RALPH“There is still space I can sleep in. The bed is wide enough and I’ll sleep beside Jasper, not beside you,” I replied calmly.She sat up with Jasper’s head still resting on her chest. “That’s exactly the problem. I don’t want you to sleep with my son or me, don’t you get it? The couch is wide enough for you to sleep in too. If you feel it’s not convenient, you can use the floor,” she said in a harsh tone.I sighed and was about to leave, to sleep somewhere else. “Can you guys stop shouting? You keep waking me from my peaceful sleep,” Jasper murmured to us.“I’m sorry, baby boy —“ Aurora began to rub his hair and back to help him fall asleep again.Jasper sat up sleepily, looking between us. “Why are you arguing? The bed is wide enough and besides, I will feel very safe sleeping beside my parents. Right, mummy?” He said.Aurora eyed me. “Fine, baby. Go back to sleep now,” she muttered.Jasper slept back on the bed, positioning himself in the middle while pulling me closer. Just l
RALPH“What is wrong, dad?” Jasper asked, and I almost flinched. Who knew he was already awake and looking at me? This matter cannot be explained. Should I start talking about what Seraphina had told me? A mate fusion that would save Aurora and my pack? She didn’t explain anything. She just expected me to understand whatever she meant right away.That was separate. Or should I start talking about the rage and anger of my pack members? Should I talk about why they were angry at me, or how they want to make Adrian the Alpha?“Come here, buddy,” I motioned at him.Jasper climbed out of the bed quickly and walked up to me. I carried him, allowing him to rest his whole body on me. I dropped him on my thighs, which were already raised up to aid his weight.“Why are you awake so early?” I asked, trying to deviate from the initial topic he was asking about.“I have slept for more than nine hours already. It’s enough and I’ve got some more strength now,” Jasper answered.For a little boy like
ADRIAN I stepped outside after I was led out by some guards to the pack ground. Everywhere and everything was a mess. There were dead people, soldiers, and pack members all over the place.The enemies, their troupes, the empire elders were already gone. They couldn’t get what they came for, but I know they would probably attack again very soon just to get what they always wanted.Aurora was the problem. Maybe that was why my spirit never aligned with her, maybe that was why I hated and detested her. She was trouble on her own, and wherever she stepped, there would be trouble too.The pack was now in ruins because of her. If she had never come back, if Ralph had never gone to her father’s pack to save her, all of this wouldn’t have happened.I hated the fact that Ralph allowed this to happen. This pack was very peaceful, it was a silent and flourishing one. We had no cases or complications that would require us to go to war or for some people to come to attack us.But Aurora being blu
NATALIE The ropes that were used to tie my hands were loosened. My hands felt numb for some seconds, and I relaxed them for blood to flow into my veins. Being held captive is traumatic. Thank goodness I found a solution quickly. Who knows if they would have killed us instead? I rushed to my father who had also been released and hugged him. “I am sorry for all those harsh words I said earlier. It wasn’t intentional, but I had to say something.” My voice was barely above a whisper. “You only told me what was right. I should have listened from the first day you talked to me about it. Don’t feel bad, my girl.” He hugged me back. My shoulders fell, and I relaxed. What if we had been killed? Grudges and malice would have remained in my heart. “Did I do the right thing this time, father? I just told them the secret to get Aurora.” I asked. Telling them was intentional. I said it not only because I wanted to save us from getting killed, I wanted Aurora to be captured. I wanted her to
BRIAN“You know how every one of my meals is, Sierra. Why is this like this?” I tossed the tray of food aside angrily.This was the second time this was happening. The first happened with Aurora, and I ordered that it must never repeat. She learned my preferences and began to make mouth watering meals for me, even though I asked her not to. The head of the kitchen maids has been in charge of my food since she left, and this one suddenly turned out like this.“I’m sorry, Alpha. I have not been feeling well lately,” Sierra said with her hands in front of her stomach.“So, she made this.”I hissed in frustration. “That is just a terrible excuse. Did I ever ask you to cook for me? If you weren’t feeling well, you should have stayed back instead of cooking this nonsense.”She sighed and apologized. “What else can I cook for you?” she asked.This already made me tired of eating any other food. “I’m not hungry anymore. You can just ask them to take this tray away. I will eat later in the day
RALPHI sat up on the bed, doing nothing. I had never been so idle before. I've always had something to do all my life, I've always gone from visiting the sick people in the pack hospital to making sure the other people who aren’t admitted are okay. I was always dealing with pack affairs, I put things in order, give orders for things to be done and thereafter, I attended a series of meetings where we would have to talk, talk and talk, most of them were just baseless arguments.I have never been in the midst of a mother and a son, a family of my own where I just suddenly became idle. And the worst is that there is nothing I could do to keep myself busy, absolutely nothing at all.I sat at the edge of the bed, watching Aurora and Jasper get ready for the day. I watched Aurora drag Jasper into the bathroom.“You call yourself a big man yet you are afraid of water touching your head. Why won't you bathe without putting water on your head or even washing your hair itself?” I could hear Aur
AURORAI collected the dishes we used for eating and took them back to the kitchen. As I washed and cleaned them, I couldn’t help but wonder about what had happened earlier.First, it was Jasper begging to allow Ralph to come into the kitchen to help. I had to agree with him or I would have to apologize to him throughout the day.Eventually, Ralph came in and couldn’t do a thing. That was why I gave him the simplest thing, to dice some onions and at the end of everything, he was still sent out of the kitchen.I wouldn’t deny that I loved that little drama and I sighed because of it. After I finished the dishes, I went back to the room only to see Ralph asleep beside Jasper.Why couldn’t he just do anything right? He couldn’t dice onions and now, he was asleep. I only asked him to put Jasper to sleep but he ended up sleeping himself.I was trapped with this man, I knew it. I owe him for saving our lives but isn’t there another way out? Living with him this way, if it should continue, I
AURORAThe door was suddenly pushed open. I instantly rushed over to where Jasper was laid in case it was an enemy who had finally found our hideout. That person would be ready to deal with us, or kill me especially.“You're here,” Ralph said, much to my surprise. His words make me turn around. I watched a lady walk in and rush into Ralph’s arms. I watched him hug the lady very tight like they haven’t seen each other for a very long time. Was that how much they missed one another?Looking at the lady in Ralph’s arms, I didn’t know what to think. Should I be angry that he was so close to a strange woman? That he allowed a strange woman into where he swore that no one else knew of? Should I be worried that he broke his promise again?I calmly walked over to the balcony, not saying a word to the two people who seemed to be in their own world. They seemed like they couldn’t let go of each other.Was it all a lie, a facade? Hadn’t he been trying to get my forgiveness? I stood on the ba