Aubrianne IvanovI woke up, and a wave of loneliness smacked me. I was in a completely different and an entirely new place. The bed I lay on was foreign and strange. A good strange.Sadly I am also feeling a bit melancholy. To top it off, my nose feels stuffy, and my throat is scratchy.The room is dark, I am thankful for these blackout curtains right now, but I know it's late. I can just tell.I was well rested, on the other hand, but not sure I was ready to face today. I stretch out like a kitten, a few bones cracking.Snapping out of it, I ready myself to face the day anyway.This brings me to the first thing I need to do: have a word with Mr. Grey, but I need to talk to Jada. Stretching over, I reached for my phone, made a mental note to put my new phone to charge, and dialed Jada's number.She picks up on the second ring, "heyyy, Aubriiiiiii, morning babe." Gosh, I miss her cheeriness."Heyyy Jada, morning hun," I croak. I clear my throat. I suppose it was from all that bawling I
Aubrianne Ivanov Daniel and I carried on light conversations on our drive to Gloria's. He told me a little about himself apart from what I already knew, like where he works, places he likes to hang out, etc.Nevertheless, I listened.Daniel likes swimming, an activity he and I enjoy.Though, because of his work schedule and community responsibilities, whatever that means. He said he rarely gets to do it, which was less often than he would like.He used to be up in those mountains daily as a youth.Like me, he also enjoys binge-watching TV series or watching a movie marathon.Then he starts listing off TV shows, "shut up! Dude, you watch Anthony's Anatomy? No way!" I said, shaking my head at him and pointing an accusing finger, my body slanting in my seat, facing him."Yes, I do," he admits, "but I don't anymore. It lost its fervor a long time ago."I leaned back in my seat and stared at him in shock and disbelief, eyes blinking, eyebrows creased, because I felt the same way, and mayb
Aubrianne IvanovDaniela turns, smiles, and winks at me, and I smile back. She is beautiful, with blond hair just like her brother, but she has grey eyes and not blue like his.We sat in one of the kitchen 'areas' or should I say settings?All three of us immediately hit it off. From that moment onwards, we chatted, laughing loudly and joking around.More so, Daniela and her brother, with the joking around, but it was sweet to watch.Soon our waiter came, and we all collectively paused and glanced up at the waiter.It was Miguel, a familiar face—he greeted us, handing us our menus. We quickly browsed and placed our orders. Daniela and Daniel already knew the breakfast menu by heart, making it easy for them to choose, and I already knew what I felt for.I decided to have an omelet, toast with bacon, and sausages. While Daniela had pancakes, and Daniel had baked and shark.Soon we were back at it picking up where we had left off. Daniela started giving me her take on the hot spots to ch
Aubrianne IvanovBut like I said, I am no expert."Is everything alright?" I asked. Concern, well, more curiosity was laced into my voice.We were approaching the library."Oh," snapping out of his.... whatever that was a bit startling, which he quickly recovered from, by the way, "it must have been so hard for you, I can only imagine," he answers.OK then, seems like he is not going to elaborate on what that was all about, all his hand movements and neck rubbing. Is he really going to act like it's nothing and decide to deflect?I thought we had passed this and opened up to each other. I inwardly rolled my eyes.Taking a deep breath, I looked up at the library suddenly, it being the most exciting thing in the world, wondering why he is being cagey. I then exhaled before my mind took its own path on the matter.Then, after a beat, "We are here.""Come this way," Daniel directed me through a side door. It was not the main entrance.We made our way in."Side entrance? Do you have shares
Aubrianne Ivanov Nevertheless, despite all this indecisiveness, one thing I do know is that I am ready for some shopping. Therefore, after talking with Mr. Grey, Daniela and I will do just that. I fix up a quick breakfast, and by fix, I mean heat up Daniel's dinner from the night before and get orange juice.Sitting at the counter in the middle of the kitchen, I reminisce about yesterday evening into last night while I ate.The library, I moan as I bite down on the burger. You could get lost in there. I pondered a moment... oh, and the amusement park. Daniel and I had so much fun there.He won me a giant teddy bear, and I was also pretty good with the rings. Ring toss is what they call it, where you are given four rings, you aim and toss the ring at what you want, or what you might consider an easy target, and whatever it circles you get.We walked away with a two-liter soft drink, a bottle of cheap whiskey, a scented candle, and two champagne flutes.We have definitely gotten a lot
Aubrianne Ivanov At this point, I was nervously rubbing my hands on my fitted jean-clad thighs as I tried to calm my nerves, to no avail. Telling myself, just breathe, Aubri, just breathe, I repeated. Daniel put the vehicle in park. He then gently reached, took one of my hands in his, held onto it, and then slightly squeezed. My eyes followed his movements, then I looked at him. His gorgeous blue eyes showed a sincerity that spoke to me. It was like he was saying, 'Take your time.' 'I am here for you.' He loosened his grip and simply held my hand, gently rubbing the back as he waited. He patiently allowed me to have my moment. His soothing strokes brought me some comfort. I steady my breathing, and my heart slows to its normal riddim. Then he says the words I had been hoping for but now feeling slight dread about. Or maybe it is anxiety again. I don't know, AHH! I just don't know right now. "Okay, so we are here," Daniel spoke, taking me out of my screaming mind. He then switch
Aubrianne Ivanov "Fine! Then all I ask is that Daniel take me to the airport." With that, in the heat of the moment, I imagined myself storming out the room in haste and making my way out of this house, heading home and aggressively packing my things and...Yea, like I said, I imagined. Before I could have at least turned away from Mr. Grey Senior and taken a successful step to the door. He held onto my hand in a death grip.In response, my eyes narrowed on his hand gripping my own, and I aggressively yanked my hand away.My expression was very questioning and even more suspicious as I looked at him, eyebrows furrowed and eyes narrowed."What are...the words died in my throat. Mr. Grey looked like he was physically fighting with something and losing. He started to pale before my eyes.My fierce demeanor and stance simmered into one of care and concern, "Are you alright?" Lawd father, did I give this man a heart attack?"He will be back late tomorrow night, please…please Aubri.. don't
Alpha Zayne SteeleZayne stood menacingly tall and proud, facing the Doctor at his side of the table, and BAM! He slammed his hand on it. Leans over, dominating the space, and growls viciously above him.Zayne's aura was stifling even for the human Doctor. Not all Alphas have that effect on a human, but Zayne was one of them that does. It was a powerful aura that the Doctor was not used to. Actually, he had never felt such an aura before. He was intrigued despite his current situation.He wanted to know more about werewolves, which is why he had signed up for the opportunity to run an experiment on them and change a human's DNA, turning them into these monsters.The sound echoed in waves across the room, giving maximum effect.Aragorn comes to the surface, and Zayne lets him peek out. The Doc's heart rate rapidly picks up as he literally jumps back in his chair. The noise of a chair scraping the floor was piercing, but Zayne was not fazed.The Doc looks at him, eyes wide and curious?