SCARLETTI felt a presence overshadowing me, so heavily that it was impossible to ignore it and enjoy my sleep.When my wolf didn't stop bugging me to open my eyes, I finally hissed and opened them, only to be startled by the glinting eyes in the dark that were above me. Fear gripped me and I felt my entire body grow cold as I clutched my duvet like it could save me.A second later, the moon shone into my room, and the face of the person hovering above me was revealed.Logan.On instinct, I opened my mouth to scream but his huge palm pressed down on my lips and muffled the sound such that I could barely hear it. And if it was barely audible to me, no one in the house could hear and come to my aid.My entire body started to tremble on realizing that I was at Logan’s mercy, and from experience, that was the worst possible place I could be stuck in. Frantic at the thought of what he intended to do with me, I started to kick my feet and wiggle my body to get away from him but he easily ke
SCARLETTWhen I woke up this morning, there was coffee and a note resting on Alex’s beside table.From the note I gathered that he had a work trip so he left before I woke up and so he’d left me some coffee to start the day. I scribbled a short thank you note on the back of the paper and emptied my coffee before leaving his room.I purposely got ready in a hurry so that I wouldn’t have to go to work with Logan. After the way he ambushed me last night, I didn't care if the curse burnt him alive on his way to work. I’d much rather not see him until the murderous rage boiling within me calmed, else I’d kill him on behalf of the curse.So, to calm my rage, I planned to focus on the good that came out of last night; spending time with Alex and getting to know the real him, the one underneath that rigid and aggressive facade.That revelation didn’t miraculously make his wrongdoings vanish into thin air, but it chipped away some of the hostile feelings I’d been holding against him because I
LOGANI failed, woefully.I had one goal that night, to barge into Scarlett’s room and destroy the bond once and for all. I’d gone to great lengths for a solution to the growing bond between us because of one foolish impulsive decision of feeding on her.And I knew what was at stake; losing Ashley, yet I’d still screwed things up.The moment Scarlett’s fearful eyes met mine when she woke up, I already started to rethink my plan because of how shaken her distress made me. But I didn't move away because I remembered that I was doing it for Ashley.However, I hesitated for a moment because my wolf was clawing at my insides when I produced my fangs and the fear in her eyes worsened. That hesitation gave her an opening to fight back and she sunk her fangs into my skin, completely disorienting me as she ran out.Immediately, I dropped to my knees and bit down on my lower lip harshly to keep myself from groaning loudly in pain. I have a higher pain threshold than an alpha werewolf so her bit
LOGANDespite having just asked her not to leave me, that's exactly what she was doing.I frowned as she wiggled out of my grasp, and the lack of closeness made me feel a dull emptiness in my chest, but I was relieved that the excruciating pain from before hadn't returned as I loosened my arms around her and let her move off my body.“Stop speaking, you're not well and you don't know what you're saying,” she said with an expressionless look as she sat beside me on the bed.The lack of emotion in her voice didn't sway me from what she was trying to hide, that she was actually worried about me. I knew that because of how she’d run towards me even when everyone warned her not to come anywhere near me.“I can't keep looking at those, they bother me,” she rolled her eyes at the chains that still restrained my legs to the bed, proving that I was right to believe that she was worried about me.As she took them off, I watched her closely with her hair falling over her face and framing it so b
LOGANA week of pursuing redemption was draining but worthwhile.Ashley was barely talking to me so every blessed day I had to think of new thoughtful gestures to apologize for the argument we had. On the other hand, I was on my best behavior at work and at home to show Scarlett that I was capable of change and my apology was real.I was yet to reap the fruits of both actions, but I held out hope that Ashley would be the first to acknowledge my sincerity from how much effort I’d put into reminding her of why I’d chosen her and only her.She’d just replied to my text as I was heading out of work after staying back to work on a contract till nighttime and I was pleased by the slight change in her tone, it meant that her resolve was weakening slowly and things would soon return to normal between us.Coupled with my excitement about that little progress, the full moon sitting beautifully in the sky put my wolf in a great mood all through the ride home.Once I got home and stepped out of t
SCARLETTI knew that look. I was most likely mirroring too.“I need you, right now,” Blake squeezed my bare thigh under the table while undressing me with his mesmerizing eyes.We’d only just arrived at the beach resort and settled in our seats for dinner, but from the way we’d been exchanging sensual looks in the car until we got here, it was evident that food was the last thing on our minds.“I need you more, baby,” I breathed the words, and my breath caught in my throat right after when his fingers rode higher up my thighs.Our anticipation was justified because we’d barely spent more than a couple of minutes in person in the past two weeks because he was always busy. We’d even worsened things by doing a disturbing amount of sexting in that time.Now, I knew that all the things we’d said we were dying to do to each other was all that was running through both our minds as we locked our heated gazes.“Fuck,” he hissed when his hand grazed my inner thigh and I let out a subtle moan.“
SCARLETTMy eyes felt like they were carrying the weight of the world as I forced them open.The first thing I saw was Blake’s back turned to me while he ran a hand through his already ruffled hair over and over again like he’d reached his limit with frustration.“You’ve had three damn hours to wake her up! Three! And yet, you can’t find a single pulse in her body despite all the countless spells you've chanted,” he hissed, addressing a lady whose face was blocked by his huge frame.“She’ll wake up soon, the spells take a while to set in, but I’m sure she's alive, I could feel her wolf while I checked for a pulse earlier,” she sounded just as frustrated while explaining things to him.“You’ve said those same words over and over, but she's still passed out cold, how the hell am I supposed to believe a word that leaves your lips?” his voice deepened and his anger was evident in every word.“This process takes patience, it involves waking someone who lost all consciousness and gone into
SCARLETTBlake’s eyes didn’t leave me as he shut the door behind him.“Who were you just speaking to?” he finally asked with his mouth the question his suspecting eyes had asked the second he walked in.“Oh,” I sighed, spreading my arms to beckon him to come to bed, “that was just my mom, I wanted to let her know that I wouldn't be spending the night at home so she wouldn't worry about me,” I lied, guilt stabbing me in the guts as I forced on a worried look to sell my lie.Blake nodded before coming to bed and pulling me into his chest, “She must really love you to pick up your call at 2 am, I know my dad would’ve scolded me the next day for daring to disturb his rest.”Frankly, my mom would do the same but admitting that to him would mean admitting that I’d lied so I just laughed instead of piling up more lies.“Who did you have to speak to out there though?” I threw the same question back at him, adjusting so I could look at his face.“I wanted to ask Logan to give you tomorrow off