JAYDEN’S P.O.V. Shock! Absolute, resolute shock! I could not believe it. I waited someone to laugh at the joke, but no one did! And dad won’t lie like this. He loves me, more than anyone else, well, maybe mom perhaps! “What?” was all I could say. “Nash found you almost dead beside him. He ran down carrying you, and dad brought you to the medical dorm,” Jared informed. “Why I am not dead? Blue wolfsbane is lethal to our kind,” I started. “My theory is because you were already having antidote in your system. Any other day, or if you were poisoned, within a few hours, you would have been dead,” Dr Serena sighed. “Who did it?” I asked. “Maia, who else?” Jared looked confused. “What?” I was shocked. “When did she?” “She laced a flower with it and tricked you to smell it,” Jared continued. “Luckily you took only one whiff, so only bits of it went into your system, but it caused enough damage.” “I remember waking up a while ago…” I recalled. “Your mind woke up because I h
NASH’S P.O.V. What do you do when the girl you love is repeatedly attacked or hurt! What was the count now? Three, if I start from the moment I had met her… And last two months have been a nightmare. I could not believe my eyes when Alpha had put her on a medical dorm’s bed and she had looked white, as if she was already dead. Thanks to Dr Serena administrations, she was stable, but it had taken almost four weeks for her colour to return to her skin, and that too happened because Faye started healing her. Ever since Faye woke up, she was better. But not enough. I spent most of my time in medical dorm, slept in it too, just could not leave my mate alone there. But she was never alone. She always had a hoard of people around her and one of her family always stayed. Jared and alpha had to literally push me and her mother out of the dormitories the first time. And ever since then, Jared and I have been taking it in turns to stay with her. We had the closest link to her, and we didn
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I could not believe he was crying. He was actually crying. First dad, then mom, and now Nash… everyone was crying on my return! “I promise, but you do know that none of this was my doing!” I sighed. “I mean, I put myself in danger back in Switzerland, but these two times here, was not my fault.” He sniffed and nodded. “My fault, truly,” he sighed and I wanted to hit him but could not. “Can we stop with the crying and blaming and everything, please,” I groaned. “And will you please kiss me already now?” And a grin flashed on face, first smile ever since I woke up… “I didn’t know if you were up for it yet,” he started. “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” I babbled, “less talking, more kissing please,” I spoke hastily, pulling his hands towards me because that was the extent of my movement as of now. And without any further ado, he bent down and pressed his lips firmly on mine. A relief, a gasp of relief, then a moan of relief escaped my lips consecutively as he kissed
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “Gotten quite close, have we? Talking about ‘sniffing’ me to her!” I asked grinning but rolling my eyes at Nash. “Anyone will be if they spend days and nights here,” Nash laughed as he caressed my face lovingly. “What?” I asked again, as he stared at my face with such vulnerable expression that I felt smitten. “Ah… I could just look at you forever,” he smiled. “I love you much… too damn much, Jayden.” And I pouted. “What?” he asked seriously. “I don’t like it when you call me Jayden,” I whispered softly. “But you asked me to call you Jayden… I remember you telling me the same specifically that night…” Nash exclaimed. “I know… I know… Jared said the same too, but I am telling you now, that I don’t like it when you call me Jayden,” I replied staring at my nails. They were incredibly yellow now… Ew! “You don’t want me to call you princess, you don’t want me to call you Jayden, oh Goddess, help me please!” Nash exclaimed. I pouted again. “What should
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I wanted Nash and incredibly so. My entire body was aching now and for very different reasons than me falling in a coma type sleep! I just wanted to lock myself with that boy and have my way with him for days and nights. But it was not happening! “You have to endure a few more hours without your mate,” mom sighed as she pulled me in her office, rather than take me to my room where I knew for sure Nash was waiting for me. I could sense his agitation in my head. “Why so?” I asked glumly. “Because,” mom sighed even deeply, “we need to address the public.” And when I stared at her with the utmost incredulous expressions, she added, “I feel the same way for your dad as you feel for your mate, alright. So, keep that tone away from me…” “I did not even say a damn word, out loud or through mind link,” I complained. “I am your mother, Jay…” and mom narrowed her eyes stating that just because she was our mom, she knew whatever shit was going on in our heads. “And
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. And mom was right. People were agitated that mom had summoned them. I felt their hostility through our mind link but of course, they had to obey a direct alpha command. Normally, for a formal occasion, where mom or dad or both addressed our clan, I dressed in quite a fancy attire, that made girls jealous and boys swoon over me. But today, I picked up a simple knee length black dress, tied my hair in a neat bun and without any make up or accessories, well, except for a small black diamond pendant around my neck and black diamond studded earrings, I walked down. Mom had asked for the gathering to start at 7, and it was 6:55 PM and every man, woman and child from our clan was here, at least who could make at such short notice. People were eying me angrily. Some were even filled with rage. Mom dad must have sensed my unease because they directly took me to the stage we have now built for such occasions. “My fellow wolves,” dad started. And a soft applaud answered h
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “Princess,” the woman on the camera fell to the floor and cried. “Please forgive us princess, we had no idea…” and she cried. “I am fine,” I nodded. “Even if you forgive us princess,” the man spoke glumly, “I will not forgive us. It was our blood who almost killed you. And – and – and – we …” and he trailled off. “Everyone is here to know what has really happened?” mom intervened. “Can you tell us all?” The man nodded. “I am Abraham Gonzales, Maia’s father…” he started. “We are not banished, as many of you are speculating, the alpha had been very kind to us. He has not punished us, though he should have killed us…” Everyone looked at one another. “We chose to leave our home as our penance,” Abraham Gonzales sighed. “Maia, our daughter, was delusional. She believed that Nash, the new alpha male in our home, is in love with her, which he wasn’t,” Abraham Gonzales continued. “She – she got very jealous when the alpha male was kidnapped with princess. Sh
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. One month later. “Are you sure you have to go,” mom asked for the umpteenth time as I packed. “I have to, mom,” I sighed. She looked so sad that I had no strength to argue with her. And of course, she was sad and worried… I have never set foot out of our clan without my parents and a hoard of security. But today, well, technically, tomorrow morning, we – as in Nash and I – are flying off to India. The thought in itself sent severe jitters down my spine. All that I have heard of India, and his family, a part of me did not wish to even to go there. A part of me wanted to beg him to stay here, with me, forever. But he was the heir of Shakti clan. And being the first in line, i.e. first born, and the only alpha male of the alpha family in Indian subcontinent, he had to go… sigh! “You will stay in constant touch with me, won’t you?” mom continued. And I tried so hard, so damn hard to not roll my eyes at her. We had this conversation a hundred times as well.