**Isabel**I wake up as early as I can. Today, I am planning on preparing a special breakfast for Jared. And the mark - I simply tie a scarf around my neck to hide it from the eyes of people. I don’t think that the best time has arrived to tell everyone about it, it will be better if it is kept a secret until things clear off.Back to my cooking - I think of the easiest meal to prepare. I’m not a good cook and I am merely brushing up because I spend most of my mornings in the kitchen and watching Stephanie cook. The best meal to prepare without having to burn down the whole pack house is pasta and I intend to prepare that.I start with making the ingredients ready and then boiling my pasta. Midway through the cooking, Stephanie comes into the kitchen.“Good morning, Stephanie.” I greet her cheerily.“Morning, Isabel. Don’t tell me that you are preparing a meal for Jared?” She asks even when my answer is obvious.“Yes I am. I have been wanting to do this for a very long time and now th
“Isabel, do you know that you are getting more prettier day by day?” He asks.My cheeks reddens and I pretend to check my fingers to avoid looking at his face. Even though being intimate to each other is a normal thing, I still don’t feel bold enough to face him especially during naughty talks. “Uh - thanks for the compliment. “ I mumble shyly.Jared carries me up in a bridal style and swirls me around, I have to cover my mouth with my hands to avoid screaming out in laughter. He drops me on the bed and lies on top of me.“Let’s play.” He whispers to me and I blush.“It’s too early for foreplay, Jared.” I decline.He pouts his lips but his hands are already slipping inside my clothes and my body ignites fire, now that the mark is on my neck and the mate bond is strong. My body will become hot at every touch that comes from him.“You know that you are mine, we are one and I love you always. I want to be getting morning kisses from you when you wake up in my arms and good night kisses
After ten minutes break from the first class, we start the second class and this time around, the training becomes more heated than I ever imagined. Pack warriors must have a special ability to be strong for them to stand tall after all this gruesome training.“In this second class, I will teaching you how to attack. We will be starting out with simple attack techniques which I can assure you that they are not hundred percent accurate and can be easily predicted by your opponent.” Serafina tutors.“The first rule of attack is to allow your opponent to attack first...”Roly stretches his hand to punch her, Serafina avoids his punch by simply moving to his side and grabbing his hands. “The second rule of attack is that you don’t spend your time in figuring out what move to make next. Even if there is no obstruction on the first attack, push your buttons on a totally different approach...”She tries to smack Roly down but he withholds her legs in between his legs.“This is the response
We walk down the usual path that is used for strolling around, I still feel uncomfortable with elder Lee because of our bad beginnings but my mind is rest assured that he did not call me out to belittle or warn me to leave Jared alone.He clears his throat and says something. “I - uh it’s been a while since I left this pack to see that Edward and Theda were served with what they deserved. I heard lots of things that happened to you here and I’m curious to know if you are really okay?”I am surprised that he raised some concerns about what happened to me before, I thought that he will over things and continue his daily life as if I don’t exist to him.“Yes, it was a whole lot of hail that I went through at that period but I am doing fine right now, I have fully recovered from the pains. Thank you for showing your concern.” I say meekly.“You don’t have to thank me for asking after Your welfare, it is one of my duties in this pack to look after my people when they’re down. Besides we ha
Just like that, confronting Noemi and Jayne have become a normal daily thing for me. It gets to feel better anytime I clash with any of them and give them a piece of my mind. Because of this, Noemi barely crosses paths with me. This elates me to see that I am free to continue my training sessions without much interruption.Speaking of my training session - today is the final day of training. The day that I have been waiting for, things have gotten much better than they were before in my fighting skills. For the last training, I am involved in a duel with one of the most feared and strongest pack warriors. Thankfully, my opponent is a woman and this gives me a better chance to recalculate my moves.Everyone will be present to watch the duel including Jared. Although no one knows the reason for the duel - because hosting a duel always has a strong reason backing it up. But one thing I understood is that everybody that knows my opponent, Neymara, wanted her to win.No doubt it is annoyin
I open my eyes slowly , my vision is blurred at first but after I try to adjust my sight to the environment, it clears off and I am able to see clearly. I’m inside my room, my head is spinning as I try to stand up. Jared uses his hand to hold my head as I sit up on the bed.“What happened to me?” I ask him.“You went blank after winning the duel.” He responds proudly.“I won?” I ask him. Then I remember how everything happened and a smile curve at the corners of my lips.“I won!” I repeat excitedly.I hug him tightly while he wraps his hands around my waist. I can’t believe that I actually passed the test and no sooner than later, I’ll find my wolf.“What about finding my wolf?” “I’ve thought about and I think that you should go through the process if you are still strong enough to make it. It’s better to get it done once and for all so that you’ll be relieved of the pains altogether.” I nod in acknowledgement of his proposal. It makes sense that I go through the pains at once inste
I abruptly break away from the hug and stare at him unbelievably, Sorana is whirling crazily inside of me while I am left astonished - Jared is my mate and he never told me.He raises his brows in concern over my sudden change of expression.“Isabel, are you okay?” He asks worriedly.“You are my mate.” I mutter more to myself than to him - but he heard me anyway.“Now you know. I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you earlier.” His admittance to my assumptions denotes that it is true - Jared is my second chance mate and he never told me.“You know that we are mates and you never told me?” I ask again, I am still stunned by this news.“Isabel darling, Jared had to keep it from you for some important reasons. “ Stephanie adds and my surprise adds more.“So you knew too. You all here knew that Jared is my mate and you kept mute about it?” I tear up.“We are indeed sorry that we hid such news from you, things were beginning to get messed up and there was no way we had to add to it.” Serafina apo
I stay in my room until evening time, getting to know my mate better and also telling her about my hobbies. She loves that I can read and I love that she likes flowers. Although we do not have so much in common but we are willing to become one.The knock on my door interrupts our conversation, the door and Stephanie walks in. I am a little bit disappointed that it was not Jared , I am expecting to come to me and clarify things with me. I fume at the thought that he might have other things that he has been keeping from me for a long time.“I hope I am not disturbing you. Are you still at me?” She asks softly.“No, not you anymore but I am still mad at Jared. I deserve an apology from him.” I reply.Stephanie sits at couch opposite me, I know that she is here to set things straight. She has always been the peace maker between us, whenever Jared mess things up. She will come in his stead to make up and apologize for his wrong, this time around will be different. I will only make up with
THREE MONTHS LATER: EPILOGUE “Wakey wakey, mommy!” Some scream right through my ears. I stir in my bed and groan. “Leave me be, Somi. I'm not done sleeping.” “But it's your wedding, mom. Do you prefer to sleep throughout your wedding day?”I sit up immediately I hear that, I have forgotten that today is my wedding day. I scramble off my bed and tie my robe, then I head down to the kitchen with Somi giggling beside me.“Isabel honey, you look disoriented this morning.” Stephanie gasps and I shrug.“Somi caused it, what did I miss?” “The wedding gown designer, the makeup artist, and the hair stylist,” Myra replies.“This will be the worst wedding ever,” Jayne says.“Thanks, Jayne.” I roll my eyes and go to sit on the counter.“This kitchen looks yummy,” Somi says and Stephanie hands her some baked bread.“We made them especially for your mom, now Isabel, go back to your room and freshen up. We’ll send the list of people that Myra mentioned to help you get dressed, we have less than
Sorana.I never imagined that you will call for me again because you shut me out for a long. She replies.Her voice sounds like she has been expecting me to talk with her since I know that this is what she wants. That must be the reason why she reached out to Somi instead and told her the truth about everything.I couldn’t hold it back after I heard from my daughter that you’ve been speaking to her. I say.Trust me, Isabel. It’s not some garbage shit that I’ve been feeding her, it’s the truth about herself and she has grown to accept it.But there’s nothing I can do about it now. Jared doesn’t even want to remember the memories he shared with me any longer. He feels that it’s safer that way. I remind her of the conversation I had with Jared earlier.Listen to me, Jared can’t remember because there’s nothing that has triggered him to remember. You have to make that happen- you have to trigger him to remember something. Sorana pleads with me.Where do I start? I ask her.The auction- to
“Isabel, are you okay? You look drained.” Alec says to me.“Today was stressful I guess.” I reply.He offers me a cup of water and I gulp it down immediately. He sits opposite me in the living room and looks at me intently.“What?” I snap at him.“Something must have happened today, Isabel. You look flushed and compliments to the man that dropped you off. I thought you mentioned something about trekking home?” “Yeah I did but Jared shows up out of the blue and now I’ll have to find a way to make him regain his memories so that we could go back home with Somi.” I explain to him.Alec’s mouth drops open as he looks at me in shock, I’m not sure whether he’s mad or just surprised at what I just said. “Say something, Alec.” I urge him.His silence is actually disturbing to me. I want to know what his opinions are on this issue.“I don’t know what to say. Just do what makes you happy, Isabel.” He says before leaving me to my own thoughts.I go to Somi’s room to check up on her, she is alr
We know all that it’s hard to crack a hard shell but I’m hellbent in cracking Freya Scott’s shell, the woman is filled with lies especially with things that concern Jared. Only she knows what she must have done to him to make him forget me and he can’t even remember me. “So did the partnership go well?” Freya asks.“Yes, we even agreed to organize an auction event which I’m sure that you’ll be in attendance.” Jane smirks and Freya smiles.“We’ll be looking forward to seeing you there especially your husband.” Jane says and Freya eyes her peculiarly.“Why are you so much concerned about my husband??” Smart woman - she must have presumed where this topic might be leading to. Jane and I exchange glances and I nod at her to continue. We can’t go back or fumble when we’ve reached this far to even be engaged in a conversation with Freya.“You see, Freya. The society is very much aware that you are not officially married to your husband but they’ll never say it to your face. We’ve heard th
Everyone mutters a greeting while my lips continue to tremble, he is standing right here and in front of me. The man that I have been separated with for seven years - the man that I had inflicted so much regrettable pains on, I never dreamed of meeting him again - not in this way at least. And now I hear from him that he has a wife already, thinking about it j hope ust adds to my already pounding headache.He takes his seat beside Jane and the meeting continues. I pretend to go through the documents in front of me to at least keep myself busy and avoid staring at his face.“And to continue with meeting, Miss moon was mentioning something about organizing an auction event to help boost our sales. Can you throw more light on this idea , Isabel?” Jane says and I jerk up.My eyes meet with Jared’s and the feeling of deja vu overwhelms both of us, I can feel it gushing and our hearts are racing. I can feel the mate bond reaching out to him - trying to connect to him but when it gets to his
We all know that fate is inevitable, whatever that is meant to be is meant to be. All my life, I have never imagined that this moment will come to be. A moment when my heart will be racing and beating faster than normal, a moment when my heart will skip in his presence or at his touch. That precious moment is in fact what I have been dreading for seven good years but like I said before - fate is inevitable.I head to work after dropping Somi at school, today is actually her first day in elementary school and I want her to have an epic first day. I have already promised to take her to the amusement park when I come to pick her up from school.I work at Billianxe group, a distribution company owned by one of the affiliates of Alec’s family. I was opportune to be given the position of sales manager and the job have really paid me off for five years now, although some people are never happy about it.I meet Jane Brit, the general manager of BG, at the elevator. She smiles at me and I smil
SEVEN YEARS LATER ** Isabel **“Wake up, Isabel.” A hand shakes me from my peaceful sleep and I groan in dissatisfaction.“What is it?” I snap at the intruder but he does not stop.“Wake up, you sleepy head or we will miss the surprise party we organized for Somi.” He whispers and my eyes shoot open.“Alec, goodness me. Why didn’t you wake me up earlier?” I question.“I should be asking you what’s wrong, you slept past the time and your alarm has been blaring loudly since four in the morning. Now come on or this surprise will be ruined.” He says and drags me out of the bed.The rest of the family members are waiting outside my door. Allen is holding the birthday cake with a burning cotton candle in the center, the kids are holding different presents with smiles that are beaming on their faces.“Let’s go, Isabel. We’re running out of time.” Allen says and I nod.We tiptoe to Somi’s room and I open the gently, we creep in and position ourselves around her princess sized bed. Then Alec
**Jared **How does one feel when he watches his life flash before his eyes or his loved one being taken away from him?I do not know how to answer that question because I have always avoided the situation, now that I am stuck in it, I want to try as hard as I can to decipher those questions. How does it feel to watch a loved one being taken away?Honestly, i literally saw my life flash before my eyes when Isabel walked into that portal and I knew that all hopes are lost when it was closed down. Before my very own eyes, the love of life chose to stay away from me because of a fabricated prophecy and vision.I saw her there - in the dark when I was broken- she was shocked when Sorana spilled the truth to us. I wanted to kill Sorana but how can I ? She is still attached to Isabel and we are in a realm, there is nothing physical in that realm.But the pains of losing her never seems to go away, I still read her letter everyday whenever I wake up and every night before I go to bed. I woul
They all say that there is always the calm before the storm breaks out. Maybe we can’t find peace, maybe we can’t find happiness but deep down in our hearts, we are aware that the bonds of true love can conquer it all and balance every inequality ~~~ Isabel Moon.“Are you not coming to bed already?” Tiffany’s voice shakes me from my thoughts.I think that I have been sitting by the window of the library with the letter in my hands. I must have drifted to sleep or something - my body feels a little bit numb from staying in one position for long. I stand from my position and stretch my body, my bones cackle in the process and their stiffness softens a bit.“I am now, I must have forgotten myself for a while.” I mutter and we both head to my room with the letter still in my hands.“You should not strain yourself too much. We do not what the chance of getting a new doctor are and we do not want you to be risking yourself in this critical condition.” Tiffany says and I yawn heavily.“I am