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HannaDean is already turning the corner before I can put a word in. I know it’s not what it looks like—that he’s not running away from me and is concerned about the source of the sound. It seemed to come from upstairs. Still, his reaction makes me feel uneasy.“Heh. Serves him right,” Logan says proudly as he takes my hand and drags me into a lazy pursuit.We head up the stairs together with him leading the way to the second floor where the bedrooms are situated. The only door ajar is the room at the end of the hall. I hear Dean grunt as if he’s carrying something or someone heavy, and panic begins to set in.“Dad!”I free my hand from Logan’s grip and squeeze past him to get there sooner. A gasp leaves me from seeing him unconscious on the bed with his arm bleeding, possibly from the fallen lamp. Shards of glass are scattered on the carpet and wooden floors.
Warmest salutations!♡ Thank you for adding this book to your library.Please feel free to leave a review/rating anytime.Every review, comment, view, and share helps to push this book out, so thank you so much for helping us reach more readers.♡ I hope you have an enjoyable and memorable time reading this story.If you ever feel so excited, saddened, or even mad while reading and want to be heard ... I invite you to come to our online spaces.You're welcome to just hang out if that's more your vibe. Or to stalk me 😳 (my author spaces, that is).♡ See you between the pages, little mouse.~ Caine Casann 💙
HannaHis question rings on repeat in my head. It’s uncomfortable.Dean reaches for me first, his right hand hovering near my cheek for a second before tucking a few strands of hair behind my ear. Then he pulls back, slowly, as if hesitating between doing more and retreating. His arm returns to his side.“Am I not family to you, too?” he asks in a voice so low it can be mistaken for a whisper.It’s like cold water suddenly poured on me.We barely talk about our pack lives because it’s filled with memories we’d rather not remember. All he knew about me is that I ran from my mate because he chose someone else over me. And all I knew about his story until earlier is that rogues killed his parents when he was just a child.Though I can relate to him in the aspect of not having a mother growing up, I at least had my dad and the pack. As for him, he had to survive alone as a rogue for a while until the Blackwood Pack finally found him and took care of him. Then he left for the city because
HannaDinner is as awkward as one can imagine. Dad cooked my favorite Italian dish tonight—spaghetti made with his special homemade tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella with a side of savory buttery garlic bread sticks. He even brought out mother’s pretty China, the ones with bamboo stalks, and tiny pink flowers with gold accents on the crimped edges.Dean, unbothered by my dad’s stern stance, continues to wolf down his food like he’d been starving all day. Any other day, this sight would’ve pleased dad. Tonight, however, he says nothing.I take a big bite as well, and I almost tear up again from how good it tastes. Nothing comes close to a nice, home-cooked meal. They say love is the special ingredient. Dad’s cooking proves just that. When I tell him the news, I’m sure he’d love to cook this more often.Speaking of news, I peer up at dad to see him staring at me. I promised I’d explain after dinner since Dean and I barely had time to eat on the road after making a stop in his personal to
HannaI don’t know where she spawned from, but the interruption is welcomed.“Logan!” she says cheerily, latching onto his arm like a leech. But of course—she was the chosen one by the Alpha of Evergreen Pack. His chosen mate and Luna.As I look her over, I’d say she hasn’t changed at all. No, she’s gotten more gorgeous these last five years. The crop top and yoga pants she has on shapes her hourglass figure perfectly, and her ash blonde hair cascades past her long neck in delicate waves. The heavens must’ve kissed her radiant face to bestow her angelic features—almond eyes, a perfect nose, and small, pouty lips. She’s so perfect it’s like her sweat glands decided to take a break.Compared to my frumpy demeanor and overall lousy presentation of myself, as they stand together before me, I feel a sense of defeat.Me standing here with nothing to my name, and the both of them in front of me, casually intimate. A disgusting déjà vu pings in a corner of my mind.They are undoubtedly the per
HannaHe’s matured since the last time I saw him. Legs like lumber strain against washed out jeans as he walks down the steps of the porch and stalks over to us in confident steps. His navy shirt stretches across his broad chest, a pair of shades clipped on the collared neck.A strange yet pleasant sensation stirs under my skin like when we first knew our fate. His narrow gaze consumes my entirety within seconds, and the very pattern of his breathing becomes audible to me. Deep. Measured. This highly invasive yet welcome reaction starts without warning, tuning in all of my senses to pay attention to his presence.I’d be overjoyed right now had we been like any other fated couple. Given the bittersweet history between us though, we shouldn’t have been a pair from the start. The memory of his cold rejection flips a switch in my brain, and I find myself suppressing the surging waves of emotions welling up within my chest.“It’s been five years,” he says with those soft pink lips that have
HannaMy apprehension spikes at the sight of the house I grew up in. Its bonnet roof with navy tiles for the two triangular shapes transitioning to black tiles over its flat planes brings back memories of playing hide-and-seek, and the flowering plants that hang above the white-painted porch eludes an inviting image.A man wearing an open red, white, and black flannel shirt over a white tee with its sleeves rolled up to his elbows, scuffed jeans, and beaten work boots waits by the driveway. His hair is cropped on the sides and back with more length on the crown, its natural gray ombre giving him a spruced-up look. The dimming daylight casting upon his slim, towering stature hid in the shadows any trace of emotion in a face that bore the hardships of a youth spent in countless missions for survival.I’m brought back to a memory of his cold, hardened eyes in his younger years. Watching my every move. Seeing more in everything. But never revealing anything beyond what he intended.Oddly e