“I thought you wanted to talk about how is the progress on the potion,” Aramis frowned a little as he couldn’t gather my motive for asking him to join me on the balcony.As soon as he got out of the shower, I asked him to accompany me. He had planned to work on the potion but my wish changed his plans. He had taken a leave from his office to focus entirely on that potion.However, I felt like he was only running after something that was not going to happen. Tonight is the night when I tell him about my wish to find him a mate and a mother for my children.“I believe you can do anything if you want. But some things are beyond our control,” I repeated myself again and his frown grew wider.“Aramis! When I was little and lost my mother, the world around me changed. I badly craved a mother figure because all the others focused on their lives. Nobody noticed the little Phoenix dealing with many troubles. There were things I couldn’t speak to my father about and my sister was way too occupi
“As for the Moon Goddess’ decision. Remember when she gave me you? When she knew Tanner was going to die,” I explained why he felt the mate bond with Layla. The moon Goddess usually gives second mates to the men after they reject their first mates or their first mate dies.I was the only she-wolf, who was granted a mate after the death of her first mate. All this time I thought I was lucky, but now it felt like that was just Moon Goddess’ way to torture me in the future.“I am telling you, I am working on something,” he repeated himself much calmly this time.“I am not questioning your hard work. I just want to set some plans here. Aramis! If I die, I want Layla to be the one beside you,” my thoughts made Aramis step back from me. Layla covered her face in her hands after hearing that.I bet she couldn’t even look me in the eye out of guilt, but what was she guilty for?“Layla! Even if you could conceive, I would have still chosen you. I don’t have a problem with someone having her k
Flashback:Years Ago:I have lost my mother some time ago and things haven’t been on the right track after that point. My siblings had ignored me like I was invisible to them. They would only remember me when they have a joke to make about someone. That someone would always be me.I could still live with the taunts and the mockery, but what my sister’s mate was doing to me had me shaken up.I have just turned 15 but couldn’t get to celebrate my birthday because nobody remembered, nobody cared. Dad has been in the neighboring back for the matters of the pack safety so he only called and asked Veronica to make sure I get a cake and the gifts, I didn’t get them.The entire day of my birthday had gone by and I had spent it in my room, locked inside.“We are not going to let him come for us,” I told the Barbie I was holding in my hands. I had found comfort in the dolls, although I was too old for them but who else could I speak to?Nobody wanted to hear my voice, and I wanted to tell the w
“You never told me what exactly you went through in the mansion where you were supposed to be safe,” Aramis’ voice was filled with sadness after I told him how my life would have turned differently if Nix hadn’t woken up that night.I have asked him to meet me in the Royal garden after speaking to Layla. I knew he would come; he would never resist my call.“After that night I told my family but instead of believing me, my sister hit me. They threatened me into not telling dad anything. Sometimes I wondered if they knew what was going on but didn’t want to break ties with Hassel for me. Hassel had brought in whatever he had left of his pack to our pack and my siblings were just mesmerized by his charismatic persona. They saw him as their idol. I was left with no option but to sit down with my father and discuss the early waking of my wolf. It was a serious matter because our personalities were going to clash. I was a naïve and fragile she-wolf and my wolf was just ready to pounce. It w
The news had vanished my sleep, I had attended Silver and Aramis in the room downstairs where they had prepared the cure for me. It was a blue elixir with some red sparkling bubbles. I was intimidated at the sight but Aramis confirmed it would work.“The possibility of this one working is a lot. I am certain it will do. But the only thing is that we must do it in the upcoming days. We need to make sure we do this way before you give birth just to make sure your body adapts back to its normal state with the emergence of your wolf again before giving birth,” Silver knew what she was talking about.A smile hadn’t left my lips this whole time. I felt like somebody has pumped air into my lungs and chest. I was breathing profusely and crying, holding the cure in my hands.“See! I told you, there is nothing that can separate us,” Aramis pulled me into a hug and that’s when I felt his back be moist under his shirt. Breaking the hug, he noticed the frown on my forehead.“What happened to your
After I have returned to my room, I called Layla to have a word with her.“You don’t need to feel bad for me. You have told me beforehand why you wanted me to marry your mate. You haven’t hidden anything from me. It was my own choice to agree to marry someone, who has made sure he will never accept me. But now that you are going to live, I am happier than before. I have not met someone as kind as you in my entire life. I would have been shattered if anything happened to you,” Layla had seen the tears of guilt in my eyes ever since we sat down to talk.I shouldn’t be feeling bad for surviving death, I wasn’t!I was just worried for her.“You know, after I heard how he went above and beyond to find you a cure, I acknowledged he will be broken without you. Phoenix! You are the luckiest one to have a mate, who loves you so deeply.” Her warm hands had my hands in them, “I have only one request though.&rdquo
During the ritual, I went into a deep slumber, which was supposed to happen in order for the magic potion to work.I woke up to completely empty surroundings. There was nobody around me anymore. The room was all empty, with me being left on the cold floor.“Aramis?” the first word that left my lips was my mate’s name. I was aware he would not leave me lying around like this. Where was he?There was a dimly lit lantern in a distance, which could be seen from the ajar door. Getting on my feet with difficulty, I followed the light.I was supposed to be in Aramis’ room. Then where was this place?“Ah!” once I stepped into the hallway, I recognized the walls of my parent’s mansion. How did I arrive here? My mind began to question myself, but I was more nervous at the window sight.“You have to come to us one day,” that whimper mixed with a melancholic laugh brought back the memories of my childhood.I remember this place; I remember this evening. This was the evening when little me was vis
It had been a week that I accepted my fate. I was no longer ready to be a part of any ritual.“I don’t like the feeling of getting my hopes to rise and then boom! A failure strikes me,” I was sitting on the balcony with Aramis, holding hands with him.After days of constant persuasion, I have managed to convince him that this whole struggle to find a cure has tired me up.I was not ready for another failure; I have realized there is nothing they can do to save me.“I feel like I am losing a part of me every day,” Aramis mumbled, staring into the sky and probably complaining to the Moon Goddess.“Just promise me one thing, Aramis. No matter what, you will not fall into depression. You will forget about me and move on, take care of our babies and give them the best childhood that they deserve.” it wasn’t easy saying all that to him when there were silent tears leaving his eyes.“How can you expect me to do that?” I have made him promise me he will never break the promise he had made to