Anna's POV After cleaning up, I returned into the chamber and then began to get dressed, all the while my thoughts on Maya. With my lips in between my teeth, I swirled in Alpha Jasper's direction only to see him staring at me. “Is anything the problem?” I asked, my gaze not leaving him. “I should be the one asking you that. Tell me, what exactly is the issue? You have been acting weird since the day began and you claim you're not sick?” “I told you I'm alright and you should stop bothering about me.” I snapped at him, rolling my eyes to the back of my head. “If you say so, let's go have breakfast together.” He said, turning towards the door but instead of going with him, I began to walk towards the bed. Now lying on my side, I had my back turned to him, “I'm not hungry, I need some rest.” I could hear the sigh of frustration erupting from his lips but I wasn't moved. Pulling the blanket over my head, I tried to smuggle deep into the bed but he held it and then to
Anna's POV Inside the carriage, I was fiddling with my fingers with my head buried as I thought about what Beta Jacob had said to Alpha Jasper. Still worried about Maya's whereabouts, I wanted to get off the carriage and return to the palace but it was too late and Alpha Jasper was definitely not going to let me. Shutting my eyes tightly, I shook my head sideways only to snap my eyes open the next minute. When we got to the path that separated the pack from the woods, the carriage man steered it into the woods and at once I began to wonder what the hell was going on. Grasping my dress, I kept staring at the lush vegetation, my mind running haywire with different ideas all at once. Suddenly, the carriage stopped and Beta Jacob stepped out, followed by Alpha Jasper who helped me out. Because of his huge size, it was hard to see what was in front of me until I left his back and almost immediately my eyes caught sight of the physician. His tools laid by his side and
Anna's POV “Please go with him, Maya will be fine. All you need to do is believe, okay.” Alpha Jasper mused. Wrapping his hand around my neck, he patted my cheek before he let go of me. “Please…” I continued pleading like I was at the verge of falling off a high cliff which was eventually going to claim my life. Despite all my pleas that I should remain with Maya, Alpha Jasper didn't listen to me, making me feel bad and mad at myself. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. If only I had stopped Maya from stepping out yesterday, this wouldn't have happened. Now kneeling beside my bed since I was too weak to stand, I had my head buried in my pillow, my lips quivering. “Maya, please forgive me. I should have stopped you and this wouldn't have happened.” I groaned. My eyes were burning with tears that wanted to roll down my cheeks, but I held them in. If anything, I needed to be strong for Maya. Still on my knees, the door creaked open, and at once, I
Alpha Jasper's POV When Beta Jacob told me about the incident, I was stunned. Even though I was anticipating something of this sort to happen,I never thought it was going to be this soon. If I had known it was going to happen soon, I would have allowed Anna to leave when she wanted to but I couldn't afford to let her off my sight. On arrival at the scene, I wasn't surprised since I had already visualized the scene in my head. Whilst Anna was throwing tantrums, I felt a jabbing pain in my chest and the gnawing desire to put an end to Selena. “You aren't in my place so you have no idea how I feel right now.” Anna yelled, poking her hand into my chest. “Don't say that, we are in this together.” I said, trying to pacify her but she wouldn't buy it. She kept on yelling and crying. At this point, I was lost on what to do. Anna was too angry to listen to what I had to say. She believed I had a hand in what was going on. Selena had been a thorn in our flesh for a while no
Alpha Jasper's POV Still pondering on the possibility of Selena being the culprit, the physician suddenly rose, startling me in the process. Staring at him with a raised brow, I tried to make him speak but he was mute, making me wonder what the issue was. “Can I at least get an explanation of what is happening?” I asked after a while. “My lord, this is more serious than I thought.” He mumbled, darting his eyes around. Tugging his hair with a frustrated look on his face, he began to mutter incoherent words to himself while he paced about. The more he did this, the apprehensive I became. If anything happens to Maya, I doubt if I would return to the palace to face Anna. She was definitely going to throw a fit and only the moon goddess knows what will happen after that. Biting my lower lips, I stepped forward to find out for myself what the issue was and almost immediately I saw it. Maya was discharging black blood from her nose. At this point, I knew that if ca
Anna's POV It hadn't been long since I woke up with a start. I had cried myself to sleep earlier, draining me of all my energy and once again, I was up and was about to repeat the same thing. Staring at the door with my legs pulled up to my chin, I kept on praying and hoping that someone would walk through it. It doesn't matter who the person is at this point, I just want someone to walk in and tell me that everything is going to be fine. I just need reassurance that Maya was going to return to my side and I swear with all that I have, this was going to be the last time we would engage in something of this sort. Still staring at the door, my eyes began to hurt as tears started to pool in it, making me uncomfortable. Several times, I tried to take my eyes off the door but I couldn't, I ended up returning my gaze to it. When I couldn't take it anymore, I sat upright only to fall back to the bed with a thud. I was weak and I couldn't sit still for up to a minute.
Anna's POV The more I stared at Beta Jacob, the more apprehensive I became. I could literally feel life seeping out of me. For the past few weeks when he came around to speak to Alpha Jasper in my presence, he always came with bad news. Shaking my head I tried to push the thought off my mind but the more I tried, it remained stuck in my head. Blinking my eyes rapidly, I held the hem of my dress, squeezing on it like it was going out of fashion. “Be positive.” I muttered, trying to calm myself and my wolf which was already tossing in anger and uneasiness. When it seemed like Beta Jacob wasn't going to state his mission anytime soon, I stepped forward but before I could speak, Alpha Jasper beat me to it. “Are you going to speak or not?” His tone was cold and icy making me scared even more. Rubbing my sweaty palm against my dress, I kept staring at him. It was as if time stood still because I felt it was already half an hour. “My lord, Maya, is awake.” He finally
Alpha Jasper's POV Watching the two bonding made a bright smile appear on my face and I couldn't help but to thank the mom goddess for bringing her back to life. With my hands across my chest, I kept staring, waiting for the perfect time to interrupt them. Immediately Anna asked the one question that had been ringing in her head all along, I signaled the physician to step out and he obliged. Pushing my hands into my pockets, I began to walk towards them and I was quick enough to join them when she called the name SELENA. “I knew she was the one all along but Alpha Jasper wouldn't believe me.” Anna yelled, fist pumping the air. She was about to repeat the same thing when I held her hand from behind, halting her actions. “If you keep up with this, you're going to hurt yourself.” I said, helping her sit back in the chair she was occupying. Now towering about Maya who had her head buried, I asked, “Are you certain?” “Yes.” She nodded and on Anna's request, she recoun