Emily feels restless the whole day, and nothing she does makes her feel better. The anxiety and worry is too much that she has lost hope of ever getting out of this. It is stress after stress, before she can fully recover from one stressful incident, another one follows close behind. This is all her life has been lately, and she wonders if she will ever get out of this, the consistency is appalling. To distract herself, she goes to help plant a new variety of plants that has just been bought in the late afternoon. The man who works with her is cheerful and fun to chat with when you are feeling down.He is a very tall man with a long face and kind brown eyes. Some people just look like they have a kind of super power to make most of life's problems roll over them without affecting them in the least, and the Gardener seems to be one of those people. Life must be hard, being poor all your life and ending up tending to flowers in your older age, Emily doesn't want to imagine herself in su

Gianna makes a mean gesture with her finger at Emily before leaving the room, banging her door closed behind her.After she has left, Emily sighs, running a hand through her wet hair.Is it possible there is truth in the woman's words? Surely she was just trying to get a reaction, any kind of reaction, from her? It is obvious she is an attention seeking little b*tch, and she had to do all she could just to frustrate Emily. Or she was saying the truth. Speaking of the sister that was mistaken for being the Alpha's daughter, where is she now? Does she still live in the pack and secretly hate her? If so, Emily is in for a lot of drama. She hopes with all her might she will indeed turn out to be mistaken, even though she knows that is not possible. She can just feel it, she is the Alpha's daughter.But she will take care of that if there is a way to get rid of Alpha blood or whatever they call it. She will look around in the morning to find the woman that had been mistaken for the Alpha

She is probably thinking too much. If she is not into the idea of falling in love and all the sh*t that comes with it, Mathew hates the idea even worse than her. He made that clear the first time she visited his house, when she found out Twyla was forcing things with him.Oh, of course, Mathew must want them to start the game right now. The Alpha is in sight so the two of them have to start behaving like they are in love with each other."Right," Emily smiles at him.She tries to pull her hand out of the Alpha's grip but he holds on tightly, unwilling to let her go."In case you haven't noticed," the Alpha says to Mathew, his voice dripping poison. The two men must hate each other a great deal, judging from the tension in the air as they lock eyes, and Emily suspects that she has nothing to do with this hatred. It is old, but whatever caused it, it is real and intense. "I have chosen her as my training partner. And you will do well to back off."Mathew ignores him, looking at Emily ins

"I didn't expect to find you here, my goodness, what are you doing here?" Emily gets the chance to ask the question first as soon as she and Ella let go of each other.She beams, still looking Emily over, as though searching for mishaps, "I escorted my boyfriend." she gestures at the man with her. Oh, she found love, good for her. Emily is happy for her childhood friend, but she feels a little stab of pain at the memory of her own failed relationship. She doesn't blame herself for the way things turned out to be between her and Jack, but it would have been very nice if he had been a good man and had given her what he had promised.She doesn't know about the other friend in their small circle, but it is good to know that one of them has found genuine love.Emily turns to look at the man in question. He is not very tall, but taller than both her and Ella. His build is athletic, lean and muscular, dressed in fitted black jeans and grey t-shirt.He is really good looking, and Emily finds

Mathew and Emily glance at each other, and they smile, Emily because she is embarrassed and Matthew smiles because he senses her embarrassment."Ella, we are not a couple," she says, as though this is something so obvious that Ella should have worked out for herself."Oh, of course you are not," Ella says, her eyes moving between Emily and Mathew. "How silly of me to make such a mistake. What's the name of your friend? Is he single? He is good looking, but since I am taken, I am going to set him up with one of my new girlfriends."This is, of course, Ella's way of testing if there's really nothing between Emily and the man, and she doesn't miss the moment when Emily gives her a sharp look before looking away again."Ella, you talk too much, as usual," Emily rolls her eyes. "His name is Mathew, and no thanks, he doesn't need a girlfriend. He doesn't date.""But why are you speaking for him? He might be interested...""No, he's not!" Emily insists, surprising even Mathew himself by how s