NOVAI woke up wrapped tightly in Felix's arms. My cheek rested on his chest, heaving and falling with his calm, steady breath. I listened to his heartbeat while inhaling his lime and rosemary scent. It was odd. I felt no specific smell from any other wolf, but there was something about Felix that made him different. I heard that identifying others by their scent was a wolf thing, and it was considered one of the things that helped mates find each other. But I wasn't a wolf; I wasn't a half-breed either. Was I feeling this way because Felix was one of those pheromone-laden, high-ranking wolves? Did he feel that my scent was special to him too…?The night with him was incredible. He said that he was going to ruin me, and he was right. He ruined me for every other man that would come after him. I have no words to describe how I felt when he touched me, when he was inside me...The warmth I felt while lying in his arms was addictive. Correction: I was already an addict. How could I leave
NOVAMy hopeful state didn't last long. I hadn't seen Felix since the moment we talked about our friendship, and aside from a few exchanged text messages, I had no contact with him."I guess he is busy dating other women," I muttered angrily when he didn't answer my call.Was I expecting too much? Friends call each other, don't they? Or maybe I'd already started to act like those intrusive girls, begging for his attention?"Nova, stop it! He is NOT your boyfriend, and you need to start living your life!" I scolded myself.I had an apartment in the central district, and the digits on my bank account kept increasing. I gained the kind of independence I had dreamed of all my life, and instead of celebrating that fact, I was worrying about my so-called friendship with Felix.Finally, I decided not to contact Felix, but I was still hoping he would call me himself. Then I decided to do something to invest in my abilities. My clients' demands grew, and it was time for me to develop a few mor
NOVA I woke up in Felix's embrace. I could get used to it. My head had learned to use his chest as a pillow, finding it irresistibly comfortable. The sound of his breathing was amazingly soothing. This sense of serenity was magical. I wish it could last for eternity. "Tell me about yourself," Felix murmured with his eyes still closed. I stiffened then laughed nervously. "What would you like to know?" He shrugged and blessed me with the gaze of his mesmerizing blue irises. "Tell me something you haven't told anyone." I laughed again. "This will be easy since I rarely tell people anything about myself." He lifted me gently, placing my head on the pillow, while he rolled to the side to look at me. "Tell me about how you were growing up." Those words wiped every sliver of a smile off my face. The cold air painted a shiver across my skin. I sucked air into my lungs, struggling to keep my composure. Felix reached out his hand and stroked my cheek. "You don't have to tell me if it's t
NOVAI might have stuck on cloud number nine. My feelings for Felix were growing, and it was an irreversible process. I spent the whole next day grinning like an idiot and laughing to myself in public places. I received odd stares from people, probably thinking I was a lunatic, but I ignored them all. I was an absolutely hopeless case…My rationality surfaced every few minutes, slapping me in the face with all the combinations of "Felix" and "no relationships," but it was too late. I had exposed myself in front of him, and he didn't reject me; he embraced me and my disfigured face, breaking every defense mechanism I could place around my heart.The world outside was gloomy and dark as if autumn had come in the middle of summer, but I could see the sun shining above the clouds. I bounced my way to the post office to collect my insanely huge package with the spell books I ordered. It was too heavy for me to lift, so I started to drag it across the floor. Fortunately, two of Felix's subo
NOVA I had never thought that the Alpha King's death would change so many aspects of my life, but it did. The Moon Blade Pack now had a new leader—Alpha King Tyrion Venard, and with him sitting on the throne, Felix Montel had officially become the royal pack's Beta. Some would say that I was a lucky girl because I was currently acquainted with all the ranked wolves in the Moon Blade Pack, including the Alpha King himself, but somehow, I couldn't see how it was supposed to be fortunate. I hadn't seen Felix since the moment Alpha Tyrion, Zane, and he returned from their secret mission. He didn't even reply to my messages or call me back. I only briefly saw him during the late King's funeral, but our contact lasted a single glance. I kept telling myself that this new situation must be hard for him, yet I couldn't help but feel pushed away. Felix had to move out of his house and was now living in the palace, aka the packhouse, which created even more distance between us since I had to a
NOVA Three years later It took me a while before I pulled every splinter with Felix's name on it out of my heart, but today, I could finally say that I was cured. Focusing entirely on work helped a lot. My list of customers kept growing, and I could proudly call myself a successful and independent woman. Of course, I would never call my healing process easy. I began with a wide river of tears I cried over my enormous stupidity. After this painful recovery, I could now shamefully admit that Felix was right about one thing—I was an idiot. How could I give my heart to a bastard who didn't even ask for it? I entered the deep waters after reading "How to Swim in the Ocean of Emotions: A Handbook for Dummies." Well, I guess the theory wasn't enough to survive this kind of relationship experience. I genuinely thought that I had this casual-sex-only thing all figured out, and yet I threw all defenses out the window and embraced the uncertainty more dangerous than Russian roulette. A bullet
NOVAA light slap on the cheek jolted me back to consciousness. I was still numb and felt as if something was blocking my throat, but at least my senses returned. Lime and rosemary. My heart squeezed as I recognized Felix's scent. I slowly lifted my eyelids."Nova... Love, please wake up," I heard his deep voice whispering.I blinked, releasing the lingering tears, and heard him sigh in relief. I still couldn't move or even open my mouth to talk. If I hadn't been paralyzed, I would have cried out his name, thankful for having him near me, thankful that it was him instead of the one who attacked me...I blinked again, cautiously acknowledging my surroundings. My lower body lay on the ground, possibly in the middle of the road. My upper body was in Felix's embrace. He pressed me against his bare chest, allowing me to hear his hectically pounding heart. He saved me… but how did he know? How did he get here? And what had happened to Max? Did he escape? Or…"Can you hear me, love?" he aske
NOVAI recognized one of those witches who came—Maren, the Supreme witch's most trusted subordinate. She was once accused of using dark magic, but Cybele, the Supreme, used her power to make the whole case magically disappear. Maren was considered a beauty. She had long raven hair and mysterious onyx eyes with a ruby ring glowing on the inner side of her pupils. Her looks were astonishingly underlined by her Snow-White-like complexion. If that wasn't enough, Mother Nature was also generous to her in the sexy curve department, making her a perfect men's temptress. In the coven, she was responsible for signing contracts with wealthy men, using every possible female-like and magical trick in the boom.No surprise, the two wolves on the podium received over ninety percent of her attention. Normally, I would roll my eyes and ignore whatever she was doing, but now, her eyes were on Felix, and that made me want to lurch at her and dig her eyes out!Alpha Tyrion gave Maren an emotionless glan