Chapter 34RIFTAN POV“Things seem to be getting a little too heated in here. Someone fancies a drink?” Eden shimmied out of her seat before smoothing the non-existing greases on her white dress. Her face was split into a polite, pleasant smile; portraying a picture of a perfect Luna she was. No one really knew all the shit she was whispering in my mind the entire time, coupled with the sound of her melodious giggles that were meant for my ears only. cancel that... Mind only! Seeing as how she was saying all those through the mind link! The fact that she and I can communicate through the mind link meant I had access to her exclusive thoughts, I mean. It was comical. Painfully so, and I was loving every minute of it because she made even the most shittiest moments of my life bearable. Had she not been here, only the heavens knows what I would have done to Killian and his bambolina with fake blonde hair! The mere sight of her made me regret ever jerking off to the idea of dating one!“T
Chapter 35UNKNOWN POVRiftan had looked like he wanted to wrap his hand around my throat and squeeze from how enraged he was. And nothing hurt more than seeing him so done with me. Never in my life had he looked at me like I was a dirtbag waiting to be disposed of, or something unworthy of his love and attention. It was his very first time and the memory was a whole living entity in my brain!I was pardoned, yes. With hurtful words and everything that made me feel like a scum in his life; but nothing hurt more than his cold shoulder. And it was clear that there was no making it out alive the next time something happened to that wench. Little did the two of them know that I always got what I wanted. And Riftan was who I wanted, more than I wanted my next breath!I couldn’t sit still. Even now, seated in the creepy diner called Wolfsbane that was on the outskirts of the small town of Ashford, I still couldn’t shake the stare he had given me. It lived rent-free in my brain and played it
RIFTAN POV“Things seem to get a little headed here. Someone fancies a drink?” Eden shimmied out of her seat before smoothing the non-existent greases on her white dress. Her face was split into a pleasant smile, but the sound of her giggles was loud and clear in my mind. It was funny, and I was loving every minute of it. The fact that she and I can communicate through the mind link meant I had access to her exclusive thoughts, I mean. “That will be highly appreciated, love,” I responded, glaring at her through my lashes and making sure to add a tiny bit of smut. Redness covered her entire face, then a small giggle ripped from out of her before she walked out of the room with an extra sway of her hips. My woman was the woman she thought she was. And damn me if I wasn’t falling for her. Because I was… and hard. The sound of her heels echoed throughout the entire house until she disappeared outdoors, carrying behind her the rose garden and that sweet scent of hers. “So… where were
EDEN POV“What do you mean you have no idea how you did that? You were literally choking the bitch while standing across the room. Only Grace and her squad are capable of doing that kind of thing.” Venice countered slapping her hand onto the table, her green eyes snapped wide at me from where she sat.“What else do you want me to say? I don’t know how I did that.” I responded with a shrug, my hands raised on my sides hoping that they would cut me some slack even once. We have been going up and down this road for the past hour, and Riftan had remained silent the entire time. I had no idea what was going through his mind, or how he took this whole thing, and his silence was killing me. “Eden, I think you need to start looking further inside you.” Grace countered in a smooth voice, a serious look plastered on her face. I heaved out a disturbed sigh and glanced at her. “What do I need to do?” “Tell me this…” She shifted in her seat until she was sitting at the edge of the seat. “What
Chapter 37EDEN POV“What do you mean you have no idea how you did that? You were literally choking the bitch while standing across the room.” My stomach plummeted at the words that were screamed from across the room. “You guys need to stop freaking out. I don’t think that was all my doing.” My voice shook towards the end as fought the tremor in my voice. “And you expect us to believe that? Eden… We saw you. That was all your doing. I was shocked at first because only Grace and her squad are capable of doing that kind of thing, but we saw you. Your are the one who did it.” Venice countered slapping her hand onto the table, her green eyes snapped wide at me from where she sat. I hated being on spotlight, and it seemed like that was what my life had come to these days. “What else do you want me to say? I don’t know how I did that.” I responded with a shrug, my hands raised on my sides hoping that they would cut me some slack even once. I had no idea where all of that power came from,
EDEN POVWhen he said somewhere far away, I didn’t presume that it included a boat ride off the UK and onto foreign lands, and another excruciatingly long but awesome ride with my head out of the sunroof singing to the songs played in the car. But man was it exuberant.I felt lighter on myself, the air felt fresher to breathe, and Riftan looked so carefree like the weight of the entire world had been lifted off his shoulders. “You still haven’t mentioned where we are going.” I accused settling down into my seat with a pout before folding my arms across my chest. It was weird how we seemed to have just clicked out of nowhere even though we didn't see eye to eye from the beginning. A part of me believed that it was all thanks to the mate bond, while the other believed firmly that this whole mesh Unga of destinies and bloody prophecies drew us closer. It was true that our fate was set on stone even before we breathed our first; yet I still hoped that somewhere deep within him, what he
EDEN POV“We can always turn around, you know? All you need is to say the word and we will go back to baking pies and cakes in our shop.” The voice came out smoother than cotton, comforting, considering the kind of dilemma I was in. I very much wished I would take her up on her word and do as she suggested but that meant putting everyone’s lives on the line, everyone… including the people who looked at me like I was some kind of a redeemer. My smile came out forced, and so was the breath that followed. “You know I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have the choice. There is no other way.” I responded before staring out the milky clouds below the metal craft. “That’s what he says. But you know there is a way out. There is always a way” Serena, my waiting maid, bodyguard, and one the most powerful warriors of Crescent Island Pack, argued as she dropped in front of me, a concerned look on her face. I wanted to believe her, desperately so. Because I was dying for a way out of this. But the t
EDEN POVI knew this dream too intimately. I knew how it played out from the beginning till the very end. And I knew that every time it haunted me, I very much wished it was but a bad dream. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. It was a recollection, a memory playing on the loop in my subconscious. A memory of that becursed night. Lifeless bodies around me, others in wolf form and others in human. Cries filled the night air while cinder and ash rained from the sky of blazing fire around us. The helplessness from watching my pack being massacred by a group of rogue wolves, wolves so powerful that no weapon penetrated their skin…Wolves with eyes blazing red like burning flares of hell fire.Warriors falling, one by one. Throats being ripped and torn in front of my very own eyes.My mother's lifeless body with her throat ripped out, my father wounded and howling over the body of her mate...the pain he never recovered from.And Kai... My favorite young cub with a crescent moon on his forehead, w