**Emily’s POV **I still do not know how I did it, but I suddenly did not feel the weirdness, the unease anymore.Instead, I sat quietly, engulfed in the serenity of the wedding. The peaceful atmosphere. The love the couple openly showed to each other …A single tear drop fell from my eye when the rings were exchanged, and I looked up to find Alexander staring intently at me.His expression was indecipherable.I almost felt jealous of Mary, of the way Chad openly stared at her with love-filled eyes.They were obviously in love. Yet, something felt weird.I believed it was the fact that a lot of werewolves' wedding rites had been withheld. Even though Alexander's speech was made brief, it was obvious he was trying to skip some parts.Speaking of Alexander’s speech, I remembered how intensely he had stared at me throughout. How his eyes never left my face even as he gave his blessings, it made me feel uncomfortable.But, in a sweet way. I wonder if it was possible to feel uncomfortable
**EMILY’S POV**I woke up this morning, with Alexander nowhere to be found.I glanced around my room and noticed that almost all of his stuff, asides from his scent, no longer laid discarded on the floor like they did last night.He had left. Just as he always does.He slipped in and out at will but he never stayed too long. I wish he could. I wish we could stay together forever.Perhaps, I was thinking too much and hoping on forever which was looking somewhat surreal.Sighing, I rolled off my bed with only one aim in mind, and that was the fact that I needed to train.I rushed to the bathroom to have my bath, and a few minutes later, I walked out of my closet wearing a blue loose-fitting dungaree and a black pair of ankle boots.I stepped out of the room towards the training field.“Hi, I am late!” I shouted to Malcolm as soon as I got to the open field.It was a few minutes past 6:00 AM by the time I got there, and our initial planned time used to be 4:30 am.“You are not late.” He
**Emily’s POV**“What are you doing Mary?!” I whispered, trying to yank my hand away from her.“I am trying to show you how my tattoo works!” She whispered back.I let out a deep breath, glaring at her. But, I relaxed. Not entirely relaxed, I wanted to see how the tattoo works as well.I watched her in wonderment as the subtle glow began to dim fast until it was no longer there.Like it never even happened.I turned to her. “It glows, I have seen that. But, I have never seen a werewolf possess such powers, you aren’t a werewolf right?”Mary's face held so much amusement and I was tempted to ask her what was funny.“It’s not an ability, it is just a way used to identify members of my Clan. And no, I am not a werewolf.” She said.“Then what are you?” I asked, staring intently at her.My brows furrowed and I glimpsed a twinkle in her eyes.“I am your guardian, Emily.” She replied, her eyes darting around the field perhaps to see if anyone was listening in on our conversation.I tossed my
**Alexander’s POV**Today was another stressfully shitty day. I sat slumped against my office chair, rubbing at my eyes because I had hardly been able to get a wink of sleep for about two weeks now, due to the incessant trouble the rogues attacking my borders were creating.To make matters worse, they were asking for a truce.How could they even dare ask for a truce when I was not at war with them in the first place?!“How many soldiers were killed in the last attack?” I asked my beta, Chad, as he slumped on the sofa.“None but a few were taken. In the East.” Chad said stiffly.I believe he was as mad as I was.“They were abducted, not taken! Taken sounds too light to be used to describe the situation at hand.” Dimitri gritted his teeth.He clenched his hands and growled. “There are ten missing young soldiers out there! in the hands of those leeches! So, they were abducted!”“Hey calm down bro, when will you ever stop acting like you are a messiah and everyone else isn’t? I am worried
**Alexander’s POV**“Sophia, get the fúck out of my office before I call in security!” I yelled, making her halt immediately.“You would call security on me?” She asked incredulously, her eyes glazing over with unshed tears.“Yes, I will,” I said simply, watching her face fall. She hastily stood up, her face downcast as she threw her garments on. Just when I thought she would walk out of my office, she sat back down on the chair she once occupied.I made a mental note to change as soon as I could because there was no way I was sitting down there. Who knows, she might have infected it with something.“Why are you doing this?” She asked suddenly, snapping me out of my train of thought."Because of her? Because of Emily? That slave?” At the mention of the word ‘slave’ my blood boiled in anger.“She isn’t a slave,” I growled, my voice sounding foreign even to my ears. “Emily is not a slave and has never been one. She’s even of nobler blood than you are, so get out!” I yelled. I noticed
**Emily’s POV** I silently noticed how the smile on Alexander’s face fell but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Instead, I tapped on his shoulders lightly to bring him back to the question I asked. “Did you do it to protect her?” I asked, looking up at his handsome face which now looked creased with worry. My heart throbbed as I anticipated his answer. I wondered if he did it to protect her because it seemed he would always be involved with Sophia even though we were mated. Also, I didn't want to ask about what she was doing in the room earlier. It might turn into an argument and that was the last thing I needed. Moreover, he didn't look as though he was happy to see her. “I did it to protect you.” He finally said, cradling my face in his hands. “And how’s that protecting me?” I furrowed my brows. He had literally ignored all that I said and made me look stupid in front of everyone but he called it protection. “How was I protected when the person who tried to kill me is still
**Emily’s POV**I stood with both of my hands planted firmly on my waist as I watched Alexander dress up in an elegant grey-coloured three-piece suit that matched the colour of his deep-set eyes.His hair was slicked back and the urge to run my hands in it filled me.I licked my bottom as I stared down at him, and then I glanced up again at his angular face to see he was watching me.Fúck, he was perfect and I doubted he knew that yet.A smile lifted his bottom lip and he winked at me.My heart thumped and I literally swooned at the gesture.He knew how to get me. Alexander knew he only had to do a little thing to get me putty in his hands.I didn't mind him knowing because I loved him.I did and I couldn't tell when it started. I guessed it was the first time seeing him the feeling had developed in me and I had tried to brush it off after he committed several atrocities.Now, we were on the same page. I didn't think anything was holding me back to let my feelings known to him.Maybe,
**Emily’s POV** I parted my heavy eyelids slowly, and let out a wince as a jolt of pain shot through my body while I regained consciousness. I tried to sit up ignoring the discomfort around my neck region but laid back down almost immediately when I felt this splitting headache around my temple. "Shít." I let out a grunt and lay still on the cold floor. I shut my eyes for a while, trying so hard to adjust to the pain because I doubted if it was going away anytime soon. A few seconds later, the headache subsided and I was able to open my eyes. I observed my environment slowly and frowned but I could barely see anything. I believed I was in some sort of dark room and the only thing I could make out was the damp smell which signified I was in a cave of some sort. And that of algae, I crinkled my nose as vomit surged up my throat but I pushed it out. “Where am I?” I wondered aloud, holding my pounding head with my hands as if to keep it steady on my neck. No one would answer me,