“I lost sight of you last night.”Maddie said as soon as she saw me at the Omega House’s backyard. I turned to her and she immediately waved a hand and smiled at me, her light blonde, curly hair moving along with the wind. She held my arm as soon as she came near my spot. I was sweeping the ground out of dried leaves.“I just got busy,” I said and continued sweeping. “Samuel told you that, didn’t he?”Maddie nodded. “He did.” She suddenly frowned.“I think I saw that kid somewhere, I just couldn’t remember where.”I stood up straight and wiped the sweat on my forehead. It was already noon and lunch had just finished in the assembly where the meetings will be held later with the leaders. Some were still coming, who were not able to attend last night’s event.“Samuel?” I asked, a little distracted from her words. My mind was still present in the conversation I had with Miranda.Her words reminded me of what Sebastian told me when we were in the mansion. They basically said the same
“Sabrina Ringwood?” He confirmed, looking at my face intently as my heart quickened in pace.“N-Nathan?” I whispered in shock and a mixture of emotions.He nodded excitedly. His familiar charming smile that brightens up his entire face plastered all over the place.“It’s me, Sabbie!” He suddenly exclaimed and engulfed me in a hug.I didn’t move as surprise hit me. My eyes were still wide as my hands froze in the air.“Y-you’re really Nathan?” I asked, dumbstrucked of his presence.The last time I saw him, I was still 14. He was shorter than me, thinner and had glasses. He was my neighbor, a son of a Beta that died young and had grown with his grandmother and mother. We had a lot in common. One, being children of single parents; two, the love for arts and books; three, the love for fighting and training with the warriors in the pack even when we were too young to join them.I had a couple more friends, but he was the closest one I had. He fought for me, as I fought for him when it was
“So, how’s life been?”Nathan immediately asked as soon as we both settled down on our table for dinner.Their meeting that lasted almost 5 hours had just finished, and saying that he was famished, he invited me inside the dining hall, which was only specifically for the visitors of Vamos for the leaders’ meeting.I looked around the place, kind of wary of the other big presence and Alphas that were around, dining. And well, I was still in uniform as one of the night’s servers.“Are you not allowed to dine with me here? We can find another place if you’re uncomfortable.” I immediately shook my head when he noticed my wariness. “No, it’s okay,” I settled on my seat and focused on his suit-clad figure. “I guess I just feel kind of awkward since I’m in uniform and am still supposed to be serving instead of eating and chatting.”He smiled and leaned his elbows on the table.“Nah. You have to have dinner too. And your head said it’s alright to eat anywhere, right? As long as another ser
A few days have passed and the last day for the leaders’ meeting has come. For the last few days, I had been enjoying it because of Nathan’s presence. He told me all sorts of stories from our home pack, the Eden pack, and gave me information about everyone that I knew. How our other friend Sandra was also pregnant, with her boyfriend who turned out to also be her mate from our neighboring pack. He also told me how Nancy found her mate and how they were having twins in less than three months now. And I also asked him what they did to our house, now that there was no one living in it. Thankfully, he told me they kept it as is, always believing that they’d soon find me. And what I’m most grateful for, is they took care of my father after what happened. They turned his body into ashes and put his urn inside our house. Nathan also informed me about the investigations they did about the kidnapping. That it was a surprise attack, knowing our Alpha was not in the pack at that time, a
“What are you doing here?”I asked, shocked at his presence.I looked around the place, making sure no one was awake as he stayed here.“Sabrina,” my attention snapped back to him when he almost growled my name out. “Do you have a relationship with him?” He gritted out.“Did you really just come here to ask that?”“Answer my question,” he once again gritted out, sounding like he was just holding himself in.Seeing the way he clenched his fists as his hazel eyes continued darkening at the emergence of his wolf’s eyes, anger also started burning inside me.“And what is it to you?” I snapped. “You and I both know that wouldn’t matter because of the state of… whatever we have with each other.”“Matebond,” he growled out. “We have a matebond, Sabrina.”“And?” I asked, meeting his angry eyes. “Does it really matter?“Yes, it does. You have a mate,” he retorted, his anger still very much evident in his tone.“Really?” I stared at him in disbelief. “You’re really the one saying that when you
I looked up, staring at his face now that we were close enough. And despite the darkness in the room, I could see brightly how this seem to torture him. I swallowed and looked down on our now joined hands, feeling tingles from his calloused palms rubbing against my softer skin. I closed my eyes briefly and inhaled a sharp breath. “It’s because you’re holding yourself back,” I said silently. I looked back up at him, seeing how he was already looking. “Why? Why are you holding back?” I swallowed, my emotions starting to bubble. “You said you’re not supposed to have me. Is it because you already have someone betrothed to you? Is it because of your duties as king?” My chest tightened at all the possible reasons why he couldn’t seem to just come to me openly. “I-I’m also tired of fighting, Titus. There are so many things that are confusing me.” I closed my eyes briefly, trying to regain my control as I let my mind take over my anger and emotions. “But over the past days, I le
“I was told you won’t be able to come with us, but here you are.”“Yeah,” I just said as I walked towards Nathan who was waiting for me beside his car.“What happened? What changed?”I put my bags behind the truck and faced him. “There was just… a little problem. But we’ve dealt with it.”Nathan narrowed his eyes at me, sensing how I wasn’t telling the entire truth. I looked away from him and walked towards the door. I saw some other trainees already inside as they waited for the others to come.“Beta Sebastian personally told me you’d be coming.” Nathan followed behind me. I sat on the empty side of the truck and faced him, still standing outside of the car. “Was it important? Is this something I should be concerned about? Why would the second-in-command relay the message to me personally? He said it was an abrupt decision from the king.”I sighed heavily, remembering how things turned out last night.If we didn’t need to breathe, that kiss would have never ended. And that would h
“Sabrina!”My eyes widened at the woman I saw outside the truck.“Nancy!” I exclaimed and jumped out of the vehicle.“Rina!” Nancy’s arms wrapped around me the moment we neared each other.I put my arms around her, feeling so happy and excited and other mixture of emotions that were making me choke up.“You’re back,” I heard her mumble beside my ear as she caressed my back and hugged me tighter.“Yes, I’m back,” I said and inhaled her very familiar scent.Nancy, despite our only 4 year age gap, has always been like a mother figure to me. My mother died when I was just 7, so I barely remember anything from her except for her face and the way she sings and kisses my father. So, growing up, Nancy and their grandmother Naia, were the women who basically mothered me.And I am so glad I finally saw them again.“I m-missed you so much.”“Nancy…” I cooed when I heard her voice crack. “I missed you, too.”I pulled away from the hug and watched the tears falling down her face.“Y-You’re so bea