~LEVANA~I convinced myself that I had made peace with this and that there was nothing I could do to stop it from happening.Reign hadn’t been back and it’s been four days. Four days of him practically staying out of his apartment because of us. I couldn’t say I blamed him. I had told him I’d be able to convince Jade and change her mind yet I haven’t summoned the courage to open up my walls to communicate with her.Truth be told, I was scared and unsure of lifting the mental block and letting Jade into my mind. And I would only be using up more mental energy if I decided to lift the mental block only to pull it back up if Jade didn’t agree to my suggestion.I also haven’t had a wink of sleep for the past four nights because I didn’t want to miss out on the chance of Reign coming back while I was asleep nor was I ready to risk falling into a vulnerable sleep state that could give Jade access to break through my mental block. What if she surfaced, blocked me out, and then took over?I d
~REIGN~I stumbled out the front door, barely able to keep my legs upright, as I tried to get out of my suite faster than I could ever imagine.I thought I had all my emotions under lock before deciding to check in on her today. I could’ve sworn I had already made peace with my decision to let them go because I saw no point in making them stay if Emerald didn’t want to be here.But the minute she touched me,Dear goddess.It has always been easier to control my powers around others when I have no reason to ease their pain. Yet even with my shield up and my emotions blocked, it isn’t the same with her.Her sadness was the first thing that bled through the link when she touched me, and then pain slammed through, hitting me like a hammer.I saw the look of betrayal in her eyes the moment she let go of my arm and stumbled back. Despite having let go, it didn’t deter the onslaught of pain that carved through me. Even though she didn’t complete her sentence, I immediately knew what she want
~LEVANA~I awoke to the chirping sounds of birds and a slight shiver from the early morning cold air. I don’t remember how or when I fell asleep, but the heaviness in my eyelids as I tried to open them was enough to let me know I must’ve cried myself to sleep at some point last night.The encounter with Reign two nights ago had struck me with a harsher reality than I had expected, perhaps more painful than the thought of Hunter replacing us with a chosen mate after banishing us from the pack. The betrayal by him and our family had hurt, but it hurts more to know that Reign had also found himself another woman. And she was an Omega.The fact that the other woman was an Omega only added salt to my injury because I am a beta wolf and I’ll never be able to give him what an Omega wolf can give him. Sex with me wouldn’t be as fun as with Omegas, who naturally produce a copious amount of slick to self-lubricate, and the scent of their slick is meant to seduce Alphas. Not that beta’s like mys
~LEVANA~‘What do you mean I won? You took over so we could stay, didn’t you, and it’s not like I’m fighting you on that anymore.’‘Like I said, it doesn’t matter. Reign is letting us go.’‘What? Why?’ Jade asked with a surprise gasp.I frowned. ‘I’m surprised that you are shocked by the information; isn’t that what you wanted? You didn’t want to stay and he granted your wish.’‘But you took over to stop us from leaving, and I just told you, I’ve thought things through. How did Reign know anyway?'‘He noticed I wasn’t you and suspected something was wrong. He asked and I told him the truth. At first, he was angry, but in the end, he said we were better off leaving.’‘Why would he say that? You wanted to stay; you should’ve told him that.’‘And what makes you think I didn’t?’‘Then why is he letting us go?’ She almost barked.‘Because you didn’t want to stay, and he knew I was only able to stop you because I blocked you out. He knew how much energy I was exerting to keep you away and t
~LEVANA~Surprisingly, Jade didn’t raise the topic of talking with Reign after our conversation in the bathroom. Although I had expected her to push to the surface and take over, she didn’t do that either, so I carried on with the rest of my day in silence, refusing to talk to her.I had refused breakfast when the beta brought it and told her Reign could come nag me himself if he wasn’t pleased with my decision not to eat. I know he wouldn’t, since he already has someone else keeping him busy. So, what did it matter to anyone if I ate or not?I spent the rest of the day staring at the clock; for some reason, my mind was blank on any thought. What was there to think about when everything was already set in stone? We were leaving as soon as the ritual ended, and Reign would carry on his life with his omega. I didn’t want to think about what would happen out there. It was better to just pretend that this was all a nightmare, that we didn’t lose our pup, and that something exciting was wa
||*JADE*||I awoke to a numbing pain in my limbs, a headache threatening to split my forehead open, my eyes aching as I rubbed them open to an unfamiliar ceiling. Confusion slowly set in as I rubbed my eyes a little more to get rid of the blurriness in my vision while staring at the unfamiliar ceiling again.It’s impossible that I am dreaming at this moment, or suddenly do not recognize the ceiling of my home. I’ve been waking up to the ceiling in my bedroom for two years and I am certain it is definitely not painted this absurd red colour with a ridiculous chandelier hanging down from it.My body cried out in protest as I pushed up on the bed, eyes trailing off the ceiling as I took in the unfamiliar sight of the bedroom. My mind rang with different questions, while I try recollecting my memory from last night, how I fell asleep, when and what I was doing in a strange room.Nothing quite made sense, until I heard a deep groan beside me and my head snapped to the side with so much spe
~JADE~ I am not sure why I didn’t move, even though it was quite obvious that Hunter had lunged for an attack. That’s a lie. I know quite well the reason I didn’t move. My body had frozen in place when I saw him lunge, and a part of me thought my mate wouldn’t exactly attack me. It was just impossible that Hunter would want to attack me, given how he has never raised a hand at me for the past two years that we’ve been together. But I was deluding myself. Maybe the reason he never hit me for the past two years was because I never gave him a reason to, and now. Now I very much gave him every viable reason to want to hurt me, but I still tried convincing myself that he wouldn’t. Realisation dawned on me too late, before I could get my body to move out of the way, Hunter came barreling forward, his hand outstretched, palm striking me in the face and his claws cut a deep wound across my cheek. My head swings sideways, echoes of sounds rung repeatedly in my ear. My hands moved out of
~JADE~ Everything else happened in a blur. It all felt like a nightmare and I so badly wished someone would wake me up. Hunter had dragged me out of Arya’s place naked, and I had no will to protest against his iron grip. He didn’t think I had any decency left to preserve, I couldn’t even bring myself to ask for something to cover my shame as he pulled out of me, tucked himself back in and practically hurled me out of bed. I didn’t have it in me to look at Darren or Arya’s face, my mate had fucked me right in their presence. Humiliated and degraded me beyond words, dragged me through the streets naked and left me on the front porch of my parents house with a warning that I would never return to our home. I had crawled inside my parents house shaking and crying. Despite how many times they asked what happened my mouth wouldn’t budge, all I could do was weep as I sunk further into the shame enveloping me. “Is this true Jade?” Even now, as I sit here in the presence of my parents an