EDENI felt eyes on me as soon as I entered the pack house. The hairs on the back of my neck stand due to how uneasy I was. The whispers in the larger room got louder the further I walked in.They didn’t hide that they were gossiping about me. Laughing behind their hands, or even to my face and turning to whisper to their friends.My fingernails dig into my palm. The pain doesn’t distract me from the unease I could feel trickling down my spine.You’d think I’ll get used to this from how long it has been happening.This is the norm. But I was feeling in the back of my mind that there was something else.I shouldn’t let them get to my head. My birthday is in a few minutes and I would rather not ruin it by paying attention to their bullying.And the faster I leave this place, the better it would be for me.Being an omega was already bad enough. They were usually weak. But I was even weaker than most. I have never met my wolf and I’m turning eighteen in a few minutes.I’m hoping I’ll fina
EDENThe hallway was dark, which was not usual. Willow didn’t like to come up to a dark hallway so the lights were always on.I tripped over nothing and came falling down. Pain surged through my elbow and knees, which braced my unfortunate fall.Loud and obnoxious laughter from behind makes me realize I wasn’t alone. Almost the entire people downstairs had come up with me.What did they want? They aren’t usually this interested in me unless they wanted to bully me.Deciding to ignore them, I picked myself up and dusted my hands. Staring at the ground wouldn’t help me see any better. So it is better I move on.The whispers and laughter comes to a halt when I’m by the door.That feeling of unease returns, this time it is much worse than before. Something churns in my belly and I let out an involuntary shudder. My hands tremble again. I exhale a shaky breath and shake my head. Nothing is going to happen.Why was I feeling anxious? Is it the fear that I wouldn’t get my wolf and Ryker will
EDENAfter Ryler kicked me out, I don't know how I moved but I was no longer in the house. I wasn’t in the pack. It was the middle of the night and I had no idea where I was, or where I’m going.I still couldn’t believe any of what was happening was real.I ended up in a small town not very far from Ryker’s pack. It took a little while for me to realize where I was.I’ve never been there but I knew the name. It was popular among the kids in school because of the open bar they had.Ryker has tried to convince me to come once or twice but I always declined. I was terrified of running into the people at school.Do I really blame him for going for my much stronger sister?Nelly had alpha blood in her and was born through the sacred bond. She is among the top five fighters. While, I’m not even in the top hundred. And we’re not up to a hundred.I was about to go into the bar when I caught sight of my reflection. No one would take a look at me and think I'm sane.And I wanted to get drunk. I
ROMAN “Well try to get it done! I don't have all fucking day!” “Yes My Lord." Sometimes, I felt I was the only one with half a brain in this house. I had so many people around me and yet, none of them could think and do things without me asking or yelling. “Where is Quinn?” I fought the urge to smack the guard who was staring at me. Seeing the glare I was sending his way makes him snap out of it. He knows what I can do with my obvious bad mood. The same thing is wrong. It's been wrong for the last twenty seven years and I'm sick of it, okay? I just wished I could find what I was looking for. At this point, I may actually give up. Everyone around me had found their mates. Even people who turned eighteen after me had found their mates, got married and had kids but each year. I was getting closer and closer to the grave with no assurance of ever finding the one. Was I going to be fifty when I had my first kid? Thinking about that made me uncomfortable. You need to relax, okay? I'
EDENI looked around the room, more confused than ever. The last time I was here was on my birthday when my father said I had to come.It was Nelly’s eighteenth birthday and my seventeenth. They were throwing her a big party. Important guests would be here and God forbid he looks like an irresponsible father.I hated coming here because his wife hated me. I didn’t even blame her. I was proof of his infidelity.Ryker was there and it had been bearable because he stayed with me the whole time.I was scared to think they were going to have an event today in her honor, and I’ll be forced to attend. I’ll be forced to watch her and Ryker together. He has probably marked her.And knowing her. She’ll make sure she wears clothes that are revealing enough for me to see.“Eden!!! If you don’t get here right now I’m going to kill you with my bare hands. I promise!”My father’s angry yell made me get off the bed in a rush. I ignore the discomfort I feel between my legs. I don’t even want to get in
EDENI didn't even know who to blame for my present condition.Do I blame myself for being careless and stupid? Yes.Do I blame the guy I had spent the night with for taking advantage of a drunk girl? Do I blame Angela for letting me drink so much and then leaving me at the mercy of a strange man?Or do I blame my father for overreacting and getting me locked up in the cellar?I didn't know what issue to even face.Between the injuries I had sustained from Nelly and her mother's beating. Or the fact that I hadn't eaten in three days and I was pregnant. Or maybe it was the fact that my father was going to have my head when he found out I didn't know who the father of the baby was.How did my father even know that I was pregnant? All he did was look at me and all of a sudden, he was asking how I was pregnant.Maybe the doctor’s told him. So much for keeping information confidential.I had sex once and all of a sudden, I was going to become a mother? How did that even make sense? I was
ROMANI was on my way up to my room when I heard footsteps behind me. I sharply turned around to see Quinn running towards me and I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, I'm happy to see you too.” Heavy pants filled my ears as I waited for her to speak. “I have something for you.” She finally spoke.With my hands in my pocket, I tapped my feet impatiently. “Speak up or I'll have to take your tongue out so it'll speak for itself.” The smile she had on her face disappeared at once and she cleared her throat. “Okay, I have some good news and bad news. Which one do you want first?” “The one that doesn't get you killed." My reply was instant. “I found your girl. Eden. I went back to the bar you were at and I asked around. Apparently, she's a runaway from- get this. Silver Edge.” My shoulder stiffen.“Silver Edge?” I asked. “That silver edge?" I repeated the question, like I was expecting it to change after. Quinn nodded.“One in the same. It's crazy right?" You have got to be fucking kidding me
EDENThat voice made me freeze and my heart beat faster in my chest. A familiar scent caught my nose and I thought hard about its origin. Suddenly, I started seeing flashes of what I seemed to have forgotten. Flashes of that night. But it was all blurry that I couldn’t really say I got anything tangible. “How dare you?! What the hell are you doing here?!” I heard the Alpha’s loud voice rumble through the house filled with so much anger.I've never heard him speak like that with anybody. Not even me. I could see the deep frown on the Alpha's face and the way he was shouting at the top of his voice. Almost baring his teeth, made me wonder who it was that he was speaking to.I couldn't help the uncomfortable feeling that I felt in the pit of my stomach.Nelly was standing in front of me so I had to look past her legs to try to see what was going on in front but I still couldn’t see since I was seated. “I’m telling you, Roman. Get the hell out of my pack before I lose it!”A loud lau
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