Hailey's reasoning for not accepting their bond might seem odd to some, but I wanted to show a diff side of the 'mate bond' compared to the typical connection that are present in most stories. Hailey has come back a diff woman after almost dying by her own mate so you can just imagine how weary she is now with bonds. This is her taking her own fate into her hands. :) Other than that, raise your hand if you want Hailey to punch Heather's lights out hahaha
I don’t think there’s anything more uncomfortable than watching my own sister–who has done her best to try and look like me–blatantly flirt with the man who I slept on the same bed with the night before and who has also just recently confessed his desire to be with me. What’s even more weird is how nobody, not my parents nor Hunter, has pointed out anything out of the ordinary. It makes me wonder if it’s just me seeing this or somehow my mind has made it up. But no. I can see clearly with my two freaking eyes that Heather is way too touchy compared to normal! “Here, you can use this butter knife, King Hunter…” She says before slowly pushing the knife on the table and inching her hand closer to his, making sure that they end up skin to skin. What the fuck? Is nobody else seeing this?! “I didn’t ask for a knife,” Hunter said coldly before proceeding to eat his bread with one bite, not giving any attention to my sister. At least if there was any consolation to this weird situati
Chaos erupted in that dining room like nothing I have ever witnessed before. In the blink of an eye, the kindness my parents had bestowed upon Hunter had flown out of the window and their eyes had turned into something vindictive. “What… what exactly do you mean by ‘Lycans are forbidden to be with our kind’? I don’t think I’m understanding this properly.” My mother asked, her jaw muscle ticking and her eyes slightly twitching. I wanted to tell her that it meant exactly how Kage said it. Kage may be a cheating asshole, but he is also a smart asshole. That means he knows a lot about political affairs and whatnot since it’s required for him as an Alpha. He meets so many wolves of all Packs and ranks that I’m sure he must have heard this information from one of them before. But why is he so adamant on letting others know even if it means angering the King himself? That I have no idea. Kage lets out a few coughs as he puts a hand over his chest while trying to catch his breathing
There was just so much going on, so much to think about that I was thoroughly and completely overwhelmed. “Please come home with me, Hailey.” Hunter said as his eyes remained staring deeply into mine and his hand was holding mine tightly like he never wanted to let go, or he didn’t want me to let go. “This isn’t right, Hailey! You were mated to me first!” Kage demanded at the side which caused Hunter to turn to him with another death glare. The look he gave him was so terrifying, I was surprised that Kage wasn’t crumbling to the floor in fear. I gotta hand it to this guy, he was tougher than I thought. Or stupider. I guess it works both ways. “I don’t– This is– Um…” Oh my goddess, I couldn’t come up with words to say. My mind was completely blank and it wasn’t helping at all that everyone was staring intently at me, waiting for an answer. “I’m sorry, I– I can’t do this right now. Please, I need time to think.” I managed to say to them and there was this fleeting second where I t
The sun had set and the moon was bright above the night sky when I found myself walking back to the Pack mansion. I didn’t realize how much time had passed since Evera and I decided to shift and go on a run around the territory until now. My mother had been bugging me in mindlink to come back, but I told her that I needed time on my own. I knew the decision I had to make and where it would bring me so I figured if it was going to be my last day and night here, I was going to take my time remembering it all. Even if not all my memories were good here, I was still going to miss the place I could call home. For the most part. But now that it was past eight in the evening, I have missed dinnertime, and I’m admittedly hungry, as well as thoroughly aware of what I had to do, I could no longer keep myself away from my responsibilities. I let out possibly one of the deepest sighs in my life as I stood in front of the main entrance, dusted the remaining leaves and branches that have stuc
Looking back, I don’t think there was ever a day in my life living within the walls of this house that I never thought of leaving, of packing my bags with just my necessities, then walking out and never turning back. I always thought of what my life would be like if I ever had the courage to finally break free from my sister’s claws, my mother’s nagging, and my father’s disapproval of me. Most days when my sister would really push me to a brink, I would find myself starting to pack my things, but then stopping. I never had the guts to truly go all the way. But what I did manage to do was find out how to get out of this place without being seen, without letting others hear my footsteps, and the nooks and crannies of this place that many don’t even bother to explore. I’ve stayed in many of them. I’ve gotten lost in most of them on purpose because there I could actually find peace, but only until I am called or demanded to show up. This time, I wasn’t going to hide out in them.
Being with Kylo has made me come to the realization that I don’t really know him as much as I thought I did. I have come to know three things ever since he and I left our Pack lands. One – He knows a lot of people. And by people I mean those that somehow respect him and their relationship and are willing to lend a helping hand for us to get to where we need to get to. Wherever it is. Which leads me to the second thing – Kylo Knight, for some reason, not only knows an abundance of people, but places, too. In the time we had left and started traveling, we had been able to stay and admire three lands in the span of a week. We stayed at least two days in each of them before we went to the next. I’m not really sure what the reason is that we don’t stay put. At first I thought that it was because we weren’t far enough from our Packs, but I only thought that for the first place we stayed at. The second, yes, there was still some hesitance so I agreed to go to another place, but on the
Warning: This chapter is graphic with violent scenes and post-battle injuries. Please read with caution. — I’ve never been more frightened until this very moment. Until two rogues, clearly much bigger and stronger than I am, are coming at me with all that they’ve got. I tried my best not to be tempted to turn around and get a look at how close or how far they were from me, knowing full well that if I do I will make one mistake like lose my momentum and then it would be all over for me. For Kylo and I. I based their distance from the sounds of their angry growls, leaves rustling, and branches breaking. Kylo, thankfully, was also running to get to us. Having been together for a few days, I managed to distinguish his growl from them and I could tell he was getting even more furious that these rogues just wouldn’t die. “Come on Evera, don’t give up on me now.” I told–pleaded–with my wolf as we ran and ran, our bodies not equipped with running at this speed for a longer time, but
It’s dark and it’s cold. So cold that my hands and feet are feeling numb and my lips are dry and chapped. I try to speak, but my throat is so dry that moving my mouth is a task. Finally, when I managed to open it, there were no words coming out. I tried to scream, tried to push any sound to be released from my own vocal chords, but there was completely nothing! I felt the panic rise in me and when I opened my eyes, darkness greeted me. There was not a single bit of light that it was almost like I hadn’t even opened my eyes at all. I blinked open and close trying to check if they were already open and after ten tries, I gave up. Wasting my energy trying to wish I was somewhere else beside this place wasn’t going to get me anywhere. I needed to do something fast. My survival instincts kicked in and even if I was still shivering from the cold, I pushed myself to move, making sure to remain cautious about my surroundings. Besides the thin cushion I was laying down on, there was n
– King Hunter Beowulf – It was nothing but bliss having Hailey back to me again, and sometimes I even wonder if she’s real, but god, every time she touches me, I know she is. I know she is as real as it gets, and I cannot get fucking enough of her. I’m walking down the hallway to her room where she’s getting ready for our wedding, the one that I had arranged instantly because there was no way in hell I was letting her pass by another second. “I’m coming in,” I said, slightly banging on the door. I heard a shriek on the other side and knew that it’s not Hailey’s. My suspicion was proven correct when the door opened ever so slightly and I saw my cousin staring at me angrily. “What the hell are you doing here? The groom cannot see the bride in her dress!” She huffed and I could hear Hailey’s chuckles at the back. God, I loved her laugh. Just hearing it from here makes my heart beat a little faster. If only Carol would go away so I can tame this beast inside of me trying to escape.
– King Hunter Beowulf – I held her in my arms, crying, wailing, sobbing uncontrollably. I thought that if I screamed harder for her that somehow, in some way, she would hear me and turn back around, that she would come back to me. But seconds passed, and then it turned into minutes, and Colt and Carol had arrived, too. They saw me on the floor, holding onto Hailey, begging for her to come back. “No! No! She can’t be gone!” Colt cried out and I heard Carol in her usual demanding voice telling other people what to do. “Did they check on her?! Where the hell are the healers?!” ‘They’ve already done everything they could. They pulled out the silver bullet in her, but it had seeped into her body far too fast than anybody would have ever thought possible. Whatever that crazy bitch Suzy had, it was powerful.’ I mindlinked to her because somehow words just can’t seem to come out of my lips. “Suzy…” I croaked out to Carol. She shook her head, anger and tears in her eyes, both emotion
There were a thousand different ways I thought this plan was going to go. One, we wouldn’t even be able to get Hunter alone because he’d be too surrounded by guards, or worse, Suzy. Two, he would be too hard-headed and wouldn’t easily be swayed and go with us. Three, he’d just scream bloody murder and kick me out. There were a lot of other things, but this, this was definitely not something I anticipated. He knew me. But not in a way I thought he would. It turns out, he’s been dreaming of me this whole time. It all sounded so insane, but by the shocked and disbelieving look on Hunter's face, I knew he was telling the complete truth. He had the look of a person who was definitely trying to remember my face from something he had already seen before. But when I told him who I really was, he looked like he wanted to throw me out of this car and into prison for committing treason against him. Totally not the romantic Hunter I used to know, but hey, that’s what this plan was for.
— King Hunter Beowulf — I haven’t had proper sleep for quite some time now. I don’t really know what’s going on with me, but every time I close my eyes, I see a woman. She’s dressed in a long red dress, her hair is a color I have never encountered before with silver streaks, and just looking at her from behind makes me feel something I’ve never felt before. My dream always starts with her turned around and when she starts walking, I call out for her. She keeps going, and every time I get closer to her, she runs further away until I am running and running and I become tired, breathless. At the last second, she turns to face me and when I am expecting to see a face, all I see is white where there is supposed to be one. I wake up sweating and panting, my heart thumping loud and fast. Tonight was no exception. I turned to my side and saw that Suzy was still sleeping soundly. I know because her mouth is wide open and she’s making small snoring sounds. I’ve learned to get used to
"Are you sure about this, Hails?" Colt asked for, I don't know, the one hundredth time. I'm putting a few things into a bag, just some clothes I'll need for the weekend, and the dress I plan to wear for the... events. I still can't stop pausing and reevaluating things every time I think about where I'm going, but right after I just keep going. I have to. I am determined to do this. To... end things, if ever. I know that seeing Hunter with that woman may either break me, or give me hope that one day Hunter will remember me still. I will go for that tiny sliver of hope. "Yes, and if you ask me again, I'm going to tell Caroline to ban you from getting on her plane." I joked and Colt looked at me with a fake offended expression. "I will not stay quiet while I am treated unfairly!" He exclaimed as he exaggeratedly placed his hand on his chest. "Go take a hike, Alpha Colt." I continued to tease and we ended up just laughing for minutes that my stomach started to hurt. Out of now
It's been five days since I got back home, back to my Pack, and each day I felt less strange than the last, but still, the feeling lingered. The feeling of me not being where I'm supposed to be, or rather who I'm supposed to be with. It was an endless and monotonous cycle of waking up and wishing I was right next to Hunter, then coming to terms with the fact that I couldn't, so I lived my days the best I could and the only way I could. I guess if there is one thing that I could be really grateful for is the fact that with my re-arrival, somehow, just like Colt mentioned, my family had... changed. A knock on my door startled me out of my thoughts and I pushed my blanket off me. "Good morning, Hailey! Are you up?" She asked on the other side. It was Heather. She's been doing this every morning since I arrived. The first time was weird as hell. And the second, third, but by the fourth time, I somewhat started getting used to it. By the fifth, I began to like it. "Yeah, let me ju
Just like Suzy said, they let me go. They picked me up because I was barely moving after watching Hunter disappear with that woman, tied something around my eyes, dragged me into a car, then sped off. I have no idea how long we were driving for. I have no idea what turns we took nor what exits. All I know is that when the car stopped, the person took the blindfold off of me, and then tossed me at the side of the road like I was nothing but a broken thing just to be thrown away. I don’t know what I was anymore. I just no longer felt myself, like a part of my soul had been torn apart from me and I could not utter a word or even think of anything else but him, but my Hunter. A painful thought came into my mind – he is no longer my Hunter. I wasn’t sure what happened after that. The rain had come from nowhere, and even when it got heavier, I didn’t move. I couldn’t move, not for shelter, not for food, not for anything. The next thing I know, I’m on bed and I’m opening my eyes as my
— King Hunter Beowulf — Mark her?! She wants me to mark her right in front of my mate?! I thought this bitch was crazy, but now I’m sure that she is, and not just that, but an actual deranged psycho–fucking–path. There was no fucking way I was going to do such a thing. Hailey was my mate and not anybody else. The only one that deserves my mark is her and if Suzy thinks she can force me to do otherwise, she’s more delusional than I thought. I know that Hailey is feeling the same way, too, and if I want my plan to work, I need her to be on the same page, but I don’t have a lot of time. Based on my calculations, I have about ten seconds to bring my fangs out, and another ten to sink them into Hailey’s neck and mark her once and for all. I didn’t want it to be like this. I didn’t want to do this in such a fucked up place and situation. I was planning for everything to be perfect, for the two of us to be in a special place for when I do it, but this leaves me no choice. If I want us
Even until the end, Hunter loved me until his dying breath. I cried and I cried until there were no more tears left to be released by my body, no more water, no more anything. Not a single word in the dictionary could describe what I was feeling. I was completely devastated. Heartbroken. Lost. Honestly, I wasn't even sure if I was still feeling anything. Seeing Hunter lying on the ground lifeless had destroyed me completely. I don't think I'll ever recover from this. And my biggest fear was him getting lost in my memory, our time together slipping away from my fingers, one question repeating in my head over and over again - was he ever really mine to lose? — I jolted awake, sweat covering me from head to toe, and my body was shaking rapidly. I was cold, but I was also too warm, like my body was on fire but I was thrown into negative temperature water. What... what the hell... Where... am I... now... I rubbed my eyes with my hands and right after I tried to move my body