"Now what's biting you?" I ask Eric. We're in the car on our way back from our newly set-up head office where we just had our first monthly review meeting. He's been driving the car in silence for the past twenty minutes which is unlike him and which makes me wonder what I did to piss him off to the point of ignoring me. He has never ignored me no matter what happened between us"You fired one director, seven managers, and five supervisors all in one day!"I roll my eyes at him."They were incompetent! Their last month's financial statement...""Their last month's financial statement was great! How can you call them incompetent when you know they're the best of the best in their various fields? You fired them for the most ridiculous reasons ever. You fired a project supervisor because he didn't add full stop at the end of a sentence. You fired the human resources manager because of a typographical error of spelling 'receive' as 'recieve'!"I shrug"That's incompetence. So you're ign
Ash's POVI freeze 'Oh, Fuck! Oh, shit! Asshole! See what you made me do!?' I panic and scream in my head as I look from the phone Thor's voice is coming from to the big dummy looking at me as if I owe him some kind of loyalty. I don't know if I should first disconnect the call or shut the dummy spewing rubbish up. "God, Lucas! I told you I don't want lunch!" I find myself saying as I scramble to get my phone as if the damage has not been done. "I told you I had something important I needed to attend to on my phone and you promised you wouldn't disturb me!" After I disconnect the call I turn my angry gaze to him but he doesn't seem to notice my countenance. Fucking idiot! He doesn't know the damage he just caused since I'm sure Thor heard him speak."I don't understand. If your so-called boyfriend is so great, why did you need to hide before talking to him? Is he perhaps a– criminal?..." He asks, smiling stupidly.A criminal!? I find that word insulting and it pushes me further tow
Martha hurries in. She looks around my room in confusion as if she's expecting to see someone."What's the hullabaloo about? You and who is it?"I stand from the bed to meet her where she's standing by the door."Martha! My wolf is here! Finally!" I lift her in a bear hug and happily spin her around. "My wolf is here! I'm so happy!"Martha whoops. Beaming with joy as I set her down."That's great news. Finally child! Finally, we can go home!"Her words surprised me. "You will go home with me!?" I ask in disbelief. I didn't know how to ask her before since I thought she would prefer to stay behind with Lily who is her real family."A girl can never have too many mothers. Who will take care of my grandbabies when you all go about your official duties? Nannies?" She said so seriously I couldn't help but burst into happy tears.I engulf her in another bear hug. "I love you so much, Mom. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.""I love you too child. I love you too.""God, Sif! My heart nearly
Thor's POV"Ha! This is great!" I exclaim, pushing my laptop aside in frustration. "What?" Eric asks, standing from where he's sitting to look at my laptop screen."Hill-fucking-backside has no fucking airport, that's what!" I grit."So? How is that a problem!?" He asks, taking my laptop and sitting with it on the chair I just vacated."It says right there that train is the fastest mode of transportation to Hill-backside and it runs twice a day. In the morning and evening. That means we'll have to wait till morning.""Okay... Did you check the citizens?" He asks, typing on the keyboard."Why the hell do I need to check the citizens?""Rich citizens, Thor! If someone owns a private jet then I'm sure there's an airstrip somewhere in the town they land on. Why is it that your brain always stops functioning whenever you're anxious about your mate?"I roll my eyes at him"And?... Did you find any?" I ask impatiently but he continues typing without replying to my question."Eric!" I call
How can she be so focused on me and still not noticed I'm awake? I wonder. The way she dreamily swallows and licks her lips as if I'm a buffet meal spread out for her enjoyment makes me cringe with disgust."Shameless! Not in your wildest dreams." I say and grab the nearest pillow to cover myself with.She flushes deep red as her eyes move upward to my face."Uhh... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, sir. I brought breakfast and uhh...""That is all. You may leave." I cut her off mid-sentence.She nods curtly and turns to leave then stops hesitantly at the door,"Umm, if you need...""No, I don't. I won't be needing anything, especially not from you." I say bluntly. Fuck being nice to the human staff.She blushes deeper red and hurries out of my room. "Jezebel!" I say and finally get up from the bed to the bathroom to take care of the damn thing. I blame Ash for this. It's all her fault. I wouldn't be daydreaming about sex and be ogled by some sex starved bitch in a hotel room if
Apart from the big teenage boy who is sitting in the far corner by the right inside the principal's office, there's no one else around. The boy who I guess is Lucas looks at us questioningly, expecting us to say or ask something but I ignore him in the meantime. 'That must be Lucas.' Eric says through the mind link as we both look around the room.'It must be...' I reply, my eyes focus on the empty sofa nearest to the picture window. 'She was certainly here. Her essence is stronger here. I wonder if that belongs to her?' I nod towards the girlish backpack sitting on the floor near the sofa.'Maybe she didn't leave like you thought. Obviously, this place is a waiting room. Maybe she's inside that room with the principal.' He says, looking at another closed door inside the office.'Yeah, maybe.' I reply, walking to where the bag is sitting.The nearer I get to the chair, the stronger the fragrance of her essence. 'This sure belongs to her.' I say and pick the bag up. Before I know wha
Ash's POV 'Oh, god!'...Thor is here!...Thor is really here!...What am I going to do, god!? What am I going to do!?...'I rapidly think to myself as I hurry out of the principal's office, down a narrow corridor before dashing down the one-story fire escape.The moment I'm able to drive out of the parking lot without being detected, I breathe a huge sigh of relief. A temporary sigh of relief because this is nowhere near over. As I drive, question after question plagues my mind,What is going to happen next? What will be the repercussions of my moment of weakness? Have I set myself back a couple of weeks? Have I successfully undone two months of hard work in one day? Not just my hard work, Lily's too because we're in this together and I bet she'll be very angry with me.God, why did I have to fuck up when I only have one ritual left to complete the procedure. Why god!? Why!? I wouldn't be in this mess if I had just confessed my mistake to her yesterday. Maybe she would have cast some
I immediately duck when the door rattles violently as Thor pounds on it again and again."What am I going to do, god!? What am I going to do!?" I talk to myself as I crawl toward the kitchen island and fold myself inside the open compartment which is the stupidest thing ever but what can I do?Smile and welcome him with open arms like I didn't leave without a word for two months!? Like I didn't feel his emotions through our mate bond as he cried and begged for me to return to him? And like I didn't cut the phone on him and switched it off afterward when he called yesterday, pleading with me to talk to him?Oh, damn you Lily for leaving me with this mess! Damn you to hell and smithereens!Before I can think up a proper explanation to give my furious mate, I hear a loud crash that makes me jump with fright as the screen door crashes backward into the living area.I shiver where I'm crouch as he bellows my name,"Ash!?" His angry and menacing tone of voice sounds like what can wake the