Romans & histoires Save Yourself Book

"Regina—" "You should've said something. Publicly." "I can't always protect you in the open." I let that sink in. He couldn't protect me. But he could hire Cassandra. Sit in meetings with her. Defend her with ease. "Then don't," I whispered. "I'll protect myself." I hung up. And for the first time in a long time, I felt clear. I was done waiting for someone to save me. I was going to save myself. But just as I slipped under my blanket, my phone buzzed again..No caller ID..I answered without thinking.

He had come to rescue me just like I did. My heart sank at the realization. The truth was obvious, I was disappointed because I wanted to see Alpha Joash and not Blake. Maybe I meant nothing to him. Maybe he wanted to save himself just like I wanted. I swallowed hard and embraced my salvation. I didn't leave my hideout and I watched as the fight became more fierce.

“Just like that?” He nodded. “Essence, no matter how much you love someone, you can’t save people who don’t want to be saved. If they’re stabbing you while you’re trying to keep them afloat, it means they don’t care that you’re bleeding. At some point, you have to choose yourself. You can’t keep drowning trying to rescue people who would let you sink in a heartbeat.” His words hit hard. He continued, “I’d save myself first. Then I’d take care of my wounds. That’s not selfish. That’s survival. So… are you in a situation like that?”

But my guilt—God, it sat on my chest like an anvil. I’d messed up. Badly. He came for me. Guns blazing. Storming a room full of dangerous men just to pull me out. He saved me. Again. And I—I had walked right into the lion’s mouth because I didn’t listen. Because I was too proud. Because I thought I was capable of protecting myself in a world I didn’t fully understand. “Aiden…” I started softly. “Don’t,” he said sharply, voice like a blade.

The night Maya Winehouse and I slept together, she was drunk and had just broken up with her now ex-boyfriend, Daniel Carter. She had no choice but to marry me. Our marriage was quiet and stable. I once thought it would last forever… Until Daniel passed away from his sickness. When Maya went to pay her respects, she learned that he had left her for good because he had found out what happened between us that night. At that same time, she discovered the diary that I had written about my secret love for her. She became convinced I had ruined their relationship on purpose, and she hated me to the bones. She divorced me and threw me out with nothing. She also made sure to make my life

This was sacred knowledge that was only supposed to be shared among the wolf people only. I had no place to even glimpse at the book much less touch it. But I couldn't find myself placing the book back on the top shelf, away from my sight, away from me. But I needed to be selfish if I were to survive in this world. I had taken enough torturing, enough disgusted looks thrown my way to know that I would be my only savior. And to be a savior, I need to look out for myself. And that means I have to be selfish and put myself first.

She quickly positioned herself before Yin and Florence, with arms spread out sideways in order to shield them from the bullets as the other women continued running towards the parking lot. Sarah knew if she didn’t do this, all their efforts would be in vain, and they would all die, but she had to take this risk since she knew how important she was to Armo, which meant the men wouldn’t shoot her.

As he pulled the middle drawer too hard, a small, pink spiral notebook slipped out from the back, tumbling onto the floorboards. It was mine. On the cover was a crooked, faded sticker of a cartoon rabbit. Dad’s hand froze mid-air. Mom’s vacant gaze slowly drifted over to it. Dad reached down and flipped open the first page. Written in large, shaky pencil strokes was a single rule: When Leo can't breathe, do not panic. Beneath the words was a crude pencil drawing I had sketched. It showed a small hand placed gently against a baby's back, sliding from top to bottom in a soft, soothing motion.

“I trust Austin with my life, even, but if anything goes wrong, anything at all, you leave immediately, you reach out to me, you save yourself. I need you to remember these three things. You leave immediately, you reach out to me, you save yourself. Do you understand?” Save myself. Leave him behind. Can I really do something like that? Can I live with myself if I ever did something like that?

I chuckled as I shook my head. His brows furrowed because like me he thought it was the book of ultimate power. "So how am I still alive than?" He asked after a second. His voice finally not as scratchy. "The book within me. You saved yourself because you realized she was being consumed by the book that was still within her." I stated with a soft smile. The whole time she was being aggressive I thought I had made her to spoiled but in the end she was lost in the book within her.