Evelyn's pov It was a very long night for me and I doubted that I really got any kind of sleep or anything worthwhile that could be called sleep because I was thinking about the past. I was thinking about how I had been so oblivious to the way my father reacted, the way he completely gave up on the conversation that he wanted to have with me. At the mention of that night, he sounded so horrified.Maybe there was another incident that had happened but none of it would have been his fault. Why was he not happy that night? Why did he look so guilty? Why was he so pressed to be alone by all means? Obviously, it was not an attack by the enemy because my father would come back looking very tired but that was the only night when things were different. That was the only night when he was looking so bad I could not even understand it or comprehend it at all and my mother never spoke about it. She kept it covered up as his Luna. It was also important for her to make sure that his image was as
Evelyn’s pov Kian looked so shattered when I told him what I had planned out. I had not expected that reaction from him, it almost made me feel like he actually cared but I knew that he was just acting. Maybe he was just holding on to this little straw of hope that I was going to run back into his arms, especially after the story that he had told me. While I was emotionally moved, I told him that I still wasn't going to betray anybody from my home. Definitely not for his sake. Now he looked so crushed he was trying to move around in his chair and I reminded him that they were still a dagger that was dangerously close to his chest and this made him calm down but just a little bit. I could see that he was about to get riled up again at any second.“Why won't you just come with me? For your sake, I would try to forget about this, all of this…”I couldn't believe it, he was really pulling out everything he had to deceive me but I told myself that I could not allow my heart to sway my d
Kian's pov My heart skipped a couple of beats and an awkward smile forced its way across my face as I leaned forward, tipping the chair so much that it was almost resting on only its front legs. “Evelyn, you can't be serious…look, I know you're upset with me right now and you have every right to be about that…but you can't really...you mustn’t…”I tried to string my words together but failed miserably, nothing I was saying seemed to get through to her.“Is this because you don't believe what I told you?” I said, lowering my voice, she shook her head and she was once again looking directly at me, “It is precisely because I'm believing you, that is why I'm letting you go. From what it looks like, both of us are just victims of very unfortunate circumstances…there's no need for us to be punished for the past when we have a future but unfortunately, that future will not be the two of us together…” I was stubborn and desperate with the chair still precariously resting on its front legs,
Evelyn’s povI leaned against my car for a moment and my chest rose as I took a huge gulp of air, my eyes straight passed the trees to the cabin again.“If it hurts so much, then why are you not running back to that cabin?” Alice my wolf asked in a whimper, I raked my fingers through my hair and bit down on my bottom lip.“You know I can't do that, Alice…” I responded regretfully. “Why not?!” She cried out desperately “... He's already proven to you that he's not the bad guy... when you even think about it long enough he's the victim here, isn't he?” I grunted, “...that's why I'm letting him go, this is this is the only way to protect him at least for now,”I grabbed the door of my car, got into the driver's seat, and slammed it shut. Alice didn't say anything more but continued to whimper in pain until I had to shut her out. Honestly, I don't remember driving home, with my last memory being of my wobbly hands resting on the steering wheel and weakly turning the ignition on, I happ
Evelyn’s pov There was no response, I stood at his door with my question hanging in the air until I contemplated just leaving him for the night…I doubted if I was even ready for that conversation anyway.However, my feet were desperately planted to the ground. I needed to know the truth or at least hear from his side or I would lose my mind, so I called out again and there was still no response.Fortunately for me, his door was left open, perhaps he had just forgotten to lock it or something whatever the reason was I took advantage of it by gently opening the door and walking in.When I stepped in I understood why he had not responded all the while, he was lying down on his bed fast asleep, but he had not even bothered to cover himself with his duvet so I went over and helped him to do so gently pulling it up to his shoulders without waking him.I stared at his face as he slept, his expression looked troubled, was he having a nightmare? It Was very heavy. I just missed when everythi
Evelyn's povI gripped tightly to the fork that I was eating with, this witch…she pretended to be pretentiously worried about my relationship in front of my father, I sighed.That was not the only thing she was lying about. “Well we need to understand that he's from a different pack and of course, they do things a little differently there and it was an emergency he couldn't come back to say goodbye to every single person which is why I'm doing it instead,”She propped one of her elbows on the dining table waving it as if it was some kind of magical wand before saying out.“How do you feel about that? Honestly, as a husband, he should have found a way to at least clear his name properly before dashing off like that…”“Well it was an emergency,” I repeated again, my patience running thin. “Then when will he be back?” She asked with piqued curiosity and I was all but ready to climb across the table and yank her by her head. My father fortunately could see the tension building up and he
Evelyn's PovSo 3 days passed in the flash of an eye and I remained cooped up in my bed. I had the servants bring my breakfast, lunch, and supper to me in my room so I didn't step out even for a second. My father would worriedly drop by to ask me if all was well and I still answered him without opening the door that I was fine but I was feeling a little bit under the weather and I wanted to be alone. “Is it about that man?” He asked worriedly over the door. I shook my head, all this time caging myself in here I just tried to forget him but nothing was helping, nothing at all. “Father I told you that he just had to go and deal with some business it's nothing serious,”He was quiet for a while, I thought he was gone until he spoke again.Then as I pressed my ear attentively against the wooden door frame I heard his kind voice sipping through. “Well my dear, I've told you this before, if you need anybody to talk to I'm right here, I don't plan to go anywhere and you know that if you
Evelyn's pov I wobbled over to my car, swinging my keys with more confidence than I was supposed to have being this drunk, my legs were shaking like sticks battling to hold the weight of my entire body and my eyes danced from one direction to another before finally returning back to my car, and I was getting this gargling urge to throw up. Whatever makes they had in this bar was definitely effective, I definitely felt too wasted to think about him but at the same time, I couldn't fish out my car key from the bunch. My shaky fingers struggled with this for a couple of minutes until finally, it dropped from my hand to the other. It took a few more minutes of struggle before I was able to find it kneeling on the ground and scattering my fingers in a broad circle until I finally touched the cold metal. “This is ridiculous…” I said to myself.I was a princess struggling with something so basic, I felt embarrassed and foolish for even coming to this bar and getting this drunk, the groun
Evelyn's pov I couldn't believe that he actually recognized me and I wondered if he was just messing with me but when he said my name, I knew that he wasn't and I wasn't sure how to act around him. I had been holding myself together for when I would eventually leave the hospital then I could process my feelings but now after being separated for 5 years we had collided again, our lives in tangling even though I had done everything possible even traveling across the world to avoid it. “You look very well. I guess the choice that you made to leave wasn't a bad one since you appear to be doing very good for yourself,” the bitterness in his voice was clear and evident then I remembered that he didn't have any right to be angry or at least not at me. I planted my hands on my hips and told him that I couldn't stay with him anymore if he would never tell me the truth. All I asked well was some honesty, for him to respect me enough to tell me what was really going on in his mind and that
Evelyn's pov Even though I knew that the park was just close by and we wouldn't have to go there, there was still a dreadful feeling in my chest, of running into Kian after so long. I never really gave him any explanation as to why I left, he must have returned back to the mansion confused and conflicted I don't know if the letter that I wrote for him would have been enough to satisfy his curiosity but I knew I couldn't stay and say those words, if not I would have never had the courage to leave at all. A tap on my shoulder brought me back to the present and I allowed a small smile on my face as I looked at my stepbrother, Kelvin, I had never imagined that he would become such a pillar in my life, somebody who was once a spineless puppets for his mother had matured into a responsible man and he had girls chasing him left and right but he told me that he was interested in only one person and one day he will confess his feelings to her. I had begged him to tell me who this per
Evelyn's pov The day I made a decision to leave the pack, to leave him, I knew that I could never return back or at least I never intended to and now 5 months had passed it felt like 5 years. Everyday my heart was aching for me to return back but I knew that he would have some kind of convenient explanation or he would deny being part of the council at all but it made so much sense that I was not going to allow him to deceive me anymore. It was not an easy decision to come to and I had no idea where I would even go, all I knew was that I had to leave, now was when I got an unexpected call from my stepbrother Kelvin. He had never reached out to me before, so I was surprised to get his call that night. I contemplated answering it or not, then I decided not to because whatever he had to say, I doubted that I had the Patience to even listen to him but just as I was about to cut the call, my fingers slid in the wrong direction and I answered it by accident.His concerned voice came thro
Kian's pov “It's been a pleasure doing business with you,” I said with a confident smile as my fingers gripped that of my newest associate. The contract that I had just closed down would end both of us millions and that satisfaction was almost enough to make up for the 3 days that I had spent away from my mate.Well almost…I had already booked a flight and I would be pulling her into my arms once again in less than 3 hours or so, so with an expectant smile on my face, I checked out of the hotel that I had been staying for the past 3 days and made my way to the airport, my eyes were glued shut throughout the entire flight and everything seem to blur until finally, I was driving into my mansion through the gates. A maid came to take my briefcase and I easily handed it to her asking her if she knew where my mate was. Her face suddenly paled up, and then she started shaking a little bit, her lips obviously trembling as she visibly battled to get out her words saying that she had no ide
Evelyn's pov The search for my father's killer went on for months, it started with days and then it dragged out into weeks until months passed and yet there was nothing. It was almost as though they appeared out of thin air and after committing that heinous act disappeared like dust in the wind. I mourned for my father until my heart wanted to bleed right out of my chest. My only consolation was my husband who was there for me during this difficult time, promising me with all of his heart that he would find my father's killer but despite all of his efforts, nothing came out of it. One dead end was just followed up by another one. Eventually, after catching him looking through the little evidence that could be found at night barely allowing himself to sleep I had to call it quits but he was stubborn about letting go insisting that if he just kept looking he would find the killers. On one of such night, I caught him in his office after waking up in bed and finding that his ow
Evelyn's POV When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I got was an urgent text from my father's personal investigator urging me to reach out to him as soon as possible. My heart quickly found its way to my throat. I had a nightmare and it involved my father and now this? Calming my racing heart, I took a few breaths and then made the call and on the second ring, he picked up and his voice was low. It was always sort of monotone but now there was something beneath it that made a pit my stomach grow even deeper. “Is something wrong?” I couldn't help asking and his voice was a few decibels as he dropped the bombshell that left the room spinning around for several seconds until I spoke again in a response. “You must be joking…” I said, my voice coated in denial. “You can't be serious, please tell me that you are joking right now…” “I'm sorry you have my condolences…” I wasn't able to listen to his next words because the phone fell from my trembling hands, and if I h
John's pov “This has to be a joke…” I said for the millionth time throwing a folder back to my desk. My personal private investigator looked at me with a source of resignation on his face and he told me that he was confident of his findings.I looked at the folder again like a bomb that was about to explode cautiously touching it and I opened it up. The first thing I saw randomly was a picture of a boy and standing next to him was the familiar feminine face that made me close the folder once again, my chest burning up. It couldn't be, it just couldn't be… “Alpha John…” My private investigator was about to speak but I held up my hand. I needed a moment to digest this so I dismissed him, leaving me alone with all the evidence that brings back memories from the past, memories that I thought I had long buried. And along with it came intense guilt, just as I was battling with this, Quinn appeared in my office with a cheap smile on her face but right now I needed to be alone. When she g
Evelyn's POV I looked down at my wristwatch for the millions of times and a heavy breath left me as I tilted my head up and groaned afterwards. I was hoping that this flight would make me get to my father faster but instead it ended up getting delayed because of an incoming storm.So I was left with no other choice, I had to Lodge into a hotel for the night, I would be coming back the next day to quickly catch my flight it was already too late to consider going on the road anymore and I would still end up wasting the same amount of time anyways, so I might as well just get on a flight. At least, I wouldn't have to worry about traffic or anything. When I was settled with my baggage I lay down on the bed with my shoes. I feel like a bigger traitor than those two shameless people for not telling him this. How was he even going to react when he knew that I had been keeping these secrets for so long now? I squeezed my fingers together until it pulled into a fist and I was agitated just
John's pov My wife stayed in the basement longer than I expected. I thought that after a couple of hours, she would come out but it was only the next morning that I was able to convince her. I brought some food for her, an omelet and some bacon because she had also refused to eat anything from the previous day. Then, standing at the entrance of the basement, I knocked to get her attention. “Quinn, don't you think that this is unnecessary?” I asked her “Both of us are adults so we can discuss this as adults..” “I don't want to discuss anything…” she cried out. “Just tell me that I can go, that you don't need me anymore, and have my bags packed for me so that I can leave immediately. I have dedicated so many years of my precious life to you and you won't even trust me I don't want to talk about it,” I looked down at the plate of food. “You haven't had anything to eat since last night. Are you really planning to starve yourself to death?” There was silence for a while before sh