Claudia's POV Once again, my bag was thrown into the sink in the first-floor hall. The girls had taken extra "care" of me for the past two days, seemingly on instructions from Fiona. And I had to run downstairs to pick up my bag. When Isaac approached me, I froze, with a hint of nervousness. What I didn't expect was that he didn't even look at me and walked right past me. I wasn't expecting him to help me out. As per usual, he would fold his arms over his chest and lean against the wall watching my embarrassing scene of being bullied with a mocking but pretty smile on his face or a couple of harsh words. But today he walked straight past me like he didn't see me, not giving me a single look. By the time I had fished up everything that had fallen in the sink, the bell had rung. I hurried to the classroom, where the teacher looked at me with a disgruntled look on her face and a roar of laughter came from the classroom. And I subconsciously looked at Isaac, who was just
Claudia's POV The young lady who fell to the ground had her face turned red with anger. After all, she had made a fool of herself in front of the one she liked. Even though she was the one who bumped into me, what could I, a slave, say? I got up and bowed to her in apology. The lady was helped up by the other maids, and her pretty dress got wrinkled. But this scene happened to be seen by Fiona. God! I would die. She would push me to the edge whenever she got the goods on me. "What's going on?" Fiona deliberately asked aloud, and more eyes were attracted by her to our side. "Oh my God!" She pointed to the lady's dress and quipped, "This looks awful. " People around her began to look at the dress and whisper about it. Everyone in the room looked our way and the lady's face got even redder and I could only lower my head to apologize to her. "This damn slave is to blame for being careless and ruining such a nice dress of yours." Fiona tried to defl
Claudia's POV I peeked over at Isaac only to run right into his eyes and after a few seconds of staring at him, I read his thoughts. A huge shock took over my mind. How was this possible? I was so shocked by what I read that my fingertips trembled. Someone beside me was calling my name and telling me to get my ass to the back kitchen, but I was frozen in place as if I had been struck by lightning. No matter how loudly they called me, I was still caught up in the emotion of surprise, until one of the maids forcefully dragged me to the back kitchen. "What were you doing standing there?" The maid scolded me, "Do you think you're the focus of the banquet, staying still in the doorway and not moving?" She pushed me to the sink and the cold water soaked into my skirt before I slowly eased back from the shock. I picked up the dishes and scrubbed them numbly, the word "mate" running all over my mind. "She's my mate!" I looked into Isaac's eyes and read his mind. I was a
Isaac's words knocked me from heaven to hell and I looked at him with incredulous eyes. When I had read that he was my mate, I had fantasized about being with him. Would I finally be happy? But his words shattered all my fantasies. After a brief moment of surprise, I calmed down. I mentally laughed at myself; indeed, it was all in my head. Isaac had never acted like he liked me. He had bullied me since I was a kid and always teased me. He had even torn up books that I had protected with all my heart. I wouldn't want someone with such a bad personality to be my mate. "Whatever, I don't want to be your mate either." I actually said that to Isaac in a fit of pique. Isaac didn't seem to expect me to answer him like that, and his face got even uglier. I watched his reaction with a little pleasure of revenge. Then I continued, "We can break off our mate relationship." Oh my God, I really said that out loud. My heart still ached from saying it. This was the mark that the Moo
Neil's POV It looked like Fiona was crazy that she had been looking for trouble with people for the past two days. I heard a talkative maid say that she saw Fiona being kicked out of Isaac's room only wrapped in a blanket. I could probably guess what happened, even though Fiona grew up with us, Isaac always had a bottom line that no one could touch. Isaac never showed a hint of liking her, and Fiona really had it coming. But my brother was always ruthless and stern. Fiona should never dare act out of character again. Words couldn't even describe how I felt when I thought of my big brother. When we were very young, I was relatively mild-mannered and out of place in the wolf pack that revered strength. Because I was Alpha's child, many people didn't dare to bully me on the surface, only daring to taunt me behind my back. In the face of these insults, I could only pretend not to hear them. But Isaac would punish those who talked too much about me, and there were many who were
Claudia's POV Someone slipped into my room late at night and I was too scared to move. That was until I smelled the faint scent of ebony and cedar. Why had Isaac come to me at this time? I had no idea what he wanted to do and I had to continue to pretend to sleep. He sat slowly on the edge of my bed without making a single noise. Then he brushed away my long hair that was covering my face, uncovered the bandages that Neil placed, and applied the medicine again. I could feel his gentle movements, which even made my cheeks tickle a little. But I resisted, because I was really curious about what Isaac was trying to do. But when he finished dressing the wound, there was only a long silence. After a while, he started touching my face, and I could feel from his movements that Isaac seemed to be reluctant to leave. After Isaac left, my face was burning like a fire where he had touched it. I went to look in the mirror and in it my face began to flush unusually. Slowly, my bod
Claudia's POV It was as if Isaac could see my concern. We made a deal that he could come and stay with me every night to help me through my rut. Of course, this was all to ease my physical discomfort. I had to agree. After that, Isaac literally came to stay with me every night. He would hold me to sleep all night. Just holding me, of course. It was supposed to be a quiet night. Isaac didn't seem to be in a good mood that day, he buried his head in my neck and sniffed me like a large pampered dog. "Isaac?" I whispered his name. He looked up at me just in time to look into my eyes. After a few seconds of staring at each other, I read his thoughts, "I like her so much. What should I do to have her?". I covered my mouth to keep myself from screaming. Was Isaac actually into me? Didn't he reject me as his mate? But when I read his mind, I could feel how strong Isaac's adoration was. Of all the people whose hearts I had read, Isaac was the only one who had
Isaac's POV Just as I was about to continue, there was a commotion from outside and my wolf immediately sensed danger. Fuck! Who's interrupting me at a time like this? The passion was interrupted, which eased me out of my feverish state. The heat slowly subsided from me. Claudia also heard someone screaming outside and she pushed me away from her body. She hurried and asked me to see what was going on outside. I could only kiss her hard on the lips before I left her. I told Claudia to close the door as it was dangerous outside. Then I rushed out of the basement. The chaos outside was worse than I'd imagined, and the pack was haunted by a heavy smell of blood. There were also the cries of children and the screams of women. I didn't hesitate to run towards the center of the chaos. It turned out that the surrounding rogues had gathered and sneaked up on our wolf pack while it was dark. The rogues had shifted into wolves, and the leader had already stabbed several of the