Arya’s POVWe celebrated Chase’s birthday but deep down I wasn’t an inch comfortable. Well who cares if he and Mika were like bread and butter.After the celebration, I walked upstairs and went straight into my son’s room. I tried to put his room in place when I felt a presence behind me. I turned to find Kelsi.“Hey girl” I smiled at her.“Hey” she said. Kelsi walked over to a toy rack and picked up a teddy.“I didn’t see you downstairs” she muttered. I nodded.“Oh” I smiled or rather sighed. “I got tired and decided to come upstairs” I said cleaning underneath my son’s bed.“Oh really?” she asked.“Yes really” I replied. My voice a bit sharper than I intended. It screamed of nothing defense. I kept fiddling with the clothes. Arranging and rearranging it all. No word was said between us.Kelsi cleared her throat. “Are you jea—““Please don’t start again Kelsi” I interrupted her.“I didn’t say—““I don’t want to hear it” I snapped at her. I packed the remaining of the clothes and left
Chase's POVI couldn't believe as those words left her mouth. How could Arya say those things to me.“What?” I blinked furiously like one under the sun. “ You shouldn't say this. Take it back now!”“And what if I say that? Huh? “ She barked.“You don't mean it Arya. “ I said. I moved closer to her but she backed away. “ See no matter what it is, we can get this solved. We can something about it”She shook her head vehemently. “ Nah”“What?”“I Mean it's too late!”she glared at me and didn't cower for a moment. Like she was second guessing her thoughts.“How could you say that?” I asked. Arya looked away and she tapped het foot against the floor. “ I mean…. Like where is this coming from?”“From me! Me! You heard it right” she spat. “ I mean you can go ahead with Mika…what ever you want to do” she squeezed her face as she said those words. “ While I will be busy with Jake”And then Arya walked out of my office. I stared at the door as it swung close. The silence in the room not only mad
Jake's POV“ Grandma please tell us a story” I looked up from the book I was reading to find a 5 year old with my aged nanny.It was her grand daughter. It was raining hard and dark. Everything seemed gloomy. There had been no news yet and I was gradually loosing my patience.My nanny smiled at her. “ Alright come sit on my lap. We don't want to disturb your highness” she muttered.Then she cleared her throat. “ Are you ready?”“Yes grandma” the little girl muttered.“It was in the old days of the werewolf. It was often said , there was a thin line between being good and being stupid. Often times, the former wandered past this line, unknown of the ripple effects of such actions. Zais the ruler of the dragon kingdom was kindest ruler ever to exist, in the world of the super naturals. He judged rightly. Loved his people and listened to them but, there would always be a ‘but’.The people of dragon kingdom was home to all kinds of sorcery. The good, the bad and the wicked travelled far an
Arya’s POV 4 DAYS EARLIER. “ I am ashamed of you, how could you do that to him” Kelsi’s words lingered in my head more than I thought. Longer after she had said them. I went quiet for awhile. Actually it hurt me. I had thought I was right and I would recruit an ally, but when I got back to my room and began to tell her everything, I watched her mood sour. Then shr began to point out how I had over reacted. “Are you talking to me?” Kelsi raised her hands in the air. “Hell yeah, who would I be taking to?” She ran a hand over her hair. “ come on you avoided him for three straight months Arya, what do you expect him to do? Huh? You made it hard for him to see you” “ well it was not my fault he was with another woman” I said folding my hands and frowning. Now the hunter has become the hunted. “ you and I know that Mika wants Chase. It’s not rocket science.” She said.” I mean look at the way she stares at you. At us. You if ored het and her tantrums only for you to believe her then
Arya’s POVAs I put down the makeup brush, I went over what I was about to do. Taking in a deep breath I sat on my bed. Chase would be boiling once he finds out what I have done but then he forced me down this rabbit hole. I thought of Kelsi and Angus and others. They would be disappointed. Just then I recalled the conversation I had with Mika and I sprang up from the bed. So he had the right to go look for another mate, even have Mika around him like a hand bag but I couldn’t speak to an ex? No way.I took one last look at the designer gown and shook my head. This was just a first meeting, they weren’t back together, so I had no need to wear this dress. After all it was quite revealing. It was not in the same fashion length, I wore this days. I have a son.Grabbing my bag off the table, I walked out of my room.“Arya?” Kelsi raised her eyebrows. She left the fruits in the bowl with the maid and ran after me “are you going somewhere? You didn’t tell me anything?I kept walking. “It’s
Arya’s POV“Arya Mikayla Lincoln I never knew you to be this heartless” Kelsi glared at me as soon as she walked into my room. I rolled my eyes. I had expected many people to be angry at me when I got back from the pack, but everyone seemed to go about their daily affairs. Well except for my best friend.“Please give me a break”“What did you say? How could you do this to Chase?”I arched an eyebrow. “Do what to Jake? Tell me are sired to him now, that you always take his side”“It’s not about whose side I have taken, Girl I have to be honest, what you are doing is downright annoying”I scoffed. “Then let him be” I took off my shoes and began to message my feet. “At least we are now even”“What?”“You heard me. Chase is not exactly clean as you paint him to be” I barked. “Why don’t you ask him why he didn’t attend the picnic” Kelsi went quiet. She just stared at me.“Why did he not attend the picnic?” she said scrunched up her eyebrows. “You know I cannot ask the Alpha that question”
Chase's POVThere was a fire burning inside of me. I don't know how to act. So I had to keep mum. For anything else could trigger me and I'll be back to who I was. Killer. Beast.Chase King. I ran faster on the threadmill. This thing insure of me. It needed an outlet or else I could burst into flames. And guess what? I didn't care if I went on a Killin spree. This was the first time I was this angered but this will. Definitely be the first I didn't do anything about it.I heard a female voice from a distance and it reminded me of someone. How dare she do this to me. I gritted my teeth. To hell with the course. No. I wasn't afraid of the damn curse not being after. I was in rage. Bone deep rage.I put a lot of things at stake to have her in my arms. I lay all the cards on the table. I just wanted her to love me. To get to know me first before she decided. Yes she was my mate but I would never force her to be my Luna. To love me truly.“Good morning your highness” I glanced around me to
Chase’s POVI watched as Mika's smile quickly vanished and was replaces with a look of worry.“Wha…what are you saying Chase?” She had reverter back to my name. She always does this whenever she wanted to talk about old times.“You heard me Mika!”I barked. She flinched at my voice and I began to feel bad bit regardless she was the reason Arya is going nuts now. She swallowed.“Tell me!”“I have no idea what he was talking about” she looked away. “ I have always known that Angus doesn't like me but I didn't know that he would take this a notch higher to start telling lies about me.”I tilted my head to a side. “ Oh you knew Angus was staring at you” I said.“Yes, I saw the way he kept looking my way during the meeting” she grumbled.“Then you must have skeletons in your cupboard”She shook her head vehemently. “ I know nothing Chase”She moved from where she stood to somewhere else. “ I don't get why Angus would say something and you would easily believe it”My eyes widened. “Are you p
Arya’s POV“Hmm, so what then happened?” Kelsi asked. Her eyes danced with a familiar look I was now used to whenever she was excited.“Hmm, babe, you know I’m not a very good liar, so I’ll tell you everything.” I smiled.So I began to tell her how I had the most mind-blowing and body-shaking sex ever with Chase. In all my life, I have never had beautiful sex. At least now I can agree with everyone that make-up sex is the best sex.Chase used his hands and lips on my body to tell me how he had truly missed me and how I still mean the world to him. I was the happiest person. It is and will always be the best time in my life.After we had the best sex, we began to talk about us. It was healing and beautiful.“Wow, it was really something. I have always told you that Chase was different than all the others.” She held my hands as we crossed the road back to the office.“Yeah, you said that.” I blushed as I remembered our time together. Kelsi always had a nose of sniffing good men. She was
Arya’s POV“Will you come in?” I asked Chase.“Do you want me to come in?” he asked, and I nodded, and he smiled.Chase had managed to help me dry my dress, and I entered one of the stalls and got dressed. He offered to take me home, and after I tried to reject, he insisted. I decided to invite him in for Coffee in the office. If we managed to go to the palace, the rumor would start spreading, and this might cause more trouble between us. I know I was the only one who thought of this because when I suggested we come to my office, he readily agreed.“How has life been?’ he asked as he took a sip of his coffee.“Good,” I said. It felt weird that we were sharing the same space after a while. I badly wanted to ask him if I had been forgiven, but I didn’t want to ruin the mood. Maybe I would ask later, but now all I wanted was to eat him up with my lips. He went quiet, and so did I. The silence was eating me up, and I knew I had to do something about it.“Have you forgiven me?” I asked as
Arya’s POVMy heart raced as the pair of legs kept standing without saying a word. What was this? I grabbed a broom thingy leaning on the wall. I glanced at the door and cursed. If only I was fast enough. Suddenly, those legs moved, and I raised an eyebrow. Hey, that seemed familiar.“Chase,” I whispered. He finally came out of one of the toilet stalls. He was going through his phone and had a drink in his other hand. Was he drunk?“Please don’t stop on my account,” Chase muttered, and when he looked up at me, he had a wide smile on his face. I thought as I stared at his face that He looked more handsome smiling. Seeing him smile did a bit to my head. It was at that moment that I made up my mind that beaming Chase was the best version of him that I loved. Then I remembered myself and snapped.“I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were there. I got carried away with the music.” I muttered as I played with a loose strand on the sweatshirt while staring at the floor. My face had gone red on seei
Arya's POVThey said it was because you left him, and that's why he has nightmares.Kelsi's words stuck to my brain like glue. How could I forget that?“Have you seen him again?” Kelsi asked me when I didn’t reply to her. Her voice was quite louder this time.“Hmm, I didn’t get what you said,” I said feigning seriousness as I intently looked into the laptop. I began working again. I was surprised they took me. Angus might have been behind this.“Come on Arya you forget that I have read you like a book. I know you are trying to avoid this question but something I am very sure of is the fact that you are still in love with Chase. That is one thing you cannot deny.” Kelsi said as she moved to her desk.I looked up at her receding figure and smiled. Kelsi has already found out.However, she was a bit wrong in her statement. I didn’t just love Chase, I miss him. He has been using his new maid to keep me at bay. I barely sew him these daysDince Kelsi told me of his nightmares. It’s been ha
Arya's POVDo you know that feeling you get when you have a best friend or boyfriend that you always talk to, but suddenly when you don't talk for like 2 days, it feels like it's been a year since you last spoke? Yeah, that's the exact way I felt when I and Kelsi sat down to talk.“Long time” I muttered as I took a sip of my drink, peering up at Kelsi.“No talk” Kelsi completed. She was quiet and so was I. It was like we were lovers who wanted to reconcile.I took in a deep breath. “ Okay, I need to say this before it kills me.” I moved the drink away from me and faced Kelsi in the garden. I took in a deep breath. However, it seemed to be all I was doing lately. I mean it would take balls and a bloated tummy fuller with my pride to apologize for what I had done. It was now I realized what Jake had done told me when we were younger. He told me I was proud and I agreed. I hated being wrong and hated apologizing and due to my penchant for being right always, it was easy to see my flaws a
Arya's POV “Arya?” It was then that I noticed he had actually opened his eyes.“It's me”He quickly released me as soon as he saw what he was doing.“What were you thinking coming in here?” Chase helped me stand. “ I could have killed you” I felt stupid suddenly. For getting into his space and all. I seared at the floor. “ I was only trying to wake you. I didn't mean to startle you” I replied.He ran a hand over his hair sighing. “Even though.” He said. “ You should not have come in here”I turned sharply. “ But I couldn't just let you suffer like the last time”He snorted. “Like you care”My eyes widened in an emotion I couldn't put my hands on. Yes, it was true. I and Chase were not friends. Especially now I am closer to Jake or was deceived by him. But then I didn't consider Chase an enemy. Despite what might have happened between us, I could never forget what he had done for me. For Chamberlin. They might seem little but they were something.I took a step toward him. “I know we
Arya's POVAnd so that night I went to bed with a heavy heart of course I couldn't sleep. Lying on the bed eyes wide that an owl. I wasn't going to lie, I felt lonely. I noticed a change in behavior from Chamberlain. He rarely told me about his day. It was sort of our ritual to Bond. I sat up in bed. This has been going on for a long time. It was only now that I noticed the distance between me and my son. Guilt ate at me. Was I a bad mother? I mean I should have noticed this. From then on I began to do a lot of thinking in retrospect.Kelsi had a point. Truly I might not have done the best thing in terms of Jake and Chase. Maybe if I had confronted Chase, maybe just maybe I might have understood what happened. I hissed. It's all late now. The guy now hates me. He can't even stand the sight of me. I guess that is why I haven't seen him in a long time apart from that night. I still remember the way he shoved me out of the room. I know he was trying to be gentle but he was also angry.I
Arya’s POVI blinked like I was under the sun. “Excuse me?”“You heard me” retorted. I felt my cheeks awash with embarrassment. Was he deliberating misunderstanding me or what? My intent was as clear as day.I looked away. “I thought someone was hurt… I mean I thought you were hurt and—““No one is hurt” he cut me off immediately. I stared at him to see the weary look in his face but then the hard disguise was back again.“Go back to bed” he spat. Before I could say Jack he gently shoved me out of his room and slammed the door in my face. I stood in the hallway wondering if I had imagined the entire thing, from the scream to being shoved out of the room like some nuisance. Anger rose in my chest but I somehow found a way to suppress it. I swallowed my ego and went back into my room.On my bed, I lay tossing and turning like I had a heavy meal. Well yeah being insulted as heavy enough to have me having insomnia. After a while, I managed to get to sleep but it was a few hours before d
Arya's POVI walked into my bedroom and flooped down on the bed.I sighed. It's been a long day trying to teach Chamberlin. Jake had promised to come hit now he was no where to be found. Maybe he had pack business. I will text him tomorrow.I closed my eyes for a moment but then I remembered that I could sleep off. I sniffed my dress and I did not like what I perceived. I had to take a shower.Dragging myself like a ragdoll I walked into the bathroom. I ran cold water into the bath to cool my Head. I showered in quick time and climbed out of the tub before I could sleep while thinking about him. I hadn't seen him for a while and I stopped to wonder how he was doing. Was he eating well or freedom well.As far as I was concerned, I think I was now a pariah. The only people I spoke to were The maids and Chamberlin. Kelsi has refused to see me or talk to me. I saw less of Angus too. It was like everyone had deserted me.I picked up the pink silk night wear, my paid had left out for me a