Noah The view ahead was quiet, serene and still. The trees stood unmoving, only swaying their branches when a slight wind seemed to ripple through. The night was young and the moon bright, although not particularly full. I glanced at my wrist watch before looking back out at the window. It was late and still no word from him.I wish I could say I was surprised, but I wasn't. I'd predicted this exact same thing and it looked like it had come to pass. If things were any different then I should have received a letter on my desk hours ago.It was Ethan. Just like he said he would, he really did leave before sundown. I did hear rumours from the servants that he didn't till high noon though, but that wasn't the point. He left without telling me and didn't send his usual letter that he had arrived. Normally, he'd send an attached letter written by Michelle cussing me out, but tonight, there was nothing. Neither his nor hers.I went back to the night of the marking ceremony and everything th
I looked sideways for any other beings as I snuck out of my room. The door kissed its frame gently, signaling me that it was now shut tight. I straightened, before doing another sweep of the hallway.It was empty with no guard or human in sight. Some of the lights were switched off and the ones left on cast a shadow on the pillars bathing the hallway in some kind of eerie vibe. Mentally preparing myself, I sighed before letting my feet do their jobs.Unlike the other time, I knew my destination. If I was going to be able to access it or not, was something I wasn't quite sure of. I was also sure I was being quiet enough, but my paranoid mind kept on telling me I was making so much noise even as cold seeped up my bare feet. The walk to the kitchen was long and dreary with different emotions crawling through my mind, that, and Zoe's voice too.Zoe was the name I'd given to my wolf. After our plan to block Noah, we'd started talking more and I found it weird to address her as my wolf so I
"What exactly do you think you're doing, Bailey?" I stared at him in shock, my mouth unable to form any words. My eyes did nothing to leave his face even though his facial expression wasn't fun to look at all. " I'm talking to you!"I still said nothing. I just pressed my lips harder, like words could come out with me moving my lips."Are you deaf?" He screeched and I winced. His voice was like a combination of eight or bass drums together and it was hurting my head. If I didn't get him to stop, I could go deaf. " Bailey, I'm talking to you! I…""...can see that." I finished up for him. I got to my feet and my toe almost knocked the pot over. I thought of hiding it behind my dress, but we both knew he'd seen it already. Instead, I sidestepped the kitchen accessory and walked up to him. " Why do you have to yell though?""I ask the questions here." He snapped, his face inching closer to mine.." What the hell do you think you're doing?""Even a toddler could tell I was relaxing but you
It'd been three days since my last run in with Noah. After he'd disappeared right after blocking me, I hadn't seen him again. My broken door was literally replaced the next morning,but he didn't tag along. He didn't ask any message be delivered to me either. I was even expecting a snarky remark from the guards at least, I got nothing. They just did their job and went by their way peacefully, like the were never here in the first place.Zoe was in some kind of mourning state ever since that day. She spoke up and we always had our conversations but she felt hollow, I could feel it too. We both felt like we'd lost an important part of us we never knew we needed, Noah and his wolf. I was doing fine without it, whenever I started to feel empty in my chest all I had to do was picture Noah's smug smile and the hell he was putting me through and that would do the trick. In a matter of seconds, that empty cavity would be filled with rage for that pompous prick.No matter how hard she tried to
This was a joke. This had to be a joke. I stared at Madame Alexis and she held my gaze. Her face was still and it hurt me because it meant one thing, she was right and I was wrong. Really wrong."Are you alright dear?" Madame Alexis called, breaking me out of my thought bubble. " You look a little pale.""I, I ." I didn't even have the strength to make a single sentence. My palms felt clammy and my throat was dry. I swallowed a big lump before replying. " I I'm fine. I'm fine Madame Alexis…""You don't look it." She cut in, her palm pressed against my forehead. She tapped a spot a couple of times before moving on to the next. "Holy moon goddess, you're turning white.""Am I?" I wouldn't be surprised if I was. Hell, I hated disappointments and this, hurt more than every of Noah's extreme punishments combined together. Ok maybe not quite but you know what I mean. " I'm fine. Really.""Only a baby will believe that." She huffed, shaking her head. " Come on now, in you go.""Madame Alexis
"Go find her Bailey" The words rang continuously in my ear. "Go find her." What did she mean by that? Of course I knew, but did she really mean that? One minute she was screaming she couldn't tell me anything and the next she was practically nudging me to go find Noah's mum who may or may not be alive, after all.It's not like Madame Alexis gave me a truckload of answers,all she did was tell me that the initials didn't belong to Mrs Sage and there was a possibility she was still alive, even though the chances were really really low."What are we going to do now ?"Zoe asked the question that had been on my mind since my conversation with Madame Alexis. She had left me a few hours back, leaving me sprawled on my bed with a million things in my mind. Zoe called again after getting no response from me. "Bailey can you hear me."Loud and clear, Zoe." I chirped. " Only, I don't have the answer to the question you just asked. I'm stumped too.""So this is it then? We lock up shop and call it
The rest of Zoe's sentence died inside of me. I could see the door, no, the remains of it sprawled on the floor convinced me I wasn't dreaming even though I might need a pinch in the cheeks to confirm. The night was still and the chills spreading down my spine was strange but I knew the source of it. Our communication block may had been severed but some things just couldn't change. The blazing inferno in his eyes were still the same, or maybe even worse now. I wasn't sure about that, but I was sure about one thing, mad was an understatement where he was."You see." Zoe drawled within me.. " I told you I could hear someone..""And you couldn't clarify that it was Noah freaking Sage?" I mentally lashed out at her. If she had told me it was Noah I would have known what to do immediately. I would have known what to do before he got here. " You could have told me he was the one coming here!""But what did you expect?" Zoe countered. " Who else do you think would be coming up around here by
With a contented sigh, I closed the book shut before setting it up on my bedside table. There were two piles, one for the books I'd completed and the other for the ones I was yet to read. In total, I'd gotten a whopping amount of 12 books and in the space of two days I'd read and thoroughly digested six. I had no idea if it was good progress or not.Reluctantly, I wiped a tear in my eye. No, don't get me wrong, I was fine or maybe I wasn't. The book I'd just read had the most beautiful ending. And I wasn't a big fan of happy endings, so me saying that was a big ups to the author of that book. I glanced at both stacks again. A good number of them were romance books and spoke about love and all and it was weird. Why? Because Noah gave them to me. Yes, the ruthless Alpha Noah. He was so against love and women entirely, so why did he recommend a handful of romance books for me?Noah. He'd been on my mind since that night. I had no idea what I was expecting but a tiny part of me wished he