CARSONAs soon as I escaped the walls of the court, I took a deep breath and doubled my speed.I felt a sudden surge of determination to find Ashley. I saw this as an opportunity to fix things between Ashley and me and I was not about to let it waste. I left my car in the park.I decided I stead to use the forest path to the palace. I wasn't sure what I would encounter on the road with lots of human rules and their stupid traffic. My wolf was panting heavily with anticipation.I knew he was in support of what I was about to do.The distance I felt between Ashley and me was making me feel lost. Every moment, my wolf reached for her. I always felt her wolf jump toward mine, too, whenever we were in close proximity. I had not said a word to her since that time I asked her to go to her room. Then after hearing from Axel, it just made everything worse.Ashley deserved better. I knew it was time to throw the hurt aside and speak to Ashley properly.As soon as I entered the forest, the smell
AXEL“You were just what?” Ashley asked again after waiting for an answer that I did not provide.“I was just jealous. I was restless the moment I realized you would be with Axel all night. I felt left out. I was here all night, drowning in frustration. Ashley, I just…”She pulled her hand from underneath mine and brought it up to my lips, “Carson, just let it…”I shook my head and turned my face from her. Her finger fell off my lips, “I have to fix this now,” I said with a heavy breath, “please, listen to me.”She nodded and held my eyes.“Maybe I have not been doing a good job showing it, but honestly Ashley, you mean so much to me. I have always looked out for you.”I paused and took a deep breath.“Way before we became mates, I was always interested in making life easier for you,” I paused when she looked at me questioningly.“I don't think I noticed you doing anything to make my life easier. You and your brothers were always working together to frustrate me.”“That was what it lo
CARSONI had to take control of the situation immediately, it was obvious that Brody did not take the issue lightly.“That was a joke though. The guy said I should not bother about it. He just bailed and I decided to come back home.”He gave me a side glance and nodded, “I thought you would come back to training.”“There’s no way I could have returned. It was already too late,” I said, stretching my hand to Ashley.“I see.”He seemed a bit relaxed but when I thought of his reaction toward me for being with Ashley, I realized it was fast becoming a competition.I tried to shake it off my mind. Ashley was in front of me and that was what mattered.“Sadly, I cannot be a part of this tension you both are exchanging,” he said, his eyes running between Ashley and me, “I have to freshen up and rush off to an important meeting. I'll see you guys later.”He turned to Ashley and held her chin. Then he leaned in and kissed her fully on the lips, “be good, okay,?” he said and rushed out of the ro
AXELI hissed angrily as I paced the floor of the school field. We had just finished training when my dad called to complain about a deal that did not pull through.“Again, Axel, you have proven to be a failure!”His words immediately threw me into a bad mood! What did he mean by I was a failure? There had been times when I had seen a deal through, in fact, many times like that. I could not comprehend his mean words to me just for one deal that did not pull through.The crazy thing was that it was not even my fault. He had asked me to work on a deal and still asked his beta to be on the same deal. His beta made a move that jeopardized everything I had been working on.Ever since the argument that arose from Circe's stupid prophecy, things had not been the same. And I was not even ready to go through the stress of fixing any issue with him.I kicked a stone that was lying innocently on the ground.“Fuck!” I yelled and clenched my fist.“Why can't you just do something right? How diffic
BRODYAs I ran out of the palace, towards my car, my head seemed to be spinning. I could not wait a second longer to spend time with Ashley and Carson. Hence, I had to leave them.My footsteps seemed to echo in my head. I felt a banging headache and my eyes were burning. I entered my car and held the staring for a while. I just sat there with my mind roaming through different things.I kept thinking of the tension in the room when I walked in on Ashley and Carson. The way he pinned her to the wall. The look in their eyes was fiery and they looked like they were going to eat each other up.First, it was Axel spending the night with Ashley, then next, it was Carson being in a heated moment with her. It was crazy that they enjoyed it alone, not bothered by the fact that her other mates were not around.Where did that leave me?I felt cheated. It was as if my brothers were intentionally pushing me aside. As I sat in the car, my heart twisted in pain. The worst part of it was that they did
BRODY“Ashley, I need you to relax. We will figure this out.”Ashley was restless, she kept clasping and unclasping her hands. I was worried too. But I just had to control it. I could not be as fretful as she was. I was supposed to be her strength. I had inhaled a familiar scent earlier when the door was locked. But I just couldn't place the exact person. I gave up when it was becoming too stressful to figure out who it was. Not having our phone was a huge problem because we could not reach anyone. I thought of using my wolf strength to mind-link my brothers. At least I could get them to know that we were locked up and they should find us. However, I was still considering the positive side of what was happening. I chose to see the situation as an opportunity to bond with Ashley. Hence, I thrashed the mind link idea and just focused on spending time with Ashley. But first I had to calm her. I placed my hand on her shoulder and rubbed gently. “What do we do now?” she turned to me
ASHLEY“You know, every time you smile like that, it just causes my head to spin.”Brody's words caused me to smile even more. His eyes held so much sincerity that I had no choice but to believe him, “really?”“I wouldn't lie to you, Ashley. It's pointless to do so.”“I had no idea my smile had such an effect on you,” I was beginning to enjoy the moment.When Brody attacked me for caring about what Axel would say, I felt mixed emotions. I wasn't sure if I should feel bad or feel pity for him. I didn't think he would react like that. I just spoke exactly what was in my head.But truly I was insensitive. I was supposed to be more concerned about the situation on ground than what Axel would say. I mean, we had magically lost our phones. I racked my brain several times, I was sure I came into the locker room with my phone.Didn't I shove it into my pocket after reading Brody's text?At that moment, I doubted my sanity. I tried over and over to recall everything that happened after I read
ASHLEY“Oh fuck…you don't have to beg for it like that,” his voice had become husky too.“I have to. I want it.”“You want what?” he asked, pulling me closer.His hand stayed on my waist. He rubbed softly tracing it with the tip of his fingers. My body tingled with excitement. He leaned closer to me, so close that I could feel his breath on the back of my neck.“Hmm? What do you want?” he asked again, this time, his voice was highly seductive.Brody, you know what I want! I screamed in my head.“You're gonna have to tell me what you want, Ashley,” he whispered. His dick was erect. His hardness pushed against my ass. I instinctively pushed my ass on his dick and grind him subtly.“I want you…to cuddle me.”“Just that?”His breath had become heavy on my neck. He moved his dick around my ass. His mouth was open and warm air poured from it.“Huh, Ashley? All those seductive moves you have been making are just for a cuddle?”“I need your warmth…”He squeaked, “Okay then,” he slid his han