ANNE'S POVIt had been few weeks after the incident that happened when I had visited Emily's home.I woke up this particular morning feeling extremely tired and gloomy.It felt like all the energy had been drained from my body overnight."Good morning." Nicole's cheery voice rang out as she barged in and I groaned out loud, dragging the covers up over my head."Wake up sleepyhead, it's bright out already." She said, as she dragged the curtains apart, allowing light to flood into my room and I squinted my eyes at the sudden invasion of light."Nicole, please just let me sleep some more." I rasped out, my voice dry and croaky."No, you've slept enough. Now get up, you look like a sexy mess." Nicole said, wrinkling her nose at me.Before I could respond, she went up to my closet and dragged it open."Now let's see which outfit would look good enough for today." She chirped noisily and I groaned even more, looking over in her direction.She was seriously rummaging through my closet, picki
ANNE'S POVOnce Celyn was done talking to Lydia, all three of us headed down to the living room to wait for the brothers again.While we waited, Nicole got impatient and went off to find them herself.I was left all alone with Celyn and I sized her up and down from the corner of my eye and got a feeling that she was also doing the same."So Anne, how long have you been here?" she asked suddenly, interrupting the silence in the room and I looked up at her."It's been a long while." I replied and kept shut after.After a few seconds of silence, I spoke up again, "Nicole is really enamoured with you."She smiled softly at my statement, " Yes she is and I absolutely adore her too." She said."She has been my best friend ever since we were kids and no one can replace her importance in my life or mine in her life." She added and although I tried not to see it as such, her words still felt like snide remarks.I grabbed my phone and started scrolling across the entertainment news, refusing to
CELYN'S POVAfter we came back from touring around the city, I headed up to the room I had been assigned to drop my things and went to sleep.The room was right beside Nicole's room but farther from the rest of the Alphas.Then, the next morning I woke up and freshened up and decided to unpack my luggage, I hadn't been able to do that yesterday since Nicole had been dragging me up and about when I came.I had been delighted at Nicole's excitement to see me after years of being apart and Cameron and Carson were happy to see me too.Only Cadel had been a little aloof.He had always been like that towards me and I always wondered why.Based on the bubbly and soft personality I always showed to people, no one had ever had a reason to dislike me.The elderly adored me and the young always wanted to be friends with me.Although I had told Nicole that I was back home because Stephen wanted me home, that wasn't the entire truth.Part of the reason I came back was because of Cadel.Ever since
ANNE'S POV"Cadel calm down." I called out to him as he paced furiously around my room."How are you so calm? She could have hurt you." He said."Yes I know but she didn't so just let it go." I muttered softly.He had been like this ever since he brought me into my room."Don't tell me to let it go. I've had enough of her." He said."If it weren't because of my relationship with her brother and Nicole, I would have had her thrown out the minute she tried to deliberately splash that coffee on you." He spat out angrily again."You noticed that too?" I asked in surprise.I didn't think anyone except me saw past the perfect facade Celyn had been putting on."Yes, it's hard not to notice and I'm not as gullible as the rest of my siblings, her petty tricks don't work on me." He explained."Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, turning to look at me with a deadpan look on his face."Sorry, I didn't want to ruin Nic's excitement and everyone else seems to like her so I didn't think they would be
ANNE'S POVThe evening summer breeze bundled its aurroundings in an embrace of warmth.As the sun set across the horizon, the sky sinked into a depth of oblivion.I walked down the long road that led to the mansion from the greenhouse, the setting sun casting a warm glow on the building from afar.On our way back, Nic had changed her mind and headed out, I had no idea where she was headed but I didn't want to pry either.Even though we had gotten quite close, I still wanted to respect her privacy.When I got to the entrance of the mansion, the Deltas pulled open the huge doors for me and I nodded gently at them.Everyone around treated me really well and they showered me with respect that I had never had in my previous pack.The feeling that gave me was wholesome, I was finally experiencing the love and happiness I only ever dreamt of before.I smiled in contentment as I walked down the hallway that led to the living room.A human form lying on the sofa caught my attention just as I w
ANNE'S POVThe first rays of sunlight lit up my room, the dawn chorus of melodic bird songs drifted in.I rubbed my bleary eyes and walked to the window. There was a pearly glow in the sky.Why had I woken up so early, now I couldn't go back to sleep.I rolled around in my bed trying to get some more sleep before I would have to rise for my daily activities but sleep eluded me.'You really should get a job' I said to myself after the realization that ever since I had arrived in Lakeshore pack, I hadn't done any proper job and had just been depending on the Alphas for everything I needed.Inwardly, I scolded myself, promising to do better.Although no one requested me to work, I felt a tinge of guilt within me.Dragging myself out of bed, I took my bath and got dressed in a white v-neckline chiffon top and a black and white checkered pleated skirt and headed downstairs.The mansion was unusually quiet this morning and having nothing to do, I headed to the kitchen to help out in prepar
ANNE'S POVI spent the rest of my day holed up in the library and soon, night fell.Just as I entered my room after coming from the library, a knock sounded on my door."Come in." I answered and Nicole walked in.There was something in her arms and she walked in and laid it on my bed.It was a pink box decorated all over with paintings of a yellow daffodil.She knelt down next to my bed and untied the straps, swung open the lids and brought out a dress and draped it on my bed.I realized it was a dress, precisely the dress she had said she would bring up for me to wear for the party tonight."Its beautiful." I exclaimed in delight."Try it on." She urged and I picked up the gown and put it on.It was a royal blue silk dress with a slightly plunging neckline.The skirt spread out into ruffled tiers and the waist was embellished with diamond stones that seemed to accentuate my waist even more.It was a little offthe shoulder and showed off my collarbones exquisitely.The outfit was a bi
NICOLE'S POVThe all girl's out evening was going well until I witnessed Anne pushing Celyn into a pool at Ellen's coming of age party.I would have thought it a minor mistake if she hadn't just stood there and watched while Celyn almost drowned but she did.Eventually, I had ended up saving Celyn and bringing her back home but I was incredibly pissed at Anne.How could she have done something like that?If I hadn't been present and someone had recounted the events of earlier to me, I would refuse to believe it.But I had seen it with my own eyes and disappointment was an understatement for how I felt towards Anne.Starting from the day we had a conversation about Celyn almost spilling hot tea on her, I had a feeling she didn't like Celyn that much, which was why I tried to make them bond by going on outings together and always including them both in my activities but I guess all of that was useless.I still didn't understand what kind of grudge Anne was holding against Celyn up to t