"I want to betroth your daughter to my son, Darell. Is that okay with you, Amanda?" Aimea asked her best friend.Amanda pretended like she was thinking about it. When she still didn't give any answer after what felt like an eternity to Hannah, she responded on behalf of her mother."Yes, ma'am. I'm sure she should be delighted to do that," Hannah told their guest in her angelic voice.The two older women laughed over the enthusiasm of Hannah toward the betrothal, but she didn't mind. After all these years of waiting, she was finally getting the one chance she had pleaded with the goddess to grant her, and she wasn't ready to let it go no matter what."Since that is settled, I would like Hannah to return with me today itself. That is if it is okay by you, Amanda," Aimea said."Sure, dearest friend," Amanda replied to Aimea."In that case, I'll go get my wardrobe ready for the journey," Hannah announced to them. She got up from her sitting position and swiped her hands on her clothes t
They returned to the room where Hannah still sat calmly on the chair she had sat on before they went out. Aimea told Hannah that she needed to get some things done. She winked at her son just as she went out of the door, leaving the two of them alone. Darell walked into the room fully and cleared his throat to get her attention. When Hannah looked up, he smiled at her."I know my mom introduced us before but, I'm Darell." He told her and stretched his hand toward her."Pleasure to meet you, Darell. I'm Hannah." She responded with a smile and shook the hand he offered."So, who is Hannah, and what is she up to?" Darell asked.Hannah smiled at him before she said anything. Then, she explained how she had left for Australia at a temper age to school. She told him about when she returned to Cyprus and how the rest of her pack had a hard time accepting her as one of their own because she had been away from them for too long. Hannah also told him she owned a boutique store in the city w
For today, Marcelyn had decided that she was learning how to shop and how to tell the hairdresser that she needed to change her hair. She also needed to express correctly to the makeup artist what types of makeup she wanted the person to do for her. She went to the mirror and stood in front of it. She practiced the new words until they stuck while she held her note. When she was sure she could write them perfectly without her note, she dropped the book and tried. When she got the words correctly, she smiled to herself.She took her bath and prepared herself for her outing. She also got a scarf and covered her hair and face so that she could keep people away from her, just in case they still remembered her face from the hospital video. When she stepped out of the house, she went to the first boutique on her list for shopping. As she stepped inside, she was amazed at the number of different clothing and shoes, and bags that she was surrounded with."Good afternoon and welcome to the
About an hour later, Marcelyn was out of the boutique with a new dress on her body and a bag full of new clothes. She didn't know how much they cost and she didn't care much about it since she had used the square thing Darell had given her when she left about a month ago. He had told her that all she needed was to give it to the people she bought something from and they would get their money from it. She had been skeptical when she gave it to the attendant but she relaxed when the woman smiled and handed the clothes and the square thing back to her.Her next stop on the list was the saloon and Marcelyn went over to the place. When she got there, she met yep customers on the ground and the head stylist there offered her a seat and gave her a book to look for the style she wanted while waiting. By the time it was her turn, Marcelyn didn't know what style to settle for."Made a decision yet?" The stylist asked her."Just redo the hair into something nice for me," Marcelyn told her.
Finally, he had been able to command the respect that he wanted from his people. While on the recuperating bed, Fred had changed all the help that surrounded him. From the beta to the omega to the general and his assistant, Fred had made sure he replaced them all. He had let those that he could only trust among the elders remain as elders but the rest, he flung off his list. When they all saw that he wasn't ready to have their trash anymore, they all sat even tighter than they already did."Alpha, I heard you sent for me?"Fred looked up and saw old Joe standing by the door. Old Joe as everyone in the pack calls him was the oldest member of the pack and the eldest chief with his age running through a century now. Everyone in the pack, including Fred himself, respected the man a whole lot since they gained and learned a lot from him. The only thing Fred hated about old Joe was how the man always stuck to his time to come even when Fred had given him the order to come immediately.
Marcelyn took a deep breath to calm her fast-growing jealousy. She knew that if she didn't, the jealousy would turn to anger and she was bound to do something awful. She looked at the arm the woman still had about Darell and shook her head to clear her head. For all she knows, the woman could simply be an acquaintance to Darell.With that thought in mind, she took another step towards them and stopped again as Darell whispered something to the redhead with him. The redhead smiled and hugged Darell, then promptly kissed him on the cheek. The jealousy Marcelyn had been trying to keep at bay sufficed. Before it would turn into anger and she would murder anyone, she turned away from the two lovers and walked away from the park.Darell pulled himself away from the hold Hannah had on him.When a woman had stopped in front of them and gave him a suggestive look, he had thought that he had seen a way out of the predicament he was in, only for Hannah to put her arm around him in a manner th
Marcelyn moved her phone to a better angle so that she would be able to follow the chef well without missing any vital point of the things he was saying about the meal he was preparing. The thing was she was cooking a meal for Darell as a surprise. She knew that he wouldn't be expecting such a thing from her and that added to her enthusiasm for making a sumptuous meal for him.After Marcelyn had left the park in anger, she returned home and waited for Darell to return. When he returned, she immediately confronted him without letting him get even a breathing space. Darell had laughed at her first before explaining to her that there was nothing between her and the redhead. When he had told Marcelyn that they were only together because they needed to get something for his mother, she had relaxed visibly.After that day, he made sure to return home every night to sleep. Then, once it was morning, he dressed up and went about his daily duty. This left Marcelyn alone in the house with lo
That broke the spell for Darell, and he stopped what he was doing. Slowly, he disengaged from Marcelyn and cleared his throat. His wolf screamed in protest, but Darell shushed it down. He looked at Marcelyn, who stood still like a statue, and spoke."Anyway, what I wanted to tell you was that I don't want you to change since I like you just the way you are," Darell told his mate.Without waiting for an answer, he walked up to his room, leaving a dazed Marcelyn staring at his back.Marcelyn stretched a little, and the tiredness she felt radiated all over her face. She had her head on Darell's lap while the man was getting some work done on his iPhone.He would stop what he was doing at intervals and thread his right hand through Marcelyn's hair to feel the softness of it.Sometimes, he would love a few strands between his fingers and twist them around to play with them. A time or two, he had bent down and stolen a kiss from Marcelyn when she least expected it.Marcelyn felt very happy