After hearing Layla’s story, I didn’t know how to feel about the whole rejection thing now.“Can I please go and be with the kids for some time?” Layla asked me with enthusiasm. I bet I have never seen anybody so happy to be around the kids. She really wanted kids.“Sure!” I nodded and watched her rush downstairs to play with the kids. The way she played and held them was a sign of a mother who had lost her baby.I couldn’t help but think she will become a good mother, but how?And then it struck me. Everything made sense then. I only felt the mate bond with Aramis when the Moon Goddess knew Tanner was going to die. Is it why Aramis felt the mate bond with Layla? Maybe she knows I am dying.Just the thought of it scared me, hurt me, and punctured my heart. Taking breaths had become a chore for me. I wondered how I was able to not see all these signs and think I will be fine.“I need to do something about it,” I told myself determinedly.That day, I decided to speak to Dr. Hannah and a
Aramis had come back to the room after talking to the witch but didn’t say anything.“Come with me, I will drop you home,” Aramis told Hannah, who nodded her head and walked after Aramis.“Wait for me outside,” Aramis stopped after he had escorted her to come back and get in the bed with me.“Silver will have something for us. There is no way I am going to lose you, okay?” I don’t know who he was convincing, himself or me at this point?I faintly gave him a nod and watched him exit the room.“I have only one month,” I whispered to myself as I closed my eyes, “I am not going to be there for you two,” I closed my eyes when pain and hurt hit me.“Would you even know I existed?” my lips were quivering as I realized after a month everything would end for me. It was then I recalled how Aramis films me every day. He has made millions of videos of me doing random things, what if I do that for my babies?I can make videos for them so that I can live in their memory. They deserve to know and se
“Oh! Will that save her?” Aramis wanted to be certain if it will work or not.“It must,” she answered confidently. It felt like my heart retrieved after hearing her suggest that. I had been worrying for no reason. I wish we had contacted this witch before instead of frittering away time.“So tell us what do we need to do?” Aramis’ entire existence has brightened up after hearing the good news. I was all ears and happily waiting for us to tell what needs to be done in order to save me from dying?“We will have to inject the vampire blood into her body before she dies and when she dies, she will come back to life. Good thing, you will be even more powerful. With your fighting skills merging with Vampire’s quick ability to heal, their power of traveling from one place to another in a minute, and immorality, you will thrive like you always wanted to,” she smiled when informing me how much I can get from being a vampire.But something bothered me so instead of displaying relief or celebrat
I was now beginning to focus on finding someone for my babies. And the only person I could think of was Layla.She was Aramis' mate, she wanted a kid of her own but couldn't conceive. For someone who cannot get pregnant ever again, she will know and cherish my babies. I was more than determined to speak to Layla and Aramis. And I needed to do it before he rejects her.I have been sitting on the balcony, thinking of million ways of starting that conversation with Aramis when he comes home tonight. That’s when I saw Ezekiel planting a tree in the garden. A smile covered my lips when watching him take care of nature.As I kept watching him, I noticed him looking in the direction of the mansion and shaking his head at someone. It seemed like he was speaking to someone. I had to walk all the way over to the side to see who it was."Morgana!" I grunted, getting fed up with her attempts of getting the kid to like her.I couldn't stand in my spot and do nothing. I truly felt like now I must d
“I thought you wanted to talk about how is the progress on the potion,” Aramis frowned a little as he couldn’t gather my motive for asking him to join me on the balcony.As soon as he got out of the shower, I asked him to accompany me. He had planned to work on the potion but my wish changed his plans. He had taken a leave from his office to focus entirely on that potion.However, I felt like he was only running after something that was not going to happen. Tonight is the night when I tell him about my wish to find him a mate and a mother for my children.“I believe you can do anything if you want. But some things are beyond our control,” I repeated myself again and his frown grew wider.“Aramis! When I was little and lost my mother, the world around me changed. I badly craved a mother figure because all the others focused on their lives. Nobody noticed the little Phoenix dealing with many troubles. There were things I couldn’t speak to my father about and my sister was way too occupi
“As for the Moon Goddess’ decision. Remember when she gave me you? When she knew Tanner was going to die,” I explained why he felt the mate bond with Layla. The moon Goddess usually gives second mates to the men after they reject their first mates or their first mate dies.I was the only she-wolf, who was granted a mate after the death of her first mate. All this time I thought I was lucky, but now it felt like that was just Moon Goddess’ way to torture me in the future.“I am telling you, I am working on something,” he repeated himself much calmly this time.“I am not questioning your hard work. I just want to set some plans here. Aramis! If I die, I want Layla to be the one beside you,” my thoughts made Aramis step back from me. Layla covered her face in her hands after hearing that.I bet she couldn’t even look me in the eye out of guilt, but what was she guilty for?“Layla! Even if you could conceive, I would have still chosen you. I don’t have a problem with someone having her k
Flashback:Years Ago:I have lost my mother some time ago and things haven’t been on the right track after that point. My siblings had ignored me like I was invisible to them. They would only remember me when they have a joke to make about someone. That someone would always be me.I could still live with the taunts and the mockery, but what my sister’s mate was doing to me had me shaken up.I have just turned 15 but couldn’t get to celebrate my birthday because nobody remembered, nobody cared. Dad has been in the neighboring back for the matters of the pack safety so he only called and asked Veronica to make sure I get a cake and the gifts, I didn’t get them.The entire day of my birthday had gone by and I had spent it in my room, locked inside.“We are not going to let him come for us,” I told the Barbie I was holding in my hands. I had found comfort in the dolls, although I was too old for them but who else could I speak to?Nobody wanted to hear my voice, and I wanted to tell the w
“You never told me what exactly you went through in the mansion where you were supposed to be safe,” Aramis’ voice was filled with sadness after I told him how my life would have turned differently if Nix hadn’t woken up that night.I have asked him to meet me in the Royal garden after speaking to Layla. I knew he would come; he would never resist my call.“After that night I told my family but instead of believing me, my sister hit me. They threatened me into not telling dad anything. Sometimes I wondered if they knew what was going on but didn’t want to break ties with Hassel for me. Hassel had brought in whatever he had left of his pack to our pack and my siblings were just mesmerized by his charismatic persona. They saw him as their idol. I was left with no option but to sit down with my father and discuss the early waking of my wolf. It was a serious matter because our personalities were going to clash. I was a naïve and fragile she-wolf and my wolf was just ready to pounce. It w