chapter 69


    Theo’s POV


    The moment she stepped into our building looking for a job, I smelt her innocence. Not in the


    sense of her virginity, no that was gone long before we got to her. She was experienced in that area


    and very open-minded. But a purity it was near impossible to exin. It wasn’t just the way she looked;


    it was more a sense. Everything about her pure, her thoughts were pure and no malice, despite her


    pain, her intentions, the way she carried herself. She had this aura around her following her, leaving


    pieces of herself everywhere she went. Her heart truly had no limits for ever giving, not asking for an


    anything in return. Imogen was the sort of person who would give until she had nothing left, give herself


    overpletely if she thought it was in another’s best interest, she trusted blindly, yet when betrayed


    fought wildly almost irrationally in her anger, only to continue to forgive and let others take from her


    even when it was killing her slowly piece by piece. But I doubt the girl has ever held a grudge in her life


    longer than five seconds it wasn’t in her nature, she could forgive and forget like it was a flick of a


    switch, always choosing to give another chance, no matter how much we wronged her. I did fear that


    would be what got her killed, though.


    I know we have taken from her, taken her choice, taken that innocence from her. But what we


    found after taking everything from her. Was everything she was capable of, the girl had re and fire


    deep within her she kept hidden away, never trusting of her own emotions never letting them show


    even when we knew she was breaking, she had the ultimate control within herself and what she felt,


    yet in her thoughts she felt out of control. Sure, we had seen her anger, but with it came her


    forgiveness. It was like she wasn’t satisfied unless she had nothing left. Like she was more


    When I left that morning, leaving Imogen, something pulled at me. This overwhelming sense of


    longing, even though she was right in front of me. Walking out of the house, I felt like I’m losing


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    everything I loved about her, yet I knew by the look in her eye that she had found an additional reason


    for life. Her eyes held hope even in impending doom. She no longer feared her death, and I wondered


    why she suddenly had the light back in her eyes. I almost wondered who else she had to fight for.


    Same asst night when she woke, I had this immense feeling she was saying goodbye, the way she


    touched me, the way she said my name was almost like she was afraid it would be thest time she


    would speak it.


    Getting in the car and driving to work with Tobias, I knew he felt the shift to, something had


    changed. I just couldn’t put my finger on it, something deep was nagging trying to pull me back to her.


    The pull she had over us was always there, yet right now we truly had to fight against her pull, just to


    stop ourselves from turning back and going home again. Neither of us saying a word, both trapped in


    our own heads. When we pulled up to work, we both stood silently waiting for the elevator, both


    watching the numbers go down.


    “You feel it, right?” Tobias asked, ncing in my direction before looking at the stainless-steel


    doors. I nodded my head.


    “Something has changed, I can feel it in every part of me. What if we broke her?” he asked. Worry


    after centuries being by each other’s side he always kept those walls up, never letting slip how he truly


    felt, kept himself guarded not giving anyone the chance to hurt him, not even me. Yet Imogen had


    softened him. It used to bother me, jealousy could be a cruel thing sometimes, we had known her for a


    year yet her impact on him, had him opening up letting both Imogen and myself in. I hadn’t had that


    effect on him, and we had been together for centuries. Yet she broke down that wall the moment he


    marked her. Tobias had always been the dominant one, the one that needed control and I let him have


    it, but with her came a sort of possessiveness that both of us weren’t prepared for. I loved Tobias yet if I


    had to choose. I would choose her and knew Tobias would choose the same. Both sharing the same


    desires for her that we had for each other, yet she was different neither of us could live without her. She


    was light in our darkness. I worried the darkest parts of us were tainting her and would be her undoing.


    We had already condemned her, took her idea of life away from her selfishly, all because we couldn’t


    live without her.


    “We haven’t broken her. I don’t know I could even taste it in her blood something was different like


    something wasing alive in her, then there was also something else.”


    “Something else?” Tobias asked, pressing the button to our floor.


    “She tasted like a werewolf. I could literally taste you in her blood.” Tobias nced at me and I


    could feel his head racing trying to think of why. When I suddenly felt a light click on inside him.


    “No, can’t be. I saw that she is on the pill. I noticed them in her bag,” I answered his thoughts.


    “I haven’t seen her take them though, have you?” I tried to think, yet I came to the same


    conclusion: the only pills I had seen her take were pain meds.


    “She can’t be, can she?” I asked.


    “Ring the council and get her blood test results. Surely, they looked for everything,” Tobias said.


    The door binged opened, and my eyes instantly darted to her desk even though I knew I wouldn’t find


    her there. Walking to my office, I pulled my phone from my pocket, deciding to call Tarina. If anyone


    had seen her blood test result, it was her, and I knew she would answer with honesty.


    The phone rang for a few minutes and I tapped my foot impatiently. Sighing when I heard her


    chirpy voice.


    “Little unexpected Theo, what are you calling me for? I know it wouldn’t be for a friendly chat” She


    asked, not even hiding her shock. Besides going to the council, I never spoke to her. Yet I knew I could


    trust her.


    “You know me to well, I am actually calling about Imogen’s blood results.”


    “Oh, your mother picked those up yesterday for you, I can check her file though.”


    “Yes, please Tarina.” I could hear her typing away on herputer, before I heard her make a


    weird noise before rapidly typing again. I could hear her fingers moving fast over the keyboard


    repeatedly.


    “Her file has been deleted,pletely wiped,” she murmured.


    “Give me a sec Theo let me check the otherputer” I waited, but the same result.


    “It’s gone Theo, I think someone has tampered with her files and wiped them clean her name


    doesn’t even appear in the database at all” My heart started hammering when Tobias walked in the


    room. I hung up the phone, not even saying goodbye.


    “What?” Tobias asked, rmed.


    “She said mum took her physical file, yet when they checked her digital file was gone as well.”


    “What would your mother want with it?” Tobias asked, his voice not even hiding his anger.


    “Ring her now,” he hissed at me. His eyes changing to that of his wolf. I dialled her number, and it


    went straight to voicemail. Then suddenly fear came through the bond and it wasn’t either of us. We


    had nothing to fear yet, the feeling it vanished as quick as it appeared.


    “I know you felt that,” I stated looking to Tobias. He nodded.


    “Yes, but maybe, she startled herself. She feels calm again. Or maybe your mother is with her,”


    Tobias said, making me rx slightly. The morning passed by quickly, I tried to ring my mother a few


    times, I always got the voicemail. Yet I knew if she was with Imogen, she would have no service. So, I


    let it pass and knew I would be able to ask Imogen for her results once we got home. Knowing my


    mother would have told her, yet nothing came from the bond and after an hour of feeling nothing


    but when I felt nothing, I walked into Tobias’s office.


    “What Theo?” he asked as I stepped in the room. It still pissed him off that my mother took her


    files. I was almost nervous to ask him. Sensing my nervousness, he looked up, his eyes softening


    slightly.


    “I’m sorry, I’m just stressed,” he said, running his hands through his hair. I watched him; God, I


    loved this man no matter how infuriating he could be.


    “I can help with the stress,” I said, my eyes darkening as my dick twitched in my pants.


    “Tempting, but first what’s wrong?”  Ipletely forgot the reason I originally came in for, suddenly


    feeling guilty for distracting myself.


    “Can you feel her through the link?” I watched his eyes ze over, searching for her. The pull we


    always fought so hard against.


    He stood up abruptly knocking over his chair, his beast enraged flinging the table into the wall. I


    stepped back. I knew he wouldn’t hurt me, but I knew his beast didn’t enjoying up empty. The fact


    he hade forward at all was proof enough at what Tobias found. His entire being shook with anger,


    yet also panic.


    The ringing of the phone thaty on the floor pulling him to his senses, distracting that primal side


    of him long enough for Tobias to regain control of his emotions. He walked over trying to pick up the


    phone, his ws impeding it, as they shed through the carpet. I quickly walked over, picking it up.


    “Hello?” My father’s worried voiceing through the phone.


    “Have you spoken to your mother today?” That’s when I knew something was definitely wrong.


    Something that included not only my mother, but our mate. This was no coincidence.


    “You there, Son? Did you hear me? I can’t feel your mother like she just vanished leaving no trace


    no pull to her.” My father was almost frantic.