Elena povWaking up the next morning to the smell of breakfast and coffee I rub my eyes to wake up before I sit up on the couch.Trying to figure out what the clock could be right now when my eyes land on Claire who is stirring in the pot on the stove. I guess she feels my eyes on her back because she turns around and get eye contact with me."Good morning! Sorry if I woke you up, but I will have to leave soon" she says and I get up on my feet and start folding the blanket and place it on the pillow before taking my bag."I just need to use the bathroom!" I say and she gives me a nod when I take my bag and start to head over to her bathroom."I placed a towel for you on the sink in the bathroom if you want to take a shower there is time before breakfast is ready!" She says and I have a hard time understanding why she is this kind to me! A shower would feel nice tho."Thank you!" I say and head over to her bathroom. Coming inside I see she has placed a towel on her sink and a bottle of
Elena povI'm frozen to my spot when they all stop talking and pay all their attention to me, fear takes over my senses when their intense gaze is taking me all in. I feel like a prey they are after to hunt.Trying to swallow a lump in my throat and get an apology out before I run out of there."S..sorry!" I manage to squeeze out and slowly take a step back while my eyes are constantly on them. I hear a pair of feet coming to the left when I'm about to turn around and get out of there."Are you here for the job?" I hear a woman's voice but ignore it and take two steps toward the door."Stop!" I hear a voice boom out and I get dizzy in my head from how frightened I am. Heavy steps come walking up behind me but I don't dare to move when a large hand grabs my shoulder and forces me around to face him."Will you stop it! Can't you see how frightened she is of you. Now let her go and I will take care of it!" The woman says and I just try to get some air down my lungs again. I don't dare to
Elena povI have been helping in the kitchen for several hours since two chefs started to work with their grandson. Preparations needed to be done and after they understood I am used around a kitchen they had a lot of things they wanted me to help them with.They are nice, James and Lily and their grandson who is just a few years younger than me and he helps in the kitchen when he's not a school. His name is Oliver and he is a bit shy.When customers started to arrive they had their hands full and several other people started to work. I went back to the washing room when it was needed and had my hands full just to keep up with all dishes.Hours went by and when we were in the middle of having our busiest hours with everything Sofia came running inside to me."I need you to go up to the important meeting room and get the dishes down, a glass of wine has been spilled and you have to clean it up! You will be back down quick again" she says and I feel how all the blood from my head disapp
Elena povA moment goes by and I just stand there lost in his eyes when the door is opened and a pair of feet are walking inside the room, breaking me out of my trance.Averting my eyes from his I place my cleaning supplies on the tray and start gathering the dirty glasses.I feel his intense gaze on me the whole time!Two men come to stand beside me and I hurry up."Boss they are here any moment!" A man says when I take my tray and walk away from the table and over to an empty one. Placing the tray down I walk over and pick up dirty glasses on the other tables as many as I can carry on my tray. I hear everyone talking but don't pay any attention to what they are saying, just doing what I came here to do as fast as I can.Trying to avoid coming too close to anyone while I do my job.Putting the last glasses on my tray that I can carry I lift them off the table and turn around to walk out of the room, only to come face to face with him. I almost drops my tray out of shock, didn't hear
Elena povA woman walks fast behind me and rushes by, I stand closer to the wall and take a breath of relief when she is out of my sight.I have to get a grip and try to calm down before I meet Claire. Taking the last corner I see Claire sitting and waiting on a bench and it feels nice to have someone waiting for me.Even if she still is a stranger!When she sees me she smiles at me and gets up from her seat."Had a first good day?" She says when I come close to her."Yes, it was. I have some food with me to us from the restaurant!" I say and show her the bag."Perfect! Let's go home" she says and it feels strange to say home. I don't have a home, right now it's a place to stay at and I'm grateful for it. We start to slowly walk back to her apartment while she talks about her day and asks questions about mine.Answering her with what I can while listening for any strange noise. Nothing is alerting my mind but I look at my surroundings from time to time. It's late in the evening and af
Elena pov I have a hard time believing what I see in front of me. I'm staring right into the eyes of a black beast, I only can describe it as a mix of a bear and a wolf. The eyes are pitch black and I see it sniffing in the air before it starts to growl. I hear more snarls and around the animal comes four more what I only can guess are wolves. They are big but not as big as the black one. The others are either grey or a mix of grey and brown. I'm shocked by the sight of them and don't know how to get out of here alive. To them, I guess I'm just dinner and have nothing to put up against them if they are about to attack. I don't dare to move and on the other hand, I have to try! Taking a slow step back while I keep my eyes locked on every move they make when I see the black one taking a few steps closer to me and sniffing in the air. My heart is about to beat out of my chest and I have my eyes locked on the beast in front of me when I take a slow step backward. I'm certain this
Elena pov Freezing on my spot my legs start to shake while I try to put my weight on my good foot. I don't dare to turn around and see who it is, and at the same time, I don't think I have any option to get away from here without. "Turn around!" Comes the voice again and I take a deep breath and slowly start to turn around and see who it is behind me. When my eyes land on the two big bulky men in black suits behind, all I want is to bolt out of there! It's obvious they are his men. I know there is no way for me to escape them and especially not now with my injured ankle. "What are you doing here!" One of them says and If I could avoid answer I would. Taking a breath and trying to find my voice before answering. "Just out for a walk and made a wrong turn!" I say and try to sound as convincing as I can. Seeing them eyeing me closely. I feel small under their intense gaze and try to steady my beating heart. "I will be going now!' I say and swirl around and try to take a step with
Elena povI couldn't get much sleep, my ankle throbbed painfully whatever I did and at one point I fell asleep in pure exhaustion for a few couples of hours.When I heard Claire get up and start her day I tried to sit up on the couch. Placing my foot down on the floor I already feel the pain I'm going to have the moment I start to place weight on it.Looking down at my ankle it's black and blue right now and I hadn't expected anything else. Using the couch armrest to get me up from my seat I carefully start to place some weight on my hurt foot.It's painful and I have to sit back down when Claire comes out of her room. She stops right in front of the living room and looks at my ankle."What has happened?" She says and makes her way over to me."I tripped over a rock last night!" I lie to her. Can't have her know the truth about what I did."Lay down and let me take a look at it!" She says and motions for me to lie back down. Doing what she wants I lay down and place my foot on the bac
Elena pov Looking at our daughter in Aziel's arms I smile at the sight of her tiny body in his arms. She was just born and the nurse have cleaned her up and put her in some pink clothes I have no idea where they came from. "She is beautiful!" Aziel says and walks over to where I sit on the bed when he places her down in my arms. "Where do the pink clothes come from?" I ask him while looking at our sleeping daughter in my arms. "I bought them!" he says and I turn my head to look at him. Surprised he bought them before she was born. "You thought it was a girl as well?" I ask him in surprise when he gives me a big smile. "Or I bought two sets of everything!" he says and gives me a wink when I shake my head at him. "Don't tell me you did it!" I say and look at him, he doesn't have to say anything for me to already know that's exactly what he did! "Though it didn't matter since you want a big family we might get use for them anyway and if not I'm sure one of the others will get a b
Elena povRubbing my growing belly through the dress I have on I feel a kick in my ribs and have to bend forward when his hand comes to my back."How is it?" Aziel asks me and I place my hand on the desk and rise."Just a kick in my ribs!" I say and turn to look at him when he grabs me and lifts me up before he places me down on his desk. He takes a seat in his office chair and pulls it closer when he places his head against my stomach and his hand is on the other side."Now you have to be good and don't give your mother a hard time through the ceremony!" he says to my belly and I place my hand on his head."I don't think she cares whatever you tell her and once she is out we will have our hands full!" I say and smile at the thought when he lifts his head to look at me."Are you sure it's a girl?" he says and I only smile at him. We wanted it to be a surprise when the baby is born and the doctor where forbidden to say anything. I have known it for a long time it's a girl even if I hav
Elena povThere is no doubt in my mind he took out some aggression in the bed last night, I was prepared for him to come back and be angry at me but instead he ravished my body for hours until I was completely spent. I'm not complaining at all, he only turns me on more by being dominant and rough.Feeling a hand on my belly before his lips kiss it. Tingles play on my skin under his touch and I never want to leave the bed again."Good morning love!" he says when I open my eyes and turn my head to look at him. He is looking down at me from the side where he is laying and looking at me."Good morning!" I say and yawn, I'm tired from the lack of sleep, and most of all I want to roll over to the side and go back to sleep."How do you feel?" he says and I'm perfectly fine besides hungry. My stomach starts to rumble and speak for itself when Aziel chuckles at the sound it makes."We better get you some food!" he says and places his hand on my cheek before he leans down and pecks my lips."I
Elena povStanding in my place for a moment when I don't hear anything I start to slowly walk past the big table in the room and head for the doorway. Turning my head and looking down the hallway I hear a pair of footsteps and turn my head the other way when my eyes land on his.He stands in the hallway only dressed in a low hanging towel around his waist and looks at me for a long moment. My heart starts to beat faster at the sight of him when he starts to take long strides down the hallway to where I stand. He looks newly showered and his hair is still wet.His eyes are pitch black and the closer he gets I feel his dominant aura surrounding him. He doesn't take his eyes away from me and once he reaches over to where I stand with my back against the doorway he grabs my butt and halls me up in a swift motion.Wrapping my legs around him to steady myself he presses me back against the doorframe before he grips the back of my head and forces my head up. I don't get any chance to speak w
Elena povHe doesn't say anything for a long moment before he takes his hand away from my belly and pulls me closer to him. His lips come crashing against mine in a hard demanding kiss, I have to take a deep breath when he finally lets me go."I figured it out and that's why I came back! You should have told me instead of keeping it a secret, I wouldn't have left you! Why didn't you?" he says and doesn't let go of his hold on my head when he looks intensely at me.His other hand is placed on my waist in a firm grip and I know he won't release me until I give him an honest answer."I didn't want to tell you when we had an argument. I wanted you to be happy about it!" I say and look right into his eyes when he takes a long look at me before he answers."Why wouldn't I be happy about it? It's our child!" he says and I don't know what to answer him, my reasons feel stupid right now."I'm sorry!" I say when he wraps me up in his arms and holds me tight to him."Don't you ever keep a secret
Elena povWith all this anger in my body, I'm about to burst any second and I have to focus on trying to calm down.Turning my head to look at him his face is only inches away from mine."I won't give you that kind of satisfaction!" I spit at him when he starts to laugh and holds his grip tighter. His claws are almost cutting into my skin and I fear what will happen to me if he breaks it!It's my mother's venom that has changed him but if it gets into my body, will we survive?"Too bad you're not as strong as your mother! I will have a good time breaking your spirit and killing that bastard of yours!" he spits and that's the last push for me. He will not hurt my child!Taking a deep breath I let my wolf slightly forward and my claws slip out of my fingers, a golden shimmer coats my vision for a short second when I see him get a victorious smile on his face. Like he has won!Gathering all strength I got he grabs my hand when I try to scratch him down his face, but that was just a diver
Elena povI see the man I thought was my cousin look at me with a smirk on his lips when he pulls Aziels cousin to his side. It takes a moment before her eyes meet mine and I see guilt in her face.On her neck lies a new mark and I feel a bit bad for her to be mated to him, and at the same time her betrayal is fresh in my memory and we wouldn't have been in such trouble if it weren't for her.She averts her eyes and doesn't say anything when she looks to the side and I see a large new cut on her cheek and down her neck that has started to heel. Can only imagine who has given it to her since I know very well what he is like."Feel good about yourself right now with your mate by your side! once I get free you will not breathe much longer!" Sam spits at her when I see his cousin take a step back with her head hanging in defeat. She doesn't speak and I'm sure she has been beaten to silence by him."Let my friend go! She has nothing to do with this!" I say and hope they will release Sam wh
Elena povHis grip on my throat gets harder when I feel his face close to my ear. I try to mind link both Sam and Sofia but can't reach anyone of them and I instantly fear for their safety!"So you figured it out at last!" he says and starts to laugh a wicked laugh that sends a chill down my spine."Yes!" I say and wait for him to stop laughing. His scent is clear to me and for once I know he is a wolf, nothing I ever knew or saw any trace of when I lived under his roof. He never shifted near me and I had no idea how a wolf smelled!"But what I haven't figured out yet is your connection with the doctor!" I say and hope he will reveal the truth to me."Oh! You mean my sister!" he says next to my ear while holding his grip tighter around my neck. That's the next puzzle piece I needed."You know when she told me your mother was pregnant we started to plan the whole thing. But we didn't expect your mother to figure it out and hide you before we could get our hands on you! Well as you know
Elena povTurning around without a word I head right for my chambers, I hear them walk behind me. No one says a word until we have reached inside my chambers and closed the door."Now spill!" Sam says once we are inside and I'm not surprised she doesn't waste a second to know what's going on.I walk right over to the couch without answering and start to take out my mother's journals when they both walk over and take a seat on the couch."Aziel talked to me this night and agreed to start a family under one condition!" I say and open the first notebook and place it in front of me."What's the condition?" Sofia asks and I turn to look at her."If I get pregnant I will have to be by his side every second of the day and he will have more guards around me! Even have Sam following me inside the bathroom!" I say when Sam bursts out."Hell no! I'm not following you inside the bathroom, I'm not interested in seeing you do your business" She shakes her head and has her hands up in surrender. I w