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
Esmeralda's POV I was starting to feel myself come around, my head was heavy and the sudden memory of Killian saying those words to Paula came back to me as well. At the moment, I didn't want to wake up. I wanted to remain there on my bed, eyes closed and consciousness drifting. It wasn't fun waking up. I was more peaceful when I was asleep. I didn't even know why I fainted but I knew at that moment that was what my body wanted to do. I could vividly remember everything that happened from Killian's words to my inability to stand on my feet. My body was aching so bad I had to grip the handrails of the staircase just to steady my balance. Killian was able to control me in that way, his words and his actions moved me and had such an impact on my whole body there was no thinking twice about anything, Killian was bad for me. Other than his lying ass, my body reacted too much to him and expected that he would be able to see me the way I wanted him to. But I was unlucky, Killian will forev
Killian's POV To say I was surprised that Mikel's fist was able to knock me down to the ground was an understatement. I was flabbergasted. Normally Mikel's fist couldn't do much to me. He was weaker than I was and it was shocking to me very shocking that his first could send me down to my knees. I acknowledge the fact that he was angry that was why he could have summoned up the strength that he flung his fist with. On the ground that I found myself, I chuckled. It had been a while since someone hit me with such precision, with such anger and envy coursing in their veins. I rose to my feet and spat out the blood of the injury he had inflicted on me in my mouth. I looked at his eyes and I saw that he was equally shocked at his own strength. At that moment I almost shook his hand for job well done, I have never been knocked on my knees before. Somehow his punch had managed to bring me down from my high horse. I did deserve that high horse, normally, I would stray away from a fight bu
Killian's POV I was surprised to have heard that Paula would suggest such a grave and wicked thing I knew she didn't like Esmeralda I never thought she would result to this. She hated everything that had to do with Esmeralda but what she had just done was very questionable. I needed to talk to her, I needed to ask ger why she woukd do this. It was okay to dislike Esmeralda but playing such a joke that would be able to lead to izan's death was just unacceptable. I hadn't even told them about the problems that Izan was facing. I never said anything to them because I was scared lf how theg woukd react, especially Esmeralda. Looking at her as she cried and her mother's judging eyes, I knew she blamed herself for what happened, whether or not Paula had tols her something, sbe must feel that she should've been wise enough to not listen to her words. But she did. She listened to Paula and even bought her crap and so her brother had paid the price for her. Her brother was on his own, left