I squirmed as the sun shone through her blinds and onto my face. Usually, I do wake up when it is still a little dark, but from the rays of light I was feeling on my face, I knew I had slept past my normal wake-up time. I groaned as I stretched, feeling unusually content and satiated. My hand hit a warm body beside me, and from the sparks that flew when our bodies made contact, it was obvious that it was my mate."Vincent? What was he doing on my bed, beside me, naked?" I sat up in surprise, but that was a horrible mistake. I groaned, collapsing onto the bed as pain shot through my midsection. "Fuckkkk..." I cursed out loud. The pain seemed to be the trigger, because memories of the last night began to flood my head. "Fuucckkk…." I moaned, shivering as my body also remembered it."What is wrong? What happened?" Vincent shot from the bed and crawled to my side. His grey eyes were all over my body, looking for the source of the pain or any injury. When he couldn’t find whatever he was l
After the noise of the mating had died down, Vincent moved to my room in the Alpha quarter. My room was more like a suite; my parents had expanded it some years ago. But I barely use the other rooms. But now that Vincent was around, we started using the kitchen more, as he often goes out of his way to cook some of my favourite meals once in a while.I had a talk with him about my stance on childbearing; it would be too stressful for me to raise a child at this particular point in my life. And I was glad; he understood and agreed with me.So for now, we were content with living with only us, without any baby crying or anything of the sort. I could enjoy my mates' undivided attention.A year had passed like that, and Vincent had fully immersed himself in his role as my mate. In fact, he was everything and more. He was a help in every way, proffering solutions and ready to do anything for me.He was still a warrior, a goddamn good one, and one of our favourite past times was training tog
I could feel it in my bones that today wasn't going to be a good day. Call it a sixth sense or whatever, I knew today wouldn’t be a walk in the park. Was it the way the clouds had darkened, threatening to rain cats and dogs, or was it the eerie feeling I felt, the goosebumps on my hand? I should have known and done something to avert it.I looked out the window of my office. My mind wasn’t in the document I was reading or even listening to what my beta was saying. My mind kept going to Vincent, wondering what he was doing. They had gone for another peacekeeping job, but this one had been the longest ever. If I had the power, he would never be going out, but he was a warrior and had a duty to the pack; it's doubtful that he would even agree to stay back when he could help. He was the most selfless person I knew.Besides, it would look bad on my record that I was preventing my mate from fighting when others were risking their lives. But he had been gone for a month plus, and I wish I ha
"What’s wrong? What did he say? Are they still there?" Jake was firing the question at me, but it all sounded muffled, as if I were under water. I couldn’t even comprehend what he was saying. All that was ringing in my head was what the alpha had said."They had left since the crack of dawn; they should be reaching home soon." That particular sentence keeps ringing in my head, and it is determined not to get out."Jasmine, talk to us. What is the situation out there?" Jake pleaded, eager to know what was going on, but my mouth was sealed, unable to say anything."Alpha. We would need more information from you. Anything that can help us track their whereabouts." Malcolm pleaded, both of them looking at me with hungry eyes.I stood up with shaky legs, only one mission on my mind: "to get to my mate." They both got up as soon as they saw that I had stood up, wondering what was happening."Are you okay?" Jake asked again, his eyes regarding me with pity. I was about to reply when my head
I stood with my family; my brother was by my side, holding me so I wouldn’t crumble. I was trying so hard to keep it together, to appear calm and peaceful. And to some extent, I think I was able to achieve that. The huge sunshades on my eyes prevented me from making eye contact with anyone, and they also prevented them from seeing my tear-filled eyes."We have gathered today to mourn the death of a mate, a friend, and a family." I released a ragged breath as I heard my dad’s words. I was still finding it difficult to come to terms with all that was happening. Vincent was an excellent warrior who was unafraid and always ready to help. "It is a shame that the cold hands of death have snatched him away from his loved ones so early." He continued, but not before glancing at me to see if I was okay.He signalled the males beside him, and my breath seized as they began to lower his remains into the grave. I felt a hand on my back, rubbing it. "Breathe, Jaz, breathe. You can do it." My broth
It has been some months since Vincent passed on to the great beyond, and I am learning to live without him. Each day was a struggle trying to function without him, but I managed to get by only with the thought of him. Every day I would drag my weary ass back to the big lonely bed so late at night after spending the whole day working. I was basically working to escape reality; I didn’t want to go back to my bed and be reminded of all the times we had spent together or all the memories I had of him. But if I worked and got too tired, I wouldn’t be able to think of all that stuff. I would only be going to bed to sleep. On this particular day, I was sitting in the office, fingering the necklace he was unable to give me. It was my comfort thing—to remind myself that he was still with me and will always be part of me. I didn’t want to lose any of those precious memories. I looked at the small table calendar that was on my desk, sighing as I saw the date. I will have to leave early today
Present"Rise and shine, bitches, for the light has come." An annoying voice disturbed my sleep as he slid the windows open. I recoiled as the sunlight hit my face, and I shielded my eyes. A groan came from me as I remembered that my dream was cut short. Now I couldn't even remember what I was dreaming about, but I knew it was good."Liam." I whined, cursing my best friend in my mind. "Don't you have better things to do than to disturb me?""Hmm, let me see," he put his hand on his chin, and his eyes squinted in concentration as if he were giving them some thoughts. "Actually no, I don't have better things to do. So, what else can I do but disturb my best friend?" And then he jumped on me and started bouncing on my bed.I shook my head; he had succeeded in waking me up. "What do you want? Today is my day off, the only day I can rest, and I will like my beauty sleep." I told Liam, my best friend, for ages.We basically grew up together, being born just a few months apart (barely two mo
"Ewww, Jasmine, you stink." Jason said, scrunching his nose as he moved back. "Of course, I will stink. I just came home from fighting a bunch of filthy rogues, not to mention that I ran all the way from the southern border to the pack house. So of course, I will sweat." I retorted, as I was not in the mood to deal with him. I looked up at the man I once shared a womb with. Some people would say we look alike; we had the same nose and eye shape, but that was where our similarities ended. While he looked like a Caucasian with the skin tone and hair, even inheriting blue eyes from our grandma, I was stuck in between. It was as if the goddess wasn't sure what she wanted me to be, so she made me a blend of the two. While I had a light brown skin with a golden undertone, I get tanned from a lot of sun and resultingly become a darker, deeper brown that burns easily under the sun. So I always have my sunscreen with me. But I stop at a staggering height of 6 feet, which is pretty tall for