Ash POVIt has been more than three days since the birthday party. It went off without a hitch. I had so much fun I can barely remember the incidents except that Caspian refused to let me out of his sight. He said I was too beautiful to be left on my own, according to him someone might kidnap me. Even though there was no chance of that happening, I did like the fact that he was all over me. It did get annoying at some point but he didn't stop me from having a good time.However, even though I had a swell time a couple of days ago, I am in bed with the sheets to my neck and a fever band on my head. I fell sick. It's a full moon today and the patrol is compulsory but Caspian is missing out on it to stay with me. I feel awful, he is the alpha of the pack but I am keeping him away like this."You know you don't have to stay with me. It's just a little fever, I will be fine on my own." I say as he changes the fever band on my forehead.He glares at me, "The fact that you think I would le
Ash POVI wrap my hands around Conall’s neck, I love him so much. I don’t know what I would have done without him here with me right now. He is my love, my mate and at this moment all I have in the world.“Babe,” he cries. “You have to let me go.”“I know, I know,” I whisper into his neck breathing in his scent. “Just give me a moment.” Normally, I am shy towards him but knowing death twice is more than enough to let me appreciate this moment.He pulls back and I let him go this time, he dips his head downwards and I close my eyes in anticipation but he kisses me on the cheek instead. I open my eyes and try to hide my disappointment.As he leaves the room, I grab his hand. He turns to look at me with his forehead furrowed and his bushy brows high up. It takes a lot for me not to giggle.“What?” He asks softly, I can hear his worry.“Let me do the ritual first. As our new Alpha let me swear my allegiance to you.” This is bold coming from me and by the look on Conall’s face, I am not th
Ash POV “What?!” I yell, surely my ears are deceiving me. I did not only get rejected but I am also leaving the pack. This does not make any sense. “You want me to leave?” My voice cracks as I ask the dumb question, I can’t leave, Grand Cresent pack is all I know. “I will prefer not to repeat myself but yes, you heard me,” Conall replies. He glares at me with anger in his eyes, I have never seen him look at me like that before. “I can’t leave. I understand if you don’t want me anymore…” After all who would want a wolfless mate, let alone as their luna? He is the alpha now, it is expected that his mate should be someone capable, not me who will hold him down. My voice cracks a little, “I-I can’t leave the pack. Where will I go?” “I don’t care, Ashton. You have two hours to leave the pack house and the compound. If I see you after two hours I will assume you are an intruder and you will be treated as such.” My ears ring, and I still can’t believe what I am hearing. My eyes well up
Ash POVI don't know any of them. A whistle rings out. “You are prettier than I thought. Hi, beautiful," he stands up from the couch and walks toward me. I take a step back. I don't care who they are, I just want them out. “Get out!" I am annoyed, sad, and heartbroken. I don’t want to deal with anything else other than my emotions right now.“No, no, no. That is not how to treat guests," he stops walking and does a hair flip. He must think he is quite good-looking, to me he looks like he was dropped as a child and landed on his face. “Guests! You broke into my house." I point to the broken window.“Your house, last I checked this place is abandoned."“It belongs to my parents."“Belonged, beautiful. They are dead, have been dead for years."I frown, “Who are you?” It is pretty obvious at this point that they did not randomly find me. They know who I am whereas I haven’t seen any of them a day in my life.He claps. “Finally, you are asking the right questions. Prince charming, my dea
Caspian POVI pick her up and the sight of her tears tugs at my heart. I know immediately that she is my mate. I can feel my wolf going berserk, wanting to be let out on the ruffians that have dared to hurt her.There are no noticeable injuries on her except Tyler's finger marks but he did not press hard enough to break her skin. Good for him, I doubt I will be able to control myself if he had dealt her any serious damage. I can smell blood though but it is quite faint.I immediately notice that she is unconscious, it will be best to put her down but I don't want to let her go. I keep my gaze on her face, she is pretty. Her auburn hair has a glow that makes it look closer to red than auburn.“Alpha," I hear a voice call and I snap out of it. “Would you like us to take care of them?" Damian, one of the twins, calls my attention. His brother Damon chooses the moment to jump through the window and he sneers at Tyler’s goons. Damon is the quiet one but his attitude is a hundred times lou
Ash POVThere are a few times I have messed up and as I look at the face of the wolf that saved me I know that compared to all the times I have messed up, this one tops the list. His bland expression turns into something scary and I instinctively take a step back.“Ah ahhh, I don’t think we have introduced ourselves. I am Damian.” One of the twins says, they have the same face except Damian's hair is longer. “That’s Damon,” Damon has a scowl on his face as he glares at me. “And that is our Alpha…”“Caspian,” he says and throws his face away.I already know this, I slept with his voice in my ears and his name on my lips. There is no way I can forget it so easily. “I am Ashton and I am sorry, I didn't mean it like that. It is just something I heard.”He scoffs, “No matter. I don’t expect a member of the Grand Crescent Pack to think highly of us.” He still doesn’t look at me as he speaks.“Ex-member,” I mumble but not loud enough for anyone to hear.Damon stands to his feet and arches hi
Ash POVI close my eyes tightly as I realize I have to ask for his help; either that or I will have to pick a chair by the kitchen table, I know I don’t have any energy for that. I take a deep breath as I summon the courage to ask him.I am slightly ticked off that he isn’t offering to help me when it is pretty obvious I can’t reach the inside of the cupboard. I turn my head in his direction and I see him leaning on the refrigerator with his arms folded.I pray for strength as I open my mouth. I clear my throat and say, “I need help getting the cereal out of the cupboard. I can’t reach it.”He makes no attempt to move from the fridge but his eyes on me don't waver. I glare at him and sigh.“Please,” I add.He pushes himself from the refrigerator without a word. He doesn’t allow me to move out of the way, instead, he reaches over my head and pulls out the box. How he knows the exact one I want is a little baffling but that is not what I am thinking about right now. I am pissed that he
Ash POVI am at a loss for words and I stare at his hands without making any effort to accept it."I promise, I did not poison it," he says.I groan, "I didn't say you did.""Your expression did. I just figured cereal can't be enough for the whole day. Here," he repeats."I-I can't accept this," I hear myself say. I don't even know why I can't."You can," Caspian says. "If you don't, it will go to waste."I stretched out my hands but I am still hesitant."Consider it a peace offering."I sigh and grab the tray, "Thank you but really you didn't have to."He lets go of the tray and starts to walk away. I walk back into my room and close the door with a loud bang. I am pissed off for some reason even though he has done everything right.He is offering to stay with me, I should be nice but it is a little hard to be. However, I know I have to try as I can't afford to chase him. I have nowhere else to go yet, I need his protection.I place the tray on the bedside table and sit on the bed. I