Luciano stood there looking like an ice sculpture. The long coat was no longer on his body, only his turtleneck remained. His hands were cross at his front and his cold murderous eyes fixed on his beta.Beta Lio cursed under his breath before turning around and looking at his alpha. “I am your childhood friend, the one who has been with you through everything and the one who wants what is best for you. That is who I think I am, alpha.”Luciano looked at his beta then took two steps towards him and now the men were on a staring contest. “So, friend. What reason would you have to ask my mate to reject me?” Luciano was fuming with anger but trying very hard to contain it.He woke up in someone else’s bed and it was obvious to him what had happened. This was not his first rodeo, now what he feared was what his mate thought of him after she saw that.She might even agree with Lio and reject him. He did not think he could bare that. Not after waiting so long to find her. granted, he was not
“Enough about that, how about I make everyone food then some of you can get the people out of the banker. I assume they are there, right?” her mates nodded at the same time.“I will help you cook.” Lorenzo offered; James sneered on the side. “Just because you are ancient doesn’t mean you can cook. Please we don’t want food poisoning on top of everything else.”Everyone chuckled, even the stone-cold alpha Luciano. His beta was surprise to see him laugh with strangers like that. It was unlike his alpha.“He is right, we have a lot to deal with, we can’t add food poisoning to it.” everyone laughed. “I will have you know that I can cook. I was a top chef in Italy before everything and even after I continued. Just wait and see.”The others laughed going out to help with organizing everything in the pack. Maria kept quiet thinking about everything that has happened to her in the past few days.Tears dropped from her eyes and Lorenzo who was busy chopping onions by her side gave her a handke
The night was still as water in the lake, with the moon shining. Maria took refuge on the rock at the riverbank. She was deep in thought thinking about everything she has been through.“What can I do to make it up to you?” asked the man she thought would be her everything. Her shoulder to cry and lean on. Her destined mate.“I was wrong Maria, please forgive me.” he could no longer take her silence, her indifference, and her coldness towards him. It was more than punishment and he wanted it to stop.“I will do anything, just please, talk to me, forgive me.” he pleaded and finally. The beautiful woman on the rock turned her head and looked at him with those cold distant eyes.“Bring my parents back from the dead.” His heart sank and a lone tear escaped his eye. The watery pearl rolled down his cheek and dropped on his chest.
In the mystical land way beyond the moon. The Goddess of the moon, Selene was busy creating yet another spirit child, a soul that was to be born from two of his children of the moon, the Werewolves.Serenity, her twin sister walked in just as she was planning her fate. She gasped when she saw it. “How could you Selene, how could you give her such a fate?” Serenity the mother of the children of night. The vampires. Asked, she had just walked into Selene’s working space when she saw the creature she had just made. A spirit child that was yet to be born in the world.The siblings, all four of them came to visit Selene for their quarterly dinners. It was Selene’s turn to host. Serenity her twin was there, her brothers, Simon, the creator of the children of the sky. The dragons. Samuel, creator of the children of the water. The Mer people and the Naga people and Seun., creator of the children of land. The warlocks and witches. Were also in attendance. Selene and Serenity were twins and the
It was the day of Eric’s eighteen birthday. The alpha and Luna wanted to do something big for his birthday, mainly because they were hoping that their son would find his mate from one of the alpha’s daughters invited.The night started out joyously. Everyone was excited about the possibility of finding their mates. Eric was also excited; he and Maria had been busy with different duties on the day, so they had not met yet.The future pack leaders were busy preparing for the young alpha’s birthday, sorting out the last-minute details of the party.Maria only sent her best friend a text wishing him well on his day and promised to give him his gift when they see each other later.Maria, the beta’s daughter, could not wait to see their future Luna and her best friend’s mate. She was sure Eric was going to find his mate this night. “Look who we have here, where is your twin?” asked the future gamma meeting Maria coming back from the border.“In case you didn’t know dear Gamma, I am a year o
Eric came back from the cottage where he was getting dressed. He could not wait to see Maria and get his gift. She told him that it was something he always wanted, and he could not wait to see what it was.When he got inside, he could not see any of the pack leaders. At the door was the gamma and his mate welcoming the guests as they arrived. “Good you are here, please get your parents to come down here, the guests are starting to ask questions.” The gamma told Eric.He wondered what could be keeping his parents, he nodded at the gamma and walked away. But just as he was thinking about where to go look first, the most amazing scent hit his nostrils and she stood there and inhaled deeply.It was like nothing he has ever smelled before; he could not describe how it made him feel and he could not wait to see who the scent belonged to. What she looked and felt like in his arms.With a smile on his face, he followed the scent up the stairs, his heart beating fast in anticipation. But he wa
Eric stood there and watched as her best friend’s mother’s hands flew to her neck covering the wound to stop the bleeding. But the blood was spilling over her fingers. He watched as she turned pale then fell on her knees before falling to the ground.Her wolf tried to heal her, but the wound was too deep, and she was losing too much blood and quickly. Eric continued to watch until she stopped moving. He wanted to make sure she was dead and that he did it.The boy she trusted did it, she wanted her to feel the same way his mother felt when Maria ended her life. When he was sure she was dead, he turned around and left without saying a word. He was broken on the inside and even killing his best friend’s mother did not make him feel better.He never thought something like this could happen, especially by his hand. He imagined that his mother would die in the hands of rogues or some freak accident, not by the hand of his friend and the girl she considered a daughter.He certainly never ima
Maria no longer cared about the smell and the dirt on the cell as she curled in fetal position on the cement floor crying soundlessly. No sobs came out only tears streamed down her delicate cheeks. She would choke from the huge lump that continued to grow in her throat threatening to cut off her oxygen supply.But Maria did not care, maybe death was better than the pain she was feeling at that moment. But the body has a way of protecting and defending itself from harm. As she cried and the lump grew preventing her from breathing.The body continued to force her to take a breath. After being rejected by Eric like that Maria lost all hope. Her mother has not gone to see her in two days, Eric just rejected her, Maria had a feeling that things were going to get worse from that point.She did not want to face whatever was coming on her own. Her cheating father was already gone, and she had no idea what was happening with her mother, but she did not have a good feeling about that as well.E