She heard a ringing sound. Was it her phone? A wine bottle was placed near her on the rug. She was sitting on the carpet hugging her legs trying hard not to get any anxiety attacks.
She had switched off her phones due to the continuous beeping of messages and calls. All of them were from her friends, Ivy, Dustin, and Ezequiel. But what was this fuc*king gurgling?
The thought of Zeki was enough to make her cry. But why should she? She did not want to talk to anyone so sent a single message to all of them not to bother her.
The single message was sent to everyone. Everyone except Ezequiel.
Shit! Again the same name.
She leaned her forehead on her knees, trying to chew her lower lip. Ezequiel always found it sexy.
Fuc*k off Zeki. She stood up with frustration and started wearing an overcoat. She needed to get out of here. Get out of this apartment. It reminded her of Zeki. Everything reminded her of him. Even the engagement ring on her fi
Maria James had been holding her breath. She had watched her son exiting the hall with his fiancé. She knew she must rejoice it. Because it was a sign that he had accepted for the time being that Aurelia was his fiancée.But she knew her son better. He hated pretenses. Whatever he did, it was due to the face saving of his parents.Taking excuse from her guests she left the hall too. Just to follow them. Her son was upset. He was not happy. But right now she did not have a choice. Did she?She did saw them talking about something. He even touched Aurelia’s chin. She was at some distance so could not tell if it was friendly chat or not. But when Ezequiel left her, she seemed disappointed.When Aurelia walked away Maria quickly went towards his chambers.“Honey! What happened? Are you leaving? Are you going back to Hazel?” Maria James entered through slightly ajar room to find him packing his small bag.“No
“You did what?” Joshua literally shouted in frustration, “You got engaged to some random girl just because your mommy and daddy …”“Stop it Joshua. I thought you already watched it on TV.”“Don’t you dare stop me, Ezequiel. We were under attack. Nobody had fuck*ing time to watch the Coronation ceremony. Did you talk to our Luna?“I tried. But she is not taking my calls.”“Serve you right.” Joshua seemed too angry to hear anything.“Oh come on, Joshua. These human kingdoms can’t run like our packs. There is a lot of selfishness and greediness.”“Fuck with these humans, Ezequiel. Tell me. Did you call our Luna before the engagement or …”“I tried calling her before the announcement. But she was at work and could not receive it.” But Joshua was not ready to listen to any of the explanations.Just then Jos
“Have a safe trip. And do contact our Luna. It’s getting too long. You people already should have mated long ago. She wants to complete her degree. You are waiting for her consent. This all just doesn’t add up.” Beta Joshua was there to bid him final farewell.“My old folks messed up pretty bad. First they asked her to leave the palace. And last time when she was there they gave her a cold shoulder.”Joshua’s eyes shot up at that, “That must be enough to crash her!”“She did become sad. But she did not let it get to her heart. She is stronger than any of us.” There was warmness in his voice.“You were always crazy about her. You were even ready to let go of your alpha position for her sake. I still remember that.” There was amusement in Joshua’s voice. “I have never seen two people so much crazily in love that they are ready to sacrifice everything for each other&rsq
“Hazel! Hazel stop!” Her hair tied in a simple bun. Wearing jeans with a cropped t shirt, she was coming out of her campus when Clara called her from behind.Hazel turned in the direction of her voice. Her heavily pregnant friend was coming towards her panting like anything. She reminded Hazel of the Donald duck.“Are you coming from a marathon, Clara? And where is Elli?” Hazel draped an arm around her friend before resuming to walk.“Elli just dropped me here. I was supposed to submit the assignments today.” Then Clara stopped suddenly, “Please tell me we are not going to college café.”Lately she had developed aversions from the college food.“Do you have anything else in mind?” Hazel lifted her brow questioningly. Later they were sitting in a nearby diner ordering soda and chicken sandwiches.“I am so sorry, Hazel. How are you doing? How are you taking all this?&rdqu
Strolling through the vast gardens of the main palace, Aurelia directed her steps and thoughts on the prince.“Is the prince inside?” She asked a guard planted outside his chambers. He was confused and nervous as hell. He did not know whether to let her go inside or not.Must be someone new!She raised an eyebrow in a mock challenge and when the poor man was intimidated, she leaned near his face, “You do know, who am I. Don’t you?”He swallowed audibly before nodding his head frantically, “Yes, ma’am.”“And you do know that once I will be here, after marriage, I can not only fire you but can also behead you.” She snapped her fingers, “Just like that.”He at once moved aside and gestured her to go inside.Showing a victory sign to herself and patting her shoulder secretly she entered the chambers.Ma was right indeed. Self-confidence will get me whatever I d
“Sweetheart! Wake up. Aurelia?” Somebody was massaging fingers in her soft hair. She knitted her brows and tried to see from her sleepy eyes.“Daddy!” She lunged at the man leaning on her.“Hey, baby girl! What’s the matter?” He gently touched her cheek where half dried tears were still visible.“Oh, daddy. This is all a mistake.” Her father did not understand and sat near her.“What are you talking about?”“Daddy. He is not interested in me. He likes someone else.”Her father stayed quiet.“This is all your mother’s fault.” He remarked drily making her mind more muddled.“Why, daddy?”“Listen daddy’s girl. It was your mom’s obsession to make you prepared for the palace. If you remember, I always encouraged you to listen to your heart.”“And I did.” She pointed out, &ldquo
“Damn!” Ezequiel wanted to throw away his phone and the letter he was holding in his hands. The maid just handed him the neatly folded cream-colored sheet telling him that it was from his mother.Maria James was not in the palace. She had asked him not to go anywhere without meeting her. He already gave her the word. But the problem was it was getting difficult for him to stay away from Hazel.She was not responding to his messages or calls. His werewolf guards told him a few hours back that everything was good there. But now they were not responding to his mind link.No formal mating took place between the couple which meant he could not contact her by the mind link. Could not get to know about her emotions if she was angry with him or just mad at him.He had never felt that frustrated in his life. He wanted to meet his mom as soon as possible. And then he would be off to Hillwood. To Hazel!“Stubborn woman!” He muttered un
Was it some kind of game? A joke? He hoped some witch had not taken over the body of his mother and was not trying to play with her mind.After a few minutes, he was feeling like a fool dressed up in a black suit. He hoped that it was not some misunderstanding.He was about to get up and get rid of the suit when he heard a knock on the door.“Yes?” He did not turn around but the head butler came forward taking slow steps and paused in front of him. He was an old man in his seventies but the most trustworthy person in the palace.“Milord. Can you style back your hair with a gel?” Ezequiel did not know whether to laugh or to strangle the old man’s neck.“Seriously Pattison. Where is my mother? I need to talk to her …”“Milord. She sent me to you. Here let me help you.” Ezequiel kept sitting there while the old butler styled his hair with his shaking hands.“Are you peopl