“Is there a problem here, gentlemen?” The man that stood above us asked while cracking his knuckles.I winced because the last thing I wanted was to see anyone I knew in this shitty position I was in“The fuck do you think you are?” One of the men snarled, exposing his canines to him.The man clicked his teeth with his tongue and shook his head. He easily over towered the other men, but they were obviously going to put up a fight.“Listen here, ass hat, you have two options,” he called out authoritatively. “Run away now and let's all put this long night behind us,” he said icily.The three men looked between each other and lowered their stances, ready for a fight.“It's option two then,” the man mumbled, and before anyone could take the next breath, he grabbed two of them, kneeing them in the gut.I moved back many inches as the four men fought for dominion, which in no time was given to the tall man before they all ran away.I stood up quickly when they were all gone, but his voice s
Ares' pov I woke up with a start, and immediately snapped my eyes shut as the bright light from the window flooded in and momentarily blinded me.“Fuck,” I groaned and pressed a finger on my throbbing temple.The sound of running water from a distance echoed loudly in my ears, making me groan.Slowly, I opened my eyes again till they got used to the light, and a crease formed on my forehead a second later when my environment wasn't in any way familiar.I massaged my temple, trying to remember how I got here but the splitting pain in my head limited my memory.I took in the scent in the room and my body stiffened at the familiar scent. It smelled like Noelle and sex.I took deep breaths and focused on remembering.The meeting.The rain afterwards.Rodolfo stopping me.The pub.Noelle.Noelle!My eyes snapped open at the last one and I jumped out of the bed.I looked at the time on the clock and my eyes widened.“Fuck!”11:30.Tabitha.It wasn't until I was fully out of the bed that I
Ares' pov The house was eerily dark and quiet by the time I finally picked myself from the ground. The maids and guards had been sensible enough to leave the house after my roars.My eyes were bloodshot and my hair was disheveled as I stood up. I had never felt as empty as I did right at that moment in my entire life.I staggered on my feet like I was drunk with wine, but I was drunk with pain and guilt.A few feet from me laid my phone, or what was left of it, after I smashed it against the wall after calling her number to no avail for three straight hours.My wolf withdrew into his shell and I felt utterly alone.How did I fuck up so bad?How did I go from anticipating my date with my mate where I was going to ask her to marry me and mark her afterwards, to letting her slip right through my fingers?How did I go from having everything in the world to watching it all wither away in the wind?I didn't only cheat on her, I fucking rubbed it in her face.My heart was clenching with gut
“Hey, beautiful.”A warm smile spread on my lips, mirroring Rodolfo's expression.“Come in,” I moved to the side. “Well, technically, I don't have to ask you to come in because it's your place,” I laughed awkwardly.“Nonsense,” he waved me off. “You can stay here as long as you like,” he repeated the same words he'd been saying for the past two weeks.“Breakfast?” I asked, forcing cheeriness I didn't feel into my voice.“Sure,” he nodded and came all the way in.I skimmed through the space that had housed me for the last couple of weeks and went towards the open plan kitchen. The house was spacious, peaceful and airy, and as much as I liked staying there, I knew I had to leave soon.All my attempts at buying a ticket to go far away from here with the little money I had saved up, proved difficult, which was why I was still here. The flight was always cancelled last minute.“Where are you lost?” Rodolfo's voice brought me back to reality, and I flipped the pancake just in time before it
Ares' pov I gawked at the message till it started ringing like an alarm in my head. I couldn't believe my eyes even though the words stared boldly at me.“I've moved on. Stop looking for me.”A bitter laugh escaped my lips and I ran a finger through my hair as anger started to well up inside of me.“Fuck,” I yelled, slamming my fist down on the table and throwing everything down, but the chaos was nothing compared to the turmoil going on in my head.Just like that? She had fucking moved on? I hadn't slept in days and I drowned myself with work in a bid to distract myself from the negative thoughts clouding my mind about her safety. I had searched everywhere for days on end, and all she could tell me was that she had moved on.My heart broke all over again and I resisted the urge to slam my head into the wall.I dialed her number, but it went straight to her voicemail. A string of curses flew out of my lips.I tried a few more times, but got the same response and I stared blankly, let
Ares' pov My cheek stung, but it was child's play compared to the ache in my heart as I realized how big of a dick I was after the words left my lips.“Tabitha, I'm…”“Don't,” she held a shaky hand up, making me swallow the rest of my words. “You may leave and I'll really appreciate it if you don't show me your face again.”Her cold, emotionless voice caught me off guard, but I knew it was just a front to hiding what she was really feeling inside, so I pressed.“Tabitha…”“Rodolfo, please see them out,” she said and turned around.Different emotions ran through me as I watched her retreating back, but all the words melted in my tongue at the reality of what was going on.“You heard her,” Rodolfo broke my thoughts with a smug look on his face and his chest poked out.I knew I should be thankful to him for keeping her safe, but the thought of him being so close to her sprung a bitter feeling in my heart and my anger returned a hundred fold and I gripped his shirt. “I was with you that
Ignoring Rodolfo's worried eyes on me, I poured the brewing coffee into the two mugs in front of me while silence ensued between us.He had stayed till late last night and was here first thing in the morning to make sure “Ares didn't come back to do anything I didn't want.”It was nice knowing someone was worried about me, but I knew Ares definitely won't come back.The thought made my heart squeeze.I placed his mug in front of him, dropping it harder than I meant to, and some of its content spilled on the island.“Sorry,” I rushed out and started wiping it down with a towel.But he held my wrist gently, stopping my movement.“Are you okay?” he asked worriedly.“Yeah, I'm just…” I rolled my eyes and chuckled awkwardly.He didn't take his eyes off me till I was seated opposite him with my own mug in my hand.“Don't look at me like that,” I said dryly.“Sorry.”“And stop apologizing,” I let out an exasperated sigh.He had been walking on eggshells around me and apologizing constantly l
Ares' pov My eyes scanned the page for a few seconds before I crumpled it and tossed it into the trash can.My teeth were clenched, eyes dark and hair disheveled, the same state I've been in since morning.I didn't even know if it was evening yet because my curtains were drawn close and time seemed to stop around me.I grabbed my bottle of whiskey and took a big gulp, some of its content spilling on the paper in front of me, but I didn't care. My wolf life was a mess, so everything around me could as well be a mess.Her words kept replaying in my mind like a broken record, haunting me, mocking me.I had remained in my frozen state, just looking into space and everything she said about the beautiful life the child would have breezed past my ears.I had a hard time accepting it.It was too difficult to.I had never knocked up any woman, not because I was able to, but because I was always extremely careful.And now this.I couldn't deny the child and bring it into this world to suffer f