GwenHis growl frightened me and I had to immediately step away from him. For a moment, I thought he was about to pounce on me. He was fast to pull me towards him and shut the door close. I wanted to tell him how I was feeling, that we need to stop this now before it gets out of hand. I had no idea how we were going to do that.I just wanted to suggest it to him but before I could, he had suspected what I wanted to say and he snapped. His hands grabbed my arms holding me in place. "Listen to me real good," he blurted. "You'll never bring something like that up again. You hear me! Four months is Four months. That's the agreement you signed."I trembled under his gaze. Jasper was being aggressive. "But…I mean it's not safe for us to continue like this." "And who said it isn't safe?" he asked. "You're only devastated because your best friend found us out. Why are you bothered about it being safe or not safe to continue? Didn't you say you trust him enough to keep shut?""I do trust him
Jasper "Please, Jasper." She looked up at me. "When we go down there, don't mention to them that I've shifted yet.""Why?" I asked. "I want my head cleared first," she said. There's so much I need to think of right now. I was looking forward to surprising my parents with the news. But with the Silverblade knights here and what happened with Leo— "She shook her head vigorously, implying she didn't want to tell anyone yet. "Okay if that's what you want," I said. We were cool now and she had relaxed too. I also wasn't upset anymore. "Hurry along. I'll wait here."Even if ending our agreement was easy, I wasn't going to make it easy for her to opt-out. Thank the stars it was as complicated as this. We were going to take it to the end. My pride was tied to this and another reason I wouldn't like to admit openly was because my wolf was beginning to like Gwen around. Gwen washed her face as I had instructed her to. She looked so much better. Zara was about to wipe out Josh and his famil
Jasper I refrained from asking my father any questions on our way back home. I wanted him to ease off but it seemed he wasn't going to ease off anytime soon. Zara has done him badly with the way he looked. "Honey, how did it go? Where are the Silverblade Knights?" Mother asked, hugging my father. "They're gone," Father said. "Already? Was Gwen found?""Yeah. Jasper and that kid named Leo found her in the woods.""You don't look alright. Did everything go well? Did she get to see Gwen?"When my mother said 'she', I knew she was referring to Zara. My father rubbed his hair with his hands. "She met her. Zara's as stubborn as she was in the past. She hasn't changed and it turns out she's been the leader of the Silverblade Knights. Although she just retired.""Their leader! Are you okay?" Mother asked, looking worried. I was inclined to ask questions that had been eating me up, so I seized the opportunity. "Why is there so much tension between you two?" I asked. "You and Zara. Every
Gwen"Are you okay?" my father asked. I kept staring at the kids cycling around the neighbourhood. "Uhmm." "Are you sure?" he said. "Yeah, I'm okay.""The doctor said you need to rest. You should leave the terrace and get back inside.""I've rested enough. I want to stay out here." "Okay, if that's what you want." He pats my shoulder. I meant it when I said I had rested enough. My thoughts weren't letting me be. It wanted answers and I didn't know when Zara was going to come back. What are they trying to keep from me? "Dad, why aren't you and mother saying something to me?" I asked. He raised a brow. "Something about what?""Zara? You? Mother? Alpha Roderick? How did I come to be here? Everything! No one is telling me anything.""We're only following Zara's instructions," he said. "We are waiting for when she decides to tell you. We took you in because we wanted you and we love you. There are a lot of things she doesn't know about you but that doesn't mean she's not your mother.
Jasper The boys were all over me, they wanted me to tell them all that happened yesterday. Just like Reginald, I know that their fathers must have given them some information. Reginald was the only one who I had discussed what happened with. The others were still left hanging. I agreed to tell them so I summarized all that happened, skipping the part where Gwen shifts. Orion's face still held an expression of doubt. "Wow, man. That's crazy. You mean the Blade of the Silverblade Knight is Gwen's mother?"I nodded. "I was surprised too.""Josh deserves what he got, but if you ask me, she's partly responsible for what happened to her," Dorian said, before gulping down his water. "It's weird though—" Eddy chipped in, "that a woman as powerful as that would birth such a fragile girl."Reginald was eating. He dug into his cheeseburger not minding our discussion. He now knows better than to talk anyhow after my outburst yesterday. Sincerely I knew if I started talking about Gwen with the
Jasper "What do you want?" I asked. "Where is she?" Leo whispered. I sighed. "Under the shower.""Will she be okay?"My eyes twitched. If he cared so much, he wouldn't have left her sitting all alone. But I didn't want to add more friction to what was already happening. "I don't know. And I wouldn't know, not when you keep me standing here speaking to you.""Sorry." He let go of the door. I closed the door and made sure to bolt it from within to prevent anybody from coming in. When I went back, I met Gwen standing, her head resting on the tiled wall while both her hands held onto a pipe connected to the shower head. The water still trickling down. "How are you feeling now?"She tried to turn around as she heard my voice. "My head's spinning," she said. "Can't stand until I grasp onto something."I felt a wave of relief as she spoke. She wasn't whining as she was earlier. Except for the lightheadedness though. Stepping into the shower with her wasn't part of the plan. But my wol
GwenI wasn't expecting to hear it. Jasper didn't have to, but he had insisted on teaching me after mentioning to Dr Benny that I was his mate. "Oh. Sorry. I didn't know," Dr Benny said. "I mean, I know you have a mate but I didn't know she was the one. You guys are rarely seen together in school.""You know now." Jasper shrugged. "We aren't like most mates who like to cling to each other. We give each other some space." "I understand." Dr Benny smiled. "Since that's the case, there would be no better person to do it than you then.""Great," Jasper whispered. "When will we be leaving?" "It depends on how she's feeling," Dr Benny said, walking up to Gwen to check her vitals. "Is your head still spinning? Will you be able to walk?""No. I don't feel dizzy anymore and I think I can walk," I told Dr Benny. "That's great. In that case, Jasper can take you home any moment from now.""Ok." I laid back on the bed thinking about what Jasper had said about wanting to teach me. What if it tur
Jasper"This is crazy, man!" Orion gaped at the bottle of drinks arranged around the corner, rocking his body to "You Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. "That's what I'm talking about! Guys, what's a party without beer and music like fire?""That will be a prom!" Dorian answered, laughing hard. The boys and I laughed at the sarcasm. "Tonight's going to be great." Reginald beamed. "Hope a lot of girls turn out too." "They would. We should expect them to start trooping in anytime soon." I cramped all the pillows into one corner. "I told you homeboy (You can't touch this)" Orion sang along with the jam kicking his legs at different angles. "Yeah, that's how we living and you know (You can't touch this). Look in my eyes, man (You can't touch this)." He was staring into Eddy's eyes now and making his funny dance steps. Eddy threw a playful smack at him but he dodged it.Eddy yelled. "Those weren't the dance steps used in the video of the song.""What do you know?" Orion cracked up. "For su
Jasper One month had passed since the miraculous events at the Coit Tower. The werewolf community had been shaken by the revelation of our fated bond and whispers of our extraordinary connection echoed throughout the packs.Gwen and I didn't need the Lunar Convergence anymore. The moonstone gave us what we wished; each other. "Hi, beautiful." I shut the door behind me. Gwen raised her head. She sat on her chair writing. "How's my mate doing?" I asked, staring into her gorgeous eyes. "My hands hurt from all the writing. I need to submit this report tomorrow." "Is it a lot?" I asked, trying to take a peek. "Out of ten, I've only done four." "Oops!" I exclaimed. She does have a lot to cover. Gwen tugged my arm. "Did you hear what happened to Reginald?" I was surprised to hear the question, wondering what must have happened. So I asked. "What happened?" "Leo called me fifteen minutes ago. He said a friend at Reginald's colony told him that Reginald was taken to the punishment camp
Gwen Life isn't fair. It has never been fair to me since the day I was born. It's never given me what I wanted. The few things it gave me, it gave me late; when others have long had theirs. I could still hear Jaspers scream in my head. Seeing him struggle to breathe, with blood coming out of his mouth and nose was terrifying. I could do nothing when he ingested the thornleaf. I watched in horror as he breathed his last. My cry echoed through the Sanctum. I wanted to take his place or better still die with him. But one of us needs to take the moonstone back home. The pack community was waiting for us to return on the third day.It was evening by the time we arrived at the Coit Tower. A large crowd had gathered, waiting for us. It seemed everyone wanted to see what would happen to those two who foolishly went against the mating laws. Probably they all wanted to find out if we would return with the moonstone or not.Jasper's body was dropped to the ground. The muttering from the crowd
Jasper "You're not a bad person. You've grown to become my favorite person." I confessed to Gwen. "I don't care about Selena. If anything, I'm glad you never told me about it because I would never have gotten to know you, and that would be a great loss. I was mean to you. I'm so sorry that my pride came before everything else."I let out a deep breath. "But why would you have a crush on someone as bad and irresponsible as I am?"Gwen lowered her head. " Simple. The heart wants what it wants. Trust me I've tried to hate you but I couldn't. I accepted that and from crushing on you, I moved to falling in love with you during the time I spent with you. I know you don't love me but what matters is that I do."I reached out to hold her hands and cup her cheek. "I was stupid not to notice. I feel jealous when guys talk to you. I wanted you just for myself," I whispered passionately. "At first, I thought I wanted you just for four months, but I realized I wanted you forever. My wolf is only p
Jasper I wanted to say many things to Gwen but I didn't know where to begin from. If I knew things were going to turn out this bad, I wouldn't have brought about this idea. I'm still shocked that a life will be given for the moonstone. It sounds like a joke. It's hard to take in. I leaned my back to the wall thinking of all my actions that led me to this point and I knew it was my pride. I wasn't patient enough to wait for the next Lunar Convergence. I wanted to control everything in my life. I'm used to winning all the time and not having things go my way makes me want to force it to. I watch Gwen as she quietly stays in her corner. She can't avoid me forever. At one point before midnight, one of us has to step forward. The most horrible way one of us would die is by not telling the other goodbye. I don't want to lie to myself. I regret starting this but I do not regret meeting her and knowing her better. She taught me someone can be good to you and accept nothing in return. I
Gwen I must say, I never expected this place to look like this. The people here live like one big family. There aren't more than two hundred people here, men, women, and kids., I am not so sure though.It's amazing how they could live in the middle of this forest away from the outside world. How do they live? No phones, no cars, no TV, no schools, no malls—you name it. They don't even wear clothes like ours; they have long fabrics with strings tied around their waist. Long, beautiful hair is one of the features they all have. Just like my mother showed me in the picture, my father also had long hair. It must be a law here to grow out the hair.My supposed aunt, Sonya Silverwood, is the Alpha of the Silverwood Grove; a position that belonged to my father, and in his absence it could only go to the next in line—Her. It's the first time I've seen a female Alpha. "Why did you allow me in? You were supposed to send me away," I said. Sonya grinned. "Your mother told you that, right?""
Jasper On foot, going to the Silverwood Grove takes a day and a half at most. Three wolf warriors, all guys, were asked to go with us. But they're not to interfere in our quest in any way. They would be lurking around somewhere observing all we did. This was to ensure they report back to the pack community everything that happens to ensure transparency. We walked in silence. Gwen didn't want to speak to me. I noticed she didn't want to get close to me either. As we walked, she stayed several inches away from me. She must be terrified. I could see it in her eyes back at the punishment camp. There's so much I do not know about Gwen. I thought I did. Zara revealed she's Silverwood. If we weren't seized and in such a predicament but happened to just be friends, that would've been great news. But it wasn't such great news with the quest at hand. Her father is a great figure. It's common knowledge that anyone who bears the last name Silverwood is a guardian of the grove and also a keepe
Gwen He wants to take the fall.To see him go down alone without accepting that I was also in the wrong would mean I was wicked and selfish. Yeah, I'm angry at him. I screamed cruel words at him. I told him I hated him. But could I ever? I don't think my heart could hate Jasper so easily. I've tried to in the past when he used to be my bully. People may say he manipulated me, he outsmarted me, or whatever they want. But I allowed him to. I encouraged it because I love him. My crush on him turned into stronger feelings, which later turned into love. Just as I gradually fell in love with him, perhaps I'll gradually fall out of love with him. My moments with Jasper were mostly adventurous. Everything wasn't entirely bad. I'm not ungrateful. Staying close to the guy I have wet dreams about was one of my desires; I wanted to be so close to him, to know what he smelled like and felt like. And I did get close and got to do a lot of things with him. My parents would never understand that
Jasper "Alpha Roderick, Your son, Jasper has to be taken in." Sid marched through the front door with a couple of his men. "A report came to us with enough evidence that he and Gwen committed a crime, a violation of social norms within our community. They are said to be fake mates."Father and Mother exchanged glances and turned to look at me, their eyes narrowed in disbelief. My father asked, "Jasper what's going on here? Do you know anything about what they are talking about?" "It's true... I forged a fake mate bond with Gwen.." Mother gasped. "What have you done?""I'm sorry, "I whispered. "I…I"Before I could say another word, my father slapped me across my face. "Take him away," he ordered, disappointment written all over his face. Mother nearly collapsed, but father was quick to hold her."Sid and his men dragged me away and put me into the back of a black van. It was so dark when the door to the van closed. I could feel the presence of other people in here from the body he
Gwen I had a bath and came down for dinner. Zara was home with us. Mother invited her for dinner. I've been down because of the fight I had with Jasper and didn't have an appetite for food. I had to come down to enjoy the moment with my family. Jasper isn't worth locking myself in my room and crying a long time for. At school today I stayed in the classroom throughout because I didn't want to see him. I don't think I can heal from this fast. How can someone I love manipulate me like this? Reginald is a devil but I don't care because he's not the one I love and care about. Jasper was the one who had my heart but he showed me how foolish I am. "Sweetheart, why are you playing with your food?" Zara asked. "Are you okay?"I forced a smile. "I'm fine.""No, she's not. Don't believe her," Mother said. "She's been like this since she fought with Jasper. We don't know what their fight is about.""Huh, mates' fight." Zara smiled cutely and winked. "It happens. You'll feel awful about you