Five years later“Stop running around Lucien, you’ll fall.” I told my son as he ran outside the house to the backyard."Nara, come put on your shoes. It's hot outside". She was running after her brother.They both ran back into the house and their heavy giggles filled the air.Soon after, I heard the front door open."Daddy!" I heard Lucien scream happily and Caine's grunt as he picked up his son."How's my big boy doing?" He asked Lucien."Strong. Mummy is making muffins", Lucien informed him."Is she? I'm sure they'll taste good". Their voices got closer."Hey baby. How are you doing?" Caine came over and kissed me."You left early this morning. What's up?" I asked him as I brought out the cookies from the oven and set them down close to the muffins."I went for a run and had to stop by a work site in town" he said."How's the progress?" I asked."It's good, we'll be finished by next week" Caine said, and picked up a cookie."Thats hot. Did you get the cheese? We're running out of i
“Hello” I said into the darkness.I got no reply. She was there, but she was not replying to me, so I looked around for the switch."Turn that shit off." She complained and pulled the blanket over her head as the light came on."That won't happen" I said, and slowly, she dropped the blanket from her face and sat up, eyes trained on me.The girl looked very young, like a teenager. With long brown hair and big eyes that looked like they were staring into your soul, her face was littered with tiny freckles and her small mouth stayed in a permanent pout.She was pretty.“I don’t want to talk to any queen bitch today. I just want to leave” she said in a very rude manner.I was taken aback by her words. They told me she was hot headed I didn't expect her to be so straightforward with it.“To?” I ask with a tilt of my head.“Anywhere but here!” She yelled.“But you trespassed our land and that's why you're here" I said.“Then let me go. I know nothing, and I’m not related to any hunters”, she
A Year LaterHazel's POVI hissed as I saw the stain on my dress. Caine said it would come off easily, but it did not.It was from a night out of booze and steamy sex. I don't even remember what happened after.Tonight the house was full since almost everyone was around for dinner today and while Megan took care of dessert, I went to check the clothes in the dryer and found out that the stain on my gown was still there, gloriously showing itself on the fabric.I decided to wash it again but this time with another detergent and a little bit of bleach to see if it would do the work.Finishing what I was doing, I straightened to go back to the table but stopped in my tracks. There were some murmurs and whispers along with what I would label as moans.Walking as softly as I could, I looked behind the detergent shelf and came across these notorious two, smooching and kissing their way into oblivion.I tried to stifle a laugh and get a hold of myself before saying:“There are kids in the h
PROLOGUE Cooking for you Rubbing your back while you read,Waiting for you on the porch till you come home Taking your hand while you driveLighting all the candles before you come home Staying up late to watch you sleepObserving all the detailsDid you hear my “I love you”?Sending me flowers whenever you think of me Planning our first vacation together, the place I likeAsking hundreds of questions about me Engaging in long, deep talks that soothes me Making more time for me than yourselfShowing me your weird comfortable side Yes I heard your “I love you” The way you wrap your arms around me The way you look at me and smile at meAnd I get lost in your pool of emeralds The way you look for me first in the crowd And the way I wait for you We found each other And we fit perfect CHAPTER ONE The wind blew my hair in all places and I felt like the main character.The drive to Magnolia Springs in Alabama was just as I expected. It was a time to reminisce and replay some
“Would you please hand me some nails from that bag and also the board lying there?”I slipped on some gloves and and scooped some nails to hand over to Tristan who was standing on a ladder trying to fix a hole in the wall.“Can you move it, or you need some help” Tristan was asking about the weight of the board I was about to carry.“Tristan If you’d look closely, I’m more built than it looks”I was making an attempt at making a joke after we’ve been working all morning.He stopped what he was doing and look down at me. He had a full blown smile“Oh really, flex your arm or take your shirt off, I need to see your sleeper build”Ohh he was flirting, this wasn’t what I planned.“Uhhhh, I don’t…. I” I was stuttering???“Just hand me the nails Hazel” he got me where any man would want a woman - speechless.His looks and his smile and the flirting had that effect on me.I silently gave him the nails and left the room.I could feel his smile on my back as I left hurriedly with pink cheeks.
It was past midnight, but I couldn’t sleep.I was draped in my night robe, sitting at my window pane looking at the stars and the ever glowing moon. I tried to push out the events of the day out of my head.Push out Caine. I hated him, the vile words he told me. I hated him for that. Tristan came to find me later sitting by the lake I had found. In my teary wander I came across this opening that led to the lake. The water was so clear and the rocks were smooth. That was where I sat till Tristan came calling for me.He made silly jokes, made me laugh and I couldn’t help but wonder why he was mateless. My tears and sniffing had died down by then so I didn’t really know if he noticed what mess his Alpha made of me.He invited me to the lunch Megan and asshole Caine had brought and I decided to leave with him. When I went back to the house with him, I engaged in conversations with almost everyone and ate while avoiding Caine. I was finally at ease when he left with a blondie who lou
The pack was having a bonfire night or weekend groove as they said, slash welcome party for me. I hated the second part. I just wanted to be alone or doing something to avoid Caine .After the night I was in his room, he came downstairs and gave me a knowing look, I was sure he had picked up my scent and knew I was in his room.That didn’t stop him from scowling at me and pretending like I didn’t exist. The party had been going on since early eve and I’ve had enough to eat and drink.Counting the total member in the pack to be 157 werewolves who lived in harmony. The last five days I had spent with them were fun filled and I loved them, it made me wonder why my parents had to leave this place to where they were untimely ended .The idea that these people have an inner power that they could unleash anytime and could go from mundane to massively dangerous amazed me. The freedom of the speed, keen senses and knowing you can protect your loved ones and yourself from harm at anytime and
I woke up late with a full headache and the memories of last night. When I tried to stand up from my bed my head felt heavy. My mum would always tell me to take a cold bathe whenever I felt a headache so that was what I was going to do. I took off my clothes from last night and remembered I had sunk into my bed and let a few silent tears drop before succumbing to sleep. It was the wine because why would I cry because Caine was in bed with another woman. I flung the clothes to one side of the bed and walked to the bathroom. Turning on the shower, I let it run over my body. From my head to my feet I felt myself relaxing and the groggy feeling of sleep slowly washing away. The memory of Caine and Tatiana flashed through my head and I froze. The way his hands moved across her body came into my head. I hated that man. I sighed, I wasn’t going to think about that I needed to be happy and prepared to move out of this house. Be focused on being happy with Tristan today and be thankful