TOMAS’S POV
The following days leading up to me and my trackers going to get my mate back were excruciatingly slow and I couldn’t take it. It was like riding to war on a chameleon’s back and it was unbearable. I felt like every moment I spent sitting at home was a moment of victory for my brother and I couldn't stand it. But If I wanted to win with Miranda I had to wait and take it slow I couldn’t jump the gun and ruin everything for myself. I knew that if I rushed anything I would end up losing everything that I was working so hard to achieve and I didn't want to lose.When the day to go and try to speak to her had finally arrived, I was feeling a wave of mixed emotions. I was both excited and nervous of what her reaction to me would be. I woke up that morning and got ready to go and try to win Miranda’s heart with hopes that she would have me.The worst thing that could happen to me was if she rejected me the same was I rejected her, that would be an iTOMAS’S POVWhen we got to the small town that Miranda was now staying in, we went to look for her in the bakery she was said to be working in first but she wasn’t there. We never went in but when we asked the people that were hanging around the bakery they told us that Ms. Caroline who was the owner of the bakery had told them that she had given Miranda the day off because she wasn’t feeling well.Of course, I wondered if Miranda wasn’t really feeling well for real or if she had just sued that as an excuse because she knew I was going to be coming for her. We had been apart for a while but surely the mate bond was still at work because I had never broken the mate bond.When we discovered that she wasn’t at the bakery and that she was at home instead we headed there straight away. The house was small and a little secluded but it looked cozy, that was the thing about humans they were simple creatures and that was the reason we considered them to be lower than Omegas with their weak and
MIRANDA’s POV“You will kill Ms. Caroline and everybody else if I don’t go back with you?” I asked him as I slowly walked back toward him“Yes I will kill them all and you know I can do that,” he said and I shook my head in disbelief“Is that supposed to make see that you have had a miraculous change of heart and you really want me back? “ I asked him“It’s supposed to show you I will do anything to have you come back home with me," he said and I laughed sarcastically“And as you drove here it never crossed your mind that I don’t want to come back with you, it never even once crossed your mind that the hurt you caused me was way too deep for me to forgive and forget? Tomas, you can’t control and manipulate me anymore and your threats mean nothing to me, I am not going back with you” I said“Then I will kill them all,” he said and I laughed“No you won’t,” I said challenging him, I suddenly felt very confident and I was glad that I could talk back at him and stand up to him, I had had
MIRANDA’S POV“Miranda honey where have you been, I was beginning to get worried about you,” Ms. Caroline asked as I entered through the back door“Oh I am sorry, I was out swimming in the lake the water was so nice. I also sat and watched the sunset it was so beautiful I must have lost track of time” I said“Oh I see but you must be careful the water tends to get a little too cold in the evenings and I don’t want you catching a cold,” she said and I nodded, I was touched by her concern. She reminded me a lot of my mother.“What’s for dinner?” I asked changing the subject and looking over at the pots she was busy with“I made some beef stew, I thought it would be nice to have with some rice,” she said“That’s a simple but perfect meal,” I said sitting down as she started dishing “I hope everything was ok at the shop today,” I said it was a perfect meal for me because I was feeling a little cold.“Oh everything was perfect, I even had some help from a helpful young man but I do hope yo
MIRANDA’S POVI woke up the next day feeling a little refreshed, even after I had spent half the night thinking about the suggestion that Ms. Caroline had made the previous night. I wondered if I was at all capable of befriending William and if I would be capable of trusting him after what happened with Tomas. But that was just it, I had to remember that William wasn’t Tomas, and thankfully so.But I had to be careful with the kind of ideas that I entertained especially with Tomas thinking that he had some kind of claim over me after the way he treated me. The last thing I needed and the last thing that this little community of humans needed was two wolves turning their town into a battleground and fighting over me. Not to mention they would expose me and how I have deceived Ms. Caroline by making her think I was one of them.Despite the negative thoughts that I had concerning giving William a chance for friendship and seeing where that friendship could lead us, I decided to give him
MIRANDA’S POV“Let go of me or I will scream,” I said as soon as we were inside and I reached for the lights to switch them on. After I switched the lights on my captor immediately let go of me and I took the opportunity to turn around and give him a very big piece of my mind“William?” I was shocked “what are you doing here so early in the morning, I haven’t even opened yet,” I asked as I backed away from him“Ms. Caroline asked me to come and keep an eye on you, she said you had been very jumpy lately because you felt like you were being followed,” he said and I felt like he was lying“and she decided to ask a stranger who came around here at the same time I felt like I was being followed, I mean for all we know you could be the one following me, especially after the way you just grabbed me from behind,” I said“I think you should be grateful that I was here, I mean I noticed that you were being followed and that is why I reacted the way I did,” he said and shifted uncomfortably“I
TOMAS’S POVI never thought the thought of Miranda moving on and forgetting about me would hurt me so much, in fact, I never thought a day would come when she would choose to forget about me and all the things I put her through. But seeing her with William broke my heart and made me want to kill him.What made it worse was the fact that he wasn’t just any wolf, he was my brother and he knew that he was messing with my mate. I followed Miranda in the morning when she was making her way to the bakery. William saw me and got in my way, how could someone be so energetic in keeping two people that were meant to be apart?I had noticed the way he was looking at her and the way he was trying to flirt with her, he was no longer treating this like a task that father had given him, I started feeling like William genuinely liked Miranda and wanted to be with her. That idiot, he was only going to hurt her when he found his true mate and I couldn’t and wouldn’t let that happen. I wanted to speak t
MIRANDA’S POVI had to snap myself back to reality and get my mind back at work, what was Tomas trying to do and why was I allowing him to take advantage of me like that? I was stronger than I was acting and I had to show him that his days of taking advantage of me were a thing of the past.“What were you doing back there? I have been calling out for you” William said as I emerged from the kitchen and as I fixed my apron“Nothing, you are also a customer here William so stop acting like my boss,” I said and he raised his hands in surrender and walked back to his seat I took my attention from him and focused on the customer that was before me.I walked around like a zombie the whole day, I couldn’t get my mind off the kiss Tomas had given me and how it made me feel, and how I hated myself for it. I had to do something to force myself to forget about him. I couldn’t continue being his little puppet in his little mind games. I looked over at William who had been glued to his laptop almos
MIRANDA’S POVI found myself opening up to William and the fact that he was so easy to talk to and such a great listener made it even easier to talk to him. William was the opposite of Tomas, in fact, he was everything that my mother told me a mate was supposed to be and yet he wasn't my mate. I found myself wishing Tomas had broken the mate bond that we shared so that I could be with William.No matter how much I liked William being with him and being fully committed to him was close to impossible because I was still mated to Tomas and it seemed to me that Tomas wanted me back at all costs.“Thank you so much for tonight,” I said as William drove me home“Don’t thank me, it wasn’t a favor to you, I did it for myself” he said“Why are you so nice to me?” I asked him because I couldn’t understand how and why he would be so nice to someone that he had never met.“I like you a lot Miranda, in fact, I like you more than I thought I would like you,” he said“What do you mean?” I asked him