XAVIER'S POVOnce we were parked properly, I killed the car's engine and we all climbed out of the truck."How about the others?""Fuck!" Felix exclaimed and we both burst into laughter. Iris looked at us in confusion."What's funny? We had about three vehicles following behind us and they're nowhere to be found and you both think it's funny?"I shook my head. "We're laughing because of an inside joke.""You better make me understand what's going on. I don't give a shit about your inside jokes,""They must have stopped on the way. We don't go at the same speed because it raises suspicion and makes it easier for us all to be attacked.""Isn't it easier if they attack us when we're together? We can fight them."I held myself back from face palming. "I understand but we're in human territory and the Agents lost track of us for a long time. If we're seen moving in groups, we would be forced to stop and there's no way they wouldn't be finding out that we are werewolves. We don't want such
HAZEL'S POV; The room smelled musty and at one point, I felt like retching up all I had eaten in the car. I wasn't sure I could even eat in here. Xavier noticed my discomfort and went to open the windows up to ventilate the room. Lucky enough, it was a windy, chilly night. There was just one bed in the room and it was barely enough for two people. That meant we would have to be squished against each other to sleep. When I thought about Felix sharing the same bed with Xavier, I laughed out loud. Xavier turned to look at me. "What's funny, Iris?" "I just imagined you and Felix sleeping on this bed," I said and my laughter thickened. He smiled and shook his head before going to the bed and pressing his fingers into it. "Tonight would have been the worst night of my life," Xavier said and sat on the edge of the bed. "I even feel bad for him already. He's going to hit the floor several times and pick himself up," I stood and watched him pull his shoes. Then he pulled off his shirt n
HAZEL'S POV;As early as three in the morning, I stirred awake. It was something I was used to. Colin had instilled it into me from a very young age.I remembered when I used to receive punishments for not waking up early enough. It had been a form of training and whenever I woke up later than usual, I was asked to complete a daunting task that either took me days or left me with an injury.It wasn't until I was able to set a clock in my head that it stopped. And these days, I could set an alarm in my head and wake up earlier than usual even when there wasn't going to be any punishment of the sorts and yesterday, when Xavier had made mention of us waking up as early as four, it had triggered a trauma response. I hadn't told him but I was very afraid.I had slept with the fear of being whipped awake by one of Colin's guards so I woke up as early as three.I chose not to wake Xavier. He had driven for hours and the last thing he needed was disturbance. Knowing that he was still going to
Chapter 58XAVIER'S POVOnce we were settled into the car, Felix went straight to sleep and I shook my head.Hazel was just about tapping him to wake up but I stopped her. "Let him sleep,"Hazel gave me a stern look but she didn't tap him. Instead she turned to look at me. "How are you?"I have a strange look. "That's an unusual question,"She nodded. "Yeah, I know. But I want to know you're doing for real,""I am okay for the most part. I had the best sleep ever. I think I sleep better when I am with you," I said and winked. She turned her face away but I didn't miss the redness of her cheek."That's good to know,"I chuckled and when I saw somewhere we could park, I nudged her. "Hey, look. We can park here and you can pee,"I swerved to the side of the road and unlocked the car door. Felix stirred and made a funny sound as Iris climbed over him. It was still dark out but not dark enough. It was starting to light up a bit.We were parked beside a wooden fence and I made sure the car
Chapter 59HAZEL'S POVThe rest of the drive was silent. I was still shaken by what had just happened minutes ago.We were moving smoothly on the freeway but my body wasn't relaxed. I still felt like there was danger looming but Felix kept assuring me that we were past their borders."We're in another portal, Iris," Felix said to me. "We're no longer in the human world,"I sat back and leaned my head against the headrest of the car, trying to close my eyes but I kept having flashbacks from minutes ago.I saw how the car had exploded. Nothing I had ever seen before. It had me shaken and unable to relax. My hands still trembled and when I turned my head, I saw Xavier looking at me."You okay?"I sighed and shook my head. "No, I am not.""You'll get used to it, don't worry,"I shook my head. "I don't want to ever get used to it. I am only used to fighting with my fists and not bombs and that level of destruction. It's enough to give me post traumatic stress disorder and I already had eno
HAZEL'S POV;Such a place like this exists? That's impossible.The walls were made from pure marble and the night was brightened by lights, shining in the streets.People walked about and cars of different designs and builds zoomed around the large court. It was large enough to accommodate about five hundred people and as we were led to the parking lot by one of the valets, my eyes caught the large fountain situated in the middle of the courtyard.It was surrounded by a raised concrete with black marble, sparkling under the light illuminated around it. The statue of a very large Lycan beast stood in the middle of the fountain, teeth bare in a snarl and clawed hands out to attack.Water sprayed out from pipes surrounding the statue and they created a beautiful illumination of the light.There were buildings. Really tall. Taller than Colin's castle and embedded with golden lights streaming down on the car's and people and I felt like I was on another planet. Paradise, maybe?Suddenly, I
XAVIER'S POV;I saw the look on Iris's face. I had seen that same look in her eyes as we drove into this palace. The look of not belonging in this environment. She had chosen not to tell me how her life had been before she met me and I had decided not to pester her about it.I had seen how awkward she looked around Lawrence. I noticed one thing a long time ago. She didn't like being touched by random people. Men especially and it has sparked up my curiosity.Things got more glaring after the first night she cried after I had touched her. It happened again. We were making out and all of a sudden, she zoned out.She had left immediately with Felix. I had been meaning to tell her that now that we were here, we had to be together as Alpha and Luna as information had gotten here that I had finally found my mate.Once I was done talking with Lawrence, I had followed after her but he insisted on going with me.Finally, we got to the room that had been assigned to us and I shut it and twisted
HAZEL'S POV;I hadn't expected Xavier to say those words of rejection to me and when he had done so, I had been extremely shocked.He had asked me to but I didn't want to. I have never thought of rejecting him but tonight, he brought it up the second time. I thought it was something he had said out of anger and he really meant it.I felt the slow burn in my chest, getting to my head after he had said those words and it took a little thing for me not to burst into tears.I was struggling. I was fighting a lot on my own and I didn't want to involve him in it. But all he saw was me not wanting to talk to him about anything."He can't read your fucking mind, Iris," Ted said.I sighed. He was right. I shouldn't have expected him to understand me. I really should have not.But he had rejected me and that alone made me so angry. I had walked back to the warrior's building and when Felix had asked me why I returned, I grabbed him by the collar and flung him out before telling him to ask his f