~Liam's POV~ I mind-linked Hazel to know if she was awake or not, but she was still asleep, which gave me a chance to go through everything that I retrieved from Zoey. "You shouldn't let Hazel wake up alone," Leo muttered in my mind. I know I shouldn't, considering how badly she was traumatized the last two times, but now I am bonded with her; she knows I am close, and also she is sleeping. I will make my way back to her in a few seconds, I just have to make sure that everything that my father and mother kept safe for years or gathered in their life is safe. There are a lot of other things that my mother used to cherish more than luxuries. She always found peace in small things rather than jewellery and expensive gifts. Where other women loved to receive expensive surprises on her birthday, she found joy in spending the day with Dad and me alone, far away from the business of the city and duties of the pack. It was so important for her to create memories every single day that she
~Hazel's POV~ I stretched my muscles while still being in the comfort of the bed and smiled; I love the undisturbed sleep I have had for the past few days. No waking up in the middle of the night, no nightmares... Just my baby, mate and me sleeping peacefully beside each other. I groaned... My baby is with me but my mate... I was about to groan in our mind link when suddenly the door opened and Liam walked inside the room with a smile on his face. He hopped into the bed beside me and wrapped his arms around me, "I am on time..." "No, I woke up alone," I complained and shut my eyes again. "Yeah... I'm sorry, I took more than an hour. A few stuff demanded my attention," He sighed while caressing my hair. His voice didn't sound as happy as usual. What was the stuff that disturbed him in the morning? "What was it?" I asked while cupping his cheeks. "I found a box in my mother's stuff that I got back from Zoey. That box is locked with magic and now I don't know how to
~Hazel's POV~Walking into the Silver Moon pack has never been easy for me, and now, after completing my mating with Liam, it has become more difficult. I didn't think of this before, but now, I strongly believe that earlier, everyone, along with Liam's aunt, uncle, and cousin, used to think that Liam was bluffing about me which was somewhere true to his part, but after seeing the mark on my neck, they all were surprised as if it wasn't supposed to happen.I get why pack members weren't believing it but Hudson and his father... They were more surprised than anyone. I saw a bit of surprise on Charlotte's face as well but it was instantly replaced by a bright smile and happiness on her face. But Hudson and his father... I don't know why they were so shocked. It's been three days since I am back and walking in the pack with Liam's mark on my neck, but still, people's stare makes me a little uncomfortable, as if it wasn't meant to happen. And today is the fourth day of getting uncomfort
~Liam's POV~ "What Hazel did out there was commendable..." Axel said as I put my phone back in my pocket. "Indeed it was..." I chuckled. "But Scarlett thinks that people still might think that Hazel was putting up a show to gain their trust when we know it was all raw and true," Nick sighed. I scoffed, "Then it's the problem of their pea-sized brain. Let's not worry about it anymore..." What's done is done and the decision Hazel took was best for everyone including me as an alpha. However, if they tried to be bitches again, the offer that I gave earlier is still valid for them. I don't want any of them to accuse or mistreat my mate for any reason. They are all welcome to leave if they wish.I grabbed my car key and the invite from the desk and saw Axel sighing, "She didn't pick up the call?" I shook my head, "Nope... I'll be back soon." I shoved the party invite in my pocket and mind-linked Hazel, telling her about the plan that I had in my mind. "Are you sure you
~Liam's POV~"I don't know what has gotten into her but I am glad you are here... At least now she would talk to someone," Victoria's father, sighed in relief. Hearing how Victoria has been for the past few days, I was surprised and a little bit shocked. She was always close to her father and always shared her feelings with him... I was surprised that this time instead of expressing herself in front of the man she adored, she chose to hide into a bubble. "What happened to her? She hasn't picked up any of my calls," I asked while he took me to his office. He sighed with a chuckle leaving his mouth, "Your mate... You know she always loved you..." Yeah... And that's the reason why I think she is the villain of my life. "I would have loved her the way she wanted if she was my mate... I can't be with someone who is meant or born for someone else. I belong to someone so does she..." I said while shaking my head. He nodded his head while offering me a drink and I took it witho
~Hazel's POV~ Scarlett wasn't happy with the fact that I let all those people leave without any punishment, but I knew what I did was right and necessary. I don't want my baby to have enemies in his or her pack. This is his home, and homes are supposed to be safe... Not a threat. But I am glad she eventually gave in and arranged a girls' night for all of us. I never had any girls' night that would include anyone else apart from Scarlett and me, so I was kind of excited about this. While Scarlett was busy making arrangements for the night, I was sitting in the library, reading all the books that I could find about rare wolves with Axel. "Do you really think that I am a special wolf?" I asked Axel while flipping some pages. "Yeah... Why do you doubt?" He asked and gave his full attention to me. I sighed while placing the book back on the table, "I don't know... I don't feel special... I mean, there should be something stating that I am special. Any sign or any trait... A
~Hazel's POV~ "A rogue...?" I asked Liam a hundredth time while Axel and Nick gazed at him in disbelief, not uttering a word. I am not sure if they think the same as me but for sure, they weren't prepared for such kind of story to be thrown at their faces. "Yup," He confirmed once again. I shook my head in denial and disbelief... I know as her best friend, Liam will buy her story but I won't... I don't trust that woman. There was no word about her mate ever in the past few months but now, out of nowhere, we were hearing that she was rejected. Who the fuck run after someone else so fast after getting rejected? "She was always into you... Wasn't she?" I asked Liam and then gazed at Nick and Axel to confirm. "She was..." Axel nodded his head. "Hazel, you-" I cut Liam off and sighed, "You don't see it the way I see it, Liam. She was into you her whole life! Do you really think it was easy for her to throw her feelings for you out of her heart in an instant? She says that sh
~Hazel's POV~ "So which one do you think we should watch?" Nora asked me as I scrolled down several web series. I shook my head, I don't know which one to watch. I never had any kind of excitement for such shows. And even if I did on rare occasions, the number of seasons irked me to the core. I don't like watching too long shows. "I don't think I should select; I know nothing about these. Here, your choice," I said and passed the remote to Nora. While she scrolled to watch a series for the night, my eyes fell on the table which was filled with food that Scarlett brought for us for the night. Hungry and tired, my stomach growled and I went to the food table and I brightly smiled; at least I had plenty of variety to fill my tummy with. I picked two packs of different flavors of baked potato chips with cheesy dip and sat on the couch with a smile on my face. I had a long evening with shitty stress now, I just want to throw everything out of my mind and enjoy the night with
~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