-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-Angeline was already standing in front of her armoire when I arrived. She was going through her clothes looking for something to wear. It was such a familiar sight, yet it felt so foreign at the same time.“Are you going somewhere?” I asked even though I already had a hunch where she was headed. Ethan definitely mentioned bringing his people here and I know that I would have still said yes, but what made me decide so fast was that I knew that if Ethan was here, so was Angeline. “There’s a lot of things that we need to prepare for,” she said, her back turned to me as she continued to rummage through her wardrobe. “Yeah, you’re right,” I replied as I stood by her door waiting for anything else she wanted to say. I had never been good when it came to waiting, especially waiting in silence. “So, Ethan told me that you wanted to talk to me?” I asked as my nerves got the better of me. “Yeah,” she said as she turned around looking seductively beautiful in her nightgown with her
-Stefan-I can’t remember the last time I had been so happy that I could die the next day. But of course, I would rather live than die. Especially, after what Angeline had just said to me. “Claim me.”I stared at her and she just stared back. I am not quite sure if I even heard her right. I sat in front of her, as she leaned on her chair amusement gracing her face and yet, I couldn’t even ask her if I heard her right. Silence hovered over us but the only one uncomfortable in the whole situation was me. Because she has everything to gain and I have everything to lose including her. And yet at that moment, I was willing to risk it all and surrender if she meant those two words I think I heard her say.“I’m sorry?” I asked as my impatience won over me. “Can you repeat just what you have said, please?” A soft chuckle escaped her lips as my question lingered around us. “Why?” she teases while every part of me tenses. She is my sun, my moon, the very air I breathe that keeps me alive.