LOGIN~~~~~Anya~~~~~I dropped the phone on the sofa and stared at it for a few seconds, then I looked at Talia before picking the phone up again and looked at it. The photograph hasn't changed. The more I look at it, the less anything makes sense to me. That insignia had something to do with Shadowmoon. But what amazes me right now is what has this gotten to do with Shadowmoon? The question sat heavily in my chest, because my father never mentioned anything concerning Shadowmoon while growing up. Not even for once. Not as a warning. Not as a story. Not even as a mistake.“What's that? Anya?” Talia shifted on her seat and finally moved closer. “What's the notification about?”I just simply handed the phone to her then reached for the hardcopy of the photograph as if everything was not real. “Shit, Anya, it's from an unknown number, who could this be?” Talia raised a brow but not at me, she's still looking at the full photograph.Talia was still staring at it when I finally spoke. “During
~~~~~Anya~~~~~I laid on my bed looking straight at the ceiling fan in my room. Its steady whir filled the silence each rotation seeming louder the longer I stayed awake, and I kept turning from left to right on my bed. The entire room was dimly illuminated by the soft glow of ambient lighting from the curtains. The air in the room just remained perfectly still, then I lazily turned towards the right side where that photograph lay on my bedside table. Every time I tried to close my eyes, the only person I saw was my father and how he kept smiling on that photograph, that torn edge on the photograph and that missing person. The more I think about it, the more I couldn't help but frown because whoever it is that left the photo clearly wanted this reaction and all thanks to them, because now, I kept staring at the photograph. I could almost remember the faint scent of dust and old paper that clung to it when I first picked it up.I turned again, the sheets twisted around my legs while a
~~~~Anya~~~~The black SUV remained parked under the streetlight—motionless and waiting. None of us said anything else for several seconds—not me, not Talia and not even the dog, well, apart from that low growl that was vibrating inside his chest. That growl was the only sound that filled the entire apartment… and it sounded like a warning that if whatever was outside decided to come closer, it'd definitely not be welcomed. Talia swallowed hard beside me. “Anya…” she called out but I didn't answer.My eyes were too fixed on the vehicle outside, waiting for a shift, or to see that man—the same man from last night. It was definitely the same SUV, and there's no mistaking it. Everything actually meant one thing— that the encounter yesterday had not been random and that stranger had not stumbled upon me by coincidence.Realizing that now somehow made anger surged through me far more quickly than fear ever could.I was damn tired. Tired of mysteries, tired of wolves, just tired of things
~~~~Anya~~~~I didn't realize how tightly I was holding the leach until I arrived back at the apartment. My palms ached and my fingers hurt, yet I didn't even care to loosen the grip. The dog just walked silently beside me making everything completely strange because ever since we had adopted him, he had been nothing but trouble. A furry four legged disaster that had somehow turned our peaceful life and apartment into his own personal kingdom. But now? He wasn't even pulling and wasn't chasing after anything. He wasn't even trying to investigate any smell he came across, instead, he just remained close to my leg. Almost cautious and protective. And that somehow unsettled me more than the stranger did. The ride through the elevator felt longer than usual and that deafening silence pressed against me as the strangers voice kept replaying in my head.“The daughter of Beta Zain is really alive.”I swallowed the lump in my throat, then immediately wished that I hadn't, because hearing th
~~~~Anya~~~~A scream!That was the first thing I heard the next morning. It wasn't the terrified kind, and not that kind that made you jump out of the bed thinking maybe the apartment was on fire. Not at all.Because this one was pure Talia.That alone somehow made it tough.“You little thief!” Talia's voice banded in my head.I opened my eyes slowly. Just very slowly.Because you know what? Experience has taught me that there is definitely a fifty percent chance whenever Talia is shouting that it is either something serious, or a complete nonsense. And unfortunately for today? It turned out to be complete nonsense.I lazily dragged myself out from the bed and headed straight into the kitchen which was exactly where the noise had led me to. And the sight that greeted me? It nearly made me choke.Talia was standing just in the middle of the room with her hands over her hips. Furiously. And guess what she was furiously staring at? It was our newly adopted dog who sat under the dining
~~~~Anya~~~~“You don't have to carry everything alone.”Those words followed me all the way home, no matter how hard I tried to ignore them, no matter how much I say to myself that they are meaningless and no matter how hard I try to convince myself that Larry Zodar was just being polite!They just refused to leave. They lingered quietly like a splinter buried beneath a skin. I tossed my handbag onto the couch the very moment Talia and I stepped into our apartment then I headed straight to the kitchen. Maybe food would somehow distract me, I said to myself. Or maybe the exhaustion or maybe sleep would. Just anything… that'd be better than replaying the same sentence over and over again. “You don't have to carry everything alone.”The words echoed again making me release a deep groan. “What is it now?” Talia's voice echoed from behind me. I just simply opened the refrigerator and pretended as if I was struggling with a bottle of water. “Nothing.”“Theres definitely something.”“It'
~~~~KANE~~~~ The stillness in my study had become more than I could endure. Silence is what I hated. Because, it left too much room for thinking. And thinking has really become a problem for me lately. I stared at the towering stacks of paperwork on the polished mahogany desk. Expansion proposals
~~~KANE~~~ A long crushing silence stretched the very moment I had recognized Meena as my mate and not Anya. The crowd exhaled. I turned to the crowd, my voice booming, “I reject the union between Anya and me. The moon goddess doesn't have to tangle me with a broken and cursed wolf. I know what's
~~~ANYA~~~I felt a twist in my stomach the moment I saw Meena smiling uncontrollably at the mention of the arrival of the Alpha.My mate is here. The Alpha. My heart flung in my chest as blood rushed to my cheeks. I turned to smile at Talia closely as she held my hands tightly. She returned the ge
~~~ANYA~~~“It can’t be…” I whispered to myself. But my wolf surged inside me, whispering one word: “Ours.”Too many things sifted through my mind at once as I couldn’t concentrate on one thought long enough. My head was troubled with thoughts all mixed up with a heavy dose of boredom. The memory o







