AriaI woke to the sound of music. Valeria had returned and was cleaning. She didn’t know I was back. I opened the door and joined her in the kitchen.She dropped everything and rushed to me, pulling me into a warm hug. “Aria, you are back. Are you feeling all right?” She searched my body for injuries. I hugged her and smiled. “I am fine, Val, don’t worry,” I replied and entered the living room. Valeria followed me as I sat on the sofa.“How did it happen, Aria? Thank Goddess you are fine,” she whispered, her eyes full of tears.“It’s a long story, Val. I have something to tell you,” I replied and that stopped Valeria’s bubbling. She looked at me curiously.“What is it?”“Tonight, Alpha Jackson will announce my new rank upgrade, Val. He is making me a warrior to thank me for saving Andy,” I blurted and waited for my friend’s reaction.“Does that mean you will leave our house? And we will not be in touch as we are?” she whispered, snapping her fingers nervously. “At a later stage, ye
The Crescent Moon packIn the pack hospital -third person’s P.O.V.“What will we tell Alpha Erick when he asks us? Are we going to tell him the truth?” the rogue with the bandaged head said, touching his wound with a trembling hand.“Are you out of your mind? What are we going to tell him? That a young woman half our size beat us and saved that brat? The Alpha will humiliate if not kill us,” the second rogue replied.“What should we say, then?” the first rogue asked.“That one of the pack warriors was around and fought us. Alpha knows how strong the Opal Moon pack warriors are. No one else was around, anyway. So why not lie and save ourselves?” the second rogue replied, huffing in frustration as he remembered how the young woman fought them and won.“Yes. That is what we will say when Alpha Erick asks us,” he said more confidently. Alpha Erick WilliamsI was in my office with my Beta and angrily punched the wall beside me. I created the Crescent Moon pack from scratch and my pack mem
AriaI had been listening to my father-in-law praising me and felt weird about the situation I found myself in. Andy never left my side for a minute and when his father announced my new rank, he hugged me by the legs and cheered.That brought tears to my eyes. I wiped them and the feeling of someone’s penetrating eyes on me made me look up and face Daniel and his girlfriend, Lea.She had her eyes on me, holding Daniel’s hand. She seemed angry and I wondered why. Daniel’s eyes were on Lea and he had a confused expression. Andy called him and he turned my way. I saw his eyes turning a darker blue and he ran his fingers through his messy hair as he walked my way, coming to his brother, still holding Lea’s hand. Cole must have been trying to take over or Daniel felt aroused. These were the cases when my mate’s eyes turned darker blue. When he was angry his eyes turned black or red depending on how angry he was. Black meant angry, and red meant furious.And now Daniel’s arousal was obvious
DanielLea’s question shook me to the core. Had I given my girlfriend the impression that I was so attracted to Aria? Shit! That was foolish of me. I swore inwardly and hugged Lea tightly, kissing her forehead.“Baby, why do you say that? Why would I be attracted to her?” I kept a calm tone, hiding the guilty feeling of betrayal that arose in my heart. How could I do that to Lea and upset her for no reason? Why couldn’t I control my thoughts where Aria was concerned?The Omega was of no significance to me. I shouldn’t have those thoughts nor get so upset when she was around. “She is no longer an Omega, Daniel. Aria is now a warrior. You should get used to her new rank. She will be around us more often now,” Cole reminded me calmly. How could he be so calm?“Because I am not the one in trouble, you are my friend. I am curious to see how you will calm Lea’s suspicions,” Cole mocked me again.“Cole, what the hell? Can’t you be more caring towards your human? I am dealing with something d
AriaI woke up the following morning feeling numb. The searing pain Daniel had unintentionally caused me kept me up most of the night. So that was how betrayal physically affected the person being betrayed.As the Moon Goddess, I could hear the painful screams of those betrayed by their mates but never felt the pain in the flesh. Alicia had decided that I should go through that experience as well. I checked my face in the mirror. The bags under my eyes revealed my poor quality of sleep. I went back to bed and covered myself, closing my eyes. I had the day off and I planned to use it to rest.I must have overslept because the sun was already setting when I woke up. I left my room and went to the kitchen where Valeria had been preparing some soup. “Hey, you are up,” she chirped and smiled.“Look! I made you some soup. It will help you feel better,” she explained and I thanked her. I would miss her and her smile when I moved in with Ella.“Thank you, Valeria. I appreciate it,” I replied
AriaI watched as my father-in-law stood behind Lea, his eyes narrowing in anger.“Alpha, I just…,” Lea’s voice trembled and she lowered her head in fear.“You what?” his voice boomed again and Daniel and Luna Sarah rushed to his side.“Dad, what happened?” Daniel looked at Lea, who had paled and was shaking in fear.“Baby?” He took her hand but Lea didn’t dare raise her head to look at him.“Who gave you the right to decide who can enter the top floor? Who do you think you are, missy?” Daniel’s father was furious. Luna Sarah placed her hand on his arm, trying to calm him.I looked around and saw Ella and the others watching their Alpha who verbally attacked Lea after he heard her last comment. Their faces were void of emotion. I lowered my head and smiled at Andy who hugged me and watched the scene with trembling lips. He was about to cry.“I am sorry,” Lea said while crying.“You’d better be sorry. My family and I get to decide who’s allowed and who’s not in this pack. Understood? Yo
AriaShocked at how he rolled on top of me, I called Daniel by his name, forgetting I was only a warrior and not his mate. “It’s Alpha Daniel to you,” he growled and pinned me to the ground using his weight, his hot breath touching my bare skin. A tickling sensation made me quiver under his body and his eyes turned a darker shade of blue.It only lasted a moment and then his eyes went red. Daniel was furious. But why?I gulped and turned my head to the side, exposing my neck to him. Daniel growled, frustrated and I turned my head to look at him.“What the hell did you do to make my father insult Lea like that, Omega? Or do you think that saving my brother gives you the right to take advantage of situations like the previous one with my brother? I bet you were the one who urged Andy’s reply to Lea. Was your goal to create a scene in which you would be the poor girl who saved my brother but got insulted by my girlfriend? What are you up to, mutt?” He spat in my face.There was so much h
DanielI walked back to the packhouse feeling guilty for pushing Aria. It was the only way I could think of to avoid making a move on her. Her scent set my senses on high alert and I wouldn’t last long. Standing so close to her would make me do something irrational.I never expected her to fall and hurt her shoulder. She seemed in great pain. My instincts told me to pick her up and take her to the pack hospital. But I didn’t want to have any physical contact with her. I didn’t trust myself, nor Cole, who swore at me when he realised Aria had been injured when she fell.“Are you out of your fucking mind, Daniel? How could you do something like that? You were always gentle with the opposite se.x. What did Aria do to deserve such treatment? Are you sure that she provoked Lea? She seemed pretty sincere to me,” Cole was angry with me.“How can you say that, Cole? Do you mean Lea lied to me? Why would she do something like that?” I protested.“There’s only one way to find out and that is by