Hearing that from her made me very happy, but of course, I couldn't twirl and dance over the piece of news. I turned my head away from her and glanced at izan who was on his knees looking at me. From where I stood, he looked like a lost puppy who was pitiful and abandoned. I knew I could help him but I didn't want to involve myself without Esmeralda's knowledge. It made me begin to wonder where exactly he must've gotten bit. I wondered if it was done by Mikel or not, or if there was another scumbag in town trying to build a pack by biting innocent teenagers like Izan. The woman looked a bit calmer, her franticness from before had dissolved greatly and she looked better now. Her husband made his way over to where we all stood. He had a frown on his face on seeing me but as he entered the room and saw that Izan was better and that his wife was hugging and smothering Izan whilst crying, his frown softened and he also went ahead and pulled them into one big hug. Looking at the
Esmeralda's POV.To say I was shocked to see my mother was an understatement. I never expected her to come here directly, and although I had told Killian to meet with her I never expected her to come to school to see me. My heart skipped a beat. She looked slimmer than before, which hurt my feelings. I was worried for her. I loved her. I didn't want anything to happen to her, especially crying. it hurts me to see the tears in her eyes and made me cry as well. My knees were locked in. I could not move my feet, I was trapped. I had so much going on in my head. I wanted to ask her why she abandoned me. I wanted to ask her why she chose not to help me. I wanted to ask her a lot of things but I also wanted to know how Izan was feeling. However, the way she wailed made all those questions come to halt. I didn't care anymore about why she did what she did and why she treated me like that. All that mattered was how I wanted to erase those tears from my eyes. it could be because I loved he
Killian's POV I didn't understand why Esmeralda was being so stubborn about this. Anytime I say something, she always has a counter thing to say. It was annoying. To be honest, she never listened to me, she always wanted to do her own thing. it was very very unbecoming of her. I have a reason for telling her that she needed a bodyguard, but she would never listen to me. She always thought she knew better. Maybe it's because there was a time I made her feel like that, but I can't remember because all I remember was that I was mean to her. she is an exemplary child, a good girl but she is too fucking stubborn and she would never listen to me. Esmeralda was good for other things, she had her good sides but her shortcomings sometimes seemed so overwhelming that I can hardly keep up with her. and when I yelled at her, it wasn't what I intended to do. I mean I had hurt her and I never intended to hurt her feelings. I knew those things that I said and how I said them were not appreci
Esmeralda's POV I kept to myself throughout the drive back home, I had nothing to say to Killian and it seemed like he had nothing to say to me either. We had dropped my mum at her house, my brother Izan was nothing like how I imagined him to be when she had told me that Izan was like me, that he was behaving the way I did. I was expecting him to have claws or fangs but he looked like a normal teenager, I didn't see a hint of the werewolf in him. I didn't know what had happened before and nobody told me anything. I didn't even want to ask Killian even though he was sitting right beside me, nevertheless, I was happy that Izan was not in any way in danger, that he was not a particular menace to the society. I was happy that he was well but of course I didn't want anybody to see that I was happy. It was still hard for me to even figure out what to do about the fact that my mother had risked everything just to make sure he was okay. But she didn't do that for me, my head was still
Esmeralda's POV I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think of anything. I didn't know why Killian would say something like that. It was getting very hard for me to keep my head focused and my eyes were heavy. I couldn't understand why Killian would even say something like that, no matter how much I try to think but I just couldn't. My head was too heavy, my heart was aching so bad and it felt like my world was coming to an end. Everything is getting quite hard for me, my legs are getting very weak and I can't think, I can't act, I can't do anything. I was stuck. The only thing I felt like doing was falling down. I'm just staying there. I didn't feel like standing up again. I didn't feel like moving and I didn't feel like talking. I didn't feel like anything. I was tired, no matter how many times Killian showed me that I could not trust him, every time it was always a blow straight to my heart and it was always something I couldn't even take, something I could not even understand, just lik
Killian's POV Paula wrapped me in a hug after I said those words to her. I was honest at a bare minimum, she did matter to me, I cared about her but I also cared about Esmeralda. I knew what I was doing was wrong, but I couldn't help it, I can't just wake up in the morning and not love Esmeralda. it was impossible and although I didn't show her, although I didn't prove it to her and made sure to choose Paula over her time and again, it didn't mean I didn't care about her. I did. But what could I do? I have a responsibility to Paula, especially now that she is pregnant. Before, it used to be just that I respected her, I felt guilty. Because she had left her mate for me, but it wasn't the case anymore, now I was obligated to care for her, now it was more than just me, it was more than the guilt I felt, more than the respect I have for her. Now there was a child involved, I couldn't just leave her no matter how much I wanted to. I couldn't. And most times, I tried to console myself, say
Killian's POV There was no other suspect to describe. I can't think of anyone else but Mikel. He was the only unreasonable fool I knew. Only he would be so stupid enough to go to a bar and get a couple of teenagers beaten just so he could get enough wolves for his pack. Paula was standing there waiting for me to say something. I knew by the arc of her eyebrows that she was indeed waiting for me. I didn't say anything. If I said something it would make it all seem so real. It will make it undeniable that my brother was a fool. No matter how much I despised Mikel, I just couldn't prepare myself to accept that he was indeed an idiot, especially in the presence of someone else. I know I had said a lot of things against Mikel to Paula but this was something else, this included someone else's life that Mikel took for granted, someone's life that he didn't care for. I shook my head but kept quiet still. I led her away and took her into her room she smiled at me and said: "Are you okay, Ki
Killian's POVMikel looked very disappointed and very angry as he stared at our father. Meanwhile, father already stood up from the bed. He was looking at Mikel like he wanted to say something, however he couldn't say anything at the moment. I understood him, none of us had thought that Mikel would suddenly barge into the room. Even though he had made his intention known before that he intended to give me the company, it was still very awkward having Mikel know about it. Well it was weird because Mikel knew about it before. It was just a very hard thing to explain.And here I was caught in the crossfire on father and son.I didn't say anything, I just stood there watching the two of them. The room was very quiet but I could see that Mikel was already fuming with rage. I have known Mikel for so many years. Looking at him at the moment, I could tell he was very hurt.This was the first time I'd ever seen such a look on Mikel. Most times he was just an annoying prick but at the moment