Emily’s Pov My hands were shaking, my whole body was shivering and my breath was heavy and irregular. Unknown to me, I was gasping softly for air and the cab driver noticed it. “Are you alright, miss?” He asked, his eyes pinned on me through the rear mirror. “Yeah,” I nodded. “Can you breathe well or should I lower all the windows?” He asked, trying to help. “No, I’m alright.” I said with a cracked hazy voice, burying a sob underneath it. The cab driver was quiet for a while but I knew he still had something to say as his eyes met mine over and over again through the rear mirror. “That man that you were with,” He began. “What about him?” I asked. “Don’t mean to pry but… did he hurt you?” I was shocked by his question and he mistook my silence for a sign that I had been hurt. His hands went to his cellphone. “If he did, I can call the police. They might still be able to get him before…” “What makes you think that he hurt me?” I asked,
Emily’s POVMy heart was pacing so fast that I could hear it over Mum and Dad’s discussion. I took in deep breaths, drank two full bottles of water, attempted to meditate but yet nothing seemed to calm me down. My hands still trembled and I couldn’t help the heaviness of my breath. We were at the packhouse already and my parents were talking to other senior werewolves. I jerked back, yelping in fright when my mother touched my arm, drawing me back to reality. “Are you okay?” Mum and Dad asked chorally with genuine concern. Other senior wolves didn’t look bothered at all as they all wore mean smirks and scowls on their faces, expressing their undisguised disdain towards me. They all knew me as a malicious and mischievous kid who never went by the rules and who was prone to crimes and other silly shenanigans. Although they never spoke their mind to my own hearing—probably because they were scared of offending Alpha Dexter—I knew about their ill opinions
Emily’s POV “Pick up, pick up please,” I said, worriedly as I dialed Blade’s line repeatedly. “Come on… Please.” I was about five hundred meters away from the packhouse terrain, hiding under the canopy of a large shrub but I was still frightened. “Fuck!” I cursed, throwing the phone to the rough ground and watching it tumble before coming to rest on the wet root of an oak tree. Regretfully, I went over to the tree and picked my phone back up, wiping off the dirt and stain marks on it. Fortunately, it had only sustained a few cracks. Trembling from head to toe, I sat down with my back against the tough jagged bark of the tree, holding onto my phone like it was my only source of hope. I couldn’t remain here. I was certain that any minute from now, they’d find out that I was missing —that’s if they hadn’t found out already. I turned on my phone and then texted a message to Blade, telling him to meet me immediately at the coffee shop and that I had his necklac
Blade’s Pov I was still a bit shocked by Emily’s entire countenance, I hadn’t expected her to be scared of leaving Haven. Apparently, I had been wrong for thinking that she didn’t have a strong tie to Haven. I was currently driving back to Camila’s cottage in Camila’s car. Emily had insisted to stay at the backseat which only proved that she was really annoyed with me for reasons I didn’t know of. From the rear mirror, I could see her looking outside through the rolled down window. Despite how gloomy and worried she appeared, she was still as charming and bewitching as always. Her sky blue eyes were dreamy and I wondered what she had on her mind, I wondered what could make the jovial and cheerful Emily have frown lines on her forehead. Maia was beside me, looking into her phone and scrolling uninterestedly through social media platforms. Although Maia wasn’t interested in things like that, I had insisted that she opened accounts on social media platforms to at lea
Emily’s POVWith the assistance of Camila, I had gotten into a cab and was headed back home. After being threatened by Camila, the cab driver kept his lips shut and all his concern to himself but that didn’t stop him from looking at me from time to time through the rear mirror. Camila had managed to clean the deep cut in my stomach where Blade—or should I say Jordan, his wolf—had attacked me. She had even helped me put a bandage over it but it had done little in alleviating my pain. Although the cab driver couldn’t see my stomach cut, the scary bruises on my hands and neck were enough for anyone to be worried. It was already late and I was sure that my family would be eating dinner by now, wondering how unfortunate they were to have someone like me as a part of them. All that didn’t matter right now. What I wanted was the comfort of my bedroom, the solitude of my personal space and definitely some painkillers in my bathroom and a calm and peaceful sleep to forget about everyt
Blade’s POVI woke up groaning in pain as the first thing I felt was a twinge in the lower part of my back. Then the next bundle of pain came right after from my forehead and when I reached out to it, I felt a bandage around my head. The door opened and although my sight was quite blurry, I could still make out the image of Camila. She had a good scent and was in a different outfit which was a good sign that things were getting better. “See who’s awake,” She said, cheerfully as she walked over to the shutters and opened them. I winced as the morning light caught me unaware and sent bells ringing in my head. “Are you okay?” She worried. “Should I shut it?” “No, it’s okay,” I said as my eyes began to adjust to the light. “I’m alright.”“That’s good,” She said, dropping the tray she had in her hand by the side of the bed. “I got you your favorite breakfast.” “Thanks, Cam but… I don’t really feel like eating anything right now.” She agreed with me. “That’s
BLADE'S POV The sound of the roaring train trembling along it's rail woke me up. That was how I woke up almost every morning, the only difference being that today, I wasn't in my room but was in a shabby dark-blue room with blinking blue and red lights at its corners and awkward portraits on the walls. I coughed out as the repulsive smell of cigar and drugs filled the air, making the whole room stuffy. Slowly, my mind went back to what had led me to this awful room and how I became naked under the bedspread— Jona, my colleague at work and bestfriend had persuaded me to come along with her to liven up and free myself from all the stress of work, and she had been absolutely right about the whole stress thing as I had worked my ass throughout the last two years. About taking me to a rough street club to release my stress, that was all Jona's idea. Although I felt really good, one million percent better now than I had felt in years. Had Jona been right after
Emily's POV You'll never understand the difficulty of being a middle child if you're not one yourself. Well, I've heard that quite a lot in the eighteen years I've lived and every time, I wished it applied to me as I was the middle child in the Austin family. When people heard of the Austin family, the first things that crossed their minds were, 'Wealth' and 'Class'. And people generally saw us as smug and arrogant fortunate kids. In school, we were called the 'perfect sisters'… well, before I ruined it all. My elder sister, Janet Austin was the neatest damsel in the world and was more organized than the library of congress. She always made sure she had the perfect hair, and followed the latest trends. She ensured that she obtained the newest bags and shoes and got the best grades in school. Next in line is Emily Austin… but I'm just gonna skip that and move forward to my genius younger sister, Sandra Austin who more than anything, detests her first name. Sandra is a c