Novels by Mariposa123

48 Hours before"Hey bro, what's up?", Edgar asked a very tired looking Leo."Hm", Leo acknowledged his presence without even looking at him."Woah. You look like quite stressed out", Edgar noted."You can't even begin to imagine. With dad away settling the investors overseas and also working on something secret I don't know about, I have to take care of everything here and many other major issues. It's taxing", Leo replied."Too bad dude. See this is why I would never want to be you.""Of course. You are better off just being irresponsible and childish", Leo fired"Hey! That hurt you know?", Edgar said pretending to look hurt."Whatever. What do you want this time? Why did you come?""Heol! Are you trying to say I can't come to see you without wanting something?", Edgar asked pitifully"Yes", Leo replied blankly. "What did you do?", he asked"Nothing! Ah you really don't have much fate in me. Well for your

Knock knock. "Enter" "Miss Turner, the interview will begin shortly." "Alright. You may leave.", Cassie responded. She sighed before trying to call Sarah again. Beep Beep. The sound of the line being disconnected came through on her phone. "Once again there was no reply", she sighed again before putting down her phone. She couldn't really blame Sarah, she was a bit too harsh to her last time. Cassie sighed again before standing up from her chair. She put herself together and headed towards the room where the interview was going to take place. Today they were holding an interview for the post of Assistant to the Marketing Manager. The last one was fired due to his incompetence. And to prevent that from happening again she wanted to oversee this interview herself. She wouldn't be the one conducting the interview. She would just sit on the sidelines and watch the procedure noting down some important things or anyone who pa

"Who came to see you?", Leo asked with his brows raised."Miss Lee, Miss Turner's friend I believe", Edgar replied nonchalantly"Oh? And what did she want?", he asked relaxing on his chair."She wanted you.""What?!", Leo nearly choked on his saliva."Oh?", Edgar raised his eyes to him"I didn't mean it that way. She came asking about you.""Asking about me?""Yeah. She wanted to know your information."Leo thought about it for a while before he slowly asked in a low voice,"Well.... was she asking for herself or did she say someone sent her?"Edgar eyed his friend for a long time. Looks like Leo's feelings for Cassie ran deep. He clearly wanted to know if she was looking for him. Could this actually be a good thing?"She said she was there for a friend." Leo's eyes sparked"But I don't exactly think Miss Turner actually sent her, if that's what you wanted to know"Leo raised his eyes.

Minetti MansionLeo sat in front of his father. His father had been silent since he arrived and honestly it was beginning to get on his nerves. He was not in the mood for whatever mind games his father wanted to play with him, he thought as he sighed wearily. He glanced at his father again.Growing up, Leo couldn't exactly his father was the best father. Heck! His father wasn't even a normal father much less the best. At a very young age Leo was already being trained for when he would take over his father's position in the Mafia. At age 7, he was already being trained in martial arts. Age 10, and his father already thought he was old enough to use a gun. He remembered on his 12th birthday his father had gifted him a gun as a present. "Definitely not a normal father", Leo smirked. But then again his family wasn't a normal one anyway. But regardless of how weird Leo's father might have been, he had loved his mother. And that was one thing Leo respected about him. He had

"Nothing?", Cassie asked as she looked at Sarah. "Yes nothing. I couldn't find a record of any Leo around either Lucian Santino; which was quite understandable at first because it seemed they weren't too close but with Edgar Monroe? I was expecting to find something since they seemed really close but I couldn't find anything. It's almost as if such a person doesn't exist around them.", she replied. Cassie fell into deep thought. It's either Leo was no one significant which seemed very unlikely because they should at least be able to find something about him if he was ordinary or he wasn't an ordinary person at all. Then who was he? He was acquaintances with two very powerful people and now they couldn't find anything about him. "Anyways I think maybe I didn't dig deep enough. Maybe I should try...." "No don't", Cassie said "What? Why?", Sarah asked her dumbfounded. "No need. I shouldn't focus myself on finding some man anyway. It's not my way.

"He's here! Everyone to your stations!". These were the shouts that rang through the precinct as the police officers readied themselves for the arrival of one of the most important figure in their entire State Security Department.He walked in with a powerful aura. Calm yet powerfully he headed straight for the Chief's office ignoring all the people who had lined to greet him."Woah. Who is he?", one of the younger policemen asked an older one."Sealey", the older one replied."Detective James Sealey. One of the most brilliant detective in our entire State Department if not the entire country", he continued in awe."Woah", the younger one responded surprised."Then what is he doing here?", another young officer asked."I heard he was recently transferred to our District on Special assignment", the elder one replied."Really?", the officer responded as he looked towards the Chief's office where the man was currently shaking hand

Amanda was changing. Her laughter, once quick and unguarded, had dulled into silence. Her eyes no longer sparked with defiance when Tessa sneered; they only hardened, walls building brick by brick. Instead of completely retreating into the shadows, Amanda trained harder. Cassian had started with simple sparring, teaching her stances and counters, but she pushed him for more. Where once she stumbled and giggled at her clumsiness while training, she now demanded another round, another drill, another bruising strike until her knuckles throbbed red."Again", she panted, fists up, sweat streaking down her temple.Cassian arched a brow, catching her next punch easily in his palm."Amanda, you’ve been at this for two hours. At this rate, you’re going to collapse", he told her, concern etched into his face."I said again", she repeated, her voice sharp enough to slice.For the first time, he didn’t joke back. He just let her punch, his chest tightening with something he couldn’t name.---Sta

Amanda woke to silence. The room was still, the pale gray light of dawn creeping across the curtains. For a moment, she didn’t move, her body heavy with warmth and the lingering memory of the night before. The ache of the bond still throbbed inside her, but softer now, soothed by the reckless, desperate closeness she had shared with Skylar. She reached for him, but her hand touched only cool sheets. Her eyes snapped open. The space beside her was empty, already long abandoned, but his scent still clung faintly to the air: pine and smoke, sharp with the edge of his wolf, but the man himself was gone. Amanda sat up slowly, her chest tightening with each passing heartbeat. She told herself he had just stepped out, that he would come back, but as the minutes stretched into an hour, reality carved itself sharp inside her. She defeatedly swung her feet over the edge of the bed and slowly began her day.When she finally saw him again, it was in the main hall. Skylar stood with Tessa, his exp

Skylar’s rage tasted like iron on his tongue. The next day’s training session should have been routine. The younger wolves sparred under the sharp eyes of their instructors, the sound of fists hitting pads and bodies hitting the mat echoing through the hall. But Skylar wasn’t really there, not fully because Amanda’s voice haunted him."I hate you."He’d heard insults before. He’d taken worse from enemies, rivals, even his father, but this… this was different. It burrowed under his skin, clawed at his chest, burned like fire in his veins. Because the bond screamed that it was a lie, that her words were a wall she built to protect herself from him. But what if it wasn’t? The thought drove him mad."Focus, Skylar!", the trainer barked as Skylar’s opponent lunged at him.Skylar moved on instinct, his wolf rising too fast, too vicious. He slammed his partner to the mat, pinning him with a snarl. His claws lengthened, his teeth sharpening as his wolf howled for release."Skylar, stop!", the

The ache came in waves. At first Amanda thought it was just her imagination, her nerves playing tricks after everything that had happened. But the longer it persisted, the harder it became to ignore. It started with jealousy. A sudden, sharp pang that wasn’t hers when Cassian had casually ruffled her hair during training. It jolted through her chest like fire, gone as quickly as it came, but it left her breathless and unsettled. Then came the anger, not hers either. A boiling rage that surged when she’d passed Skylar in the hallway at school and found Tessa clinging to his arm. She had felt his fury as though it were her own, even while his face remained carved from stone. And worst of all, desire. Flickers of it, raw and unbidden, burning under her skin in moments that had no reason to spark such heat. They weren’t her feelings, she knew it. She recognized them for what they were: his. The bond was bleeding through again. After the third night of restless sleep, Amanda broke down. Sh

The council chamber was heavy with tension. Dozens of Alphas sat around the long oak table, the air thick with the scents of dominance and unease. Maps were spread across the surface, pins marking borders and territories, crimson circles drawn where the rogue wolves had struck in recent months. Samuel stood at the head of the table, shoulders squared."These attacks by the rogue wolves are no longer isolated incidents. They are deliberate, coordinated", he said, his voice measured but firm. His finger tapped against one of the crimson circles."They test our borders, retreat when pressed, only to strike again where our patrols are weakest. That is not the work of scattered rogues."A low murmur rippled through the chamber. Alpha Dorian of the Frostfangs frowned."You’re suggesting they’re organized?", he asked."I’m saying, someone is guiding them", Samuel replied, his golden eyes sweeping the room.The silence that followed was thick enough to choke on. Then Samuel’s gaze landed, del

The quiet after the cafeteria standoff was almost worse than the noise. Amanda could still feel the weight of Skylar’s burning gaze on her as she pulled Cassian down the hallway, her hand clutching his sleeve tighter than she intended. Her heart was a wild drumbeat, her breath shallow. Only when they reached the empty stairwell at the far end of the school did she stop, spinning on him."What was that? Are you trying to make things worse?", she hissed, her voice sharp.Cassian leaned against the railing, arms folded, his grin infuriatingly relaxed."What was what? I was just standing in the cafeteria and Skylar happened to be there too", he shrugged."Don’t play with me", Amanda snapped."You were provoking him. Everyone saw it, you were practically begging for a fight."His eyes glinted. "And if I was?""Cassian!", she shoved a hand through her hair, frustration bubbling."You can’t do that. You can’t antagonize him. What if you piss him off? What will that mean for you? For your fat