VincenzoWhen we matched down the hallway, there was no voice coming from any Part of the pack house or the rooms that could have suggested that Ella and her friend were having any bout of quarrel." The ladies could have left the pack."Raffaele suggested"That is ridiculous. No one has left the pack. They could be talking things out calmly, don't you think?""I don't exactly think it's going to be that easy for any of them.""Let us head to lila's room.. that is where they should be."We walked to lila's room. Alright, there was a voice speaking. It was Ella's. We stopped to knock the door. There was no response. I held the doorknob and pushed the door open."You called me a slut because she did?"That was the last word I heard from Ella as I stood by the door, my beta, by my side. The room fell into a hush."My Lord, she has tried to assault me severally today, but for the help of the moon goddess who protects!"Contessa cried as she made her way to me hastily.. she was the last p
VincenzoWhat Lila was not counting on was the fact that I would go after Ella. She sat there, unbelieving as I flung the door open and called after Ella. There was no response. She had either gone too far or she was too upset to answer me. I was wondering what Raffaele would do with her now that I was no longer in the room. Knowing Raffaele, he would not want to leave her, yet, I could not help thinking that he was clueless on what to do with Lila.Ella was not anywhere within sight as I stepped into the hallway. I knew where she would be headed.'towards the cave. There, go there.'Roy supplied even as I already started going towards the cave. She must indeed see that place as a perfect get away spot. Sometimes, she took that direction and only ended up taking a wild run in the woods around that part of the pack and that was completely okay for someone who wanted to clear her head, as long as she did not have any cause to reach the boundaries of another pack that might not take what
EllaWhen I woke up the next morning, it was with the wild realization that the one person that I had loved so deeply, and who had offered me safety in the worst of times was no longer on my side. I hoped that she had not woken with anger. I hoped that her anger and disappointment had abated and we could perhaps sit to breakfast and talk about our grievances. I thought of all the times that I had been defensive about Vincenzo and wondered what she must be thinking; of all the times I had tried to convince her that Vincenzo was a nicer man than she gave him credit for. Of all the times I had lied to her about Vincenzo and I when she had suspected something was going on between us. I felt sick to my tummy about the whole thing and wished for the umpteenth time that I could vanish and go to some place that there was no arguments in. some place that there was no Vincenzo. Just I and Mia, alone. Shut off from the rest of the world.If only I had admitted to having feelings for Vincenzo bef
EllaIt felt different having lila against me for the first time since we had been friends and it felt even more out of place that the person who came to my defense was her father, Vincenzo. The same man I could never have thought did not hate me and could ever find me attractive.It was usually Lila and I against the world. It was usually Lila and I against all the unpleasantness from my family and from her pack.' she does not hate you, perhaps.'Mia ventured.If she could ask me to leave her home in her anger, how then was I to believe that she had indeed loved me truly?I did not know Lila to be volatile and it came to me as a totally unpleasant surprise that she was acting the way she was.I figured it was best I left the pack and allow her some time to grieve over the friendship that she perceived dead. And afford myself enough time to get over Vincenzo, if I was ever going to get over him. The first time I had been at the moonstone pack, knowing well that I was helplessly attra
VincenzoIn the history of unpleasant surprises, I had never been confronted with such that I met with on the morning Ella left.She had left me a letter and I had not opened it until after breakfast. I had sat at breakfast with Ella and while we ate, I had expected her to join us. When she did not, I assumed that she was deliberately keeping away because of what had happened between her and Lila just three days back. I asked for one of the domestic help to call her to come down for breakfast but she was not inside. I finished breakfast and returned to my chambers where I met the letter she had sent through one of the men. I berated myself inwardly for keeping it off until then.She was gone.She had returned to the same pack that she had been staying safe from.I turned on my heels and went to her room. A few rasps on the door without reply and I opened the door. It was unoccupied. She had left with everything that was hers. With everything that bore any resemblance to her. I felt t
EllaMaking my way back home was of the hardest things I had ever done since the day I had packed my bags and left for Italy. It felt odd coming back and I knew that the treatment from my step mother and step sisters was not going to be any better.When the cab dropped me off by the gate as I had demanded, I stood for long by the gate, watching the home that I had once been mine. The house that I had first experienced my wolf.. the house that had always had my laughter reverberate through the walls while I was still young and innocent and knew nothing of the world. The house that I had been nursed as baby before the demise of my mother while I was still too young to make sense of everything.Finally, I brought myself back to the present. If coming back was not good for any reason, at least, I would get to see my father and he was going to look at me with a distant look in his eyes, as Mia had warned, but at least, i would be closer to him. I would be aware that he was safe with me.Wh
EllaThe humiliation still stung and my heart still went out to my father, but at the moment, there was nothing I could do. I did not have to let them see my tears which made them happy or even let them see that their actions were breaking me. I knew that my step mother would have total control of my father's estates as she had always wanted.. she would manipulate his will to favour her and her daughters and with the way my father was, if he eventually died under her treatment, he would not leave anything for me in his will, which was the utmost desire of my step mother and her daughters.When I woke up the next morning, exhausted from the emotional troubles and with a throbbing headache, the first thing that came to my mind was to get a doctor to come and see my father.There was no way I could leave the pack without either my step mother or her daughters noticing and getting prepared for whatever or whoever I was coming back with. I needed to be discreet, so I called Seth.He appea
EllaWhen I went to sleep with the letters under my pillow, I was restless. Everything seemed to be falling apart and i could do nothing to hold things togetherIt was a relief and a pain they Vincenzo had written me a letter and even sent me money, assuming I was broke and had no access to the money that I needed to have a life smoothly run.' Everything is going to be fine. You don't break down now and start crying.'Mia had consoled with the same chidding tone that I had grown accustomed to and I had agreed to keep my head up. Above the tide.I read the letter again and again, smelt it and read the line where Vincenzo said he missed me dearly, over and over again. It made my feet tingle and it brought the wild churning in my innards awake and I could not help it, but then, I still saw Vincenzo as the man that I was never going to have, no matter how much I would have wanted.My father was not at the dinning when I checked to see the following morning. Gwen was having breakfast with
Ella Gwen and her mean daughter, Alessa were just by the door. Terror filled me and I made to slam the door into their faces but they were too fast and I could not hold them back when they lunged at me, they were in the room in the next moment. "You really think you would have a better life than we could ever have, sister?" Alessa asked when they were standing above me while I remained on the floor "How did you sneaky things get in here?" I asked instead. They exchanged glances and laughed. "Using a little bit of magic does not hurt anyone, dear." Gwen said in her usual sly manner She looked indeed like she had used magic. She appeared older than I remembered her to be " I have always liked how ambitious you are. Even as a little girl, you have always had big dreams and I can't think of anything that you have ever wanted that you never had, even if you needed to break others in the process of acquiring what you want." "That is not true, Gwen!" I protested as she looked down
Vincenzo"I'm glad to tell you that I had found out from Ella herself that you two are mates. Now you know that she feels the mate pull towards you too."His eyes went huge with surprise. He did not seem to believe." She said so?"He asked me." Yes..she was crying when she said it. Now you know how it must be for her."I said..there was a look of anguish in his eyes and he swallowed hard."You don't mean that do you?""I'm not one of the many comedians you know, Raffaele. The lass was bawling when she went to report to her friend.""Must have been difficult for her before she decided to talk to her friend about it."He commented with some feeling."Turns out you were not the feeling one between you two. If it was possible you would have died with the mate bond between you a secret."He looked down into his palms."I would have told you. Just when I felt the time was right. I wanted to be sure first that what I felt was reciprocated."He said and I believed him totally.He was that k
EllaVincenzo was doing all the things that i never thought him capable of. He was being the romantic man I did not know he could be and I could swear I was at my happiest.He was directing all his attention to me, teasing me and spoon feeding me. "You are the one true beauty I know and there won't be anyone else like you be said repeatedly, making me blush each time he said the words and he watched me with a pleasant smile before tucking my hair behind my ears." I want to see every inch of your face, Beauty. "He said every time. He was being a boy again, smiling freely and doing all the things he had often held back from doing. " It is beautiful to see you happy, Vincenzo. I am happy too, I do not care for anything else while I am with you..I only want to remain here with you all day.""Me too. I want to stay here with you all day."I laughed." But you can not. You are an alpha, you have duties to attend to. The pack needs you every single day."" And I need to have a life with
VincenzoThe act which I had hoped would not bring her so much did not. I was grateful for that. I didn't know how many minutes passed when I began to feel the walls of her vagina start to clench around me.The tempo of my thrusts increased as we started to reach our climax at the same time. When I collapsed atop her, reaching orgasm as the time same as she did, it was only peace and bliss that I felt. Slowly, I slipped out of her and propped myself up on my elbows as her eyes slowly came open.She smiled."Do you have anything to say about the journey we just returned from?"I asked her. She nodded, the smile still on her face."Well, what would you say?"I pressed on. she blushed."Thank you for taking me through that journey. "She said with sincere appreciation in her eyes. I was surprised on my part." Why would you say thank you, Beauty? I am to say those words to you, for bringing all the peace and the happiness that I had thought I would never have to me."I said as I got off
Vincenzo She did not want me to stop and it was evident in her reaction to my touch. She wanted me as much as I wanted her tooBut I pulled away."Ella, there is something I must tell you"I said. She nodded, her mouth half parted as she did. She was still Yearning my touch and I did not want to deny her that but I did want to talk to her..it was hard trying to talk to a half naked woman who was wreathing seductively against me but I did my best."What would you want to tell me now?"She asked when she perceived hesitation on my part."I was going to tell you this, I have struggled in the past to dismiss what I feel for you. To be able to not want you as desperately as I have wanted you in years, but there has been no way out. Each time, I have only wanted you and no other woman."She nodded, but I was not done talking."When I had started to feel the mate pull towards you, I had doubted it. I did not think that I would ever have a second chance mate. I did not consider myself that l
EllaI sank back into the tub and watched as his tall form stood by the mouth of the cave, towering against me and of course blocking a great deal of the faint light that was supposed to be on me."Vincenzo."I called softly, my voice shaking. He was still, not saying anything, just staring at me, his eyes bright despite the darkness of the cave."Beauty."He responded. And then he took a step forward. I swallowed hard, hoping he would turn away and leave me alone to my thoughts. But a part. Of me was curious. Why had he come after me? What was keeping him awake as I was too?' When was the last time he called you beauty?'Mia asked and I instantly felt my heart skip a beat. He only called me beauty when I was in his arms or when he was one step closer to taking me in his arms. "I... I wanted to be alone so I came here."I said.He did not respond immediately. He was still watching me keenly as I struggled to keep my hair from being submerged in the water while trying to keep myself
EllaWhoever it was who had equally been unable to sleep did not have to follow me. I had First been worried when I had stepped out of my room and out into the cold night air.But then I recalled that there was no Maximo, neither was there a Contessa or even my step mother at the moonstone pack who could decide to hurt me just by seeing me step out. It was a relief that for the first time that there was no real threat on my Life. Even the witches were all dead.' well, except for the real threat on your life.'The meaning of what Mia had said did not register immediately and then it clicked.'Vincenzo.'I shuddered. Not again. "Does it ever end? When will I finally be able to have a normal life. With or without him."It was a mere musing as I hurried along. I was going to go and immerse myself in the tub which was about the only thing after a run in the woods which could help me clear my head.' someone is following you, still.'Mia remarked again. But I felt no fear as I hastened o
Vincenzo Lila's voice was still in my head.I had been taking a small walk around the interior of the pack house, checking the rooms with hopes of finding something that could be the leftovers of maximo's charms when I heard the ladies.' they are not arguing, are they?'Roy demanded while I was yet to make sense of the voices I was hearing. I could not make out the voices but of course I knew the voices belonged to the ladies, Ella and Lila.' Better go see what is going on between those two.'"I'm not about to barge into ladies. That would be considered insane."' maybe you should just get closer. You don't want them fighting under your roof again, do you?'That was all the incentive I needed to walk towards the door of Ella's room from where the voices were coming from.I heard my name being mentioned by Lila and I stopped to listen.They did not seem to be fighting.. they were talking.She was crying!What could be wrong?The voice came back again and I heard my name mentioned
EllaWhen Lila came to me mentioning that something was eating her up and she wanted to discuss with me, a part of me hoped it would have nothing to do with me and her father, Vincenzo.' hear her out first, there is a worry in her eyes that has nothing to do with you.'Mia admonished. I sat still as she started to walk further into the room, towards me where I was seated on the bed."There is no one else that I can talk about this with. I have not had much sleep for two days now since we returned back to the pack."She said. Truly, there were bags under her eyes and i chided myself mentally for not seeing it until she had had to mention it. But I sighed, quickly forgiving myself before she came closer."You know I will always be here to hear you out." I said with calm assurance. She nodded.I took another deep sigh, hoping the conversation was not going to have come down to Vincenzo or about me. Since we returned, I had not seen him or been in the same room as him and that was not