SCARLETT’s POV.I didn’t know what to do or who to call, the whole place was practically empty and I found myself feeling nauseous. Adonis never made mention of him being sick to the point of even fainting.Frantically, I pulled out my phone and dialed Ashely’s number. Now I was glad I actually saved it and he picked up on the first ring.“Hello” his voice filtered through.“Help me please” I begged him, tears welling up in my eyes.“What happened?” His voice was suddenly hyper, “where is Adonis?”“He…” my voice trailed off, “he fainted and I don’t know what to do or what to say, i just..“Where are you?”“By the lake”“Good, now do something for me” he sounded like he was walking.“Leave him there and head back to the room” he said and a huge frown appeared on my face.“What do you mean?”“Just do as I have said, Scarlett” he growled, “head back to your room first, I am on my way to him”How could he even say that to me? Adonis was dying and He wanted me to leave and walk away?“I
ADONIS’s POV.I sprang up from the bed I was lying on, I could feel it in my guts that scarlet was in trouble.I wasn’t sure how long I have been unconscious but I knew it was long enough for her to get worried and even get in danger.With a slight groan, I pulled my body off the bed but a hand stopped me and Ashely’s face came into view.“You are not fine, Adonis” he said, “you should take some more rest”“Where is my woman?” I asked him, anger seething through my veins.“I told her to go back to the hotel, I sent your lookalike to her”“I am going to meet her”The pain was still lingering in my chest but I couldn’t let go of the feeling in my head, I knew she was not safe.“She will be fine, Adonis” he said again, “you might collapse if you go to meet her now”“And who are you to stop me?” My eyes darkened and my wolf growled inside of me.Pushing his hand away, I stood up and made my way out of the room. Luckily we were not far from the hotel and when I entered our room, I found h
SCARLETT’s POV.From the way nis body stiffened, I knew I was right, there was something about him that I didn’t know of and it broke my heart.When he sent me to the room earlier, I was just curious and decided to browse his name and I was given what I saw, the meaning of his name. But why would his name mean that? Why would his parents even name him something like that?Adonis swallowed hard and began to walk towards the hotel again. He didn’t say anything when we entered the room and he gently laid me on the bed. Panic and fear was written all over his face, I have never seen him so shaken like this before and how the hell did he injure Ashely like that?Just before we could say anything to each other again, the door pushed open and Ashley sauntered in alongside another man.“Doctor, please check on her” Adonis intoned, “I think she broke her arm”The man sat near me on the bed while Adonis moved closer to the window, I could see him constantly clutching onto his chest. One obser
ADONIS’s POV.She looked so beautiful sleeping so soundly with my hands wrapped around her waist, those peaceful breaths, those gentle flutters of her eyelashes and it felt like the peace which has eluded me for thousands of years has finally come to stay.I wanted to hold her in my arms forever and love her but I knew I was only wishing. Sooner or later, she would find out about everything and I would have to let her go. I mean, who would want to stay with her murderer as a lover? I knew it was from her past life but there was a reason why she reincarnated as Scarlett, to hurt me. The moon goddess sure knows how to toy with me. As a mother, she didn’t even hesitate to cast me upon the face of the earth to suffer for all eternity and not only that, she bestowed me with a gift that she knew I would not be able to keep.The beeping of my phone jolted me out of my thoughts and I answered when I saw Ashely’s name pop up on the screen.“Tell me”“I am waiting by the car, Adonis. If you don
SCARLETT’s POV.I steered in my sleep and gently opened my eyes, my lips curled into a soft smile when his scent whiffed into my nose and his beautiful face came into view and my smile widened.“Hey beautiful” Adonis’s deep husky voice penetrated my ear and I gushed, how I loved his voice and his beautiful face.“Good morning”“Morning sunshine” he pressed forward and placed a kiss on my forehead, “I thought you wouldn’t wake up on time today seeing it’s almost noon”I smiled at him and pulled my body to a sitting position, his gaze still on me. He was looking at me like I was something interesting and he didn’t want to miss any chance in knowing what I was.“I waited for a while last night until you showed up” i decided to tell him.“I am sorry baby, the call took longer than I expected”“Yeah?”“Hmm” I smiled at him again, “okay, so what’s for today? It’s a holiday today, no classes so what have you planned for us? The last time I did, you literally wanted to cry because you were n
SCARLET’s POV.Sipping on my juice gently, I looked up to see Ashely walking towards me. He was dressed in a casual pair of pants and a t- shirt. He really is huge, I can see his chest pushing against his shirt, how come he always hid those under suits he always wore.“You are here”“Hmm” he nodded and lowered himself on the chair, “why did you call me? You sounded so urgent. Is Adonis fine?”“Want a drink?”“Look scarlet,” he continued, “I only came here because you asked, so tell me why you called. I am really not in the mood to have something to drink”“Hmmm” I sipped on my drink again trying to calm my mind. I wasn’t sure how to start this discussion with him.Luckily I got the chance when Adonis said he had a video meeting which would take a while and I was not about to waste it, I would be damned if I let it go.“Mr Ashely” I returned my focus to him again, “I read the book” I finally told him, I finally made up my mind, “the book about the cursed lycan?”I saw him shift uneasil
ADONIS’s POV.I grabbed onto her before she could collapse. She looked so frail and so fragile, I wanted to kiss her and take all of her pain away.“I am sorry love” I muttered under my breath, gathering her into my arms, I hastened towards the hotel room again.It was my fault that she had to go through this, I put her in this condition and I would never be able to forgive myself for hurting her in this way.As soon as we entered the room, I gently laid her on the bed and grabbed my phone but she grabbed a hold of my hand and gently pushed her eyes open.“Baby”“I hope the universe pays you back for hurting me in this way, Adonis” Scarlett said, her voice was laced with pain and sadness, “you hurt me so bad”“Look baby, I swear it’s all in the past. I love you and I always will, it was just like that from the beginning but I fell madly in love with you and it’s..“Ashely told me” she finally said and my eyes darkened.“He did that?”“Hmmm” Scarlett nodded.The beast inside me growled
SCARLETT’s POV.I groaned softly, opening my eyes. It was banging so hard and I felt like my head was going to fall off my shoulders.“You are awake?” His familiar voice filtered into my head and I turned around abruptly to see him seated on the couch, his gaze on me.But I saw it, I saw how he fell to the ground and was writhing in pain, I saw it all before I lost my consciousness so how come he was seated comfortably like i didn’t?“How are you feeling now?” He asked me again, “do you need some water?”“What happened, Adonis?” I asked, “how did you bring me back from that mountain? And weren’t you hurt? You don’t look hurt”“You ask a lot of questions, princess” he pulled his body from the couch and began to walk towards me. He was not wearing his necklace, something he hardly takes off.“Where is your necklace?”“It must have fallen down when I was bringing you home”Something was off about him, the Adonis I knew would never keep his hands away from me. He was always very clingy wh
SCARLETT’s POV.Three years later.I ventured into the office, Alexander beside me briefing about the meeting ahead. I had just taken Jayden to his daycare and I had a very important meeting today. After that, I will take him to visit his father‘s grave. Yes, Ashley told me that they don’t perform funeral’s for their kind but I can’t let the memory of Adonis just fade away like that so I decided to create a special space for the three of us, a place where I can go to see him, a place I can go to speak to him please so I can tell him about his lovely son.Believe me, the past three years have not been easy without Adonis and Ashley here. Last year, Ashely died from an accident. It hurt me but I didn’t show it. I knew it was his time to die but he couldn’t even live to enjoy his new relationship with her.I shook my head to remove such thoughts. I was tired of being sad and disappointed in the universe for taking the people I love away from me and I was not going to do that anymore. I
ASHELY’s POV.If I was a minute late she would have been badly hurt. She didn't even move as I tried to attack her. She just kept looking like just waiting for them to finally kill her off. If I was just one minute late I didn't know how I would have explained to Adonis that I let his woman die.I pulled her into my embrace and moved her from the road. As soon as her attackers saw me they all froze, they didn't expect him to show up at that particular time. Thank the moon goddess I was fast enough to get here before they would have decimated her body into tiny pieces.” What the heck do you think you're doing? I asked the lot of them, "How dare you think you're gonna do that to her?” I yelled at all of them as I continued to glare at them.How did they think they could hurt her?“She fucking killed Adonis” one of them snapped in anger, “ she put a dagger through his chest without even asking permission from any of us. Who told her she had the right to take his life? We would have fo
SCARLET’s POV.My eyes opened up, and I pulled myself into a sitting position, the memory of what happened a while back, becoming fresh in my head. I genuinely didn’t want to wake up from sleep. I didn’t want to remember the fact that I will never be able to see him again. He left for good and I was the one who killed him. I put a fucking dagger through his chest and I watched him die. That was the least I could do for him. I couldn’t watch him suffer anymore, I couldn’t keep pretending everything was fine when it was not. It was all because of me, it hurts so much to see him in that state, but it hurts more not to see him beside me holding onto me, cuddling me, calling me sweet names and telling me how much he loves me.I sat in my thoughts for minutes until my door pushed open and Ashley sauntered in looking like a shadow of his former self, his eyes red and puffy. He looked so sad that my heart wrenched in pain, I knew he adored Adonis. I knew he treated him like a brother and I kn
SCARLETT’s POV..“You can not save him” the lady continued to say, her hold on my neck becoming more and more intense like she wanted to sniff the life out of me and make me a corpse.I tried pushing her off but I was not as strong as i wanted, she was clearly much stronger than me.“For how long will you let him suffer?” She asked me again; her gaze darkening, “how selfish can you be? He is suffering and you care about your stupid love?”“I am looking for ways to keep him alive” I managed to say, still trying to remove her hands off my neck.“The more time you waste, the more time his chance of reincarnation depletes”“What?” My eyes opened wide for a moment, “can he be born again?”“Not if you keep making him lose his powers every time, scarlet. Kill him and rid him of all the pain and suffering he is going through. You are the only person who can keep him safe, the only person who can get rid off the curse for him”She finally let go of my neck and I fell to the ground, wincing in
ADONIS’s POV.“You are not healing, Adonis” Ashly said as he dabbed my side with a white towel.“I will be fine” I muttered even though I knew I was lying to myself. I wouldn’t be able to heal anymore, I couldn’t even feel my own energy anymore. Everything has changed and I knew it, my Lycan was slowly losing its powers and it was my fault. I fucking fell in love when I shouldn’t have.“You are losing a lot of blood, Adonis,” Ashely told me again as he continued dabbing my side with a towel. I was wounded by a mere wolf last night and thinking about it now, I couldn’t help but scoff. How dare a mere wolf stand in front of me? How dare a mere wolf bare its fang at me and hurt me. I ended up killing it but even at that, it still hurt my ego that a mere wolf would hurt me in such a way and I wouldn't be able to do anything.“I will be fine,” I told him, “there is nothing you can do about it anyways.“I have called a pack doctor and she will be here soon to stitch your wounds”“Hmm” I no
I opened my eyes gently and the whiff of blood in the air greeted me. Groaning softly, I tried pulling my body to a sitting position but a hand stopped me. I turned my head towards him and I saw Adonis, an expressionless look on his face.“You are awake” his voice came out in almost a whisper, he looked like he had been crying or something like that.“Are you okay?” I managed to ask him when he helped me pull my body to a sitting position.“Yes” he tucked a few strands of my hair to the back of my ear, “I was just scared that you got into that accident, I shouldn’t have given you the car keys, I shouldn’t have allowed you to drive babe….” His voice trailed off as he held onto my hand gently, “I am so sorry princess, you are in this situation because of me.“You don’t look okay, Adonis” I reached out for his hand, “what happened?”One thing I have come to understand about this man is the fact that he could hide his emotions pretty easily but there is always that flicker in his eyes, th
ADONIS’s POV.I sat in silence as I continued to watch her slurp on her ice cream in silence. She looked so beautiful with her head down like that, one of the most beautiful ladies I have ever seen and I admire her so much.She tried as much as possible to help me and even went to the moon goddess. What surprised me the most was the fact that goddess Selene even agreed to meet her. Scarlett must really have a special place in her heart or she might just be keeping an eye on her.My phone beeped jolting me out of my thoughts and when I saw it was Ashely on the line, my countenance immediately changed.“What do you want?”“Can we meet up?” He asked me.“I don’t think you should want to meet me right now, Ashely. Severing your head from your body is still on the list of things I wanna do so you better stay away from me for the time being.“Please, Adonis….“I am fucking serious” I growled in anger before ending the call and slamming the phone on the table.“What happened?” Scarlett asked
SCARLETT’s POV.We both laid in bed, his hand snaked around my waist and my naked body pulled against his. My cheeks flushed just thinking about the most amazing moment we have just had. The best sex I have ever had and it was with fhs man I loved with everything I have ever got.“You know you could get pregnant right?” His voice jolted me out of my thoughts.“Hmm” I nodded, “I am well aware of that”“And still..,“I want to have your baby” I cut him off, “we lost our babies once and I don’t want to miss an opportunity to get another”“But you know I won’t be here..,.” I could hear the panic and the pain in his voice as he said those words, I sniffed not wanting to allow the tears to fall. I was well aware of this and it hurt me so much, so much that I wished I could take his place.“Even though you won’t be here, you will be watching us from afar and taking care of us right?”I wanted to make the atmosphere as warm as possible, I didn't want him to feel any ounce of pain or pressure
SCARLETT’s POV..“No” I half yelled as I jumped off the bed, “I am not going to put a fucking dagger in your chest”How could he even ask this of me? How could he look into my eyes and ask me to put a fucking dagger in his chest? How would I even be able to weild a dagger against him. My heart broke as his words continued to echo in my head.“I am not going to fucking do that” I spit in anger before slamming the bathroom door shut.I slumped on the ground as hard bitter tears rolled out of my eyes.I wasn’t even over our baby’s death yet and he was already asking me to kill him? Did he want to leave that bad? Was he so tired of me?“Baby?” His voice called out to me, just outside the door, “I know you can hear me”“Go away” I hissed, “I am not in the mood to talk to you. How could you ask that of me? How could you ask me to kill you”“Sooner or later, you would have to do that, scarlet” I heard him also slump on the ground too, his back ti the wall.“You and I know we can’t keep me a