CHAPTER 22They walked side by side under the sky littered with stars shining bright for them. They walked barefoot on the beach as the sand curled through their feet. It was a cold night so Jasmine snuggled closer to Jason to feel more warmth, or at least that's what she told herself.They had been in A Place Away From Home for 7 days now and it felt like the best days either of them have ever had. It had been just the two of them, getting to know each other, falling in love as the days passed by. Sometimes Jasmine's mind strayed to the people he left behind for her, they were his family no matter the opinions they held, at least he had people there for him, and she felt like she was taking him away from them, like she was competing for his loyalty. "This is lovely Jason, just the two of us here, hand in hand, just enjoying the night and looking at those stars! They are amazing," she said softly. "Yeah, everything seems almost too perfect. I've never felt this much at peace for a v
CHAPTER 23She woke up with Jason beside her, he was still so close to her, holding her tight like she could vanish any moment from now. She turned around to look at him as he slept. She thought he was still unbelievably handsome like the first day she saw him. She couldn't understand how it was humanly possible to look like this..For a while she played with the idea that he was probably not human because he was too perfect to be true, but she didn't really believe in such things. As a journalist only facts matters to her and so far she had not seen a supernatural being. She tried to gently remove his arms from around her but she just succeeded in waking him up..He turned a little as he opened his eyes, his lovely golden iris staring back at her. "Good morning cry baby, where do you think you're going to," he said as he pulled her closer to him. "I didn't want to wake you up." "Well too bad, you just did," he smirked. "Alright," she uttered as she tried to pry his arm away fro
CHAPTER 24Jasmine found that being in a hotel suite all alone was not as fun as she envisioned. A few weeks ago this would have been the perfect day for her, but now she misses Jason, a lot. She hated to admit it but she was getting used to his presence, his touch, and his warm hands. Now she felt so alone even though he had only been gone for a few hours. He insisted on going out alone and asked her to wait for his return. He said that it was better this way. She wanted to argue but he didn't even give her a chance. It was almost like she was in a prison, a very expensive and extremely beautiful prison. So here she was with her laptop, her only companion in the world. Just then a notification popped up on her screen, it was an email from her editor, asking her about the juicy article she promised him weeks ago. Gosh! She almost forgot the reason she stormed into Jason's life in the first place. This was not the first time she had gotten such emails, and they were getting more i
CHAPTER 25"Alright then, I'll be back shortly with your orders," she informed them with a slight bow as she walked away. Jasmine was glad their waitress gave them some privacy but she internally groaned when she saw the look on Jason's face. He was giving Jasmine that cheeky grin again. It was the first time she had seen her order her own meal. It was something so little but he knew it meant a lot to her. For her it was a big progress and for that he was happy for her. "Please can you stop smiling already!" she groaned. "I don't think I can. You know this is the first time I've seen you order something for yourself when you're with me," he stated. "Yeah I know, it is kind of a big deal for me but I just picked the simplest meal on the menu," she shrugged. "I'm glad you're starting to do these things Jasmine."She just nodded. She didn't want him to make a big deal out of the situation. She straightened her gown, not that it needed any adjustment though, but she just wanted to ke
CHAPTER 26She woke up frantically in the middle of the night and he was by her side with the speed of light. "What's wrong Jasmine?" He asked, concern apparent in his voice. She still looked pale, as she was the moment she saw him transform to his wolf form."Red lights, yellow lights, red lights, red light…" she mumbled. "You're not making any sense Jasmine!" He growled, apparently ready to tear a thousand men to pieces, or in this case, a thousand werewolves. "Red...gold… big red golden eyes.." she continued to mumble incoherently, but this time she was pointing at him, or at least trying to. "Red…. Red… golden… bare.." she whispered. Then it finally dawned on him what she was struggling to say. This was the first time she had seen him transform from a human to a werewolf. His eyes had this unique mixture of red and gold during the edge of the transition. He didn't know how she would take this information but he knew she had to know if they were going anywhere with whatever w
CHAPTER 27He woke up with her in his arms, sleeping soundly. He could feel her soft breath on his skin, her warm soft body against his. It was almost like he was in a dream, an unbelievably nice dream. He felt complete with her by his side and right now he thought nothing could ever go wrong because he had her. He knew they had to leave here though. Last night was a harsh reminder that he still had battles to fight. His inner wolf yearned for more blood. He had injured the werewolf that tried to attack Jasmine last night but the werewolf somehow managed to get away. His anger was in no way pacified. Sebastian had to pay for this. He could feel her moving in his body as she snuggled closer to him. He gently stroked her hair with his free hand, soothing her. She looked so fragile at the moment. He wished he could stay right here forever. Right now he could even envision a perfect life with her, with rays of the sun shining bright on them. A life away from the cruelty of this world,
CHAPTER 28Jason was driving back to his home like a man on a mission of no return. He had spent the night alone at the hotel and got up early to come back to his pack, the only people he could trust at the moment. He made Jasmine go first because he needed time alone to himself, and he didn't trust that the mate pull wouldn't make him yearn for her if she was so close. He needed time apart from her and even now he felt like his entire life was a lie. He rolled down the windows of the car as he drove, he wanted to feel free, he wanted the feel of the breeze to do their magic for him as usual but it was useless. He could sense something was wrong, he could tell that she was hiding something from him, but he didn't know that she could betray him. Everything was perfect until he realized who she really was. It would have been better if she had told him earlier. Maybe it would have been much better if he had never met her at all, maybe then he wouldn't feel this broken and hopeless in
CHAPTER 29Jasmine was broken about everything happening. She was hurt and devastated and as Caleb drove her to her apartment she didn't even utter a word. It felt like she was living life in a blur, existing but not really living, it was terrifying how much all these affected her, she wanted wanted to cry but somehow there were no more tears to cry for her. She could still vividly remember every word he spoke to her, the sting of it was more painful than that of a bee. How was it possible that the way he said those words was worse than the words it self?Engraved in her memory was every look he gave her, his golden orbs that she loved to stare at had a certain darkness to it, it terrified her but also broke her heart to a thousand pieces. "How could you?" He asked her, his voice evident of disgust and hatred. How could she?.... well maybe because this was all she ever wanted from Jason Halem. From the moment she steeped into his office it was apparent that she was a woman in a m
Chapter 62Jasmine woke up with what felt like an epiphany, like she was feeling things for the very first time but those emotions had always been there. She felt a longing, a need to be held by a familiar hand, she had a craving to be in the warm embrace of someone… and that someone was Jason. From the moment she woke up he was all she wanted to see, but it was strange because she had a recollection of the emotions but she still had no memory of Jason, she still had no recollection of him or their time together, but these strange feeling of familiarity surged through her in ways she could not explain. Just then Jason came into her hospital room, putting a face to the emotions going through her. She knew she loved him, but how could she love someone she still could not remember. "You're awake!" He exclaimed as soon as he saw her. He rushed to her side and cautiously held her hand, he wasn't sure how she would react to a gesture like that so he was being careful. She didn't push
Chapter 61 "How do you think I feel? Hope, my world is crumbling right before me and there's nothing I can do about it," he yelled. "I'm sorry Jason, I didn't know that it would turn out like this," she pleaded. "How exactly did you think this would turn out, please tell me what was your plan exactly?" He asked her, unmoved by the tears that were starting to form in her eyes. "Well I knew there was bad blood between Dominic and I, but I didn't know that he would react that way. I thought he would be willing to help because of the history we had," she explained. "And what sort of history do you have with someone like that?" He asked her sternly. She hesitated before she answered his question and all Jaosn was able to think was that she was trying to think of a good lie to tell him. He could never believe a word that came from her mouth, not even if she promised that she was telling the truth, not even if she swore on her life. Certainly she didn't think that he would believe a
Chapter 60 Jason had never seen Dominic even though he had heard so much about him, but the man standing in front of him right now looked every bit like the image he portrayed. Dominic was tall and slim built with very broad shoulders and a slim waist. He had scanty brown hair and light brown eyes. He wasn't built like your stereotypical werewolf but one look at his sharp eyes and you'd know that he was the embodiment of evil. He had very thin lips that stretched into an evil smirk every now and then, like it was his default expression. Jason has been with him for less than 5 minutes and he could already tell that it was a big mistake coming here in the first place if this was the guy that they were supposed to meet. This man was not someone that was ready to help, especially with whatever was going on between him and Hope. "Can you believe it! The prodigal daughter finally returns!" He exclaimed as soon as he saw Hope. For a moment there Jason wondered how exactly Hope became
Chapter 59"Don't raise your voice, people might suspect otherwise," Hope cautioned him. And true to her words two tall pale looking men that looked like they were in their late thirties glanced towards their direction. They each had a partner with them and from one glance you already could tell what was going on. They were vampires, the kind with old blood from the color of their eyes and their sunken dark eye sockets. Also their reflexes were extremely sharp but they were extraordinarily calm, perfectly capable of controlling their emotions, unlike the modern day vampires that reacted to everything around them. Most vampires were intensely sensitive, erratic in motion and annoyingly unstable, especially in the presence of werewolves, whom for some weird reason they considered rivals. These two however were unusually calm even though the supernaturals have already identified what each was. It was obvious that they had been around for a very long time from the way they controlled
Chapter 58 Jason was starting to get suspicious… well he had always been suspicious but this time around his gut feeling thought that there was something very wrong, and it was a lot more than usual. One would think that maybe Hope had forgotten the whereabouts of this friend that would lead them to this witch that could solve all their problems. "Hope, how long till we get there already, I've been driving for hours but it seems this friend of yours lives on the other side of earth!" He said sternly, just like he had said a few times before. "We're almost there, just keep following the directions I gave you," she would always say. She was being way too mysterious with everything. She had refused to give out the exact location of this source of hers, for this source's security, she had said. Well that's nice, but what about their own security? He didn't exactly feel 100% safe going blind into a place that he had no information on, to see someone he had no idea about. Who exactl
Chapter 57 After what looked like an eternity of awkward silence in the hotel room, they all finally checked out of the hotel and were back on the road. Chad was extremely polite this morning, somehow he seemed to have finally found his manners and still avoided eye contact with the trio. He was more than happy to speed up the process of checking them out of his hotel as he could not wait to finally be rid of the three extremely strange, terrifying people. "Have a nice day," Chad told them as they made to leave. "We sure will, you too Chad," Hope answered. She seemed to be in a good mood, unlike the other two, who were already halfway to the vehicle by the time he spoke. All Jasmine wanted to do was get as far away from here as soon as possible. She wanted to forget everything that happened in this place and she reasoned that the farther away from here that she was, the sooner she would let all the experiences go. However she was only kidding herself. She had no potion to make
Chapter 56 Jason was up by dawn, he had always had trouble sleeping and the nightmares were back, fiercer than before. They only stopped when he was with Jasmine, when she was still the woman that loved him as much as he loved her, she gave him the kind of peace he could not comprehend, but now that was gone and he was back to the nights of terror. This nightmare was a new one, it was confusing and he could only vaguely remember it, but one part that stuck with him was that he was searching for something, but he found another thing instead. He could not remember what he was searching for, nor what he found instead, but he knew there was a mismatch. He felt lost in the dream, just as lost as he felt in real life. He woke up sweating even though the air conditioner in the room was working to an extent, it wasn't perfect but at least it wasn't completely broken down. His first reaction was to look towards Jasmine and he saw her sleeping soundly like the beauty that she was.What a
Chapter 55If you had told Jasmine that she would be spending a night in the same room with the annoying Jason she definitely would not have believed you. Even if you had come with a crystal ball, a palm reader and a soothsayer, she would have laughed at your face and reminded you that she didn't believe in most of these fetish stuff. Knowing that werewolves, vampires and witches exist was even a stretch to her belief system, adding all these other kinds of people might just be the last straw before she goes gaga. Unfortunately though this was just a coincidence and not something planned by fate. She recalled the look of pure fear in Chad's eyes as he announced that there were only 2 rooms left. The poor guy was already at the verge of pissing in his pants and any moment from now he could even faint if pushed any further. She tugged on Jason's shirt, prompting him to accept the rooms as it were. Nobody noticed that she did this apart from Jason himself. Hope was too busy staring
Chapter 54 "You do know that we've been waiting here, trying to get someone to attend to us for what seems like forever and you just show up like you don't even care?!" Hope said with disgust clearly written over her face, and conveyed through the tone of her voice. She was usually able to hide her feelings, to put on a mask, to pretend to feel something else apart from her true feelings, to smile and say everything was alright even when it wasn't. She had been so used to this facade that it almost felt like she was living two lives, walking about in a life of two faces. She had to do this because nobody really understood her, they could say they did, but she knew they would be lying. How could they? Nobody ever gave her a chance to tell her own story, no one ever thought for a second if she was alright or not. They brushed off her feelings because she wasn't a fragile human like Jasmine and her werewolf bloodline wasn't royal like Jason and Nathan. Life was never kind to her bu