Thalia“Oh God, oh God. Please, please.” I let out as I ran the rest of the way to my room. I looked around frantically for my phone but I couldn’t find it. Where the fuck did I drop it last night? Wait, it wasn’t with me. If Cross took my mom’s call, then he must have my phone.“Fucker!” I let out as I made my way out of my room again. Why didn’t he just tell me that he was with my phone? He made me run upstairs for nothing.“Cross!” I yelled for him while I ran down the stairs again. Fuck the crazy man.“What?” He asked when I stretched my hand out to him while breathing heavily.“Givee… mee… myy… fuckk…ingg… PHONE!” I yelled at him with all my strength.“Oh, you could have just said that instead of running away like that.“Give me my phone right now. Why did you take my mom’s call? What else did you say to her? Are you trying to ruin my life? Why would you take my call?” I fired the questions at him. He dropped my phone in my hand and I turned away from him. I clicked on my
Thalia“It's really the end.” I whispered to myself after hanging up the call. I turned to Cross and sighed deeply.“I have to go over to my former apartment, thank you for speaking to the Queen Bes, she never shows up on her own. She always sends her Secretary or my father’s Secretary but never herself. Whatever you told her, just know it ruined my life.” I fired at him. He didn’t even look fazed by what I said. Did he really not feel sorry for me? Or does he not know what he has done?“Don’t you have anything to say? Aren’t you going to apologize?” I let out.“I didn’t say anything to your mom. She just kept calling and I told her that you were sleeping and that once you are sober you will call her, that’s all. How did that result in your life being ruined?” Did he really not get it?“When did you take her call? What did you think would happen after you picked up her call? You are a man and I am a woman drunk in your house! What did you think went through the Queen Bee’s mind wh
Cross“Do you need me to do anything for you?”I asked Thalia as I drove her back to her former apartment. She shook her head without looking at me. She has been staring through the window since we left the pack and hasn’t said a single word to me or answered any of my numerous questions with actual words.I don’t know how bad her relationship with her parents was, but it must have been pretty bad for her to react the way she did after she found out that I took her mom’s call. Also, when her friend called her to say that her mother was at her former house, she literally flipped and lost it.I don’t remember how it feels like to have parents because I lost mine a long time ago but I don’t remember it being the way it was with Thalia and her parents. It was like they didn’t have a relationship. She calls her mom ‘Queen Bee’ and not in an affectionate way or anything like that.Last night, I had walked into my house and was hit with the smell of alcohol and then I saw both Thalia and Ele
Cross“See, I made you shut up.”She said and laughed. Not the happy kind of laugh.“I can talk to your parents if you want. I promise, I have my way with parents. They will listen to me.”She shook her head even before I finished talking. She is stubborn and very independent.“So what do you want me to do for you? I can’t just stand by and watch. You are my mate.”“Nothing, you are doing more than enough right now. Oh, after my mom leaves, you can buy me ice cream and cheesecake. Those are my favorites. It will help a lot. Also, throw him some chocolate.”She smiled. It was brief but it was a genuine smile. I nodded.“I will stay out of the way and not interfere.”I promised her. I don’t know how easy it will be for me to keep that promise but I have to try somehow as I don’t want to make things harder for her.“Thank you. You know what? If you keep your promise, then I will give you something.”She told me and flashed me another smile. I liked that she could smile for me even though
Thalia“Here goes nothing,”I whispered as I pushed the door open. I paused debating whether to go in or turn around and run back to the car. I felt so safe earlier in his car. When he kissed me, I kind of forgot about my problems. Maybe I should go back to my new home and talk to my mom on the phone, that way, I won’t have to deal with her anger in person.Even as simple of a solution as it seemed, I wasn’t one to run away from my problem so instead of running away, I walked into the apartment. I moved out only a day and a half ago but it already felt foreign for me. I saw my mom before she saw me and knew the moment she did.“You!” She growled and charged towards me.“Mom, why didn’t you tell me that you were coming over? I moved out, if you had called, I would have told you. It’s not like you visit me so I wonder what changed.”Where did that come from? I never wanted to tell her that I moved but now that I said it, it felt like the right thing. Emily already said she knew I moved
Thalia“What did you just say?”I heard wrong. Marriage? A suitor? Hell no.“You heard me, Kaiya. You are getting married and you will meet your soon-to-be husband when you come home for our yearly family get-together.”She called me Kaiya, she only calls me that when she is trying to get me to do what she wants. Too bad it never works. I know all of her tactics and never fall for any of them. She gave me the name Kaiya but it never stuck because she was never around to call me that. It wasn’t until I was ten that I even found out I had a second name. I liked the name so I added it to my name but that doesn’t mean I liked who gave me the name. And what did she just say?Aha, the get-together where they make me feel like an imposter? The same event where I am never included in anything and always left on my own? The same event I haven’t participated in for over two years now? Very wild of her to assume she can just come here and make me do things she wants and expect me to actually d
Thalia“You don’t have a choice!”“Oh, but I do! Mom, I have a choice and I won’t let you take it away from me!”I fired at her.“Then you leave me with no choice. I didn’t want to result in threats because that’s sinking low but you are not being reasonable.”“You are the one who’s not being reasonable Mom. You just came here and didn’t ask how I was doing or any of that, not that I expect you to. You have never acted like you care about me. You don’t even pretend or hide your hate for me. I know damn well that this so-called marriage isn’t for my good like you are making it out to be. It’s just some fucking business shit!”I know damn well that’s what it was. She found a new rich family and would like to get a piece of what they owned. What better way to get it? Of course, the good ol’ marriage will do the trick. Now that her favorite children were already married spouses she hand-picked for them, she decided to turn to her backup plan. Her neglected child. Me.“I won’t let you talk
Thalia I sat there with my eyes closed, I didn’t even want to think about what she said. I already have a headache without it. I didn’t want to add more aches. “Baby? Are you okay? Did she leave?” I opened my eyes when I heard Emily’s voice. She sat next to me and hugged me. I let her hug me and drew strength from her. It was over. At least for now. “You heard, right?” I asked her when she eased out of the hug. She nodded. “I didn’t mean to listen to your conversation with your mom.” “It’s okay, Mily. That went better than I expected. Heck, nothing happened as expected.” I still couldn’t believe my mom went out of her way to find a man for me. The audacity. I hope she knows that I won’t ever accept it. I don’t give a fuck about her threats. What can she do? Disown me? That’s a given. Tell my siblings to stay away from me? They already don’t fucking talk to me. Isolate me and try to stop me from getting a job? I don’t think she can do that. She might be rich and influ
Lucas “Lia? Are you there? Did you hear what I said? Turn your car around and meet me at the house.” I instructed her and removed my phone from my ear to make sure she was still on the phone but she already hung up. I dialed her number again but she didn’t pick up. I called her for a third before deciding that it would be better to go pick her up before it was too late. “Damn!” I let out and rushed back into the meeting room. Everyone turned in my direction when I walked in again after stepping out to take a call that I wasn’t supposed to take during a very important pack meeting. Fuck my life. I made the rule of no phone calls during pack meetings but I was the one to break the rule and now I am about to break another rule. Leaving the pack meeting before time wasn’t allowed but I couldn’t stay in the meeting while knowing that my mate was about to leave the pack even though I told her not to. There’s only so much the guys at the gate can do. If she persists and insists
Thalia “Because we said so.” I stared open-mouthed at Lucas. Just when I thought he got better, he just had to go spoil things between us. What? Because they said so? Like I will listen just because they said so. Men and audacity. “Can you just listen to us?” Cross added. I glared at him. “So? You expect me to say yes sir and do everything you two want? It doesn’t work that way.” I told them firmly. It was just clubbing with my friend. Nothing too huge. I could have gone without telling them but I chose to be a good girl and look where that got me. “You can’t go around unguarded. We don’t want anything to happen to you.” Lucas said in that voice that made him sound like he was talking to a child. “I have been okay all my life. Why do I have to be watching my back like some fugitive? I am twenty-two. I can’t spend my nights curled up in bed in my twenties. I will do that in my thirties or forties. I am going out and that’s final. I just thought to let you guys know. You c
Thalia “And I thought my life here would be better. What a letdown.” I grumbled. It was only my first night here so I shouldn’t be disappointed but I was. How could he leave me alone in the house on my first night? I spent all day anticipating only to be left disappointed. “Shit!” I complained and got out of bed again. I was bored out of my mind. Alone in the house on my first night. I could do a house tour but I wasn’t the type to go snooping around without approval. In the end, I decided to chat with my friends. “What’s the use of having two lovers when I can’t even get any of them like I want?” I sent the chat to the group and both girls started typing immediately. “Holy, what?” I rolled my eyes at Emily’s question. Both of them didn’t believe me when I told them that I wasn’t getting any. “I am not kidding, not to mention, I am home alone right now. That fucker dropped me off and went away talking about some pack meeting.” I texted. “Oh, pack meetings are very impor
Thalia “Is she okay?” I nodded. “Alright, let’s go?” I nodded and grabbed my stuff from the chair I had kept them earlier. He took the bag from me. “It’s just school stuff that I need for the new week.” I told him when he looked at me with questioning eyes. “Let’s go.” I walked ahead of him and saw his car. I excitedly strolled there but as I got in the car, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Cross might have done some crazy shit but he had been a good host so yeah, I miss him already. “You will be back next week. Don’t miss him so much. In fact, forget about him for now. You belong to me.” Lucas told me. He dropped my bag in the back seat and got into the car. “I don’t belong to you or anyone. I only belong to myself.” I let out. He smirked and started the car. I sent a text to Cross that I already left and thanked him for having me. Don’t ask me why I thought of thanking him after how yesterday night turned out to be. “We have arrived already?” I let
Thalia By afternoon, I was all set to leave the house and so fucking exciting for my week with Lucas because I know it will be very spicy. I cleaned up really well. There was no need to pack my bag as Lucas already had stuff I could use over at his house. I only carried my school materials that I would need for the week and my gadgets. I went over to Elena’s house and had lunch with her and her brother’s pregnant wife. Contrary to what I thought, she was actually a sweet woman, just that her hormones were all over the place because of the pregnancy. “You look super excited to leave our pack.” Elena commented as we both made our way back to Cross’s house. I smiled. I couldn’t even deny the fact that I was excited. “I am but don’t worry, I will be back soon.” I assured her. “Can you actually keep doing the back and forth? Won’t you get tired?” I smiled. I have thought of it too but right now, I don’t feel tired yet. Maybe later I will but for now, I am just not going to
Thalia “Lia, I saw your calls. Are you okay? Where are you?” He asked with concern for me, lacing his voice. He sounded out of breath which made me wonder what he has been up to. I called him and waited for him for hours. “I don’t need you anymore Lucas. You didn’t answer when I called.” I let out. He sighed. “I am sorry, I was busy. I didn’t notice my phone was ringing because it was on silent.” He explained. Busy? What was he so busy doing that he was so out of breath? Fucking some random woman? The thought found its way into my head and I couldn’t let it out. “What were you doing,” I asked and swallowed the lump that formed in my throat. What the fuck was my problem? The man doesn’t owe me any loyalty and why did I even have that kind of thought to begin with? “I was far from my phone. I just got back. What did you want me to do? Are you okay?” He asked me. “I am fine. Where were you?” I let out. Was I really trying to find out where he was so that I could deci
Thalia “This place is expensive.” I whispered. “I know.” “And yet you brought me here just because I said I wanted to eat? I am not particularly dressed for dinner tonight.” I let out. I wore a runaway outfit and not a date night party. Why would he pick a place that most people only visit on very important occasions and dates? Maybe it’s a werewolf thing. “It doesn’t matter. No one will see you.” Good for him to say. He was dressed properly. I wondered how he was able to suit up before coming to find me. “Did you look through your wardrobe and find the most expensive suit, wear the nicest perfume, and pick out the nicest shoes before coming to look for me?” I questioned him. “I always dress this way.” “Huh? Do you always wear a suit? Don’t you have casual clothes like jeans and T-shirts?” I asked him as my mind went over the times I had spent with him. I realized that I had never seen him dressed in anything other than suits. Wow. Even in the house, I have only see
Thalia“Did I say something wrong?”I asked Cross when he went silent after I jokingly called him ancient, he looked at me and looked away. Okay, maybe he didn’t get the joke. I was just kidding why did he have to take it so seriously? It’s not like he was really ancient.“Cross? I was just joking.”I whispered to him. He didn’t look at me, and I decided to give it up. I realized what he was doing. He didn’t want to answer my question about the number of women he had been with, so he was acting all offended.It’s not like I wanted to continue that talk anyway, I already told him that he doesn’t need to answer. A man like him would surely have had his share of lovers in the past. I am not the kind of girl who gave a fuck about things like that.“If it’s because I asked about your past lovers, don’t worry about it. I am really open-minded. I don’t care.”I assured him.“I care.”I whipped my head in his direction to make sure he was being for real. He was. Which was crazy. Why would he
Cross "Are you going to ignore me forever?" Thalia questioned in a whole whisper. I looked at her and looked away, choosing to concentrate on driving instead of her question or the many thoughts that were running through my mind. I almost lost my mind while I searched everywhere for her. I didn't know where she was and that drove me fucking crazy. I called her plenty of times but she didn't take my calls. I tried to call that bastard but he didn't take my calls either and that made me so scared. I drove around looking for her car. I even went to her old house and found the door locked. I asked around and found out that her friend went home for the weekend which meant Thalia couldn't have been with her. It had been the scariest three hours of my life. I kept blaming myself which I should. It was all my fault. I was the reason she had left the pack. If I had just—fuck! I don't even want to think about that right now. When she finally took my call after I decided to call her