“I’ll leave you to it.” He stands up, pulling the chair out and tucking it back in under the table only for Maya to walk over, eyeing him with suspicion. “Take care.” He offers out, a nod as he departs. “You too.” I call out after him as he walks away, Maya pulling the chair out and sitting down.
~ Cleo ~ I had straightened out the story with Maya. She understands what is at stake, and she promises to keep to the story of the bartender being the father. I may be growing tired from the drive but it was worth it, I was feeling more in control. Jaxon’s visit having left me slightly shak
“Look, here’s my card…” He places his hand back out towards me, a small business-shaped-card in his hands. I must seem very bizarre to him, not quite with it. Even now, my hands are running through my long blonde hair…trying to make sense of everything. To say I was in a state of inner turmoil
~ Cleo ~ The pregnancy is playing havoc with my senses because not only did I not pick up on him being close by, but I can’t even smell him. “Jace? What…what are you doing here. And what are you wearing?” My hand moves to my chest where I can feel my heart pounding. “Shh…I didn’t want to be r
“Protect from what?” “From you…from your family.” “I wouldn’t hurt the baby.” The colours runs off his face as if I had just slapped him. “No, I know that. But the baby will be the heir to the Clear Waters until you have a real baby with your mate..” “A real baby..” He chuckles out finding
“Together.” I repeat his words, that’s all I have ever wanted…to be together. “Together.” His hand raises up and cups the side of my cheek before it falls back down. I take a step forward, needing to touch him, to feel him. He was rigid, more muscular than the last time I saw him. He was still
~Jace~ “You need to control your temper more.” Josie unfairly reprimands me as she circles around me in the courtyard outside the alpha house, her wolf shining out through her eyes. Fuck, she looks like Dad except for her red hair. Those eyes are haunting to look at just like his; grey ash turning
“Yes, of course.” She was right, I had to keep on the path that we had chosen for ourselves. To take on the Clear Waters pack…and Callie to be my Luna. As Josie and Knox head back towards the house, my eyes turn back towards the pack gates. I’ve never seen Jaxon bail out of the pack grounds so qui
If I sneak out now, nobody will notice. I know I shouldn’t, that I should stay well clear but I can’t. It goes against my very nature knowing she is somewere alone in pain…pain that unbeknown to her, I am causing. I don’t need help tracing her movements, her sweet scent still lingers in the cool
~ Jace ~ “Cleo?” Without thinking I call out after her as she bolts from the dining table towards the downstairs bathroom. “Is she quite alright?” Luna Louise gasps out, looking towards Cleo’s parents who both move to chase after her. “I’ll go.” Jaxon moves past them, hurrying into the direction
After the pizza tray incident I have no doubt that this plate will burn me. I can see the steam of heat rising off the dishes. They are burning hot. Time passes while her hand remains stretched out in front of me and I am just not taking the plate off her. “Cleo?” “Allow me…” Jaxon appears behin
~ Cleo ~ “Then she suits Jace after all because he’s done exactly the same.” Jaxon laughs out, but in no way is his comment meant as playful banter. He’s not even trying to hide the snide remark laced within his words. Nobody can help themselves, all eyes snapping towards him, then back to J
I was hurting her, her movements were like that of an injured defenceless animal being coerced into the corner. Callie moves towards her, my eyes can’t tear themselves away even as Auntie Rosa moves towards me to greet me….Maya then opening the front door and announcing her arrival like the fucking
~ Jace ~ I should have taken another shot of liquid wolfsbane, the only thing that stopped my wolf from returning each time I left. There’s a reason an alpha doesn’t leave a pack unless challenged for the positon, disowned or frankly….dead. I couldn’t cope at first, thinking my wolf would claw m
But as I still have the burn on my arm from the oven…I won’t take the risk. “Do we have a marking ceremony date in the diary yet?” Dad asks out, trying to steer the conversation on to the topic of the evening. The entire reason we are here. I love Dad’s attempts to diffuse the tension but if he k
I can hear the pleasantries of Hector introducing my parents to their other guests, Jace’s mate’s parents. I don’t think I will be able to look them in the eyes knowing I am carrying their daughter’s future betrayal. “Do you need help in the kitchen?” I offer out to Kaia, anything to prevent st
~ Cleo ~ I’ve made this journey hundreds of times in my lifetime. I’ve passed the Dark Phantom main gate hundreds of time…so why when the guards stop us do I suddenly feel panic at the way their eyes look at me. They know, they must know. They all know, this was a trap. “Evening Alpha, Lu