She wondered if she had made a mistake by not stopping him when he had come inside the room last night. She had the chance, and she had his feelings in her palm along with his vulnerability. But this time, she wanted him to come to her on his own, and not because she or anyone else forced him to. She knew that because of his wolf's attack on her that day he was now filled with some extreme fear and nervousness. And he was trying to take control of them. But she knew that if this time she went to him, he would never learn the meaning of giving in and confiding in someone else.
She wanted to be that someone else. She wanted to be the person that Damon looks for when he feels down, or exhausted or vulnerable. So Bella just kept waiting for him. Even though each hour felt like a century, she did not try to make any move. She ate when the food was sent into the room silently, without a fight.
Bella was too shocked by Alina's innocently spoken words that she even forgot to speak up and refute Alina's words. Damon's eyes shot to Bella with an furious glance. Alina walked over towards Bella and bent down, hugging her in an extremely delicate, and feather light embrace, "I hope you get better soon, Bella. I am heartbroken to see you like this."Bella's hands stayed down flat on each side of her on the bed, and she did not even try to hug Alina back. Alina seemed like an expert in faking things, while Bella could not do that even as a pretence. Alina pulled back, gave her a tender smile, and sauntered over to Damon. She put her hand on his arm with extremely concerned expression on her face, "Bella looks bad, doesn't she? There are even dark circles under her eyes. I wonder if she is still feeling pain."And with that, she walked
"Where have you been all these days?" she asked while trying to turn to face him, but his hand tightened around her, keeping her captive so she stayed with her back facing him."Don't turn around. I can not have you see me right now." he murmured and pulled her closer."I wanted to talk to you.""After what happened, I really did not think you would even want to see my face. I thought you would not want me even in the same room as you."Bella's hand clenched around his hand, grasping it tightly, "I am not going to lie. You had scared me pretty badly.""I know. I could not control him. I tried."Bella trembled at the anguish in his v
For a minute there was complete silence in the room. Alina was not blind, after all. She could see the compromising position that Damon and Bella were sitting in despite of the darkness in the room. And Bella could feel Alina's eyes on them. The burning gaze that she was too familiar with because of having the same one in her own eyes numerous times."You lied to me." Alina said in a flat tone. It was not a question."What are you doing here?" Damon asked without giving her any explanation and slid out of the bed, standing on his feet. His heavy build towered over the small frame of Alina intimidatingly."You are not going to explain to me about this? You said she did not mean anything to you."Damon stepped forward in Alina's space,
To Bella's surprise, Alina stayed silent. Damon had even stopped talking for a few minutes but Alina did not say a word. It was then Damon who spoke in a careless tone, "You can take away your daughter if you are worried about her to such extremes. I am sure I can easily find another girl to marry tomorrow.""Alpha." Alina gasped aloud.Her father remained silent. There was a pregnant pause in the air, like both of the alphas in the room were trying to somehow overpower the other one without actually confronting the situation."You begged me to marry your daughter so your pack can become stronger. Don't try to act like you are here because of being worried about Alina.""I OFFERED you to marry my da-"
There was a pause of a minute before Kayla said, "Say that again."This time her voice was not filled with sleep as it was a couple of second ago, instead she seemed fully awake."Kidnap me from Damon's pack. Hire someone or do it yourself or with your friends or whatever. Just get me out of here. Tomorrow!""Which mad dog bit you?" Kayla said extremely slowly, "were you vaccinated?""Kayla..." Bella's voice had turned desperate and worried, "I am being serious. Please.""He will kill me! And the kidnappers. AND YOU!""I just need to disappear for like, for three days for now. Then-""For now?!" Kayla shouted from the other side, making Bella wince from the sudden shrill through the phone, "what do you mean 'for now'? What about later? And WHY?""Can you not do it without knowing the reason?""A crime? Inviting a brutal death from the hands of the strongest alpha in the world? No, moron sibling of mine. Pardon me if I am
Damon had not returned from the meeting room. Bella did not know why, but she did not want to return to the meeting room to check up on them. It was possible that they had gotten the whiff of her scent while she had been there but avoided it thinking it was no big deal considering she was living here. But if she went back downstairs, and they came out of the room, her scent is going to be stronger and will alert them that she had heard their discussion. And then Damon will get angry, and then he will turn overly cautious and then the whole plan with Kayla will turn to a flop.As the first rays of sun hit the curtains, Bella blinked hard and turned towards the window on the bed. She had healed by now and there was no pain left. The scar will take a while to disappear but it was fine with her as long as she was still breathing fine without having to take a handful of medicines.
The day ended faster than she had prepared herself for and sun started setting. The light had started disappearing behind the trees that surrounded the whole pack while Bella became increasingly worried and full of doubts. The overthinking led to her feeling nauseated to the point of throwing up. She did not want Damon to get angry at her. She hated it when he got angry, but she did not have a choice than to follow the plan she had formed. She could not back out now in any case. She trusted Damon. She knew he will save her. But if the attack happened, how many people will he sacrifice just for keeping her alive?Bella nodded her head in determination with clenched teeth. Her eyes were stuck to the clock on the wall. Damon was surprisingly too busy to even have a moment with her. When he had stood up from the breakfast table, she had grabbed his hand and looked up at him expectantl
"Kayla, this is not the right time to joke." Bella's voice shivered when she murmured in a low voice.Kayla was silent for a couple of seconds while Bella could hear the sounds of pings before she spoke again, but not to her this time, she was talking to someone else while keeping the phone on a conference call,"Where are both of you?" Kayla asked. There was a sound of a car driving on the other side before a man shouted,"Trying to get out of this god dang jungle. These motherfuckers have laid out traps in the whole fucking path. My tires blew up two times! You gotta pay for this shit, chick. I did not get paid for fucking tire replacements!"Kayla muttered some insults under her breath before literall