EDENI was dazed.That slap was so hard that I had fallen back on the bed. Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones. Maybe it was the fact that I was already in a bad mood. But I slapped her back and she fell to the floor.She couldn't believe it.”I don't know what madness this is but you will not come into my room in my house and lay your hands on me, do you understand?!”“You murderer! I should have known that you didn't want us here. I told you guys that it was a bad idea to come here. They will kill us off one by one and they have started with Herschel!”I looked at the fool that was laying on the floor.“Herschel.” Ethan repeated.“Alicia, take Ethan out of the room."I was too pregnant, too pregnant for this rubbish that they had brought to me this afternoon.I was already in the wrongest of moods and they brought it to the wrong person.”No, Ethan belongs to us. Give him here.”She got up quickly and tried to lunge at Alicia but I grabbed her hair and pushed her to the ground.“Don
ROMANI woke up with a jolt.Belle was by my side, passed out.“Belle! Baby!”I carried her and got to my feet and ran out of the basement.As I ran out, I suddenly remembered that I had been stabbed so I looked at my chest.It was gone. The knife was gone.What happened?My mind flashed back to the conversation I had with Eden where she told me that she suspected that Belle was just like her. I didn't want to believe her because I didn't want my six year old daughter getting involved in all this.But she saved my life.“Roman!” Eden's Mindlink came through and I almost tripped. “Roman, can you hear me?"I was running towards the door so I could find Quinn and hand Belle over to her. Maximus had run away and I needed to find him.“Yes, I'm okay. Are you okay? Is everything good at home?”“Yes, everything is fine. You don't have to worry. Is Belle okay?"”You asked her to do this, didn't you?”I heard her sigh.“Yes, I'm sorry. I had no other option. I wasn't there with you and she was
EDENRoman didn't want us to stay here. After he returned from the war and found out what happened, he was very mad, very very mad at himself and the guards.But the deed had already been done.We held a funeral for Herschel and cremated her body.Roman had also discussed with the wives of that psychopath and he had agreed to grant them their freedom. He had no plans of keeping them here.Some of them decided to stay here while some said they wanted to go to other packs. Roman didn't mind it.He had brought back Maximus as he said he would. When I looked at the man that had caused my daughter so much pain and then I remembered the chunk of her hair that he had cut out and the blood that he sent, I wanted to have his head.I had seen the deep cash on her thigh and I almost cried. I just held my baby close because I couldn't stomach what she had been through.“What do you want me to do with him?” Roman asked me again.“I don't know.. I wanted to kill him but now that he is right in fron
EDENWe'd been silent for only a minute.I was finally starting to enjoy the silence because we'd been screaming since he came into the room.He wasn't looking at me, which meant something. It meant that he wasn't happy and neither was I.“Listen, Roman. I'm not trying to fight with you-””Oh, and I'm the one trying to fight? Maybe if you'd just listen to me-”“Why can't you listen to me?!"“Because you're telling! “I was yelling. I knew it but so was he. I was tired, sleepy actually. This baby was draining the energy out of me and I should probably rest but this conversation had been avoided for too long and I wanted to get it over and done with so we could move on.“Okay, I'm sorry. But I'm tired of talking about the same thing over and over again. It's like you're not even listening to me.”I saw his jaw clench.“I am listening to you, Eden. Thats the thing but you're not hearing me out. In saying I can't leave you to go back to New York all by yourself. I just can't.”“Why?" I wal
ROMAN“How long do you intend to keep her here?”My eyes were beginning to hurt from how long I was staring hardly at one spot.Today wasn't my best day, that was for sure but I was showing to handle it the best way I could.“Does that really matter? What matters is that she's not leaving and there's no two ways about it. So drop it.”I didn't want her to drop it because I didn't want to talk about it, it was because I knew she wasn't on my side.“Alpha, this isn't right. You're just causing a rift between the both of your a rift that isn't supposed to be there."“Well, what do you want me to do? I can't let her go back to the city without me. She's carrying my baby and I want to be there for her. I would be out of my mind with worry if I made the mistake of letting her go.”Why wasn't anyone seeing it my way? Eden wasn't listening to me, that's for sure. I'd gone on and on about how it was dangerous for her to go back without me and how I wanted to be there to make sure that she was s
ROMANI pondered over Matilda's words most of my time.She said a White Wolf meant a war on the horizon right?So since we had death with Maximus, that meant that issue had been solved right?I mean, this new unknown villain couldn't possibly pose that much of a threat to me that would constitute a war.But then at the same time, something told me it was all wishful thinking.I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I couldn't think about anything else asides this particular issue. And then, as if I didn't have more than enough things to deal with, Eden wasn't speaking to me.She was still mad about me not letting her leave and I truly felt bad not letting her go and holding her back from what she wanted to do.But I had a bad feeling about her going back alone. Everything bad that had happened to us always happened in the city so it's best we stay here for now.I was running out of things to tell her so it was best if I just stopped talking. She was already in a very bad mood and bringing i
THIRD PERSON'S POVI got home that day, disappointed and angry. More angry than disappointed though.My pants weren't working out and it waa pissing me off. I had put too much into this plan to see it crumble right in front of me.When id got the new of Maximus’ death, I was dumbfounded. He was the one who I'd believed would carry everything out to perfection but he'd gone and gotten himself killed.It had taken a shit load of money and bribing and also killing one or two of his family members to finally get him on my side.Now that I'd finally gone through that stress, he goes ahead and gets himself killed.I wonder if the bastard said anything before he died. That would put me at serious risk.He wasn't even supposed to hold on to Roman's daughter. As soon as he kidnapped her, the instruction was to kill her but he wanted to be a proud bastard and that let Roman get to him.If he had just killed the little bitch like I asked him to ask soon as he got her from the airport, maybe he wo
EDENHe finally let me go. I don't know why but he just woke up one morning and came to my room with a slightly better expression than he has been wearing for the past few days.”What’s wrong?”Even though he hadn't said anything, he'd been acting weird for the past few weeks so my question was valid.“Nothing." He stood at the door, staring down at his feet “I just wanted to speak to you.”It was weird, considering how he had been avoiding me for the last week and basically running away from me whenever I tried to speak to him.“Is everything okay? Come in and shut the door.”He did and I sat up on the bed, trying to act like I didn't care about what he wanted to say when in fact, I'd been wondering when he'd come into my room and speak to me.After I'd moved out of his room because he refused to let me leave, he hadn't spoken to me much. That was partially my fault because whenever he wanted to speak to me, I always hit him up.“If you're not going to tell me why you don't want me to
THIRD PERSON POVWhile everyone back home was looking for Roman, he was on the other side of the town, looking through his pockets and swearing that he carried his phone.The minister noticed that he was distracted.“Is there anything you need? Are you looking for something?”Roman looked up.“Yes, I'm sure that I carried my phone but now, I can't find it.”Roman knew that he would have gotten so many calls. He'd left the house very early and no one knew where he was.He didn't take any guard with him either.“Maybe it fell on the way."Of course, it did. With all those bullets raining on his head, why won't it fall out?It had been pure luck that he had escaped. He was almost at the minister's house when he noticed a car that he was sure he'd seen when he got off the highway.He'd rolled his eyes, not wanting to be involved in any of this today.“Can we do this in a week? I have something to do today.”What should he do now? He knew he couldn't avoid them.To make sure that he was ri
EDENIT was already seven pm and I still couldn't find him. I was ready and so was everyone else but he was nowhere to be found.I'd called him and so had Quinn but he wasn't picking up his calls at all.“Edem, are you sure he didn't tell you where he was going?”I thought back to last night and scrolled through our conversation.“No, I don't remember him saying anything about going anywhere. After I told him about the officiating minister, that was where the conversation ended. Nothing more happened.”Quinn came back.“His phone is switched off.”Wonderful, just great. Roman was missing on no other day than our wedding day.Where could he be? Even if he was stuck in traffic, he could at least pick up his phone.Or maybe he truly wasn't interested in getting married to me.But then he would have just said it then when I brought it up. Why didn't he say anything? He had the choice to reject me last night but he didn't.”Eden, don't worry. We'll find him in time for the wedding.”Alicia
EDENI woke up early that morning.Well, we didn't sleep after that.. we stayed up the entire night talking about everything we'd been through and it touched me.Eventually, I fell asleep on his shoulder and I didn't even know. I was sitting in his lap and I woke up on the bed.Alicia was standing above me .“Hey, wake up. Let's get you ready. Roman left the house really early this morning and I have to go back home to get a dress for myself. I mean, I can't wear this.”She had eye bags and her face was very dim. She has started crying again sometime during the night.”Alicia, sit down. We need to talk.”She was avoiding my eyes.“Eden, there's a lot to be done today. I mean, you don't even have a makeup artist or a hairstylist either. Your dress isn't here yet and the food isn't ready. There's a lot to be done.”I knew that all that wasn't truly her concern. She was just trying to avoid talking about me.“Alicia, please -”“Eden, there's no time. We need to get ready."I had to get
EDENWhen I finally got into the house later that night, I couldn't sleep so I just stared out the window at the stary night.Alicia had fallen asleep while feeding the kids so I would break the news to her tomorrow.I'd had to tell Quinn what had happened.“Really?! Was that why you were staring into the dark?””Yes, she was standing there. I'm not going to die, Quinn. I'm going to be here with my kids.”She pulled me in for a hug and held me tightly.“I'm so happy, Eden. You don't know how terrible I felt when you told me that. How can you die without watching your kids grow up?"I was just happy that I hadn't rushed to tell Roman anything that was going on.He was clearly exhausted because he didn't even wake up when I entered the room and when I got in the bed. I was equally so tired because I had spent a lot of time getting things ready today.My body was tired but my mind was still awake and buzzing.I was going to get married tomorrow. I should have told Quinn that we should ju
EDENWe got back home late that night.Mostly because we needed to pull ourselves so that we won't show that we've been crying.Everytime we finally stopped crying, Alicia started again and we started another whole process of consoling each other.“Please stop crying. I don't know what I'm going to do if you're like this.”She finally pulled herself together and we got into the car and drove back home.“Are you really not going to tell Roman?"“I don't have a plan to. I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to tell him. He will be shattered, Alicia.”She still wasn't fine with it but she didn't say anything else until we got home.Alicia went into the house to check in on Roman and the kids while I went to the back of the house to check in on what Quinn was doing.She was actually on a chair and table with her legs up while eating everything she brought from the restaurant.“You seem to be enjoying yourself.”My voice frightened her.“Sorry about that.”“You guys surely took your time..
EDENWe'd ended up at a restaurant because the bar we wanted to go to was closed.Roman had already called me four times to ask Alicia questions about the twins and he sounded like he was about to lose it.“Let’s eat so much that we won't be able to walk again.”And that's what we did. I think we ordered everything in the menu and we basically had the chef at our call to make anything that we wanted.That was the first time I would be eating so much food in one day and it felt so good.“I don't think I can eat anymore. I'm so full.”Quinn had been the one to bring us here and now she was already full. Alicia's mood had changed and she wasn't speaking anymore.Quinn's phone rang and she stood up to answer it.“Alicia-”“What’s going on, Eden? And don't even tell me not to ask questions. Because you can't keep doing this. I'm your best friend. You have to be truthful.”What was sj to do at this point? I had no other choice than to tell her the truth.She deserved that much.“Balari came
EDENAlicia did come over that evening.And we stayed in the room throughout.“It’s fine. I'll take care of the kids. You guys just do what girls do. Whatever it is that you do.”Roman took the twins and left us.“What in the world happened? Why did you faint?"I acted like I had no idea what was going on.“I mean, I don't know. I just felt weak and tired and next thing I know, I'm waking up in a hospital.”“Woah, that is crazy.. but you're fine right? I mean, yorie okay?"“Yes, I'm fine.”I needed to change the topic.“Hey, about Henry, I've spoken to Roman about it and he had no idea that Henry wasn't home. He said he was going to help track him down.”I actually hadn't spoken to Roman about it but I just needed to say something that would make her forget about the previous topic.“Thank you. I just hope we won't have to go through everything we went through back then. He'll surely come back.”Surely, he will. He's probably just busy.Speaking of Roman doing things, I still needed t
EDENI'd come home the day after that. The doctor said that I was free and healthy to leave but I didn't feel free.“Why the long face? Aren't you happy to come home?”I turned to Roman who was driving.”Oh no, it's nothing like that. I'm just tired."What was the point of being happy when I knew what was coming? And I couldn't tell him. I didn't want him to feel responsible for it.Roman is very quick to blame himself and I didn't want him to. I should just die peacefully so that he would have the guts to move on from me.If I told him that it was because of him I was going to die, then I would mess things up.I recalled my last conversation with Balari.“Are you sure it's what you want, Eden? Men are not worth it. You can live with your kids and raise them in your own way. You don't have to do this.”But it seemed like the more we spoke about it, the more determined I was to do it.“I do, actually. I love Roman, I can't let him die for something he has no hand in.”“And you have a
EDENWhen I woke up, it was dark.Why was it dark and where was I? I knew this wasn't my room, and it surely didn't smell like this.I tried to move my hand and when I saw the IV line shake, I sighed. The hospital.How did I end up here and why didn't I remember anything?Me being here meant that something had happened to me but for the life of me, I couldn't bring myself to. I felt so weak so I just relaxed in my bed.I didn't even have the strength to call for help and eventually, I slept.The next time I woke up, the sun was out thankfully and my eyes didn't feel as heavy as a boulder.My stomach was hurting badly, partly the fact that I hadn't eaten in a day and half. I needed food or else I might actually die this time around..I sat up in my bed, clutching my stomach tightly. I also needed to pee. I've never been to the hospital before.Roman was born in the pack and Belle?Well, Belle was born at home because I had no idea I was in labor and since Alicia and I had never been mo