Lorena's POVI was in Kaya's room and had seen Hazel storm out all of a sudden. I watched her as she ran down the sidewalk and soon, she was out of sight."Miss Lorena, are you alright? You look worried."Kaya had raised her head from the colouring book that I got for her and looked at me with those beautiful eyes of hers."I'm okay sweetie. It's nothing to worry about."She smiled and showed me her colouring and I moved back to sit on the bed with her."Wow! I think that is just beautiful. I think you are a very talented girl Kaya."She smiled and opened a new page to colour. She was silent for a while and finally spoke up as she was now colouring the picture of Princess Jasmine."My dad doesn't think that I am talented."Her face became sad but she didn't cry; she continued to colour as if she hadn't said anything at all.I watched her and couldn't help but sigh sadly."Kaya, look at me."She stopped colouring and raised her head; her eyes were glistening with tears. She was holding
Ryder's POVI glared at her and she stared back fearfully and clutched her stuffed wolf even tighter."I asked what are you doing out of bed?"She whimpered in fear and backed away."I am sorry daddy. I just had a bad dream and I came to look for Miss Lorena. I checked her room but it was empty so I came down here because I saw the lights were on."I snarled at her and she slinked back even more in fear. Tears began to form in her eyes.Lorena pushed past me and suddenly stood infront of her protectively. She crouched down to her and pulled her into a hug and cooed softly into her ears."Kaya, it's alright. Let me take you back to your room."She stood up and took Kaya's hand but I immediately pulled their palms apart and pulled Lorena away from her."Let her go. Need I remind you that you that you should never get involved between me and my daughter. You are her nanny and that is all. Now just because you had a litttle rage surge protector earlier today and bit me, doesn't mean that
Logan's POVI was asleep when I heard sounds of running feet in the corridor. It had been a while since Hazel went to look for the doctor and she was not yet back and neither was Jasper nor Cassie.I began to worry. The running sounds came again and then they were followed by sounds of screaming. What on earth was going on?I got out of my bed and ripped the needles from my arm and rushed out of the door. I saw beds being wheeled down the corridor and I followed. On the way, I saw drops of blood that the janitors were cleaning. I sniffed the air. Hazel had been here and so had Jasper and Cassie. Was this their blood? What had happened to them?"Excuse me? Did you see my friends by any chance? Two girls and a tall muscular guy?"One of the janitors looked at me and his face was white with shock."They were your friends? I found them here on the floor covered in blood. Poor things. The girl and the guy were covered in cuts while the other one was barely breathing. They wheeled them off
Hazel's POVMy mind was in a dark void and I floated around aimlessly. I could see nothing and I felt nothing. It was just dark and empty. Every now and then, I would see a light flash but it seemed so far away and I could never reach it.My memory was foggy. I don't even know if I was thinking in the first place. Perhaps I was dead?Suddenly I felt a tug at the center of my back, like someone had attached a fishing hook to me and was reeling me in. At that moment, it all started to come back to me. Cassie, my bracelet, the gusts of wind and then I saw them, the shadows, snarling at me. After that, my body was seized and I had no memory of what happened next."Hazel..."I heard a voice in the distance of the void. It was unmistakable. It was Logan's."Logan? Where are you? Can you hear me?"I heard muffled sounds of his voice and his scent was strong in my nostrils. He was close, closer than I thought. I just had to break free of this void-like prison I was in. And finally, I did.My
Lorena's POVIt was morning and I still hadn't heard from Hazel. I hurried to the kitchen to get breakfast ready for Kaya while she had a quick shower. I had talked to her this morning and she had no memory of what had happened last night. To her, it was all a dream.I did some cleaning and when I bent over to get something from the cupboard, I felt a pain in my back. I groaned and stood up straight. Ryder had helped me to dress my wound last night. He didn't do a totally great job but at least he tried to help.It made going to bed last night almost unbearable though. I couldn't sleep on my back and I had to keep twisting and turning just to find a comfortable sleeping position. But something about the way he caressed my back as he applied the ointment, send shivers down my spine. His soft touch and his scent made me crave him terribly.I tried to bend over again but this time, I managed to get the frying pan from the bottom cupboard with less groaning. Most times the pain was sharp
Hazel's POVThe sun had risen and it was bright in the sky. I felt bad, as I could only imagine how Lorena was feeling. She hadn't heard from me and I was certain she was worried sick.I was in the room alone with Jasper and Cassie. Logan had gone to his room as his doctor wanted to give him a final check up. Before he left, I asked him to call Beta Ryder but wasn't answeing the phone.All night, till they both fell asleep, Cassie and Jasper had been cooing sweetly to each other. They looked so cute and I didn't want to bother them. They were both still sleeping.They had healed significantly and could probably be discharged later today. I, on the other hand, was all better. My skin was no longer cold and my breathing was stronger. I sat up in bed and gazed at the bracelet. I couldn't help but rethink about all the shaodws I had seen earlier. If that was how many and how dangerous they all were, then the bracelet was very powerful.The time ticked by slowly and Logan was still not yet
Cassie's POVWe drove back to Jasper's place and the entire time, he had one hand on the wheel and was holding my other hand.I had never blushed so much before. Logan was never like this with me. He would take me out but he was never romantic or sweet. If anything, he only did all those things to make Hazel mad.I glanced over at Jasper and we locked eyes briefly before he turned to the road. Jasper was nothing like Logan. Now I knew why Hazel was around him so much. He was sweet and kind.I still remembered the first time that I went to see him. I didn't understand how I felt that time. The mate pull was so strong and I could barely resist it. I expected him to be like Logan, arrogant and proud but he was none of that. I remembered the first kiss that we shared that day. It was nothing like Logan's and was steamy and I could still taste his lips.Things escalated very quickly and soon, we were all over each other. I wanted him to mark me as his immediately but Jasper refused to slee
Hazel's POVThe next day came faster than I expected it to. I was in bed late and Lorena had gone down to get Kaya ready for school. The whole night we talked about our various experiences the day before. She was stunned when I told her about the shaodws but I was more shocked after she told me that little Kaya had unlocked her wolf at such an early age and that she tried to bite her dad. That explained why he was spending more time with her.I had barely slept the entire night though. I had a chain of thoughts about the shadows and Dr. Luisa Isabell Wright. Now that I had thought of it, each letter of her name spelt the initals L.I.W and it also meant Lady in White. It took me a whole night to comprehend it all.She was the reason why we were all able to live after the shadow incident. If it wasn't for her, we all would have died. I also reckoned that she was the one that whispered to me the day we were to be discharged and asked me to invite Cassie and Jaspe over. She probably wante