JULIEI felt waves of shame run through me as he shut the door. Myhands went to my hair, gripping it as I groaned in frustration. I knew I was right about stopping him from kissing me, no matter how much I wanted him to do so. I shook my head, and began to pace the room once more, frustrated and filled with regret beyond measure.Why couldn't he understand? He was already walking on thinice from stopping the execution of my pack. It was obvious that not all of them supported him and I had a feeling that they were plotting to dethrone him from his alpha position. Forget how he plotted to hide me, if anything ever led to him revealing me - Julie Scarborough, a wanted rogue and leader of the Rogue pack they captured - as his mate will be the exact opportunity to use against him. And even if by some miracle they managed to accept me, it definitely didn’t mean that they’ll accept the rest of my pack. Yet even when I knew all this, why did I still feel so damn guilty about it? I recalle
CHAPTER 40JulieI watched in silence as he stormed out of his room, and the sound of the door slamming shut made me stand up and snarl at the air. I was upset at everyone and everything, and I picked up a vase and threw it at the door, watching it shatter to pieces.How could he be like that?I began to pace around the room, much like before when we were talking, or rather, arguing, and I ended up rea=calling memories of jst seconds ago, and how the argument was.How could he have said those things?Rogues are dangerous criminals?RoguesI was a damn Rogue, and it seemed he could not see the hypocrisy of what he was saying.How could it be that I was not dangerous to him, but other Rogues were? Did he forget who I was? Did he suddenly forget what I had done to earn my name?There was a reason that packs wanted to see me killed.I felt like I wanted to find him, stop him, and scream in his face.I hated it.I hated it so much.I hated it and I could not do anything but stay here and s
CHAPTER 41DonaldI was weary from everything. The day ahd been like a battle, from one thing to another. And it was all because of her.After I left Julie that morning, I hadbeen on my way to the chief guard’s station, which was on the outer part of the Pack compound. During the walk there, i was deep in thought, with the argument i just had with Julie that morning on my mind. It was hard not to think about it, seeing as it put a ltot of things into perspective for me, and - i’m guessing - herself as well.It was hard to admit, but I did know that I had said some words that could be classified as inflammatory to her, especially due to her status as a well-known Rogue. But was she right?I had told her that Rogues were dangerous, and of that i was certain. Rogues were an anomaly. They were chaotic and only sought destruction of the order in which we lived our lives as a Pack. to think tht Julie had argued that not everyone had the choice on whether to be or not to be a Rogue, was ludi
DonaldI was confused by her words, and wondered if this was about the Rogue Pack, or the argument we had this morning.“Julie, love,” I began to speak, and she turned her face from me once more, as if trying to shake off my words, “I have no idea what the problem is.”She scoffed, and looked vaguely insulted at that.“Really,” she said, crossing her arms. “You don't remember leaving to attack the Rogue Pack after I begged you not to?”So this was what her behavior was about. I sighed, feeling even more weary than before.“Is that the problem? You don't even give me a moment to explain what actually happened and you instead start off ignoring me?” I queried, feeling frustrated at her behavior. “That is not right, Julie. Do give me the benefit of the doubt and let me explain what happened this morning.”I was hoping to defuse the situation, and get us both to talk about it. But she was set on being argumentative, it seemed.“Why should i?” She bit back, and I cocked a brow at her. “You
She did not respond, only shaking her head again. Meanwhile, I was trying to still think of a way to defuse this clearly tense situation between us.“Do you want to eat first, then talk later?” I tried asking, motioning to the now-slowly cooling plates of food. “Let us sit and talk about this all later,” I insisted.“Are you saying that I need to calm down, Donald?” she did not back down, and it was becoming increasingly hard for me to calm down. “Is that what you’re saying?”I sighed again, bringing my hand to pinch my nose in a furious attempt to stave off my desire to argue back. The silence that ensued after her query was rife with tension, and soon after the moment passed with Julie huffing and storming past me.“And where are you going?” I demanded.She opened the door, biting out, “To get some actual rest, Donald,” before storming out, slamming the door loudly in her wake.I grit my teeth, clenching my hands into fists and punching the wall right next to me.…The next morning
DONALDI entered the room, and noticed that she was sitting down in a meditative pose. As soon as I entered, I noticed how her nose twitched. Her eyes opened and she saw me, and I could tell how the metaphorical shutters in her eyes closed shut, a terrible sign for the moments to come. She clearly did not want to talk.But we did need to.“Good morning, love,” I said as I set the tray on the table, and watched as she got up. I briefly admired the way her jens clung to her curves, but then reminded myself of why I was here in the first place. “I think that we should talk this morning.”“About?” she asked, looking a bit dismissive.“What happened last night,” I clarified, crossing my arms over my chest. She frowned, then finally sighed, turning to me. I could see by the way her eyes looked tired that she had not slept well last night either. “Julie, what is the problem? Tell me, so that we can figure out a way from there.”“There’s nothing to tell, Donald. Just that I have thought about
I had no appetite now to eat, and I left the sun room, almost bumping into Geraldine who had clearly just come in for the morning.“Good morning, Alpha Donald,” she greeted, but I walked away, not responding, and instead moved towards the direction of the study. I hoped to now bury myself in work, which might give me some time to think about how to handle this situation with Julie.It took until noon before I finally paused in my work. But it was due to a knock on the door, and I had to raise my head to call out.“Enter,” I said, and the door opened to reveal Geraldine, who carried a tray that bore a teapot and teacup, and the aroma of black tea filled the air. I stood up, moving around the desk and took the tray gratefully from her.“I’m sorry for this morning,” I apologized for how I had been rude, but she waved it off, only giving me a warm smile that reminded me so much of my mothers.“It is alright, Alpha Donald,” she replied, giving me a knowing look. “I noticed you did not have
DONALDBut then, I recalled a few things. I was not familiar with the signs of pregnancy, but I did remember how she had gotten nauseated that morning after we spent the night together on my birthday. She had written it off as a simple case of her stomach being a little wonky, but what if she was truly pregnant? Then I noticed how she did eat a lot more, especially how she practically devoured the steak we had two nights ago. Or how she would oddly pat her stomach once or twice whenever she was deep in thought.It was not a lot that I had noticed, but now that Geraldine had told me this, it seemed to make a lot of puzzling behavior make sense.The thought infuriated me more than I could bear.I could not even think; I simply acted, ignoring the old woman’s words, and storming out of my study in search of Julie.I needed to get answers from her.The fury that I felt was not one that I had words to describe. I now stormed the pack house in search of Julie, trying to figure out her curre
The air was fresh and scented like hope and promises of a very beautiful night. The warm breeze of that evening flowed through the curtains of the expensive restaurant they had picked for their vacation , outside the moon shined bright and full with it rays piercing through the cloudless sky. It was a perfect night for the two lovers who walked hand in hand illuminated by the lights of that beautiful night . Julie looked more beautiful than the night , adoring herself in a long floral violet dress . As they walked into the restaurant they searched around for their names on a table they had booked earlier for that occasion . The table where they both sat bore roses in a vintage vase and was covered with white beautiful french linen . A young couple aseated a stone throw from their table appeared to draw Donald attention and having noticed that he was far gone and lost in thought Julie was prompted to ask Donald what the reason was for his sudden distraction .
Epilogue ll*Donald* No matter how eventful that day went, it was finally over. Aurelia was dead finally, she was burnt and her remain had been emptied into the wind. She was dead and gone, gone for good, going from everyone's lives but will remain forever in our thoughts, we must admit. We all walked back home in tense awkward silence, I glanced over at Julie and when she caught me staring a while later she gave me an inquisitive gaze. Dinner that night was a well-made steak, we both took our time to cut each piece and enjoy the savoury taste of the best meal we've had in the last three days. After the meal, I helped Julie put the twins to bed they were growing pretty fast most especially Charlie who had howled for the first time that day, the twins were beautiful in their sleep and as we watched them Julie rested her head on my shoulder as we both smiled. " I will be in the pent room. " I whispered as I gave her a wink. After taking a cold long shower, I brou
Epilogue.Julie smiled as Donald's fingers curled her hand in his, the warmth was satisfying as ever. Everything was just in place, her little pumpkin was one year old. Feels as dreamy as ever, it wasn’t all perfect but they made it work. It had been all of a year. It was a beautiful evening, flakes of snow fell lightly. The party was as incredible as they plan, anything to make them happy. Julie watched Sharon play with the kids while Donald went on to have a chat with Ray.“Can’t believe it, they grow pretty fast?” Julie said to Sharon as she picked a glass of Wine.“I know right!” Sharon grinned and rubbed her belly, “ and this little one right here…""Yea that little nugget,” Julie said quickly before Sharon could finish. “Can’t wait to be its godmother.” They both giggled and hugged.“I can’t believe I’m having a baby too.”“Yea.. no worries sweetie, I'll be just right here through it all.” Julie gave a warm smile and cupped Sharon’s face."I know right,” Sharon squeezed her
*Donald* Aurelia was bounded in chains, and kept in a cage, while we traveled back to Villeyfield. She strained upon the chains, trying to cut them lose, but it was all to no avail . At times she would Cuss, and hoping to rouse pity, she would burst into tears, sadly no one paid attention. She kept quiet as the pack travelled in the woods. When I passed the cage later, she had reached for my shirt and begged for mercy ,deep down I felt pity for her; as she was once my wife, but after what she had just done I was quick to decide she needed no mercy. At least not mine. It took longer to get to Villeyfield, as many of those wounded in the park had to be cared for. Julie took her time going round and,offering help to who ever needed it , Sharon was of great help as well. Aurelia knew what was coming to her , she knew she would be put on a trial, and made to hang if found guilty. She was scared of this fate, but there was nothing she could do now to turn back the hands of time, it was
CHAPTER 125 *Donald* Everyone in the room had changed into their wolf form and st the signal from Aurelia they attacked. Julie ran toward her again and took a big leap in the air but was attacked mid air by one of Aurelia packs , I was distracted by that and didn't see when one her men hit me across the face with his fist , as I feel to the ground spitting out blood I looked up and came face to face with a man way taller and bigger than I was . He picked me off the ground like a piece of paper and started tossing me around then he tried strangling me ,just about the time I was about losing consciousness I saw Ray turning toward him from the corner of my eyes . Ray hit with his fist till he got distracted and I was able to free myself from his grips , Ray and myself took different turns him and tearing him with our claws , he caught Ray and fling him across the room and as he turned toward me I was able to blow out the dust in my palm into his eyes . That was enough di
*Aurelia*The twins had been a trouble to me since I kidnapped them, I laughed to myself again after remembering how easy it was the day I had abducted them, I thought about how I had deceived the whole of Valleyfield pack with the little fuss that night and made away with the twins while everyone was distracted and no one was looking, I had written the letter my self earlier that day and while I kidnapping the twins one my most trusted guards was at Donald home dropping the letter. It was a perfect plan well carried out. The fact one of the twins looked like Donald a lot made me angrier but no matter how crazy I was at their parents or how mad the twins made me each time they cried I could not bring myself to cause harm to them, all I wanted was their mother dead, then I would go back to Donald and wait for a while before coming with an idea to bring the twins back. I had not expected Donald or his pack to find me or know I was the one behind the kidnap, deep in my mind I w
*Donald*When I saw Julie with a letter I didn't know what to expect, as I held the thin paper in my hands."Could this be a clue?" I thought to myself."Could this be those that abducted my boys asking for a ransom?" A lot of questions were running through my mind as I read the letter with trembling fingers, As read through the letter word by word, reading through the threats and conditions I could swear something was familiar with the letter, the way it was written but I couldn't quite figure it out and so I read it again and again and again till..." That daughter of a bitch !" I cussed.I knew who it was with the way the letter "R " was curved at the edges here and there and the excessive use of uppercase letters, only one person could that and that was my ex-wife " Aurelia "." Why would she do something like this? ""What audacity! " I was raging Julie must have seen my reaction and I could see her eyes lit with a glitter of hope." Do you know who that is?" She asked."Do yo
*Julie* I could see his lips tremble, I had never seen Donald this scared, confused and uncoordinated in a long while, It was so intense that as he walked toward me I could sense every bit of emotions eating him up all summing up to fear, a deep dark fear. " Julie! " he murmured as his voice cracked. That was far as he could say before his voice was betrayed by all these penned emotions as he broke into a brief sob he tried so hard to mumble with his fists. "I am so sorry I could not protect them " Donald whispered As he cradled my head against his chest, I could hear his heart beating fast, I had meant to tell him it wasn't his fault the boys were kidnapped but I was overwhelmed by deep sorry also and could do nothing than drench his shirt with my tears. When the guards Ray had sent earlier came back with no single traces of the twins or their whereabouts Donald's mood switched immediately to one I was more familiar with. He was furious at himself and when there was not
*Donald* As I stood by my best friend Ray and two other men that must have belonged to the highly ranked family of the pack as both were dressed quite expensively, we all sipped a locally brewed wine chatting and laughing about the recent happenings and commenting on other things including women, initially I had turned down the offer of alcohol but remembering how angry Julie must have been right now about the party, I had to drink to take my mind off it and whatever might come up later at the same time I controlled what I drank because I was watching over the twins, one of the twins was awake as he chuckled and clasp my pinky finger, suckling at it.Ray mentioned that one of the twins looked a lot like me and the two men agreed and cheered aloud waking the other twin they were drunk, I shushed them as I rocked the Colt side to side trying to put them back to sleep, as my mind wandered back to the party.Truly, I never liked parties or social events being a private person but t