SCARLETTThe nightmares persisted for the past week. Every time I woke up, Izer was holding me down or protecting me from doing all sorts of horrible things to myself.Once, I tried to drown myself.One night, I tried to slice my chest open.Last night, I tried to burn myself alive. He couldn’t sleep. Because I was trying to kill myself in my sleep.I had no recollection of it. Every night, he had to tell me what I was doing. And every time, I would have to watch his scared eyes and questioning scowl.He kept asking. What’s wrong with you, Scarlett?I wanted to tell him, but couldn’t. I refused to involve him in my problem. I would have to deal with it on my own.But, scaring him every night was not a good thing either.“ Tonight…just chain me to the bed. ” I sighed. My eyes fell on my reflection in the mirror. Dark circles adorned my eyes due to mental exhaustion and the constant fear gripping my heart whenever I heard that voice in my dream.You did wrong Scarlett.I couldn’t tel
IZER“ Of course, I will. What other choice do I have? ” Scarlett’s voice echoed in my office before the line went silent.I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. It’s been three days since she started reporting everything to Cadamus.I asked Dixon to get the landline hacked when I saw her talking on it the first time through the CCTV footage of the bookstore. As expected, she got a call from Cadamus yesterday and today too. From their conversation, I could tell Cadamus had given some kind of fucked up Elixir to her. And she needed the second dose of it.She also heard voices and believed the entity in her head wanted to kill her.She was sharing everything with him. About herself. And about me.This drove me fucking wild.Why couldn’t she just tell me? Did she deem Cadamus more trustworthy than me? That was stupid as fuck.“ Don’t you think it’s better if you just…you know… ” Dixon trailed off.He was sitting on the chair on the other side of the desk. His eyes were still f
SCARLETTThe next day, Izer told me he had talked to some witch who belonged to a powerful coven. The coven was old and many of its witches dealt with dark magic so she must know what was up with me.I thanked him before going to my job. Alpha King called me on time and asked the usual questions.What was Izer’s plan?Did you get some valuable information from him?What more do you know about his pack and its members?As always, I told him Izer was waiting for him to make the first move, I didn’t get to know much and the members were just regular werewolves with no special training or strengths.Then came the question about the number of members in Izer’s pack. I didn’t know for sure, so I told him I had no idea but I believed they were not great in numbers.That was a lie. Like everything else.I never intended to give him any real information. Even if Izer told me and even if I had realized on my own that his confidence and calmness were not a front he was putting up, I would never
SCARLETTWhen I snapped out of the daze, and the voice went silent inside my head, Izer was standing right in front of me, holding my upper arms and keeping me steady on my feet.It had felt like an out-of-body experience. I was in front of them for a moment, but then I was in some other world that I knew nothing about.But this time, at least, the entity had communicated with me. It had said I locked it up somewhere and whatever this was, needed revenge on me.I sighed, instantly dropping my face on Izer’s chest. He wrapped his arms around my frame and kept me close until I could breathe again.“ What was it? ” Izer asked the woman still kneeling on the floor of our sitting area.“ She was inside my head for a second. ” Her raspy voice replied.I drew my face out of Izer’s chest and looked at the witch. She was wide-eyed and seemed equally surprised, just like me. “ You made me leave you. I couldn’t fight the hold you had on my mind. ” She sighed, blinking a few times.“ What…does t
SCARLETT“ Why are you mad at me, Izer?! ” I hissed, following him to our room.No matter how I thought about it, his anger with me didn’t make sense.“ I am not. ” He sighed, walking to the closet room.He could say it all he wanted, but I knew him. He was mad.“ I should be the one getting mad at you because you still haven't bothered to tell me what is going on with Lilly. ” I huffed, folding my arms over my chest.Izer walked to the glass wardrobe and slid the doors open. I watched as he grabbed a suit and threw it over the glass table placed in the middle.“ Izer. ” I glared at him because he refused to answer me. “ Why don’t you tell me who did this to you first? ” He paused for a moment and looked at me.The strange look in his eyes had me pinned to my spot. There was no way he knew something.“ You and I both know no one other than Alpha King can do this to me. ” I sighed, hoping he bought it.“ And you didn’t know anything about it? You don’t know when he gave you that potio
SCARLETTDixon showed me different videos of numerous offices, houses, and bedrooms one by one. I couldn’t really make sense of them until I started noticing the faces.They were all Alphas or Betas of the packs that were loyal to the Alpha King. It was not surprising to me that Izer was spying on almost all of them. He knew the intimate details about them because somehow, he had cameras installed in their private places.“ What does this all mean? ” I ended up asking when Dixon didn’t stop sliding forward.“ You were right. ” Izer said from beside me. “ I was not waiting for him to make the first move. ”My eyes remained on Dixon’s stiffened back. He was frowning hard. It didn’t take too much brain to tell he didn’t like Izer telling me all this.But why? I thought Dixon liked me as his Luna.“ What are you doing? ” I shifted my attention to my mate who had his back resting on the edge of the desk now.“ You think of me as a cruel man, Darling. ” He sighed, gripping the side of the
SCARLETTI let go of him when I knew he was calm again.Calm but hurt.I stepped back, and he turned around.My gaze instantly dropped to his chest so I didn’t have to look into his eyes. But, I could feel the heat of his stare burning into my face, asking questions, demanding explanations.“ You could have told me. ” I mumbled when he didn’t voice out any of his thought.“ Told you what? ” Izer covered the distance between us and grabbed my chin before lifting my head. “ Told you that I knew you were lying to me? That I knew you destroyed Valerie? And now you are playing a spy in your own pack? Was I supposed to tell you that you shouldn’t have done that as their Luna? ” It was clear. I could never fool him, or hide anything from him for a long time. He was always one step ahead.“ I promised you I won’t hurt anyone you care about, Izer. ” I sighed, lifting my gaze to his cold face. He released my chin and dropped his hand by his side. The little inches left between us were painful
SCARLETT“ You are really learning. ” I smirked, softly pulling his hands down from my cheeks.“ I had— ”Raising myself on my tiptoes, I captured his lips with mine and shut him up before he could utter more of his spells. I was already weak in my knees. I didn’t think I could take it if he continued to work his magic.Izer’s hands snaked my waist, pressing our bodies together, pulling me impossibly closer. My tongue caressed his lips as he let me take the lead.My hands moved to his nape, holding him to me. He sighed over my lips. I sucked on his bottom lip before moving to the upper one.I kissed him slow. I didn’t try to smother him like he always did to me. I couldn’t, even if I wanted to. I wanted him to feel every stroke of my lips. I wanted him to get every single word I couldn’t say.Softly, I pulled back. My eyes remained closed. I breathed him in and held my breath. Izer’s hands caressed my butt. He waited for me to process whatever I was thinking about right now. “ Does
Hey Lovely Readers! Izer and Scarlett's story ends here. Thanks for giving this book a chance and reading it to the end. I received many kind words from readers when I was writing this book and those words helped me finish this story. I appreciate all the support and love this book received and I am glad I was able to complete it. I had a hard time writing this book because Scarlett's character was that of a girl who was forced to stay isolated from the world until she turned eighteen and Izer came to take her. She was a little childish but I believe, that's how a person like Scarlett was supposed to behave because of her age and because of her lack of interaction with other people. At times, I was frustrated with her too, but I am happy I didn't get a sudden writer's block on this book due to the pent-up emotions *Phew* I believe Izer's character helped me get through this except for my readers all the time. He is different from all the characters I have ever written before. It was
SCARLETT~A week later…Dixon and Sophia's wedding was a chaotic event. Managing so many humans and werewolves in the same place was like conquering a war. Sophia stressed throughout it all but when she walked down the aisle and reached Dixon, I saw true delight in her eyes. I was her maid of honor, Valerie was her bridesmaid and Izer was Dixon's best man. When Sophia asked me to assume this role, I realized what I really meant for her and after that, I vowed to be a great friend to her.On the other hand, Dixon had to bribe me with a hundred compliments to make me convince Izer into becoming his best man. That was a dramatic day, three days ago but I managed to get the broody Izer Primeblood into it in the end.Now, the wedding ceremony was over and everyone had moved to the reception party which was held in the I. Tower's wedding venue. It was a classy high-end event where humans were mingling with werewolves without being aware of our true nature.It was funny for me. If any one
SCARLETT Izer really let his wolf out. I was surprised as I looked through Aine’s eyes. The two wolves were being lovey-dovey with each other. The huge wolf of Izer looked strange while he nudged Aine all the time just because of his intimidating size, but it still warmed my heart. After Aine and Xandros were done cuddling and my wolf was tired, she let me take over. It felt natural for me to shift back and forth. I just had to think about it and it would happen. I sighed in relief as soon as my gaze fell on my naked arm. A little of silver fur was still lingering on my skin but those were the remnant of hair. I shuddered. My eyes rose to Izer’s wolf. He was watching me and had stepped back to, perhaps, assure Izer that he was not trying to hurt me. A smile spread on my lips. The wolf threw me a dangerous sulky look before he let Izer take over. The look made me laugh. He was brooding because he didn’t get much time with Aine. “ That was odd. ” Izer huffed as soon as his eyes met
SCARLETTKatherine’s funeral was held the next day. It was a small service in the compound that every member attended. There were no outsiders allowed because Katherine didn’t have anyone except me and the people of this compound.She went silently, and everyone looked genuinely sad at her funeral. This only proved that she had lived a good life. I felt calm after knowing it.Yesterday, I didn’t leave her hand until Izer came and made me do it. I was in shock for a while. I felt cold. I just met her and now she was gone.But, after that, it felt peaceful as if I had fulfilled a mission and could finally rest.Later that day, after Katherine was buried, Martha came to stand beside me in front of her grave. “ She was pregnant with you when we came across her. ” She whispered to me. “ we were reluctant to take her in because she was a wolf but the curse on her was already working. And she was rejected by everyone else in this world. She had nowhere to go but she looked hopeful because s
SCARLETTMartha knocked on that wooden door and then opened it after waiting for a few moments. My heartbeat reached new heights, letting Izer know what I felt and how this was affecting me. He squeezed my hand, assuring me that he was there to manage things if I was uncomfortable.I steeled my nerves and stepped inside the cozy cottage. I couldn’t really focus on the small sitting area that we were in because I was too busy staring at the back of the woman who sat on one of the light brown couches in front of me.“ Katherine. She is here. ” Martha called out to her softly. The woman slowly turned around. A pair of green eyes met mine, and my heart halted beating momentarily.If I wanted to know how I would look in old age, all I needed to do was to look at this woman. Her eyes, her nose, her lips…It was like I was not looking at someone else but myself in the mirror. The only difference between us was the wrinkles around her eyes, mouth, and neck. Her eyes watered as she looked at
SCARLETTIt took Izer three weeks to get things done. He assumed the position of the Alpha King, established his control over all packs, and made all the necessary arrangements to keep things running.Martha called many times but I always told her to wait. I was not leaving without Izer. I knew he would be restless if he had to send me to some unknown territory alone and now, I knew what my priority was.I could keep the woman I was supposed to call Mom, waiting, but I couldn’t stress Izer out. Fortunately, everything was taken care of. We boarded his private jet in the morning with Martha and now stood on a territory that was thousands of kilometers away from home.This didn’t seem to affect Izer much. He was confident in himself. But that’s not how he felt about me. He was worried that I might start having an identity crisis after meeting my biological mother and he didn’t want that so he kept telling me that no matter what happened in my life, I needed to know that he was my famil
SCARLETT It took a few hours for Izer to get things done in our pack. I talked with pack members and Sophia until he was free. He came to me on his own and made everyone else disappear with a single look. We both went back to the car and started our journey back home. The creepy smile never wavered on his lips. With time, I was finding it less surprising and scary. Izer was happy. And he couldn’t stop displaying it around me. “ Is this our territory? ” I asked, pointing at the forest which was on both sides of the road. “ The whole city is our territory, Darling. ” Izer’s eyes sparkled as he shot me a quick glance. “ Stop the car. ” I told him and unbuckled my seatbelt. Izer stopped the car instinctively and then turned to me. “ why? Is something wrong? ” I shook my head and got down from the car. Izer watched me until I was on his side, opening his side of the door and spreading my palm in front of him. “ Let’s go. ” I jerked my head to the right. “ Where? ” Izer placed his
SCARLETTWe did talk about not having sex and making him take a rest but it turned out, that was just that. A talk. I couldn’t really resist him when he was so adorable sometimes.If someone else ever heard me addressing Izer Primeblood as adorable, they might think I had a loose screw in my head but they didn’t know him like I did. And for me, he was adorable whenever he looked at me with puppy eyes. So, it was always hard for me to resist his charms. After we had a quickie, he fell asleep by my side. I made sure he slept for the whole day and kept Dixon away from him when he came to the penthouse, complaining that his Alpha was not responding through the link.When Izer woke up, I thought he would be a little salty about the way I made Dixon run away but he was all sunshine and smug about it which was really strange.He had been smiling, and creeping me out for a few hours now. Slowly, I break out of my trance and glance at him. He is driving the car, and the stupid smile is stil
SCARLETTMartha told me all about this Lakeburgh town where they built a secret hideout for all people like us. Anomalies—she called them. Strange people that were not supposed to exist in this world.They had powers, and strength and there was nothing like them. So, she said it was important to stay together and stop each other from running evil and wreaking havoc on the world. I liked this idea. She told me this compound had existed in Lakeburgh for hundreds of years and every time these people suspected something out of the ordinary had been born, they always went to get this new anomaly before things became bad for him or her. That’s how they kept the powers in control and maintained peace in the world which was filled with all sorts of supernatural beings.I listened to her explanation for a good hour. Izer stayed beside me but didn’t talk. More than getting interested in her story, I was drawn toward Izer’s silence. It was unsettling and it hurt.I had tolerated his silent tr