Esmeralda's POV. In my sleep I heard the sound of the door creaking. The sound is faint but because of the silence, I was able to hear the sound of the door and also, the sound of footsteps. I had no idea who it was. But from the distinct smell of apples that accompanied the person, it wasn't hard to guess that the person was Killian. I was skeptical whether to inform him of my consciousness or not. I wanted to talk to him, this was the first time in a while that we were spending some time together when the rage and displeasure we felt towards each other wasn't overwhelming. However I didn't know how to start. I didn't know how I was feeling at the moment. He was also feeling the same way. When I heard his footsteps, I realized that I didn't care about whether he wanted to talk to me or not. I wanted to be selfish about him, this was the only time I had to be selfish. Outside of my room he was engaged to be married to someone else who was going to have children for him. Outside o
Esmeralda's POV. The shadow kept going into the kitchen. I was skeptical about it but I was curious, I wanted to see who or what the shadow was. A part of me thought it was Paula, but there was no reason why Paula would be sneaking up on me or doing whatever the shadow was doing. Somehow, I managed to scare myself. I was terrified. I was worried for myself, for my mother, for my brother and for Killian. There was no reason why I should be worried about Killian but I was. I was worried about him. I feared that that shadow had a partner that was here for Killian, I was scared that it had come to test out strength with Killian or to assassinate him. That moment, I wanted to turn around and run towards Killian, to make sure he was okay. But then I thought: I wasn't sure that that shadow had a partner, I needed to keep it busy, if Killian was alright, he must've heard my scream and he would surely join me in no time. I walked at a normal pace, following the flashes of the shadow I
Killian's POV "You can stay in his pack but you can be my informant in there, can you do that?" I asked him. I saw his eyes dart between me and the night sky. He looked like he was pondering over what I had just asked him. It waa dangerous sending him into that world, it was very inhumane of me to send him into the lion's mouth just so he could gather information for me. But no matter how reluctant I was about it, there were some things that needed to be done and this was one of them. I hated sending Izan into Mikel's pack but the best way to protect him was to do this. Mikel had bitten him and had rights to him, the only way I could help him out was to destroy Mikel and it would be very difficult to do that alone. Esmeralda was right, no matter how strong I thought I was, there were a lot of things I couldn't do on my own and this one was one of them. "You don't have to make a decision now". I told him, from his appearance it seemed like he was thinking too much about the probl
Esmeralda's POV The realization that I could not escape from this place that Frederick had captured me in was pressing hard against my consciousness. I was feeling that I was about to draw my last breath but everytime the thought crosses my mind, I take in another breath. And I thought about it every second and even the spaces between seconds. I paced around the room frantically like I was standing on hot lava and if I stood at one place, I would get obliterated. I still could not comprehend the reason why he would kidnap me. He had said he wanted to use me to unite all the packs in the city. I couldn't understand why he wanted to use me. What importance was there of me? My eyes fell on the clothes on the bed. The guards that brought me here had told me to take a bath and change. I had no idea why, they didn't give me a reason. I walked to the bed. The dress was blue. It was a sunflower dress that had orange and white floral prints on it. I had to admit, it was a very beautiful
Killian's POVThere was this anger that was coursing through my veins. I had had the prisoner tied up in the basement thinking I would be able to draw answers from him. But visiting that basement was taking me into a life I had vowed never to be a part of.However, I was no step closer to finding Esmeralda, I didn't know where she was or who had taken her. My head was inclining towards the possibility that she was taken by Mikel but I had no proof but only the acrimony I had for Mikel. I despised him a lot and wished him death and a million suffering.He had a motive to have Esmeralda kidnapped, not only did she almost beat him to a pulp, she also sparked his interest when her eyes glowed an unusual color. Though I had tried to convince him that it was the reflection of the sun and that he was seeing things but maybe Mikel was not as stupid as I took him to be. He must've decided to dig deeper into it.The thought of him kidnapping Esmeralda for whatever sick reason he had about con
Esmeralda's POVI tried pressing other keys, I tried so hard, I hit it. I tried opening it but nothing was working and when I had the cover opened, I saw that there waa no battery.It was the kind of a burner phone that couldn't be traced, the kind that was mostly seen in movies.I stood there dazed and wondering what next to do. I was confused and worried for my life because he was being so equivocal about everything. He had threatened to harm my family and I knew that it wouldn't even be much of a hard work for him. He was scary and impossible to reason with.He seemed like he was really crazy. He had told his daughter that I would be his mom when I was barely even nineteen. He wanted me to take care of his daughter when I too needed to be taken care of.A cackle came from behind me, it made me jerk and turn around towards the door, almost throwing the phone away in the course of action.It was Frederick. He walked in with his guards, laughing at me and clapping his hands. "Do you
Killian's POVMikel walked in making demands like he owned the place. To be honest I was happy he had come, it gave me the opportunity to question him about Esmeralda's disappearance. Though the prisoner downstairs had told me that he waa a part of Mikel's pack but he was hired by another person, it still didn't mean that I would blindly trust Mikel.For all I know, Mikel might've been the one who hired them. Maybe the prisoner was lying or he had no clue about the person that hired him.I couldn't trust his words. I couldn't trust anyone at the moment. Mikel himself was being too suspicious, so suddenly he came here demanding for the member of his pack. He may be talking about the one chained up but he might also be talking about Izan. But whatever he was actually talking about. There was no way I was allowing him to have his way.Mikel was a total scumbag and there was no trusting him in whatever. He had motives against Esmeralda. He might have had an idea about her, he might have
Mikel's POVTruthfully, I wasn't pleased about what Esmeralda did to me. I already hated the fact that I was mated to her but there was no changing it. I had used her for my own gain, made a joke of her to anyone who wanted to listen just because of my search for the pure blood wolf. When I started feeling a particular sense of animosity for her waa when she came to my house and threatened me. That was the first time she also hit me.Gonzalez had made fun of me, laughing at me that a woman was able to hit me and I did nothing about it. From that moment on, I vowed to make her feel the same sting of pain that I did. When I came to the house to talk to Killian about the pure blood wolf. I saw her, she looked very good. She had always looked very good However, I hated it. I hated that my life was almost miserable but she was living in such bliss. That day she had been sending her mom and her brother away into the car but when I saw her, I couldn't help but actually do something to h
Esmeralda's POV.I had told Killian that I wanted to ride in a convertible and the man went ahead and got the deal done.About twenty minutes after I told him what I wanted, I saw myself in a red convertible, sitting in the passenger seat. The hood of the car was tucked in the back and my hair was caught in the wind and I was laughing hard.After what happened in the hotel room, we both got dressed up. Well, I got dressed up while he watched and when I finished, we went to a boutique to get him some clothes and that was when I told him that I wanted to ride in a convertible.I was caught off guard when we walked out of the boutique and a red convertible was waiting for us and not just that, there were four wrapped up weeds waiting for us in the glove box.He offered them to me along with a lighter.When he gave them to me, I was surprised. He really was listening to me and he really had the contacts for everything and everyone.The minute I took them, I laughed so hard because I found
Camille's POVI had been worried sick ever since Killian brought home my son. He was not healing but he was alive and what was more excruciating for me was that he was in pain.I had never known a time in my life that I had been through such a thing before. I had never seen someone else undergoing this ordeal. It was all too sudden and new to me that I didn't know how to feel, nor what to do.The only emotion I could recognize when I thought things through was worry. I was undeniably worried about my son. I was so worried that I started to doubt if it was a good idea to bring him back. Killian had claimed that he was treating him and from how confident he sounded, he seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing and what was going on.I didn't. The person who even talked me into doing this was nowhere to be seen. I couldn't guess what Paula got from this game of hers. Paula had called me one evening and told me about where Mikel was and how he was fairing. I couldn't have guessed t
Killian's POVI laughed as I watched her laugh. Esmeralda had such a beautiful laugh.Coming to Berlin was impromptu, I was just in a hurry to show her that she was wrong to think life was so simple, that with me, this was the least of things that she would enjoy.Everything was perfect. The night was perfect, when I walked out of the bathroom, when I saw her naked on the bed, she was perfect.On her knees, doing a bad job at sucking me off, she was perfect.Everything felt like a dream, that for once, I get to be happy, I get to accept Esmeralda.What I couldn't stop thinking about was when she said those words to me.When she told me that she loved me. I had been busy staring through the window, looking at the city and how amazing it looked. I was happy that I brought her with me. Berlin was a beautiful place and it was one of my favorite cities and being here with her was perfect.I could've taken her to Paris but I wanted to go to my favorite places with her. I wanted to leave a
Esmeralda's POV I was suddenly overtaken by a sense of panic. I feared what it meant. I had never given it much thought before, I had never wondered what would become of my life since I developed these feelings for Killian. I had never worried much about anything. But now, the thought has succeeded in creeping into me, making my hands shake and my whole body spasm. I was standing in the middle of the room, Killian had excused himself, he wanted to make a call, probably had to do with the surprise that he was planning for the evening. I was left alone with my thoughts. I had never hated being alone, I had never hated being the one left in a whole. I didn't care about the loneliness, I didn't fear my thoughts because I always felt that they were just thoughts and there was nothing more to it. But here I was, overpowered by my thoughts. I kept thinking of what would happen to our lives, I kept thinking about how the trajectory of our lives have been altered. Killian has never men
Esmeralda's POVI bit my lip and realized that those words were dominating and as such, I was expected to be submissive.Killian was punishing me for whatever I might have done. He did mention that he was going to punish me but my brain has forgotten what I could've done because I was more focused on his finger that is buried inside me turning in circles, thrusting in and out in a slow motion.He dropped my leg that he had been holding, then he removed his finger from inside of me. I was disappointed because it wasn't what I wanted but then he took my hands and pulled it thereby lifting my upper body from the bed."You're not a pillow princess so don't act like one". He scolded."What do you want me to do?" I asked him.He guided my hand and placed it on his very hard and big erection. "Work for this".I bit my lip again. My finger grazed over the cap and the precum was waiting for me to feel its thickness.He pulled me closer to himself from my waist and buried his head into my ches
Esmeralda's POVI considered myself already kind of used to the kind of words Killian said and how he acted when he said those words but there was something different at the moment, maybe it was because we weren't in the same country anymore or because he and I had somehow become a couple.When he said those words I started to anticipate the second when we would go back to the hotel and he would take the dress off me. It became what I was ready for. Whatever he had planned for me even though I didn't know what it was at the moment, I lost interest in it. All I wanted for us to do was make our way into our hotel room and he would be pulling the dress off me.I looked around and found out that during the time I was spending standing in a spot trying to fathom just how weirdly those words affected me, Killian was already in the bathroom taking his bath so there was no one but me left to open the door for the person who was knocking.I was skeptical at first because I didn't want to open
Esmeralda's POVI ran my hand over my chest, giving him the sluttiest eyes I could muster."Oh Daddy"Killian almost lost it. He laughed so hard that he suddenly began to cough and meanwhile, k was wheezing beside him, about to lose my mind.We must've been such a pain in the ass of the driver because the second he stopped the car, he was outside holding the door open for me.I alighted the car with a warmth in my heart. I was happy. It was already nightfall and the wind was cold and the lights illuminated the city. It was wonderful. It looked wonderful.Suddenly, some fingers interlocked with mine accompanied by the smell of apples. It was perfect.He was perfect."We should get dinner"."Okay, but I'm still gonna smoke some weed or try molly"."Esmeralda, I don't have the contacts of people that sell".I frowned, "I thought you have the contacts of everyone?"He looked utterly confused, he took his hands back from mine and crossed them as he stared at me."Esmeralda, what could've
Esmeralda's POVStepping on the private jet, I had thought I would surely be so excited that I wouldn't sleep or even try to zone out.I wanted to see through the windows and guess alphabetically where we were going since Killian refused to let me know. Even though he didn't say the exact words, I knew he wanted it to be a surprise. I had a hunch that it would be Paris and if it really was Paris I certainly would be a bit disappointed.Paris was a beautiful city and known as the city of love but it was cliché. Every woman wanted to go to Paris, people went to Paris for honeymoons and all that and it was the spot for romance. I didn't want that. Sure I would love to see Paris one day but not because of a special event or maybe I was invited for a wedding there. If it wasn't the case, the case then I don't think I'd ever want to go there.It just didn't feel magical for me.Killian had no idea about all this. He was busy sipping wine and working on his laptop leaving me to myself. I wa
Esmeralda's POV.The last class of the day was literature. It wasn't a boring class. I loved the fiction and we were about indulging in the magic that Sylvia Path was.We were going to read one of her books and so we woukd be able to read the pieces of herself she left in the world.I had talked to the counselor about the major that was on my mind, she thought psychology was good for me since I had a passion to understand humans and the way they acted.The only issue became the college of my choice. She showed me a list of really good colleges in the country but I tokd her that I already knew where I wanted to go.She didn't seem disappointed to hear that I wanted to go the the states college. She thought it was a good choice and I was going to get accepted.Lucky me, it wasn't a long drive from Killian's house and so it was perfect. I get to continue living with Killian while I go to college.I had no desire to experience this or that, to meet new people or to have the full college e