Anna's P.O.VWe were all gathered in foyer downstairs and not even a knife could cut through the tension in the room. It was like everyone was sitting on eggshells as we waited for the talk to commence."The results are here and...." The pudgy looking doctor passed around a printed paper, stopping before me last. I shot him an unwarranted glare and grabbed it from his hands. Actually the glare wasn't unwarranted--i was the mother of these children and yet last to be handed the result.He swallowed once, his eyes not catching mine as he moved to stand by Asher like he did since he'd come into the house. As I moved my eyes back to the paper, I wondered why the doctor looked so nervous and sweaty. The time he'd been here to take the tests, he'd been rather confident. The next breath punched out of my lungs when my eyes caught the bottom of the paper. --Positive.It had been proved that Asher was the father of my babies and any doubts they had that the rumors about me in the past were
Anna's P.O.VI laughed, not because anything was funny, but because I thought Asher was joking, maybe he had gone crazy.The laughter heightened , but it was abruptly silenced when my gaze met his, and I was confronted with the ferocity of his expression. His eyes blazed with a feral intensity, his jaw clenched in a snarl, and his entire being seemed to vibrate with a malevolent energy that made my blood run cold.He meant it."What are you talking about, Asher?" I whispered, my hand moving to hold his neck, needing to touch him so I would be grounded in this painful reality. "The doctor said--""The doctor said what I asked him to!" He exploded and tears stung my eyes but still I didn't let go off his neck. "All this while, you knew they weren't mine. You knew your children had nothing to do with me and you kept up a fucking act."I shook my head, his words stabbing me in the chest over and over. "No, Asher. I would never lie. I have nothing to gain. When you arrived at Westside, I h
. (Asher’s Pov)"We are here." Sen spoke in a bland voice, making me raise my head from the paperwork spread out on the mini desk in the car. I waited but it never came and my jaw tightened. Sen's usual smart or sarcastic remarks. He hadn't spoken to me since she left except it was very necessary.That could only mean one thing. He was furious. Well then since he refused to ask me about had happened and chose to be a child, I let him sulk.Glancing through the darkened windows, I took in the skyscraper of the Westside Bar and Grills head office and my fists clenched.I really didn't want to be here.I wished Tony planned the meeting at Westside, probably in the evening as I was filled with a sick need to speak to Black Rose. I needed to shake the truth out of her, if she had known that Anna had been lying about the children.With a deep breath, I stepped out of the car, expecting Sen to follow suit.But after a few seconds passed and he didn't slight through the driver's side, my brow
Anna's P.O.VThe phone slipped through my numb fingers, the sickening crack of plastic on tile echoing in the deafening silence of the room. My baby. Lost consciousness. Relapsed. Each word Sen spoke felt like a hammer blow to my chest, the air whooshing out of my lungs in a strangled gasp. Tears welled up in my eyes, hot and stinging, but I blinked them back furiously. Panic clawed at my throat, but I shoved it down, forcing myself to focus. I couldn't afford to break down right now."Asher took Evan to the hospital," the words tumbled out of my mouth, my voice surprisingly steady despite the tremor running through me. Even to my own ears, it sounded hollow, detached. "When Evan ran out of your office, I think... I think he ran into Asher and then..." My voice trailed off, the horrible possibility hanging heavy in the air. Was Asher's presence the trigger? A fresh wave of terror threatened to drown me.Across the room, Tony's head snapped up, concern etching lines on his forehe
(Anna's Pov) "Thank you." I said again to the doctor and Asher and I stood up at the same time. He reached out his hand towards me and gave me a pointed look to take his hand. Pausing, I glanced at the doctor and back at Asher.I swallowed and took the hand. He was trying to fake a "happy family" before the doctor and going by the way the doctor pressed his lips into a thin line, he didn't buy into our act.Suddenly my chest tightened with fear. What if Ivan and Evan are taken away from me by CPS on grounds of unsafe parenting? I wrapped my fingers tightly around Asher's and allowed me pull me to him.His scent hit me with an unexpected intensity and I flushed at how heady my brain went. I gritted my teeth and quickly walked away with Asher.He held the door open for me, and we exited the doctor's office, the muted glowing lights replaced by the harsh fluorescents of the hallway.As soon as the doors closed behind us, I yanked my hand away, ignoring how his pheromones changed from "I
Asher's P.O.VWatching Anna leave after I instinctively blurted out moving in with her, I felt a little terrified to be honest. But one thing was sure, I'd rather go to the ends of the earth with Anna, than lose a chance of watching my kids grow, being a good father to them. I knew more than anyone what an absent or terrible father does to a child, fucking first hand experience. I wouldn't let that be Evan and Ivan's fate. No matter what.Maybe it was the magic of Westside that automatically suppressed parts of Alpha dominance, but I couldn't make Anna do what she doesn't want to do. It was unsettling, but maybe, just maybe, it was what I needed to be the father they deserved.There was no manipulating Anna as she had grown from a timid maid to a lioness that protected her cubs. Derek was deluded if he thought I would marry Vira Kuznetsov and take the kids away from Anna. I'd kept silent that day because I'd been too gotten and enraged to form actual words and I wanted the threat of
Asher's P.O.VFolding the last of my shirt into Anna's cramped closet--its space barely designed for half of the content it's currently holding--I stepped back and dusted my hand with a satisfied smirk. Nice work Asher.Perched on the edge of the tiny Queens sized bed was Anna and the smile on her face was tentative, like a butterfly unsure of landing. I shook my head, a silent chuckle escaping my lips. Ducking out of the closet, I shut the door with a soft thud before turning my attention back to the room.Tiny... that was the only way to describe it.It looked like something Snow-white and her seven dwarves would be most comfortable living in. The first time I was here, my head had been too far up my ass to actually take in the size and state of the apartment."You know you don't have to do any of this right?" Anna cut into my thoughts with an exasperated smile. "What I said about giving you options, I didn't mean it literally. We could work out something that'd allow you good acces
Asher's p.o.v:An ache subtly throbbed at the small of my back as I hunched over my laptop, finishing some intense paperwork. I was sort of growing into the lack of workspace thingy, as I lived on Anna's couch even if it was terrible for my back. I guess my wolf gene would have lots of work to do now.Talking about living in Anna's space, it'd been very eye-opening to say the least and I couldn't believe I'd be able to control my possessiveness after I didn't find her in bed three nights in a row. Usually, after we are done with a family dinner with the kids, I read them bedtime stories and Anna retires to her room after leaving out blankets and duvets for me.But two nights after the cook-off challenge, she'd gone to bed and while I got myself comfortable enough on the couch, I realized she didn't leave out blankets for me. Werewolves had natural heat but combined with her evident lack of any source of warmth in the apartment (she refused to let me install an electric fireplace), it