Eva: I smiled when I saw that we finally managed to fix up the baby’s crib. “Fucking hell” Dante said, crossing his arms over his chest as he looked at the thing. His eyes held the pain of the world, but he was holding strong, making sure not to break in front of anyone. “I swear, for a baby’s crib, this thing took two hours to fix up” Nicolas said, running his fingers through his hair. “Oh, stop complaining” I said, getting up from the floor. The girls and I have been fixing the changing table while the men took charge of the crib and baby’s closet. “Yes, coming from the woman who simply built the changing table, I am surprised you’re complaining” “Excuse you, do you realize how many drawers and screws this thing has? And needless to say, the baby shower that is attached to it” I said, glaring at him. He let out a low growl, and wrapping an arm around me, Aurora pulled me toward the couch, whereas Dante wrapped his arm around his brother, shaking his head as he grew amused. “Y
Dante: “Is she okay?” Aurora asked, wrapping her arms around herself as she saw me entering the room. She was standing over our son’s crib as he slept when I first walked in, and smiling, I looked at the beautiful thing that we spent hours fixing up. I hugged my beauty and kissed the crown of her head, nodding in response, my heart aching after what I saw more than I could dare let out. Now, if I ever wanted to kill the bastards before, then now I wanted to torment them, nice and slow, before ending their lives. Seeing a woman break like that in front of me was not something that I took lightly, especially since I could tell that she was putting on a strong act to keep her pain inside. It was an act that I knew too well. I saw my mother play it for years so as not to collapse in front of Elena and I. “She is inside with Nicolas right now” I said, pulling away to look my beauty in the eye “I don’t know what happened exactly, but I think that Giovanni and Mattia killed her baby” “W
Angelina: I smiled when Alessandro wrapped his arms around me from the back, hugging me as I looked out the window. His lips touched my shoulder as he kissed me gently. His kisses seemed to remind me that I was alive. Something that Giovanni fought to make me forget. I turned around to face him, and wrapping my arms around his neck, I pulled him down to kiss my lips. The man smiled into the kiss, and biting my bottom lip, he pulled on it gently before resting his forehead against my own. “How are you feeling?” He asked me, his voice gentle. I could have sworn before I met him, personally I mean, that no man was ever as gentle toward a woman. Hell, had it not been for me teaching my son to treat women right, I would have thought that all men were crap towards their women. However, Alessandro, despite his hard demeanor, and despite how powerful he was, he was the most gentle person a woman could want to be with. The way he touched me, hugged me, and even spoke to me made my heart mel
Aurora: I smiled as I looked at my son who was asleep in his father’s arms, on his chest. His breathing was slow, calm, and his heartbeat was normal, telling me that he was feeling safe and happy in his father’s arms. I got up from the desk, having been reading a book, and walked toward them with a smile on my face. Dante smiled up at me, and raising his face, he connected his lips with mine, giving me a gentle kiss that made my heart melt. “How are you feeling?” He asked gently. I smiled and sat on the armrest beside him, watching our son with a smile on my face. It has been a very long day, and with what I found out about Giovanni and Mattia, what they’ve done to Eva, and how she reacted, I had to admit, I wasn’t in my best of moods. “A bit tired, I guess. These two days have been the longest in our lives” I said, shaking my head. I knew that even Dante was tired after everything that he’s heard, learned, and what his best friend did. The impact of this was harder on him than i
Dante:I wrapped my arm around my mate as we tried to find a way out of the house. The fire escapes were also on fire, letting me know that this was a set up, and despite not seeing who did it, I knew that I had a clue, at least, it was a hunch. “Dante, we are going to need to get out of here before fire eats the whole building…”“Thank you, Eva, I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t told me” I snapped at her, stopping her. Nicolas growled in warning, growing protective over his mate; however, I didn’t have the time or energy to deal with this right now. I had to find a proper way to get us out of here without losing anyone.“Can’t the eye or compass tell us anything? I don’t know, at least find us a way out?” Aurora asked, looking at Eva and her father. Alessandro frowned, and looking at Eva whose eyes lit up, he shook his head, pinching the bridge of his nose, making us frown. Both, despite being very quiet, shared a silent message before Eva nodded at Nicolas and I.“Can you two mo
Aurora: I shook as I held my son to my chest, kissing his forehead as I tried processing what just happened. The gun which the bastard held to my head, and the fire. The way he spoke and the way he looked at my mate. Everything that happened caused chills to run down my spine. Dante was checking on his mum and sister who were both still processing the fact that a man who was considered their friend, and even family, did what he just had. The man literally started a fire in the building, not caring about whether or not there were innocent people locked inside. Some were still trying to escape for their lives as the firefighters tried helping them out. Dante was still shaken and I knew that he was more frightened than he was letting out at the fact that I was almost shot. The way he wrapped his arms around me after everything calmed and the way he kissed my forehead, temple, then lips, told me that he was more than just a little frightened. And despite wanting to stay in his arms for
Dante: “You do realize that Eva shouldn’t have killed…” “She was asked by the eye to kill him” Alessandro said, stopping me. I frowned in confusion, and opening the compass, he showed me the Guardian’s Eye which was glowing, revealing the sins that he made, and one of them, was fire he watched before his daughter’s mate was killed. I was still trying to process everything that happened today to see her pain in her eyes as she debated on whether to run toward the burning building or away from it before they caught her. “She killed him to get her revenge with the consent of it. She would not be harmed, but she did not kill Leonardo because she was not given the permission to do so” Alessandro said, and I nodded. I sat on the chair and ran my fingers through my hair, and looking away, my heart ached as I knew that I was going to be doing one of the hardest things that I had to do. “You know that feeling when you know that you’re going to have to deal with something that you don’t wan
Aurora:“Who’s a pretty little baby?” I heard Eva asking through the baby monitor.Angelina and I were in the kitchen preparing lunch while Elena and Anastasia were setting the dining table while Maria went out to get a few things that we needed. “What woke you up? Huh? Are you hungry? How about we feed you? I am guessing mama has fixed up a few bottles for you, yeah?” She asked, her tone completely different from the one she usually used when talking to anyone. Having dropped her walls down, if only a little, in the past week, we came to learn that she was a lot friendlier than she let us believe when we first met. “Do you want to go and check on him?” Angelina asked and I shook my head.“I believe that she can tend to him” I said, smiling at her. Alessandro, Dante, and Nicolas entered the basement hours ago and haven’t left since. The door was locked and neither one of us dared approach the room, let alone try to enter it.“What else do you want us to make?” Angelina asked, changi
Leonardo:Fifteen years ago:“Leo, you shouldn’t be disrespecting your Alpha!” Angelina said, snapping at me. I had to fight letting out a low growl at the woman who wouldn’t even listen to me. The fact that she just assumed that I was disrespecting him simply because I was responding to him was something that I couldn’t get my head around, but then again, as mom always told me, he was her son, and I wasn’t. “I did not disrespect him! He was the one who yelled at me” I snapped, making mom growl in warning. And that was when I snapped “why don’t you ask me what happened? Why did you just assume that I disrespected him? He left ME to be bullied while he went back to Elena, and I asked why he didn’t help”“Would he have left his little sister to get hurt?” Angelina asked “the girl is six, and SHE was the one who was bullied, if you had defended her, it is because it is your duty. If that is something that you cannot get inside your head, why are you considering yourself her older brothe
Dante: “Are you sure that this is the first thing you want to do after being away from home for the past month?” I asked Alessandro who smirked as he crossed his arms over his chest. He looked at mom who smiled and nodded, knowing that he would be coming to her when he was done. “Yes, I have a few things to catch up on later, but for now, there is a little mosquito that I want to get rid of” he said, making me chuckle. I nodded and Alessandro, Nicolas, and I walked toward the cells. I knew that Aurora was in the house making us something to eat before I came, and we would be having the first family dinner together, as literally one family, for the first time since Alessandro was shot. Alpha Sebastian, who has something that he wants to tell Nicolas and I, was also here. Thankfully, we had an idea about what he was going to tell us, but being an Alpha, and Elena’s brothers above all, he knew that he needed to speak to us first before proceeding with anything. Seeing as I had no reaso
Eva: I stared at Madam Clara who was holding my child in her arms, trying to convince myself that this was not just a dream, and I won’t wake up not finding my son in front of me. “I named him Marcellus, Marcel for short” she said “I remember you telling me that you wanted to name him that when you were first pregnant if the baby was a boy” “How?” I asked, trying to stop my tears from falling from my eyes. Maria, who was sitting beside me, wrapped her arm around me as she pulled me to her chest, trying to comfort me. “Alpha Sebastian got us out that night. It turns out he lived in the same building at the time, and just as he was trying to escape the fire, he heard our voices. He broke the door and came inside. I don’t even know how he managed to get us out without getting any of us killed. But I remember waking up around a month or so later, with him holding Marcel in his arms, and looking at me in the hospital bed. I had lost consciousness during the fire” she said, making my he
Aurora: “Aurora, he’s opening his eyes, you can relax” Dante said, wrapping his arms around me from the back, stopping me from pacing as we waited in the waiting room. “What?” I asked, turning around to face him, hoping that this wasn’t something that I just imagined. “Your dad is waking up, the nurse just told me. They’re taking him to his room now, then we can go and see him” he said, and wrapping my arms around him, I hugged him tightly as tears fell from my eyes before I could stop them. Having changed the wedding dress to clothes that Maria bought for me, I was now wearing sweatpants and a white crop top and Dante’s suit jacket. He and Nicolas rolled their shirt sleeves up, and we’ve been here throughout the night, waiting for good news to come. “It means he’s fine, right? They’re not going to need to send him to the ER again…?” “Aurora, breathe, neonata” he whispered to me, stopping me “he is fine. The bullet didn’t touch his heart, and the lost blood, they donated to him,
Dante: I smiled as the doors opened, revealing my mate who was walking out wearing her beautiful white wedding dress. Alessandro had his arm looped with hers, and the smile on her face could be seen a mile away under the beautiful white veil she wore. Alessandro’s eyes met mine and he smiled, both happy and proud of the two of us for making such a choice. I knew that he was also happy that he, at least, got to have a chance of taking one role of a father, considering that he had lost so much time and had missed so much in his daughter’s life. Mom’s eyes met mine and the smile of proudness that was on her face was one that I would never forget, and looking at Nicolas who stood beside me as my best man, I smiled, thankful for the man who has entered my life so suddenly but changed so much about me. My brother, someone that I knew that I could at least lean on when I felt weak, and the best part was, he didn’t do it for anything in return, for once, I met a person who was being genuin
Aurora: My heart raced against my ribcage as I walked out of the dressing room, wearing my wedding dress. Anastasia, Eva, and Elena, who were my bridesmaids, gasped when they saw me. And catching sight of my reflection, I couldn’t help the tears that formed in my eyes. I never thought that I would ever live to see this moment, especially being a wolf, we didn’t really have weddings. “No, no, you are not going to ruin your makeup with your tears” Eva said, wiping my tears from my eyes before they fell. Her eyes met mine and I smiled, wrapping my arms around her, thankful for the help that she and the girls showed me. These were things that a girl mostly did with her mother and sisters, I was blessed with sisters of choice. “Thank you for today” I said, pulling away from the hug to look at the girls “all of you, I swear I don’t know what I would have done if it weren’t for you being there for me” Elena and Anastasia hugged me, and I smiled as tears fell from my eyes. And catchin
Nicolas: “Well, tonight went well” Eva said, smiling as we entered the house. The two of us have been sharing a house at the pack, mostly because we were growing closer with each passing day and I was growing both more attached to and protective over her. “Yes, thankfully” I said, running my fingers through my hair as I looked at her, admiring her. Her curves made my blood travel south where I really didn’t need it to right now. Having found her, I was sure not to touch another woman so as not to come home with a love bite or a female’s scent, fearing that she would grow upset. And respecting the fact that she might not want to rush things, especially after how she lost her mate. I wanted her to be sure that she wanted to be with me. My heart raced, and turning toward the room, I knew to dismiss myself before she caught the boner, and plus, it was not like she was going to say anything else anyway. Unless Nico Sandro was around us, she rarely ever opened a conversation; therefore,
Dante: “Dante!” Aurora laughed, trying to escape my grasp as I tickled her. The two of us were laying on bed, naked, need I add, and I was growing a little excited for my mate. “Yes, mi amor?” I asked, biting her earlobe, my voice above a whisper, making sure that my breath hit her neck. She giggled, trying to muffle her moan, of course, that didn’t work. I purred, and lowering my face to her neck, I kissed her sweet spot, gently sucking on it before turning her around, making her lay on her back as I hovered over her body. Her eyes met mine, and I smiled, running my finger over her cheek before I leaned in to kiss her. My beauty, having turned her on, spread her legs for me to settle between them, and smirking, I did as she desired. Her hips moved upwards, grinding against me, and it was seconds later that I pulled away from her lips to rest my forehead against hers and position myself at her entrance. She gasped before her back arched as I thrust into her, making sure to be as
Giovanni: “The fancy proposal of ‘The Billionaire D’Angelo’ to his lover and girlfriend Aurora” I read out loud, rolling my eyes as I read the news. I tapped my fingers on the armrest twice as the picture of Dante on his knee in front of Aurora as she looked at the ring as he placed it in her finger. I folded the newspaper that I was reading before throwing it aside, and shaking my head at how things got to where they were; however, it wouldn’t be long before their perfect love story ended. I just needed to find the perfect timing to do it. “Boss, she is losing it again” Santos, my new second hand, said, entering my office. The man did not bother knocking on the door, not that he needed to, the door was wide open considering that no one, aside from him, dared approach this room to begin with. I sighed and got up from my chair, picking up the newspaper and taking it with me, knowing that it would be the perfect chance, before heading toward Gabriella’s room where she was locked an