NADINEI checked myself in the vanity mirror for the umpteenth time. I had been plunging myself up the bed, trying to play dress up and losing the zeal instantly, intermittently.I admired the waves so much I wanted to keep memories of myself on them. I remembered seeing Emily on waves in one of her pictures on Instagram and I instantly blocked the image out.If I had done these waves back in Crescent Valley, with my power suit outfit working on a tremendous project, my vision board would be ticking off some ambitious goalsBut remembering I was nowhere near Crescent Valley got me immediately downcast and lonely.I needed to know what was going on over there, was my boss really bothered about me? Did nobody wonder why my car was probably empty with the bonnet wide open on the highway?I wondered whether someone was already interested in my push for the Eden City project but I knew they were protecting the forest with all their wealth and power.I almost ran amok thinking about what m
NADINEI had never seen Sara look so serious as she carefully wielded a pink cuticle stick to push back the cuticles of my left fingers. But that had not stopped her from not talking about some popular salon we should have gone to instead of the other one we had gone to the other day.She took a lilac nail polish out of her large set of different colours and sizes of nail polish and rubbed it between her palms rapidly."What's that for?" I questioned, amused by the show."To make the polish warm" The look on her face protested against my question. Did she expect me to know why she was rubbing the bottle? "Just sit back and let me do my work""-Sometimes you just have to lay off, press on nails for a while and take time to take care of your own nails" She stated like a professional.I nodded. Sara had been frequently visiting my room since we went to the spa together. With my new cellphone, alongside her presence, I had successfully eased off the boredom that was seething into my entir
My study became a temporary harbour for me in the following weeks. I had been head-deep into finding out what powers the bastard had to raise such threats against Eden City.If he thought he was that smart to come back after so many years to take undeserved vengeance for his people, he made the wrong choice.But most of all I struggled with the primal need to have Nadine with me. Her scent was all over the house and I couldn't concentrate properly around the house. I avoided the places I knew she could be around the house, especially with Sara and Mama Teresa in the Kitchen.I would sometimes listen around for the sound of her voice and it would drive me crazy just listening to her laugh with Sara.I was a bit envious of their bond and wished she had been that free around me and not regarded me as a narcissistic and callous animal.I was overwhelmed by the maelstrom of emotions surrounding the mate bond which threatened to break me if I didn't put myself into control.My wolf's grumbl
NADINEDays after I had confronted Kai about if there were reports of me missing in my world, I had decided to continue with my act of playing dumb and get along with the whole thing if I needed to find a way to leave Eden City.If what he had said about the timelines was true, then I wouldn't be so worried or eager to leave Eden City, I would take my time in finding a way out, I needed my escape plan to be flawless.I had to stick to my plan of pretending I was going along with the whole saviour/mate thing. Kai needed to believe I had accepted my fate and loosen up his guard. He was the only person I needed eyes off me.My room was the one place where I cooked up a cacophony of ideas to make myself feel level-headed while mapping out my escape plan.It wasn't enough that I was hanging out with Sara and Mama Teresa. I needed to appear interested in the activities going around and since a potential danger was hovering around the city, I needed to clasp my wings and settle for whatever
KAITaking her to my company was the last thing I could ever do. It was enough torture having her around me in the house. I doubted I could get any work done if she stepped foot in my company. I couldn’t imagine the other wolves at work seeing their Alpha lagging and unfocused.She was going to be the end of me. She just doesn't know how much she affects my entire mood. How much my wolf was already crazy with meed by her just standing there arguing with her cute little mouth.I had felt her scent before she opened the door and braced for the whirlwind of emotions sure to captivate me the moment I set my eyes on her. I had steeled my wolf as she waltzed in with her sweatshirt and baggy shorts with so much grace laden with heavy defiance. Damn, she looked sexy in every damn clothing."I keep thinking it's the mate bond but it is definitely something more. Hell, I do not remember what my life had been before I brought you here. I’m sorry if you think I am holding you back, I just don't k
NADINEMy head was bombarded with a whirlwind of emotions as I hastened my steps toward my room. The kiss had been out of this world and my lips still tingled with the lingering sensation of the intensity of Kai's lips devouring mine.I could still feel the warmth of his breath on my skin and the feel of his palms at the nape of my neck. My insides had been squirting wet with every touch. It was a connection I had never felt before and left me begging for more.And I had allowed myself to fall so deep into it without any resistance. I almost died seeing Sara’s shocked face when she swung the door.A part of my mind wondered why she turned up at that moment when I couldn’t wait for Kai's hands over my naked longing body. And another part of it was pissed at how I had the chance to leave the room but I got lost in my own lust and a passionate connection I had felt when he moved toward me.My mind reeled back to the words he had utteredYou have no idea what you do to me. You have no id
SARA"I feel all worked up already, " I said to Nadine as I twirled around in my moisture-wicking sports bra and shorts the moment she got out of her room."I carried water bottles for two" I reached for the bottles I had in my gym bag.Nadine looked over at me incredulously with amusement glinting in her eyes."What?""You look so excited? I don't want you going there and telling me you are exhausted after two minutes”I rolled my eyes as I scoffed at her terrible assumption of me being a weak ass "You really think I'm weak, don't you, have you seen my glutes?” in all honesty, I had been doing mild workouts in the corner of my room, jamming songs to hit me up, only to resume back at it two weeks later. Yesterday as soon as Nadine suggested we come by the gym today, I knew consistency was rearing its head with a gym partner.She strode forward in her grey sports bra and performance leggings, flexing her set body with some warm-ups. She was right, I was thrilled about it.Nearing the e
KAIConfessing my feelings to Nadine must have shocked her more than I intended. A couple of days after she had come into my study, I rarely saw her but her scent infiltrated around the house. I had been leaving my study more hoping to talk to her but she had begun the avoiding game.I had even started to come downstairs to look around the Castle grounds. I had the immense urge to continue from where we had stopped the other day.I hadn't made much progress with getting the rogue but he had not made any attack since the last time he murdered a guard and a customer at a superstore. It was like he disappeared for days but I had a sneaking feeling the bastard was plotting something, something I couldn’t figure out. I couldn't afford to let down my guard. I intensified the security range across the city, ordering two dozen guards to join the current ones at every assigned post. I had most of them at the intersection between Old Monroe and the rest of the city. Fuck his dark magic, he i