KEANNEI sat back on the chair, my lips slightly parting. The glass on the floor showed shattered reflections of my eyes as I watched them, the blue green colors that had grown even darker as I realized my lycan.I closed my eyes briefly and took a deep breath, then slowly stood up, making my way to the bar. It was almost empty with only a single bottle of vodka, and I gave a small sigh.It has been a whole year ever since I came back here, this office, this life. But nothing has felt the same. Alcohol didn't quite make me forget, and some nights, on some nights, I awake to nightmares of her voice around me, her gasps, the little wolf purrs she made whenever I kissed her.I signed. I am doing it again, and I hate just how much my wolf likes it."You like it too," Came the dark growl I knew to be my wolf.I brought the bottle to my lips. "Stop it. She is behind us.""You can't put my mate behind me. It will hurt."I closed my eyes. "What hasn't?"It did not reply, that bastard, leaving
CORAI walked into the mansion. It was large, with dome shaped ceilings and a massive chandelier. It was tall, and the massive stair case graced the very center. It was two semi circle stair cases that faced away from each other and slowly came to a union at the very top of the next floor."It's beautiful," I said, turning to Aloha Blake.He smiled. "I can't believe I haven't been Jere for a year. It really was hard to leave the pack."I gave a small smile. Even for me. My heart, however raced at the thought that here, in this city was Keanne. We were breathing the same air again, and we would shift under the sane night sky. It was an exhilarating thought, and even though over the past year, I have tried as much as I could to put him behind me, it did sting.He could have left without those promise. It doesn't make sense that his idea of making me the happiest omega was leaving.I swallowed, blinking back the tears. "I will show you up to your room," Alpha Blake suddenly said, turning
CORAThe water pelted down on my body, running along my skin. Running along the marks left by the frequent beatings in the pack house, and those two times Alpha Blake had needed to tame me. It didn't happen much, but sometimes, he said I grew too wild for him. It did tame me, and I admittedly have been a good girl ever since.I am just not sure how much longer I can be a good girl for. I was born wild. The sort of wild that would marry him. The sort of wild that never face into convention.I swallowed hard, my hands smoothening my hair down my back, a breath escaping me. I turned the shower off, then walked out, tying a robe around me.A servant was standing by the door when I came out, and I looked up to her a little questioningly."Mr. Blake has asked you to come down in ten minutes."I nodded, and she walked away, leaving me alone again. I dried my hair off, then started to get ready, using only light make up.I wore the dress, then examined myself in the mirror.'I would kill for
CORAI swallowed hard as he turned to meet my eyes, his familiar mop of black hair falling on one side. I felt my breath hitch, my chest heaving lightly, even though I tried as much as I could to mask how much he still affected me.I held my breath as his eyes lifted to meet mine. The same blue green swirls that had swept me off my feet the very first day. The same blue green swirls that had the back of my eyes stinging with tears of hunger and yearning."Cora."My name didn't feel like my name when he said it. It felt like a million butterflies setting off in my stomach, a million thorns in my chest. A million scars on my heart.His lips parted, and I saw something flash in his eyes. Questions, and sometimes, they rolled over and masked what I felt inside.I was anything but fine without him.He blinked and turned away, and I saw him take in a deep breath, his head tilting upwards."My beautiful fiancee is here," Alpha Blake said, smiling.He stretched his hand to me. I gave a small
I sat on the dining seat long after Keanne and his date were gone, and I swallowed, turning to Alpha Blake."He is your son. What is this about his real father?"He looked up to me, his eyes filled with dark rage, his veins popping from his forehead. "Shut up."I swallowed hard, then lowered my head. "It wouldn't hurt to just....""I said, shut the fuck up! How is that my son gets to dictate my own marriage?!""He didn't choose it to be that way, Alpha. I am sure if Keanne could have this any other way, he would give you whatever you want for a loving father. I do not think..."He suddenly grabbed me by my neck, his fingers digging into my flesh. "Alpha...""You think you know anything? You think you can run your mouth because a measly omega like you gets to sit on the same table as an alpha?"I swallowed with great effort, my eyes stinging as I felt the tears forcibly pushed out of my eyes, my chest heaving for a gasp, a breath.Suddenly, he let me go on the floor like a rag doll,
CORA"There is really no other way out?" I swallowed on hearing Alpha Blake's voice. He was on the phone, his voice low, but I could still hear it from the door."Goddammit, Ken. You know I need to do this. I need to be a fucking family man to have it. Please, just..."I swallowed. A family man? "Talk to them. I am currently not there but..." He suddenly trailed off again, and I heard him clear his throat."I will call you back."I swallowed, taking a step back from the door. Before I could turn away, however, he had opened the door, his eyes meeting mine."Eavesdropping, darling?"I swallowed, pushing my hair away. I did hope he did not see the tremble in my fingers, however. "I...I was just... I just came back from my walk and..."He thinned his eyes at me, then gave a small sigh. "Actually, my dear. Come in."I swallowed hard as he stepped away from the door, his eyes holding a silent demand. I pushed my feet to walk despite the nervous cowering of my wolf, and I walked past him.
CORAI sat up on the bed, my hand reaching for the night light close to the bed. It came on, and I swallowed, my eyes fixed on it. The room was empty besides me, and it was the only place I could let my feelings flow.I swallowed, letting myself off the bed. The large mirror adjacent to the bed stared back at me almost accusatively, and I walked to it, my eyes taking in my own reflection.On one hand. There was Keanne. My mate who abandoned me. My mate who I...can't have. Then there is Alpha Blake. His father. The man I am bound to of mistaken will.If I had a choice, who would I choose? It was a question I could not answer. A question that haunted me till I slowly went down on my knees, tears filling my eyes, my hands covering up my mouth. I am weak, and I have never felt more vulnerable. I leaned back on the dresser, my chest heaving with tears, my body lightly trembling. By tomorrow, I will be a weapon against my very own mate, and I have never felt more like a traitor.
KEANNEThe bright lights of the morning felt like a dagger straight to my head. It wasn't really because I had drank, but because my wolf has never really liked the light.I am not a morning person, safe to say, and I pushed myself to stand, then closed the drapes, my eyes closed. It was late, I could tell and I said swallowed hard, then turned to the stairs. I had slept off on the couch, and my tie, the bottles, my shoes...I shook my head as I went upstairs, then without skipping a beat, walked into the shower. I peeled off my shirt, my reflection staring at me in what I thought was utter disappointment.I didn't mind it as I let myself out of those clothes, then closed NY eyes as the water pelted down my skin, scalding it. A weird feeling erupted inside me, something that I could only qualify ad being gloriously between pleasure and pain.And I liked it. The pain a little more.I turned to the mirror, my hair falling in front of me, my chest lightly heaving."This won't be easy...