Lily took a sip of her coffee and a forkful of cake while Vance waited.“Well,” he asked. “Don’t make me wait, flower girl.”“It’s Lily.” She sneered, “You said my name not long ago, but of course you might have forgotten that. What with the number of girls your dick sees every week. It must be hard for you to keep up with your own antics sometimes.”Vance gave her a look up and down, before saying, “It has be
Anna was escorted up the stairs by Ethan as he led her back home after the date.The night had been wonderful, and she felt lighter, like things were turning up in a positive direction for once. He had acted like a gentleman, turning up the charm by a lot.However, she had been unable to broach the subject on her mind with him. So when they stopped right at her front door, she pressed her hand against his chest to stop him from leaning in to kiss her.“Ethan,” she sighed softly. “I wanted to ask… after your fight with William, what happened?”Ethan was prepared for this. She had been acting off nearly the entire night.“I got exhausted and wanted to rest.” He replied easily. “I told you, didn't I? In my message. It wasn’t exactly the right time for me to reach out.”Anna felt bad for thinking he was lying to her, and she felt angry at William for causing all of that.“From now on, don’t stay away.” She implored him. She may not have felt the same sort of spark for him that she felt fo
The man made a sound in his throat that sounded almost like an hum of affirmation unwittingly, and Aiden saw the flash of fear and hesitation in his expression. His face, though bloodied and bruised, was still very easy to read.This man may not have known much but he did know something. Something about the girls, or who had killed them. And that something would help them figure out whether this was a werewolf’s doing or not.Aiden was willing to bet that it was werewolves, but he didn’t want to move without a firm confirmation. No need going after human gangs that simply did a little too much. That kind of shit was for the police to handle.“Tell me,” Aiden leaned in. “Or I will take my hands off this. And trust me… you don’t want that. My boss is far worse than you could ever imagine.“The man didn’t respond, and only stared over Aiden’s shoulder. After waiting a long time, he sighed and nodded, before standing up.“Take him to the other room,” the Hunter instructed another of his s
It was so quiet, a pleasant end to the day.Anna yawned a bit as she left the bathroom, her bladder emptied for the night. She barely gave her phone a glance as she switched off the ceiling lights on autopilot, leaving only the lamp at her bedside table glowing in a soft golden hue.No sooner had she tucked herself under the blankets did her phone begin to vibrate where she had left it on the bedside table.Anna groaned; it was already nearly midnight! Who could be calling at this time?!She reached for and picked it up after a few more moments of silent fuming, her moodiness increased as she saw there was no name on the caller ID.“Hello?” She asked in a groggy voice.“Why haven’t you unblocked me yet?” It was William’s voice, sounding displeased.The sense of entitlement that came from him was enough to fill the whole world with confidence, Anna mused irritably, and probably have some left over for the aliens. If there were aliens.“What is it? If I wanted to speak with you, I’d unb
William noticed Anna wasn’t happy from her voice, and he knew he must have said something wrong again.“That’s what you mean, isn’t it?” She continued, in the same tone. “Do you intend to have me hide in the shadows if I ever come back to you instead of facing the wrath of your pack that you screwed a human?”He was speechless.“It’s complicated, Anna. I’m not marrying Lily simply because she’s pretty. It’s a pack to pack alliance.” He tried to explain.But then…“I thought so. You never would actually take my side on something. You clearly just want to have your way but you don’t understand that it’s my life we’re talking about. And I need to be happy. I DESERVE it,” Anna hit back, emphasising on the word 'deserve'.William fell silent, and Anna sighed loudly.“I’m exhausted. I want to go to sleep now.” She declared, clearly done with the conversation.The call ended without another moment spared, and William was filled with such frustration that he tossed the phone without care onto
Anna gingerly knocked on the door to Damon’s office. She had barely seen hair or hide of him. For the three days she had been working here, after resuming work by 10am, she always saw him come in at 12pm like clockwork and didn’t close until after she and everyone else had left.“Damon.” She opened the door a little, and once again was stunned at how dark it was.She stepped inside slowly, trying not to lose her footing in such pitch blackness.Then she heard a voice right next to her which made her flinch.“The light switch is on your right,” Damon said.She chanced a glance at the direction she had heard his voice from and saw two glowing gold pinpricks that made fear shoot into her. Immediately she reached for and switched the light on and filled the room with warm, yellow light.Damon groaned, covering his eyes briefly, and Anna felt the urge to say, “Sorry, sir.”“It’s fine.” He responded after a while, reaching for his sunglasses on the table without uncovering his eyes, and the
“Uncle, you can’t be serious.”Lily stood in the living room as her uncle - whose height made him tower over her imperiously - glared down at her with an intensity that not even her father had in his worst days.Where did this all go wrong, she wondered? Why was her uncle all of a sudden restricting her movements like this? This wasn’t fucking fair! Not at all in any way!However, the Alpha of the Eclipse pack wasn’t so easily moved by her pretty face - he knew his goddaughter very well.“I mean what I say, Lily,” Alpha Drake spoke, his tone grave. “You should count yourself lucky that I do not have this damn talk with your father present. He wouldn’t believe all the things you were capable of.”He continued, shaking his head a little at the sight of her crocodile tears pooling in her eyes, “Don’t think you can make me change my mind, child. You won’t be leaving this pack without my say so from now on. And that is final.”“Uncle…” she had to try another tactic, she thought while rubbi
Anna let out a soft groan as she shut the door behind her. The babysitter had just left, and it was only an hour after Anna had returned home from work. She ran her hands through her damp red strands, and checked on the pasta that was boiling on the electric stove.The aroma hit her and she had to stop her mouth from watering too much.A chime on her phone made her replace the lid on the hot pot and pick her phone up, a wine glass in the other hand.It was Gillian.‘Hey, thanks for spending time with me today. Let’s have lunch tomorrow on your work break. My treat’, the message said, accompanied with various smiley emojis.Anna couldn’t help but smile; the stoic-seeming young woman on the outside turned out to have a very soft interior. She was also quite chatty and expressive when she let her guard down too.Anna thought things were going well now for her - she was getting the hang of handling her children’s werewolf genes, she was seeing Ethan, and of course, she had a nice job and