Breakfast was silent and awkward especially for people who had such a blissful night. It was crazy just how much one bad thought can ruin everything.I watched as Austin ate slowly, as if he was a little wary of me. Or maybe he just had his own thoughts too."Maybe we should start locking the doors," He suddenly said, dropping his fork. I looked up to him."What do you mean?""Catherine came in because the doors were open, isn't it? We should start locking it."I swallowed. "Why? Are you scared she might do something or...that she might be able to convince you?"He looked at me for a while. "Convince me regarding what?"I swallowed. "I don't know, I just... Forget I said anything."I dropped the fork too and leaned back. Looking at my plate, I realized I had only made a mess of the food and not actually eaten anything.Austin seemed to notice it too. "You seem different."I looked at him. "I was expecting you to pick offense at that."He sighed. "It sounds more like you want to pick a
"What do you mean?" I asked Austin, searching his face for an answer, but the resolute expression he had betrayed nothing."You were only there. As a bait at that. I killed him myself. I got rid of him for the pack. You had nothing to do with it." He said like it was the easiest thing to explain.Of course, it crossed my mind. It would be easy to say it was Austin. So easy because who would question him? No one. But I didn't want to be the kind of person who dumps her problems on someone else. I didn't want to be the one to demand that he led me out of the maze every single time."But..""There are no buts, Hazel. You, in the end are a victim in all of this. I don't even know how you managed to be fine through that.""It was because you were there," I said, feeling a wall in me crumble. "It's because I wanted to believe that I at least, had you."He blinked, and I saw his lips slowly part. He said nothing however, just stayed there.."Catherine and Lily have...""Lily? Is she still he
All I could hear was the sound of the omegas cleaning out the house. It appeared Austin had brought some things over here so the load they had to move was more than I had expected. But Austin obviously didn't want the house stripped bare, neither did he need to do that. The alpha's house had more than we both needed.I finally pushed away the encounter to the back of my mind knowing fully well it will definitely surface later, and made my way to the bathroom. That was perhaps the safest place for me right now.I still wasn't comfortable with Simon and Austin appeared to think I ridn't want Simon to think of us like that, I mean the way he had seen us.But now that I think of it...what could that even be? There was definitely a little more to us now, I can't lie. But how much more was it? What did it mean to Austin? I sighed and turned on the shower. The warm water hit my skin, flattening my rather unruly hair down to my back, as I stared at the large mirror on the other side.Hazel.
My eyes widened as I realized what I had done. Austin froze in place, his hands dropping to his side. He looked like he couldn't believe what I had done, but neither could I.None of us moved, and my eyes started to fill up. How could I have slapped Austin to protect simon? What does that even make me?Slowly, Austin raised his head and turned to me. The betrayal I saw in his eyes was more then enough to force the tears out of my eyes even harder."Did you just.... " He let his voice trail of.I shook my head. "Austin, please. I am so sorry it was in the heat of the moment. I didn't want to do it, I..."He lowered his head as if he was thinking about it. He looked up to me again, then to Simon, and he walked away slowly from us."Austin, please."Simon gave a small laugh behind me and I turned to him."Simon, pleas get out .""Hazel...""I said, get out.." He didn't object this time as he pulled his body to a standing position and limped away.I turned to Austin who still looked a lit
I didn't realize I had drifted off to sleep, but I woke up a little earlier than normal. The sun was barely up, and the sky was a little dark. It was the time that most of the wolves in this pack enjoyed being wolves.I woke up, instinctively reaching out to Austin. My hand, however landed on an empty bed. My eyes shot open immediately, alarm bells going off in my head. "Austin?" I called. There was no answer. I flipped off the covers and went to the shower. There was no sound. I knocked, and there was no reply.I ran to the walk In closet, still nothing. I then went out of the room to the sitting room. He still wasn't there. I felt my body go cold as I stood in the middle of the sitting room, my brain going over the list of places where he could be, but they all seemed very unlikely.I slowly walked to the kitchen, remembering the punching bag from yesterday. Sure enough, when I got close enough to the door, I could hear the deep breaths he was taking at intervals, and the sound of
I had a shower in the other room, and all the while, told my treacherous wolf and my body, that that was what was best. He probably wanted space, and I would give it to him. After all, that was what it meant to love someone, right? Love someone till you place their happiness before yours?I nodded to myself, wearing the simple dress he had picked out for me himself. It was the only dress he had left behind while supervising the omegas, and he came himself to arrange everything out.We didn't have to take anything, but he brought the car. I walked out of the house before him, and watched as he locked the door. Without looking at me, he opened the car door for me. I swallowed and went in, before he went around and entered the car. It was a silent ride, almost like the day we had come back to the pack with simon. I couldn't help occassionslly glancing at him, though. I told myself it didn't count.We soon got to the alpha's house, where there was a gathering in front. He held my hand th
"Look at you blushing." She laughed then stood up, her face all serious. "We need to get to work."I tilted my head to the side. "To work?""Yes. I was brought here to dress you up, was I not?"I laughed. "Calm down, Eve. That is when the ceremony's close. Not now.""I learnt it is less than a week away." She said with an expression that showed she wasn't giving any leeway."But...""I will go shop for your dresses. I brought a tape handy, so I can take your measurements."I sighed and stood as she pulled me up. I stood with my hands outstretched, as she measured my proportions."Can I sit now?"She nodded. "I will go and get some for you. I am going to use the alpha card!"I laughed. "Alpha card?"She nodded. "Everything is free for the alphas, don't you know?"I blinked. Such privileges didn't make Austin the happiest person in this pack, still. It was really weird.I smiled at her as she excitedly walked out. I stood up to finally check out my room. It was very similar to Austin's
I nodded and waited for her to get the dress. It didn't have a zip, so she helped me cautiously wear it over my head, avoiding my hair skillfully. Once she got past my hair and I had worn the sleeves, she let it naturally take the shape of my body.I closed my eyes as she did, and only opened it when I could feel the lacy material on my toes. I opened my eyes and looked at my reflection. That dress was mostly made of lace, but for the top part down to mid thigh, it was opaque, while the rest was left transparent. I swallowed. The amount of air my back was getting was suspicious so I turned to check. It was bare, with an arrangement of beads coming from the top of my back where it met the sleeves, down to the end of my spine.I almost shrieked. "It shows too much.""Yes, it does. Shouldn't you show that much to your husband?"I blinked, and turned to my reflection again. "I will wear it.""Not like you have a choice anyway."I laughed at her blatant speech as she turned and took her