OLIVIA'S POVWhile I was sitting in my room, reading the horror novel I had collected from the library, my mind wandered and I couldn't focus on the reading.I remembered the people's murmurs from before and it crossed my mind over and over again which made me unable to focus. I kept rethinking the words I could've said and the perfect badass response I could've come up with but sadly, it was too late for that.I heard a knock on the door which snapped me out of my thoughts. "Come in!" I said after I'd positioned myself properly on the bed.The door opened revealing Vanessa. I immediately let out the breath I was holding and gestured to Vanessa to move closer to me.She was holding a bowl containing strawberries. She smiled at me softly and walked toward my bed."I brought you some strawberries."It looked incredibly fresh and sumptuous. Even though I remembered that I was called a freeloader for simply living in the mansion, I wanted to have a taste of the delicious fruit. It was cal
JULIAN'S POV.I stood at the entrance to my house and sighed. I was tired with everything fiber of my being and all I just wanted was to relax my body and my nerves in readiness for tomorrow's activities. As the Alpha of the Black Shadow pack, I couldn't afford to slack behind my pack members even for a single day.Would I even have the time to slow down a little?Every member of my pack, from the youngest to the oldest, all relied on me and my ability to lead the pack safely and wisely. After all, we were all the forsaken werewolves of another pack that had joined together to become one. The other members had trusted me enough to let me lead them after they had heard about what had happemed between my brother and I.I haven't let them down even oncean and I wasnt about to begin now. No matter how tired and weary I was, I wouod always put the interest of my pack first before I even consider myself. Every decision I made in the past and the ones I wouod be making in the future would be
JULIAN'S POV."Yes." She finally answered me.I bent my lips to her mouth and stole another kiss from her before I let go of her from my hold completely. I stood up from my sitting position and went over to where my drawers were. I sat down on one of the ones in the middle and rested my hands on either of the drawers by the side. By the time I would look back at Olivia, she had one of her fingers on her lips."Did you enjoy the kiss that much?" I asked her.She looked at me with a surprised look and she blushed."Why do you like blushing around me so much? Do I make you uncomfortable?" I asked her.When she blushed again, I nearly cursed out loud."Do I?" I asked with uncertainty this time.When she shook her head on the negative, I relaxed my tense posture. When she looked at me and our eyes locked, she blushed again and she looked down. I shook my head and wondered why she always acted shy around me. Or perhaps she wasn't shy, she was merely afraid of showing her true emotions.This
JULIAN'S POV."Thank you for the ride, Holden. I'll see you both later in the day," I told both my beta and my omega."See you later, Julian," Holden called out before he drove away.I sighed and walked into my mansion. After Holden had beckoned to me yesterday about a matter that urgently needed my attention, I hadn't expected that it would be a matter that would require so much of my time.It turned out that some of the soldiers had spotted another set of Blue Blood werewolves transporting the crates of fruits from the Khoyata tree. They had captured one of them and they had wanted me to be present for his questioning. When I got there, I had met the omega questioning the captured man who had done nothing but kept mute.Holden and I had thought that he wasn't responding to the omega's questioning because she was a woman, coupled with the fact that she wasn't someone who loved threatening and punishing people except when the situation called for it. So, we had asked her to relax and
OLIVIA'S POV.By the time Niamh would transport me around the hall to meet different members of the pack, I was already feeling tired and my head was on fire. At first, I tried to keep track of the names of everyone and the positions they held in the pack, and crucial their positions were but after meeting about twenty people in a roll, I had given up and told myself that I would be learning about them gradually."Olivia, did you know that Finn is Jane's boyfriend?" Niahm asked me in a low gossip voice.I looked at the person called Finn whose secret affair was out in the open and he didn't seem to mind it one single bit."If you weren't my brother's mate, I swear to the moon goddess, I would have murdered you a long time ago." The young man told Niamh.Perhaps, he did mind about it, I thought. When Niamh flicked her two fingers at him and the young man laughed, I knew that he truly didn't mind any of the discussion."Didn't you promise to tell the Alpha only good things about me? Why
OLIVIA'S POVWhen I woke up, I felt giddy from the previous day's celebration. I had been treated better than I could've ever imagined and Julian made sure I was comfortable through it all.Honestly, I did not like that I was introduced to everyone so suddenly but after everything went out smoothly, I had a good night's sleep.I stretched my limbs and didn't feel the need to stay in bed for another hour. One would think if I left my pack, the first thing I would do in my home was sleep but here I was, feeling upbeat and excited.My body was also strong and energetic, if I laid in my bed for more hours. I would only be sleeping away the loads of energy I had.I skidded into the bathroom and started my morning routine. Brush teeth, shower, skincare. My fingers played with the well-tailored dresses in the closet as I decided on what to wear.The green plain dress that was comfy as hell or the peach that looked incredibly light and silky?I slipped into the former and prepared myself. I
OLIVIA'S POVAfter making Bacon and eggs, Helen was impressed. The maids tasted from it and they were wowed.Helen had no choice but to approve me to cook with her.Simultaneously, Helen and I went to work, chopping the ingredients we needed to make the duck meat to our taste.She worked her magic and a section of the maids cheered her on. The other section of maids cheered me on mostly because they were used to Helen's meal and wanted to taste something different.By the time Helen and I were done making our meals, the pack members were in the huge dining room anticipating breakfast.Even Julian was seated at the table, and so were his omega and beta. Many familiar faces were seated and it made me feel a certain way."I heard you were competing with the head chef," Niamh cleared her throat, "So. I decided to come and take a look at it and have a taste too.""Well... I was joking around, I didn't expect everyone to gather here because of that.""You must be kidding!" Holden's eyes wid
OLIVIA'S POV"Luna, you're back." Vanessa grinned as I arrived on the first floor.It was around evening and I didn't expect her to be around. She was holding a tray containing a bunch of blueberries."How long did you wait here?" I asked, in surprise."W-well... Since you left."That was not impressive."Whenever I'm not around, you don't have to serve me. It was just an excuse to stop those girls from bullying you. You should also do what you like to do the most instead of waiting."I walked toward her and sighed. There were beads of sweat on her forehead and that gave me the information I needed. She had stood there for a very long time.I opened the door to my room and ushered her in. I patted a spot next to me on the bed and she sat down and looked at me curiously.I didn't know why but I felt like Vanessa was trustworthy and I blurted everything to her without thinking.VANESSA'S POVShe appeared at the top of the stairs with a graceful look. Immediately she saw me, a spread aga