HAZELI wake up to my cellphone buzzing off the charts. My eyebrows knot as I look at the brightly lit screen in the dark room.I glance over to find Ramon fast asleep by my side. His arm is draped over my body, as if he's trying to protect me from my nightmares. I reach for my phone and answer the unknown number."Hello?" I croak tiredly. The last thing I want to do is wake Ramon's beast. It seems as though his cruelty gets worse after midnight."Ah, Luna, I'm glad you answered." An eerie voice calls into the phone, making me to knot my eyebrows."Who is this?" I ask, suddenly more awake. I have no idea who could be on the other end of the line.There's an eerie laugh. "I'm a very old friend of Ramon's, but there is no need for an introduction. I need you to send a message to my dear old friend." I take in a deep breath and knot my eyebrows."A message?" I repeat. I don't understand, why can't this person say it themselves."Yes, my sweet adolescent. A message. Tell Ramon that it's ti
HAZELA broken glass is stuck inside my skin and Jackson is looking for something to get it out."You're an idiot, you didn't have to get yourself hurt." Jack says with a grin on his face. I roll my eyes and push myself up on the counter."You're an idiot. You made the mess." I grumble, watching him dig around in a drawer for the tweezers."But I was smart enough to wear shoes after glass had been broken." He says with mockery in his tone."Just, shut up and get the glass out of my hand." I roll my eyes. Suddenly I feel guilty and add a "please?". Jack holds up a set of black tweezers and grins."Yes ma'am." He agrees, "I will." He groans, concentrating with a scrunched face. I roll my eyes."Okay, it's starting to burn again!" I whimper when he starts picking at the glass in my hand."Why can't you do it yourself?" He grunts, trying to find the glass. The open cut and glass in my hand burns, but to add to it there's pickle juice on the glass, making it feel like my hand is on fire."
HAZEL"Ramon?" I call hopelessly. Jackson left two hours ago, while Ramon and I were left watching a documentary on the television in the living area. Jackson left a mess of rice on the black coffee table, and I keep wanting to get up and clean it but at the same time, I don't want to. I'm just being lazy, you know?"Yeah, baby?" He glances over at me and shuts his phone off. I hadn't noticed he was even playing on his phone."You have said hardly anything since Jack left. Are you upset about something?" I knot my eyebrows and look over at him. Ramon pushes his hand through his hair and let's out a sigh."No, Haze, I've just been...thinking." He looks down at his phone when it lights up and then turns back to me. I don't even bother to know who he's talking to since I trust him.He knots his eyebrows and looks away from me for a moment. "Do you think I don't want you?" He asks. I'm taken back by what he has asked."What do you mean by that?" I sit up on the couch and face him complete
HAZEL"Hazel?" Ramon calls through the bathroom door and I let out a slow breath and keep my hand on the handle."Baby?" He says softer, and I rest my forehead against the door. "Please come out." He begs. I can't resist it. He sounds really hurt, for a reason I'm not aware of.After opening the bathroom door, I come face to face with Ramon whose eyes are soft and glossy lips are lightly parted. I instantly wrap my arms around his body and breathe in heavily. I can't believe that I already miss him!His arms slowly wrap themselves back around me....the feeling is comforting. I shut my eyes and feel his hands through my hair. "Please don't be scared of me." He murmurs against my hair."I'm not scared of you, I'm scared of him." I say gently, lifting my head up to look him in the eyes. "What if you can't control him and he does what he did last time?" I frown at the idea of him pinning me like he had done before. Ramon swallows."He won't hurt you again, babydoll. He just wants to keep
HAZELI wake up to my phone buzzing on the nightstand. A wave of fear washes over me, because I think I know who is calling.What if it's Ramon's very old friend? What if she's going to do something now? I swallow...really hard!I glance over at Ramon's empty spot on the bed. It's messy, and warm like he has recently left it. Glancing at the cracked bathroom door, through my ringtone, I can hear the shower running."Hello?" I say tiredly, I don't have the number saved. I knot my eyebrows as I try and figure it out on my own. I don't want to be caught unaware like last time."Oh, Hazel! Thank goodness you answered! I'm so sorry to wake you up, but I wanted to let you know that the baby is on his way!" Trevor exclaims triumphantly into the phone.Suddenly, every ounce of 'tired' I had in my body disappears. "Oh my goodness! I'm on my way!!" I exclaim. I didn't really think into the idea very much. I'll persuade Ramon to take me, or let me go by myself."See you soon!!" Trevor says wildl
HAZELThe drive to the hospital proves to be so long such that I end up being exhausted and bored.When we arrive at the hospital, I don't feel as excited as I was when we had left the house. Ramon's point of view on his world made me sort of numb.Sometimes I dream of what it will be like to be a grandma, and what I'd look like when I age. Ramon has never experienced anything like that. It's sad to think about. All he has ever wanted was what is best for everyone else, putting himself last each and every time.The sting from his words still resides in my nerves as they keep playing on repeat inside of my head. I had been pressuring him, but he didn't have to blow up on me. I can't blame him, but I'm appalled by the way he had acted on it. How was I supposed to react to that?The entire car ride here, I played cabd crush and picked at my fingers. I didn't come prepared to be lectured at four in the morning.My mind is quite heavy as the idea of everything sinks in. Finally, the eight
HAZELIt's already five in the evening when we finally leave the hospital. We have spent like the entire day in the room and Ramon has refused to let me eat hospital food, therefore I am starving.As soon as we leave the hospital, we end up at a local diner for dinner. It isn't anything fancy. Burgers, fries, pizza, chicken, the casual stuff, which I'm absolutely okay with."What hotel do you want to stay at tonight?" Ramon asks, sipping on his sweet tea. I look up at him and shrug my shoulders."We can just stay at my parents' place." I shrug. Ramon makes a face at my idea. "What?" I frown."Nothing." He sighs. "I just want to get somewhere soon and rest. It's been a long day.""Do you and Trevor have a problem with each other?" I ask, knotting my eyebrows. Trevor and Ramon had given each other glares all day today and I really want to know what's going on between them."It's not a big deal. He and I started off on the wrong foot." He says while shrugging his shoulders. But again, wh
HAZEL"Ramon?" I say, climbing into the bed beside him. It's late and all I want to do is sleep. He turns his attention to me and knots his eyebrows."Yes, cupcake?" He asks, looking me over. I don't ever really understand why he does that. It's fine though.I blow out a breath and look into his eyes. "Are you upset about me not changing in front of you?" I ask, knotting my eyebrows. Ramon looks at me and shakes his head."It's a little disappointing knowing that you don't trust me." He says gently, "but eventually I'll break you off that." He shrugs."Oh," I say, trying to think of something else to add. "If it makes you feel any better, I'm just shy. I don't even like changing in front of a mirror." I point out.Ramon sighs. "You're beautiful, and one day you're going to realise that." He smiles and kisses my forehead.I don't say a word. I choose not to argue with what he has to say. As much as I want to tell him that he's wrong, it will on infuriate him. Men don't realise how muh
HAZELFive years are over since Ramon marked me and turned me into a Lycan. For the last three years, my body has been responding and I've been slowly turning into a full blown Lycan and on the fourth year, I finally fully transformed to a Lycan and that's when Ramon and I decided to start trying for a child.However, I sometimes keep on reminding my mate about his mistakes which happened around three years ago. Whenever I remember how he fooled me into believing that both of us were unable to have a baby of our own, I feel like swallowing him alive.He has been apologising since then and even now that I am three months pregnant with his heir. So far, we've been taking the necessary precautions as adviced by the doctors so as to give birth to a fully developed Lycan. Both Ramon and I do not want to lose our child just as he lost his son with Paloma.At least, Ramon's heart is at rest now that I am carrying his child and he keeps on hoping that everything will go well eventually.He n
HAZELWhat the hell? Why would Ramon do that to me? I know that I may have gotten off on the wrong foot and came at him a little aggressive- but he shut the door. On. My. Face. After I brought him food and everything!"Are you serious?" I grumble aloud. Quiet. I can hear the crickets chirping outside. I clench my jaw and reach for the doorknob to open it. As soon as my fingertips touch the knob, the latch clicks and he locks the door.Wow. Just...wow."Fuck you," I mutter and walk away from the door. 'It's quite unlike you to make the first move, little wolf.' Ramon says through the link. I groan and stomp myself back down the hall. Who does he think he is?I stop in my tracks when I hear Ramon cough. I pause for a moment longer, waiting for him to open the door. He never does. My frown grows.I get that he's all emotional and on his man period, but this is just dramatic. Why are men like this? I remember the time that I made my dad cry and he was mean to me for a whole week! This is
HAZELShe was beautiful. Her eyes sparkled like the night sky. Her hair fell down her back as if it were made of silk. I'm sure her skin was soft, and I bet she had the warmest laugh.'Stop it!' She grumbles, inside my head. I can't help but compare myself to the person he had before. She got him. Not me. She was the one who got to carry his heir, not me. She was the one who got told she was the love of his life. Not. Me. I am nothing more than a blueprint that had been lost for ages that had sloppily been built back together. I am not me. I am just a replacement of her.I've always felt this empty void in me, could that be it? Has it been because of her this entire time? I cannot blame her for any of this, as much as I want to. I stare at her picture with a thousand questions in my head. I don't look a thing like her. There is something about her that seems familiar- but I know that's just the wolf's spirit that had resided in the both of us.I think about how much her heart must hav
HAZELShe was beautiful. Her eyes sparkled like the night sky. Her hair fell down her back as if it were made of silk. I'm sure her skin was soft, and I bet she had the warmest laugh.'Stop it!' She grumbles, inside my head. I can't help but compare myself to the person he had before. She got him. Not me. She was the one who got to carry his heir, not me. She was the one who got told she was the love of his life. Not. Me. I am nothing more than a blueprint that had been lost for ages that had sloppily been built back together. I am not me. I am just a replacement of her.I've always felt this empty void in me, could that be it? Has it been because of her this entire time? I cannot blame her for any of this, as much as I want to. I stare at her picture with a thousand questions in my head. I don't look a thing like her. There is something about her that seems familiar- but I know that's just the wolf's spirit that had resided in the both of us.I think about how much her heart must hav
HAZEL"Did you love her?" I break the silence. Ramon runs his fingers over my face and tucks a chunk of hair behind my ear. It isn't angry. It isn't forced. Everything is calm."Who?" He wonders, scrunching his eyebrows. His eyes search mine for some kind of answer, and he eventually realizes who I am talking about. He lets out a breath and responds."I did." He says softly. "We fall in love with many people in our lives. You are the last love I will meet, for now." He smiles. I knot my eyebrows at him."So eventually you'll move on?" I wonder. "Why didn't that work out?" Ramon shrugs his shoulders."I will never find anyone that compares to you. The only person I can ever love besides you, has to be like you." He kisses my forehead. He doesn't say another word."Can you at least tell me about her?" I wonder out loud. What was she like? What made Ramon want her?"What is there to tell you?" He wonders back to me, confused. When I do not answer him, he speaks up. "I figured you already
HAZEL'Do you really think that I will be loyal to an animal?' I growl, managing to scratch his face with my claws. He stumbles and loses his balance.'You are weak and you need me. Don't forget that.' I hiss. Things have escalated quickly. His wolf is being extremely dominant right now. I continue to test his patience.Ramon growls and it echos through the house. 'The only thing I need from you right now is between your pretty little legs. If not that, you have no other use for me!' he confesses and I immediately tense.I lunge at Ramon, sending us both flying into a table. The sound of glass crashing fills my ears. I snap my teeth at his face, missing it by only a few millimeters. Instantly, it turns really violent, very quickly.I cannot believe that that's the man who I decided to marry. I really thought that he was better than what he actually is. My mind is racing and my body is aching, but he has hurt me for the last time. I will either come out of this by myself, or dead.Ramo
HAZELThe car ride home with Ramon is silent. Other than when he tried to start a conversation with me by asking me what the hell I thought I was doing out running while I'm in heat. It really isn't the kind of thing you say to someone who you just left with your friends. Ramon's grip on the steering wheel looks like it's going to break it, and he's going unreasonably fast. I must have pissed him off.When we pull into the driveway, Ramon puts the car in parking mode and turns to look at me. His jaw is clenched, and his hair is a mess. "Please never run off like that again, Hazel. I was worried sick about you." He goes to reach for my arm and I jerk away."You were worried about me?" I furrow my eyebrows. "You didn't call or anything while I was staying with Jack and Bertha. You didn't care how I was doing, so don't you dare say that you were worried sick about me after you got what you wanted from me." I growl loudly. "You, the first time you see me all you want to do is to sleep wit
HAZELI wake up feeling the worst I have felt in months. It isn't a sickness in my stomach making me need to throw up. It's the type of feeling where you know what you have done is wrong and you just want to punish yourself in any way possible. My body still tingles as I roll over, feeling the warmth of the body next to my own.The heavy breathing next to my ear warms my neck, and the grip Ramon has around my waist is like that of a cobra's. I try my best to keep my heavy eyes open, but exhaustion is beating me right now. I shut my eyes and tell myself just five more minutes.I lie there in my thoughts, wondering why I have just let him in so easily. Maybe he would have changed his mind and taken me back? No. Ramon doesn't get influenced by that. He wouldn't. Maybe it's the fact that I desperately wanted him in ways that I shouldn't have, and I cannot blame it on my heat either. I wanted it even before I went into heat. Does that make me an awful person?I shouldn't have given in as e
HAZELAs the days drag into weeks, and the weeks into months, the only thing coursing through my veins is sadness and the thought of Ramon. I would be alright without him, but the truth be told; I am nothing without that man. He was the one who brought out my happiness, in it's most pure state. The feeling of his embrace was what kept me asleep all night long. Now I find myself waking up every hour of the night, reaching for someone who isn't there. Bertha and Jack always try and keep my mind off of that man, but nothing works. It comes in spurts: I am okay but then five seconds later my mood completely changes. I don't understand how one man can change my life completely.My heart yearns to be with the man that I love, the one who has changed me into a wife, a lycan, and most of all a woman. It was so childish of me to put my own wants before his needs. All he ever wanted was for me to be happy, and I wouldn't even let him get that. I would love to hear from him just one more time. I