I had tried within the past few days to forget about my discussion with Ezra in order not to spoil what I got going with Keanu. Now that he was standing in front of me, it all came crashing back. I may not know what to do but I’m certain that following Ezra was the wrong thing to do. I can’t do Keanu like that, not when he was doing his best for me and I was a fool keeping this from him in the first place. Ezra was definitely up to something or maybe not but I’m not going to fuck around and find out. “Well?” He was waiting for an answer. I took a deep breath. “I did, and I decided to stay back here” He was expecting to turn him down, I could tell from the way his eyes widened. “You don’t think I meant what I said?” “I don’t know what to think anymore, but I’m more confused about why you want to help me all of a sudden” I threw my hands in the air.“I told you, I’m all about the good of my people” “That is hard for me to believe, not with everything I saw when I was at Eldamore”
ALPHA’S POVI caught Ezra’s eyes staring at Jade so many times during the annual meeting that I began to wonder what was going through his head. He’s probably thinking of ways to take Jade away and hand her to the rogues to use against me but I’m sure he knows better than that. My position as the Alpha King has been solid for years now. No one dared to challenge me because they were aware that none of them would ever win. I had nothing to lose. But that wasn’t the case anymore. Jade was in the picture now and they will do all they can to get their hands on her which I will never let happen.Many of the Alpha despised me because I wasn’t in support of their evil ways unlike my father, and they would do anything and everything to dethrone me as the Alpha king and put someone who would bend to their evil will. This was one of many reasons I didn’t go easy on Jade during training. I won’t always be by her side to protect her so she needs to be able to defend herself cause many people wo
What was I thinking? How can I be so stupid? Tears spilled down my eyes as I was trapped between the two rogues, my heart pounding hard like a drum. I tried to break a run for it but was instantly tackled to the ground with a large paw on my back. The wolf in front of me ran towards me but a thundering roar from the one behind me stopped it, stopping my heart as well.Slowly, I peered back over my shoulder and it was a very large black wolf, a familiar one. Was that…Keanu? I’ve seen his wolf maybe once or twice when I was still a slave. His paw left my back while his eyes pinned the other wolf. I got up and with his snout, he pushed me behind him. Its warm brown and familiar eyes confirmed that it was him. He nudged me away with his head and I fell back on my ass. He turned back to face the rogue that was pouncing in readiness for an attack. Keanu’s wolf kept snarling at the rogue, warning it to stay back but the wolf looked determined to get to me. I crawled backward with my hands
“Oh my god, Jade it’s you” The girl yelled and hugged me tightly.“You know her?” Rodor asked and I nodded.“My sister’s friend” I answered. It was Bridget, Juliana’s friend back at Eldamore. I hugged her back feeling happy to see a familiar face around here. “Oh, I see. I’ll leave you two to catch up then” Rodor said before leaving.I released her from the hug and she took a step back to take a good look at me. With tears in her eyes, she said “You look good. What are you doing here? What about Juliana?”I wiped the water in my eyes and shook my head. “It’s a long story but to make it short, I ended up here while I was looking for her. I don’t know where she is” I sniffled.“What about you? How did you all end up in the woods?” I asked.“Why don’t we go in and I’ll explain, my legs are killing me” She pointed to her ankle that was wrapped up in a white bandage.“I sprained it while we were running from those other wolves,” she explained as we in and sat close to her in her bed.“I’
I woke drenched in sweat and panting very hard from a nightmare. My hands were trembling as Keanu took them and drew me to his chest.Drawing circles on my back and feathering kisses on my face he soothed. “It’s okay. I’m here. It’s just a bad dream”It’s been so long since I had dreams like this and I knew it was triggered by the rogue attack in the woods. It was still very early in the morning and I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I stayed up with Keanu as he calmed me till morning fully came. We skipped training because he wanted me to get some rest. I remained in bed watching him get ready to leave.“Can you stay with me for some time before you go?” I asked and he stopped to look at me.“Of course, are you okay?” He walked to where I was lying in bed.“Yeah, I just want to stay with you for more minutes”“Do you need me to call Rodor?”“No, I’m fine, I'm just shaken by the nightmare,” I answered.He tucked my hair behind my ear and gave me a light kiss on the lips.I held his hand
His mouth crashed on mine instantly and he kissed me with a burning hunger. I moaned as his tongue licked my lips and slipped into my mouth. My hand curled upwards into his hair and I tugged on the strands earning a growl from him. His mouth left my lips and came down my neck, then I remembered we were in his office and the door was open again“Keanu” I pant and he moaned “Keanu” I called again and he hummed not listening to me, he must have thought I was moaning his name.I smiled and said “Can you lock the door”He stopped and then pulled away to look at my face “Come let’s go to our room” He said and I nodded.He guided purposefully back to the room and locked the door. His hands were back on my body after that.He brushed my hair away from my shoulder and lowered his mouth to my skin, tasting it, biting lightly. His hands went round me, finding the zip of my dress and pulling it down. He slipped the dress down my body until I was left in my bra and panties. His eyes skimmed down
I could feel his presence within me and all around me. I can’t explain the feeling but for the first time, I felt the bond, our bond thrumming inside me. He told me he loves me and that took me by surprise, I didn’t reply because I was caught off guard and never imagined that Keanu would fall in love with me. I love him too and wanted to say it back when my confusion cleared but he must have taken my silence as a sign that I didn’t feel the same. His face was in my hair and I turned around in his arms to look at his beautiful face. His eyes were closed and his face relaxed, making him look at peace.“Good morning little human, how do you feel?” He said with his eyes still closed.“A little bit sore,” I answered.My body felt sore from all the activities we engaged in last night and I just want us to remain like this. I wanted to tell him how much I loved him too, but bringing it up now would seem a little too awkward.“Come, I’ll help you bath”He stood up from the bed and lifted me
I practically ran out of the hall after the last girl sat down and I noticed Eliana from my peripheral stand up and come after me. I only slowed down when I was away from where the girls were still loitering. Leaning against a wall, I took deep breaths. Being in that same hall with not just Imelda’s eyes that was centered on me but also her hair that reminded me of Grey and how he died suffocated me and I couldn’t breathe properly.“Hey, are you okay?” Eliana asked as she finally caught up to me.I swallowed the lump in my throat and nodded. “Yeah, I’m good”Imelda will never forgive me, and now I’ll be seeing her everyday. Why is she even here? Keanu was still paying them, why then did she apply to work in the castle? This was what I wanted to ask but it’ll be rude of me to ask.Eliana cupped my face and my eyes focused on her “You did the right thing and Grey will be very happy” I took steady breaths and reminded myself that this was for Grey. His sister probably wants to earn doub