KAYLA.The forest hummed with life as soon as I heaved in a deep breath through my lips and my entire subconscious was summoned to where I stood. The smell of burning wood hit me before I even realized where I was.But the tall shivering trees and the hawks that crowed very loosely beneath the dark skies made it obvious I was standing in Manila forest. I had no memory how I got here and the first thing I did was pinch myself so I could wake up from this dream.The forest was eerily silent, sending an echo of the creaking twig beneath my feet as I took my first step. My heart pounded in my chest as I looked around.“It’s a dream” I wearily whispered to myself but it did so little to comfort me. The moon broke through the leaves, lighting up a dirt path ahead of me and since there was no way back, I didn’t have a choice but to follow.My hands separated the leaves in front of me as I kept on walking through the deserted cursed forest with no direction whatsoever. Until suddenly, I coul

RAFAEL.She didn't mean it.There was no way in hell that Kayla meant the words that came out of her lips. I stood there, trying to comprehend the last few minutes and it was the hardest thing I'd ever had to do—the hardest pill I had to swallow."Kayla" I called her name as soon as she said it but when as I took a step towards her, she fled down the hills in her wine dress. I heard the echos of her sobs come from a distance and it was obvious that she was crying. It was obvious that it was just as hard for her as it was for me.But I couldn't bring myself to understand why everything had changed so suddenly. Maybe it was my fault, I'd let Veronica stay so much longer that she began to have her doubts. But Kayla needed to understand that everything I did was for her.That keeping Veronica around was so she'd stay too.There was no way I would let anyone or anything harm her. As a hard lump barged down the back of my throat, my eyes jerked out a few tears and I slipped my hands into my

KAYLA.As I sat by the windows with tear-filled eyes, watching the gloomy dark clouds fill the skies, I realized the reason it hurt this much was because rejecting Rafael was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my entire life.My body felt limp and I had cried so much until the tears could no longer fall from my eyes—they just stayed in there. It was as if I lost a heavy piece of myself and my wolf, Isla was already facing the repercussions of it. I hurt her the most unimaginable way.People like me rarely ever got a second chance mate not only because I was an ordinary omega but because this decision was solely mine. No one but me could understand the pain of being alone, and from the moment I met Rafael, everything changed and it scared me for a fact.Because I started to question not only when it will end but how I will end up. I would return to same old Kayla, alone and hurt, broken. That was a lot more pain that I couldn’t subject myself to. So rejecting Rafael was an out, it

KAYLA.The forest was shaken by my voice and as I breathed heavily from my lips, I was finally relieved. When I settled right beside the tree I used to mark where Sarah was killed, I was now completely shifted into my wolf form. It was the second time ever, though the first was vague in my memory but Rafael explained it all to me.It felt strange being alone out here like this. And as the winds blew against my fur, they danced back in response. I was a white wolf to the extent which I could see but there was a brownish spot running along the nape of my neck. My tail wagged and there was this freeing feeling that came upon me.I appreciated the quiet and the sounds of nature as I crouched low to the earth, burying my snout into my forelimbs. I felt different in that moment maybe it was because I was different. I didn't feel like Kayla neither did I look like her.This was Isla and she seemed so goddamn powerful. She wasn't a slave, neither did she have the million scars from years of

RAFAEL.There wasn't a single moment that passed that I didn't think about Kayla.I knew she was angry and she had every right to be but what she didn't know was that every second that I was away from her, it hurt me just as much as it hurt her. Veronica, just like everything else would pass and I really wanted to tell her that day.I've wanted to tell her ever since but most of all, I’ve wanted her to trust me. After the ceremony, I did go after her but Kayla had disappeared to only God knew where. I could only imagine what went through her head as she watched both Veronica and I. I'd succeeded in doing to her the last thing I ever wanted to which was hurt her. And I've found it hard to forgive myself ever since.As I sat behind the desk with my arms folded, all I could think about was her and finally making everything right. My mind was unsettled, roaming around with a million thoughts. I needed to speak to Kayla, if only she was willing to even look at me.But then suddenly, there