We all look to one another in shock, as Gabe has just walked out of the house, dismissing the whole situation. I thought hearing what he had would make him decide he wanted to go and try to fix things. Everything Lola had said sounded positive, she hadn’t fooled him, she hadn’t lied, she wanted him, she wanted her mate, she was just scared. She had a complicated situation in her pack and the arrangement with her pack for her degree that she was scared it would compromise. I can understand that, so why could he not? Perhaps he was unable to see the logical right now. I know he was hurting but he did not want to throw this away so easily. This was worth fighting for. Seeing them together last night, that was clear to see. We needed him to realise that. We need to speak to Esme, see how we can help her. She may not be part of our pack right now, but she was fated to be, so perhaps we needed to see what we could do to try to help her. In doing that, we would be helping Gabe. Or is tha
Manuel is holding me close to him, Knox has just left. “Wow Angel, I honestly can’t tell you how sorry I am” he whispers into my hair. “It is ok, I am sorry for shouting. I was upset. I don’t normally do that, that is normally Esme like that” I tell him. I feel him laugh, his chest vibrating against me. “It is fine, I am from a big family full of fiery women, it is nothing I am not used to. It made me laugh. Lilah told me you knew all the bad words” I move back from him, to look at him, puzzled. He sits down on the recliner and pulls me to his lap. “Lilah, when me and her first met, liked that Gabe and I would use the occasional Spanish word in our conversation. So Knox, trying to impress her, thought he would try it. He fails miserably, his accent is terrible, but she laughs at him and loves him for trying. It was an ongoing joke with Knox, when I found my mate, I could woo her with my Spanish words. Imagine their surprise when my mate turned out to speak Spanish! L
I sat in the flat my heart feeling like it was breaking. I should be back at the Midnight Forest Pack, at Gabriel’s home, getting to know my fated mate, yet instead I am having to accept the fact I have had to flee from my own fated mate when in truth I wanted nothing more than to be with him. All because of the messed up Alpha and pack we came from. I had never hated him more than I did right this moment. My wolf Kya had withdrawn into the nether areas of my mind right now, having thrown a serious tantrum at me earlier and was not happy with me for leaving our fated mate, but I had to follow pack orders, and had to do what I did. I could not stay with him, no matter how much I wanted to. I just hope that Lola had not allowed her mate to mark her either, she was not strong enough to cope with our Alpha and the consequences of going against his wishes. But ultimately, that was not my concern. She had to make her own choices, I had done what I needed to do, I had stuck to the ag
I was shaking with nerves as I carried Lola up to the bedroom knowing I may finally get to mark my mate now. “Manny, you ok?” Lola whispers into my ear. “Uh-huh” I respond, unsure I could reply much more than that right now, as I gently place her on the bed. I hear her phone buzz from her pocket as I do. She grabs the phone to look. “It’s Esme. Saying she hopes I didn’t let you mark me. And asking if I am going back to her flat to travel home as planned” she explains. “Oh, that’s nice of her. Anyone would think she wants you to leave me like she left Gabe.” I find myself saying, a little spitefully. I have to say I am pissed off with Esme for how she has treated Gabe, as I know he likes to act all tough and like nothing bothers him, but I know he will be massively hurt by this. I could see last night just how much he liked his fated mate, and I know he was already planning a future with her….. like you do when you meet your fated mate. So for her to flee the way she
Wow, we have marked one another. It felt amazing. Manuel was so gentle and caring towards me. I have been truly blessed being fated with him. I really have. The sensation of marking each other was mind-blowing! It was almost like being drunk….. And now we were curled up in his bed in each others arms naked….. I think I have died and gone to heaven, I truly do…. I know it can’t and won’t last as there is shit to face up to now, but right now at this moment I am in heaven. I have the most perfect mate imaginable. My Mami and Papi were happy for me to mark him too, so that has to be a good thing, so I am hoping that means I get to be with him now. I have no intention of leaving him now. We have marked each other, we can’t leave each other now. Alpha can’t make us, can he? That is one thing I am terrified of. I know what our Alpha is like, he does not like being disobeyed, he runs the pack a certain way and I know that mating is not done without his permission. So I have al
I have been out on a run multiple times, letting Aspen free to take out his stress, hurt and anger on some smaller prey. He is pining for his mate right now, not understanding why his mate has left, though, in all fairness, I don’t fully understand what has happened. Lola has explained things but it still doesn’t make sense to me, or maybe I don’t want it to make sense. My heart and my head are hurting too much right now. I know at some point I am going to have to be a big boy and accept that my mate just doesn’t want to be with me, or simply cant be with me due to the messed up way their pack is run. Though I have to say I am worried about Manny, if that is how the pack is run, surely that could mean he is at risk of losing his mate, and I don’t know if he would be able to cope with that. I know I am stronger than him, or at least I think I am, and I could see just last night how attached he was to his mate. Though I think we all knew that would be the case for Manuel, he was s
I am in pieces, I didn’t realise just how difficult leaving Gabe would be. I did this to protect myself, my family and the arrangement we had with the pack which allowed me to come to university, but I did not consider the effect the mate bond would have and leaving my mate behind….. it was hurting me so badly….. Kya is on edge, she is skulking at the back of my mind, not happy at me for leaving her mate, the one she has been waiting so long for. If I was finding it this hard, I can’t even imagine what I have done to him, and I hate myself for that. He will know by now, and I imagine spoken to Lola to find out some information. I want to explain to him, but I stupidly didn’t even get his number. I will message Lola and ask her to get it for me. Though I don’t know that he will want to talk to me and who can blame him? My heart is in pieces. We need to find a way around this. I want him so badly. Being with him last night in the club, with his friends, felt so good, like I wa
Esme hanging up on me, irritates me. I look to Lola.“What was that about? She hung up on me. Said It isn’t as simple as that and hung up” I explain. I can feel my heart racing, but this time it is out of anger, not out of passion and need for my mate like it has been the last few hours. It is sheer anger, and annoyance at wanting to protect my cousin. Hating that he is hurting and not knowing what to do to help him. Lola rests her hand on my arm. “Guapo, calm down. I know you are upset, I know you are worried for Gabe, you all are. I am too, if I am honest. I don’t get this with Esme if I tell the truth. She said she needs to protect herself and her family from Alpha” she tells me. Protect them? Why do they need protecting? What sort of Alpha is he if his pack needs protecting from him? The more I am hearing about him, the less I am liking him, and the more suspicious he is sounding. How their pack has maintained itself and kept running is questionable quite honestly. There a