Hazel's eyes fixated on the message that she had just seen, she could not take her eyes off it.
Why was he suddenly sending a message to her after six years?
"Gosh" she muttered as she remembered what Clarissa had just told her about the rumor about him wanting to return.
"What's wrong?" Clarissa asked, noticing the look on Hazel's face.
"Nothing" Hazel took her eyes off her phone and flashed Clarissa a smile.
"I will just drop my phone" she added and walked a few meters away to drop her phone.
She was about dropping her phone when another message popped into her phone. With a little bit of reluctance, she opened the message again.
"How do I look now, pretty head?" The message read with a picture of him.
Hazel gulped as her eyes glued to the picture of him. He had really become a man, he was no longer the young adult she remembered him as.
His face had changed so much and the look on his face in that picture, it was not that teasy look that he had been flashing her all of her life, it was a matured look and she hated to admit that it was not just matured but also hot.
"What are you still doing with your phone?" Clarissa groaned.
"Nothing. Just a second." Hazel was sure that if Clarissa did not call out to her, she would have spent long minutes staring at that picture of him.
She did what she had promised herself to do if he ever contacted her in the future, she blocked his contact and dropped her phone.
"What was it with the message? You seemed quite surprised" Clarissa was curious to know what the message had been about.
"It is nothing particularly. Just some spam message" Hazel dismissed the topic.
Hours later
Hazel was at her home now, she was in her room, holding her phone in her hands and what she was staring at was his picture.
No, she was not crushing on him but she could not hold back the amazement on how much he had changed over the years.
She got up from her bed, dropping the phone and stepping in front of her mirror, realizing that he was not the only one who changed, she had also changed a whole lot too.
She was no longer that tiny girl that she was six years ago.
Even if he came back, she was not going to let him bully her anymore because she too, had grown a lot.
Her memory flashed back to their last moment together.
Flashback
"I will be leaving this night" Axel said to Hazel.
His back was pressed against the wall as he seemed very relaxed in the room of Hazel.
Hazel said nothing in response to his words but she was very glad that he was finally leaving.
"Say something, pretty head. You do not want me to leave?" He asked, his gaze falling on her.
"No, I want you to leave and you know that" Her voice had that timidity to it.
"You really want me to leave?" Axel asked and moved away from the wall, walking over to Hazel who was seated on the sofa in the room.
"Yes" she mumbled, letting her gaze fall to the floor.
"But you are going to miss me a lot, you realize that?" He asked.
"I... I won't miss you. I will never want you back in fact" she swore.
"Why?" His right brow raised.
"You have always been onto me. I do not want you around me anymore. It would be great when you leave, I would finally have freedom that I have always wanted, I would be able to go out on dates, I would be able to focus on myself and then I will shift and then I will find my mate and then...."
He suddenly sent his hand around her neck and with no warning, he pulled her closer and kissed her lips, shutting her up.
Hazel's body stiffened up. She literally froze as his lips came in contact with her own lips.
It was the last thing she had been expecting to happen in her life.
He pulled closer to her, easing the both of them into a much better and comfortable position.
His lips parted and took her lower lip into his own, sucking on her lips gently. He kissed her gently, his lips all over hers and yet fitting so perfectly with her own lips.
Hazel could feel her heart pounding hard as his tongue teased her lips. This was her first kiss and it being taken by him was supposed to be nightmare but this gentle kiss seemed nothing like a nightmare to herself.
Instead she felt her body easing and melting for what was supposed to be a nightmare.
Axel broke the kiss and pulled away from the kiss, his eyes still on her wet lips as he did so.
He pulled away from her and stood up straight before revealing a smirk on his face.
"What did you just do?!" Hazel screamed at him, shooting up from the sofa.
"You were talking too much, pretty head. I had to shut you up" he seemed completely satisfied with himself and the smirk that was still on his lips proved that fact.
"You.... You!" She pointed at him with her index finger expecting him to hit it away like he always did to her whenever she did so but it was different that day.
He grabbed her hand by the wrist and covered her finger with his mouth, sucking on it.
Hazel's eyes widened as she saw this, she tried to push him off but she was too weak for him.
"Stop, what are you doing?" She cringed and he finally pulled away from her finger.
"What is wrong with you today?" Her brows arched.
"I am leaving tonight. I should at least do something to make you remember me, pretty head. I know I just took your first kiss..." He chuckled.
"I will be back some day and I would be your first man too" he took a few steps backwards.
"Never! I will find my mate before you come back!" She yelled at him.
"And if I don't, I will have any other guy become my first, not you! Never you!"
His brows arched into that annoyed look and he pulled closer to her one more time making her shut up.
"Remember this, pretty head. No man is allowed to touch you" after saying those words, he moved away from her and finally exited the room.
That had been their last meeting and yet their strangest meeting. He had been different to her that day, too different.
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 eveni
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