JADE“He is still texting you.” Jaiya informed.I didn’t know where to go to when I left Atlas’s place. And the cab driver had looked pissed when he kept asking for my destination and I told him to keep driving around the block. I didn’t tell him that exactly.I may not have been in the right frame of mind, but I knew if I said that, he would throw me out of the car.I kept directing him to take random turns. When he realised we kept driving around the same neighbourhood. He told me to stop paying games as he stepped the a car. I didn’t get down from the car and more tears rolled down my cheeks.Something in my face or eyes might have let him realise I wasn’t faking the tears but he tried to calm me down. When I stopped the tears from falling, he asked if there was anywhere he could take me. He needed to get back to work.I had mouthed off the first thing that came to my mind. It ended up being Jaiya’s apartment. It just subconsciously came to me and I blurted it out without thinking.
JADEI was still sarong at the screen. Having no care anymore that he could see I as reading the text. He already knew. So, what was the point of hiding or panicking any more?The only thing that was hard to do was getting myself to not to reply. That side of me that has liked him since I was a teenager said I should just reply. It wouldn’t be so bad. It is just a conversation. I wasn’t jumping into his bed and signing my life away.The logical part said that was how the signing of life started. So it was best I didn’t even say anything.With much difficulty, I dropped the phone and tried to focus on the movie we were watching again.Jaiya got up not long after and headed to the door. I heard the elevator ding just as she got up and she quickened her steps.I stared dow at the clothes I was wearing. I hadn’t even put on a bra since we were alone.“Hope you don’t mind. I invited guests.” Jaime’s voice came form the entrance as she walked back in. With two familiar faces trailing behind
ATLASI came to a sudden stop when I stepped into the room, taking note of the other people in the room. My blood boiled the moment I saw Jade sitting with that fucking Damien. He smirked at me as my eyes zeroed in on where his hand was holding Jade’s and stroking.I almost pulled it from his socket. Before I could act on my violent thoughts, she got up, looking confused as hell.“Atlas, what are you doing here?” Worry creased her forehead as she took another step forward.I had asked the doctor to reduce the dosage, just enough for me to not kill myself on the road here since I chose to drive myself. Before you think I’m crazy, I have a plan.“I needed to see you.” I spoke, not caring that I sounded pathetic as hell with that damned Damien standing there.The last person I gave a shit about was him. I’ll do so much more if it meant she’ll come with me. Not that I pan on taking no for an answer, she will come with me.“But you’re not fine.” She sounded frustrated as she looked me over
JADEI NEED YOU. I need you.Those three words made my brain shut down and something crazy told me to jump into Atlas’s arms and just give him everything he wants. Even if it’ll bleed me dry.There was just something about the way he looked when he spoke those words that pushed all my ‘I’m really dumb’ buttons. He looked sincere. The most sincere I’ve ever seen him.He wasn’t much of an actor. Which was what made me think was the reason he couldn’t easily see past Annie and when she was lying through her teeth. He was always true to himself and straight forward. It was harder him to think people he trusted would lie to him or try and manipulative him by lying.And right now, he was stripped bare in front of me. The most vulnerable he has ever been with me. And common says I shouldn’t feel flattered. I should send him on his way and spend the rest of the day with the people I was with.But he touched my arm and it was game over.I was the one who stood on my tippy toes. I was the one w
JADEI didn’t go back to Jaiya’s apartment. Which I’m already sure she knew was going to happen.As much as I told myself I wasn’t going to sleep at the pack house. That I’ll only drop Atlas off, makes sure he is fine and taking his drugs, then I’ll call an uber then go back to my apartment.Jaiya probably wanted to spend time with her brother and best friend. Their conversation at the club said that much and I didn’t want to intrude.The moment I hd walked into the house though, something told me I wasn’t going to leave so early.Atlas and I walked to his room. We haven’t said a word to each other since we left Jaiya’s. The radio was what filled the silence while I tried hard to focus on the road and not the man beside me or what we’d been close to doing before coming out.Atlas had his head against the headrest with his eyes closed. He looked relaxed that I almost thought he was sleeping.At first I panicked, of course. Thinking maybe he passed out because he was so still. I noticed
ATLASHaving Jade here was all I ever wanted.What I have wanted has changed extremely in the past few days. She smiled at me when I handed her the plate and I got worried I was having a heart attack from the way my heart thudded violently against my ribcage.She attack the first bite and made a soft sound in the back of her throat. Her eyes closing in pure ecstasy.I had to jack of fin the shower after how much she turned me on with that kiss. And I as back to being hard again seconds later with the look in her eyes. My own dirty mind was’t helping matter.Now, all I was thinking about was how she would look if she reached her breaking point. Pleasure overtaking her senses.She would be a dream. I knew that for sure.And I had to experience that. Even if it was once in this lifetime.My throat bobbed as ai swallowed. And I just had to hear her voice.I really was acting like an crazy obsessed freak.“How is it?” I hoped my thoughts didn’t show on my face the way it sometimes did with
JADEI’ve seen people talk about food porn and here, I thought they were just food addicts. But the way Atlas was acting was making me like that way.Like I was the meal in oven of those video that were getting devoured.We finished our meal, both of us trying hard to keep it casual. Because the tension in the room was too much, it wouldn’t take much to have it explode.Atlas cleared his plate and as soon as I did mine, he got up and trying hard to sound normal he said.“I’m going to catch up on work that I missed.” He rushed out of the room before I could even respond.My mouth was hung open in shock. Not only because of the obvious bugs tenting the front of his jeans. It was giving me whiplash that he was reacting to me that way.I hadn’t even realized he was into me that way.There was a knock on the door not long after he left. I was so stuffed that all I wanted to do was get into bed and all it a night already.The door opened and Sarah walked in. She looked take aback to see me
ATLASWaking up next to Jade was a dream. I’ll admit that I sat and watched her for a few minutes, not wanting to touch her for the fear o waking her up mistakenly. She looked good. Really good that way.‘She is perfect.’ Kian muses on my head. And I had to agree with him.Lying with her this close, I could see the light dusting of freckles on her nose. I didn’t eve know she ad them. But it was so light that unless you were very close to her, you wouldn’t notice it.I longed to trace my fingers over them, count them to get myself familiar with them.‘I don’t want her to leave again. Ever.’ He said, a tinge of possessiveness in his tone.Again, I agreed with him. Sitting right now, the thought of not having her close was making me feel some strange emotion. I don’t like it. But I didn’t hate it ether.It was all just so confusing.Jade stirred before her eyelids fluttered open and her green eyes bore into mine. It felt like she was looking right into my soul at that moment and I have n
JADE“i needed to come see him.”“Why?” He collected the baby from me “I told you that there's no need to. Why do you feel the need to come here even after I told you not to?!”“Because it's not just your victory! It's not just your life that he was after! It's mine too! And it's Ray's too! So yes, I needed to come down here to get closure.”He needed to understand that this meant something to me too, just as it did him.“Closure? Is that why you put the baby at risk? How much more closure do you need?”What on earth was he talking about?“Risk? Incase you didn't notice, I was there with him! I was at risk too! I needed him to look me in the eye and tell me why he did what he did to my family.”“Or maybe it's because you're too hung up on the past and you just can't let go. Incase you havent noticed, you're so stuck in the past and you are obsessing over it. Move on!”Well, I'm glad he finally got to say what he wanted to. Now I know how he feels about me trying to find answers. I w
JADEI didn't think it was worth it at first. Going to see the man that had made me grow up without parents and without the concept of what a true family felt like.But after much thought, he needed to know that all his plans failed and I was going to rub it in his face..I'd gotten all three pieces of the stone together and wore it around my locket.It would hurt him so bad to see that in the end, I won.Iniko decided that that was the right moment to start crying and everytime I dropped him back in his cot, he cried even louder.“Young man, what is it that you want? You've been fed and burped and I just changed your diaper so there's no way you could have soiled it again -”I stopped and remembered what happened yesterday so I took a peak for myself. There was nothing im his diaper.“So what exactly do you want?”I wish babies could talk.I guess I didn't have any other choice than to take him with me then. Atlas would blow a fuse if he found out that I took his son to see Ford.Whe
ATLAS“By wasting any more time, we are not doing ourselves any good! Sixth Circle pack is vacant. We have their leader in our custody and I've taken down every opposition in our way, do you think it would be long before we get more interests?”Sometimes, having a cabinet infuriates me so much. It was like I was speaking to brick walls. I didn't see any reason why they couldn't just agree to me taking over the Sixth Circle.It would even be better for us because it would improve our army base, it would make our pack bigger and in general, it would be a plus for us.But they weren't seeing it that way. All they were seeing was the fact that Ford had committed something against the pack and they weren't going to take it.I mean, what better way to teach him a lesson by taking over his pack?“Alpha, we're not disputing the fact that you've gone a long way-”“But you're diminishing my efforts. What's the whole point of defeating him and taking him into custody when I can't even go ahead a
JADERay and I weren't speaking for now.How could she hide something like that from me?“Where is she?”“I have no idea. All I know is that she ran away when we were little. She knew that he would come after her and she didn't want to put you in danger. So she ran away and left your nanny to take care of you. I don't know where she is.”How could she do this?“Before I lost my memory, did I know?”“No, you never knew.”I couldn't believe this. I lost my appetite for the rest of that day and I just stayed in Iniko's room because I couldn't even speak to anyone right now.I'd spent my life thinking my mother was dead only to hear that she was alive and she ran away because of that beast.“It’s not her fault, you know. Your mother ran away to protect you and Ray didn't tell you because she wanted to keep you safe. You have to forgive her.”I didn't blame her. It wasn't her fault things turned out like this. I was just hurt that I didn't know.Later that day, I took Iniko on a walk so h
JADEI was just realizing that this baby has Atlas's eyes and hair and everything!“This baby is rigged.”He turned around in shock.“What are you talking about?”“You did something to make the baby look like you.”He laughed and shook his head.“No, I didn't. It's just a coincidence.”“Coincidence? Look at this baby and look at you. It seems like I didn't even have anything to do with his birth.”“Don’t worry, you can have the second baby.”I scoffed.“You think I'm going to let you have another chance to have photocopies? Big joke.”Iniko was so small and he seemed so fragile.Ray brought my food and she took him while I ate.“I wish my grandmother was here to see him.”She gave me a sad smile.“Me too. She would be so proud of you.I'm proud of you.”I'm so happy my sister was here with me. She was the one who had been by my side throughout and if the child had been a girl, I would have named her after Raya.“Thank you for everything you did. If not for you, I don't know how I would
JADE“I'm going to need your blood as well. Atlas, I promise it won't hurt her. Just a little nick.”He nodded and she dragged the knife across my finger.“Place your finger over the stone and let the blood cover it entirely. Do not take your hand away from the fire.”It was a simple instruction but it seemed so intense.It was almost over. My legs were beginning to feel well and it was getting harder to quiet my screams.“What do we have here?”That voice. He was here.“What are you doing here?”All I had to do was keep my hand over the fire until the stone bled.Ray helped me stand up straight while Atlas and Andrew faced my uncle.“So this was why I came here. How did you do that? How did you call the other stones?”I eventually removed my hand from the fire since we had found them.“I always knew it was with one of you. That stupid old hag told me she couldn't find the other piece but I guess she gave it to you. “Why were all the worst things happening tonight?I was in labor and
JADEAtlas returned later that evening.I was right with what I'd thought.“What have you been up to?”I knew he knew I'd been eating because of the smirk on his face.“You know you don't have to hide from me when you eat right?”Oh, I did.“If you see how much I eat and the way I eat, I don't think you'd want to be married to me anymore.”He burst out laughing.“What makes you think I care about the way you eat? As long as you're healthy and our baby is fine, I don't care.”“But then, what if I get fat? I'll be so big that I won't be able to eat. I don't know why I eat so much.”This was actually a worry of mine. Normally, I ate but my appetite was not this big.“Blame it on the baby. I figure when you give birth, the cravings will stop and even though you do get fat, you're still my wife. It doesn't change anything.”I was really married to the best man ever, wasn't I?“You’re the best.”“I know. Ray says that we have to get there before midnight so that she can prepare everything.
JADEAt this point, I was realizing that the earlier we did things, the better.“I’ll arrange for the sacrifice to happen tomorrow. We need to move as fast as we can before he gets Intel that were here.”I didn't want to have to run with this big belly of mine.“What are you going to need?”“Don’t worry, I'll take care of it. Just bring the stone.”We went to bed that night because we were all completely exhausted.“Hey, are you okay?” Atlas asked when we were in bed.“Yes, I am. Why do you ask?”“You didn't cry when you found out that he killed your father. You didn't cry when you found out that she was not your grandmother. I'm worried.”Now that I think about it, it's true. But it was because I didn't feel like crying.“I don't know. Maybe my body just hasn't proceses it yet. Maybe its because I hate him so I'm not bothered that he's not my father and I never really knew my father so i can't cry for him. I've already mourned for my grandmother.”I just didn't feel the need to cry b
JADE“Jade, step away from that.”I walked back towards them and stared at the pile.“What kind of animal would do this?”I had no idea but I think I was beginning to understand why she wanted us to find this place.This place held secrets.I went back to the wall to look at the drawings and try to understand them.I used my fingers to trace them again and this time around, I heard the voice clearer.“Look at the bigger picture.”I stepped away from the wall so I could see the entire thing. There were more drawings to the side and when I walked up, I noticed that there was a sign at the bottom of it.That sign…looked all too familiar but I couldn't just place my finger.“Ray, come see this. I've seen this before but I don't know where it's from.”She crouched beside me and stared at it for a moment.“I know it's familiar but I don't know where it's from, either.”Andrew and Atlas joined us and just within seconds, they knew.“We know.”They shared a look and it made me scared.“Jade,