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0076: Not Walking Away
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Fate Or Mates 0076: Not Walking Away
ANGELA’S POVThe night air brushed against my skin, cool enough to make me aware of every inch it touched. We followed the narrow garden path behind the house, and the only sounds were the steady hum of crickets and the faint scrape of gravel under our feet.The moonlight slipped through the trees, thin and pale, cutting across the stone like threads of silver. I carried my heels in one hand. My other was in Aaron’s, and for a long time, neither of us said anything. Peaceful. Too peaceful, maybe. The kind that makes your thoughts start circling back on themselves.I kept thinking about everything, and then some. The wedding. My father’s expectations. The fake smiles at dinner. And Aaron. Especially Aaron, sitting across from me with that polite, faraway look he gets when something is wrong. Even now, he walked beside me, but there was a distance in him that made me want to reach out and shake him, or maybe hold him tighter. I wasn’t sure which.I stopped walking. “Aaron,” I said quiet
Fate Or Mates 0075: Secret Identity
AARON’S POVWhen Angela told me her family wanted to have me over for dinner, something in me tightened. Not nerves exactly. More like that strange stillness right before a storm breaks. You know something’s coming, even if you pretend you don’t.I already had the feeling I would run into someone I did not want to see. And the second I walked into that dining room and spotted her uncle George, that quiet warning in the back of my mind turned sharp.He looked different, older, heavier around the eyes, but I knew him. He had been there the day my parents were buried, standing with the Shadow Moon mourners, watching from a distance. I had buried that whole part of my life deep enough that no one should have recognized me. But one look from him told me he had.So when he asked to talk alone, I was not surprised.We walked down the hall without a word. The sound of clinking glasses and laughter faded behind us. He did not take me to the study. Instead, he pushed open the back door and led
Fate Or Mates 0074: Meet The Family
ANGELA’S POVBy the time the sky started to fade, my nerves had tangled themselves into something ugly. The house smelled thick with roasted chicken and herbs, a sweetness from the pasta sauce drifting through the air. Mom was humming, happy, moving fast between the kitchen and the dining room. My cousins were laughing too loud, arguing over forks and napkins. The whole place felt alive, too alive, and I kept thinking I should be calm by now. But I wasn’t.I was laying out the last few plates when I heard the low hum of a car outside. Tires crunching on the driveway. My hand froze midair. Everyone noticed, I think, because Rainey smirked and bumped me with her elbow.“That’s him, isn’t it?”“Don’t start,” I said, my voice quieter than I meant, heat crawling up my neck.When I opened the door, something inside me stuttered. Aaron stood there in the porch light, tall and steady, that faint shadow under his jaw making him look unfairly good. His shirt was black, sleeves rolled, the top b
Fate Or Mates 0073:Full House
ANGELA’S POVI had been staring at my phone so long the screen had started to blur. I kept refreshing it anyway, as if somehow that would make a message appear. Nothing. Not even a missed call.It was ridiculous. Aaron was never the kind of person who texted much, and I knew that. Still, after last night… the way he had looked at me, like he was almost about to close the distance between us. I could not stop waiting for something. A word. A sign. Anything.I told myself to relax, that he was probably caught up with work, but the thought would not settle. A quiet, stubborn part of me kept whispering maybe he has changed his mind, maybe he has finally realized this whole pretend marriage idea is stupid.The thought made my chest tighten. I did not want to care so much, but I did. I did not want him to walk away. Not yet. Not when I was starting to feel something real.I was still lost in that thought when my mom burst into the room, her voice bright and almost musical.“Angela! They’re
Fate Or Mates 0072: Vulnerability
AARON’S POVI’d barely been home an hour when my phone buzzed. The screen showed an unlisted number. Normally I’d ignore it, but something about the timing, or maybe the silence right before, made me swipe and answer.A rough voice came through. “I’ve got information about the deaths of Alpha Darius and Luna Mae.”I froze. No one had said those names to me in years. My parents. The ones I’d watched die when I was fifteen.“Who is this?” My throat felt tight.“Someone who knows what really happened,” the voice replied. “If you want answers, come to the old trading post on the edge of Crimson territory. Midnight. Come alone.”Then the line went dead. For a long minute, I just sat there, the phone still in my hand, pulse pounding. I’d chased ghosts for years, rumors, half-truths, lies, but something about this felt different. Too specific. Too deliberate.I got up, grabbed my jacket, and slipped out without another thought. The drive was silent and tense. The moon hung low over the trees
Fate Or Mates 0071: Running On Fumes
AARON’S POVWalking away from Angela’s door felt wrong the second I did it. Every part of me screamed to turn back. My wolf was restless, pacing under my skin like it couldn’t stand being away from her. I could still feel the ghost of her touch, the way her breath hitched when I leaned in. It took everything in me not to close that space, not to give in.By the time I reached my car, my hands were clenched tight at my sides. I leaned against the door for a second, eyes shut, breathing hard. The image of her standing there, staring up at me with those wide, hopeful eyes, wouldn’t leave my head. Her lips had parted slightly, like she was waiting for me to make a move, to claim her.And hell, I wanted to. I wanted it more than I had wanted anything in years.But I couldn’t.Because the moment I gave in, the moment I let myself taste her again, there would be no turning back. I would forget why I came here. Forget my promise. Forget vengeance. And I couldn’t afford that. Not yet.I slid i
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