Isabella's P.O.VEthan's face flashed that look of surprise immediately when he heard me wish him happy birthday and I realized that for real he had forgotten about his own birthday! This was not surprising anyway regarding the stress and burden of leadership that rested on his shoulders. I knew that things were quite disoriented at the pack but I wanted to do this anyway, to provide at least a moment's escape for him.“Oh.... Right. It is my birthday.“ He said slowly, realization dawning on him. “But how did you know?“ He asked.“I glanced through your journal when I went down to your study.“ I replied, uncertain of the reaction I might receive it after this revelation.Ethan's eyebrows shot up immediately as he looked at me questionably and I prayed silently for his anger not to rise. “Hmmm.. okay.“ Ethan stated simply. We had already talked about my visit to his study and I was glad he wasn't willing to dig it up again.Even though Ethan was not angry with me digging into his pe
Logan's P.O.VMy whole body ached as I bled out slowly. I wanted the torture to end and at the moment, I would gladly saw off my limbs to put a stop to the cruciating pain I was feeling with them. I was tied to the wall of the cave with my hands above me and I had been in this position for days now. I had even lost track of time but it felt like ages since the treacherous Elena had led me off Into the woods and into the hands of his maniac and psychotic brother.Axel was simply a mad man and a psychopath who took delight in other people's pain. I was tortured with moon lace and Wolfsbane which was excruciatingly painful to werewolves. No werewolf would dare touch wolfsbane willingly with their bare skin but this was what Axel used against me.I wondered why he had not killed me yet, that was obviously what Elena wanted, she wanted to take me out of play and rule my pack with false claims that she was carrying my child! What a load of horse shit!I was stupid and foolish to ever get e
Elena's P.O.VI paced my room to and fro with my heart racing with thought upon thought. Ethan kept slipping back into my thoughts no matter how hard I tried to keep him away from my head. At the moment I wanted nothing more than to squeeze the life out of his pathetic body and the more I thought about this, the clearer I could see his face laughing mockingly at me.I could not help but blame Isabella too. I felt that the reason why Ethan was here poking around was because of Isabella. I should have killed the stupid girl when I took Logan away from him! I should have put an end to her miserable life if only I knew that she would go on to become torn in my side! That was a big mistake on my part and now I had to deal with Ethan who was prowling about right here on her orders. I knew she was the one edging Ethan on.I was now reduced to being a prisoner in my own house and pack where I was supposed to be ruling as the Luna! Ethan's orders were clear and the cowards whom I had blindly
Ethan's P.O.VThe next few minutes were like hours to me as we moved about, overseeing the servants lay out a table and carry refreshments to the garden where my impromptu birthday celebration was supposed to be carried out. I wasn't overly thrilled with the idea but I was doing this to humor Isabella who had made sure that I remembered.The kiss I planted on her lips left both of us in silence and feeling awkward. I knew I shouldn't have done that. I was stronger than this petty nonsense and I shouldn't be going off the deep end with Isabella that way, I didn't want her to tag me as a freak.The first person to arrive was Brian. He appeared in his well ironed suit with his hair well styled. Seeing the man was a relief because the silence between I and Isabella was becoming way uncomfortable. I conversed with Brian while we waited for the arrival of the others and soon enough, the guests began to arrive by the numbers. There was my aunt and uncle, Talia and some captains in the pack
Ethan's P.O.VI woke very early the next day and took a while to recollect my thoughts before I finally sat up. Isabella was fast asleep, even though her back was turned towards me, I could sense that she was still asleep by the rising and falling of her chest. I got out of bed carefully in order not to disturb her sleep. Ever since we began our marriage contract, this was the very first time I had slept with her in the same bed without any rising issue. Well, we didn't really sleep together in the same bed a lot of times but it was still good to see that we had slept without an issue. By the time I showered Isabella was still in bed so I dressed up and left the house without bothering to wake her up. I made my way to the dungeons. I needed to see Mila and set things straight with her once and for all. The dungeons were dark and muddy as it always was and I found Mila sprawled on the dungeon floor, she immediately sat up against the wall when I walked in. I could see that she had
Isabella's P.O.VThe tears fell freely for Emily's eyes when she recounted her discussion with Ethan to me, she never imagined that she'll be going after all she's been through and after Ethan had promised that she'll be going home, Emily felt nothing but happy to finally leave the wastelands behind her. “That's great Emily.“ I said. “You deserve to rest too. Ethan was right to make this decision for you.“Emily managed a smile from her bed. “It's a shame I wouldn't be leaving with you Isabella, imagine how it'll be if we both return home together.“ She said.“We'll return together.“ I replied simply.Emily didn't really understand what I was saying. “You're going to visit? Is Ethan coming too?“ She asked.“No Emily, it's not a visit and Ethan is not coming.“ I replied and even though I tried to hide my feelings, I knew that Emily could see the pained expression on my face clearly.“What's wrong Isabella? What is happening?“ She questioned with her eyes searching mine questionably.“
Isabella's P.O.VI was taken aback by Ethan's proposal. The fabled community meeting was held annually and only when there were pressing matters to be discussed was it held outside its scheduled time. Only the Alpha's were allowed to attend that meeting and Ethan was clearly asking me to be in attendance.“I... You think it'll be okay if I attend?“ I asked in doubt.“Why not?“ He replied simply.“Well, I'm not an Alpha I'm I?“ I shrugged. “And besides, I'm not even a real Luna either.“ I protested.“That doesn't matter.“ Ethan replied calmly. “You're going to attend the meeting alongside me. One last meeting Isabella.“ He said.I sighed. One last meeting, I repeated this within me silently. I didn't know Ethan's motive for insisting that I attend this meeting but I was willing to do so since it would be the very last social function I'd have to attend with him before my departure.“Why don't you go take care of other things, I'll make sure everything is ready and set before the arriv
Isabella's P.O.VWhen we stepped into the pack house everything felt so different and totally strange for me and even though I had been in the room a number of times, I had never felt this way. The room was not just filled with pack members today but at each corner of the long table sat an Alpha and their Beta while their guards stood behind them grimly like statues. For once today, every chair at the long table was occupied except three chairs at the head of the table, chairs which belonged to Ethan, Brian and I. Everyone else was sitting already so when we walked in, all eyes turned towards me, giving me that feeling of being scanned. My grip on Ethan's hand tightened and he squeezed my hand slightly as we made our way from the door to our seats.I remembered Talia's advice and I smiled warmly as we took our seats. My smile was only met with blank stares and emotionless eyes of the Alpha's and their Beta's and it took a lot of will not to give up smiling.When Ethan finally sat