___ROSE'S POV___
When Nate came in with the news that he's found donors, I almost want to accept that he actually did. I was slated until I thought about it a second time, it's nearly impossible to find donors in less than a day, not just any donors, lung donors. And plural too, which means two people must have agreed to donate their lungs for my aunt. This seems like a fairytale, one where the knight in shining armor solves the problems of the lady in distress. It seems unlikely that this is true, if it's a prank, he should stop it, the last thing I'm toying with is my aunt's health.
"Come in and tell us about it" Harriet says, jolting me out of my thoughts. This is when I realize that I've been staring at Nate since he opened his mouth to speak, like he was an apparition that I've never seen before. Someone steered me to a s
____ROSE'S POV_____Helena was still droning on the phone when I heard the knock. I wasn't expecting anyone to knock on my door so it shocked me a bit."Helena, I'll speak with you later. There's someone at my door and I need to check who it is" I say and end the call before she could reply. I'm sure she wouldn't be angry about that. I'll just text her later and apologize for dropping the call so abruptly.My first thought on who it might be at the door is that it's one of my siblings coming in to check on me since I've been gone for a while, since the time I went with Nate. My other thought is that it could be Nate coming to apologise. If it is, then there's a chance I can forgive him for insulting my family since he's sincerely apologising. But that's unlikely. With the state of anger he
____NATE'S POV____When I left Rose and her family at the hospital and dropped off her friend, I had one destination in mind. My parent's house. I need to help her and the information I need to do that is in my family's house. I don't know what's prompting me to help her even though it's none of my business. I drive as fast as I can to the house and heads to the room where the archive is. We have an old-fashioned cabinet we use for this and we also have it on the computer. The archive contains every information on everyone we have had dealings with in the past as well, those we have with currently as those we might have with in the future. These people include allies, enemies, rival packs and packs whose territories we've conquered. The later file being the biggest. My family has always been obsessed with power and it was passed down to me too. This archive is just for our pack business only and has nothing
___ROSE'S POV____I've been up for a while now. I just laid on my bed thinking of how today could go. It's either of two ways. It can go good if they agree to do it for us willingly or bad if they decide they couldn't care less about Nate's threats and not go through with it. I hope it's the positive part.As soon as I saw that it's almost 7am, I stood up, freshened up and wore my outfit for the day. I forewent my usual morning run/mini workout. I'm sure Bessie will understand. At 7am sharp, I knocked on the doors of my siblings. Some of them are already awake, the others, drowsy with sleep. I told them to be out in less than twenty minutes so we can have a light breakfast before heading out.Harriet, fortunately has already prepared breakfast early and after everyone of us are settled, we
___ROSE'S POV___I know my fear might seem invalidated, but it's rational. If anything goes wrong, it might lead to the death of my aunt and that's what none of us want. We just have to have faith at this point, wait and hope that nothing goes wrong."It's fine, doc. Can we start the tests now? So we can know when the surgery will take place and we can prepare for it? I also need to tell the rest of them about it so they can mentally prepare for anything that might happen or go wrong" I'll have to be the one to break it to my siblings. I'm sure the doctor will be the one to tell my aunt and uncle, so that is covered." You can go now. The men can stay, I'll arrange for the tests now". His attitude is different now that we have donors, he knows that we've put in effort to fi
___ROSE'S POV___When I looked around, I couldn't find who had said my name. No one was looking in my direction or even waving to let me know that they were the ones who called me. I shrugged and assumed that someone with my name must have been called. Only God knows how many people named Rose are in this restaurant given how busy it is.I placed my order and I was given a meal ticket that will enable me to collect my food after it's been prepared and brought to the server. We were directed to a nearby table that seats six. On my way there, I heard it again.Rose.This time, it is clearer and I can feel like it's me that's been called. I don't think anyone else can hear it except from me. I looked around again, but no one.
__ROSE'S POV___I know it's something related to that given how sullen he looks. I don't even know why he's sad about it when he should be extremely happy. To become an alpha when no one is contending with you means a lot to people who are alpha contenders, usually older siblings in a family. A lot of people have lost their lives to this and it's something I've not only heard about but seen. Younger siblings who are greedy might kill or maim the older ones just for the duration of the selection and initiation which is why I think that Nate is very lucky to be the only child with no one else battling with him for it."Ok. Shouldn't you be happy about that? I know they're pressuring you, but this is like a thing several people will kill for to have and it's now handed to you on a platter of silver" He threw me a side look when I mentioned silver and t
___ROSE'S POV___My shout causes Nate to look forward and we see a car coming straight for us. During our argument, he must have derailed from the lane we were supposed to be on the road. He quickly swerved, narrowly missing hitting the car and that could have resulted in an accident that could have been fatal since the car coming from us was one that was large too.We were both breathing heavily when it was over. Since it isn't good to drive with anxiety, he parked the car by the side of the road alongside a stretch of trees. My siblings must have either noticed we parked or they saw the near accident because they stopped and reversed to come and meet us where we were parked.They got out and we did too. All of them rushed to my side except Jaden who walked leisurely behind.
___ROSE'S POV____New contract? What did he mean by that? I know the old contract meant the one which his parents, he, my aunt and uncle, and I drew up concerning this fake marriage due to what was adviced by the council. What does he mean by a new contract?"What do you mean? What contract? An NDA? You know you don't need that. I don't even want to relive the trauma of living with you in this house to anyone even in my family, not to talk of blogs and stuff. I might write a book about it though, titled "A Month With The Devil Himself" I outlined the title with my hands in the air to give it flair."As if. You should change that title to A Month With The Devil Herself and write it from my perspective because that's what will be accurate. You don't have to argue about it like you do wi