Natalia:“Mine…”I stared at Blake with wide eyes. His own eyes not leaving mine for a second before I smiled and turned my attention to the bandage which was in my hand. I put it on the wound, careful not to hurt him before stepping back and looking him in the eye.“Do try not to rip this one, and if you do, let someone clean and cover the cut for you” “As long as you’re by my side when I wake up, there’s no need for the bandages to get ripped off, right?” Blake smirked and I raised an eyebrow.“What are you up to, Blake?” I asked “what’s all of this? Up until two nights ago, you wouldn’t even look at me, and now…”“You took care of me when my whole family feared approaching me. They would have either left me in the state that I was in, or they would have watched me die. You didn’t leave my side despite me kicking you out, you stayed here” Blake said taking my hand, he intertwined our fingers, or more specifically, tried to; however, I pulled them back before he could, making him fr
Blake:I smiled when I heard my wife’s footsteps as she approached my room.She knocked the door twice, making me smile “come in”She walked inside the room to look me in the eye and shake her head when she saw me waiting for her. Food was already placed on the table which I had the maids prepare for us “come on, let’s eat while the food’s hot at least”“You do realize that you could have left the room and walked to the dining room, right?” Natalia asked, looking at the table while crossing her arms over her chest. She looked around the room which the maids have fixed up in the past few hours as to be comfortable for me to stay in while I healed. The fact that I had to stay here didn’t mean that I needed to stay here with it being a disaster.“Yes, but that would have meant having dinner with the whole pack, and that wasn’t the intention of all of this” I said, pulling her chair back for her to come and sit. However, she quickly put her hand over mine not wanting me to do it “you’re s
Natalia:My eyes fluttered open as a feeling of warmth settled inside my body.However, that didn’t last long when I noticed that I was laying on top of a chest, an arm was wrapped around me, and that chest had a bandage over it.I sat up quickly only for my head to throb as the aftermath of alcohol kicked in. “Easy” Blake said gently. He sat up and put both his hands on my shoulders, softly massaging them. My body relaxed for a second before I processed that I had slept in his room, on his bed, and in his arms “Natalia?”“I slept here last night…”“Yeah, you got a little too drunk, and I couldn’t carry you to your room” Blake said motioning to his injured shoulder, chest, and neck. “I was sleeping on your chest, Blake! What if I hurt you?” I asked. Blake smiled at my concern before he cupped my cheeks which heated as I processed the whole situation.“Hey, relax, you didn’t hurt me, and I wanted you sleeping here anyway” Blake said, assuring me. I could tell that he was trying to ke
Blake: “Are you okay?” I asked a while after Natalia’s secretary got our coffee.She has been quiet since her parents left worrying Ares and I. She snapped out of her daze and looked at me with a smile. One which was professional and didn’t reach her eyes “I’m fine, Blake, I just have a few things in mind. But don’t worry”“Do they include your parents?”“Why did you come?” Natalia asked, shocking me. I frowned in confusion trying to understand her question, but she didn’t seem to flinch as she waited for an answer. “What?” I asked, still trying to process what she asked.“Why did you come here when I asked you not to?” She asked again. The woman was being bloody serious?“Natalia, I just saved you from a whole argument with your parents…”“I never asked you to, okay? I never asked you to fight my fights for me, nor did I ask for your help” she snapped. I put the mug down and got up from my chair with her following in suit.“I came here with genuine intentions. I didn’t want you to
Natalia:“Wait, you were serious about us sharing the bed?” I asked, looking the man in the eye. The causality that he saw in the situation confused me. Yes, I was his wife, it wasn’t something that I didn’t know, but the two of us knew that our marriage wasn’t a real one. The man proved to me that he didn’t want me as his real wife.“Well, I don’t think you expect me to be sleeping on the couch, nor do I think that you would be” Blake said sarcastically. I shook my head at the man who raised an amused eyebrow, clearly loving my reaction.“Blake, I don’t want to share your bed. I would rather sleep on my bed and come here in the morning if it would give you the sense of comfort that we’re pretending to be husband and wife” I said, raising my hands in mock surrender.“Natalia, princess, we cleared out your room. The maids have locked it based on my order, plus, we’d only be sleeping, what are you so worried about? I already promised you that I wouldn’t be hurting you, nor would I be do
Blake:“Do you think it worked?” Ryan asked once the two of us were out of the pack grounds.“Considering no one followed us, yes. Mason would have stopped Natalia from doing so, that would buy us some time” I said looking my beta in the eye “for now you’re going to have to disappear, I know that it would be hard. But it has to be done, you have to pretend that you were kicked out of the pack”“We already went through this, Blake. Don’t worry, just be sure to stay safe, and congratulations on finding your new mate” he teased. I chuckled and shook my head at him. The man and I have been plotting this for a while now, however, we had to make it as believable as possible. The fact that he was against Natalia was nothing but a game, but the two of us knew that we needed to play it.Flashback:“You’ve lost your mind, Blake. You just woke up and are here plotting this? Hell, the woman is asleep on that couch!” Ryan whisper shouted at me, pointing at Natalia.“We have to put Drake in his pla
Natalia:I laid my head on the armrest as I waited for Blake to come back with Mason.It’s been three days since his mate passed away, and the past three days have been hell on the man. Thankfully, his Alpha was understanding enough to let him let his pain out. Mason has left the pack-house since then, leaving the pack members worried about him until Blake caught his scent somewhere by the pack’s borders. The house’s door opened, and Rosalyn walked inside bringing food to the house knowing that no one would be in the mood to cook. It has been that way since Marissa passed away. Jordan and Kyle walked out of their room upon feeling Jordan’s mother walk in. Jordan wrapped her arms around her mum, hugging her tightly as Kyle put a hand on my shoulder, squeezing it in assurance.I didn’t even understand the feeling that I was having. The mixture between pain and anger, though why I felt them was something that I couldn’t understand; it wasn’t like I knew the girl, nor did I know any of t
Blake:“Wait, wait, wait, you’re telling me, that THIS is your first date?” I asked wide eyed. Natalia nodded, biting her bottom lip as she avoided my eyes.“Yes, I was never one to be interested in going out on dates, or being around guys more than necessary. Plus, there was the fact that I needed to keep a certain ‘image’ of my parents; I couldn’t be as exposed as other girls were” Natalia said honestly “and need I remind you that I as an element manipulator can bring danger to whatever human might approach me; I couldn’t risk that” I nodded in understanding, taking my wife’s hand in mine making her smile as I intertwined our fingers. The two of us were walking around the city, doing nothing, just walking. We wanted to get out of the house, and a casual dinner date didn’t seem our thing to do; therefore, we settled for something as we walked and talked.“What about you?” Natalia asked “where was your first date?”“It was back at the pack” I admitted “Myla and I just found out that
Blake:I smiled as I wrapped my arm around my wife, guiding her toward the flower field just like the vision that I showed her.Though I had to admit, the last thing that I expected was for her to be pregnant or the two of us as injured, but I knew that it was now or never. And I wasn’t going to lose the chance to make her the happiest woman on the planet."You actually had them making the garden?” Natalia asked and I smiled before connecting my lips with hers. I bit her bottom lip, pulling it gently before resting my forehead against hers as I pulled away from the kiss. “I take it as a yes?”“A thousand times,” I said, watching as she turned around to look at the flowers. The smells of roses, lilies, orchids, and jasmines filled the air around us, and I couldn’t help the smile that formed on my lips when she turned around to face me as I kneeled down on one knee. It was something that I dreamed of, but I didn’t know how things were going to be. But I knew one thing, I wanted to be a
Natalia:I frowned as we entered the room to find Myla dead on the ground with a knife dug deep in her chest.“Blake?” I asked, voicing out of my confusion and he shook his head.“It was the right thing to do, and she would have done it to herself anyway.” He said, and I frowned in confusion. I got inside his head and my heart dropped as I heard and saw what he was referring to. “Blake, that means?” I asked and he shook his head.“I don’t know how accurate it is, but I know that things are going to be complicated from here.” He said, and I looked at Ryan who was quiet throughout the whole thing. I knew that him being the Alpha’s current beta, he would be lost in so many thoughts, but right now, we needed to know whether or not they needed our help. “They are in their graves…”“We are just going to have to dig them out,” Blake said, stopping me. He frowned as he looked at the door behind me and it wasn’t until screams echoed through the walls that I frowned. I went to rush toward the
Blake:My heart raced against my ribcage as different monitors kept beeping. I squeezed my eyes tightly before forcing them to open, reminding myself of my ability to use my motors.However, that didn’t go as well as I planned for it to as I found myself squinting my eyes shut, trying to avoid the light that was in the room.“Blake?” My mum’s voice filled my ears, and though I was hurt by her and dad, I couldn’t describe the pain that I felt because of them, I couldn’t help but feel thankful for her presence.“Natalia?” I said, shaking my head as I tried finding her. My heart raced and I couldn’t help but frown when I saw her laying beside me, her chest rising and falling with each breath that she took. She didn’t have an oxygen mask, unlike the one that I had, but I could see the bandages that were almost all over her body.“She is just asleep right now. The doctors have instructed that she gets as much rest as she can as she would need to regain her strength after what happened.” M
Natalia:My heart raced as I looked at the demon who formed in front of me.The fact that she was burning the room that was beside me, the room that had my mate inside, made my heart race. And that was something that I knew she was going to try and play with, my fear, anger, and worry. But that wasn’t something that I wanted to give her. “I do believe that it would make things faster if the two of you choose to give up.” She said, her voice sending chills down my spine as I looked at my mate who was trying to stay as far away from the fire. I tried controlling it, but nothing seemed to work. The fact that I knew that Jaiden, the man who was supposed to be my father, was fighting his own dad at the podium scared me. If anything, the fact that they were a father and son getting into this was something that broke me inside, but I knew now that no matter what I was going to say or what I was going to do, nothing would matter. It wasn’t even about me and my husband, these witches were ai
Blake:I growled as I saw my brother shifting, no longer able to contain himself as his instincts took over.The portals revealed the manipulators that were summoned by my wife, and I couldn’t help but find myself growing proud of her strength. To say the least, I knew that she was going to grow a lot stronger now that she knew who she was and what she was capable of.Drake let out a low growl, and I couldn’t help but recall the fact that the man wasn’t even in his head. Whatever was going on, I knew that the witches were having some sort of control on him, and though it pained me to consider, I knew that I had to end this one way or the other.Natalia looked at me and I nodded in assurance as I watched Crystal take flight. The fact that she fought against the control of the witch made me proud of how strong her bond grew with Natalia despite the short period.I took a step toward my brother, my stance ready for his attack as I saw Ariana and Riya, the two who pretended to be on our s
Natalia:My heart raced against my chest as I felt my dragon being close and yet so far to reach.I could tell that Crystal was here somewhere, I just didn’t know where she was.Blake wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him as we entered the podium. No one really bothered to approach us, and I knew the reason; everyone now believed that we were either cursed, or they thought that they were going to watch us die.I looked at mum who was standing in the center of the podium along with Blake’s parents and the two of us frowned before being approached by them. Almost everyone else had their families waiting for them. Mum wrapped her arms around me, pulling me in for a hug before I could say a word, and though I didn’t understand her reason, I couldn’t help but feel my chest ache.This was the first hug that she has given me in years.She pulled away to look me in the eye before running her finger over my cheek, clearly in pain because of what was happening to me. Thoug
Blake:My chest ached as I found myself waking up beside my wife on a field of grass.Flowers were sprawled almost everywhere around us, and for a second, I could swear that I was back at the house, OUR garden. But I could also tell that it was different, this was a place that we knew, but it wasn’t ours, not yet anyway. Natalia frowned and shook her head in question before I got up from the floor. She sat up and pinched the bridge of her nose before turning to look at me. I watched as she stood up and looked around, taking the scene that was in front of her.Birds flew around and the sound of water could be heard from a distance, but I couldn’t catch a scent to let me know where I was, nor could I define the image that we were seeing. “Are you in my head again?” She asked, and I shook my head, making her frown. “Not that I know of,” I said, only to frown when I saw Alexander and Nikita standing in front of us. The two of us were wearing complete white outfits, my beauty wore a whi
Natalia:“How the fucking hell did you manage to get out of this one?” Riya asked, glaring at us. I smiled at the woman as my mate tightened his arm around me.To say that I was at peace was an understatement to what I was feeling. Hell, the man was not only giving me the love that I wanted and desired, but he was giving me the contentment that I knew I wouldn’t find elsewhere if their lives were taken for me to find it.“I believe that it doesn’t concern you, especially considering the fact that you too managed to pass.” Blake said, smiling at her. I knew that he was also feeling not only content, but at peace. His wolf has been purring lowly for my ears and I couldn’t help the smile that was plastered on my face regardless of how hard I tried wiping it off.Hell, as hard as this was, this day was the best of my life.“You two are playing the rules way too much for my liking.” Drake said, entering the hall where we were standing. Not even he could bother me tonight, that was one thi
Blake: I wrapped my arm around my mate once I’ve put my clothes back on, smirking at the fact that she managed to conceal my nudeness in front of the audience, not that it mattered to me anyway. It wasn’t like I would be having anything that they haven’t seen or don’t have, but it proved to me that she simply wanted the sight for her eyes. “Are you okay?” She asked, handing me a stone cup which she formed before filling it with pure water. I smiled and took a sip of it before handing her the cup to drink. She smiled at my concern and took a sip of it before handing it back to me. “You need it more than I do right now, and a sip is more than enough for me.” I kissed her forehead before drinking the rest of the water, not wanting to break her word before turning to the final round of the day. The Forest of Doom was engraved on the ground and both Natalia and I rolled our eyes as we read the words. The last thing that we needed right now was to deal with such a fact, and considering