~Sebastian~ “What did you say happened again?” I just wanted to guess I didn’t hear him properly at first but who was I kidding? This matter was definitely more serious than Tristan was taking it to be. “Beta Sebastian I’m very sure of this, someone sneaked in and attempted to steal the map of all packs and when caught he pleaded that he should be forgiven, that alpha Tristan forced him to do it.” He sounded so serious through the phone, damn he was serious because this wasn’t a joke. “Did you have a good look at him?” I asked, wanting extra details before I reported this. This was moving too fast, they definitely are going for the throne. “Yes Beta, it wasn’t our men of course but I also couldn’t recognize his face from anywhere.” He said, sounding so very sure. Of course I knew it wasn’t one of us. We would never even send someone that would be caught to steal something as important as that. We weren’t that frail but asides that why would we even go steal the
~Jessica~ “I didn’t know you guys went out together … and alone, I also wanted to get some things.” She muttered, putting on a smile I could always see through. And how she thought that was the best thing to say to welcome her “precious Tan”. I didn't even bother and just faked a smile when she looked up at me after looking at the bags I was holding like she wanted to see what was inside it. “Jessica just needed some supplies, I can have Sebastian take you there if it’s urgent.” Tristan answered politely and I hated it, I wouldn’t lie. She smiled more, going on to act all cutesy. “I mean I could have helped out since it was a girly matter.” Her eyes looked intently at Tristan, as she folded her hands and tilted her head to the side to show off her smile more. Tsk… how can he not see that she’s trying to look cute and he’s even smiling back at her? I thought he likely only talked to me calmly recently but he must have been doing this with her befo
~Tristan~ “It didn’t go well? You look gloomy?” He doesn’t fucking read the room and I give him the stare to tell him to shut it before I do it for him. “Ohh sorry boss. Trouble in paradise?” He still asked, a small smile on his lips. “Really Sebastian? And why is there a stupid smile on your face when you can likely guess what happened.” I asked, giving him all my attention as he probably wanted. I gave him the eye, wanting steadily for my answer. “Ohh sorry boss. No smile there, just a slip of tong…” he said and stood halfway realizing what he was saying. “No say it.. a slip of tongue for your damn annoying smile?” He barked out furiously. Letting off steaming as I hadn’t said anything since I left Jessica. I was damn angry that she switched up so fast with me. I so did see that look on her face, I wasn’t too sure but I could never miss that look. There wasn’t anything to justify that so I knew for a fact that she was highly jealous lik
~Jessica~ It was dinner time and the hell I used all of that time between to think on if he was really pissed and also why I should only feel hatred and anger. It was a messy time and sitting here with everyone else made me know so damn well that I didn’t want it to be so quiet like it was right now. I wanted him to say something that would annoy me the hell out and then I’ll have to reply to him and the endless journey continues. Evie even already took my seat, definitely prepared and waited for this moment as she was here before Gianna could call me down to eat. The maids were done serving the food and as expected Evie spoke first. “I joined them in preparing your favorite dish , does it taste nice?” She asked, her voice traveling through the room like she was trying to make the full house hear that she practically made the food. He looked up at her and smiled a little, switching back quickly to how serious he looked when he walked in. He and S
~Tristan~ I thought I was going to remain pissed at Jessica but hell did I even remembered the fact that she didn’t want to share anything. My head was just busy making quick calculations according to what Sebastian used the whole day to tell me about the latest crisis. It was damn serious but sitting here and knowing she was here to make a mess in my head was exactly what’s going to happen. Like I could see all the wrongs in this picture, how far she was, how I couldn’t tell what was going on in her stubborn head. I hated the distraction Evie was causing but still had to pay attention to her since I personally brought her all the way here. Of course I see her efforts and her trials on being a good little sister like she has always wanted to be. And just as I wanted,.. Jessica does something I’ve been waiting for. She caused a bit of a distraction with the sound she made with her mouth, proceeding to eat first, a direct call that she didn’t care what I thoug
~Tristan~ She ate in real silence, refusing to look up after then. I made all of them leave immediately they were done eating. I just sat there with my plate still half filled with its contents. Her face focused on her plate as she was busy still eating my own plate. I’m not sure she knows it because stubborn Jessica wouldn’t want to do that right? “Your favorite sucks and the chef sucks even more.” She finally did say something and I was happy I made them leave already. “Why? It didn’t taste bad when I had it.” So she did know it was my plate. And sincerely it tastes just right but I abandoned my favorite just to get her attention. “It tastes very very bad.” She says again, taking the last spoonful of food. It wasn’t nice but she finished it all. So is it really the food that’s not to her liking or who cooked it? “Are you jealous princess?” I asked exactly what was on my mind, her face looking up to meet mine at once. “Hahaha very funny.
~Jessica~ “You don’t come down on time again. Is this good news or bad?” His voice called out to me as I walked down the stairs in a very mocking way. “You still have that annoying smile, good or bad?” I answered, walking straight into him. “You haven’t changed one bit.” He says dealing it up with his signature smile. “Too caged to change and besides what are you doing here? Aren’t you busy or wait, you were just tired of babysitting me?” I asked him while walking to sit in the living room. Somewhere I didn't really see myself relaxing as it gave this feeling that you were comfortable but something just told me that Evie was probably waiting in the kitchen and I wasn’t ready for that this morning. He laughs, following after me and eventually sits besides me. “Could I get tired of you? I don’t think that’s possible now. Before, highly possible but right now it’s entirely impossible.” He says it like he meant no jokes, his face serious with his calm annoyi
~Jessica~ I was so sure I was the one causing attention right now with the way I wrapped my hands around his neck. Trying to choke a man bigger than me, and he just kept on laughing, saying he could have me pinned down in a second. “Swears I didn’t mean it that way, I just said what I said without thinking it through.” He muttered with my arms locked on his neck, trying my very best to apply more pressure. “It’s a lie, I don’t believe you and I can just have you like this for what you did instead.” I tightened my hand, not knowing where the strength was coming from but it was there and he didn’t budge much. I knew he was allowing me to do what I wanted to do. “What exactly did I do? Why don’t you let me go and tell me properly.” He coughed up a bit, acting like I was blocking his airways. “Dont fucking act with me! I know you can hold on a whole lot better because why else would your body be built like that if you can’t stand me?” It was all a scope… and
~Tristan~ “Tristan, did you even hear what i said? He’s asking if he can come here to seek refuge?!” Sebastian tried not to scream that out loud. Something I could already imagine him doing in his mind already. “Yes I heard your clearly the first and the second time. Just let him come, prepare someplace for him or something.” I said to him absentmindedly. I mean I did hear him clearly but fuck the thought of the way her face was all red and puffy. Trying so hard to appear cool and not affected by the question, when she still hasn’t said a firm No to my question. I was in a damn happy mood and nothing was going up stop it. Not this hatred thing between Sebastian and Nevan. “You want me to let one of our suspect here?” His brows were raised up in a questioning way. “And give him access to harm someone?” You could see it all in his body movements. He was damn trying to look up anything and say anything that’ll stop Nevan from coming here. He was pr
~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