~Jessica~ I could feel then staring, every movement of his maids calculated as they were faking not to know anything that happened yesterday. I didn’t even want to be reminded about it, as my skin itches and my face feels hot anytime I think about it. His words, breath on me, the closeness, oh no I really just want to wash that away from my memory. “I hope you don’t plan on using apples again?” The voice rang out through the room and of course I knew it wasn’t the voice I was hoping to avoid today. I kept mute, watching with the side of my eyes as the remaining maids in the kitchen made their way out of the space one by one until it was just me and Sebastian. “I also saw that you took the best decision of sleeping where he wants you to and not in the maids room.” He echoed once more, talking more than I usually thought he could and still not grabbing on to the fact that I was snubbing him. Of course I thought twice before thinking of ditching the room
~Tristan~ “My food isn’t ready?” I asked, walking in on both of them. Sensing the tension but pretending like I didn’t notice it as I directed my questioning to Sebastian. “We are about to do that now, right Jess?” He uttered and I could already guess why the room felt so tight earlier. I didn’t like that look on her face, the tightening of her face, low growling escaping her throat as her frown deepened with anger. I was pretending like I wasn’t seeing her, I didn’t want to actually. I didn’t want to give her a chance of saying something more stupid than yesterday. She has to stay around, finding a way out isn’t an option for her .. “I want something quick for breakfast and I’ll be having that brat over for lunch so anything extra would do.” I still directed my question at Sebastian, acting like I didn’t see her standing there trying to use her eyes to push a stake through my heart. His uniform smile spread out on his face, his gaze on her “Okay Al
~Jessica~ I was told I had to wait till Tristan got back. Forced to sit down, staring directly at the monster’s personal assistant as he looked at me back with nothing in his eyes. Just pitched black eyes that sat there all through, made sure I didn’t use apples or even any weird flavors he didn’t trust. He didn’t move, allowing me to stare deep into his eyes as I took note of the difference between him and Tristan. He had black eyes, somewhere around 6’4 or less. Tristan had deep blue that changed to pitch black when he’s angry or his wolf comes forward and somewhere around tge same height I guess, if just a bit taller. I was cursed! I don’t believe otherwise because why am I stuck here with two men who don’t care a bit about the lives they took and the one they are caging, slowly sipping away every hope from me. “He’s back, heat it up and bring it up to him.” He ordered, his tone sounding a bit different from the mocking one he’s been using on me all morni
~Jessica~ Jeez, someone pls help me!!! No one was coming to my help, I didn’t voice it out, but kept it in. Hoping I could hold it out and go back to being everything I was before now. He didn’t pay me any attention, he ate, made me clear up and made me come straight back to meet him. He knows, he damn knows what he’s doing to me. I can see it in his eyes, the way he purposely doesn’t pay attention to me, acting exactly like the monster I’ve been labeling him as. “I have a meeting now with my men, the next time I see you make sure you are out of those rags.” He uttered, giving out a stern order. His eyes not batting, his body stiff, he was definitely acting completely different from before. “Okay.” I agreed to him, the urge to argue long ago died as my head felt heavy. I’m sure my insides were filled with only his scent by now. His demeanor was so stern that he didn’t bother looking at me as he spoke just now. He put on a shirt real quick
~Tristan~ “You okay Tristan?” His probing questions didn’t hide exactly what more he wanted to know. I didn’t need to look at him to know the look in his eyes. He’s been with me the longest so I know he’ll notice the change of mood and operation. I maintained my position sternly, he knows better than to ask this. “Are all the men here?” “Yes, everyone came immediately you said so.” He got the message, dropping every thought of asking questions or thinking of bugging me later on. “Okay good. Bring her to me.” I gave out straight orders, walking straight ahead to the basement where we always held meetings. It was out of earshot from the maids and I knew he was standing right there, frozen to the ground, shocked to the core but then I heard movements. Heavy strides and he does exactly as I say. It’s weird I wanted her there I know but I don’t have to explain to anyone. They gathered in their numbers, spreading round the basement t
~Jessica~ What the hell was I thinking? That he’ll actually train his men for me when he could wheeze me with just one of his hands? I wave the idea out of my head and focus on the terror I could read from his face a few seconds ago as he looked at me like some silly joke. He didn’t say anything more, just stared and I’m guessing he’ll be thinking of ways to probably get rid of me. And I can’t let that happen, I have to stay no matter what. Until I get what I want. He just shook his head and walked off. What do I want to do? Stay here first to get my revenge later on? Die and go be with my family? Or just even get the revenge now like I’ve been trying to and die while trying? My head hurts so bad as I was damn confused on what to do but what I knew for sure was that trying to get revenge right now wouldn’t work in any way. Not on Tristan right now, I just watched him speak with so much authority and power. He was no small wolf and it’s best I b
~Jessica~ I followed suit, well informed I was supposed to be with them. I didn’t understand the change of things and me being with him all the time, except it’s just for him to see me suffer and be submissive like he surely witnessed the last time I was in his room. I should ask questions and ask to be excused and give them space right, just come up with anything at all that would keep me away from them? But no I wasn’t seeing myself doing that now, I’ve become to careful and mindful of what I say. I followed, pushing my thoughts to the side a bit as I noticed Sebastian wasn’t walking towards Tristan’s room as normal. I mean I was damn happy I wasn’t going to be forced into a quiet state again but where are we going? He continued moving ahead with short strides. I know it was for me to keep up and I was only suppressing the need to find another fault with him because I couldn’t tell if Tristan would overhear and it’ll lead to something else.. something
~Tristan~ The knowledge I wanted no part in just stuck there on his own. I didn’t have to look at her to know she was goddamn pretty even with her deep hazel eyes that would show just how uncomfortable she was with me. I wouldn’t blame her, it was exactly what I wanted, so she doesn’t push me to do what she’ll hate. I had long decided that I could live without a mate bond, so having her here shouldn’t really change anything or that fact I could personally go on without one. No matter what Dakky my wolf thinks. “The little thing is acting too eager and has been bugging me on setting up another lunch meeting with you.” Sebastian mentioned with his face deep in a frown. Aside from understanding each other and having to share a few things, we both hated the idea of this little bug coming here. “He’s not in any way useful to us. Just a very ignorant young Alpha that we need to push to the side.” I uttered, speaking with so much freedom like it was just bot
~Jessica~ Very funny, very very funny. Ha ha you think I like you? Why? just because I felt the pain you were feeling? Get your act together Tristan. ‘That was convincing enough right? Myra don’t freaking go quiet now!’ I so wanted to blow out my brains right now. ‘Maybe’ she answered without any interest, her voice was low and sounded uninvolved. Shit! Shit! I should have atleast said something more convincing right? I didn’t like the way he was looking at me, making me almost choke as I couldn’t stop laughing at every sentence I was making. This was crazy! Entirely crazy. ‘Why the hell would he come up with a question like that, do I look like I like him or something?’ I asked, rubbing the nape of my neck And maybe I shouldn’t have asked my wolf any questions She was obviously not pleased with my answer and is not pleased with me. And I don’t want to add that to my worries, because why would she betray me this way and want our loved ones kil
~Tristan~ My eyes patiently followed the way her chest was moving. A sign that she was still very much alive and stable. I couldn’t wait any other second and let myself in to take a look at her. After hearing all Sebastian said, I knew my wolf wasn’t going to be able to calm down without seeing her. There were lots of questions on my mind right now but it can wait. Wait till I am so sure that she’s calm and sleeping without issues. “I’ll fucking kill Sebastian for delaying something as important as this.” I whispered under my breath, confirming for the third time that she was fast asleep now and wouldn’t blink so uncomfortable again. When I came in you could see signs of struggles, her eyes half asleep. Making little troubled cute sounds as she slept. I was going crazy right? Because the sounds were signs to show that she couldn’t sleep comfortably but what did I do ? Still found it h*ll cute because apparently everything about her calls to me in a diffe
~Tristan~ “What do you mean there was another attack?” My anger doubled up as he gave me a not good news. His eyes are careful and anywhere else but on me. Like he was giving me space on purpose. “Got a call from Zach.” “And you picked it in front of Jessica?” I immediately asked as I heard the name Zach. His eyes moved up with purpose, and this time around he looked at me in the face. “And of course Evie? How could you take such important calls in front of them.” I asked, bringing to his memory just in case he forgot that we were not to take such calls in front of others. Okay… we both knew they couldn’t do anything with the information we have. Maybe I didn’t want her to hear all of it and still strongly see me as a monster. It’s something I was working on changing, hoping she could see me in a different light. He smiled awkwardly, looking at me with a nod before speaking up. “They couldn’t hear anything boss and besides it had to be important for
~Jessica~ His words rang out loud and hell I haven’t seen such a disappointed look on anyone’s face before. It went completely silent, everyone’s eyes taking a peek at me and I don’t even understand what’s going on. It didn't register at all until he finally did smile a little and stood up at once to go upstairs. “Did he just say apple?” I asked myself, lost in whatever was going on right now. My eyes turned back to follow his movements but he was already gone and out of sight. I still wasn’t getting it, what did he mean by apple again? I stood up like I was wired to, I needed him to explain what he meant. I didn’t like the look he had on his face. “Don’t bother. I don’t think you should go after him if you just did the apple thing with him again.” Sebastian spoke up, stopping me from moving any further. What the hell is going on? Why do they keep saying that and having a long look on their face while at it … like I killed someone. “Can you exp
~Jessica~ “Do you want to go upstairs first?” Gianna brought me out of my thoughts, tapping me lightly as she looked at me with a small smile. The fact that I might know why that smoke was there made it all worse. “No, I'm okay. I’ll just eat dinner and then go up.” I’m not running away, whatever Sebastian said wasn’t my business in any way. She nodded her head, and walked away with that smile still plastered on her face. Like she was blushing on my behalf. The thoughts I know I can’t wash away from her memory snd she’ll definitely be thinking things about my red lips and Tristan. They would be done any minute from now and I can’t seem to get a hold of myself. I shouldn’t have listened to him say rubbish to me. “Jessica what’s wrong with you!” I hit my messed up head with one of my hsbds. His words rechoing snd Myra recharging the words ‘no harm in opening up.’ “Pfft.. like I was ever closed up. He’s clearly just not my type.” I cursed under my
~Tristan~ I finally found the missing link. I didn’t want any of my men taking this thing seriously then because I didn’t want anyone to panic. Sorry… the word should get too furious that they’ll want to dig out the person without checking twice. I’ve been quietly marking out all the suspects with the names Sebastian gave me that wanted the last lead dead immediately. I had to cross check smartness, strength, reasons and every other thing required to pull this off. The hell no one checked all the boxes at once. What was I really expecting? Not like I didn’t see this coming “You found our man?” His eyes shined brightly, ready for any information I had for him. “Yes, a small list of two people who would likely only benefit from this. “ “So it’s who’s likely to sit as the next alpha king if the present one somehow doesn’t wake up?” He asked, saying what took me literally all day to accept in one sentence. That just had to be it, because there was no other aro
~Sebastian~ I don’t hate my job one bit. I’m right in the middle of two aggressive wolves that could either love each other or hurt each other real bad. I don’t know when I started to care that much but I fucking did. I was too conscious of her movements, enjoyed her harsh talking and I earnestly waited for one when I couldn’t get it because I was busy. Well it wasn’t anything new that I didn’t know of. My wolf probably surely accepted Jess as a female wolf to protect. It was a normal duty to do since she was my alpha’s mate and so I didn’t even think about it twice. Damn I hadn’t played so much, laughed like I hadn’t had any worries when we were in very much a lot of them right now. She was young and I used to think that would make her alienate herself even more after the monster claim issue. But you can hardly recognize that if you are engaged in a conversation with her. Like she was blending and definitely getting a lot comfortable. Something she
~Jessica~ “Why did you call me out?” I asked, standing outside my door, looking at him with tired eyes. “Let’s go down. You’ve practically locked yourself for a long time.” He uttered , grabbing my hands immediately. I don’t move, taking my hand back with force. Nah ah.. I’m not doing this with anyone. Trying to force myself to sleep because I can’t get this whole disturbing thing out of my head. Everyone with each of their issues and guess what? It’s stuck like glue that won’t come off. “So what? I can’t decide to stay away from you people? You think I enjoy it here and have a lot of fun smiling and eating with you guys, don’t you?” I asked, changing the topic all over. I can’t even remember what he said again just now , I was all about what was going on, turning the issue the opposite way as I was silently airing everything I’ve been doing wrong. They are all totally wrong if I did enjoy them.. and thinking now about it, I probably did. “You think yo
~Jessica~ “How did it become so red?” She asked for like the fifth time after I tried to ignore her questions. Her eyes were looking at me confused and waiting on me for answers I wasn’t going to give her. If only Sebastian didnt run off so I could tell him not to bother, that I probably bit myself. Wait, why don’t I tell her that? “I accidentally bit myself.” I uttered in a rush, finally giving her an answer, while she insisted that she put the ice on me herself. “Hmm, are you sure? It doesn’t look like it.” She asked unawares what her questions were to me. Constantly bringing my mind to where I didn’t want them at all. “That it’s Gianna, I mistakenly bit myself while talking.” I said this time around with so much conviction so she could drop the topic. Her eyes looked a bit confused, like she was taking a minute to study it more, her hands trying to run through them but I shrugged them off. I don’t want anyone else touching my lips again. “