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Chapter 17: 'I love you as long as you're my boss.'
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Starstruck by the Alpha Chapter 19: 'Now, Kee. Or I'll slit her throat.'
ROSE The photoshoot proceeded smoothly. Lux Park is the largest park in the U.R.T.. Its gardens are as flourished and charming as London’s Hyde Park and its lake is as huge and magical in the evening as the one at Central Park in the States. Dad used to bring me here for walks in the evenings; some weeks, even on Sunday mornings after church. Mum would join us over weekends since she was a school teacher. But since they passed, I stopped coming. I was observing the lake, admiring the clear, shifting waters of turquoise, when the photographer requested to move the set up to the rose bushes nearby. Immediately, the staff sprang alive while I ran up to Rum who was moving back to his seat. I held up a bottle of water to him and he downed it hungrily. Then, I turned on the portable fan and pointed it at him. He removed the bottle from his lips and swallowed with a heavy exhale, then stared at me. “Are you a vulture? Stop staring at the staff!” He lowered his voice and scolded, “
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RUM I held down the dumbass’s head so low that Rose couldn’t see—and hear—him. Then I hissed angrily, “I don’t want her to know my name, goddamn it!” “Oh… now I get it.” “Just call me ‘Rum’.” “What in deity’s name is that?” asked the buffoon. “IT DOESN’T MATTER, FOR GOD’S SAKE!” It was then, the big friendly giant frowned with disapproval. “You’re defying the Goddess, Kee. You don’t even talk about her anymore. ‘For God’s sake’? We only believe in one Goddess and that’s the—.” I stopped him before he said her name. “It’s just a fucking metaphor. Give it up.” I released him. “And don’t come here because of some stupid dream.” “So we’re not whispering anymore?” The giant scratched his head. ***** ROSE “Yeah.” I found myself interrupting again, irritated at being left out. “Are you guys not whispering anymore?” I glared at Rum. And he shot a cautioning finger at me. “I’m still your boss.” I looked away in a defeated scowl as Rum interrogated his peer once more. “S
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ROSE The superstar brisk-walked to the kitchen and I was hot on his trail. "Come on, Rum. Tell me, what is 'sling dash'?" He grabbed a glass from the shelf, glanced at me and groaned in surrender, “Urgh! It’s a sport. We played it back home.” The glass was slammed frustratingly on the counter, signalling his unwillingness to continue with the topic. But I was immersed in the thrill of discovering a new world and couldn’t stop. “What’s it like?” A jug of water in his hands, he closed his eyes to mentally count to ten and breathed, “It’s hard to explain.” Then, he opened his eyes and poured water into his glass. Abruptly, he snapped, “And it’s not important for my fucking allergy, so I’m not answering.” I pouted at the counter top. Humph! I’ll find it out on my own then. Erasmo did say that the others are coming for Rum—that means I can meet more werewolves! I looked up and he appeared startled and looked away. Puzzled, I asked, “What’s wrong? Something on my face?” “No,” he
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RUM I threw the guitar back on the armchair and rushed to her side. “Let go of him!” Rose was clawing the air. “NO!” “Rose!” I shook her arm. “Hey… wake up.” But she continued tossing and turning, as though she was struggling to get free from someone pinning her down. Worried, I pressed a button on a remote controller and white lights flooded the room. And then I saw her kicking about. Quickly, I shook her arm harder. “Rose, wake up.” Her eyes flew open and she jolted upright. “A-Are you alright?” I asked, genuinely concerned. She turned to me in shock then threw her arms around me. “Rum!” “Y-Yes!” “They were going to take you away! An army of them!” She sobbed, clutching me tightly as she started muttering incoherently. “Erasmo was leading them… there were a thousand… no, a hundred thousand werewolves…,” she hiccuped and continued blabbering, “And they cuffed you up… and locked you in chains….” I unwound her arms and nudged her back. Then, I cradled her soft cheek
Starstruck by the Alpha Chapter 23: 'We had to. Because it's Rum we're up against.'
ROSE I hit a bed of sand. “Ooph!” Fuck, it hurts! I curled into my usual foetal form to ingest the pain as a mesh of vicious grunting and growling rumbled not far from where I am. Rum! They’re ganging up on him! Worried sick, I pushed myself up, wincing in pain, and searched frantically for the giant, black wolf. Then I saw him fighting off the grey wolf—he jumped from the swings to the see-saw and then swiped his claws at the back of the grey fur animal, who then backed away in pain. The dark brown wolf appeared out of nowhere and jumped onto Rum—. “Rum, look out!” I screamed in worry. And Rum shook her off in one violent swing, then threw his hind legs at the attacker and shoved her hard at the steel pole of the swings, and she grunted in pain. But before Rum recovered, the grey wolf pounced on to him once more. “Look at what we have here?” I turned to the voice and gasped in horror. Niro was moving towards me, his yellow eyes boring through my face as the ugly
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ROSE In three strides of his long, athletic legs, the superstar arrived in front of me and glowered like I was his mortal enemy. “And what’s up with you? Why are you letting all these idiots flirt with you?” I returned him an even glare. You’re the idiot! I didn’t ask them to flirt with me. Why don’t you reflect on the standards of beauty of your kind? They seemed to have a strange taste in women—I’m the plainest and the most boring chick in B.A.D.! Bell put her arm around me and pulled me close. I was caught in surprise that I didn’t know how to react when she whined, “That’s so rude of you, Rummy. Sharing is caring, isn’t it?” I giggled carelessly, forgetting all about Bell. Rummy?! That’s hilarious! Oh my god, wait till Joy hears this; she’s gonna start calling him Rummy too! Then, Rum pulled me to his back and barked, “Stop staring at her! Leave!” “Alright, alright, I’m going.” She tilted her body like the second hand of a clock to send me a flying kiss. “It was a love
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ROSE The Men’s Room? That self-centred jerk! There's no limit to his superstar craziness! I stared at the text message, feeling conflicted. Should I text or call him back, to see what he wants? Would that upset him? He did ask me to come. In the end, my stubbornness to keep my promise won me over. I arrived outside the male toilet and whispered as loud as I could, without catching any attention, “RUM!” “Jesus Christ, I should've gotten an assistant with longer legs…you move ten times slower than an average human—," he grumbled and then growled, "Just get in here!” “But it’s the male toilet!” “There’s no one here. And no one is coming our way. So come on!” he urged, sounding dead urgent. So I ran in and asked in a lowered voice, “Where are you—?” The door flew open and his hand stuck out to wave at me. I dashed towards it and clamped my mouth to stop a scream of shock: Christy was sitting on the toilet, unconscious. Rum tugged me in and locked the door. “What happen
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