HAILEYI stormed out of Carter's room, fuming in anger. He was the one who made the first move only to push me away and treat me like a common whore. Incase he had forgotten, he made the rules in the contract and still went ahead to break them, not me.Carter was grating on my nerves and I didn't like it one bit. I walked to downstairs to kitchen because I didn't know where else to go, only to find the maids running about, seemingly trying to prepare a meal. The meal in question wasn't one that could be consumed by two people or was there an event happening that I didn't know about?Curiously, I called one of the maids aside to ask but before I could, Caroline walked up to me, "I've been searching for you, dear""Is there a problem?" I asked. Had Carter annulled our contract and asked her to send me away?"No, dear." She smiled. "We just need to get you ready.""Ready for?" I raised my brows in confusion. Was this some kind of Victorian era where the maids had to prepare the bride f

CARTER"I'm quite disappointed in you" Father began immediately we were settled in my home office. "I didn't expect you to make a woman who isn't your mate, a wife.""She's the one for me, Father." I said."Cut that bullshit!" Father slammed his hand on the desk. "You're my son and I know you more than I care to admit. I know that the reason you took that girl as a wife is because you have an ulterior motive""That's incorrect, Father" I replied, still keeping my cool even though my father was on the verge of exposing me. Sometimes, I underrated how smart my father was. Even in old age, he wasn't gullible."You can't fool me, son" He rested his elbow on the table, "Now tell me, what do you stand to gain from this marriage."I didn't say a word, instead I just kept staring at him. When he was certain I wasn't ready to talk, he resumed, "from my knowledge, she's the daughter of Alpha Damian of Deepwater pack. So I assume this is a plan to overtake that park and make it yours, right"I h

HAILEYI received a call from my father telling me to come home for dinner. Since I got married to Carter, I hadn't neared home.As much as I wanted to refuse, I couldn't. He was my Alpha and father after all.I readied myself and without letting Carter know, I left for Deepwater pack. I'd give the world to avoid seeing either Tristan or Maya but I knew that was impossible. I couldn't avoid them entirely.When I got in the house, dinner was already served and they all sat watching me."I'm sorry for being late" I apologized to my father, ignoring the rest because he was the only one that mattered."Sit" He simply said and continued eating.I did as he instructed and immediately, the maids served me dinner."How have you been, Hailey?" I heard Maya's shrill voice say, "you've been away from home for some time now."Without sparing her a glance, I said, "do not talk while eating. It's a bad habit"That did the job in shutting her up, at least for the main time. When we were done eating

HAILEYLast night was delightful. Carter showed me a part of him which I didn't know he had. We talked for us before we returned back home. Surprisingly, after I told him about Tristan and Maya's betrayal, he in turn told me a little about Alanna and himself."Alanna and I were childhood sweethearts. We loved ourselves dearly and always knew that when we finally become of age, we'd be mates." I could hear pure sadness in his voice as he opened up to me."We were inseparable even though my family was against our union because she was a half breed. Half wolf and half woman." Just the same way he listened to me, I did the same for him."On the night of the full moon, the day we were finally going to have our first shift, Alanna mysteriously disappeared without a trace. I searched everywhere for her all to no avail. My family, nobody wanted to lend a helping hand because according to them she was not a complete wolf. We didn't get the chance to identify as mates. We were cruelly deprived

HAILEY"What are you doing here all alone?" I used my hand to block the sun rays from getting into my eyes as I looked up at him but Xavier, being the gentleman that he was, used his body to shield me from the sun."Let's say I just come here to think." He answered. He was still as calm as I remembered."I didn't get the chance to thank you properly the last time for standing up for me." I remembered that I owed him an appreciation for taking my side in front of his family."That was nothing. I didn't even do what was expected of me" He paused for a second or two and then continued, "I'm the one who owes you an apology for the silly behavior of my mother and brothers. That was very unkind of them.""You've done that before. Besides, you shouldn't apologize for an offense you didn't commit. You're a good person." I said the last word with a big smile on my face."Oh, you don't know" He muttered to himself that I had problems figuring out the exact words."Huh?" I asked for clarificatio