Hazel shook herself out of the memories of the past. That strange occurrence had been years back but it was still imprinted in her mind, mainly because she had not still found her mate and she had not found any man too.
She had her eyes on Rex for sure but things were not progressing that well between the both of them as he did not seem to have the same feeling for her.
Her phone rang, jolting Hazel out of her thoughts.
She walked back to the bed and picked up the call.
It was Clarissa calling.
"Hey, are you dressed up yet?" Clarissa asked and Hazel's lips parted slightly as she realized that she had completely forgotten that they had an outing.
"You have not, yet" Clarissa sighed, drawing that conclusion from her silence.
"Just a few minutes and I will be done" Hazel requested, ended the call and dropped the phone back to the bed.
"I hate you, Axel" she mumbled.
She had her mind so preoccupied by the thoughts of Axel that she had forgotten that it was Rex's birthday party that evening.
She quickly opened her closet and luckily for her, she had picked what to wear beforehand.
She picked out the black slit dress and dropped it on the bed. She picked a pair of red heels and a red fancy purse.
She bit on her lips for a second as she stared at the things on the bed. She shrugged and rushed into her bathroom, almost slipping as she did so.
She took a rushed bath and dressed up as soon as possible. She tied her hair up in a neat bun while leaving strands of her hair to fall down her face.
She looked into the mirror and smiled, seeing how beautiful she looked in her choice of clothes.
She adjusted her hair a little bit. She wanted to look perfect for the night and tar was because she wasn't just going to meet Rex, she also planned on confessing her feelings for him.
"You're done or not, we are leaving" Clarissa pushed open her door.
"I am done" Hazel grinned proudly.
"Well, that was quick and that is definitely because it is about Rex" Clarissa teased.
"Just let's go already" Hazel giggled.
*
Hazel stepped out of the car and waited for Clarissa to walk over to her. The both of them passed smiles to each other before walking to the home of Rex.
It was a grand mansion and it screamed of the wealth that the entire family of the family screamed of, anyways.
There were white wolves running around, getting menial chores done and getting scolded at any slight provocations.
"Oh, their presence disgusts me" Clarissa scrunched her face up in disgust as a few white wolves walked past them.
Hazel made no comments on Clarissa's words and only walked forward into the mansion.
"Oh, Clarissa, you are here" a female wolf walked up to them and focused on Clarissa, ignoring the presence of Hazel almost completely.
"Yes" Clarissa smiled.
"Never thought you would be here for me" Clarissa added.
"Hello" Hazel called out to the female wolf.
"Hey, Hazel. You are here too, can I talk to Clarissa for a moment without you?" She asked.
"Without me? Why?"
"I am sorry but it is just that this talk is only for those who have shifted and have their wolf forms already"
Hazel knew the mockery was intentional.
"If you can't say it with Hazel here, then forget about it" Clarissa grabbed Hazel's hands and walked away from the lady.
"You did not have to be unfriendly to her just for me" Hazel said to Clarissa.
"She was being unfriendly to you first" Clarissa retorted.
"It is fine. I am okay with it"
"You cannot be okay with it, stop.... Oh my, your Rex is here"
"Really? Is he behind me?" Her face lit up.
"Yes" Clarissa giggled.
Hazel adjusted her dress and turned backwards to see Rex who was also walking up to her.
"Hello" she smiled at him gently.
"Hello Hazel, you are looking really beautiful tonight" he complimented her, his eyes running over her body.
"Thank you and happy birthday to you"
"Thank you for coming"
"Thank you for having me as a welcomed guest"
"Uhm, I have to go see the others. Have fun and let's chat later"
"Of course. Bye" she did a small wave as she watched him walk away.
"How did I do?" Hazel asked, turning to look at Clarissa only to realize that Clarissa was no longer with her.
She looked around and found Clarissa in the middle of three other females, chatting away with them.
Hazel's face fell slightly but she masked up with a smile. She did not want to go pull Clarissa away from the others and she knew joining them was not the best option too as it would only make her feel worse about herself.
Hazel walked over to a servant carrying a tray of drinks and took a glass of wine from the tray.
She walked away from the crowd that still yet felt a bit lonely to her. She walked out and stopped by the pool.
Taking off her shoes, she sat at the edge of the pool and dipped her legs into the pull after which she took the glass of wine to her like and had a taste of the wine.
"Great wine" she remarked, breaking the silence of the pool herself.
She looked up and stared at the moon.
"Why don't you just help me shift, moon goddess?" She asked.
"Why do you have to make mine so late? Am I that much of a bad person?" She queried the moon but of course got no response.
She downed the remaining content of the wine and dropped the glass. She wondered if she really belonged to the human world and wondered what it would be like for her to break the boundaries between this world and the human world and go to reside in the human world.
She fell quiet for long minutes before her name was called behind her.
"Hazel" it was Rex's voice that called out to her.
She turned to look at him and was more than glad to see him approaching her.
"Rex, you are here"
"Yeah, got bored and decided to come out for some fresh air"
"How can you get bored when it is your party?" She chuckled.
"It is just not me, I guess" Rex let out a chuckle and sat beside her by the pool.
The both of them fell silent as Hazel began forming words in her head.
She was going to tell him about her feelings for him. It was now or never and she badly hoped that she would not flop things and make things awkward between them.
"Rex" She called.
"Yeah?"
"You know, I have not... Not had my first shift and I have also not found my mate" She started and almost hit herself as soon as she finished.
Was there really a need for what she had just said?
"I actually... I am actually glad that I have not found my mate because... Because I already have someone that I like and do not need any mate."
"Wow! I wonder who the guy is" Rex grinned.
"You do not have to actually wonder because... Because the guy is you. Rex, I love you" she said to him, her eyes on him as she badly awaited a response from him.
He stared back at her, clearly taken aback by her sudden confession.
"I know it sounds so out of the blues but I really do like you" she added.
"Uhmm... Hazel, this comes to me as a huge surprise and....."
"You do not have to give me a response right away. I can always wait for you until you have thought it over" with those words, Hazel got up from the pool side and ran off, not wanting to hear his response at that moment.
She moved to the garden, the next quiet place in the mansion.
She was breathing quite heavily as she laid on the grass, staring up at the sky once more.
Her phone beeped, breaking the silence with the beep.
She reached for her phone and it was a message from Clarissa.
"Where ever you are, come over to the living room right away" the message read.
Hazel wondered what was going on as she pulled herself up from the grass, adjusted herself and headed back into the living room.
Her eyes fell on Clarissa immediately she walked in through the door.
"What's it?" She asked Clarissa whose face held a million dollar worth excitement.
Clarissa said nothing but pointed to her back.
"Just tell me what it is and stop...."
"Hello pretty head"
Hazel froze as she heard that deep masculine voice. It was slightly different from what she remembered his voice to be, it sounded more masculine, deeper, and more hot. She hated to admit that. She slowly turned towards the direction of his voice and found him leaning against the door casually. He had on a black suit that clung to his body while making him look hotter than any of her memories of him. His eyes seemed to have gotten sharper and even more beautiful, he had always had beautiful eyes anyways but it seemed like he now knew how to make them look more appealing, his black hair had been left to grow a little bit more than she remembered but all in all, he looked dashing. "What? You're going to stand there, saying nothing like the pretty head that you are?" He asked and Hazel blinked several times, taking her eyes off him but she could not understand what her reaction was supposed to be with him. She definitely was not going to hug him and cry in his arms about how much she
Hazel could feel her heart pounding hard and her brain screaming at her to push him away. She had just confessed her feelings to his brother and now she was in his own arms. "Pretty head, tell me the truth, did you miss me while I was gone?" He questioned, his right hand still gently caressing her while his left hand was on her waist, gently rubbing on her waist. His voice sounded compelling and Hazel could feel the truth she had buried deep inside of her, move upwards to her mouth to be revealed to him. "I did..." "Not miss you" she quickly added as she regained herself and gave him a shove. She quickly reached for the light switch and turned on the lights. "What is wrong with you, Axel?" She asked him. "Do you think something is wrong with me?" He replied with a question. "Listen to me" her voice turned as feisty as she could. "You can no longer bully me, I am not that little girl anymore and..." "If you think that you can leave for six years, return and want to get in betw
Hazel was still in bed, sleeping when her phone beeped with a message. She groaned and threw the sheets over her head sleepily.Her phone beeped with another message and her groan got louder."I am dying if those are spam messages!" She groaned, sitting up on the bed and running her hands through her messy hair before reaching for her phone.She picked it up and her sleepy eyes widened as she saw that the first message was from Rex.She quickly unlocked the phone.... Yeah, it was his birthday but she had forgot the date. His birthday was on the 13th but she had been thinking it was 12th.Her heart skipped a beat as she wondered what Rex had to say to her. She opened his message, a little bit nervous."I was thinking about what you said yesterday, how about dinner tonight?" The message read and a huge, wide smile spread across her face.This had to be the greatest relief after her encounter with Axel the previous night. She got out of bed quickly, all ready to make the date a perfect o
It was just a few minutes before the time for Rex to pick Hazel up. Hazel was in her living room, waiting eagerly for him to arrive.She had dressed up in a knee length yellow gown and had even taken time out to makeup and style her hair properly. She was sure she looked dashing, she needed no one to tell her that anyways.Her fingers tapped at her knee as she waited for him. Minutes had passed before she heard the doorbell.She rushed to her feet, adjusted her already beautiful dress and hurried over to her door.Without bothering to check out who was at the door, she pulled the door open with a smile.The smile however disappeared as soon as she saw the person at the door. It wasn't Rex, it was Axel.She made an attempt to shut her door right back but she was too late as he caught the door effortlessly.Hazel tried locking the door but her strength was just no where compared to his own strength."You know you ain't winning this, just let me in""Argh! Fine!" She grunted, giving up o
Hazel looked at Rex, then at Axel. What was going on with these two brothers?The both of them were not even paying attention to her. They had their eyes on each other, glaring at each other while their hands held onto Hazel tightly, each unwilling to let go of her."What is wrong with you, Axel?" She asked him but he gave no response, neither did he react like he had heard her speak just now."Let go of her, Axel. She is my date""No, you let go of her, Rex. My woman cannot be your date" he replied laying emphasis on the the words 'my woman'."She is not your woman!""She is." Axel gritted his teeth."Let go of her" Rex groaned and tugged at Hazel's arms to pull her away.Hazel winced as she felt hurt in her arm due to the pull. Axel immediately let go of her hand, seeing her in pains was something he had never been able to stand and he still was unable to stand it."Goodnight""Leave my home soon and lock my door" Hazel whispered to him."You will regret leaving with him, Hazel" Axe
Axel's hand grabbed Hazel's hands and started pulling her away. Hazel followed after him, barely in control of herself, not after seeing that flash of red in his eyes.He was a true Alpha, he was to be feared, he was to be worshipped, he was the human incarnation of the moon goddess herself.He continued to drag her away until she expressed her first sign of resistance to his pull.He stopped pulling her and let go of her hands. He closed his eyes and took in deep breaths, breathing out the same as he tried hard to calm his wolf side down.After about a minute, he opened his eyes and he seemed quite cool now even though his facial expressions were still held in that displeased look."You really got into a relationship with Rex?" He asked and her head bobbed a positive response."How could you? After what I told you last night?"Hazel wanted to yell back at him and act as feisty as she had been acting since he came back but she could not anymore. She was still shaken by what she had ju
The day of the duelHazel was seated beside Clarissa as they all awaited the duel between the two potential alphas of the pack.Hazel could not help it but look forward to seeing Axel naked. She tried not to think about it but she really wanted to see if he had gotten bigger since he left six years ago."Get it out of your head" she mentally slapped herself but nothing was working when it came to getting him out of her mind."Rex is here" Clarissa nudged her excitedly and Hazel took her eyes to the battleground.Rex was there, he had his clothes on anyways as he smiled, quite confident that he was going to win the duel against his younger brother.His eyes met with that of Hazel and she quickly waved at him. His eyes lingered on her before he looked away.They had resolved things between them if there was ever any issue in the first place. They were dating and they were both cool and she was here to cheer him, if that was true right from inside of her.Axel walked in next, he was stil
"You do not have to think so much about it, Rex." Hazel comforted Rex.She was in his home, seated by his side on the sofa, her fingers gently passing through his hair.Rex said nothing."I am sure that the next time, you will turn out to be the winner. You just underestimate Axel this time, that is the only thing that happened. I am sure that you would be great next time" Hazel spoke more, trying to comfort her life partner."I understand" Rex mumbled and pulled her close, placing his head on her chest..Hazel's hands wrapped around his head, pulling him more into a comfortable position. The both of them remained in that position until Rex took the first move. He lifted his head from her chest and stared up in her eyes. Hazel knew what he was going to do next and leaned in closer.Their lips met and they kissed, the kiss started off slow but soon lost its slow pace as Rex began kissing her quite possessively.He kissed her hard, pushing his tongue into her mouth as Hazel tried hard