"How can Duncan be your mate? Of all werewolves in this pack and outside, it had to be Duncan?"I swallowed and looked up at him. "The same way your mate ended up being the woman who broke your heart."Silence fell between us, my eyes wide. When he spoke again, his voice was calm, yet angry. So angry."Hazel, you seem to always forget. In the eyes of the world and mine...you are the woman the moon goddess has given to me. Don't go around saying things about Catherine because I don't want to have to deal with any mess." He sighed and raked his hands through his hair."It is so easy to do that, I guess." I answer in a small voice. I wasn't even sure if I was sarcastic."About Duncan..." He sucked in his lower lip. "Let it stay between us. Since he is already dead, the mate bond doesn't stand for anything any longer. It is already severed and you are a free wolf now."I took in a deep breath. "You asked me to think of this as you intertwining the thread of bonds. I guess you forgot to me
"What are you doing?" I asked him, my eyes taking him in. He still looked the same, but it wasn't like I had expected him to change. It hasn't been that long. But so much had happened through that short time, and he had gone from being my closest friend to someone I wasn't so sure about."I asked nicely, Hazel." He said, then blinked and took a step closer to me."Are we still on this? What is so wrong with staying friends? What is so wrong in the relationship we used to have? Why can't we just keep it that way? Why can't you stay my friend?"His brows furrowed. "Is it not obvious, Hazel? I have been a fool for so long and now I want to correct all those....""I would rather you don't. I would rather you stay the same way, please." I didn't give him another chance to speak, before I turned away towards the half closed door.The first thing I saw when I stepped out the door was Alpha Austin's very unmistakeable frame as he climbed the first stair.I immediately went back in, my heart
I snatched my hand from his grip and wiped my tears away. "How dare I what?"He looked at me. "Hazel. You don't seem to take me seriously. You don't seem to take this entanglement seriously."I scoffed. "Entanglement? I should take this seriously? When you can always go out to meet your ex lover while I sit here and wait for you like the forlorn wife?""Is that what you needed to prove to me?" A smirk spread on his face and he shook his head, letting his fingers effortlessly pass through his hair."No. That was not...""Save your breath." He walked past me and sat on the bed. "I moved the mating ceremony up. As for Catherine, I don't feel like I have to prove anything to you. You may think you are the forlorn wife, but I honestly don't care what you think."I swallowed. "I figured. I figured you wouldn't care. What is the use anyway?"He said nothing and I sighed."I just wanted to get my thing from the pack house. I didn't go there to see Simon.""It doesn't matter anyway." He said s
"Let go of me," The strange guy said to Austin who rolled his eyes and let him go.He then slowly turned to me. "Have you met Hazel?""Hazel? Is that...her name?" He never took his eyes off me even as I pushed the covers off and slowly made my way to them."Hi."He responded with a smile. "Hello.""He is Eric, my cousin and childhood friend. He will be here for some time."I turned to Austin and nodded. "Nice to meet you.""It is my pleasure. But...you make me curious.""Everything makes you curious, Eric.""Let me ask her," He said sternly, and Austin laughed. "You think that will scare me?""Why? Because you are now alpha? Those red eyes don't fit you."I smiled along with them. Then carefully excused myself to go to the washroom."What did you want to ask her?" I heard Austin say."That is not Catherine. You were obsessed with Catherine for longer than I can remember so...it is not possible you just dumped her."There was silence. I walked to the door to listen better."That was
Later that night, I, Austin and Eric sat across from each other over a table full of drinks, each slightly tipsy. Eric had to drag me down for dinner, and Austin didn't seem to mind, but with the grand alpha less than concerned with us and Lily being absent, we three had the time and space to ourselves.I leaned back on the couch, my eyes slightly closing. My head throbbed slightly, but I felt on cloud nine and a little too confident."So, Hazel..." Eric started to say, as he leaned on the table and refilled his cup. "Why would you agree to something like that?"He gulped the drink again, then let out a small hiccup."Why wouldn't she?" Austin asked, drawling. He was sitting like the alpha male he was, one of his hands spread over the couch he was resting on, and one knee drawn to him. "I could see that she liked it.""Why would she like it?" Eric asked. "She's beautiful. She could have had anyone. Including you."I gulped and turned to Austin, who looked a little somber now. He sai
I calmly sat on the couch, one leg folded under me. My heart was breaking, but my eyes refused to concede, and I just sat there, blank.My mind reeled over the events of my life, my chest filling up. I don't even remember her coming to us last night. I don't remmeber seeing her at all and now...I stood and went back up, determined to wake him up this time."Austin." I said, touching his shoulder lightly. "Austin, wake up."His eyes squinted, before, ever so slowly, he opened his eyes and turned them to me."Is something wrong?" He asked, his voice low.I pursed my lips, and just stared at him. It must have made him uncomfortable because he straightened, letting the sheets fall away from his upper body. He leaned back on the headboard, then looked at me again, his hand on his forehead."Is something wrong? You woke me up.""What isn't wrong, Alpha Austin?"He tilted his head to the right. "What do you mean?""Maybe you should take a look around you," I said to him and he promply turne
"Austin. So nice to see you here." The woman said. I slowly walked backwards till I was right next to Austin. He was rather cold and stiff, like a statue. Or maybe he just gave up knowing we were already in deep shit."What are you doing here?" I asked in a whisper."You shouldn't have left the pack. I told you not to. But will you listen? Of course not." He looked pissed now, and he slowly lifted his head up to the woman."I feel very delighted seeing you too, Lilia." He smiled, then put his arm around my shoulder. My eyes widened at the name and I turned to her. "However beautiful this meeting may be, we are already done here. Let's go."I almost let out a sigh of relief when we successfully turned on our heels and took the first step, but before I could take another, the cold hard end of a gun was leveled directly at Austin's chest.I gasped, my hand instinctively going to my mouth as I started to realize how deep the trouble I had gotten us into was."Is there really any need for
"What do we do? Even if we somehow get out, we don't know the way home."He sighed. "I think I can find it. Can you help me up?"I nodded and wrapped my hand around one of his arms, then helped him up slowly. He squinted his left eye from the effort."Are you sure you are okay? Are you positive? You look hurt.""I have been through way worse." He answered, then walked to the small window on the other side of the room. He seemed to examine the place for a long time, then turned to me."I can find the way home. But the window is too small to pass through. Even for you. Talk more of me.""So what do we do? Wait for them to kill us?"He sat back down. "I think they will offer us a deal.""What?" "Lilia may hate me to shreds, but...she wouldn't kill me. She may inflict harm, like the one on my head, but...she won't kill me.""So you are just going to bank on the possibility that she might not kill