Unseen and unheard, Mathew has suddenly appeared in front of them, and they both wonder just how much engrossed they were in each other if they failed to see him approach, or even detect his scent.The shock Emily feels is nothing compared to that of Jack, who has his eyes open as wide as they can go, his lips and nostrils as well. It is like he has seen a ghost and gotten petrified by the sight. He begins to take slow, backward steps as though going to the house, and Mathew follows him leisurely, his hands buried in his pockets."Accept the girl's rejection or I am going to expose you!" he threatens, and Emily can only wonder what he is talking about. What does he have to expose about a person he has only met today?"No...you, you...""Accept the rejection, stammering fool! You are wasting my girl's time!"Jack seems to recover from his shock now. "Your girl? Since when has she been your girl? Last I remember, she was still my mate!""That's why we want you to terminate the connection
In Emily's dreams, she is driving her family's pickup truck along a dusty road in the forest.She is alone, listening to music and in a jovial mood. She is startled to a stop when she notices she is no longer alone in the the car. A strange man is sitting with her.A handsome stranger, to be precise, so handsome that Emily forgets to be mad at him for getting in her car without her permission, instead smiling sweetly at him. She scoots closer to the man, who shows surprise on his face at her behavior, then brings their bodies together. Taking her lead, the man wastes no time slipping his hand underneath her tank top, begining to massage her stomach. His hand feels so good, like it is not a hand but a tongue that is touching her stomach. She moans in pleasure, allowing him to kiss her face and her neck, his hand now finding it's way inside her panties.She licks her lips and moans some more, her hips beginning to move in sync with the movements of his hand.His lips move to rest just
She quickly arranges her clothes and gets out of Mathew's bed, then follows him to go and find out what has brought the man here so early in the morning."I am so sorry for interrupting your sleep, guys," the man looks puzzled to find Emily, all the evidence of her having slept here etched on her face. She yawns widely."It's okay. Are you with Ella? You can come and take a seat."The fact that she is even inviting him to take a seat in the house makes him believe that the two of them (Emily and Mathew) are together now. He isn't sure how to react to that."Thank you. Ella sends her regards.""Oh, thanks. I hope she is fine as well."Emily and Mathew follow the man to the living room and sit down when he does, Mathew still shirtless."She is fine, except that she is dead worried about you, now that she found out exactly what happened to you, to your parents."Emily feels her heart skip a beat. She found out? How did she find out?Oh, no. She hopes Ella did not find out that she is a we
"I like to have friends in my life but I would very much appreciate it if humans disappeared from it. If they keep showing up unexpectedly and asking all these awkward questions, I fear they will find out more than they are supposed to, and I might reveal the secret world of werewolves to the humans. And I wouldn't like that to happen," Emily grumbles as soon as the designer has left after telling her that his offer will always be open and she is free to change her mind."I totally understand you," Mathew says, raising his arms for her to walk to him. She goes to him and sits on his lap, leaning her head against his chest. She can't believe she is this comfortable getting close to a man after what happened in her last relationship. She thought she would take a hell of a long time to heal and be ready to be with another man, but Mathew has surprised her. She still wonders whether it is a good idea to do this, but she will follow her heart for now. He might turn out to be good and she h
The discovery that Emily has known about the fact that Mathew was pretending to date her since day one does not sit well with Gianna. Emily had even taken part in the game, willingly. Unbelievable. Now it is her, Gianna, that looked like an idiot, when she had planned for this moment to be humiliating for Emily.She doesn't like this at all, and she prepares to strike again. You might wonder why she is so determined to make make Emily's life miserable, well, it is because she showed up and took everything from her. All she had worked hard for, she is watching it all crumble slowly to the ground.The attention she had gotten used to, the hope of something greater being born of all her efforts, all dying just like that. She has to start all over again. This time, she is going to use a weapon that she knows will be too deadly and will leave Emily more shuttered and lost than she was when she first appeared. It doesn't matter if the majority of the pack like Emily and look forward to the d
The best thing to do now is to avoid the questions. There may be a price he would have to pay for doing that, but it is far safer to pay such a price than to let her find out how messy his love life had been in the past, or how he got to know her ex mate.She doesn't understand that Mathew wants Jack dead so badly, but he can't do anything except leave him alone because it is all supposed to be none of his business. He can only go so far in the name of defending her."Sweetheart, let's talk about something else. If you don't mind, of course."She raises her brow at him."Oh, so now you are avoiding my questions. What a cool, understanding and long lasting relationship we are going to share!""Emily, stop it. I am not going to apologize for sleeping with countless women in the past and I am sorry if you expect me to. I don't understand why you would want to talk about it either. It is all in the past, okay? You are my present and my future, and it is going to be that way for a very long
"Cut it off, we don't need your sympathy, human," Gianna says scornfully. "And you can't do anything about it because you are in no position to do so. I was merely letting you know what takes place in the pack so that you see how important it is for you to leave Mathew for her.""Well, dummy, your friend might have fantasies about Mathew, but Mathew doesn't want her, you hear? I will not leave him. And since you don't want my help, don't bother me again."Gianna fumes, then says,"Who are you calling dummy?""Well, you are not the only one who is good at name-calling. I think the dummy one suits you perfectly, don't you?""Get out of here," Gianna shouts angrily. "He is going to break your heart. You are not more special than the rest of the women he's used and dumped. And I will be eagerly waiting for that day and laugh at your stupidity," she pauses, then adds,"On the bright side, it means you will leave the Alpha alone. I no longer need to compete with a pathetic little human for t
"Really, Emily? I bet you do not even mean that, do you?" Ella's face registers how hurt she is as she asks this, but Emily's face is unrepentant. She might feel a tiny ounce of guiltiness, but it is important that she put people, no matter who they are, in their place. She is no longer the Emily that Ella and their other friend were used to back in Welcome, the Emily who got swayed by everything and convinced to do anything. A lot of things have changed in her life and she has changed right along with them."Don't get me wrong," she explains. "I am not driving you away as a friend, I still like you a lot, but it is important to remember that we are all grown now and our priorities are changing. I wasn't very impressed with what you did earlier.""I heard. And you know what? I can't stand you when you get like that. There's even no way I am going to talk to you because you seem so irritable. Let me just leave."Instead of encouraging her to stay, Emily wishes Ella a safe journey, somet
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