“Scarlett,” Alex called as Scarlett took off her seatbelt and was going to step out of the car in front of her house.She stepped down first before turning to look at him, “Yes?”“Remember what doctor Imelda said,” he raised a hand when he saw that she was going to argue, “It if for your own good, and you know it well”Scarlett sighed dramatically, “I know but… “ He cut her off, “no but's. I have a preposition for you”“ What preposition?” She bent and shoved her head back inside the car, so she could hear him properly without straining her ears and also see his face while he spoke. Alex's eyes widened in panic at what she was doing, “Hey, don't do that. Let me come out instead.” He took off his seat belt and stepped out, ignoring her eyes roll as he slammed the door shut and walked to where she was standing on the opposite side of the car.“What preposition?" She asked as she gazed up at him with arms folded across her chest. “We need to sit and talk about this.” He had hoped tha
“Okay, fine. I will be coming with you”Alex went still for a moment. Shock could be seen in his eyes before it changed into excitement. He leaned over to grab her hands in his, “Do you really mean it?”“Yes” she couldn't contain her smile in the face of his happiness. It was contagious. “That's so good." Alex felt like jumping to his feet and pumping his hand in the air to show just how excited he was but felt like it would be too much, too feminine, so he contained himself and remained seated as he released her hand from his.“When are we going?” Scarlett asked. Though he just told her about moving, and she just accepted to do it, she was already looking forward to it.Scarlett was already tired and bored with this small town. She had wished so much in the few months that she had been here that she would leave for another bigger City, but more that it was impossible, especially as she had no money. Here was an opportunity, she won't allow it to pass by her. She would be a fool if s
“Do you feel comfortable?” Alex asked Scarlett after helping her to lay on the bed and covering her with a blanket.“Yes, thank you” she told him, her eyes lifting to meet his as she curled her hands around the white fluffy pillow and hugged it to herself.“Goodnight” he told her as he rose to his feet from where he had been kneeling beside her bed, “I'm just in the next room. Come find me if you need me and press that button there if you feel hungry before it's day time” he pointed at a big white button on the wall that looked like a switch. “ Okay thank you”“ You are welcome” there was absolutely no need to ask her to stop thanking him because she wouldn't.“Alex?”He was almost at the door when he heard her call him in a soft voice. He whirled around to look at her, “Yes?”“Thank you so much,” she told him.His lips spread in a wide smile. He had just thought of stopping her from thanking him and just as he thought, she couldn't be stopped, “You are welcome, goodnight”.“Sleep we
HomeThat was the first thought that entered Scarlett's mind as Alex placed his hand on the small of her back and led her inside the white mansion. It was the typical muscular man's house, but the ambience of the place was peaceful and welcoming.“I like it. It's beautiful” Scarlett complimented the house after Alex had taken her for a tour. She could not remember the last time she entered a beautiful place like this. Was the last time when she was still living with her father in his mansion, or when she went to their pack house to see Liam after his rejection? Yeah, the last one was correct. The pack house was a gigantic house, even bigger than this Alex mansion. It was equally as beautiful as this place. “Yeah, I'm glad that you like it because you will be living here” Alex told her “ I will be living here?” she thought he brought her to see his house before he would take her to where she was going to be staying. Surely, they won't be living together, right? “What about you?”He m
“So am I to sign something?”“What?” Alex looked up from his cup of ice cream at Scarlett.“Like a document. Is that not how it's done? Or are we just going to do a verbal agreement?” Scarlett asked, confusion was visible in her eyes as she stared at Alex who was sitting on the other side of the table.They were outside to eat ice cream, since that's what Scarlett wanted. She has been the one to bring up the issue of the job he would be giving to her. She was eager to resume work already and also visit different places here. Sadly, she could only visit different places when she was well settled in and had made some money. “Do you want us to sign a legal document?" “Of course” she looked at him like he had grown two heads, “if you were employing someone else that's not me, won't this person sign something? What kind of job are you giving to me anyway?” She did not want to do a hard labor job like serving customers. Not only was it a hard job, it was degrading and led people to talk
The pack had been in disarray since she left. He thought he made the right choice. It had just been the right thing to do at that moment: banish Scarlett, but he guessed, for the first time in his life, he had been wrong. Banishing her was the worst mistake he had ever made. Everything had gone south after she left, and it was almost like he was getting his karma. Almost like the moon goddess was getting revenge on her. He couldn't blame the moon goddess, he brought this upon himself.Liam groaned in pain, clutching his head as another bout of migraine hit him. His body was shaking like he was in the middle of the Antarctic, and sweat was dripping from him like he was placed in an oven. It was happening again. It was another full moon. His migraines had come back harder than ever since Scarlett left. He was supposed to be leading his pack on the full moon run like every other Alphas did, but he couldn't. Since his parents died in front of him on a full moon, he had begun to get the
Noah stood up and approached the pack's doctor, doctor Simon, when he stepped out from Liam's room after putting him to sleep. Noah asked, like he always did after every one of Liam's migraines ended, “How is he, doctor?” And like he always answered, doctor Simon said, “he will heal. The wounds are closing up already”Noah breathed a sigh of relief, “That's great.” He made a move to walk past doctor Simon into Liam's room to check up on him when doctor Simon stopped him. Noah, who was a good three feet taller than doctor Simon, looked down at him with questions in his eyes.“Although the wounds are closing up, it is bad” his expression was grim, “the condition of his head is getting worse, almost as if he were on the verge of madness yesterday. The wounds are worse than the ones in the past, like he was trying to kill himself" Sorrow and concern flashed in Noah's eyes, “What are we going to do about his situation? Even the concoction Jama brewed was not enough to put him to sleep li
Liam stood with his hands crossed behind his back as he watched his soldiers spar and the new recruits learn the basics of hand to hand combat. His eyes were darting around like that of a hawk, and he was picking out soldiers who had potential to join his private army. He would personally train them. So far, he has found only one who was worthy enough to join. The lad was still young—around nineteen years of age—but Liam could see that the boy would go far. He had refused to accept defeat from his partner who was a trained soldier and kept jumping back to his feet once his back hit the ground. It was good, but it was also a bad trait. Liam would work on him in that aspect.Liam watched the young lad's fight for a while before his mind wandered off. Three days had passed since the full moon, and he had recovered; his injury had closed up, but he could feel it within himself that he had become weaker. He has been having migraines, but once Scarlett left, it became worse. He could no l