Chapter 43Hardin"You really think Lorenzo can make a good team captain?" Someone whispered to her friend down the hallway and thanks to supernaturally enhanced hearing, I could not help but listen to the conversation even though the last thing that I wanted to do at this point was hear anything about that darned competition that should not even be happening in the first place. And even though I wanted so badly to punch Lorenzo in the face, I knew that it would only make things worse for me. After all, this silly idea had started right after the incident between us that had made me go on suspension as team captain. And now that the time had elapsed and it was now time for things to go back to the way they were, it was a perfect opportunity for Lorenzo to strike and declare his intent to be captain of the lacrosse team. A team that I had been the captain of since I was in sophomore year. "I don't know but with the way things are going and how he is becoming everyone's favorite, it
JasmineI had no idea why I felt like Hardin had casted all his hatred on me with that single stare. He was angry, and it was obvious on his face, however I was unaware of the wrong that I had done to receive such a threatening glare from him.He had no idea that I was there to support him, so I couldn't really blame him. After I had overheard his discussion with Sandro and Alex, I had been worried sick for him. I knew his love for lacrosse, though his performance had not been really great at recent times from what I heard I had gained information from my eavesdropping that the captain of the lacrosse team would be selected through the feats and performances on the field, as well as academic performance too. It was obvious lacrosse practice wasn't going entirely well for Hardin, and with the decline in his academics, there was no way he was going to make captain.After I had finished eavesdropping on his conversation that day, I had rushed towards the cafeteria to have a chat with Lo
Chapter 45Hardin's POVI knew that I had not turned in any assignment for History the minute Mr Mert announced the scores because with everything going on especially after that shitty game two days ago, the last thing on my mind was some lame assignment at school. But lame might probably be a stupid word to use, considering that being captain of the team meant that I had to ensure that my grades were up, and by up, a lot higher than the way they were and doing assignments was necessary to achieving such a goal. Which meant that whoever had somehow managed to turn in the assignment –and by whoever, I meant Jasmine, my step sister that I would rather have my fangs removed than claim publicly as part of my family, because with our eyes locked on each other and the way she looked away, unable to hide her emotions and ultimately giving away that she was the culprit– had just saved my ass. But why? Why was she being nice to me all of a sudden? Okay, maybe that was a bit far fetched bec
Chapter 46 - HardinThe issue of finding my mate was one thing that I had been trying my best to avoid, and now as the elders had brought up the topic, I did not know how to feel.It was mainly because I was partly beginning to feel that I did not have a mate, which was probably the moon goddess punishment to me, for being the asshole that I was. It was a thing of great concern as I was going to be an Alpha, so I sincerely understood why they had to talk about it.But it will have been much better if they had not brought it up at that point in time.It was just two weeks ago, that Sandro found his mate, at a party that we attended. And before he found his mate, he was already worried, as Alex had found his mate way back in time.Then there's me, older with some months, and of an Alpha blood, and still, I had not felt any sensation that was close to finding my mate.My face immediately contorted into a frown, that Dad noticed, as he called my name."Is anything the problem? Are you und
Chapter 47 - JasmineJasmineI walked from office to office checking out Hardin's academic performance. I was already familiar with most of the teachers in the school. My perfect grades and brilliant performance had me on their good list. Revealing scores to students before publishing wasn't allowed, but after ceaseless pestering I was able to get a peek at the score sheet.Some of the results had already been posted, and Hardin was doing very well in all his subjects. Nadia had also informed me that he was doing very well in lacrosse practice, and I was happy for him.After the incident at the field, I hadn't stepped foot back into their training ground. Nadia was the one who was keeping an eye on Hardin for me, and her reports were filled with positive results. Things weren't as perfect like this at home, but I was satisfied with the improvement in school.It wasn't exactly the best day, but I was happy about one thing at least. Hardin was beginning to pick up pace in his academics
Chapter 48 - JasmineJasmine"What do you think you're doing Lorenzo?" I asked again, and he seemed genuinely confused by my reaction. He seemed to be confused, and had made to kiss me again. But my second rejection seemed to have made things a bit clearer for him."Get away from me" I yelled as I pulled away from his touch."Get away from you? I thought you wanted this?" Lorenzo asked. He seemed to have misread our friendship. I did like him, but clearly not in the way he had in his mind."Wanted this? Is this what the whole friendship was about?""You are getting everything wrong, Jasmine," Lorenzo voiced out, and tried touching my cheeks again."Don't you dare," I said to Lorenzo, but it did feel like my words had little effects on him.At that moment, I began to regret all the decisions I had taken that day.If only I had just stayed away from Lorenzo as Hardin always warned? Or maybe, if I had gone home with Nadia or even Hardin?I had been trying all I could to escape Hardin's h
Chapter 49 – JasmineHardinIt was a struggle to not scream at Jasmine as I brought her back home, Lorenzo trailing after us.When we arrived at the house, Lorenzo held her arm and she stopped, still shaken from almost being kidnapped, it made my anger towards her lessen a bit because it would have been insane if she had not been shaken after what had just happened.“Do you want me to stay?” He asked and I scoffed, fighting the urge to slap his hand away from her arm and resisting the stronger urge that I had to hold him by the neck and ask him questions about what they were doing and why he had put her in harm’s way even though I was sure that he had nothing to do with the kidnappers, considering how he had fought them off until I got there.I could not even begin to imagine what would have happened if I had gotten there a minute later than I have.When I saw the look on Jasmine’s face as I slapped Lorenzo’s hand away, I decided that perhaps I needed to tone down my anger. She was st
Chapter 50 Hardin's POV "You're shooting daggers from your eyes, bro. Did something happen?" Alex's voice dragged me away from my thoughts and when I finally looked away from the table that I had been staring at, I saw that his brows were raised in question as he gestured towards the direction that I had been looking at. It was of course, none other than Jasmine's table where she was sitting with her friend and Lorenzo, her knight in shining armour. I had called and spoken to him yesterday to discuss the attempted kidnapping and to gauge if I had been wrong to not suspect him for having a hand in the attempt and so far, other than him vowing to remain by her side and protect her, a promise that would have put me at ease if he was talking about any other person but Jasmine, he seemed to be in the clear which brought me back to square one. Who could have wanted to kidnap Jasmine and why? Of course this morning before I had left for school, my father had summoned me to his offi
CHAPTER 80~Jasmine.Sinking into the rocking chair, I racked my brain for a new lullaby to sing, as I had already sung the ones I had at the top of my fingers. I looked down at the little infant who was yawning out of tiredness yet had refused to fall asleep.I smiled as I rubbed his little nose, just when I had thought I had known love, someone little came to remind me of how big it is. He had these sparkly blue eyes just like his Dad and with the way he was fighting so hard not to yield into sleep, I bet he would be as stubborn as his father is.A new relaxing poem rushed into my brain and just as I began humming the lyrics and rocking to its tune, the door to the room opened and Hardin walked in.“He still hasn't fallen asleep?” He whispered as he gently closed the door behind him and I shook my head in negation, “Ugh, he is as stubborn as his mother,” he said in mock annoyance and rolled his eyes.“As stubborn as me?” I asked, and he chuckled and gave me a light kiss on the lips
HardinJasmine had said that she loved me, and had helped me walk through the phase where I had to get over mom’s death especially after hearing that it was all for a petty revenge, and all of her actions threw it at my face that I had done nothing, and was rather banking at the fact that she had easily let all my sins slide. But it was not what I wanted. The only problem being that at the moment, I was still lost on what to do. I still felt guilty, because every everytime that I told her how sorry I was, she said that everything was fine and that she had really forgiven me. Camila and Russo had also mentioned about how I was probably acting out of ignorance and had accepted that I was set to turn a new leaf. The joy in the house had returned, and Camila and Russo had planned so many dates for me and Jasmine to get better than we already were. Thanks to them, it was working really well. Everything at home did feel like it was working perfectly well, if my wolf did not keep haunting
JasmineThe moment those words had left my mouth, I wanted to cringe. Feeling stupid, I wrenched my hand away from his and ran as far as I could. Acting as the best man there is in the world, did not feel enough to me, to make up for all Hardin had done. My heart might have flustered a little after Hardin's words, but my vengeful conscience was not a very forgiving person. His words had moved me for a moment, but going back to our past and all that Hardin had put me through, I just couldn't find myself forgiving him so easily, especially over spoken words. Was I supposed to just give in, and welcome him back? What if he decided to go against his words one day, I would be the one hurting and not him. "But he's proven himself to you Jasmine, he's your mate" my wolf reminded me but I wasn't listening. Being my mate was not enough of an excuse to buy him forgiveness. Had I not been his mate, would he have felt sorry that he tortured and harassed me all these while? If for anything, Ha
Chapter 77JasmineOut of the corner of my eye, I only caught wisps of dissipating smoke, when out of nowhere a massive caramel blur moving at a high speed slammed into the oncoming beast to send it crashing backwards to the trees.A positively huge wolf covered in familiar brown colored fur prowled around in the middle of the clearing. I did a double take at this newcomer and only then had I recognized it was Hardin. They circled each other for several moments before leaping at once. Possessing greater body mass in his current form, Lorenzo pushed the brown wolf backwards. But in a show of skill that convinced me that it was definitely Hardin, the brown wolf fell on its back and kicked the black one over it.Rolling onto his feet, he dashed after the beast, biting and clawing at everywhere he found entry until Lorenzo threw out an attack that made Hardin retreat. I continued watching in terror as Lorenzo lunged at him to grab his head. Slinking under the beast's large arms, Hardin
Chapter 76Jasmine.I exhaled deeply and released the breath that I wasn’t aware I was holding in as Hardin rounded the third round and successfully made it to the stop. My heart thumped, even though my face was void of emotion, as I watched him step out of his car with a proud smile on his face, but I tried my best not to show my happiness. I was glad that Hardin had won but I was happier that he was the one to be proclaimed my mate.I kept my eyes on Hardin as he looked up at dad and mom, who were looking down at him with so much pride. And when he turned to me, I locked my eyes, pulling him into a staring contest. It was not until we heard Lorenzo’s car screech loudly before coming to a halt that he turned his eyes away to look at Lorenzo. I kept my gaze, still, fixed on him without even caring to look down at Lorenzo who was now accusing Hardin of cheating his way through the competition.“The young lad would have dropped dead by now had your eyes been guns,” Mom said, rubbing my
Chapter 75.~Hardin. Nobody would have probably believed me but, I was damn serious when I said I could give up my position as the Alpha if that was what it would take Jasmine to forgive me, I thought as I walked through the hallway.I had wronged her and I didn't realize my wrongdoings early enough to apologize. I was sorry now and was willing to prove it but, first, I needed to make her see reasons why she should forgive me.And I intended to do that, right until Lorenzo interrupted my thought with a growl that came at me. With a frown on my face, “What is it Lorenzo?” I asked. “Don’t try to be innocent with me, Hardin!” He bawled out immediately, and I wondered for a start, if Lorenzo was even sensible enough to realize that for one of the first times since I had known him, I just wanted to have a peaceful talk with him, without having to throw punches. “Innocent?” I scoffed. “You know that is one thing that I would not dare. Good thing, I don’t find myself pretending like you
Chapter 74Jasmine For the most part of the night, I struggled to sleep.I spent it thinking about what I was going to do and I must have dozed off again, thankfully without having to wake up in the middle of the night this time, because there was a knock on the door and when I opened my eyes, the sun was already up. “Who is it?” I muttered out, as a yawn escaped my lips. I had definitely placed my neck in the wrong position while I slept, because it was hurting terribly. “It’s Lily. I have a message for you from the Alpha.” The quaint voice said. Massaging my neck, I left the bed and opened the door, to meet Lily standing with a tray of food in her hands. I must have slept so long, I could not even meet with breakfast at the table. “Your mother asked me to bring this up. Can I bring it in?”I nodded and moved aside for her to enter. “Thank you,” I mentioned as she kept it for me. And when she made to leave, she halted in her steps and turned back, causing my eyes to narrow.
Chapter 73JasmineI went for a run in the woods, ignoring the whine of my wolf as I ran farther away from Hardin, but the last thing I wanted right now was to see him. How could he expect me to just accept him back after everything?He had even organized a ball to pick a mate because he would rather do that than admit to himself that he could be responsible for my pregnancy, choosing to call me a little whore because it served his purpose of not taking accountability for his actions.I could not believe that I had gone and fallen for him despite everything, that somewhere along the line, I had stopped hating him and started hoping he was just misunderstood, but if he thought that just because we were mates that I was going to accept him then he had another thing coming.My wolf whined but I ignored her, changing our course and decided to run towards the house.If there was an option to go somewhere else, I would have as I was not yet ready to face my parents.What was mom and Dad goi
Chapter 72 HardinThe only thing that kept me from falling back after I had heard what Jasmine said, was the pillar that I had held as a support. Even as it was not physical - her words, the gravity of my guilt immediately clouded my mind and I hated myself for how terrible I had been all along. That the baby in her womb was mine? And that as much as I can be the way that I am, she would never be so reckless as to have some sort of intimacy with any other man. I had been a terrible person all along, with the way I just thrust my dick into any lady’s hole. “I have been terrible,” I muttered out. And then, remembering how I had not just had sex with other girls, but brought them to Jasmine’s knowledge by making her watch videos made me cringe. I was completely shocked at everything Jasmine said to Lorenzo. I didn't know this was how she felt till now and I feel like a total idiot, a sadist and a maniac. I'll have to apologize sincerely to her. It was not something I enjoyed doing,