JASONI didn’t have too much to drink tonight, but I could have sworn I was starting right at Jenna.She wasn’t my eighteen year old adopted sister. Not the girl I taught how to climb out of her window to sneak out at night.Not the one who kissed me in the—No. We’re not going there.I haven’t let myself think of that in seven years. I’m not about to start now.But God, I wasn’t looking at my Jenna. Not my Jenny. She was a woman.The woman that has haunted my dreams, since she disappeared on the night of her eighteenth birthday. The night I rejected her, even after she begged me not to.My heart burns every time I think of that night. It was the worst night of my life. I thought I was doing the right thing, the best thing for us.I didn’t understand the gravity of what I’d done until I returned home that night. I found my panicked mother looking for her. She held a piece of paper in her hands as she cried for the daughter the Goddess had blessed her with.I was waiting for the tongue
JENNAStanding with Jason now, all the things I wanted to ask him. All the questions I thought I wanted the answers to disappeared from my brain.I’m left gaping at him, like a fish out of water. Totally no thoughts in my brain that feels absent.“Come on.” He motions to the couch.Moving ahead of me, he waits until I get there before sitting.I force myself to not look around the place. Right from the door, you could see that a lot of things have been changed.It didn’t look like the office we used to spend time in.How many times have I imagined coming here? Not as the daughter looking for the alpha, but the wife and luna, coming to see my husband.I’d imagined and day dreamed about the kids we would have, the way we would run the pack. All the new activities my young brain thought would make sense for the entire pack to do.Jason doesn’t make a move to start a conversation as much as did. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. It was sufficing, taking and filling every
JENNAJason glances at me but I refuse to look at him. Scared, and hating the fact that he would see my tears welling up in my eyes.The voice came again, soft and feminine.“Babe?” There is a knock on the door before it gets opened.I hear the clicking of footsteps, then they halt.I’m guessing she noticed me.“Jason? What’s going on here?” There wasn't an accusation in her voice, just curiosity..Jason gets up from beside me.I have to do breathing exercises a little before I can look up. The last thing I want is for either of them to know this affects me in any way.Of course he has someone. He is an alpha. Women would be rushing him.What did I think? He was going to wait for me for seven years?I knew it couldn’t be possible. Seeing how we even separated. But still it burned to see he has moved on.“Will you introduce me to your…friend?”I hated how nice she sounded. There was curiosity in her voice. Maybe even a little uncertainty, but she didn’t sound jealous or insecure.“Jenn
JENNAI thought Kristina would leave me hanging the moment she got rid of Elizabeth. Cause there is no way she was actually being nice to me because she was nice.Yes, it has been seven years. But she bullied me for more than ten years. Forgive me if I don’t easily believe she has had a change of heart.She took me to her room. We didn’t really have a conversation. But she told me about all the good things the old luna used to say about me before she died.That even the morning of the accident. She’d assured them that I would be back, and they should always remember her words when I do.Weirdly, I didn’t feel anything when I felt the emotions take over me. I let the grief take hold and I cried. We cried together and it was the most we’ve ever bonded.My suitcases were already in the room when we went there. She’d jokingly asked if I could still remember the way.How could I forget? I had the best memories there.And it was opposite Jason’s bedroom. I know he is in the alpha’s room now
JENNA“What is the meaning of this, Jenna?”My mouth dries up. All the things I practiced telling him flew out the window and it felt like my brain had deserted me.“Jenna.” He repeats, his voice trembling slightly.I blinked, shaking myself out of the haze I entered.When I finally moved, I snatched the phone out of his hand and locked it. Then I hid it behind my back like that was going to make any difference.It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out. It was their sixth birthday, he could see the six clearly written there. And they were pretty much exact replicas of him.“This is the last time I’m going to ask you this. What is that?” He points to the phone, his voice wavering slightly as he stutters.I breathed in and pout. Then I told myself this just made telling him easier. I’d been worried and thinking of how to start the conversation. He saved me the trouble by snooping around and finding it out.“You were pregnant? Why didn’t you tell me?” He asks.The look in his
JASONI stayed with Jenna until she fell asleep.I wish I could say it was because she seemed broken, and needed the support. But I just wanted to be with her.I’d forgotten what it was like to have her around. To have her in my arms.And God, I’m a father.An actual father with real kids.I didn’t know how to feel about that. To be honest, I don’t think it has already sunk in yet.I’ll need a drink, or five to fully understand that news.Not only do I have a kid—kids, three of them—they were kidnapped. We have no clue who they might be or what they want exactly.Jenna explained everything to me. They hadn’t called, which led them to believe it wasn't money they wanted.I wanted to ask how she was. What she has been doing. But things were already complicated between us. We had too much to talk about and not nearly enough time.Looking down at her sleeping form, I’m taken back to seven years ago, before she left.I knew she was my mate the moment I turned eighteen. My wolf had recognis
JENNAWaking up in my old bedroom made me feel like the past five years were just a crazy dream.I almost thought I was going to wake up to Jason shouting and telling me we’re going to be late for school. Mum will yell that we must eat breakfast first. Dad will grumble about being late to a meeting and she’ll force him to sit and eat.Jason and I will bicker from our rooms right down to the breakfast table, and it won't end there.We get a free pass for being late as the alpha’s kids.At least Jason gets a free pass. I don’t get detention, but I certainly get dirty looks from pupils and teachers alike.Life was much easier then. Simpler. I had my unhealthy crush on him. Only Zeke knew about that, because he’d made me confess. He saw my diary and saw how many hearts I’d doodled with mine and Jason’s name in the middle.He never told him, because I made him promise. And it was our little secret for the longest time.He is the only person that knows what happened between us that drunken
JASON“Holy fucking shit!” Zeke curses, his eyes widening. “The one day I go to bed early. I wake up and you’re a father?”I shot my oldest friend a dirty look, but he only laughed at my expense.“This is fucking golden man.” He throws his head back, laughing.“I’m glad you find it fucking hilarious.”“Erm, it is fucking hilarious.” He laughs some more. “What did you think would happen after fucking without a condom man? At least Jen’s cute.”He rolls his eyes when I give him a look. “What? She is safe. You know I’m taken.”He waves to his mark, which he has been showing off to anyone who cared to listen.Zeke is a fucking idiot.We grew up together. It was always Jason, Jenna and Zeke. And after she left, it was just the two of us.When he’d heard she was back, he wanted to head up to her room so he would give her shit for leaving. I forced him to stay back. I knew she was still sleeping and after the day she had yesterday, she needed all the rest she could get.“I really can’t belie
JENNA If someone told me I would be marrying Jason, before I ever told him I loved him. I would have laughed in their face. But I did. I walked down the aisle. In the dress of my dreams if I ever had one and my babies were there. They were the best thing to ever happen to me in the world. They were already warming up to their father. Especially Nina. There was no surprise there as we all knew she would be a daddy’s girl. She has refused to leave her dad’s side. Ryan has stuck to mine. And Kai being the most carefree was already running around. Getting everyone in the pack to fall in love with him. Liz was taken away, along with her father. They were locked in the dungeon until their trial with the werewolf council. They were facing charges of attempted murder and kidnapping. And many other things Jason assured will be found. Alpha Zade mentioned how the council had been trying to get some dirt on Liz’s father. He was manipulative and a terrible person. But he also knew how to ti
JASONI underestimated Liz’s level of craziness. When my phone rang and I saw it was an unknown number, I knew instantly it was her. So I picked.The last thing I expected her to ask for was for me to marry her in exchange for Jenna and my kids’ freedom.Oh, and she isn’t stupid so I’ll have to sign an agreement to waive my rights as their father. She was also adding a no divorce clause.I was eerily calm for some reason.Maybe it was stemming from the fact that I knew I had multiple teams waiting outside of that warehouse. Ready to put her down. I assume she was there with the kids and Jenna too. Just to be safe. Alpha Zade said to hold out till we were sure they were inside.We’ll get them to safety first so there are no mishaps.Aiden was with me. Throughout. With Zeke unreachable as of now.I pretended I was giving into her demands. She had to be here for us to be wed. She wanted the mating ceremony to happen right now too. Because according to her, she wasn’t going to take chance
JENNAI’ll never forget this year in my life.I woke up in the trunk of a car. My hands were bound and tied to my legs and there was a tape over my mouth. Let me not mention the banging in my head.It was like my skull was being hit with a sledgehammer over and over again.A moan rips from my chest but it came out muffled thanks to the tape. I tried moving my legs and hitting the back of the car to gain the attention of whoever was driving.I couldn’t tell if they didn’t hear me or they just chose to ignore me. Seeing the state I was in, I would go with the latter.The drive goes on for a long time. I felt like I was going to die because of how tightly closed this place was and the position I was in was horrible. I would have been fine if they just tied me but kept me in the seat with them.When the car stopped, my heart raced. Both with anticipation of the air I would breathe and worry. Because I have seen just how crazy Liz is. Lord knows how crazier she can get. And we’re probably
JASONAiden bursting into my office saved Liz’s father from my wrath. If it wasn’t for him, I definitely wouldn’t have hesitated to choke the man to death.“Alpha,” he was breathing heavily, looking like he ran a marathon.“What?!” I growled the question out. Pissed off at everyone and everything.And the damned old man has still refused to speak. He was clearly protecting someone. I just didn’t know if it was Liz. But she was his only daughter. So it had to be her.She had never given the indication that she knew about Jenna and the kids. I only recently found out myself and seeing as it was after they were kidnapped. I’d say they found out before me.But how?Jenna was rarely mentioned around the pack. Most of the pope that knew her have left the pack. Now in neighboring packs with their mates. And the younger pack members didn’t know her. Maybe just from stories or here and there.Then their parents. They were the ones that were always with mum when she spoke about Jenna. And after
JENNAI’m woken by the sound of something hitting the wall. A thudding I couldn’t exactly explain.When my eyes first opened, I blinked multiple times and tried to remember where I was and my name. Because the first thing that came to my head was Nana knocking on the door.It didn’t make any sense, seeing as my house had a doorbell. And I had a live-in maid because of the kids. So she would have gotten the door.I was in Jason’s bedroom. And that was all I needed for my memories to come back.Not that it explained the sound I was hearing. I stretched on the bed, raising my hands high above my head.“Sleeping in his clothes, on his bed. The bed he never let me sleep on!” I turned sharply to the direction I heard the voice.Like a psychopath, or some other kind of crazy person. Liz sat at the dresser, her eyes locked on me and her hands pounding on the vanity table.That was the source of the sound I kept hearing. Well, I guess that mystery is solved.“What are you doing here?” I asked,
JASONJenna ended up falling asleep after our conversation. She was tired from the day’s activities.Even though I had Zeke’s new weird behavior. In my mind, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t more focused on what we spoke about.I was about to confess my love to her. To directly tell her that I loved her and I wanted to spend all of eternity with her. Or as long as we had to leave. Though I was disappointed she didn’t let me say it. I later realized it was better that way.I wouldn’t have the engagement hanging over my head when I thought of being with her. I’m going to officially call it off in a few minutes.Now, when I finally tell her, there isn't going to be anything on my conscience. It’ll just be me, her and the kids.Kristina met up with me when I was going down the stairs. It just reminded me of the note I made to myself about talking to her.You could clearly see the effect the whole mate thing with Zeke had on her. And I didn’t for one second believe that it was all norma
JENNASeeing Amaya had to be the most shocking thing. Out of all the things going on. That was not in my game card. I didn’t even know what to think.All of this didn’t make any sense. And the look in Zeke’s eyes. You could very easily tell something was wrong. Majorly wrong.But since we’re not going to show her we’re on to her. I buried the surprise deep down in my heart and offered her a kind smile. Or what I hoped looked like one.“Hey, what a pleasant surprise?” I moved and pulled her into a hug.There was no reason to be mean to her outright. She had been nice to us while we stayed at that resort. The best thing to do is carry on with the way we left off.I felt her visibly relaxed against me. I could almost feel Kristina’s pain radiating off of her in waves. And I mentally apologized to her for doing this. But it is for the greater good.I make sure to mention how great Amaya was to us and how we couldn’t repay her for being kind.“There's so much we have to talk about,” I told
JASONJenna’s words pierced a part of my heart. I know the situation was horrible but I couldn’t help the joy I felt at that.She loved me.That was all I heard in her words. But to be fair, she never said she stopped or she no longer did. She always spoke about how she couldn’t. Not she wouldn’t.And if my engagement is the only thing standing in the way of us being together? Then I’ll get rid of it and remove that obstacle.I’m not going to stand back and watch myself losing her when there is a simple way for us to get what we want. For us to get her!Rex was on board with that. And the excitement of getting her back made me feel much stronger. He was ready to rain hell on whoever was there.We’re getting our kids back, and I’m not waiting another second for it.Watching Jenna’s tear filled eyes, I didn’t know when I pulled her face close to mine and joined our lips.I waited for her to push me away but instead, she kissed me back with equal frenzy.The rest of the world disappeared
JENNAAlpha Zade offered to give us his helicopter to cut our trip short. Jason still wasn’t able to reach anyone in the pack and you could tell how we panicked more.With no idea who it could be that was at the house, and what they knew. It felt like the worst thing ever.The scariest part had been knowing someone that was very close to us was involved in this.“We’ll keep in touch, and if there’s anything you need, please do not hesitate to call.” Alpha Zade had assured us before we left.Jason only made one request.“Can you keep track of the phone and update us?”The man who had brought the news, I’m guessing he is their tech genius, nodded.“Sure alpha,” he said. “I’ll update you about the current location every hour.”That was good enough for us.I was silent throughout. From the drive to the flight to the drive again.My mind was completely blank. I was shaking with fear but I seemed fine outwards. I thought I was going crazy, so much that I was staring at my hands to see if th