Vanya's POV I spun in my seat, laughing in satisfaction. Oh dear God. I couldn't help but imagine how her face would be when this finally made the headlines. Or should they? I thought about it, and it would be much better to use it and blackmail her. After all, everyone had made that as a habit these days. Trying to blackmail me. "Why would her face look like when I showed her these?" I asked out loud. "Whose face?" Tara asked standing at the door. I slowly turned to her, she took a step backwards, a gasp escaping her lips. "Josephine." I whispered staring into space. "How lovely it would look." I turned to my laptop ignoring her presence. I looked up Josephine Carter and got her email. I sent her some of the information and a smiley face attached at the end of the little snippet. Then I turned to Tara, and repeated. "How lovely it would look." With a grin of mixed humour. "You look weird. " She said taking her words slowly. "Weird? I've been letting myself get trampled on. S
Vanya's POV"Okay." Why in the world was Cian so quiet doing nothing, disturbing one? This was more than creepy, it was bad, awful. "Bye. Get off early. Infact, you can take the rest of the day off too.""That would be nice but I have a lot to do.""Okay workaholic. Your call not mine." We smiled at each other, as I stepped into the sun, planning my next move as I walked into the elevator.Breathing in the fresh air felt like breathing in the fragrant petals of a fresh start. I felt like something good was coming and even though I knew Cian was still in the picture he was all that was left for the equation to balance. Somehow, if mother karma decided to take pity in me and get Cian out of the way, I'll have nothing left between Tristan and I. Selena didn't look that much of a threat so, I had nothing to worry about. I could sense it, could smell it, a good life with Tristan.Deciding to go to the mall and get junk, I walked towards my car, my attention on my bag, searching it's conten
TRISTAN'S POV "He's the alpha of the largest pack in Europe, the Dragon pack. He's an only child, owns a large number of business scattered across the country And his relationship with Vanya—" I looked up at Adam who had stopped speaking. "Yes?" Adam cleared his throat and continued reading from the iPad. "She was his Luna, before he rejected her for a woman named Josephine. Josephine was with him and was supposed to be his Luna before she mysteriously disappeared only to come back years later. That was when Cian rejected Vanya." "How were they when Josephine wasn't around?" "He was indifferent. Never behaved as if he loved her, never marked her. He had left her with nothing so she had no other option that to go to Marco, her late father's best friend. Unknowingly to him, she was pregnant." I scoffed. This scum from the diggings so far, never behaved like he loved Vanya. He had dumped her, leaving her with nothing, leaving her with a pregnancy. "Does he know the children are h
Tristan's POV"Is it wrong to visit my boyfriend?" "I'm not your boyfriend Selena. I have a mate. Go home." She stopped searching for the box, before she started looking about again."Found it!" Taking it down, she walked to where I sat, placing herself in front of me on the table. From the way she handled it, it was foreign to her. She picked up her phone and I knew she was browsing how to make use of a first aid box. Putting some ointment on the cotton wool as I presumed the site had said, she placed it on the cuts on my hand. "You know," She slowly said blowing the injuries. "I could do this and more for you... forever." She looked at me from under her lashes. Putting the blood stained cotton wool on the table, she inched closer to me. "Did you forget is so easily?""There was no us Selena. Never.""Really?" Her right hand moved to the buttons on my chest, her other hand, pushing the coat she hung in her shoulders unto the table. "You felt nothing for me Tristan?" She pulled close
TRISTAN'S POV A few minutes later, Adam had regained his beta composure but still stood beside me as I sat in my room.A two way mirror. I had added that compartment to my room when I had become alpha. I had never used it but I knew that one day, it would come in handy. And it did. I got up from my bed, turning to leave the room. "You almost killed him." Adam said when I got to the door. "Wasn't that suppose to be the thing until I changed my mind?" I said without looking at him. Then I faced him. "Did you already forget that when I chose to do something, nothing could make me change my mind?" He didn't respond, so I continued. "Cian deserves to die according to me. But I won't kill him. I'll make him suffer, make him long for Vanya but would not let him anywhere near her. I will show him twice of what he showed Vanya... Torture." I picked up my coat on the seat close to the door. "Give him no food or water until I say otherwise.""Yes, alpha Tristan.""Good."And with that, I le
TRISTAN'S POVI was already there by 5:00pm but decided to wait for her in my car. She came out of the office by 5:12pm checking to see if she would see my car by any chance. Thankfully, I hadn't come with the car I normally came with. I had changed it to a black Audi instead. She checked the time on her phone, pouted and walked back inside.She came out again by 5:25pm with her bag. "You seem to be expecting someone." Tara said behind her making her jolt up."As if you're not going to meet mark this evening. And who knows, perhaps spend the night together." She winked at her assistant, giving her a shy smile an shaking her shoulders."You decieve people with your looks." Tara said to her making me give a little laugh. Vanya laughed, her laugh making mine freeze mid air. There was nothing more heart warming to me than seeing her laugh genuine laughter. The way the corners of her eyes slightly went up without folding completely, the way she threw her head backwards, sometimes closing h
Tristan's POVBy the time we got to the roof, the food had already been set, and night had come. The servants bowed as soon as we walked in, leaving the rooftop in it's magic of lit candles instead of the day's lighting to us. I heard a soft gasp of awe escape Vanya's lips, and I was glad that she loved it. I pulled out one of the two seats for her, while she's still looked around, drinking in the room and it's full surrealism."It's beautiful." She sat down while I sat on the other. She looked at the food on the table, and smiled at me. "So, you made these yourself. ""I what?""Don't say anything contradictory. I know you did. Angel told me.""Ahh..." That must have been what she had whispered to her. I gave a light chuckle rubbing my ears. "Well... Yes. I made these myself.""It's beautiful." She commented on the food, giving me a look from beneath her lashes that unlike Selena's that disgusted me, made my heart skip a bit. We ate dinner while having light conversations about rand
VANYA'S POV:My palms splayed across Tristan's chest, I could feel the hard muscle under his skin. For a moment I was stunned. This wasn't the body of just a normal office worker. They didn't have this amount of toned muscles, like he was a trained warrior. I pushed the shirt off his body he helped get out of it and throw it to the side. And my breath caught in my throat. My mouth watered as I stared at him. At the perfection that was this man. "Hey," His voice was soft.I looked up at him. "You're so handsome," I said with a soft giggle. I ran my hands across his chest and down his abs."You flatter me." He said softly.I could feel the mark on my neck pulsing. The mate mark. It felt so good, like endorphins were been pumped into my bloodstream. My body felt like it was on fire, a slow torturous heat that threatened to consume me whole. I want him. All of him.His eyes moved to my top, and I saw a flash of irritation in his eyes. His hand came up to my neck and touched the mark th
Vanya's POV "You look even better." "Don't think of blasphemy Tristan. The goddess is the best of all bests. Another headline just popped up. It says... " I paused. "A new world order, a new religion, the Blackwoods." "Indeed. A new religion. " He chuckled before he paused. "I'll get the kids from school today. You'll just have to get off from work and go home." "The last time you got the children back from school Tristan, all of you wrecked the house!" "And we apologized and promised we'd never do it again." "Whatever. Thank you for getting them in... Advance " I said to him. "At your service my queen." I smiled, grinning from ear to ear. "I love you." I said to him. "I love you more." He replied. "We'll talk later, gotta go." He mused, before blowing a kiss into the phone's speaker and then hanging up. I sat down on my seat, thinking back in all that had happened in my life. All that had happened to bring me to this day. To this moment of true happiness. I had never kn
FOUR YEARS LATER. Vanya's POV "Is this what you really want to do? Still be a chef?" My love asked. "CEO of a good company honey. And yes. That's what I want to do. What I still want to do. " I opened the door to leave, turned, and pulled him towards me with his tie, kissing him full on the lips. He edged forward, closing the door and winding the glass up. His hand trailed to my waist, pulling me closer to him, before they made to unbutton my blouse. "What are you doing?" I giggled, throwing my head back. "I told you " He grumbled. "That the next time you do this on a work day, we might end up having sex in the car. " "And I said?" "Mm... You said nothing." I opened the car door. "And silence in court means...." But I had jumped out of the car, blowing him a kiss as I shut the door. He looked like a pouting child that would soon begin to bawl. "Just go." I mouthed, shooting him away with a wave of my hand. "You're in for tonight." He mouthed back before blowing me a kiss
Vanya's POV "Wait..." Tristan paused them. "You knew he came after Vanya." He questioned his father. Which he nodded to. "Does that mean you've been in London all this while?" He nodded again. Tristan stared at him in disbelief while I listened to their story. Waiting earnestly for them to finish so I could throw everything I wanted at them. "When we heard he came after you..." My father had become serious. "I told Marco and Vladimir that it was finally time for me to come out of hiding." They both nodded. "And worst of all, when Marco told me about your outburst." They nodded again. But he continued. "They weren't really buying the idea, and Vladimir promised to take care of you and Marco but I had been hiding long enough." "So we finally decided to come out of hiding," Vladimir said. "And deal with Magnus." Marco added. The sitting room now went quiet as I weighed everything they had said. I had missed my father since I was thirteen, thinking he was dead, but he had been aliv
Vanya's POV "Is this some kind of joke to appease me?" I turned to Marco. "Joke? No. No it's... Not." "I'm not buying this shit. None of it." "And where did you learn how do speak like that little crow?" "Don't you dare call me that!" I spat at the man. "And where did you even hear that from?" "I didn't hear it from anywhere. We made it up, together. At the spring fall close to your school when you wouldn't stop crying about how boring school was and how you wanted to be a doctor but not go to school for it..." I bit my lower lip. This couldn't be happening. I was dreaming. It's all a dream. "And what did I say?" I asked him for confirmation. "If I can make it as a doctor without books, I want the world in return..." "No..." I exhaled, forcing myself to stay calm and tearless. "And I said to you..." I remembered clearly what he said to me that day. Even if you want heaven... "Even if you want heaven..." Daddy wouldn't hesitate a second... "Daddy wouldn't hesitate a
Vanya's POV I walked out of Tristan's office, and when I was out of earshot, I ran to our room, shutting the door behind me as I wailed my eyes out. I shook as the sobs took over me, fully in control. How could he? How could Marco? He was my father's best friend. He was supposed to stand by my father, was supposed to protect him. Was supposed to be a true friend. I hate him! I hate him!! I sniffled, still sitting down on the floor. How long I sat there, I couldn't recall but I knew it was well past afternoon. Tristan had come to knock on the door during lunch, asking me to eat. I had told him I wanted to be alone and wasn't in the mood to eat. "In case you change your mind." He said as I heard a rattle of plates in front of the door. "I'll leave your lunch here." Then he had left. After some time, he had come to the door again, knocking to check up on me. "I'm fine," I replied. "Vanya..." He started. "I know it's tough. I wish I could help... Or... Or do something." He sig
Tristan's POV I was in my study with Vanya that morning when Adam and some of my men brought Magnus into my office. Hands bound as he knelt him down before us. I was sitting on the arm of the seat while Vanya sat on it. From where he knelt, Magnus glared at us. His face filled with venom. Like the fuck I cared. He had gone after Vanya for whatever crooked reason it was. Had killed her father, my father's very good friend. He had ruined her chance of having a father and a mother too, potentially making her an orphan. The reason my Luna had no parents as shoulders to lean on, was because of this man. And heaven knew, I wanted to rip out his throat. There was a tremble on his venomous face even though he tried to hide it. He only glared as a defense mechanism. "Such a flimsy defense you have there Magnus." No need putting the Alpha's honorific anyway. He didn't deserve that respect. He blinked that I called him by his name but covered the shock on his face by glaring harder. "Oh!"
Tristan's POV "I'm fine talking while standing." Her voice came out wobbling. And she folded her arms, warily watching us. I nodded, going straight to the point. "What did you say to Vanya that made her stomp off?" Her eyes softened. "She didn't tell you. So why should I?" Angel snorted behind me. I rubbed my temples, realizing I too was standing. "So much drama in a day." She whispered behind me. The woman shot her a glare which Angel returned with a bare of her wolf canines. "You claim to be her mother..." "I am her mother." She cut me off, her voice almost a screech. Two of my men moved to get a hold of her as she strolled towards me, but I motioned them to remain put. "I carried her for nine months and almost died giving birth to her." "So why disappear all these years and appear now to try and talk to her?" She squinted angrily at me. "Yeah." I continued before she could speak. "Vanya has never mentioned you to me before. Never." "Who knows, that may be because you are
Tristan's POV "You should have found out!" I yelled a her. "What?! You expected me to eavesdrop on their conversation?!" Before I could reply, she added. "What is wrong with you?! You've barely been married a month and you're already acting like a big bad dog!" I took some steps towards her. "You don't get to speak to me like that! And after all that happened, she shouldn't be out there alone!" "When has she never been able to handle herself?" She threw at me, contempt in her voice. "When you weren't officially mated, it was eight bodyguards, now the whole world knows, you might actually keep tabs on her every movement. In case you don't know brother, it's spying and a sign that your suffocating, over protective nature that cost our mother her life, is resurfacing again! " The room stilled, I stilled and so did she when she realized what she has just said. I took steps backwards, watching her as I shook my head in utter disbelief. "Wow Angel. Just wow!" "Tristan I'm sorry." "N
Tristan's POV I killed the ignition of my car, sitting there and thinking about nothing in particular but everything at once. Vanya had only met Selena once and they had not gotten along. Not as if any one could ever get along with Selena. But why would Magnus go after Vanya? What did he want from her? ***Flashback*** Vanya was speaking to the strange woman who claimed to be her mother, so I decided to go back to my house which was now Angel's house to wait for Adam after I had sent him to figure out who the rogues were and why they wanted Vanya when Angel came to me. "There was one thing I noticed about the rogues. I didn't want to let you know about it because Vanya was there." I sat back down, placing my coat on the seat I had been seating on. "What was it?" "All the men had a wolf tattoo on their right shoulders." "Werewolves have tattoos all the time Angel." "I know." She countered. "But it was split in half." She looked at me, going still for a moment before that still