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Wanted by her Mates. 059.
Dawn’s POV:I was halfway into making a simple English dinner consisting of roast chicken bits, mashed potatoes and gravy when a rasp knock snapped me out of my reverie. Logan and I turned in the direction of the sound before he looked up at the wall clock and exclaimed; “Yay! It’s them. They’re back!”And as soon as he said that, my heart began to hammer against my ribcage. I suddenly became so flustered and so nervous that I dumped the bowl containing the gravy onto the kitchen counter and even spilled some into the sink, and as if Logan understood my plight, he smiled softly at me and patted my arm gently before shooting off to go and open the door.The sounds of footsteps coming down the ladder resounded around the empty bunker and the more they got close, the more my palms became clammy and my heartbeat accelerated. Soon enough, their noisy chatters filled the air- chatters that stopped as soon as they arrived at the foot of the bunker.“Hello?”“Who’s there?”“Logan, did you i
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Dawn’s POV:The silence that descended upon us was deafening. No one spoke nor ate- well besides Logan who was surprisingly so chill about everything. He dug into his chicken as he looked up at Dad then at mom… and then at Autumn whose face had turned ashen as we speak, and now that I think about it, it wasn’t just fear I was seeing radiating off of her. There was also confusion.And hatred.My heart constricted in my chest as I watched her, and the more I did, the more I felt sad… and angry. Ignoring her, I turned back to my parents and muttered;“Would you care to explain that?”None of them spoke, and from how stiff they’d become, I doubted that any of them could speak. Mom’s eyes watered and when she couldn’t hold it in anymore, she began to sob. Something about her reaction made me grow quite suspicious and without stopping to think about how stupid it may sound, I turned to her and asked;“Did you cheat on dad?”I know, I know. That was a stupid thing to say to someone- anyone,
Last Updated : 2024-12-31Wanted by her Mates. 061.
Dawn’s POV:Even though I had no idea where I was headed, I continued to walk as tears streamed down my face, blurring my vision.I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe that my entire life had been a lie and while I felt hurt that I had been kept in the dark for so long, I also couldn’t bring myself to be mad at Dad or mom- or maybe I was a little mad at mom for dropping the bombshell on me the way she did- but oh well, that was a story for another day.As I walked, the tears continued to roll down my face and there was nothing I could do about it. A few passers-by even flashed sympathetic smiles at me but somehow, that didn’t make me feel any better. If anything, I felt worse!I wiped my face with the back of my hands as I plopped into one of the chairs in the abandoned park not so far from our bunker, and while I had deluded myself into believing that I would try to think a little here, I couldn’t. I couldn’t even do anything as all I could focus on was the lies… the betrayal… th
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Dawn’s POV:When I arrived back at the bunker with Autumn, the entire space was calm, it was nothing like the chaotic mess it had been only some hours earlier; and even both of my parents- I don’t know why I still call them that- had retired to their rooms. However, we met Logan waiting by the dining area when he got back and as soon as he saw me, he smiled brightly before rushing into my arms.“Thank God you’re back!” He said exasperatedly, “I hope you won’t go away again?” He asked, and this time, I didn’t respond to him. I couldn’t bring myself to say anything because the last thing I wanted to do was to lie to him. So I simply smiled and nodded at Autumn who then draped an arm around his neck as she led him into the house.I listened as they talked about some movie that Logan was crazy about as they went down the dark corridor and it wasn’t until after they’d disappeared that I allowed myself to relax. I sighed as I sank into the chair and closed my eyes.I was tired, both mentall
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Xavier’s POV:I do not know how weird this may sound but the past twenty four hours without Dawn has been nothing but hell. I felt extremely grumpy and there was no way I could hide it… especially from Ryan. And even though it seemed as though my entire essence was being sucked out of me, there was no way I would admit to anyone that I missed her.Or do I not? I am not even sure.Another thing that angered me was Zade’s sudden reappearance in our lives and after successfully reassuring Ryan and I that he had nothing to do with Ivana’s death- with proof- and that it was indeed Reagan’s doing, we let him in.We let him in just once, and ever since, he’s been lurking around like someone in search of something. I knew that that something was Dawn but since he’s not said anything about her, I wouldn’t either.He had come yesterday too but our meeting had been cut short because he’d asked after Dawn and I had been too irritable to give him a response. And now, he was back again but I doubte
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Dawn’s POV:The next few days were filled with a series of events. First, I bonded with my family even more and went for jobs with them. I also managed to talk Autumn out of her fear for my kind (did you notice how I referred to werewolves as my kind? It was because I had finally made peace with that problem) and now, she was no longer as weary as she used to be around me.I also practiced how to shift in the woods and one time, after my parents and Logan pleaded with me to show them my wolf, I shifted in front of them too.And it was also during this time that mother told me everything surrounding the events that led them to me. She told me about how it was the second phase of the war between humans and supernaturals- the war that had made humans resort to living in underground bunkers- and how they’d found me in the arms of a badly injured woman who had pleaded with them to take me.They had thought that she was human like them and had taken the child (me) from her before she passed
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Dawn’s POV:My heart pounded in my chest as I slowly walked up to him and while I did, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him… to look at his beautiful eyes… so I watched the floor instead.The hammering of my heart turned into full palpitations when I arrived at where he stood with the wrapped gift and I was just about to beam a smile up at him when I remembered that he could hear my heartbeat. He had a sharp sense of hearing, one that was even sharper than mine, and this thought made me bow my head in embarrassment.“Hello to you too, Dawn.” He greeted teasingly, “How have you been?”His demeanor, his words… His actions made me very confused. I was so certain that he was mad at me and I could’ve sworn that he was only here to punish me for sending Alan back alone the time he came for me, so it was surprising that he was being playful right now. Hell, he’d even come with a present!“Dawn…?” His rich drawl snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up at him slowly. I wasn’t sure what
Last Updated : 2025-01-05Wanted by her Mates. 066.
Dawn’s POV: Autumn’s words wouldn’t stop playing in my head and the more I tried to shake it off, the more it plagued my mind. She wasn’t making it up. It didn’t look like she was. Even now, I could still feel the fear that radiated off her, could still see the way her body shook violently and how she had almost hyperventilated. I could still see the sweat… smell them too and none of those actions, none of those body languages showed that she was lying in any way. So it was true. I tossed and turned in bed that night, unable to sleep. I also knew that I needed to take a walk outside, or a run, but I couldn’t. It was late at night and knowing that everyone was fast asleep by now, and that there was no one to fasten the locks on the bunker’s door into place after I’ve left, I didn’t leave. Leaving meant putting them in danger and I would hate myself so much if I accidentally exposed them to more dangers than I have already at this point. I shook my head and sat up. Glancin
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Dawn’s POV:“Go to your room!” Xavier barked at me and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t argue. I didn’t even need to be told twice as I dashed out of the dining area and ran up the stairs leading to Xavier’s chamber.When I arrived at my room, I slammed the door shut, fastened the locks into its place- so as not to take any chances- and crouched behind the bed. For some reason, I was scared… terrified even and I do not know why. For all I knew, Xander couldn’t be as bad as everyone was making him out to be, but whenever I remembered Autumn's words, and Ryan’s… and the way Xavier’s face had fallen at the news of his presence, I couldn’t help but think otherwise.My hands shook as I wrapped them around my knees and I even began to shake even more when I began to hear the sudden noises coming from downstairs. The shouts and the screams… and then the silence; The eerily intense silence that made my heart hammer against my chest as I couldn’t help but wonder why he was here… wh
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Dawn’s POV:Ever since that incident with Cassidy the other night, my room was changed again, and this time, I was made to live in one of the rooms in Xavier’s private chamber. It was peaceful here… and beautiful too, but sometimes I couldn’t help but think that maybe now, I was trapped. Maybe there was no escaping him anymore. I knew that it was for my safety but I still felt weird thinking about it, especially whenever I remembered the way he had gone off on Cassidy that day.“Dawn… your food.” A deep rich masculine voice snapped me out of my train of thoughts and in shock, I lifted my head and blinked, surprised as I was met with two pairs of beautiful eyes… beautiful eyes that were all mine-‘if you think of it that way.I cleared my throat and sat up, and while I did, I never took my eyes off Xavier, not even for a second. You see, I wanted to talk to him, I wanted to ask him about my parents, about Cassidy’s situation, and I wanted to ask him who ‘Xander’ was, and in order to ena
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Zade’s POV:It was silent… and cold, just the way I liked it whenever I wanted to think.As I lazed away in my indoor lounge with my favorite drink in hand- which was a sachet of blood type AB- I couldn’t help but think about what had happened earlier today. My people were going too far. I understood their anger at the fact that I had given Reagan away but retaliating by going after Dawn? That was too much! And I would make them pay for going after my mate!Sometimes, I couldn’t help but think about the possibilities of what would’ve been if Xavier, Ryan, and I hadn’t arrived there when we did. I couldn’t shake out the images that plagued my mind. Images of ‘what would haves’ that I struggled to shake off, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.Do you even know what is worse? The fact that I couldn’t talk to anyone about it… yet. I didn’t trust anyone here about issues relating to Dawn. Not my mother, and definitely not my friend, Micah. They hated humans with a passio
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Dawn’s POV:As I laid in bed that night, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Ryan had said to me. It wasn’t a lot to process, but still, it had been shocking. I still wasn’t sure if the ‘murderer’ that plagued Autumn’s dreams was Xavier or his estranged brother, Xander, and at this point, I was sure that I ought to talk to Xavier about it in order to know the truth.Deciding that I would do just that when next I met him, I closed my eyes and snuggled into my duvet. It was night, I was tired and today had been an excruciatingly long day so it was only normal that I retired to bed.However just when I had slowly begun to doze off, a creaking noise by my door had me peeling my eyes wide open. It was so dark in here, as dark as a crow in a night’s sky, so I was certain that whoever must’ve come in could not see me. I took a sniff of the air, hoping to smell any one of my mates but to my surprise, the smell was foreign. It was feminine… and what stood out the most was the aura it gave off.
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Dawn’s POV:I didn’t stop wailing as I packed up my suitcase and got into one of Xavier’s waiting cars, that is after explaining to my parents what was happening, and I still didn’t stop crying even as the car drove out of the dirt road leading out of the woods and into the city.I could remember their frightened faces. It was the only thing latched into my memory as I climbed into the car, and when Xavier promised to take them to a different bunker at a more secure location, they chickened out. They didn’t trust him, and that was understandable… but they trusted me and I couldn’t afford to bring them down.My tears continued to stream down my face and I didn’t notice until I felt something warm against my left cheek, brushing away the stray tear that had streaked that spot, and when I turned to the person to see that it was Ryan, I barely smiled. I only nodded.The ride continued in silence and when Ryan probably could no longer stand how quiet it was, he turned to me. His voice was
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Dawn’s POV:I waited for the commotion outside to die down before I climbed up the ladder and unfastened the several locks to the bunker’s door. When I pushed the door open, I was suddenly hit with the metallic smell of blood and that wasn’t all. There were bodies scattered everywhere. And now, I know I may sound like I was exaggerating but more than ten corpses were lying on the floor, and while some were decapitated, the rest were just… dead.Another thing that I couldn’t shake out was the pungent smell of rotten flesh. It smelled disgusting and it emanated from the bodies on the floor, and now that I thought about it, it was the same as those I had smelled on those men back at Xavier’s pack, and in disgust, I scrunched up my nose.“Hey, Dawn! Good to see you.” Ryan greeted me with a sweet smile, and for a minute, I almost forgot about the corpses scattered around until I smelled them again. I smiled back; “Hi Ryan, good to see you too!”Silence…“What happened here?” I resorted to
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Dawn’s POV: Autumn’s words wouldn’t stop playing in my head and the more I tried to shake it off, the more it plagued my mind. She wasn’t making it up. It didn’t look like she was. Even now, I could still feel the fear that radiated off her, could still see the way her body shook violently and how she had almost hyperventilated. I could still see the sweat… smell them too and none of those actions, none of those body languages showed that she was lying in any way. So it was true. I tossed and turned in bed that night, unable to sleep. I also knew that I needed to take a walk outside, or a run, but I couldn’t. It was late at night and knowing that everyone was fast asleep by now, and that there was no one to fasten the locks on the bunker’s door into place after I’ve left, I didn’t leave. Leaving meant putting them in danger and I would hate myself so much if I accidentally exposed them to more dangers than I have already at this point. I shook my head and sat up. Glancin
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Dawn’s POV:My heart pounded in my chest as I slowly walked up to him and while I did, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him… to look at his beautiful eyes… so I watched the floor instead.The hammering of my heart turned into full palpitations when I arrived at where he stood with the wrapped gift and I was just about to beam a smile up at him when I remembered that he could hear my heartbeat. He had a sharp sense of hearing, one that was even sharper than mine, and this thought made me bow my head in embarrassment.“Hello to you too, Dawn.” He greeted teasingly, “How have you been?”His demeanor, his words… His actions made me very confused. I was so certain that he was mad at me and I could’ve sworn that he was only here to punish me for sending Alan back alone the time he came for me, so it was surprising that he was being playful right now. Hell, he’d even come with a present!“Dawn…?” His rich drawl snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up at him slowly. I wasn’t sure what
Wanted by her Mates. 064.
Dawn’s POV:The next few days were filled with a series of events. First, I bonded with my family even more and went for jobs with them. I also managed to talk Autumn out of her fear for my kind (did you notice how I referred to werewolves as my kind? It was because I had finally made peace with that problem) and now, she was no longer as weary as she used to be around me.I also practiced how to shift in the woods and one time, after my parents and Logan pleaded with me to show them my wolf, I shifted in front of them too.And it was also during this time that mother told me everything surrounding the events that led them to me. She told me about how it was the second phase of the war between humans and supernaturals- the war that had made humans resort to living in underground bunkers- and how they’d found me in the arms of a badly injured woman who had pleaded with them to take me.They had thought that she was human like them and had taken the child (me) from her before she passed
