[Ashton's POV]My heart pounded in my chest as we raced towards the portal that would take us back to our world. For some reason, I had a bad feeling that something was happening there and didn't want Thia to be put in any more danger.When we arrived at the portal, Haidan and Antoine were the first to go through, followed by Asher, leaving only Thia and I."Go!" I called as Thia eyed it. "I'll be right behind you.""But…""What a cute scene."Shit, shifting my gaze from Thia, I looked to where a large man with glowing red eyes and long black hair was making his way towards us."You," Thia growled, seeming to recognize him. "Seems you discovered my escape quicker than I thought.""Go!" I called, grabbing Thia and jumping through the portal.Light swirled around us as wind tore at our skin before we tumbled onto the ground of our hideout in the inbetween."Why did you do that?" Thia hissed, quickly getting to her feet."What's wrong?" Haidan asked Antoine, drawing our attention."Brail
[Thia's POV]I stood on the stage, staring out into the crowd of familiar faces and strangers. Today was the day of my ceremony to become luna of Ashton's pack, and I still found myself unable to believe that this was happening. After recovering from Lord Santos' attack and saving the world as we knew it, you would think that I would be happy to be going through something like this. However, it was nerve-wracking and my heart was hammering in my chest.Sweeping my eyes across the crowd of onlookers, I found my siblings standing in the center, smiling. The twins were thrilled that their older sister was being made a 'queen' and Leah was happy to be getting more involved with pack life.Letting out a breath, I looked at Ashton as he made his way towards me. A brilliant smile played on his lips and his eyes were ablaze with delight as he reached out and took my hands for all to see."Don't be nervous. Otherwise you'll stress out Devlin. " Ashton murmured, leaning in close to my ear.As
[Leah's POV]I looked around the table at all the smiling faces who were here to celebrate my 21st birthday. Even though I insisted that I didn't want to celebrate because I needed to study for Ian's herbal medicine quiz the next day, Thia insisted. After all, according to her, that was the day that I became a true adult."Auntie Leah," Serenity murmured, fixing her large blue gaze on mine. "Why do you look so unhappy?"For only five, she most certainly was perceptive. However, how could I possibly say that I wasn't happy because the one person I hoped to see here wasn't present?"I'm okay." I murmured, jostling her dark wavy hair that was the exact color of Haidan's. "I'm just tired.""You're lying, auntie." My nephew, Devlin, huffed."Leave your poor auntie alone." Thia snapped, shooting a glare towards her son. "Today is to celebrate, not to interrogate.""But...""No buts, young man." Ashton warned, making his way to the table from the kitchen.As he took his seat beside Thia, I s
His eyes sent shivers rushing through me as I tried to process what was going on. "Did you just say..." I stammered as my heart began to pound painfully in my chest. "To forget that I found you?" How could he stand there and say that with such a straight face? Wasn't he feeling the same way that I did? That all consuming want to be near and the flutter of butterflies just from our being near? "I have no intentions on ever accepting a mate." He said slowly, his eyes growing darker. "Especially a lycan one." His words felt like knives piercing into my heart. He was rejecting me. He was really standing here rejecting me and not even giving me a chance. "Why?" I asked slumping t
A soft snore stirred me from my sleep. Feeling confused, I rolled towards the sound, opening my eyes and staring into the face of a man that I barely knew. How had I ended up in this situation? Why did this continue to happen to me?Rejection… A small voice in the back of my mind whispered, sending a shock of pain through me.Two years, it had already been two fucking years and somehow the pain still felt fresh, like it had just happened yesterday.Cursing I sat up, letting the blanket that was covering me fall to my waist, revealing my bare breasts. Small hickeys lined my nipples and chest. It looked like I would need to cover them for the next week while working.
"Leah!" I called, gently knocking on the door. "Open up."I could only imagine what Leah was feeling right now. Our first change was terrifying and painful. I hated that she was alone when the change had begun."Thi..." Leah’s garbled voice came through the door as a loud howl sounded.Cursing I grabbed the door knob and began trying to turn it. I needed to get in there before she completed the change.Sometimes, rarely, we would go mad and forget ourselves during the first change. This didn’t always happen, but it could, and if it were to happen to Leah, I needed to be there to stop her."Leah, let me in!" I c
I could feel all the warmth disappear from my body as Ashton’s stone cold gaze took me in. Even after 2 years, it looked like he still hated me, despite us being mates."What are you looking at?" He growled, his eyes narrowing as the clear disgust he was feeling shone on his features."N-nothing." I stammered, slowly getting my wits about me. "Most definitely not a piece of shit with an attitude problem."At my words, Ashton’s frown deepened. I knew that taking hits wasn’t the best of choices, but I couldn’t stop my mouth. I was still so deeply hurt by his rejection, and I wanted desperately to make him feel just a smidge of the pain he was putting me through.
"Who do you think you’re talking to?" Ashton growled, his eyes growing dark."An idiot." I snapped back.All the feelings of depression and hurt that I was feeling were gone, and now I just felt pure irritation at the man standing in front of me. Sure, he was my mate, but that didn’t mean that I was going to let him talk to my friend like that."Did you just?" Ashton’s narrowed gaze grew wide as he took in my words.Around us, I could feel his alpha aura beginning to seep out. It looked like the man was pretty pissed and wasn’t going to calm down that easily.