Emily’s POVEverything was just so difficult for me. I knew that this was going to be the hardest year of my life but still… It wasn’t only that I felt like I had failed/ been a failure all my life, but also that I felt like everything around me was going wrong all because of one person… one single person who I could never stop thinking about and couldn’t seem to forget… I sighed, looking up at the sky where there were no clouds, no sun, no anything at all. I tried to keep it all in but I couldn't. Each day, I'd eavesdrop on Luke’s conversations with Carolyn and everyone else in the community. I needed to know what was happening in the outside world, I needed to know if the King was fine - I wanted him to be fine, I needed him to stay alive.I was ashamed to say that I thought about him more than I should, constantly when I slept. In fact, most nights now I lay awake and stared at my ceiling wishing he was here, I wanted him to kiss me again, to hold me in his arms. I wanted so mu
Luke’s POV“Luke? Luke, please listen to me. I just want to talk to you”“Damn it! What are you doing here? this has to stop. This place is not for you, you are not welcome here” I told her trying to understand how she managed to sneak into the place that used to be ours.The place that held so many memories, memories I didn't want to share with her ever again. I wanted nothing more than to keep those memories locked away forever.“This was your safe place once…” she started but as soon as she saw my expression she knew she had made a mistake, “No, I didn't mean that, not like that...this was our... and Luke...”“Stop! Just stop” I pleaded not wanting to hear her words, knowing there was no changing her mind. She needed to leave now or else I wouldn't hesitate to take her out of here. Not again. Never again. I would never be part of some crazy plan she decided to make me, never again.“Just go. Go back to wherever you came from and leave me alone” my voice was filled with hatred, a
Emily’s POV“No, no, no!” I yelled before jumping up. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead as they fell down to the collar of my shirt. My heart pounded in my chest and my hands shook. The room spun a little and I tried to steady myself by placing both palms on the little worn-out table beside my bed.I saw him again, his smell of booze and cigarettes haunted my dreams, his rough hands that felt like sandpaper against my skin and those dark eyes. A wave of heat and anger rushed through my system as I grabbed the small glass bottle from the table. In one quick movement, I threw it at the wall opposite me with all of my strength.IIt shattered into millions of pieces and the scent of the pills mixed with herbs assaulted my nose, making me retch. I took several deep breaths while wiping away the beads of sweat from my face and neck with the back of my hand before climbing out of my bed. I wanted it to all stop but it didn't. Instead, my memories took me back to those days and it felt
Luke’s POVI had those dreams where I watched Emily sleep naked at night, her blonde hair was a contrast to the dark of the room and her chest rose and fell quickly as she slept and her hands were wrapped around her stomach. She looked like a goddess, and even in slumber, I could see the soft curves of her body that had haunted my dreams for years. She was perfect. So beautiful in fact that it almost hurt. It was like looking at a painting or one of those famous sculptures, and seeing how real they were.Her lips were parted slightly, and when she breathed out I caught a whiff of something uniquely her. A hint of vanilla from the shampoo she used, but also something else. Something spicy. The scent lingered on my skin and mixed with the musky scent of our passion. She smelled so fresh and clean, even though we had been intimate only moments earlier, I could still smell the lingering traces of her arousal clinging to me. The sensation alone made me shiver. I had never met anyone m
Emily’s POVWhy does no one talk about labor pains? I knew it was going to hurt but I was not prepared for the pain that was coming to me. It felt like my organs were being squeezed and crushed by a giant fist. I only felt my water break and it rolled down my leg.I didn't feel it immediately but I felt a sharp pain like everything in me was being pulled out of me through my anus. I thought about screaming. That would probably give it away but I couldn’t move. It was at that moment Carolyn opened the door of my room. She saw me sitting in a weird position and struggling.“What is wrong with you?” Her brows were furrowed.But I couldn't bring myself to talk as the pain grew stronger and more intense. It was all I could do just squeeze my eyes shut in an attempt to hold back from screaming. The feeling was so overwhelming that my eyes burned with tears. The last thing I wanted was to be seen crying. But the pain was too much. And I just couldn't help myself as I screamed.Her eyes move
Luke’s POVI rushed down immediately Carolyn called me and when I got to the hospital she was pacing back and forth in the waiting room clutching her bag to her chest as she talked on the phone. When she saw me approach she said, “She's been in there for a while now, there's been a lot of shouting from them. I am afraid I am going to pass out” She mumbled. She looked really nervous like she was about to puke any minute. “She will be fine, right?” she muttered, not looking at me. I tried reassuring her. “She will pull through it”. She just nodded absentmindedly without looking up. I could see her face get paler and paler with each passing second until it was white as paper. It didn't look healthy.“Breathe Carolyn” Even though I was shocked she reacted this way about Sara. But this was not the right time to make jokes I realized. This woman was about to fall apart if she wasn't already. She finally managed to look up at me and said in a hoarse voice, “What?” Her voice sounded strained
Unknown POVMaybe I was just overthinking and maybe he really did have something waiting for me, some sort of surprise. Something, anythingWho was I kidding? He had forgotten and it tore deep at my heartI can't believe that he forgot my birthday and our anniversary…How could he forget?Three years have already passed since I walked down the aisle and exchanged vows with my mate Alfonso, the Alpha of the crystal moonpack.It's been three fucking years! I remember that day vividly, I was nineteen, blond hair tied back to compliment that white armless lacey dress but now at twenty- two? I couldn't say anything about it.It used to be my favorite memory of us, it still was and I could hear my wolf groan and I didn't blame her. It was pathetic to see me cling to that after everything he had put me through.I heard his footsteps and smelt his scent across the room.I had leaped out of my room to go and greet him at the door of his own since we both slept in separate rooms despite being m
Luke's POVSomething was terribly wrong, something I couldn't explain. There was this restlessness in me and my wolf. We were both anxious to get out, we wanted to run, our hackles were raised and my skin crawled as if someone had just set fire to my fur. Something wasn't right with us. Not one bit of it, not a single thing that made sense. But nothing really did make sense these days. Yet tonight was different. I wanted to go somewhere, it felt as though I needed to be somewhere for some reason. My wolf kept bowling at the top of his lungs. We could hardly stand it. It was like trying to sleep while being bombarded by explosions. My skin would be covered in goosebumps, it was so cold all of a sudden as if ice crystals were forming on every piece of my body. Every part of me was prickling and tingling like crazy, it was getting impossible to keep still. The only way I could keep from shivering was to focus hard on a task because even though everything inside of me felt like jello an