Brandon's POV.My eyes were still half open when she lifted her face from mine."I hope this works", she lowered her face again and planted her lips in mine to blow more air.Her hands recurrently mounted pressure on my chest."Wake up".I enjoyed it. It sent tickles to my side and I was trying so hard not to laugh but when she shifted her pressure to my rib cage, I couldn't help but break out a loud cough.It was meant to be a laugh but I pushed a cough in there."Oh my goodness", she sighed. I turned to find her face filled with relief. "I was scared for a second there, thank goodness you are alive".The fake cough cleared eventually and I was soon able to talk again.I had not realized my voice was a bit rusty until I tried to thank her."My name is—--I cleared my throat, "I'm sorry." I adjusted the tune by tapping my chest twice and then coughing into my fist, "Thank you for saving me, my name is Brandon"."Sandra".A nice name for a nice face. The ice in my chest melted. "You sa
Brandon's POV."What if you were waiting for me?". I found myself blurting out. The room went dead silent as I watched her bit on her lower lip."What if your wolf had asked you to come wait for me?"."I'm not sure that was what I had in mind when I said that?"She tilted her neck to one side of her shoulder and raised her eyebrow."I meant waiting for someone to come buy the house. This house was a gift from my parents but I am an only child so I can't be visiting every time, I have to sell it".My eyelid lowered and my face turned red. I felt embarrassed at the statement I had just uttered. That was a bit too sudden."Oh"."You're funny," she said to me, "I like you".My face brightened up again. "You do?""Yes, it's been a while since I met someone trying to woo me with the old fashion ways, it's cute to see".The blush on my cheek reddened as I fidgeted with my fingers. I looked elsewhere as I tried to distract myself from her comment and hide my embarrassment."You can't call me c
Alpha Brandon’s POV.I found something running down my back as I slept. I shrieked as I felt it and then popped my eyes open. My reflex was fast enough to catch it but to my greatest surprise, it turned out to be a hand.Sandra’s hand.“Good morning”, I searched for her face and found her lying next to me with a bright smile and the ray of the morning sun shining brightly on her face. Her eyes were glistering. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you”.I loosened my grip around my wrist. She twisted her wrist a little. It cracked a little.“I’m sorry too. I'm not used to sleeping with someone in my bed”. I turned to her side of the bed and smiled at her too.She was fully dressed while I was naked and beginning to feel cold.“I take it you do not have a mate”.“I don’t”.“That’s sad”, she said with an even wider smile. “I hope you find one soon. The world is a lonely place without one”.“You're beautiful”, I brushed her topic off and touched her chin. I found my hand way to her forehe
Sophia’s POV.I had anticipated something bad happening as soon as Brandon came back but it seemed my wolf was wrong.He brought good news with him, and I was glad.I watched him and his mate interlock fingers as they walked inside together. I felt the love radiating from them. my wolf could smell it.“I wished that was me”. I mumbled to myself as I walked behind me. A sudden sense of loneliness came over me. I felt bitter, lonely, and for a reason, I didn’t know, scared.I shook my shoulder as I tried to overcome it but I couldn’t. The feeling clung to me like a second skin.“You haven’t told us when you would be having your wedding”, I fastened my pace and caught up with them.“It’s a little too early to decide. Im sure we would need time to process this and make—“We’re looking at the middle of next week”. Brandon interrupted her. She looked shocked at what he said. It was followed by an unusual moment of silence.“Is everything alright?”. the sound of my voice broke the awkward si
Sophia's POV.I woke up to a loud bell ringing by my window. It rang so loud that I fell off my bed and rose with a headache.Luckily, pups were known to have terrible hearing in their first few days out of their mother.The loud gong did not wake them up. I looked over at their crib to find them sleeping peacefully.Meanwhile, my head was threatening to split open. I held the side of my ears, trying to block out the noise as I stood there.When it had stopped for a few seconds, I rushed to the window to have a look. Some men were passing by in a straight line.They were in lines of two and hard black painted on their faces while they were dressed in fur and animal skin.They held twigs in their mouths as they hummed an unfamiliar hymn and walked around.It was a scary festival to witness.I shut my blinds and searched for my shoes.I needed to see what was happening.Suddenly, I heard the sounds of women singing from outside my room.I slipped into my footwear and ran outside the do
Sophia's POV."Should we try again?". I offered. Brandon handed the phone over to me, "Be my guest".I took it from his hand and continued dialing their cellphones, still, it was not ringing.Their walkie-talkie was dead and the signal from the tracker was still.Not long after, it went off.This should not be happening, I thought. Why was the only means to save my mate not going through?The entire evening was not pleasant for me.While everyone danced and sang in merriment, I was seated in the corner, tightly clinging to the Alpha's phone in high hopes that I would get a call from the Gamma.My heart was racing against my chest as every second went by. I tried to keep calm and act natural but my legs folded in unconsciously and I found a tear rolling down my eyes a few times."Has anything happened yet?". Brandon would come to ask once in a while and I gave him the answer, "No. I'm still expecting".He would pat on my shoulder and ask me to be patient."Sometimes, it's the network.
Derrick's POV.I strode through the dense forest that surrounded my mansion, those huge trees cast long shadows in the bright yellow light of the evening that was on its way.Right before me, the air had become so thick with tension that I could barely think straight. It was so much that in my chest, I felt an ominous feeling gripping my heart. Sophia, my mate, was still nowhere to be found, and an unrelenting worry that I had tried to calm persisted as it clawed at my heart. "This is meant to work!", I said as I tapped my chest again and again.My mind reached out, attempting to establish a telepathic link with Sophia. It was the right thing that occurred between every mate, but for some reason, ours couldn't.The connection was weak.My senses were flickering like a dim light in a storm. I took many deep breaths and tried over and over to but it kept ceasing after I tried to call her name.I was worried. Now and then, I could sense her emotions— the fear in her heart. The confu
I was asleep when my eyes snapped open as a loud thud echoed through the silence of my dimly lit room. I shot up in bed, immediately on high alert. The noise had come from the basement, the very place I had repeatedly warned Sophia to stay away from. Maybe she had come back to me.My instincts kicked in at once, a primal immediacy urging me to check it out.To investigate. Rising from my bed, my bare feet met the cool floor as I scanned the room. It was dark again and cold. I tiptoed to the basement, making sure I was as silent as I could be.Next to nothing.A quick push of the door and I was in.Everything seemed in order, except for a missing cushion and a chair slightly out of place. I frowned, my keen vision was taking in the scene. I knew myself well enough and I was meticulous about my space. I knew what was kept and where it was. Any deviation from what I deemed as standard struck me as odd.Quietly, I approached the basement door again. My senses heightened. I could