"The wizard I talked about,He is my brother."Delilah was shocked. "Aunt, are you serious?""I know you will not believe me.""No, I can believe you. Can you tell me more about it? About the man whom your brother is helping currently?"The woman looked startled. "W-Why do you want to know about him? I thought you would ask about my brother since I was talking about him."Delilah eased her expression. "I was just curious."That woman scrutinized her. "You are not from this village, are you?"Delilah was silent. The woman cleared her throat. "This is it, dear. I can't tell you more."Delilah nodded and left. The woman's eyes looked grim after Delilah left."Who is she? I need to ask my brother. But how can I enter the forest without his permission? Did he really give a normal girl my brother's locket? Why? I can't go now, he will kill me if he gets to know that I met her."—Delilah talked with everyone at lunch time. Today she had lunch with others in the canteen."Where were you y
"I-I saw my m-mate."Delilah did not feel any movement from his body. She slightly moved her head and looked up at him.He looked indifferent. She moved back from him."I saw my mate."She said to him again."So?"He asked as if he did not care or as if it was not a big deal at all for him.She was startled. "I saw my mate, Everett."Hearing his name, he glared at her. She shook her head. Was it a time for him to get angry? She was talking about something serious, wasn't she?"Where did you see him?" He asked.Delilah bit her lower lip. "He was with a woman in the village market and-""Oh, so are you upset because your mate was with another woman?""No. She is his fiancee."Everett stared at her for a moment. He sighed."So you are feeling sad that he has a fiancee, otherwise you would be happy if he was single and waited for you."Delilah shook her head. "No. Why are you saying this? You are misunderstanding me.""Really?" He asked as he stepped close to her."Doesn't everyone wait f
"Because I have someone in my mind. I want to be with him only."He bent his neck close to her face."Who?"She stared at him without replying to him. She felt his hand grabbing her neck slowly."I asked who?"She closed her eyes. "I can't tell you."He let go of her neck and scrutinized her face. "Go to bed and stop dreaming of what can't happen." He said and left the house.She did not open her eyes but tightened her fists. Her heart was running fast.Did he get to know about her feelings for him?What did he mean by not dreaming? Was it impossible to fall for him?Delilah opened her eyes and looked at the empty house. She did not go to the bedroom. She sat on the couch. She did not long for go to bed.She was totally okay until she met her mate. Why did he follow her? What was his motive? Didn't he have a fiancée?So many questions kept playing on her mind. She tried to sleep on the couch.She looked at the wooden ceiling and started to think about Everett."Where are you? Where
"You broke my rule. I hate it when someone touches me and you dare to do that.""Accept my apology, let me go. My hand!"She whimpered and tried to break free from him. He let go of her hand and sat up. She looked at her hand.Her wrist had gotten red. She massaged it and glanced at Everett.He got down from the bed and went to the bathroom. Delilah waited for him to come out so that she could go and freshen up.After Everett, she washed up. When she went downstairs, she saw Everrtt's friends."Hi." She greeted them and they greeted her back.She made breakfast and all of them had it. Every weekend, Everett's friends came to visit Everett.After breakfast, Everett was going out with his three friends but Delilah stopped him."Can I go outside?"Everett turned to her. "Where?""Out of the forest.""No. Stay inside the house. Don't come out today." Everett replied with his cold voice.Delilah did not know why he told her to stay alone. As if something would happen if she went outside
"Everett"She saw Everett grimacing at the man with his fiercer eyes. He looked grim. She got down from the bed hurriedly. She hugged him while crying."H-He tried to t-touch m-me." She sobbed as she tightly hugged him. She choked in a cry.The warmth of his body grabbed her, making her calm. She sobbed and clutched her grip on his shirt.She felt safe when she saw him. She felt relieved that the man who she fell for, came in time to save her."Y-You heard m-me, right? Y-You came to s-save me." She sobbed again. Her whole body was sweating in fear of what her mate was trying to do with her just now.Slowly moving back from him, she looked up at him."He tried to f-force me. He told me that he would take me away from you. I-I don't want to go with him."His eyes pierced into her eyes. They changed direction and went down to her body.Her ripped dress and visible cleavage made him angry. She could see him tightening his fists.He took off his shirt and wrapped it around her body. Then h
"B-Beast?"The beast everyone was afraid of was in front of Delilah's eyes. The beast from whom she always tried to run away and came to hide here, he was that beast? She looked at the man and felt like he was an unknown person to her. He was not the Everett she fell in love with.His burning cheeks looked so horrible that she felt dizzy. Her lips quivered when her eyes met his eyes. Those eyes always looked familiar to her. However, she had never imagined that he could be the beast.She could not look away from his eyes although she was feeling frightened.He frowned when he saw her reaction. "Do you still want to be here? Or want to go with your mate?"Delilah was puzzled about everything. She lost her voice. He scoffed at her when he saw her silence. He turned to the man who was her mate.The gray wolf looked scared. He did not know what Everett looked like when he shifted. Because no one knew about it. He came with the King's permission, so he thought Everett would obey him. Li
"P-Please, D-Don't c-come near m-me."Everett's frowning brows ceased a little. He gazed at her back for a moment. His lips parted to say something but nothing came out of his mouth.He turned around and left the room without saying anything.Delilah heard the sound of the closing door.She turned around and looked at the empty room. She slid down against the wall and pulled her knees close to her chest.She felt betrayed. All this time he was making fun of her. His friends also made fun of her. They made her life a joke.She trusted him and stayed with him. She tried her best to impress him. She thought he had become her family. She cared for him and thought the beast was someone else. She almost got a heart attack the night when Everett was not at home and she heard loud growls. That night she realized what she felt about him. She thought the beast would kill him, but what was she thinking? The beast was he himself.That face! Those eyes!Everything came to her mind again, she felt
"I will escape from him. I will escape from the beast."She was about to open the door when she heard Conor."Calling him a beast doesn't suit you, Delilah. Wasn't you the one who always cooked for that beast when he did not eat anything? Wasn't you the one who always bought something for him whenever you went to the village market? Wasn't you the one who always cared for him?"Delilah's hand trembled a little. Her red nose and swollen eyes could not look worse.She closed her eyes to let tears roll down again. How did he know that? Her hand backed up from the lock."He is a lonely beast who everyone is afraid of. But you are the only person who was able to stay with him, in the same house, in the same room. He has never let anyone give this right before. He never hurt you. How can you just call him a beast?"Delilah sobbed while listening to Conor.She could not forget his look when his eyes and cheeks turned to burn. But Conor was right. He never tried to hurt her."Didn't your mat