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
Kian's pov The tone of her voice and the way she looked at me, the way she clicked her tongue it was obvious that the question was meant to irritate me and it did a little more than that. I clenched my fist and I closed my eyes taking in a generous gulp of air that would calm me down. Of course, she was still there but it felt like all of my efforts had gone into thin air the moment I opened my eyes and I saw her again. “Whatever business I have with my wife has nothing to do with you,” I watched as her face gradually lost color. It was one thing for her to call Evelyn my wife out of mercury and then it was another thing for me to claim it with my full chest. She began to scratch on the table in front of her. “Kian, did you hit your head on something during this time of your disappearance? Have you forgotten that she's just a tool for your revenge?”I leaned forward.“I'm the alpha and she's whatever I choose for her to be in my life, she is my wife…”Hailey looked as if she was m
Evelyn’s pov I took another look outside the window and I could feel my heart sinking even more. Why did I even think that he was going to come back? Why was I having that useless hope?I decided that I would just go to bed but it was hard to just ignore that he had actually come last night and all those things that happened really happened between the two of us, it made me feel as if I had given myself up again, that I had allowed myself to be puppeted by him once more.Throughout the day, he was the only thing on my mind. I could not get anything else in my mind and I had a meeting about some land disputes and I barely even listened to their conversation as I had to admit to myself that most of the time my father had to bring me back to reality, snapping his fingers lightly, tapping the table with his hands until I was jotted back into the same room with him but when he would ask me what was wrong I would have my head, put my hair back in place and tell him that everything was abso
Evelyn's pov I look at Kian with my hands planted on my hips and feeling that I had somehow made a triumphant decision with everything I said to him and he would definitely be scared and retreat from the whole decision of wanting to stay with me forever. I had uncovered his secret that he had tried so hard to hide from me and because of that, I seriously doubted that he would still stay and he would bring a stranger with all the complications I carried over to be his Luna. “Is that all you need me to do?” He asked and I was instantly speechless. I took a few steps back but he immediately took some forward to close the distance between us until we were standing the same way we were before and I wished he would just stay away from me because when he was far, at least it was easier for me to think but the closer he got to me, the harder it becomes for me to push him out of my mind and to block him from carrying out his manipulations as usual. “You can't actually be serious about that
Evelyn's pov I was taken aback by this but I did not allow it to completely reflect on my face so that he won't be able to read my emotions so easily.So then I remained calm pretending as if his words did not touch me at all but remained on the surface of my emotions and I asked him to explain what he meant when he said that things were different now. He came and with the gentlest of touch, he reached out for my hair, twisting it between his fingers as he admitted to me that he never thought he would Fall in love like this. I looked at him with my face completely painted with skepticism, maybe a little more than I felt but what I assumed he should see instead of somebody that was ready to jump into his arms with the sign of a little change. “You seem to throw the word love around a lot. You just think that the moment you say things like that I'm going to immediately be wrapped around your finger and not be able to think for myself anymore…”As he was still caressing my hair he to
Evelyn's pov As always I took my father to the living room where I hoped that we would have some privacy, and I told him that we needed it because it was going to be a very important and probably long discussion between the two of us and the last that we would have for some time. Just like I expected, my father looked worried and confused by the way I was. I sat next to him on the couch and reached out for his palm, squeezing it affectionately as he looked up at me, becoming even more confused. “My dear, is something wrong? Are you in some kind of trouble? Just know that your father can get you out of anything if you just tell me what it is. I'm sure that you couldn't have been that responsible for whatever happened…”The smile on my face twitched a little bit as my father more or less admitted that he was willing to support me with a crime and that really didn't sound so out of character for him since he loved me but it made me wonder just how much he had done in his life that he
Evelyn's pov His lips easily stretched from one side of his face to another when he spotted me heading towards the boundary he was waiting leaning against his car and swinging his keys when I arrived. I had taken a cab and when it had gotten close enough, I told the driver to stop and turn around then I was able to walk the rest of the distance. It was a pretty lonely road, so the chances of anybody else coming around were very low, meaning that I didn't have to worry about being caught here with him. “You actually came…” he said with his hand spread and his eyes were practically glowing with excitement as he pulled me into a hug. It took me a while, but I gradually returned his hug as naturally as I could after a brief moment of being so stiff like a statue and it took a while before he finally released me and then he opened the passenger door for me before going over to the driver seat. “I'm so glad that you decided to come with me, I promise you that things are going to be diff
Evelyn's pov Kian didn't seem to believe that his people would have any problem trying to swallow down the information that they were going to be having a complete stranger that they had never met before introduced as their Luna, maybe it was so hard for me to imagine because I could not even think of doing that on my own side, just popping up with a complete stranger that nobody knew anything about and as these thoughts started to run through my mind I realized that was exactly what I did. My people had expected Alex or that time because we were dating and we looked like the perfect match in person and on paper because why wouldn't we be if nobody else knew that he was shamelessly sleeping with my stepmother, of course, we would look like a great match together but then his brother had come and completely swept me of my feet. At first, it was not exactly love. I could say I was attracted to him at that point and really I was desperate. But as Kian stretched out his hand for me ope
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