EllaI bowed my head slightly, crossing my legs in curtsey as I saw Vincenzo step into the dining hall about the same time I stepped into the hall. I stood back, gripping the railing by the staircase as I did. He acknowledged my greetings with not more than an impassive nod of the head. Did he ever show emotions?He had to be the most stoic, phlegmatic person I'd ever known. "We've been waiting for you all evening, Vincenzo. Where did your wanderings lead you?" Lila asked as she started to arrange items on the table that did not need arranging."In the woods? In the cave? On the borders of another pack? In a woman's arms? Which do you think?""Come on, sit," Lila said as she looked in my direction. "Is that supposed to be you trying to taunt anyone? I thought you were a reformed rake?""And who says I'm not?""You just said__""Lil, you should listen to understand.""You know I do not think of you as a totally changed man and you taunt me with the question? Well, you'd want to hear
EllaDinner was a troublesome affair that brought back memories I'd best forget. Contessa's reminder of my family had only brought me memories of my stepmom and stepsisters, the oldest being Alessa. A conniving pair that made life difficult in different instances for me. One of the reasons I was in the moonstone pack was Alessa sleeping with my boyfriend, Christopher, which led to our breakup. Alessa had been oddly pleased with having me break up with Christopher and she had received her mother's backing. I had felt betrayed by the man who constantly professed love to me but even more stung by my step sister's actions and the fact that she loved to see me sad. The good thing is, I'd never been one to brood over melancholic issues _ not that Mia would let me_ and I had gotten over Christopher who was not even my mate, and started to pay more attention to myself and how much I could make myself Happy, being that I was the lone kid in the house.Just when I was recovering from the trai
VincenzoWhatever Contessa thought she was doing, she thought it was working because I was only going to humor her for as long as I had not gotten irritated yet. I took a chair and dropped onto it as she started to do a wanton act.Nothing about her was remotely sexy.Of course, I'd never been a monk, and the body of a beautiful woman needed to have some effect on me, especially when I was in a closed space with her and she was bent on having sex with me.It would cost me nothing to take hold of her and take my pleasure from her, but she was not the woman I wanted. If I was to break my celibacy after a few years of strict abstinence, then I deserved to do it with the one person my body and soul craved.' I want her too. I want Mia as much as you do Ella.'I heard Ray mutter.I was not dumb. It dawned on me then that Mia had to be Ella's wolf."Does she want you to?"I muttered under my breath.'yes. She longs for me.'"My lord? How seductive do you like your women, then?"I heard Cont
EllaWhen I heard the quick rasps on the door, I had panicked that something might have gone wrong and I was needed. I walked to the door and pulled it open. Mia had woken, ready to manifest if ever there was danger at the other end of the door.It was Lila. I sighed. Mia relaxed, feeling foolish for being fiery-tempered and warlike."Lila. What's wrong?"I demanded. My voice sounded hoarse. Almost like I'd been crying.Hell. I cleared my throat."Is there supposed to be something wrong with me to talk to my friend?"Lila asked. It was unlike her to ask questions like that. I thought she must have been upset about something. Or maybe she had not gotten over the anger from the dining.She smiled."What? What's amusing?"I asked, taken aback by the inconsistency in her mood."It's nothing." She purred. "I just want to have some time with you. It's better than staring at the damn ceiling."I laughed then. A forced smile. Nothing seemed funny for as long as Vincenzo was with Contessa, pr
VincenzoThe morning was a fairly Sunny one and I woke up on the right side of my bed. I did not have any cause to be worried about anything and I did not worry, truly.I was down for breakfast a bit earlier than usual but as always, Ella and Lila were there before I joined them. They were not talking neither were they eating. I reached the head of the table and they both greeted me.From the moment I walked in, Ella's gaze had started to shift uneasily and she tried not to meet my gaze. I wondered what if she heard anything Contessa had tried to do with me the previous night before stomping off. Did she hear the heavy footsteps on the hallway or had she been asleep when Contessa had left?I didn't want to worry my head. Ella usually minded her business and would have perhaps not paid any attention to footsteps or try to make sense of whose steps they were."You two look really beautiful today."I commented as the maid started to fill our plates. I hoped I would get her eyes up fi
Ella What I'd told the Alpha, I had no idea how he was handling that. A bigger part of me longed for his touch, his domineering aura and his smell, but the recalcitrant part of me wanted to stay away, make him leave me and stop torturing me with his gazes so I could save my friendship with Lila whose affection I'd rather not lose, or at least, not on account of her father.The only challenge was that I could not make my feelings for him die. I could not banish what I felt for him and I sincerely did not want to.It occured to me that I was in a dilemma. I'd refused to go down for lunch and even dinner. I was alone in my room and no matter how hard Lila tried, I would not budge.. when it was late, I decided to take a night walk around the pack house. Apart from the times I'd gone for a run in the bushes, sometimes reaching the borders of another pack, I'd never taken a good view of the pack which had changed considerably from the last time I'd been there. It would have been easier to a
VincenzoMaximo loved to taunt me. He knew I was out in the gym to beat out my anger On the punching bags and quell the battle within.Ella had said the most scathing thing to me and I could not dismiss the words easily, try as I might. How was it possible to stay away from someone whose beautiful face I saw almost everyday. How was I going to pretend she was not in the pack house when I knew she was just right in her room, just within my reach?Everyday since she returned to the pack, I'd found myself going to bed with her in my mind and waking up with her in my mind. She was truly addictive.I cursed silently as I lifted the dumbbells. If only I'd not kissed and seduced her that day in the cave. I'd never gotten anything beyond that and the thought of what could have been haunted me. I could not have held myself back and a part of me was relieved that she'd broken off and had left."I see how angrily you lift those."Maximo commented. I realized then that I should have shut the door
VincenzoI could not think of a better place to be after the fight with Maximo, so I went off to the cave. Nothing was going to be better than soaking deliciously in the tub. I was glad for Maximo, for making himself available as an outlet for my anger. He was still lying on the floor, groaning and nursing his left foot when I left him. My knuckles ached from the several contacts it had made with his body and I liked how it felt.The path between the woods that led to the cave seemed like it had been treated recently. If I was not a keen observer, I would have known nothing of it, but I continued my walk down to the cave. Perhaps, whoever had visited the cave had left. Roy was sated from the fight with Maximo and he was at peace. He had not liked the idea of a fight with Maximo initially, but he had not also held back his delight when the fight started."Who could have gone up into the cave?"I muttered aloud.Lila was not one of the very few who visited the cave or found it as a place