“You said you wanted to talk. I’m listening.” Denise’s lips curled and a snarl rose up her throat before she could stop it. Her small fingers tightened around West’s wrist, gripping it so tight that the bone cracked under the force. Her eyes flashed golden and for the moment it stayed like that, the ambience seemed to change completely. Cold and menacing. Dark and oppressing. It was like a sudden personality switch. Her wolf wasn’t in control but her body was acting on its emotions.“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?! You’re asking for death, aren’t you? Release me this fucking instant!” West screamed, her weight resting on her tippy-toes as her face twisted in pain and her shoulders hunched. It hurt like a bitch. And any movement felt like her wrist would separate from her body. Growling, her free hand lifted, elongated nails digging into Denise’s skin, but the more she tried to pry off her hold, the more it tightened. “Ah! Fuck!” She cursed. “GET HER OFF ME! GET THIS BITCH O
“I suppose you don’t use your werewolf powers often?” Jack spoke as they moved slowly through the forest. He held her hand loosely in his and tugged her along, now they could hear the distant chaos up ahead and Denise could smell the scent of familiar people. It seemed her family were one of the few who got invited to the ceremony. She didn’t want them to see her like this…but it couldn’t be helped. Would they even care if she died tonight? “No.” She answered in a low mumble, while picking at her thumb with her nails. “It makes it hard to stay in control.” Her leg had almost finished healing. And the bruise on her cheek was already nonexistent. Ever since she was a child, her body healed quicker than the average wolf, but she was still yet to decide whether that was good or bad. Sometimes, she preferred the pain and other times, she didn’t. “I see.” Jack’s eyes assessed her figure in a curious manner. He still couldn’t understand how someone with such a frail appearance manag
“My Queen…” Wyatt’s head bowed, “Please do as you see fit. We will have no objections…”“Hmmm. Raise your head, she-wolf.”Licking her lips that had gone dry, Denise cleared her throat and hesitantly, she lifted her head. Her hair waved in front of her face and she quickly swept it back, setting the strands behind her shoulders. The Queen’s eyes slitted as she drunk in her appearance, and for a moment, her forehead creased and her hostile gaze suddenly became pensive, as if a sudden thought had distracted her. “The resemblance is…uncanny…” She cocked her head without easing her stare and Denise began to sweat even harder, her hold on Jack’s hand tightening.“Mother!” West’s frustrated voice sounded. She stomped closer, her glare passing over the Queen’s shoulder. “What are you waiting for? Put her in her place!”“You…” Ignoring West, the Queen tore her gaze away from Denise and glanced at Alpha Wyatt, “…you say this girl is your daughter? Where is the mother?”Jolting, Wyatt frantical
“I don’t need you to protect me….not someone like you. Why can’t you leave me alone! Let me die if I have to! I’d rather that… than staying with you.”The words hit Kain like a bullet to the chest. He clenched his hands at his side, his teeth grinding hard together. He had to resist the urge to dig his claws through her lips and pluck her tongue from her mouth. How dare she utter such words? He was merely protecting what belonged to him, as expected of a master, yet it seemed his dog was biting his helping hand. For a while now, he almost couldn’t recognize the Denise that stood before him.The stare she was giving him, was a familiar one…one that looked the same as when his mother had given up on him. He couldn’t help but chuckle darkly at the thought. What was the last straw this time? Refusing to let her leave his side? Or threatening to bound her like a prisoner? Which one made her like this?Better yet, did that even matter? No. None of that mattered. There was a bond between the
“I; Denise Vera, reject you Kain Valcor as my mate. Accept my rejection, Alpha.”With that, the bond that had already been stretched thin was now about to snap. Kain’s heart stopped its beats and his smirk fell from his face.The pleads he had expected to hear were definitely different from that which left her lips. Every word made him feel like a viper had latched onto his skin with their fangs. It was toxic to his ears…Suddenly, he found himself staggering on his feet. He moved two shaky steps back, then as if his body had lost its strength, he fell to his knees before her. His golden eyes flashed again and a powerful howl from his wolf almost knocked him unconscious. He swayed and fell forward but caught himself by digging his fingers into the ground, while his other hand clutched the spot behind which his heart laid. Despite the pain, he should’ve kept a poker expression…but his face had betrayed his will.Right there in front of everyone, she had struck a mighty blow and her wea
Denise pulled her body with merely the effort of will as she left the forest and moved across the plain lands where the houses were. She was desperate to leave…but before that, she needed to see her friends one last time. If not anyone else, she owed them her goodbyes.With a trembling hand settling over her burning mark, she sprayed on a large portion of scent spray in case Kain followed her, then dragged her way to Hailey’s house. Those two were not among the crowd, so she figured she’d go to the house. Hopefully, she’d get to see Aiden there as well.Torturous minutes passed before she reached the front door. Hesitantly, her hand lifted to knock, but just before she could, she heard murmurs from inside.“You’re not getting hard, Aiden! Do something!”“Can you blame me? Our dear Denise is currently struggling to live. We should’ve at least went to the ceremony. Fuck, we’re real scums, aren't we? Especially you. She liked your company a lot.”“So we can die with her?” Hailey snapped
Hours seemed to pass by quickly and before Denise knew it, the darkness had left the lands and the sun rose from its hiding spot. Beams of light hit her soft black fur as she thundered through, uncaring of the constant slashes of limping branches.She knew not where she was going, but the only thing on her mind…was running. And she didn’t stop, not until her lungs burned as if scorched with fire and her paws ached…by then, the sun had gone down again. If she ran any further, it felt as if she’d explode from the inside.But how far had she even gotten? Even though she had left the pack and broken her bond with Kain, it didn’t feel like she had escaped their clutches at all. Somehow, the hateful eyes of her family were still digging into her skin, the words that hurt the most were still blaring in her mind, and what’s worse, it felt like Kain was only a step away. What was she to do so she could just forget about it all? Must she perish first?Her legs slowed to a trot amidst the trees
Have you ever stopped to wonder...how easily one's life could fall apart? Well, in Denise Vera's case...a single night was all it took for everything she had ever known to crumble to pieces...The breeze was cold when Denise sat just outside a small cabin, rocking her chair back and forth while slowly sewing her fiancé’s dress shirt. Her black hair was in a messy bundle cascading down her back and her pink lips parted slightly to let out a breath as soft moans from inside scratched against her eardrums. "Ahhh, Aiden!!~" "Ohhh~" “Harder~”Aiden......was her fiancé... A month ago, she was sold off to him. Before then, she lived with her family, but could she really call it a family? Her father; the Alpha did not want her. No, none of them wanted her. In a pack where shifting on a fullmoon was sacred, a she-wolf who could not control her wolf was an abomination...and Denise was just that, the abomination. The first time she shifted was the full moon of her ninth birthday...that day