LOGIN25ISABELLA I didn’t know where else to go.My feet carried me to Derek’s door before my thoughts could catch up. I stood there for a moment, staring at the wood like it might answer something for me.Then I knocked.Soft at first.Nothing.I knocked again, harder this time.Still nothing.The silence stretched, tightening something in my chest until I couldn’t stand it anymore.I raised my hand and pounded on the door.“Derek!”The door jerked open.“What is your problem?” he snapped, his voice sharp, his eyes already irritated.I flinched slightly but forced myself to stand my ground.“I’ve been losing my mind these past few days,” I said, the words tumbling out faster than I could filter them. “And you haven’t spoken to me.”His expression darkened.“I didn’t speak to you?” he repeated.“Yes—”“You made me not speak to you,” he cut in.The words landed heavier than I expected.I blinked.“What?”He stepped aside, gesturing for me to come in.“Come inside before you start shouting
ISABELLA “That’s funny,” I whispered, rubbing my temples trying to focus the world a bit disoriented. “I could’ve sworn you said I was pregnant." I said with a nervous chuckle but the doc's face didn’t change.“Mrs Isabella Obsidian, you are in fact pregnant.” The room seemed to tilt, like the ground beneath it had shifted just slightly off balance.“No,” I whispered, refusing to comprehend.She stepped closer, placing a file into my hands. The words written carried a truth my mind refused to hold.“These are your lab results,” she explained. “It’s still early, but the signs are clear.”My fingers trembled against the paper.“Have you noticed any symptoms?” she asked.Symptoms.My thoughts scattered like startled birds.The fatigue.The strange heaviness in my body.The vomiting.Oh no…I swallowed.“I…” My voice faltered. “I didn’t think—”I pushed myself upright too quickly.A sharp dizziness swept through me, eclipsed with a faint wave of nausea.My hand shot out, gripping the s
24ISABELLAThe ambience of the forest after he left dropped.It wasn't soothing anymore, it was lonely... Empty like he had sucked the blissful atmosphere.I sat on the boulder, staring at the river, my fingers tightening around the necklace in my hand.My life was tainted by his darkness because no matter how much I tried to deny it, he was now a part of.I exhaled sharply, shaking my head.I didn’t like this.Didn’t like the way my chest tightened when I thought about him. Didn’t like how his words lingered longer than they should. Didn’t like how, despite everything, I still tried to find something good in him.It was stupid.He wasn’t my problem.He wasn’t anything.If he knew what was going on in my head, he would laugh in my face. Call me delusional. Tell me I was imagining things that didn’t exist.Because to him, that was all this was.Nothing.I looked down at the necklace.The silver glinted faintly in the fading light.Derek’s gift.My throat tightened as I slowly fastened
CHAPTER 23ROHAN“You should have said something, a warning would have been appreciated?” I growled, craving for a drink but I didn’t have anything with me.That would be the next thing I do, repair the bar. I needed something to drown away these thoughts.Bellamy paused looking at his phone to give me a knowing glance.“Does Ravena scare you or finally settling down?” He teased and I wished one of those reasons were why there was a heavy lump in my throat.I was just as surprised as Isabella.She was trying to hold it back but I could tell it made her upset. She was lonely and though it wasn’t a reason to kiss my brother’s wife, she was just too hard to resist.“Maybe it’s not that,” Bellamy commented when I didn’t react. “I thought you wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible,” he said with a smug grin.Of course I did. Ravena’s dad was a huge part in finally getting to the top of the ranks.“I do,” I shot back immediately. “But I would have appreciated knowing she was go
22ISABELLA For a second, I was startled and scared I was going to trip but Rohan held me close like he was afraid to let me go.“What are you doing?” I frowned, pushing him and stepping away.I sauntered all the way here to avoid my problems but he just had to ruin the moment.“Why are you trying to kill yourself? Have you finally gone mad?” He roared, his veins popping on his temples.“No,” I said quickly to explain he was mistaken but I paused realizing he shouldn’t even be there in the first place.“Wait… why are you even here?”It wasn’t random to run into someone this deep into the woods and judging by his brown t-shirt and trousers he didn’t look like he was going hiking.My eyes narrowed.“Were you following me?”Rohan cleared his throat, unable to meet my eyes.“Are you stalking me?” I pressed, feeling my own wave of anger.His expression hardened, slipping into that same indifferent mask he wore so easily.“What did you tell Alpha Clinton?” he asked flatly.The question cau
21ISABELLA‘That’s a bold accusation.” Rohan scoffed, his full attention on Clinton now.“I didn’t accuse anyone,” Clinton volleyed back. “I only said Isabella may be able to help me track the thief.”“Why would you think I could help you?” My voice came out calmer than I felt.Alpha Clifford nodded to the man next to him, one of the guards I recognized with the same attire of the moon ball.The bulky guard stepped forward holding up something that looked ridiculously familiar.My necklace.The delicate silver chain swayed slightly between his fingers.Instinctively, my hand rubbed my neck where the piece used to rest. Since Derek had given it to me I hadn’t removed it. I had gotten used to it, I didn’t realize when it fell off.This was a bad look.“I already inspected the jewelry, it's the same one I gave Isabella.” Derek clarified to no one in particular.“Still it doesn’t prove anything,” Rohan argued defensively.“Calm your horses Rohan, I only came to talk to Isabella, I’m sure
16SELENAHe was asking me to be his date?I blinked, feeling a weird sensation in the pit of my belly.The notion made heat crawl up my neck.I hid it by fixing my eyes on the envelope with the werewolf seal.He had to be joking right? But I couldn't bring myself to look him in the eyes so instead
15ISABELLAFor a moment I just stared at him. His words slowly got under my skin. If he came here to insult me, I preferred to be alone wallowing in my self-pity.“What?” I asked, genuinely startled.Rohan leaned back slightly in the chair, one arm resting on the table while the other dragged slow
ISABELLA I suddenly became self aware and true to his words the eyes were mostly pinned on me.Most of the women looked at Rohan and I couldn't help but give him a sidelong glance to see if he was sharing their interests."It doesn't make sense," My voice became louder as we stepped closer to the
17ISABELLA“You have some nerves showing up here,” Alpha Clinton said through gritted teeth.The guards closed in on us, my pulse drumming in my ears but Rohan grinned.“I’m an ally and I have something valuable, you are smart enough to know business before emotions.” Rohan voiced just before one







