Hiiii🤭 I was able to write the introduction, so there is a chapter today. Please let me know what you think about these two.
Amara's POVA week passed, and I managed to survive.I had been avoiding Damien, keeping myself busy with just anything. I would run errands for the Alpha, offer myself as an assistant to the Luna, the Beta female, even the Omegas. When I had nothing to do, I would assume the role of the baby sitter. Thankfully, CJ and Kameron were a handful, and they were enough to keep me distracted.Damien would have noticed that I was avoiding him, but I'd rather that, than being confined in the same space with him. He made me nervous in an exciting kind of way.He checked on me every morning when he wakes, and before he goes to bed. He always made sure I had eaten and cleaned up for the day. He checks to assure than I was doing anything other than drowning in my own personal pool of misery.Another person I was still avoiding was Valerie. Not really avoiding her though, but I always dodge certain discussions with her— like any talk about my restaurant. It had been a week and I still had not chang
Amara's POVI snuck out of Damien's room early this morning, feeling like a fool. Knowing him, I was certain that he knew the exact moment I left. He was always alert, even in his sleep. He just let me leave to allow me preserve whatever dignity I had left.Pieces of my foolishness last night filtered into my head, and I had never felt a more pressing need to bury myself. I told him I wanted to sleep with him. I told him I wanted him. I acted so desperate, it was shameful.What the fuck was I thinking? I let him hold me while I slept? Fuck me now.I had a terrible headache, which I believed that I totally deserved, my brain acting a little slow from my hangover. Jumping into bed, I wrapped myself up in the sheets, taking the form of a human-sausage. I pushed every thought I was having about him to the back of my mind. In fact, there would be no more thoughts of him. I was going to avoid him.I had no idea how long I stayed there, or the exact moment I drifted to sleep. But I opened m
Damien's POV"I want to sleep with you."Those words crashed into me like a tidal wave, and it echoed moments after it had been said.I withdrew my hands from her as if she burned me. Maybe she did, just not in the way fire burns."I want to feel you, Damien." She murmured, fanning herself. While me? I was beginning to drown."You don't know what you are saying. Sleep."I wanted to send her back to her room, but I was scared of leaving her alone. She stayed alone for about two hours, and she came to me this drunk. I didn't trust her not to do something that might harm her.She shook her head. "I know what I am saying. I want you to sleep with me."I was still trying to figure out if she meant literal sleeping or something else, when she moved towards me and did something crazy.She kissed my chest."Fuck, Amara!"I stepped back so fast, I nearly tripped over at the edge of the bed. My chest still tingled at the spot she had kissed, a phantom heat burning beneath my skin. She looked up
Amara's POVFlashback~Amara at 13, Damien at 17Damien had come to visit me me again, and this time I was feeling very emotional. He would be Gamma soon, and he would not have much time for me anymore.Mom and dad weren't home, so I decided to cook for him. I loved to cook, but I never allowed him to eat my food. I feared that it might not be up to his standard. He grew up in the packhouse anyway, and they had only the best there.But today, I felt like doing something special for him. I made chicken and rice stew, just like Mom had taught me.I told him to wait in the living room, while I stayed in the kitchen for more than an hour, cooking. He attempted to join me a lot of times, but I turned him down. I eventually had to lock the kitchen door. I only opened the door when I was done, food served neatly on a plate as I brought it to him."Finally!" He exclaimed in relief, impatience marring his handsome face.I placed it on the dining table, before inviting him to come over, and he
Amara's POV I had dinner with everyone at the pack house. Even the Alpha's siblings came to join, expect Adeline who was in school, and everything seemed perfect. They all welcomed me with open arms, and I could not be more grateful that I had people like them around me. After dinner, Valerie and Damien stayed back to spend time with me. "Why do I have a feeling that you two are going to babysit me?" I teased, shifting my gaze from the Luna to the Gamma. "You are our baby!" Valerie answered cheerfully. "I don't have a daughter, so I don't mind taking you in." I chuckled. "I am older than you, Valerie." She rolled her eyes. "Age is only a number. Right Damien?" Damien nodded in agreement. Not like he ever disagrees with her. "Sure." We spent some time having light conversations. I kept asking them about their lives, the children, the pack. Everything seemed to be going very well. They even told me about Marcel being mated to Ronald's sister, and was the Beta in her pack now. I w
Amara's POV I picked up a simple dress from the closet. Some of my clothes were still here from the last time I stayed here. I placed it on the bed, feeling a chill run down my spine. It had been more than a year, but it was still difficult, especially when I was alone. Now I berated myself, knowing that I intended to go to our home before. I was thankful Valerie insisted on bringing me to the pack house. I shed my clothes off slowly, as if I was trying to find a physical relief from the suffocation I was feeling inside. I could still remember, still feel Jared's dying body on me, my hands stained with his blood. I could still hear his voice, how he struggled to speak, how he told me that he loved me and he wanted me to move on. He wanted me to be happy. A sarcastic laugh tore from my throat. What did I expect? Jared was always so selfless when it came to me. Even though he was the one dying, all he was thinking about was my happiness. I ran my fingers through my hair, gathering t