"I still don't get why he had to come here." Andrew speaks with a high amount of disbelief and suspicion in his voice. It's clear that he doesn't like Nathan at all.
Nathan, who sits beside Shelia apparently hears him and tilts the side of his face to Andrew's direction. "I came because my mate asked me to."
The way he emphasises on 'my mate' is very odd. I can assume that he doesn't trust Andrew too. It also shows on his actions. Every once in a while, I see him looking my way through the corner of his eyes. He is accessing my relationship and closeness with Andrew.
After Nathan told me that Shelia is cursed, I managed to convince him to come with me. Even though he is not sure about it and it's just an assumption, I am still shocked and scared.
With my whole heart, I am hoping that it isn't true, that it is just a lie. A big lie, a joke. Just a joke, yeah.
Since we arrived here, Nathan hasn't let his guard drop. It's not like it was down before.<
"How did you know that?" My question falls into his deaf ears. He is ignoring me for no reason at all. After what he just said, I am puzzled on how he knows that. He refuses to talk, all he does is stare at me with a strange look in his eyes. At that moment, I forget that what he said and I fall into his dark abyss. It's almost too late when I find a way to look away, pulling myself out at the same time. Something in my head tells me that is his power, at least, one of them but I don't even know what happened. "You said that my plan is to seduce you, Nathan." I look down, biting my lips in thought. I don't know what brings about the action. "How did you know that? Is it one of your powers?" For some odd reason, I am been timid and gentle. It shocks and annoys me at the same time. I shouldn't be looking at my feet like a scared cat, I should be staring him on even if he is a god. The harder I try to raise my head up, the harder it is fo
I turn my attention to my food for a while before I look back at him. "Did you cook this?"As I open the plate covers what stares back at me is a lot of delicious food. My nose is pretty good in sniffing out things since I am a werewolf so I am able to know how delicious it is..."Yeah. I had a little help from Jasmine because I wanted to make it worth while."I frown. "Wanted? Sounds like it's not your objective anymore.""I still want to but it's your choice to taste it." He gestures to the food, waiting for me to take a bite and I slowly look down at the several plates full of cool dishes."If I eat this, will you help Shelia? I know that I am asking a lot of things from you right now but she really needs help."Help from this curse you sensed.Slowly, I cross my fingers under the table.Please don't tell me that the character he was portraying in the time he sensed that was the one of someone who lies. Please don't or I mig
The day that we planned to leave comes and I try to focus on packing my clothes in a bag even though I can feel the warmth of Nathan behind me.Nathan feels that it is irrelevant to pack but I am thinking ahead. I may have to stay in Andrew's house for more than what we planned and I will like to be prepared because I doubt that Nathan would like to see me putting on Andrew's clothes.I glance at Nathan and see him glancing at the house with a thoughtful look. It turns out that he is a neat freak, when I first saw him cleaning the house I was shocked but I guess that this is one of the attributes of the 'real' him."Is there anything I need to know before we go?" I ask him when we begin to walk out of the house.He glances my way then he looks straight ahead. "Don't get close to the forest and don't run away."I don't know if he is joking or not but I can't stop myself from rolling my eyes. Tell me something that I don't know. "I mean, things I nee
I can hear the blood rushing through my ears as I shake his body, waiting for a sign that he is okay. I see that he is still breathing, his chest is moving steadily so it leads me to believe that he is only unconscious, nothing else.But still, I don't know what is going on with him. He was fine when we came back, so what went wrong. Did the curse get him, is it killing him slowly right now? Is he going to die.My wolf whines in my head, reprimanding me for thinking like that. Even though she doesn't speak I am able to know that she is anxious about this situation too.Not knowing what else to do, I decide to take him to his room. It takes a while before I can get him there, to be honest, I don't really know where his room is. I just follow my nose and track the place that his scent is more intense.My anxiety slowly fades away when I remember who he is. A god. And he won't let this flimsy curse end him, right? No, he can't or I'll torture him."Is
I yawn loudly as I snuggle closer to my pillow. It's so warm and comfortable, it's actually better than the one in my room in the castle."Are you awake?"I hum and snuggle into the warmth. My pillow is extraordinary, it just spoke...Wait! It just spoke?My eyes open in an instant and I find myself staring into yellow eyes... It blinks for a second and turns to back to its dark colour."Ahh!!" I scramble out of the bed as fast as I can. My heart is beating widely in my chest as I stare at the half naked man in front of me.He tilts his head as he stares into my eyes and exhales. "I guess that answers my question.""What are you doing here..." I narrow my eyes as I pause. "In my room?"I watch him as he stands to his feet. His back is a bit more muscular than his chest, I can't take my eyes away from him."Don't ask me, I don't know. I woke up and saw you in my bed.""In your bed?" I mumble under my breath as a frow
After the kiss, I stay clear from Nathan for a while. My cheeks seems to be stained red permanently. It's a bit annoying how he affects me this much and frustrating that I like it. My mind is a mess and he is the cause of it. I think this is how it feels to have a mate.When his hands left my body the only thing I thought about was to run into the kitchen. Here he won't dare touch me...Yeah, this is where we cook food so he won't try to kiss me. Why am I panicking again?"Are you alright?" He speaks from behind, startling me to my senses."Sure, sure." I laugh out nervously and hurry out of the kitchen. "Just don't come near you.""Come near you? Is there a problem?"'Damn it, Isabella. Calm yourself and shut your big mouth up.' My wolf growls in my head. It's been a long time since she talked to me so I become a bit surprised.Not minding the fact that I don't like her tone, I take her advice. "It's nothing. Do you need anything? An
I tap my fingers on the table as I watch her work in the kitchen. It looks like she is super aware of my piercing eyes."Do you... have any special dishes I can do for you?" She asks, looking nervous.I shake my head. "No, just make whatever you want. I'll eat it.""Do you have any allergies?""No.""What about a diet plan?""Not in a million years. Like I said, you can make what you want.""Ooh." She looks down at her feet. "The thing is that I don't eat food that much so I hardly cook at home."I take a long look at her. "You look like you eat a banquet everyday."She makes a small sound as her face covered with a horrified look. I quickly rush to explain myself."It's not like I am saying that you are fat or anything because you aren't. You just look healthy, that's what I meant."She keeps mute and goes back to her cooking while I continue to look at her. After a few minutes, her hands stop moving and s
Jasmine wasn't kidding when she told me that she wouldn't take me to the café again. The next day, we head to another shop instead, an icecream shop to be precise.All the while, everywhere I turn I see little kids smiling and jumping with glee when they lay their eyes on the icecream of their choice.My eyes are immediately attracted to the little girl who asked for a chocolate flavoured icecream a few minutes back. In a way, she reminds me of Shelia.Speaking about that, I haven't had the chance to visit again. Even though it's been a few days, I wonder how they are doing."Hey mama, do you want some of my icecream. It's really good."Beside the little girl is a young woman, apparently her mother."You know that I don't like sweets. Why don't we buy one for daddy too.""Yea!"The young mother ruffles her daughter's hair in response."You're looking a bit in the moment." Jasmine's voice comes from behind, startli
Jasmine, Nathan and Andrew stare at the bed where Isabella's pale body lies perfectly still except for the small whispers that leaves her lips ever so often.Nathan clenches his fist and grits his teeth. He can't imagine the pain she is going through right now."No matter what I did I still fell into her trap."*LET'S REWIND A LITTLE, TO THE SCENE WHERE THEY LEFT FOR THE LOCATION THAT WAS SENT TO THEM*"Are you sure that this is the place?" Andrew looks around as they walk forward. "It looks kind of run down.""I can feel Isabella's presence."Everyone in the building can the creaking noises coming from the ceilings and where they step on.Andrew's face twists in distaste. "I feel like this building is going to fall apart if we go any further. I know that you said you know this goddess but maybe there are really traps here.""Yeah, you're right. We should move faster if that's the case." Nathan answers and Andrew th
Jasmine stares at the god in front of her. His face is blank but the aura oozing out from him is anything but calm.How should she start...She has been silent the whole time so that she can avoid his wrath if he tries to put it on her.She's centuries old but still afraid of him. No, there's nothing bad about that. You just have to know when things are looking too grim."It's all my fault."He finally speaks, though it comes in a whisper. It takes Jasmine a few seconds to realize this. Normally, she would but she was too lost in her thoughts...Okay, now she's rambling too much."I'm sure whatever happened wasn't entirely your fault." She says and immediately grimace when she realize she said entirely.Stupid, stupid, stupid.What if guilt pulls him in even more.Clearing her throat, she speaks. "So when we going to get her back?"Nathan stares at the floor blankly."First, we need
The day for Isabella and Nathan to finally leave arrives and they decide to spend their morning and last day walking through the city.It sounded like a good idea when Isabella thought of it but now she's starting to regret it.The smile that was once on her face is now gone."I don't like how they are staring at you, are you an exhibition or something." Isabella stops herself from glaring at the nearby females gawking at Nathan."Maybe I'm a god exhibition." Nathan suggests playfully and laughs but when he sees the expression on her face, he stops."That's not funny, Nathan. My wolf is telling me to pull their eyeballs out.""I'm sure you can keep her in check for a few more minutes, after all, you are the one who suggested this." Nathan smirks."Hey, don't put the blame on me, I'm already sulking enough." She reprimands him and he shrugs but his smirk still remains."I suppose that you're right. I also wanted to come he
*Third Person's Point Of View*The next day, Nathan wakes Isabella very early with the excuse that they are going out on a date."What are those things in your hands, Nathan." Isabella asks, looking suspicious than ever as she points to the small basket Nathan is holding by his side as they walk."It's something that's going to be very useful." That's all he says."Don't tell me that you're going to kill me and hide my head in that basket.""You have a very wild imagination, Isabella." He chuckles but she still married her eyes and when he sees this he sighs and answers."I'm not going to do anything rash. Why would you think that I will kill you. I find it hard to find out if it's a joke or not.""You're just acting really weird." She tilts her head. "Did my family put you up to this.""This is all me, Isabella. Just watch and see." With that he picks up the pace. "Now, walk faster so that we'll get there before the sun
"Why am I doing this again?" Isabella stares blankly at herself through the mirror as her aunt puffs out her dress for like the tenth time."Because I say so.""I don't want to do this, aunt." Isabella says as she shakes her head in mortification. She can barely remember how she got into this dress. "Just tell him."Her aunt covers up her mouth immediately and gives her an evil glare. "Shut up, Isabella. The walls have ears, I don't want them to find out."Isabella rolls her eyes. She really can't believe that she's doing this."If this turns out to be a full blown party for me, I'm going to be really mad.""Don't worry, it won't." Her aunt assured her so Isabella decides to take her word for it.Outside of the castle and in the forest, the werewolves gather around tables, mumbling things between themselves or eating and drinking.They recently found out that Princess Isabella is actually mated to a god. Some are en
*THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW*A few meters from where Isabella and Nathan are playing and deep within her room, Summer watches on with a bored look on her face."Seriously, why am I moping around right now." She sighs and looks up at the ceiling with her back on her bed. She just wish that she could see David again and he would actually stare at her the next time.Suddenly, a small knock comes from the door and it is pushed open before David pokes his head into the room."Is it okay if I come in?"Looking up, she immediately flushes and her face pales. "Er... What are you doing in here?"David lets out a heavy sigh. "Of course, sorry I even asked."Before he can retreat back, she jumps out of her bed. "Wait, wait. Don't leave!"This makes David stop on his tracks. "Sorry about that. I was just surprised to see you, please come in."She opens the door for him to fully come in before she speaks. "Is there anyt
"And why is that?" I ask."Don't act dumb, you know that he can never accept me." She sits on her bed, placing her hands on her face as she sulks.Okay, this was not what I was expecting."I don't hey why you would think that. Did he tell you himself."She frowns at me as she moves her hands away from her face. "No, but he is a human."It's my turn to frown. "I don't see how that has to do with anything."Slowly, I sit on the bed, beside her. So this is the reason she called me here. I guess that I was right. David is her mate after all.Suddenly, she is staring at me like I've lost my mind or worst..."Don't you get it, Isabella! He doesn't feel the bond like I do and he..." She pauses and looks down at her fingers. With a small whisper, she tells me. "He isn't immortal as I am. I'll live forever while he'll grow old and die. I can't live like that, I can't! So it's better you tell me how to reject him withou
"Nathan?" I blink."Yes?""I love your British accent." I say and I flush, curling my toes as I wait for his reply."Then I live your voice." He says and my face gets even hotter."Don't you think that's sappy?" I giggle, biting down on my lip."But it's true." He says."You know what. Let's go on a date." I don't know when I blurt if out but silence ensues after.He doesn't answer and I suddenly want the ground to open and swallow me."I mean... I-" I can only stutter as I try to justify myself."I'd like that but we'd have to go on dates. There are going to be more than one." He finally speaks.I sit up immediately."What are you talking about?"So he isn't declining my offer after all. He is looking forward to it. This fact floods into my heart and brings me relief."We can have a date right now if you want but first, I'd like to know your wolf more better.""You want me to shift?" I a
I bite down on my lip, willing myself not to cry. At that moment, a hand drags me back and I'm been pressed into my aunt's chest."There, there, Bella, remember that you're supposed to miss me first."I hear my uncle sigh before I am released. He doesn't want to argue with my aunt, it's a battle he won't be able to win."You must be Shelia. I've seen your visit in the stars." I turn in time to see Summer holding Shelia's hand with a weird expression and Shelia watches her with the same.My aunt steps in before Summer can say anything else. "Sorry about my daughter, she says things like this sometimes. You see, she's a star fey."Shelia grins. "You're a really life fey, that so cool but then you can't turn into a wolf? ""Yeah, wolves are animals anyway, very digusting animals..." Summer notices her mistakes and wears a nervous smile. "Well, some of them are."Summer laughs out, nervously. If she didn't say that then my aunt would have