Ethan's POV I had my guess. I knew that Alpha Edgar would probably be responsible for my attack since he is one of the few lucky people who has yet to taste my wrath. He is one proud jerk and I had put him in his place by not only claiming my mate but by teaching him some manners so he's obviously out for revenge. This made me snicker. At least now I have a good enough reason to obliterate the entire pack. He's the one who imprisoned and tortured my mate her whole life and he still has the guts to try to kill her while she's in my care. Now that I'm sure that he's responsible, I will be sending him a befitting reply. I'll show no mercy this time, not even for babies. I took a look at myself in the mirror and sighed. My body is made up of fifty percent of scar tissue and these scars are a reminder of who I am and what my goal in life is. I quickly dressed into fresh clothes and dried my hair. It's already nightfall. It's been one heck of a day. After leaving Esme's room due to my
Ethan's POV I swiftly arrived at the dungeon and when the guards saw my demeanor, they quickly stepped aside without asking questions. The rogue was in a cell, he was naked and chained to the wall but he was asleep. Who gave this bitch the right to sleep after what he did? The scars of my earlier torture of him where still fresh but had been treated. His hand, the one I'd played with was bandaged and he was of course missing a few fingers, courtesy of me. I kicked his face to wake him up and he startled awake. He began shaking when he saw me in front of him. I remember this scene all too well, this is exactly how I felt each time Tanika came to torment me. The terror she made me feel, I feed on it now. "Please….. please no more. I already told the truth, I told you who sent me so please spare me. Please." He was begging and he was……crying? He really is scared of me. Had I been a normal person, I might have taken pity on him but I have no heart, neither does showing mercy appeal
Esme's POVI released a yawn as I snuggled further into my pillow, it was warm but strangely hard at the same time and it smelt really nice. It probably just needs a little padding.I moved my hand over to my pillow and felt something instead. Skin?I finally pushed aside the tiredness and got up and what I saw nearly made me scream out my lungs.My scream seemed to have alerted him as he instantly got up in a defensive position but he relaxed when he saw that it was just me."What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you screaming like that so early in the morning?" He questioned, his bed hair making it difficult for me to take him seriously.I tightened my hands around the blanket over my chest, quickly lowering my gaze to the bed as my face turned red in an instant. This is so embarrassing.Since the both of us are naked, we slept on the same bed and were obviously snuggling before I ruined the moment, does that mean that we…….But how is that possible? How did it even happen? I hav
Esme's POVI just had my breakfast and I'm currently resting in my room. A knock came to my door and already knowing who it would be, I asked the person to come in.Rachel walked into the room and closed the door behind her."How are you feeling now, dear?" She asked as she approached me while I sat up."I already said that I'm fine, please stop asking, it's making me feel like a burden." I requested and she nodded, taking a seat beside me."I'm truly glad that you're OK, you had us all very worried. I haven't seen Ethan like that in a long time, it made me both happy and sad. I was happy that he cared for you and sad that you were in such a terrible condition." She revealed."I'm really sorry for making you worry but I'm pretty sure that the Alpha doesn't care for me. He can't even stand my presence and when he does stay in a room with me, the only thing we do is argue." I complained and she chuckled."That's exactly the reason why I believe that you're getting to him, slowly but sur
Esme's POVI somehow managed to get Ethan to drop the war idea. He's not happy about it but I'm glad that he heeded my request.I also don't want him to kill Alpha Edgar since he's the only family that Kira has and I don't want to take that away from her.I'll never be able to forget her kindness to me over the years. If not for her, I would probably be dead a long time ago. I always wondered how I would repay her and now I'll return her kindness by sparing the life of her uncle.Ethan agreed to grant forgiveness to Alpha Edgar and the rest of my Pack this one time and promised that he would not spare Alpha Edgar the next time he tried a stunt like that and I agreed to that.I just hope he's satisfied and doesn't try to harm me again, for Kira's sake at least.A few days have already passed and I haven't seen Ethan. He's probably still mad at me for stopping him from going to war. I've recuperated fully so I can finally return back to trying to win his heart.I went to the Kitchen an
Esme's POVEthan's lips stretched in a smile which quickly escalated to a full on laugh. It was beautiful, seeing him laugh like this. This is the first time I've seen him laugh freely and genuinely."The words that come out of your mouth can be so funny at times, you know that? I've told you before to get rid of that silly fantasy you have. I won't be able to love you and I don't need your love, it'll just be a burden. There is no happy ending for us, there never was and there never will be. You can keep holding on to that false belief for as long as you can but eventually, reality will come crashing down on you." He said and stood up to leave."Why do you do it?" I suddenly asked without thinking."Do what?" He asked back without looking at me."Why do you keep running away from me? You're always acting like I repulse you. Are you scared of me or something?" I inquired."Don't flatter yourself Esme, even an ant wouldn't be scared of you." He tried to brush me aside."Then why do y
"Please….. please stop this, I'm begging you. I don't want to lose it like this, please don't do this." I cried out and he suddenly paused.He stared at me straight in the eyes for a few minutes, as if searching for something before he finally sighed and got off of me.I sat up quickly and picked up the blanket, wrapping it around myself.I gazed at Ethan, his back was turned to me. "What the fuck was I just about to do?!" I heard him groan as he ran a hand through his hair.I don't even know what to make of any of this. Just now he seemed like he was a different person, almost like he was possessed but now he seems……repentant?"Is everything……" I tried to see if he was OK but he suddenly cut me off."Just get out please. Why won't you listen to me and stay away? Just now I almost did something we both would have regretted. Don't test me, just leave." He said and it almost sounded like he was pleading with me.Something seemed to have come over him before but he regained his self cont
Esme's POVI can't stop staring at the clock, time seems to be the slowest it has ever been. I can't tell why but I'm so excited for my one hour with Ethan. I'm excited but scared at the same time, my stomach is swirling around like a vortex and I can't even figure out why. Probably because today is the first day, this feeling should ease down in the next few days.I wonder what we're going to talk about. But come to think of it, why am I just sitting around waiting for him when I could be doing stuff to take my mind off of it?He never gave a certain time, he just said he would come to me when he was less busy and that could be anytime, even in the middle of the night. Why am I acting like a teen excited for her first date? I should really go do something, probably help Rachel out with some chores. But will I really be able to concentrate on anything? What if Ethan comes to my room and doesn't see me and then decides not to bother looking for me?"Calm down Esme. Geez, you'll get a