Cole’s POV“I don’t know what you expect me to do. How am I supposed to marry when I don’t have a woman I love and I don’t desire either?” I gave up, looking away from him as I felt my heart burn with pain and anger. “You’re putting us all in misery.”“I don’t know, but you have to marry Shannon, all three of you. I trained you all to be gentlemen and custodians of tradition. I am going to give you and your brothers a few weeks and after that, I am going to take away your inheritance. You will wish you listened to me in the first place instead of being complete and total brats.”I nodded without taking another glance at him. The man had no heart. He was part of the reason I never wanted children because I would hate for them to feel the same way I was feeling about my father. I wouldn’t be able to stand them hating me the way I hated mine. He left the room, banging the door behind him.I turned to look at the clock, and it was past time for school. I thought about skipping college, bu
Shannon’s POVCole left me to spend the rest of the day in the quiet room while I sorted out the new information I had just learned and tried to process everything that had happened over the past couple of hours, it was a lot for me to take in and my head was still reeling from the shock of what had just happened. During my stay there, I had contemplated going back to where we once used to live to regain my sanity but something stopped me. The sheer luxury in the mansion and all of the gifts that just kept coming my way on account of Alpha Robin and my mother made sure that I didn’t leave. Cole had done the same thing as well, there were so many things, so many clothes in the closet, a host of servants waiting for my call, and a letter that told me that he was going to be with me shortly.It was becoming difficult to contain the excitement bubbling inside of me and at the same time, I was wary but if there was anything I wanted to do right now, it was to share this news with my moth
Shannon’s POVIt was the second time I would be getting into a car with any of my potential mates. I carried the tray and placed it in front of me before I dug into the food, savoring the taste of it. When I was done, my stomach was full. I got into the bathroom and just like Cole said, there was everything in place for me to use.I took a quick bath and when I came out, I picked up a simple shirt and jeans and wore them. I brushed my hair with my fingers before I picked up my backpack. It was old, but I didn't have to worry about that anymore because Cole would probably get me a new one before the day ended given the rate at which he was fussing over me and everything that had to do with me. I headed outside of the palace and in front of it, he was seated in his car waiting for me.“What about Ricky and Jules?” I asked, looking around expecting them to materialize in front of me. “I told you not to worry about them, didn’t I?”I couldn’t believe that Cole was acting like my mate. It
Cole’s POVI watched on with a lazy smile playing on my lips as Shannon dug into the chicken wings immediately after they arrived at our table. She didn’t care much for etiquette or anything of that sort, she was hungry and all she wanted to do was eat. I had thought about taking her back home but I decided against it, the day was still young and it was pointless to spend the whole day in the mansion, so I had decided to take her to my favorite restaurant a couple of miles away. I wasn’t interested in attending classes today so this was an opportunity for me to skip school as well. This was the second time in a row she was missing school and I knew that I had to make a mental note not to make this a habit, there wasn’t any need to involve her in any of my bad habits. “You haven’t touched your food yet,” She began as she cast a couple of looks my way, her mouth still full of chicken. “Is there something wrong?” “No, not in the slightest,” I replied, shaking my head as I crossed my
Cole’s POV“I’m ranked bottom in school, I have no friends or anyone to support me whenever I’m being bullied by Melissa or someone else. Heck, I don’t even know who I am, I’m just here, floating around without any direction. I hope you now understand my dilemma about why I’m worried about everything.” I fell silent. I hadn’t quite figured out this part of my plan, my earlier assumption was that she would have no objections when I finally decided to claim her to be my mate judging by her low standards. Many girls who have been in the same spot that Shannon had been in would gladly accept my offer without asking questions about what the catch was or if it would come back to hurt them but Shannon was different, she was nothing like any of those people. If I wanted to see this through, I better come up with a rather believable story immediately.“Let’s assume for a moment that I handed you the reins to choose a mate for me, who would be your first pick?”Shannon nibbled on her lower li
Shannon’s POVIn many ways, he was right to be shocked about how the past couple of years of my life had been and the funniest part was that he didn’t know half of it yet.“Well, I consoled myself with the fact that I was going to get that moment before I died.” I shrugged. “So, even though it hurt to see everyone else around me living their teenage lives to the fullest, I found a way to live with the hurt and pain.”“You didn’t have friends while growing up?” Cole asked me. “Everyone has got one or two friends that they can often run to when things get tough.”
Jules’ POV“What’s she doing here, Cole?” I asked as Ricky and I made our way towards the table where Cole and Shannon were seated. We had gotten a message from Cole about wanting to reconcile and apologize for how he messed up during our meeting with our father and after Ricky had managed to convince me, I decided to join him. If it were left to me, I wouldn’t be here. Cole had destroyed everything we had worked for because he was blindly led by tradition, an action which was both illogical and outright silly as well. Being Alphas went past being eligible for the throne, it also meant that you had to keep up appearance and Shannon wasn’t the Luna designated for such a position. “You’re welcome, Jules.” Cole began as he gave me a curt nod before turning towards Ricky. “Thank you for coming as well, Ricky.”“You haven’t answered my question, Cole.” I narrowed my eyes as I dragged a seat from an empty table towards our table and sat down, directly facing Shannon who was doing her be
Shannon’s POV“Do you realize the magnitude of the mess you’ve just created, Cole?” I asked as I watched Jules trail after Ricky who had made his way outside. “What are you talking about, Shannon?” Cole asked me half-heartedly, it was almost as if his mind was elsewhere and he wasn’t taking our discussion seriously, much to my annoyance. “Don’t you dare act oblivious to me, Cole” I replied, trying to put a lid on my anger before I yelled in front of everyone in the restaurant which would be such a bad thing. “I’ve never seen you display this kind of fiery attitude before, Shannon.” Cole chuckled as the tone of my voice forced his attention back to me. “Where has this girl been all along?”“Is that why you did what you did? To get a reaction out of me like I’m some experiment being carried out in the laboratory?”“You're overthinking this sequence and it shouldn’t be like that,” Cole began. “Everything that I just did, I did for your—““You and I both know that it wasn’t for my sake