Freya's P.O.V "Here," Malaya held a spoonful of saffron rice to my lips. "Taste this. I made it especially for you today." Giving her a smile, I graciously accepted the bite and it felt like an explosion of flavours as soon as the rice hit my taste buds. It was buttery, sweet and savoury at the same time. "This is so good!" I told her, covering my mouth so I don't seem unladylike. "I'm glad you like it!" Malay beamed at me before turning to her husband/mate with a frown. "See? She appreciated my cooking. The two of you ungrateful brats just sit and stuff your faces without saying a word!" "Hey!" Cameron protested. "That's not fair! I tell you all the time that you're an amazing cook!" "Do you now?" Malaya turned to glare at her son, who simply huffed and went back to eating his lunch. Charles only shook his head with a smile on his face, but didn't protest. There wa
Freya's P.O.V "You don't have to show me around." I told Cameron, as we walked side by side down the main hallway. As per his parent's 'suggestion', Cameron was taking me around on a tour of the pack house, but if I was being honest, I just wanted to lie down and rest. My mind was full of the new information that I had received during the lunch conversation with Cameron's parents and I needed time to digest all of that. It wasn't easy to just wake up one day and be told that not only were the creatures of the dark a reality, but that I was now 'bound' to one by a Goddess herself. It should've been like the fairytale that I had always wanted…but it wasn't. Because I was afraid that once I opened my eyes, all this would have been a dream and my life would just go back to being a never-ending nightmare. "I have a place to show you," Cameron spoke softly, guiding me towards the back of the house and into the elevator that led to the ground
Freya's P.O.V A knock sounded at my door around nine o' clock at night. Hoping that it might be Cameron, I got up to open the door, a skip to my steps as I made my way across the room. It felt like I finally had something to look forward to after so many years of living in fear. But that tiny hope inside my chest vanished as soon as I saw who was on the other side of the door. Trisha, Laura and Cindy. The devil trio were standing outside with a big bouquet of roses and wide grins on their faces. Even before I moved aside to let them in…I knew this wasn't going to end well. "How are you, love?" Cindy asked with fake sweetness as she handed me the bouquet of white roses. "Don't worry, we come in peace." I kept the door open as I took the bouquet and placed it on a nearby table. Forcing a smile, I looked up at them, who were currently a foot taller than me because of their heels. "Thank you." "Of course!" Laura gi
Freya's P.O.V "I want to leave." I told everyone at the dinner table, forcing the words past the lump in my throat. Cameron and Sarah exchanged looks for a second before turning to Alex. "Ask the front desk about Freya's visitors for today." Cam asked. "Cindy, Trisha and Laura." Alex answered almost immediately, and it once again struck me just how big of a difference we had. They could just teleport and find out exactly what was happening…I gift I would die to have. "What did they say to you?" Sarah placed a hand on my shoulder gently. "Did they try to threaten yo-" "No." I told her before she could finish her sentence. "It wasn't a threat…what they said made perfect sense." "What made sense? That you should go back to your house, the most unsafe place for you to be?" Cameron's voice was harsh as he spoke. "Does that make sense to you? You want to go back to the lif
Cameron's P.O.V I didn't get it. I didn't understand what could've happened to make Freya think that I wasn't capable enough to handle my own pack. What Trisha had told her hadn't been wrong, but her words had been coloured with her own insecurities about losing Derek and her loss of faith in me. She hadn't had the strength to ask me directly, so she had gone to Freya instead, to try to poison her mind against me. And it had worked. I found that I was disappointed in her just as I was disappointed in myself. Did she truly think I wasn't capable of handing my pack? The question had haunted me again and again. It had been on my mind ever since I stormed out of the dining room, trying to find an outlet for my anger. It hadn't helped when I had gone out into the woods for a run in my wolf form; it hadn't helped when I had taken an ice-cold shower and it bloody hell wasn't helping now that I was trying to get some rest. I thought we had been making progress…that we w
Freya's P.O.V It felt like fire had ignited my entire body, burning me up from the inside out. The instant Cameron's lips touched mine, my mind exploded into a kaleidoscope of colours and fireworks that I had never thought possible in my entire life. My breath caught in my throat as I froze up for a second, my mind going completely numb…before my brain started working on overdrive. It felt like I'd come alive after being starved for ages…and Cameron was my oasis in the desert. My hands reached for him of their own accord, clutching at his shirt as his hands came up to cup my cheeks, holding me in place as he guided me with his lips. I hadn't imagined them to be so soft…his lips. They moved over mine as the gentlest of caresses, taking down my inhibitions one by one. It was only when he bit down gently on my lower lip, before licking at the little hurt…that my mind finally made sense of what was happening. Regaining my sense, I pushed him off of me wi
Freya's P.O.V "Cameron told me what happened yesterday." Sarah sat on the bed opposite to me, reapplying the bandage on my arm. It was almost healed, that too in a matter of a couple of days, but she insisted that I keep it on for another day or two, so it can heal properly without any permanent bone damage. "Are you going to tell me that it's just a kiss?" I asked, looking at her beautiful face to see her reaction. "Are you going to tell me to give him another chance as well?" Cameron's kiss had taken me by surprise; caught me completely off-guard. But if I was being very honest, it had left me breathless and wanting more at the same time…until the realization of what he had stolen had set in. It hadn't been just a kiss; it had been a dream for me, to kiss the boy I love by the seaside. However, I had soon realized that there had been another completely different reason for my disappointment in Cameron. And it hadn't just been beca
Cameron's P.O.V "How is she?" I asked as soon as I saw Sarah walk up to my car early next morning. I had to practice for an upcoming match with the Portland High Soccer team that was going to be led by Darcia. It was a match I was looking forward to and since I had finished practice really late, I hadn't been able to visit Freya at all yesterday. I had wanted to apologize, I really had and I knew procrastinating won't get me anywhere. My wolf was anxious too, but I wanted this to be special. I had stolen her first kiss without her permission…so when I went to apologize, I wanted it to be exactly how she had hoped her first kiss to be. "A lot better," she gave me a bright smile. "I did warn her that you might not be able to visit as often as you did before." I nodded my thanks and held the door open for her so she could get in. Closing the passenger's side door, I came around to the driver's side and got inside my car, starting