Mathew takes off his tie and tosses it on a chair, then goes back to cutting the vegetables."You have always complained that I never told you about..."She interrupts him immediately."Please stop. I understand completely the reason you have been reluctant to share information about who you really are, so you can stop feeling bad about it."Mathew watches her for a moment, then returns his attention to the task.His kitchen is very small but very neat and organized. In the pack house, there are two kitchens, each of them as large as a kitchen could ever be made, but Emily thinks she prefers being in this tiny one with Mathew. She would prefer to be here any day."Nevertheless," Mathew says. "You are going to be the first, and perhaps the only one, to hear this. The day that Alpha Sebastian and his Luna passed, I walked in on them just before the Alpha slipped away. I was told that he was sorry for the way he had treated me all those years. He thought I would overshadow Jack, because I
"I am glad you like it." Mathew says, getting up from the table. Emily glances at his plate, noticing that he has emptied it. She nods in approval because she thought he looked a bit starved when he came to the pack a few hours ago. Other people wouldn't have noticed that he was a bit malnourished, but Emily knows Mathew inside out, she is quick to tell when something's amiss."What made you come up with the name Mathew, anyway? Of all the names out there.""I heard it was my dad's name. I needed to feel connected with him in some way, and that's the reason I took his name, not that I like it any better.""But your father's name was Sebastian, or did I not get that correctly?" she frowns and rises from the table as well."I mean the man who was my mother's mate."He wanted his parents. Emily is sure that, had his parents appeared and apologized for abandoning him, he would have readily forgiven them. He is a good man, gentle and kind and craving to be loved, even though he hides that
"I see you sorted out your issue now. Wasn't hard to do that, was it?" Emily smiles at Tara.Tara looks panicked, shaking her head slightly."We didn't sort out anything. He is still with the woman."Shocked, Emily's brows crease."Why are you letting him kiss you then? From the look of things, you are going to finish your little make out session in some bedroom. I can't believe you are doing that, Tara!"She can't believe she is trying to give advise to issues concerning a relationship when her own desperately needs advice. She feels she is one hundred percent disqualified from offering any kind of relationship advice by now and she probably shouldn't do this but she won't let anyone, not even Tara's mate, take advantage of her. Although Tara is smart, she is also a young naive girl who doesn't have much experience when it comes to love and relationships. And she lacks boundaries. Tara has no one else to guide her. Emily feels like Tara is her younger sister for some reason, and she
After the demise of their Alpha and Luna, the Elders of the Crescent Wolf pack had tried to train the Alpha's son, Jack to be their Alpha, finding a tiny building with a very poor budget somewhere in the forest where no one would question them.The thing about being an old wolf is that one was brought up to be codependent and hardly survives without the help of other wolves, especially without the help of the Alpha. One gets used to having things done for them by the Alpha, having jobs created for them, nice environment to live in and what not, and when the Alpha is taken from the picture, poverty strikes.The younger wolves have evolved to live like humans; independent regardless if they have an Alpha or not. Some even go to human universities and get degrees in human related jobs, blending in among humans and just living their lives.And that happened in Crescent Wolf pack. After their pack fell apart, the wolves that had lived away from their Alpha continued with their lives after g
He doesn't look dumb, of course, but she is feeling really annoyed with him and her thoughts towards him are aggressive, her words much the same way.She marches up to his car, stern expression on her face and all, then knocks on the window so he can roll his window down.As soon as he does, she hisses at him."Mathew, what the hell? Did you follow me here? Tell me I am wrong, Mathew!"His expression is that of surprise, as though he thinks she is overreacting.He takes off his cape and gives her a pleading look. "Yes I followed you. Why? Because I have nothing better to do and I don't want any chance where you go out with some other dude that isn't me. Most importantly, I am following you because my Protector powers have been activated, giving the warning that you might be in danger."She is speechless for a while, frowning at him with her mouth slightly open. She realizes she is mad at him, very upset even."First of all, you are not my fucking boyfriend therefore you have no right
It occurs to the Elders that Jack has no idea Mathew was found. Elder Martin even doubts if Jack knew they have been searching for Mathew all these years. He must know; he was told about it years before, but must not have thought much of it.Elder Martin takes a deep breath then explains."You must know that Mathew killed your parents and then disappeared, right? And we told you that we would stop at nothing to find him."Jack appears to think hard, his eyes narrowing. Then he shakes his head."I think I remember, but I thought you were kidding. Besides, Joseph had been in hiding for so long that I started to believe he was dead...""He's not dead. He's very much alive.""I know," Jack says darkly. "I saw him last time, he was with that girl, Emily, the girl who is supposed to be the Alpha of White wolf pack.""Well, that is interesting. And you didn't say anything about it.""Must have slipped my mind, I had put myself in a mess and was really stressed. I don't know how I thought I'd
Emily watches Mathew eat for a moment and when he looks at her, raising one of his thick brows, she sighs and drops her gaze."Didn't your parents ever tell you it was rude to stare?" He jokes, but Emily doesn't smile."That's not funny, I don't have parents," she says in a quiet voice.She is still irritable, he can see that. He knows her parents are no more, it was just a joke, and doesn't she know that Mathew's own parents have been missing from his life since he was a baby? They might not have been dead in the actual sense but they were to him.Nevertheless, he apologizes, then asks;"What made you irritable? Still mad at me?""Wha... no, I am not mad at you, I am just having a crappy day.""Any reason that is happening?"She sighs again. "Oh, Mathew, do not think I am crazy, but have you ever slept with Gianna without using protection?"He gets confused and it shows on his face. He places his fork down, then takes some juice before bringing his attention back to her."Where has th
The information puzzles Emily so much that she feels like wringing the answers from Mathew.She waits with forced patience while he sits down and stares at her face, and then he starts talking again."I was just as puzzled when I read that piece of information. So I asked Gianna what she meant by it, and she explained."~According to Mathew, Gianna and Becky are sisters and they are daughters of an Alpha couple somewhere in New York.As the diary indicates, Gianna is the older sister but had always felt like their parents did not like her, like they liked Becky more.Gianna was the pretty one, they would say, and Becky was the smart one. The parents also pointed out how Gianna had no talent at all, all that she prided in were her looks. Oftentimes, she was treated like the younger sister even though she was more than three years older than Becky. Since she was always made to feel inferior at home, she went out to seek validation elsewhere. She slept with lots of men just to feel usefu