Noah ~•~“What’s wrong?” I asked Aiden. He was reluctant to respond for a while. “You have to tell us,” I demanded and he took a deep breath. “More like I have to tell you.” He let out a sigh, giving me a sympathetic look. “I’ve found your father’s killer.” He announced and my heart stilled in my chest. “Who is it?” I choked out, my throat tight with emotion. My mind was racing as I tried to process the information I had just heard.Aiden held my gaze, his expression solemn. “It’s your mother,” he confessed, the truth landing like a punch to the gut.“My mom…mother? Wh…at?” I stuttered as I tried to come up with a coherent sentence. What did he mean by my mother was the one who killed my father? My father was killed by hunters. What reason did she have to kill my father? “I figured it out from the hunters I took hostage,” Aiden explained but I still didn’t believe it. My mother had abandoned me when I was just two months old and she hadn’t been in Hawkins ever since then. “So you
Noah~•~“You mean the nightmares didn’t stop already?” Katie asked me as we walked down the hallway. “Yeah.” I nodded my head. “It has happened three straight nights now,” I added, exhaling deeply.For the past two months, I’ve been haunted by the same recurring nightmare. Each time, a bizarre creature appears, a horrific mix of a werewolf and something else entirely indescribable. I always jerk out of my sleep and back to reality whenever it appears in my dream. The first night it happened about two months ago, I didn't think too much about it. I just assumed it was a normal nightmare. It kept happening at intervals, but recently, it happened three nights in a row, and I became worried. It clearly had a meaning and I couldn’t figure out what the meaning was. “Can’t you describe the creature so we can figure out what it is?” Katie asked and my lips curled into a frown. “You’ve asked multiple times and I’ve answered multiple times. I can’t describe it.” I said in frustration and
Noah~•~“Noah, wake up!” Sarah’s voice woke me up from my deep sleep. “Huh?” I yawned loudly and stretched my legs before opening my eyes. “What time is it? Have they arrived yet?” I asked when it dawned on me that Aiden’s family was coming. “Yes, they’ve arrived,” Sarah said with a smile. She was excited about their arrival because she would get to hang out with her cousins. “Oh my goodness!” I exclaimed, jumping out of the bed. Sarah gave me a puzzled look when she saw how dramatic I was acting. “Don’t tell me you’re nervous about meeting them.” She asked, raising an eyebrow. “Aiden’s mum is very chill, you have nothing to worry about.” “Are you sure?” I asked, blinking rapidly to shake off the sleep, my eyes still heavy with exhaustion.“Yes, I’m very sure,” Sarah replied and I responded with a nod. “She even asked me to come here to call you,” Sarah added. I felt a little bit better and told myself there was nothing to worry about. I just had to act normal and be myself. I
Noah~•~I smiled into the kiss, not expecting it but loving it anyway. I wrapped my arms around his neck, trying to be as close to him as possible. Noticing this, he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me so close that there was no space between our bodies.I sighed, feeling content in his arms and melting into his body.When we finally broke away for air, Aiden kissed the side of my face, then my cheek, and my chin before he finally kissed my neck, making me feel tingles up my spine.I couldn’t help but giggle when he started to suck on my skin. “Your parents are in the same building as us.” I made sure to remind him because I could already tell he wanted more than a kiss.“The walls are thick.” He spoke against my skin. “But you can also stay quiet.”I doubt I was able to but since I wanted him as much as he wanted me, I could only smile and say, “Noted.”“Good.” He breathed out and took my lips in a deeper kiss that almost bruised me but him running his hands around my body
Noah~•~I woke up the next morning feeling a mixture of emotions. The pain from the mating mark still continued but it was overshadowed by the memories of the previous night. As I lay in bed, I couldn’t help but think about what happened. I felt a flutter in my chest as I remembered the way Aiden looked at me, the way he touched me and the way he made love to me. It was everything I hoped for. I couldn’t wait to tell Katie all about it.‘We finally have a mate.’ Ava said in a soft and gentle voice and I smiled. ‘Yes, we do.’ I couldn’t stop smiling as the memories of my time with Aiden replayed in my head. It was so nice and it felt right. I couldn’t wait to do it again. I threw off the covers and got out of bed. Walking over to the window, I pushed outside the curtains and looked out. The sun was shining and the cool morning air filled my lungs. I didn’t have any plans for the day because all two classes I had for the day were rescheduled. After all, the professors had a meetin
Noah ~•~“Ahhhhh,” I screamed as I jolted upright in bed. My heart raced as I struggled to catch my breath. I had also woken up Aiden who spent the night with me in my room. “Noah, what’s the problem?” He asked with a worried and concerned look on his face. “Did you have the nightmare again?”I nodded, my eyes welling up with tears. “I did,” I replied. My voice cracked as I spoke. Aiden pulled me into a comforting hug. He gave me soothing strokes on my back, trying to calm me down.The weather was cold but I was sweating profusely. My skin was clammy and cold. “Is this what you go through whenever you have a nightmare?” He questioned, giving me a sympathetic look. “Not really, it was different this time.” I normally woke up immediately after the creature appeared but this time it was chasing me. “How?” Aiden asked. “The creature was chasing me, so I woke up with shock,” I said, wiping off my tears with the back of my hands. I wasn’t even crying because I was having a nightmare,
Aiden~•~ “I’ll need all that extra food because you made me drink a lot last night,” Dimitri said, gesturing to the cook to bring back the food she was taking back to the kitchen. I couldn’t help but laugh. We had gone to celebrate the rest of Dimitri’s birthday at a club, together with some of our friends. We had a very good time and we made him take 26 shots because it was his birthday. We returned very late and that was the reason woke up late even if we had to ride back to Sparkle Falls with our family. After a short while, I finished up my meal but Dimitri was still eating. “What are you staring at me for?” Dimitri asked with his mouth full of food when he saw me looking at him. “We don’t have much time, so hurry up,” I said and he nodded his head. “Thank you for yesterday though, you all are the best.” Dimitri appreciated, his voice filled with sincerity. “Even with everything that has happened, you all still did something nice for me.”“You’re still my brother, no matter
Aiden~•~We had barely gotten to the middle of the town when I suddenly crashed into someone. I could have sworn the road was clear. I hit the brakes and the car halted to a stop. Dimitri and I rushed out to find a female lying on the ground. To my surprise, it was Jessica, giving me a mischievous grin.“What is wrong with you?” I asked, taking a deep breath of relief when I saw she was okay. She had purposely run into the road. Dimitri extended his hand, helping her up from the ground. As she stood, she brushed off the dust from her dress.“I heard you were in town, I just wanted to say hi.” She said, her mischievous grin still plastered on her face. “So you decided to be dramatic about it? You couldn’t just act like a normal person.” I said with a stern voice and walked back to the car. When I was about to open the car door, she reached out to my hand and stopped me. “I felt it when you marked someone else as your mate.” She said, her voice cracking slightly. Her once happy exp