Author's POV
‘Why Today?’ Aubrey pondered to herself.
Shell-shocked and confused, Aubrey stood at the door with Shannon and Rory standing underneath her skirts while peering at the strange men.
She wondered who was Aiden among the two and what the fuck was going on?
Why now?, She reflected again in anger.
They looked surprised and relatively happy to see her.
Their eyes kept her at a standstill as she recognized them… Their scents were practically the same, and the bond they shared made her wolf want to seize the reins of control after all these years.
The green-eyed man Aiden was definitely the one that had held her while she had rushed out of her room to the marriage hall; he had also stopped from leaving the wedding before playing the tape.
In dread, she wondered if he had been the one to touch her because she had remembered that his hands were so familiar when he held her in the hallway.
Now standing in front of them, those feelings past forgotten filled her up, and she felt a tear slipping out.
Aiden's with blue eyes trailed down her face down to her chest and just then she noticed his gaze heavy on her naked body, tingling.
Curse the bond for making her act the opposite of how she had imagined this whole scenario.
They were twins…identical ones.
Worse still was Aiden had gotten his wolf before she left, which meant that he knew…he knew she was mated to him, but still thought it wise to treat her like trash.
And to think that she had almost died because of them.
“Mummy, are we going to stand all day?” She heard Shannon ask and just as one of the Aiden moved closer to talk, pulling her out of his hold and not giving him the chance, she slammed the door in their faces.
“Mummy…” Rory drawled, staring at her uncertainty, while Jay's eyes glowed with guilt.
He thought that somehow he had messed it all wrong by opening the door for the bad men.
Not minding that she was in front of the youngsters, she slid down against the door…ignoring the soft knocks of the men who had broken her.
As memories of the past hit her, she burst into tears, frightening her kids, who were clueless about what to do.
She cried at the betrayal they had made her go through and the casting away by the pack she had once called home.
“Mummy…” Jay called out softly as Shannon urged him towards him their crying mom.
“Not now Jay!” she sobbed, hoping they would give her some, but they all ran into her arms as though they were reminding her she had them.
Aiden and Damon, who were once knowing at the door, could hear her sobs and reassuring words from her kids.
Damon glared at the door but was held back by Aiden.
They had to remind themselves that this wasn't a world where they ruled with power.
If they broke down the door like their wolves longed to do and carried her away alongside the children Damon was sure were his, then all hell was going to break loose…and they would further, more endanger their community.
Damon strolled back to the car and stared at the house with so many mixed feelings.
Memories of the night he had spent with her filled his mind and when she had walked towards the door to meet them clad in just a shirt and boxers underneath, his wolf had raged.
He had suggested that they carry her off, rather than trying to win her over.
The amount of hurt she had passed through because of him would not make this a simple task.
Damn doubted if she would ever forgive him, for he especially was the one that had caused it all.
He was responsible for being the second person to walk into the room and lay with her, making her confuse him as Aiden.
Also, the one that had then taped her, although back then he had believed it was all for the better good…even if it meant losing her.
What she didn't know was that her tape wasn't the one that was released but her face was added to another alongside his. It was all part of the plan until she felt out of the radar.
Aiden, on the other hand, couldn't believe how much she had changed. He felt his heart stop when she glared at them with different emotions swirling through her eyes.
The most prominent ones were rage and hate!
Who would criticize her, though?
If only his brother hadn't…
His thoughts trailed off as he looked at Damon who was wallowing up in guilt. He couldn't condemn him too…all these were mistakes of their father which had rubbed off on everyone in bad ways.
Damon wasn't the only one in the wrong too. He had played a part which was also unforgivable…if only she knew the reason.
While Aiden drove back to the place they had lodged in for the time being, Damon laid down with his face covered as the past slipped in.
He recalled that just as Aiden had left the room, he counted five minutes before slipping in…her scent had enveloped his nose, provoking his wolf to protest against his plans.
There was no going back…not now. He was doing it all for them.
After shutting the door behind him, she gasped as she turned to face him, causing her hands to loosen around the towel.
In delight, his eyes twinkled as her towel slipped off her body before dropping to the ground.
He perceived that giving her a chance to speak would cause his plans to go array, so he dropped the camera and without granting her a chance to talk, he had pulled her back to his lips.
After watching her for days, he had longed to know how she tasted and as her lips touched his…he knew there was no going back.
He recalled the feel of her breasts against his palms, how she had shivered in delight when his lips found her wanting neck.
The uncertainty in her eyes made him want to stop, but he had to do it…so he thought.
“Open up baby and let me fill you up for this may be the last time…” he relived saying as his heart ached in pain.
That night, Damon LOST HIS VIRGINITY while betraying her.
The next he had heard was that her scent had gotten absorbed in the river closest to the pack, and it broke him.
Until the seer has announced she was alive and well, while holding the key to their survival.
Tracking her, he alongside Aiden, had seen her at the movies with that man who reeked of danger.
His wolf spiraled out of control and today seeing her shut the door and cry behind that door.
All he just wanted was to pin her to the wall and do things to her that would make her forget it all.
He was pulled back to the present by Aiden, who had today parked the car in front of their temporary residence. “Are we going to talk about the children?”.
“Don't think about it, it ain't his…those kids are mine!”
Aubrey woke up hours later to see herself on the bed, the last she had remembered was falling asleep on the floor with her kids around her.
“Hi” she croaked, causing Hayden to smile at her before giving her water.
“How long?” she asked him as she stirred to see the triplets laying down beside her.
“A crying Jay had called me pleading that I come home, and they told me about the bad men who made you cry to unconsciousness. "
Aubrey gulped as guilt suddenly filled her up. The shame of having lied to him about her past filled her up.
He deserved to know the truth. Maybe not about her identity, but about what had happened.
“Is there something you'd like to share?”
Unable to hold herself, she broke down in tears and told him about her past, starting from her relationship with Aiden and how he must have planned with his brother that she had just found out about to chase her out of town.
Nothing could justify why I had pretended to forget, but she told him that he made her feel safe, so she stayed.
When she was done, Hayden was left with a motionless face which drove her to wonder if he knew she was lying all these while.
“Aubrey, you seem to underestimate how much I feel for you” He held her before sharing with her he would not let her go through any of that again.
Till date she was still confused as to how she came back to life but a few months after Hayden took her in, she had walked up to her.
As she remembered the predatory look they had sported, a fresh stream of tears flowed down.
Just as Alicia had picked, she sobbed, “They found me”.
Author's POV “Are you okay?” Alicia asked, my already sobbing figure. “No! I'm not, how could I possibly be when their re entrance is a threat to my everyday life, to my kids too”? Alicia let her voice out her feelings before saying, “I know how you feel and the number of thoughts going through your mind, but I just returned because I haven't been feeling strong” “Could we possibly talk tomorrow?” “If you don't want them seeing me, then you could possibly come over so we could talk about how we'd move forward”, She added. Guilt flooded Aubrey's heart as she realized that it's been long since she had checked up on her, Alicia was there alongside Layla and Hayden but only in the shadows. They had both felt that if Alicia had approached her then Hayden would have asked to know about her, to which Aubrey wouldn't have any explanation for…after all, he believed that she had lost her memory. “You could come around tomorrow, Alicia” Aubrey said quietly. “Isn’t Hayden around?” She a
Aubrey's POV I laid in Hayden's arms as we watched alongside the kids a movie which was our normal Sunday afternoon routine. Most at time, it was just I and the kids as Hayden was mostly out of town…whenever his absence afcceye my daily routine I can’t help but feel like we have already taken over his life. It's been three years since our first meeting and two years and a few months since I had broken whatever had but still he never left my side. My excuse back then was that he was too good for me and I was scared of the I tenacity of what we had shared…stupid but he agreed to the breakup but refused letting me go. My wolf stirred angrily at my thoughts, I didn't blame her though…I was yet to have coknectd with her when Aiden ans his look a like thought it wise to use me as a pawn. Hayden squeezed my shoulders softly before pulling me into his warmth causing me to smile. He was really too good for me…too good to be true. There were times where I couldn't help but note how scary
Author's POV Everything was moving too fast and he knew he had to act fast. He had known for the longest of times that she hadn't lost her memory and was okay with it. Aubrey didn't know, but he had been long aware of the exact moment the two men had started looking for her…he had swayed them off trail for the longest of times. What he didn't expect was for the appearance of these men to affect Aubrey the way it did, he had listened to her tears that night and held back from being the comfort that she needed. Last time she had broken up with him from being too much but this time he would rather not be just her boyfriend…he wanted to marry her, and he had waited long enough to propose…he just needed the right time, and it never came. Until now… Patience was the key like it was said, but the reappearance of these men was going to ruin his place in Aubrey's life. He knew way more than Aubrey thought he did. His nonchalance has been the cost of his fiancé's death, and he wasn't g
Author's POV“Are you okay?” Alicia asked, my already sobbing figure.“No! I'm not, how could I possibly be when their re entrance is a threat to my everyday life, to my kids too”?Alicia let her voice out her feelings before saying, “I know how you feel and the number of thoughts going through your mind, but I just returned because I haven't been feeling strong”“Could we possibly talk tomorrow?” “If you don't want them seeing me, then you could possibly come over so we could talk about how we'd move forward”, She added.Guilt flooded Aubrey's heart as she realized that it's been long since she had checked up on her, Alicia was there alongside Layla and Hayden but only in the shadows.They had both felt that if Alicia had approached her then Hayden would have asked to know about her, to which Aubrey wouldn't have any explanation for…after all, he believed that she had lost her memory. “You could come around tomorrow, Alicia” Aubrey said quietly.“Isn’t Hayden around?” She asked, cu
s upset until Hayden decides to throw a surprise engagement party for her and asks her to marry him, she accepts the proposal but Aiden spoils the party by invading the party. He begs her to come with him back to the pack as they need her help but she waves him off.CH: Aubrey doesn’t agree to it and theAiden tells her that if she didn’t come back with him that he would request custody for the children. He is distraught because he didn't want to pull the children into any of this but he just has too and there was nothing he could do cause his hands had been tied. He saw the disgust and fear on her face and he could only blame himself. She paces around a bit before she sat down by the nearby tree and she reluctantly agrees to follow him, he litted up because he never wanted to involve the children. He was running out of options. He was about to say a word but then she stopped him with a but and told him that the only way she will agree to follow them is if Hayden comes with her. He fe
Aubrey's POVI knew deep down it was going to lead to this one day but for the first time in a long while I was speechless.My decision here was going to change a lot I knew and that was prob what Layla was talking about.“I know you are probably contemplating…” he began pulling me out of my misery.My wolf hated this and I didn't blame her, we weren't programmed to be with another other than our mates.Even though they had hurt us…we still felt the bond tug against my decision.“I would be a liar if I say it's okay if you say no, I don't want to guilt trip you into making an decision but form the first time I had met my eyes on you, j knew what I wanted”.I wish I knew what I wanted too, I thought to myself with my eyes still glued at him.“Watching you unconscious that day with a xeal ro life changed my life in ways you didn't know how” he contuined.“I never told you this but I had gome that far in the woods ro end my life, I had it all fame, power, money, connection but i lacked w
Author’s POVHayden glared at them in disgust at the position they were in and his mind taunted him that indeed Aubrey didn’t feel anything for him but was rather using him to make them jealous.Standing behind the hall, caring less for how weird it was to be caught in that position, he tried listening on their conversation but gritted his teeth in anger as he couldn’t hear what they were saying hut he wasn’t a fool not to see the emotions swirling in the man’s eyes.Whoever this guy from the past was, it was obvious that he still felt something for his oblivious fiancée. The fire in his eyes was too obvious that he cowered in fear as he wondered who this guy was.There was power seeping out through them. He rolled his tongue at how nice it felt to call Aubrey his fiancée after so long, that thought made He hadn’t waited so long for this only to let the past ride him over.Hayden couldn’t help but shiver in disgust at the thought of anyone seeing them in that position, there was an o
Aubrey's POVPShe closed her eyes as she revealed that he will be coming with them to the werewolf world. She didn’t want to force him to come and she also didn’t want him to stay back because the triplets listen to him and it would be great if he followed them. She waits for an answer and he agrees. Her eyes snapped open and she was filled with shock and happiness. She didn’t expect him to just agree but then it was Hayden after all, he always wanted what was best for her and the triplets and Hayden said that she is his wife now and he will do anything to protect her. He will also prortext the triplets from his last breath and he also told her that he doesn’t really trust the werewolf world after what they did to her the last time. She thought herself to be at fault because even if she saw Hayden with another girl she will be jealous. He cared a lot about her and he has been her only support for 3 years. She is glad that she will be spending her life with someone that loves her so m