Tonia's POV."Logan, stop it!" I yelled, using all my strength to try pushing him away from me.He was rubbing his sharp fangs on my neck. I didn't understand what he was trying to do."Logan, get off me!" I yelled loudly, but he refused to leave me.He pressed his body even more against me, then started sucking on the side of my neck. He was twirling his tongue around it.I was so disgusted. It felt like billions of ants were crawling around my body and stinging me."Someone help!" I screamed, but no one came to help me. The main conference must have started, so everyone must be in the hall. There was no one coming to save me.Jayden might think that Nath was guarding me, so he wouldn't be too worried about me.I was all alone in this, and I was scared. I was scared of getting harassed or hurt by this bastard. I couldn't let him break me and ruin my life again.I had to find a way to defend myself. My hands weren't strong enough to push away, but my leg was kind of free.I didn't wa
Tonia's POV.I thought that my life had always been kind of sad and miserable. However, I never knew real misery and pain until I watched two bullets fly into the body of the one who had made me the happiest."Jayden!" I screamed in horror.The two bullets went into him at once. Everything happened so fast.I sprang up from the chair and held him as he staggered."Jayden," I cried out. "Jayden, please...""I'm okay," He looked at me and gave me this smile that sent daggers through my heart.The smile lasted for a few second before he suddenly disappeared from my arms.He used this speed that I couldn't even phantom. I had never seen anyone move that fast before.He rushed to Logan and hit the gun from his hand. There was a shocked look on Logan's face, he wasn't expecting such a fast retaliation."You are never getting my mate, you little bitch!" He growled and slammed Logan so hard against the wall that it cracked."Jayden..." I gasped.How was he doing all that with two silver bulle
Tonia's POV.The doctor hadn't come out of the emergency room yet. The nurses were running back and forth with injured people, but no one was telling me about Jayden."Moon goddess, please show me mercy,"I prayed. "I haven't been too faithful, but you haven't been fair either," I sobbed. "Please, show me some fairness today. I cannot lose Jayden...please don't take him away from me.""I beg you.""Luna," A hand touched my shoulder.I opened my wet eyes and saw Nath beside me."Luna, are you alright? Where is his Majesty and Timothy?" He asked, looking scared and bewildered."Jayden is still in the emergency room while Timothy must be resting by now. He was shot in shoulder and was bleeding pretty badly," I sniffed."Luna, I am so sorry for leaving you alone. I should have refused to do any other task. This is all my fault," He lamented, lowering his head.This wasn't his fault at all. I was the one who brought this upon everyone by going to the conference with Jayden. I should have
Tonia's POV.I touched my stinging cheek and tears filled my eyes. "Grandpa, why would you hit her like this? This is unacceptable!" Leah yelled, helping me from the floor."You better shut up your stupid mouth! How dare you tell me what is acceptable or not acceptable? stupid child," Jayden's grandfather sneered.His voice was full of so much anger."I told you to let that boy be, but you refused and now your stupid ex-husband has put him in a coma!" He thundered."Grandpa, that is not her fault at all. I am sure that she didn't expect something so horrible to happen. You shouldn't blame her for the mistakes of another person!" "I kept quiet the last time you threatened her, but I won't remain silent again!" Leah fired. "Leah, please..." I didn't want her to get in trouble with her grandfather. "I did not come here for you, you little brat!" He shouted and looked at me. "Jayden would have been hale and healthy if you had accepted my offer at that time and left him alone!" "You
Tonia's POV.I held his hand and took it to my face. I nuzzled my cheek against it and tears escaped my eyes. "Thank you for everything you've done for me. I will never forget our happy moments," I sobbed. My heart was being ripped apart. "I know you might hate me when you wake up and realize that I am gone, but I just want you to know that I am doing this for your well-being. I hope you understand.""I hope you don't search for me, and respect my decision," I muttered and brought out a folded note from my pocket.Although I had been told that some people could hear things during their coma, I couldn't rely on that.I had written everything I felt inside the note and would give it to Leah when I was ready to leave."I would have put this in your hand, but your grandfather might come to see you and get rid of it. I don't want that," I laughed bitterly.I removed his hand from my face and placed it by his side. I leaned closer to him and held his face.I missed seeing his blue eyes,
Tonia's POV.I didn't know whether to hug him right now or hide in shame. He must have suspected that I was about to run away. How must he be feeling right now?He had a smirk on his pale face, but was I not a traitor in his mind?"Jayden, when did you wake up? Are you alright?" Olivia asked, looking as shocked as I was. "I was a little fine until I realized that my mate was not by my side," Jayden replied with a smile. However, I knew his smile was not genuine. He was hurt. "Oh, I just wanted to take her for a few drinks. I am sorry for taking her away from you, I just wanted to cheer her up," Olivia lied. I didn't want her to become the bad guy because of my decision. I should take responsibility. "She's not saying the truth," I dismissed her words. "I wanted to leave and never return..." "Tonia!" Olivia whisper-yelled and pinched me. I should have not hurt him that way. I should be jumping for joy that he was awake, but there was no need to keep lying. "King Jayden!" "Jay
Tonia's POV. This was what I wanted, but now that he had walked away from me, why was my heart hurting so much? He had decided to respect my decisions like always, but why was I stupidly expecting more?Why was I expecting him to still try convincing me? Why wasn't I relieved that he had easily let me go like I wanted?Jayden was right. I was selfish, very selfish."I have been hurting him for so long without even realizing it. I'm horrible," I cried and reached for my chest.My heart was aching horribly in my chest. The pain was now worse than before."Ugh,"I groaned. I bent down and buried my face in my lap. Tears just kept flooding down my face.I felt even more pathetic than before. Why was I acting like this wasn't the path I had chosen?Why was I acting like the victim when I had been the one pushing him away? Why was I behaving like he had hurt me when I did this all by myself?"Tonia," I heard Olivia's voice, but couldn't bring myself to raise my head."Hey," She bent down
Jayden's POV."You have to eat something, you can't continue this way," She said, forcing me to eat. I looked away, "Mom, please stop," I was tired of everything and just wanted to rest. Was that too much to ask? "Jayden, you are not going to heal your pain by starving yourself. Your internal injuries won't heal either!" She snapped, giving me a pained look."You are also sad and your wolf must be suffering because of the departure of your mate. You are making things much worse by not eating."She insisted, taking another scoop of the food to my lips, "I am your mother, and I don't like seeing you this way. Please eat."I would have fallen for the loving look in her eyes and eaten the food, but today was different.I was angry and hurt. I didn't feel like being consoled or comforted by anything, especially not food.My stomach felt tight with anger and my whole mouth felt dry."Mother, no means no," I asserted and threw my face to the side."Are you seriously doing this? Why are yo
Tonia's POV.It had been days since Jayden and I reconciled. I had never been happy like I have become these days.I had been so happy that I had forgotten how sadness felt. It was a good and scary feeling."What the heck are you thinking about?" Ryker snapped his fingers in my face."Jayden spaces out while we are working and now you are doing the same. What is wrong with you lovebirds?" He spat."I wasn't thinking about Jayden," I lied, glaring at him.He scoffed, "Yeah, like I will believe your poor lie.""I want to spar with you and get the hell out of here. You better stop spacing out!""Fine! I will stop. Now, please don't whine like a bee anymore," I glared at him, giving him a pouty face."Did you go to school or did you skip language classes. Bees do not whine, they buzz and sting. I would have have stung you to death by now if I was one."I gasped, looking at him disbelief."Let's start again and this time with more focus," He folded his fists.We started sparring again, and
Logan's POV."Alpha, I never tried to break his majesty or Tonia apart. I don't know where you got that from, but please do not involve me in any of this," He said, shaking his head.He was playing hard to get. Who did he think he was?"Christian, you should think twice before you reply again. I know that you have a crush on Tonia and was quite heartbroken to see that she was with someone else. Then, you tried starting this relationship with her under the pretense of friendship," I muttered, seeing through him."However, Jayden had to show up and ruin everything. Now, you don't even have a friendship with her," I smirked mockingly.He looked red when I finished my sentence. It was obvious that I had struck a nerve."Christian, you were trying to break them up without getting anything in return. Why don't you do it to get a beautiful mansion or a position in my pack?" I asked, enticing him."I will provide whatever you want. Do you want the latest cars, clothes, shoes?" I asked.He loo
Logan's POV.Days later. I had been waiting for days, but Walter hadn't brought any good news to me. He hadn't gotten a hold of the guy yet, and I was still stuck in the hospital because of the 'problem' ranting beside me."When are you going to come home?" Lisa asked. "The doctor said that you have recovered very well and you can return to the pack. Why have you decided to stay here," She ranted.I finally looked at her and my gaze wasn't pretty at all.I was tired of her nonsense. She was already far gone in the pregnancy, so it wasn't like she could get rid of it.She would have no other choice but to bear my child, there was no need to act nice."Lisa, I built this hospital with my money. Therefore, I am going to stay here as long as I like," I spat."What about me?" She cried out. "You have not come to a single doctor's appointment with me, and it feels like I am the only one having this baby. I am so sick and tired of being treated like this!" Lisa cried out.I didn't want to
Tonia's POV.It was already evening, but I was still feeling so bad about what I said to Jayden.I didn't mean anything that I said to him. I just wanted to say something to hurt him because he had hurt me with his words.I was vindictive and I regretted it so much. I should have just ignored him and continued walking.I was sure that he did not mean what he said to me either. He was just so upset.I did not want go for dinner. I felt very ashamed of my behavior. I lashed out like a child."I was so stupid," I lamented.I dug my fingers into my hair and buried my face in the sheets. I should do the mature thing and apologize, but I didn't know why I felt too ashamed or proud to do it."He did not deserve to be called pathetic. He has been the nicest person to me, why did I call him that out of every other that I could have chosen," I scolded myself.The more that I thought about it the more ashamed I felt."Antonia," I heard Jayden's voice and my body froze on the bed."Are you not c
Logan's POV.I stood in front of the mirror, looking at my neck.That bastard called Jayden had scarred me for life. I was even lucky that he wasn't able to claw my throat out of my neck.The doctors said that I was very lucky to have come out of that. However, I wasn't too lucky with my voice.My voice had slightly changed and I sounded like a joke now."Fuck him!" I sneered.I pounded my fist into the mirror and it shattered. My knuckles started bleeding, but I did not care at all.I was very mad that he was able to put me in the hospital with two bullets inside him.I heard that he survived those bullets and even put the man I sent into his captivity.Jayden was a complete menace.I should have been more careful and intentional with him. I should have put up to ten bullets in him.I should have shot his head instead of his stomach. He might have been declared brain dead instead of being in a coma for a while."He broke almost every part of my body. I lost Tonia because of him and a
Jayden's POV."What did you just say?" I growled."Your Majesty, I did not mean to offend you," He started acting again. He meant what he said. "There are just something things that you might find strange and I don't want to offend you," He replied with a coy smirk.I didn't know what he was playing at, but he should stop messing with me. I believed that the rumors about me being nice had gotten into his head.I could be nice to everyone, but I wasn't going to play with my mate. She meant everything to me and no one was going to use her to stroke their ego.I could never let that happen."You can say what you want in front of me. She is my mate, and it is not awkward to know that she had previous relationships. She was a person with a life before she met me," I clarified."Your Majesty, I thought that you would be uptight, but I was so wrong," He said sarcastically. "I am glad that Tonia has someone like you in her life.""Guys, I'm still here," Antonia suddenly spoke."We are so s
Jayden's POV.Was this guy out of his mind?I told him that she was my mate, and he still had the guts to send this kind of message?? It seemed like I was too lenient on him. I should have shown him the consequences of touching my woman.The audacity of this guy was something else."What are you doing with my phone?" Antonia stepped out of the bathroom.I did not even notice her because I was too distracted by my anger."Did someone message me?" Antonia asked, coming to sit beside me."No, I just wanted to play a few games. I felt a little bored and I don't really have nice games on my phone," I lied, deleting the fool's message.I shouldn't lie to Antonia like this, but I didn't want her to start thinking the worst of me."Antonia, it seems like you and this Christian guy were never that close. So, why are you suddenly indulging him?" I questioned worriedly."I am just trying to get close to him because of the other warriors. I know they were nice to me, but it must have been becaus
Jayden's POV.I walked into the inner part of the training center and the first thing that greeted my eyes was my mate in the arms of another man.Wait...What??Why was someone else holding her? Who was he? And what the fuck did he want from her?The mate bond between us had been sealed and though she lacked a wolf, it did not reduce that fact. I was smelling her scent more intoxicatingly, and I was certainly pissed to see her with someone else.Draven was just as mad.I released a low growl and walked over to them. I grabbed her arm and pulled her away from his hold."How dare you touch her like that? Have you no respect at all for my mate?!" I raised my voice.She was his future Luna. He should be greeting her by bowing, not by hugging her. What was running through his little head?"Your Majesty, I'm very sorry," He quickly bowed his head, apologizing."Jayden, it's not like that. Christian used to be my classmate, but I never knew that he was a Lycan because we were still in high-
Tonia's POV.I knew that the mate bond had a lot of complications, but I never thought of it this way.This meant that I couldn't choose to suddenly leave Jayden because it would affect both of us. I couldn't get hurt either because he might also feel the pain.Was that how it was for Lycans? The mate bond did not hold so many issues when it came to werewolves."Antonia, I am not trying to scare you. I just want you to know what you have gotten into," He said, having the best intentions as always."Thank you for making everything much clearer to me, there are a lot things about Lycans that I don't know yet." "You are welcome," He exhaled. I suddenly realized that Jayden must be scared of me leaving again. I must have really hurt him by what I did. "I will keep everything that you have said in mind. I will never hurt or reject you, Jayden," I reassured him."Jayden, I will never leave you," I promised."Okay, I trust you," He replied and replaced his serious expression with a smile.