All Chapters of The Substitute Bride: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

 ISABELLA “What a bummer! We didn’t even have our turn to touch the Staff!” Lianne exclaimed as we walked in the grounds after we were dismissed.  It turned out that half of the trainees had the same plan as us: to wait until later to get our own time with the Staff. But until Officer Kent announced that they would soon close the Weaponry, the other trainees started crowding the Staff again. Officer Kent had to break the crowd off and dismiss us earlier than intended because of the chaos that was starting.  “Yeah, but we’ll get to it next time. Maybe we can trick Blake into letting us in sometime.” The girls giggled at their idea as I just smiled at them.  The call never stopped while we stayed there. I decided not to bother myself with it, but it just became clearer and clearer. It was disorienting me in a way, as I felt some sort of en

 ISABELLA But why would he? Did something come up? Did I do something wrong?  What happened that changed his mind? I could only think of the very few moments we were together. And yet all I could remember was his possessiveness when he saw me looking at Clyde. How he protected me from Regina. How he asked me first whether I wanted to marry him, basically giving me the freedom to decide despite Alpha Hans commanding me to do it. How warm he was around me, and how he kissed my head gently, as if in comfort when he thought I couldn’t sleep.  He was nothing like the stories I’ve heard about him. Sure, there was some sort of coldness and stoic presence around him, but he was not heartless nor ruthless. He was gentle and comforting.  Being with me almost felt natural for him. And that feeling transcended to me, which made me