“You did?” Maya nods and she turns to face me fully. “Uncle Danis said I'm special. He also said you’re lucky to have him since he knows all about special babies like me.” Okay, I can imagine Danis being all smug and saying that…. And I guess I am lucky in a way. A very audible “oof!” cuts through the air and a loud thud follows. My face whips to the source of the sound but Maya beats me to it. Her small neck turns just a fraction of a second faster than mine but we both see the same thing. Roman is grinning and he’s extending his hands towards his fallen Beta. Fen accepts the stretched hand and lets Roman pull him to his feet. “I want to ask Beta Fen to train me. Can I mummy?” I want to freeze and say no, but I know she’s safe with him. “How about you join the rest of the pups? They’ll be doing laps in a minute or two.” Roman’s voice strokes something in my mind and I lock my jaws even tighter because he’s walking towards us now and no way am I getting seduced by him talking
I’m getting dinner when someone’s voice reaches my ears.“So were you necking with Roman or what?”I cock my head to the side and half glare at Danis but he looks really pleased with himself. He settles on one of the benches, crosses one leg over the other, places his elbow on those crossed legs and his chin in his waiting hand, then he stares at me.Danis has a special beauty to him that I think no one appreciates. Each feature on his face looks like it’s meant to be there, the elegant stub of his chin, the delicate wrist he’s resting his hand on.“It’s rude to stare, Scarlett. Maya hasn’t told you that?”I roll my eyes and look away. I can’t deny necking with Roman. I tried to hide it with a bath and some concealer, but ultimately, I couldn't.The other part of me, that wolf who’s been termed weak by everyone around me, even myself, refused to stop growling when I tried to cover it up.She even sent a lash of pain through my head and I dropped the powder in my hands. It fell and sp
The dining hall falls into silence the moment Roman walks down the stairs into it. Even the children keep quiet and I feel Maya move closer to me on instinct.I reach out instinctively across the mate bond but Roman’s emotions singe me back. It’s like I have a mental burn and Fen meets my gaze when I look away from Roman. His gaze is knowing.I feel Roman when he stops. His presence across the mate bond becomes heavier and I remember I want to ask Danis about this mate bond now. I want to ask him why I can feel this much but that’s irrelevant now.I need to be near Roman.The room seems to release bated breath when he leaves and Maya makes a sound that comes off like a purr. Danis is already looking at me when I look at him and so is Fen.They want me to go after him, and I should, I know I should. But a strange fear has me paralyzed in my seat. I… I…should go to him. Roman would never hurt me while he’s angry. He’d never do that, he’s not Hunter.“Scarlett…”Roman isn’t angry at me,
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Scarlett's pov “Is he okay now?” I hear Maya’s voice and my head snaps up to look at her. She’s with Fen and Danis, holding a hand from each one of them as she stands in between. Fen is looking at me for an answer. Danis looks like he already has the answer and that just makes me feel slightly annoyed. I squash that annoyance and smile at Maya. “Are you asking about Alpha Roman?” She nods and cocks her head to the side lightly “Is he in the woods? Did he shift into a wolf?” Two questions that are too precise for them to be mere coincidence. Danis chuckles nervously and he meets my eyes, really meets my eyes, for me to see the slight panic in his. He clears his throat. “Let’s get you tucked into bed Maya. I’m sure Alpha Roman will come around when he’s ready.” “But is he in the woods though?” Maya doesn’t look my way again as Danis leads her away. Fen stays back and his eyes ask all the questions his lips don’t. I get up from the grass and dust the dirt off my hands. I’m grate
The air is vibrating with magic.It smells sweet and like ozone, and Maya is laughing instead of being scared out of her mind.“Mummy! Look at the shiny drums!”Danis stops playing and the illusion falls immediately. He’s still holding a violin though and I don't know why it surprises me.“You can play the violin can’t you?”Danis looks away and nods like that’s something to be ashamed of.“I can’t play any instrument to save my life.”The confession comes out unbidden and I’m slightly embarrassed by it, but only for a moment because fucking hell….“Did you generate those illusions just now from the violin?”Danis frowns and cocks his head to the side and gives me a suspicious look.“How do you know they were illusions?” I almost scoff. “I’d know what an illusion is. I’ve watched movies.”Danis makes a slightly yuck face and nods at Maya who jumps in glee before he raises his violin to his chin and starts playing again.This time the melody is soft and gentle and so is the magic. A
“Stop Danis.” My chest is tight and I feel like I can't breathe. Fuck. “He cursed you?” I don’t mean for my voice to rise but it does. Maya is sleeping and I should keep this rage to myself but what the hell? What the fuck. “Let me see the marks.” Danis freezes and he drops the violin slowly. “I didn’t show you that memory because I wanted you to see the marks, Scarlett.” “But….. how come I've never seen them?” Sure I haven’t spent a lot of time looking at his feet, but “You’ve worn shorts recently haven’t you? I would have noticed it.” “You’re missing the point, Scarlett.” I stop and try to quell my anger alongside the righteous fury roiling in my heart. Some aspects of Danis’s story aren’t clear yet, but one is clear. A child was taken advantage of by someone meant to protect him and that child’s father beat him up for it. Cursed him for it even. “Breathe Scarlett.” I take a big inhale and try to exhale all the tightness in my chest. I feel like something has unknowingl
Hunter's pov. “Tell me you’ve found her.” My patience is running thin and my body betrays me by aching but Quinn still shakes her head. I grip the bed sheets and take deep breaths because if I don’t, I might do something that will cause my body more harm, so instead of that, I focus on the crone trying to wear me out. I chuckle. “I will kill that child Quinn. Don’t think I can't. I killed her mother, didn’t I? Your failure of an Alpha son is yet to come for you” My chest tightens and I have to bite back a hiss of weakness “I brought you here to find Scarlett for me Quinn…… If you’re going to be useless, then expect the dead body of your grandchild in your hands.” My heart feels like it’s frozen over but my anger keeps me warm. Anger at the fact that Scarlett, my mate, is cheating on me with someone else. And she isn’t just cheating on me, no, no. She’s cheating on me, and she dares to make me feel pain through the mate bond. A bond that was more or less dead a few days ago, bu