Sheryl’s POV“What’s going on?” I asked as Brody quickly pulled away from me.I recognized the sound of Rachel’s piercing scream right away. I had never heard her sound like this before, but I knew it was her. The sound made its way through the hospital, bouncing off the walls and sending chills downeveryone’s spine. My heart fell into my stomach as I imagined what could possibly be wrong. Then, she said words that felt like a knife to my stomach. “Ryan!!! You can’t be dead!!!” She screamed and sobbed. The hospital nurses and doctors were holding her back, pulling her out of the room. Brody had thecurtain of my section open, and I could see them physically pulling her away. She fought them everystep of the way though.It broke my heart to see her like this. My only hope was that she was just so distraught that she didn’t know what she was talking about. Perhaps she was still a little drunk. My eyes found Ashton’s and they locked for a moment. My breathing got caught in my throat an
Sheryl’s POV“Miss Sheryl?” A nurse said, walking up to us, before Ashton had a chance to answer my question. “I’m sorryto interrupt your conversation. But Miss Rachel is asking for you. She just woke up and you’re the first person she wants to see. She’s calm now if you’d like to see her.”I stood up quickly. “She’s awake already?” I asked.I wasn’t expecting her to wake up this soon but the nurse nodded. “We only gave her a small sedative that lasted less than an hour. It was just to calm her and it seemedto have worked,” the nurse explained.I glanced back down at Ashton who remained in his seat; he was staring at me with a darkened gaze. I could tell there was stuff he wanted to say to me; perhaps he wanted to answer my question. But heremained quiet and continued to stare at me. My heart flipped in my chest, but I had to go see Rachel, so I turned away from him and went with the nurse to the backroom where Rachel’s room was. Rachel lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling, with
Sheryl’s POV“Elysium?!” I gasped, standing to my feet. “Those in Elysium did that to you?” That explained why she didn’t want to step foot in Elysium again, even for my birthday. My heart achedso much hearing this and I couldn’t even contain my emotions.I paced the room, trying to calm myself down. If I lost control of my emotions, I would soon lose control of my powers and I couldn’t have that happen here. “I didn’t tell anybody,” she told me. “I just waited it out until I was able to be released. Ryan was the oneand only person I wanted to see. Once I got out and lived with him again, I finished getting my highschool diploma, graduating with honors. I was able to get into the shifting academy with Ryan and thenI met you.”“So, Ryan’s been there through it all,” I breathed. She nodded. “Yeah… he never let me forget how much he loved me…” My heart squeezed in my chest. That was the kind of love I aspired to have, and I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get that from Ashton. “Give
Ashton’s POV“Dee, you are mistaken,” I said, shaking my head with disgust all over my face. “Bethany is certainly not my mate and Sheryl shouldn’t be thinking such things.” Dee stared up at me as I stood to my feet with alarmed eyes. “I’m so sorry. I just thought—”“You’ve been thinking wrong. Why did you think such a thing?” I asked, keeping my eyes locked onhers. “Because Bethany mentioned it…”“Bethany? She’s the one who told you that she’s, my mate?” I asked in disbelief. “Yes,” Dee said nodding her head. “But she’s been using the fact that she’s your mate to get me to doher bidding. I wanted to be kind to her for your benefit… I had no idea she was lying to me.”“She was,” I muttered. “Has she been cruel to you?”“Nothing I can’t handle.”“That’s not what I asked,” I said, narrowing my eyes. “She’s been fine,” Dee answered, but I knew she was lying. Bethany had crossed the line and now Sheryl was thinking that Bethany was my mate. She couldn’t have believed that right? Sheryl
Sheryl’s POV Having Ashton here at the Nova packhouse was not something I wanted. But I wasn’t going to argue with my father about it. He was keen on having him here to thank him for helping me in the fire.It’s not like I could tell my family the reason why I didn’t want him here. Now I just had to hope that Ashton would decline the offer. I don’t think he wanted to see me either. I thought he would try to avoid me at all costs. My father went to call Ashton while my mother and I talked a little more in the kitchen. “Did anybody get seriously hurt?” She asked. “I heard the host was in critical condition.”“Ryan…” I told her sadly. “Rachel’s boyfriend. He was the host.” She gasped, covering her mouth with her hands as she peered over at me. “Rachel as in your roommate?” She asked, eyeing me carefully.I nodded once. “We don’t know if he’s going to be okay. But we are hoping for the best. She won’t leave the hospital until she knows for sure. I stayed with her last night and Becca is s
Ashton’s POV What the fuck does she thinks she’s doing?! Sheryl stood in front of me completely naked. Her entire body was illuminating pink, including her face. She looked incredibly uncomfortable, and her whimper only proved that. Her body trembled as she squeezed her legs tight, rubbing them together like she was scratching somekind of itch. She bit onto her swollen bottom lip and whimpered again, gazing up at me like she was pleading for my help.I could smell her honeysuckle scent potently and it was making my mouth water. My member wasshifting automatically in my pants and my wolf was going insane over the view. He was begging me to take our mate as our own and have our way with her, but I was holding himback. She was clearly not in the right state of mind. She was also naked and completely exposed in the hallway of her parent’s apartment.I grabbed onto her arm and pulled her into the closed compacity of my room, sealing the door behind She stumbled into the room and turned
Sheryl’s POV“So, are you going to spill the tea?” Bri asked as she curled up in my bed beside me.I narrowed my eyes at her, trying to figure out what she meant. “What tea?”“Don’t play dumb, Sheryl,” she chuckled. “The tea with you and that hottie Alpha Ashton. What’s the news onyou two?”“There’s no news,” I said, but I spoke a little too quickly because she raised her brows at my expression. “Then why are you blushing?”“I’m not blushing,” I said, pressing my hands to my face. Even I knew that was a lie and I could hear Val laughing at me. Bri rolled her eyes and chuckled. “I’m your best friend and the only one who knows that Ashton is your mate,” she reminded me. “If youcan’t talk to me, then who can you talk to?” She was right; I was going to drive myself crazy if I didn’t talk to somebody about this. The only person I could truly talk to was Brianna. So, I sighed and looked over at her. “Something happened before dinner…” I told her, lowering my tone. She sat up, fixating her
I didn’t sleep long when Becca started to call my cell phone. It was almost 10 pm and I was veryconfused as to why she was calling me so late at night.I knew something must have been wrong. “Becca?” I asked, groggily into the phone.I knew right away that she was crying before she even spoke. “Something happened,” she said, her words trembling. “Rachel disappeared… but then I found her. She was passed out in the bathroom…”“What?” I gasped, jumping up from my bed, startling Brianna who had fallen asleep beside me. “What do you mean she passed out? What happened, Becca?”“She had a needle in her arm,” Becca cried. “She OD’d.”I needed to get back to Higala and as soon as possible. I must have been making a ton of noise while grabbing my things because my mother came into my room with a worried look in her eyes. “Sheryl, where are you going? What’s wrong?”“I have to go,” I told her quickly. “Something happened in Higala.”“What is it?” My father asked, running in behind her. “It’s Ra