Fenris thought his pack and Damien lying to him about watching over Damien’s business and reassuring Christen's safety was shocking enough. More than when he found out the mate he was fated to be with was human. Her statement just now? With that smile on her face that he loved? He didn’t know what to think! He felt shaken to the core for her to make that assumption. More so, being happy at the thought of it.His surprise rose even more when Christen took his hand in hers- a touch that made his heart jump- and brought it to her neck, instantly filling him with dread. It did not help that Christen closed her eyes shut, a peaceful expression on her face."Okay, I'm ready. Please. End me,” she requested.Fenris was just baffled by what his beloved asked him to do. Heck, he was frightened by it, and ripped his hand away from her. In turn, Christen opened her eyes, looking at him in pure confusion."Huh? What's wrong? Don't you want to kill me?” she asked, causing Fenris’s stomach to drop a
With the soup consumed, things were quiet between Christen and Fenris. While the former sat by the fire, the latter was washing up the pot and bowls. Christen offered to do it for him, in return for the soup, but Fenris declined the help. Told her to just stay by the fire where it was warm.It was not that he did not think she was incapable of washing. Not when Fenris heard from her of her life before meeting Damien. How she often slaved her life away serving her family, and spent her ‘married life’ watching over her new home alone, without her husband’s assistance, or that of any other servant or hired help. All the cleaning and cooking she had done was all done by her and her alone. Even if Christen did not think so, Fenris could see that she would make an excellent housewife. In fact, she was one. Her husband, on the other hand, clearly did not see how great she was as a person. Her family were even more so, for them to treat her as one would a slave in their world. Not even Alphas
When the werewolf asked about her ring, Christen could not answer it. She did not want to answer. Did not want to remember the memories it held. Memories of him.‘I don’t want to remember anything about him,’ she thought, tears forming in her eyes as she recalled her time with him.Even though she was nothing more than a prisoner, with him around, she felt anything but. The hope she lost after her divorce with Forrest, regained from her time with him. Not to mention when he proposed to her… ‘Joy’ does not begin to describe how she felt. She even started to think of their future together. A nice house by the countryside, away from the city. The house didn’t have to be big- not like a mansion- but she did like it to be decent enough. For their kids- Christian and any siblings they may have later- to happily be roaming around, playing with each other, their friends, or even whatever pet they would consider adopting. Not to mention when they grow older, and want to take on a hobby. No sm
This... What should Fenris think about this? He who stayed by the door after hearing that sniffle, worried about Christen after how he acted towards her. Once it got quiet, they worry grew. While his bond did not react to the silence, that did not mean nothing was happening to her. Not when it became faulty thanks to his curse.Once he heard footsteps approaching, he quickly shifted into his werewolf form, racking his head for whatever excuse he could use to explain him still being here. All while hoping Christen wouldn’t come to the door. The silence on the other side was gradually putting him on edge, worries rising."I should just go,” he then heard. Words that sent chills down his sides, and rage to grow in him.‘This woman... Is she serious in trying to kill herself?!’ he wondered in annoyance.As through to answer the question, the door opened on Ferris, and he found himself looking down at Christen, who was refusing to make eye contact with him."I thought I warned you about le
It took a while of attempted comfort, but Christen had eventually scared herself to sleep. A sleep that was far from peaceful, when she still has that distraught look on her teary, sleeping face. Even as he gently wiped the tear away from her closed eyes, she flinched from the contact, causing Fenris to pull his hand away. She even curled up in his arms, trying to keep distance from him in her sleep.‘Christen... What happened to you?' he wondered, gently setting her back down on the rug, using a cushion as a makeshift pillow for her, and draped the blanket he used for her earlier back over her body. With each gentle touch he made, Christen would whimper at, her distress seemingly growing. His worries for both her well being and mentality reached a breaking point at the sight. Fenris wasted no time lying right next to her and holding her close to him. An act that made her tremble all the more, yet not enough to cause her to wake. He gently rested his forehead down to her’s, and conce
Hearing that same distorted voice- Christen's voice- caught Fenris off guard. ‘Lies’? What was a lie? He genuinely did love Christen and wanted to marry her that time. What about it was a lie?As though to answer the question, the scene changed, and Fenris found himself in Damien’s office. Where not only the werewolf in question, but also his mate were. They who were at his desk, looking at something on his computer. Something that left Christen shocked, sending a bad feeling in Fenris’s stomach.“W-… What? I don’t…” she stuttered, unable to turn away from whatever she was seeing on the screen.‘Lies…’ came that distorted voice again.“You see now? No matter who it is who comes in here, they are all the same, deep down,” Damien said to her. “Your so-called ‘fiancé’ is no different.”That claim most especially caught Fenris’s attention, as he joined the pair by the computer. His eyes dilated at the sight of it, for on the screen was news of his marriage with Fatima.‘Why the hell is th
Fenris soon awakened himself by the end of that scene. He did not want to witness what was going to happen next in that dream. Not how Damien was going to make Christen forget about him, or their time together.He lied on the floor, running a hand over his face in slight exhaustion. ‘So that’s why she reacted that way towards me,’ he thought.There he was, trying to understand why his mate was so frightened of him when they met last- with him as a human. Thanks to that dream, he now knew exactly why, she reacted that way. With how she had lost hope the first time around, after what happened with her ex-husband, being told about his own marriage to Fatima? After he proposed to her and confessed his feelings towards her? With the promise that he would free her from Damien's hold? It must have destroyed her.‘It was hard enough, getting her to open up to me the first time. Now this? I don’t even know if I can help her this time,’ Fenris solemnly thought, for now displaying any sort of ki
After dealing with Fatima’s men, Fenris went back inside the cabin and got to work on a dish. As he got cooking, he glanced back at Christen. Her previously trembling body had already calmed down at some point, but she still wasn’t waking up just yet. As he watched her sleep, he kept wondering how he was going to get his mate to trust him again. ‘I suppose I can act neutral around her. Pretend to not care as I help her heart heal,’ he considered. ‘Showing her kindness would only hurt her. If I were to keep her at arm’s distance, it should be okay. I hope.’His eyes widened when he saw her slowly open her eyes, having finally awakened from her sleep. He gave her a bit of time to take in her surroundings, before speaking up.“You’re awake, I see,” he spoke, getting her attention, as she turned to the fireplace, where he was working on the soup. “Good. Then I’m not make this for nothing. After I saved you from death, I would be damned if I had let you die on me.”Christen only nodded in