Devlin's POVI shook my head, shaking away the indecent thoughts that were filling them.I chuckled.Something in me was refusing to believe his words. Something in me was seeing that he was not in any way being honest with me and he might even be trying to seduce me.But what does he stand to gain if he seduces me?I had nothing to offer him, I was a slave, no title. No money, no fame. Nothing.So he cannot be that he was after me purposely or was it that he had a thing for slaves?"Why are you being so nice to me? I vividly recall that you never liked me, so why are you being like this?"He smiled, "can't I be this way?"I shook my head, "you definitely cannot. It evokes questions within me. I have so many questions to ask you".He folded his arms, "then ask, I'll answer".I couldn't believe what he was saying, I chuckled, "you're for real?"He nodded his head, "I'm being serious, you can ask me any question you want to. I'll listen to you and answer you honestly"."Why are you bein
Devlin's POVWith my hands in his and my heart thumping against my chest. Philip leads me to the door. He looked over his shoulder at me before he knocked.I am reminded once again that between us, a romance of any sort can never take place.His eyes swam in my own for a few seconds, deep green eyes staring at me as if wanting to bestow on me the confidence that was implanted in them.I shook my head.I was receiving anything but confidence.My eyes quickly found the walls of the house. They were made of wood, the windows were rather small and they were the only things that were made of glass I could see.The weeds from the lawn had somehow overgrown into the terrace of the house which makes me wonder why the hell she didn't trim the damn thing.I was already getting quite into browsing, just looking around and putting aside the fact that Philip was still holding my hand when the door opened.Beatrice stood there.Eyes looking like they had never been shut for days. Her body was painf
Devlin's POVBeatrice fell to her knees, "Devlin, I'm so sorry"."I would've been happier living here with you". I said as I gestured frustratedly at the house, "it's crap, but I would've been happy. Happy to know that at least, our hair color is the same".The look in her eyes showed that she didn't understand what I meant by the last line. There was a hint of confusion mixed into the sad look in her eyes.However, it seems like she didn't try to grasp an understanding of what I meant."I don't know what I want to say to you. I don't know anything" I shook my head and wiped off the tears that fell from my eyes."Let's not do this again. There's no point really "I continued, "it's better to just put this behind us".I rose to my feet. I couldn't stand looking at her anymore, the more I stared, the more I saw the resemblance we shared.It wasn't just the color of our hair, it was our eyes, the way she smiled, the cruelty buried with her that she hid behind her poker face. It was the co
Devlin's POV.I was taken aback by her words and everybody around were staring at me.At us."What do you mean?"She frowned, her hands finding her chest as they folded, "I'm saying that you should have packed your bags and go live with your real mother. Why do you think I asked you to go there?"I was so confused, I couldn't even fathom what was going on, "I… I.. th…I th…. Y…."I kept stuttering, unable to understand the words she was saying. I could not understand what was going on with her, I couldn't understand why the hell she was antagonizing me.She was blaming me for the things I had no control over. She was blaming me. She hated me."I want you to leave, Devlin". She said, "you cannot remain here".My heart was shattering, "why are you doing this to me?" For the nth time today, I started to cry."Why are you treating me like I did something wrong, that I am such a horrible person?"She pinched her nose bridge and paced around for a while. "Everyone please leave us".The peopl
Devlin's POV"What?!" I yelled."What did you say?"He shrugged again, "you know, he had slept with Lyra before you got married. She had told him that they were mates but he didn't believe her and treated her poorly".I couldn't breathe. I never once imagined that Asher and Lyra had had sex. All I thought was that they made out or something but never sex.Especially before we got married.What did that mean?That the baby in her womb was for him?Fuck!That was a possibility. It was possible that she was pregnant for him.If the baby was for Asher, then he surely was not aware of that fact. Knowing Asher, he would dive head on in trying to procure Lyra as a wife, not even taking a moment to think about what that could mean.He would claim the baby and even say I had stolen her scent. He would've done all of this just to have his baby.However, he was allowing the two of them to get married, which meant that there was no way he knew that the baby was his.I couldn't stop the laughter b
Devlin's POVI woke up and was met with a ceiling that was different from what I was used to.It was white and ordinary. And not just that. The walls were painted white which was unlike the walls of my former bedroom.That's right.I left the mansion.Catherina had demanded that I leave, she wanted nothing to do with me and even called me selfish. So after Kaden's attempt to convince me that the people were on my side, I packed my bags immediately and left the house.I could have gone back to the blood river pack seeing that I was married to their alpha, but I knew more than that, Asher would not give me face and moreover, he was spending all his time looking for Lyra.Him and Catherina seemed to be partners in this issue, they were both against me. Asher had completely abandoned me and Catherina did not hold back from telling me that she wanted nothing to do with me.It made me wonder how she could've just suddenly made that decision.There was no way that the decision to cut all tie
Devlin's POVMy heart was beating so fast against my chest when I blurted out those words.There was a calm silence between us. The only thing I could hear was the noise from where he was.He was not saying anything and neither was I."Well," he suddenly said, "I couldn't have kept you company if I hated you".My heart was unable to settle. Beating hard against my chest and rendering me unable to place my order as I stared at the woman behind the counter wordless."I'm so glad you also see the friendship blossoming between us".I chuckled dryly, "quite unexpected, right?". I quickly told the staff my order and then watched her punch it in.Philip must've heard the noise and so he decided to ask, "what are you doing?"I shook my head as if he could see me, then moved on to the other queue."Ordering breakfast, I woke up starving"."There's no starvation in my land". He suddenly said,I didn't know why, but I laughed and the tension that came from my abrupt confession eased a little. An
Devlin's POVNo, I didn't want that.What he was saying was based on the little he knew about me. He was just being myopic in what he was seeing.I wasn't going to let him crumble all that I wanted to do.I backed away from him a few steps, "I don't want to do this, Kaden" I said, "I'm serious" I said sternly.I watched how his face turned very sinister. His eyes raked my body and a devilish smirk appeared on his face."So you're reinventing yourself because of a man?"I growled, "this had nothing to do with a man. I am reinventing myself. I want to change for the better".He chuckled, "I kind of knew I was going to meet this part of you," he said, tilting his head to the side, "but I came prepared, Devlin."I was confused.Prepared?Prepared how?Suddenly large arms seized my own. I turned around and saw two men standing beside me on each side. Their arms were the ones I felt on me."What is this?" I asked as I tried to struggle away from their grasp.He walked towards me and grabbed