~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
~Hazel~ I sat still in the sitting room right beside Asher with our hands intertwined as he tried to keep me calm. I didn’t know how I was going to feel or react with him here but with Asher right beside me I’m sure I wouldn’t react the way I could already picture myself reacting. We were seated with Ross and Leo standing on the right and left side. Other men were waiting around as Jaden was inside his room staying away for now. They came in, Tristan and Jason as they looked a lot worried and sat down on the chair opposite us. “A bit offensive to start brewing up more issues Mr Ligerton?” Asher didn’t wait for them to settle in and asked all at once. “You’ve done quite a lot and while I was giving you the doubt of stopping with your games after the first, second and third, you still didn’t stop and continued with your threats to wipe out the whole wolf race? Who are you to make such threats?” His voice refused to keep calm as with each new sentence his voice deepened
~Lily’s pov~ “Get this into your freaking head! I won’t repeat myself twice today again, DON’T PASS HERE WHEN I’M PASSING, EVER!” Jaden drew me closer with his hands clinging tightly on my shoulders, like he wanted to drain the very life out of me. With that look of his that always said to much like I was pushing a dagger through his heart when he was literally always the one doing and pushing his imaginary dagger himself. He’s the only reason why I’m really thinking of leaving mom and everything behind but on second thoughts why do I have to leave because his actions are saying I should? The bitter side of me has grown so much that I don’t want to just leave to relive him of his pain. I hate it when he even as much as come to breathe the very air I breath too. “So where do you expect me to pass when I need to go down, brother Jaden?” I stretched it out looking at him with his face very close to mine as I could spell out the hatred in his eyes and hell I didn't mind it an
~Lily~ The smell of freshly cooked meals filled the air as we all sat comfortably round the table with our eyes fixed and ready to feast on the meal set before us. I could already imagine and see what was going to be the outcome of this meal after the end of everything as I let a smile sit playfully on my lips. He sat next to dad, fulfilling his soon to be alpha duties as he was next in line and would soon assume his duties. I guess I wasn’t the only person that sees his real side and I’m sure the moon goddess is with me on this as he still hasn’t found his mate at 22. But I still prayed to the moon goddess to give him one as soon as possible as that would should take me away from his radius and maybe then I could probably live without him lurking in the shadows. “Why are you staring at your brother like that, Lily?” Mama’s sweet voice rang out freely and all their eyes turned to face me except father’s. “Ouu definitely another fun action coming up.” Cam said cooly
~Alpha Asher~ “They are prepared and ready?” This was a one time thing and we could not let anything go wrong about it. “Yes alpha, I just heard back from Kade and they should be here on their way tomorrow. “Nothing should go wrong about this plan or we’ll never be able to find out who the real culprit is.” The worry etched on my face wa becoming a normal due to stress, deprivation and lord more. This was a serious issue on ground and even as it looked actually like nothing, it was slowly eating his way to the heart of werewolves race. It was a great threat and easy means to curb it was never going to be an option right now. “You still think someone among us is the culprit?” Ross asked, real worried as he still found a bit hard to believe. “Even as hard as it may seem to believe, it’s the outright truth and I know it so well.” I gave him my quick reply as we decided not to talk about it anywhere here as apparently in a war ground, the walls
~Lily~ The image of last night's ordeal came flashing mad somehow I could feel my cheeks heat up with pink hues. I woke up and was just staring at him. It took a while to get out of his arms that he wrapped all around me and then without thinking it through I turned to face him. I was flooded with different kinds of emotions that I couldn’t put a name on it. The only thing that made sense right now was to stay right there and stare straight at his face. He was officially my first in everything that he’s done in days. I wasn’t too knowledgeable in these things but I wasn’t at ignorant to know that he made me c*m several times last night that I lost count. And with every strength that I had gone, I fell into his arms as I continued moving with so much vigour like he couldn’t get enough. I could still feel his breath on my neck, when his hands finally made contacts with my br**sts. The pinching, the squeezing and oh my, my head was already spinning a
~Lily~ It was becoming a simple reality as I stood in his room with my back facing the door. I tried real quick to catch my breath as the images were looking very vivid. It was dark in here and yes I did notice that the paintings were nowhere in his room when I was here earlier. That was the very least of my problems as I was head on facing the bed, rethinking what I just did. “Good thing, I like the light out too.” I could hear him utter very clearly in his light hearted tone. His voice resounded like a calm river, with its currently but more like it was currently at sleep for a while. Wait? Please tell me I didn’t just tell him I sleep with the light on. ‘Oh yes you did. And you said it so boldly like you were ready for anything tonight.” Raya spoke out not so calmly as I could see that I wasn’t the only fidgeting right now. I wanted anyone to tell me just know that I didn’t indirectly tell him I was cool with whatever would happen tonight. “D
~Lily~ “Did you have a nice sleep or are you still busy with my mom?” His voice swept in like he’d been waiting for ages. I didn’t reply immediately as his voice was the first thing I heard after sleeping for only god knows how long. And the mention of how he personalised his mom strangely sounded not so annoying like it always used to be. “Should go on helping her again soon enough.” My reply came like it wasn’t an issue talking to him in my head. Like I never used to have issues with him hanging in there in my head without permission. “Ohh really? You mind telling me all about this help that only you can offer, or can Kade come lend a helping hand?” He sounded so aware of everything being a complete facade. And with the sound of things, he just wanted to flow along. I took a second to really wrap my head around it as the fact that it was me having a conversation with Jaden through the mindlink and there have been no shouting and disagreement. “
~Lily~ I didn’t let the reminder that it's soon going to be my birthday get to me for long in my head as it drove different signals to me. I was supposed to be up and ready to leave according to what i had planned with Raya. Nothing was eventually stopping me and this was entirely what I was looking forward to but suddenly the urge to run away was slowly fading away. Like I could literally feel it and I’ll be deceiving myself if I said that was exactly what I wanted right now. Hate? Yes I still hate him and I also still wanted to find out why I could feel his sincerity through those words he uttered to me. You can pretend and fake sincerity but you can never fake it so badly that the other person listening doesn’t feel it to know if you are lying or not. “Oh my, thank goodness you are fine.” Her voice brought me completely out of it as I stared into complete emptiness. I must have stayed still for so long, thinking and drowning myself that I didn’t real
~Lily~ “Are you okay baby?” My mom didn’t waste time and went all out with examining my body and her eyes showing too much concern right now like she just saved me from the lion's den. “I’m fine mom, why are you so worked up?” I found myself asking after removing the hand I placed aimlessly on my forehead, that depicted my lack of understanding what was going on. I wanted to go on and ask all the questions in my head but I held back and swallowed all the words at the tip of my tongue, knowing I should be grateful right now that I got out. “Definitely not what I heard so I have to double check.” She didn’t agree with me and still continued. She changed tactics this time around, making it seem all funny and held back my laughter, trying to link one and two together. “Molly got to you?” I asked the question without even thinking twice about it. I already even concluded that it got to be that or nothing else. And while her actions were funny to me, holding back was gettin
~Kade~ “I just need to speak to him for a minute, it’s very important.” She kept on begging and pleading with her eyes as she didn’t dare go all touchy with me. “He’s busy. If it’s so important you can relate it to me and then I’ll surely let him know.” I faced with all seriousness so she could back off. I didn’t need a soothsayer to tell me anything before knowing that she was outright lying to my face and making up excuses just to meet Jaden. I guess keen eyes can be awarded to me after walking in the shadow of Jaden and watching his back. I knew everyone that had potentials of being a pest and had to keep details and tabs on them just in case. “I can’t tell it to you, I need to pass this on myself.” She said still speaking so softly that it was irritating to listen to her speak. I’m not sure it was her voice that was making me lose my patience. It had to be the very fact that I still remembered clearly what she had done to my future Luna. Yes
~Lily~ This was all looking extremely far from all the tricks we went round with or used to go round with. Now it was looking so scary and trying to put up a face or pretend my way through this wasn’t what I wanted to do. It was meant to be the end point as I opened my mouth and spilled all that I should, securing myself from whatever he had planned. He went calm, his eyes lowered, staring and holding mine in place. It wasn’t too surprising anymore since it had become a norm for days now. The words he spoke next also kept me quiet as I listened with utmost interest since it all revolved around me. He explained himself, saying things I thought I’ll never hear him ever say. ‘The almighty Jaden was apologising to us?’ I asked Raya as we found it so unbelievable but that thing in the depth of us could witness with him that he was being sincere. You could sense and see it with the way his eyes moved and looked so soft and gentle even they gazed directly at
~Jaden~ “Do you need anything?” I asked her, watching closely as I managed to make her sit on my bed with my different sets of portraits pushed to one side of the room. I didn’t really think about what to do aside from sticking my hands all over her body and places where she’ll definitely not be in support of. “Anything that’ll keep me alive would be fine.” She uttered with so much anger in her voice that I held back the urge to laugh at how cute she looked even when she tried to frown. I pretty much was blind and too carried away by pain and past events that I let it cloud my emotions and even my person. It was going to be hard to actually prove anything to her but I’ll try my best to make it quicker as I want her always with me. “Got that. Anything else you’ll need or you want to try to be a more specific lollipop?” I tried my luck one more time with her. “Yeah, how about your head on a platter and you stop calling me that.” She snapped with her head bringing out