Caspian POV"She is my mate."I feel the air immediately turn colder as everyone turns their eyes to me. Damien looks absolutely shocked, only Damon is expressionless."Bullshit! You're just lying so you can keep her." Tyler says. "Conall was her mate and he rejected her."Conall? I frown. Where did I hear that name from? I try to think but I can't remember anything. I do know he is Ashton's mate that rejected her and that he is the new Alpha of the other pack but I don't recall her saying his name somehow it sounds familiar."I don't care what you believe but either Conall is a liar or the moon goddess is playing a fast one." Even as I say I believe the latter less. I have never heard of being assigned two but I can't completely rub out the possibility."You expect me to believe you're her mate."I squint my eyes at him. "Irrespective of what you believe, I intend to protect her. I have no intention of giving my mate up let alone to you."Tyler looks ready to kill, "I don't care," he
Caspian POV“No,” I say responding to Damien’s question. “I haven't told her yet but I am certain she has a clue. I haven’t exactly been hiding it very well.”“Well, I won’t go as far as to say I guessed it but I did think you have a thing for her. Which is good in my opinion. I have never seen you like this and it makes me happy.”I sneer at him, “Never say that to my face again. I need to talk to Vi,” I reply and make my way to the bedroom.“Take your time and tell Vi I said hi.”“Tell her yourself,” I say and close the door with a soft thud.I take out my phone and dial Vi’s number. It is a long conversation so it is going to be exhausting to speak using mind-linking. Also, I don’t want her in my head if she is angry."Took you long enough," she says as soon as she picks. "I get it is safe to assume everything is going fine since you're not asking for help in my head.""Jeez, that was one time, Vi. Yes, you are right." I say with an annoyed tone."Why did he want you there?" She as
Ash POVI sigh as I end the mind link with Caspian. Well, he ended it but I like to think that we came to a mutual ending. I groan, I am overthinking this but I can help but think he sounds a bit cold."Earth to Ashton," Kay says, breaking my chain of thoughts."Sorry," I apologize."What did he say?" Kays asks while staring hard at me.I roll my eyes, "He is coming back tomorrow.""What?" Kay yells. "Did he say why?" He asks."You think he will tell me? All I know is that he is fine and he will be coming back tomorrow period.""You sound annoyed," Kay says.I squint my eyes at him, "Of course, I am annoyed. Who says that? I was super worried about him leaving, also he promised he would be back soon enough and now he is staying the night at the Crimson pack."Kay touches my shoulders, "Take a deep breath and try to calm yourself down. Caspian is not one to make reckless decisions…" There is a slight pause, "Sometimes.""You are helping," I say and hit him slightly with my good hand.
Ash POV"Ashton, please open the door," Bennie tries to persuade me."Ash," I hear Kay say as he knocks."Leave me alone," I say and grab my injured arm.I hear a loud sigh from Bennie. "I will give you a couple of minutes," she says. "Please open the door when I knock again."I don't respond but I hear their footsteps slowly drift away from my bedroom door. I stay in this position for a while. It is a surprise I am not sobbing. I grab the necklace on my neck and I twirl the pendant.I jerk as a loud knock wakes me up, I don't know when I fell asleep. I sit up immediately and rub my eyes. How long have I been out? I don't think it has been that long."Ashton," Claire's voice breaks through my confusion. I frown and slowly get out of bed. I open the door to see a concerned look on her face. "Claire, is something wrong?""No, can I come in?" She asks.I look through her side and I can see Bennie and Kay standing by the staircase. I squint my eyes and then look back at Claire."Sure," I
Caspian POVI walk to the garage with Rayfe by my side. "Are you sure you cannot stay another day?" He says.I sneer at him, "If I didn't know better I would think you are trying to keep me here."He chuckles, "Of course not. It's just dawn, at least stay for breakfast."Eye Patch stands beside his Alpha while the rest of the guards keep a reasonable distance. It must be annoying to have this amount of people accompany him every time."Thank you for your kind offer but we will be on our way now."I stop beside the car and Damon gets in. He starts the engine before I even open the door. I don't blame him, I am just as eager to leave.He smiles faintly, "Alright then. I guess I don't have any reason to keep you here any longer."I scoff, "Even if you do, I won't stay. I expect you to keep your word." I say with a glare."Of course, I wouldn't dare go back on it.""Better," I say and stretch out my hand.He takes my hand and smiles at me, "I apologize for my son's behavior and all that h
Caspian POVI turn to the second holding and I growl. "Tyler," I say and rush to him "What are you doing here?" I yell. I immediately notice that he isn't the only one in his cell; there are five other werewolves with him.Tyler has some bruises on his face and clothes look slashed. I can't begin to comprehend what must have happened but the fact that he is held here means he caused some disruption."He broke into the main house last night," Vi says as she walks down the stairs. "We were able to stop him before anyone got hurt."I spin on my heels, "Why didn't you tell me?" My eyes widen as I stare at her. I can't believe something as serious as this happened and she didn't think to inform me.She shrugs, "There wasn't any need and you said you'll be here by tomorrow so I didn't see why I had to hurriedly tell you. Besides, I had it under control.""What if something worse happened?" I ask with a puzzled expression."But it didn't," she says as she stands beside me. I glare at her b
Ash POVBennie asked me to follow them out at Caspian's return but I refused. I don't know why but for some reason I feel weird rushing out to meet him. I watch them as they leave and I just sit on the living room couch.I don't stay there for long as I don't want him to return and catch me here. I'll be in my room waiting so I can tell him to take me back to where he found me, it will be better for everyone.I was scared shitless when Tyler broke in and was going to accept his request but then out of nowhere, Kay threw the first punch and they started fighting.I am so glad Vi and the fighters intervened fast enough before anyone could get hurt.I feel nothing but guilt, there is no need to drag them into my fight. Absolutely no need to do that. I intend to go back and hopefully join the top pack my brother is always talking about.They will definitely be able to hold their own against Crimson Moon Pack and Rogue Pack will be left alone. I hope they will take me.I should probably st
Ash POVAs Bennie pulls me out of the house, I try to call Caspian again.Caspian.I stop abruptly pulling back Bennie, she stops in her tracks and eyes me oddly. Something just responded to me but it sounds nothing like Caspian."What's wrong?" Bennie asks.I shake my head, "Nothing." I must be hearing things because I want him to reply to me.I start walking and Bennie follows after me, easily going ahead of me but I don't notice this I am trying to teach Caspian. Where are you?Ashton. His actual voice reaches me. I gasp in relief. He is fine, I was starting to get really paranoid with the message Vi told me.Where are you?I ask again, I almost stumble over a stone as Bennie pulls me to the house.I don't know.He says, he still sounds strange and even though I can hear him now, I can't help but be worried that something is wrong. I just wanted to let you know that I am fine. You don't have to worry about me, okay? Tyler didn't hurt me. I am good.Tyler? Why does he sound so a
Ash POVIt has been more than three days since the birthday party. It went off without a hitch. I had so much fun I can barely remember the incidents except that Caspian refused to let me out of his sight. He said I was too beautiful to be left on my own, according to him someone might kidnap me. Even though there was no chance of that happening, I did like the fact that he was all over me. It did get annoying at some point but he didn't stop me from having a good time.However, even though I had a swell time a couple of days ago, I am in bed with the sheets to my neck and a fever band on my head. I fell sick. It's a full moon today and the patrol is compulsory but Caspian is missing out on it to stay with me. I feel awful, he is the alpha of the pack but I am keeping him away like this."You know you don't have to stay with me. It's just a little fever, I will be fine on my own." I say as he changes the fever band on my forehead.He glares at me, "The fact that you think I would le
Ash POVIt's my birthday, I am actually more excited than I thought I would be but it wouldn't have been possible for me not to be excited not with the enthusiasm Claire has shown as the birthday party planner."You don't have to go this far Claire, I can handle this," I say as she forces me to take a seat in front of my dresser."Absolutely not. It is your birthday, there is no way I am gonna let you dress up by yourself.""But…""No buts," Bennie says and holds up two different earrings. "Which do you think will match perfectly, Claire?""Huh? Aren't you supposed to ask me?" I yell out."Nah, I am pretty sure the designer is the one who decides.""It's my day, don't I get to decide anything?""Of course not. Leave everything else to us. It's your day," Bennie says, wiggling her brows. "You're not required to do anything. Let the adults handle this.""Wait, what do you mean adults? You're just a couple of months older than me." I glare at her."Still older," she smirks.I glare harde
Ash POVI move my head even faster and he grabs my hair to pull me off him. I don’t understand what this means and I hold, not letting him pull me off.“I am gonna…” he blurts out and I feel him spurt against the back of my throat. I swallow before I realize what is happening.“Did you just swallow?” Caspian asks as he pulls back my head with horror in his eyes.I smile up at him, nodding. “Why? Spit it out.”“I can’t,” I reply. It wasn’t exactly my intention to swallow. I can taste it at the back of my throat and it tastes gnarly.“Why did you swallow it?”I stick out my tongue, “It tastes weird.”“Don’t say that,” Caspian says with an embarssed expression and I burst out laughing.He grabs my cheeks and pinches them a little too hard, stopping my laughter immediately. “Ow,” cry, “That hurts.”“Serves you right.”I try to kiss him and he shrinks back in fear. “Nooo, I don’t want to taste it.”“I swallowed it,” I glare at him.“You didn’t have to,” he says and looks away.I raise a
Ash POVI am kneeling on the bed with my legs across Caspian. He is sitting on the bed with his back against the bed’s headboard. He is hard as a rock underneath me and I feel him press against my sensitive parts. I can swear I feel him grow some more and it takes me everything not to squirm against him. His hands slowly make their way up the back of my shirt, I try to keep still as his warm hands caress me. They slowly move from the back to the front until cups my breast with his hands. I break the kiss and lean on his shoulder as I try to catch my breath. His hands on my chest don't slow down and all I can do is hold on to him as the waves of pleasure carry me away. I am supposed to be in charge, why am I the one panting against him while he is in perfect state? Without thinking I softly bite the side of his neck and Caspian groans against me. I bite harder and he curses. I suck on his neck and he squeezes tighter on my breasts.His fingers pinches the tip and I gasp, I throw my
Ash POV"Wait for me," he whispers directly into my right ear. I feel his breath on my ear and the side of my neck, it sends shivers down my spine.I nod obediently and he pulls away from me. I watch him while rooted beside the door. He doesn't turn around and I keep watching him until the bathroom door closes.I put my hand to my chest, it is beating so hard I am sure he heard it before he left me. I groan and climb to the side of the bed.I slip between the sheets and pull the cover sheets all the way to my face. My face reddens as I think of what will happen when he comes out. I cover my face with my palm and close my eyes."Oh no," I mumble. I can't quell my excitement.I sleep on my side with the sheets pulled all the way to my head. It's a little hard to breathe underneath it but it hides my face.After what feels like forever, I hear the bathroom door open and fight the urge to peek out of the sheet. I hear Caspian bustling around in the room and then I hear his footsteps appro
Ash POVI don’t know who is more surprised by the kiss but Caspian recovers quickly as he presses me against him and kisses me hard.I pull away from him gasping for air. "We should go inside," I say with my head down."Indeed," he says with amusement and kisses the top of my head.He removes his hand from my waist and grabs my hand. He pulls to the door and holds it open until we both go through the door.I immediately smell cooking but Caspian doesn't let me go and just pulls me through the living room and to the stairs. We stop in front of his room and he still holds me tightly."Caspian," I say gently as he opens his door."Yes," he responds but doesn't make any attempt to look at me."Let me go to my room and clean up. I will join you in a moment." I say as gently as I can even though I am fighting the urge to smack the back of his head."No," he says without any explanation.I open my mouth to protest and he pulls me into the room and shuts the door. He closes the gap between us
Ash POV"Just be happy with the person you like and stop being so stiff and let someone love you." She says with a bright smile."I can let someone love me, stop saying weird things." I glare at her."Oh really, I can tell you're the one with the issues in the relationship because Alpha sounds like he wants to keep you all to himself. I mean anyone with an eye can see that.""He just has a protective streak," I say with a pout."Protective my ass. Do you see him lifting me in my arms? Why do you think I thought something was going on between you two?" She smirks knowingly.I sigh, I want to tell her my fears but I will have to tell her more than I want to and I don't think I am ready for that."I do think it's a good thing," she says when I don't say anything. She looks to the corner of the room and screams out. "Holy smokes! Look at the time. Vi is gonna have our heads.""Oh my goodness," I say, following her gaze. "It's past five. What's Kay doing?"I rush out of bed and yo the war
Ash POV"Claire!" I cry. "I can't breathe.""Oh my God. I am so sorry." She says and immediately lets go of me.I lean forward and go into a fit of cough which subside quickly, thankfully. I take a deep breath and lean back on the couch."It is fine," I smile faintly at her.She still looks worried and she leans on to check my face. "Are you okay?" She asks.I nod, "Yes, I am.""Sorry about that," she chuckled awkwardly. "I just wanted you to know how sorry I am.""I get it and thank you for apologizing.""It's no problem." She said and gave me a hug before standing to her feet. "Let me know if you need anything."I nod and she waves and skips away. I sit on the couch for a couple minutes and I remember that I did not reply to Bennie.I quickly shoot her a reply apologizing without giving out any details. I don't want to explain on the phone if I am going to explain in person.As soon as I am done replying, I head upstairs. As much as I want to check on Kay I know it is better to give
Ash POVI hear the sound of the microwave go off as I start to send out a reply. As I stand on my feet I hear the sound of someone coming into the kitchen. I turn around to see Claire and I instinctively freeze as the memory of the conversation I had with Caspian pops in my head. For a millisecond, I am stunned and at a loss for words. "Ashton," Claire says and walks into the kitchen.The sound of her voice snaps me out of the trance and I manage to smile as I say her name. "Claire, good morning.""Rough night, huh?" She says with a soft smile."Not really," I say and turn away from her. "I was just lazy." I stop in front of the microwave and pull out my meal. Boy, does it smell heavenly.I blow a mind kiss to Damien and make my way back to the table. I see Claire is also seated and my stomach knots up but I immediately ignore it and go to sit opposite from her.I dig into my meal but she doesn't say anything, just sits watching me eat. I frown but I don't comment, I just pick up my