Emerald's POVI let out a shaky sigh. Not because I was scared to tell him but because of all the information he had just laid on me. My mom lived here. My mom had worked here. My mom had found her mate here. And yet I didn't know any of this. Getting up from my seat, I sat next to him on the couch, still in a faraway place like I got when I thought of my parents. I slowly brought out my hands, palms facing upwards, beckoning for his. He waited a minute before his hands went over me and our hands were clasped against each other. I closed my eyes, letting the memory reel itself and went to Mr. Johnson. The views I had as a child.The ones of my mother singing in the kitchen while preparing whatever meal she felt like preparing. While she sang and softly danced, the ingredients magically flew around the workspace. Flour was magically poured into the mixing bowl, she'd turn around in song and dance and add more herself.My father would watch from the kitchen doorway, smiling at her li

Emerald's POVWe finally began to drive up the driveway to the Alpha house. Having reached the pack's housing territory, I noticed just how different their living situations were from mine back home. Their houses were more secluded, no one would think of coming this far to see if someone lived here. It was practically in the middle of nowhere. At first, arriving, I was met by iron gates that read Knights. At the moment of Garret's truck pulling up, they opened. He continued to drive through this secluded forest until, after what felt like a mile, it began to clear into houses. Plenty of them. They weren't overly gigantic but they weren't small either. Between each house was at least a quarter mile. They were spread out tastefully but the fact that there were so many and continued to be so many left me awestruck. He continued to drive, driving past more and more of these houses. From what I could gather with people outside of their homes was that they belonged to families who had h

Emerald's POV.It was past one in the morning as I was in the closet putting away my clothes and accessories. Garret said that the maids could do it but I didn't want to be a burden, plus I wanted to get a feel of the closet for myself. There was already so much here already that it almost felt unnecessary to add mine to it. Especially since he made it a point to get everything in my size. Everything that was already here was clothes that I would wear, possibly with a more hefty price tag than I'd prefer, but I could see myself in every garment. It annoyed me how well whoever bought all this stuff knew me. I was rearranging the closet to fit the clothes that I already had and it was taking up a bit of my time but I didn't mind it so much. I knew Garret was still up doing pack business in his office, a place I had yet to find and didn't attempt to either. It was a hassle just to make it back to my room after dinner which was, thankfully, without his brother. He postponed his arrival

Emerald's POV."How many days has it been?" I questioned as I stood in underwear and a bra in our closet. We were both in our own sections of the closet, getting dressed after our shower."Just one," he responds easily. "Did your brother come?" I remembered him mentioning to me that his brother would be here sooner or later. I didn't want his arrival to have happened while I was unconscious."He arrives this afternoon." It was currently one in the afternoon, so that gave me about two to three hours to prepare myself for meeting yet another one of his family members. "So... tell me about Berny," I say. He didn't respond right away and I figured it was his way of preparing to tell me the life that I had yet to learn about him. I felt somewhat guilty at the fact that we had gone on for so long without me knowing anything about him. Feeling him behind me as I searched for casual loungewear, I waited patiently. "I took the Alpha position when I turned eighteen, much like ever Alpha be

Emerald's POV"How could you-""I didn't use any witchcraft," I interrupt. "It was just common knowledge by how you talked about her."He sighed, closing his eyes. "So I basically was a puppet for you.""I didn't bring her up, you did. And for good reason, I'm guessing. Why would you tell me?""You remind me a lot of her," he says, his eyes opening and showing golden brown, much unlike deep brown ones. "Not just because of the fact that you two are the only ones of your kind but you look a lot like her.""But I'm not her," I say slowly. He nodded his head slowly, coming to reality as his eyes went back to normal. "How'd she die?" He sighs again, the look of anger and loss crossing his face. "You don't have to tell me," I say quickly. "It's none of my business."I could see the look of relief cross his face. "Thank you," he said softly. Nodding my head, a sudden feeling came over me. "Oh shit," I say mostly to myself. "What is it?" he says confused. "Garret's brother is here."