My eyes caught a glimpse of the dress and I wondered what it was like. Gina hadn't called me when picking it out. She had in fact gone with the one person who wanted nothing good for me.
Sarah.I stilled my mind as they began to move around and get my hair, make up and nails ready.What made me open my eyes was the strong smell of mist in front of me.“When your husband comes close to you tonight, at least he should smell something pleasant. Now, place your upper body closer to the dispenser and open your legs so I can place the other one.”My legs? For…oh.I felt myself turn red but I tried hard not to show it. I'd completely forgotten about that. Was I ready for it?This was one of the many times I wished my mother was here. She would have been the one to tell me about what to expect.She was presently too sick to talk and I didn't want to tell her about the marriage so it wouldn't upset her more.I put on the dress and it fit like a glove..I wonder how she got my measurements correctly.All of that didn't matter because by the time I looked in the mirror, I forgot all about it. I couldn't believe it was me staring at the mirror. I looked so beautiful.The tiara on my head made it even better.“Let's go. The guests are waiting downstairs.”I grabbed my bouquet and went downstairs. My father was at the bottom of the stairs looking at me.My heart began to beat fast because it had been a long time since he looked at me for this long. What if he didn't like what he saw?When I got to him, I didn't know if I should put my arm around him or just walk by his side since he was the one walking me down the aisle.He propped his elbow out and faced forward as the doors opened.It was a whisper but I heard it.“You look just like your mother did on that day. Beautiful.My father walked me down the aisle as I tried not to look at the guests. Even though I'd been told it would be a private ceremony, this didn't look like a private ceremony.There had to be over three hundred guests here and I didn't recognize a single face. Except for Gina's bitter face, Lily's face that had a major unhappy look since we had gone to Carlisle's house that day, and Ben's fake sad face.I don't know if he wanted me to be sad because of what he had done to me. I'm sure he never expected me to move on so quickly and be happy with what had happened.The huge smile on my face was hurting my cheeks but I maintained it and focused on Carlisle's form in front of me. He was facing away from me and I was nervous. What if he wasn't happy with what he saw? What if I wasn't as pretty as he wanted me to be?I tapped on his back as I got to the aisle and he turned around with a huge smile on his face. When he looked at me, his smile got even wider and it made my heart warm.He lifted the veil and sighed.“You make my heart skip. I can't believe I'm marrying you.”I couldn't believe I was marrying him too.We turned towards the priest and I saw him wait for a nod before he proceeded.“We are gathered here to witness the joining between two people who love each other very much.”Love each other? I'm not sure of that.“Do you, Lycan King Carlisle Evergreen take Elinna Martin as your wife, to have and to hold till death do you part?”He looked at me for a moment before nodding.“I do.”Now that all the attention was on me, I couldn't stop my heart from beating fast.“Do you, Elinna Martin, take Lycan King Carlisle Evergreen as your husband to respect and obey until the day you die?”Why was it different? Why do I have the choice to love him? Why was I supposed to respect and obey him? It didn't seem fair.And why didn't he correct the priest either?“Elinna, you’re supposed to answer the question.”I snapped out of it and realized that he was looking at me..“Oh, yes. Yes I do.”The priest nodded.“Very well then. By the power vested in me by the Royal Priest of the Lycan Kingdom, I pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”My stomach sank as I heard that and he came closer to me and his lips only met with my cheek.I was surprised but then at the same time, happy because at least, I didn't have to kiss in front of all these people.The rest of the party passed in a breeze and a few hours later, I was in a car on my way to my husband's house. The car ride home was silent and his face was towards the window the entire time. I figured he was too tired so I let him be.As the car slowed down, he got out of the car and walked right inside, leaving me behind. Did my father say something to piss him off?I won't be surprised if he did.I followed him inside in my flowy night dress and just stood behind him as he walked up the stairs.“The butler would take you to your room and help you get settled in..meet him if you need anything.”Then he walked away.I just stood there wondering what exactly was wrong with him. Why was he mad all of a sudden? Did I say something wrong or did I do something wrong?The butler came around and took me upstairs. All the whole I took my clothes off, it was like I was in a daze. The sweet man that I had seen just now was now gone and it was like he wasn't even there before.Maybe I should give him some time. Maybe he will get better.I remained in my room and thought about the entire thing that was happening.It's not like I could go downstairs and tell him that he should come talk to me about it.So I just sat there and waited for something. Anything.Then just when my eyes were beginning to close, the door flung open and he walked in.“Strip.”CARLISLEI watched her through the screen as she cried. Because of me, I'm sure. I couldn't count how many times she must have cried at the office and at home. It had become a daily occurrence. After a while, she looked up at the cameras and stared at them. That was when I knew that she had found out about it. I knew Alex couldn't have told her but Lawrence would have. As much as I didn't know how to handle the issue at hand, I didn't want to be away from her. She looked like she had been through so much stress, stress that I didn't want her to be under. Work had obviously been her distraction from everything that was going on. Lawrence had told me that he had to beg her to leave the office..How much longer did I plan to be mad at her for? I don't know. There was a knock on the door and I turned off the screen.“Come in.” As Gomez walked in, I couldn't help but smile. “Hey.” He walked over to my table and took a seat. “My King, a letter came for you.” I'd told him to call me
ELINNAWhen Gomez told me what happened between him and Carlisle, I didn't know whether to feel happy or sad for him. I mean, I was happy. Happy that he had found his long lost brother and he was no longer alone in life but it was also the fact that they had both gone through so much just to get here. My mind flashed back to when Alex said that he knew who Carlisle's brother was. I wonder if he knew it was Gomez.“He told me what happened between the both of you. Can't you guys just talk things out? There's no reason why things should be going this far. I know he misses you but Carlisle and his pride, you know how it is. We miss you back home.”Do they actually? I'd been in touch with Chase and my mum but nothing from Carlisle or Gomez. I didn't want to call Gomez because I figured that Carlisle would have told him what happened and he would be mad too. “Do you blame me for what happened? Do you think it's my fault?” He answered almost immediately.“How can you say such a thing? Y
CARLISLEI laughed. Because that was the only thing for me to do. As the words came out of Gomez's lips, I became lost in my own world. My body couldn't move nor could my brain even think of the words to say. “I’m sorry for keeping this from you for all these years but I didn't think that you would want to hear me out if I didn't ahev proof. Back then, I wasn't exactly comfortable with telling you things without having candid proof. I feared you would have my head.” He fell at my feet in tears and I just stood there with tears in my eyes as well, saying and doing nothing. What wa I hearing after all these years? My mother had died had died years ago in front of me, my father had equally done same and the last family member I thought I knew had been slain in this very house. That was he only family I knew. But my mother has also died with not just her pain but also a secret. One that she had kept for almost three decades. Gomez was my brother and Darrell King was the doctor who
CARLISLE“Gomez, you should be in bed. I don't see any reason why you're following me down here. I told you I'll be fine, don't worry about me. Go back upstairs.” From the look on his face, I knew he wasn't going to listen to me “Trust me when I say I've been in bed for too long. Please, for the love of everything good, don't send me back to bed. I'll cry. Seeing the bed alone brings bad terrible memories. Memories I don't think I can handle.”I could understand why he wouldn't want to go to bed. Being in bed for that long would do that to you so I let him come down to the cells with me. “Why are you coming down here? Who do you want to see?” My newest addition…I want to see how well she's settling in.As sad as it was going to be, Chase is going to inherit all these enemies or maybe their offsprings. There was nothing I could do about it. Just like my father, I tried to make sure that my son didn't inherit any of my enemies or any of my grudges but the process of doing that just
CARLISLEI went to the pack the next week because I needed to check on things over there. I knew that the remaining battle was at the pack for me to finish. “Where are you now? Are you outside?”I couldn't get out of the car any faster. “Yes, I am!” Before the car could even park, I jumped out to meet Gomez who was already standing outside waiting for me. As I hugged him, I couldn't believe that I was actually holding him in my arms. I don't know how long we stayed there for but Chase's voice made me open my eyes. “Dad!” I left Gomez and picked him up, hugging him closely. He wouldn't know that he came really close to taking over the throne at a really young age. “Hey buddy, how are you? Where's grandma?”“She’s in the house. I missed you, dad. Where's mum?”I looked at Gomez. He didn't know about it either because I hadn't told him. “She’s still at home. She had work to do. Let's go in.” As we entered the house, the guards took Lizzy to the cells. We all stayed silent as th
ELINNA“What did you tell them?” Lawrence asked as I stepped back into the office. I plopped down on the chair and closed my eyes. My heart was beating fast in my chest. “I don't know. They asked about her and I lied to them that she had been transferred to London. I told them that they had a new Vice President so they had to get used to it.”He nodded and looked out the window. He didn't even ask who the new vice president was. I was almost falling asleep in my chair until I heard a knock on my door. My eyes flew open and I had to act like I hadn't just been in Dreamland. It was my secretary. “What is going on? What do you need?” She dropped some files on the table. “Since there hasn't really been anyone at the office, there have been a lot of things that have gone unattended and they need your attention. It's been holding up a lot of progress and even salaries.”That word wiped away every form of fatigue I felt. “What did you say? Salaries? Why would your salaries be held u