AMANDA POVI was shocked by the utterance I’d just heard from Jason and unknowingly, I knocked the vase over in shock. “How could he be this wicked that he would spew such words without guilt?” I asked myself as I ran out of the door and towards the garden that was now my place of solace and rest. Just as I had thought, Jason came after me, trying so hard to stop me from running.“Amanda!” He called out and with rage, I swirled around to stare at him.“What!” I shrieked in pain as I gulped hard and wiped the tears that were now dripping out of my eyes.“I didn’t mean what I said!” He tried to explain as he made to hold my hands which I yanked away from his grip.My heart was beating heavily and all I could wonder was why someone could turn out to be so heartless, without remorse. How could the same man who I’d thought would at least show a little care for Cora’s death seeing as she only did what she did for the pack be so ruthless?“She didn’t mean anything to you, right? Because sh
“And why did you call me here?” I asked Jason who smirked and continued walking closer to where she stood.I moved backwards as though he were an animal ready to pounce on his prey.“I called you here because what you did earlier today was uncalled for!” Jason said defiantly and for a minute, I thought I had only heard wrongly.Earlier, he had apologized to me, and now, he was trying to sound stern and difficult.“What?” I mouthed, but he only smiled calmly. “You are honestly heartless! You had the guts to call me back here in the name of an emergency?” I asked as I felt another pang in my heart.“You did something similar to this some time ago. Tell me, are you hurt by it now?” He asked as he chuckled calmly, totally making me glare at him in disdain.I blamed myself for everybody though. If only i didn’t pay attention to the servant who had said that it was an emergency, I wouldn’t have been here staring at him.“I apologized earlier…but I take it back. I meant every single word I u
AMANDA’s POVMy heart dropped in shock the moment I slowly raised my head to see Jason’s left hand that was now suspended in the air.I blinked my eyes severally as I tried to decipher if it was surreal or if I was only having a hallucination.But it was real; right before my eyes, he wanted to hit me.I staggered slightly until I was now a few feet away from where he stood. He only gazed at me, without an iota of guilt or emotions flowing through his eyes. It only meant that he didn’t feel bad for what he was about to do, neither did it occur to him that he had just done something cruel to my emotions.“Did you try to hit me?” I stuttered as I blinked severally, holding back the tears that were now threatening to fall out of my eyes.He took in a deep breath and quickly looked away, without providing the answers I direly needed.I scoffed and walked closer, trying so hard to peer into his eyes that were now redirected back to me. I couldn’t believe this, had he really tried to hit m
THIRD PARTY’s POV….From a distance, Tristan caught sight of Amanda who was sitting by the pool, looking so sad and broken. He knew that something was off with her and he needed no one to tell him that whatever it was concerned Jason. He hissed softly as Jason’s name came to mind, Amanda was never sad for any reason other than that man. Why did he make it his life’s mission to ruin the poor lady? He hated the beta for this.Amanda remained in her own world, taking in the calmness of the quiet pool and trying to disengage her mind from the countless disturbing thoughts that poured in.That moment, she felt a hand on her bare shoulders and immediately, her eyes shot open. At first, she had thought it was Jason and this caused her heart to beat, even if she was enraged. However, the moment her eyes fell on Tristan, her eyes softened, but that lasted for only a second. The next second, she quickly wore a cold gaze and took his hand off her shoulders.“What are you doing here?” Am
Amanda swallowed hard the moment Tristan walked away. She felt guilty for talking to him in such manner but she didn’t blame herself for it. Her life was a complete mess and anyone in her shoes would react in the exact way and manner she did. No one was going to understand her pains the way she felt them. That was the major reason why she sent Tristan away. He wanted to understand what she felt at the moment but he would never be able to, no matter how hard he tried.“Why, Why me?” She asked as tears finally started making way out of her eyes. She had reached her peak, her tolerance peak had become too full and she could no longer hold in the tears.She had come over towards the pool area to rewind her heart and get a grip of herself but then, she seemed to be losing it instead. Her heart was heavy and weary and all she craved to do was scream until she felt empty.With tears in her eyes, she looked around and scanned the area, hoping that no one was in sight.She didn’t catch a g
AMANDA’s POV…Was my day going to be anymore worse? This was the question that thrummed in my head as I gazed at Jason who was currently gazing at me with a smirk that made my stomach ache.“Can you let me be? I came out here to have a quiet time to myself”, I finally said to him the moment I regained my voice.He chuckled calmly after which he crouched low and sat beside me, staring at me in a way and manner that made my heart twitch. “You don’t get it, do you? I can’t let you be because you belong to me”, he replied as he stretched his hands and tucked my hair beneath my ears.I froze the moment his hands touched my hair, but regained my stance almost immediately.“Please…let me be alone”, I pleaded with him, trying so hard to stop my heart that was beating out of my chest. He smiled again and this time, wiped the tears that were scattered all over my face. I stared at him intently, wondering how it was possible for someone to switch up in a split second. A moment ago, he was la
JASON’s POVI had been pacing around the garden when I was approached by a servant. “The alpha demands to see you”, he informed with his head bowed to the ground in respect.I scrunched my brows as I thought of why the alpha would demand to see me when I had seen him only a while ago.I nodded my head and returned my gaze to the garden, clearly making no attempt to leave immediately.“He said that it’s urgent”, the servant had said to me, and I took in a deep breath and gestured for him to leave. Just as I walked out of the garden, I couldn’t help but wonder why the alpha decided to interrupt the quiet moment I wanted to share with myself. I had come to the garden to clear my head, but he was disrupting it.The moment I walked into his chambers, I needed no one to tell me that something was wrong. He was laying on the bed, looking pale and sick. He even had tears trickling out of his eyes.I was certain of how powerful the mate bond was, and I was also aware of the fact that the alp
He direly needed to know what happened to his mate, and I decided to lay it out to him. Not actually because I was scared of him, but because I felt that he had a right to know.“She killed herself”, I started explaining while I watched how more tears poured out of the alpha’s eyes.I didn’t feel any bit of emotions, because as long as I was concerned, she was dead already and no one could do anything about it.“She went to war and was about winning when a mistake was made by one of her women. The woman died and she went over to avenge her death, even if she was injured. This was a trap set my the opposition group, because almost immediately, they were surrounded by them and taken captive. She kept bleeding and losing strength and from what I heard she was wolfless at that point”, I explained calmly.At this point, he no longer spoke or tried to command respect from me. It just seemed like he was trying to digest everything he had heard and then I had inhaled before continuing,“She t