-Stefan-I watched as Ethan laid Angeline gently on her bed as I hung up the call with Lucas. I turned to my friend whose arrogance had disappeared.“What the hell is wrong with you?” I asked in hushed but angry tones as I pulled his arm to turn him and face me. Ethan was quiet as he looked at Angeline’s almost lifeless body. “Ethan, I am all out in understanding you but you better start talking before I lose it,” I said, “What the hell is wrong with you?”Ethan looked at me as he ran a hand through his already messed-up hair. This made me realize that something was definitely wrong with him.“I am losing my patience, Ethan,” I said running my hand through my own hair, “You better start talking.”A heavy sigh escaped his lips, as he sat by the side of the bed beside Angeline and he held her hand in his. A part of me wished that it was me sitting in that position but I know that I already lost the right to do that. I sat on the couch near the bed as I waited for my friend’s explanat
-Ethan-I looked at Angeline’s sleeping form as she fought the sickness that as per Uncle Kristoff, was caused because she wasn’t still mated. I don’t know what to say or how to feel about all of this because truth be told all I feel now is pain. I know that I haven’t given her the chance to talk to me or explain. I know that there are so many questions that were left unanswered between us and I know that we should be talking about it now. “So,” Stefan said after giving me a few minutes of silence. “Are you going to start talking or am I going to start asking?”I release a heavy breath hoping that it will take a bit of weight off my shoulder but it didn’t. I look at my friend, my best friend. We used to know each other so well. Used to have each other’s back, until, she came.“Did you know that she was supposed to be mine?” I asked not looking at him but instead, I had my eyes trained on Angeline. “She was my blind date,” I said not waiting for his reply. I know that he knows a bit
-Angeline-I don’t know how long I had been sleeping but the moment that I opened my eyes, I was surprised to see where I was.I looked at my surroundings seeing the familiar color of walls and the familiar design of the room.“Good Morning,” I turned to see Stefan’s smiling face as he looked at me. “How long was I out?” I asked, using my elbow, I tried to rise from my bed but he stopped me. “You don’t have to move so much,” he said as he looked at me brows crumpled as concern showed on his face. “You just slept for a few hours,” he said, to answer my first question, “And honestly you need to rest more.“I think I’m fine,” I replied as I pulled myself together and sat up. I was waiting for him to say something to stop me but he remained silent. Instead, he helped me by placing a pillow behind my back checking if I was comfortable in my position before taking his seat on the couch beside my bed.“Where’s Ethan?” I asked, trying to act like I didn’t care even though I did.“He’s just
-Stefan-I know that she was hurt, I was just not expecting her to hurt this much. Hearing her story about how Clarisse and Claire had hurt her makes me want to look for them and make them suffer. She doesn’t deserve what they did to her.But I can’t deny that a part of how people treated her was my fault. I know my actions aren’t an excuse, and I have no intention of making it into one. I will never give her excuses, not this time. It’s one of the promises that I had made to the moon goddess when I was looking for her, how I would give her everything that I could give just to make her happy even if it meant that her happiness was not with me. I watched as our son played with her, and I can still remember the look on her face when she heard what our son had called her. Honestly, I was a bit surprised to see that our son recognized her before I did. I can still remember the conversation that I had with him and was glad that it wasn’t hard to explain to him who Angeline was. ‘What
-Angeline-Trigger Warning!There is a mention of rape, in this chapter and if that is a trigger for you, I would advise that you skip this chapter.********I thought the greatest surprise of my life was hearing my son call me mommy but hearing the reason why Stefan and Ethan were asking me to choose my mate was a bit overwhelming. I repeated what Stefan had just told me in my head as if trying to make sense of what he just told me.‘And that’s not all,” Stefan started to say, ‘You need to be claimed. Which is why Ethan and I needed you to make a choice. Because there is still a possibility that your father will use the trance just to claim you and in order for that to stop, you need to be claimed.’‘Because the last that we heard is that your father is looking for you.’Horror filled my entire being upon hearing Stefan’s last words.No, it can’t be…My father is dead, Stefan saved me from him. He’s dead. And yet despite my efforts the memories that I kept hidden in a box erupted
-Angeline-I don’t know how long I had been holding onto Stefan or how long we were in silence. All I knew was that once again I was brought to that day when I found out that he was my Fated Mate. The day when he showed me compassion and sympathy while my father showed me none. Stefan was silent the whole time that he was holding me. His calm breathing helped me relax as he waited for me to be okay.As I slowly pulled away, Stefan kneeled in front of me and examined my face. I know he was checking up on me. Making sure that I was really okay. “Thank you,” my voice was hoarse, as I sniffled. “You don’t have to thank me, Angeline,” Stefan said his voice so calm and soft that it almost sounded like a whisper. “You know that I would do everything for you, everything that is within my power and capabilities of course.” I smiled at him. Surprising him and myself.“It’s been a while since I saw that smile,” Stefan said as he smiled at me. “I’m sorry for being emotional,” I said, “I thi
-Angeline-It has been over an hour since Stefan left and I have been feeling nervous that Ethan decides not to come. That it was official, he hates my guts. I was about to accept that fact until I heard a knock on the door before it opened, followed by heavy footsteps. “Hey,” I heard his voice before I saw his face. “How are you?” He asked, untying the knots from my stomach. “Better, I think,” I replied and he nodded. He took a seat on the couch that was previously occupied by Stefan. And we stayed seated looking everywhere except at each other. And then silence.A very long silence that felt suffocating. Until Ethan broke it.“Stefan said you wanted to talk to me.”“Yes,” I replied.He nodded as if urging me to speak. “I don’t know what happened between us,” I admitted as I looked down at my hand avoiding the look in his eyes. “And I can’t really thank you more than enough for all the things that you have done for me.” My heart was beating so fast and so hard that I thought he
-Stefan-I thought I was making progress with Angeline until she asked for Ethan. I know that I did so many despicable things and yet, here I am still hopeful that she would give me, give us another chance. “Dwadee!” My son called out as he raced towards me. I bent down and picked him up and then threw him in the air as he giggled when I watched him. “Where’s Angeline?” Mrs. Smith asked. I looked at her and gave her the best smile I could give before saying, “She’s with Ethan.” I tried to make it sound like it didn’t bother me when the truth of the matter says that it really does bother me. The look that Mrs. Smith had given me told me that I failed to make her believe the little lie I was telling her. “Everything’s going to be okay,” she said as she patted my shoulder. “I’m fine,” I replied, even though everything around me screams that I’m not. “We’ll be going to school now,” Mrs. Smith said and I nodded as I put my son down. Elias stood beside me and asked, “You sure, you’r
-Stefan-As the war erupted, I made sure I didn’t lose sight of Angeline. I watched how she fought on her own, without using our son’s power.The first wave of newborns came and as much as it pains me to see all the lives that had been lost, I know for a fact that killing them would give them the peace that they long for. Angeline continued her trek toward the source of all this bloodshed and none of the newborns dared touch her. It was as if she was wearing an invisible shield all around her. Unfortunately for the newborns, such a shield does not save them from her. She continued to slice everyone who comes to her even those who don’t directly do. She cut the heads of those trying to kill our people and kept as many of them as safe as she could. She was ruthless as she was passionate and I know that when the clock struck 12, I would lose the most important person in my life. ‘Don’t do this,’ once again I begged the love of my life to reconsider the decision she made. Her eyes went
-Angeline-I don’t know what happened or when it started. Or when Elias slipped out of the room as Stefan and I started to bicker about something I felt was already decided.After what seemed to be an hour of non-stop shouting because we thought it would make a difference or that what we were saying could be heard, we both looked at each other as we both slumped on the floor. “I can’t Angeline,” he said as his voice cracked and pain was painted on his face. “I just can’t lose you again.”“You won’t,” I replied but didn’t promise as I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to fulfill it. “You won’t know the outcome,” Stefan cried as he leaned his head back against the wall. “Baby we can’t just let them die,” I pointed out. “As leaders of this pack, we need to make sacrifices to make people safe.” Even if those sacrifices meant that we were destined to be together. “Haven’t we sacrificed enough?” Stefan asked. “This is too much.”“Stefan, this is our only hope, and I am not just doing this f
-Stefan-There was a way out of this mess and yet I don’t want it. Angeline, my son, and I already spoke over the phone regarding it but I couldn’t for the life of me agree with the plan. But what I hated more than the plan was being stuck in this cottage feeling powerless. I hated the fact that I was once again leaving my wife, my Luna, and my Mate in danger. I am the Alpha of this pack and yet I haven’t done anything good to her. The only time that I saved her, or I think I did was also the time that I brought her to face so many hardships and pain alone. Isn’t there a way that I would be the sacrifice instead of her?Goddess, why can’t it be me?A commotion outside of the room pulled me out of my negativity as I stood and opened the door to check on it. “What the hell is—,” I wasn’t able to finish my sentence as I saw the reason for the commotion standing in front of me. “Angeline,” I breathed, as I was taken aback by her beauty. It’s been a while since I saw her face, her or
-Angeline-As my son and I were trying to figure out what had happened, a person appeared before us, and it was the last person I expected to see. “Hello child,” she said in a voice so melodic, that it made me want to fall asleep. “Grandma?” My son asks, taking me by surprise once again. “You know her?” I asked, even though it was pretty obvious. But still, he replied to answer me. “Yeah,” he said, scratching the back of his neck, “She showed up the moment I found out that I was different.” “Does your father know?” I asked, not sure if I could handle another betrayal. But he shook his head no and I found some comfort in the fact that there are things that my son and I only share.“I know you have so many questions but we don’t have enough time,” she said in a hurry. “There is a chance for you to win this war with fewer casualties but there is a sacrifice needed to be made,” she said. “What sacrifice?” I asked and immediately added, “And don’t tell me that I would need to sacrifi
-Ethan-As I reach the border where Sebastian and his surviving people where I can’t help but be afraid. Stefan had warned me about what had happened to Claire and the reason why he was quarantined. “Ethan,” Sebastian said as he looked at me with tired eyes. “Apologies for the precaution that I’m taking,” I replied as we kept the gates closed.“I understand,” Sebastian replied. “What do I need to do to prove my loyalty to you?” He asked. “Tell me what happened,” I asked. “Honestly, I don’t know,” He replied running a hand through his messed-up hair. “We were all minding our business. I was at the back of the clan checking on our people who chose to live alone or far from the city when one of our guards called me about the attack and told me not to go to the city and save as many people as I could.” I nodded. “We didn’t stop running since then,” Sebastian said as he gestured to the people behind him. Ethan looked at Sebastian and he knew that the kid wouldn’t lie to him. He als
-Angeline-I gathered the black warriors, and as usual, we made sure we had warriors that would assist people in the safe place. We decided that Martha, Lina, and I would remain outside, while the rest would manage the people inside the safe place. I look at my son worriedly because as a mother I wanted him to be safe. But instead of doing that, he wanted to stay by my side. ‘Stop worrying, Mom,’ he said through a mind link. ‘Worse case scenario I will be protecting you.’It’s hard to shrug my worries away, but just as what my son and Stefan asked of me, I need to trust them both that we would be okay. With just the two of us, my son turned to face me as he asked, “Does my Aunt have any powers?”“Not that I remember,” I replied. “As far as I remember none of her children also have any powers. How did you know you have powers?”“Dad,” he replied. “He sensed and saw it. And when he realized that I could understand him already, he started making me play with Uncle Elias to learn some
-Angeline-I am nursing a very painful headache as I watch my son act like his age.After hearing his explanation, a part of me still can’t believe that it was true. He had been very patient with me as he watched his own mother get more and more confused about everything that he was trying to explain. “Ethan is here,” Mrs. Smith announced as she entered the room. “I will meet him at Stefan’s office,” I replied. My son turned and looked at me, reminding me of the plan that he and his father had come up with. “You want to come along with me?” I asked almost forgetting that I was supposed to talk to him like he was a child. “I don’t think that he should go,” Mrs. Smith said disapprovingly.I turned to her and said, “I don’t want him far away from me. And if god forbid something happens to Stefan we both know that he would be taking that place. As much as I want to protect him, war is coming and it is best that he learns a thing or two about it, even though all I wanted is for him to
-Angeline-I don’t know what surprised me more. The fact that Stefan was now quarantined because of the possibility that he might become a newborn, or the fact that my son was someone I never knew he was.“Talk,” I said to Stefan, unable to confirm what I felt towards him. I was mixed with anger, confusion, fear, betrayal, and on top of all of those things, I had so many questions. “Before you get angry, Angel please hear me out,” Stefan pleaded and by the sound of his voice I can guess that he was now walking back and forth from where he was. “You have one minute before I decide not to talk to you ever again,” I threatened. “Angel,” he said almost crying out. “50 seconds,” I replied. “I didn’t know that his mind grew faster than his body until he was three years old, which is why I was so overprotective of him. I always knew that our son was special, but I didn’t know that he was more than the word,” Stefan started to explain. “He aside from his matured mind, our son has the ab
-Angeline- “I’m afraid, that there’s a possibility that our time will once again be cut short,” Stefan started to say, “We are being quarantined because there might be a possibility, just a small one, that I might become a newborn.”My body shook as I heard what he just said. “Angel?” I heard Stefan’s panicked voice but I was lost for words. “Baby, breathe,” he said soothingly. “I can’t run to you right now and that frustrates me so much. Please, talk to me.” I could hear him begging but it felt like I was in limbo frozen from where I stood.“Momma?” The voice I loved so much called. “Why are you crying?” He asked. He was getting better with his words. And just like that my head turned and I saw the reason why I was still alive. The reason why I fought so hard. I kneeled in front of him and pulled him to me. How do I tell my son about his father? How do I say to him that once again his family might fall apart?“There you are—,” Mrs. Smith said finding my son but stopped the momen