Evelyn's pov Those words came out of my mouth before I could even stop them but I knew that they had been buried in my heart for far too long and what she said provoked me to speak even if it sounded foolish. At first, she let out a very dry laugh. “So you're telling me that despite the warnings that I have given you, you are still going to pursue after him. Do you know how insane that makes you sound? Isn't the safety of your people supposed to come before everything else?”For someone like her, she was really going so far I thought in my mind before I responded to her, “I understand everything that you have said, you claim that our Union will bring disaster to the world, well it still doesn't change my feelings for him even if you like it or not,”She appeared to be so appalled as if she was going to throw up on the sidewalk at that moment because of my words alone then she planted her hands definitely on her hip and told me that I was just joking but I couldn't be serious about
Evelyn's pov I was quiet and my silence alone was enough to tell her that I didn't know that much about him; she immediately landed on that with glee.“Here you are declaring your unending love for him, and he doesn't even feel remotely the same way. If not he would have told you the truth but he didn't…”I opened my lips while my mouth was dry and I knew that I couldn't defend him. I was sure about my feelings but I was not 100% sure about his own. There was still a chance that all of this was nothing but a game to him.If he was serious about me, why didn't he tell me this? He should have been able to but instead, he intentionally held back on that information. I had nothing to say back to Hailey, bitterly I turned around and she continued to pour more and more insults on me but I was so overwhelmed that I didn't even hear her at some point.I returned back home and made a beeline for my bed quickly before anybody could interrupt me or catch me and start asking several questions th
Evelyn's pov When I fell asleep, then I got into a deep dream I found myself in the woods and it was dark at night but the light of the moon kept everywhere bright, I was struggling to get up on my feet and then someone suddenly stretched out their hand, I was so desperate that I was ready to just reach out and hold on to the person's hand until I got a look at the person's face.Quickly I took my hand away as if I was about to touch an electric naked wire and I could see the hurt that came over his face when he noticed that but he quickly wiped it away and offered his hand again to me which I also refused again. “What am I doing here? And what are you doing here? You're supposed to be as far away from me as possible, by now you're not supposed to be here right now. I need you to leave…”I said, as I struggled my way up to my feet and then he shook his head. He told me that he was not leaving unless I gave him a chance, but I didn't want to listen to him. I didn't want to give him a
Evelyn's pov At first, like every other normal person, I wondered if I was hallucinating but his touch was so real, that I could feel the warmth that ran across my cheek as soon as he pressed his hand against me and it was startling as it was exciting.But I quickly got back to my senses. He was not supposed to be here, he was not supposed to be on top of my bed and he was definitely supposed to be several miles away, so why on earth was he here? He had a sly smile on his face, it was like he could tell just how mortified I was by everything, he wasn't supposed to be here, I had made so many arrangements to make sure that he would be as far away as possible not for him to crawl back into my bed, well there was a solution for everything. I told him that he had to leave as soon as possible I didn't want my sacrifice to be in vain, and then he dropped a bomb on my head, he told me that he had been interacting with me when I had been asleep and he knew how I felt I could feel the blood
Evelyn’s pov I could feel my blood boiling, he was acting so sincere, what a joke…. The probability that I didn't know about his secret.“You act like you are sincere and as if you will put out your entire heart to me but I know that you are just lying, that's all you have been doing since the moment we met, lying to me, feeding me with it fantasies as if I need them to breath and stay alive…but in the end you were just trying to take care of your own skin while taking advantage of me,”Despite the fact that everything I was saying was the truth he still managed to look at me as if he was the most flabbergasted person on the entire planet, as though it was impossible for him to wrap his head around what I just said. “Evelyn, what do you mean by that? I know I have told you a couple of lies but I've opened up to you about everything. I don't even think I would ever be able to tell somebody about what happened in my past but I shared everything with you because I wanted you to under
Evelyn's pov He was visibly hesitant to share and he tried to dance around the topic, but I insisted on it, I told him that if he was just going to be playing games with me then I was going to leave the room, he looked worried about what I said that and then he told me that there's no need for me to leave the room.At this point, we were almost brushing shoulders when he admitted to me that he had actually been in the woods.Immediately in alarm, I told him that he was supposed to go home, that there was no way for anybody to live, he should have gone when I asked him to. “Everything I did, I did it for you. I couldn't just bear to leave you alone as much as I tried to…” he said, his voice rising in volume but not aggressively, however, I could hear that there was a small undertone of annoyance. “Just think about it, do you think you are the only one suffering here? You make it seem like you're the only one in pain but I'm also suffering too I also need you too, Evelyn,”At this po
Kian's pov I tried to look at her face but she immediately started staring at her bookshelf as if she had never noticed having it before, I guess I was a bit naive to think that it would all work out in one night, but I wasn't giving up yet, however, I didn't want to push her so far besides I have some business that I had to take care of.“I can leave this place if you want to, but as for your territory I'm going to have to stay for some time…”She finally turned around to face me and then she demanded to know why I still needed to stay longer if I was planning sneaking into her bedroom as a regular thing. She told me that last night was not going to repeat itself, that it was just a one-time affair. I chuckled a little bit. There was also another time she understood that she was in a one-time affair with me. But somehow life kept bringing us back over and over again, there was no way this would be happening unless we were destined to be with each other, so I was not going to worry
Kian's pov I knew that trying to trace down Hailey might turn out to be a pain in the butt but fortunately for me she was not making it very hard for herself to be found, I only had to ask a couple of questions until I was pointed straight at the woman with mysterious powers and I knew that it match the description of that witch perfectly. Calling her directly had been a waste of time because for some reason she had decided to stop answering all of my calls, she would just deliberately allow it to ring until it was over and then when I saw that it was a waste of my time I stopped doing it. I knew what she was trying to do, it wasn't really Haley unless there was some kind of twisted game wrapped up in everything she did. She was intentionally making it hard for me to find her while also living close at the same time. I wouldn't be surprised if the flamboyant show that she was throwing off using her abilities like a mere commodity was to draw me closer to her.As I gripped title to
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