Semua Bab Claimed By The Darkwood Brother : Bab 11 - Bab 20

GEMMAIt was night the following day before I decided I wanted to go do anything. I walked around for a while until I heard some maids discussing amongst themselves.For some reason, I stopped to listen. Maybe it would be interesting."...heard she's a whore." One of them said.I quirked my brow. I wondered who they were talking about."She came from a no-name family." Another said."I heard he found her on the streets. I don't know why he didn't just bother marrying one of the other ladies as his Luna. At least that way, I'm serving a noble and not a nobody."I scoffed. They were talking about me."I don't know. I don't think we should be talking about this. The moon goddess doesn't make mistakes. She chose him to be her lady's mate." Another maid spoke.I recognized that voice. She was the maid who was usually coming to my room to clean or give me breakfast."You're just saying that because you serve her." The other replied."She's not that bad. She's not bratty, throws tantrums, or

"You freaked out… and then you transformed," I said, keeping it brief.Her cheeks colored red and I knew she was thinking about the fact that she had woken up in my t-shirt."I was a white wolf." She said.I nodded. "Do you know what that means?" I asked. Maybe she already had an idea.She shook her head. "No."I sighed. This makes it a lot harder. If she had known about this. Even the slightest idea, handling this information would be easier."What does it mean?" She demanded, looking at me intensely. "Tell me the truth, Nate."It's the first time she's ever called me my name. And I think she realizes it too."First of all, you need to look in the mirror," I said, unable to hold myself back.It has been on my mind since she walked into this room. I grabbed a mirror from the desk and gave it to her.She gasped when she saw her face. "What the hell?" She asked.Her black eyes had turned to blue. "What happened to my eyes?" She asked. She pulled at the bottom of her eyelids to look at h

GEMMAI pass by him and throw him a look over my shoulder. "We'll see about that," I said to him and left.This was annoying. The fact that he was usually bringing up this thing that he owns me meant that he believed it.She was going to make him understand that she was not anyone's property. I stormed back into the house.I needed to learn everything that the White Wolf could do and harness its power. And I needed to do it fast.***"Ugh," I groaned as I was slammed into the ground.George stepped away from me, flexing his fingers. He looked down at me as I lay panting on the floor. "Again," he instructed.I flipped over and slapped my palm against the ground, standing to my feet. "Okay…"I was already sore. Turns out that when George gets serious, he's really serious. He's not even going easy on me."You have to pay attention to how your body moves." George reminded me as he swung at me.I barely dodged. "Yeah, and also pay attention to my opponent. That's easy." I said, sarcasm dri

GEMMAFor the next few days, George made me run for a few minutes, run upstairs, and lift weights. It was exhausting. He would make me do them over and over again until my arm shook and my legs gave.I lay on the ground panting as George turned off the timer. He stood next to me."Forty-five minutes for a 5k run. That's a poor time." He told me.I dismissed with a wave of my hand, too tired to reply. What was he expecting from me? I've had no prior training or access to exercise.The only thing I knew how to do was work and work. However, these days I was starting to feel better and lighter. It turned out that working out and moving my body was good for me.My head was clearer and I could think better. I hadn't even thought about Nate for a few days. I hadn't seen him either, which was good.What was even better were the short conversations I used to have with Nala. She was usually scolding me but it was nice to know that I wasn't alone. That I had someone, something that would always

GEMMAI pant, my hands and knees on the floor. George looked down at me. I looked up at him hopefully, "What was my time?" I asked."Forty-one minutes," he said, looking at his stopwatch. "A minute faster than yesterday."We'd been training for almost a week and I could run a 5k in forty-one minutes. But according to George, that was a poor number. I didn't like how things were going.A guard approached us and whispered something into George's ear. He nodded, "I'll be there.""What's wrong?" I asked, curious.George shrugged. "It's nothing, work calls." He said to me as he prepared to leave."Oh, okay," I said, giving him a small smile."You're okay to finish up here, right?" He asked.I nodded. "Of course, I'll be fine. Go on." I told him.George gave me one last look before he turned, heading back in the direction of the palace. I sighed, loudly after he left, laying down on the ground and staring at the sky.Alone with myself, I suddenly realized how incompetent I was. I've always