After breakfast everyone scattered, leaving just my dad, mom, Alex, and Erik in the kitchen. Andrew followed Markus to see the finish results of the new buildings. Soon I'm hoping to get around to see them myself but this is the first time I've left the bedroom besides to see if I can walk up and down the stairs. The silence in this room is almost more annoying than them getting on my nerves about asking me if I’m okay.
“ So are we just going to sit here and not say anything? Come on guys, when I was locked up in the room everyone had plenty to say.” I blurted out making them look around at each other.
“ Dear, Sam was your best friend. We know it has to be hard finding out she was a part of having you killed and she is sitting in the basement right now and none of us want to rush your decision on what you are wanting to do ab
When I walked back upstairs no one looked at me. My dad and brother did all the cleaning up but didn’t talk to me or look my way when they came back upstairs either. Erik looked my way a couple times as we all sat at the kitchen table. I still haven’t washed my hands and the blood has dried and looking at them just makes me feel guilty. I just ripped my best friend's throat out… my best friend. She watched me grow up, we watched each other grow up because our parents got along and decided to let us all go to the same school. She sat with me through everything I’ve ever gone through trying to figure myself out. Now she lays in a hole in the ground somewhere because she wasn’t able to keep things about me to herself and helped people who wanted me dead. The room grew glumly and everyone was just looking at each other confused. Erik cleared his throat as if he was going to say something but instead he just stood up making the creaking of the chair feel t
We joined each other in his office. If I said I felt guilt before now that’s an understatement. Looking at two people that threw our sleepovers and Sam's birthday parties. Celebration when we did good in school. I can feel my palms begin to sweat as we all settle into our seats.“ So what can we do for you Briella?” Sam's mom asked holding his hand in hers“ I wanted to discuss an incident that occurred.” I cleared my throat taking a gulp of the water they offered when we came into the room.“ Has something happened? You seem very upset.” Alpha Remmy was the nicest one around. At least when he’s in a good mood. Remmy has always been the nickname I’ve known him by, I’ve never really made it important to know his real name. He’s
It's been a few weeks since Sam’s funeral and I’m not sure but everything seems to finally fall back into the place. Not that I’ll ever forgive myself for killing her but I can’t let it ruin the rest of my life right? Erik and I agreed to finally leave back to his pack the day before thanksgiving. Nothing in this world would make me happier than to see her sitting at the end of the table yelling at Alex for eating all the rolls and at Ethan for spilling the gravy for the 5th time. When I told Ethan about Sam of course he cried but he understood nonetheless. I didn’t want to make him forgive me but he did. I told him I would understand if he hated me forever but he said that he couldn’t hate me for doing what I needed to. I made sure to tell him so he could join me at her funeral. Her parents didn’t look my way but honestly I wasn’t surprised. This morning Erik talked to me about how we needed to complete
The next morning was hectic, everyone was yelling and Erik’s moms were demanding things to be a certain way and what food should be cooked. I can tell Erik is stressed out from it all. I was downstairs earlier but got yelled at because I was underdressed for the day. Looking through my clothes I huff and sigh about not really knowing what I’m supposed to wear. Pulling a pair of distressed blue jeans that have a few holes in them holding them up I debate if they would get me yelled at or not.“ If you want my mom to poke you and complain about the holes I’d pick something else.” Erik’s voice makes me get up and hold on to the towel that was wrapped around me since I took a shower.“ I didn’t mean to scare you” he laughed at how a jumped from him saying something
This morning I felt alive. Like nothing was wrong in the world anymore. Erik and I have grown closer to each other, we’ve even discussed moving the mating process sooner. Don’t get me wrong, fooling around and making out sessions are very tempting and make it hard to resist the urge to take him right there. But this morning.. I’ve never felt more complete. Sitting in our bed covered in blankets that smell like him and snuggling all the pillows that feel like sleeping on a cloud. Rolling over to my right side hugging Erik’s pillow under my head I watch the sun come up through the cracks of the curtains. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this, looking over on the nightstand I see a cup with a note. Good morning pup, please enjoy this cup of your favorite tea! I’m will be busy today but please meet me in my office after breakfast Love: your mate Er
I wasn’t sure if I should be mad or feel bad for Rome. He has a daughter out there that he hasn’t seen in a very long time. I’d love to help him but I don’t even know where to begin. I hope Erik has some ideas for my father. I mean that makes some sense of why he acts the way he is, loss like that can really hurt someone. Drive them to do things they shouldn’t.“ Do you feel bad for him?” Erik asked, kissing me on the cheek as I did my makeup.“ I don’t think I feel bad for him, I mean I don’t know. I really do want to help him find his daughter I have no idea where to start” I shrugged putting on my mascara“ We need to try and get more information out of Rome, where exactly he last saw them. Search the area now to see they co
“ hello?” I said trying to hear what the other person was saying“ I can hear you. Who is this?” She sighs. The noise in the background made her voice sound far away.“ Is this Alora?” I asked. I can tell she went silent on the other end with only the sound of her heavy breathing coming in.“Who is this?” Her voice sounded deeper as if she’s afraid.“ This is Briella, I'm calling for Rome. He’s worried about you.” I rush out hoping she can hear me through all the music. Next thing I know the phone clicks and she hangs up.Shit. Rome what have you done? Groaning, I rub my forehead with my hand.
Erik POVFinding out we have to interrogate one of the wolves I helped years ago made my stomach turn. I know it shouldn’t be such a big deal but going over her case and why we helped her go into hiding makes me feel like this is going to be harder than I thought. The man we helped her escape was named James Rome. We didn’t kill the ones they hid from or wanted to get away from because then we would have a bigger problem on our hands. Hearing the name Rome had to have freaked her out. We promised she wouldn’t have to worry about hearing from him ever again. I’m not sure if he’s the same guy, I wouldn’t be surprised though. I’ve learned with Briella that anything could be possible. Rome refused to speak to me directly without Briella in the room. I didn’t understand why at first until Andrew explained that he can tell through their connection if
“ Of course father. Let’s talk.” Aurther hissed“ Please you guys can have a private conversation in my office.” Erik announced making his voice louder than theirs. Andrew and Hunter showed them to Erik’s office I waited until the kitchen door closed behind them before turning my eyes back on Erik.“ what? Why are you giving me that look?“ he sighed knowing already what I was going to say.“Really do you need me to explain? You just gave him up as if you didn’t care what was going to happen next.” I yelled throwing my hands up in the air“ Whatever he would of did to Aurther would of been a lot better than him taking his anger out of our pack” he admitted
I woke up this morning enjoying the two bundles of joy inside my stomach. I woke up this morning happy. We picked out our house and I love it, it’s huge and has plenty of room for everyone. Then reality sets in. James is on his way here. I don’t know what he is going to do or if everyone here will make it out alive after it’s all over. What if he is coming for war? And the talk he wants to have with me and Erik is just a distraction. But what if he doesn’t want to fight and we push him towards it by throwing Amanda in his face? How do I know what I’m doing is the right thing? Pushing myself out of bed I freeze. I freeze with my feet pressed against the ground.“ He’s here” rings through my head. I repeat this to myself over and over again as if I can’t seem to let it sink in the way it should.&l
“ sir? What do you want us to?” He asked me over and over again but I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to go about this. If Aurther is alive and kicking would Liam be? No, that's impossible. I buried him myself. Rubbing the back of my neck with my hand I paced back and forth in my office. I can’t help but wonder what all Aurther heard. Has he been able to read mh thoughts all these years? I remember what happened that night Liam died. And that night Aurther ran away for good. He was so angry with me without letting me explain. His foolishness ended with his brother's death. Not that I’m surprised he’s never cared about this pack or anyone else other than himself. Stopping in one spot by the book case when the office door opens up and my head warrior walks in again probably to ask what we are doing. “ trucks are ready sir” was all he said. I’ll admit I was kind of surprised they took matters into their
“ YOU DID WHAT??” He yelled at me over and over again. I don’t think he meant it in a way to hurt my feelings more or in a way to show how angry he was about me telling Aurther to alert his father without discussing it with him first. I just sat here listening to everything he had to say. All his worries and concerns. He even expressed to me how he was worried that if I did get hurt in battle I'd even notice because of my reaction from the glass cutting my stomach. And if I’m being completely honest I haven’t thought about that at all. It was odd that I didn’t notice, maybe it was because of the twins' powers. I haven’t even considered them in the situation of getting hurt either. I know that has to make me sound like a bad mom. But with the way they are protecting themselves I’m sure they will be fine. Right? But I also believe even being this far along that I can still protect myself. I haven’t h
Later that yesterday afternoon, Erik and I decided we needed to move out of the pack house. With two kids coming we knew they would be trouble and the pack house is made for business. After deciding this I couldn’t stop thinking about it, honestly I haven’t been shopping for the babies at all either. I mean I’ve gotten a few things here and there when we go to the store for other things but I haven’t been really shopping for them for all the big things. He agreed that we would go and look at houses after all of this is over, so I might ask to go shopping some as well. Sitting in the bathroom on the toilet I work up the courage to get up on my own. Only being a few months pregnant they are already twice the size a normal baby would be by now. One loves to press against my bladder at all ends of the night. Pulling my pants up I wobble over to the sink to wash my hands and face. My face is all broken out and my feet are so swollen
“ So what's the plan?” Amanda asked, holding an ice pack to her face. Just a few minutes Alora saw her flirting it up with one of the pack members and didn’t hesitate to let her know how she felt about it. It’s been years since they’ve been together but obviously Alora isn’t over it even though she was married to Liam. I wonder if she actually loved Liam then?“ Aurther still has a connection to his father, but he says he has a wall up so his father has no idea. Just hearing from Aurther like that could make him furious. Which will spark the flame and lead him right here. That’s where you come in.” I answered by passing over a cup of coffee to her. With getting punched in the face by her ex I felt like they needed it. Her hair is bright red and skin is fair. Her eyes are bright light brown color almost like honey. I let her borrow some clothes from girl
We got back to the hotel room. I'm surprised no one flinched seeing the big dude carrying a girl who seemed to be struggling and in need of help. Erik held on to her as Hunter grabbed the desk chair from one of the rooms and rope that I didn’t know we brought with us. With Hunter and Andrew standing by the chair he placed her in the chair. In the blink of an eye she was tied to it like a prisoner.“ We aren't going to hurt you” I said, trying to soothe the situation.“ Oh really?? Then why did your men kidnap me and tie me up like a wild animal?” She hissed yanking on her arms.“ Because we need to talk and you are obviously a flight risk.” Andrew explained placing a bottle of water to her lips as if she’s been sitting there for hours now.
The plane finally landed and I decided to keep what I read to myself till we got to the hotel. We still aren’t sure where Amanda is but I’m sure they have a lead on where she could be. We took a cab to the hotel which felt longer than the plane ride. Once we got there I still wasn’t allowed to help carry anything so I talked to the guy at the front desks to check us in. He was nice enough to give us a room here on the first floor since the elevator seemed to be down. Which is my luck since that happened at the last hotel we were at. Opening our hotel room I was amazed at how big it was. And the view was just as beautiful.“ Hey, I got to tell you something.” I mumbled into his head he looked me up and down making sure I was okay before responding.“ yeah?” He kept eye contact with me making it more and more
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