Rachael's POV. "Everything would be fine, eventually it would all be one bad past." Jared murmured in my ear, stroking my hair softly. "We should go on a trip." Jared suddenly voiced out. "A trip?" I asked, confused, bringing the hug to an end. "Yes a trip. I will not have you, my best friend, morphing around this whole palace like some sad bunny. We should go out there, live and forget about the troubles this whole palace emanates." "Do you think the alpha would let me go?" "I think he will. After all, he knows you will come back because of the wolf-bone," Jake voiced out. "Great! What do you say, Racheal?" Jared asked, staring at me intently. "I don't really know if I want to..." I trailed off, sighing tiredly. I just want to be cooped up in my bed and sleep all day. "Come on Racheal, let's make sure the two days the alpha gave to you is worth it. You should unwind and cook off." Jared protested, punching me lightly on my shoulder. "Jared is right Rachea

Rachael's POV"Hurry up, hurry up!" Jared yelled at me as I walked as fast as I could to keep up with his pace, which got increasingly faster.I breathed heavily as we made our way down the rock. There was a path that had been created for people to walk back down. "Jared, slow down," I urged him, struggling to keep up with him. He didn't give me much time to get my strength back after the rock climbing. Instead, he forced me to move on to the next itinerary on his list. "Nah. You need to hasten your footsteps. We still have two more places to visit, we can't slow down now!" He yelled, hastening his footsteps.. Soon he started running."JARED!!" I screamed, coming to a halt. How can he do couch to me?"WHY ARE YOY BEING A SNAIL!!" He yelled back, turning around. "CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD!" I shrieked, using the last bit of my strength to start running."Oh SHIT!" He voiced out, in shock, turning around swiftly and then started running."WHY ARE YOU RUNNING HUH? STAY WHERE YOU ARE, SO

Rachael's POV"Ahhhhhhhh." I groaned on opening my eyes, my head felt like someone was hosting a party inside of it, and it was really banging against my skull.I tried to sit up but I couldn't and my vision was still a bit hazy too.Argh, why did I let Jared talk me into partying like crazy? Now this is where it gets me.Talking about Jared, where's that son of a bitch. He did this to me and he is nowhere to be found. "I hope you are not calling me names in that little head of yours." Jared whistled, walking into the room and closing the door behind me."My head feels so heavy right now, and it's all your fault!" I groaned, holding onto both sides of my head."Yeah, last night was crazy." He squealed, opening the curtains so wide.. I yelled. "Why do you hate me so much!" I exclaimed, holding my hands out in front of my eyes, to block the annoying rays of sunlight hitting my eyes."Ugh, stop been a drama queen. And a person who hates you wouldn't do this for you. Here." He stretched

Rachael's POV"Well, yeah. I'm in love with you too.” He replied, letting out a chuckle."That's not what I meant.” I explained, exhaling deeply. "I didn't mean that I love you in a friendly kind of way. What I mean is that I'm in love with you romantically.""Is this some kind of joke, Rach? Are you pranking me right now, Rach?” He asked, laughing nervously. Even though I looked all serious, he didn’t want to believe that I, his best friend, would ever mean such words."I wish it was, but it’s not.” I responded calmly, evading his eye contact."At first, I thought that I might be crazy because, of course, it's not possible, right? We've been best friends for several years and I've never for once thought about having any romantic feelings for you. Yet, all of a sudden, I just began to like you differently. I started seeing changes here and there. I didn't even mean to fall in love with you. I promise I didn't. I just feel myself getting drawn to you and…”"Rachael, calm down," Jared s

Jake's POVI sat on the bed beside Rachael, staring at her as she remained asleep. It had been five days, five, freaking days, and she hadn't as much as opened her eyes, even just a little bit.I was so close to running mad. Maybe I was already mad. I scratched my head and turned my attention to the ceiling above, confused and bereft of any ideas.I felt so helpless and useless. If I could give anything to get her to wake up, I'd have done that. I just wasn't able to. Not just me, the Priestess too. She had done all she could for the entire five days, all to no avail.It was all my father's fault. Of course, it had to be. The man had hated her for so long, just as much as he hated me.He took everything from me, despite all the work that I put in to get it. After being in the shadows of my brother, Justin, for so many years, I finally managed to earn the position of the Alpha; a position that I had craved since I was little. To what end?He took it away from me, just like that, and ha