His soft but manly hands brushed Lily's side part braids which fell down both sides of her neck to her back while she tended to the food she was preparing. From the cool musky cologne smell that permeated the kitchen to the unusually romantic vibe in the air, the ladies could immediately tell that Kai had just entered, even without looking up from what they were doing. Kai continued to fiddle with Lily's caramel braids while he peered over shoulder to whisper in her ear. “Now what is my pretty doll making for everyone today?” He asked her.“Food as you can see,” she breezed sharply and tried to wiggle her way out of his space. “Oh-oh! Are you angry with me? Did I do something to hurt your majesty?” He tried grabbing her waist, but this time she slapped his hands off quickly and turned to face him.“Can't you see I'm working right now?” “C'mon, don't look at me like that, I might just going to drown in those blue eyes of yours.”Lily rolled her eyes and continued what she was doing.

The sun blared its scourging heat as it shone down on the silver roofing of the meeting room, making it glisten like pearls that had just passed through fire. Within the four corners of the large rooms sat thirty-six alphas, who had converged for the fortnightly meetings; each alpha representing a province of their pack. It was quite common that at least a head or two were missing at the meeting, and on more surprising occasions, the usual and expected number will be halved; each absentee having his own reason for not being able to attend.From its unique architectural exterior and exquisitely designed interior, it was deemed one of the most expensive buildings in the city. It was made so as a means of honouring the reputations and caliber from which each alpha was coming from. However there were quite a number of people who felt the whole extravagance of it was unnecessary, as nothing else happened in the building except for the fortnightly meetings. According to the laws it wasn't

Aria sat calmly and watched from the mirror how Elisa carefully parted her hair into sections for straightening. Elisa's eyes subconsciously fell on the mirror and coincidentally the two ladies locked gazes that made them both chuckle.“You have such a pretty smile,” Aria honestly complimented the pale skinned 26 year old with red hair and slightly matching freckles.“If you, of all people, are telling me that, then I truly do have a pretty smile.”“What did you mean by me of all people?” Aria asked with a simple smile and watched Elisa from the mirror, patiently awaiting a response.“I mean, you've got the Miss World kind of beauty, and your smile can set a standard for what is regarded as pretty. Imagine Miss world telling me I have a pretty smile, it means I'm pretty indeed.” Aria broke out in another round of soft chortles and waved their hands amusedly in front of her face. “The hell are you talking about? It's funny how you compare me to Miss world when I was silently being je

“Bad luck. At least you know that much,” Mabel commented and walked further into the room.“Excuse us,” Camille ordered Elisa, who obeyed immediately and shut the door behind her as she left. Damien stood up from the bed and faced Mabel. Camille also didn't want to interfere, so she excused the both of them. It was best Damien handled the situation anyway.“You had better come up with an excellent excuse for what I'm seeing, because I know you are going to speak of how old fashioned and overly sensitive I am. I'm all ears,” Mabel spewed in a tone that screamed sarcasm.“Yes, you are right about that, your orthodox mentality is a fact already, aunt, and your physical appearance is not even changing that at all.”Mabel smiled without a word and spared a moment to observe Aria. It didn't matter what Damien thought about her concluding that Aria's sudden illness on the day that the wolf godmother visited the house of the alpha was a bad omen. She had even heard Elisa explaining to the si

“They abandoned you? Why?”This was one of the many questions Mabel had for Aria. Upon asking for her family and where they live, Aria revealed that she was abandoned by family because they thought she was bad luck. Even knowing that this information would make Mabel more sceptical about her, she decided not to hide it, to cover or for the fact that she would not tell anyone she was the daughter of Alpha Hendricks or was an identical twin to another all that she had even been banished from a whole pack.“Because they believe I'm not going to bring glory to the clan, and I'm a source of bad luck…”This was more reason for Mabel to believe that she had been right about the strange energy she felt around Aria when she had first seen her. If her family had let her go from their midst because of that, was it right for them to make her stay?Making her leave also wasn't a wise decision, because whether a second chance mate or not, she was still chosen for the Alpha for a reason. Mabel was t