Dante’s POV
I knew I was wrong even before I saw the look in the beautiful stranger 's eyes change into something else after she had just looked at him with kindness or whatever that was. I felt like somewhere in my heart that had been locked away for so long stirred but it had no chance to be unlocked.Even if I was the one who didn't really care about what people thought of me anymor, I don't like communicating with so many people letting them into my space, that was why I have changed places too often for the past five years, but there was a way she looked at me that some how made my lost soul feel alive. It felt like she could see through me, through my pains and my betrayal.I originally didn't plan to wait at all when I realized what had happenedd, I could have just gone my way, as a way of removing myself from the drama that would occur, it was her fault, I had thought, she was the one not paying attention to where she was going in the first place , she was the one who neglected the situation , and conceived that she could pass the tiny place beside the bushes and my car, That was why it got worse. I saw her too , but it was too late. She should have been paying attention so I am not going to take the blame for it .But I found it intriguing the way she stared at me when I rolled down the window .Then all of sudden, her expression changed and I felt like I had done the wrong thing when I said those words.But why would she expect me to apologize, for what? I did no wrong .I had bought a new house in that area because I did my findings and felt that the area was more peaceful with not so many people, and that was the beat area for me, locals would mind their businesses and I would mind mineI watched her leave me there, and without much, I started my car too on my way to the new house . She was the one who refused the money , it could have done her a whole lot instead of forging virtue and not accepting. I have never met anyone who didn't like money , or didn't even like the smell of it . Everybody did to me and I had gone by with the money I have, giving people money to get them out of my way was way easy and it's funny how that didn't work on her, she had thought that I was insulting her by giving her money. That's quite funny.I usually don't like to stay in a place for too long, it always becames excessively overwhelming for me after a while.Since I left his pack five years ago, I have never looked back, Self isolated myself, I had done the inevitable. I didn't want to know if it had been my fault or that it was the fault of the people closest to me, who had betrayed me but my brother had died and I had never forgiven myself, I always went about with that guilt on me, buried deep in my heart..I will not reproduce, I will not mate, I have promised myself, that's why I prefer to go about and live between humans, there was no way I would find my mate there. Even betterthat I don't even want want one. The first one had betrayed me and she had never looked back. She was the only one who could have told everyone the truth about what happened that night, but she ran away, leaving me to his fate of being hated. My pack turned their back on me, stripped me of my title as the Beta because they thought I had done the unimaginable, and maybe I did but it was not my fault that it had happened, I definitely ain't hold the gun to kill my only brother. I didn't even know how the bullets have managed to get into the gun. They didn't believe me when I told them I didn't plan for any of it to happen. So I didn't even bother to defend myself any more when I saw the faces of my father and mother. They were so hurt after losing their son and now they were going to lose the second one. They still had to rule, It must have been hard for them, but it would have ease the pain if they had just told me that they believed me but they still had to rule, maybe the pain would have been better. The pack had decided to turn their back on me. And I didn't mind, I just could not bear to see the faces of my parents looking at him with kindness, in the midst of it all. They didn't say anything but I could see what what they didn't say, I went over to hug my mother before I left and they had given me so much love to last him a lifetime. I was weak , I could not stand up for myself and I could not do anything about his position, at least not when all these things just happened.Another person would be Alpha now after my father’s reign now, I have been preparing for the role since I was eighteen, to be an Alpha of my pack. But with me and my brother out of the way , Boaz qualified for the Alpha position. I have since heard that he used the opportunity of what happened to strip my father of his title and labeled my mother and father to be the murderer 's parents, Forgetting that they were both going through the loss of two sons in the matter of two days .I managed to keep contact with my mother , and she has always told me that one day everything would be resolved and things will go back to exactly the way they were.Even though I don't in any way see it happening, I still had not forgiven myself for what I had done.It's been five years now and I am stiill not ready. And that is why it even made more sense that living amongst humans would put me away from the thoughts of being a werewolf completel. I would do anything to feel a little bit different.I do not like to live in a place for more than one year, sometimes even less than a year. I have been to some places in Europe where I didn't even spend up to six months because I simply didn't like the way I felt in those places, so I tried to look for much quiet places. Those ones suit me more .And through my journey and travels all through Europe, I discovered this area, bought a house here and decided to move in. After staying here for a year or a few months, I will then decide if I would like to stay longer. So far as it goes, I have not had a really nice encounter.My house was visible to me now, I could see that the real estate guy had put up everything that he had mentioned , at least from what I could see from the front of the building and I was pleased . I hoped that I would be more pleased when I got inside.And damn! I was not disappointed. I liked every bit of every room I entered.They had sent my things over a week before and had arranged everything in their right places before I moved in which was even better, I don't need to do anything, the only things I came with were my clothes and my car.I wanted to rest a bit before finally figuring out what I would be doing while I stayed here. That was the only thing I didn't think of, I just go with the flow, by the way I don't really need to work, I have loads of money.I quickly had a cold shower and took a long nap. I needed it ....Ava ‘s POVI got to Mrs Nate's house late , it was way past the time that I had planned to meet her , and since my grandmother would have called her when I left home, Mrs Nate would have tried to wait a bi. I know I have messed up since now I did not meet her at home to give what my grandmother had sent me to deliver.And it was all the fault of that arrogant man ! He was the one who wasted my freaking time , who didn't let me meet up. Yes ! It felt better to blame him than blaming myself. It will make me feel better that way.Usually I would readily have accepted the fault , if only he had apologized , but he didn't. So there was no way I should feel bad .Maybe the match making was not supposed to happen in the first place, maybe this was another way heaven is telling my grandmother that she needs to rest, I thought.And if not, there is another day for the envelope to be delivered. Tomorrow is another day .That is just what I would tell my grandma. And I couldn't deliver it because I got caught up in an unfortunate situation and given the way I look all over, with my dress reeking of dirt all around my grandmother would not give me so much trouble about it .I took my bicycle, giving up, I made my way back home . . .But nevertheless, I knew I was in trouble!Ava ‘s POVImmediately I got home , I quickly went to find my grandmother before she comes to find me , I‘m sure by now, Mrs Nate would have called back to tell her that she had not seen me in her house."Grandmama ! I am home ! Where are you ?” I checked inside her room but she was not there , checked her bathroom to see if she was bathing, she was not there too."Okay . . . I know you are angry with me that i didn't get to hand over the envelope, but I promise you I have a huge explanation for that. In fact you will see it when you lay your eyes on me. I am practically soaked in mud water" I said at the top of my voice still looking for her, I'm sure she will be in somewhere in the house my grandmother hardly went anywhere. She was probably angry at me since I didn't do what she asked. "Where are you Grandmama?” I asked again.Still no response, so I went to the kitchen since that was the only place I have not checked.Just as I entered inside, lo and behold my beautiful grandmother
Ava ‘s POVWherever I went , I wished my grandmother went with me, I feel in that way I would be able to protect her and find ways to pay her for what she has been doing for me since my parents had died. A lot of things have bothered me about the accident, according to how my grandmother have tried to narrate it to me without giving so much away. Since I turned eighteen, everything just felt different one way or another. I have just refused completely to give it so much though. Even some visible changes in my body that I have been seeing in my body since that day, even had some forces in my head, talking to me from time to time. Although I have done my best to ignore it, some part of me knows that it was an important thing to me. As I took the dreadful steps down the stairs to meet my grandmother, My instints told me something was wrong, there was no way my grandmother would ever be this silent in the house. There was never a day that the house was this silent. It was getting really
Dante’s POVI had just started to sleep when I heard the faint voice in my head, at first I thought I should ignore it, nobody in the place would ever be able to use their minds to communicate with me and I definitely do not have any other person staying in the house with me, so it was not possible that I was hearing someone’s voiceI was not amongst werewolves who uses their powers to communicate, I was amongst humans, and I have chosen this place carefully because I knew they were all humans and I needed somewhere I could go without eyes on me and people knowing his business, so I thought I was probably imagining it , but then it came again , the voice echoing crazily in my head , " SAVE ME , SOMEONE SAVE ME" My wolf who has been asleep for so long woke up , tugging at me to attend to what I was feeling, and that pissed me up more than ever, my wolf is weak, I can feel it, it will take time before he adjusts to everything again, even though he has been ignoring me for so long, It fel
Dante's POV“Mate! Mate!” My wolf, Bolt whispered to me silently but urging me at the same time. What? What the heck was Bolt talking about. I tried to ignore it, because it is obviously not possible, I am far away from werewolfs and I don't remember hearing about any hidden packs around here, werewolf packs don't like to hide, they make themselves known, But the force of Bolt urging me on was unbearable, so I quickened my steps, it looked like I needed to be quick, as I entered in to the almost silent room, the darkness of it first engulfed me, but it felt good that Bolt has not deserted me completely, I became quickly accustomed to the darkness, I heard a voice pleading and then silent before I finally saw the girl laying on the floor and a man who could be no more than fourty five years old was over her and trying to get something off her body, why was she not fighting back, I wanted to shout at her and shake her back to reality but it was not my place, and I didn't think it shou
Ava ‘s POVI would want more than anything to put what happened last night behind me, there is no evidence anyway, my strange neighbor has managed to clear up everything that could lead to questioning.No matter how I see it, everything still felt strange and unclear to me. My grandmother has still not woken up but i have tried all my best not to leave her side, to make sure she doesn’t feel lonely waking up to a strange environment. “Your phone has been blowing up, I picked and told her to come to your Neigbour’s house” He said, pointing my phone at me, I didn’t even hear him walk in the room that he had provided for us… The man hardly make sounds, except he wants to.“Thank you, I’m sure she is running here right now, did you tell her what happened?” I replied, collecting the phone from him. It can only be my best friend blowing up my phone, no one else. To think he must have done what he promised to do last night about getting my things for me and settling things made me relax wi
Dante ‘s POV Oh I certainly like her friend ‘s way of interacting, she is free and outspoken, maybe because of the way she is to Ava, I know Ava is her name because I have heard it now plenty times already, we have not officially introduced each other, with the way things are, it might take a little bit of time for her. As I sit in my Study, not doing so much, everything I needed to be done had been taken care of. I quickly sent the doctor I had called to treat her grandmother earlier some more money so he would keep shut about anything he might have heard or seen, I'm sure he it would not be long for him to start having his own doubt, he is a doctor after all. Money stops a lot of bad things from happening and that's what this one would do.I would have done the same thing with the intruder, maybe come up to an agreement, but I could not just accept the fact that the god forsaken intruder was all over my chosen mate, trying to get what only belongs to me and Bolt was definitely not
Ava ‘s POV“I'm just going to sit right here” I said, as I moved to the corner of the down stairs room, I could not bare for them to continue flirting in front of me but I didn't want want to miss seeing the length he would go. I had thought it was me who got his attention, but the very minute Tiana came into the picture, it's now her who’s got his attention.“No Ava, you have agreed to come down with us. You should be as active as the rest of us” Tiana said loudly to me, I would have thought she would have just ignored me and let me be, and not have the effrontery to deny me wish. The man was listening.“There is really nothing active to do you know, since we are not swimming ““But we agreed to talk about ourselves” she said again“You both did! I did not agree to any of that” I was trying not to raise my voice at her. This is the time I wish she could read my mind and know why I am doing what I am doing. “Tiana! I think you should leave her if she wants to be alone” He said to my
It was on a busy street and busy day when I, Dante Bradford got the note from a very young boy, not more than six, telling me he was sent to give the note to me personally. And since the boy could not possibly remember nor could he tell who had sent him on this errand, I just knew it could not be good news. My heart raced like never before, I could already feel danger and betrayal even beforeI managed to open up the little double folded note. "You are being betrayed by your Luna and your brother" and that was it. That's all, No preamble, no nothing, not even the sender's name.I quickly dashed back out on the street, as if I was being chased and my life depended on it. I had left home that morning to go Craton street because I needed to meet some pack members on some important things, more like cousins of cousins. . . But that meeting would rather have to wait. I was soon inside my black jaguar V8 pushing the gas on top speed, not minding anything else, I wanted to get inside that
Ava ‘s POV“I'm just going to sit right here” I said, as I moved to the corner of the down stairs room, I could not bare for them to continue flirting in front of me but I didn't want want to miss seeing the length he would go. I had thought it was me who got his attention, but the very minute Tiana came into the picture, it's now her who’s got his attention.“No Ava, you have agreed to come down with us. You should be as active as the rest of us” Tiana said loudly to me, I would have thought she would have just ignored me and let me be, and not have the effrontery to deny me wish. The man was listening.“There is really nothing active to do you know, since we are not swimming ““But we agreed to talk about ourselves” she said again“You both did! I did not agree to any of that” I was trying not to raise my voice at her. This is the time I wish she could read my mind and know why I am doing what I am doing. “Tiana! I think you should leave her if she wants to be alone” He said to my
Dante ‘s POV Oh I certainly like her friend ‘s way of interacting, she is free and outspoken, maybe because of the way she is to Ava, I know Ava is her name because I have heard it now plenty times already, we have not officially introduced each other, with the way things are, it might take a little bit of time for her. As I sit in my Study, not doing so much, everything I needed to be done had been taken care of. I quickly sent the doctor I had called to treat her grandmother earlier some more money so he would keep shut about anything he might have heard or seen, I'm sure he it would not be long for him to start having his own doubt, he is a doctor after all. Money stops a lot of bad things from happening and that's what this one would do.I would have done the same thing with the intruder, maybe come up to an agreement, but I could not just accept the fact that the god forsaken intruder was all over my chosen mate, trying to get what only belongs to me and Bolt was definitely not
Ava ‘s POVI would want more than anything to put what happened last night behind me, there is no evidence anyway, my strange neighbor has managed to clear up everything that could lead to questioning.No matter how I see it, everything still felt strange and unclear to me. My grandmother has still not woken up but i have tried all my best not to leave her side, to make sure she doesn’t feel lonely waking up to a strange environment. “Your phone has been blowing up, I picked and told her to come to your Neigbour’s house” He said, pointing my phone at me, I didn’t even hear him walk in the room that he had provided for us… The man hardly make sounds, except he wants to.“Thank you, I’m sure she is running here right now, did you tell her what happened?” I replied, collecting the phone from him. It can only be my best friend blowing up my phone, no one else. To think he must have done what he promised to do last night about getting my things for me and settling things made me relax wi
Dante's POV“Mate! Mate!” My wolf, Bolt whispered to me silently but urging me at the same time. What? What the heck was Bolt talking about. I tried to ignore it, because it is obviously not possible, I am far away from werewolfs and I don't remember hearing about any hidden packs around here, werewolf packs don't like to hide, they make themselves known, But the force of Bolt urging me on was unbearable, so I quickened my steps, it looked like I needed to be quick, as I entered in to the almost silent room, the darkness of it first engulfed me, but it felt good that Bolt has not deserted me completely, I became quickly accustomed to the darkness, I heard a voice pleading and then silent before I finally saw the girl laying on the floor and a man who could be no more than fourty five years old was over her and trying to get something off her body, why was she not fighting back, I wanted to shout at her and shake her back to reality but it was not my place, and I didn't think it shou
Dante’s POVI had just started to sleep when I heard the faint voice in my head, at first I thought I should ignore it, nobody in the place would ever be able to use their minds to communicate with me and I definitely do not have any other person staying in the house with me, so it was not possible that I was hearing someone’s voiceI was not amongst werewolves who uses their powers to communicate, I was amongst humans, and I have chosen this place carefully because I knew they were all humans and I needed somewhere I could go without eyes on me and people knowing his business, so I thought I was probably imagining it , but then it came again , the voice echoing crazily in my head , " SAVE ME , SOMEONE SAVE ME" My wolf who has been asleep for so long woke up , tugging at me to attend to what I was feeling, and that pissed me up more than ever, my wolf is weak, I can feel it, it will take time before he adjusts to everything again, even though he has been ignoring me for so long, It fel
Ava ‘s POVWherever I went , I wished my grandmother went with me, I feel in that way I would be able to protect her and find ways to pay her for what she has been doing for me since my parents had died. A lot of things have bothered me about the accident, according to how my grandmother have tried to narrate it to me without giving so much away. Since I turned eighteen, everything just felt different one way or another. I have just refused completely to give it so much though. Even some visible changes in my body that I have been seeing in my body since that day, even had some forces in my head, talking to me from time to time. Although I have done my best to ignore it, some part of me knows that it was an important thing to me. As I took the dreadful steps down the stairs to meet my grandmother, My instints told me something was wrong, there was no way my grandmother would ever be this silent in the house. There was never a day that the house was this silent. It was getting really
Ava ‘s POVImmediately I got home , I quickly went to find my grandmother before she comes to find me , I‘m sure by now, Mrs Nate would have called back to tell her that she had not seen me in her house."Grandmama ! I am home ! Where are you ?” I checked inside her room but she was not there , checked her bathroom to see if she was bathing, she was not there too."Okay . . . I know you are angry with me that i didn't get to hand over the envelope, but I promise you I have a huge explanation for that. In fact you will see it when you lay your eyes on me. I am practically soaked in mud water" I said at the top of my voice still looking for her, I'm sure she will be in somewhere in the house my grandmother hardly went anywhere. She was probably angry at me since I didn't do what she asked. "Where are you Grandmama?” I asked again.Still no response, so I went to the kitchen since that was the only place I have not checked.Just as I entered inside, lo and behold my beautiful grandmother
Dante’s POVI knew I was wrong even before I saw the look in the beautiful stranger 's eyes change into something else after she had just looked at him with kindness or whatever that was. I felt like somewhere in my heart that had been locked away for so long stirred but it had no chance to be unlocked.Even if I was the one who didn't really care about what people thought of me anymor, I don't like communicating with so many people letting them into my space, that was why I have changed places too often for the past five years, but there was a way she looked at me that some how made my lost soul feel alive. It felt like she could see through me, through my pains and my betrayal.I originally didn't plan to wait at all when I realized what had happenedd, I could have just gone my way, as a way of removing myself from the drama that would occur, it was her fault, I had thought, she was the one not paying attention to where she was going in the first place , she was the one who neglected
Ava’s POV5 years later " Ava ! Ava ! ! , get off your bed, I have been calling your name like over a hundred times " I could hear My grandma, Aloha Damaris, barged into my room to wake me up , I could hear that she had been trying to wake me over and over again from outside the room, I was just too tired to wake up completely. I finally woke up to the sound of her banging the doors, yeah that always does the trick, but not so easily because I still needed to find my bearing ." This is the hundredth time I have called your name. Did you forget what I told you to do yesterday , I don't think Mrs Nate will be in for long! , you have to be able to meet her before she leaves , I told you she has something to submit for me at the match making office , I want her to give them in hand , so that it would be attended to properly "" Oh grandmama , it has probably only been the third time , you definitely don't have the strength and energy to call me for even fifty times , and stop with the m