Chapter: Sensual distraction.Jasmine's POVI turned around and tilted my head to glance at the source of the voice.“Mind if I take the seat beside you?” His deep, velvety voice spoke.I nodded slowly, as though I were in a trance.He was tall, so tall that he was towering over me. His eyes were a rich blue that seemed to cast a spell on anyone they looked at. His face and looks were so perfectly sculpted that he could pass for a semi-god.There was something about his aura I couldn't place my hands on. It was so strong that it felt intimidating.“What's your name? I'm Kai.”He stretched his hand for a handshake.“I'm Jasmine. Nice to meet you.” My voice sounded foreign to my ears.“Jasmine…” My name rolled off so easily on his tongue that I was beginning to imagine how much better it would sound somewhere else ins…Eww, Jasmine. A man you just met? I rolled my eyes internally.“Beautiful name. Just like its owner.”My face heated up, and I looked everywhere else in the room apart from him.Wasn't this flirting?
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Chapter: Seeking a distraction.Jasmine's POVI don't know how long we have been running, but I knew we had crossed our pack's border hours ago.Elsa never for once paused to rest, and I didn't attempt to stop her either. It's not like if I stopped her, I had any strength to carry us to our destination.Pure anger and wrath emanated from her as she kept running.It wasn't fair for her to have witnessed that terrible earlier scene on the first day she had come into my life, but that was beyond my control.“That bastard,” she hissed.I ignored her because I didn't want to think about it anymore, or at least not yet.Let me bask in the feeling of no thought and emptiness I was feeling now until the sadness and hurt begin to hit me later.Dusk appeared, and Elsa still kept on running.“Elsa, we crossed the border hours ago. Where are you taking us to?” I asked cautiously, not wanting to anger her further.“Are you still thinking of returning to that cursed pack?” Elsa fumed.I sighed in defeat. “It's not like I have any
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Chapter: Betrayed.Jasmine's POVI managed to reach the venue of the mating ball just in time.I scanned through the crowd to locate my family and found them sitting under the canopy right next to the Alpha's family.I was putting on an old, worn-out dress that could fit in five people of my size. This was the best dress I could afford, and I didn't want to miss witnessing Chloe's shifting process.With my head downwards, I walked toward my family and I hadn't even taken a seat when my mother shouted:“Why are you here? Who invited you?”As heads turned to look in my direction, I felt a wave of extreme shame.“I didn't want to miss witnessing Chloe's shifting ceremony,” I responded passionately.“Dressed like a hag? You are such a disgrace and shame to this family,” Chloe spat hatefully.“I am sorry,” I apologized.I glanced forward to see if Jason had witnessed this disgraceful scene, and was grateful to find he wasn't within earshot.“Stop apologizing and leave here right now, or go sit at the far bac
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Chapter: The calm before the storm.Jasmine's POV.Jason had informed me that his parents were out as well, and I went with him to his house.They had also gone to the mate ball ceremony, and he was going to join them later.“I missed you so much,” he mumbled as he closed his room door after we had entered.“But we just saw yesterday,” I protested, even though I was blushing inside.“That is not enough. I want to live in your skin so that I can be close to you at all times.”“Eww.” I rolled my eyes in fake disgust.Jason's words never failed to make my heart flutter.We settled down on his bed, and he lifted me into his lap.I couldn't help myself from stealing glances at him at intervals.His looks were so gorgeous and unearthly that many times, I had wondered what good I had done in my past life that I was being rewarded for.“Are you hungry? I made something for you,” Jason said softly.My stomach growled just at that moment, and I smiled in embarrassment.Jason chuckled and patted my belly tenderly. “I got my answer
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Chapter: Turning eighteen.Jasmine's POVI am turning eighteen today.To everyone else, it was a day of celebration and rejoicing, but that wasn't the case for me. In fact, I had been dreading this very day.It was the day I was going to shift into my wolf.In the case of other wolves, on the day they turned eighteen, a loud celebration party was thrown to celebrate them becoming a full-blown wolf.Some family members would also be around to cheer them during the shifting process to ease the shitload of pain involved in it.I wasn't even sure my parents knew my birthdate. Heck, they didn't even know how old I was.My twin sister, Chloe, was also turning eighteen today, and my parents had arranged a very elaborate ceremony for her, totally excluding me from it.Today also happened to be the Pack's mate ceremony day.The mating ball was a ceremony held by our pack once a year for every unmated wolf from eighteen years and above to find their mates.I glanced at the crooked ancient clock on the wall. It was exactl
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