“So what are you deciding on? To join the truth or to continue to wallow in lies.” I say.Theda chuckles in a disoriented manner, “Sorry honey but there is no truth to join. Like I have told you, I do not want to have anything to do with you. And when the time to destroy you comes, I will gladly do that without looking back.”“I will be waiting for your response. I know that there is some good in you, despite the fact that you want to claim to be the villain in this game. I believe in you good heart and I will be waiting for your positive response, you know how to reach me when you are ready.” I say and stand up to leave.“Let me clarify something to you, Isabel Moon. I will never succumb to your wishes. I am not going to change who I am because of a mere assumption from someone who is not even sure of herself. Go away and do not disturb my peace of mind ever again, bitch!”I leave her without saying another word, it will be hard to convince Theda to accept the truth but I will not gi
The only rest I am getting is discussing with Henry and Jared in Henry’s study room. “So how did it go? What was Theda’s reaction to what you said?” Henry asks me.“Same old thing. She remains adamant on following alpha Edward till the end. I have tried in every possible way to convince her but she is not listening to me at all.” I reply.“Is there any other important information that we should know about them. I heard that things are not running smoothly in the pack.” Jared says and I nod.“There is going to be a war soon. Theda told me that Wilford is challenging the current Alpha, I think that they might have something up their sleeves. A lot of chaos are going on and the new alpha is less concerned about it, the pack will be taken from him in no distant time if he continues his nonchalant attitude.” I say.I purposely exclude the part of my encounter with Wilford. I feel that whatever the scores are to be settled will be between me and him on a very good day. If I tell Jared abou
The memorial service ended but the people are unwilling to go. Henry and Kiera left as soon as Jared stepped down the podium, and as for Jared , he just left to his room.I would have followed him if not for the fact that I need to help Stephanie and Jayne to clean up the place. We pack the pictures and go to the attic to drop them where they belong. “Jared looks so pissed off today.” Jayne says to me when we get to the attic.“Who wouldn’t? This is just like reopening one’s memories and bringing the pains back.” I respond.“I know that it wasn’t just about the memorial, something is definitely cooking up between the both of you, but it’s fine if you don’t want to tell me about it. I am only worried about him that’s all. His heart is still fragile and I don’t want him to keep on feeling hurt all the time.” She says.I pick the picture of Alpha Lucio and his family and stare at it again. This is my family - my real family - I lost my parents at once and I was separated from my sibling
“I’m sorry, Jared, I have to go now. Duty is calling.” I tell him. He snorts, “I know that you will choose work over me.”“It is not like that. I -“ I hold back my words, what am I going to say? It is obvious that I just dumped him over my duty to serve the pack. How can I make him understand that I still care about him?“Never mind. This is the same reason why David and Serafina are having issues in their relationship. She always chooses her work over him. Go on then, go and complete your duty.” He says.I sigh and leave him. There is point in trying to make him understand, he will blame me anyways?I arrive at the pack training ground just in time when Serafina and the others are loading the truck to leave.“Hey, you came. I thought that Jared was going to hold you down.” She winks at me and I blush.“How did you know that I was with him?” I ask.“It could tell from your ragged breathing that you were with him. Sorry for the interruption though, the information came to me urgently
He eyes me peculiarly and we head back to the base. The others have returned back with the woman and as it turns out to be, no one else was able to get hold of any of the intrudes. I sigh in relief - at least Wilford’s secret is safe with me and Killian.The woman is still breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath at the moment. Someone hands her glass of water and she gulps it down almost immediately.“What happened to you and how were you attacked by the masked men?” Serafina asks.“I needed some firewood’s to light up my chimney for the morning because of the cold weather when all of a sudden, I was ambushed by them. I had to let out a scream and thankfully, your team came just in time to pursue them. What a pity that they were not caught.” The young woman explains.“Things are going to get spiced up from now henceforth. We are going to double our efforts back to back, the curfew will be taken seriously and at intervals, we will be inspecting the woods. We might find their hide
This is so crazy! I rush back to my tent with tears in my eyes. Killian is still inside, contemplating on whatever that just happened between us. He even gets more worried when he sees my face , he stands up immediately and rush to me.“Isabel, what happened to you?” He asks worriedly.I sob harder, trying to cry out every emotion that I feeling inside. He was with Noemi when I am risking my life to save his people, how could he be so selfish to this point.Remember that you were the one who broke up with him first. You told him that you needed space and what else did you expect from him? He is a man for crying out loud, Isabel. He will have other women like Noemi that are waiting in the line to have him. You only messed up because you thought that he will hang on with you when you are not giving him what he wants. I think that everything is actually your fault . Sorana says.“Isabel, are you okay ?” Killian repeats himself.I scream out loud instead, the pains are still surging throu
**Jared**“Please!” She screams in agony as the first lash lands on her back.I fold my arms and watch the drama that is unfolding in front of me, this is what she gets for being so nosy and stupid. The guards stop at her first scream and glance at me nervously, I’m sure that they will be wondering if she can endure the rest of the strokes that are to come.“Go on .” I order and they whip her the second time.“Ahhh! I’m sorry, Jared!” She screams out again. “No you are not sorry. I have been giving you your space ever since the first night that you came here but you seem to be double crossing your limits all the time. So I am going to ask you this again, why did you chirp in on my conversation with Isabel?”“I didn’t know that you were talking with her.” She replies but of course it’s a complete lie.“Whip her harder this time around.”“No, no - ahhh!” She yells.“I hope that this will serve as a lesson to you, Noemi. I don’t like you and I will never make you my mate, if you know wh
I hold her hand, wishing for her to wake up immediately but Jordan said that it will take some time for her to heal and I don’t want to rush her for that.I am still watching over her when Henry arrives. His face is a mixture of anger and pain and when he sees Isabel in that condition, his expression crumbles.“Who did this to her, Jared? Who is the bastard behind all this madness?” Henry asks in rising anger.“I don’t who they are, the team could not get a lead of who they were chasing. Trust me, I feel frustrated to watch her lie helplessly on this bed.” I groan.Henry pace up and down the room, he looks like he is thinking his nuts out to know if he could detect any leads but that is impossible, nobody knows about the masked men until Isabel wakes up, she is able to identify who her shooter is, it will be as easy as pie to figure out the rest of the puzzle.“If I ever lay my hands in the bastard that did to her, I will make sure that he regrets it in his entire life .” Henry grits
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