Jayden's uncertainty about what his cousin intended to do kept him up at night.He knew that he was partially the reason for whatever Elliott had turned to. The truth was that Alisa had never wanted Elliott and had just seen him as a friend, but he had gone on and fallen deeply in love with her. And when she fell in love with him, she had to cast Elliott away and tell him the truth— that she did not love him.But the heart that loves would never see it that way.He knew from the time that he spoke to Elliott in the prison and read his mind, that Elliott thought Jayden had taken Alisa away from him and left him heartbroken. In his head, it was all Jayden's fault, for coming over and wielding enough influence to take her from him, even though the truth was that Alisa had just fallen in love with him.Jayden wondered if the evil that now dominated Elliott's heart was going to kill his love for her. He could use Elliott's love for Alisa to try to make him see reason and understand that Al
She saw him leaving her life and she felt helpless to do anything about it.All that glittered truly wasn't gold. She had seen the sparks and flashes and let them draw her nearer, only for her to know it was glass and not gold, only after a piece was brutally stuck in her chest.Her heart hurt with the worst kind of pain, a kind of pain she could not explain, and she put her hand to her chest and fell to her knees as though she had submitted herself to the pain.He had left her when all she had ever done was love him.She should have known that it was all just a contract and stuck with it, but her stupid heart had gone on and fallen in love and let herself be taken by him when all they had been together for was his baby.A wind blew and a few petals of the flowers he had gotten her came in front of her. She picked one up and stared at it blankly, wondering if she was dreaming. If she was, more than anything she wanted to wake up and be told it was just a dream and she was fine and tha
"You're going to be a father, Jayden."His phone slipped from his hand and fell on the floor, and for a minute he bore no feeling, emotion, or consciousness. He just knew that he existed.He came back to his senses, picked the phone back up and heard Alisa's voice again."You say I am going to be a father?""You heard me.""Where are you?" "I'm at a pharmacy, trying to get some abortion pills.""Trying to get some what???" Jayden yelled.He almost didn't believe his ears. Why was she trying to abort his baby? Their baby."I know you heard me. And I will not carry your baby. I'm going to abort the pregnancy.""You can't do this Alisa—" She ended the call on him and his brain went into panic mode, trying to think of the next step to take. He picked up his phone and dialled her once again, but she refused to pick up the call. He then decided to track her phone, but every second felt like a year to him. Time seemed slow at the moment.He left his office and got into the elevator, but he
In battles, no one talks about the soldiers you lost or the battle scars you carry, and everyone talks about the wars you did not win, no matter how many you have won.The thought lingered in Jayden's head as he drove with Alisa next to him in the passenger's seat. He had met her and done more for her than he had ever done for anyone in his life, but she hated him for one slip. One thing he had done to protect both of them.He looked at Alisa's hand and saw that she carried a different phone in it. It was not the one he had gotten for her."What happened to your phone?" He questioned, curiosity getting the better of him."I sold it." She answered bluntly without looking at him.Jayden's heart broke. He did not need any more answers. She had done it to try to forget him and to act as though he had never been in her life at all. He turned back and concentrated on his driving, but his heart felt heavy, as though a piece of lead hung inside of it."Why can't you just tell me your secrets
Alisa's basic instinct was to turn and run, but she was in the water, and this majestic wolf was looking at her.Nothing had changed about it. It was still the same one that she saw the day she was in the pond. The same one that had watched her and filled her with fear before turning around and going into those bushes.The wolf let out a gust of air through its nostrils, and put its paw into the water as if to let Alisa know it was harmless. She blinked and let her curiosity overshadow every other feeling: her anger at Jayden, her want to abort the child she was carrying, her sadness and heartbreak. She put all of that aside and touched the paw. It was large in her hand, but the underside felt soft and the rest of it was furry. She looked at the wolf once again and it blinked."Can you talk to me?" Alisa asked after a while, the time the pause lasted spent her thinking of what question to ask.The wolf shook its head rapidly, and its ears flapped against the sides of its head, makin
They both moved to a rock that sat on the edge of the pond and sat on it, dunking their feet in the water in silence.Alisa was thinking of which question to ask first. Before that morning, she would have regarded anyone telling her that there were men who could turn into wolves either as crazy or obsessed with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight.But one sat next to her here, even though she had once mentally compared him to Edward. He was a werewolf and had morphed right in front of her.Maybe she could begin from there."Where do you originate from? Where do you come from?" Alisa asked, breaking through the silence."Well... You deserve to know everything since you carry a wolf cub inside you right now." Jayden said with a smile. "How much do you know about Ancient Rome.""Caesar and nothing else."Jayden laughed. He would not have given a care about Ancient Rome if it was not tied to his origins."No. That was way before Caesar. Caesar was only one of the people who made Rome a world power
The silence came once again as they sat quietly, each one wishing to say more than they already had to the other.The chirping birds were flying home, the deer had gone, and the nighttime in the woods came alive. The chirping now came from the crickets, a fox came for a drink, and the darkness covered everything.Alisa leaned closer to Jayden without touching him. He made her feel safe."Are there any similarities between you and real wolves?""Yes. We can smell and hear things from a mile away even when we are in a human form. We also have our packs in the order I explained to you, and we love to hunt.""You really can?""Yes. I hear people whisper and it is amusing. Unfortunately, I can smell the dirty ones too."Her giggle pierced through the night."What can you hear right now?'"They both paused while Jayden listened, his wolf hearing picking up every sound it could."A soft wind is blowing through the trees because I can hear them rustle, and elsewhere I can hear an animal I don
Jayden cast his mind back to the horrid night when it all started. The night that changed all the pack had come to know. The night when the loud howl changed their lives.Yes. The loud howl."Do you remember hearing an extremely loud howl? A howl that sounded like it was made by a large wolf? On the night you left my house?"Alisa was confused at first. And then she remembered it.That unusually loud howl."Yes. I remember it. It was so loud that I was distracted for a moment. Was that the Alpha's howl?""Yes, it was," Jayden answered quietly."Wow. Your stepfather must have a very loud howl then.""That was not my stepfather. My stepfather was the Alpha, but he only leads the pack now.""Who is the Alpha?""That is the problem, Alisa," Jayden said, and she could feel him looking into her eyes. "Elliott is the Alpha."It only served to confuse Alisa. Based on what Jayden had just told her, she thought the Alpha had to be the strongest member of the pack with a big feat attached to his