Zaden’s POV We had all of the usual greetings, and made small talk throughout the meal. Izzy was nervous and it was showing. Normally she is good at hiding her emotions around people. The tension rolling off of her was very noticeable. Able is watching her with me, she is making him anxious. He starts pacing in my head trying to find out if she knows what we have been doing. He is ready to get back to the pack house, I can’t say that I disagree with him. However, I desperately want to see Rosie. “Izzy, are you okay? You are acting a little off.” I say to her.“Are you finished eating?” She avoided my question. This only made Able more anxious and his anxiety started bleeding into me. Her eyes glaze over not giving me the chance to answer. Not five seconds later a door opens and one of the cooks runs out. She quickly collects all of the dishes, nodding to everyone at the table with a smile. She walks back to their pack house not saying a word. “Zaden, I want to talk to you about
Sunny’s POV It has been a very long day. My entire body is worn out, Caterina is staying here at the pack house again tonight. As well as Simon, they were going to take the first shift with the twins so that Nick, Izzy and I could rest some. Walking into the bathroom I turn on both shower heads. Izzy comes in behind me with towels. But I don't see Nick anywhere. Iz must have seen the question behind my eyes.“He is tucking Rosie and Blair into bed.” She says while pulling her shirt up over her head. She slips her shorts off leaving her in her underwear. Her skin is pale, her eyes glowing like always. Only now I can see something new there that wasn’t there before. Longing is what I see now, also some guilt. Although she has no reason to feel guilty. My eyes roam down over her body. All I see is perfection, my beautiful mate. She doesn’t even have a scar from the c-section Cas must have completely healed her or Crescenda one. She clears her throat making my eyes snap up to her
Izabella’s POV The front door to the pack house slams, making my head snap up at the sound. I got distracted from the task at hand which is scrubbing the floor, now the knees of my too small pants are soaked. Everyone is getting home. I have to get dinner started but if I don't finish this, I will definitely be hurting in a little bit. I quickly finish and dry the floor, running down the stairs as quickly and as quietly as possible. I step into the kitchen and start pulling stuff out of the fridge. I am running so behind tonight so this is going to have to be something fast. Grabbing the hamburger meat from the bottom drawer. I pull spaghetti noodles from the pantry along with an onion, the pasta sauce, and the garlic from the shelf. Spinning around to face the kitchen I walk straight into the one person that has hurt me even more than my father, my mate who rejected me. Andrew Marks! My heart breaks everytime I see him, but he is in love with another. I try to push all of my f
Izzy's POV It's finally dark outside. I get up and start working on my escape but it has to be quiet. I slide my dresser over in front of the door. I wince as it makes a noise, but I don't hear footsteps so that's a good thing. I continue to push everything in front of the door. Once I am finished with that I double check my bag to make sure I have everything that I need. A change of clothes that are too small, check. Broken hairbrush, check. The little bit of money I have been skimming slowly over the last two years, Collecting change from the washer. I have it in a sock in the bottom of my old school bag inside of my duffle bag. I have a paper with where I plan on going there too. I zip my bag back up, and open the window. I sit there waiting for the footsteps that I know are going to come. Dad has to get his daily quota on beating me. I shake my head at the thought. I sit watching the moon, it is full tonight. The glow is mesmerizing and has me distracted for some time. I can
Nick's POV I was walking back to the bed from the bathroom. I have been exhausted the last couple of weeks, I am acting Alpha right now. Dad is letting me take over the pack next month. I already know how to do the job but we decided to wait until summer. I'm okay with it. The mind link opens “Uhhh, Alpha we have a rogue, I just caught their scent.” One of my pack members Mason tells me. “On my way!” I cut the link grabbing my shorts from the floor. I take off running, no sense in putting them on now, I have on boxers. They are just going to shred when I shift anyway. I hear howl's ring out from my right and my wolf Caius forces the shift grabbing the shorts in his mouth. I open the mindlink to Mason. “Mason what is going on?” I am anxious for some reason. “Alpha, she is mesmerizing. You should see her.” I hear pure awe in his voice. “What do you mean, mesmerizing? And did you say she?” Completely shocked, we never had a she-wolf rouge before. No one that was alone anyway. “
Izzy’s POV My hand fits perfectly in his. Tingles are rushing all the way up my arm as he rubs small circles on the back of my hand. Could it be possible that I found someone who will love me finally. My bag bumps my hip with every step I take and I get lost in thoughts of the past and what is to come. I make a list in my head, my mothers death, the constant abuse, being rejected, escaping, letting Cas out of her shell, the freedom I felt when I left the old pack. Now I think of the man holding my hand, wondering what his name is. Cas agrees with me wondering who our savior is. I see the glow around me when she peers out of my eyes with me. She licks her chops, like she wants to take a bite out of him.“Just ask him Izzy, I don't think he will hurt us.” she shrugs. Snapping out of my head I realize that he is studying me curiously. I see his eyes flicking back and forth from green to onyx. So I know that his wolf is looking at me too. “What is your name?” I ask cautiously.“Nic
Izzy's POV I walk towards the house, with Nick at my side. Our hands intertwined. It is beautiful. I see a wooden fence around the side of the house. Wondering what is in there. I started to go that way, then I remembered the promise of food, shower, and clothes that fit. Nick catches me looking and notices my slight pause. “Do you know how to swim? After we get you fed and a shower we can go for a dip in the pool if you want.” he looks at me like i might turn him down. “Mom taught me before she died, i should be able to swim.” I paused wondering if I should mention being locked in the pack house. He has kept his word so far and hasn’t hurt me, but I think I will wait until after I get food. My stomach rumbles on cue. I give a slight giggle, and continue in the direction of the front door. I hear the low hum of the air conditioning unit, the sound of our heart beats. They almost beat to the same rhythm. He punches in a code on the door handle and it twists opening the door. H
Izzy’s POV My stomach is so full. I feel really tired, Cas agreeing with me yawns in my head. I wonder if Nick will be okay not going swimming tonight. Something tells me that he won’t care as long as he is with me. I look up to see him smiling at me. “Can we just go to sleep, and go swimming before we go see your parents tomorrow.” I ask and I try to stifle a yawn. He laughs at me.“Whatever you want, we will do.” He stands and holds his hand out to me.“I feel so full, my entire body is relaxed. I haven’t had that much food at once since I was ten. Used to some of the pack members helping me, they would sneak me food or let me shower when dad was gone. That ended when dad killed his beta in front of the entire pack, when he caught him. He told all of them that they would join the deadman. Eventually his anger rubbed off on them. I wasn't allowed to leave the pack house unless it was to take out the trash or clean up after one of their parties.” I don’t know why I am telling him th