Nora’s POVAll through that day, Michael tried to get me alone with him, but I evaded him. Though I knew that one of these days he would have his way,.Michael suggested we have a party before the battle begins. It was to take place in his quarters. Mia helped me to get ready. She put on my makeup and dressed me in this light blue body-hugging gown."Mia, are you sure this is not too much?” I asked for the hundredth time while staring at myself in the mirror. I looked different. My hair was in a high ponytail. And my lips were red.“Don’t you dare clean that, Nora?” Mia said this while coming into the room. After a lot of fussing, I agreed to keep the hair, but I changed the color of the lipstick to pink.Music burst from the speakers as we got in.“Come on in,” a girl said sheepishly. My best guess was that she was a bit drunk. The people swarm like bees around the house. I stared at the girl, and I could swear that I had never seen her before.“I thought this party was for the Nexto
Nora’s POV"Nora, open up; we need to talk!” Michael knocked on my door.Silence.“I know you are in there,” he said.“I can see your light on,” he said. Now I have been caught. I closed my eyes and stood up."Wait, I am coming; I am not decent!” I yelled back. I dragged a robe and dashed to the door. I took deep breaths up to three times before I opened the door.“I was in the shower,” I lied. Michael‘s eyes went straight to my hair. He caught me. He didn’t say it, though, and I was grateful for that. I didn’t know what to say to prove my innocence.We stood for like something more than a minute, staring at each other before I spoke. That is the longest I managed to hold eye contact with him.“You are here,” I said, looking away as I let out a breath. Michael always made my heart race when he was close by."Yes, I am,” he said in a low voice. “Won’t you let me in?”"Oh, please, come in.” I moved aside. Michael walked in, and his cologne filled my nostrils. It was woody and masculine.
Michael’s POVI flung my eyes open immediately when I heard the noise. I stood up to find out that it was a phone ringing. I turned around to find out that it was my phone. I was surprised to find out that it was unscathed after what I had been through.“Hello” “Hello Michael, it’s me, Dean.”Dean was a friend of mine, but he wasn’t close. We were more on the surface than friends. What I found surprising was why he was calling me.“Hello?” I couldn’t hear a thing. It turns out that the phone was actually bad. So I had to make use of the phone I saw in the house.“Hello Dean, tell me what happened,” I said.“Michael, I know this would come as a surprise to you. I have been trying your number for weeks now. What happened?” he asked.“I don’t know if I should tell you this.” I paused for a bit and told him everything. I was attacked by rogues on my way to the human side to find my heir.“Wow, that’s a lot to take in. I guess by now, your brother would be worried sick, looking for you,”
Malia's POVGetting into the Vivian Pack was one hell of a task. After I helped Michael and the pack swim in through that river, we were caught by a lady. She was a top-ranking official in the Vivian Pack.On a closer look, I remembered her when I was brought into Jake’s pack and met Mila.“Alpha Jake is in the court now; I could just alert him, and you all will be put out in the dungeon,” she said, smacking her lips. I boiled. Who the hell did she think she was anyway? I scowled at her. When she turned to me and smiled, I knew she recognized me.She threatened that she would call the guards on us. We begged, but she was adamant."Okay, I will do anything, please.” Zen begged.She said that the only condition was that she would take me as a personal maid.“What!” I shrieked, but Zen stared at me. I shut up. He finally pulled me aside and begged me to agree. I finally did when Michael began to beg.I left with her after she gave Michael ideas on how to enter the court. Hercules was to
Nora’s POV“What?” I muttered.“Yes. I mean, if you want this to stop, you have to take her place.” Jake smiled in a wicked way. I looked around me. The Nexton pack was not happy with me. Claire smiled. Lara giggled with a girl. It was while I was scanning the faces of people that I saw Michael. He leaned against a table. Michael shot me a hard look. I had never seen Michael this serious. The longer I stared at him, the more he looked more like a stranger. It was then that I realized I had messed up. I was stupid to have spoken up. I am an idiot, but yet again, I don’t think I will ever live with the guilt if anything bad happens to Mila.I put my chin up and frowned.“Then fine. If that is what it is going to take to stop bullying her,” I walked to the tree as Mila stared at me like I was some alien.“Move aside.” I gently pushed her away.“What are you doing?” she said in a low voice as she stared into my eyes, begging me to say something contrary to what I was doing.“Go back, Mila
Michael’s POVI watched as Nora stood at the foot of the mountain, and my heart raced. She had an intense fear of heights, which she had mentioned quite a number of times. Maybe I shouldn’t have agreed to Jake making her do the climbing. From where I stood, I could see her hands shaking, and it hurt so much. I have to stop this, by all means. I just have to.I was about to leave when Hercules held my hands. I turned to him, and he shook his head.“It’s too late, Michael; you could have said it earlier.” It was like he was reading my mind. I grabbed my hands away from his.“So I have to wait for her to get wounded, or better yet, be dead, before I should do something?” I asked. He shrugged sadly. "Michael, we have no other choice. We can’t do otherwise, or else Jake could renege on his word in retaliation. I mean, look at the knife throwing,” he said.I ran my hands over my hair and sighed heavily. “You remind me of something I badly want to forget,” I muttered. He gave me a gentle slap
Michael’s POVI woke up and sat up immediately. There was no hint of sleepiness in my eyes. It was like I had woken up, like I was on a mission. Yes, I was. I am on a mission to train Nora. To make her her best.As the sun began to rise over the rugged peaks of the mountains, I stood at the basecamp, anxiously awaiting Nora's arrival. She should be here any minute. She agreed to come out before the crack of dawn. I am indeed in awe of her; having fallen from there, she still has not lost hope in being a better climber, despite her fear of height. It was a bold move, one that filled me with both pride and concern."Nora," I called out as she approached, her backpack slung over her shoulder, determination etched on her face. "Are you ready for today's training?"She nodded, a hint of uncertainty in her eyes. "I think so, Michael. I'm willing to learn, but I know I have a long way to go." She smiled at the end.I smiled reassuringly, placing a hand on her shoulder. "We'll take it one ste
Nora’s POVAfter the party, I walked to my room, and there was Michael leaning by the door, like a model about to take a photo shoot.Damn! He looked delicious. How come I never saw him this hot? He tied his hair in a ponytail style and left some loose strands falling around the sides of his face. He was staring at me. He stared harder. His blue eyes had dilated to be icy dark blues.“Wow,” I whispered.“Come here.” His voice was deep but quiet. I felt all the hairs on my body stand. My throat suddenly became dry. I didn’t know when my legs moved on their own, and I was standing right in front of him. This time, I didn’t cower or look away. Hmm, alcohol really has its good sides. He stared longer and gave me a wicked smile.“Are you drunk?” he asked.“No, I’m not. I mean, I just had two bottles of beer and a shot of vodka. It…— I stammered, hiccupped, and smiled. The kind that made all your teeth show. I think it was goofy.“You are drunk,” Michael announced. ”Where are your keys?” He