A shrill sound interrupted her thoughts, it was coming from her phone. She checked the caller ID and was reluctant to pick up the phone.She’d been worried all morning about how the day would unfold. She still has no idea how Denis intended to take care of Janet. She would have asked him to explain when they got home last night but they were too busy exploring each other’s body.She answered the call on the fifth ring.“Hey, you want me to come over?” She’s glad Alice is offering but she wasn’t in the mood for company and she was also scared of how Alice would react if she knew the truth about her relationship with Denis.“Thanks but I think I got it covered.” That was a lie, a big one. She had nothing prepared. No make up artist, no stylist, nothing. She didn’t know the first thing about bridal makeups or about brides in general, she could use some pointers on the dos and don’ts of the ceremony but she wasn’t even sure there was going to be a ceremony. What if Janet crashed it befor
Everyone was applauding and cheering but Kelsey and Denis couldn’t take their eyes off each other, it was a magical moment. They walked back down the aisle together. It felt so poetic, so right—that she came alone and now she’s leaving with him.She glanced at Kate, her husband wrapped an arm around her shoulder, gently brushing the side of her arms to keep her from crying. Alice and her mate were taking turns go wipe each other's tears. They’re an interesting couple.Denis' gamma and his wife were the only ones not crying or on the verge of tears. He gave Denis a nod of approval and his wife smiled at Kelsey.Not very long after, the main ceremony began and an announcement was made to hundreds of guest that the couple had already been mated in a an earlier, much smaller ceremony. The hall was big and fancy, like a ballroom, but without the ballerinas. There were balloons, glitter, ribbons, decorated tables that looked like ghosts.The waiters looked very fancy, going around with o
He pushed through the crowd making his way to Kelsey.“Sir, what should we do with her?” The guards asked, still holding on to Janet who was no longer struggling. Kelsey must-have hit her really hard. There was a big bruise, like an imprint of a fist on her face and very close to her eye, there was a claw mark. Her white dress was torn and tattered and her make up was a disaster. There were long black lines k dripping from both of her eyes. “Lock her up in the dungeon.” Denis commanded and Janet opened her mouth to protest and slammed it shut, remembering that she was no longer in a place to make demands.Denis turned his head to look at Kelsey but he didn’t see her. He hurried over to the front to get a better look and he saw her sitting on the floor and staring at her hands.“Kelsey are you okay?” She gave him a weird look and continue to stare at her hands. He sat beside her on the floor and put a protective arm around her.She put down his arm and turned to face him.“I feel w
Denis was excited and he was having a very hard time concealing it. Everything felt like a miracle to him, one he’s grateful for and happy about, one that all the members of the pack were going to be happy about too. He looked at Kelsey one more time for reassurance, he wanted to make sure that she was okay with what he was about to do. The last thing he wanted was to impose his own feelings on her. He wants to do everything right by her. Everything. Even to the smallest of things. She gave him a small nod and urged him to continue and he did. He grabbed the mic from the ground where it shouldn’t be in the first place but the mic was not the only thing out of place. The entire ballroom was a mess. And for the first time in a long time, all his thoughts are in one place, in order. How ironic.Kelsey is the only thing that he can think about and the bundle of happiness she has brought him. There are no other worries plaguing his mind and filling up his entire head space, he’s not th
“You look exactly like your mother did when she was young. It’s like travelling back in time.” Jerry laughed exposing his perfect set of white teeth. Kelsey was pumped to meet someone who knew her mother, she would kill if to get any information about her mother. Her older sister was not exactly chatty about the topic or anything really.She never tells her anything about their mum. It’s like an unspoken rule between them not bring up anything that has to do with their mother.“How did you two know each other?” Kelsey asks taking a seat next to Jerry. Simon still hadn’t stop staring at her in that weird way but if that was the only thing she had to endure to hear stories about her mother, then she was more than willing.“I don’t look like it now but I used to be quite handsome and it’s only fitting for the most good looking guy in the pack to date the most good looking girl.” He boasts and shrugs casually like it’s not a big deal that he used to date her mother. “You dated my mum?” K
Kelsey wondered how she was still alive when she could no longer feel her heart beating. It was like time stopped and the only thing she could hear was the whistle of a furious steam pot. Her sister was the furious steam pot. She was finding it hard to breathe and she was starting to get dizzy, she knew the feeling all too well.Like an old friend. She gathered herself and started to take deep breaths, it was helping, she could feel her heart beating again. I guess you could say she gave herself CPR. She slowly raised her head, the look on her sister’s face was dreadful. Full of hate and disgust. Her eyes pierced through Kelsey like a poisoned knife, her words twisted the knifeand the pain was making it hard to stay on her feet but she didn’t give up easy, she was determined to stand her ground throughout the length of the conversation. What her sister laid on her was a serious accusation, a life changing one. She wanted details. She wanted to understand what really happened. What
Alcohol was supposed to be numbing the pain but it was making even more obvious. Her sister's words were ringing her head. She thought about her parents too and how she caused their untimely death. Her sister was right, she shouldn’t have been born. Her mind wandered to Jerry’s words, the smile on his face when he talked about her mother. Will he still smile at her if he knows what she did, if anyone knows what she did?. She set the glass aside and began to drink directly from the bottle. She knew nothing about the drink in her hand other than it looked like champagne and when it went down her throat, she felt like it was on fire. She deserved the pain, she deserved to drink till she dropped dead so she could at least get the chance to apologize to her parents, tell them how sorry she is to have been born, to have brought them so much misfortune. Denis walked in on her, sprawled on the floor and still taking sips from the bottle, it was her second one. He hastily took the bottle f
After drinking half of the night and sleeping just for a few hours. He woke up to preparebreakfast for Kelsey and gave her medicine to help with her hangover. She was in better state than the previous night but not completely herself. It made Denis mad that he couldn’t cheer her up but he was even more mad that she was sad in the first place. The council members called for a meeting about Janet's punishment but he was reluctant to leave Kelsey by herself incase she decided to drown herself in alcohol again. He moved all the drinks to the top cabinet, locked it and took the key. It seemed a bit excessive to him but he didn’t want anyone to see Kelsey in the state he saw her. His family members were not the kind to wait for an invite before showing up and the last thing he wanted was for them to see her like that, his mother would never let it go and he would never hear the end of it. Even the sister she so wishes to protect wouldn’t be safe anymore.The meeting started earlier than