Ezio:“Be safe, princess, yeah?” I told Iris gently.I wrapped my arms around her waist, hugging her tightly. We pulled away to look one another in the eye, and I was surprised that she could walk considering the fact that I was aggressive during our love making.“Don’t worry, love, I’ll be fine” she said, assuring me. I kissed her forehead before nodding, watching as she took a step back, heading toward the door. She opened the door only to freeze in front of it for a second, her body tensing. I frowned in confusion, and walked toward her, frowning when I saw Miley standing in front of me. Her eyes were fixed on Iris who I could tell was fighting the urge of slapping her in the face. Iris walked past her, ignoring the woman, her eyes lowering to the ground as she focused on getting as far as she could from the room. I looked at my beauty for a second before looking down at Miley who stood frozen in front of me.“Need I ask what you need? We don’t start work until one more hour” I s
Iris:Ezio stared at me for a second, waiting for me to explain what I meant by my response.I sighed pinching the bridge of my nose before taking his hand in mine, squeezing it gently “Ezio, I may hate the Alpha and whoever was there that night, but I’m neither cold hearted or cruel”“What are you planning, Iris?” He asked, his voice defeated. I knew that he’s had a long day, both with being around Miley, being questioned by her, and training the younger wolves. I wrapped my arm around him, pulling him to lay his head on my lap as I ran my fingers through his hair.“For now, nothing. The Alpha needs to earn our trust and for that to happen, the two of us have to be both careful and patient. Then we need to make sure to keep an eye on the beta. Her suspecting something, coming over here when she likes, and even trying to converse with you isn’t something that I like, and no, I am not jealous. I genuinely do not like the woman” I said before Ezio could ask. He chuckled and took my hand
Ezio:I wrapped my arm around Iris as the two of us walked toward Ariana who was waiting for us in the living room. One of her maids was standing behind her, chaperoning the child as she waited for Iris. Ariana ran toward Iris, wrapping her arms around her legs, hugging her tightly.“Hello to you too, princess” Iris laughed, looking down at the child. I smiled, tightening my arm around her. “I swear if I knew sooner, I would have let you be in charge of her” Alpha Ryker said walking toward us. Iris tensed, turning around to face the Alpha. Ariana ran toward her father who leaned down to lift her up. She giggled wrapping her arms and legs around her father, hugging him tightly “good morning to you too, baby”“Good morning, Alpha” I said politely. He nodded in respect at me. Iris stayed quiet as I turned around, cupping her cheeks and kissing her lips “have a beautiful day, baby”“You too, love” Iris said shyly. I turned to face the Alpha whose eyes were fixed on me. He put his daught
Iris:“Come on, Ariana, you have to go inside so as not to get cold” I told her gently. Ariana kept her eyes on the training lads and girls, watching as they prepared the training grounds for the night’s shift today. “Ariana…”“I don’t want to go inside!” She said stubbornly. I sighed and got down on my knees in front of her, looking her in the eye as I cupped her cheeks.“And what do you plan on doing all day here, little princess?” I asked gently. I was never one who was patient when being around kids. However, I was never one to hurt a child. Therefore, taking care of this child would be a first time experience to me.“I want to watch and train with them” she said, crossing her small arms over her chest.“They’re all big and strong, you can’t train with them, little love”“I can! I am big and strong too!” She said, showing me her small arms. I laughed and kissed her cheek “please let me stay”“But we have to go inside for you to eat something, and we need to start with your homewo
Ezio:I couldn’t help the frown that formed on my face when I saw Iris taking the Alpha’s hand in hers. I watched as she turned around her previous smile turning into a frown as she spoke to herself. Her heartbeat calm as she clenched and unclenched her fists. I cleared my throat when she walked past me, clearly not noticing my presence. She stopped and her eyes widened when she looked at me.“I take it that you haven’t noticed that I have been here for a while”“You have been watching me” she stated and I rolled my eyes.“Sorry, I’m sure you didn’t want me to see you taking the Alpha’s hand, trying to flirt with him” I said sarcastically.“Ezio…”“Go inside, Iris, we will talk about this later. Ariana would be waiting” I said stopping her. My heart ached with each step I took further away from her, but I couldn’t bring myself to stand by her side after what I just saw without bursting out. I didn’t want to end up having an argument with her, and I didn’t want to say something that e
Iris:I paced around the bedroom as my mind went wild.The vision that I saw in that garden played again and again in my head, reminding me of past events that I fought hard not to remember. I could feel Ezio’s wolf tensing, going wild, as he felt my worry. But I couldn’t calm down no matter how hard I tried.I sat on the edge of the bed, running my fingers through my hair as my leg shook in anticipation. The Alpha who killed an innocent woman for defending her son, sat in the dining room beside his daughter, feeding her while he waited for her maid to come.I shook my head as I pulled on the roots of my hair, reminding myself of the cold man who once killed a whole pack for simply taking charge of being Alpha. The man proved to his pack that he was worth being Alpha because he killed my pack, my family. I stood up from the bed and looked at myself in the mirror, my hands shaking as I stared at my reflection. I suddenly no longer saw myself, the adult who has trained for years to av
Ezio:I woke up with my arm wrapped around Iris as the two of us slept in the garden where we lay the night before.Almost everyone in the pack was currently laying nude as they shifted back to humans. Their bodies gave out on them when the sun came out. “Good morning, princess” I smiled, raising myself to kiss her. Iris opened her eyes, looking up at me as she smiled. Her cheeks reddened when she realized that she was asleep naked out in the garden. I chuckled and tightened my arms around her as a slave approached us with two blankets. The slaves have distributed blankets all over the garden beside the naked sleeping pack members. It would take them a while before they woke up. Therefore, it would be best for us to head inside before they did.I nodded in thanks at the woman before she walked away, leaving me and my beauty to cover ourselves before we went inside. Both Iris and I stood up, I wrapped the blanket around my waist and she wrapped hers around her chest. The blanket reach
Iris:“Hello, little one” I smiled at Ariana when I entered her bedroom.The child had nothing to do with her father’s dirty deeds, and unfortunately, if I was going to earn her father’s trust; I had to go on with taking care of her.Katherine looked up at me and nodded in respect, and returning the favor, I nodded back. Ariana got up from the ground where she was playing with her dolls and ran up to me, hugging my legs tightly “they won’t let me out of the room!” “That is because the wolves shifted yesterday, princess, you know that you can’t be out during that time” I said gently. This child knew nothing about following rules or discipline, but I blamed it on her never getting the chance of being around anyone who would have taught her without fearing for his life. Her father himself didn’t bother educating her, and her aunt chose to lock her up around a bunch of slaves who couldn’t say a word to her.“But I am going to become an Alpha, I have to see them shift!” I smiled and kneel