~Liam's POV~ "She wanted to be left alone..." He plainly said. "She was just a kid... Not even a teen," I emphasized. "Still, it was her choice," He replied with a shrug. I nodded my head, "Living alone was her choice, and I understand you all respected that. But what about her basic needs? What about food and clothes?" "Your parents did as much as they could She didn't want anyone's help. She wanted to be left alone and look after herself and all of us respected that. You can even ask her," He confidently answered. I sighed, "Fine... That means she was fine and living the way she wanted till my parents died and she turned eighteen. But what after that? You knew what she was going through and, most importantly, why she was going through all of that. Why did you never shoo away any of her bullies or report the mistreatment to me? You knew her and her history better than anyone else in the pack." I could see guilt crossing his face and was able to hear his heart skipping a b
~Hazel's POV~ 'His big hands were rough against my soft cheeks, but that didn't matter to me... All that mattered to me was him... Us... I tried to have one good look at him, but the darkness around us didn't allow me to get his one look. I know who is... What he is to me... He doesn't need to tell... The bond between us is enough to tell my brain, heart, and body that he is my mate... My man... I placed my hand on the back of his hand, which made tingles erupt on our skin, and slowly and steadily, I took my hand from his hand to his arms and then to his shoulder. I slowly took my hand to his face-' "What the heck is wrong with you, loser? That wasn't supposed to be there!" Damn, his sharp voice will make my ear bleed! I looked at Phillip, who was glaring at me with his sharp grey eyes and sighed. This man would never let me take a breath in peace. If it wasn't for him paying me for the work I do, I would have used the same words and voice on him that he uses on me ev
~Hazel's POV~ I knew coming here was a very bad decision... Oh goddess, why do I always end up listening to Scarlett? Firstly, I shouldn't be in a place filled with all the werewolves of our pack, and secondly, this dress... This dress was so fitted that people were giving me uncomfortable and awkward glances. I don't know what they were thinking of me. Though the dress was till my calves, still everyone around me was giving me glances because of the fit of this dress. It was a black bodycon tulle dress with some brown patterns on it and the thinnest straps on the shoulder with a deep back. Though my dirty blonde hair was open, still I could feel people's penetrating gaze on my back. "Hey," Scarlett said while walking towards me with two glasses of red wine. I sighed after seeing the glasses in her hands and shook my head, I can't drink. Not in a big party like this. People already treat me like shit I don't know what they would do to me if they found out I was drunk a
~Hazel's POV~ "After seeing you lose your ability to form a single word, I can bet that you don't know who your alpha is. Right, sweetheart?" My alpha or I should say my mate, said. I tightened my arms around his neck and hid my face in his chest which made him chuckle softly while I blushed. Goddess, I had never been so embarrassed in my life before. I was staying in a werewolf pack, which was led by an alpha, but still, I didn't know how my alpha looked! "I didn't know I was that resistible," He chuckled. Our eyes locked with each other and I felt everything around me getting blurred. It was only his eyes that held my focus and everything except that... Started to fade away. "I promise it will be the best day of our life," He softly said and kissed my head. My back was gently placed against a soft mattress, and that's when I realized that we were not on the streets anymore; we were in a room. In a luxurious room. "Where are we?" I asked while looking around me.
***4 Months later*** ~Hazel's POV~ "Order of table number four is ready." "Coming," I said and went to the counter to take the food. I took the tray filled with spaghetti, alfredo pasta, pizza, and a spinach sandwich and sighed; I hate the guys who are sitting at table number four. They not only disgust me with their filthy smirks and looks but also try to call me names. I wish I could kick their butts out of this restaurant. But as usual, nobody wants to get on a bad term with their high-paying daily customer. I can easily take them down as they are humans but I don't want to attract more trouble in my life. At least now I am at some peace with humans around me, I don't want to ruin it because of some jerks. I took a deep breath and went to their table with a small fake smile on my lips. Their eyes twinkled with excitement as they saw me approaching their table, and I refrained from rolling my eyes. Jerks. "Your order sir," I smiled and placed the tray on their ta
~Hazel's POV~ Am I dreaming again, or he is really in front of me? No... I can't be daydreaming again...Those daydreams stopped the very next day he rejected me... My daydreams were turned into nightmares after that one night...He rejected me... Why the fuck he is here after rejecting me? Even if I didn't want to, my eyes still found their way to his handsome face, and my heart skipped a beat. He looks as handsome as that night between us. Dressed in a navy blue suit with a black shirt under it, I could see how muscular he was. His muscles were hugging the suit so perfectly that it looked like he was wearing a tight blazer. His rectangle-shaped jaw was sharp with a trimmed beard which made his thin pink lips look beautiful. My eyes moved up to his eyes, and I gulped; he was looking at me... He was looking at me the same way he looked at me the first time we met on the streets. His mint scent started dancing over my head, and everything that happened between us started floodi
~Liam's POV~ I thought that if I stayed in the city, away from my pack for a few days then my aunt would stop bugging me for the same old thing. But I was wrong... I guess, now she loves keeping her nose in my personal life. The continuous rings of my phone irked me so much that I switched off the phone and gave all of my attention to my colleagues sitting in front of me. At least now she won't be able to call me about the same thing. "So what do you suggest, Mr Wirght? Should we start the project with Cohens or not?" My colleague, Mr Jones asked me. "In my opinion, we should wait a little. Their last project failed miserably and now they have taken big investments from Smiths. Let's see what's the result of that investment and project and then will come to a decision," I said. Others nodded their head in agreement with my words and I saw a waitress coming towards us with a tray filled with food in her hands. She isn't the one who came to serve wine to us... T
~Hazel's POV~ I slammed the door of my apartment hard behind me and picked up the lamp placed on the table to my right. Imagining it to be Liam's neck, I held it tightly in my hand and kept putting pressure on it while trying to dig my nails into it. What the fuck he thinks of himself? Am I a chewing gum? Or a freaking toy with which he can play whenever he wants? What the heck does he think of me? He can't enter my life whenever he wants and leave when he feels bored! My life is not a garden for him to walk around! I wish I had never met him... And even if I did once, I wish I would have never met him again... Why does he have to be in that restaurant only? There were plenty of restaurants as per his class in this big city, so why the heck did he choose to come over there? Wait... Was that because of me? Fucking yes! He came there for me! How can I still be so stupid? He kept an eye on me and entered my life when he thought it would be beneficial for him
~Liam's POV~ "She wanted to be left alone..." He plainly said. "She was just a kid... Not even a teen," I emphasized. "Still, it was her choice," He replied with a shrug. I nodded my head, "Living alone was her choice, and I understand you all respected that. But what about her basic needs? What about food and clothes?" "Your parents did as much as they could She didn't want anyone's help. She wanted to be left alone and look after herself and all of us respected that. You can even ask her," He confidently answered. I sighed, "Fine... That means she was fine and living the way she wanted till my parents died and she turned eighteen. But what after that? You knew what she was going through and, most importantly, why she was going through all of that. Why did you never shoo away any of her bullies or report the mistreatment to me? You knew her and her history better than anyone else in the pack." I could see guilt crossing his face and was able to hear his heart skipping a b
~Liam's POV~ I dropped Hazel at Lexi's place, intending to have a word with her father, but it turned out he was already waiting for me at the packhouse. As much as I wanted to be with Hazel and learn more about the pendant, I let her and Lexi take the lead in this and left to move on to other tasks. Every gift Hazel received from her Mom and Dad holds a special memory, and every time she looked at them reminded her of the good moments that she spent with them just for a few years. I very well know the nostalgia of going through old memories, so I know how hard they hit, and with Hazel being in her last trimester of such a beautiful period, the pain and feeling were heightened ten times. Leaving her behind wasn't easy until Lexi gave her herbal tea, which helped her calm her thoughts and anxiousness and allowed me to look after other things that I had in my hands. We have so much to do... The welcome party of our baby and announcement of Nora and Scarlett taking the l
~Liam's POV~"I should take notes of this..." I whispered. "Wait till you see more," She giggled. "I thought it was a movable almirah..." She shook her head, "It isn't. It looks like one from the outside but it's not. The center part won't budge from its place as you already saw it's a door to this small room." The room was very small, enough only for a person to stand in, so Hazel walked into the room and turned to her right, where a giant locker was placed. She placed her thumb on its scanner and took glasses from the stand. The glasses seemed to get some... Wait... Are they scanning her eyes? "Your eyes are getting scanned?" I asked in awe. "Yup," She chuckled. What the heck? "I thought I had the best protection in my packhouse," I said, a little disappointed with the lack of such high protection in my packhouse. "Yeah, that's why Zoey was able to steal so many things," She smirked. "Hey, that's a personal attack," I said and slapped her butt which made her jump
~Liam's POV~ I knew coming back to the place that gave Hazel the worst memories of life wouldn't be easy. A Tsunami of emotions hit Hazel so bad last time we came here that I promised not to let her step into this house again, but here we are, once again, in front of the house that holds only the traumas of my mate. I tightened my grip around my mate's shoulder who was gazing at the house with a heavy heart and sighed, "I remember I promised you that you wouldn't be here again and I would get the whole house painted and repaired but I was so busy with other things that I couldn't look after it. I'm sorry." Just like the last time, her heart was racing and anxiousness was evident to feel within her without even trying. She was trying her best to control her emotions but since we were bonded, it was easy for me to see and feel every breath filled with pain that she was taking in. "Don't be. At least you asked people to cover up the walls. I'm grateful for that," She smiled at m
~Hazel's POV~ "Hazel, sweetheart, wake up! Wake up, baby!" I jolted up from the bed and caught my breath... What the heck was that? My hand instantly went to my belly, and I took a sigh of relief; my baby was with me... That... That was a dream... No... Nightmare. "Sweetheart, are you okay? Another nightmare?" Hearing Liam's voice made me snap out of the pain and grief that I was still feeling, and I cupped his cheeks while scanning his body over and over again. "I'm glad you are okay..." I cried and hugged him tightly. I have been having nightmares for days, but this was the worst one out of all. "Sssh, it was just a nightmare..." He caressed my hair and kissed my head. "I-I saw you and our baby... Dying... In front of my eyes," I whispered and hugged him tightly. I don't want even a bit of it to come true. Fuck this dream, I can't even see these two getting a scratch. Earlier, it was only a man, a woman, and a baby that I used to see in my nightmares, b
~Hazel's POV~ ***My heart was my guide and my eyes in this dark room. I didn't know where I was going or where I was in the first place... All I knew was that my heart was guiding me somewhere safe. I called for Liam every single second and steps that I took in the moon goddess knew which direction with racing heartbeats. I hate being alone... I have been alone all my life and I hated every single second of it. I don't want to be alone again... I have a mate and friends now; I want to be with them as long as I can, not in the darkness that I used to live in for most of my life. "Liam!" I called Liam, Scarlett, and others, but there was no one to hear my voice. Sweat formed on my head while tears started to pool in my eyes... It feels like I am living my worst nightmare. No one is around me... And this time, not only my loved ones but NO ONE. Not even a single person. With chaos in my heart and mind, I kept walking forward and soon smiled in joy as I finally found light
~Liam's POV~ "Is it done?" I asked Lexi, who had just gotten out of the dungeon with Nick. She nodded her head, "Don't take her out of her cell otherwise, the magic will lose its charm. Stay within the boundaries that I have created in front of her cell." "Thank you," I nodded my head and walked into the dungeon. Ethan and Charlotte were the first ones to get into my sight as I entered the dungeon. While seeing Ethan standing with a face full of arrogance in front of me, made me want to growl, my aunt's puffy face with dry eyes told me to stay put. She has been trying her best to change her arrogant son's mind but she doesn't know his mind stopped functioning in the right direction ages ago. Not wanting to initiate any conversation, I cleared the way for them to leave and moved down into the dungeon. It's hard for both of them to see their son like this but it will only keep becoming difficult if they don't accept today's truth. I walked straight in front of Zoey's c
~Liam's POV~ Nick walked into my office with sleepy eyes and a yawn coming out of his mouth which made Axel and I scoff at him. "We are hanging over a cliff but you seem to be dancing over the top," Axel scoffed. "Yeah, I was... Last night," He chuckled. "Great, now, we should work if we want to stay on top every night," I said while rolling my eyes. "Aye, aye, captain," He saluted and sat on the couch. He opened his laptop while I shared the records of my pack members with him. Forwarding my laptop to Axel, I sighed, "This is the data of the past twenty years, split up in two. List out all the names of people who have been around all the while and died the same year as Hazel's parents and mine, obviously the ones old enough to betray their alpha and Luna. And make a special note of people who were around when Lexi's mother and Adams joined the pack." While I read the letters and try to find something related to Hazle's wolf, I want them to dig into our pack's histor
~Liam's POV~ "So you are still not able to change her mind?" Axel asked as he threw a punch at me. I growled and blocked his punch, "It feels like I'm talking to a wall at times..." "It won't be easy," He groaned while pushing me back and threw a punch again at me but I ducked his attack and kicked his leg. I locked his neck between my arms and growled, "I don't want to wait." I freaking don't want to wait anymore... It's been three days since I am trying to change Hazel's mind about her wolf but she just doesn't want to listen. I am certain that whoever betrayed Dad and partnered with rouges is still breathing fresh air into my pack every single day... I want to rip that person's heart out from his body... That person snatched our parents... I want to burn him every single day till his soul begs me to put an end to his misery... Axel tapped on my elbow and I quickly let go of him, "I didn't realize I was holding on tight." "You do realize that you have to talk it out t