Gwen Jasper would kill me for being sloppy.I walked as fast as my leg could carry me. I start to run but my belly hurt. I had to slow down. The medications I had taken must have worn out and I was too distracted right now to think of them. I increased my pace again. When my house came into view, I stopped in my tracks and immediately turned backwards. I ran in the opposite direction hiding behind a tree. I hope he didn't see me. Jasper was on his phone. The hair on my nape and arms lifts. Why was he in my house? And he didn't even call me? I watched him put his phone away in his pocket and walk on the route that would lead him home. Perhaps he's found out! This is not good. I tried to breathe but found no breath. This is a pure hot mess. I just messed myself up. Thanks to my carelessness, my life just got worse. I remained behind the tree, hitting my forehead on its bark repeatedly."You would ruin your pretty face at this rate." Although not in the mood for pleasantries, I ha
Gwen Apart from the bruises on my face. I looked much better than yesterday. I waited for Jasper to come pick me up. But he didn't show up. It was getting late. There was no way to follow the school bus because it had already left. I contemplated whether I should check up on him or use a cab to school since I was running late. I picked out my phone to message him. Hi. Hope you're good. Waited for you but you didn't show up. I tapped on send. There was no blue tick. Indicating that he wasn't online to see it. I decided to check on him. I was worried. Not hearing from Jasper got me more concerned about what my mother said yesterday. She said he looked distressed. "Gwen!"I was surprised to see Josh coming my way. "What are you doing here?" I asked. He smiled. "I should be asking you. Aren't you supposed to be in school? ""You as well."He nods. "Okay me first. I got back home to pick up Ethan's Atlas. He forgot it. I told him not to worry, that I was going to get it for him. Wh
Jasper Josh didn't look apologetic. He smiled. "What motive? Everyone knows you don't care about her, even though she's your mate." He tapped his feet. "So why the heck are you angry I kissed her."I was going to make sure I tear him limb by limb. What audacity! I gently pushed Gwen. "Get into the house."She hesitated, staring at me like she'd never seen me before. "Now!" I ordered, pointing towards the door. She rushed in. I couldn't help but gaze at her luscious curls cascading down her back. I need to focus. "Is that what you and all other fucking people think? That I don't care about her. So you decided to kiss her on my behalf or what? You must be insane.""She might be weak and wolfless but she's in no way unattractive. I've known this fact for a long time," he said. "I've always liked her. Who knows? I would've made a move before you ruined our lives two years ago." He crossed his arms. "I wouldn't mind if you gave her up. You used to be her bully, remember."Such guts. His
Gwen On Jasper's command, I ran into the house. I wasn't expecting Josh to kiss me and he wasn't sorry that he did. He challenged and attacked Jasper instead.Why was all this happening? I could hear their arguments from the widow. And they began to fight when Jasper couldn't take it anymore from Josh. They both shifted and pounced at each other aggressively. Jasper had reddish-brown fur, just like the color of his hair and Josh's fur was black. When Josh pinned Jasper to the ground. My heart skipped a beat. "Father!" I yelled. "I think Jasper and Josh are going to kill each other." It aches me that Josh had Jasper to the ground. To my su surprise, I only yelled when Jasper was thrown unaware by Josh. I took pity on Jasper because he was already injured. It wasn't cool that Josh struck him on the head. That's cheating! Seeing two naked males fight in front of my home was not something I would ever conjure up. But here I am. Jasper stood tall like a warrior. His strong muscles
Jasper I couldn't control myself. The image of Josh and Gwen kissing kept replaying in my head. Staying in my room was boring. I came down to watch TV but watching a movie didn't do it for me.I was restless. The first knock on the door alerted me. I didn't wait for the second one. I knew she was here. Only a girl would knock that softly. While I accused her of enjoying Josh's kiss, I spoke slowly despite being furious, not wanting to wake the whole household. My parents were already asleep. My reaction gets Gwen infuriated. She's beautiful even while mad. Her anger revealed this mysterious and feisty side of her. My wolf loved it. I have never seen her get so tensed, angry, and blab so much in one go. I stared at her luscious lips. Why haven't I noticed Gwen all these years? I felt stupid for joining the other kids to pick on her while growing up. I called her names. We disregarded her when it came to any of the games we played as kids. She kept on venting her anger on me. She
Gwen"Was wondering what was keeping you late?" I heard my mother speak from the living room. "Hi, Mother," I muttered. "You came back alone? Didn't Jasper escort you home?" A little frown forms on her face. "Uhh. He wasn't feeling too great," I said. "He offered but I told him not to worry."Liar. Why do you keep doing this? You are covering up for him. Even for this! When will you ever learn Gwen? "Oh. I was wondering why he would let you come back all by yourself on such a cold night." "It's okay. He did offer but I told him to rest." I quickly went up the stairs to avoid any other questions. "Good night." "Good night sweetheart."Considering that I began to crush on Jasper since I was thirteen. Being close to him was a wish come true but toying with me like he did not too long ago was what I wasn't going to allow him to do to me again. I hope I've the strength to continue to resist him as I did today. I thought of something he said when we were about to sign the agreement,
Jasper The blaring sound made everyone in our class halt for a moment. The males knew what it meant. As a male in any of the four colonies, it was expected that you were a natural-born warrior. For a male werewolf, there was no room for weakness. A female werewolf may be weak because she has her mate to protect her. We understood this was a warning sound, the first of its kind since we came into this school. It meant there was an enemy or threat within the territory. Everyone began to murmur about the possible reasons the warning alarm would go off, but they all stopped when Mrs Carter broadcast an announcement over the microphone. As I was escorting Gwen yesterday, the scent I picked was of one feral. It was on my way home to inform my father that I picked another scent, then another. There were three. One feral was bad enough. But three? That called for a disaster. After I alerted my father. We agreed we weren't going to unnecessarily panic anyone. So he called the other three
GwenThe tension in the atmosphere was high. His friends didn't want him to take me home first. The way they spoke and how they reacted to Jasper confirmed it. "Why don't we go to the meeting from here?" Reginald said. "We're already late. She can wait in the car." I could sense the anger in Reginald's voice. He wasn't happy that I was here and I was about to distort their plan. Dorian said, "I think Regy is right. This is an emergency. We need to know how to handle this current situation about the ferals soon."On hearing ferals, my heart beat fast. Was that why everyone was panicking? This was serious. Jasper gave me a side look, he scratched his chin. I didn't face him. I understood he was having a hard time thinking about what to do, either to drop me home first or go for their meeting. Eddy tapped Jasper. "You have nothing to worry about. I think it's better if we go to the meeting," he leaned closer. "By the way, as I'll not be attending with you guys since I'm not a soon-to
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