It was Tuesday….the clock struck four in the morning and Charlotte once again ventured out in the woods.
She didn’t get a wink of sleep last night.
Yesterday, when she realized what the white wolf had done and who that white wolf was, her head started spinning and she found herself worried and panicked. As soon as she came home she hurriedly made her way to the pile of books that Ayleen had given her and pulled out the one that was about mates. She flipped through the index and impatiently opened the page.
Behavior of wolves towards their mates
She skipped reading line by line and instead focused on the headings and trusted her brain to pick out the important text.
They like to touch their mate…always…
No…Azraiel ne
As soon as Katya entered the pack, she could literally feel the power flowing in the air like electricity. She saw a few familiar faces and greeted them from afar, not in the mood to chit-chat. Besides, she just wanted to get this over with. The power in the air was making her uneasy and it’d be just better to finish her business and leave.She knew that she wasn’t answerable to anyone here. Unlike wolves, who have this need to submit to their Alpha, she didn’t feel that need. Hadn’t for a long time….But she wasn’t a fool. Even humans recognize authority and danger in people around them. She might not feel obliged to submit to the power and authority but she damn well knew when to be dormant.Crossing almost the whole pack, she walked briskly to reach Alpha Azraiel’s home. She would have liked to be teleported but Alpha Azraiel had already protected his pack with countermagic so that n
As soon as Azraiel heard the crash, he moved away from Katya and turned towards the window, but then Ayleen dropped the water she brought for Katya…He was about to walk toward Ayleen when he saw the horror painted on her face and heard the words coming out of her mouth… “Charlotte…! Your eyes…!” Both Katya and Azraiel were now looking at Charlotte in shock. She was sitting on the sofa, looking at Ayleen….but her eyes….they weren’t black…. No… The first color that Azraiel saw was gold and his first thought was that her wolf was pushing through….which is unusual since it happens only after the shift, but he had long ago given up on anything being usual with his mate… But then he saw the other two colors…. And his breath got stuck in his throat. Both of her irises were golden yellow…bright like sunlight, but the color changed in both her eyes as it moved towards the pupil….her le
Azraiel was sitting beside Charlotte while she lay unconscious on the bed in his guest room. He has been sitting there holding her hand since she passed out.She’d be living here from now on….He nodded to himself. There is no way that he’ll let her live alone…, especially after what happened a few minutes ago…!She is too dangerous…for others as well as herself...!He stares at her continuously…. without blinking…as if she’d disappear if he blinks. A soaring pain pierces his heart every time he thinks of her not being there. He doesn’t care if she’s not with him. He just wants her to live…peacefully…happily...!“Azraiel…Katya wants to talk to you…I’ll sit there with Charlotte!” His sister’s voice is quiet through the mindlink.With a sigh, he places a gentle kiss on his mate’s forehead and quietly leaves the room.
Katya broke the silence… “You mentioned Charlotte has been tracked by the H.O.P.E. mission almost all her life…” She gave him a look that Azraiel understood very well. “After...you know what happened with Ayleen….I wouldn’t put it past them to do an experiment on Charlotte...It’s highly possible that she was already a supernatural…and they tried to make her a hybrid…and in the process of doing so, they screwed up…” Azraiel considered what she was saying. It was possible…very very possible…but far more dangerous… “We don’t have many options, Azraiel…We need to confirm if there were any experiments done on her….and if they were, we need a person who can tell us what they intended to do with her…What we saw today, it could very well turn into something life-threatening and dangerous, both for her and the people around her.” Azraiel nodded and pulled out a file from the drawer on his table. He passed it to Katya. “Here! This file has every i
Charlotte groaned as she shifted her body. When she opened her eyes, she was met with a white ceiling that was completely in contrast with the dark brown wood of her cottage. With furrowed brows, she turned in the bed….and then something clicked. Azraiel’s house… Shit…she is in Azraiel’s house…. “How are you feeling?” Charlotte jumped in surprise as Ayleen’s voice startled her. She was sitting on the left side of the bed. “I….I am fine...but...tired?” Charlotte muttered in a low voice, confused as well as exhausted. “What happened...? Why am I here?” She asked Ayleen. Did she pass out? Ayleen opened her mouth to say answer her question but at that moment the door of the room flew open and Azraiel rushed in ….only pausing and breathing once he roamed his eyes all over her. Why the hell is he looking at me like that? Charlotte was becoming more and more confused. “Ayleen…” Azraiel
“Charlotte…relax!” Azraiel takes her hand in his, engulfing it between both of his palms. “It’s okay…you didn’t hurt Katya intentionally…and she is fine…” he tells her softly. Charlotte just looks at him like he is speaking in a foreign language. How the hell can she relax knowing that she has hurt someone…. What’s worse is that she has no clue why she did that…. Yes you do..! Her wolf speaks up. No…I don’t… Charlotte stubbornly refuses to believe anything unless Azraiel himself says it all. Sure, she knows she felt angry when she saw them so close, hugging each other….but she doesn’t want to come off as a fool by assuming it all by herself. May be its all in her head and Azraiel doesn’t feel the same..! “Is she really okay?” Charlotte asks him in a small voice, unable to say more because of the heat radiating from him. Why the hell is it so hot in here? She shifts in the bed slightly….and Azra
Azraiel was nervous as hell. He is finally going to tell Charlotte that they are mates. How the hell will she react...? Does she already suspect it…? They are about to reach her cottage when he finally pays attention to the figure sitting on her home’s steps. His last conversation with his Gamma flashes in his mind and his jaw clenches instantly. “Theo…?” He calls him out in a low voice, aware that he sounded angry and probably looked the part too. “Alpha...!” Theo bows down his head and greets him… Okay….Azraiel thinks to himself…He isn’t being rude but why the hell is he here when he clearly knows that he wouldn’t be taking her training sessions today. Azraiel continues to stare at him with narrowed eyes…and then mindlinks him. “Theo..! Leave…now…!” “I will…but there’s something that you should know… Our warriors saw strange wolves today…around an hour ago…, around the border…”
“You are mine, Charlotte….and I am yours…!”Charlotte could feel the tears prick her eyes as Azraiel uttered those words that she has been dying to hear. She has someone to call hers…just hers…like she has always wanted. Her person…Hers….“You mean…we are…we are…?” She asks shakily, still unable to believe her ears. The man she has worried about having feelings for….is saying that he is hers…!“Yes...yes…yes, love…we are mates…!” He kisses her hands again and this time she can’t resist. She closes her eyes with a sigh of relief and lets the tears fall down.We are mates…“Charlotte…why…Oh God...did you not want it to be? Why are you crying?” She could sense the panic in his voice as he gently lifts her head by holding her chin and wipes the tears fr