~Rain~Present I lowered my head as I heard him crying outside of the room. The tears flooded my eyes, and I let them out, holding onto the necklace around my neck.I hated that I shouted at him, but what could he possibly want with a mate who was paralyzed? There was nothing good about me anymore. I couldn't even look at him properly when he came."Rain, you don't have to cry anymore. This is all for the best," my mother tried to console me. "You are going to be fine and won't have to worry about the crown prince any longer."I shook my head in response. "I have every right to worry about him because I love him, and I hate that I am not with him right now. I... I shouted at him," I cried and rubbed my face."Everything has ended between us. He doesn't have any lycan again, and the mate bond between us is no longer there. Everything is over now."My father cleared his throat in the room, and then he spoke up. "You have to remember what the alpha king said to you a few days ago. I hop
~Cody~ I frowned at the paper in my hand and scoffed for the umpteenth time. I rubbed my hands together and heaved a deep sigh. "You are asking me to say this in front of everyone, right?" I yelled at my parents, holding the paper up in front of them. "You want me to lie about my relationship with Rain, which I've already told you I will not be doing. So why are you forcing me to do it?" My mother rubbed her face, tired of my arguing about the paper, while my father maintained a stoic look and didn't respond. "So, this is how it will be, right?" I asked them and then chuckled. "I am supposed to lie in front of everyone after you ruined our lives!" I shouted, dropping the paper to the ground and stomping on it. "I am not going to be reading this!" I declared. My father stood up and nodded at his Gamma, Uncle Tristan, who walked towards him with another piece of paper. "Thank you, Tristan," he said, receiving the letter and shoving it into my hand. "I don't care if you continue to act
~Cody~Anger. If there was another word for it was how I felt as I walked in between the elders who thought they could tell me what to do about my life. Anger. I wanted to wipe the smile from the elder's faces. They all act as if they don't have a secret and judge me for being different. They knew that I would do everything I could to become the crown prince and my father, who wanted to hold the title of the perfect royal family. I hated that I was born into royalty, and if I had the chance, I would change my fate and become someone different. Perhaps someone born into a different family. "Your Highness," I said through gritted teeth as I bowed my head to my father. "Welcome, crown prince; please stand by me," he said. I dragged my legs towards his throne and stood beside him. If I had a choice, I wouldn't be there. My uncle Kylan, on his right side, smiled at me, but I didn't respond to his smile and instead maintained my stoic look. I stared into the eyes of all the elders wh
~Rain~I held the phone in my hand, clutching it pretty tight. I shouldn't have said that to him and regretted ever speaking to him like that. If I didn't pretend that I didn't want to talk to him, then he would find out about my plans, and it would lead to a lot of things like him trying to stop me from harming his parents. I didn't want that to happen because I wanted the both of us to find peace. "Oh, Cody," I muttered under my breath as I placed the phone on the bed beside me, staring at the ceiling and questioning my decision. Did I make the right decision, or was it a selfish one? I knew Cody wouldn't be happy if anything happened to his parents, but I honestly wished everything would be resolved and I wouldn't have to worry about us anymore. I picked up the phone again and then scrolled down to his name, pressing the messages he had sent me. I had ignored each message but couldn't stop reading them. They were cute and hard to miss. Hello Rain, I missed you.Please pick up m
~Cody~ If there was another word for a bad day, it was how I felt then. My eyes were turning, and the world felt like two as I couldn't stop thinking about how Rain had reacted when he saw me and Tanisha together. I had expected that he would at least show concern and act as if he was angry, but instead, he looked away and didn't even bother looking at me again. I was infuriated that he didn't try to show stories about my concerns and thoughts; what an annoying person, i thought as i stared at him. That morning of resumption, my father suddenly announced that Tanisha and I would go to school together. It came as a surprise to me when I saw her already waiting in the car for me. "Your Highness, my name is Tanisha, and I……." "Don't bother me," I quickly turned her down, unready to listen to her annoying talk. Even though I only heard her for the first time, her attitude was already infuriating me. Tanisha is a beautiful red-haired lady who didn't interest me because I would never b
~Rain~ I heaved a deep sigh as I stood in front of my new room. Today had been hectic, and it had been one of the worst days of my life because we were both acting like strangers to one another, and even in the elevator, he had said such cruel words to me without realizing that everything I was doing was for his sake. If only he knew, I thought and rubbed my forehead. I knocked on the door, and when the door opened, I gasped when I saw who was at the entrance. "Asher, you are my roommate?" I asked him, and he nodded in response. "I was shocked when I saw the luggage being brought into this room, and then I found out that you are my roommate. Come on in!" he whispered, and I smiled at him as I wheeled myself into the room. "Let's be good roommates, alright," he told me and walked to his bed. "if you need any help from me, I will be happy to help you, and since I already knew that you were going to be in the room with me, I had helped arranged your bed and laid it the best that I ca
~CODY~I shouldn't have come here because he was here, and it was suffocating to be around him. I wouldn't say I liked how he smiled at everyone else while ignoring me, pretending I wasn't there. I heaved a deep sigh and then looked around me, trying so hard to stop thinking about him, and it worked when Tanisha started talking about us. "We are going to get married soon," she shouted excitedly, clapping her hands together. She then placed a hand on my shoulder. "I am happy that I am going to be with the prince because I have always admired him, and when I found out that we are going to be together, I was happy about the news, and now, I have to say that I am excited about it." Asher and Amara exchanged looks, but none said anything as they turned to look at Rain, giving him a pitiful look as if he was the only one affected by what was happening. They had all forgotten that I was also affected by everything happening. None of them cared because they believed that since I was the cr
~RAIN~ I shouldn’t have revealed what I was going through to him. I could have pretended that I didn’t hear him because it was not part of the plan, and now, he might later figure out what was happening with me and eventually confront his father. ‘’what are you doing, Rain?’’ I muttered under my breath and looked at the dark sky. I should have waited until everything worked out, but now, they might find out what had happened and eventually be forced to find out why I had decided to pretend. ‘’Hey, Rain!’’ I heard his voice sounding behind me. My heart beat hard against my chest as I turned around to face him. ‘’what do you mean when you said that my father is responsible for our separation.’’ I didn’t answer, trying to see if anyone was around because I could remember what had happened the last time and where it had led us. I didn’t want any of it to happen again. I wanted us to reveal ourselves to the world without fearing anything. I had to ensure that no one was hiding in the b