A striking man in a black suit with a formidable aura entered the room. He looked at Blaze and greeted him warmly. "Good morning, Mr. Maxwell."
Blaze stood up from his seat and shook hands with the man. "Good morning, Mr. Roosevelt."
My muscles stiffened, ready to run, as I caught my breath in my throat when the man turned to me.
Because the man was none other than Evan!
Blaze introduced me to him as Evan took his seat opposite us. "By the way, this is my assistant, Ayira."
Knowing that Blaze was my only hope, I opened a part of my life to him. However, I didn't expect that he would want to meet my father so soon. We just started dating and were still getting to know each other. How could he demand like he would ask for my hand from my father? Well, I almost forgot that he was my mate. So how could I say no? I sighed. Then, I turned around, putting my arms on the wooden fences, facing again the beautiful scenery of the mountain range. "Of course you can meet him. But, but not now." I stammered, forcing a smile. Well, it's true that he could meet my dad, but it's not the
Cherry leisurely moved to the chair, but before she sat down, she turned to me. "Just stay there, okay? I might need your service." She whispered with a mocking smile on her lips. I just smiled faintly at her. Little did she know, I had something up my sleeve. I cleared my throat as I stepped to the side. Then Cherry gracefully took her seat, but before her butt could completely rest, I quickly pulled the chair away from her. Thud!!!
Blaze's POV I was left astounded when Ayira ran away from the restaurant. I called her, but she didn't look back at me. Perhaps she was hurt when I yelled at her. So after I helped Cherry get up from the floor and ensured that she was okay, I immediately followed Ayira. But she was so fast. When I came out of the restaurant, I couldn't see her anymore. Fortunately, I had strong senses. I followed her scent, and my senses pointed me in the direction of the mountain. It was only now that I felt grateful
Ayira's POV As I woke up the next morning, I was smiling sweetly. I hugged my pillow as I stared at the ceiling. Because I had sweet dreams last night. Blaze and I were in the middle of an enchanted forest, surrounded by lots of beautiful and colorful flowers. We were blissfully lying on the grass under the bright light coming from the snow-white moon above while gazing at the blanket of stars in the night sky. I felt exhilarated as I guessed my dream had a good meaning. I would look forward to it. My
Fifteen years ago, I recalled when my dad left our house together with our pack warriors. I was playing in the yard at that time. I rushed to him and clung to his arm. Then I looked up at him as I asked. "Dad, where are you going?" My dad crouched before me, holding my tiny hands. "Ayira, dad has to do something important. I'll leave you for a moment to your omega, alright?" He responded with a gentle smile on his lips. "Can I come with you, please?" I pleaded, making puppy eyes. After my mother died,
I was surprised when Evan quickly held my hand and pulled me upright. "You're being careless, Ayira." He muttered, but I could sense the concern in his tone. I gaped because his actions shocked me. He shouldn't be acting that way unless he wanted to disclose that we knew each other. Thinking of it, I tried to pull back my hand, but his grip was firm. Fortunately, Blaze rushed in and snatched my hand from Evan. Then he covered my bleeding finger with his hanky. "We
Blaze's POV My first meeting with Mr. Roosevelt left a question in my head, especially his remarks towards Ayira. There's this voice inside my head telling me that something wasn't right. And only a dumb person would not notice Ayira's reaction when she saw Mr. Roosevelt. Her pale face and cold hands were telling how anxious she was. Hence, to confirm my suspicion, I purposely set our next meeting in the villa. And I was right. Ayira got anxious again at Mr. Roosevelt’s presence. I further confirmed my suspicion when I left them alone to get the old blueprint from my room. But Ayira didn't admit to me what happened as to why she accidental
***I was gasping for air, running so fast in the middle of the woods, avoiding every tree, big or small, blocking me ahead. I didn't know why, but it seemed that someone was chasing me. I kept on running, even though I didn't know where I was heading to, why I was running and who was hunting me. Then a powerful voice said, 'You should stay alive, Blaze.' My heart raced! I ran even faster, afraid to be caught. However, he had overtaken me and blocked my way. But to my surprise, the one who's running after me was a... white wolf?***
Blaze's POV. Ayira and I agreed to visit Hina’s grave since it was her death anniversary. We also decided to take a trip to the island where Ayira stayed before to visit the townspeople there and her students. I could see in Ayira’s eyes the excitement of going back there. I would not wonder since she got really attached to the people on that island, especially to Hina. She took care of her when she was at her lowest. She fed her, offered her a place to stay, and treated her like her own family. We used my private yacht heading directly to the port near the island. While on our way, Ayira was telling Summer about her life on the island, including her experience as a teacher. Summer was listening attentively to his mom and would laugh from time to time about his mom's silly experience in teaching. It was already dark when we arrived at the hotel. We checked in immediately as we got hungry due to long travel. We had dinner at the restaurant in the hotel and went back to our room to
Ayira's POV It was a brand new day. Blaze and Summer were busy playing video games. So I made myself busy in the kitchen. Then I checked the pantry and found out that we were running out of some supplies already. So I decided to go to the market. "Hi, mom. I will go to the market to buy some supplies. Do you have anything to add?" I asked when I saw her enter the kitchen. She thought for a while before she responded. "Oh, yes. I want to buy some ingredients to make a vegetable salad. But I think I'd be
It was heartbreaking to see someone you love leaving with someone else. And because of that unfortunate event in the past, I suddenly felt I had no right to fight for her. And because of that event, she chose to leave me and her son just like that. I could accept if she resented me, it's understandable. But leaving her son didn't make sense at all, since I knew very well how much she loves our son. I looked at Ayira for the last time. Suddenly, I heard Marcus whisper. 'Blaze, after everything, you will just let her leave like that?'
We slowly made Summer understand what wolves were. Ayira told him stories about how she lived in the New Moon World when she was young. And we let him understand that we should be careful not to show to anyone in the human world that we were different from them. We also explained that grandpa was a human, not like us. But Summer was really intelligent. He asked us why was grandpa was living with us if he's a human. Good thing, he later understood that he was once a friend of my grandfather before the world was divided into two. However, there was one thing I was afraid about. It was Summer's intuition that his mom would leave us. It buzzed me almost every day as I knew the reason.
Blaze's POV The following morning, I went to the library and searched for my old books. I remembered I had a book about ancient wolves before. Perhaps, I could find some information there about Summer's power. I read almost everything that day while Summer and Ayira were busy with their lessons. Right. Ayira really loved teaching so she volunteered herself to be our son's tutor. That's why as early as two years old, Summer already learned the alphabet and basic counting. I was grateful for that because
Ayira's POV As agreed by everyone, we decided to go back to the villa in the mountains. We thought that Summer would ask questions about our sudden decision to move house like he used to do every time we would go out. But surprisingly, he was just quiet throughout our journey. And due to the long travel, he slept on my lap. However, as we reached the foot of the mountain, he suddenly screamed. "No!"
It has been 4 years since Summer was born. He grew up as an energetic little boy that he took after me. He was also fond of going outside, even a simple walk by the shore that I guessed he took after from his mom. However, as he grew up, he began to show that he was different from the other children he got along with. He was more mature and stronger than the other children of the same age as him. And that was what we were worried about. How could we explain to him our true identity? That we were different from human beings? By the time he was 3 years old, his special skills began to show.
Blaze's POV Days have passed and we really got used to living here on the island with our precious one. Summer also enjoyed some morning walks and laughed when his feet touched the sand. I loved that priceless moment, hearing his giggles that were like music to my ears along with the soft laughs of his mom. However, one morning, I woke up seeing Ayira beside me but my eyes widened when I did not see Summer in his crib. “Where is Summer, Ayira?” I hurriedly asked her when I saw her open her eyes.
My first two trimesters of pregnancy were really a challenge for us. I used to puke almost everything I ate and I felt like it was such a waste so I tried sleeping every after meal just to avoid throwing up the food I had eaten. And there came a point when I could no longer get out of bed because of my morning sickness. And because my pregnancy journey wasn't easy, Blaze decided to call his mom and let her stay with us until I gave birth to our beloved baby. His grandfather also came with Aurora since he was also excited to see his great-grandchild. But the good side of my pregnancy was, I felt how mu