Storm's POV
No matter how hard I tried to steer clear of Noah, it was hard. I wanted him to touch me, hold me, and kiss me but at the same time, I wanted him far away from me. Cooking dinner with him was almost therapeutic and highly sensual. The way he tied the apron over his waist, how his hands moved meticulously to chop the onions and vegetables. The way he stirred the food was like it was his creation.At one point, I had to excuse myself from the kitchen and went to the bathroom to pour water on my face and reorganize myself. Of course, the food was perfect, I expected nothing less."This is so good." I moaned, taking a bite of my chicken.He smiled pleased and took a sip of his wine. "I'm glad you liked it.""When did you learn how to cook? And how did you learn how to cook this well?" I was curious about him, I barely knew anything about him."Rainstorm, I've been alive for over two hundred years, I had a lot of time to learn and perfect my cooking skills. But originally, my mother taught me."" Wow, that's amazing." His phone rang and he picked up the call. I liked the fact that he didn't excuse himself and leave the table, that would have got me really suspicious."Amanda, hi. It's been so long. Oh, you're in town. I'm sorry I can't meet up with you tonight. Tomorrow? Sure, come by the house, and we'll catch up. Yeah, goodnight." He hung up the phone and continued eating. The food had turned to sawdust in my mouth now and I could barely hold myself back from diving across the table and calling back Amanda to find out what she really wanted from Noah.I inhaled and exhaled slowly before asking my question. " So who's Amanda?" I asked the question so casually that you would think I didn't give one fuck about who she was but deep down I was seething in anger."Amanda is a friend, I met her about a hundred and ten years ago. We're good friends. She was originally in this pack but then she moved to another pack because she wanted to change the scenery and her job." Good friends, my ass, more like fuck buddies. I shoved more food into my mouth and chewed aggressively."That's nice. Why did she want to hang out tonight? When was the last time you saw each other?" I took a chug of my wine, trying to calm down. My grip tightened around the stem of the wine glass, I was a little worried it would break."Over a year ago. She comes into town, once a year to see her family." Yep, just her family or you?" Does she have a mate ?""She doesn't. She's always wanted one but sadly, she hasn't found him yet." He said. She hasn't found her mate but she had you to take care of all the needs her mate could."Does she stay…""What's with the interrogation, Storm? If you have something to say, just say it." He interrupted me. The jig was up. I didn't care anymore though." What I want to know is, did you ever sleep together?" I crossed my arms and stared at him intently. He returned the stare and it soon became a staring battle, I conceded and dropped my gaze."We did." I felt the knife going straight into my heart but I didn't let it show that I was hurt."How many times?" I narrowed my gaze at him.Noah sighed and sat straight. " Storm, I don't know why you want to know all these things, they don't matter anymore. We have each other, we just started a new relationship, let's not ruin the beautiful thing we have."" How many times have you slept together?" I gritted my teeth." We were on and off until about two years ago when I stopped it." The knife that was already in my heart, twisted." Why?""Because I found you." I was speechless, I dropped my gaze to my plate and shoved a spoonful of food into my mouth. I wiped my plate clean and stood up then dropped the plate in the kitchen."Good night., I said to him and rushed out of the dining room. I hurriedly changed and entered into bed before he can in. I shut my eyes and acted like I was asleep. He didn't say anything but I knew he was aware I wasn't asleep. I listened to the sound of the shower as he washed and soon it turned into a lullaby that pulled me to sleep. The next morning, I woke up in Noah's arms, cuddled up next to him. His hot breath tingled my neck and sent shivers down my body. I tried to get out of bed but his grip tightened around my body.I tapped his shoulders until he peeked an eye open. "I need to use the bathroom, let me go." I struggled against him." No. Let's stay like this for a little while." He grumbled, placing a peck on my neck. If my bladder didn't want to explode, I would have probably fallen for his words."Noah, if you don't want me to pee on this bed, you'll have to let me go." I pinched his belly hard and he groaned, letting me go."Jeez, woman, did you really have to do that?" I stood up from the bed and he raised himself, sitting up. The duvet cover dropped, exposing his clear, blemish-free, well-toned chest and abs. I quickly turned and hurried into the bathroom.I finished doing my business and went downstairs to make breakfast. The doorbell rang the there was a quick rap on the door. Thinking it was the maids that came to clean yesterday, I rushed to open the door, only to get the shock of my life.On the other side of the door, in a trench coat and I'm willing to bet nothing else, was Amanda. I was certain she was the one. She was in one word, flawless, her clear skin showed signs of years of consistent skincare routine, her blonde hair was perfectly layered, and her makeup was amazing. She was gorgeous, if I didn't already hate this woman, I would have been asking her for makeup tips. She looked twenty, unlike her actual age of over two hundred.I placed my hands on my hips and stood in a defensive stance. " Yes, can I help you?" She seemed surprised to see me, she gave me a quick glance through, assessing me. I felt inadequate but then I remembered that I was wearing one of Noah's shirts since I still hadn't got my clothes yet and my hair was wet from my shower. I probably looked like a woman who had just had the best sex of her life.I gave her a lazy smile, just to throw her off her game but it didn't really seem to deter her. She pushed past me and went into the house. The audacity."Excuse me, are you looking for someone?" I gritted out, I clenched and unclenched my fists to calm down. Once again, she ignores me."Noah baby, where are you?" She called out. I shut the door, deciding she wasn't worth my time. Noah came downstairs and Amanda rushed to him and enveloped him in a hug, ensuring that her breasts were pressing hard against his chest."Amanda,.wow. it's nice to see you but I wasn't expecting you so early." He smiled at her but I could see the confusion in his eyes. He tried to pry her off him but she clung to him like a baby who had just reconnected with its mother."Noah, I've missed you so much, of course, I had to come to see you immediately after I woke up. We haven't seen in over a year. I just wanted to give you a nice surprise." She said, batting her lashes. Noah managed to release himself and put some distance between them."Well, thanks for coming. Let me take your coat, you must be hot." He said, moving his hand to remove it for her. I was now very invested in their conversation, I wanted to know what she was going to do."Are you sure you want to do that? We have company, you know." She smirked and turned to wink at me. Oh, I badly wanted to claw her eyes out.Noah, a sweet and clueless man, didn't understand what she said."What do you mean? Take off the damn coat, it's the middle of summer, I don't want you fainting in my house." He said, angry.Amanda chuckled. " If you say so." She let go of the grip she had on the coat and loosened the rope, letting Noah take off the coat."What the fuck." The words came out of my mouth before I could stop them. Amanda stood in the middle of the room, in front of my mate, in nothing but a skimpy red string bra and a matching thong.Noah's POV"Are you insane, Amanda? What the hell are you dressed this way?" I quickly covered her up. I looked at Storm who was frozen as ice. I quickly moved towards her."Storm, are you okay? It's not what it seems like." I touched her arm and she flinched and moved away from my hold. "It's not what it seems like, tell me your ex-lover didn't just show up, dressed in lingerie and a trench coat." She spat out, she made air quotes when she said the word, ex-lover. "Storm, please believe me, I don't understand why she came dressed that way." I turned and scowled at Amanda who replied by blowing me a kiss. Fucking hell. I tried to touch her but she smacked my hand and walked out of the room, heading up the stairs. I followed her, trying to stop her."Storm, please, let's talk about it. I know you're mad but storming off won't do any good." She paid me no mind but entered our room and slammed the door in my face. Pissed, I growled and smashed my fist through the wall, leaving a dent.
Storm's POV"You've got to be kidding me. I just got here and you already want to make me the Luna of the pack. Noah, you know I don't want to be here, you know I don't even want to be your mate. I made a grave mistake that night and I'm still paying for it but why the hell are you rushing me to become the Luna?" " Rushing you? Storm, I'm not rushing you. I've been an Alpha for almost a hundred years, my pack hasn't had a Luna for that long. Most Lunas have their ceremony a few days after they mate with the Alpha. I'm actually delaying yours so that you can get used to the pack. If I delay it any longer, my people are going to get antsy and that's not going to be good for us." He threw his hands into the air, I rubbed my temples, his words were causing a migraine.He moved closer and sat down next to me on the bed, "Hey, I know it's not easy but it's who you were destined to be. If you're not ready to go with me to the pack house, it's fine. You can go another." His voice was soothin
Storm's POV" What the hell are we going to do?" Noah leaned and whispered into my ears. I wished I knew.I rubbed Fiona's back as she wailed in my arms, it was heartbreaking to see and I felt bad that I didn't know how to fix it. "Hey, Fiona, I know you don't want Storm to go but Storm wants to go home and rest. She's very tired." He gave me the eye and I faked a yawn. Fiona raised her head to scrutinize me. My heart pricked from lying to her."If she's tired, she can sleep in my bed." The sweet girl offered. I shook my head."I can't sleep in your bed, it will be too small. You know what's going to happen. How about I go home and come back tomorrow then we can spend time trying out different hairstyles. If I spend the night here, I won't come back tomorrow and we won't do all the fun and exciting things that you love to do but if I leave, I swear on the Moon goddess that I will be back tomorrow. Do you like cookies? We can bake some tomorrow." Her ears perked up at my words and he
Noah's POV" Storm, we've talked about this already. It's just nerves, why don't you get some rest and we can talk more tomorrow." I ran his hands over his face.She stood abruptly. " Stop it. Stop trying to make me feel like I'm not okay. Noah, I don't belong here, I'm not a Lycan and I can't even shift. I've never belonged anywhere not even in my pack. I want to be free, I want to go back to the city, to my old job. I want to leave among the humans." Her voice was wobbly. Goddamnit, today had been a good day, what the hell happened."Storm, I'm sorry if I'm making you feel that way but I can't lose you. You know what will happen to me if you reject me and break our bond. I don't want to lose you." " I know." She said in a quiet voice. " What if… what if we don't break our bond. I won't reject you but you'll let me leave." She bit her fingernails." What about me? What's going to happen to me when you leave?" What she was saying was absurd and there was no way I was going to let her
Storm's POVThe bed was so soft and felt like velvet against but it was tight which was old, Noah's bed is enormous, also the room smelled different, I couldn't place the smell, it had a sickly feeling attached to it, like disinfectants used in the hospital. What the hell, was I in a hospital? I tried to open my eyes but the sharp pain rang through my head, I knew I had healed but the pain was still there. I tried to move my hand to support my head but I couldn't. It seemed like I was constrained to the bed. The memories of the day flashed through my head and I choked back a sob. Footsteps neared the door and I quickly acted like I was still asleep, it was obvious that Noah had caught me and he was going to be very angry. I wasn't ready yet for it, but the door opened and people entered, I approximated them to be four people. Noah was one of them, his scent swarmed over my body and gave me an instant calm but then I felt the anger in his body and the calm disappeared. I could also pl
Storm's POVNoah stood at the door, fuming. He was shooting daggers with his eyes at Jasper who quickly jumped away from me and put some distance between us."Jasper, what the hell were you about to do?" He asked, looking from Jasper to me and then back to Jasper."Noah, calm down. She was very uncomfortable and the cuffs were burning her skin. She asked me to release her and I wanted to. I don't like seeing her in pain." He looked his Alpha dead in the eyes without any remorse."You don't like seeing her in pain, how the hell is that your business? Is she your mate?" Noah scowled." She's not but if she was, I wouldn't treat her this way. I wonder what kind of mate will do this to their mate." Jasper retorted.Noah's eyes turned red and he rushed at Jasper. His hands went straight to his Delta's throat. "Who the fuck gave you the right to talk to me that way? Who the fuck do you think you are?" He shouted in his face and started squeezing his neck. Jasper thrashed under him."Noah, p
Storm's POVVoices woke me up, males to be exact, I opened my eyes slowly, trying to avoid the blinding rays from the sun. When I was comfortable enough with the light, I looked around and I was still in the hospital. My hands had healed and the cuffs had been taken off. The events of the previous day flooded into my head and my heart immediately started to race. I thought about Jasper and wondered if he was alive. Scenes of Noah choking Jasper nagged at my head and I could hardly breathe. The door jingled and I closed my eyes instantly, I wasn't ready for anyone to know I was awake. "Is the Luna ceremony still going to hold today?" Jasper asked, I was so relieved to hear his voice that I almost started crying."No, Noah sent out a message yesterday, he moved the ceremony to the end of the week." I heard Caleb's voice. They were the only ones in the room."Did he say why?" Jasper asked."No, but you're guess is as good as mine. I think he felt guilty about what happened to Storm an
Storm's POVNoah's eyes were fixated on me, I took a good look at him, his usually shaggy hair was slicked back and he was dressed in a black tuxedo that clung to his body, he had shaved his beards. He exuded confidence and authority. Our eyes looked and I ran my tongue over my lip unconsciously. The sexual tension in the room could be cut with a knife. Tasha cleared her throat and we broke eye contact."Storm, you look exquisite, simply divine." He took my hand and brought it up to his lips, placing a light kiss on it. I shivered as tingles ran through my body. "You look amazing as well. The tuxedo seems like it was tailored just for you." I blushed, ashamed of my words, he had given me a compliment that would cause women to swoon and the best thing I could say to him was about his tux. I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me."Thank you. It was actually. I had a designer make it for me. Are you ready?" He held out his crooked arm and I linked mine with it. He led me out