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
Evelyn's pov "Can we take a break now?" I said with a desperate sigh, I sank into a comfortable rock behind me as my feet were wobbling like jelly and sweat was dripping down my face.I expected that Kian would be gentle with my training but I couldn't have been any further from the truth. As soon as we got into the woods he had me jogging, I realized he was more familiar with the boundary than I had anticipated, and until our running both felt like the equivalent of 5 miles before he finally decided that I could rest for about a second or two. I don't think it's even a rest but rather a moment for me to catch my breath."Are you already tired?" He asked as he squatted down to meet me at eye level.It took a while to meet his eyes."I'm not used to this kind of intense exercise," I admitted in a breathy voice, adjusting on the rock.He cocked his left eyebrow."Didn't your father train you?" He said, his voice carrying an undertone of disbelief, I shook my head."My father told me th
Evelyn's pov So I fished out the phone and a grave voice followed after it was the doctor, he told me that I should rush over that my father was having a relapse, immediately I turned around I tried to force the words out of my mouth and because of that I found my mouth open and yet no words were coming out. Finally, I found my voice and I told him that we had to go to the hospital immediately. He raised one of his eyebrows curiously, then he asked me if there was something wrong with my Dad.I wanted to say something again but the words were stuck in my throat so he just helped me on my waist and we started heading out of the woods. There were some clothes in the booth of the car obviously we didn't want to return back stinking of sweat.As we were heading towards the hospital and I fiddled with my fingers, I began to wonder why my father had to suffer like this. He was a good man and yet bad things kept happening to him no matter how hard I tried.I could feel Kian's gaze on my fa
Evelyn's povWhen we arrived back in the Packhouse I told Kian that I had to go and meet my stepmother he was surprised by this he told me that every time I met her or we crossed parts we always seemed to get into very nasty arguments but there was no need for me to waste my energy on somebody like that. I knew that the hospital would probably call us to ask her about her opinion and they also told her about the condition of My Father."I just want to put her in place before she starts getting any more funny ideas,"I knew that she was still urgently and desperately searching for any way under the Sun that she could use and twist up in order to have my father forcefully taken off life support so warning her like this was necessary even though it was tiring. Before I went over to her room I thanked Kian for standing up for me in the hospital. It wasn't as if I was not capable of standing up for myself but just the feeling that there was somebody there and I was not all alone was a reli