"Do you believe her?" Theodore asks Marcus. "Yes, I do," "How?" Theodore frowns and sat down on the couch. "You haven't seen a witch's power. I have seen it a lot of times. That's the reason I have invited you to my aunt's place but you never came with me and never witnessed what true magic is," Marcus said and sat next to him. Theodore nodded, "Then Chloe must be safe," he said. "Yes, that's what I think. I would have sensed if something has happened to her but till now, I don't feel anything bad. I just miss her tremendously," Marcus answered. "That's a relief," Theodore said. "I never thought Viktor would be so helpful to us," Theodore commented."Yes, he always waited for a perfect chance to avenge us but this is surprising to me. It must be because of Reva. She has changed him completely," "But I feel like there's something off about that girl," Theodore said. "Maybe, but she's my only hope to save Chloe," Marcus said, "I want Chloe to be strong in this situation," M
Chloe’s POV “I don’t think we are going to find our mate in that ball,” I say to my wolf Jina as she’s urging me to wear that one dress I don’t want to put on tonight. “It’s the only decent dress you have, Chloe,” Jina yells.I snarled and picked up that red gown my parents bought for me on my eighteenth birthday. Today is my nineteenth birthday but my parents aren’t with me. It’s too much for me to think about that. Whenever I see this dress, I am always reminded of the bloodied corpse of my parents. I still couldn’t come out of the trauma or the fact I am an orphan now. This was their last gift and I avoided even looking at it, yet I don’t have the heart to throw it away. I am cherishing it with the other few things I took from my home before joining the Dark woods pack as a refugee. I still remember the day my pack who lived in the north was attacked by Silver fangs pack a month before. They were basically rogues who hunted the weaker pack to take their supplies and prove their
Chloe's POV It felt like a different world when I was standing in that hall. It seems like people here are happy and enjoying their lives to the fullest. It's true if I didn't come here, I would have missed the chance to distract my gloomy mind. My eyes scanned the room, people were laughing, playing, and drinking. Surrounded by all these pack members, I finally felt like I am back on this earth, not in another dimension where I felt only sadness and alone even though Lily was with me. "This is cool," I say to Lily while looking at the food arranged for us. When there was no reply from Lily, I turned to her and found that she was looking somewhere else. All her attention was on that side.I turned my gaze to that direction where's looking, to find the handsome beta of the Dark Woods pack, Mark. He's staring at Lily with a small smile. I don't know what's happening here. I know who he is because, a week ago when I was searching for the library, he helped me to find it. He introdu
Chloe's POVHe's my mate but I couldn't feel happy about that; I am afraid in fact. In these nineteen years of my existence, I have seen many terrible things I shouldn't have seen. My parents were killed in front of my eyes, what could be more terrible than that. The rogues left us with no supplies and people killed each other for a piece of bread. Girls of my age sold their innocence to survive. Protecting myself and surviving that worst time was quite a hard thing for me and just now I returned to a normal world where people around me were happy. I am not looking for my mate; I don’t want to be near this charming man. It doesn’t feel right to me at all. I know I have been battling alone with my survivor’s guilt which I hadn’t told Lily. I don’t think this guilt would fade away easily as it seems. Lily is different, she’s a cheerful person and always looks forward to the next step in her life but I am not like her. My entire world was my father and mother; after their deaths,
Marcus’s POV I came out of the shower wrapping the towel around my waist. It's our pack's tradition to hold this ball every year. After I became the Alpha, I didn't want to change the tradition. Many wolves find their mates on this beautiful evening and I am glad to know my people were happy compared to the other packs around us. I wouldn't go there if my pack members didn't compel me to attend because I have given up my interest to find my mate, even though I can defeat a hundred soldiers but finding my mate seems difficult to me. I went to the ball for the past few years and I couldn't find the woman I am looking for. I don't know why, but today I felt something strange. I have been alone all my life but today this feeling is so intense. I took out my black shirt and a pair of trousers from my closet that was filled only with black clothes. As I was buttoning my shirt, I walked to the french window. I live on the top floor of my castle, my ack house. From there, I could see
Chloe's POV After I came back to my room in the refugee camp, I removed my dress, changed into my pajamas, and sat down on the bed. I don't know what the fuck I did today. Jina is so mad at me right now and refuses to respond to me. I regret the way I ran away like that. If we are going to run to the border, then I have to shift. I am not quite ready to show my silver wolf. I am scared. I wondered where Lily was and I didn't want to disturb her. If I were like her just this one day then I would have got my happy ending but I hate that I am different. Right now, in this mood, it's so depressing to even sit like this. I don't want to do anything and just sleep this night without any regrets but how can I do that? Instead of being grateful, I have turned down my chance to be with the most handsome and powerful Alpha I have ever met in my life. Feeling great upset, I got under the sheets and felt hard to fall asleep. The thoughts of my parents, those rogues who killed them, and no
Marcus's POV I like the attention she gives to me while I train and she's so pretty this morning. It's so hard for me to take my gaze off her and concentrate on the drill. When I look at her, she's talking to Karen. From the look on her face, I can understand they weren't having a friendly conversation. When I asserted my ears close to their conversation. I hear her say, homeless girl. I am so pissed off to hear that. How can she be so mean to Chloe?I hate Karen. She's obsessed with me. After seeing me and Chloe yesterday, she kept giving me this jealous look which I didn't care about. I never liked Karen in the way she wanted, I just pitied her but now I hate her for what she's doing. I can bear her flirting with me, crossing the line sometimes, and following me to all places I go. She's the most annoying person I have ever seen in my life; she kind of wants to know everything about me but she couldn't succeed. Karen thought I wouldn't find my mate and I would ask her to marry
Chloe's POV Marcus looked so shocked to see me , he must have not expected me here but I need to thank him for what he'd done today and also I want to sort out the misunderstandings that are going on between us. I went to the refugee camp after I left the arena, there I got dressed in a black shirt and grey trousers before coming here to talk to him or else I can't sleep tonight.I heard what he said to Mark which clearly shows his frustration. I should have heard what he wanted to say, I know the pain of rejection and I don't want him to endure that. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" I ask him. Relief spread across Marcus's face when he saw my smile. "Sure," he nodded. "Come to my place, it's upstairs," he said. "No, shall we go outside?" I ask. I don't want to go to his place right now, it would be too soon for such things and besides what I am going to say is something serious and inside four walls isn't the best place to talk. "Fine," he agreed and came outside with m