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
SCARLETTRight when the clock struck 8, the landline rang. I sighed, glancing at the poking head.“ Grandpa again, huh? ” Martha smiled sweetly.If only she knew what kind of grandpa haunted me every day with these calls, she wouldn’t even ask me this question.I picked up the landline and placed the speaker against my ear.“ What is he doing now? ” The calm voice questioned without a delay.I covered the mic and smiled back at Martha. “ It’s him.”Martha nodded at me before her face disappeared behind the shelf. I let out a shallow breath and held the speaker against my ear again.“ He is gathering intel on your Alphas. You should warn them. ” I whispered, trying my best to keep my voice low so Martha didn’t hear this conversation.My heart pounded against my ribcage as Alpha King remained silent on the other side. I waited for his reply while tapping my foot impatiently over the carpeted floor.“ What does he intend to do with this intel? ” He asked after a while.“ He is going to k
SCARLETTAzriel couldn’t find out anything even after a month passed. Time was passing quickly, and the anger of the wicked shadow in me was growing.With each passing day, I was becoming sure that I would have to find it on my own. After all, the witch did say I would feel it if I was close to whatever thing the part of me was caged in.I told Izer to go ahead and do whatever he wanted with the Alpha King so they could start the real war and I could go find it. But, he refused because it was too risky for me.I would have gone along with my plan anyway, but when I saw Izer’s face that night, I just couldn’t. I had vowed to be his partner, and I was not about to go rogue mode on him ever again. In the past month, he had told me about every progress against the Alpha King and had also shown me how the scattered rogue pack worked. He trusted me enough to reveal his strengths and weakness to me. I was determined to be the same, do the same.Sighing, I looked up and found Martha standing
SCARLETTIzer stopped the car. The wolves emerged, blocking the road.My breathing sped, and so did my heartbeat. Who were the wolves? How did they know they could find us here? What did they want?I had so many questions, but now was not the time to pester Izer about them. Izer released a soft breath and opened the car’s door. My head whipped in his direction. My heart drowned.“ Be careful. ” I muttered.What more could I do without a wolf? And with my evil half haunting me? Izer didn’t look at me. He stared ahead, as his eyes flashed red.“ Keep the doors locked. ” He told me softly.Despite the numbers, despite the danger, his voice didn’t waver, and his heartbeat didn’t quicken.He closed the door. I locked them and watched Izer. He rubbed his nape before slowly walking forward.The wolves stayed in the distance. The time seemed to be stretching, a second turning into minutes, and minutes into hours.Then, the string of restraint snapped. The wolves growled and sprinted in Ize
SCARLETTI wrapped my arms around myself and just watched as Izer pulled out a duffle bag from the backseat. He was silent—awfully quiet. His hands worked on bringing his clean clothes out from the bag as I waited for him to say something to me.Izer’s body was covered in blood, but his face looked the worse. It made me maintain my distance until he was done tugging up the sweatpants. “ Why are you not saying anything? ” I mumbled, taking a step toward him.We couldn’t stay quiet like this forever. I had to tell him about Martha, and the wolves.My gaze traveled to the empty spot which was occupied by the strange woman before. I shuddered and faced my mate who had been silent since the time he shifted into his human and walked straight for the car instead of me.“ Izer. ” I huffed, unfolding my arms and sliding my hair behind my ears.He wore a T-shirt silently. I sighed, staring at his back which was covered in clothes now.This was not going to work. Ending the distance between u
SCARLETTContrary to my expectation, Izer’s foot remained between the doors of the elevator keeping it open until I was inside, standing by his side. He pressed the button for the penthouse and stepped back. Fire burned between us, and it only threatened to consume me right now.He had been angry before. Yes, I had a knack for infuriating him but he had never acted like this. I sighed, sealing my lips just like him. I was stubborn too. He was not the only one.We reached the top floor. Izer exited the elevator and left me alone inside once again. My eyes glared at his back until he disappeared behind the main door of the penthouse.I followed him quietly. The door was left open, letting me enter without having to go through the trouble of punching in the stupid code.I searched for him first thing after coming inside. I was not surprised to find him walking to our bedroom, completely disregarding me.I didn’t go up behind him. I sat down on the couch and threw my bag beside me. Sec
SCARLETTAs Izer said, he came home. He was late, and I was already in bed, staring at the ceiling when he entered the bedroom.I thought he would say something, but I was not surprised to see him silently walking to the closet room.I turned to my side and closed my eyes. A sigh escaped my lips. He came after some time, freshly bathed, and slipped under the sheets behind me. Sparks crawled up my spine, tugging, tingling.Instead of wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into his body like he did all these nights, he stayed in the distance. Silent. Brooding. Sulking.I waited for a while. My hands itched by my side. Giving up, I turned around before grabbing his arm and pushing it under my head. His body stiffened close to me. I placed my other arm over his waist and pressed my nose into his neck. I was used to this. I didn’t think I could go a single night without clinging to him like a koala clinging to a favorite tree.“ I really mean it. I am sorry. ” I mumbled, pressing a s
SCARLETT“ What makes you think I will help you? ” Valerie rolled her eyes, sitting opposite me in the cafe.I sighed, running my forefinger along the rim of the coffee mug in my palms. “ Look, Valerie. ” I looked into her eyes. “ You understand you betrayed me first, right? ”She narrowed her eyes on me. Her lips parted.Before she could speak up, I uttered. “ I know you thought it was for the best. But still, I was your friend. I expected you to be more honest and open with me. I am not saying that your actions were against me…what I am saying is…you broke the friendship code. I understand that was something you believed you had to do. I do really. ” “ That gives you the right to push me into a ditch? ” She huffed, folding her arms over her chest.“ No. ” I shook my head. “ but, I want you to understand that I had to do what I had to do. And it’s true…that Alpha King suspected you already. I know it’s my fault because I told Rush about your relationship and all…but…I really didn’t