Entering my office, I slammed my door harder than necessary as I walked to my desk, rage burning through me. “Wow, I can't believe that son of a bitch!” I said as I unbuttoned the first few buttons of my shirt, suddenly feeling hot and suffocated. For some unknown reason this law firm has started feeling more suffocating so I could hardly breathe. My enhanced hearing was picking up every whispered conversation, every keyboard click, every phone ring from the offices around me, and it was driving me crazy.This was exactly the kind of situation that made me understand why some werewolves chose to live completely separate from human society. The constant need to restrain ourselves, to play by their rules even when they had no intention of playing fair was really exhausting.But there weren't such places in this world again.The world has changed and we all lives among them, hiding our true form.I paced behind my desk, running my left hand through my hair as I tried to ground myself.
*******CARMEN'S POV****** I kept staring at my phone, waiting for Emma to call back after she suddenly cut off the call without warning. But the screen stayed dark. After what felt like forever, I finally gave up and decided to call her to have a proper conversation about what exactly is happening. She didn't seem so good when we were talking. I just hope she is really alright. I sighed heavily as I know that she must be going through a lot as I have imagined finding out that Liam has been cheating on me several times…..I will definitely lose it. So I can imagine what pain she's also going through right now. I dialed her line. Ring... ring... ring... But she didn't pick up. I tried it again and it was still the same thing. "Is that mama?" I looked up to see Hailey coming down the stairs, already dressed for school. Her dark hair was doing that messy wave thing around her shoulders, and she was struggling with the zipper on her backpack. Oh, I forgot to do her braid.
"She told me she refused to divorce me and made all sorts of threats before leaving. Then after about two hours she came back with a change of mind and said she’s going to sign the divorce papers. I knew something wasn't right but… since I wanted that divorce more than anything, I brushed it off. And I even shared a drink with her…""How could you be such a fool to even share a drink with her? You should have known that drink might…""The wine wasn't laced with anything and it was served by me. She used Jane."My heart clenched at his words, but I forced myself to remain impassive. I couldn't let him see how his explanation was affecting me, how a tiny part of me wanted so desperately to believe him."Your daughter?”"Adopted," he corrected, his voice tight with pain. "I couldn't believe she would use such a young child for her evil plan. And the next thing I remembered was waking up naked with a note pasted on the dressing mirror that she would come back after nine months."The room
"Angel…."Before he could finish anything he wanted to say, I slammed the door in his face and the echo reverberated through the room like a gunshot. My chest heaved as I leaned back against the door, heart pounding like a drum in my ears.What the hell is he doing here?Was he listening the whole time?Did he hear everything I said? And the part where I told Hailey he was dead?Oh my God, what am I going to do now?A loud bang followed, and the doorknob rattled as he tried to come in, but I refused to open it for him, still leaning against the door as if that was the only way to keep him from entering."Emma, please." His voice cracked. "Open the door. I just want to talk.""I can explain everything."Explain what?About how I saw him having sex with the woman he claimed he felt nothing for and that they were in a contract marriage? Or about how he had been standing there all this while, eavesdropping on my private conversations where I’m pouring out my sorrow?"No, I don't want to
*****EMMA'S POV******I took a shaky breath, feeling the familiar sting of tears threatening to spill over but I tried hard not to make it fall.Not because anyone would see me as father wasn't at home but because I refused to start another round of cries over Darrell."I don't know what's wrong with me, Carmen. I honestly don't.""Emma, you're perfectly fine. I promise you that.""No, I'm not!" The words burst out of me like a dam breaking. "I'm not fine at all!”"One year ago, I honestly thought I was done with men forever," I continued, my voice getting stronger with each word. "Then Alex came into the picture, and I decided to give him a chance since the two of us are almost similar. I thought maybe, just maybe, I could build a future with someone who is just like me and everything seemed to be going so well all this while, not until..."I paused, feeling my throat tighten.I stood up from my seat and began to pace around the living room."Until Darrell came back into my life like
But as soon as I opened the door and stepped inside Angela's room, the smile on my face died like a candle snuffed out by the cold wind. I stood there frozen as I watched the scene before me. There was Angela, who was supposed to be writhing in her wolf form with the sacred Mark of blazing silver upon her forehead, sleeping peacefully. Her chest rose and fell in the gentle rhythm of deep slumber, her brown hair spread across the pillow like a mockery of a halo. And to make it more worse, she was... snoring. Angela was snoring? "She must be exhausted from the process," Issy whispered beside me, but her voice carried uncertainty. "Exhausted?" I repeated, the word tasting like ash in my mouth. I shook my head as I knew that this was definitely beyond exhaustion. This….this feel exactly like twenty eight years again. As this feeling was just like that day. The day when it was taken from me. I moved closer to my daughter with predatory grace, my wolf Nyx growling uneasily