Titus Bane
I stepped outside and walked and walked until I felt like I was far enough. My heart was beating a mile a minute and it felt like it was going to explode any second now.Seeing Keira and River in that position, so close to each other, and it being embedded in my brain like a curse just threw me into a spiral. To make things worse, River wants to have Keira as his mate and Luna.How could I have been so stupid? How could I have been so blind? It was right in front of me this whole time. Hell, it’s not like they even tried to hide it.River may have broken Keira’s heart many years ago, but Keira had been in love with him for far more. He may have done all that shit to her, but at the end of the day, they had the past. River was everything to Keira, and it’s not like it couldn’t happen again.Then there was me. The man she just met a few months ago. I may be her mRiver Colden The sun was starting to set and before we knew it, there would be little to no light and finding Keira under this lake would be close to impossible. Not that it wasn’t already, and fuck, I hate myself for thinking that way. I wanted to stay positive, but it was so goddamn hard when we’ve been out here frantically looking for any signs of her. I didn’t know how much I would loathe frozen lakes until today. “I don’t see her, River! I don’t see her!” I heard my brother’s desperate cries as he was on his knees, pushing away the snow that had covered most of the lake. Titus was doing the same, but he hasn’t said a single word since Ivy pointed out where Keira was. He was the first one to drop down to his knees and start searching. Until now, even while it was happening, I still couldn’t believe that it was true, that Ivy could do something so… so fucked up as to
“Tri, can we please watch something else besides Frozen 1 and 2?” Neo, my little boy who was now six years old, turned to his best friend and gave her a pleading pout. Trinity giggled as I brushed her long red hair from behind. She was seated on my lap while Neo changed position every ten minutes as he got bored of the never-ending girly Disney movies we watched. In one year, gone are the days that he was completely absorbed with watching any Disney movie. I can’t believe how much he’s grown, but I will never get tired of seeing the changes that happen to him, physically and emotionally. I smiled at the boy whose raven hair was starting to get lighter. The streaks of silver on his hair are mixing in and it’s probably because of the fact that he’s been living in the winter season day in and day out for the past year. His complexion is lighter and his cheeks are as pink as a rose petal that I can’t help but stop and stare at him for a while because everyday, it’s like he looks more a
I was seated by the tree, the exact one Syvne and Roman found me and saved me from. I was just there in silence as I held on to the pure golden necklace that had the Japanese words ‘狼霊気’ meaning Healing Wolves formed on it. This was the keepsake Sho Chiaki, the guy from Titus’ Pack that knew about my family, gave to me. He said everyone in my Pack had it and when he found out his parents had kept it all those years ago, he knew he had to give it to me. As I sat there, thinking about them, it all still felt surreal, but at the same time, I also felt calm and at peace knowing about who they are and what they did for me on that night. I could have lived a life never knowing about their existence and a part of me would have always had an empty spot, but because I met Titus and in turn Sho, I was given the opportunity to learn about them and I will always be thankful for that. And though my heart pains for what happened to them and how they didn’t deserve that, I will live my life to
(This chapter includes sexual elements. Reader discretion is advised.) – Titus Bane – Everything is calm. So calm that it feels rather weird after everything that has happened. Chaos and destruction is all I have ever known for the most part, but now that I’m settled down at my place in my Pack, just watching the once green leaves now a mix of orange, yellow, and other Autumn colors sway with the wind, everything feels…peaceful. I closed my eyes and took a deep inhale, the smell of nature filled my senses and it invigorates me. An image of her pops up in my head almost like second nature to me. She is beautiful. The most beautiful woman to ever exist on this earth, and that’s saying a lot because this earth could be ugly and cruel, but not her, not my mate. Sometimes I still wonder what I had done in my past life to deserve someone as perfect as her, and I stop and think if this is just a dream, if everything in my life is just my imagination, and if it was, I hope to never wake
“You pathetic whore!” One slap across the right side of my face. I pursed my lips as I stopped myself from shedding any tears. Not again. Not anymore. “How dare you show your vile face in front of me? Seeing you disgusts me, Keina!” Another slap, this time on the left side. My cheeks begin to feel numb and at the same time, I feel it starting to get swollen. I already know this will make me look awful in the next coming minutes as it bruises on my face. My life has been like this for a while now. Whenever Ivy sees me alone, she uses this as an opportunity to hurt me. She makes sure that I know my place and that it is at the bottom with the dirt. “Please, Ivy, tha- that’s enough. I- I didn’t even know that y- you would be here. I am just coming back from cleaning the rooms.” I managed to croak out as I lifted my hands up to my cheek. I wince from the pain. They felt so warm, it was almost like touching fire. “Excuse me? Are you talking back at your Luna? You’re nothing but a low
Life really sometimes works in mysterious (and heartbreaking) ways. One day you feel like you’re on cloud nine, and then the next, it’s like you’ve been pushed and you’re falling, falling, and falling until you’ve hit rock bottom and nobody is there to help you up. You’re all alone and you tell yourself that you can do it, that you can keep going, and sometimes it works. You do that. You keep pushing yourself. But other times, the worse it gets, you realize that you were just fooling yourself and what you’re doing isn’t helping. It’s just torturing you. You’re walking into your own downfall, your own demise. So why not just give up? Why not just disappear? Wouldn’t that be better for everyone else around you? “Oh my goddess, Keira. I’m so sorry…” Elura whispered to me as she took my hand as if that would suddenly change the fact that every single one in our Pack just saw me get treated like shit. To top it off, River didn’t even care. He didn’t say anything. Hell, he didn’t e
I could sense him. I could sense River nearby, probably right outside my door, which woke me up immediately. I didn’t even bother to see how stupid I looked after falling asleep crying. I got up off the bed and began to sprint towards it, the thought of seeing River and being able to talk to him again fueled everything inside of me. “You’re a fucking idiot, River!” I froze when I heard someone else scream at him. It was Zane. I know his voice, and I know that he was extremely frustrated at him. “Don’t talk to me like that. I’m still your Alpha.” River spoke and his voice sent shivers all over my body. It’s only been a few hours and it was as if my body was already having withdrawals. Just hearing his voice triggered something in me and I needed to pull myself together if I didn’t want to break down again. “I’m talking to you not as your Beta, but as your best friend. Don’t leave Keira hanging like this. Don’t treat her like this.” Zane spoke again, a sense of determination
When the evening came, everyone went to the White Banquet to have a celebration for the Alpha’s mate. Ever since she arrived, all she’s done is prepare for parties. I’m not even sure if she does any work around here. The kitchen worked overtime to create a special feast for them and many of the other White Howlers set up decorations around the place. After River left, I took a long bath and scrubbed my skin raw until it turned red. After that, I went back to bed and slept for as long as I could. I woke up from the noise. Even if I haven’t moved an inch from my bed since then, I knew what was going on downstairs because I could hear said noise and smell the food from my room. Honestly, my whole world still felt like it was falling apart, but in a somewhat different sense. Before River talked to me, I remained hopeful that he would see I still mattered to him and he would keep me in his life as someone special. But after he told me to put everything we had just like a memory, or a