Kramen’s POV Faster, faster… even faster…. I drove myself to increase my speed with every leap I took; probably in an attempt to outrun the grief that was threatening to consume me.My lungs burned due to lack of air and the muscles in my legs ached, yet I forced myself to accelerate further. I wanted to run fast enough to blur all my memories and erase all my thoughts.I had barely run a couple of miles when Thud! I slammed into the trunk of some wild tree. Pressing my palm against the rough bark of the tree, I bent over in an attempt to catch my breath.“She miscarried. I am sorry to say that the baby is gone.” The healer’s words flashed in my mind, squeezing my heart painfully.A deep, agonised growl erupted from my chest and I punched the trunk of the tree as hard as I could. The trunk creaked with the impact.The bones in my fist cracked, sending a sharp pain shooting through my shoulders. Clenching my jaws, I punched the trunk again and again. The pain searing through my arms a
CMelinda’s POV The chilly winds blew softly; hitting me with cold gusts as I walked along the garden. The icy sting of the wind numbed my body, reducing the ache in my heart to a dull throb.I blew into my cupped hands and rubbed them together. The relationship I shared with the triplets was forced by the hand of fate. There was nothing we could do out of our free will. We couldn’t even reject each other. This was probably the reason it bred distress and pain, instead of love and joy.Oleander’s words played in my head, “Going through a rejection is heart breaking. It leaves a void which never gets filled. Do you think any female will have the courage or tenacity to go through three rejections? You tell me. Do you have the courage to endure something like that?”From the time I had found out, I had three mates; my life had turned into a pit of fire, in which I was supposed to burn eternally. My eyebrows furrowed, and I rubbed the back of my neck thoughtfully. Could going through thr
Melinda’s POV “It’s just a drink.” Keith said as we walked along the path leading to the patio in the backyard. “We can as well have it inside the house. Why bother go so far?”“Please, Keith….” I said, drawing in a shaky breath. “Give me a bit of your valuable time.” My steps faltered, and I turned to look at him. “This is the last time. I promise I won’t bother you in the future.”“Do whatever you want,” he snapped, turning to look away again. There was a certain sting in his voice. “It is not like you will listen to me.”“Keith…..” Tears welled in my eyes and my voice got a bit choked. “Can I hold you hand?”He didn’t say anything but his fingers clenched into a tight fist in response. It was then I noticed the heavy bandage, “What happened to your hand?”“Nothing,” he replied a bit too quickly. Moving to my other side, he held out his left hand. “You wanted to hold my hand right.”“Hmm…” I ducked my head to hide the tears trickling down my cheeks. Biting my lower lip, I placed my
Keith’s POV My eyebrows furrowed as the stringent scent from the wine hit my nostrils. It seemed vaguely familiar, but where had I smelled it before? Clicking my tongue, I commented, “This smells very different.”“Does it?” Melinda poured some wine into the other goblet hurriedly and took a sip. “It tastes fine to me….”Seeing her flustered expression, I realised that she was the one who had spiked my drink.‘Seems like our mate wants the rejection to go smoothly, Jake.’ I projected my thoughts to my wolf. ‘She even drugged us…’‘So, what are you going to do?’“What am I going to do?’ I picked up the glass and downed the contents of the glass in a single draught. ‘I will give her what she wants.’‘Are you sure?’ Jake’s hesitant voice sounded in my head. ‘You know you will die once she rejects you, right?’‘I know…’ I picked up the bottle of red wine and gulped it down. ‘Since Melinda doesn’t want us and our baby is gone, there is no reason left to live, anyway.’‘But, you can try to
Melinda’s POV “Keith….” I whispered, raising my fingers to brush the surface of the cold mirror. I had thought that I would stop missing Keith after rejecting him, but… he still occupied my every thought.Even now, while I was looking at myself, I could only think about Keith, the way he looked at me when I asked him to reject me, his smoldering gaze when I climbed into his lap and kissed him.The good memories hurt because they stirred a deep longing within me and the bad ones hurt because of the stabbed me. A shaky breath left my lips. That is how it was probably going to be for the rest of my life.Drawing in a deep breath, I adjusted my hair and applied a bit of makeup. Today, I was going to compel Kain into rejecting me. But, before that I wanted to do something for him. I could never repay him for the warmth he had shown me, but I wanted to leave him with a pleasant memory.Pulling out my phone, I texted Kain, ‘Meet me at the Pergola in thirty minutes. I have a surprise for you
Keith’S POV “Veronika!” I gasped, seeing her lying on the floor, her clothes soaked in blood.“Keith…” She mumbled in a feeble voice, raising her head to look at me. “I knew you would come.”Her face was pale and there were marks of bruises on her cheeks; some of them had faded, and some faded. Her eyes were sunken and the corner of her lips were covered in dried blood. Her dress was torn at several places and she was hunched over as if in intense pain,“Why are you in such a state?” I snapped, grabbing the bars of the cell. “Who did this to you?”She lowered her gaze and clenched the fabric of her dress. Shaking her head, she said in a voice that was barely a whisper. “Just forget about it, Keith. I don’t want to create problems for you.”“Veronika!” My teeth gnashed together, and I chewed out. “I. Asked. Who. Tortured. You.”“For the last two days, Alpha Alexander has been torturing her,” the guard standing at the gate supplied. “He wanted Miss Veronika to confess that she is plott
Melinda’s POV ‘Meet me at the Lotus Pavilion in ten minutes.’ I texted Kramen. ‘It is time to pay for your sins.’This was it. One more rejection and all of it would be over. I had expected to feel at least some kind of relief, but all I felt was a sense of emptiness; as if my soul was stranded in the middle of the infinite universe with nowhere to go.An inadvertent sigh left my lips, and I leaned against the backrest of the chair, my gaze landing on the small pond with large, round leaves. Keith had specially gotten this artificial pond created for me when he found out that I loved lotuses. In a couple of months, it would be summer, and the pond will bloom with flowers. Too bad I wouldn’t be there to see them.The water sparkled with a golden glow as the ripples radiated out slowly in the soft breeze; its tranquility soothing my battered heart.“Why did you call me here?” Kramen’s cold voice sounded behind me. “Is this your way of blackmail me or something?”I turned around; adjus
Keith’s POV “Keith…” Veronika’s feeble voice sounded from the bathroom. “Can you come here, please?”My face flushed, and I looked around, a bit hesitant. But when she called again, I walked over. Standing close to the door, I said in a slightly flustered tone, “What is it?”The door opened, and she peeked out before I could finish the sentence. “Can you help me take off my dress?”“What?” I blurted, my face flushing deeper and my mouth going dry. “What nonsense are you spewing?”“Don’t get me wrong Keith.” She said, reaching over and holding my hand. “My clothes are all stuck in the back, probably caked due to blood. I really can’t.”She lost balance and swayed, pulling me inside with her. I spun her around at the last moment to prevent her from getting hurt. In the end, I ended up falling on my back and Veronika landed on me, her entire body pressing against me.We stayed like that for a few moments, too startled to react. Veronika was the first to snap out of it. Holding my arms