FIFTY-SIXFour outfit changes later, the night only seemed to drag on much to Jaxon's irritation as he watched his mate from a distance. He was glad that she was no longer nervous and was actually interacting with the population. He heaved another sigh after looking at the dress she had changed into. Indeed he knew that his mate was playing a dangerous game by showing up in front of all these people in dresses that he considered to be showing the population other than him what only he had the right to look at. If the first, second and third dress had not been able to rile him up well the fourth dress managed to make him feel more possessive about her. He wanted nothing but to be close to her, wrap his arm around her waist and stake his claim on her so that no other male or female would look at her. The rose dress she wore exposed her back and fully appreciated her full chest.Anabelle was very exhausted and because of having to change outfits multiple times she only felt more tired an
FIFTY-SEVENJaxon was able to relax after a while thanks to Anabelle's help. It had taken long for him to relax because, in any normal situation, Lucas would not have still been breathing. If a person disrespected him, they paid with their lives and ending the life of someone disrespectful brought a certain type of relaxation to his wolf. Sadistic? Definitely, but that was how his wolf was. He hated being disrespected and challenged. But today he let someone disrespectful live because of his mate. Jaxon knew that if he killed the man, Anabelle would think more of him as the monster he is. For the sake of peace with his mate and to remain in the good chapters of her book he decided to let Lucas live but he promised himself that if the man did anything else to anger him he would not waste a second ripping out his throat.The event had continued despite the little show that the audience had received but Anabelle and Jaxon left earlier. Alec had advised Anabelle to take Jaxon away from th
FIFTY-EIGHTThe girl with long blonde hair with streaks of green at the back, and her skin was too pale because of not been outside for a long time. Anabelle looked at the girl who was glaring at her and scrunched her eyebrows. A female rogue was as unusual as a female Alpha, it did happen but it was not something that really happened very much. Anabelle tucked her hair behind her ear and glared back at the woman that looked to be around her age if not a year or two older. They both charged at each other and threw everything at each other, the rogue obviously having the upper hand because Anabelle had encountered fifteen rogues. Some of those rogues had been twice her size but she had been able to kill them no matter how much she fought, the fatigue had started to settle in. The girl twisted Anabelle's arm, which had constantly been a target by most of the rogues since one had pulled at it. Anabelle let out a pained cry, no matter how many times they had caused harm to her arm and it
FIFTY-NINEJaxon had his head lying on the side of Anabelle's bed with his eyes closed but he was nowhere close to falling asleep because he was in agony. The sounds of the machines in the room and the slight rising of his mate's chest was the only thing that made him aware that she was still alive but he could not feel her. It was like their bond was not there and did not exist and to make matters worse his wolf had been silent since the day Anabelle had lost consciousness. His fingers were laced with hers but he wanted her to squeeze his hand, to give him hope. Hours had passed and turned into days and he had been as patient as he could. He squeezed her hand and breathed in her scent but was overpowered by the strong smell of medicine and antiseptic. He now understood why Anabelle despised hospitals so much.Jaxon opened his eyes after a while and stood up from his seat, he looked at the pale body of his mate that was losing colour with each day that passed. He let out a heavy breat
SIXTYPanic crossed Jaxon's mind when he woke up and his hand was empty and so was the spot next to him on the bed. He rose from the bed and rushed to check the bathroom but found no one. The worst possible scenarios formed in his head as he tried to come up with a reasonable explanation as to why his unconscious mate was no longer on the bed he had laid her on the previous night. He ran a hand through his dark hair and then sniffed the air to get any trace of a foreign scent. Jaxon sighed in annoyance and walked out of the room with a quick pace before sending a quick mind link message to his beta. Alec's response was quick. 'What do you mean you can't find Anabelle? You took her home, didn't you?''Goddamn it if I knew where she was I would not be asking for your help,''I'll get people to check around your house and the pa─" "Wait, I think there's someone in my kitchen." Jaxon kept his movements silent as he descended the stairs and focused on the direction from which the cutler
SIXTY-ONEAnabelle spent the rest of the day with Vera and the rest of her friends. Cora and the twins had come after they were told that Anabelle had woken up by Vera. Alec too made an effort to drop by and pass a few jokes and tease Anabelle before leaving to attend to his duties. Anabelle could not believe that she had been unconscious for four days but what she failed to discern more was the place that her mind had created. The beautiful forest, the magnificent flowers and the peaceful animals. It only made sense now that she was awake, such a place could never exist. She could remember hearing Vera's voice and that other voice. The voice that had called her its creation, the voice that had caused shivers to swim down her spine. The aura that surrounded her when that voice spoke was so dominant and overpowering. She decided to keep her experience to herself because she knew that she would sound absurd if she even uttered a word about a forest that never came to an end. She was ha
SIXTY-TWOI looked at the guard in front of me with raised eyebrows and folded arms. I had to work on my intimidation skills but so far it seemed as if they were working since the man in front of me seemed so unsure and frightened. His hands were at his sides but the amusing part was how he constantly kept on wiping his palms on the cloth of his trousers. He was shaking and stuttering. Not that I liked scaring someone but I liked knowing that being a Luna and Jaxon's mate had perks. I could scare people just as Jaxon did."You can call Jaxon or Alec or anyone else in this pack," I kept my gaze straight with his until his eyes fell to the floor in defeat. A part of me felt horrible for doing this to him, Samantha had told me that he was a newly recruited guard and that it would be easy to get through. Samantha and I had carefully devised the plan and it seemed to be going well so far. After Jaxon had left to tend to his work that had piled up over the days that I had been unconscious,
SIXTY-THREEI threw the key of the car on the coffee table and fell onto the couch and stretched my entire body to fit on the three-sitter. I released a breath and closed my eyes, I was tired emotionally and physically. My body was begging to rest and I could not agree more, maybe having this adventure was not suitable since I had only recently regained all my energy. I was so thirsty but my need to lie down was much stronger than the need to have a refreshing drink running down my throat. Ugh! Why did the kitchen suddenly feel so far? I rested my head on my arms and tried to find sleep. My eyes were droopy and I could feel sleep engulfing me. Fingers tracing down the length of my arm woke me up, I looked up at Jaxon through my hooded and droopy eyes. I pushed his hand away and tried to focus on my sleep, just a few minutes and you will be in oblivion. I continued encouraging myself despite the fingers that traced my arm and went up my chin until a thumb was pressed against my bottom