Aria's POV Listening to him felt like I was listening to a bunch of nonsense, but I still wanted to believe what he was saying because everything was at the right timing and it matched. It felt like he was actually telling me the truth, and maybe I should calm down a little bit to listen to him."Are you sure I can really trust what you're saying right now? Because I don't know what to believe anymore. You say you have nothing to do with this, yet the evidences point at you," I demanded from him. Instead of getting angry like I expected, he was happy somehow, and it made it feel weird to me. Why is he happy if I'm asking him a question about what I think is right?"You believe in me, right? You believe what I'm saying, right? That I have nothing to do with this?" he demanded excitedly, and it only made me angry, because this involved someone's life, and the only thing he cares about is if I believe him or not."You do realize that this is a grave situation you shouldn't play around wi
Aria's POVThe moment I turned around and bumped into Alexander, I felt my soul leave my body. My breath caught in my throat, and I froze in place. He looked down at me with that intense stare, the one that makes it impossible to tell what he’s thinking.“How long have you been standing there?” I asked, trying to sound calm, but my voice came out shaky. My heart was pounding loudly in my chest. I hoped he couldn’t hear it.He narrowed his eyes. “Long enough. Who were you talking to just now?”I blinked. “Talking to?” I repeated like I didn’t understand the question. I looked around, pretending to be confused. “There was no one here. I was just... walking around. I needed some fresh air.”His eyes didn’t leave mine. I hated how he always seemed to see through me. I wasn’t sure if I could lie to him successfully, but I had to try. If he found out I was still investigating, especially with him, it would be bad. Really bad.“I told you to stop getting involved,” he said, his voice droppi
Aria’s POV‘I’m in t-trouble,’ I could see the fear in the eyes of my twin sister as she ran into my room and crouched down beside me.I had to drop the puzzle I was deeply engrossed in, giving her my full attention. ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked. ‘He is coming. I’m so scared. I didn’t mean for it to happen’ she let out the statements in short breaths and I needed no soothsayer to tell me that she was referring to my uncle. I placed my hands on her shoulder, ‘don’t worry, you’ll be fine’ ‘I won’t’ I watched her lips tremble in fear as she let out those words. And almost immediately we were startled by a loud sound as the door to my room was flung open. My uncle stormed towards me and grabbed me roughly by my arm, my heart threatened to burst out of my chest as his fingers pressed against my skin, turning it reddish. He pulled me up harshly and dragged me towards the doorway. He then stopped and turned to my twin sister, ‘you! Wait here till we return. Take a step outside this room and y
Aria’s POV I was taken out of the small prison after what felt like eternity and led to the council room. Where I knew my case would be judged and then appropriate punishment issued. A punishment I knew I didn't deserve because I had just found my mate and I believed my reaction was normal.The council room included a small group of pack members including Lucas and my sister, who threw me a look of disgust and it hurt me deeply because she was the reason I suffered and was exiled for five years. Now, All I wanted was to get the protection from my mate but I was arrested because of that.I stood in the corner of the room while I waited for their verdict. “You have been brought here for laying your hands on the alpha’s son and making a false declaration.” The council judge read out. “It isn’t false. I felt the… connection” I said in a bid to defend myself and darted my eyes to Lucas for a few seconds. “You still have the audacity to speak” “Just keep shut and face your punishmen
Xeros POVI stopped in my tracks as I took a moment to survey the open space in the forest. I had lost track of Ryan, the traitor who belonged to the enemy’s pack. He had come into my pack pretending to be an ally but thank goodness for my experience and expertise, I was able to see beneath his covering. I had been hot on his trail for the past hour and just when I was about to catch up to him, he sped up and took a turn. It was at that moment I lost him. I had my guard up, holding my weapons closely while I surveyed the space. He had to be around here. There was nowhere else he could go, right in front of me was a cliff and it would be a stupid decision to jump down that cliff. He just had to be somewhere around. I heard a rustle behind me and prepared my weapon for an attack. I surveyed my surroundings once again but there was no one in sight. After a few minutes, I heard the rustling sound again. I backed the cliff and remained at high alert. “I know you are here! Show yourself
Chapter fourAria’s povI felt the cold blade against my neck before I saw it. My eyes widened in fear and I remained as still as I could before tilting my head to stare at my attacker. I was immediately drawn in by the intensity of his gaze and the fact that he had a striking resemblance to the injured man laying in front of me. Once again, upon setting my eyes upon him, I felt the urge to be closer to him. And he had the unmistakable scent that was unique to one’s destined mate. The sword was still placed close to my neck as a third figure emerged from the forest. My wolf howled mate, all three of them were my mate!And once again, I felt drawn to him. He also had a striking resemblance to the first two guys. I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that all three of them were my mates! It was all surprising to me because it was unusual for a person to have three mates.He walked closer and stood beside the man who had his sword placed directly in front of my neck. “Enough!” Xer
Xeros Pov I didn’t take my eyes off Aria throughout the entire journey back to the pack house. Upon our arrival at my pack house, I was quickly led to my private room and made to lay down on the bed. I instructed Aria to wait with my brothers. A few minutes later, a man walked in, “Hello Xeros, I am the doctor that has been assigned to monitor your healing process” “From what I can see, your wolf is healing really slowly and we need to do something urgently so as to save its life,” the doctor explained. “I would like you to give me all the details, from when the injury occurred till this very stage” I groaned, I couldn’t see myself explaining the whole thing to him again. It made no sense. “Leave.” I said firmly. “What do you mean by that? You require urgent attention” the doctor insisted.“Leave and tell them I will only get treated by Aria” I instructed the doctor and I watched his face fill with unease before stepping out of the room. Alexander came in a few minutes Later,
Aria’s povI was shocked when I heard the question Xeros threw at me upon returning to his room. I suddenly began feeling self conscious because I felt Xeros would believe their words and start seeing me as a criminal and that wasn’t something I wanted.I walked towards his bedside and saw that the blood bag was empty. So, I disconnected the IV and threw the used equipment into the trash can. “You would need a few more weeks of treatment and thorough observation” I said, deliberately ignoring the question he asked earlier. I didn’t see the need to wait here any longer. I needed to leave if I was beginning to look like a criminal. “You would need the help of a professional. I have tried my best, I think it is best you get a doctor with more experience” I said. “What do you mean by that?” Xeros asked with raised brows. “You have already done a great job at speeding up the healing process. You need to finish what you have started” he said. “I’m afraid I can't,” I said, shaking my he
Aria's POVThe moment I turned around and bumped into Alexander, I felt my soul leave my body. My breath caught in my throat, and I froze in place. He looked down at me with that intense stare, the one that makes it impossible to tell what he’s thinking.“How long have you been standing there?” I asked, trying to sound calm, but my voice came out shaky. My heart was pounding loudly in my chest. I hoped he couldn’t hear it.He narrowed his eyes. “Long enough. Who were you talking to just now?”I blinked. “Talking to?” I repeated like I didn’t understand the question. I looked around, pretending to be confused. “There was no one here. I was just... walking around. I needed some fresh air.”His eyes didn’t leave mine. I hated how he always seemed to see through me. I wasn’t sure if I could lie to him successfully, but I had to try. If he found out I was still investigating, especially with him, it would be bad. Really bad.“I told you to stop getting involved,” he said, his voice droppi
Aria's POV Listening to him felt like I was listening to a bunch of nonsense, but I still wanted to believe what he was saying because everything was at the right timing and it matched. It felt like he was actually telling me the truth, and maybe I should calm down a little bit to listen to him."Are you sure I can really trust what you're saying right now? Because I don't know what to believe anymore. You say you have nothing to do with this, yet the evidences point at you," I demanded from him. Instead of getting angry like I expected, he was happy somehow, and it made it feel weird to me. Why is he happy if I'm asking him a question about what I think is right?"You believe in me, right? You believe what I'm saying, right? That I have nothing to do with this?" he demanded excitedly, and it only made me angry, because this involved someone's life, and the only thing he cares about is if I believe him or not."You do realize that this is a grave situation you shouldn't play around wi
Aria's POV I opened my eyes to find myself in the hospital, with Carlo sitting right beside me. His eyes lit up the moment I looked at him, and he immediately stood up to check if I was okay. I guess he has been staying beside me for a long time now. Seeing that I’m collecting a drip, I realized that I fainted after donating my blood to Xeros.Immediately thinking of Xeros, I almost jumped out of the bed.“What’s going on, Aria? Where are you going? Lay down. You can’t get out of bed yet. You still have to finish this IV drip.”I shook my head immediately.“We need to check on him. How is he doing? Is he awake?” I asked.He nodded his head.“My brother is fine. You need to rest instead. We know you gave him your blood to save him, and it was enough, but you have to rest.”Since he already told me that his brother was fine, I decided to believe him and lie back on the bed. He looked at me like he was so worried about me. I guess I made them too worried with what I did, but that was th
Aria's POV I couldn’t be at peace after knowing that they went out there to look for someone as dangerous as Edgar. Since he managed to sneak into this park—and also into my room—despite the heavy security, he’s capable of doing anything. And I don’t want them to get hurt because of me.I could hardly sit down at all as I kept pacing around the room, waiting for them to come back.When are they going to get back? What exactly is going on that I don’t know?I felt like something bad had happened, because my chest tightened after a while of waiting. What could be wrong? Could it be that something has happened to the three of them? I have to go out there to look for them. But Alexander has placed people outside his room to protect me. There’s no way for me to escape unless I want to jump out of this building—which is also almost impossible, considering the fact that I’m not that much of a wolf.I had to keep wishing that nothing happened to them.Dear Moon Goddess, I’m finally getting w
Xeros's POV I found the bastard trying to run away, and I went after him faster than everyone else. It’s a bit difficult for me to catch up with him because I don’t know why he’s so much faster than me or why I’m getting so weak, but I continued to chase after him while the rest were behind us. He refuses to stop, and I don’t know how I’m going to catch up to him, but I don’t want to give up. I have to catch him and make sure he pays for going to threaten Aria again.“Wait right there, you idiot! I’m going to make you pay once I get you!” I shouted at him.“Well… catch me if you can! You’re too damn slow!” he replied and continued running.Because of what he said, I’m going to make sure I catch him and also make him pay for it. I continued to chase him until I saw that he was getting towards a place that he doesn’t know is filled with many traps. I thought he wasn’t going to stop and would go in there, but somehow it seemed like he already knew there were traps there, and he stopped
Alexander's POV I noticed it from the way she was acting very scared. There’s something that is bothering her, and she doesn’t want to tell me. But I found out anyway. However, talking to her now, I could see that her body became stiff again. Though she is trying so hard to hide her emotions, I can tell something already happened. And from the faint scent I can perceive, I know there is someone else in this room. But I’ll pretend I didn’t see that person so that I can catch him red-handed. I need to find a way to protect her so she doesn’t have to worry anymore. I can’t believe I’m the one saying this after everything I’ve done to doubt her so far. Did I manage to fall in love?I don’t know if it’s the mating bond, but I don’t want to have any problems with her again. Also, I can’t tell her that I’m still investigating what happened to her at her former pack and why she is being targeted by her own sister and the Alpha’s son, Lucas. That Lucas is very useless and doesn’t really have
Aria's POV We stayed in silence for a moment, just looking at the stars, but I can’t stop the way my heart is jumping up and down. What is this feeling called? How did I and Alexander move on so fast? And the fact that he apologized to me is something that I can’t stop thinking about. Am I really on another planet? And do I need some help in case I’m being delusional?We even shared a kiss, which is the least thing I would do with him. Am I finally going to stop thinking about having a rejection with him? After all, he and his brothers are my mates, and I want to build a relationship with them. Maybe this is the only way for me to survive, and also the only way for me to actually have a good life. Because even at the end of all of this, I still know I have a lot of problems waiting out there for me.Also, suddenly remembering that Edgar had sneaked into my room earlier gives me the chills. What if he is watching from somewhere in the shadows and I don’t know? What if he does somethin
Aria’s POVI stared at the door even after Alexander walked in. My heart was still beating so fast. I couldn’t believe what just happened. Edgar… he was really here. In my room. He had grabbed me from behind and warned me not to say anything. Even now, I was still shaking from the fear and confusion. Why did he come back? Why now?Alexander looked around the room and then back at me. He was frowning."What's going on here? I thought I heard something. Are you okay?" he asked, stepping closer to me.I blinked quickly, trying to get rid of the fear in my eyes before he noticed. I had to say something fast. I couldn’t let him know the truth. Edgar’s warning still rang in my ears. If I said anything, he might hurt everyone… and it would be my fault."I-I'm fine," I said quickly, forcing a small smile. "I just tripped over something. It's nothing."He raised an eyebrow, not looking convinced. “You tripped?”“Yes,” I nodded too fast. “You scared me a little, that’s all.”Alexander’s eyes na
Aria's POVI couldn’t stop thinking about the kiss. My cheeks still felt warm even though it happened hours ago. Every time I remembered how he pulled me onto his lap and whispered in my ear, I felt something strange deep in my chest. Xeros wasn’t usually the one to show emotions, but last night... he was different.He said he wanted to take things further with me, but part of me still wondered—was he serious or just playing around? He could easily be teasing me, right? But no... he said he was going to pursue me officially. Those were his exact words.I sat on the edge of my bed and sighed, holding my face in my hands. If he really meant what he said, then what about the other two? Alexander and Carlo. They're his brothers, and they’re also my mates. I didn’t ask for any of this to happen, but now I’m in the middle of them, and it’s only getting more complicated.“Why do they all act like they own me?” I mumbled under my breath. “Why can’t one of them just say what they really want i