63. Goodbye For Good!
Jake never felt this intimidated before. And across whom? A girl! He stood consciously under Aria's scrutinizing gaze as he threw sharp and venomous daggers at his friend holding his hand.
"Let go." Jake said severely.
"Come on, don't be ridiculous. There's no way you are leaving it whatever that is you have between yourselves unfinished." Neil jumped in their conversation while Aria gaped at them curiously.
"Stop it." Jake eyed them.
Neil refused to listen to him and faced Aria, "He's my best friend and I care for him more than my mate. So Aria, there's something you need to know about him." Jake tried to pull him away. "All this while whenever we bullied you, it was done on Jake's insistence."
"What?" Aria's eyes were sharp and assessing.
"Jake made us do it… so that he could come and be the savior of your life. So you noticed him." He turned to shrug at Jake. "
64. GriefWhen Aria punched that out, Jake never assumed she would abide by her words. Because after that conversation with Jake, she never spared him a look. Ten days down in their lives, and she had still not looked at him. She didn't have any time to look at him provided that she made friends and they kept her entertained. Kai's mate, Daisy, was one of them. She disliked Kai and the gang of his bully friends. She was a feminist and the talks of Kai and his notorious friends led her to maintain distance from him. No matter how much Kai attempted, she found a way to ignore and piss him. When Daisy perceived Aria had problems with the same boys group, she quickly became friends with her. Then there was Patty, a girl from the preceding grade aka their junior. The little nerd was being pestered by the boys of her class when Aria found her. This led to expansion to her friend circle, and now she had three other shy nerds from Patty's grade. Aria did not feel ashamed hanging out with j
65. Aria's First Date!She looked at the closed door and then behind herself at the complete darkness. A feeling of beingstuck, being committed to this moment, pierced through her veins and settled like congealed sludge in her belly.Talk? What talk was he talking about? If he thought she was okay with getting humiliated and then approached again for the same thing she was humiliated for then he was wrong. She wasn't going to get along with this easily. Because Aria was super mad. Even enraged.'At least he's making an effort to talk.' Melody rolled her eyes as she recalled Noah and his selfish ass. That jerk never approached her at all.She shoved that remark away and focused on the handsome face that's coming to annoy her now. His words bit through her heart that day. Aria recalled how much she'd cried that night to the pillow.She's never felt so bad. Yes she was an omega. Yes her status was low in the pack. Yes nothing c
66. Shopping For Her First Date Aria tried on another dress and stepped out of the changing room to stop in front of Daisy, "What do you think?"Bright afternoon light made her dark blue off-shoulder dress shimmer. It was small and ended above her mid thighs. The fitting was perfect... As if it was made exclusively for Aria."Gurlll, I wanna kiss the heck out of your face." Daisy's animated expression heated up her face."Erm, does this suit me?""Suit you? Baby, this color is made for you." Daisy grabbed her shoulders and swirled her around.Aria prayed she must not slip and fall since her feet were adorned with high heeled glossy stilettos with cute shimmery butterflies under her ankles on both sides."Tony will lose his fucking brains right after the first glance. You have no idea how pretty you are looking!" Thankfully Daisy stopped spinning her around. Aria walked towards the wall of the mirror and saw herself. 'Gosh, I would marry you if I could, Aria!' Melody made her laugh a
67. One Night Stand With Tony!!!! "I agree Kai is very bad, but not to the extent that I should be holding him at an arm's length." Daisy said with an apologetic smile as if it was a hard thing she had to do to change her boy. "I let him make love to me so he knows I am still his. And as long as he does not bully innocent people, I let him have me one day out of seven. But when he changes completely, which I think will take a while, then he can have me every night as long as he doesn't impregnate me."Aria forced a smile and pulled the bag of her dress to stare into it to excuse herself for a while. In the last ten days, the pain caused by Jake's harshness was the second reason that made her cry at night. The first reason was the tearing pain in her heart that emancipated from Noah's adultery with her oh-so-lovely girlfriend aka her best friend's sister, Lana. He had had sex with her eight times out of ten days. And the pain sprouted from it was like a fork scraping at her heart i
68. Aria in danger?!! She was cute. Her bond with Kai was so messed up yet so pure. They acted crazy all the time in school. But their chemistry in private was like a goal other couples would love to achieve. Kai was a good mate. He was outdoing himself. "Daisy," Aria called for her with her heart settling down in distress as she thought about her own mate. "What would you have done if Kai was a heartless mate?" "Heartless mate?" Daisy turned back to Aria, the redness of her cheeks gone. "I mean to say.. What would have been between you two if he was selfish?" "Can you elaborate a little more? You know I am a slow learner.""Okay, so what I mean to say is that if your mate was bad to you, always hurt you, never believed you even if the truth was clear in front of him, dated another girl, had sex with her all the time without caring about how you'd feel, and if he never came to your help when you were in need of a rescue... What would you've done then? How would you have dealt wit
69. Preparing for the date The following day arrived and passed by like a ride in a ferris wheel. Too short to do a thing. Aria sighed at the clock and then at her dress that was nearly placed on the bed with her sandals and jewelry she was going to wear with it."Uff, Aria, you're still not ready?" Daisy walked in her room with wide eyes."I've been preparing all day but still..." Aria forwarded her wet painted nails. "I am still not ready.""Well I can see that. It's twenty-five to nine, Aria! You need to hurry." Daisy set her side bag aside and rushed out of Aria's room. She returned with a bowl of water, "Here, dip your nails in the water.""But they're wet!" "I know, silly. This is cold water. It'll help set your polish faster without ruining it. And you don't have to sit under the fan to dry it." Aria didn't protest. She quickly put her hands in the water and bit her lips. It was cold. She can feel the tips of her fingers getting numb. But it was worth it if it saved her tim
70. The date night"Aria! Aria!!!" She felt a jerk and came back to present with a gasp expelling from her mouth. "Are you alright, Aria!" Daisy helped her sit on the chair and quickly brought her a glass of water. "Here, drink this." Aria desperately threw it down her throat and wiped her lips with the back of her hands. While Daisy sat near her feet with a worried face, Aria found Melody breathing heavily within her, 'Are you okay, Aria.''Yes, I am. What about you?' She answered back to her wolf. 'Thankfully, I am.' Melody replied. 'What was that, Melody? I don't understand what I just saw.' Aria spoke on the link. 'It wasn't a dream, was it?' Melody took her time before she responded, 'It wasn't a dream, Aria.''Then what, Melody!' 'You have unearthed one of your skills as a mage, Aria.' Melody's voice was streaked with exhilaration. 'One of my skills as a mage?' 'Yes, Aria! Pre-vision. You can see visions. Isn't that awesome!' 'It is, but if it's going to be this intimi
71. A kiss of the first date As Tony's car disappeared in the thick night, Kai jumped out of nowhere with his phone pressed to his ear, "Bro, they just left!" "Kai?" Daisy was standing by the door of Aria's house. She had come to watch her leave with Tony. She quickly closed the door and came rushing towards him. "I'll follow them for you, don't worry." He acknowledged her presence with a small smile and continued to talk on the call. His free hand went around her waist, then down to her ass to give it a light squeeze. It was followed with a spank that left Daisy with shocked eyes. "What are you doing here?" Daisy asked but Kai was still busy. He was talking about the same place Aria was moving towards with Tony. She didn't know what was going on in his mind. When he disconnected the call and turned to her to kiss her, she put a hand on his mouth and glared at him. Kai frowned, "Baby, you've promised to give me a kiss everytime we meet. Why are you breaching your own rules
126. Jake nodded before he ran a hand through his hair, "I learned a valuable lesson, Kai. Don't jump to conclusions. Communicate.” "And don't let assumptions cloud your judgment." Kai added. Jake smiled wryly, "Yeah, that too." "You'll get through this, Jake. You and Aria will work things out." "Yeah, we will. I'll drop to my knees if that's what it'd take to make things right with her." Jake said as he prepared to get up.Kai noticed it and asked him where he was preparing to go."To meet Aria, where else?" Jake shrugged. "I was feeling too ashamed to go to her after I saw the video. But after talking to you, I realized I should be with Aria already."The color of Kai's face changed. He tried to make Jake stay as going to Aria's house was going to send his anger soaring. Everything was still a mess after Noah's leave. Aria was missing too."Man, I can't put off seeing her any longer. I need to be with her as I've already made a huge mistake by staying away. The asshóles at scho
125. Jake's POV "Jake, you are here and I looked for you everywhere." Kai stopped next to his best friend in the sports ground of their school.The lights surrounding the ground illuminated intensely as Jake remained seated in the centre on the ground. The night sky was starless and the moon was crescent. Heavy grey clouds floated overhead as the winds started growing stronger.Kai, who had been searching for Aria, had noticed Jake's car parked just outside the school's gate. Although his priority was to find Aria, Kai needed to have a serious conversation with Jake too. Hence, he decided to prioritize meeting Jake first before resuming to look for Aria.He sat next to Jake on the ground as he realized that his friend was blankly staring at the goal net. His knees were drawn closer to his chest, his hands wrapped around them, while I deep frown set between his brows.Although the stench of alcohol clung to him like a long lasting perfume, what really puckered his own eyebrows was V
124. Veronica's dirty strategy! Jake's POV Disgust slid through me as I pulled away from her. I roughly wiped a hand on my mouth before spitting out my saliva to get rid of the taste of her blood.She seethed as I spit out several times and dashed my hand recklessly over my mouth. "What the fuck, Jake Ragnar? Who do you think you are!" Rage nearly consumed me as I scowled at her in response and snatched her arm to yank her closer, "Who do you think you are, huh? How dare you seduce me?" "Seduce you? Don't act like a jerk, Jake! It was you who pulled me in your lap. I just came to say hello!"I swept a gaze over her body. She was barely dressed. What I felt smooth under my touch wasn't her top— she was actually naked. She had no panties on and that spoke a lot about her intention. She did it deliberately. She knew I'm drunk and not in the right mind to inspect between the right and wrong. This bitch! My wolf hollered, wanting to come out. He was already pissed at me for acting lik
123Jake's POV The last time I felt humiliated in my life was when— I clearly remember that day like it happened yesterday— I was an eight year old child and in a summer camp. My father had accompanied me as it was a condition of the camp to have at least one parent coming with their child.Mom was usually committed to pre-scheduled parties with other Lunas and was too stubborn to cancel them for a camp which she stated would be too boring for her. But I wanted to go as all my friends were going. That's when dad canceled some of his meetings, which as an alpha he shouldn't have, and came with me.The part where I felt utterly humiliated was when I was reciting the poem I've written for my father. It was a task given to all the children. We were asked to write either an essay or a poem for our parents. I wanted to outshine other kids and show that I was a future alpha, and hence, I chose to write a rhyming poem while everyone else stuck with writing an essay.And as I was extremely eag
122. "My father only loves his reputation and power. Don't worry about him. He would hardly feel bad if I left." I remarked with no expression. "But he's your father. How could you—" "You can't convince me to stay, Harry. I've made up my mind. I'm going to take them down, no matter what it costs." "Uncle Zavier will not appreciate this. I don't think he would like it if he knows you're joining the war he himself is staying away from." Harry shook his head clearly indicating that he wasn't going to take me along. It made my anger worse. I seethed and grabbed the front of his shirt. "I'm not a child anymore. I'm a warrior and this is my fight. Don't try to take that away from me, Harry. If dad wants to stay away then it is his choice. I can't leave my family to thrive alone when I know I have the ability to and I can help them win."Harry remained firm on his words but the need to get away from this pack and its people made me try harder to convince him. "You don't know what it's
121The addition she made regarding Jake made my eyes burn. I felt my limbs quivering. That all-encompassing feeling of pain washed over me again and I found myself staring at Harry, who was watching me have a battle with my wolf. "It's okay if you don't believe me, Aria. But maybe this will help you know I am not making up stories." He said as he passed his phone to me. I took it with shaking hands and played the video that was on pause. A corrosive pain shot up my spine and burst forth in my entire body. My knees gave way, and I fell on the floor. My agonized sobs bounced off the walls as I cried my heart out. I desperately wished it wasn’t true, but like every other cruel reality I’ve faced, the video was undeniably real.Jake was talking about me in the video with Kai and Neil. They were teasing him by taking my name and he rolled his eyes. They asked if it was genuine this time but Jake laughed out loud and said he wouldn't be tolerating me if I wasn't my father's daughter.I
120"Let me start from the start, Aria. That way you'll get a better idea of what I'm trying to tell you... Actually, our grandfather used to be one of the greatest and strongest Alphas of his time. He had a huge flourishing pack named Berrywood Pack. All of us were happy in our lives, and then, one day your father came to visit our pack to help us.""Rogues have always been a problem, Aria. They were a little more daring in the past than they are now. In the past, they would just pick up any she-wolf or girl child they liked and had their way with them. Or worse, pick an entire pack and threaten them to send a woman on a daily basis to them. And if their conditions weren't agreed with, they would declare war. That's why your father was invited by our grandfather to kill these rampant rogues and finish their terror forever."Harry's eyes gleamed as he went on, "None of us knew that your father would find his mate in our pack, and that it would be none other than the Alpha's Daughter,
119Aria's POVMy fingers twitched and my forearms numbed from the onset of overwhelming emotions that surged through my body. My face was tingling and my jaw had become stiff. I couldn't move my jaw, much less part it and breathe.I was desperately struggling to regain control but I felt as though I was pushed, head deep, in freezing water. And no matter how much I struggled to come back on the surface, it was futile.A point came when I fell on my side and ended up curling myself into a ball. I covered my head with my hands, my entire body buzzing with a tingling sensation.Was this death? Is this how it felt when your soul left your body?I won't know whether or not it was death because the moment I willingly closed my eyes to accept the end of my life— which I thought it was— I sensed warm arms lifting me up.My body teetered as someone held me close to a warm chest and began to walk. The foul smell of garbage began to drift away, indicating that I was being carried away to a bette
118Aria's POVAfter leaving my house and Kai and Daisy in it, I rushed into a dark alley to cry my heart out. I was in pain I couldn't narrate. My heart was hurting from Jake's ignorance while my body vibrated from the after-effects of my mate's force used on me. My life went from bright to dark overnight. I was made to pay for a mistake I didn't even commit. My wolf was howling for respite. We both needed some rest. All these hours we tolerated since the morning has taken a toll on her. However, we refused to relax. Not now. Not when our eyes were blazing with the fire of revenge. Melody and I have vowed to not sit quiet until we settled scores with Noah Rhodes. That bastard caught us off guard. He attacked me when I was not prepared. But now my veins were fueled with aggression, my limbs aching to fight back. My mind was compelling me to use all the tricks I have learned from my father through intense training. I moved in the darkness as I made my way to Noah's house in search o