Evelyn's pov When we finally went up to our bedroom I could feel the tension beginning to rise. The silence in the room that we had ignored for so long could not be ignored anymore. One of us had to say something but I decided that I would be the one to do it after all. It was better to just break the bandage completely than to continue lying to myself like this. "Kian…” I called out his name as if I was still trying to learn how to pronounce it and then he turned around to face me. He had been looking out the window as if expecting somebody to come out of the horizon then he turned around in response to his name, his attention fully fixed on me.He hardly ever got distracted like that, so I was a little bit surprised but I knew that if I tried to ask him about it he would only tell me what he felt it wasn't appropriate for me to know and sometimes I felt like I wanted to know how much more than he decided was what I needed but at the same time I didn't want to press him and I also
Kian's povHer face turned away from me and I could see the redness burning in them and my chest clenched tight like someone was squeezing it, things were not supposed to turn out this way.“It appeared that I had planned out for every single scenario except for this one. Despite the tension in the air, I reached out for her hand and squeezed it tightly."Look, if you want me to be honest with you this really means nothing to me at all. It doesn't change anything for me in the slightest concerning our contract but if you feel like it will be too emotionally draining for you I will not force you to do what you don't want to…"I said and then I added that if she felt she wanted to end the contract at this point then I wouldn't stop her because it was easier to keep out any feelings to keep everything simple. To push away any kind of attraction that was possibly blossoming on its own but this mate Bond was so much more than that. It wasn't something that you could overlook so easily."No
Evelyn's povI felt the sun dating on my face as I stepped out into the garden to ease my mind and to relax with my thoughts. We had concluded and come to a decision with each other but yet I felt like they were still so much. I felt like I wanted to share with him but I promised him that I wasn't going to make him uncomfortable and if it was going to be hard to hold back this spring, emotions were boiling inside of me like a heated pot.I was hoping that I would be able to get a break surrounded by the flowers and their beautiful scent that was so enchanting but I should have known that I was wishing for far too much because it wasn't long before I began to wonder inside the garden that's when I noticed somebody was following me and it was not something that I could overlook because the steps became more deliberate and they were obviously headed in my direction. Finally, when I turned around I was confronted by the hovering frame of my ex-lover who was looking down at me almost sus
Evelyn's povThere had been very few times in our contract marriage that I had managed to make Kian completely speechless and I guess I could add this to the list. I stepped in and my inhibitions lowered because of my curiosity as I asked him who was on the other side of the line and he remained in that post perfectly, not moving a single inch so much that you would confuse him for an artistically sculpted statue if you walked into the bedroom eventually. The steady breathing of his chest is also something that he was able to do without feeling like an athlete falling down on the track only to quickly get back up on their feet again and resume the race.I don't know what was more troubling, as the fact that he did it in the snap of a finger most times making me question my own sanity and if I had misread his expressions or the fact that he felt he needed to do it in front of me and that's brought a bundle of other questions running through my mind."You had a very short stroll in the
Kian's povWhen I first heard about the princess I thought that she would be somebody completely gullible and easy to deceive and I had done everything to make myself a strong pillar in her life yet despite all of this I could still sense the skepticism that came from her.And she was right not to completely trust me, while I had to admit that it somehow earned her my admiration. At the same time, it was also quite frustrating.However, things are moving smoothly now. She had barely noticed my side when she came into the room, so I prompted her to get some sleep. "I don't know if I really need to sleep…" she said even though she adjusted on the bed and was looking at me. It was almost as if she was half expecting me to join her there, at that point she bit her lip and told me that she was sorry for pressing so much that I had worked hard arranging a surprise for her, and yet she had ruined it. "Like I said before, it's not really a big deal this is just an arrangement so there's no
Kian's pov I saw an invisible crack of fear across his mask of strength and I had it to give him credit for not immediately holding up. The brother I knew before would have immediately melted with fear at a sight like that, I will tell it in the back of my mind and continued to look at him intensely until I saw him swallow a huge lump spit down his throat with much effort you could see his Adam's apple popping as he did it then he throws his head to decide, his breathing becoming slightly faster."Why did it have to be her? Of all women you can easily have your pick and with a snap of your finger they are already crawling to your feet so why did you have to pick her?" I leaned against the kitchen counter again, studying him with code speculative eyes then I told him that the real question was why it bothered him so much. Why does it seem to get his knickers in a wrap that I was going after such an electrical bachelorette? He snapped his head to me again gathering up The shambles of
Evelyn's povA few days passed and I was still keeping it a secret that I had finally shifted, nobody had ever really expected it, and I had been branded a failure for most of my life because of it.I didn't want people to suddenly switch up because I had a wolf now so I have decided that the blessed decision was to keep it under the wraps for now. The only person who knew about it was Kian, so after all that time I admitted to him that I had been unable to shift since that encounter in the woods."Not even once?" He said worriedly rolling on his side in bed, it was nighttime and quiet but I feared that all of the courage would immediately evaporate from my body if I kept postponing it like this day after day, so I decided that I was just going to fix it head on whether or not it made me uncomfortable.I was actually expecting him to look at me judgmentally which I have gotten used to. Growing up, people would often look at me only hiding their disgust very thinly, even when I was jus
Evelyn's povI shoved the last bag into the back of the car as my eyes scanned around observing the garage. It was still the early hours of Dawn. We would train until it was almost morning and then at the first pic of sunlight we would be returning back to the pack house.My heart was pounding hard with anticipation. This was something that I had hoped for from a very young age. Something that I felt like I was going to be denied for the rest of my life but somehow in the most unlikely of circumstances it had actually pressed out of me and that was the only thing that smoothed out the soul memory that I had of that day.I didn't realize that I was spacing out until I felt a warm grip on my shoulder and it startled me for a second but I quickly calmed down and looked into his eyes, said nothing then we did this for a while until I felt like I was obligated to say something anything at all he saved me from that by inviting me to take my seat on the front. Before I go ahead to the front