I let out a heavy sigh for the umpteenth time as I leaned against the window, staring down at my fingers as different questions ran through my head. He must be mad at me. What if he hates me now? What if he never speaks to me again, or worse rejects me as his mate? I tried as much as possible to convince myself that I was just overthinking the whole thing and he might be so mad at me, but I was already dying of guilt here, and even if he wasn’t mad at me, at least not anymore, I was mad at myself. Just a few minutes, I was supporting him during the few encounters I had, and now I ended up doing the same thing, even while he was still trying to recover from the incident with his father. Oh god, Valerie, you are so mean! And stupid. I wanted to hit my head hard against the wall until it was swollen and I can finally get rid of this guilt, but I did not want the Fabian guy who had been stealing glances at me, to look at me like I’m crazy and besides it wasn’t my car. What if the windo
“You’re going somewhere?” April asked with uncertainty evident in her voice as she sat on the bed, watching me as I sat before the dressing table, doing something very unusual. Makeup. Honestly, I also have no idea why I was doing this. Was it because Wesley agreed to meet me today? No, definitely no…. Or maybe yes. I just don’t understand myself anymore; it seemed I woke up to a different person this morning. “I don’t understand you,” I watched through the mirror as she shook her head, rolling her eyes. “I don’t understand myself also, April.” I chuckled, concentrating on the eyeliner I was applying. “You haven’t told me anything about last night, how did the banquet go?” “Well, some things are better left unsaid,” I replied, mashing my lips gently against each other to smear the lipstick. “You only say that when you fucked up.” “April!” I turned around to face her, my eyes widened in surprise at her words. “That’s a bad word, don’t say it again.” I warned and she nodde
A few minutes later, we had finished eating, just bringing up small talk and laughs. Wesley pulled his phone out of his pocket when we heard a ping sound. There were some kind of changes in his eyes as he read whatever that may be. “Erm, Valerie. I need to go now; my father said he wants to see me, urgently.” I slump my shoulders, quite annoyed that our beautiful moments alone had to be interrupted. “Can I come with you?” I had no idea why I asked that, well maybe I just didn’t want to return to that motel and do nothing but stare into space. “Uhhh….” He scratched his head hesitantly and I silently prayed that he was going to turn me down. “Okay, fine, fine. Come on, let’s go.” He settled the bills immediately and I grabbed my bag, accepting his outstretched hand and we walked out of the restaurant to the parking lot where his car was. A few minutes later, we were already driving out of the restaurant, through the streets that led to the packhouse. We both alighted the car and wal
"Nothing much," He replies, shrugging his shoulders as he moves to sit at the foot of the bed while I sit on the small couch in the room, facing him. "I haven't confirmed though, but most times my suspicions turn out right." "Okay, so what is it?" "As I said, nothing much, but I've caught her most times sneaking around the top floor which she obviously has no business with. And...." He paused and stared at the door cautiously before continuing. "I've seen her kill someone secretly. No one knows about it, just I." "What?" My eyes widened in disbelief and it was almost impossible keeping my voice down. "Yeah, a worker here. One of the omega's daughters. I think she found out something really bad about her and to keep her secret safe, she had to wipe her out." "And no one knows about it?" It was quite disappointing and very stupid of them not to find out she wasn't as loyal as they thought. Hell, not after betraying her clan, there was no fucking way a traitor would be loyal. "Well
I woke to an unfamiliar ceiling and bed sheets; soon I recognized the room to be that of Wesley. A groan escaped my lips as the previous incidents flashed through my head. I winced sharply when I felt a stinging pain in my temple when my fingers brushed over the spot where I got hit. Damn it, Eve, you better pray I don’t lay my hands on you. I felt a small pang of disappointment after staring around the empty room, what the hell was I expecting? That my mate would be by my side waiting to see me wake up? Snap out of it Val, such kind of life isn’t for you; accept yours the way it is. I quickly hopped off the bed, ready to go search for Wesley, and put on my shoes which were by the side of the bed before heading out, into the hallway and down the stairs to the living room where giggles and laughter echoed from. My face scrunched into a frown as soon as I sighted Eve, sitting in the living room with her friend, chattering loudly. “Ooh, look who’s here?” One of them called the attenti
After dropping Ariel off at school, I returned to the motel to see Wesley pacing around the lobby. “Hey, you look… disturbed.” I stared at him in confusion, wondering why he was here so early.“Just a case disturbing me, though I’m supposed to have no business with it since Tyler and father would be taking care of it.”“You want to talk about it over coffee?” I asked with my hands tucked in my pockets, tilting my head to the side. A few minutes later, I stood in the kitchen brewing coffee, feeling his gaze piercing into my skin. I held both cups in my hands, moving over the counter to sit by his side on his stool, handing one of the cups over to him. I quickly took mine to my lips, taking a large sip and ignoring the burning feeling on my tongue since it was the only way to ignore the feelings or rather the sparks that saturated my body when my hands brushed against his. Although I was trying not to rush things, it seems I was on the edge of losing the fight of ignoring my feelings fo
I knew I would try but would never succeed at that, because I had a traitorous me who seemed to have the upper hand and probably the support of the goddess, helping her in whatever game she was playing.I let out a small hiss and grabbed the coffee, gulping down the content at once.“Hey, are you okay?” Wesley asked and as much as I tried not to look into his eyes, which were my very first distraction, my eyes moved on their accord, pleased to get lost in those alluring grey eyes. I would try to convince myself that I was under some kind of love spell under the disguise of a mating pull because it was the only way to keep the real me intact, not this strange one who isn’t considering April’s safety.“Hey, you look pretty…” Wesley trailed off, squinting his eyes at me as if searching for the right words to say. “Disorientated, don’t tell me you’re getting all worried because of this.”“No, I’m not.” I tried building a fire that I had kept burning since the day I lost my parents, one th
A few minutes later, we had driven out of that lonely way, heading down the familiar route that led to the packhouse. I could feel Wesley's occasional gaze at me, like he was waiting for me to actually say something. "How did you find me?" I asked, breaking the silence, deciding to come up with a topic that would probably make him forget whatever he had in mind to say.He glanced at me, looking back at the road and let out a small sign before speaking. "I knew you were up to something Valerie, you're like an open book. So why did you go there?""Drop it Wesley, I just wanted to check it out. Nothing else." I folded my arms, fixing my gaze on the window. "What were you running from?" "Nothing, just forget about it, I'm fine." I pressed my lips tightly against each other, trying to ignore the guilt feeling rising in me after my voice came out quite harsh than I expected. I felt even more guilty when he did not say a word, but instead focused on driving. He was only being caring, but