Sirena took a step back and she started to get that anxiety again. The sudden doubt had created a havoc in her feelings.“You’re confusing me and this is hard to believe,” she said.“I’m not. I’m putting some sense in you,”“Okay, what else? Are you saying that he tried to kill me?”“Maybe, I don’t know what happened between you and him on the day you vanished?”“Xander wasn’t in the pack when I ran away,”“No, he was here and he knows what happened to you,” he said and Sirena didn’t know what to say. The way it feels unacceptable made her realize how much she trusted Xander.She can’t even think about it that he could’ve lied to her. Maybe that’s why he was so upset when she tried to know the truth. He’s so afraid that I will find out everything.Lulu didn’t ask her to stop nor told her that this all could be a lie. They weren't speculation, they felt like the truth.Understanding that she’s breaking, Killian added more details to his claim.“He married you, clearly with the intentio
“Turn around and ask him,” Killian said.Sirena looked surprised to hear that and she turned to see the man after a long time. It actually feels like ages.“How are you, Sirena?” he asks with a smile on his face. Even though she doesn’t get a chance to meet him often, she hears about him from others. And one such thing she heard recently is that he’s going to get married by the end of this year.She doesn’t feel sad or happy for him. It bothered her a little. She wishes not to meet him again and make herself uncomfortable and confused. She wants to forget him as if he doesn’t exist. However, he finds a way to come after her.If Xander finds out all this, she’s going to be in trouble. She didn’t greet Xander and showed her discomfort on her face.“You’ve put me in trouble,” she said to Killian.“I told you, you’re already in trouble, Sirena,” he reminded her and she looked at Alder wondering whether she should talk to him.“Hi, Alder,” she greeted him.“I’ll meet you later,” Killian tr
Alder’s POVShe looks beautiful, the woman I wished to spend the rest of my life with. She was in front of me but I couldn’t do anything to keep her with me. I don’t deserve her yet I wanted her so badly.My heart aches, and I don’t know what to say to convince her.I want her to understand me and I have this irresistible urge to keep her with me. I even have this thought to abduct her but… that would ruin everything. Once she found out about Xander, she would eventually return to me. I’m the only person she will look for when she needs help. I have to give her that assurance.“How did you speculate that Xander schemed all this? You don't even know us,” she asks me.This is the time to tell the big truth.“I know everything about you and Xander before you even came to my pack,”“You know that I was in a relationship with Xander?”“Yes, I saw you both one time when I sneaked into your pack. From the moment I landed my eyes on you, I knew that you were my mate but before I could come an
Xander’s POVI felt something was wrong that night when I left the house. I saw the look in her eyes, it felt like she was hiding something. That wasn’t my Sirena. That reminded me of Melody. Like she knows something about me but she’s waiting for the right moment to escape from me again. The fear inside me keeps my brain on fire. The past often comes in flashbacks before my eyes and I know that I’m not how I portrayed to Sirena. I’m not as good as she thinks. I married her because I wanted to be the Alpha. I deny it to others but that’s the reason I’m here.I loved Melody but that’s not only enough for her to stay with me. It all started like this, a ghost haunting, a terrible future that starts to appear in her dreams, and her obsession with her future becomes erratic.It’s a long story, about how I fell in love with Melody.From my childhood, she was with me. She was there when I lost my mother, she was there when I was lonely, and she was there when I had nothing by my side. She’
Xander’s POVOn the day, Sirena decided to leave the pack. I lied to her that I wasn’t in the pack. The truth is I was here. I canceled my trip just to stop her from getting away. That time, her father wasn’t in the pack and nothing could stop her.I still vividly remember every word we spoke. I chased her when she was about to cross the border.“Melo, you can’t do this,” I held her hand firmly.“Leave my hand, Xander, or else I don’t know what I will do,” she yelled and I was so scared of her at that moment. Melody isn’t like Sirena. She was brave and never afraid to speak her mind. She never wanted a man, she’s happy with her own company and all men of my age were attracted to her witty charms. She’s brilliant, even now.“Leaving the pack doesn’t change anything,”“Why do you want me to stay here? For your selfish desires, I can’t die. If you’re really in love with me, then come with me. We can travel around the world, settle somewhere far away,”“You know, I can’t do that,” I said,
When Xander entered the house the next morning, he went to the bedroom. He was startled to see the absence of Melody.When he heard the water running in the bathroom, he sighed in relief and waited for her to come out.So many thoughts ran wild in his head in a few minutes.Why is she awake at this time? Did she leave the house when I was away? If she has gone out, for what? To meet Alder?Sirena often wondered what was going on behind her back. Has she started to dig into the past? His heart raced in angst each moment to think about when his lies would all fall apart. Xander is afraid of all little things.Sometimes he thinks it’s better if she finds out everything. But, at the other times, he’s so afraid to hurt her.Truth always comes with trouble and living a lie is much easier, he had been doing that for many years. She came out and looked surprised to see her husband.“You came back?” she smiled.“Yes, did you sleep well?”“You woke up early today, what happened?” he questions.
It’s uncomfortable to even meet Xander’s eyes for Sirena as she sends him off to carry on his usual pack duties. He left with a smile on his face. She hopes he doesn’t find anything weird.If her thoughts weren’t true and Xander is innocent then it would ruin the trust in their relationship if he comes to know that she did all this behind his back and has these thoughts.After he left her sight, she made her way to the diary hidden in the back of the house, where the store room was. In all these months, Xander came here twice or thrice. This part of the house, he won’t use often.She came out with it, for an hour or two Xander wouldn’t come here and sat on the garden chair to read.Entry no one and two are all about her daily routines and tasks. Nothing important.In entry no- 3. She wrote,I don’t know why my father always tries to control me. He did it even today when I went to see Priscilla. He doesn’t want me to find out how my mother died. I think he has something to do with all
Xander feels something isn’t right as he makes his way to his office. He took his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.“Hey, it’s me. Let's meet this evening,” he said and ended the call. He also deleted that number. He shouldn’t get a doubt, but he feels this way. His gut instincts never lie, and her eyes never lie when she convinces him with a smile. There’s something going on in her head, and God knows what that is.But that’s not the problem. Even if she finds out the truth, even if she gets angry, he must do something to keep her here. He knows what he wants, and he can’t think about the other things that hinder his wish.If his plans were right, nothing, not even destiny could stop it. That’s what he believes and that’s what happened so far. He turns ready to execute the plan when things go sideways.“How you’re going to ask permission from Xander?” Lulu asks.“Why should I ask permission from Xander? I can do whatever I wish,”“Okay. Do what you wish but don’t complain to
A year laterSirena looked at the young kids training in the field. She smiled at how they were all so passionate about this pack. Sirena had changed a lot after taking over this pack. She’d trained to be a soldier like she guessed, it was pretty for her. She’s a soldier after all.She worked hard to fill the void that her father and Xander left.Ever since she became the she-wolf of the pack, she had found a new purpose in her life.For many years, she was searching for her path and now she’d found it here. She’s happy that she’d settled here. She lives in a big mansion alone but is always surrounded by people who believe in her.Raven and her mother have settled in Raven’s pack, so she’s all by herself. She’d to take care of everything here. Alone, doesn’t mean she’s alone all the time. Alder, her mate and the love of her life comes and stays with her on weekends.They were inseparable after all that incident happened. They both relied on each other’s support. Their packs accepted t
The funeral was held for her father and for her ex-husband, Xander. But Sirena didn’t attend them as she was under arrest. She has to be prosecuted in court and decide whether to leave her without punishment.There was mixed reaction from the public. Some considered her a home wrecker as they were all living in harmony until she came back to the pack. The other set of people sympathized with her. She had gone through a lot because of all these men.She passed the days in that prison and Alder would come every day to see her. She refused to meet anyone else. He assured her that he would get her out or at least help her to escape this place. At that moment, he’s the only person she trusts the most. She can see that he took the promise he made to her too seriously. His desire to make her life happy is seen in his every action.She doesn’t care whether he’s going to betray her again. What’s more she got to lose. Sirena wanted to face her fears, she’d done it and it gave her an immense rel
Sirena was anxious and afraid and was on the verge of running out of the place. People looked at her in surprise to see her alive. Everyone thought she was dead, but seeing her alive confused everyone, and that too, with Alder is quite unexpected. She went to meet her father, who turned emotional to see her.“I’m really sorry,”“That’s fine,” she said.“I don’t want any kind of apology. I’m here to tell you that. Xander tried to kill me. He betrayed me and the promise he made to you. It’s up to you to decide whether you have to keep him, pamper him as your puppet, or punish him for his mistakes," she said.Raven and her mother looked at her sympathetically, but she didn’t pay any attention to them. She trusted her sister but she too betrayed her. Sirena clearly isn’t in the state to accept any of their sympathy. Her father has already decided what he’d to do.“I have exiled Xander. He’ll be punished for everything he did to you, and I’m terribly sorry for not protecting you,”“It’s fi
When it was time to sleep, Sirena asked him to sleep next to her in the bedroom because it was the only room with a heater. He gladly accepted it. They made their bed and lay, leaving some distance between them.“What is your next plan?” he asks. He couldn’t fall asleep and the sound of thunder was too disturbing.“I’m going to live here for a while and then I’ll move somewhere else,”“Your plans?”“I need to take care of my business, find Xander and put him behind bars, and then live my life peacefully,” he said.“Do you think Xander will search for me?”“Yes, he will. To kill you is his safest way of escaping all this,”“I think he might find me,”“How?”“You, what if he’d followed you,”“That’s not possible,”“It is. I must leave after you leave,”“You can go back to the cabin or else come with me. You shouldn’t hide anymore,” he said. The main reason Alder came here is to take Sirena with him. Hiding here isn’t going to do any good to her.“I can’t. You should’ve told me that you’
“Your father exiled Xander,” he said.“Really? How did that happen?” she asks in surprise.“Your father,”“Have you told him where I am?”“No, not yet. Not until you give me your permission,” he assured.“Thank you,”“So, coming to Xander. He got into many problems, and your father got to know everything, including his affair with Grace, he saved a lot of money for himself from your pack’s fund and much more corruption that’s enough to exile him. He’s scarier than your father,” he said.“Where is he now?”“He and Grace have run away,”“Really?”“Yes, what’s more to hide after this? They proved that they were mates, and they would look too foolish to hide after this,” he said.“That’s right. Before things could escalate, he ran away,”“Your father asked his men to hunt him and I’ve sent mine. Soon they will find him,”“Oh, God. That’s a relief,” she turned silent looking at him. “I can’t believe this. I cried and prayed to the moon goddess to give me relief from this situation and my p
“Paul is checking on you,” her friend Susie said and Sirena looked at the man who was standing before the cereal aisle. Pal quickly looked down when he couldn’t meet her eyes.Paul is a thirty-something human guy, who frequents the store. She thought he was one of the regular customers before but the way he glanced at her, made her realize that he was interested in her but she was not in the mood to reciprocate it. To be honest it just frustrates her.Paul came to the counter with a pack of chips. She smiled at him as a courtesy.“It’s two dollars 55 cents,” she said.He gave me his card.“Thank you,” she returned it to him.“Are you free this evening, Melody?” he asks.Sirena uses her real name here, and it suits her well.“No,”“What about the day after tomorrow?” she asks.“No,”“What about this weekend?”“No, I got plans,” Sirena said.Understanding her mindset Paul left without making her any more uncomfortable.Her friend came to talk to her.“Why? Paul is good-looking, and you
Days passed one after the other and it's been months since she was abducted by Alder and got free of something she wondered how she was going to escape. She’d traveled a lot in this time, saw various beautiful places, met a few people, and had a lot of delicious food. She can’t get enough of the life she’s living now.After traveling to a lot of places by bus and hitchhiking with strangers, Sirena finally settled in a quiet seaside village called Sandy Cove which is far away from all the places she’d been to. This is quiet and safe and people here are good to her.She rents a house and it’s been only two days since she got a job in a local store. She has money and she’s glad that she got settled in a safe place. Even she made friends with one of the human girls, who works with her. Her name is Susie.Life is going fine. Her emotions about this life have changed a lot, and has determined not to tell Alder where she is. Sirena talked to him two days before and he told her unbelievable i
The next morning, Sirena woke up hearing the sound of chirping birds. Sunlight passes through the creaks of the curtains and her entire body is so relaxed.She opened the curtains and saw the beautiful view through the window. She smiled widely and headed to the bathroom to take a hot bath. She doesn’t know how long she stayed in there and she came out only when she got too hungry.She immediately called the room service and ordered breakfast. While she was waiting for it, she checked her phone and saw the message that Alder sent her yesterday.My father met him, why? She got so many questions but she doubted whether he’d told anything about her to get friendly with him. She doesn’t trust any men but she feels Alder wouldn’t have done that. He knew her situation and what would happen if anyone finds about her whereabouts but there’s a chance he could’ve slipped information.With many doubts and thinking, she called him. He picked up the call.“Why did you meet my father? What did you
Alder gets a message from Sirena’s father that he wants to meet him in person and not tell anyone about it. Alder got doubtful at first, whether he got to know about what did. It can’t be because he’d done everything in utter secrecy.He had planned that for weeks before executing that. There’s no way anyone could’ve known about it not even his mother. Alpha Alder must’ve called him for something else.Why should I overthink, better I must go and ask him? That would end all the doubts. He decided and sent him a message that he would meet him by nightfall.He continues his work as he did nothing in the past week. He spent the time with Sirena. Everything was going fine until he heard a knock on the door.“Come in,” he heard and the familiar scent made him roll his eyes.“Why are you here?” he asks Grace as she walks in wearing a body-hugging dress and with perfect makeup. He wondered how long she was going to try to get his attention.Before he always wondered why she was around him wh