This was a long chapter. I wondered if I should make two chapters out of this one but then I decided against it and updated this as one. So, enjoy đ
ANNEI yawn, turning on my back and stretching, only to feel sore between my legs. I swear my body hurts as if I have been working for a week straight without even a break.Zero did fuck me up good.I sigh, opening my eyes and glancing at the empty spot in the bed.He is gone.I bet he stayed until the sun came up and then disappeared to do Goddess knows what.My heart skips a scared beat as I shoot up from the bed without even caring how it hurts to do it. Instantly, I rush to the door of the room and pull it open. Where did he go? The question is threatening to snatch the life out of me. Before I can run down the stairs and look for him, butt naked, he appears before me in the blink of an eye. I gasp and stumble back on my feet to let him stand before me.â Where did you go? â I inquire, fiercely.â I have to go check something out. I was waiting downstairs for you to wake up. â He tells me.My cheeks heat up as I realize what I might be looking like to himâa fucking deranged and
ZEROI donât know whatâs going through Anneâs head. I know she wants me to give up on my plan of putting myself to sleep but she doesnât understandâItâs not a plan, itâs necessary.I canât stay here for long. This is not my world. I am in the wrong place. I found her at the wrong time. For some time, I did think about making this time mine. I learned the ways of this world, I forced myself to keep going in hopes that if I stay alive, I will be able to get back at the people who put me through this, the people who killed my mother. It turns out, I was living a lieâonce again.This can never be my world. And my mother is very much alive and breathing.It was only me. I was the only one who suffered. Sometimes, I want to feel selfâpity and get over this dull, boring ache in my chest but I canât. It was my fault, to begin with. If I had control over my bloodthirst centuries ago, the Originals would have never found out about me. Itâs all on me, so I canât feel bad.The only thing I can d
ANNEWe ate breakfast that I prepared after one horrendous failed attempt at cooking. Itâs not like it was my fault that I lost focus on the pancakes when he barged inside and uttered nonsense. It was Zeroâs fault for being this attractive and effortlessly eyeâcatching to me.Groaning, I slam my forehead on the kitchen island for the third time. No matter how hard I try to divert my thoughts, I go back to thinking about him in no time.I have no doubt. Slowly, I am beginning to lose my shit over him. I sigh and straighten up. I know I have to stay here for a while after hearing Zeroâs answer to my demand.He made up his mind. It will be hard to convince him that he belonged to this worldâwhere fate brought and mated us. He was always supposed to be here. If he was in another timeline or another personâŠwe would never meet.It was supposed to happen this way and what happens from here depends on our decisions. He can choose to be here and forget about what happened throughout his life.
ANNEI barge inside the pack house and instantly rush to the Alphaâs office, hoping that Zero was back by now. When I push open the door, I find him sitting on the chair, his eyes fixed on me as if he knew I was coming.I release the breath I held back for some time now before stepping inside. A huge weight slips away from my heart when I see Zero, alive, breathing, right in front of me.â What are you doing? â I huff, glaring at him.He scared me for a moment when I realized he had been making all these reforms that he was never interested in doing. I thought he was going to run away while I was gone and when he was done giving all the orders. These thoughts are killing me. Zero remains silent, waiting for me to elaborate on what I am accusing him of, this time. I inhale a deep, necessary breath. My gaze lingers on his face before tracing his body, the desk, and the floor, then rising back to his face.â Why are you changing the pack ways? â I ask, closing the door and resting my
ZEROâ You smell different today. â Edith mentions as she opens the door for me.I stay rooted in my spot, refusing to step inside a witchâs hut where itâs darker than the rest of the world.Her experienced eyes take me in, wanting to figure out why I am here. Thatâs one thing I like about this specific witchâshe never asks questions. She knows what I want and why I want it, always.Her lips form an O as her eyes land on the mark over my neck. Itâs now visible to everyone. Anne has marked me as hers when she shouldnât have.â I can tell why you are here today. â The witch laughs, mocking me.â Tell me a way. I need to get rid of it. â I tell her without beating around the bush.â You know this will only disappear if your mate somehow rejects you. â She reveals what I already know.But I also know that once Anne makes up her mind, she doesnât give up. She will never reject me.â There has to be a witchâs potion to get rid ofâââ Witches donât interfere in Moon Goddessâ work .â She int
ANNEâ You make the worst coffee ever. â I scrunch my nose in disgust, glaring at the mug of steaming coffee between my hands.â You didnât even taste it. â Zero shrugs his shoulders and comes to stand beside me on the balcony, his gaze resting on the pack residences we can see in the distance.I sigh, turning around and facing the same view as him. The night is silent, calm falling over the whole pack. They sorted out their houses and accepted the place they were allotted but I donât believe it was only about the residence. Itâs much more than that. The werewolf hierarchy rules are etched in their minds. No one can scratch that mindset. Not me. Not Zero. Not anyone else.Sighing once more, I glance at Zeroâs side profile. The mark over his neck is exposed. I can see the cute pink bump against his hard skin. This only reminds me of what he said when he left. To say that I am deliberately avoiding talking about it will be an understatement. â Anne. â Zero calls my name but doesnât l
ANNEAfter kissing the hell out of Zero, I leave him on the balcony and go back to my room. The mark is fucking with my head. I felt his emotions for a moment there, so raw, so close as if I was the one feeling all those things and not him.It scares me.Now, I can say for sure that Ryker can definitely not tell whatâs going on inside Zero, because I can. Only, I can.Sliding my hair behind my ears, I pick up the vibrating cell phone from the bed. Natalie has been calling for the nth time but I didnât pick up.I have been avoiding her and Giana. I donât want them to figure out the shit going on in my head. They will finally get once in a lifetime chance to call me an idiot.I sigh, declining her call again. My eyes move towards the open window when the cold air brushes against my skin. I shiver slightly, my gaze dropping to the bed and the duvet.What now? How am I going to convince Zero? How do you convince someone to not hate the world? I, myself, donât believe this world is goodâŠho
ANNEI didnât even notice when I started drifting off to sleep while staring at Zero silently last night. He didnât say anything after I promised to take him on a date.It must have sounded so childish to him that he smiled at meâfucking smiled at me. I groan, embarrassed in myself but I have to go. When I woke up, he was gone and the bed was empty but in my heart, I knew he didnât leave in the darkness. He left the room when he was sure that I wonât get scared. Today, I didnât have to search for him at all. I could feel he was in the pack house, probably in the Alphaâs office so I didnât go there.I took a bath, stole his grey T-shirt to wear, and came down to the kitchen only to come across two very unexpected guests waiting for me furiously.â You decided to wake up finally. â Natalie narrows her eyes at me, followed by Giana who looks equally angry.â Hey there! â I wave at them awkwardly.Both my friends stay seated on the kitchen stools and continue glaring at me. Sighing soft