Alpha Marcus drags his legs upstairs to his bedroom, and when he gets there, he throws himself on the bed and hugs his pillow.He has given strict orders to the servants not to have his beddings washed or changed because he doesn't want to get rid of the scent that always keeps him calm and sane. He needs the scent more now as he is dealing with challenging issues in his life.He grabs his pillow and covers his whole face in it, taking a good long whiff of it.He knew Mathew would convince Emily to date him one of these days, but so soon after the day they challenged each other? He definitely did not see this coming.He has even moved in her room, which means that the two of them might have already gotten intimate with each other. Even if they haven't yet, they are going to now. He has witnessed the two of them kiss each other like their lives depended on it, and he could tell from the way they looked at each other that it was no show. He could even smell the desire in the air, and he
It is hard for Emily to sleep knowing a man is in the room with her, sleeping on the floor. A man that is gorgeous as all get out. Emily keeps listening for the sounds of movement from Mathew's position on the floor, half expecting him to wake up and join her on the bed.She isn't sure how she would react if he did that.Remembering his big and sexy body she always sees during the day, she colours, thinking that it's a good thing he can't see her.And it kind of feels so wrong to sleep on a comfortable bed leaving Mathew to sleep on the cold hard floor.But he asked for it. Of all places he could have spent the nights, he has chosen her room.He intends to convince the Alpha that he is dating her, but that is a lame excuse to spend time in her room. It is doing nothing more than torture the life out of them both.She listens to the sound of his breathing, wondering if he is bothered by her presence too. He should be, otherwise, her feminine pride would be ruined once again. And thinki
The feeling of someone watching her causes Emily to wake up the next morning. Opening her eyes, she is surprised to see Mathew leaning towards her on the bed, watching her face like she is some kind of bizarre artifact he has stumbled upon."You should know doing that is weird and rude," she turns her head away from his then sits up."Not as weird as you sleeping with your mouth wide open. What if something fell in it?"What...did she sleep with her mouth wide open? That is embarrassing to know. He saw her sleeping with her mouth wide open. This is the first time she has learned about this, or can it be that he is lying to her just to get under her skin?"I wasn't sleeping with my mouth open, you jest.""I won't argue," he says. "I will just capture you the next time I see you sleeping like that. Then I will show you in the morning."She scowls at him as he straightens up."You are not here to watch me sleep, you are here to sleep.""Right. But I can't help myself, I find watching you
The following days in Emily's life are some of the busiest and happiest she can remember. In their quest to appear to be in a relationship in the eyes of everyone, they have gone on fancy dates, picnics, sight seeing, you mention it. Once, he took her to visit the place her human parents are buried, and since then, her heart has been at peace. She made peace with everything in her life, accepted that she can't change anything if that is how fate wanted things to go. While Mathew had stood at a distance waiting for her, she had knelt bedside her mother's grave and told her mother everything that have happened since the day she died."I left our trailer park, mama," she had said, her voice quiet so Mathew wouldn't hear her talk to the dead and think she is weird. "I didn't know what to do after you left me, but I ran straight into the arms of an Angel sent from above. I was upset with you when I found out you kept it a secret that I was not your biological daughter, but I forgive you now
Alpha Marcus has been dreading hearing this news for some time, he is unable to believe he is hearing this now. He stares at the man who has served as his Beta for a long time, a man who has never failed him before.He is about to fail him for the very first time. "Are you telling me you couldn't come up with an excuse to prevent the trip? I have so much confidence in your abilities, Joshua, do not disappoint me."The young man drops his gaze to the floor, swallowing. Hearing the Alpha, who is always singing praises about him, talk to him in that manner makes him feel very guilty."I have run out of excuses, Alpha. I have tried my best.""Joshua, it is important that you keep her away from this place for as long as you can. She can't come now, please." It is unbelievable that he has even resorted to pleading just to make sure the thing he is dreading about doesn't happen. But right now, he is ready to do anything. He doesn't want his plans, that have a great chance of taking place acc
The idea of going back to Jack and trying to talk him into rejecting her doesn't sound inviting to Emily, not even a bit. He is insane and there's just no way Emily is going to risk her safety by going to him, unless if Mathew promises to come with her. He looks intimidating and she can't imagine anyone, or anything, hurting her when she is with such a big, tough guy."I won't come with you. You have to go to him on your own."She keeps forgetting he can read minds. "I asked you to stop doing that, Mathew. And are you trying to get me killed by my ex mate so you can finally be rid of me?"His expression doesn't change as he scrutinizes her face. "Why would you think that? Right now, you are the most important thing in my life, the only person that makes me excited to wake up and start the day. Do you think I would want you to be killed?""Then why do you want to send me there alone? You heard that he is crazy.""He wouldn't hurt you physically. He may have decided to cheat on you, bu
Emily sits there thinking, saying nothing for the longest time, and when one of the men clears his throat, she raises her head and looks at them all."I am not ready to take on such a huge responsibility."The old men scowl in unison, except one of them who has a kind and understanding look on his face."Any reason in particular?"She is too young. She is inexperienced. She is afraid of screwing up and being laughed at. She doesn't know the first thing about being an Alpha. A thousand reasons, all of which she is not willing to name."I guess...I I am comfortable just like this.""Well," says the meanest Elder, "You did not come here to be comfortable. You came here to do your duty, a duty your father left for you."Emily shakes her head."I really don't understand. Why don't you people just let Alpha Marcus carry on with the job? He's been doing a great job for years." she gives a little shrug, an almost helpless expression on her face.These people don't understand how anxious she is
"Your father and I were very good friends."Emily and the kind man, whose name she has learned is Joe, walk side by side in the forest, their pace leisurely. It Is peaceful, with the sounds of birds chirping in the air and the rustling of dry leaves. She imagines her father is with them, listening to her talk.Hearing Joe's words, Emily gets interested. She enjoys hearing about her family, the family she was deprived of at a young age. She may have been happy living with her adopted parents but the fact is that she would have very much preferred to be raised by her werewolf parents. Somehow, she believes that would have done her a lot of good, and Joe confirms that."Your father was a very good friend, father and husband, and he was ruthless when it came to the safety of his pack. I remember when you came along, how happy the family was because they had been trying to conceive for so long. You came along and you were not ordinary."What does that mean? Emily assumes he is talking about
Emily straightens up immediately, no longer feeling the burning from the chains.Mathew is actually here, in all his handsome glory. He is not dead, she knew it! He has never looked more alive, except that he looks so pissed it will be a miracle if a life is not lost before they leave this place.He gives the chains a tap and Emily is instantly free. She immediately throws herself at him, surprising both herself and him by breaking into noisy sobs."Mathew, I was told you were dead. I met Travis, he...he got burned and died. I was almost raped, twice in the same day. I am so sorry, Mathew, there is no way to prove that you are innocent now, Jack is as good as dead his soul has been sucked out of him..."Mathew holds her head against his shoulder, murmuring quietly to her."It's okay, it's okay now. Breath. You will tell me everything that happened later, baby girl. Just relax."At the closeness of him and his scent, she starts to feel her wolf awaken, and soon, the wounds on her body b
Seeing the look of defeat on Jack's face (it maybe a fake look but it's still there and it can only mean one thing; he is coming with her) Emily holds out her hand to touch him so they should leave."Wait. I need you to take me to a certain pack first. There's a man there, and I consider him as a father. Please, allow me to let him know that I have been caught."Emily frowns."What?""I mean, I will go with you, but allow me to visit the old man before I go. He is like a dad to me."Emily stares at the man that hurt her so much, and her heart fills with hatred. He didn't just hurt her, he hurt Mathew as well, killed people and put the blame on him, resulting in Mathew living in hiding for so many years. Living a miserable life.She would like to see him rot in some enclosed space."Please. You are too powerful for me to do anything to harm you, so I don't think you need to worry about that. I really need to see the old man."He is right, he can't hurt her. And Emily is curious to see w
The scream seems to have attracted someone's attention, because Emily hears food steps rush towards the room before someone swings the door open, only for them to stand frozen by the door.Travis jumps from the bed, stares around as though in confusion for a moment, then he raises a hand, gesturing for the two people at the door to come inside the room."What happened to me?"Instead of answering, Anna and Jack only shake, knowing their end is sniffing at their heels.How did he wake from an enchanted sleep?Then Jack steps forward."My Lord, we have no idea what happened to you. We tried waking you after we brought in the young woman you sent me to fetch for you."Well, he will make up to Emily later, right now it is more important to save his ass from the demon lord, as his eyes have started turning a dangerous red glow, showing his anger.The hair of every person in the room stands on end, fear instilled in their hearts, because the demon lord, Travis, is more upset than he has ever
Roused to fresh alertness, Tara's eyes go round and her mouth gape open. She looks shocked, so much that Emily starts to feels she is ringing the bell before time.Mathew might not be in any kind of trouble and she is getting paranoid.She is about to say this to Tara when her phone rings, and in her eagerness to answer it, Emily almost drops it. A strange number is calling. Thinking it is Mathew calling to inform her that he lost his phone or something, Emily presses the answer button hastily."Hello?"The words that come from the other end chills her to the bone."Are you related to Mathew? We don't know his last name and that is all he's been able to utter just before he died. We found your number on his phone and decided to call you because you are the person he seemed to communicate a lot with."In this moment, the world comes to an abrupt halt. Emily fails to believe it. She fails to breathe.Mathew, dead? She feels a funny ringing in her ear, and an unbearable lightheadedness
There is a blank expression on Gianna's face, but on Becky's, shock is written all over it. "What?" Becky asks, looking genuinely surprised."Hey, what are you getting surprised about? Isn't this the family you came to search for when you lost your mate that time?" Gianna says to her sister, who still has a puzzled expression on her face."What are you saying?" Becky says, whipping around to look at her sister. "Are you implying that we are related to this girl?"Even Gianna has a baffled look on her face now, matching Emily's."Come on, Beck, we were together when we decided to look for the existing relatives of our parents because they wouldn't tell us shit about them, remember? They isolated themselves from their family and we found out our closest living relatives were Alphas in this pack? Don't you remember?""Hey, we found out they died...shit...is this the daughter of our dead relatives?"Gianna rolls her eyes to the ceiling."Who did you think she was, Beck? It has always been
Mathew laughs and shakes his head."I believe I am the husband you are referring to because, no matter what, I am the one who is going to end up with you...""You are so confident...""...And when that happens, I will never cheat on you. You are the only girl I have ever loved and the only girl I will continue to love till the time I will retire from this Earth, so me cheating on you? No chance, madam Alpha."The words sound so sweet and sincere that Emily doesn't dare argue. She swallows and looks nervously into his silver grey eyes, then a sudden thought enters her head."Mathew, what was the original color of your eyes? Your hair too. You said you changed them when you started hiding from those people.""Of course you want to know."As he says this, Mathew closes his eyes shut, then blinks them several times. When he looks at her, she takes a sharp intake of breath.She has never seen this version of green eyes before. They captivate your attention and hold it, making you get lost i
Even though Becky's parents were upset at first for what Marcus had done, they agreed that Marcus had saved their daughter's life by marking her immediately she lost her mate, and they let him keep their daughter in the end.Becky and her family got to know that the Alpha and Luna of White Wolf pack died a long time ago and that, by marrying Marcus, Becky would be the new Luna. Her ambitious father was so thrilled by the news, but soon disappointment washed over him and Becky because they discovered Marcus was just a makeshift Alpha and not the real one, that the pack secretly anticipated the return of the Alpha's daughter to take the position. However, as the years went by without any sign of the girl returning, the father and daughter had hope that Becky would be the Luna forever.A year into her marriage, Becky received a call from her sister, asking if she could come live with her because she had been thrown out of the house at home.Despite Becky having been their parents' favouri
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
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