Dario’s POV I watched as Isla stormed out of the living room. She was hurt. It was very visible, and I felt bad she had to experience this. “You upset the girl!” I said, turning to face them. “This is no way to face such matters.”I was glaring at them.“We were just being honest.” One of the elders spoke up. “She has no idea why we made such decisions.““Yes, I’m well aware of that, but that doesn’t mean you have to speak that way.”“We don’t care about how the girl feels. All that concerns us is that our decision is carried out.” the same elder who had spoken up continued talking.“We’ve known you for years, Dario; you’re meant to understand how important it is not to bury a man who took our daughter away close to her.” “Well, I would like to remind you that the man you’re referring to is Elena’s husband,” I said boldly. “Alfred was-”“Don’t dare mention his name.” Another elder spoke, standing to his feet. He looked agitated.“This is my house, and I have the right to call who
Isla’s POVI’m all alone. I felt like I couldn’t breathe as every part of me was breaking into pieces. In a moment of overwhelming sorrow, I turned away, my sobs escaping into the quiet air. I began to run, each step displaying my desperate attempt to escape the pain that clung to me like a suffocating fog. The world became blurry as my vision was clouded by the tears streaming down my face.I expected Dario to follow me or do something, but for a second, it seemed like I had forgotten that Dario didn’t care about me. I would have to carry the burden by myself.My only hope was that everything wouldn’t come crashing down on me.As I raced through the cemetery, the haunting memories of her fractured family fueled my anguish. The cold wind bit at me, matching the chill in my heart. How had she felt knowing that the ones who should be home to her had turned their backs against her because of one decision?My breaths came in ragged gasps, the rhythm of my hurried steps syncing with the
Isla’s POV I couldn’t help the smile on my face as I entered the mansion. I cradled the chips and the latte in my hands. While I still couldn’t picture myself happier than I was before losing Papa, this was the best I had felt in the last three days. It was like meeting Silvan had given someone to take a little bit of my sadness from me. I was about to climb the stairs when I heard footsteps behind me. The next thing that happened shocked me.Dario had stepped in front of me. He swung his hands roughly, and this action caused the latte to drop to the ground and the chips to fall, too. My eyes landed on the fallen items.I was devastated.I turned to look at Dario with a very annoyed expression. I was about to speak, but he beat me to it.“Where have you been, young lady?” He sounded so stern.“I don’t think it matters to you where I have been; you severed our mate bond, so you don’t have to care about me.”“Isla! I wouldn’t ask you again.” Dario’s voice echoed loudly across the roo
Isla’s povI hadn’t seen Dario during the rest of the day. I didn’t have any problem with that. I was happy being far from him. The next morning, I got ready for school. It was going to be my first day, and while I wasn’t too excited about it, I was glad that I would be far away from this mansion.I headed downstairs. When I got to the dining table, my eyes collided with Dario.He didn’t seem happy to see me. He pulled his eyes away, and Instantly, he stood up. I sat alone during breakfast, enjoying the scrumptious meal the maids had prepared. Once I was done, I was about to leave the dining table when one of the guards approached me.“Miss. The driver is waiting for you outside.”‘Nice!’ I exclaimed inwardly. Dario wouldn’t be driving me to school, so I wasn’t surprised.I headed to my room and grabbed my bag, dashing down the stairs seconds later. With long strides, I made my way out of the mansion.It was still the early hours of the morning. So the sun hasn’t risen at its peak.
Isla’s POV It was either I was very good at avoiding Dario, or he was just very good at avoiding me, too. I have somehow been able to avoid seeing him all through the week, and I was hoping the weekend wouldn’t ruin that.Anyways, School has been good. Well, with Silvan by my side. It made it even better we were an unstable duo, and I was warming up to him, too.I pulled the duvet from my body, feeding my legs into the flip-flops. I went to the bathroom and showered quickly. Pulling a pretty dress over my body afterwards.I didn’t have any plan today other than doing my homework, sitting in my room all day, and also avoiding Dario as much as I could.Then I heard my phone’s ringtone blaring into the air. I rushed towards the direction of my phone, and my eyes beamed when I saw it was Silvan. Yes, we exchanged numbers.“Hey, Silvan!” I said into the phone as I picked it up. “What’s up?”“Nothing apart from the fact that I am having a terrible morning.”“That sounds really bad, but I w
Dario’s POV “I will see you later today, General,” I said in a bold tone. “Then we can discuss the next step.” The general bowed his head, walking away. I was all alone now, and my eyes moved around the study. I have spent most of my time here during the weekday. Going through the investigations. If I was not in the study, I was out in the woods with the general and the rest of the men. I needed a break. So I headed to the living room after days of doing a lot of investigations on the vicious canines with my men. For the first time, I felt the urge to relax, even if it was for a few minutes. As I stepped into the living room, my eyes grew in disbelief as they collided with Isla wrapped in the hands of the boy I saw her with the other day. I didn’t understand the feeling flowing through my heart. All I knew was that I wanted to ride that man apart into several pieces. I walked close to where they were sitting, my anger increasing. “Get up, young man!” I yelled, dragging him by
Isla’s POV “Fill me in.”As I waited for Dario to speak, my mind drifted off. I couldn’t help but feel like apart from the investigation. Dario had other reasons for sending Silvan away.It was hard to detect what his reasons were since Dario was the guy who knew how to keep up a close-up persona. It was quite hard to figure out anything about him.I knew not to rack my brain too much when it came to him, but sometimes I couldn’t help myself.I groaned inwardly as my thoughts shifted towards the moment that almost happened.I couldn’t shake the feeling off, but I felt like this incident was similar to the one that had happened before. I felt this strong connection towards Dario, and it seemed that he had felt it, too.That look in his eyes had said it all. I didn’t know if I was hallucinating or something, but for a split second, I could swear I had seen desire in Dario’s eyes. I pushed those thoughts away immediately after I heard Dario speak. “Vicious Canines have a cult headquar
Isla’s POVI had spent like an hour staring at the card Dario handed me. I had reread the details a gazillion times, ransacking my brain on what I would wear and where I would get a nice ball dress. I didn’t really know many places around here.I stood up from the bench which I was sitting on in the garden, squeezing the envelope in my hands. The sun was setting, and I was getting tired of sitting on the bench.I was about to head to my room when I was stopped by one of the guards.“Miss, someone is here to see you.”“Someone?” I didn’t think Silvan would visit again, or maybe he had forgotten something. That was the only logical explanation. “Does the someone have a name?” I asked in order to stop my brain from drowning in curiosity.“She says she’s your cousin miss.”“Cousin?” I asked, shocked. I didn’t know much about my family, but I remember I had seen some kids that were close to my age range among my mom’s family.I didn’t like my mom’s family. They had shown me that they didn