*ASA TRINE*“Are you serious? Asa? Why are you doing this?” Cain fretted as he walked behind me but I didn’t even spare him a glance knowing well enough that all my words and sentiments will be wasted on him. At my silence, I heard him let out a frustrated sigh and without saying anything else he broodingly followed me to the Alpha’s office. There I noticed Michael and Leia already talking to Alpha about something in hushed voices that I was respectful to not eavesdrop on. The atmosphere was tense in the room and I could tell it was related to me when everyone stopped all talking at once on my arrival.“Good morning everyone,” I greeted them with a smile, and by the looks of sympathy and hesitance that they had been garnering on their faces I could tell that they hadn’t forgotten my episode of ugly crying in the hospital yesterday.“Asa, you don’t have to force yourself to look alright,” Leia said as she stepped forward towards me and halting her with a determined smile on my face I
*CAIN ARIUS* The sky outside was still slightly blue as stars twinkled in the seeping darkness. It was a calm evening with only my mate’s soft breathing and strong heartbeat creating a hypnotizing and peaceful rhythm that was again lulling me to sleep.Coming back from dad’s office I had forced her to go to sleep despite her claiming that she wasn’t tired only for her to fall asleep within a second. Moving her from under my head where she was sleeping on my arm and tickling me with her breath on my neck, I looked at her face to see her peacefully sleeping with her mouth slightly parted.Her face that had looked tired before had become slightly puffier from her long and weary sleep making her look cuter than what she usually looked. Her cheeks were slightly flushed making me want to pinch them. She looked quite adorable like this and I wondered why she couldn’t stay like this when she was awake. Why did she and I have to have such dissimilar thoughts?Suddenly she whimpered beneath me
*ASA TRINE*“What are you doing here?” Ethan’s voice almost made my heart beat right out of my chest at the suddenness of it.Turning around to look at him I noticed that he was alone and squeezing my brows at him I asked, “How did you recognize me?”Giving me a ‘duh’ expression I realized how dumb that question was coming from a werewolf and clicking his tongue he said, “Please tell me you really didn’t think that a scarf wrapped around your head and sunglasses would be enough to conceal your identity as ‘Asa’?”Usually, he would play along and joke but this time he sounded kind of mad, and realizing that he must have still been angry with me I sighed, “No, I didn’t, and are you both still angry with me?”At my words, he gave me a look of disbelief and said, “Well how could you tell her and not me that all this had been happening with you? I thought you liked me more than Kate!”He was hurt I could see that and rolling my eyes at his obvious dramatics I apologized, “It’s been only th
*ASA TRINE*I could almost feel my heart stop at the realization of Cain’s presence in this building.Why was he here? Was he here to find me?Getting up instantly I ran to the section that was closest to me and hid behind a shelf hoping that the smell of these old musky books would cloak my original smell from him.There was a sudden stillness in the already quiet library at his arrival. Even the light thumps of stamps that the librarian had been putting on the newly applied books had stopped at Cain’s arrival. I could hear the tap of his feet approaching the librarian’s desk and then stop.“C-Can I help you with something, S-Sir?” The librarian asked her voice containing the shiver that had passed through her body at Cain’s towering figure over her timid body. I had reckoned that people were not scared of him anymore but maybe I was wrong.‘Or maybe he is sporting a pissed-off expression on his face, right now? You know we can feel the anger and disappointment straining our bond rig
*ASA TRINE*I think my face had permanently colored red.After what Cain had done yesterday the few people that were in the library had all sealed their mouths shut thanks to Cain but they still knew about it and every time any one of them passed by me they would give me a knowing smile.Even now as I am walking through the corridor of the hospital I can feel eyes on me from a young girl who is standing by the helpdesk with her grandmother. Turning back to glance at her our eyes meet and I find her color an equal shade of embarrassment as mine.Moving my gaze away from her I speed walk to my destination trying to forget about the thoughts that are making me feel weak in my knees again.‘Don’t go to the hospital Asa, please,’ Cain’s voice suddenly rang in my head making me scared for a second as I stopped in my path.‘How did you kn-?’ I started to ask but stopped mid-sentence knowing well enough that it was no use asking that question any longer. He seemed to have figured me inside ou
*ASA TRINE*“Move.”“No.”“I said move out of my way.”“Not until you tell me why?”“You know why.”“Then I can’t let you out of the room.”Cain stared at me as I glared back at him. He had been blocking the way to the exit of my room for the past twenty minutes to stop me from going outside.“You can’t keep me in here forever,” I said cocking a brow at him to challenge him openly but instead of taking my bait and riling up like he usually would he simply stared at me and then shrugging once he said, “We’ll see about that.”For some reason, my plan of making him get tired of this conversation was actually doing the opposite as I found myself getting more and more impatient to escape out of here with every passing second while he seemed to be playing around with me as he entertained himself.“You are enjoying this aren’t you?” I asked making a face at him and pulling up one of his shoulders he smiled as he didn’t say anything.When he noticed me waiting for an answer he chuckled and sa
*ASA TRINE* “Remember no funny business,” Cain said as he looked at me with a serious expression donned on his face. The chiseled jawline that glinted in the moonlight was set grimly in adamant command and sighing at the accuracy of his judgment I gave him no reply.I didn’t want to give him any direct empty promises.Looking at the beautiful marble dome shaped temple I marveled at the finite structure that had been a hub of hope and belief for hundreds of people. To this immaculate building there was one eyesore standing right in front of it like a dirty spot and going up to that guard Cain said, “You can take the rest of the time off. I’ll be here to guard the temple.”The guard who had been elected for this job of protection seemed in a dilemma as he glanced at me and then back at his feared leader. When Cain cocked an eyebrow at his delay he quickly nodded his head and looking down he was about ready to leave when I asked, “Is there anyone else visiting?”By the time I had bee
*ASA TRINE*The light at first blinded us making us wince and close our eyes. Immediately getting up from my lap Cain sat in front of me guarding me with his body to protect me from whatever it was that was happening around us.When the flash settled down a little I could see tiny specks of light slowly arise out of the crevices of the wall, out of the historic colors of the paintings, out of the beautiful strokes of the ebony inscriptions, and from the air itself. Standing up slowly we watched as the disarrayed specks floated around us and took the form of a swirl in the empty mass of space that the circular dome-shaped temple provided it.What were these lighted specks? Was it magic? A different being? Or was it the doing of the goddess herself?Looking over to her statue I found her completely covered by this magical mist and glow as if to prove her presence in this temple and in this pack and unconditionally I found both Cain and I lowering our necks in submission and respect to t