Alfred’s POVMy heart couldn't take it that she was leaving. There was nothing much to say after Lilian told me what she had just heard from her. There was no way I could salvage the situation because Freda had made up her mind to leave the mansion. It was a good thing she was not running away, instead, she was making a rational decision out of what she felt. I respected her decision just immediately after the news got to me, no matter how disheartening. There was no telling that I was the one who had caused her the most pain, even when Kale was trying to talk me out of my decision but I just couldn't snap out of the pain from my bruised self. It happened long ago and yet I was punishing someone, with the most clear innocence. Now, I was scared that going back to the world she came from was only going to make things worse for me. It was bad enough that she was still going through her transformation and at this point, with her things were only getting confused. The highest someone ha
Alfred’s POV I couldn't remember the last time I was visited by silence. It was like a wave from the deep sea, wiping the earth clean from whatever it carried. I have to be supportive, that's what I have been telling myself but I stood by not letting her go.There was no way around it, if I do not let her go, things might get worse. We might never be able to move away from this phase, where she felt stuck. She felt st k in this house and with all that was going on, I too, would find it difficult to move on.After the kiss, she was all I could think about. Thinking about her gave me only questions, I was finding it difficult to find the answers to. There was only one way to find out but I was not ready to face the underlying truth. I did not want to keep her hostage or anything any longer. I approached the whole thing in the wrong way but there was no going back now. Before she left, I wanted us to have breakfast together. This was the first time I was doing such a thing but if we we
Freda’s POV3 months laterMy dreams take me back to the moment of severe abandonment. The moment where I left the mansion, it felt like I was leaving something huge behind. Something that was so important to my soul, it was at the state of leaving that I realized that we really haven't spoken about anything. We were dancing around a lot of pain and heartache. It was too dire for our souls to carry a nut yet I put him through all that. Although Lilian was with me, it's not difficult to know that Alfred was always going to be lurking with either text, phone calls or even meet or greet. I found it difficult to believe that he was willing to let go like that until he started texting every minute. I knew I tried to make it clear, to tell them that I didn't want anything in my business. The first month was tiring and it was difficult to get by because I needed to get a job. Going a little job hunting, almost every day of the week, attending interviews that I wasn't sure of became the hig
Freda’s POV"We've only been here three months and you've made friends with the whole city. How do you know about this party anyway?" I asked Lilian, she winked instead not giving me a tangible answer.I had a rough day yesterday and this weekend, she was already dragging me to a party that I definitely would feel left out in. As much as I loved to mingle at times, for put and be with friends, parties were certainly not my thing. I see it as a brothel where everyone comes to share their pleasures which can either go in the wrong way at any time. When a party is involved anything could go wrong. I did a lot of those in high school but as I grew older, I just saw it as a pointless activity. But Lilian said we should step out every now and then and she decided that I should accompany her."I really think I should sit this one out.""Not on my watch, you have to be with me at all times.""Which makes me wonder why you haven't started following me to work and scaring all my colleagues awa
Freda’s POVMy cheeks were hurting but in a good way.Trey had been making jokes about the little things. It was a good thing we were drinking and there was a high chance that I won't be able to remember most of it. It was a good thing that I was this carefree, I did not understand what it means to lose myself and just let myself be free. This was the first time I felt like myself in months. Even with the tireless efforts of trying to make sense of my identity irrespective of the slow change I was passing through, it was refreshing to have a nice conversation without having to think of the possible ways that you might get into trouble if you choose to be clear with the person whom you have chosen to speak to.We were both laughing over our taste in movies and music and it turned out, he had quite the taste but I have concluded that maybe I was the alien who had chosen not to connect with the world with its current waves at which it was moving. Time was indeed an incredible thing, to s
Freda’s POV"How…" Lilan was already coming down from the car when I held her back. It might be a trap, I was still very new to this world but I knew that nothing stays the same. Nothing was ever as it seems. The person was still, trying to reveal himself but something just didn't feel right "Freda, why are you stopping me? Can't you see that he is the one standing light there?" The disguise was off and he was indeed the one standing there. "I have laid with this man and I can tell you for a fact that he is the one."Kale was very cheerful, perhaps this was not the time to be smiling over pleasantries. There was this dark shadow covering him and we just couldn't make his face on time. He was the one. He walked closer to us and we both came down from the car. "Why are you girls out so late?" He asked sternly. The smile I was used to banished from his face. "I think the question is why have you been following me?" I asked him and he seemed surprised as he tilted his head. He was l
Freda’s POV"I guess you guys would listen to me now?" Lilian was so confused as she stared at the apartment. I could only imagine the kind of questions she might have in her head. What if we were in here? What would have happened to us? What if we were in here, what would they have done? Would they have captured us or beat us to a pulp? Until there was nothing left of us anymore? The more I thought about it, the more it didn't make sense to me. They obviously wouldn't think that we were hiding under the couch or something."They were looking for something," I whispered moving along the few spaces in between the turn-over chairs and the scattered cushions that were all over the floor. The pain of knowing that people were afraid of me was just insane. "They might just be telling you guys that this is a warning. Trust me, if they had found you only heaven knows what they might have done." Kale said as I tried to rearrange the house. I need to keep these places very clean. I muttered t
Freda’s POVLeon was not the kind to speak or have too many words to say. I have had my experiences with him to know that he means every word when he speaks. If there was such a hierarchy, wouldn't the killing of someone be considered a crime? Is that not how it worked in this part of the world? Am I not a part of the crime if I choose to keep it to myself and not involve the authorities about it? Well, they have made it perfectly clear that the police were no good to them. It would just be like sending more bodies to the graveyard. That I couldn't allow to be in my conscience but they did say that he was a werewolf assassin.It was dangerous to drive at night, that was what Kale had said. It might be difficult to protect ourselves if we were attacked on the road back home. So we spent the night at the apartment, only to hit the road in the morning since it was a journey ahead. I was already exhausted due to the argument I had with Kale and Lilian. I couldn't help my mind as it wander