The dawn flicks its wings when the sun peeps through the dark clouds, breaking into another horrible day. I bathe in its rays and watch the night give way to one of the most dreadful mornings of my life. The invigorating aroma of coffee invades my nostrils. I am grumpy due to fatigue and exhaustion. Anger has drained me out both mentally and physically and tiny stars blink in my vision. I am not sure how long I can hold it within me before collapsing. Still, I am holding it together. How? Don't dare even ask me. Across me, the ferocious waves have subsided to calmness. Its tranquillity mingles with the shore in soft puddles. It justifies its name by being pacific for once. BUT, IT MUST BE ALL CHIRPY WHEN I AM STRUGGLING WITH AN INTERNAL STORM. The cleaning staff is busy collecting trash that has been flooded along the waves while health freaks stretch and chase around. I wish I could be as happy as them. I smack myself internally. Where did this come from? Throughout the ni
‘Dear Lord! Lizzy? Oh My God! What have you done to this room and yourself? Have you lost your mind? Lily is fine. We will get her out soon. We are working on it. At least give us some time.’ Her voice trails off as she takes a little tour around the room and panics. ‘Lizzy?’ I hear her wailing, questioning voice. Yet, I deny looking up and meeting her eyes. She has been my subordinate ever since I remember. One of the many magnificent Queens of our Empire. Had it happened pre-war, I would have been ashamed enough to bundle myself up and throw myself in the water. Now, circumstances have changed. Together, we have been through enough to get comfortable under our own skin around each other. ‘He hit me.’ I whisper in a barely audible voice but I know she has heard me. This Serpent heard me. Sierra lightly gasped. ‘Al…alpha?’ The disbelief in her voice piques me. What is so hard to believe, huh? Yes, it’s that damn freaking Alpha. My enemy and soon-to-be mated mate. ‘You are s
‘Lizzy! Lord! Are you okay? What’s wrong? Look at me. Fucking, tell me what did you see? Just breathe, okay. Look at me and just breathe.’ Sierra lightly slaps my face but it does not nothing to erase the image out of my mind. ‘Yaak! What the fuck? My eyes!’ For the first time in three days, I am not pissed off scrolling through the internet, I am fucking horrified and steamed. ‘What is in there? What did you see?’ Seh quizzed confused. When my wide eyes do not shrinken to it original size, she takes it upon herself to check the screen. And oh, my! Sierra giggles in amusement at my perplexed state. ‘You are horrified of this? Well…what are you exactly terrified of? Alpha or the dick?’ ‘SIERRA!’ I reprimand her. ‘What? I am just asking, okay. Why don’t you change it if it disgusts you so much?’ Sierra asks. ‘I don’t think you need to be reminded of what the Alpha is capable of doing or maybe he might have done it already. Since you don’t remember? Luna is quite hot though!’
A tangerine has spread to the sky in the waves of voluminous illumination as the sun prepares to bid adieu. It’s too chaotic and crowded to feel the sensation of nature. Still, almost inevitably my eyes keep flickering back to the hovering birds twerking in the distance. ‘Umm…have I wronged you in any manner, Luna?’ Himanshu, the walking CCTV, asks through a mouthful of butterscotch with extra Choco chips. Sierra and I raise a questioning eyebrow at him. ‘You have been a bit cold with me.’ He explains sheepishly, averting his eyes to a she-wolf in a white bikini. Mechanically, my eyes follow his and damn! What a sight it was. She was shooting a yoga video. A natural calmness radiated from her face like anything. Her waist-length hazelnut hair flirted with the wind, a bit smug to have secured a position on her head. ‘Sexy!’ Sierra and I nod solemnly. Himanshu blushes crimson. Did I mention he looks absolutely cute in it. ‘He is cute.’ Sierra blurted it aloud, making his ch
After rifling through the pages of ‘A short guide for impactful writing’, I reach out for the fourth one, cursing unique obscenities under my breath. I flip through it absently like the previous one and search for the significant content that could help me draft my own. ‘It won’t help you, you know.’ Sierra rolled her eyes at me. ‘Yeah! It’s not the title I am looking for. There are just too many of them.’ ‘I wasn’t talking about the book, Lizzy. I am talking about Alpha Ibhaan. It won’t help you. In fact, you’d be only more exhausted.’ ‘Help? Who said I need help? What are you talking about? I am working to get Lily out. Piss off.’ I growl, eyeing the massive wall portrait behind her shoulder. How did Ibhaan come in all of it? ‘He cannot come when he has always been there.’ Ella taunts. It has already been two days and I have never heard about anyone from anyone. But that’s okay. Like Whatever! Who cares if my wedding is scheduled and the entire Jindal Mansion is buzzin
____________________________________ Twenty years back... (Omma’s POV) The night sky illuminated the streets alongside the passing cars. The weather was as cold as it could get. I watched him intertwine his hands in hopes of warming up just a bit. I do not mimic his actions. Instead, I rub my palms all over my arms. A small grin radiated on his face. ‘I do not understand you, mother. You yelled at me for being so loud when you were trying to sleep and now you are walking me to the store in thirteen degrees. Why are she-wolves so complicated?’ Si-Hyuk chuckled, looking over my shoulder. His instincts were alert as always when both of us knew we were strolling in the safest of the places out there. Chaitali was our own town. It was the wolf’s territory but Si-Hyuk was trained to doubt the smooth waters. Being a spy, he has learnt to be alert and over-cautious. In his books, anything could be dangerous, even walking beside the she-wolf who had born him in her womb for three month
I never felt like this was the right moment for the world to end before, but tonight is an exception. I am literally pulling my hair out of frustration. This has to be the worst day of my life. I am always optimistic and everything but dude, this is something beyond. I can never take it.'YAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' Yeah that's just me and just because I am in admin and I should act professional and bullshit does not mean I cannot lose my shit.'Why the hell? How? This! Oh, God!' Yeah. Just a little me trying to get my shit together.'Kavishuuuu!' I am heaving like a punk masturbating on the rainy winter night. My Beta came jogging up to me in a snap. He is guarded while I am anything but that. I am a fucking mess.'What the freaking hell is wrong with this piece of shit here?' I point at my computer system which has crashed just now. It's a tragedy that I won't be able to come out ever again.Kavishlooked over my shoulder with squinting eyes.Sexy! Kevin growls.Not now you moron. I snap.
The next morning Si-Hyuk was gone to some distant land, shuffling through forbidden truths, dodging bullets, and knocking off enemies. If not? Well…I’ve always imagined him doing it. His work ethic refrained him from telling me about the locations and parties or matters incidental thereto. Mysteries surrounded him wherever he went. His work was always confidential and beyond the bounds of danger. As a General, he was expected to be at places of all sorts to finish tasks that could not have been undertaken by anyone but his brave soul faced it head unfazed by the threat. To date, I am clueless about his work regimes, clients, and informers. I have received and answered dozens of his correspondence past his demise. Alpha Vinayaka told him, he received messages almost daily but none could comprehend the coded language he used to communicate with his informers. I do not know how he served the Pack or how he met Lavinia —the mistress of a rich businessman. Only he had to undertake mul