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2024-10-29 19:42:56Elsie had tears in her eyes when I was done, then she starts to get angry. I didn’t tell her because I wanted any form of sympathy from her. For years, I blamed myself because of what happened to Jayce. I’d spend nights crying and wishing those rogues had attacked me instead. I never had any real friends, except for Layla, so having someone I could tell about my past was a huge burden off my shoulders.
“I’m sorry you had to go through all that, ” Elsie wiped the tears before they dropped from her left eye, then a frown crosses her face. I shrug.
“I mean, I just needed to get it off my chest, ” I say.
She got to her feet too and placed her left hands on my shoulders. With her heels on, she was taller than me, so I had to look up to meet her eyes.
“It wasn’t your fault. You had no hand in Jayce’s death, you were a kid, there wasn’t anything you could have done at that point, ” she says
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I didn’t have dinner that night, because Ryder didn’t return, and I couldn’t sleep either. It’s midnight already and I haven’t gotten any sleep. I was worried sick, I went overboard this time, I know. I shouldn’t have said I had any feelings for Jordan just to get back at him. Heaven knows I didn’t call him out to have an argument. I wanted us to talk, I wanted to know about his ex-mate and what he had with Susan, hell, I was desperate to know what he wanted to make of me. His father didn’t want me, and he hasn’t said anything to suggest he wanted me for real. Yet, when I saw him, I said all the things I didn’t plan to say.I told myself it was his fault. If he wasn’t so arrogant, we wouldn’t have had that argument, but I was fooling myself. I did everything Elsie warned me not to. I just hope he is safe. I saw his beast, and without a doubt he can take care of himself. A wolf so large can take down an en
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I tried to free myself from his grasp but he held me tighter and continued to sniff me. He lingered on my neck for too long, the spot where my mate’s mark should be and he slowly starts to nibble on it. My reaction as usual was spontaneous. My own breathing had become heavier and I didn’t know when a soft moan escaped my lips. Oh shit. I quickly fling my eyes open and turned in his arms so that I was facing him, which was a wrong move. His face is so close to mine and that look in his eyes…I swallowed as we stared at each other for what seemed like forever, without saying a word. He still looked tired but he was having a hard time sleeping and he looked like he had something he wanted to tell me, but he doesn’t say a word. He is searching my face too.“Who is Adeline?” I blurted out.He froze, a deep frown crossing his hard features and a vein twitching in his neck. He released my waist and moved back, and the air is suddenl
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*Tiana’s POV*I didn’t speak to Ryder until we got back to the house and he made no efforts starting a conversation. I don’t know how to feel honestly. Whenever I think we are making progress, we hit a hard rock and end up back to square one. Again. I opened up to Ryder, told him all about my past and he awarded me with silence when I asked about his ex-mate.When I told him about my past life it was not because I wanted him to withdraw the help from the western wolves, far from it. He brought me to this really nice place and I felt we were finally beginning to connect, I thought he was finally making an effort, but boy was I wrong. He’s always going to be a self-centered arrogant prick. He’s never going to let himself loose around me, and he is never going to tell me about Adeline.I wish Elsie would just tell me instead, but she insists it’s something the prince has to tell me himself, which is
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I smiled at the girl in the mirror and she smiled back. Tears glistened my eyes, but I had to hold it in, or else Elsie would go ballistic on me. ‘Don’t you dare ruin your make up’ she’d warned countless times. I laughed childishly as her eyes pried into mine through the mirror, the warning very evident in them. I can’t believe this is happening. I am just a few minutes away from being crowned the werewolf queen. Clad in the royal attire, and adorned with the most expensive jewelries, I looked nothing short of a Queen. Nora, Sadie, Rose and Layla had just exited the room to join the crowd outside. “You look absolutely stunning,” Elsie wiped her own tear before it dropped. “You know how much this means to Ryder,” she sniffed. “It means everything to him,” I nodded my head. I didn’t doubt Ryder wanted this as much as I did, or even more. “My mother’s crown has been laying around for years since her demise. It was her dying wish
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Dungeons are really scary. We had a small dungeon in Eclipse pack where I spent a couple of nights in the past. I remember Alpha Simeon had me locked there for two weeks straight one time he said I had disrespected his Luna. It was the longest time I stayed in a dungeon at a stretch and it was a horrific experience. I think I was about thirteen then.I swallowed as one of the guards led us to the cell where Jordan was. Ryder’s hands were positioned at the small of my back, and apparently, he didn’t like the idea. I could feel his emotions and I know he can feel how uncomfortable I am here.I have never seen a dungeon so large before. It rested many feet underground with several cells lined up opposite each other. I couldn’t walk the lengths of the cell, because it was separated into several sections. Some cells were smaller than some and the crime committed would determine the cell one gets. I know this all too well from my own experience.I co
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TIANA’S POVFor obvious reasons, I felt relieved when I heard about the news of Simeon’s death. I know my mate would have wanted a more severe punishment for him, but I could care less. I was more than happy that the case would finally be closed and that my mate can have a little rest and move on to other things.My father had to go back to get himself ready to move here fully, and he said he would be here in a couple of days. I am glad that he would be around me from now on and that we would finally be able to be part of each other’s life. Meeting Ryder was the best thing that happened to me, and I don’t want to envision a life without him.I want to be more involved in the work going on around here, and most importantly I want to go back to training, although Ryder is not hearing any of it. It is late in the night already and we were laying on the field by the lake side, gazing at the star
