Miranda’s POV“Oh it’s nothing,” I said and my tears immediately sold me out as they started welling up in my eyes.“That can’t be nothing honey, and the way I found you it was like you had just escaped a horrible encounter,” she said brushing the bruises on my face and wiping the tears that had escaped my eyes and forming a waterfall on my face.Whatever my response to her probing questions was going to be I had to keep in mind that she was human and she wouldn’t understand anything about wolves and mates. If she did know anything about my world it would only be an unconfirmed and a myth.“It was my fiancé,” I said, this was the only lie that was close to the truth that I could think of“He was very abusive and he used to beat me, he didn’t really want me, and he cheated on me and abused me in front of her and he probably thinks I am dead because after he attacked me with his girlfriend they dumped me in the forest and that is the reason I didn't want you to call the cops,” I said so

MIRANDA’S POVLife in this small town was pretty simple Ms. Caroline had a bakery and I had started working there with two other girls, she had employed me as the cashier and she was teaching me how to bake while the other girls were waitresses, she also mentioned that I would occasionally be required to help the waitresses. When she offered me a salary I declined because I felt like she had already gone out of her way to make me feel at home but she told me she didn't feel want to feel like she was taking advantage of me. I hadn’t made any friends yet but I was content with the quality of life that I was living. Tomas and Cindy seemed to be a distant memory and the nightmares I used to have when I first got here had been visiting me only once in a while I could dream of a better future here where I was sure no one could find me.The scars that I bore from my time locked away by Thomas had started healing and disappearing and that was something that I never thought would happen. The

MIRANDA’S POV “Dear I will need you to go to the bakery earlier than usual tomorrow,” Ms. Caroline said after we had dinner and as I was washing the dishes. “No problem,” I said, I enjoyed working at the bakery because it was a way for me to keep busy and not think about anything else. The job was more of a hobby than a job for me because I enjoyed it too much. Working for humans was better than working for wolves, they treated me better than my own kind ever did and made me feel like my efforts were being recognized and appreciated. I had asked Ms. Caroline not to pay me for the work I did at her bakery, but she insisted on paying me because she said that if she didn’t pay me she would feel like she was taking advantage of me and using me and that wasn’t the way she was brought up and taught. “It will be Rebecca’s birthday tomorrow an

TOMAS’S POVThe following days leading up to me and my trackers going to get my mate back were excruciatingly slow and I couldn’t take it. It was like riding to war on a chameleon’s back and it was unbearable. I felt like every moment I spent sitting at home was a moment of victory for my brother and I couldn't stand it. But If I wanted to win with Miranda I had to wait and take it slow I couldn’t jump the gun and ruin everything for myself. I knew that if I rushed anything I would end up losing everything that I was working so hard to achieve and I didn't want to lose.When the day to go and try to speak to her had finally arrived, I was feeling a wave of mixed emotions.  I was both excited and nervous of what her reaction to me would be. I woke up that morning and got ready to go and try to win Miranda’s heart with hopes that she would have me. The worst thing that could happen to me was if she rejected me the same was I rejected her, that would be an i

MIRANDA’s POV“You will kill Ms. Caroline and everybody else if I don’t go back with you?” I asked him as I slowly walked back toward him“Yes I will kill them all and you know I can do that,” he said and I shook my head in disbelief“Is that supposed to make see that you have had a miraculous change of heart and you really want me back? “ I asked him“It’s supposed to show you I will do anything to have you come back home with me," he said and I laughed sarcastically“And as you drove here it never crossed your mind that I don’t want to come back with you, it never even once crossed your mind that the hurt you caused me was way too deep for me to forgive and forget? Tomas, you can’t control and manipulate me anymore and your threats mean nothing to me, I am not going back with you” I said“Then I will kill them all,” he said and I laughed“No you won’t,” I said challenging him, I suddenly felt very confident and I was glad that I could talk back at him and stand up to him, I had had