After a couple of staying in a daze at the cafe’s parking lot, Ashlyn went on her drive back home to send her mother’s order. As soon as she got back to their house, she was totally expressionless and did not utter any words when her mother welcomed her with a smile. She just passed her and went upstairs but she skipped the last step which made her stumbled.
“Fuck.” Ashlyn grumpily reacted as she clicked her tongue while easing the pain over her knee.
“Are you alright there, honey?” her mother worried and asked but that was not because of her daughter’s usual clumsiness but what was making her in a daze.
“Yeah, I am fine. I’ll be in my room.” Ashlyn answered and went straight to her bedroom without waiting for any reply from her mother.
Ashlyn was totally irritated as soon as she got a private mind-link with her uncle who’s been keeping an eye on everyone around the park while doing what he loves - flowers. Anyway, as Ashlyn get up from her bed, she went straight downstairs but something made her slip before her last step made it onto the ground. She was already expecting a hard bump over her butt but nothing pained her. Yet, she felt very strong arms holding her. “You okay?” Vladimir asked which made Ashlyn look at him but it was a wrong move for her. “DAMMIT! SHE WAS TOO CLOSE AGAIN!” Ashlyn screamed inside her thoughts and as her heart rate increased again, she pushed Vladimir before grabbing his collar to flip him harshly. But with Vladimir’s vampire reflexes, he managed to steady his foot on th
Ashlyn smiled since she felt calmed even around Vladimir’s irritating scent that sometimes could make her sneeze whenever she was not in her temperament mood. She smiled and nodded before she went back to her story. “Well, things went smoothly even though I lost two mates already. I was even surprised that I did not turn rogue or maybe I’m just blessed. From time to time, I trained alone with my wolf without the knowledge of everyone in the pack. I know how to cloak things about myself and even controlled my temper. I am not like my father around his temper and I never cared what others were throwing at me. I’m just being me until I graduated from college and started working when my father decided to get in the middle of my neutral life. I love my life already but he has to come to change it.” Ashlyn smiles slowly disappearing as hit something sensitive for her to talk to.
But while she was on her track, she already could smell some drunk bastards that her uncle reported to her earlier. She wanted to snap their bones but that was not the time for it and she just head to the resto-bar. When she got there, it was already filled with customers and it surprised her. Their local resto-bar hasn’t been in its best profit before until her mate came into their pack. She found herself smirking then as she asked for a VIP booth which was not far from the mini-stage. As she settled alone in her booth, everyone started clapping when a lady suddenly came to the stage. “Oh, so you’re a singer here…” Ashlyn smirked as she was feeling proud over having a gifted mate. Ashlyn eyed her mate from head to toe since Vladimir was wearing a simple white tribal off-shoulder shi
Ashlyn went for another walk that was turning into a frustrating run in the woods, as she decided to break some streams that creeping out to her veins. She saw totally irritated over her mate which made her break some logs into pieces which she never did before. “That’s…Argh! Whatever!” Ashlyn groaned as she felt of wanting to rip somebody or something. She kept breaking any broken logs in the woods and she doesn’t know where they landed whenever she throw them away from her path until she felt exhausted. Good thing it was within their private property. “But why does it have to be her?” Ashlyn panted as she looked around where she went havoc all of the sudden. She just blow some streams that were building within her. “Why she’s the only one who can disturb my feelings like this? So irritating
Ashlyn could hear the conversation that her mate and mother were talking as they were just walking back inside the house. She was on the staircase by that time and when she sensed them inside, she went on proceeding to head into her bedroom. But she was still listening to them. ‘Oh please, Vlad, you two looked good together…’ ‘On which part, Luna?’ ‘For catching her temper and violent behavior.’ ‘As if I had a choice…’ When Ashlyn heard that she really wanted to strangle her mate’s neck and threw Vladimir into the deepest pit. But technically, she could not do that since she had a very disturbing feeling blossoming already from within. She could not escape
After a week ever since Vladimir came into the pack, nothing seems to change around the pack aside from they were all getting along with their vampire visitor. But to Ashlyn, it was another story since she was either losing her temper or even going on crossing fists with him which the pack was amused on watching. They were totally even but there was something that started to change more in Ashlyn and like what was happening the moment when Ashlyn saw Vladimir smiling at somebody. “MOVE!” Ashlyn was totally pissed off and she doesn’t know what was causing it. She knew that it was Vladimir but there was something else that she could not put a name on. Not yet, at least. “Hey, even though you’re the soon-to-be alpha you shouldn’t be doing that to our visitor.” the woman and the mate of Ashlyn’s beta name Ina.
“WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? WE’RE NOT EVEN TOGETHER FOR YOU TO SAY THAT!” Ashlyn shouted as she pointed out about them not being a couple. But immediately regret when she saw the pain in Vladimir’s eyes again. She hates to see them and when she was about to break free from his grip, Vladimir speaks. “Kim, I don’t care how many times you hurt me with your words or your actions…but please, don’t run away from what you truly feel and what makes you happy.” Vladimir was very sincere and even smiled at her which Ashlyn wanted to punch his guts for masking what he really felt. But she felt how sincere he was and it softened her. “I am not…running away…it’s just that…it hurts…” Ashlyn stuttered and her tears began to fall once again and it was in front of her mate. “I know…I see that you’re jealous. I h
As Ashlyn was having her own time in her own bed, something made her jolt and get up from lazying on her bed. She got up only to be welcomed by the noon sun. She was not sure what she was feeling but her heartbeat was feeling something odd and she does not like it one bit. “What’s going on?” Ashlyn muttered to herself as she get up from the bed and was about to head to her balcony when she started to sneeze again, she groan like usual. She was about to speak when Vladimir immediately covered her mouth which made them end up inside her bedroom. She doesn’t know what was going on but she could not shake the fact that she doesn’t like being too close to her mate at the moment. So, again, she flipped Vladimir before punching his stomach. But Vladimir was in vampire mode as his eyes glowed in a deep shade of the ocean.