OLIVE
I walked down the stairs, my hand moving across the handrail of the stairs. My eyes were red from the sleepless night and constant tears. My head was banging so hard I could feel I might collapse very soon. I couldn't stop worrying about Nolan. Bella and Ella had tried to cheer me up but with Nolan's absence, nothing could cheer me up. It's been a day and Nolan is not back. I couldn't help but think something bad had happened to him and as much as I was assured he is fine and will be home soon, it was difficult to believe them. I dragged my already tired body to a nearby stool and sat down."Are you ok, ma'am?" One of the guards asked. I nodded and smiled slightly. "You don't look ok, ma'am. You need some rest""I-i am fine. Thank you"Duncan walked into the dining room. "Olive, look at you. You look horrible"I sighed. "Any news yet?. Any news that can cheer me up?"He walked closer to me, placed his hand on my shoulder, and patted me. "He will bNOLANI opened my eyes wondering where I was. Everything in the room seems strange. The last thing I remembered was falling after being stabbed. And it was in the middle of a thick bush and not on a cozy bed. I could perceive Olive's perfume and I knew immediately that I was back home. The room was becoming familiar too. How did I get into my room? I thought. Did someone bring me back? I mean Martin, did he bring me back?. Why...Olive stood up from the bed, jolting back to reality. I held her hand when I realized she was about to leave. I could feel her hand, shaking vigorously. I knew she was so angry but why I couldn't tell. "Olive," I called. "It's good to see you again"She sat beside me and held my hand. "It's nice to see you too. I'm so happy you're back. I thought I have lost you". She was crying and I wondered why. Did she miss me so badly?. Or she thought something bad must have happened to me?I smiled at her. "I thought I will never see you again too.
OLIVEIt's been a week since Nolan was brought back and he had been recuperating faster than expected. He can now walk a distance on his own. I made sure I spent quality time with him just in case he needed anything. Bella, Nigel, and Ella were available too and they kept teasing me about how I had cried and refused to eat while he was away.Nolan teased me too. He claimed I was in love with him and wasn't ready to accept the hard truth. He said he was ready to wait until I pick up the courage to say it. Though he might not be able to wait for long. All I did was laugh. He might be right about me being in love with him. He might be right I wasn't ready to tell him how I feel. But that's because I wanted him to get well and return to be his usual self. I hate to see him confined to that bed. I hate to see him being supported before he could move. All I wanted for him was a quick recovery so we could go out to the mall again. So we could go to the cinema. So we could visit
NOLANAfter Olive ran off because she kissed me, Nigel walked in. He was grinning and I knew immediately that Bella had told him what had happened. "Is it true?" He asked, still grinning"What are you talking about?" I asked, feigning ignoranceHe winked at me. "The kiss. You did not tell me you both are having a thing now""We aren't a thing yet. Did Bella tell you that?"He chuckled and sat down beside me. "Did you finally tell her how you feel?. Did she tell you how she feels too?. I heard she kissed you first and then when she was about to pull away, you pulled her back. You..."I groaned. "Hey!. Can you stop that? I can't believe Bella told you all that"He frowned. "You haven't answered my question"I rolled my eyes. "I don't owe you an answer to any question""Are you shy?" He asked"Hey, I'm not shy""It seems you are". I wanted to say something but my phone rang. I checked the caller and it was Martin. I stared at Nigel
OLIVEI was furious that Nolan lied to me. That he kept me in the dark and made a fool of me. That he made me fall in love with him twice, not knowing he was the same. I had thought I was a confused person. I had thought I was the weird one. The one who got mated to two people who are both alphas. One gentle, and the other ruthless. I had thought I was the strange one who had fallen in love with two alpha. I had had sleepless nights wondering why I loved the ruthless alpha as well as Nolan.I had thought something was wrong with me. I thought if I tell it out to someone, they will see me as the strange one. They will tell me I was sick and confused. But who would have believed that Nolan was the ruthless alpha?. He had no single trait I could think of that is the same as the ruthless alpha. Everything about him seems too gentle to be ruthless."Was he the ruthless alpha or he is just playing tricks on me?" I thought. Is there something I have been missing out on?.
NOLANI have been restless since Olive found out about my real identity. And though I said I wasn't going to tell her anything because I can't tell her my reason for hiding my identity, but will wait until she is ready to talk, I felt I had chosen the wrong option. I felt telling her the truth will have been the best option to choose but that will put her in danger. That put the rest in danger too. They will become my weakness just like the parent. I was worried after I tell her, I will want to let my guards down. And when I do, it will be the end of me.I couldn't trust her. Trusting people had been a difficult thing for me. Looking into what had happened to my parents who had lost their lives because they trusted too much and also thinking about how I had been betrayed twice, trusting has become an issue. There was no way I would tell her the trust. And there was no way I would accept being the ruthless alpha.I had come up with a perfect thing to say. There wasn't
OLIVENolan's words kept ringing in my hear. "She wants to leave. Let her go!!!". All I wanted was for him to tell me to stay back. I was ready to wait until he is ready to tell me why. I was ready to stand by him. I was ready to stay by his side but he told me to leave if I want to. He cared less about my feeling. I thought he loved me. I thought when he told me back then, I was his mate, he did that because he loves me. I thought things were going on we'll between us.As I dragged my bag out of the gate, I hoped he would run after me and hold me back but instead, he stopped the rest from running after me. He stopped me from making me stay back. I had thought saying I was leaving will make him have a change of mind. If I wanted to leave, I would have left right away. I would not have let the rest know about my leaving. I won't have stayed back a bit, hoping when he finally shows up, he will tell me not to leave.I walked a distance until a saw a bus station. I ordere
NOLANAfter Olive left that day, I sent some guards after her to confirm she got home safely. I returned to my room to have some rest. I thought I would be able to sleep but I couldn't. I was bothered about Olive and wondered if she went home straight or visited somewhere else. I wondered if she was ok. I kept pacing around my too. Nigel did not show up too and I wondered if he was furious I did not stop Olive from leaving.I waited for the guards to come back and tell me if Olive has gotten home or not. The guards returned some hours later to tell me she got home safely. They told me she wanted at a nearby bus station for an Uber to come to pick her up before she headed home. They said they had to wait for a while to be sure she wasn't going to leave the packhouse. After confirming, they had returned to tell me. Hearing that, I felt at ease.It was good to hear that she has gotten home. I knew she needed time to sort things out. She needed time to heal up and I am re
OLIVEI thought leaving the mountain pack for a while was the best option. Mom was beginning to suspect something was wrong. She was beginning to ask questions on when I would return to the fire pack and why Nolan had not visited me at all. I left the packhouse in a hurry so that mom won't have to ask me why I wanted to go to my uncle's pack.When I told dad about leaving, he only nodded his head but said nothing. I suspected something was going with my dad but just like the strong person he is, he hid it so well. It seems my mom did not notice too cause if she does, her reaction would have shown it.When I got to my uncle's pack, I tried as much as I can to put the past behind me and focus on the future. I sighed and dragged my bag slowly into the packhouse. My uncle and his wife were glad to have me. "Olivia, you've grown so big" my uncle's wife, Natasha said, hugging me"Good morning, aunt""It's good to have you here, Olivia. Surprisingly, you ain't sayi
OLIVEI don't know what Natasha had been telling Nolan before I came in but I heard her tell him to leave. I heard her tell him I wasn't going to leave my pack because of him. She was right. I wasn't going to make that decision before and I am not going to make it now. When I waited for him to come to stop me, I had thought of changing my mind. I had feared I might change my mind if he shows up. I had thought I will reject my pack for him. That was the only way I thought I could prove to him that I love him. That I am willing to sacrifice the things that make me happy, for him.But having waited for a long time, hoping he would show up and he never did, I realized I was wrong. I shouldn't change my mind. I should not think of staying back because I will regret it. As I stepped my legs out of the fire pack gate, I made up my mind never to show up again at the fire pack. Never to think of seeing him again. I made up my mind to leave with the pain and never love anyone again.
NOLAN"You are not going to make her stay?" Nigel asked and I shook my head. "You will let her go without a fight?""I can't keep her with me" I answered flipping the pages of the book I was holding."You are letting her go for the second time, without a fight?"I closed the book and sighed. "I don't want her to regret staying back here""Do you think of how she feels?. Why did you not let her make her decision herself?""She was going to leave, I know that. I just don't want her to feel bad leaving me. I don't want to be pitied""Nolan, letting her go isn't the best option. Do you think she will reject you?"I shrugged. "I can't say""If she doesn't reject you, you won't be able to resist her for long""She will have to reject me""And you will lose half of your power. If you are not strong enough you might lose your wolf. What about her?. What if she dies?"I blinked. "She is not going to die. She is strong enough to take
We were there when the elders made their final decision on Salvador and his accomplice. They were sentenced to death by hanging. Just what I wanted, though I would have preferred Salvador to be killed by me. But watching them being hanged, for the first time, I felt their punishment was too harsh. "They should have sent them away like before" I had thought as they closed their eyes to their final breath.I do not know why I suddenly had compassion for them. They killed my parents, killed Ella's dad and some of our pack members lost their lives for their sale. They killed Nolan's parents too and other people that had lost their lives. Why should I have compassion for them?. Why should I feel sad that they were killed?.I watched them being brought down and ready to be buried and I sighed. If I had killed them myself would I feel this bad?. Is this the reason Nolan stopped me from killing him?. Different thoughts ran through my mind as we returned home. I locked myself in my
OLIVEI was surprised Ella wanted to go face Salvador. Though I know she could do it, I worried for no reason. Having lost my parents and knowing the pain that comes with it, I wasn't ready to lose anyone else. When Nolan looked at me to know if he should let her go, I couldn't say no. I wanted badly to say no. To stand on my ground that someone else should go.But looking around the room, I realized I don't want to lose any of them. Not even Martin or Arden who had been of great help to us. I realized in as much as I love Ella, I love every one of them too. But the work to be done must be done by one of us. I wouldn't risk letting someone else do it. Nolan will not accept too, after being betrayed twice.It's surprising how he had come to trust every one of us in the room. I suspected he find it difficult to trust people. Within these recent days, Nigel had told me what had happened to him and I realized he had passed through a lot more than I am doing right no
Nolan"If you love me and care so much about me as you claim. You will come with me" that was the words she said and I found myself following her. "Nolan" Nigel calledI stopped. "Nigel, get more men. I will go with her. I can't let her get hurt" I answered"Did you... I mean, you completed your mating...""Let's talk about this later. Just do as I say"He nodded. "Be safe, brother""I will"I left Nigel and ran after Olive. "Olive" I called. She stopped walking and turned. "I will go with you". She shrugged. "Do you have any plans?"She sighed. "Stop being worried. If your mind is clear, I will be able to think well"I nodded. "Ok""Can we go now?""Sure"I wasn't sure if she knew where Salvador had gone to but I followed her anyway. "Are we going on foot?"She nodded. "I saw him run past this place""What if he left already?""I know. I just need a few things. We might have to look for his new location agai
OLIVESeeing how easy our first attack was, I was hopeful, we will get Salvador soon. Although the alphas of the packs we caught were not ready to tell us where to find Salvador, I was still hopeful. They were the loyal ones who despite he was the reason why they were driven from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere. He must have something he had been using against them.I knew I needed to find out what that was. They will help us get words out of their mouths. We returned to the fire pack, leaving Martins and his men as guards with them. I trusted him to do a good job. He is the ruthless alpha's, right-hand man. and is strong enough to withstand anything. Arden was there to help him too. Though we had plans to hand them over to the elders who had sent them to exile for a proper judgment, we needed to keep them safe until the right time.Although Salvador won't be taken to the elders for judgment. They had given us the go-ahead to kill him when we
We were deep into the woods and night was setting in already. I knew Ella and the rest would be searching for us. They might be calling our names. We can't stay here and will need to return home. It was getting cold and she might catch a cold. I stood up and pulled my coat. I dropped it on the floor. "I will stay behind that tree over there. You can change and wear this coat. Call me when you're done"I stood behind the tree waiting for her to call me. While I wait, I could not help but wondered what would have happened if I did not show up. Seeing her kill them, I could not help but wonder who they are and what she planned on doing after that. I have fear, she might do worst than that and I won't be there to stop her. "I should have marked her. That will help me track her". Though she is my mate, I can only get her scent from a short distance. If she's far away from me, I won't be able to get her scent. "Maybe I should complete the mating". I groaned. We are not on good terms,
NOLANThe door closed behind Olive and I sighed. What has gotten into her?. Why is she so bent on getting Salvador?. Why isn't she thinking about the risk?. If it was easy to get him, I would have gotten him right before he attacked her pack. "I will go check how she is doing," Bella said in a concerned tuneI nodded. "And me too," Ella said standing up.I nodded but said nothing. I picked up the paper she dropped in front of me. I stared at it, studying the plan she mapped out. I noticed it was a very good plan if only it was as easy as she has written it. I sighed. Why can't she understand things can't be done like that?. "You were once like her. Remember?" My subconscious mind said. "You were once blinded by revenge" it addedI nodded. Yes, I was once like her, blinded by revenge. I once thought a lot about the perfect way to get Salvador. I had tried so many ways to get him but as days became months and months, years. I have come to realize that I can't get t
OLIVEMy pack members were happy to hear that I am mated to the ruthless alpha. I guess that took away the fear that had been looming in their hearts. When Nolan ended his meeting with them and I called them for mine, they were so happy they kept thanking me. I realized there was nothing to talk to them about. I had come to know why they had thought I needed a mate now that my parent are dead, but after what Nolan did, there was no need for that anymore.I returned to the mountain pack after speaking to my pack members, about random things. Seeing them so happy and at rest, after hearing that Nolan is the ruthless alpha and also my mate, I knew I had nothing to worry about. Ella and Bella offered to follow me. And though I told them not to, they wouldn't budge. When we got to the mountain pack, Ella hugged me. "I'm happy you accepted Nolan""I did not accept him, for real. You know that. I only did that for my pack member" I answered"Are you sure you did that fo