Hendrix
I move out of that closed in room as quickly as I can. I need to get back to Harper, we need to get out of this mess and head home. As I walk back to the room where I left her, my wolf, Henry, constantly begs and whimpers for me to turn around and not leave our mate behind.
Mate… pfft.
Mates are how you get hurt in life. The whole mate thing should’ve died out by now. We should be free to make our own choices and decide who we want to be with. Not have some magic connection that is practically impossible to ignore.
Obviously, this girl, whatever her name is… she made a choice to be with someone else and not to wait for me. And it’s fine, I don’t want her, anyway. I can’t take the risk... not again.
I walk into the room to see Harper and the man who purchased her is holding his hand out t
CharlieI messaged Phoenix and Violet when I got to the car. They’re still in town, they asked us to meet up with them and potentially stay the night before going back home to the Moon Stone Pack tomorrow.I did as they said. I drove while Magnolia sits by my side and my mate Harper sits in the back with her brother Hendrix. Magnolia hasn’t said much, but… it’s obvious she believes that Hendrix has Henry’s spirit.The man seems to be a lot different than my brother was, even if they do share some physical features. Like they both have dirty blonde hair with brown eyes, but that’s where their similarities stop. Hendrix is tall, he seems to radiate with a dominate energy, his face seems to sit in a permanent frown.His sister, Harper, is completely different from him. Honestly, the two of them don’t look that much alike. She’s got dark red hair that goes all the way down to her stomach, her pale purple eyes are mesmerizing, and she’s a lot shorter than Hendrix. While Hendrix is probably
MagnoliaAs soon as Violet almost said my name I immediately mind linked both her and Phoenix and ask them only to call me MJ. Both of them do as I asked immediately and for that, I am eternally grateful.I stay quiet for most of the lunch that we have with them. I avoid looking at Hendrix, not able to handle the distaste he has in his eyes for me. I’m shocked by the news about Harper. To be honest, I was so caught off guard by Charlie bidding for her that I didn’t pay attention when they were announcing the special things about her. After Phoenix said she was expensive it makes me wonder how much money Charlie had spent on her. Violet, Phoenix, and Charlie do most of the talking through the lunch. Harper is unusually quiet, you can tell she is listening intensely, but she just doesn’t know how to add to the conversation. Hendrix asks questions here and there. He seems to be mostly concerned with the safety of the pack for him and for Harper. So far, the only thing he seems to have i
VioletEveryone decided to stay at the private townhouse that we had for this trip. Phoenix and I stay in the master bedroom, Charlie and Magnolia are in one of the guest bedrooms, while Hendrix and Harper are in the other one. I lie down on the bed, my head still reeling from today’s events.Charlie bidding on Harper cost us a lot more money than we had been planning to spend on this trip. I’m just grateful that we’re doing well financially and it shouldn’t set us back too much. Plus, I can’t complain about him bidding on his mate, both Phoenix and I would do the same thing if we had been in his shoes.Phoenix lies down beside me and remarks, “She seems oblivious to the bond.”I nod my head in agreement, “I think the same thing.”“Is it possible for her to not feel it?”I sigh, “I don’t know. I wonder what happened to her and Hendrix. I don’t want to force them to tell us, but it’s obvious that whatever happened was significant for them.”Phoenix tells me, “Midnight Burrow is a long
CharlieI get everything out to make us some hot chocolate. Harper now sits on the countertop behind me. My body feels like it’s buzzing with excitement being in her presence. My wolf is hyper aware of the fact that she sits behind us and that the room smells like her sweet fruity lemon-lime scent. I turn to look at her as the milk heats up and she glances up at me and asks, “So, what were you doing up?”I shrug, “I told you, I get nightmares too.”She frowns, her eyebrows scrunching together as she does and she says, “Your group seems like it has the picture perfect life. I can’t imagine that you would have any reason to have nightmares.”I shake my head, “I can see why you think that, but it took us a long time and a lot of effort to achieve what we have now, but things haven’t always been so simple.”Harper tilts her head to the side as she asks, “So, what hardships have you faced?”“You know,” I start as I turn back to check on the milk, “I think there’s a lot we both want to kno
MagnoliaMy eyes snapped open the moment the door shut behind Charlie. I don’t know why he left the room, I feel an urge to follow him so I get out of the bed, put on my slippers and robe and head to the door.But I hear him talking down the stairs and I hear Harper’s soft voice respond back to him. I stay in the doorway, not wanting to interrupt them, but not wanting to go back to the room and be all by myself. That’s when I sense his presence, my eyes flicker up to meet Hendrix’s and he looks at me, fury seems to blaze in his eyes. He takes a step towards me and it takes all of my willpower to remain right where I am. I will not back down against him, I can be just as strong as he is.He frowns as he comes close to me and I can’t resist the urge to touch him. I long to feel the sparks I’ve always heard about, the sparks I never had the opportunity to feel with Henry since he died before my 18th birthday.My fingers lightly graze against his hand and his eyes shut, his whole body se
HarperI breathe out in relief from getting away from the tension downstairs. I sink down into one of the sitting chairs in our room, but I know I don’t have long before Hendrix will come in here.As if he knew I was thinking of him, he walks in the room. He’s deathly quiet, he doesn’t even look at me and instead walks straight to the bed. His breathing soon turns heavy that I thought he fell asleep, but then his voice breaks the silence in the room and he asks, “What did you see?”I saw two things. I saw her life with him and her life without him. Her life with him… it drained her of all happiness and life that she has. She already is depressed, he will break her so easily.I saw her without him, there was someone with her that I couldn’t quite make out, but she was happy and smiling. She radiated with joy the same way that Luna Violet does. As much as Magnolia longs to be with her mate… the goddess made a bad call with the two of them.Yes, I know her name. Magnolia Jade Knight. Par
MagnoliaPhillip had to check in on the patrol once we were done with our quickie in the clearing. He told me that I should get back to the pack house and I thanked him. He did distract me, he did exactly what I wanted and needed.Yet, I feel bad. I feel bad because I used him and he’s a good guy, yet, I continue to drag him along. He deserves to know. I need to tell him that Hendrix is my second chance mate. I need to tell him that I don’t know what I want… I don’t know if Hendrix and I will go any further than where we currently are.I walk back to the pack house and I sneak in the back way and quietly go to the kitchen, hoping that no one will notice me. I don’t want a lecture and I don’t want to talk with anyone.But I’ve run out of luck because as I walk into the kitchen I see Violet’s back. I stop moving and try to back away but her voice rings out, “You’re playing a dangerous game, Mags.”I gulp and walk toward her as I get closer I see that there are two glasses of wine sittin
CharlieMy heart sounds thunderous to me as I wait for Harper to respond. Phoenix told me that Hendrix and Harper seem to have trust issues and although he understood why I was waiting to make a move with Harper, he was concerned that she would view it as an act of betrayal if I continued to keep it from her.I brought her here because I thought it was beautiful and because I thought that by talking about our past and not wasting time and what not, that maybe… just maybe she won’t reject me on the spot.She’s already told me that she’s not interested in having a mate. She’s told me that she’s scared of getting hurt.I’ve only known her a total of 5 days and I can’t imagine ever hurting her, just the thought of her experiencing pain brings me anger. I just want her to give me a chance.Her pale purple eyes seem to pierce into my soul and she slowly nods her head as she looks back out at the flowers and tells me, “Well, that makes a lot of sense.”I tilt my head to the side as I look at