Ella’s POV I took a deep breath, adjusted the look on my face, and knocked on the door. “Come in” said Joseph. I opened the door and closed it behind me. They were sitting in the living room. I could feel them trying to adjust their features, so as not to let me notice their sadness. I went over to Joseph and hugged him lightly, then sat next to Sara and hugged her too. It became sort of a habit to hug each other every day, probably because they know how much I yearn for a loving family touch. “How was your day Ella?” asked Joseph with a smile. Even though they were sad for alpha Klaus, it didn’t stop them from caring for me too. It made my heart warmer, just knowing that they really came to care for me too. “It was good. I started training with Linda today. She said I had a long way ahead of me, apparently I am too skinny and lack muscles completely. So she has me doing laps, lifting weights, and doing lots of strength training. It made me a little sad that we weren’t starting r
Ella’s POV As I laid in my bed, closed my eyes, and tried to sleep, I realized that alpha Klaus was occupying a big part of my mind. Although my muscles were screaming in pain after the intense training session with Linda and all I wanted was to sleep, I found myself thinking about him. He was in a very bad position, stuck between two horrible options only for him to choose the pack over his own happiness. It showed how much he really cared about his pack, cared enough to sacrifice his life for them. I was so angry. Angry at him and angry for him. Angry at him because he still looks at me and sees a murderer’s daughter and not Ella. He always made me feel responsible for what happened although I had nothing to do with it. Angry for him because no one deserves to marry a woman he doesn’t love and be forced to have sex with her just so she could become pregnant. Even the woman he chooses will be unhappy too. He will never let her in, never let her sooth him or heal him. Never be intim
Klaus’s POV I started my day with an intense training session. I needed to pour out every ounce of frustration bottled up inside me. It’s been two weeks since I agreed to find a wife. Two weeks since my life just became a little more unbearable than it already was. I was a mess. I drank myself to sleep every night, because if I didn’t, I would stay up all night drowning in my misery. I haven’t found a woman willing to ruin her life for me yet. I haven’t even looked. Joseph and Sara suggested that they look for someone on my behalf, but I turned them down strictly. No one else needs to suffer. I know they were heart broken for me, but they were also missing their daughter so hard. They were just better at dealing with their grief than me. I hit the shower after I am done, put on casual clothes consisting of skinny dark jeans, and a black t shirt, and head out of my quarters. There was still about three hours till the ceremony started. I didn’t
Klaus’s POVShe was totally shocked by my appearance in her room. It also wasn’t helping that I was basically glaring at her.I tried to soften my features a little as I said “Joseph told me you’re not coming to the ceremony, but judging from what I just saw, I guess you changed your mind”She shook her head and said in a determined tone “No I am not going to it. Jake just wanted to teach me how to dance”“Why?” I asked in confusion.“Why what?” she asked back.She wasn’t sure if I was asking her why she wasn’t going or why Jake was giving her dancing lessons when he was supposed to be tutoring her. I found myself asking her the latter while I should have asked her the former.“Why was he teaching you how to dance if you’re not going?”She smiled mysteriously as she said “I don’t know, he came up with the idea, I guess he
Ella’s POV I was still standing where I was after the alpha left. His last words made something melt inside my heart. No one ever wished me a happy birthday before. He was the first one. It may be such a trivial thing to be so thrilled about, but to me it meant a lot. I was unable to believe that I offered myself to him. I was supposed to do that if he never found one, not right now. I have no idea why I opened my mouth. I was half expecting him to snap at me in disgust for offering such a thing, I was also half expecting him to take me up on my offer. But he surprised me and did neither. ‘Thank you for thinking about me, when I’ve done nothing to deserve such kindness from you. I don’t deserve your sacrifice for me Ella’ I can’t believe those words came out of him. He showed me a different side of him today. A side that really saw me as just Ella, and not my father’s daughter. It showed how much his struggle was real. How much he was fighting that struggle and that rage inside him
Ella’s POV We walked deep inside the hall passing through many people, until we reached a table almost at the head of the hall. That’s when I noticed Joseph, Sara, and alpha Klaus all standing together and talking. Sara was the first to notice me before I reached them. She was wearing a red, long sleeve, dress with a side slit. Her hair was styled in vintage curls. She broke away from them and hugged me so tightly as she whispered in my ear excitedly “I am so glad you’re here Ella. You look so gorgeous and stunning” I smiled at her compliment and said “You look so beautiful too. Red is definitely your color” She thanked me, held my hand and walked me towards where Joseph and Klaus were standing. Joseph looked so thrilled to see me. He was smiling broadly at me. He was wearing a formal tuxedo with a black bow tie. He looked amazing. My eyes slid over to alpha Klaus and froze there for a while. He was stunningly beautiful in an all black tuxedo suit wit
I tried posting this in the comments section of the book, so everyone can read it, but it ended up being a complete and utter mess. So i decided to include it within the book where it can be read more clearly. Hello! I want to thank you so much for the comments, votes, and gems. I wake up everyday, very eager to read your comments and reviews, thrilled that you found it worth voting for and reviewing.I have some of you asking for more and hating to wait between chapters.Let me start by telling you that I absolutely and completely feel your frustration. I have to admit, since this is the first book I have ever written and published, I was too eager to see if people will like it, like my writing, and like the characters, I published it before I was even halfway done with it. While the amazing comments made me work harder to write the new chapters, I started realizing later on that I made a mistake. I should have finished writing it before I started publishi
Ella’s POV As soon as I heard his voice, my whole body went rigid and tensed. I was still in alpha Klaus’s arms, he instantly tightened his hold on me as he sensed the change in my body. “What’s wrong?” he asked with a furrow. I was still reeling from what that man just said to me about Sara. What did he mean? “Dear Sara couldn’t hold her tears from coming down when she saw you dancing with her son in law. She was probably feeling sad because of how affectionate both of you danced. I guess she missed her daughter so much she couldn’t watch you two dancing anymore, she took off for the bathroom. My guy snatched her right away. She is somewhere safe. And she will remain that way if you do exactly what I tell you. And I mean exactly. If you evade my orders by even a letter, Sara will die in one mind link from me to my guy” Another song started playing and all around us, people started dancing. I gripped the back of the alpha’s neck as I felt dizzy from the horrible turn this day ha