BLAIRI was on the phone with Sasha. Who was going off about all the preparation she was making for school, when I heard a knock on the door.“Give me a sec,” I told her as I stood up and headed to open it.I forgot to open the door after Jaya left. I have been closing it for the past three days. Since after what happened in Lucian’s office.I have tried this before and it didn’t work, but now I’m going to make sure it works. Which is why I’ve been trying to desensitize myself against Lucian and anything related to him. You may think I should be doing this by working closely with him, to be sure I won’t fall for him again.Self reflection and admittance made me accept, I can’t do that. I lose all my senses and control when he is near. I’ll do this from afar and just hope he stays away from me forever.It isn’t a solid plan, but it is all I have right now.When I pulled the door open, I wasn’t expecting the last person I wanted to see to be standing right outside. I thought Jaya said s
BLAIR“Honeymoon?” I urged my voice to come out calm and Lucian nodded, affirming what I heard.There had to be some kind of language barrier because why would he suggest that.“Why?” I blurt out without thinking.He knows this marriage is just on paper. Okay, maybe not entirely but we don’t like each other.I always thought a honeymoon was something people who were actually in love and happy to be married looked forward to going on. We were always fighting and we didn’t like each other. I can’t stress this enough.Or did I miss something?The thought of this being more than what it seems has my stomach knotting in anxiety. Lucian doesn’t share the same sentiment because he looks as cool as a cucumber.How could one person wreck me with words, without even having to do much and he just sits there. So relaxed while I’m silently going crazy?“Well, it would be more like a babymoon?” He says, sounding as unsure as I was about everything going on with us.He sounds like he is just graspin
BLAIR“I want you to do this, right but are you sure you want to? With him?” Mikayla asked after we’ve hashed through the plan over and over again.“I’m only going to be married for the first time once. Might as well do it.” I replied with a shrug.She purses her lips thoughtfully before nodding.“I understand,” she says with a small smile. “I know it would be even more amazing than we pictured.”I giggled, looking down at the video I had pulled up on my laptop. She was right, it is going to be the best.“Who would have actually thought you’d be the first one to be married? You were always going on about living life and thoroughly killing your twenties.”I smiled, remembering when I’d made that comment when I turned twenty.Then I never thought I would be here. And if anyone said it to my face, I would have laughed and called them crazy. Then proceed to take them to a psych ward. Heck, even five months ago.How life changes in a very short span was both wonderful and scary.“I know yo
LUCIANWhen Blair walked into my office two days later, I already knew what she was going to say. Call it a hunch, or maybe it was damn obvious. If she wanted to say no, she wouldn’t go through the trouble of coming down here by herself.Since she was still doing everything she could to stay away from me.She looked around the office, her arms wrapped around her with a look I couldn’t place.“Everything okay?” I tried not to sound too excited.Owen has been bugging me to ask her what her reply was. But I told him I wasn’t going to push her. I’ll respect whatever she says. Just like I told her I would. He didn’t like that and I had no idea why he was even so excited. And more nervous too, than I was about this.“Yes, can we talk?” She asked almost hesitantly.I quickly get up from my desk and walk to the couch. Thinking of the last time we were in here together, told me sitting behind the desk wasn’t going to be a good idea. Even if it hid my hard on from her.I suddenly didn’t mind he
BLAIRI didn’t understand why Jaya was acting really weird. And when I asked why she was acting strange, she said it was nothing.I’m not saying she is lying. But I know she isn’t telling me the full truth. Probably trying to protect me because she seemed nervous if anything.“Is the Tribe really that bad?”I asked as she walked back from the closet where she was looking for something for me to wear.“The tribe?” She looked confused. I realized what I’d said and chuckled.“The family.” I mentally call them the tribe.“Oh, not bad per se, just annoying.” I tucked my bottom lip into my mouth, watching her closely.That had been exactly what Lucian said. I was seriously starting to get worried now.“Do I have anything to worry about, maybe something I should do or shouldn’t do in their presence?” She shakes her head.“Just…” she starts then stops and turns to me. She does a slow perusal of me from head to toe then she shakes her head. “Lucian doesn't want them to know about the baby.”“A
BLAIRJaya wasn’t kidding when she said Emily knew how to do makeup. When she was done, she nervously told me to look in the mirror. I’ll admit I was a little scared at first but when I’d faced the mirror, I was pleasantly surprised.The makeup was light and natural. And it was more focused on highlighting my features.“I didn’t know I was this pretty.” I said, still admiring her hard work in the mirror. Emily and Jaya both laughed at that. “Really, Emily, thank you so much. I love it.”I got up and pulled her into a hug.“I’m glad. And you can call me Em.” She smiled. “That’s what family calls me.”I smiled even though my lips wobbled for a reason I couldn’t tell.“Okay, I can’t wait anymore. We need to see the dress.” Jaya claps, making us move back and go to check the outfit.Since the makeup was nude, even down to my lips, we hadn’t bothered to check what Lucian picked out. Somehow I trusted him enough to not even be bothered.If what he picked out for me for the ball said anythin
LUCIANThe quickie with Blair was just what I needed to be able to go through with this meeting. Not even my strongest liquor could give me the patience to deal with those distasteful old men.Just like the president had a cabinet and a senate, werewolf packs have council members. As the alpha, I had all control, but there were things I couldn’t do without consulting them first.Like getting married. It wasn’t a big problem since many alphas have mated and marked their mates the second they met. The fact that I went the full route and got married was what made them even more interested in meeting with her.And I have a feeling they are suspecting she is a human.They don’t live on pack grounds often. Since they were traveling all around. And keeping tabs of pack related business in other places. I know they haven’t heard of the news. Not from anyone in the pack, at least.Maybe whispers around.Rumors spread like wildfire in the werewolf communities. Just like it does in the human wor
BLAIRI’m going to kill Lucian very soon if he doesn’t stop touching me!It is not his fault you like it too much. A sassy voice in my head cackles.I grumble mentally. I couldn’t believe how much my subconscious seemed to like him more than me. How does that even make any sense?I jump a little in my seat when his thumb starts riding high again. Reminding me I didn't have panties on since we discarded it in our…tryst. He is shameless!The men in the room do a good job at keeping their faces blank and their eyes away from us. I wish I could say I was able to remain still since I knew what he was doing this and knew it was coming. But it was like pouring ice cold water on someone. No matter how well they were expecting it, it’ll still shake them up.“Stop it,” I whispered harshly in his ear.Lucian looks at me from the side, a hint of a smile on his lips.He hasn’t been his usual dry humorous self here. He seemed more aloof than anything. Which I guess is how the outside world perceive
BLAIR “Wow.” The loud exhale made me turn around. Lucian was standing at the door, dressed in a tux with his hair gelled back and looking so hot. And the look in his eyes, the way he was watching me like he wanted to ravish me. It made my lower belly pool with desire and I couldn’t wait for us to get back so he could tear this dress off. “I can’t wait either.” He says against my lips. He got close so fast, thanks to his werewolf speed. It really came in handy most of the time. “You look better than the moon and stars, my love.” I had to clench my thighs when he said that. Those were simple words that have been said a million times. But somehow, when Lucian says ‘my love’ it sounds like the best words to have ever been said in the world. Even better than the words of the angels. “If we don’t leave, I’ll probably undress you and have my wicked way with you.” I stared into Lucian’s dark eyes and nodded, agreeing with him. “If we don’t leave. I’ll let you undress me and have your
BLAIRI stared at myself in the mirror, turning from left to right to make sure the dress fit perfectly. Wait, I know the dress fits perfectly. But I wanted to be double sure. Okay, triple sure. Fine, the millionth time sure.Tonight has to be perfect.“B, you look great from all angles.” Mikayla says while chuckling.I startled a little at the voice I wasn’t expecting. I totally forgot I was on a call with her and Sasha and Jaya.“Kayla is right, B.” Jaya is the one that said that. “You’re making me rethink my sexuality right now.”I breathed in and out slowly.“Give me one more twils mama. That ass looking thiccc.” I rolled my eyes at Sasha but did as she said.The girls all hooted and clapped when I did that, which made me laugh. My girls are literally the best hype women out there.“Okay guys, wish me luck.” I said as I went to pick up the tab, I’d positioned it on a shelf where they could see everything I wanted to show them well.“Hope you get laid tonight.” Mikayla says with a
BLAIR“How did you know the walk was going to be short for me?” I asked the girl when we stopped outside a large abandoned looking warehouse. The doors looked like they were once a blue color but now, they were a lot in hues of white dust and dark brown.“Because I made it short of you.” I looked over my shoulder, looking for my dad. He wasn’t close to us. “Don’t worry they’ll be here in a bit. I think there is someone inside you’ll be more interested in seeing.”“Lucian.” I said, huffing out a breath. She nodded and motioned for me to walk ahead of her.The doors opened as soon as I was close enough, thankfully. I didn’t want to touch it even with a ten foot pole.Warmth enveloped me the second I stepped foot inside the building. I didn’t understand how a place that looked like it was going to be cold from outside would be this warm. Then I looked up and it all made sense.There were many girls, similarly dressed to the one that escorted us, sitting in a circle. They all had somethin
BLAIR“You know.” I said to dad. There was no uncertainty in my voice because I knew damn well what I was talking about.I give him credit for not denying as he lifted his head in a nod. My mouth hangs open in shock and I turn in my seat to glare at him.“What?!” The yell slips past my lips before I could control it. “Why didn’t you tell me?”I asked incredulously. I was feeling a tightness in my chest. A feeling I could only describe as betrayal fills me. I couldn’t believe it.Really, who does that? To their own child!“I only found out recently.” Dad said in his defense but that wasn’t a good enough reason. And he knows that too because he adds. “And I know I should have told you, but what difference would it have made? You’re what, seven months along?”He motioned pointedly to my obvious bump. I scoffed, rolling my eyes. I was still upset and I felt betrayed. I would think mum would keep something like this from me, her idea of protection. But dad? He trusts me. He always believes
LUCIANLiquid fire was shooting through my body. Heating my bloodstreams and everything else. Sweat didn’t only form on my forehead and other parts of my body, it dripped. Like water was being rained on me. It drenched me completely.A low growl starts from my chest. In my head it comes out loud and makes the place shake to its foundation. I feel everywhere move, then again, it might be only my body that is moving.It was like something was drained from my head. Traveling through my whole system and leaving through my feet. I’d looked multiple times to see if there was a fucking snake or something. But it is nothing.The only real and physical sign that this is actually happening, is the sweat that has drenched my clothes completely.I’m sure if you strained it, it would pour. I didn’t even know I was capable of producing such an amount of sweat.No matter how hard I worked out, I rarely sweat like this.God, what the hell is she doing to me?“How long do we have to do this?” I asked.
BLAIR“Lucian is fine.” Dad said, squeezing my shoulders gently.Probably for the first time in my life, I doubted him. He looked like he was saying the truth and on any other day I would have believed him. But things aren’t adding up.Lucian went missing and suddenly he is here. From Revdville all the way to Cuba and he wants to tell me nothing is done? I’m not a child and I’m not stupid either.“Why are you here if you know he is fine?” I asked, the accusation clearing my tone.“Can we sit first?” I shook my head adamantly.“Blair, please.” He speaks in that fatherly tone and cupped my cheeks. “For your health, you shouldn’t be stressing yourself.”That made me cave and I took the seat like he suggested.“I’m seated. Now tell me what is going on.” I sounded like a demanding brat and he would have called me out on it any other day. But he let it slide, seeing how shaken I was.“Lucian is fine. And he will be fine.” The way he stresses the second part makes me have more questions. Wha
BLAIRLucian has been gone for the whole day. Well, for the three hours I’ve been awake. I even went out and took a walk around the place. Asking the people I ran into if they’ve seen him. But describing a man to strangers, even your husband, was hard.I liked to believe they understood what the hell I was saying since their answers were all no. I looked around the house more thoroughly when I returned. It isn’t like he is a needle that could get lost. Lucian isn’t even a small person to begin with. And let's not forget the commanding energy he has. I would feel it if he was present. But he isn’t.And I searched everywhere, hoping I would at least find a clue where he went. Or a note that I might have missed by mistake. There was neither of those things.Can a big ass adult go missing?I even considered him getting lost. But the man has better navigation than me. He remembers all the turns in all the places we went. He also had his wolf sense or whatever to tell him if the place he wa
LUCIANI was given a chair while Owen was tied to the ceiling by his hands. His mouth was still gagged but everything else was intact. If you asked me, he got off easy. I would have done worse to him if I were the redhead. But seeing as I was at her mercy too, I didn’t speak.I needed her help, so it is better she ignored him and got started on me.“How long do you think this will take?” I asked.She ignored me and kept moving around the place. Touching stuff and correcting the girls that were now sitting around in a circle. All of them were holding trays that had some weird objects on them. It looked like they were getting ready to perform a ritual. And well, I’m not really keen on being the object of those things.“As long as it takes.” She replied, after taking her sweet time. I’d almost given up on ever getting a response from her.“What exactly are we doing?” I said we, so she wouldn’t feel like I was dumping the work on her.I guess there is nothing I can say that’ll be right in
LUCIAN Before I could put the car in drive. A group of women appeared out of nowhere, rounding our car. They all looked like they were in their early twenties. About fifteen of them, dressed in all black. I glanced at Owen who looked more than relaxed. I wasn’t worried about anything but they were women. “We can’t fight women.” I told him silently. There was a woman, with bright red hair, glaring at the car with so much intensity. You would think she wanted to set us on fire or something. Owen noticed het too because he shrunk in his seat. “There’s a problem.” He whispers to me. I turned to him, seeing his eyes were on her. He was talking, but not moving his mouth as he did so. “You could mindlink, you know.” I told him. Wishing we were in an SUV instead of this car that was so close to the ground. An SUV is already intimidating. But this looked like a toy car to begin with. “In front of seers? That’s very dumb of you to think about.” I rolled my eyes. “Start talking. She lo