ANMELDENElaraWhen I opened my eyes again, it was morning, and I remembered falling asleep in Daniel's arms, but he wasn't in bed.I had told him everything. Well, not everything per se. I had told him everything I felt like he needed to know because if I went any further, it was going to shatter everything, and I didn't want that.I got out of bed slowly and went downstairs only to find Daniel in the kitchen making breakfast, and from where I stood at the very end of the stairs, I just watched him closely. Not because of what Darius had said to me, but because of how lucky I felt.I knew the game Darius was playing, and I wasn't going to allow myself to fall for that. Silas was my past, and nothing was going to change that, and it was absolutely sad to see him advocating for Silas, the same person who..."You're awake," Daniel said, distracting me.I walked towards him, and without a single word, I just hugged him from behind."Wow, what is all this about?""Do you want me to stop?" I whispe
Elara"Are you being for real right now?""I need you to listen to me and listen carefully. Whoever is in there with you is very dangerous."I laughed hysterically because he was actually being for real. He was actually serious about this nonsense that he was saying to me."That is my fiancé," I snapped, "and you will show him respect. Am I understood?""Why don't you get what I'm trying to tell you, Elara? I am not doing this because I do not like the guy. I am doing this for you, for your safety, to protect you.""Protect me from what exactly?""Him. There is something wrong. I can feel it. I do not know how, but there is something off about that man. Why can't you feel it?""Oh, I get it now. There's something off about him because he's not Silas, right? And Silas was the perfect person for me.""Silas was a psychopath," Darius replied, which was a shocking answer because I didn't expect that at all, "but Silas would never do anything to intentionally hurt you, and no matter how yo
ElaraDaniel stood frozen.What he said, the expression on his face—it was pure confusion.I hadn't planned on telling him. I wasn't actually planning on telling him anything at all, but definitely not yet."I'm a werewolf," I said again."I think you need a seat," Darius said, moving away from the door and giving him enough space to step in.When he was in the room behind us, he just walked into the bed."What do you mean you're a werewolf?""Like, we shift into werewolves, and we can shift back into our human form," Darius said before I got the opportunity to even say a single word. He had this annoying expression on his face while explaining to Daniel, like he was talking to a three-year-old child."Do you think I'm stupid?" Daniel asked."What? No.""So, while you're cheating on me with some random stranger at this disgusting place, the first lie you could come up with is something from your fictional book? Elara, what have I ever done to you to make you want to hurt me this much?
Elara“Elara, I need you to explain to me how this is possible,” Darius slowly sat down on the only bed in this small, cheap-ass-looking hotel room.“And why the hell are you here?” I asked.“This is all I can afford.”“What?”“Can you forget about my living situation right now and let’s figure this out?”“Okay,” I said. “Can you tell me what all of this is? Because I am seriously losing my mind, and my fiancé thinks I’m crazy—which I am not.”“Take a deep breath,” he said. “Calm down. I need you to breathe, okay? Please, just breathe.”He tapped the side of the bed, and I slowly sat down.“Okay.”“So,” Darius said, “I have read about it, I have heard about it, but it is not that common. Where mates usually share this deeper connection—more than the mate bond—more than anything. Even if the mate bond is dissolved, there is this invisible thread linking the both of them together. I think that is what you and Silas have.”“Okay… okay,” I said again, trying to process every single word t
ElaraThroughout the night, I couldn't sleep. I just kept tossing and turning in bed.Daniel was fast asleep. I knew he had had a long day, and I wasn't going to wake him or disturb him.I just felt so restless, and what Darius had said today kept ringing in my head.Even after rejecting the mate bond between the two of us, was there some invisible string still attaching us together? That was something I didn't want. No.Did I still love Silas?I asked myself that question over and over again, and I knew the answer, but I wasn't going to accept it because I already belonged to someone else.I turned to Daniel, who was sleeping peacefully beside me, and I just ran my hand over his face.His skin was so soft, and Daniel was just so gentle. He was perfection, nothing like Silas.I didn't want to ruin what we had, but I just kept having this fear and anxiety that I would.I got out of bed, walked to my laptop, which was open on my desk, and I began writing.Writing usually calmed me down—
ElaraI kept checking the time.Darius was never usually late, but he was five minutes late, and I was freaking out.Maybe this was the wrong thing.I never should have called him.Maybe I was just having a dream, but I was so worried that I had to reach out to Darius.I wasn't sure if I made the right move because I wanted the past to stay in the past, but seeing Silas like that, seeing him half alive, I couldn't not do anything about it.Suddenly, the door to the diner opened, and there he was.It had been almost three years, and it looked like not even a single day had passed.He walked directly to where I was seated, lowered himself onto the chair in front of me, and for almost a minute, we didn't say anything to each other.He had this over-serious expression on his face, and he didn't look like the Darius I remembered.He hadn't changed a bit, but at the same time, he had changed a lot.I didn't know how I knew, but I just knew."I thought you were dead," he finally said."I jus
ElenaI sat in front of the mirror as the maids arranged beautiful flowers in my hair.My makeup was done.The dress I had on was stunning.But I was freaking out so badly.I kept checking my phone every three minutes.The person I had sent for the past couple of days to track down Silas hadn't got
ElenaI paced back and forth in my room, chewing on my nails. I just felt so restless.I sat on my bed, then stood up again.I overheard some of the maids talking about Silas, but I wasn't sure what exactly they were talking about.I walked to the door quickly, opened it, and stepped out into the h
Kaelen"I only want answers. I'm tired of being fed pieces of information. I want all I need to know. For crying out loud, I do not even know your name."Kaelen.She sat on the couch in front of me, dressed in black, her black cloak draping down beside her. Then she stood up, walking one foot at a
Silas"Where the hell have you been?"Darius immediately began hounding me the moment I stepped into my room."What are you doing here?" I said, my voice calmer than I had expected.I had accumulated so much rage, and all I wanted was to pour it out."Do you know how worried I've been? I couldn't f







