The journey was a quiet one, all three of them lost in their own thoughts. Brooke had barely gotten her son to eat, she was just as worried for him as she was worried for Ava. She could only imagine how terrible it was losing his mate mere hours after their mating. She knew that he was putting up a brave front just so that she wouldn’t be worried, it was the only reason she could keep her tears at bay. The only reason that she could open up the Pandora box that was her past. After lunch, they drove on in the tepid silence that surrounded the car, then Brooke cleared her throat. She had placed Sugar in the pet car seat when he fell asleep, not wanting to bother him. “Let’s swap out.” Niall spoke up, referring to driving. The only reason he had let Kris drive this long was because he could tell that his best friend needed something to distract him. Just as he predicted, Kris glanced over at him with an expression like he just shook himself out of a trance. They had long left N
They got rooms beside each other, the closer they were to each other, the easier it would be to escape if the need to came up.Kris and Niall were to share a room while Brooke got the other to herself but Kris went right after his mother, they had so much to talk about.Brooke sat on her hotel bed, there was no need unpacking because they were only spending the night.Their luggages were ocked up in the car for safety reasons, she only had an overnight bag with her.“Come here.” She invited in a soft voice, patting the bed beside her.Kris had just come in and he hesitated slightly at the doorway, it was a simple room clearly meant for an overnight stay.He stepped forward, eye bags under his eyes, his expression weary. The entire day had been a bad dream and a little part of him was still hoping fervently that he would wake up.Brooke made him rest his head on her legs, her hand petting his hair. Her heart felt heavy, she had hoped she could protect her baby from the horror that wa
Kris was the first to wake up the next morning which was no surprise as he hardly got a wink of sleep the night before.It was still dark out, Niall was still asleep beside him.He got out of bed and headed straight for his mom’s hotel room to check up on her.The door was still locked the way it had been whe he left the night before and a quick peek showed him that she was fast asleep.Sugar was wide awake though, the cat letting out a quiet meow at Kris’ presence. Sugar hopped off the bed and hurried out the open door to meet Kris.Kris let the cat tag along with him, taking a cold shower to wake himself up. Thankfully, there was a cafe attached to the hotel, so they could get a quick breakfast there before continuing their journey.It felt like they were on the run from the law, it was strange and not very exciting.They had bought cat food to take along on the journey with them so Sugar was eating well enough.The cat was naturally on the quiet side but he had been even more qu
"Mom? Ava is coming over." Kris reminded his mom, she lived with him because really Brooke wouldn't live anywhere other than where her only son was, although she was young enough to live her own life."Of course I know that, she just called me." Brooke said with a happy smile, her honey blonde hair up in a lazy ponytail, yellow sundress draping over her slender body. "Shouldn't you be getting ready to leave for the brief meeting you have?"Kris made a face at this. "I wish I didn't have to."Brooke smiled warmly at this. "But you were so excited for it yesterday."Kris pushed his blond hair out of his face, blue eyes sad. "But now Ava is coming over and I'm starting to question if having a job is even worth it anymore.""Kris
Kris made his way across the parking lot to his car, checking his watch for the time. The meeting had taken up more time than he had expected and his scent turned spicy because he was disgruntled, he wasn't worried that he would not meet Ava, she usually spent the entire day if she had the time to and he would drive her back home when it started to get dark. But for the fact that quality time that he would have spent with his girlfriend was wasted sitting in a stuffy boardroom. His suit went off as soon as he got in his car, he tugged on his tie as well to loosen it, undoing the top buttons. He was also in a hurry because there was a lady on the marketing theme who was aggressively chasing after him even after he had told her that he had a girlfriend.
Ava was a tense ball of nerves all through the week, she had known from the first day she met Kris that they were meant for each other, that was almost a year ago. She shouldn't be this nervous, it was just Kris. Maybe it was because she never imagined this happening, she had resigned herself to the future of living alone before Kris walked into her life. There was no way she would have gotten married to a human without them finding out her secret that she was a shifter who could turn into a wolf at will. Sighing, she stared right through her laptop's screen as her black cat, Sugar who was running up against her leg, no doubt seeking attention. Throughout the week, she had been anticipating and dreading Frida
The drive down to the ring shop was tense, Ava felt like her emotions were all over the place, occasionally glancing at Kris who had his eyes on the road.He didn't seem as strung out or tense as she was, maybe she was just overreacting."Ava?" Kris glanced over at his girlfriend. "Are you okay?" He asked with a furrow on his brow.Ava blinked in surprise, immediately going on the defensive, she did not want him to think that she was having second thoughts about their engagement because she most definitely was not."W-what? No… no, I'm not, why would you ask that?"Kris looked over at her again, his eyes widening briefly. "Well… your scent is a bit sour."
They settled down to eat at the table, Brooke piling up food on the plate of her son's girlfriend, Ava had predicted this.Against all of her protests, Kris and his mom quickly picked up teasing her for her almost fall at the parking lot of the jewellery store, Ava pouting.“Come on, Sugar, back me up.” She implored to her cat who was still snuggled in Brooke’s arms.A sleepy meow greeted her, Sugar turning his back to her to fall asleep, snoring softly.“This is exactly why I don’t bring him over.” She complained in a peeve. “He takes one look at Brooke and turns against me.”Brooke laughed at this, smiling widely.“Oh,”