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
ROMANA psychopathic murderer?Was that what she saw me as?Where I was thinking that I was doing my best for her and my family by protecting them and the only thing she would say was that I was a murderer?What was the whole point of anything then? Why did I even bother with her?It hurt me. It wasn't the fact that she had called me that that hurt but it was the fact that ’she’ had called me that. A lot of people had called me a lot of things and I didn't mind it because they didn't matter.But not her. Somehow, the fact that she has said it, made it seem true.Was she referring to what happened with Maximus? I thought I was doing her a favor.Lucian walked past me on my way to the office.”Alpha, I was looking for you. I wanted to tell you something.”“Forget that. Eden is leaving. I need you to help her get her things and put them in the car. Call the pilot and tell him to get everything ready.”“Oh, okay then. But I need to tell you something.”I was already angry and definitely n
EDENI didn't want to believe what I was hearing.I wish I hadn't heard it, I wish I hadn't come downstairs to apologise to him, I wish Alicia had dragged me back upstairs and told me to rest, I wish she didn't have the same horrified look on her face and I wish he hadn't seen the naked woman standing in Romans office when I pushed the door open..“Eden.”The woman laughed.“This is what you left me for? No wonder you're so uptight. She doesn't let you sleep with her, does she?"”Shut up, Elena.” He turned back to me. ”Eden."I felt light, which was weird because the tears were pushing against the dam, trying to break out but I pushed them back in.So her name was Elena.“Why should I shut up? What? You didn't tell her that I was there before she found her way into your life?”Her eyes turned to me and she dragged them down my body, looking at every inch of me before scoffing.”What a waste. I wonder how you satisfy him honestly. Are you sure that baby is his? I don't think so.”It was
ROMAN“Let’s go, Alicia. There's nothing left for me here.”She grabbed Alicia's hand and pulled her out of the room.“Eden! Eden, please wait.”She didn't. Why did it have to be today of all days that this would happen?”Eden, please wait.”She stopped but didn't turn around. Alicia and I made eye contact.”I’ll leave you guys to talk."I felt like my head was spinning and for the first time in my life, I felt confused, like I had no idea what to do and how to get out of this situation.I walked around to face her since she refused to look at me.“Eden please. You have to believe me. I had no idea that she got pregnant. I didn't know that she had a kid for me. I mean, it's not possible.”I knew that Elena was crazy and the fact that I hadn't even thought about her in the entirety of the five years that I hadn't been here says a lot.She had meant nothing to me. Back then, she was jusy a distraction to me and she knew it so I had no idea why she would appear after all these years and w
EDENThe flight home was silent.Not because I didn't want to speak but because I didn't know what to say. There was nothing to say.I was hurt.Hurt because I found out that the man I'd fallen in love with had fallen in love with me probably because I was the only one who made him have a release.I was embarrassed.Embarrassed because Alicia had been there to witness all that.I was confused.Confused because if what Elena had said was true, then how was Roman the father of Rowan? But then at the same time, the semblance between the both of them was too strong to deny. Even Roman couldn't deny that the boy was hit.I was shocked.Shocked to hear that Quinn and Roman had slept together and Roman didn't know about it because Quinn had refused to tell him. How many more secrets was she hiding?And overall, I was overwhelmed.I just sat in my seat, staring out of the window at the clouds, wanting to disappear.Alicia brought food and begged me to eat, but the more I stared at it, the more
ROMANIt had been a week since she left. Only two nights out if that has I slept or even rested.The remaining time, I used it to think of how morally I'd messed up. I should have told her about Elena, I would have but I didn't just think of her as important enough to mention.Not just that, I didn't even remember that she existed. Nothing had happened between us and I thought that I'd made it clear after so much time.I was on the edge, I was angry, frustrated, irritated and lacking sleep. To make things eurse, my relationship with Quinn had become so awkward that i had to relive her of her Beta duties for the mean time.Remembering that something like that had happened between us made me so uncomfortable and I didn't want to think about it and add it to the list of things that made me upset.But it did make me upset. The fact that I'd had sex with her and the fact that she knew and didn't tell me. If she had told me all thsoe years ago, we would have spoken about it and forgotten abo
THIRD PERSON POVI flung the magazine I was holding.“He did what?”“H-he threw her in the cell when she told him about the boy.”Well, that was not how I'd been expecting things to go.“And the boy? What's happened to him?”“He asked that the boy be brought to him. Right now, he lives with him."That was not how I'd planned for things to go. I thought that when he heard about his son, then he'd feel bad and ask Elena and Rowan to move in with him.Not for him to throw her into the Cell. With her in the cell, I won't be able to carry out my plan.I'd hoped that when she moved in with him, Eden will see this and move out in anger. That would cause a rift between them and that's when I'll come in.“And Eden? What about Eden? Is she still back at the pack?”“No, she returned to New York."Eden was back here? What exactly were these two planning?Did she know about Rowan and Elena? Surely she has to know right? No, no, no, this was not how I planned things to be.That stupid Elena couldn't
EDEN“And? Is he picking up yet?”I had come over to Alicia’s house after work to speak to her. She sounded so worried and I didn’t like the fact that she was crying.I removed the phone from my ear, cursing under my breath at Henry.“No, he didn’t.”I didn’t even know what to say to her because it was very weird for him to do something like this. One thing that Alicia had always prided herself in was the fact that he was always with his phone and he would always pick up at every time. She has always joked that he was more married to his phone than her.“Do you know what country he traveled to?”She took a moment to clean her breath and wipe her nose before answering.“Um” Her voice was shaky. “No, when I asked him about it, I can't even remember what he said but I got distracted and I didn't end up hearing his answer.”I sighed and crossed the room to where she sat.‘I’m sure everything is fine. He may end up calling you this evening and telling you how bad the connection was. Henry i
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