FAYE"I've been waiting for you to ask me that. I always thought you would never get your courage up enough to ask." She looked at me with an intrigued expression on her face. "You've not only changed, you've grown.""But before I start, we will need something to drink. This is going to be a long one.""I don't need anything to drink."I informed her, trying to get her to start talking. My curiosity was already killing me. It was like now that I was on the verge of hearing about Nathan's life before me, I couldn't wait any longer."No Faye. You must have something to drink. I myself need something to wet my throat occasionally, for this is going to be a long talk."I let her go, swallowing any further words of protest. My eyes went over the milk couches placed in the living room to face each other in a square, and the brown stained coffee table in the middle. The throw pillows were all a soft yellow colour, to match the pale tones of the yellow curtains over the windows. Her livin
FAYEI tried, but it was hard for me to understand what she was saying.Was it maybe because this narration of events she was giving me differed from what I'd heard before?From what Maya had told me. That lying bitch. "You don't seem to understand, my dear.""I'm having a little of trouble following everything."I folded my hands before me, eager to understand what she was sharing, yet wary of the fact that Patrice might just paint Nathan the wronged one in all this, because she cared for him."How about I tell it like this? The Alpha of a pack and his right-hand man made a deal. That one day their first children would marry. They made sure this happened, even though the two were not in love with each other.""The boy felt the need to carry out pack obligations and the girl really did not have a say. She was not so happy in life, and who could wonder with the father she had? Soon after they were married, they had a son. But the girl suffered from postpartum depression."I nodded occa
NATHAN I am not going to make a habit of this! I swore in frustration as the torns in the flowers from the flower pots in the back yard pricked me again and again. I was trying to remain unseen, siddling closer to her balcony with my back up against the wall. Literally. I turned the corner, stopped just when I could make out the balcony and turned to face the wall. I could scale up on her veranda easy, but I had to make sure no one was there first. I listened carefully, and heard nothing. I couldn't hear anything. But then again maybe the spell covered her balcony too. Well fuck the consequences, I decided. I scaled the wall deftly and launched myself over the bars of the balcony, dropping down without a single sound. She wasn't a werewolf. She wouldn't hear me if I was silent in my approach. I stalked into her bedroom after I'd listened and heard nothing, and came to a standstill. She was sitting in front of her vanity, faced away from the door beside her huge bed. My
FAYE What had I been thinking? That he'd immediately give me the information I wanted? That he'd fall for my little seduction tricks? I hadn't even really tried. My fingers curled into my palms in rage, and I was sure my nails would leave deep little crescent marks on my skin when I looked. I could tell from the sexual frustration in me. There was so much attraction between us, and it really was fucking things up badly. I had to ruin him. Kick him off his freaking stupid high horse and cut him to size. That way they'd know, they'd see what a person became after you made her a monster. I hissed in frustration and trudged to bed, kicking at the covers when I climbed on top. When everything's fell to the ground, I settled a little bit, trying to sleep. The shrill ring of the doorbell rang, and I was startled out of my half asleep state. Only one person would come to see me this late in the night. I got out of bed and replaced the bed covers, picking up a few pillows a
FAYE What stupid light wouldn't stop shining so brightly in my face? I groaned as my eyes slid open and snapped shut again when the rays of sunshine hit me. I always closed the windows, but I'd left them open last night. I grumbled the entire way to the window panes and slid them closed. I wasn't going to be angry. Don't make the rest of your day and angry one, Faye. I stopped to take in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh morning air and exhaling. My eyes found my bedside clock and my heart flew. I was late! I had to catch Yvonne before she left so we'd have that talk. I rushed to the bathroom and turned on the shower, stripping my nightdress off fast and flying into the torrent of water. The cool water hit me first, before it became hotter and I relaxed under the spray of water. My mind kept drifting off to think about the council of elders and their apparent lack of trust in me, and I kept pulling it back. I wouldn't let myself think of the fact that I still had n
NATHANWhat was she playing at? Thinking she could get me to spill away my guts to her.And about Layla.I hadn't spoken about her in years. It felt like a different lifetime altogether. It'd been so long ago I felt like… it hadn't happened.I hadn't lost a family.I wasn't going to think about that. I made deliberate attempts to divert my thoughts towards something else. I hadn't had my hands in her ginger hair as much as I'd like.I hadn't even realized how much I'd wanted her until I'd had to pull away last minute from her last night. It'd taken a lot to walk away, knowing I couldn't talk about the things she wanted to hear. I turned from my room window, the sight too plain, a reminder of all I'd lost here in the Black Saint pack house.A reminder of all I'd fucked up. My mistakes stared me in the face every morning, blinding me with my apparent faults that hadn't been so apparent at the time. I decided not to seek Patrice out, no matter that I badly wanted to ask her what t
FAYE Deep in my chest,the panic unfurled slowly, growing steadily to a higher point. I called Axel on the phone again and again and again, but there was no response. He never ignored my calls. He never ignored my calls, but he was ignoring them today of all days, at this very critical time. I bemoaned my fate, groaning loudly when the phone rang for the hundredths time and no one on the other end answered. I was slowly going crazy, when Yvonne came to me, holding my arm in a tight grip. "Yvonne
FAYEThe underground parking lot was busy, and it cost me minutes I did not have trying to get a space to pack in. I pulled into a space at the end, and walked all the way back to the elevator. Axel stayed in the penthouse here, just one of his many places.He was mostly here, if not at the pack house.I pressed the button for the penthouse and rode the elevator to the first floor, getting off at a brisk walk. I hoped he was in. What would I do if he wasn't here with the moonstone?If I couldn't fix this fast and get the moonstone back to it's vault before any of the elders discovered what was going on?I tried to shake off the thought. I couldn't afford to dissolve into panic now. I got to his door and rang the doorbell. I waited for someone to answer the door, but nothing happened.I didn't have time to waste, I tried entering the code he'd given me before. I keyed in the numbers and waited for the click of the door unlocking. The door remained locked. I keyed in the numbers