Roman’s pov.“Calm down. I know what I'm doing.”Scarlett regards me calmly and cocks her head to the side. “Are you sure?”“I am.”Everything between us feels so settled right now that I don't know what to think of it. She’s still beautiful, as beautiful as she was when I first saw her, but now, with the hair change, she feels different.I think I've always been aware that this has been happening. Right from that moment when she held a gun in her hands and shot wolves down so she could protect herself and her daughter.Scarlett is bolder now, she would never have asked me a question like that a week ago.“He’s the one who saw me this morning.”I look at her and nod.“I sent him to your room to get you.”“And he saw me naked.”“He did what?”Fenrir’s anger is like a lance at my throat. The pressure building in my chest is remarkable, but he’s not the one in control, I am.Scarlett’s eyes are wide in shock and I see she’s flinched. I relax back into my seat and close my eyes so I can
Roman's povShe’s in her cell when we arrive.Scarlett doesn’t gag at the stench and she doesn’t seem to smell it. It’s another indication that whatever has happened to her is related to Myrtle and the ritual.The older werewolf stares at both of us, her eyes moving from me to Scarlett and finally settling on Scarlett, roaming over her form deliberately and curiously.I don’t know when I move but I know I do.I cover Scarlett from Myrtle’s line of sight and my nose flares in slight anger.She doesn’t get to inspect my mate like that.My former councilor smiles and white eyes meet mine.“You’ve become attached, Alpha Roman. Does she know?”My breath stills and anger floods my bones like liquid heat.The old lady chuckles.“How would she? She’s still mated to someone else. She doesn’t feel anything.”My aura bursts from me with the force of a rushing torrent and I imagine it wrapping around Myrtle and sinking into her mind.“Roman..”Scarlett’s breath is shaky and whispery and I tell sh
Scarlett's pov “Mummy, your body is really hot.”I open my eyes to see Maya leaning over me. Her purple eyes still strike me as strange whenever I see them. It makes her look exotic, lends her a special kind of beauty, and seeing her worry leaking through from those eyes makes me smile. “It’s okay Maya. The room is just really warm.” She nods and lies down again, her head on my chest now and her eyes on the ceiling. “How long are we going to stay here mummy?” Surprising questions seem to be Maya’s forte and I should be used to it now, but it still surprises me. “Why do you ask?”“I like it here. Beta Fen has promised that he’ll let me train as a warrior if I come out top of my class for the next two years.” The frown that lines my face is spectacular. I thought I said no more discussing things with Maya without my permission. “Do you want to become a warrior, Amaya? Maya stills and turns to stare at me, eyes wide. “Did I do something wrong? You only call me Amaya when it’s s
Roman's pov“I really have to do all this?”I struggle with knotting the tie around my neck and turn back to look at her.This is a new day, the next morning I had anticipated last night, and I know it’s wrong of me to want something to happen immediately but I still want it. Scarlett is at the door to my room and she’s holding a sheet of paper in her hand. From the look on her face, I would say she’s shocked. She doesn’t let it show though. Just how much shock she’s in is a mystery, but I can tell it isn’t what she expected.A smile creeps onto my face as I think of that and I nod.“Yes. Those are the responsibilities of a personal assistant.”She scoffs.“Set out my suit every morning, make sure my morning tea is served in bed, polish my shoes and arrange my watches in chronological order, make my bed, and handle everything that has to do with my room?”“And a few other things.”I turn to look at her and my pretty second chance has a stunned look on her face. She scoffs incredulous
Scarlett’s pov.If I had known this was one of the duties I would carry out as Roman’s personal assistant, I think I would have asked for some more money.Shit, I haven't discussed my pay with him yet.I bite my cheek in regret at that fact and smoothen the bed. There isn’t too much to do in his room, at least not from what he informed me that I had to do. I have tidied up his room, I've also asked one of the guards to help me with a vacuum cleaner. The guard assumed I was a cleaner anyways so he’s sent for one. I should be done when I vacuum the room, which in actuality is just for the show of it. Roman's room isn’t dirty, it’s spotless, thanks to me, but I still have a lot to do.If I'm going to clean up his room, I'm going all out.The vacuum cleaner arrives and I take it with a smile. His room is huge.I know I've been in here before, I can remember waking up in that bed twice, but now that Roman’s not here and I am the only one in the room, it feels different in a way.I have
Scarlett’s pov.Danis takes me to a dress shop and on the way we talk.He asks what I'm doing in the Ironclaw pack and I tell him I'm here for work, but I can tell he doesn’t buy it. There’s no way I can give up my true reason for being here, but he also helps me in his own way.“Roman says you’re here to help with the current situation in his pack?”The male nods and looks around with a wide smile on his face. I’m surprised at the way he smiles so widely, but he does and he seems much more friendly than I thought he would be. The Shadowbane pack is renowned for its association with unsightly things. Each pack has its heritage, its history. I studied history while I was still in university and it always fascinated me, the fact that our history was mixed with that of the normal world.“You’re distracted, Vivienne.”I don’t frown when he calls me that name this time. I’ve frowned in confusion twice now when he called me that name and I was this close to telling him my name isn’t Vivi
Roman’s pov. Scarlet hasn’t shown up for work yet.I don’t know what to make of that but I know it leaves me restless.Fen is a lazy form in my office, his blazer has been thrown off to one corner and his legs are currently on my table.I growl at the sight of it and he rolls his eyes.“Relax Alpha. I’m sure the moment she sees the ten thousand dollar ensembles you ordered for her, she’ll be running here as fast as she can.”“Does she even know how to find her way here?”The worry in my voice is appalling but Fen doesn’t call me out on it. I haven’t seen my father since the Myrtle incident. I only just remembered a few hours ago that he asked to go on temporary leave, and I'm assuming he’s currently on that leave.Guilt twists in my heart because I should feel worried about him.No member of the pack has been the same ever since the rogue attack, but not many will feel the loss accrued that day like Alpha Kai.He was supposed to retire as Alpha the year that happened. I was ready
My feet are wobbly as I run in the heels I selected to go work in, and even though the pain that lashes through my legs is intense, I still run as fast as I can and hope with all my might that I'm not too late.Roman has been waiting for me.I don’t know why I didn't imagine that would be possible. He did tell me that he had issues handling some small problems he faced and that was why he was hiring me. Because I could handle it for him.I didn’t think that would include helping him in a meeting.“Hey, be careful lady!”I dash past the older man and scream a response.“Sorry. I’m in a rush!”Ironclaw Corp should be right around the corner if the directions Beta Fen sent to me are to be trusted. Danis offered to drive me here but I refused.I know it’s cruel of me, knowing he’s lonely and he’s going to be lonely after I leave him, but if Romna sees us together and gets to learn that I blew off work just so I could spend time shopping and having tea with his guest….I don’t watch whe