Athena"What are you doing here, Aaron?"He stared at me, something weird crossing his orbs giving away the signs of hesitation he attempted to cover with his best shot at acting confident despite being under the red light— Maybe he had not expected to be caught or it could be the case— He'd not anticipated this particular question. Either way, I didn't care.Sebastian's Beta following me could mean only one thing— It was Sebastian's command. And if that man could send his beta behind me, he, himself knew every detail of my whereabouts and that was dangerous for me. It'd taken me long enough to actually fit my life that I gathered piece by piece, in one place and now the last thing I wanted was to see Sebastian trampling this start of mine too."Athena, I-I...." Aaron hesitated, seemingly drowning in the misery the lack of words has poured over him."You are following me because of Sebastian's order, aren't you?" Rage crawled up my insides at the remembrance of that man invading my wo
AthenaThe soft Mistral winds blew, making their way here with the waves and disappearing into nothingness every time they came in contact with my skin. I released a low sigh, relief flooding in my veins as if the surreal warmth I could find in these cold breezes was the only thing soothing the emptiness inside me.When Aaron brought me here, I'd thought, maybe it was just for a mere second, still I'd this assumption that he'd have a lot of things to say but, it turned out that he was yet to overcome his problem to find the right words.But it seemed more as if his choosing silence for these few moments was not done for the sake of himself but for....me.Well, I couldn't complain.I'd rather spend hours looking at the view of the river than go through the conversations that only reminded me of my past and somewhat tried to push me back into the same pitfall.I wanted to move on. I really did....But everything in this universe was pushing me back to the same spot all over again.Why c
Athena"What happened to you, little one? Why do you look so tired?" Shelly asked, lightly nudging my arm whilst she knead the dough for the Croissants with gentle hands and smooth motions.My eyes flicked to her, diverting from the nearly finished task, decorate a birthday cake."Nothing, love. I just couldn't sleep well last night," I shrugged it off with a skimpy, crackling laughter that did partly nothing to disguise my discomfort.Well, Shelly actually did know nothing about my past. In the first month when I'd met her, she'd asked me throughout the days to spare her a few details of where I used to live and questions similar to that. At first, I'd thought it was solely out of her curiosity but the day she'd seen accidentally seen some of my marks and asked me if I had gone through anything terrific and if there was anyone who'd hurt me, I saw the truth that the whole time all she was trying to do was to make sure I was not a victim of any sort of abuse or gone through the things
AthenaI walked out of the bakery, standing in front of him, my hands crossed over my chest and eyes examining him unable to fight off the judgement that flicked in them.His stare had moved at me since the moment I stepped out, and it didn't even take much effort to notice how restless he was; It was very confusing why this man working for my so-called man was this concerned for my safety when, in reality, he held no obligations towards me. Despite being reminded of it, he was unwilling for the most part to stop doing this unwanted favour for me, and his showing up here was a pitiful display of his disinclination to leave me alone.I was pissed off and it took everything I had to not end up shouting at him in the midst of these people around us enjoying their sweet time and letting it all hangout. It'd be too disgraceful for my liking whereas all I preferred was calm, and Aaron on the other hand....well, it was still a question."What do you want, Aaron?" He stood up from his seat,
SebastianI looked at the sky through my office room. The clouds were dense but not enough to not let the sun not be seen at all. It was kind of weird, neither was it a sunny day nor was it a cloudy one—It was stuck in the middle of nowhere and that both looked and felt displeasing. It was a debate about what weather was truly my closest.Preferably, a rainy day would be my best choice because amidst the sound of soft drizzles, rustling of tree leaves and breezes, I could....find her.I wondered how the sky looked on her side, or if she actually looked at it as much as I did, even though I did not have even the nearest idea of where she could be. Neither my wolf made an effort to track her nor did I.The reason?Being constantly reminded of the last, pleading request she made before leaving me...forever.Six months, five days and nine hours— I have burned for her every fucking second. But I hadn't let my desire take a hold of me in any possible way, and I was not gonna let it happen
Athena"Who is that guy who met you yesterday? You still haven't told me," I felt a nudge on my arm, and my gaze moved to the very curious co-worker of mine, even intrusive may I say. "It's an old friend, Georgia.""An old friend? It didn't look like it when you were melting in his arms," She stretched out all of the words to the point where it was impossible to avoid her question anymore though in my mind I'd decided to not give her a response to a question like that. I'd already perceived something like this coming my way.However, before I could answer, Shelly's loud shriek broke through."In his arms?! They were doing the lovey-dovey out there?!"As I glanced back, tearing my eyes away from the baking tray, I saw a very excited face of Shelly and an ineffable amount of enthusiasm fluttering in her light grey eyes that successfully said out all the words that she hadn't and supposedly would utter in the next few minutes."Was that your boyfriend?" She strode towards me like an exc
Sebastian"Sir, you have received an invitation from 'Children And Youth association," My assistant Emma, handed me an envelope, "They sincerely expect your presence at the event they are hosting on the fifth of this month.""Where is the event going to be held again?""The small town–Rye, near the coast of East Sussex."I opened the envelope, reading thoroughly. "Oh, so this is the NGO we donated to last month," Recognition drew upon me, as I read the letter, "They are new, right?" "Yes, sir. They started new, and on the fifth of this month, it'd be one year. So they invited you to the celebration— Primarily, There are going to be the children from the orphanages they have helped grow and burn victims from the—Burn Survivor Association.""That's great, I shall attend the event," I said, pushing the envelope aside, "Tell Aaron that he'd be joining me.""Sir, Mr Aaron is out of town for a meeting with our client. He might not be able to return before this event since there are only
AthenaThe best thing about this small town Rye was its sky— Well, at least for me it was through the beautiful lakesides that did keep good competition with the mesmerising beauty of the endless sky. "What's there in the sky that fascinates you so much?" Shelly asked."I don't know. Maybe because it's free— Out of anyone's reach, beyond any boundaries." I let out a sigh, my eyes never tore away from the view of the sky that engulfed a strange attire today— In the depth of its blue there were dark clouds that fought to break from beneath and show up on the surface. Nonetheless, the beauty of it hadn't been hampered, nor did the dark clouds reach the nearest possibility of overshadowing its magnificence."And you aren't?""None of us is, we are stuck in some way." "How so?" Confusion drew upon her face and she leaned her back against the counter I was standing opposite, there was curiosity jarring in her eyes that asked me to speak.I had the answer to Shelly's question but I didn't