~Asher~ I finally got back, knowing she’ll be up by now but I walked in the same way I went out. She was still out of sight and it didn’t look like she had gotten up from her bed yet. I move to sit down on one of the chairs first as I was a bit tired from the warmly morning ride or would I just be sincere and confess that this whole issue was what’s weighing me down as all I could think of on my way back was how I was gonna come up with the perfect plot and catch them in their own schemes. It was all too quiet to miss that sound as her sobbing could be clearly pointed out and heard since it was just the both of us here. I remained where I was listening to her sobs as I repeated calmly to myself that she’ll be fine. I remained there for some time before deciding to stand up and walk into her room to find out what the issue was, not minding if she was going to throw anything at me as I could feel her panicking and she was angry at the same time. I pushed the door
~Asher~ I couldn’t tell exactly what she was thinking as she pushed me out in the calmest way. And I don’t know if I should be worried as she didn’t come out all through the day and night and stayed locked up in her room but now with no sounds or crying sounds coming out of her room. I walked aimlessly round her door till it got really dark outside and decided to sleep first. Maybe she’ll have something to say in the morning. I thought completely wrong as she still wasn’t out by morning and the silence was slowly eating me up, making me more worried than I could ever be as different thoughts were flooding in on their own. I would never hold her down for whatever she has in her mind after telling her all that I just did last night. I’ll even be more surprised if she doesn’t do anything, knowing how I still had a lot to pay for and this wasn’t the time to be greedy with both of them. My thoughts were a bit clouded as I tried moving up and down to think it through as thin
~Hazel~ Stuck in between trying to pull myself together and also handle the thoughts of Jaden being okay even when I know he shouldn’t since he was kidnapped. I couldn’t completely hold back as I allowed the tears to run freely from my eyes. I was well aware I was home alone so I had the liberty to express myself how I wanted without distraction and even if he still stepped in, I knew I wouldn’t feel the need to cover up. I hate him but he doesn’t ever look at me in such pitiful way that I notice and become very conscious. And I still hate the fact that he knows almost everything that I feel and seems to understand every single one of them. I allowed him to talk to me and I listened. He was very confident about Jaden being safe and unharmed and inasmuch as that wasn’t what always happened with kidnapping issues. I wanted to believe him and listened whole heartedly, allowing his words to work the worry out of my heart. He goes on further to explain why he knows so
~Hazel~ I stood still as the tears ran freely on their own accord and they took note of my presence and stopped with whatever they were doing. “Is all you just said true?” I asked again as my voice lost its strength and I could feel knives piercing through my heart and every part of my body. It wouldn’t have been a big trouble if it was Asher driving that knife straight into my heart but it was Tristan. As much as I knew I heard correctly, I still didn’t want to believe it and was hoping I heard wrongly. Maybe everything is taking a toll on me and I’ve started hearing things differently. I tried to hold my gaze with him, begging him to please say something else that meant it was all a joke or I heard wrongly. My eyes pleaded with him but he looked back at me with guilt and sorry in his eyes. “It can’t be!” I screamed out loud as I used one of my hands to hold my head in place and placed the other on my waist as I turned round in shock, completely lost for wor
~Tristan~ How do I explain myself to her? The moment I heard her voice speak from right behind me, I knew that it was over. I couldn’t keep up with it again. Where do I start with my explanation? How do I tell her that she wasn’t a mistake, I didn’t meet her by chance. That i sent letters to Asher using other wolves in my custody to break them up, so he could send her out of his pack. I calculated everything and my theory never goes wrong. How do I tell her that I should be blamed for every single thing that has ever happened to her. From when taking secret photos of her and threatening Asher with her very life. She was completely innocent and her only crime was to fall in love with an alpha. How I sincerely wished she wasn’t ever with him in the beginning. She wasn’t part of the plan, in fact the original plan was to abduct her and threaten Asher with her life at the very edge. We were eventually supposed to kill her with the little life we were well aware that was grow
~Hazel~ I was hurt, was bleeding in different places and never thought I would ever bleed like I was from the inside. I held Jaden so tight, holding him very close to my chest as I was carrying him with my hands. I moved past them all and went ahead with Asher right behind me. His explanation shocked me to the very core. How could he do that to me? Messing with people’s lives because of selfish ambitions wasn't enough to do what he did. I tried to hold everything back as I didn’t want to wake Jaden with my crying. I tried to remind myself that all was good now as long as Jaden was safe and back in my arms. I put him to rest on my bed as I moved quickly to start arranging my bags. No way I was going to stay here after everything I just heard and saw him do to me without feeling any empathy that Jaden was just a little child. “I’m leaving.” I quickly searched for my phone and called Rose. I spoke quickly into the phone, not wanting to explain myself or say anythi
~Hazel~He didn’t show it but I could tell he was happy I said those words. He didn’t waste time and helped me pack up quietly, looking back at me every second, checking if I wasn’t going to change my mind. My mind was completely made up, no way I could stay here after he did all those dreadful things. I wouldn’t have thought of the rest of things as he helped me out even though it was all a plan but the very fact that he involved Jaden in all this mess was heart wrenching enough. That I’ve calculated everything now and Jaden was only with a heart condition because of him in the first place and then he still prevented him from getting a donor. How much wickedness could he have up his sleeves that he couldn’t just spare Jaden out of it. Right now the devil I know which is apparently now guiltless is better than the angel I thought I knew but actually didn’t know anything about him. The thoughts of everything he had done was what was pushing me out of here, refusin
~Hazel~ (Weeks later) “Who took the freshly squeezed orange juice in the kitchen?” I walked into a bunch of wolves scattered around in the sitting room playing video games with Jaden in the middle, thinking he could hide from this as I knew for certain he was the culprit. “I won’t repeat myself again boys. Let’s all start talking while I’m still in a good mood.” This was the last chance I was going to speak up. It was becoming a norm nowadays that he’ll do something and they’ll all cover up for him making me feel like I was the bad one in everything. “Mama, did you ask daddy? I saw him there earlier, I’m sure he thought it didn’t belong to anybody.” He spoke calmly like I had no idea and if I wasn’t already used to this I’ll say I’ll be deceived and believe him. He’s completely changed and has become more outspoken. He’s taken up new habits too of following his dad and Ross on patrol every day now and then. He never misses it and looks forward to the