I stretched out my hand for a shake and he took it firmly.“Arnold, the lord of the north,” I said with equal enthusiasm.He threw his head back and laughter rumbled out of him. “That was a wonderful introductory speech you gave my friend. I am sure all the women in this place think you called us al
Bella’s POV“… and then the man could not control his bladder. He let it burst open in front of everyone!” Chris exclaimed and we all burst into another bout of laughter. Well, all of us, except Annabeth.Her attitude still hadn’t changed me and it broke my heart. I couldn’t understand what it was
He stretched his hand to me and the entire ballroom came to a standstill. Everyone gazed at me. They waited for my reaction. I was in the spotlight and it tingled me.My heart was thumping hard. I was overcome with a feeling so great it threatened to blow me up.My fingers moved on their own accord
Bella’s POVMy wolf went mad and my body only grew more confused as the seconds passed.Darius had stopped touching me and he stared into my eyes with… pain in his.“What is it?” I whispered breathlessly as I was still high on my hormones.His eyes searched my face and I felt like a mirror. It was l
I narrowed my eyes at him. What did he want to make out of that? My life was none of his business!“Let him be,” he added. “I am here. You can talk to me,” he offered.There were times I enjoyed Chris’ company. In fact, not too long ago, he had been my source of entertainment when the event wanted t
Bella’s POVI could not believe what my ears were hearing. Annabeth wanted me eliminated? It made no sense.“No,” I whispered shaking my head negatively. She couldn’t have meant it in the way my ears were interpreting it.She must have been lying to those men to protect me. Annabeth couldn’t want me
“I tried okay! I tried but Darius refused to let her die. The fool was ready to die for her if it was what it required. If I kept insisting, they would suspect me!”“Annabeth, you think you are doing enough but you aren’t. And then you forget that the more you waste time, the more complicated this b
Darius POVEach thrust into Anika’s folds was a painful reminder that she wasn’t Bella and could never be no matter how hard I tried to pretend she was. As I held her waist in place and continued hitting hard into her core, I expected her screams to be that of Bella, but each time I got disappointe