《Her Freezing Heart》 Chapter 1: Prologue Chapter 1: Prologue Only two days till graduation and I will be free to explore the world without ¡®my parents¡¯ nagging on my ass. They can¡¯t really stop me from going to college. They care too much about their reputation to stop me. Anyways mom and dad are my guardians so they can always give me permission for college as I am only seventeen. Yup! I started calling Uncle Dale and Aunt ire, dad and mom. Well I figured, why try to hold on to things and people who give zero shits about me. Now, Robert and Emma Cross are out of my life. Just one more year and they will be out of the legal documents as well. I have been waiting for this day for forever. I want to study literature. I had applied to some state colleges and I got epted in a few. But I am going to University of California, Berkley. The only problem, its way far away from here that I don¡¯t think I will be able to visit Asher, Alec and others for the This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. first year at least. The budget is really tight. I managed to save as much as I can for college but it¡¯s never enough, is it. Dad is chipping in but I don¡¯t want to put any strain on him. I mean Alec will be going to college next year. They will need money then. But dad being dad just won¡¯t listen. I am moving to California in June, two months before the term starts. Why? Well I have to find a job to pay the rent. In short I have to sort everything out so I won¡¯t be a bother to dad. The major bummer in me going to college is that Asher is really upset about it. He doesn¡¯t want me to go that far or for the part, anywhere. He is not going to college as he has to be with the pack. He started working at a garage as soon as he graduatedst year. His parents, well they weren¡¯t happy either. They were going on about breaking pack rules. But hey! A girl¡¯s got her dreams to fulfill. Papa and Ryder are so happy for me. I will miss this ce a lot. Aaron on the other hand ising with me. He is going to the same university. He wants to study Computer Science. Carter was pretty cool about Aaron going to college. He is perfect for Aaron. He is very supportive. I wish Asher would have been a little bit epting. He wille around I guess. He has been a little distanttely. He is just upset I think. The only thing I regret more is that I won¡¯t be here for Asher¡¯s birthday. It¡¯s on 30th September. I won¡¯t be able to celebrate mine with him either as it is on 13th November. Well we have to make some sacrifices to achieve our goals in life. Aaron will be there with me though. I won¡¯t be entirely alone. I hope Asher understands the situation. Dad has already found a ce for us to live. It¡¯s a small apartment owned by a couple in their fifties. They live on the ground floor and we will be living on the first floor. There are two apartments on that floor so we most likely have a neighbor. I will be really busy the first two months as I will be doing multiple part time jobs to earn as much as I can before the term starts. After that too I will be juggling between job and college. It will take a lot of time to get settled in in the new environment. I hope Asher understands the situation and won¡¯t be mad at me. I hope everything goes fine. Chapter 2- Amara Chapter 2- Amara ¡°Thank you sir. A waiter will bring your order to you in fifteen minutes.¡± I said smiling hopefully to the The customer walked back to the table upied by his friends. I sighed. My shift ends in five minutes. Aaron is serving at the moment and I am filling in for Cara at the counter or I would be serving as well. She had a medical emergency today. Apparently her four year old has managed to chuck a piece of crayon up his nose. The end of September is nearing and that means Asher¡¯s birthday ising. He still hasn¡¯t gotten over the ¡®me going to college¡¯ thing. He has ignored my calls for two months. He has just started talking to me again like a week ago. He seemed distant though. I am dreading the fact that I All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. won¡¯t be able to meet him for his birthday and as the budget is tight I don¡¯t think I will be able to send him any gift. Uhhh kill me now. Aaron and I, have found a job at this caf¨¦ the very first week we arrived here. Yeah we had decided to take it easy for the week but we stumbled upon it when we came here for a coffee while we were looking around the city. Millie¡¯s Caf¨¦ is a medium sized caf¨¦. It is situated three blocks from our apartment. It has a warm feeling to it with its cream colored walls and dark brown wooden tables and chairs. The walls are adorned with simple wall murals of various beverages and snacks. There is a famous around here. We are never out of customers. The bell tinged and in came Steven with his conquest of the day. A blond bimbo with a really short skirt and a crop top barely bellow her massive breasts. Are those even real? Following them was Steven¡¯s friend, Austin. Steven gave me an icy re and stocked off towards his usual table with the girl. Don¡¯t get me wrong. Steven is HOT, like runway hot. He has pale green eyes that can suck you in with pale skin and charcoal ck hairs thatplements his other features. He has a sharp jaw and a straight nose. He looks unbelievably perfect. He is a foot taller than me and ripped with eight packs and a nice ass. The only problem is that he doesn¡¯t seem to like Aaron and me from the first nce. The first morning we met, he had made it clear that we should keep our distance from him. Cassidy wasn¡¯t really happy about it but she let it go. He has a cold exterior and is aplete man whore. Every single time wee face to face, which is really rare, he sends me an icy re that can chill anyone to the bone marrow. ¡°Hey.¡± Austin said smiling at me. Oh! Those dimples. If I hadn¡¯t had a mate back home, I would have jumped his bones any minute. ¡°Hey. What can I get you today?¡± I asked smiling at him. ¡°I will have one Caramel Frappino, an Americano and a hot coffee.¡± He said in his British ent to which I wrote down his order. ¡°So how you been?¡± ¡°Good. How about you?¡± I replied. He gave me the money after I gave him his receipt. ¡°Thriving.¡± He said grinning at me, putting his dimples on show and his gray eyes warm enough to drive away the effects of Steven¡¯s re. Those dimples should be banned immediately. ¡°Your order will be with you in ten minutes.¡± I said blushing madly. He nodded and left to his table. Steven on the other hand was openly ring at me despite all the efforts of his new bed mate, who was practically on hisp by now and was doing anything she can to get his attention. I shrugged and removed my apron as I saw the person who will be taking over me arrive. He is cute sixteen year old boy, shy to the core. I gave him a smile which he returned and went to the back room get my stuff. Aaron was already there looking tired out of his mind. It was ten past seven in the evening. On week days our shift starts at three in the afternoon and ends at seven in the evening. On weekends though it starts at ten in the morning and ends at six in the evening. They pay us nine dors an hour so the pay is good. ¡°I am dead tired.¡± Aaron grumbled on the way to our apartment. I wasn¡¯t feeling any different and I had three assignments toplete. Thank god it¡¯s Saturday tomorrow or I would have been in a huge trouble. The assignments are due Monday so I have enough time toplete them. Asher¡¯s birthday is only a week away. I would be lying if I would say I am not scared. Asher is acting very differenttely. Is he having second thoughts about me? But he can¡¯t right. I mean he marked me. We haven¡¯tpleted the mating part but it¡¯s because I am not even eighteen yet. I want to wait till I am atleast eighteen. He seemed to understand that. Well I will find out soon anyways. We reached our apartment to find Cassidy and Grayson about to enter their car. Grayson is a hunk. His hair had started to grey and he stands at six foot with brown eyes and beautifully tanned skin. He is really cool and has perfectly visibleugh lines. He cane as a little intimidating but he ispletely opposite. ¡°We are going on a little vacation.¡± Cassidy told us excitedly as soon as we reached them. Grayson smiled fondly at his wife¡¯s antics. ¡°We will be back by next Friday. Take care of the house for us okay? Take care of yourself too. You two work too much. Take a day off or something.¡± She finished frowning. ¡°We will Cas.¡± I replied grinning. ¡°Okay then we will get going.¡± She said bouncing on her feet, making usugh. That¡¯s Cassidy for you. She is childish, caring and a really sweetdy. Her husband is no different. Once I had walked on them fighting for a mars bar, which they had a lot but they wanted the one the other wanted. I hadughed myself hoarse that day. ¡°I have already told Steven about this. I told him to look after you for me.¡± I am about to turn eighteen and Aaron is already neen but she still treats us like ten year olds. No wonder Steven looked so mad back at the caf¨¦. ¡°If he bullies you call me Asap.¡± She said giving us a thumbs up. They entered their car and zoomed off. I am dreading a week with Steven without Cassidy and Grayson. Well we will be busy with sses and work so it¡¯s not like we will be seeing each other often. Besides Steven is only home at night that too when he has some chick to bang. I sighed and entered our new home with Aaron in tow. I took a shower after Aaron and started on preparing our dinner. After the dinner I changed into my pjs like Aaron. Aaron flopped on his lower bunk and was snoring immediately. I on the other texted Asher ¡®Hey¡¯. I waited for his reply for half an hour. ¡®Hey! I am really tired and I am turning in early. Good night. Love you¡¯ he texted back. ¡®Okay. Good night. Love you too.¡¯ I replied. He seems really busytely. It must be really hard for him juggling between pack stuff and work. Carter told Aaron the other day that the vampire sightings has been increased past two months in the Greycoast forest. Nobody knows why but they don¡¯t seem to cause any harm to anyone but the pack has increased their patrol just in case. I sighed and closed my eyes. Everything will be alright. Chapter 3- Amara Chapter 3- Amara Asher¡¯s birthday is tomorrow and I don¡¯t know why but I am having a really bad feeling about it. There is this nagging feeling about tomorrow that I can¡¯t really ce. Am I thinking too much? But it feels like something is breaking inside me. Am I overreacting? That must be the case. I mean what bad could happen on my boyfriend¡¯s birthday. It¡¯s a happy day. I should just celebrate it. It doesn¡¯t matter if I am not with him. I can still celebrate from here. He will understand. Will he? Geez snap out of it. It¡¯s going to be just fine. These past few days have been¡­. well weird would be a right word. Steven was actually home all these days and Austin was with him. I didn¡¯t think he would listen to Cassidy. He did bring some girls home but he was still here. Weird, isn¡¯t it? Well both ts are one bedroom so whenever Steven was in action, which was almost all the time, Austin would be seen outside in the hallway or downstairs. Where do Steven even get these many girls to sleep with? Is he an escort or something? He must be reeking with STD. Well it¡¯s none of my business. We invited Austin in our apartment a couple times when we were home. At first he denied but he came in eventually. He is really fun to be with. He would help us around the house. He is even eating dinner with us for two days. Steven, well he is in his own world and I prefer it that way. The only thing he does whenever he looks at me is re and his nose is scrunched up in disgust. It feels like I rolled in something smelly whenever I am in his presence. Well back at you buddy. I am not a fan of you either. After dinner, Austin went back to Steven¡¯s apartment and Aaron and I were off to bed. I have taken tomorrow off of work just so I can atleast talk to Asher without being in a rush. Tomorrow being Sunday, Cassidy and Grayson will be back by the evening. Aaron is going to work but ising back at two. He was like ¡®I will disappear if I work anymore¡¯. His words not mine. Both of us have been so busy with sses and work that we didn¡¯t get to talk to our mates properly since we arrived here. Tomorrow we will be focusing just on our other halves. With that thought in my mind, I closed my eyes drowning Aaron¡¯s loud snores. I woke up to the sun shining on my face from the window. I jolted up and checked my phone. It¡¯s eight forty in the morning. I climbed down the top bunk to find Aaron sleeping with his mouth open in a very weird position. The sunlight did not even faze him. I shook him to wake him up but he swatted by hand and turned over continuing his slumber. I went to the bathroom smirking to myself and filled a bucket with water. I tip toed back to our bedroom and poured the entire bucket full on his face. He jumped out of the bed blubbering like he was drowning till his eyes fell on my bucket carrying self, sending me a re. ¡°Oops.¡± I whispered acting innocent. ¡°YOU¡­.¡± he bellowed. Before he could say anything or catch me I dashed outside the bedroom, Aaron hot on my tail. ¡°COME BACK HERE AMY.¡± He shouted making me run even faster. This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Suddenly a pillow smacked me right on the back of my head and I fell t on my face with my famous udy like shriek. That bitch. ¡°Oops.¡± He said mimicking me and startedughing at me. ¡°You should have seen your face when I smacked you. That was the funniest thing ever.¡± He continued cackling like a hyena. I will let him go this time. I did start this anyways. I have a call to make in the first ce. ¡°I will start with the breakfast.¡± Aaron said grinning at me. He is enjoying himself too much. I will get back at you in due time. ¡°Go call your boyfriend.¡± I got up from my embarrassing defeated position and went to the bedroom to get my phone. I dialed Asher¡¯s number and waited for him to pick up. Well he didn¡¯t on the first call. I called him again and he picked up this time. ¡°Hey Asher. Happy Birthday.¡± I said smiling to myself. ¡°Thanks baby.¡± He said gruffly. He must be still sleeping. ¡°So how you been?¡± I asked. ¡°Good I guess. Been busy with work and pack stuff a lot.¡± ¡°Yeah Aaron told me about the vampires. It¡¯s going to be alright.¡± ¡°I hope so too. So don¡¯t you have work today?¡± he said quite snappily. Ouch! ¡°Nah I took a day off so I can talk to you without having to rush. How about you?¡± ¡°I am going to party with my friends in the evening.¡± ¡°Really. That will rx you out. I mean you have been stressedtely.¡± Why does everything feel so awkward? ¡°Amy I have to go. My friends will be over soon and I have to get ready. I have to meet with the pack too.¡± ¡°Oh.¡± That really hurt. ¡°Can I skype youter?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think I will be home all day. Maybe some other day.¡± Does he not want to talk to me? ¡°O..Okay. Happy Birthday once again. Enjoy your day. I wish I was there with you. I love you. Bye.¡± ¡°Yeah thanks. Love you too. Bye.¡± And he hung up. What is this empty stabbing feeling in my chest? I am just overreacting I think. He is just busy. I got up and entered the living room which was filled with the scent of bacon and eggs. I dashed to the kitchen counter which we use as a dining table. Aaron startedughing his head off making me pout. He served a te to both of us and plopped on the stool beside me. ¡°You done talking to him already?¡± Aaron asked with a mouthful. ¡°Eww gross. Don¡¯t talk with food in your mouth. That¡¯s disgusting.¡± I teased. He rolled his eyes at me and swallowed the food. ¡°Well?¡± ¡°Yeah. He is really busy today. He is going out with his friends to party and he has to meet the pack as well. So yeah he hung up early.¡± I think I am assuring myself though that that¡¯s the reason he hung up early. We haven¡¯t really talked to each other since Aaron and I came here but he still didn¡¯t talk to me properly. Amy you idiot. He is just busy. It¡¯s his birthday. Who doesn¡¯t want to party and enjoy with their friends on their birthday. I am being a pathetic now. He has a life and he is enjoying it. But then what is this feeling? Why do I feel like crying? Geez I am being hypocritical. He understood when I was busy and here I am, acting so immature. He is just busy¡­.right? ¡°AMARA¡± Aaron shouted in my ear making me topple of my stool. ¡°What the hell!¡± I said rubbing my precious butt. ¡°What the hell did you do that for?¡± ¡°I have been calling you for like five minutes and you didn¡¯t reply so¡­¡± He saidughing at my expense. ¡°So you screamed in my ear?¡± I said irritated. ¡°Amy are you alright?¡± Aaron asked suddenly looking at me with concern. ¡°Yeah.¡± Why am I so irritated? ¡°Is it that time of the month?¡± he joked. ¡°No.¡± I repliedughed. ¡°Aren¡¯t you gettingte for work?¡± ¡°Oh shoot.¡± Aaron gobbled his breakfast in record time and dashed to the bathroom. I sat down and started eating my breakfast slowly, enjoying the show thoroughly. Aaron came out of the bathroom in five minutes, dripping wet with a towel wrapped around his waist. He ran in the bedroom and came back wearing a ck t-shirt and blue jeans. I took our tes to the sink and washed my hands. Aaron threw me a towel and sat down on the couch. I dried his hair with the towel as much as I can and then went to take a hair drier. Yup! He still can¡¯t dry his hair properly. After his hair werepletely dry, he put on his shoes and dashed outside yelling ''bye'' on the way. Chapter 4- Steven Chapter 4- Steven Today is the day I can finally go anywhere I want without have to babysit those brats. Well I can still bang chicks at my ce. I am really d that Austin offered to stay with me. I don¡¯t like staying in this empty apartment for too unless it¡¯s to sleep or sleep with someone. I am so mad at Cassidy for telling me to look after them, more like her. What¡¯s so special about her? She is just a girl. Okay! She is beautiful. She has the brightest smile I have ever seen and her eyes, they are like molten dark chocte and skin is so pale but a beautiful pale. If I wasn¡¯t so sure she smells like human, I would have said she is a vampire like me and Austin. She is not my type though so I don¡¯t really have a reason to pay attention to her. Austin on the other hand seems to like. I can tell by the looks he give her but he won¡¯t make a move. Why? Well we both saw the bite mark on her neck which means she is werewolf¡¯s mate. I saw the mark on the guy¡¯s neck as well. The question is what they are doing so far away from their packs. Werewolves usually don¡¯t allow their pack members to wonder around ces. From what I know, they get married at eighteen and the mates of the mutts are not allowed to leave the town the pack dwells in. It¡¯s not like I don¡¯t like the werewolves. I am just not very fond of them. When I asked Cassidy about why she gave them the apartment, she said the girl, Amara will be needing our help. She had a premonition about it so she took them in. She really confuses me sometimes. If she wasn¡¯t an old friend of mum, I would have given her a bird and left but she helped me a lot when I was going through hard time. To top it all, she will curse me to hell if I didn¡¯t listen to her. She is a damn good witch and so is Grayson. You do not want to cross that warlock in a battle. You will never know what hit you. But why would a mate of a werewolf need us? Have they ran away from their packs? She seem to talk to him once in a while and besides I once heard her telling one of the people working in the caf¨¦ that she has a boyfriend. Or is she cheating on him? Nahh that can¡¯t be the case. She doesn¡¯t look to be that type. Well I shouldn¡¯t care that much as Cassidy and Grayson will be back today and I will be off of babysitting duty. I can go back to my everyday life. It¡¯s not like I wasn¡¯t enjoying my life as usual anyways. I was doing what I do all the time and Austin was keeping an eye on those two. On the plus side I can finally leave the house. Austin told me that Amara was home today and Aaron went to work but will be back in the afternoon. He said something about her boyfriend¡¯s birthday being today. See she is not someone to cheat. I know I re at her all the time but she is a nice girl. I just don¡¯t want to get friendly with her and me being a vampire does not work in any of our favor. Well I don¡¯t like to make friends anyways and I am seriously not interested in being friends with them. I went to the living room to find the front door open and voices of Austin and Amara reached my ears. Isn¡¯t she supposed to be talking to her mate? I walked outside and peeked through the front door but they were so engrossed in their conversation, especially her, that they did not even pay any attention to me. Austin did not seem to be listing to a word. He was looking at her in a dazed expression. Geez dude! You are a vampire for heaven¡¯s sake. Is he starting to like this girl romantically? Well I knew he liked her but didn¡¯t knew it was till this extent. Amara on the other hand seemed to be talking about someone. She was talking animatedly. I heard Asher in the midst of it. Is that her mate? Must be or she wouldn¡¯t be so happy talking about him. She is human but she can still feel the bond. It draws them to each other. Well I should stop my dear friend from falling for amitted person. It won¡¯t take him anywhere. I cleared my throat loudly, sessfully snapping Austin out of his dream world. He looked quite embarrassed. I wanted tough at his face but stopped myself when I saw Amara looking at me with confusion and irritation. ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± I asked giving her a re and keeping my face nk. ¡°None of your business.¡± She snapped. That was the very first time she ever snapped at me. She looks irritated at something¡­ or someone. I wanted to grin at her difort but kept my face nk. ¡°We were just talking Steven.¡± Austin replied. ¡°What do you want?¡± Well someone didn¡¯t like it that I interrupted his gazing foolishly session. I smirked at him to which he replied with a re. ¡°I will see youter then Austin.¡± Amara grumbled and slid into her apartment. ¡°Don¡¯t say a word.¡± Austin grumbled after we heard her door lock. We entered my apartment and locked the door. ¡°Someone seemed smitten by that little girl¡¯s charm.¡± I said sniggering. ¡°Oh shut up. She looked a little sad so I stopped to talk with her. That¡¯s all.¡± He replied looking anywhere but me. ¡°You know she has a mate right.¡± I asked signing. ¡°Yeah.¡± He said looked at his folded hands on hisp. ¡°Then why?¡± ¡°I want a mate too.¡± He whispered. ¡°And she perfect. Whoever this mutt is, is really lucky to have her. I wish I was her mate. But that won¡¯t happen. She really loves that guy you know. You should have seen the way her eyes brightens up when his namees up or the way a smile stretches on her lips. I wish I had someone like that in my life.¡± ¡°I know buddy but we can¡¯t. Mine cheated on me for power and got herself killed. Yours chose a human over you, married him and died a long time ago. They left us Austin. They won¡¯t being back. The only thing we can do is move on and enjoy our life as best as we can.¡± It hurts to say that but I have to be strong for him. I can say I am coping pretty well but I can¡¯t say the same for him. He has it hard. He had to see his mate getting married, have kids, grow old and die. Her grandchildren are in college now. ¡°Why are we so unlucky Steve? How can someone chose someone else above their mate?¡± He said sobbing. ¡°It¡¯s going to be alright Austin.¡± I said squeezing his shoulder. This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. That¡¯s the only thing I can do. I told him to move on but he wouldn¡¯t. This is the first time I saw him showing any interest in a girl and she turned out to be someone else¡¯s mate. ¡°Steve.¡± I hummed in reply. ¡°You remember what Cassidy said about Amara that she will need our help.¡± I nodded. ¡°I am having a feeling her mate is going to cheat on her.¡± He said making me stiffen. ¡°I am having this feeling since I saw herst night.¡± ¡°But it will kill her. She is a human Austin.¡± My voice trembled for the first time in a decade. That was part of the reason Austin didn¡¯t move on when his mate was alive. It would have killed her. The werewolf or vampire is not affected that much but human dies if their mate cheats on them. There is only one way to survive that too doesn¡¯t work all the time and I am not sure if it works for humans at all. What are we going to do if that does happen? ¡°I think I will take a walk outside to clear my head.¡± Austin said and stormed out of the apartment leaving me with my troubled thoughts. I don¡¯t want her to die and I will do anything to save her. Chapter 5- Amara Chapter 5- Amara I locked my apartment door and plopped on the couch. That asshole Steven. Why does he have to poke his nose in other people¡¯s business? Austin and I were talking to each other. That actually distracted me from this morning¡¯s call to Asher but no he has toe and ruin the fun. It is remarkable how he can walk in a room and suck the life out of it. I might be exaggerating but who cares? Because of him I have to stay cooped up in my apartment alone. I would have invited Austin in but before I even got there, Steven the monster showed up. No point gloating on it. Aaron will be back by a few minutes past two. Till then I should at least finish my chores and remaining assignment which fortunately is only one. I have three hours to be done with everything then I will start with preparing lunch so it will be done till Aarones back. Let¡¯s get started then. It¡¯s two in the afternoon and Aaron will be back in a few minutes. I am with everything and waiting for him toe home. At twenty past two, the lock of the door clicked and a tired Aaron walked in. He needs to take a little while. He was upst night for god knows how long toplete his college work. He gave me a weak smile and plopped on the stool beside me after removing his shoes and washing his hands and feet. ¡°The pasta smells wonderful.¡± He said smiling. ¡°Thanks. How was your day? You look tired.¡± I said serving food on his te. ¡°The caf¨¦ was full with customers today. I didn¡¯t even get to sit all my shift. Millie wasn¡¯t happy that we cut our time today. She needed extra hands.¡± He replied gobbling down his food while I ate slowly. I am in no hurry. ¡°So where are we going today?¡± He asked grinning. ¡°I don¡¯t know. How about we go after five? You didn¡¯t sleep wellst night. You will feel fresh after you are a little rested.¡± I suggested. ¡°Off course not.¡± He said narrowing his eyes at me. ¡°I did not stay upst night to bail today¡¯s n.¡± ¡°Aaron you will get sick. We have school tomorrow. We will go after five.¡± I said making him look at me in disbelief which I obviously ignored and carried on. ¡°We can enjoy the night life of the city if there is any. We haven¡¯t been out at night here.¡± ¡°You do understand that we can¡¯t go to a club right. You are seventeen and I am eighteen.¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t talking about club. I was talking about talking a stroll in the evening. Go where the road takes us.¡± I saidmely. ¡°You know, you need more rest than I do. You are acting weird.¡± He said chuckling making me pout. ¡°Fine. We will go out say five thirtyish. I do feel tired.¡± We finished eating and cleaned up the counter. I started washing the dishes and Aaron was drying them. We were almost done when I felt a sharp pain in my chest making me wince. ¡°You alright?¡± Aaron asked looking at me concern. ¡°Yeah I think so. I just felt a sharp pain in my chest. Must be a heart burn.¡± I replied nonchntly. I never get those though. ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± We finished the dishes and went to take a nap. Aaron set an rm for five and dozed of immediately. I on the other hand was awake. The pain won¡¯t go away. It wasing in intervals. Sharp pains in my chest like someone was making little cuts on my heart. I buried my face to stop myself from wincing loudly. After like an hour or so it stopped but ce where my heart is felt scorched. I closed my eyes and dozed off like somebody sucked the energy out of me. I woke up to Aaron shaking me violently. I opened my eyes groggily to his worried face. He was standing on the bunkdder. What did I do now? ¡°I have been trying to wake you up for half an hour now. You were sleeping like a dead log. Are you alright?¡± he asked worried. ¡°Yeah.¡± I said getting up. He climbed down and I followed. ¡°It¡¯s already half past five. How about we order in and binge watch movies?¡± he asked looking at me in concern. I feel drowsy. On the second thought that would be a great idea. I nodded. ¡°How about pizza?¡± he asked. I don¡¯t want to worry him but I can¡¯t do anything at the moment. My face must be showing that I am not feeling well. ¡°Yeah. Sounds good.¡± I whispered. ¡°Why don¡¯t you take a bath? You will feel better. Till then I will set everything up.¡± He said ushering me to the bathroom. I didn¡¯t have the energy to protest. I locked the bathroom door and started the tap to fill the bath tub. My arms and legs feel so heavy. I feel like some drained every ounce of energy from my body. When the bath tub was full and the water temperature was right, I removed my clothes and sank in the tub. Heaven. After about ten minutes, I got up and rubbed myself dry with the towel that was fortunately there. In all the daze, I have forgotten to bring my cloths and towel. I do feel a little better than before but still a little tired. I wrapped the towel around my body and went in the bedroom to change. I saw his were turned off to make the room darker. The kitchen light was on. The scent of popcorn is wafting from the kitchen. Aaron must be there making popcorn. I changed into myfiest baby blue pajamas and walked outside the bedroom. I plopped my ass on the couch. Aaron came with tworge baskets full of popcorn. Yes! We eat a lot. He settled them on This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. either side of us and dashed back to get us something to drink. I feel so bad that he is doing all the work even after he is so tired but my body don¡¯t seem to cooperate me now. He sat down beside me and picked up theptop. ¡°So what are we watching?¡± he asked. ¡°How about horror?¡± I suggested. ¡°Sure.¡± He said. ¡°How about we start with the Anabelle movies then move on to the others.¡± I nodded. He put theptop back with ¡®Anabelle¡¯ ying. We snuggled closer and wrapped the nket around us. We are both scared of horror movies but we still like to watch them. After a lot of screaming and hugging the movie ended. He put on ¡®Anabelle creation¡¯ and snuggled to me. Before starting the movie, he ordered the pizza. We were on the part where Janice¡¯s wheelchair is pushed in the shed and she is thrown on the floor when Aaron paused the movie and dashed to the washroom yelling ¡®I have to take a dump¡¯ on the way. I was about toy back when the downstairs doorbell rang. That must be our pizza. I don¡¯t think Aaron will being back any sooner keeping in mind the speed he ran off with. I got up off the couch but the world swirled around me. I took a hold of the hand rest of the couch to steady myself. Am I catching flu? But I am not sneezing or anything. The doorbell rang again. I took a deep breath and went to the bedroom to get my wallet. I opened the door and walked out of it. I still feel a little light headed. What is happening to me? I could have sent Aaron but I don¡¯t want him to get any more worried. I walked down the hallway, slowly I might add and then descended the stairs. I opened the front door and the delivery guy gave me my box. By now I am sweating profusely. I don¡¯t feel good. The delivery guy gave me a worried look. ¡°Are you feeling alright? You look¡­..pale.¡± The delivery guy said. ¡°Yeah. I think I aming down with flu.¡± I replied to him smiling. I paid him the money. ¡°Well take care.¡± He said before he walked off to his ride. I locked the door and started ascending the stairs. Why isn¡¯t Cassidy and Grayson back yet? They said they will be home by now. They might be running a bitte I guess. I was halfway through the stairs when a sharp pain went through my chest making me cry out loud. It felt painful than the first one. Then another with more intensity than the other that I doubled over. The pizza almost slipped out of my hands. I put it down on thending along with my wallet and started crawling my way up. What is happening to me? My vision started to swim. Almost there. I was on thest step when a pain so extreme went through my chest that a scream escaped my mouth. Iid there on the top stair. Something wet fell on the floor in front of me and I noticed I was crying. I crawled up to the opposite wall on the where the apartment door was and got up with the support of the wall. The hallway started to swim in and out of my focus. I kept walking and soon the door came in view. I was just about to knock on it when I felt an unbearable pain in my heart. I wanted to scream but it wouldn¡¯te out. I almost passed out. I leaned my head on the door. I need to get to Aaron. But before I could knock on the door, the door opened and fell in. I was waiting to for the ground to make contact with my face but it never came. I fell on a hard, cold chest and I cked out. Chapter 6- Steven Chapter 6- Steven After Austin left, I took a blood bag out of my freezer and set it out on the kitchen counter to warm up a little. Don¡¯t want to eat blood vored Popsicle, right? I tried it once and let¡¯s just say I did not like it that much. Well blood is the only thing I can eat or more like drink so there are times you want to get creative with the only present item in your fridge but it just ends up being the most horrible dish you ever had. I have had a couple such incidents and Austin was not happy about it nor was Cassidy as she provides me with the blood bags from her hospital. Can¡¯t go ripping throats around the ce, can we now? That women looks like in her fifties but she is actually more than four hundred years old. Yup Cassidy and Grayson have been around for a while. We just happen to age slower than the humans but we do age. Cassidy was friends with my mom. They were like sisters. My mom found Cassidy inte sixteenth century as a baby. She was only a few months old. Mum was fourteen at that time in vampire years. She brought Cassidy home with her and her parents raised her like their own despite her being a witch. When mum found her mate, my dad in 1640, Cassidy went to train as a witch with a witch and warlock couple my grandparents were friends with. I was born on 3rd of September 1645 in Europe. When I was around sixteen in vampire years, I moved in with Cassidy in America because of my parent¡¯s This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. death. It was in the year 1885. Once I asked Cassidy her age when I was a teen, she just pped me across the back of my head. Something about asking a women her age is being rude to the women. I never asked her about that again but I more or less figured it out. Austin is from Ennd. We met because our covens were mutual friends. He is around forty five human years younger than me. Cassidy and I might be born just a little over sixty years apart but she is way older than me. Vampires age slower than werewolves and witches so we have to keep moving from ce to ce or just live in a scheduled ces with no human contacts. I looked like a fifteen or sixteen year old in human growth frame when I moved in with Cassidy so I couldn¡¯t live on my own and there were some other circumstances that I would rather not want to recall. Hmm old times. The music was really good back then but the fashion was rather crappy. Well no meaning in beating a dead horse now. Did I say that phrase right or was it something else? I will ask Austinter. Where the hell are Cassidy and Grayson anyways? Shouldn¡¯t they be home by now? Well I will just take a nap. Cassidy will probably bang my door open when she will be home like she always does after her vacations, to tell me all about her adventures. I think she might have been around the globe at least three times by now but she still wants to go on her little trips. If I had a mate, I would have done the same. No matter how many times she wanted to roam the world, I would have taken her. The same pain of emptiness suddenly made its appearance. I don¡¯t want to feel this loneliness. I will just find someone to bang tonight. It will atleast make the pain unnoticeable. I picked up my phone and texted a random chick. I have their numbers but with no names on it. It¡¯sbeled with numbers from 1, 2 and so on. Only Cassidy, Grayson and Austin¡¯s contacts are with their names. Others are all the chicks I fuck to keep it going. They just throw themselves at me. I kind of do need them though to keep myself sane. It¡¯s been like an almost daily routine since I came to know about my mate cheating on me. Enough with these sappy thoughts I should just take a nap. I removed my t-shirt and crawled into my bed after finishing my blood bag which was not as cold as before. ¡°AMARA¡± I jolted out of my bed. What the fuck! Why the hell is he shouting? What time is it? I picked up my phone to check the time. It¡¯s five thirty five in the evening. I heard those two talking to each other in a civil voice. Sensitive ears here people. Don¡¯t shout. I rolled on my side to get back to sleep but it just wouldn¡¯te back. Austin doesn¡¯t seem to be back yet. I hope he is okay. Uhhh. Can¡¯t get back to sleep so I might as well get up. I do have to take a bath before Cassidyes back. She will kill me if she found out I haven¡¯t had a bath in two days. I have to clean the house as well. It looks like a tornado ran over here. I cleaned the living room and kitchen first in at a break neck speed. Being a vampire Done. I only have to take a bath now. I think I might as well drink some blood. I pulled out a blood bag from the freezer and set it out on the counter. Should I watch a movie till the bag warms up? I put on ¡®Fate of the Furious¡¯ on my Netflix and sat in myfy couch to watch the movie on my t screen. I just love all these fast and furious movies. I was in the middle of the movie when I remembered about the blood bag. I paused the movie and got the blood bag. I continued to watch the movie with sipping on my little smoothie in my hands. Note the sarcasm. How can a vampire¡¯s life be so boring? Chapter 7- Steven Chapter 7- Steven Finally the movie ended. I should go take a bath. With that thought I entered the bathroom. I hate bathing but I have to do that to keep the female beast under control. She doesn¡¯t have much rules about anything but she is a clean freak. If I didn¡¯t clean the house and take a bath, she will hand me my ass when she gets here and me being a vampire does not change anything. She will beat the crap out of me without losing a breath. She is a very powerful witch after all. I filled the bath tub with hot water and sank myself in after throwing my clothes in the cloth basket. This feels good though. I soaked for god knows how long but the water had turned cold. My body temperature doesn¡¯t help in that case either. Time to get out. I pulled the plug and drained the water. I reached for the shampoo in the cab and washed my hair. I applied the conditioner in my hair and left it tillter. After that I took the body wash and loofah from the cab and applied the body wash on me. I was about to about to turn on the shower when I heard it. A blood curling scream. A female voice. It ising from down the hallway. I wouldn¡¯t have heard it if I didn¡¯t have advanced hearing. Who is it? I rinsed the conditioner and the body wash as fast as I could and got out of the shower. I wiped myself off real quick and ran at full speed from the bathroom to my bedroom. I quickly put on my boxers and slid into a sweat pant. I dashed to the main door to look for the person. I opened the door to get out and look for her. I was in so much hurry that I didn¡¯t even feel or smell her outside the door. As soon as I pulled the door open, she fell on me and passed out. ¡°Amara.¡± I carried her to the couch in the living room andid her down on it. She is burning up and breathing heavily. I don¡¯t know what is going on with her? Should I call Cassidy? She will know what to do. I picked up my phone and dialed Cassidy. Meanwhile I should get Aaron here. ¡°I am on my way. Be there in ten.¡± Cassidy said before I can even utter a word and she hung up. Cassidy and her visions. Oh yeah Aaron. I dashed out of my door and barged in their apartment. I saw Aaron exiting the bathroom. He frowned looking at me. ¡°Amara is in my apartment.¡± I said making his eyes go wide. Before I could say anything else he ran in my apartment. I followed him. Is this what I am thinking it is? No that can¡¯t be. I will find out when Cassidyes home. ¡°What happened to her?¡± Aaron asked holding her hand but let go of it immediately. ¡°She is burning up. We should call the ambnce.¡± ¡°I called Cassidy already. They will be here any moment.¡± He nodded. ¡°I was in shower when I heard a scream so I dressed up as soon as I can and went to check. But as soon as I opened my apartment door she fell in. So I carried her in and called Cassidy for you know to know what to do. She told me she will be here in ten. After that I went to get you.¡± I am scared. I don¡¯t want anyone to go through what I went. But the way Cassidy sounded¡­.no. She just have some fever which will go away soon. I hope it¡¯s just fever though and nothing of major importance. She is sweating so badly. ¡°Can you bring me a bowl of cold water and a wash cloth?¡± Aaron asked. I nodded and brought the things. I kept the water bowl beside him handed him the wash cloth. That¡¯s when I noticed, Aaron¡¯s hands were shaking. Please don¡¯t freak out now. Is he crying? ¡°Will she be alright? I have never seen her like this before.¡± He said between sobs. ¡°She will be alright.¡± I said and took the wash cloth from his hand. He sat down on the carpet and buried his face in his hands. Really! Shouldn¡¯t he be taking care of her at the moment? What type of friend is he? I plunged the wash cloth in the cold water, drained it and wiped her face and arms with it. I put the wash cloth back in the cold water, drained it and put it on her forehead. I removed her shoes and socks. Where are Cassidy and Grayson? Think of the devils and the devils shall appear. I am d they appeared though. Cassidy unceremonially pushed me out of the way and started checking Amara. I will let that go this time. She started removing her top and my heart sank. No. She ced her hand on the ce where heart resides and closed her eyes. Aaron was still sitting in the same position as before and not looking up at our weird ways of treatment. My breathe hitched in my throat when Cassidy made a whimpering sound. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. No. This can¡¯t be happening. She is a human girl. She is only seventeen. I don¡¯t want her to go through this. This must be the first time of her mate cheating on her that¡¯s why her body reacted this bad. She will recover from this I hope but she will slowly die. What are we going to do? But being away from her mate will give us more time to figure out a solution. Maybe we should stop her from going home. I will turn her into a vampire if ites to it. I will do anything. She deserves to live not that bastard that is cheated on her. Didn¡¯t he knew about the consequences? They are taught about this when they kids. If I ever get my hands on him, I will tear him limb by limb. Grayson carried her in my bedroom andid her their removing theforter. Cassidy sted the AC on full st to keep her temperature down. That¡¯s the only thing we can do till she wakes up. She needs to wake up. If she can pass through this one, we can help her after that. She just need to wake up. It depends on her will to live though. Please wake up Amara. Only you can do this. Pass the first stage and we will help you live through whates after. Chapter 8- Amara Chapter 8- Amara Pain. That¡¯s all I am feeling in my chest or is it my heart? Am I having a heart attack? Nahh! That can¡¯t be the case. I am too young for it anyways. But why is so dark? Why can¡¯t I see anything? Am I floating? What was that? I spun around to find a ball of light in front of me. What is this ce? This light feels familiar. It feels like someone I know. But who? The ball of light started to change its shape. I have seen this before. This is how I met Ryder. As soon as the light took a definite shape, I ran towards him but I couldn¡¯t touch him. ¡°Papa. Why can¡¯t I touch you?¡± I asked. ¡°Because we are not in the physical world.¡± He answered making me more confused. Did I die? But I don¡¯t remember dying. A gasp left my lips when I remembered what had happened. I didn¡¯t get to meet anyone before I left the world. Why so sudden though? I was fine yesterday. ¡°You are not dead princess.¡± Papa said snapping me out of my thoughts. ¡°But you need to wake up soon.¡± ¡°What? But then what is all this?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t tell you that now. Come home. I want to see you onest time before I go on.¡± He said in a sad voice. ¡°Where are you going papa?¡± I asked terrified of the thought that crossed my mind. He can¡¯t go now. ¡°What do you mean by onest time? Are you noting back?¡± I want to be wrong. I don¡¯t want him to go. He can¡¯t go now. ¡°Don¡¯t cry pup.¡± When did start I crying? ¡°You knew from the beginning that this time wille. Besides you need toe home for something more important than that. I know you are in pain sweetie but you need toe home. First you need to wake up.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to lose you.¡± My legs gave away. I felt hime closer to me. ¡°Wake up Amara ande home. This is myst request.¡± No. I don¡¯t want to leave him. What if I don¡¯t get there in time? What if he died before I can see him? ¡°I will be waiting for you till you get here.¡± ¡°Promise?¡± I asked looking at him from my blurry eyes. ¡°I promise.¡± He said with what looked like a smile. I didn¡¯t notice before but papa is crying too. He never cries. So why now? ¡°Wake up ande home princess.¡± I felt myself being pulled backwards with jerk. No. Stop pulling me. Let me go. Papa just stood there smiling at me. He was going farther away. I closed my eyes and screamed in frustration. I opened my eyes again but the brightness of the room made me flinch. This isn¡¯t the same dark ce. I looked around to find a person standing next to me with wide eyes. ¡°Steven.¡± I croaked. The hell! I sounded like a freaking toad. ¡°You woke up.¡± He said like he couldn¡¯t believe it. Huh. When did he start caring for me? Where am I anyways? This isn¡¯t my bunk bed. Where is Aaron? Why is there an IV in my hand? ¡®Wake up ande home.¡¯ Who said that? ¡®Come home.¡¯ I looked around the room but there was nobody other than Steven. ¡®Come home.¡¯ Papa. He is dying. I need to go home. I jolted up in siting position but slumped back down immediately, groaning in pain. My body hurts. ¡°Don¡¯t move. Cassidy is on her way.¡± Steven said giving me a ss of water which I drank greedily. ¡°I need to go home.¡± I said after the empty ss was removed from my lips. It hurts to even talk. What is wrong with me? Steven tensed. What¡¯s wrong with this one? Where am I? Is this his apartment? ¡°Is this your apartment?¡± ¡°Um¡­ yeah. You passed out on me when I opened my door.¡± He replied. ¡°Oh. I thought it was my apartment door.¡± I said blushing. That was his hard, cold chest then. ¡°Does it hurt anywhere?¡± Is he worried about me? This is new. ¡°Everywhere.¡± I mumbled. ¡°I need to go home.¡± ¡°You are in no condition to go anywhere.¡± He said sternly but another emotion crossed his eyes. Was it fear? ¡°How are you feeling Amara?¡± Cassidy said startling me. When did she came in? She sat on the side of my bed. ¡°My body hurts like hell. Especially my chest.¡± She nodded and sat down on the side of the bed. She started examining me. ¡°She was screaming before she woke up.¡± Steven added. I was screaming? ¡°How long was I out?¡± I asked. ¡°Three days.¡± Cassidy said. What? But why? This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°What is happening to me?¡± I asked. Cassidy and Steven both looked at each other with a worried expression. Am I dying? ¡°How about you rest first? We can talk about thister. It¡¯s nothing serious so don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Cassidy said calmly. Nothing serious, my ass. They are lying. ¡°I am going home.¡± I told them. ¡°I know.¡± She said. Steven was looking at her weirdly. He looked almost angry. What is going on over here and how does she know I am going home? ¡°Where is Aaron?¡± I asked. ¡°Work.¡± Steven said with gritted teeth. Huh! Something does not seem right. ¡°Cassidy can I go to my home town tomorrow?¡± I asked. ¡°Off course.¡± She said smiling. ¡°Do you mind if wee with you?¡± ¡°What?¡± Steven shouted from behind her. ¡°Not you Steven. Just me and Grayson. You can¡¯t go there. I would like a little vacation and it will be better if you have doctors with you. I mean you won¡¯t be fully recovered by tomorrow and we don¡¯t know the exact cause yet so it will better that way.¡± I am having a feeling that she won¡¯t let me go alone and I don¡¯t think Aaron will be able toe with me. But I am going to live at the cabin. What am I supposed to do? I will make them live at Alec¡¯s apartment. That would do. ¡°Okay.¡± I said rolling my eyes. ¡°We will be living with you at the cabin.¡± Cassidy said narrowing her eyes, shocking the hell out of me. ¡°How?... What?... No you can¡¯t¡± I blundered like a fool. ¡°Amara I am a witch and Grayson is a warlock.¡± She said slowly making my eyes widen in shocking. What the freaking hell? ¡°Austin and Steven are vampires.¡± She continued when I couldn¡¯t speak. I looked at Steven who was ring at Cassidy. ¡°Why are you telling me this now?¡± I managed to ask. ¡°I thought it¡¯s the right time to tell you. I saw your pack symbol too. I knew you were mated to a werewolf but I didn¡¯t knew you were a part of the pack.¡± What the fuck? This is giving me a headache. I need to get out of here. ¡°So how are you a part of this pack?¡± ¡°The alpha adopted me.¡± I stammered. ¡°We are not going to hurt you Amara. I am just trying to map the situation here. The pain you experienced is not even an ounce to the pain you will be going through when you go home but you have to go home. It is necessary.¡± She said seriously. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± I asked horrified. ¡°You will know when the timees but don¡¯t give up. You are stronger than you think you are. You deserve better. Whatever happens, don¡¯t give up.¡± She is scaring me. What is wrong with this women? ¡°For now, you need to rest so you will good enough to travel tomorrow.¡± She said standing up. She injected something in my drip freaking me out. ¡°It will help you sleep. I will book the tickets for tomorrow and pack your cloths for the journey. Don¡¯t worry you will be alright. We will help you.¡± Whatever she put in my drip was starting to take effect. I felt sleepy. Cassidy left the room with an angry Steven hot on her tail and I cked out again. Chapter 9- Steven Chapter 9- Steven ¡°I am going home.¡± Amara said out of nowhere. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. She can¡¯t go home now. The effect of the mess her mate made is still raw at the moment. She might die from that. Cassidy will talk her out of it I guess. ¡°I know.¡± Cassidy said shocking the hell out of me. Is she insane? Why isn¡¯t she telling her that she can¡¯t go? ¡°Where is Aaron?¡± Amara asked. ¡°Work.¡± I replied with gritted teeth. That son of a bitch is going on and about his daily life like nothing happened to his best friend. Sometimes I wonder if he even cares about her. ¡°Cassidy can I go to my home town tomorrow?¡± Amara asked. ¡°Off course.¡± Cassidy replied smiling. ¡°Do you mind if wee with you?¡± ¡°What?¡± I shouted out of surprise. What the hell? ¡°Not you Steven. Just me and Grayson. You can¡¯t go there. I would like a little vacation and it will be better if you have doctors with you. I mean you won¡¯t be fully recovered by tomorrow and we don¡¯t know the exact cause yet so it will be better that way.¡± What is Cassidy on about? Is she keeping something from me? Why does she look so happy? Did she ¡°Okay.¡± Amara said rolling her eyes. ¡°We will be living with you at the cabin.¡± Cassidy said narrowing her eyes at Amara. You can¡¯t hide anything from Cassidy. She will find out anything one way or another. Amara looked shocked. I would be too if I were in her ce. I wanted tough at her but I controlled myself. ¡°How?... What?... No you can¡¯t¡± Amara stuttered. What¡¯s with this cabin? Is Amara hiding something? Well we aren¡¯t close enough to share our secrets are we? ¡°Amara I am a witch and Grayson is a warlock.¡± Cassidy said in a slow and calm voice. Huh! Amara was gaping at her, opening and closing her mouth. Why is she telling her that? ¡°Austin and Steven are vampires.¡± She continued. What the fucking hell? Why is she dragging me into this? ¡°Why are you telling me this now?¡± Amara managed to choke out. ¡°I thought it¡¯s the right time to tell you. I saw your pack symbol too. I knew you were mated to a werewolf but I didn¡¯t knew you were a part of the pack. So how are you a part of this pack?¡± Cassidy asked like this is the most normal thing to happen on a daily basis. I want to know that as well. ¡°The alpha adopted me.¡± Amara said in a low voice. How? As far as I know, that does not give you the pack symbol. ¡°We are not going to hurt you Amara. I am just trying to map the situation here. The pain you experienced is not even an ounce to the pain you will be going through when you go home but you have to go home. It is necessary.¡± Cassidy said seriously. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Amara asked. She looked scared out of her mind. ¡°You will know when the timees but don¡¯t give up. You are stronger than you think you are. You deserve better. Whatever happens, don¡¯t give up. For now, you need to rest so you will good enough to travel tomorrow.¡± Cassidy said standing up. She injected the medicine in the drip. ¡°It will help you sleep. I will book the tickets for tomorrow and pack your cloths for the journey. Don¡¯t worry you will be alright. We will help you.¡± I can see Amara was losing conscious. Cassidy bounced out of the room with me right behind her. Someone looks happy. What is going on here? ¡°Why are you so happy?¡± I asked as soon as the door to my bedroom closed behind us. ¡°Well I have a good news.¡± She said bouncing on her heels. ¡°And¡­¡± ¡°I think Amara isn¡¯t human. Not entirely that is. She is part human.¡± She said with wide eyes and a mad grin on her face. ¡°What? Are you sure?¡± Is she kidding me? If she is not human then I would have felt it or smelt it on her but nothing of sorts happened. ¡°What makes you think that way?¡± ¡°I will tell you everything when we get back from her home town. I don¡¯t know what she is exactly but I know she can¡¯t be human. I felt a presence of a spirit around her before she woke up. It felt like the spirit was trying tomunicate with her in her head. It wasn¡¯t there around her or inside her but its presence was really strong. It felt like an alpha wolf was present there in person. If I am correct about my theory then I don¡¯t think the alpha that she said adopted her is a living person and if he is not a living person then we have a major chance of saving her. I think we will be able to stop her from dying due to the rejection. She not being human ys a major part in this.¡± Cassidy said seriously. ¡°Okay but why is she feeling the effects so strong then and what is this cabin?¡± I asked shocked out of my mind. ¡°I think her powers are not fully awakened yet or they might be dormant as she is part human. That human side must be causing her pain. I am not sure myselfpletely though. I think I will find out when we go to the cabin. That cabin is important in this. It triggered her other side. I saw it in her memories. It is in the woods of Greycoast. She first went there when she was ten and moved there when she turned sixteen. She lived there alone but it felt like there was someone or more than one person living there with her but I couldn¡¯t see them. This memory too was hard to prate in her mind. I did that when she was unconscious yesterday with great difficulty. That too I found only bare minimum. You can say the memories of the cabin are kept in a high security vault in her mind which are hard to reach by any person, human or super naturals. I don¡¯t think she is doing it though. Something else is protecting her or she would have died the first time, three days ago when the results of her cheating mate hit her the first time. I think her mate is cheating on her way longer than this. I felt the emptiness creeping inside a month after she arrived here. Three days ago he must have slept with someone else that¡¯s why she copsed. I thought she will die from this but she survived. Her dormant powers kept her going and the spirit helped her get out of theatose state. I think the spirit has called her back home. That¡¯s why she wants to go.¡± Cassidy finished her rant sighing. She plopped on the couch of the living room leaving a shell shocked me standing like a fool in the middle of the room. Cassidy looked to be in deep thought. Spirit? Part human? Cheating since months? How long did she knew this? I slowly walked to the couch and sat beside her after I gained the control of my limbs back. What is Amara? She doesn¡¯t even know she is not human? ¡°I might need your help at some point.¡± Cassidy said breaking the silence. ¡°In what?¡± I asked confused. ¡°Well¡­ you know¡­ in coping with the rejection. I mean in teaching her how to live with the emptiness.¡± She replied looking straight ahead. ¡°Are you telling me to teach her my way of coping with the pain?¡± I asked her suspiciously. ¡°Not exactly your way but be with her when she needs someone to cope up with this. No one can understand the pain of rejection than the person who is been through there. I just want her to live happily. I think that the girl is special and we must help her. She is good for you. I am having a feeling that the girl will heal your wounds.¡± She said looking at me expectantly. No one can heal my wounds. They are permanent. They bleed every so often. But I will try helping Amara as much as I can. No one should go through the pain I went through. It kills you from the inside. This is going to be one hell of a ride. Chapter 10- Amara Chapter 10- Amara I woke up in the morning to find my bags packed and so were Cassidy and Grayson¡¯s. Aaron gave me a hug and left for his sses. He seems a little distanttely. He didn¡¯t even looked lightly concerned about me or was it just me being overly dramatic. I hope it¡¯s theter. He must be really busy. Our ne leaves at ten so we left the apartment at eight. I slept through the entire journey. I still felt a little weak. Our nended at the Airport at half past eight. From here it¡¯s a half an hour ride to Greycoast. We boarded a taxi and carried on with our journey. As soon as we started the taxi ride, I could feel the pack link getting stronger. There is this other sinking feeling as well but I ignore it now and focus on more pressing matters first. It must be my nerves messing with my head. I need to ask papa if I am allowed to bring Cassidy and Grayson to the cabin. I am not sure I should though. They helped me a lot but they are strangers after all. Besides they are super naturals and I am one hundred percent sure they are not supposed to know about papa and Ryder. I should just drive them over to Alec¡¯s. I can sneak off to the cabin in the middle of the night to meet papa and Ryder. I have already told him about using. ¡°I think it will be better to head to Alec¡¯s now. It¡¯s kind of getting reallyte now.¡± I voiced my thoughts. Not theplete thoughts though. The mind link was back on by now. I should contact papa or maybe I should just go there in person. ¡°I think we should go there directly.¡± Cassidy said. Please cut me some ck. I can¡¯t take them there. Papa will hand me my ass. Besides I need to talk to my family in private. My father is dying after all. ¡°Sorry. I can¡¯t take you to the cabin. It¡¯s kind of a person home for me. We will stay at Alec¡¯s for now. I will ask the pack alpha if I can bring you there. Then and after then only I will take you there. I know I aming out quite rude but I just can¡¯t.¡± I told her with finality in my voice. ¡°I am already breaching the packw by bringing a witch and a warlock in the packnds. I don¡¯t want to get in anymore trouble. I hope you can understand where I aming from.¡± I need to tell Leo about them as well. I can do that tomorrow when I will go meet Asher. His name made the sinking feeling in my stomach more pronounced. I hope he is not mad at me anymore. Maybe he will kiss the living day lights out of me when he sees me at his doorsteps. We haven¡¯t seen each other for a while now. This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Okay.¡± Cassidy replied. Well that was easy. I gave the cab driver Alec¡¯s address. After we arrived at the apartment and unloaded our bags, I called Alec to take us inside the front door which was obviously locked. A few secondster, I heard the front door m open and I was engulfed in my brother¡¯s arms. I missed him so much. ¡°Whoa!¡± he said letting go of me and holding me at the arms. He gave me a once over but his eyes lingered more on my face. ¡°What happened to you?¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± I asked confused. Do I have something on my face? ¡°Have you looked at your face in the mirrortely? You look really pale and you haverge dark circles around your eyes. If I didn¡¯t knew better, I would have thought you were suffering from some serious disease or something.¡± He said chuckling. ¡°You aren¡¯t right?¡± This time he looked possibly terrified. ¡°Off course not.¡± I replied. ¡°I had no idea I am looking that terrible. I just got out of a high fever yesterday. Maybe that¡¯s why I am looking like this.¡± I lied. ¡°I know you are lying about that fever.¡± He said narrowing his eyes at me in a very mom like way making me gulp. ¡°But I know you will tell me everything. Well we should get inside. Caleb and Carter are upstairs, fixing us dinner.¡± Cassidy cleared her throat behind me. Oops I totally forgot about them. ¡°This is Cassidy and Grayson, myndlords.¡± I introduced then to Alec. ¡°And this is my brother, Alec.¡± They shook each other¡¯s hands and we started ascending to Alec¡¯s apartment. Alec was carrying my bag and Grayson was carrying Cassidy and his bag. The door was open and the scent ofsagne was drifting out of the door making my mouth water making Alecugh in my face. I ignored him and speed walked to inside the apartment which I once shared with Alec. It was just the same except for the two hot twins cooking in the kitchen. This ce brought back many memories of the high school. The good ones off course but it still gave me the knowing pang in my chest which I have no idea what it is about. ¡°Hey guys.¡± I greeted them grinning. At the same moment my stomach grumbled loudly making themugh. I blushed because of my embarrassing stomach. Alec came in with my bag followed by Cassidy and Grayson. As soon as they entered the room, the atmosphere changedpletely. The twins stoppedughing and pulled Alec and I behind them, low threatening growlsing out there mouth. Holy shit! How could I forget? I was going to talk to Leo tomorrow but they are werewolves too. Shit! Shit! Shit! Cassidy stood there unfazed and Grayson was looking around the apartment, paying no attention to the two mad wolves. ¡°Umm¡­ Caleb¡­ Carter¡­ why don¡¯t we sit down?¡± I asked. ¡°WHY ARE THEY HERE?¡± Caleb growled. They both looked to be on the verge of shifting. Oh no! ¡°I can exin.¡± I said nervously. ¡°You know what they are?¡± Carter asked confused. He almost looked like I did a terrible crime which I sort of did bring a witch and a warlock on the pack looked to be enjoying the show and Grayson looked bored out of his mind. ¡°Yeah. They are myndlords and they told me about them yesterday after I woke up from aa.¡± I whispered looking at the floor. ¡°WHAT?¡± Alec¡¯s voice rang sharply in the apartment giving me a headache. Oh this is going to be interesting. Chapter 11- Amara Chapter 11- Amara After a lot of growling and shouting, we all settled down on the living room couch. The dinnery forgotten. Caleb and Carter were growling lowly in their throats from time to time. The tension in the room could be cut with a butter knife but no one looked more irritated and angry than Alec. ¡°So?¡± Alec hissed when I didn¡¯t say a word. ¡°Well three days ago¡­ or was it four¡­¡± Alec red at me when I stopped to count the days. ¡°Okay so it was Asher¡¯s birthday. That much I remember. I wasn¡¯t feeling well since the night prior to his birthday. I don¡¯t know why but I felt weak. In the morning, I called Asher but till then a light pain had started in my chest. I don¡¯t know if it was physical pain or something else but I felt these sharp pains in my chest. The day went by and as I was not feeling well, we that is Aaron and I cancelled our n to go out and stayed at home to watch movies. At seven or so I went downstairs to pick up our pizza delivery but the pain became more prominent and I felt a little dizzy. But Aaron was in the bathroom so there was no one to get the pizza. I went down alright. I mean not alright but at least I could walk. The pain was bearable. But as I started ascending the stairs the sharp pains intensified and on thending it just went through the room. I think I screamed bloody murder.¡± I said embarrassed. ¡°I crawled my way up and started walking to our apartment door but the pain was killing me. I couldn¡¯t see properly as the pain was that much agonising. I reached the door and passed out. Steven, our neighbour had heard me scream so came to check and I fell in through his door thinking it was mine. He called Cassidy to check me up as she is a doctor and so is Grayson. When I woke up, they told me I was out for three days.¡± After I finished I looked up at the people sitting in front of me. Alec looked to be in shock. Caleb and Carter on the other hand looked mad and disgusted. What did I do? ¡°You know what is happening to her don¡¯t you?¡± Cassidy asked them. ¡°Yeah.¡± Caleb gritted out and Carter nodded. They looked quite ashamed. ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Alec asked. ¡°She has to find that out herself. I won¡¯t be telling her anything and neither will you two.¡± Cassidy said firmly. She looked quite dangerous for a women that size. The twins nodded and looked away, avoiding eye contact with me. What are they hiding from me? What is happening to me? Am I dying? ¡°Is anyone going to tell me anything? Why does my sister look like she is withering every second?¡± Alec shouted frustrated. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. ¡°You will have to wait till tomorrow.¡± Grayson said ¡°You are going to the cabin tonight right?¡± Grayson asked shocking the hell out of me. ¡°I am a warlock Amy. I can prate your mind if I want. We just can¡¯t get to the memories of the people living at the cabin. We know you don¡¯t live there alone.¡± ¡°How?...Wait¡­what are you up to? Why do you keep bringing my cabin in everything?¡± I asked suspiciously. What is up with these two? ¡°You will find out tomorrow.¡± Cassidy replied. ¡°But¡­¡± ¡°No.¡± Cassidy cut me. ¡°The dinner will get cold.¡± She got up marched to the kitchen and the others followed leaving me and Alec behind. We looked at each other frustrated and followed them. What are they hiding? Am I really dying? What is happening to me and how does Carter and Caleb know about it? She said about this being an effect of something. What could cause me so much pain? Well she said I will find out tomorrow. I can¡¯t do anything but wait for tomorrow. Dinner passed in a tense environment. Nobody talked or took their eyes away from their tes. After that I took a shower and put on my jacket to go to the cabin. Alec looked reluctant to let me go alone but Caleb and Cassidy talked him out of it. As soon as I reached the edge of the forest I contacted Ryder to pick me up as I am in no condition to walk all the way to the cabin. I walked a little inside the edge of the forest so that no one will see Ryder with me. Well no one can see him but one can¡¯t be cautious enough. After a couple minutes a massive wolf spirit appeared in front of me making me halt my steps but the one thing I didn¡¯t expect is that said wolf spirit fuming as hell fire. Who bit his tail now? "Umm... Ryder?" He just huffed and then gave me a once over. "Ryder you alright?" I asked. Did I do something wrong? "If you want I cane overter." I whispered biting my lip to stop myself from crying. Not him too. I can''t take this. Asher is mad at me. Aaron is acting distant. Papa is dying and now Ryder is mad at me. I can''t take this anymore. Out of nowhere Ryder pulled me closer. I buried my face in his neck, hugging him back and my dams broke. Chapter 12- Amara Chapter 12- Amara ¡°Princess! Why are you crying?¡± Ryder said with a little panic in his voice. ¡°Is it hurting anywhere?¡± His question puzzled me a little. Why would I be hurting anywhere? I pulled away from him and wiped my eyes. ¡°I thought you are mad at me too.¡± I whispered. ¡°I am not mad at you princess. It¡¯s just I don¡¯t seeing you like this. You look so sad and sick. I know the reason behind it but I can¡¯t do anything about it. I feel so helpless that I can¡¯t even take care of my sister. How am I supposed to lead a pack? Well that is forter. First let me take you to Papa. He is waiting for you.¡± Ryder said apprehensively. I climbed on his back and he dashed off towards the cabin. He knows about my condition too? Why is everyone hiding it from me? Is it that bad? Well I will find out tomorrow I guess. Papa is more important at the moment. I got off his back as we reached the cabin. I saw Papa sitting outside the cabin, his head resting on his front paws. He looked as magnificent as ever but his form looked a little blurred. It looked like he was fading a little. His head lifted off his paws as soon as we arrived. He looked at me with happiness dancing in his eyes then it soon turned to anger. He growled so loudly that I felt the forest floor and trees shudder. I felt my knees buckle under the force of his growl. I saw Ryder bow his head from the corner of my eye. Why is he mad? ¡°I WILL KILL THAT BASTARD.¡± He snarled. He was about to dash in the direction where the shifters lived but Ryder stopped him. ¡°GET OUT OF MY WAY.¡± He ordered. ¡°Alpha. Calm down.¡± I have never seen Ryder call papa alpha. ¡°You can¡¯t do this at the moment. Think before you take any step. Think about Amara.¡± Papa¡¯s head snapped towards me when Ryder said my name. His eyes softened and he looked confused a little. ¡°Why are you on your knees?¡± he asked me. ¡°Your growl knocked me off my feet.¡± I joked in hope to break the tension. He tilted his head to the side and came towards me. The only thing I wanted to do at the moment is to hug him tightly. ¡°Get up.¡± He more like ordered which Iplied. ¡°Do not and I mean never ever bow in front of anyone.¡± His words took me by shock. ¡°You are a daughter of an Alpha. Never in your life are you to get on your knees in front of anyone. NEVER. My children won¡¯t bow in front of anyone. I brought you up to be stronger than that.¡± His eyes suddenly had a sad look. ¡°I know I can¡¯t be with you forever. Even after I am gone, you will remember this. Whatever is toe in front of you, fight it head on. There are hard times ahead of you. It has already began. Even if I won¡¯t be visible to you, I will still be with you. Keep fighting. I know you will swim safely through these hard waters. I love you so much princess. You are stronger than anyone of us and I believe in you.¡± He looked so broken. My Papa. The strong Alpha wolf, looks so sad. I flung myself at him. His head pressed against my back, engulfing my small frame and a warmth filled inside me. The warmth I didn¡¯t knew I was longing for all these past months. I felt at home. I didn¡¯t knew I was crying until I felt the wetness on my cheeks. The prospect of papa leaving Ryder and me forever crashed hard in my chest. I don¡¯t want him to leave. I don¡¯t want him to leave us ever. ¡°I love you so much Papa.¡± I wanted to say so much more but I just couldn¡¯t get the words out. An owl hooted in the distance. The woods were silent apart from that. I moved away from papa and plopped on the ground in front of him. He and Ryder sat down as well, cocooning me in between them. Then it happened. The ache in my chest came back. It started low at first but slowly started to intensify. I bit my lip to stop myself from making any sound from the pain. This time it felt more painful than before. I don¡¯t want to add on to Papa and Ryder¡¯s problem. The metallic taste of my blood entered my mouth. Not here please. I don¡¯t want them to see me like this. The world swirled around me and I leaned on Ryder. More like fell backwards. ¡°Amy?¡± Ryder asked. I can tell he was panicking. ¡°What is it? Are you alright?¡± I opened my mouth to tell him it¡¯s nothing but I gasped loudly in pain. ¡°Princess?¡± I heard Papa¡¯s deep voice from in front of me. When did I close my eyes? I involuntarily clutched my chest in hopes that it will make the pain go away. But that didn¡¯t happen. The pain intensified even more. It felt like someone is stabbing me repeatedly Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. with a dagger. A scream left my mouth before I could stop it and the screams went on as I writhed on the forest floor in agony with papa and Ryder looking at me in fear and pain in their eyes. What is happening to me? Chapter 13- Cassidy Chapter 13- Cassidy ¡°So what is wrong with her? Why is she so sick?¡± Alec asked Caleb after Amara left for the cabin. ¡°I am not sure if I should tell you.¡± Caleb or was it Carter murmured. Both the twins looked woebegone and ashamed. ¡°Off course you should. She is my twin sister. How would you feel if anything happened to Carter and nobody is telling you anything?¡± Alec snapped. Twin? Does that mean they have the same powers? No that can¡¯t be. He feelspletely human. Well Amara felt human as well but there was something about her that said otherwise. I need to figure this out soon or the girl will be too long gone to save at all. ¡°We didn¡¯t knew he was doing such thing.¡± Caleb started after contemting a little. I can feel the gear in his head working. ¡°Well you see¡­ Amara¡­¡± ¡°Her mate is cheating on her.¡± I said after having enough of his shuttering. ¡°She is suffering from the effects of her mate cheating on her.¡± The twins red at me but quickly looked down. Alec on the other hand looked angry. ¡°But¡­ what¡­¡± Alec started. ¡°So she will be sick like this forever?¡± He gritted out. ¡°No.¡± Carter said. ¡°She will die from it eventually and a painful death at that.¡± ¡°What do you mean my sister will die?¡± Alec whimpered, his eyes wide in fear. ¡°No¡­that can¡¯t happen. I can¡¯t let that happen. What can we do to stop it?¡± The question was directed to me. ¡°I have to check something. I do have a theory and I am 99% sure it¡¯s correct but to put it into action I have to do something to stop her heart from freezing. It¡¯s already quarter gone. One more episode like before and her being this close to her mate, I would say she will be on the brink of dying. I have a hunch that I will find my answers at the cabin but she won¡¯t take me there.¡± I exined to them. I just hope her mate keeps his dick in his pants till I figure out a solution or it will get really hard to save her. ¡°What theory?¡± Carter asked me. ¡°Well for one, I don¡¯t think she is human, notpletely I mean. She is part human. She is somehow linked to a powerful spirit but I can¡¯t see it. I felt that spirit when she was ina. It somehow brought her back. I thought we will lose her then as her heart was half way frozen but the spirit knowingly or This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. unknowingly fixed it. Notpletely but it stopped at the quarter part. That spirit didn¡¯t feel human either. I lived for more than five centuries but I never came across anything like this. It¡¯s like a missing link. I just need to find it out. Maybe if I can talk to that spirit, I can convince it to reside in her and it will probably stop the condition from getting worse. With time she might healpletely.¡± I told them. What could it be? What kind of spirit can be so powerful that it I can¡¯t see it? I will need to pester Amara enough to make her give in. I was so engrossed in my thought that I didn¡¯t notice the twins going stiff. ¡°You know what that spirit is.¡± Greyson stated. The twins nodded but didn¡¯t say anything. Alec on the other hand looked confused as hell. ¡°So?¡± I asked after a pregnant silence. ¡°We can¡¯t tell you. It¡¯s a secret and I don¡¯t think Amara or the said spirits will like a witch to know about them. We don¡¯t trust you yet.¡± Caleb hissed. ¡°So I was right. There is more than one.¡± I said smirking. They both looked mad. I wanted tough at them but controlled myself. ¡°For all we know you could be a plotting something against us. Witches are not to be trusted. That¡¯s the first thing we learn.¡± Caleb said maliciously. ¡°Well I am here to help. My nephew went through the same thing and I helped him. The only difference being, he is vampire so we had more time then but with Amara, I can¡¯t say the same. She is withering in front of our very eyes. You got to take me there or it will be toote to save her.¡± I warned. ¡°We will have to...¡± Caleb started but midway through talking the twins clutched their ears and bowed their head in submission. I felt it too. Like a push on my back. The power of it demanded submission. But I am a powerful witch. I can control myself. I can see Grayson going through the same struggle between submission and dominance. Our kind don¡¯t kneel in front of anyone. The surge of power was gone as soon as it came. The power felt the same as the spirit that helped Amara earlier. But the twins were trembling slightly. Even Alec looked shaken by it. ¡°What happened?¡± I asked them. ¡°The Alpha is mad.¡± Caleb said collecting Alec¡¯s trembling body in his arms. The poor child looked shaken. But that can¡¯t be the case. If it¡¯s their Alpha then why does it feel like a spirit? To top it all, why is it affecting a human so baldly? ¡°Your Alpha is a spirit?¡± I asked. ¡°No. The other alpha. Amara¡¯s father. Alpha Hercules.¡± Carter replied. Two Alphas? ¡°I don¡¯t understand. Her father? Why are there two Alphas in a pack?¡± This is genuinely confusing me. What is going on over here? ¡°Not two. Three. Alpha Hercules is¡­ you can say our supreme Alpha. Trust me you don¡¯t want to be near him when he is pissed or be near him period. That old wolf can make a grown person piss theirs pants just by looking at them.¡± Caleb replied shuddering. ¡°He must have known about Amara¡¯s condition when he saw her. He doesn¡¯t like it when anyone hurts his daughter. He almost killed a pack member when the pack member hurt Amara after losing control. Her brother, Alpha Ryder is no different. They are highly possessive of her. I just hope they won¡¯t end up killing Asher. That would make it way more difficult for Amara.¡± Three Alphas? Holy mother of Jesus! Are those Alpha the spirits I felt living with her in the cabin. But there were more two. Something serious is going on here. I need to find out about it and I will. The only way to do that is to go to the cabin right this moment. Chapter 14- Cassidy Chapter 14- Cassidy ¡°So how about you take me there?¡± I asked the twins. They looked a little dazed for a couple seconds and then nodded. They must be talking in the mind link. Well I get to go to this infamous cabin and meet those infamous spirits. ¡°Just a heads up though. I don¡¯t know how alpha Hercules will react upon seeing you two or any of us. He doesn¡¯t like to meet any of us but Amara. I mean she is his daughter after all.¡± Carter stated. ¡°Alpha Ryder is no different. He is a little overboard than his father to say the least. They might tear you to pieces if they think you pose any threat to Amara or the pack. So don¡¯t do or say anything stupid.¡± ¡°Those Alphas live at the cabin?¡± I asked. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. Can they be the spirits? But that can¡¯t be. I have never heard of spirit Alpha wolves or were they well hidden? I mean I couldn¡¯t see for the start. More just a feeling that they were there. Well there is only one way to find out. ¡°Not exactly at the cabin but if anyone need to find them they can meet them there.¡± Caleb replied nervously. They are hiding something. I can¡¯t exactly read their mind at the moment. It will sound as a treachery and these furry people don¡¯t exactly like it when people pry in their minds. ¡°Okay let¡¯s go then.¡± I said getting up. Grayson followed suit. ¡°Alec you should stay here.¡± Caleb said to Alec. ¡°You won¡¯t like it there. It¡¯s way far inside the jungle and the Alphas are not really a cheery lot. There is that vampire problem as well.¡± Ahh they must be mates. How adorable. How much of a secret can this be that they didn¡¯t even tell their own mates? And Vampire problem? What does he mean by that? I can ask himter once we are through the situation in hand. ¡°No way. I aming with you guys. I have never seen the cabin before and if this is going to save my sister, I want in.¡± Alec argued. ¡°Alec don¡¯t argue please.¡± Caleb said sighing. ¡°You can take aplete stranger over there but not your own boyfriend?¡± Oh my! Someone¡¯s ying the emotional card. ¡°Besides it¡¯s my sister here we are talking about. I won¡¯t take no for an answer.¡± With that being said, he pulled on his jacket and wrenched open the front door. I couldn¡¯t stop myself fromughing at the exaggerated funny face Caleb was making at his mate. I followed after Alec. The others joined us as well. Caleb a little reluctantly. I can see him struggle internally about bodily dumping Alec inside the house and locking the door afterwards. They are really cute together. Carter on the other hand seemed to sulking a little and giving those two a jealous look. ¡°Did you not find your mate?¡± Grayson asked him while we exited the apartmentplex. ¡°I did. He is in Berkley. Aaron. Amara¡¯s roommate.¡± He replied blushing a little. ¡°I was wondering¡­ you know¡­ why he didn¡¯te with you guys? I mean Amara and him are best friends. Looking at her condition, he shouldn¡¯t have left her alone, that too¡­ no offense¡­ withplete strangers.¡± ¡°He said he was busy with school work and job. He was barely there when Amara was unconscious. I thought they might have had some sort of disagreement or something. He didn¡¯t seem very fused about her being sick other than the day we found her knocked out.¡± I replied. ¡°Has this happened before? Her being ina I mean for long time?¡± By now we were already good measure inside the forest. It is unusually dense though like trying to bury its secrets inside it. Caleb is leading the way with Alec firmly fixed to his side and Grayson is walking ahead of me and Carter and I bringing the rear. ¡°Well yeah. A couple times actually. It usually happens when she heals someone.¡± Carter replied nonchntly and then his eyes widened like he has said something forbidden. Caleb stopped in his tracks and then resumed walking at a fast pace. Huh! ¡°Shit! The Alphas are going to kill me.¡± he muttered under his breath but me being very close to him, heard him loud and clear. Healing? Is that even possible? We witches can heal as well but potions and spells. But I don¡¯t think Amara has ess to such stuff. Is she a witch? No. I could have felt it. Then how? Carter seems to have slipped the information on mistake. The girl is turning more mysterious every passing second. ¡°Healing? Can she cast spells or something?¡± I asked him. ¡°Umm¡­ I can¡¯t tell you more on this. We are forbidden to talk about it by our Alpha and to answer your question, no she can¡¯t cast a spell.¡± Carter said with finality. I don¡¯t think he will say anything more about it. I would have to find out about it myself. A healer. That too without spells. Interesting. From what I can sum up, Amara can heal people without anything we witches do to heal people and she faints every time she does that. Is she using her own energy to heal them? But a human will probably die from it or will be left in very poor health. She seemed to be in perfect health when I met her the first time though. What am I missing? What kind of source is she using to do the healing process? She will need a source to do that right. That part I can be firm on. But off course. Can it be? No. But it¡¯s just a myth. They don¡¯t exist. Thest one vanished almost two thousand years ago. There hasn¡¯t been the trace of them since. No. That can¡¯t be. I am just working myself up on some far fetched myth. There is no proof of them ever existing. Well I will have to talk to her parents off course. The twins quickened their pace to a sprint, leaving us behind after an hour of walking in the woods. Caleb left his mate behind? This must be really serious. The scent of wet earth was lingering in the air. A river or a stream. Alec, Grayson and I too started running after them as fast as we can. They are werewolf after all. Forest is their home. After running for fifteen minutes or so, a clearing was visible from the distance. At that moment, I knew why the twins had started running. A blood curling scream froming from the clearing. The twins were standing a little inside the clearing. Not too ahead of the edge looking at a writhing and screaming Amara on the floor. But there was someone else too. Someone I couldn¡¯t see but only feel and made the hair on my neck stand up in the emotion I have not felt since years. Fear. Chapter 15- Cassidy Chapter 15- Cassidy I haven¡¯t this type of energy before. Why can¡¯t I see it? I moved into the clearing against my better judgement with Grayson by my side. We can¡¯t afford getting separated as we can¡¯t see the force of our distress. I have no idea how they will react seeing us in their territory. Alec ran towards Amara and tried to pick her off the floor. Apparently he couldn¡¯t see them either but the twins were looking at different direction, at least six to seven feet higher than the ground and they looked scared. So they can see those spirits then. The twin¡¯s sharp intake of breath stopped Grayson and I in our tracks. I can feel unseen eyes on me. ¡°Alphas I can exin.¡± Caleb said bowing his head. ¡°WITCH¡± A voice shouted making the twin¡¯s knees buckle. Alec whimpered and pulled Amara close to him, looking widely around him for the source of the voice. Carter and Caleb seemed to be unable to speak anymore. Amara on the other hand looked to be on the verge of passing out. We can¡¯t afford that, can we now? She might go into aa again and I don¡¯t think she will wake up this time. The damage seems to be more thanst time. Time to take matters into my own hands. ¡°Alpha.¡± I started in clear voice but inside I was trembling. One wrong word and I am dead. ¡°We came with Amara.¡± I knew those spirits were looking at me from the chills I felt. ¡°She needs help. I need to do something before she slips intoa again. Your pre_¡± ¡°Again¡± The spirit spoke in shock and sadness but the voice was different this time. Two then. I got to get to the point fast. ¡°Yes. She was out for three days. Please believe me. I came here with her to help her. If she slips into listening. ¡°I need your help in this.¡± ¡°If you are lying to us witch, we will tear you to pieces.¡± The stronger voice said in a dangerously low tone. ¡°I am not lying. I need to help her before it is toote.¡± I said a little irritated. ¡°Don¡¯t you use that tone with me witch.¡± He said maliciously. ¡°I am an Alpha and I will tear you to pieces if you step out of bound.¡± To tell you the truth, I am scared shitless. ¡°So are we agreeing on working together? You got to decide fast so I can work on it.¡± I said keeping my voice as steady as possible. Grayson squeezed my hand in reassurance but I knew from his aura, he was as scared as me. Maybe more. Okay don¡¯tugh now Cassidy. That Alpha will tear your booty apart. ¡°Fine.¡± The stronger voice said and with that their forms started to materialize in front of my very eyes. I gasped in surprise. In simple words, those two are magnificently beautiful. They looked bigger than the average werewolves, a little bigger than the alpha itself. They were shining so brightly that it looked like a golden light is surrounding them. They ooze respect and frankly deserve it. How have I never came into contact with such beautiful creatures? Well I should stop gawking for now or they might get angry again. I will have plenty of opportunity to do thatter. ¡°I need to check her.¡± I said pointing at Amara. One of them nodded and the other huffed in response. Oh well! ¡°Wellst time, frankly speaking, I didn¡¯t have any idea how to cure her as she is a human but I felt a presence of a spirit around her that healed her a little and she came around.¡± I said checking Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. Amara¡¯s vitals. Her eyes seemed quite unfocused but she was still wake and whimpering now and then. Caleb had pulled Alec away from Amara and consoling his trembling self. Alec was crying and looking at Amara and the spirts now and them. ¡°So I was thinking¡­ maybe¡­ if¡­ I don¡¯t know how to say this¡­¡± ¡°Just spit it already.¡± The wolf on my right snapped. Not a fan of me are you. I could see Grayson ring holes in the wolf who snapped at me. I need to know their names soon. ¡°Okay I will be a little nd here. I think Amara is not human.¡± The wolf on my right opened his mouth or muzzle to speak but I continued talking. ¡°But still rather weak at the moment. Either her powers are not awakened yet or she is part human. That is stopping the effect of her mate¡¯s misdeed to a point so far but it is ceasing to work as she has very little fight left in her and being so near him is not helping the case either. So I was thinking of giving her a little strength boost till her powers awakenpletely or till we figure out how to keep her alive.¡± ¡°And how are you going to do that?¡± The wolf on the left spoke with narrowing his eyes at me in suspicion. ¡°This is rather hard but this is the only way I can think of looking at you two. I knew the answer was at the cabin but it will be this good, I didn¡¯t knew.¡± I could see those two getting impatient with every word I spoke. ¡°Oneofyouwillhavetobeherwolf.¡± I blurted out. ¡°What?¡± the wolf on the right snapped again. Someone has anger issues. ¡°A little slowly would be nice.¡± ¡°One of you will have to be her wolf.¡± I said as slowly as possible. There was a weird and awkward pause for a while where the spirit wolves looked at me like I have gone mad but then they seemed to be talking in their heads with each other. The wolf on the right, sighed irritatingly in what looked like defeat. ¡°I will be her wolf.¡± The one on the left said. ¡°Okay let¡¯s begin then. Once you be her wolf, the process of the rejection and cheating from her mate will stop. That is her heart will stop freezing and with time it will start healing. If we count on her not being human, the process will be much faster and you being an Alpha wolf helps a lot in a positive way. I don¡¯t think she will be able to any sooner. She will need to see her onest time after you be her wolf to start with the healing process and she will also know the cause of her pain making her take actions in right direction. Off course I will help her with it as much as I can but you will be dormant for a while till she heals. Afterwards I think you could talk to her. Do you know the process of epting to be a human¡¯s wolf?¡± I exined. ¡°Yeah.¡± He said with purpose. ¡°But the goddess doesn¡¯t grant that kind of wishes very often. ¡°We will have to try first to know if she will grant the wish or not right. Okay let¡¯s begin then.¡± I hope this works. I have no possible idea of any other way for now and seem to be running out of time as well. The Spirit alpha came in front of Amara and moved away from the ce and so did the other wolf spirit. We went a considerable distance away from them. Amara was curled up in front of the Alpha spirit. ¡°Ego Alpha et spiritus lupi,¡± The spirit Alpha started in clear dominant voice. ¡°eligere esse homini lupus est, Amara ine Cross. Ad numen precor spiritus ut det mihi votum servare puem hanc vitam hominum.¡± (I, Alpha of the spirit wolves, choose to be the wolf of the human, Amara ine Cross. I pray to the spirit goddess to grant my wish to save the human girl¡¯s life.) Nothing happened for a while but the Alpha remained in his position with his head bowed. All of a sudden, they were surrounded in a golden coruscating light. It looked like they were set aze. A string of glittering light connected the Alpha and Amara and it started sucking the Alpha inside it. It looked like a suction cup that is sucking the alpha inside it and transporting him into Amara¡¯s body. It was over as soon as it began. The Spirit Alpha vanished and Amaray on the ground glowing with the same radiance the Alpha used to have. The radiance subsided inside her and shey as still as a log. I ran to check her pulse and her heart. I ced my hand on the area of her chest under which her heart resides and found it to be half way frozen. Her pulse seemed normal. I am one hundred percent sure she will wake up in a couple hours. The process has worked. I can save her now. Chapter 16- Amara Chapter 16- Amara I opened my eyes to the warm glow of the lightmp of my cabin. How did I get here? Thest thing I remember ising to see papa and then he being mad about something. Something stirred beside me on the bed making me stiffen. I slowly turned my head in the direction and sighed in relief. It¡¯s just Alec. Wait. How the hell did he get here? How did he even find this ce? I feel weird. What is this feeling? What¡¯s that sound? Is there someone else outside? I can hear people talking outside the cabin. Three. No Four. I got up and stood up to check the voices, only to fall t on my ass. Why are my legs shaking? I got up again with the help of the bed frame and started walking out of the cabin with the support of the wall. The main door was wide open to my dismay. Who the hell left the front door open? That should be the least of my concern at the moment. My home is being invaded. I need to find out who these people are. I exited the cabin into the darkness of the woods. Is it night time? No. It¡¯s the crack of the dawn. The voices got stronger but where are these people and how the hell can I hear them from so far? ¡°Amara.¡± Ryder¡¯s voice came from right behind me, startling the hell out of me. ¡°Geez Ryder. Don¡¯t sneak up on me like that.¡± I said copsing on the floor from fright. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to princess.¡± He replied. Why does he look so sad? ¡°Are you alright Ryder?¡± I asked looking up at him. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± He said plopping in front of me. I moved to rest my head on his back but he pulled me towards him with his paws, resulting in me burying my face in his neck area. He pulled me closer and enclosed my back with his head, hugging All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. me close, engulfing me in his massive frame. ¡°What is it Ryder? Did something happen?¡± I asked worried. He never does this. He looks so miserable. ¡°I don¡¯t want to lose you too.¡± He mumbled. ¡°I am not going anywhere Ry and what do you mean by too?¡± Am I missing something? ¡°What do you remember?¡± He asked. ¡°I came here. Papa was mad about something and then¡­¡± I tried to recall but couldn¡¯t. What happened after that? ¡°What happened after that Ryder?¡± ¡°Well¡­¡± he started. His warmth was seeping into me and I actually felt better. Even the forest floor didn¡¯t bother me. ¡°After we talked, papa was mad about¡­um¡­ something that is hurting you then we were talking but you started feeling pain.¡± I stiffened. No. I didn¡¯t want them to see me like that. ¡°We didn¡¯t knew what to do but Caleb, Carter, Alec and the witch and warlock showed up. The witch helped us save you.¡± ¡°How and where is papa?¡± I asked. Something stirred inside me making me gasp. It felt like another presence in my body but a warm. The same warm feeling I get from Ryder and¡­ and¡­papa? ¡°Ryder where is papa?¡± I asked, terrified for some reason. ¡°He is inside you.¡± He choked out. Is he dead? Did he die because of me? ¡°WHAT?¡± I shouted and tried to get up but he won¡¯t let me go. ¡°Why?¡± I asked after struggling but he just won¡¯t let go. ¡°That was the only way I coulde up with.¡± Cassidy¡¯s voice came from the side where the river is located. I could hear footsteps. Four sets of them. Two lighter than the other two. ¡°Ryder can I sit up please.¡± I asked. ¡°No.¡± he said tly. ¡°Ryder this is not the time to be stubborn.¡± I said irritated. I need to know if papa is dead or alive. I won¡¯t be able to forgive myself if he died because of me. ¡°Ryder please. I need to know.¡± I said rubbing his head a little. ¡°Fine but you will not leave my side.¡± He said letting go of me. ¡°I wasn¡¯t going to brother.¡± I said reassuring him. He moved to a sitting position and I leaned my back on him. I turned to look at Cassidy and the others to find her looking at us in awe and wonder. What is wrong with this one now? Well papaes first. ¡°Is papa dead?¡± I asked hoping to keep the guilt out of my voice and face. ¡°No.¡± She saiding out of her trance. ¡°He is your wolf now.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t understand.¡± I asked confused. The only thing that matters is he is not dead. ¡°For you to understand, I need to tell you everything from the beginning.¡± She said making herself growled when she came closer than ten feet. Grayson sat beside her with Caleb and Carter next to them. They were not looking me in the eye. ¡°So to start, I will tell you why you are getting these weird chest pains. Your mate is cheating on you.¡± She breathed out making my breath hitch. She started talking before I can say anything. ¡°The first time, I thought that you were going to die when you were in at a certain degree making you good enough to wake up and I knew if I can convince this spirit, I can save your life. I also found out that you are human to a certain degree that is part human. I have no idea what your other part is. When we came here, you were writhing on the floor in pain and I knew this is it. I have to make the decision now. I asked the Alpha wolf spirit to be your wolf to keep you alive. He agreed without any convincing. So for now the damage has stopped from spreading any more than it has happened. That is the reason you are feeling so weak. You will heal with time but you got to work hard. Maybe someday you will be able to talk to the wolf, that I know now is your father.¡± I felt stunned. I opened and closed my mouth but no word woulde out. Asher is cheating on me? Papa is my wolf now? What nonsense is this? But deep down I know it is true. The presence I felt earlier was papa. ¡°Why?¡± I managed to say. ¡°I don¡¯t know honey but he will pay for it one way or another. For the tie being though you should focus on healing yourself.¡± Cassidy said in a motherly voice. ¡°What do I need to heal?¡± I asked stupidly. Chapter 17- Amara Chapter 17- Amara ¡°See¡± she sighed. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to tell you this but you need to know what a mate cheating on you does to you to understand it better. When a supernatural or a vampire, werewolf or so cheats on their human mate, the human dies immediately after the first shock as they can¡¯t heal like us. That¡¯s how I found out that you are not human. If the mates are both super naturals then the one that is cheated on gets chest pains like the ones you got and their heart starts to be inflicted with poison. Not literal poison but it starts to cken which you can say acts like a poison killing you bit by bit. Eventually they either go mad or die. In most cases they die but the ones who don¡¯t live with a feeling of emptiness in them that never goes away. The only way to survive is move on but the poison spreading in your heart makes it really difficult. You got to keep your head straight and try to move on.¡± Poison? cking of heart? ¡°How do you know all this?¡± I asked. ¡°Well Steven went through the same thing and Austin too. But Steven was way too in worse than Austin.¡± She replied. ¡°Does that mean¡­?¡± ¡°Yeah he uses sex as a get away from that emptiness.¡± She replied looking at her hands. ¡°And Austin?¡± ¡°His case is a little different. His mate was a human and she chose someone else over him so he kept away from everything to keep her alive. She would have died if he had chosen then same path as Steven.¡± ¡°Oh my God! What am I going to do?¡± I asked. ¡°If I die papa dies with me. I don¡¯t want him to die. Why would you tell him to be my wolf?¡± ¡°You will survive and so will your father. Grayson and I will help you through it and Steven and Austin will too.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± I said. ¡°Just one more thing. Don¡¯t tell anyone else. I don¡¯t want any problems in the pack because of me. I will tell Leo myself. No one other than him, not even Aaron.¡± ¡°Why?¡± Carter said confused and a little angry. ¡°I don¡¯t want anyone to suffer with me.¡± I replied smiling at him. He hesitated for a moment but then nodded. ¡°But he deserves to be punished.¡± Caleb said outraged. ¡°He knew the consequences of cheating already. We are told about it from the very beginning. I can¡¯t believe he would do such thing after knowing that it would kill you.¡± He looked disgusted. ¡°Maybe I wasn¡¯t good enough for him.¡± I said chuckling despite myself. That must be the case if he didn¡¯t mind me dying. ¡°Oh no. Don¡¯t you dare me yourself. You are perfect. He is just a cheating asshole.¡± Caleb spat. ¡°Thanks guys.¡± I said looking at the now illuminating sky. The morning sunlight bathed the clearing with its golden rays. I should go see him for onest time. Maybe I can get some answers from him. ¡°I am going to meet him today.¡± I said to no one in particr. ¡°And then I will talk to Leo.¡± ¡°You should.¡± Grayson said. ¡°That will help you to begin a new life when you will see with your own eyes that there is nothing left in the old one.¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± ¡°We wille with you.¡± The twins said. ¡°We will wait outside his house. I don¡¯t want you to go there alone knowing whatys ahead.¡± ¡°I am d that you care about me so much but I don¡¯t want you to break your friendship because of me. I don¡¯t want to be the reason for the cracks in the pack.¡± I said to them gratefully. ¡°You are not the reason for anything. If someone is to me, it¡¯s him.¡± Carter hissed. ¡°He is wrong in this case and we areing with you no matter what you say. You might not be our female third in that bastard¡¯s mate. Just like you said when you saved Leo, we protect our alpha no matter what. You are important to the pack.¡± I didn¡¯t knew what to say anymore. ¡°Thanks.¡± I said trying to keep my tears at the bay. I didn¡¯t knew they loved me so much. ¡°I should go freshen up. I need to catch him up before he leaves for work.¡± I got up. Fortunately Ryder let me go this time. ¡°Meet me here after you are done with that good for nothing piece of shit. I need to show you something.¡± Ryder said in our mind link as I entered the cabin. ¡°Okay¡± I replied walking towards my bedroom to get a towel and spare clothes as these were covered in dirt. I took a quick shower and changed into the old blue jeans and a baby pink top I left which I left here This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. among the other clothes for just in case situations. I tied my hair in a ponytail and exited the cabin. Alec is still snoring his way away in my bed. That guy could literally sleep through anything. Asher used to be like that too when he stayed. That thought brought a sharp pain to my chest. No don¡¯t think about him. I got to end this for once and for all. For Papa¡¯s sake. I won¡¯t let him die because of me. As soon as I exited the cabin, Caleb and Carter got to their feet and so did Ryder. ¡°Ryder you are noting with me.¡± I said to him sternly. ¡°The hell I am.¡± He argued. ¡°Ryder please. I know you will probably end up killing him and I am not ready for him to die okay.¡± I joked to talk him out of it. ¡°No.¡± he huffed. ¡°I aming.¡± ¡°Ryder¡± I said seriously ¡°stop it. Stay here. I will be back in no time.¡± ¡°You promise?¡± he asked a little scared. Oh my sweet big brother. ¡°I promise.¡± I said smiling at him. He nodded atst making me sigh in relief. He would have actually killed Asher, which I am sure about. Even his name brings me pain now. How ironic? The name that was once the very living source of my life has now became the very possible cause of my death. ¡°Can I ask you a question?¡± Cassidy piped jumping from one foot to another. ¡°Yeah.¡± ¡°How can you touch him? I mean the wolf spirit?¡± she asked. ¡°What do you mean by that? He is my older brother. Why would I not be able to touch him? Can¡¯t any of you touch him physically?¡± I asked confused. ¡°No we can¡¯t. Not even we can touch him physically.¡± Carter said like this question has never urred to him. ¡°I don¡¯t know. I have been able to touch him from before I even was a part of the pack.¡± ¡°How can that be possible?¡± Grayson said. ¡°Can we discuss thatter? I want to be done and over with Asher as soon as I can.¡± I said shocking everyone and myself. ¡°I don¡¯t want papa to die because of me.¡± Chapter 18- Amara Chapter 18- Amara Caleb and Carter shifted into their wolves and I hoped on Carter¡¯s back. They dashed through the woods towards the shifter houses and came to a stop at the edge of the forest. I climbed off of Carter¡¯s back and they went behind a tree to shift back. ¡°Please stay here. I want to go in his house alone.¡± I said to them when they came back from behind the tree. They nodded reluctantly and made themselvesfortable near the forest edge as I started my walk towards my personal hell. I knocked on the door of Asher¡¯s house and waited there anxiously for it to open. A few secondster the door opened and an older version of Asher looked at me in shock. ¡°Amara.¡± Arthur said looking at me with wide eyes. ¡°Is Asher home? I want to talk to him.¡± I said with a straight face. ¡°Yeah¡­ I mean no¡­e inside.¡± He spluttered. ¡°Who is it dear?¡± Christine askeding out of the kitchen and froze seeing me. I kept my face nk and made my way towards Asher¡¯s room. ¡°Wait.¡± Arthur called out but I ignored him and opened his door to find the shock of my life. On the bed were Asher and girl with brte hairying naked, their legs tangled with each other. They were sleeping peacefully. The room on the other hand was littered with their clothes. He spooned her the same way he used to spoon me. I felt a sharp pain in my chest making me bite my lip to stop myself from making any sounds of pain. I got to be strong. I can¡¯t let papa die because of me. I shook my head to clear it. ¡°Asher.¡± I called out to him but my voice shook. He didn¡¯t move though. I cleared my throat and called him one more time but loudly. That woke him up. He looked at me and his eyes widened. I saw guilt in his eyes for a quick second but it quickly switched to anger. ¡°We need to talk.¡± I said to him, turned around and made myselffortable on the sofa. He came out wearing a sweat pant and closed the door behind him. He sat opposite from me and so did his parents. ¡°Why?¡± I asked swallowing the pain it was causing me. ¡°Well you didn¡¯t expect me to wait around for you till you got back.¡± He said scoffing. I nodded. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°So you didn¡¯t care if it would have killed me?¡± I asked with a straight face. I can feel my emotions slowly draining out of me. Is this the same guy who used to love me? ¡°Those things are just myths. You can¡¯t actually die from me leaving you.¡± He said amused. ¡°I mean you are still here sitting in front of me. Besides I have been going out with her since months and you didn¡¯t feel a thing.¡± ¡°Then why do you think I am looking like this?¡± I asked. ¡°How am I supposed to know that?¡± he said a little ufortable. His parents looked down avoiding my eyes. ¡°Well it was nice knowing you Asher.¡± I said giving him the best smile I can muster and got up to leave. ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Asher asked confused. ¡°I mean that I won¡¯t be seeing you again as you clearly don¡¯t want me as your mate and obviously you don¡¯t care if I die so there¡¯s no point talking to you. So this is a goodbye.¡± I said showing no emotions on my face but on the inside it felt like my insides were melting. ¡°Why did youe here anyways? You wouldn¡¯t have found out if you wouldn¡¯t show up out of nowhere.¡± He grumbled. ¡°Me being here or not doesn¡¯t matter Asher. I felt you cheating on me. I almost died because of it. Twice.¡± I shouted at him. He stood there stunned. ¡°But clearly you don¡¯t care if I live or die so there is no point telling you this. I hope you find someone you deserve and who is good enough for you that you won¡¯t wish death upon her. Good bye Asher and don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t tell anyone about what you did to me but I will have to tell Leo and that¡¯s it. Good luck with your life. I hope I never have to see you again.¡± I turned around and opened the door to exit his house but he pulled me back quite roughly. ¡°What the hell do you want?¡± I snapped. ¡°What do you mean by you died?¡± he hissed. ¡°Does it matter? It¡¯s not going to change anything. Besides I am not any of your concern anymore.¡± I said pulling my arm out of his grip. ¡°Tell me.¡± he said gritting his teeth. ¡°Or you won¡¯t be leaving this house.¡± ¡°What? Your sleeping around didn¡¯t kill me so you want to kill me with your own hands?¡± I hissed. ¡°I might be weak at the moment Asher but I am not defenceless.¡± ¡°I am not going to kill you.¡± He said in disbelief. I scoffed. ¡°Well you didn¡¯t die so why are you overreacting so much. If this doesn¡¯t work out we can always get back together.¡± A growl left my mouth. Wait¡­growl? I will figure that outter. ¡°Are you even listening to yourself? I am not getting back with you even if the hell freezes over. Stay the fuck away from me. I will never forgive you for what you did to us. You can go fuck yourself for all I care.¡± I shouted at him. ¡°I don¡¯t want to cause any problems in the pack so I would advise you to mind your own business and leave me alone. We are never going to happen.¡± ¡°How dare you talk to me like that? You are mine. My mate. I own you.¡± He growled. ¡°I am the third in I can feel his authority seeping out of him. The nerve of this guy. It didn¡¯t faze me though. ¡°Respect is not asked for but earned.¡± I hissed at him. ¡°I am no mate of yours anymore and it¡¯s Alpha to you.¡± I can feel Papa¡¯s power seep through me making him and his parents bow their heads and whimper. I turned around and left the house, closing the door behind me. I took a deep breath, trying to control my tears. Caleb and Carter came running towards me and engulfed me in a hug and that came to be my undoing. I sobbed in their arms as they guided me towards Leo¡¯s house. Chapter 19- Amara Chapter 19- Amara Before we could go any further, Asher came out of his house fuming with his parents¡¯ right behind him. Caleb and Carter pushed me behind them and growled at him in warning. I quickly wiped my face of the wetness with the back of my hand. Asher didn¡¯t like that at all. He growled back more viciously. I can see Caleb and Carter struggling to not bow their head to him. He is third inmand after all. ¡°GET OUT OF MY WAY.¡± Asher shouted. He seemed to be on the verge of shifting. ¡°HAVE YOU NOT DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT YOU WANT TO HURT HER MORE?¡± Caleb retorted back blocking me out of Asher¡¯s view. I don¡¯t know what happened next but within a second I heard the noise of clothes tearing and then Caleb and Carter were on the ground with w marks on their chest. They curled on the ground, groaning from the pain with blood oozing out of their wounds on their chest. I looked up to find a very angry and snarling Asher in his wolf form. What the hell is he thinking hurting his own pack members? I ignored him and sat on my haunches to check the twins. Asher growled at¡­ I don¡¯t know who but I didn¡¯t pay any attention to him. The gashes were too deep. The twins were losing too much blood. Why hasn¡¯t their healing process kicked in? I heard another vicious growl from Asher and looked up at him in disgust and anger. Ryder was right. He is a good for nothing piece of shit. How could he do this to This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. them? ¡°How dare you?¡± I asked Asher standing up and moving in front of the twins in case he decides to attack again. ¡°HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN PACK MEMBERS?¡± His reply¡­ well he just snarled and lunged at me but before he could reach me a golden brown wolf tackled him to the ground and dug his teeth in his throat a little in warning. Asher still tried to buck Leo off of him but whimpered and showed his neck in submission when Leo dug his w in his stomach a little. My heart was beating so fast that it felt like it will explode in my chest. ¡®Shift¡¯ I heard Leo¡¯s voice in the mind link. Asher shifted under him andid there still with Leo¡¯s wolf on top of him. He had blood on his neck and stomach. Stanley threw Asher and Leo a pair of shorts each, all the while ring at Asher after Leo moved away a little from Asher a little and shifted. I didn¡¯t want this to happen. Shit! I looked around to find Mathew and Ryan looking at the scene in horror. When did theye out? Asher silently wore his shorts and sat down on the ground in a kneeling position with his head down. ¡°What¡¯s going on over here?¡± Leo asked. The twins whimpered from behind me. I turned around to check them. They weren¡¯t healing fast enough. ¡°Leo they are hurt.¡± I said turning my head towards him. ¡°They aren¡¯t healing fast.¡± Leo came beside me and checked the twins. He grimaced. Is it that serious? ¡°Those w marks are really deep and they are losing too much blood.¡± Leo said in solemn tone. ¡°What happened here? Looking at you, I can take my guesses but I want to hear it from you.¡± ¡°I will tell you about itter. We need to take care of them first.¡± I said anxiously. ¡°I think I should speed the healing process.¡± ¡°NO¡± Came three replies from the twins and Leo. ¡°You won¡¯t be healing them.¡± Leo said with a serious tone. ¡°I can see you are healing yourself Amy. I can¡¯t let you do that. That will cost serious damage to you. You need whatever life source left in you to heal yourself and stay alive till you arepletely recovered.¡± ¡°Fine. Maybe we can stop the bleeding with something.¡± I suggested. I know he is saying the truth. I don¡¯t have enough strength in me to heal others and keep myself breathing at the same time. Ryan brought towels and we pressed their wounds to stop the bleeding. After some time the bleeding stopped a little and the healing process kicked in. The twins¡¯ parents came out running out of their house to see their sons and slumped down near their heads. The bleeding had stoppedpletely when the twins passed out making me squeak in fright. ¡°Rx. They are fine.¡± Stan said from Leo¡¯s other side. ¡°Now tell us what happened.¡± Leo said narrowing his eyes at me. ¡°And don¡¯t you dare to lie because I got the basic idea of what¡¯s going on after I saw you.¡± ¡°Well¡­ umm¡­ on the day of Asher¡¯s birthday, I felt weird like really sad and empty. I was feeling really weak and sharp pains in my chest. At first I ignored it but when Aaron woke me up in the evening, I was feeling really out of it. The pains had be sharper and I was starting to feel dizzy.¡± I looked up them to find everyone looking at me in horror, even Caleb and Carter¡¯s parents. Asher¡¯s face on the other hand looked nk. I shook the dreadful feeling away. I have to survive for papa. ¡°We cancelled our n to go out and decided to watch movies at our apartment instead. Halfway through the movie Aaron went to the washroom and the pizza guy arrived. So I got up to take the delivery from downstairs but the dizziness worsened. I slowly made my way down and took the pizza from the guy. I was making my way upstairs when the chest pains got worse. I somehow made my way upstairs but as soon as I got their I felt a pain so severe that I screamed and fortunately my neighbor heard me. I crawled to his door and knocked on it thinking it¡¯s my apartment but before I could say or do anything I passed out. I was in aa for three days.¡± The twins¡¯ mother gasped. ¡°Before I woke up, Papa contacted me in myatose state. He said I need toe home as he was dying and he wanted to see me onest time.¡± I chocked out. ¡°Mynddy helped me throughout these three days and she felt papa¡¯s presence when he came to me. Papa somehow healed me and I woke up. She said if the episode happened one more time, I will die.¡± I saw Asher¡¯s eyes widen from the corner of my eye. Leo growled, clenching his fist. ¡°Cassidy said she wasn¡¯t even sure that I would make it the first time but papa helped me. She knew if I had a chance to survive she would have to talk to papa and convince him¡­ convince¡­him to heal me but that would result in him dying that very moment.¡± I lied. I will tell this only to Leo afterwards. Caleb and Carter already knows about it but I know they will keep the secret if asked them to. ¡°She and Grayson, her husband came here with me but I wasn¡¯t sure about taking total strangers to the cabin so I went there alonest night. I was talking to papa when a pain beyondparison hit me. I don¡¯t know what happened afterwards as I was in and out of conscious. I woke up next morning that is today morning and felt different. I still felt weak but I felt better. There was this warm feeling inside me. I asked the others about what happened. They told me the poison has stopped spreading but papa was gone.¡± A tear fell on my back of my palm and then other. ¡°I didn¡¯t get to talk to him onest time. After that Cassidy and Grayson exined to me what was happening to me. She had told me beforeing here that my mate was cheating on me but I didn¡¯t believe her then but I knew it was the truth. She told me to go see him onest time so I will be able to move on after I saw everything with my own eyes and confronted him. Ryder wanted toe with us but I stopped him. He would have killed Asher. Caleb and Carter came with me and were waiting outside. I came out of Asher¡¯s house after seeing him with the girl lying naked in his bed. I talked to him but he got a little aggressive. I bucked him off¡­ well more like ordered them to submission and came out. Caleb, Carter and I wereing to your house when Asher stopped us. He looked ready to attack. The twins shielded me but before anyone could do anything Asher shifted and wed them. He was about to attack me when you stopped him.¡± I finished looking down at my hands. Chapter 20- Amara Chapter 20- Amara Leo growled and cursed under his breath. ¡°How about we take Caleb and Carter inside first?¡± I asked to cut the tension. Leo gave me a hard re in reply making me shut up. He got up and stood in front of Asher¡¯s kneeling self. ¡°Exin yourself.¡± Leo growled. ¡°I was mad because she said that we are over.¡± Asher mumbled confused. What is he confused about? His reaction or me leaving? Must be his reaction as he clearly don¡¯t care about me. ¡°And you expected her to not leave your sorry ass after you put her in this state?¡± Leo asked in a low menacing voice. Oh lord! I am getting chills. He seems furious. ¡°I didn¡¯t knew the tales were true. I thought it was a myth. Mom and dad said that too. Besides, do you expect me to wait around for her toe back? Who knows how many men she would have been there with? Everyone has needs. Who knows if she hasn¡¯t cheated on me till now? I meane on. You didn¡¯t expect me to hang around, waiting for her like a love sick puppy, did you now?¡± Asher replied getting to his feet and smirked. That made my blood boil. Wow! Where did my sweet and caring mate go? It hurts like hell to think the person who is supposed to love you, wants you dead. ¡°So in other words, you are ming her for you cheating her. Wonderful.¡± Leo seethed. ¡°HER FATHER DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPIDITY. SHE ALMOST DIED TOO AND YOU ARE TELLING ME IT IS HER FAULT THAT YOU CAN¡¯T KEEP YOUR FUCKING DICK IN YOUR PANTS. YOU FUCKING MURDERER.¡± I felt something swirl inside me. What was that? It felt like papa but different. ¡°If she wouldn¡¯t have gone, we would be living happily now.¡± Asher said smugly. ¡°What would you have done, if she had died?¡± Stan asked. Asher looked a little ufortable but he quickly covered it with a smirk. Well he did kill my father. ¡°Good riddance.¡± He said smirking at me. ¡°But she is not right so if it doesn¡¯t work out with Olivia, she can always warm my bed.¡± That was it. Leo gave an almighty roar and lunged at Asher. It took me a moment to register what was happening. Leo started wing anywhere he could get his ws on Asher. Stan tried to stop him but to no avail. Asher wailed and screamed in pain for help but no one could pry Leo off. How the hell did he manage to get his ws out? He can¡¯t half shift. None of them can. ¡°YOU KILLED MY FATHER.¡± Leo snarled. ¡°YOU HURT MY SISTER. I ALMOST LOST HER BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU UNGRATEFUL SON OF A BITCH. I WILL KILL YOU AND YOUR PARENTS WILL SUFFER FOR WHAT YOU DID.¡± Wait sister¡­ father¡­holly hell. That¡¯s when I noticed. His eyes were glowing. Tyler is in control of Leo¡¯s body. I need to do something. I don¡¯t think I will be able to survive through Asher¡¯s death. Another shock will send me directly to the coffin and papa will die with me. ¡°Tyler.¡± I called him. He stopped and looked at me breathing heavily. His canines were out. ¡°Please stop. I know he deserves this but I want to live and I don¡¯t think I will be able to survive his death. Atleast not now. Please.¡± He whimpered. I gave him my hand to take which I am d he took with his bloody ws and stood up in front of me with a very sorrowful face. He looked like a wounded puppy. Looking at him like that made my heart clench. We had both lost our father at the hand of the person we trusted. Well not really lost but still. I haven¡¯t told him that yet. Tyler scooped me in his arms and buried his face in my neck. I felt him tremble as he cried for his loss. I wanted to cry too but I have to stay strong for him and Ryder. Papa can¡¯t do that for us anymore. I bit my lip to stop myself from crying and encircled him with my arms as much as I can. Our moment was broken when Asher¡¯s parents came out of their house, running and crying for their beaten and bloody son whom apparently everyone has forgotten till now. Tyler still had his arm around me. ¡°My baby.¡± Christine hollered, sitting next to a very bloody and unmoving Asher. ¡°YOU¡± Arthur bellowed pointing towards me. ¡°YOU DID THIS TO MY SON.¡± Arthur advanced towards me but stopped when Tyler growled at him. ¡°Your son and you did this to yourself.¡± Tyler growled. ¡°What do you mean Alpha and why are you like this?¡± Arthur had the audacity to ask. ¡°You don¡¯t know what you did Arthur?¡± Tyler asked tilting his head to the side. He looked murderous. Arthur shook on his foot. ¡°You are lucky my brother isn¡¯t here or you and that bastard of yours would be six feet under by now.¡± Tyler hissed. Arthur looked confused a little and scared beyond major. ¡°As for your punishment, Asher Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. is stripped from his title as the third inmand to the lowest of everyone present here.¡± Last time I checked Arthur cared so much about his reputation and position. Ohh that must be a blow to him. ¡°What?¡± Arthur asked with a trembling voice. ¡°But Alpha why are you doing this for that bitch?¡± ¡°BITCH?¡± Tyler bellowed. ¡°HOW DARE YOU CALL MY SISTER BITCH?¡± ¡°Your sister?¡± Arthur squeaked. Chapter 21- Amara Chapter 21- Amara From the look on Arthur¡¯s face he knew he screwed up. Christine was beside herself, crying over her injured child. Yes! That bastard was alive. My feelings for him have surprisingly reduced since morning. Notpletely gone but it¡¯s a progress. I think papa worked his magic. I wish he was here beside me but because of my asshole of a mate he is inside me, lying dormant. I just hope I get to give him his life back someday. First things first. I need to convince Tyler to let Leo have control back. ¡°Hey Tyler.¡± I called sessfully gaining his attention. ¡°You need to give control back to Leo. You know you shouldn¡¯t take over his body like that. Besides I have something important to talk to him. Actually to tell that to the both of you.¡± ¡°I know.¡± He said engulfing me in his arms and burring his nose in neck. He was sniffing me. ¡°You know sniffing a female is rude right. I could literally kick you in the balls for that.¡± I joked making him chuckle. ¡°I just want to take your scent in to calm myself down. You are the best calming therapy for me there is at the moment.¡± He teased. ¡°I am a therapy now.¡± I gasped out feigning offense. ¡°Yup.¡± He said putting me back of my feet and grinning at me. It looked more dangerous as his canines were still out. ¡°I missed you princess.¡± He said with a broken look, all the yfulness gone. ¡°I am sorry I couldn¡¯t protect you.¡± ¡°I missed you too big bro. Don¡¯t beat yourself about it. You are the best big brother there is. Well besides Ryder. He will throw a fit if he heard about me calling you the best brother. I love you both equally but he won¡¯t be satisfied with that.¡± I said chuckling. ¡°Yeah.¡± Tyler repliedughing. ¡°He does not like to share you. Not even with me. Papa was the only exception.¡± ¡°More like he didn¡¯t have a choice or papa would have beat his ass to Timbuktu.¡± I snorted. Papa. I miss him. ¡°See you princess.¡± Tyler said dolefully. His canines and ws started shrinking back. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and opened them again. They had stopped glowing. ¡°You wanted to talk about something?¡± Leo asked. ¡°So you are Leo right?¡± Stan asked confused. ¡°Yeah dude.¡± Leo replied. ¡°My wolf took over all of sudden but I was fully conscious. Kind of like being in the back seat of my head.¡± ¡°I am sorry about that. My brothers get a little over protective when ites to me.¡± I apologized. ¡°Don¡¯t be. I would have done the same thing he did.¡± Leo said smirking. ¡°Maybe worse. You are part of our pack Amy and also one of the Alphas. I acknowledge your importance in this pack and so does everyone else. What Asher did is a crime. He will go through the punishment my wolf gave him and so will Arthur and Christine for supporting him. I will make sure of it.¡± ¡°Thanks Leo. Thank you guys for helping me.¡± I said smiling gratefully at all of my pack mates.This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Let¡¯s get to what you wanted to tell me. Okay?¡± Leo said. ¡°Let¡¯s go to my house.¡± We entered his house and sat on the couch in the living room. ¡°Where¡¯s everyone?¡± I asked out of curiosity. ¡°Mom and dad are inside, giving us privacy. Don¡¯t worry. They won¡¯t hear a thing. Ste is at her parents for a couple days.¡± He replied. ¡°Oh.¡± ¡°So¡­?¡± ¡°Umm¡­Well¡­where should I start?¡± I started nervously. Leo waited patiently. ¡°Papa¡­ he isn¡¯t dead.¡± I gulped as Leo narrowed his eyes at me. I took a deep breath and told him everything. ¡°So he is inside you?¡± Leo asked shocked out of his mind. I nodded. ¡°And at some point you will be able to shift like us?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± I whispered. There was pin drop silence as Leo gawked at me, thinking about what to say I guess. ¡°Cool.¡± He said smiling brightly to my utter shock. ¡°We will have another wolf in the pack. Powerful at that.¡± I blew out the breath I didn¡¯t knew I was holding. ¡°But wait¡­ doesn¡¯t that mean you will be the Alpha wolf as well. You will have a higher position than me.¡± He looked conflicted about it. Shit! I didn¡¯t think about that at all. ¡°I didn¡¯t think about that before.¡± I murmured. ¡°I don¡¯t want to out right you or anything. I swear, I don¡¯t. You are my Alpha and that¡¯s going to be it. I might be an Alpha with or without a wolf but Tyler is older than me and that means you are the Alpha. I know Papa and Ryder agrees with that too and I agree with that as well. I won¡¯t create any problems. I promise.¡± I rambled desperately. This is giving a headache. Alphas do not like a threat to their positions. Why do I always create problems for others? ¡°Hey! Calm down. I know you won¡¯t create any problems. I am just happy that I have you by my side to take care of the pack.¡± He said smiling at me. I blew a breath to rx myself. Geez I thought I might get thrown out by him. Chapter 22- Amara Chapter 22- Amara ¡°Well then I should get going before Ryder has a panic attack andes here growling his ass off.¡± I saidughing at the image of Ryder throwing a tantrum. ¡°Yeah.¡± Leo replied chuckling. I got up and left his house with him behind me. Carter and Caleb came barreling towards me, winching a little. ¡°What did we miss?¡± Caleb asked. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you be resting?¡± I asked narrowing my eyes at them. ¡°Well?¡± Carter asked totally ignoring myment. ¡°Nothing much. Tyler sort off wed Asher¡¯s insides out but he is alive and kicked him off his position. Ryan is the new third inmand now.¡± I told them. ¡°I should have been awake to see all that.¡± Carter said pouting while Caleb nodded really fast making meugh. ¡°Disturbing things aside. I am going back to the cabin. Ryder must be on edge by now.¡± I told them waving goodbye. ¡°Thank you guys for all the support you gave me.¡± ¡°We areing with you.¡± The twins said at the same time creeping the hell out of me. I have never seen them do that. ¡°No you are not. You are going home and taking a long rest to recover quickly.¡± I scolded them. ¡°But¡­¡± Again the synchronization thing. ¡°No buts. I will drop Alec off to the apartment. Go rest.¡± I said waving them off. They turned around pouting and slumped all the way back to their home. They are just adorable. ¡°I will see youter Leo.¡± ¡°I will drop you off. I don¡¯t think you should be walking long distances in your condition just yet.¡± I opened my mouth to protest but he cut me off. ¡°I am not listening to anything wait here while I shift and I do have to meet the witch and the warlock.¡± It was my turn to pout now. Leo shifted behind a tree and came in front of me to climb on his back and we took off towards the cabin. It feels nice to see Tyler again. I hopped off his back as he stopped in front of the cabin. Cassidy, Alec and Grayson were sitting near the front door of the cabin with Ryder in the same ce I felt him at. What am I going to do with him? They got up as soon as they saw us. Leo went behind a tree to shift back and came back with basketball shorts on. Where did he get that from again? ¡°Alpha Ryder.¡± Leo said bowing at Ryder which he replied with a nod. He still looks a little grumpy. ¡°You must be the Alpha.¡± Cassidy said extending her arm to shake. Leo looked vivid for a moment but took her palm in his in the end and then shook hands with Grayson as well. I imaginedsers flying out of Leo¡¯s eyes which did not help the situation as I giggled at the very wrong moment. Boy, did he looked mad. I can say he did not like them on hisnd. ¡°Leo this is mynddy and also the witch who helped me, Cassidy.¡± I introduced to lessen the tension. ¡°This is Grayson her husband. He is a warlock.¡± I turned towards Cassidy and Grayson. ¡°This This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. is Leorio, the Alpha of our pack.¡± ¡°Thank you for helping us.¡± Leo said in a stiff voice. Oh lord! Just loosen up a little. ¡°Its no problem Alpha. We are d we could help.¡± Cassidy said in a formal tone. I have never seen her so up tight. Conclusion¡­ they do not like each other. I looked at Alec boggled. He gave me the same expression making us grin at each other. We quickly looked away as we would have gone into a full blownughing fit. ¡°Alece with me. I will take you back to Caleb¡¯s house.¡± Leo said. Alec nodded and hugged the life out of me. ¡°Don¡¯t leave without telling me.¡± he said looking at me with worry. I nodded. He hugged me once more and left with Leo. ¡°Lets go.¡± Ryder said in the mind link. Well someone is impatient. ¡°Can you guys wait here?¡± I asked Cassidy and Grayson. ¡°I need to talk to Ryder in private.¡± ¡°Sure child. Go ahead.¡± Cassidy replied smiling at me. Ryder scooted down so I could climb on and off he went. I have never seen him run so fast. I feel like I will fly off of his back before reaching wherever we are going. He slowed down to a jog after like ten minutes or so. I have nevere to this part of the woods. Where are we? We passed through a sort of energy field. It felt weird at first but in a good way. It felt like I was going home. Like I entered through the main door of my home. Its beautiful here. There is a beautiful waterfall in front with flowers and butterflies giving the little clearing a view like someone threw color bombs everywhere but in a really beautiful way. The water was sparkling in the sun. ¡°This is where we used to live before we found you. Papa wanted me to show you this.¡± Ryder said looking at the flowing water. ¡°What is this ce?¡± I asked but deep down I knew the answer already. ¡°It¡¯s home princess.¡± Ryder looked so peaceful here. I felt the same too. ¡°Yeah I kind off felt that.¡± I said smiling. ¡°Why do I feel like this Ryder? I am not a spirit wolf.¡± ¡°I have a hunch. Its not necessary though. First you need to meet someone.¡± Ryder started walking towards the waterfall. ¡°Stay here. I will be right back.¡± Ryder disappeared behind the waterfall. There must be a cave or something there. After a couple seconds he came back but he wasn¡¯t alone. I gasped in surprise. I knew I was gawking at them with my mouth wide open but I couldn¡¯t help myself. Somehow I knew who he was. He felt the same as papa and Ryder. He was looking at me with a confused face. Our staringpetition was broken by Ryder clearing his throat. He gave me a amused look making me close my mouth. ¡°When?¡± I asked shocked out of my mind. Chapter 23- Amara Chapter 23- Amara Beside Ryder was a golden brown wolf spirit, standing a little shorter than him. He looked more like a teen version of Ryder. ¡°Are you going to tell me anything?¡± I asked exasperated. ¡°Is he who I think he is?¡± What did Ryder do? He gave a booming bark likeugh. My eye twitched. I am going to murder this wolf. The other spirit wolf was looking at us like we had gone mad. ¡°Ryder stop cackling like a hyena.¡± I said irritated. ¡°Oh my god! Your face. Geez Amy.¡± Ryder eximed dissolving intoughing fits again. ¡°Are you talking bro or should I beat you up?¡± I asked ring at him making Ryder shut up. The other wolf growled in warning. What¡¯s his problem? ¡°Okay! I am talking. Don¡¯t get all riled up princess.¡± Ryder started. ¡°This is my son¡± he said motioning towards the smaller wolf spirit. ¡°and the next spirit alpha. Obviously he doesn¡¯t have a name. You can give him er.¡± He turned towards the spirit wolf. ¡°This is my baby sister, Amara.¡± ¡°I am not a baby anymore Ryder.¡± I grumbled. ¡°Of course sweetie.¡± Ryder said to me amused. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Is she like my aunt then?¡± The wolf spirit asked. ¡°She is your aunt.¡± Ryder said firmly. ¡°This is confusing papa. She is human.¡± Poor guy was confused as hell. It will take a little time to get used to hearing someone call Ryder, Papa. ¡°Our Ry Ry is a father now.¡± I teased. If Ryder could blush, he would be red as a tomato from the looks of his reaction. ¡°Are you blushing?¡± I asked giggling at his expense. ¡°Yeahugh all you want.¡± Ryder grumbled huffing. ¡°Anyways, it¡¯s nice to meet you.¡± I said to the smaller wolf. ¡°Yeah. Hi!¡± he replied still confused beyond limits. ¡°Can I call you Xander?¡± I asked. ¡°We are not supposed to have names.¡± He replied. ¡°Just let her do what she wants pup.¡± Ryder growled earning a p from me. ¡°What the hell was that for?¡± ¡°You were rude to my nephew.¡± I scolded. Xander snorted. ¡°Excuse me! Your nephew?¡± Ryder eximed dramatically. Uh oh! This is not good. ¡°You are my sister. I am not sharing you with nobody. Not anymore.¡± With that being said, Ryder stood between Xander and I and full on red at him. Uh this stubborn child. ¡°Xander do you mind giving us a minute?¡± I asked sighing at my brother¡¯s behavior. ¡°Sure.¡± He said looking at us weirdly. He looked really sacred of Ryder. ¡°What was that about?¡± I asked Ryder as soon as Xander was out of ear shot. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Ryder said hanging his head. My poor brother. ¡°I just get this urge to shield you from everyone and everything. It was not this strong before but as soon as I became Alpha it got way stronger. I just lost papa and I don¡¯t want to lose you too. I don¡¯t like it when you show love to someone else. I don¡¯t like to see you hurt. It feels like you will leave me. What is happening to me?¡± ¡°Ryder I love you. I am not leaving you. He is your son. He won¡¯t take me away from you. Please be there for him just like papa was there for you. You can¡¯t treat him like that. About the whole possessive thing you have going on there, maybe it¡¯s just because of the new changes. I have heard Alphas get possessive over there family. Papa was like that too right. You will get used to it.¡± He nodded. ¡°I am such a crap father.¡± Ryder said gloomily. He looked like he was about to cry. ¡°No Ry. Your are a good father. Somethings just take times to adjust to. The only thing you need to do at the moment is talk to your son and exin everything to him. I will call him back for you.¡± ¡°Xander.¡± I called in the mind link. ¡°What the hell?¡± he screeched. ¡°It¡¯s me Amara. Come outside. Ryder¡­I mean your father wants to talk to you.¡± Geez! That will take time to get used to. ¡°Okay?¡± I wanted tough so bad at his adorableness. That pup is really cute. Xander walked out tentatively towards us. ¡°Do you mind if I hug you?¡± I asked him. Ryder growled a little but didn¡¯t do anything other than that. ¡°No?¡± he said more like a question. I took the chance and flung myself at him making him gasp. I buried my face in his neck and wound my arms around him. He rested his head on my back sighing. He gives the same warmth as papa and Ryder. He is a lot less muscr and smaller than them but I know he will grow into it. ¡°Okay enough.¡± Ryder grumbled. Chapter 24- Amara Chapter 24- Amara I stepped away from Xander and poked my tongue at Ryder. Xander looked reluctant to let go. He still stood really close to me. I am sensing a huge trouble. Ryder looked to be on a full tantrum throwing This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. mode and so did Xander. They are simr in more ways than one. God help me please. To my surprise though, Ryder sighed and shook his head. ¡°Close your mouth Amy.¡± Ryder said amused. I didn¡¯t knew my mouth was hanging open. ¡°Is my big brother growing up finally?¡± I teased. Ryder replied me with a hard re. I full onughed in his face. ¡°So am I allowed to hug her papa?¡± Xander asked Ryder innocently. ¡°Sure.¡± Ryder more like snarled making Xander flinch. ¡°Ryder what the hell?¡± I asked annoyed of his behavior. Well we are getting somewhere aren¡¯t we? ¡°Son you can hug your aunt.¡± He said frowning. Aunt? Oh lord! I am too young for that. Ryder on the other hand looked like someone asked him to share his favorite candy. Eww! That sounded gross. ¡°Come here.¡± I ordered Ryder with my arms open which heplied and pulled me to the ground like earlier in the morning. He must be going through an emotional turmoil at the moment. He must be having a hard time adjusting to everything. Usually the previous Alpha is there to guide the new Alpha but because of me he has to go through this alone. I feel guilty for taking that away from him. I buried my face deeper into his neck. Papa I wish you were here. I miss you so much. We mish you so much. I gasped due to the sudden feeling that coursed through me. It felt like something alive moved in me. I sat up. It wasn¡¯t a bad feeling. Ryder looked at me worried. I felt a warmth spread to my arms till fingers and legs to toes. Slowly it spread to my entire body. I was emitting a golden glow. I looked at Ryder to find him dumbfoundedly looking at me with aww. Xander stood beside his father and was looking at me with wide eyes. Though this was strange to happen in the first ce, I felt safe. What is going on with me? Suddenly a voice rang in my head. A very familiar voice at that. Looking at Ryder and Xander¡¯s shocked expressions, I can tell they were hearing it too. ¡°Hello my pups.¡± ¡°Papa¡± Ryder and I said at the same time. ¡°Hmm¡± ¡°But how?¡± I asked. The golden glow was still surrounding me. ¡°You made it possible child. You are stronger than you think. It took a lot of energy out of me at first but I eventually recovered enough to have a little chat with my family. You seem a little broken son.¡± Papa said in a sad voice. ¡°It¡¯s just the new emotions papa. Nothing else. I don¡¯t think I was ready to be an Alpha yet.¡± Ryder said. ¡°You are ready as you will ever be. You were born for this. Don¡¯t doubt yourself. I was going to die anyways but now because of our little princess I can stay with you pups longer. Treat Xander better Ryder. He is your son. He won¡¯t take Amy away from you. She is his family as well. I know with the recent incident you feel more protective towards her but you need to understand, she won¡¯t be here all the time. She lost her mate but that doesn¡¯t mean she won¡¯t have anyone in the future.¡± Like I would. ¡°Yes would youngdy. That bastard is not the end of the world.¡± I nodded half-heartedly. ¡°Xander give your father some time. He wille around.¡± ¡°Yes grandpa.¡± Xander said wagging his tail. I cooed at him. Xander hid his face in his paws with his bum sticking out, his tail still wagging. He is so adorable. I hope I get to spend more time with him. Ryder huffed and sat with his head on his paws. ¡°Stop sulking Ryder.¡± I saidughing at him. He just huffed at me. ¡°Well I will take my leave for now. I need to rest. If you need me, I will be right here.¡± With that being said papa retreated to¡­ where? Well he went silent after that and the glow around me retreated inside me. I felt much better though. Atleast I know that papa is not going to die. He will be here when we need him. Maybe I will be able to shift sooner thanter. After that Ryder took me back to the cabin. Apparently Xander can¡¯te out of that ce till he is an adult, which won¡¯t take much time as he is already this big in just about seven months. Cassidy was shocked seeing me all healthy. I bid Ryder goodbye and the three of us made our way back to Alec¡¯s apartment. Fortunately Alec was back to his ce apanied with Caleb and Carter. I made a call to the Knights and met them at their ce. They were not happy to know about what Asher did. Especially Alex and Oliver. I made them promise not to do anything about it as I had already taken care of the situation and they reluctantly agreed. It¡¯s been a month since we came back to Berkeley. Everything is going pretty well. I have gotten a very angry call from my parents about not telling me about the whole incident. Alec had ratted me out to them. They had demanded me toe home in the Christmas holidays. Steven on the other hand had done aplete one eighty. He doesn¡¯t re at me anymore but I can¡¯t say we are best buds. Well it¡¯s an improvement. Austines by once in a while and is his usual charming self. Aaron on the other hand is mad at me. He knows I am hiding something from him and I will till it is necessary for him to know. As promised the twins didn¡¯t tell him anything either. That made him furious but he was happy that I am alright now. I can see he is upset about me hiding things from him but I don¡¯t want him to feel sorry for me or be depressed himself. I wasn¡¯t going to tell the pack either but the circumstances were not in my favor. Why drag everyone in my misery? Chapter 25- Amara Chapter 25- Amara Aaron¡¯s behavior has be a little distant since I came back. It¡¯s killing me from the inside that my best friend is getting aloof from me but I just want him to be happy. Today Aaron is going to a frat party with some of his friends as it is Saturday today. I felt bad that he didn¡¯t want me toe with him but I can understand where he ising from. I started all this. So far I haven¡¯t had any problems with the rejection thing and I am d for that. I feel asional pains but not that intense like before. They feel like a pinch. Cassidy said that it means that I am healing perfectly. I will be free from this sooner than she expected and I might be able to shift early. The thought of seeing papa free always brings a smile to my face. I don¡¯t know if he will have his memories or not but he won¡¯t be trapped in my body anymore. Aaron and I just finished our shift at the caf¨¦ and we are walking back to our apartment inplete silence. I can see Aaron fidgeting but I didn¡¯tment on it. I know what he is going to ask. We reached our apartment and he went to wash up. He came back and sat before me to dry his hair after handing me the towel. I am d that never changed. I started drying his hair. ¡°Are you going to tell me?¡± he asked making my hands stop mid wiping his hair. ¡°No.¡± I answered simply and resumed what I was doing. ¡°Are you alright Amy?¡± ¡°I am now.¡± he seemed satisfied with my answer. He got up and fidgeted with his fingers again looking at his feet. He nodded his head likeing to a decision. ¡°Are you dying?¡± he asked biting his lip. This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Not anymore.¡± I told him smiling. He gasped. He deserves to know that much. ¡°You should get ready. Your friends will be here any moment.¡± I told him. He nodded and went to our bedroom to get changed. I made my way to the bathroom to take a quick shower. I walked out in a bath robe to find him sitting on the sofa, tapping his foot nervously. ¡°Why are you so riled up Aaron?¡± I asked sitting in front of him. ¡°I¡­ I am happy that you are alright. I don¡¯t hate you or anything. It¡¯s just I feel betrayed that you don¡¯t tell me anything anymore. Why?¡± He asked conflicted. ¡°Aaron I love you. You are my best friend. I am not telling you this because I don¡¯t want to drag you in my misery. Besides I am getting better now so there''s no point thinking about old things. I want you to be happy. It¡¯s not that I don¡¯t trust you or anything. It¡¯s just that I don¡¯t want to drag you in my mess. You deserve to be happy and I am happy for you. Whatever that was going on is pretty much taken care of. So forget about it and go enjoy yourself.¡± I told him smiling at him encouragingly. ¡°Okay.¡± He said smiling widely. ¡°If you get too drunk, call me. I wille pick you up.¡± ¡°I am staying at a friends dorm for the night. I will be back in the morning.¡± ¡°Okay but eat something before you go or you will get an upset stomach.¡± ¡°Yes mom.¡± He teased. Iughed with him after a very long time. The door bell rang downstairs and he dashed outside after giving me a bone crushing hug. I locked the door after him and made myself some dinner after putting on my pjs. After eating I went to bed. I was woken up with a burning sensation all over my body. It felt like someone has set my whole body on fire. I nced at the clock on the wall to find it¡¯s two in the morning. I climbed down my bunk bed, almost falling t on my face. The burning was getting worse. What is happening to me? I should find Cassidy. I walked in the living room with shaky legs and wincing from the burning. It was getting harder to stop myself from screaming. I opened the door and stepped outside breathing heavily. I can¡¯t make it downstairs. Should I ask Steven for help? I didn¡¯t get the time to think as the pain intensified making me release a silent scream. My mark was burning intensely. I banged on his door with as much strength as I can muster. After some time he opened the door. He took one look at me and pulled me inside. ¡°I will go get Cassidy.¡± Steven said after settling me on the couch and ran out the door. The pain was intensifying to near inparison. It felt like someone has tossed me in a furnace. The mate mark started to hurt like hell. I made my way to the bathroom and started the cold water tap in the bathtub. I slipped shakily in the shower till the bath tub filled. My skin looked red already from the heat. As soon as the bath tub was full, I dunk myself in it. It felt a little better but that did not help any longer. Steven came running inside the bathroom with Cassidy on his tail. He pulled me out of the water and wrapped me in a towel. My clothes were dripping with water but I still felt the burning. My legs gave out under me but Steven held me up. I bit my lip from trying to stop myself from screaming. It hurts. My body hurts. I thought I wouldn¡¯t have to go through this again but here I am glowing red like a blow torch. ¡°Her mate marked someone else.¡± Cassidy said as Stevenid me down on his bed. ¡°The mark on her neck must be the cause of this.¡± ¡°But you said it was over.¡± Steven shouted angrily. ¡°You said she won¡¯t have to go through this again.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t think about her being marked before. Austin nor you marked your mate. It totally slipped my mind. The venom will probably burn out of her.¡± I am scared. What does she mean by burn out of me? Even the bed spread felt like it was burning under me. ¡°What does that even mean?¡± Steven asked terrified. ¡°The venom that seeped into her when he marked her will burn out of her. Look at her. Her skin is all red.¡± Cassidy said irritated. For the first time Cassidy looked defeated. ¡°How¡­.¡± Steven started but cut of by a very blood curling scream. The scream left my mouth before I could even think what I was doing. My mark felt like someone out a smoldering iron on it. Everything was getting blurred. I was passing out anding back in because of the pain. ¡°MAKE IT STOP.¡± I shouted again and again wing at the bed spread. My neck felt like it was set ze. Chapter 26- Steven Chapter 26- Steven I saw her writhe in pain. She looked so vulnerable. Her skin had gotten unusually red. Why does she have to go through all this? She doesn¡¯t deserve this. Her condition is even worse than mine. She was screaming herself hoarse. She must be in a lot of pain. ¡°What can we do to help her?¡± I asked Cassidy. ¡°The venom is too far spread as she is marked like two years ago. I am d they didn¡¯tplete the bond.¡± Cassidy mumbled to herself. ¡°Well there is one way.¡± She looked at me knowingly. ¡°No No No. I am not doing that to her.¡± I said to her disbelief. ¡°Do whatever you want just make this stop.¡± Amara said whimpering. ¡°IT HURTS.¡± Poor girl. But I can¡¯t do that to her. Besides Austin will kill me if he came to know about this. ¡°Help the girl out Steven. Atleast she won¡¯t feel the pain.¡± Cassidy said and left the room in a hurry. Is she kidding me? I am not doing that. ¡°Please make it stop.¡± She whimpered again looking at me. ¡°You don¡¯t know what Cassidy meant with me helping you.¡± I said after sitting beside her. ¡°I¡­don¡¯t care. Do whatever you want. Please help me. I am begging you.¡± She begged. She doesn¡¯t understand. ¡°You know what I do to drown my pain right?¡± she replied with a quite yes but it quickly turned to a scream. I don¡¯t want to see her like that. That guy has ruined her life. Once a happy girl is now in so much pain that even a stranger will take pity on her. ¡°She wants me to do that with you so you won¡¯t be in this much pain.¡± ¡°Do it.¡± She replied immediately. She was struggling to speak. ¡°Think of me as one of the women you have sex with. Please. I ca¡­¡± She screamed in agony before she canplete her sentence. What she didn¡¯t knew is that I can never treat her like a slut. Those women can¡¯t even hold a candle to her. ¡°As you wish. Don¡¯t regret itter though.¡± I said unwrapping the towel off of her. ¡°I won¡¯t.¡± She mumbled breathing heavily. I removed my t-shirt and sweat pants and hovered over her. I can tell she was scared but the pain overruled it. Even in this state she looked adorable. Her face was all red. Her eyes were swollen from the crying. I felt her shudder when my cold hands touched her face. She closed her eyes and leaned into my hand. Her body temperature was way up than I thought. Even through the clothes she was wearing, her body felt good against my cold one. Holly shit! How will I think of her as just a fling if she is going to react like this. I didn¡¯t waste anymore time and touched my lips to hers. Her lips are addicting. I devoured her lips like my life depended on it. I tasted the blood on her lips. Her blood. She must have bit her lip earlier. Her blood is the sweetest I have ever tasted. I wanted more but I knew I shouldn¡¯t. Cassidy was right. This girl is special. She whimpered against my mouth, holding onto my back a little tighter. She must have been hit with another wave of pain. As much I don¡¯t want to, I need to move faster. To my surprise, I want to savor every part of her but I can¡¯t do that now. I took a hold of myself and started kissing down her jaw. I slowly made my way towards her neck where the mark lies and sucked on it. She fucking moaned. I can feel my dick straining against my boxers. Fuck! What is she doing to me? Keep yourself together. This is just for the night. I ripped her clothes off of her body while kissing her mark. I want to see her naked under me but I controlled myself. That would be really wrong. I couldn¡¯t stop myself from making my way down to her breast. I took one in my mouth and sucked on it. Hard. She arched her back moaning loudly. I trailed my hand down her body. Her skin felt so smooth to touch. She is a beauty. That much I can tell. I moved to her other breast after torturing the first one. She was a moaning mess under me. She was winching once in while but I can tell, pleasure was overtaking her pain. It¡¯s working. I inserted a finger inside her making her gasp. I can feel her clenching around my finger when I moved it inside her. She was close. I inserted another finger and made my way down, kissing every inch of her skin. Her moans were doing something weird to me. I just couldn¡¯t help it. I swirled my tongue on her neither lips and she came right there. I can¡¯t take this anymore. I ripped my boxers and climbed between her legs. I mmed inside her before she could started devouring her lips and started moving inside her. I never felt this much pleasure before. I started kissing her mark when I felt her struggling to breath. I had this urge to sink my teeth in her neck. I have never had this urge before. I shouldn¡¯t. I can feel her clench around me. She is close and I am too. I increased my pace and she came around me. I wanted to bite her so bad. I pulled a pillow towards me and bit on it. A few more thrustster, Ie deep inside her. I slumped on her, drinking in her scent. She smells divine. We were both panting. I can feel her breath on my skin. I slowly pulled out of her andid beside her. She winced a little. She must be feeling a little pain. It was her first time after all. ¡°You feeling better?¡± I asked her. ¡°Yeah. It doesn¡¯t hurt that much like earlier but it still hurts. I think I can handle that much.¡± She replied. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. She didn¡¯t sound fully convincing though. Her skin was still red but I think it will heal with time. ¡°Are you really okay? You don¡¯t sound that confident.¡± I intrigued. ¡°Well¡­¡± She face became more red than before. ¡°It¡¯sing back I think. It¡¯s not that bad though.¡± Her voice was barely above whisper. I can see the pain on her face. She was doing a very bad job at hiding it. ¡°You don¡¯t need to hide anything from me. We are doing this to help you. I will be here all night if you need me.¡± I assured her. Her lips trembled and she flung herself on me. I engulfed her in my arms and pulled her over my body. We stayed like this till her sobs died out. She sat up on my torso, rubbing her eyes in all her naked glory. Her pale skin shined in the moon lighting from the window. I can feel myself getting hard again. Shit! She looked at me with those beautiful brown eyes and rested her hands on my chest. Suddenly her face turned red and she scurried off of me, onto the bed. I didn¡¯t mind you there. ¡°Sorry.¡± She mumbled looking at her fingers. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± I replied. ¡°Thank you.¡± She said but winced in the end. ¡°Are you alright?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± She said ying with her fingers but I can see she was lying. ¡°Can I ask you something?¡± ¡°Sure.¡± ¡°Why murder the pillow?¡± She asked biting her lip in an effort not tough but a giggle escaped her lips. Now it was my turn to be embarrassed. ¡°I wanted to bite you so I bit the pillow instead.¡± I mumbled. The giggles became a full blownughter. It was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. She looked so mesmerising at the moment. How could someone hurt this person? I came out of my thoughts when I heard a whimper and sheid down with tears in her eyes. ¡°Tell me the truth. How much is it hurting?¡± I asked looking her in the eye. ¡°Its not that bad as before but it still hurts. I think I will be fine after a little rest.¡± She said wiping her eyes. I got up and kissed her lips, weaving my hands through her hairs. I just couldn¡¯t resist it. She was startled at first but she started kissing me back. Her tiny hands rested on my chest making me shudder in pleasure. I pulled away as I felt her breath shortening. I rested my forehead on hers. I wanted to kiss her again but I knew not to. I can¡¯t get attached to her. I pulled her down and spooned her from behind. ¡°Sleep. You will feel better.¡± I said kissing her mark. I felt her shudder as she leaned back towards me. I pulled the duvet over us. She closed her eyes and after some time I felt her breathing even. She looked like an angel sleeping in my arms. I know I can¡¯t have her. Austin really likes her. I don¡¯t know how I am going to tell him about this. Well I will think about thatter. I pulled her impossibly closer to me and buried my face in her hair. I don¡¯t remember when sleep overtook me. Chapter 27- Amara Chapter 27- Amara I woke up to Steven tightly wrapped around me. He had a tight hold on me but it was veryforting. How is he even sleeping? He is a vampire right? Well I will ask about itter. The pain is all gone now but I feel a little weak. I don¡¯t want to wake him up but I have to. I can¡¯t move¡­ at all. ¡°Steven.¡± I called out. He didn¡¯t even move an inch. ¡°Steven¡± He just groaned and buried his face in my neck. ¡°Steven wake up.¡± He didn¡¯t. I turned in his arms to face him with a lot of difficulty I may add. My body feels sore. I am still a little red in ces. Okay all over the body. I look sun burnt. Steven¡¯s face was so close to mine when I turned around that couldn¡¯t help myself but blush. He is beautiful to look at. I want to kiss him so bad. Too close. My nose is touching his. I closed the distance and nted my lips on his. I was about about to pull back when Steven¡¯s fingers took a hold of my face and flipped me on my back with him hovering over me. The next thing I know he was kissing me passionately. I kissed him back with the same intensity. We pulled away after sometime and he grinned at me. ¡°Good morning.¡± He greeted pecking my lips. ¡°Good morning.¡± I replied smiling at him. ¡°You feeling good?¡± ¡°I feel a lot better. All thanks to you.¡± ¡°I am d you are feeling better. You don¡¯t need to thank me though.¡± He said frowning. ¡°Steven why are you helping me?¡± I asked curiously. ¡°Why shouldn¡¯t I help you? It¡¯s not much anyways. I do this everyday just like breathing.¡± He said bitterly. ¡°Hey don¡¯t talk like that.¡± I said taking his face in my palm. ¡°You are a really good person. I know why you do what you do. You don¡¯t have a choice at the moment.¡± I sighed smiling a little. ¡°I wish could heal you.¡± I said looking at him in his eyes. My hands tingled. He gasped. I know what¡¯s happening and surely my hands started to glow. I pulled him closer, our foreheads touching and closed my eyes. I can feel the power spreading down his head to where his heart is. I can feel it heal slowly. I can feel the ckness leave his heart slowly. When it was all gone, I opened my eyes but his were still closed. A couple secondster he opened them with tears in them. I wiped them and kissed his forehead. ¡°Thank you.¡± He whispered looking straight in my eyes. ¡°You don¡¯t need to thank me. I did what I can.¡± I said smiling at him. ¡°You don¡¯t know what you did for me. I¡­I¡­ thank you so such.¡± He broke down into tears and buried his face in the crook of my neck. I have never seen him like this before. He is always so uptight. Now he looks so vulnerable. I am so happy for him. He will be able to start over again. Wait a minute. I just healed him. How the hell am I still conscious? I felt my head spin. Here it goes again. ¡°Steven I don¡¯t mean to sound rude or anything but I might pass out for a while. I just wanted to let you know.¡± I said to him. ¡°What?¡± he said looking at me worried. ¡°Well it¡¯s no big deal but I usually pass out for a day or two after healing but I don¡¯t feel like I am going to. I would be out by now if I was.¡± I rambled. ¡°Are you feeling okay?¡± he asked pulling me in a sitting position. ¡°A little dizzy that¡¯s all.¡± It took me a moment to see straight. ¡°How about I run you a bath? You will feel better after that. I will cook something for you while you are bathing. Stay here. I will be right back.¡± He said and ran out the room. I can¡¯t go anywhere anyways. I am one hundred percent sure I will plop on my ass the moment I step on my feet. I can feel the after effects of healing seeping in. My body is already sore from yesterday¡¯s events. I blushed at the thought. I had sex for the first time. That too with a hot vampire. Iid down on the bed as I had no energy in my body to stay upright. Atleast I didn¡¯t pass out this time. Holy shit! I totally forgot that I am naked. Just on the cue Steven stepped in the room in all his naked glory. I blushed averting my eyes from him. He is a wonderful sight though. I covered myself with the nket. ¡°Come on. Why are you being so shy now?¡± Steven asked smirking at me. He looked a lot happier now. ¡°Lets get you to the bathroom.¡± He said chuckling and lifted me up bridal style with the nket around me. Before that he wore a pair of shorts. Thank the heaven for that. He put me on my feet on the bathroom floor but I just couldn¡¯t stand straight. My head was spinning madly. He pulled the nket off of me, Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. keeping his arm around my waist to stop me from falling. He picked me up and set me in the bath tub making me sigh in content. The water was of the right temperature. He had put a vani vored bath bomb in it. It smelled good in here. I leaned my head back an closed my eyes. ¡°Call for me when you are done. I am in the kitchen.¡± He said kissing my forehead. He left the bathroom giving me onest look. He looked worried about me. How did we get from snarling at each others faces to being so¡­ domestic? Yeah that seems to be the right word. We are civil to each other and he is taking care of me. How the hell am I going to exin this to Aaron though? I would have to tell him everything or he will re the hell out of me. I can¡¯t lose him. I love him too much. He is my best friend after all. I didn¡¯t want to pull him into this. Seems like I have to now. All thanks to that bastard of a mate I have. I don¡¯t feel the pain anymore. Well that¡¯s a good news. My stomach growled quite loudly. Steven came inside the bathroom smirking at me. ¡°I can hear your stomach howl from the kitchen.¡± He teased making me blush in embarrassment. He pulled me out and helped me wash up. I didn¡¯t have any strength in me to feel embarrassed anymore. He wrapped a towel around me. I am d he is doing all this. My body feels so weak at the moment. Healing always takes a toll on me. He carried me to the bedroom and dressed me in his t- shirt and shorts after wiping me dry. I just slumped on him. I want to sleep. ¡°You need to eat first. You can sleep after you have had something in your stomach. I made chicken soup. I knew you wouldn¡¯t be able to eat solid food in this condition¡± I nodded in his chest. I feel groggy. I was onplete auto pilot. Steven carried me to the living room and sat me on the sofa. He went to the kitchen to get the food. He came back with a bowl of soup in one hand and a blood bag in the other. ¡°I hope you don¡¯t mind. I am starving. I don¡¯t want to hurt you idently.¡± He said hopefully. I nodded and smiled at him. Well I tried to smile at him as I had zero energy left in me. I don¡¯t think I managed to smile at all. Even moving face muscles is a hard job sometimes. He ced the bowl and the blood bag on the table and sat on the couch beside me. He then pulled me on hisp and started feeding me with one hand and helped himself to the blood by the other. Surprisingly I didn¡¯t feel disgusted or anything. The soup tastes delicious though. I felt a little better as I was eating. We were halfway through our food when the front door suddenly opened. I felt Steven freeze. Who the hell came between me and my food? ¡°WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OVER HERE?¡± Austin shouted before I could turn around making me wince with the headache that was starting to form. ¡°Austin please lower your voice. I am having a headache here.¡± I mumbled. I knew he heard me with him being a vampire and all. I opened my mouth for more soup and Steven fed me a spoonful. After finishing everyst drop of the soup I rested my head on Steven¡¯s chest and closed my eyes. I felt his arms go around me, making me sigh. Before I can enter the dream world a very angry Austin interrupted my bliss. ¡°Now would be a great time.¡± He more like snarled at us from right beside the couch. Chapter 28- Amara Chapter 28- Amara When did he even get there? I just want to sleep. Why won¡¯t he let me do that? I opened my eyes to look at him. He looked mad but something else was evident in his eyes. Hurt. That¡¯s confusing actually. Why is he hurt? ¡°Her mate marked someone elsest night. I helped her through it as she was in a lot of pain.¡± Steven exined before I can even open my mouth. ¡°You slept with her?¡± Austin said raising his voice. What the hell is wrong with this one? ¡°Yeah. That was the only way.¡± I interjected quite snappily. ¡°The pain was excruciating.¡± He flinched. He looked at me weirdly for a second then moved his eyes to Steven. ¡°Well don¡¯t you look happy.¡± He said to him in a very mean tone. What is he on about? What¡¯s his problem? ¡°I am.¡± Steven replied. I can feel him getting angry as his chest rumbled a little with a suppressed growl. ¡°She healed me.¡± ¡°WHAT?¡± That came from the front door of the apartment. Uh oh! ¡°What does he mean by you healed him? Tell me the truth Amy. What is going on over here? Do not lie to me this time.¡± Aaron said marching towards us. He looked at me then moved his eyes to Steven and red at him. How much did he hear? He smelled strongly of booze. ¡°I healed him this morning and I am feeling a little tired. Okay! I feel exhausted but other than that I am absolutely fine.¡± I replied sighing in exhaustion. I want to sleep so bad. Stevenbed my hair with his fingers gently. That feels good. ¡°You didn¡¯t pass out. Well that¡¯s a progress.¡± Aaron said ¡°And what did he mean by your mate marking someone else?¡± I stiffened. Here goes nothing. ¡°Well.¡± I startedughing nervously. ¡°It started on Asher¡¯s birthday. You remember I was getting weird chest pains and I was feeling sick?¡± he nodded. ¡°That was because Asher was cheating on me.¡± I gulped looking at Aaron. He looked mad. ¡°I won¡¯t go into details now. I don¡¯t have much energy left. Well after I woke, I went to Greycoast to see papa as he said he was dying.¡± He gasped in pure pain. ¡°I didn¡¯t knew that Asher was cheating on me at that point. Cassidy and Grayson came with me. Of course they knew about it. Them being a witch and a warlock¡± His eyes widened in surprise. ¡°Steven didn¡¯te with us as he is not allowed on the packnds as he is a vampire.¡± He opened his mouth but I cut him before he can speak. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°So is Austin. When I got there, papa knew instantly what was going on and so did Ryder. They were on blood lust but the pain started again and me being so close to Asher didn¡¯t help at all. I woke up in the morning to find that papa was inside me, helping me heal as Asher¡¯s doing would have killed me as I am a human. I met Asher in the morning to find him in the bed naked with a girl.¡± Aaron¡¯s fist clenched in anger. ¡°He obviously med everything on me. When I said that we are over and left, he panicked. He was angry and charged on me. Caleb and Carter tried to protect me but he hurt them.¡± I heard Aaron¡¯s breath hitch. ¡°Before Asher can do anymore damage, Leo tackled him down. The twins are alright. Tyler took over and mauled Asher but I stopped him from killing him. He demoted Asher from the third inmand position. Ryan is the new third inmand. His parents were in on it too so they were punished as well.¡± I yawned widely and pressed myself into Steven¡¯s chest and closed my eyes. His arms tightened around me and he pecked my forehead. ¡°We came back here. I didn¡¯t feel much pain since then butst night I woke up with my body burning. I reached out to Steven and he called Cassidy for help. He was marking someone else so his venom from the mark he gave me was burning out of my blood. Like it was literally burning out. That¡¯s why I look scorched. Cassidy said there is only one way to reduce the pain and Steven helped me with it. In the morning I wanted to heal him but I was weak. My hands tingled and I knew what was happening. So I focused my energy on his heart and healed him. I didn¡¯t pass out but I feel terrible now. Do you mind if I sleep please?¡± I asked opening my eyes and looking at his horrified face. ¡°You were going through all this and you didn''t even tell me?¡± Aaron looked hurt. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to drag you into my mess. Besides you were so happy. I didn¡¯t want to rain my misery on your life.¡± I exined. ¡°We will talk about thister. Rest first. Come on.¡± He said giving me his hand. I didn¡¯t want to. Steven had a tight hold on me. A very possessive one. ¡°How about I sleep here for now. I don¡¯t think I will be able to climb up the bunk.¡± I said to him apologetically. He looked at me suspiciously and then nodded grinning like a fool. Okay! He clearly got the wrong idea. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s the wrong idea anymore. I managed to grin back at him. Steven stood up with me hanging on to him like a ko bear. All this while Austin was awfully quite. I looked at him to find him frozen in his ce. ¡°Austin are you okay?¡± I asked but he was in his own world. ¡°Austin.¡± I called quite loudly. Still he stayed like that. Aaron nudged him. He looked startled beyond measure. ¡°What?¡± he asked looking at us. His eyesnded on Steven and me. He looked quite bothered. Woebegone actually. ¡°I asked if you are okay. You looked frozen in ce.¡± I said. ¡°Yeah I am fine.¡± He replied with a fake smile. Something was clearly bothering him. An ache had started to build behind my eyes and in the forehead. I will ask about itter. I nodded and buried my face in Steven¡¯s chest. He turned around and made his way towards his bedroom. Heyed me on the bed and pulled the cover over me. He looked disturbed though. ¡°Are you alright?¡± I asked. He nodded but his face said otherwise. ¡°Don¡¯t lie Steven.¡± He shook his head. I opened my arms and heid on me with his head on my chest. ¡°What is bothering you?¡± I askedbing his hair with my fingers. I felt him rx. ¡°I don¡¯t want to lose this.¡± I knew he was referring to us. ¡°Then don¡¯t.¡± ¡°But Austin really likes you. It feels like I am betraying him.¡± He mumbled. ¡°But I like you.¡± I blurted out. He lifted his head from my chest and looked at me making me blush. ¡°Really?¡± he asked grinning. I nodded hiding my face with my palms. He pried my hands off of my face and looked at me in so much fondness making me blush even more. He looked happy. He moved till his face was right above he and lowered his lips to mine. He kissed me so passionately that it felt like my insides were melting. He pulled away after some time and rested his forehead on mine. He was grinning widely. He kissed me one more time and flipped us so I was lying on his chest. ¡°Close your eyes. You are tired.¡± He said encircling me in his arms. ¡°Once I am back to normal, I will heal him too.¡± I mumbled closed my eyes. He was stroking my back lightly with his fingers. It felt really good. He hummed in reply. As soon as I closed my eyes, I was out like a light. Chapter 29- Steven Chapter 29- Steven I couldn¡¯t wipe the smile off of my face. She likes me. I don¡¯t understand how we got here but I don¡¯t want to let go. I never thought I would be holding her like this or be upset on the idea of losing her. She is just perfect. After my whore of a mate, I had lost the will to love or I just couldn¡¯t because of her. After she died, I thought it will be better but it wasn¡¯t. The pain was still there and always raw. Sleeping around did help me a little but it could only help to a certain extent. Last night though, I didn¡¯t even once thought about her. The only thought and feeling I had was ¡®how beautiful this girl under me is¡¯. When she healed me, I knew I won¡¯t be letting go of her without a fight but only if she wanted to stay by my side and she did so giving her up is not even an option. My heart is set on her now. I won¡¯t give her up. The only worry I have at the moment is Austin. He is quite taken by her. What if he opposes us ores between us? No. I won¡¯t let him steal her. I know she is not a thing but I just can¡¯t. The only way she is leaving me is if she wants to. Sorry Austin but I think I found my forever. I won¡¯t let anybody ruin this. I was startled out of my thoughts by the knocks on my bedroom door which I obviously left open. ¡°Do you minding outside?¡± Austin snapped. ¡°I need to talk to you about something.¡± ¡°Sure.¡± I replied. I felt a little guilty now. ¡°Give me a second.¡± I gently put Amy on the bed and pulled the nket over her. She scrunched her nose making meugh. I put a pillow infront of her and she snuggled into it. Cute. ¡°I will be right back.¡± I said kissing her forehead. I walked out of the room behind Austin and closed the door on the way. I don¡¯t want to disturb her. Aaron was no where to be found. He must have gone back to his apartment. The table was also clear of the empty bowl and blood bag. Austin plopped on the couch and motioned me to sit beside him. I did. He didn¡¯t speak for quite a while. He was staring staright ahead in a daze. I let him have his moment. Besides, I am scared of what is toe. ¡°So,¡± He started ¡°how does it feel like to be not having a hole in your chest?¡± He was smiling at me. Now I feel like a viin. ¡°Great. I feel happy.¡± I replied returning his smile. What is he up to? ¡°I am happy for you.¡± He said. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. ¡°Thanks man. She said she will heal you too once she is good.¡± I told him. ¡°Yeah! That¡¯s nice of her. I didn¡¯t expect anything different from her. She is a wonderful girl.¡± He said fidgeting. ¡°I just want to ask you this. I know this might sound rude but I just have to ask. I mean she has been through a lot and I don¡¯t want her to get hurt again and besides her wounds are still fresh. I just¡­¡± ¡°Spit it out Austin.¡± He is confusing me now. Did I do anything wrong? ¡°I heard what you said to her.¡± He started. Shit! ¡°Don¡¯t worry I won¡¯te between you two. I just wanted to know if you are serious about her or not? I liked her from way before and I don¡¯t want to see her getting hurt.¡± That took me with a little shock. He truly cares about her and here I was thinking that he will try toe between us. I feel strongly about her. I don¡¯t know where these feelings came from but I really like her. I never hated her before. I just never thought about her romantically before as Austin was my prime concern. But now it¡¯s like those feeling where deep there and they just came to life. I won¡¯t cheat on her or anything. I know this is real. I know this is happening too fast but I believe in us. I am not letting her go by doing something stupid. Besides, I don¡¯t want to hurt her. Even the thought of it pains me. ¡°I am serious about her Austin. It feels different this time. There is this connection between us that I haven¡¯t experienced since¡­ since Carrina.¡± There I said it. He knows my mate is a touchy subject. Her name doesn¡¯t bring me pain anymore though. The only feeling it brought this time is anger. Anger about her selling herself to that monster for what? More power? Yeah she was the reason for most of my misery. What did she get out of it? He killed her the moment he was bored with her. After my coven was attacked, she was the only good thing that happened to me. I somehow escaped the attack with the help of the members of our coven to Cassidy. I didn¡¯t even had the chance to see them onest time. That monster burnt them alive and threw the ashes in the near by river. He disappeared after that. What did my mate do? She cheated on me with the same monster for power. Cassidy made me promise that I won¡¯t try to find them. The year was 1985 when I came to Cassidy all broken. I was sixteen back then in vampire years. Cassidy had to bind me with magic from tiring to go hunt that bastard down but my mate she cheated on me with him. ¡°I believe you Steve. Take care of her.¡± He said patting me on the back. ¡°I am really happy for you.¡± ¡°Thanks Austin. It means a lot. Once you are healed, you will be able to move on too.¡± I told him. ¡°But not now okay. She is still healing. I don¡¯t want her to get more injured than she is.¡± ¡°Yeah. I can understand. I am looking forward to being free.¡± Austin said. ¡°You don¡¯t have to feel guilty about anything. I heard you talking to her about me liking her. You didn¡¯te between us or anything. We were never together to begin with.¡± I smiled at him gratefully. He has been by my side for forever and I doubted him. I feel ashamed of myself. I will make it upto him one way or another. Chapter 30- Amara Chapter 30- Amara I stirred in the bed to find myself restricted to move in a very dark room. Yup I freaked out and kicked everything I can touch. I heard a ¡®umphh¡¯ followed by a huge thud and the lights turned on. I found a very angry Steven ring at me from beside themp after my eyes adjusted to the sudden light. I grinned at him apologetically and mad a dash for it but as soon as my feet touched the floor, my legs turned jelly and I lost my bnce. I don¡¯t think I have gained the feelings back in thempletely yet. I readied myself for the face nt with the ground but it never came. Steven had already picked me up in his arms. My knight in shining armor who is very angry at the moment. I think I should make a run for it. ¡°You know you almost had a very interesting interaction with the hard floor right?¡± Steven said amused. I nodded and hid my face in the crook of his neck, blushing madly. Heughed at my expense making me pout. ¡°You are adorable.¡± He said pecking my pouty lips. I poked my tongue at him yfully but my stomach decided to screech like a dying whale in the very moment making my face heat up in embarrassment. Please mother earth, open up and swallow me whole. Steven gave a boomingugh and carried me to the living room and plopped me beside a very gloomy Austin. Austin looked to be besides himself. I looked at Steven for exnation but he just shrugged and left towards the kitchen. He did look a little worried though. ¡°Austin.¡± I called touching his hand. He jerked out of his trance and looked around wildly, scaring the shit out of me. His eyes thennded on my hand and then me. He forced a smile towards me. ¡°Are you alright?¡± I asked him. ¡°Yeah.¡± He was lying. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t I be the one asking you that?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t look okay.¡¯¡¯ I replied ignoring hister question. ¡°Just thinking. That¡¯s all.¡± This time he smiled genuinely. ¡°What about you? How are you feeling?¡± ¡°My limbs feel like jelly but beside that I am perfectly fine. I will be back to normal once I eat something.¡± I said grinning. ¡°Good. Now that¡¯s the Amara I was missing.¡± He said yfully. We heard a very prominent hiss from the kitchen. Yup! Loud enough for my non sensitive ears. Austin gave a very boomingugh. ¡°You have a very possessive boyfriend.¡± Austin said smirking. ¡°We are not dating.¡± I mumbled. He haven¡¯t asked me out yet. ¡°Yes we are.¡± Steven shouted from the kitchen. ¡°You haven¡¯t asked me out yet.¡± I fired back. ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter. We are dating. We are going on a date tomorrow.¡± Steven replied stubbornly. All the while Austin was rolling on the couch,ughing his head off. I blushed at Steven¡¯s blunt deration. The delicious scent of mac and cheese wafted out of the kitchen making my mouth water. Steven came out of the kitchen with a te holding a mound of creamy mac and cheese. I actually licked my lips looking at it. ¡°You are drooling.¡± Austin sniggered. Steven smirked at me when I wiped the drool out of the corner of my mouth. I just stretched my hands towards the te. My stomach called for it quite shameless. When ites to food, I can be really tant. Steven handed me the te full of heavenughing his ass off. I ced it on the table and started shoving the food in my mouth. It just melted right away in my mouth. I was done eating in a matter of minutes. Steven handed me a ss of orange juice while Austin was looking at me with his mouth hanging open. ¡°What¡¯s going on over here?¡± Aaron saiding towards us. He looked at the two stunned vampires in the room and then looked at me and the empty te. I grinned at him. ¡°You haven¡¯t seen her eat when she is really hungry before, have you?¡± Aaron asked amused. I blushed from his statement. I am not that bad. Okay I am when ites to food. Besides who doesn¡¯t like food? ¡°Well if you don¡¯t mind, I would like my best friend back.¡± Aaron said to us. Steven hissed quite maliciously and pulled me in his arms. From the looks of Aaron, Steven must be giving him a hard re. I looked at him to find his iris and pupil had turned red. Woah! ¡°Umm Steve.¡± Austin started but Steven shut him up with a growl. He tightened his arms around me to the point that it had be painful and started walking Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. backwards. What the hell! Aaron looked scared out of his mind while Austin looked worried. ¡°Steve you are hurting her.¡± Austin said. Steven gasped and loosened his hold a little but didn¡¯t let go of me. He looked at me with a very saddened expression. Somethings not right. Why are his eyes red? ¡°Steven are you alright?¡± I asked taking his face in my palm. He just leaned into my palms and looked at me with a very weird expression. ¡°Steve she is not your mate.¡± Austin said in stern voice. ¡°MINE.¡± Steven growled at him and buried his face in the crook of my neck. Austin cursed under his breath. I just couldn¡¯t wrap my head around what was happening. All of a sudden, Steven was pushed into the wall and a force field was surrounding him making him unable to move. I looked behind me to find Cassidy marching towards us, fuming in anger. I haven¡¯t seen her like like this before. Austin pulled me back but as soon as he tried to push me behind him Steven gave a very strong push on the force field and snapped his jaws. Woah! Cassidy was pushed back a little by the impact. He was trying to push against the force field and he seeding. Cassidy changed the direction and forced him on his knees pushing him on the floor. His eyes never left mine during all this something. I made my way towards him ignoring everyone''s protest and sat right outside the force field. He was following my every move. I ced my hand on the sphere and pushed in. My hand went right inside without any force or anything. I touched Steven¡¯s face with my fingers and cupped his face, smiling at him. He nuzzled into my palm. He looked dazed but his eyes were still red. I moved forward and entered the the force field. It felt the same way when I passed the entrance of the forest where Xander was. I don¡¯t know why I am doing this but it felt the right thing to do. As soon as I was inside, Steven pulled me towards him and buried his nose in the crook of my neck, circling his arms around me. I breaths. Chapter 31- Amara Chapter 31- Amara After some time he pulled away and looked straight in my eyes. His arms were still around me. His eyes were back to his beautiful green self. He was looking at me with so much love that I wanted to hide myself away. ¡°You never seem to amaze me.¡± he said to me smiling. I grinned at him and tried to get up but he won¡¯t let go. ¡°Do you mind?¡± I asked gesturing towards him arms. He got up with me in tow. He just wouldn¡¯t let me go. He ced his arms loosely over my waist and looked at Cassidy with shame in his eyes. I didn¡¯t even notice when the force field was taken down. Cassidy didn¡¯t even pay him the slightest attention. She was gaping at me in wonder and a little under tone of irritation. Grayson on the other hand was ring Steven down. I think I did something again. I chuckled nervously. ¡°H¡­How?¡± She managed to say. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± I asked nervously shifting from foot to foot. Austin was no different than Cassidy. Grayson was more focused on Steven but it felt like he was doing it on purpose. Aaron on the other hand looked amused. ¡°How the heck did you pass through the force field?¡± She more like screeched. Her emotions had drastically shifted to irritation. Steven hissed lowly in his throat but she ignored him ¡°I don¡¯t know?¡± I replied more like a question. ¡°Let it be. What is going on between you two?¡± She asked narrowing her eyes. Steven pulled me possessively towards him. Even I don¡¯t know what is going on in between us. ¡°We are dating.¡± Steven replied to her but she red him down. It¡¯s wonderful to see how a big bad vampire bes a nervous wreck in front of thisdy. ¡°Dating you say? This does not look like dating to me. You were acting like someone tried to steal your mate.¡± Cassidy snapped back. Yeah I want to know about that too. ¡°I don¡¯t know what took over me either. When Aaron said he will take her away, I just lost control.¡± He gritted out. ¡°I don¡¯t like the idea of her going away from me. She is mine.¡± I felt like a property in that moment. I can¡¯t understand his behavior. He was acting like a mate acts towards theirs. He is possessive over my freaking ass. Even more possessive than Asher. The only person hees close to in thispetition is Ryder and papa. No one canpare to their level of possessiveness though. ¡°He was just asking to borrow me for like a chat or something. I live there Steven I have to go to my apartment at some point.¡± I tried to reason with him. I meane on. ¡°You can live with me.¡± he argued back. ¡°No I can¡¯t. I live there and I am going to live there. You have no say in that. We just started dating. I am not moving in with you dude. Come on.¡± I snapped. ¡°Are you leaving me?¡± he looked so vulnerable. ¡°I am not leaving you. I am just going to my ce to spend some time with my best friend. Besides I live there so I am just going home like a normal person would. That¡¯s not a big deal.¡± I reasoned with him. ¡°But he is a guy.¡± He argued. ¡°And he likes dicks which I clearly don¡¯t possess. Why are we even talking about this anyways? What has gotten into you?¡± I asked. ¡°You are not leaving me?¡± he asked expectantly. ¡°No. I am just going to my apartment.¡± I was getting irritated with every passing second. Why does every man in my life have to be overly possessive like I am some china doll and can¡¯t take care of myself? ¡°You will be back then.¡± I nodded. ¡°Kay.¡± He said half heartedly. Why the hell does it hurt to see him like that? ¡°Oh my goodness! What the hell did you do to him?¡± Cassidy shrieked. She is shrieking a lottely. I was quite offended by her question though. ¡°I didn¡¯t do anything to him. I just healed him.¡± I replied hurt at her usation. ¡°He is back to normal.¡± Austin said awe struck. ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± I asked confused. ¡°He is showing emotions. He hasn¡¯t done that since¡­¡± He trailed on. ¡°That¡¯s a good thing right?¡± I was getting confused more and more. ¡°Off course it¡¯s a good thing.¡± Cassidy snapped. Steven red at her. ¡°What the heck is your problem? Are you not happy that he is healed? I am a healer. That¡¯s what I do. I heal people.¡± I replied quite snappily. ¡°I am happy that he is getting better. I tried everything I can but that never worked. I am mad because I can¡¯t figure out what you are and I am sure as hell you are not just any other healer. They are already very scarce toe by and here you are doing things without breaking any sweat what I worked to achieve for ages. Do you have any idea you just broke through my most powerful force field.¡± Cassidy said sulkily. Grayson chuckled behind her but covered it in a cough when she red at him. ¡°I don¡¯t care what I am and neither does my pack. Besides that¡¯s not the first force field I entered. Maybe it¡¯s because of papa.¡± I told her. ¡°Which force field did you enter?¡± She asked her eye twitching madly. ¡°I can¡¯t read your mind anymore. What did you do? How?¡± This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. She is really starting to scare me. Grayson tried to stop her advancing towards me but she shrugged him off. ¡°I am not telling you that.¡± I told her with finality. It¡¯s my family secret. No way in the hell am I telling anyone that. ¡°Tell me.¡± she said taking a hold of me and shaking me wildly. She looked to have lost her mind. Even Steven couldn¡¯t pry her off of me. She was really getting on my nerve. I don¡¯t know what happened next but something took over my body. The golden light from the clearing was back and it was surrounding my body like earlier. It wasing from inside me. One moment Cassidy was shaking me wildly and the next moment I was holding her up by her neck but my body wasn¡¯t in my control. Chapter 32- Amara Chapter 32- Amara ¡°What did I tell you witch?¡± Papa¡¯s voice boomed from inside me but my mouth wasn¡¯t even moving. ¡°WHAT DID I TELL YOU?¡± ¡°N¡­not to hu¡­rt Amara.¡± Cassidy replied struggling to breath. I have never seen her this scared. Even Grayson¡¯s cool semnce of nonchnce had slipped. He looked scared for his mate. ¡°What were you doing?¡± he asked in a very deadly voice. ¡°I w¡­as hurting h..er.¡± Cassidy was slowly turning purple. ¡°Right. I am telling you this onest time witch. DO NOT HURT MY PUP OR I WILL CLAW YOU LIMB BY LIMB. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?¡± I saw nails protruding from my the hand of the light surrounding my arm. It grazed Cassidy¡¯s neck a little making her whimper. There was blooding out of her neck where the ws touched her. ¡°WHAT DID I ASK YOU?¡± ¡°Y¡­es Al¡­pha.¡± Cassidy muttered whimpering. Papa threw her towards the opposite wall and she fell down in a heap. No body made a move to help her. He turned towards Steven who was looking at me stunned. ¡°And you.¡± Papa started pointing at him. I saw Steven visibly shake on his feet. ¡°Thank you for helping herst night.¡± Steven nodded. I had a feeling that papa didn¡¯t like the idea of the way he helped me. My suspicions were conformed with the tone of his next words. ¡°Just a warning kid. Hurt her and you will regret ever being born. I will make sure of it and so will my son.¡± Papa looked to be on a full threatening mode. He looked around the room. His eyesnded on Aaron. ¡°How are you kid?¡± he asked. His mood taking aplete U-turn. ¡°I am good Alpha.¡± Aaron replied smiling at my father. He looked quite scared but relieved that he was not on the receiving end of papa¡¯s wrath. ¡°I never got to meet you properly before. My princess talks a lot about you. Thanks for being by her side.¡± He said quite fondly to him. ¡°It¡¯s my pleasure Alpha.¡± Aaron replied bowing at him. Well me. ¡°Hello princess.¡± His voice melted down. ¡°Hi papa.¡± ¡°You are healed good.¡± He stated. ¡°Umhm.¡± ¡°You always make me proud one way or another.¡± He said. I can feel his emotions seep into me. ¡°Papa I missed you so much.¡± I wanted to hug him so bad. ¡°I am always here sweetheart. You can talk to me whenever you want.¡± I nodded. ¡°I love you papa.¡± ¡°I love you too princess.¡± Papa disappeared inside me. I looked around me to find Cassidy still in the same position papa had thrown her in. There was blooding out if her neck. I winced looking at her condition. She looked to be in shock. Grayson looked torn between going to the aid of his wife or staying where he is. Austin and Steven looked quite baffled. Aaron on the other hand was the only rxed person in the room. ¡°Guys?¡± I called. Grayson ran towards Cassidy and held her close. Shit! What have I done? She helped me and now I hurt her. ¡°Steven?¡± I called turning towards him. He still looked shaken up. For a vampire, he gets scared quite easily. After some time he swallowed the distance between us in two steps and engulfed me in his arms. He buried his face in my neck. I can feel his breath hitting my neck in a short interval. ¡°Your father is quite scary.¡± He mumbled still not letting me go. I almostughed at him but controlled myself. He has one more father to go through. Geez! I want to ¡°He gets like that when ites to me.¡± I exined chuckling. ¡°You will find dad a little less scary.¡± ¡°WHAT?¡± Steven jerked back looking at me with wide eyes. ¡°There is another father you have?¡± Steven looked to be a little hyperventting. I think I shouldn¡¯t have told him that this early. ¡°Yeah. Papa adopted me when I was ten. Dad on the other hand took me in when I was just a baby.¡± ¡°So one down. One to go.¡± He said grimacing. ¡°Umm two to go actually. Well three or four. I don¡¯t know. My life is filled with possessive men.¡± I teased him. The reaction was instant. His eyes turned red and he grabbed me quite possessively. One moment I was in the living room and in the other he had pinned me to the bed. Papa will not like this. At all. ¡°Which men do you have in your life?¡± he asked menacingly. He was starting to scare me now. But the irritation of his behavior is bing more pronounced on my nerves. This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°That¡¯s clearly none of your business.¡± I snapped. ¡°You think so baby.¡± He said smirking. He looked dangerous. ¡°Even if you won¡¯t tell me who they are, I will find out one way or another and when I find them, I will kill them painfully. You know why baby? Because I don¡¯t share what¡¯s MINE.¡± Okay! He clearly got the wrong idea. But when he said that, my heart did a summersault. What is this guy doing to me? First things first. I need to get this one off of his high horse before he goes and get himself killed by Ryder. I am having a feeling that Xander will turn out just like his father but he is a secret and I can¡¯t really tell about him to anyone. ¡°First of all, you need to calm the hell down. Second, we just started dating. You don¡¯t need to get all possessive over my ass just yet. I am not your property and you do not own me. Third, the people I was talking about are my brothers. They are as hard headed when ites to me as brotherse by. Now get off me. I need to go to my apartment and rest. I have to go to work tomorrow.¡± It came meaner than I anticipated but I don¡¯t want to jump into things like I did with Asher. He looked hurt to say the least. His eyes were flicking between red and green. ¡°Are you rejecting me?¡± he asked dejectedly. Chapter 33- Amara Chapter 33- Amara ¡°We are not mates Steven. There is no rejection and stuff.¡± I reasoned. ¡°Can¡¯t you feel the connection between us?¡± He asked looking me in the eye. I know I am hurting him but I am scared. I trusted Asher and look where it got me. I can¡¯t jump into things just yet. I know he helped me and I am really grateful for that to him but I just can¡¯t do this right now. I don¡¯t want to hurt him either though. It is hurting me to do this to him. I really like him. ¡°I can feel it Steven but I am not ready yet. I just got out of a very shitty rtionship which I didn¡¯t even know was shitty until I almost died. I need time to heal. Those wounds are gone but I am livid at the moment. What if this is just the sex talking? What if you found someone tomorrow? What if you realize this was nothing but a one night stand after your head is clear? There are so many what ifs running in my head at the moment that I can¡¯t even exin what I am feeling anymore. I don¡¯t know what is Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. happening to me right now. Think it through Steven. Don¡¯t rush into it please.¡± I reasoned. I don¡¯t know how to get it through to him. ¡°I know what I want but you don¡¯t seem to know that.¡± He told me. ¡°This is not a one night stand nor am I going to change my mind about you. I will tell you the same thing over and over again. You are mine and it is going to be that way. You want to think this through? Do it. Sleep on it. Take as many days as you like to get over what happened but just so you know, I will be right beside you. I will give you space but that doesn¡¯t mean I am giving up on you. One day or another you wille to your senses and understand that you belong with me. That day, I will mark you as mine.¡± He said that with so much intensity that it left me breathless. He is really serious about us. I didn¡¯t even feel offended when he said he will mark me as his property. It actually felt good. Those red eyes looked mighty fine on him. I think I am drooling. For once I ignored what my brain was screaming at me and listened to my heart. I pulled him closer and nted my lips on his. He didn¡¯t need any more indication. He started devouring my lips taking no prisoners. I replied with the same intensity. This feels so right. He licked my bottom lip for entrance and I happily let him in. Our tongues danced with each other for a while but he wasn¡¯t having it. He took the control back. I was feeling this electricity coursing through my body that I didn¡¯t want to stop. But we had to as I need to breath. We pulled away but he wasn¡¯t letting go. His grip never faltered over me. I felt my skin heat up wherever he touched me. Where did my shirt go? He started kissing down my neck. I knew he was leaving marks all over. I bit my lip to stop myself from moaning loudly. When he reached where the mark is supposed to be, he sucked quite hard. I couldn¡¯t help the moan that escaped my mouth. I felt his fangs graze there. He was nipping me. That pulled me out of the lust filled haze. My body seized on its own. Steven must have felt the change in my bodynguage. He stopped his actions and looked in my eyes smiling. ¡°I am sorry. I took it too far. I will wait as long as you want.¡± He said to me resting his forehead on mine. I nodded having lost the ability to speak. He pulled away from me. I was already missing his touch. He pulled the discarded shirt over my head and took my hand in his. He opened the bedroom door and pulled me outside. The scene outside the bedroom was not the one I was expecting. Cassidy was crying histerically. Grayson was trying to soothe her but she just won¡¯t stop crying. ¡°Cassidy I am so sorry.¡± I said to her running towards her. Her neck was still bleeding. Grayson looked at me with mixed emotions. I wasn¡¯t expecting what happened next. Cassidy pulled out of Grayson¡¯s arms and flung herself at me. She buried her face in my chest, her crying intensified. ¡°I am so sorry Amy. I am such a bad person. I tried to hurt you.¡± She said in between sobs. ¡°I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn¡¯t realize what I was doing until the wolf spirit stopped me.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay Cass. Nobody got hurt. You don¡¯t have to apologize for that. Mistakes happens from the best of us. Get up. You are still bleeding. Let me heal you.¡± I tried to coax her. She gave a very unrealistic wail, startling the shit out of me and hid her face in her palms. Who would believe that this women is more than three centuries old? I looked at Steven for help but he shrugged and mped his mouth to stop himself fromughing. Austin on the other hand wasn¡¯t even trying to hide hisughter. Aaron looked as bewildered as me. Grayson, well he just sighed and shook his head in disbelief. Am I missing something? ¡°You don¡¯t need to heal her. I will take care of it.¡± Grayson told me. Then he scooped his wife in his arms and left with her without any word, leaving me sitting there like a stupid person. Steven and Austin started howling inughter like a choking hyena. Yes! They sounded that bad. I looked at Aaron and we nodded at each in understanding. These people have clearly gone mad. I got up and made my way out of Steven¡¯s apartment with Aaron in tow. I was about to shut the front door when a cold hand stopped me and pulled me back in a hard chest. A very sculpted one at that. I can totally drool over this one. Hold it right there. You are going in a very wrong direction. Stop it Amy. I tilted my head to look at him to find him smiling smugly at me. Did he caught me ogling him? ¡°Yup I did.¡± He said smirking. I can feel the heat creeping up my neck. I think I said that out loud. ¡°Leaving without a good night kiss?¡± Steven said pulling me impossibly closer. ¡°Umhm.¡± I grinned at him. ¡°Not happening love.¡± Before I can recover from the fluttering effects of the endearment, he bent his head down and captured my lips with his. I became a putty in his arms. As soon as he let go, I ran out of his apartment and into mine like my ass is on fire. I could hear himugh at my expense till I closed my apartment door. ¡°Good night kiss?¡± Aaron asked from the couch scaring the shit out of me. I am actually lost for words at the moment. I made my way towards the couch and plopped beside him. ¡°Don¡¯t you think you are going too fast?¡± he asked when I didn¡¯t reply. ¡°I know. I am thinking the same.¡± I told him sighing. ¡°But I feel this connection with him that I can¡¯t exin. It just feel right when I am with him.¡± ¡°I am not understanding what is going on between you two. I mean he acts like he is your mate and judging from the view of your neck, he tried to mark you.¡± He looked worried. ¡°Don¡¯t rush it Amy. Take your time. I don¡¯t want you to regret anything.¡± ¡°I know. I am trying Aaron. I can¡¯t understand what is going on between us either and I am a part of it.¡± I exined. He nodded. ¡°I know you will figure it out.¡± He smirked. ¡°I like your father. Howe you never introduced him to me? He is really cool.¡± I knew he was enjoying the part where papa threatened Steven. ¡°I never got the chance I guess and papa rarely left the cabin so¡­¡± I told him chuckling. ¡°He liked you though.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you find it odd that your father actually epted Steven as your protentional partner?¡± he asked confused. He is right. I did find that odd. Papa wasn¡¯t at all bothered that I was with another guy. He was grilling him like any other father would grill their daughter¡¯s boyfriend. It felt like he knew something. ¡°I will talk to papa about that. I did feel like he knew something that he wasn¡¯t telling me.¡± ¡°Yeah it felt like he didn¡¯t have any option but threaten him. Like he knew you were going to be together.¡± He said smirking. ¡°Do you think he is your mate?¡± ¡°That can¡¯t be possible. How can I have two mates? Besides I never felt like that towards him before. Yeah I felt very grateful to him as he was helping me with everything but romantically I never felt anything about him. I didn¡¯t feel like murdering him since Asher¡¯s birthday but¡­ I don¡¯t know Aaron. I am really confused here.¡± I told him rubbing my eyes in exhaustion. ¡°We will talk about thister. I called the caf¨¦ earlier when you were sleeping. We have a day off tomorrow. Sleep on it. Maybe you will figure it out after your head is clear.¡± He suggested. ¡°Thanks Aaron. I really need a day off.¡± I hugged him and made my way to the bed and Aaron followed me. We said our good nights and went into dreands. Chapter 34- Amara Chapter 34- Amara The Christmas break is starting tomorrow and Aaron and I are going home to meet our families. First I am going to Greycoast and from there I am going to Easterden with Alec. Steven and Austin are been merely like two months of us being together but it feels perfect. He is very much set on marking me but I am not ready yet and he understands that. The pack on the other hand is in turmoil. The vampire siting''s have increased drastically. They are seen near the cabin more and more these days. Leo was so worried that he asked the Knights for help. I was shocked at first when Ryder told me this but he said if I trust them then he trusts them too and so does the pack. The Knights help them with the patrol and stuff. They were unable to catch the intruders though. Ryder is on edge as well. Xander still can¡¯t leave the clearing. He has grown since thest time I saw him but he is still a pup. Our mind link has be quite strong since the incident. I can talk to them all the way from here. Not only him but the others too. It feels good to be connected to the pack. It hurts too to see them on edge and in constant threat. All in all, it is not a good time to visit Greycoast. It¡¯s one of my home though and a couple vampires can¡¯t drive me away from there. On the positive note, I have gained a few¡­ qualities. My senses have enhanced. I am faster and stronger than before. I even trained with Austin and Steven and they were impressed to say the least. I was already good at fighting as papa had trained me before. Now with the extra bonuses, I must say I have be quite efficient in it. I have also progressed in using sprit powers. I am no longer fainting after healing. I healed Austin a month ago and I didn¡¯t even break a sweat. I have also progressed to moving small things with it. Cassidy said I might be able to manipte my surrounding if I practice hard enough. I haven¡¯t shifted yet but looking at my progress, I will be able to do that soon. Our bags are already packed and we are ready to go tomorrow. I just hope everything goes fine. I am a little worried about seeing Asher again. Not because he is my mate. I have no feelings whatsoever for him. Not even anger. I am worried that he will create a scene again. I am not ready for another drama. I have already informed Leo about Steven and Austin. He seemed just fine about it when I told him about me dating Steven and so were the others. I am more worried about the intruding vampires. They have be quite rowdy from past two to three weeks. Therest visit wasst week and that has quite shaken the pack. Even the Knights looked worried. They won¡¯t tell me what happened though but Leo has strictly instructed us to not to go to the forest and so did Ryder. We are to go straight to where the houses of the pack are that is near the Greycoast beach. Ryder said he will meet me there. I was startled at first when two cold hands wrapped around me but rxed immediately. The moon looked so pretty in the sky. ¡°What are you thinking love?¡± Steven asked, his lips too close to my ears making me shiver. ¡°Just the things going on back home.¡± I said to him sighing. All this thinking is making me exhausted. ¡°Shouldn¡¯t I be the one worried?¡± He asked amused. ¡°You have nothing to worry about. I will right beside you. I will thump anyone who tried to hurt you.¡± I joked. ¡°That I know love. I am just worried if your pack will ept me or not. Its your pack and it is important for me to gain their trust. I want to be a part of your life after all. I have to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Cross as well.¡± He replied circling his arms around my waist and resting his chin on my shoulder. I didn¡¯t knew he was this worried about being epted by my people. ¡°They wouldn¡¯t have let you in the packnds if they didn¡¯t trust you Steven.¡± I reassured him. ¡°Allowing me into the packnds and trusting me to be your other half, are two different things.¡± I can tell his nerves were getting the best of him. He is quite firm on being with me from the very beginning. We never engaged in the¡­ more exciting bodily activities after that night. We are quite close and touchy with each other but I am just not ready yet and he understands that. I am really happy for having Steven in my life. I want to move our rtionship forward but there is this fear in my heart that I can¡¯t exin. Maybe I will give in soon. He is very hard to resist. ¡°You will be fine. They might threaten you and narrate to you different ways to torture and murder you but they won¡¯t actually do that till you hurt me which I am sure you won¡¯t.¡± I said to him turning in his arms and looking him in the eye. He gulped. Iughed at him making him pout. I pulled his head down and took his pouted in mine. He lifted me up. I wrapped my legs around his torso while he pushed me against the wall, kissing ferociously. I can feel the butterflies going on a rampage in my stomach. He always makes me feel that way. In some way I feel like I belong here, in his arms. He sucked on my bottom lip making me moan. He took the chance and slipped his tongue in my mouth. His hands grazed my skin under my shirt. Wherever his fingertips touched my skin, I felt my skin burning with desire. I want him so bad. I want to feel his skin against me. I want to feel him inside me. I felt his hardness against my core making me moan against his mouth. We should stop before this goes too far. His lips left mine and started trailing kisses down my jaw, to my neck. He stopped where the mate mark should be and sucked hard. A strangled moan left my mouth. I tugged at his hair making him groan. That felt so right. His lips were doing their magic on me. I am d the mark Asher gave me disappeared right after it was burned out of me that night. That one fateful night has given me so much. I felt his fangs graze my neck. I stiffened. I was torn between letting him mark me or to stop him. I know he wants to mark me. He had asked me about it so many times but I tired to distract him from the topic all the time. He pulled away abruptly and rested his forehead on mine, breathing heavily. ¡°I won¡¯t mark you against your will love. I will wait as long as you want. I love you. I can¡¯t imagine my life without you. I am surely not going to ruin anything because I am so impatient. I love you so much to even imagine losing you. Take your time love. I will be right beside you.¡± He told me smiling at me fondly. My heart swelled at his words. I never returned his ¡®I love you¡¯s. I was too sacred to admit it. I still am. Do I want this? Am I ready for this? I trust him and I am starting to fall for him too. He had already confessed to me about his feelings and I feel the same. Yeah! I am ready. ¡°I love you too.¡± I told him smiling at him fondly. He looked shocked at first but his expressions quickly changed to love and happiness. Looking at him, I knew I am making the right decision. ¡°Mark me Steven.¡± His eyes widened in surprise. He cupped my face with his palms and kissed my lips hungrily but he quickly pulled away. When he looked at me again, he had unshed tears in his eyes. Does he not want to mark me? Did I do something wrong? This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Are you alright Steven? Did I say something wrong?¡± I asked panicking. Chapter 35- Amara Chapter 35- Amara ¡°No love you are perfect. I was waiting for you to say those words. I know it haven¡¯t been so long but it felt like eternity. It feels like I have known you for all my life and I was waiting to mark you as my mate. I knew it would take time but I always felt like I wasn¡¯t good enough for you. I thought maybe that¡¯s why you won¡¯t say yes to be mine. I was scared you will leave me someday but now I am so happy. I can¡¯t exin how happy I am right now. You will be mine for as long as I live. No one will take you away from me. You will be my mate.¡± He dered. I didn¡¯t knew he was thinking this much about us. I am really lucky to have him with me. ¡°I am sorry I made you feel that way.¡± I apologized. ¡°You don¡¯t have to say sorry love.¡± He said pecking my lips. ¡°So where were we? He looked at me smirking. I can feel the heat creeping up my neck but I smirked back at him. ¡°You tell me.¡± I teased him. His head dipped and he looked me in the eyes mischievously. Our noses were touching. If I only moved a little, our lips will be touching too. That thought intrigued me and I tilted my head upwards closing the distance between our lips. Suddenly he pulled us off of the wall making me squeal against his lips. I held onto his shoulders for my dear life. He had a tight hold on my thighs. He sped out of my apartment to his. Thank the heavens Aaron is already asleep and Austin went back to his ce for the night. He closed the door behind him and dropped me on his bed and hovered above me. My legs and arms were still around his waist and neck. ¡°You are so beautiful.¡± He said looking at me with pure love. ¡°You are not bad yourself.¡± I joked blushing madly. He justughed at my expense and dipped his lips to mine, kissing me passionately. He removed our clothes one by one till we were lying in each others embrace, naked. His hands roamed my body, leaving behind a fiery trail. I can feel my body heat up in a good way. His touch was doing weird things to my body and I was enjoying it. It felt like I am in heat just for him. Our bare cores were rubbing to each other, sending waves after waves of pleasure in me. I want him inside me. I never felt this desperate about someone to take me. But he won¡¯t do that. I tugged his hair and groaned in impatience only for him to chuckle seductively and start trailing kisses down my neck. I knew he was leaving marks behind. He nipped at the ce where he will be marking me soon making me a moaning mess. He trailed kisses down to my breasts and tugged at the left one harshly with his teeth. The sensation went straight downwards. My body arched on its own. He flicked it with his tongue and took it in his mouth. I moaned so loud that I couldn¡¯t believe it was my voice. He shifted his mouth to my right breast and continued his pleasurable assault. He started trailing kisses downwards and dipped his tongue in my belly button. I gasped with the shocks it was sending to my core. I knew I was close. He looked at me kissing his way south and blew on my sex. Shit! Without warning he dipped his face down there. I was moaning shamelessly at the dance his tongue was doing on my most sensitive part. I threaded my fingers in his hairs, tugging and pressing myself to his mouth. This feels so good. I felt the pressure build and before I can even utter a word I was falling apart at the mercy of his tongue. He crawled up and entered me before I can evene down from my high. A strangled moan escaped my mouth at his action. He started moving and I just couldn¡¯t keep it together. I was lost in the world of pleasure. He was sucking harshly all over my body, leaving marks behind. He was pounding in me mercilessly. It felt really good toin. I knew he was close and so was I. His thrusts became sloppy as he started sucking and nipping at the crook of my neck. I couldn¡¯t even recognize my own voice anymore. He sank his teeth in me and came deep inside me, filling me with his essence. I screamed so loud in pleasure when he sank his teeth in me that I felt my throat hurt. I came right after. I felt my gums hurt. I can feel my fangs protruding out of them. This is the very first time I ever felt any part of the wolf side. I never even had a taloning out of my fingers. I thought it will take time for me to shift. I didn¡¯t think of it anymore and bit him in the crook of his neck, marking his as mine. He moaned my name and came in me again and I followed. I can feel the connection between us strengthen. He licked the mark clean and so did I. He slumped on me breathing heavily. I was no different. ¡°I love you.¡± He said leaning on his elbows. ¡°I love you too.¡± I replied smiling at him. He looked so sexy with his hair all over the ce and that mad grin. Well his hair is all thanks to me as I had pulled on them like my life depended on it. ¡°You marked me.¡± he said joyfully. ¡°Umhm.¡± I replied grinning at him. ¡°Well you are stuck with me now.¡± He said seemingly proud of himself. ¡°That I am.¡± I replied feigning sadness. ¡°Now love, don¡¯t give me that look. I don¡¯t think I have satisfied you enough.¡± He said smirking. I feel him getting hard inside me. I blushed as a moan escaped my mouth. In that moment I knew how addicted I am to the mate of mine. He gave a hard thrust making me moan for more. He silenced my moans with his mouth and started moving again. That¡¯s how our night went, in each others arms and making love to each other. At four in the morning I picked my sore ass out of the bed when Aaron came to wake us up, much to my mate¡¯s dismay. I was just about to sleep. Aaron wiggled his eyes at me suggestively and smirked making me go red in the face. He was already ready to go. Our flight was at six in the morning and we barely slept. Who am I kidding, we didn¡¯t sleep at all. Steven was jumping around the house like a kid on sugar high. He doesn¡¯t need to sleep that much but I do. I am nning on catching on my much needed sleep in the flight. I took a quick shower, in which Steven tried to barge in but I kicked him out. I changed into some the flight anyways. Might as well befortable. At four thirty we were downstairs with our luggage. What we didn¡¯t expect was Cassidy and Grayson at front door with their luggage. Austin was already there with his car parked outside the house. Cassidy just grinned at me with a irritated Grayson following her. There is no time to ask her about it now. He smiled at me apologetically and followed his wife to his car. We loaded our luggage in Austin and Grayson¡¯s car and drove away with me and Steven in Austin¡¯s car and Aaron with Cassidy and Grayson.Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 36- Amara Chapter 36- Amara Steven had got us business ss tickets. Thank the heavens for that. Cassidy and Grayson on the other hand couldn¡¯t get them on the time and were in the premium economy ss. We boarded the ne and I made myselffortable on my seat. Steven was sitting right beside me. Austin and Aaron were in the seat behind us. I stretched the seat for sleeping and curled up on it immediately after we were allowed to take our seat belts off. Steven woke me up when the flight attendant brought us our breakfast. I gobbled everything in a record time and went back to sleep. I wanted to smack Steven so bad forughing at me but I controlled myself and turned away from him. I am so not talking to him¡­ for now. Steven woke me up for lunch and I groggily ate everything up. ¡°Did I wear you out too muchst night love?¡± Steven whispered in my ears when I was about to go back to sleep making me blush. I didn¡¯t reply to him and closed my eyes. I woke up around quarter to six fully rested. ¡°Feeling better?¡± Steven asked me. I nodded and got up to freshen up in the washroom. Thank the heavens I had packed a pair of jeans and a blouse in my duffel bag with some essentials. I went in the washroom and changed into the clothes. I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I pulled my hair in a pony tail and exited the washroom after stuffing my things in the bag, only to bump into a hard chest. ¡°I am sorry.¡± I apologized to the person who I crashed into. He looked a little older than me. Okay a lot older than me. Maybe in histe twenties or early thirties. He is hot though but he has nothing on my mate. Ohh that sounds good. My mate. ¡°It¡¯s okay darling.¡± He slurred seductively. I almost nched at him but controlled myself. I smiled at him and was about to go back to my seat when extended his hand to introduce himself. ¡°Michael Rodriguez¡± ¡°Amara Cross.¡± I said shaking his hand. He didn¡¯t let go though. He was stroking my hand with his thumb, smirking at me. I pulled my hand quite forcefully. His touch made me feel nauseated. He was surprised by my sudden disy of All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. strength. He was standing in my way though. I was about to tell him to move his ass off of my way when I saw Steven stomping his way towards us. I didn¡¯t knew if I shouldugh or be thankful to him. He looked so sexy like that. He put his arm around the prick and pulled me towards him, ring murderously towards Michael. Michael shrugged and went in the washroom. Steven practically dragged me back to our seats and put the duffel bag in the luggage carrier. I was about to make myself crook of my neck, making me shudder. The mark was still fresh after all. I pecked him to calm him down. I can hear Austin and Aaron trying to control theirughter from the seat behind us. Rest of the flight went like that. Steven was ring at the air hostess¡¯s back when she told me take my seat and buckle up for thending. Poor women scuried away quite fast from our seats. The three of us wereughing at Steven non stop making him more mad. We boarded two taxies to Greycoast with Cassidy, Grayson and Aaron in one and the three of us in the other. An hour driveter we were inside the borders of Greycoast. I felt Steven and Austin stiffen. At half past eight we reached near the pack settlement. The taxies dropped us on the main road. We can¡¯t take strangers inside. Leo, Alec and the twins were already standing there waiting for us. Aaron ran towards Carter as soon the taxies stopped. They started making out quite passionately. They haven¡¯t seen each other for months after all. Alec came running towards me and crushed me in a hug. Steven pulled me away from him and hissed at him menacingly. Caleb replied him with a growl. Steven stood there confused. I just couldn¡¯t stop myself fromughing. ¡°Steven, Austin, this is my twin brother, Alec.¡± I introduced him in between myughs. ¡°That¡¯s his mate Caleb.¡± Then I motioned towards Leo. ¡°This is our alpha, Leorio and that is Carter, Aaron¡¯s mate.¡± He looked quite embarrassed while Alec was ring at him. I hugged Leo who looked quite amused at Steven¡¯s behavior. ¡°What is taking you people so long?¡± Alex¡¯s voice came from behind Leo. I threw myself in his arms as soon as he came into view making Steven growl. Austin wasughing his ass off behind him. Leo nodded at Cassidy and Grayson which they returned. ¡°How are you kid?¡± Alex asked twirling me in circle and put me down on my feet. Hepletely ignored Steven¡¯s hissing self. ¡°I am good.¡± I replied grinning at him. Just on the cue my stomach grumbled making him shake his head amused. ¡°Lets go. We are having a pack dinner out side.¡± He said pulling me towards the houses. But Steven pulled me out of his arms and wrapped his arms around me possessively. Alex gave him a once over, his eyesnded on his neck and then mine. He looked at me with his eyebrows raised. I grinned at him making him shake his head in amusement. We made our way towards the houses with the males carrying the luggage. Steven still wouldn¡¯t let me go. After walking for a while, reached the small clearing with the houses. The clearing wasn¡¯t dark though. It was lit up with the fluorescents and five tables were pressed against each other making a huge dining table. Mathew and his mate, Abigail were pulling a white table cloth on the tables. Ryan and Stan were arranging the chairs. The others were bringing out mounds and mounds of dishes and cing them on the table. Austin and Steven were looking around with their mouth hanging open while Cassidy and Grayson looked around in wonder. Oliver came bounding towards me and scooped me in his arms, snapping Steven out of his trance. After introducing my new group to everyone we took a seat and started piling our tes with food. I still have to introduce Steven, Austin , Cassidy and Grayson to them. I just did the introduction one way. Asher and his parents were sitting on the opposite side of the Alpha and Luna¡¯s seat, that is on the very far corner. Leo¡¯s parents were sitting right beside him just like everyone else¡¯s. I was sitting in the middle with Steven and Austin while Cassidy and Grayson sat opposite us. Yup we are arge party. After everyone was settled, Leo told me to introduce the new additions. ¡°This is Cassidy and Grayson. They are a witch and warlock as you already know.¡± I said motioning towards them. They got up and nodded at everyone. ¡°This is Austin. He is a vampire and a very good friend of ours.¡± I said pointing towards Austin who got up and nodded towards everyone grinning may I add. I pointed towards Steven who got up after Austin sat down. ¡°And this is Steven. He is also a vampire. He is my mate.¡± There was pin drop silence for a second while Steven shuffled nervously beside me. I could feel him getting anxious through our bond. I squeezed his hand to calm him down. A cheer of ¡®congrattions¡¯ broke throughout the table making me rx. I felt Steven rx too. A growl broke through our happiness as Asher abruptly got up. Chapter 37- Amara Chapter 37- Amara ¡°YOU ARE MINE.¡± He growled. His parents tried to pull him down but failed to do so. ¡°I WILL KILL HIM.¡± I lost control. I growled at him in warning. He advanced on us but Mathew and Ryan were quick enough to stop him. I was getting angrier at his audacity. Steven growled at him but he growled back and shifted into his wolf. He pounced on Steven taking us all by surprise. Asher looked to have lost control. Steven was holding his own but I was still livid. The guys were trying to help but Asher had gone mad. Rage took over me when Asher wed at Steven¡¯s stomach and blood started to pour out. I felt my bones snap and in a second I was on all fours, taller than before. I pounced on Asher without a second thought and dragged him away from my mate by the scruff of his neck. He tried to escape but I bit harder on his neck making him whimper. ¡°Submit.¡± I ordered him in the mind link keeping my paw on him. He resisted. I am done with this one. ¡°SUBMIT PUP.¡± The alpha in me took over at his disrespect. Asher whimpered and sunk low on his belly, barring his neck at me. Papa was also partially in control. That made it impossible from him to resist. ¡°Shift.¡± He shifted lying there pitifully at my feet butt naked. Arthur and Christine came running towards us and sank to their knees. ¡°Have mercy on him alpha. We beg you please.¡± Arthur said with his neck barred at me. But I am out for blood. I want him dead. How dare he hurt my mate? ¡°Love.¡± Steven¡¯s voice brought me out of my madness. My head snapped towards him. He was already healed. I growled looking at his torn shirt and the blood covering it. Asher has to die. ¡°Leave him be love.¡± Steven saiding towards me. He rubbed my fur gently making me purr. ¡°I am alright. That guy doesn¡¯t even deserve to be killed by you.¡± Asher whimpered. ¡°He is pitiful as he is. He is already getting punished for hurting you by losing such a wonderful person as a mate.¡± His words made sense. I gave Asher¡¯s quivering self once over and stepped away from him. I stood taller than Steven. I breathed in his scent to calm myself down. ¡°How about shifting back?¡± he asked smiling at me. I nodded my big head at him. I felt my bones snap back to my human body. He embarrassed my naked body in his arms and buried his nose in my neck turning me away from everyone¡¯s eyes. The possessive bastard. My body felt stronger than before. Leo¡¯s mate, Ste gave me a dress which I slipped on immediately. Everyone looked shaken and shocked as hell. Christine and Arthur hurried Asher away. A scared blonde girl followed them after bowing her head to me. She looked like the same girl I walked in on in Asher¡¯s bed. ¡°Sorry guys for ruining the party.¡± I apologized. ¡°It¡¯s not your fault. He had thating.¡± Stan said. Everyone hummed in agreement. ¡°How the hell did you shift?¡± Mathew asked. ¡°Um that¡¯s a long story. I will tell you guyster.¡± I replied shifting from one foot to another. ¡°You are bigger than Leo.¡± Ryan stated. ¡°Your wolf looked simr to his but bigger and more dominant.¡± I didn¡¯t knew what to say anymore. ¡°Isn¡¯t that Alpha Hercules?¡± Stan asked thoughtfully. I nodded. Everyone looked at me shocked. ¡°He became my wolf to save my life when Asher was cheating on me.¡± I told them. They are my pack. They have every right to know that. ¡°So do we have two alphas then?¡± Abigail asked. ¡°No. Leo will always be the alpha. If it wasn¡¯t for the circumstances I wouldn¡¯t have had papa as my wolf. Besides Leo is the rightful heir. I will never take that away from him or my brother.¡± I said with finality. ¡°I know you won¡¯t Amy.¡± Leo said smiling at me. I can feel Tyler lurking behind his eyes. They both looked proud of me. ¡°Can we eat please? I am starving.¡± Alec whined from his seat. Just like that the tension dissolved away. Steven discarded the rest of his shirt, his sculpted chest full on disy. I licked my lips looking at him with lust. He just smirked at me and took his seat. I huffed and took my seat beside him. He gave me an innocent smile and started piling my te with delicious food. I just shook my head and started eating. The table was filled withughter. I finally felt at home. After dinner we all went to our ces. Cassidy and Grayson went to stay at Alec¡¯s apartment. Aaron stayed over at Carter¡¯s as Caleb has apanied Alec. Austin, Steven and I are staying at the house Aaron and I were taken for the first time for interrogation when we first met the pack. It¡¯s sort of like a meeting house. The Knights were generous enough to give Steven and Austin blood bags. We can¡¯t actually carry blood bags in the ne, can we now? We do have to get up early as Leo has called for a pack meeting at seven in the morning to everyone¡¯s dismay. In the morning, the shifters and their mates along with Cassidy and Grayson gathered at the meeting All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. house we were staying at. Grumbling may I add. Asher and his mate were not present. Most were ring at Leo, including his own mate. Even Alex, Oliver and Natalie were present. This looks serious. We all made ourselvesfortable in the main hall and Leo closed the door. ¡°Most of us know why we have gathered here.¡± Leo started when everyone had quieted down. ¡°It¡¯s because of the intrusion of the vampires. Three days ago we received a letter from them as you all know. They demanded something from us.¡± Holly shit! What do these vampires want? ¡°They expect us to give in to their demand willingly but off course we won¡¯t. They gave us till new year to think but we are ready to fight. I won¡¯t force anyone to fight though. It¡¯s all up to you.¡± ¡°What do they want?¡± Steven asked. Leo looked hesitant. ¡°The spirit walker.¡± He said looking at me with a glum expression. I looked at him confused out of my mind. Steven was no different. ¡°He is talking about you princess.¡± Papa¡¯s voice rang in my head, startling me. ¡°Papa.¡± I idently said out loud. Chapter 38- Amara Chapter 38- Amara Looking at the shifters, I knew they heard his voice in the mind link. ¡°What do you mean?¡± I asked. ¡°Their leader is after you.¡± Ryder said out of no where in the link. ¡°Where are you Ryder?¡± ¡°You know where I am. We won¡¯t be seeing each other till the problem is solved. We don¡¯t think they know about the spirit wolves. I can work as a back up if ites to attacking those bastards. I will keep an eye out for them and inform you if I find any of them lurking around.¡± I wanted to ask about Xander but I knew I shouldn¡¯t. I know I didn¡¯t get to spend much time with him but over the months I had talked to him in the link. He is my nephew after all and adorable to add the least. ¡°Thank you Alpha.¡± Leo said in the mind link. ¡°Stop calling me Alpha pup. We are brothers. You don¡¯t need to be so formal with me Leo.¡± Ryder replied shocking the hell out of me. My brother is finally growing up. ¡°Sure Ryder.¡± Leoplied happily. ¡°Okay. Umm Ryder¡­¡± ¡°I miss you too.¡± I knew who that message was from. ¡°After this is over I would like to meet your mate in private.¡± I can hear the smirk in his voice. Leo snickered looking at Steven and the others followed suit. The ones who are not connected to the mind link looked at us in confusion. ¡°Best of luck dude.¡± Stan told Steven who looked confused as hell. ¡°What are you guys on about?¡± he asked. ¡°Alpha Ryder wants to see you in private after this thing is over.¡± Caleb told him grinning. Everyone except Austin and Steven startedughing. ¡°Who is that? Why are you guysughing?¡± Austin asked. ¡°Ryder is my older brother.¡± I told them. Steven gulped in fear. ¡°Oldest of my two wolf brothers.¡± ¡°And there are two?¡± he asked. ¡°Yup.¡± I said grinning. ¡°Where is the other one?¡± Austin asked. ¡°Right here.¡± Leo said waving his hand at them. His eyes were swirling with a hint of gold. I can tell that Leo was partially in control. ¡°Tyler the second oldest brother of your mate.¡± Leo smirked maliciously at Steven. ¡°Enough Tyler.¡± I scolded him. Leo¡¯s lips puckered in a pout and the golden mist in his eyes disappeared. ¡°This is not over princess. I will get a one on one with your mate and Tyler will be with me.¡± Ryder said cackling like the wicked witch of the west. Leo smirked at me, the golden mist back in his eyes. I groaned in irritation. I so want to hurl something at these two. Especially Ryder. He is just egging Tyler on into bing a over possessive prick. ¡°Okay back to business.¡± Leo started. ¡°Amy you can¡¯t go to Esterden or back to your college till we are sure the threat is gone.¡± I nodded. ¡°We don¡¯t know why they want you but we are sure it can¡¯t be good.¡± Steven pulled me closer possessively. ¡°Now whoever is not willing to fight, please raise your hand. It won¡¯t be counted against you.¡± Nobody raised their hands. I am quite overwhelmed at their gesture. ¡°Thanks guys.¡± I said to them gratefully. ¡°You are a part of the pack. It¡¯s no big deal.¡± Caleb said shrugging. ¡°It¡¯s settled then. Ryder will keep an eye on the forests for us and we will rest up and be ready for the attack. They won¡¯t seed in taking Amy.¡± Leo dered. We cheered a little but Cassidy¡¯s shrill voice interrupted us. ¡°Do you have any idea what a spirit walker is?¡± she asked looking at us madly. ¡°Thest one was seen thousands of years ago. They were thought to be a myth. That spirit walker was being hunted for her abilities but she disappeared and no one has heard of them being alive since then. They are always only one at a time. Those vampires won¡¯t be thest ones toe here for her. We need to hide her and kill everyone of those vampires that know about her. She was not supposed toe in the open.¡± The front door opened and ady walked in. ¡°Off course she wasn¡¯t.¡± thedy said. ¡°The witch is right. The people who know about Amara¡¯s abilities must be destroyed.¡± We were shocked. Where the hell did shee from? A man followed her inside and shut the door behind him. ¡°We have been hunted for our powers for so long that we had to live in secrecy but I let Amara run free.¡± She started. ¡°Mom what the hell?¡± Alec shouted at our mother. Her aura was changed from the sweet mother to ady with power. I looked at my father but he was avoiding my eyes. ¡°Let me finish son.¡± She scolded him. ¡°As I was saying. I let her run free after I realized she is my heir. Why? Well she was just a baby then. Barely a month old and so tiny. I thought I will wait till you grow Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org. older and then I will tell you. The summer when you turned ten, I was going to tell you everything after you came back but things had already went out of hands.¡± Yeah papa had epted me in the pack. ¡°I didn¡¯t confront you then. Now you belonged to a pack. But we spirit walkers don¡¯t belong anywhere. I thought maybe your fate will be different and I let you carve your own path. But no, your mate betrayed you as well.¡± She said bitterly. Wait. As well? ¡°The curse of a spirit walker. Our mate will always chose someone else over us. It took me over two hundred years to find my second chance but you are lucky. You found him right after your mate left you.¡± I was confused at this point. Where are we going from here? I am not even her real daughter. Two hundred years? Exactly how old is she? ¡°Mom I don¡¯t understand. How can I be your heir? I am not even your real daughter. How is that even possible?¡± I asked. ¡°In our world, it¡¯s never about blood but soul.¡± She replied smiling at me. ¡°Tab rasa anima.¡± ¡°Clean te soul.¡± Cassidy mumbled. ¡°I thought it was a myth.¡± ¡°Yes a clean soul. You were born with one. I knew as soon as I took you in my arms.¡± Mom said looking fondly at me. ¡°But mom how?¡± I asked. ¡°Do you trust every single person in this room?¡± she asked seriously. ¡°Yes.¡± I said firmly. ¡°Do they know how the spirit wolves reproduce?¡± ¡°No. That¡¯s not my secret to share.¡± ¡°We don¡¯t need to know that. She told us enough.¡± Leo interjected. I am really thankful for that. They really think of me as one of their own. I was getting paranoid for no apparent reason. ¡°Didn¡¯t this witch attack you?¡± she spat ring at Cassidy. ¡°It was a misunderstanding mom. It¡¯s okay. Cass gets carried away sometimes.¡± I told her giggling. Where the hell did my mother¡¯s bubbly personality go? Chapter 39- Amara Chapter 39- Amara ¡°Fine then.¡± She said taking a seat on a pouf. Dad sat beside her on a simr poof. Where did ite from though? I don¡¯t remember seeing it there. ¡°The spirit walkers are very powerful beings. We are practically human before wee of age. That is at the age of eighteen. When thest known spirit walker was being hunted for her powers, she decided to go into hiding. Her mate had already cheated on her so she didn¡¯t had anyone to go back to. She went into hiding for around thousand years. When she came out of hiding, the world had forgotten about the spirit walkers and as she never mated to anyone, their was no heir, keeping her alive all these years. While roaming the world she met the wolf spirits. The protectors of the forest. They were dying out though. She helped them by restoring their health. She also helped around the vige that was living near the woods. They knew her as the spirit goddess. Her ex mate was a demon. When he came to know about her powers, he became greedy and wanted her back. He was still keeping an eye out for her. He found her in the woods but he couldn¡¯t see the spirits. When the time to protect their protector came, the wolf spirits decided to merge with the strong males of the settlement, leaving one behind to reproduce the lost number. Her magic helped them to merge withoutplication and the shifters were born. The demons weren¡¯t expecting that and they lost. Every single one of them were ughtered to keep the secret. She killed her demon mate with the help of the Alpha spirit. She stayed there till the spirit wolves had multiplied and the shifters were without threat. While roaming the world she found her second chance. A warlock. They mated and the second Spirit Walker was born. Their third born daughter. The first two sons were warlocks. She trained her in secret. She told everyone that their daughter had died during birth. The daughter was forbidden to tell anyone about her heritage. When she was sixteen, she found her mate, a vampire lord. He was cruel and a man whore.¡± Mom had a very bitter expression on her face. ¡°He didn¡¯t want a human mate so he cheated on her. She heard him talking to one of his ministers about spirit walker. She knew then, she shouldn¡¯t stay there. She ran away with the help of a vampire princess, Elizabeth Astely.¡± Steven gasped. Cassidy and Austin were looking at mom with wide disbelieving eyes. ¡°The princess was already married to her mate then. She also had a boy. He was a teen at that time.¡± Mom continued. ¡°Elizabeth helped her hide in a coven of her friend in Britain. The coven didn¡¯t knew about her hiding there other than the leaders. The monster annihted Elizabeth¡¯s coven for hiding the spirit walker but he didn¡¯t knew it was his own mate. The spirit walker helped Elizabeth¡¯s son to escape and removed his memories of her on Elizabeth¡¯sst request.¡± Steven¡¯s hold on me had tightened painfully. ¡°Her ex mate didn¡¯t stop their. He destroyed Elizabeth¡¯s friend¡¯s coven as well. Till then they had moved the Spirit Wlker somewhere else. With them gone, nobody knew about the spirit walker¡¯s identity. The trail was lost. She met her second chance after more than two hundred years. A human. She was bing a human after mating with him. They had a son but there were a coupleplications in the pregnancy and she couldn¡¯t give birth anymore as her healing was reduced to bare minimum. She knew a spirit walker is always a female. Baffled with the events she contacted her mother in the spirit realm. The mother exined to her about the soul splitting. Two monthster she met her heir. The unwanted child of her husband¡¯s younger brother. My ex mate is still searching for the spirit walker. The same vampire you guys are talking about, Vincent Clifford.¡± Mom finished looking at me. No one moved or talked in the room. I can tell everyone was beyond shocked. Steven, Austin and Cassidy must be hating me after hearing all this. Because of a spirit walker two boys lost their parents and an entire coven was killed. Cassidy lost her best friend. Will they treat me the same after knowing this? Their grief is because of my mother. Because of my kind. ¡°Why does he want a spirit walker?¡± Leo asked breaking the silence. ¡°Mating with a spirit walker gives you a certain protection and power. The mate can¡¯t be killed unless the spirit walker dies which is a very hard task after she had attained her full power. That ise of age. The mate heals with an immense speed. Their present abilities enhances ten folds. The spirit walker on the other hand evolves to what her mate is. Just like I became a humanpletely after Amara came of age. I still have my powers but my durability is of a human. In short if the mate already has enhanced abilities then after mating with the spirit walker it will sky rocket. That bastard will be invincible.¡± She said gritting her teeth. Steven growled behind me and buried his nose in the crook of my neck. ¡°But she is already mated.¡± Cassidy said. ¡°He doesn¡¯t know that.¡± Mom said smirking. ¡°We can hide the marks on their necks for now. We will let him think that she isn¡¯t marked yet. He won¡¯t be able to kill Steven anyways. We spirit walkers destroy anything and anyone who hurts our mate or our loved ones.¡± Mom said smugly. ¡°Every mate is like that.¡± Carter said confused. ¡°Yes they are but we are actually capable of doing that.¡± She said looking at dad with goofy eyes. Nope. Don¡¯t want to see that. ¡°So what do we do now?¡± Leo asked. ¡°Wait for them toe and fight for ournd.¡± Mom said with finality. Ournd? Why did she say that? ¡°Mom what if theye early and we are not prepared?¡± I asked. ¡°The spirit alpha will let us know about it, won¡¯t he?¡± She asked. ¡°How the hell did you know that?¡± I asked. ¡°Language youngdy.¡± She scolded making me pout. ¡°Why wouldn¡¯t I know about it? I am a spirit walker after all. Besides I granted you your wolf. The previous alpha knows about me and you from that moment.¡± ¡°WHAT?¡± I shouted in shock. ¡°I did tell you earlier that the wolf spirit is merged with the human by the Spirit Walker. He asked me permission and I granted it. I was quite taken back by his love for you. s! Who am I to stop him? He Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org. wanted to be your wolf and I made it possible. Besides, now we have an advantage over the attackers. He trained you quite well. The spirit walker they want is not even defenseless now beside beinging of age just a few days ago. I think he had an inclining of what you are. Maybe that¡¯s why he encouraged you to learn about spirit powers and healing.¡± She exined. ¡°You will be looking after the spirit wolves after this is over. I am retiring.¡± She said stretching. ¡°I was going to try to continue my job till you graduated from college but my human body can¡¯t keep up anymore with this. It takes a lot of energy to merge a spirit with its human. I don¡¯t think I will be able to do that.¡± ¡°Mom! That is so unfair.¡± I said pouting. ¡°Life is not fair sweet heart. Your mother and I are going on a vacation from here.¡± Dad said grinning at me. ¡°What? You are not taking us with you?¡± Alec asked. ¡°Nope.¡± Mom said folding her hands on her chest. That¡¯s her no argument pose. She then opened her arms for us to hug and Alec and I ran to her like toddlers running to their parents. She hugged the life out of us and so did dad. ¡°Now shoo. Go cuddle your own mates and give me back mine.¡± Mum shooed us away as we were taking too long with dad. Daddy pulled her on hisp after we let him go. Those two are just perfect together. We went back to our respective mates to ¡®cuddle as instructed¡¯ by our mother. Steven was too quiet all this time and so was Austin. There must be a lot going on in their minds. Chapter 40- Amara Chapter 40- Amara The day went by quite slowly with cooking and eating with our parents at Alec¡¯s apartment. Mom and dad decided to lounge at the meeting house. That made Steven and I to go to the cabin as the meeting room had only two bedrooms as going to the Knights was not an option with the lurking danger. Mom said I would be safer near the pack. It was Christmas eve after all so we had to wake up early in the morning the next day. Cassidy had cast a spell around the cabin for better precautions. Mom had sneakily told me that it was not needed. She doesn¡¯t seem to be really fond of Cassidy. Steven on the other hand was too quiet the entire time. Austin had recovered a little till the evening. As the time to go to the cabin came, Steven pulled me over his back and started running towards the cabin as I gave him the directions. He put me down and entered the cabin. That¡¯s it. This is so not happening. ¡°Steven.¡± I called him after entering the cabin behind him. ¡°Why are you not talking to me? Did I do something wrong? Are you mad at me?¡± Steven stopped in tracks with his back towards me. He didn¡¯t turn around. Is he regretting marking me? I should have waited. I shouldn¡¯t have jumped into things. What have I done? I pulled him into the same shit his mother was trying to save him from. But where would I go now? I can¡¯t kick him out of the cabin. More like I won¡¯t. Ryder. Yes. I will go where Ryder is. No not there. Ryder will get worried about Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. me. I will figure it out. I just need to get out of here. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Steven asked as I turned around to get out of the cabin. ¡°I don¡¯t know. I will figure something out.¡± I replied moving towards the door. ¡°I am sorry for everything.¡± ¡°Are you leaving me?¡± He choked out. ¡°Is that not what you want?¡± I asked confused. I turned around to look at him. ¡°Why would I want that?¡± he asked. ¡°You weren¡¯t yourself the whole day since you heard about your family and coven. I thought you were mad at me for it. I mean I am pulling you into the same thing your mother tried to save you from and your mother died because of mine. I thought you might be regretting marking me and wanted to keep distance so I was giving it to you. I can understand if you hate me.¡± I replied looking at my arms. Next thing I knew, I was pushed against the cabin door with a very angry Steven ring at me. ¡°Don¡¯t you ever say that ever again. You are mine and I am not letting you go. Not even if I have to die doing that. I don¡¯t hate you love. I am scared that I won¡¯t be able to protect you. Besides I get to murder the monster that killed our covens. I lost my parents, my coven and my mate at his hands. I am not losing you too.¡± He said cupping my face in his palms. He looked so vulnerable. Oh my god! What was I thinking? Why was I going to leave him? I don¡¯t think I would live without him. Nope. Never. I am so stupid. Wait! His mate? ¡°Your mate?¡± I asked confused. He pulled me to the couch and sat on it with me on hisp. This guy has a serious case of separation anxiety. ¡°Yeah. I found my mate after I moved in with Cassidy in 1885. I met her in 1917. Austin was with me when I found her. We had went to a local bar in bama to chill out. She was there with him. We were rouge vampires and he was a vampire lord. We didn¡¯t knew then that he was the one that destroyed our people. He hadn¡¯t marked her yet but he was cunning as always. She was young like us and power hungry. Her name was Carrina. She was a beauty. I was happy. We got together and started working on our rtionship. Vincent didn¡¯t show any objection at first but Carrina wanted more. She was sleeping with Vincent behind my back and I was slowly sumbing to the darkness. I didn¡¯t knew what was happening to me but Cassidy caught on. I didn¡¯t believe her and went to find her in the main house of the coven. I found her sucking him off while he was ruthlessly pulling her hair. She was actually enjoying it.¡± He sighed. He looked to be in so much pain. I rubbed his back slowly. ¡°Vincent looked at me and smirked.¡± He continued. ¡°I couldn¡¯t believe my eyes. He pulled himself out of her mouth andid her on the bed facing me. She looked ufortable for a moment but then it was gone just like that. I stood there in shock, watching them indulge in pleasure. She was enjoying my pain. The only thing I can think about was ¡®Why?¡¯. The pain in my heart was immense. I fled from there and started whoring around. I was angry. A yearter I felt her die. He killed her because he was bored of her. In 1950¡¯s I found out he was the one that killed our families. I wanted blood but Cassidy stopped me from destroying myself. Austin was going through his own mate problems and I wasn¡¯t any better. Those were the darkest hours of my life.¡± He smiled at me. ¡°Now I found you. My second chance. I am not giving up on you ever. Believe me when I say that we all want his blood. He has done everyone wrong and want to make it right by removing his existence from this so no one will go through the same pain he put us and many others through. This will be his end.¡± I can¡¯t put in words how proud I felt about him. He has been through a lot but he still stands strong. I pecked his forehead and hugged him close. ¡°Let¡¯s go to bed.¡± I told him. ¡°Sure.¡± He replied carrying me to bed. As I snuggled into him, I wondered about something. Should I ask him? I am going to be like him now so why not. ¡°Steven.¡± ¡°Hmm.¡± ¡°I wanted to ask you this for ages. How can you sleep? I mean aren¡¯t you a vampire?¡± ¡°Yeah but I am a born vampire not a bitten one. The bitten vampires wither with time and live a less longer life than us. They are like frozen in time. Their strength and abilities gets deteriorated with time. They grow weaker and they perish. The born vampires on the other hand are basically like humans. We grow old and die. It¡¯s like fifteen human years to one vampire year. We function like a human but we don¡¯t need that much sleep like humans. We can go without resting for a year or more. We can eat human food but it does us very less. We need blood to survive. The bitten vampires can not eat human food. It upsets their system. You can say the born vampires are a more durable and stronger version of humans.¡± He exined. ¡°Okay.¡± I nodded. ¡°I always wondered how Austin used to eat food with us after I found out about him being a vampire. Well now I know. What about witches and shifters?¡± ¡°Well a witch grows like eight human years to one and werewolves go with two years to one.¡± ¡°Werewolves have a short life span then.¡± I said glumly thinking about my pack. It¡¯s sad to think that I will out live my pack and my brother. ¡°Love everyone has to go at some point. That is the very reason we vampires don¡¯t engage much with other creatures. We live the longest and we also lose more people than others.¡± He said kissing my head. I nodded. ¡°Let¡¯s sleep for now. It¡¯s Christmas tomorrow. We will be busy all day.¡± ¡°Good night.¡± I said pecking him on the lips. ¡°Good night love.¡± He said against my lips. Chapter 41- Amara Chapter 41- Amara The days went pretty quickly and finally the day of the battle arrived. Everyone was anxious to say the least. Cassidy had cast a spell on the meeting house for protection of the mates and the parents of the people fighting. As nned the pack will meet Vincent¡¯s party at the cabin where they found the note before of their demand. Cassidy had done her magic and hidden the mating mark on mine and Steven¡¯s neck. The only problem, Asher had ran away and not even his parents know where he is. So we are a party of total fifteen people including the Knights, the pack, Ryder, Austin, Steven, Cassidy, mom and Grayson. We have no idea how many people they have. We are hoping they won¡¯t have a witch on their side. Cassidy is nning on trapping them in a force field so they won¡¯t be able to escape and we will try to kill them all but the problem is we will be trapped in the force field as well except mom, me and Ryder but we are thinking a way out of that too. Xander is still stuck in the clearing. He was really mad when he couldn¡¯t fight by his father¡¯s side. Ryder is our hidden weapon. We are hoping Vincent doesn¡¯t know about spirit wolves. ording to mom, he doesn¡¯t. I just hope everyone gets out of this alive. I don¡¯t want anyone to die for me. We are waiting for them at the clearing near the cabin. The exact same clearing I met the spirit wolf pack for the first time. The guys are surrounding me from all sides. Leo is standing in the front with Ryan and Stan a little behind him and Caleb, Carter and Mathew are standing behind me with Mathew a little behind in the center, forming a circle. The others are five miles south to the river concealed by Cassidy¡¯s spell, ready for the attack. Ryder will act as our connection. At exact midnight we heard movements in the woods. A tall blonde guy with bright red eyes stepped out of the trees smirking like the arrogant bitch he is. About fifty vampires were visibly lurking in the trees. We are heavily out numbered. More than three to one. I have never fought vampires before but I think I will manage. ¡°So where is my price? My precious little mate?¡± he asked arrogantly with a heavy Russian ent. ¡°I am not your mate.¡± I spat from behind Leo. ¡°Oh darling you will be. Now why don¡¯t you show yourself to your new groom.¡± He said amused. I stepped out and stood beside Leo. I can feel Steven¡¯s agitation from the bond. There was also an undertone of fear. ¡°Ah! Aren¡¯t you a beauty? I will really enjoy bedding you my love.¡± He said looking me up and down. His eyes made my skin crawl in disgust. I wanted to growl at him but I stopped myself. Don¡¯t want him to know I can shift, do we now? He must think I am defenseless. ¡°Start the spell.¡± I told Ryder in the mind link. He will convey the message. I felt the vibrations of the magic. I knew the others didn¡¯t. They can¡¯t feel it yet. Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org. ¡°Now now honey. Don¡¯t be like that. The spell won¡¯t work. You see we have a witch of our own.¡± He said smirking deviously. ¡°We came prepared you see. After all you are a very priced possession.¡± Shit! Well we have already thought of this scenario. ¡°n B.¡± I said in the mind link. ¡°I didn¡¯t think you will use your brain.¡± I said smiling at him. ¡°We were hoping you didn¡¯t have any.¡± I know riling him on is not a good thing but we need time. He just smirked at me. ¡°How about you call the rest of your party so I can kill them at once?¡± I so want wipe the smirk off of his face. ¡°My warlock is apparently pretty good.¡± ¡°Sure.¡± I said showing a little fake sacred look. ¡°Ryder tell them toe to the clearing.¡± One by one everyone entered the clearing but mom and Grayson weren¡¯t with them. I hope they are okay. Steven walked in the front and held my hand as nned. Vincent can¡¯t exactly kill him but he doesn¡¯t know that. I didn¡¯t want to use Steven as a bait but we had no other choice to distract Vincent. ¡°That must be your mate.¡± He said looking at Steven. ¡°I know you from somewhere.¡± Vincent pretended to think hard and then gave a boomingugh. ¡°That power hungry bitch Carrina¡¯s mate.¡± He said amused. Steven clenched my hand hard and I squeezed it back. He loosened his hold a little. ¡°She thought I will chose her as my mate but how wrong of her to think that I Vincent Clifford will take low life like her as my mate. She had thating.¡± He scoffed. ¡°Enough chit chat. Give me my price.¡± ¡°No.¡± Steven replied. ¡°I am not giving you my mate.¡± ¡°Boy your mate is dead. I killed her with my very own hands after I fucked her senseless of course.¡± Vincent said nonchntly. Steven hissed at him. ¡°She was a very good bed warmer if I may add. So how about you give me my mate.¡± ¡°We are not giving her up.¡± Leo growled. ¡°For thest time, she is not your mate. ¡°Oh the Alpha is angry. Well mutt, I have a proposal for you. You give the spirit walker to me and I will let you all walk away freely. Clearly you are out numbered. You don¡¯t want to leave your mates behind.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t im her blood sucker. She has a mate.¡± Leo retorted pushing Vincent¡¯s attention to Steven as nned. ¡°That won¡¯t be a problem for long. I will just rip his head off of his body and the problem will be solved.¡± He said smirking. ¡°Give her to me.¡± ¡°No.¡± Leo said. ¡°We will take our chances.¡± With that they started shifting. The vampires starteding out of the woods and lunged on us. Steven had already pulled me away and we were running towards the river. Vincent followed us and stopped us before we could cross the river. Ryder was waiting for us at the river but Vincent couldn¡¯t see him. ¡°Where do you think you are going?¡± he asked walking closer to us casually. ¡°See what you did? You are alone now. No one to hide behind. This went easier than I thought. I didn¡¯t knew you will be so dumb. I will kill your mate now darling and im you as mine. I will me invincible after that.¡± He had this mad gleam in his eyes. I know we nned this but I am scared. What if Steven really died? ¡°Hello Vincent.¡± Mom said walking out of the woods like she was taking a stroll. What the heck is she doing here? For the first time Vincent looked shocked and lost for words. Mom stopped right beside Ryder. ¡°ire?¡± He said tilting his head to the side. ¡°How the hell are you alive? Aren¡¯t you human?¡± He spat the word human like it¡¯s something disgusting. Chapter 42- Amara Chapter 42- Amara ¡°Oh no I am not human. I never was.¡± She said smirking at him. And then she was glowing but her energy was weak. I caught on. She is trying to buy time. Her glow diminished in a second and she was leaning on Ryder lightly but her face showed nothing of her weaknesses. That must be taking a toll on her human body. Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org. ¡°You are a spirit walker.¡± Vincent looked agitated for once. ¡°I had you in the palm of my hand and I let you go. I would have been powerful way before this than waiting for this long for one to be born.¡± Vincent was losing it. ¡°I can¡¯t wait anymore. I will deal with youter. First I have to kill the mate of my price.¡± With that being said he lunged at Steven. Steven pushed me out of the way before Vincent could reach us. There was a huge impact and they went rolling down the shore. Steven tried but Vincent was older and more experienced than him. Steven was already bleeding badly. Vincent was beating him non- stop. I could feel Steven¡¯s pain. I need to do something. I can¡¯t take this anymore. I growled at Vincent when he held Steven by his neck. I knew he was about about to snap it. He looked me in the eye and snapped Steven¡¯s neck smirking. I lost it. I shifted before I could contemte what was happening. My mind was taken over by rage. He killed my mate. I will kill him. I will tear him to pieces. That took Vincent by shock. He just stood there looking at me with wide eyes. I knocked into him quite forcefully making him fly almost twenty feet away. I stood over Steven to protect his body. Vincent got up and looked at my snarling self in wonder. He had blooding out of his mouth and nose. ¡°You are wonderful.¡± Vincent said making me hurl in disgust. ¡°You are more powerful than I thought. With your mate gone, I will have you as mine.¡± Vincent looked like he was about to pee his pants in excitement. He is truly disgusting to even walk this earth. I absolutely repulse him. Never in my life did I thought I will hate someone so much. I felt this power course through me and I noticed my fur had started to glow. I felt papa¡¯s presence as well. He was lending me his strength too. I felt powerful. ¡°Ryder help the others. I will handle it here. Take mom to safety first and don¡¯t let anyone escape.¡± I felt Steven heal. Ryder left with mom. Vincent was so engrossed in staring at me that he didn¡¯t even notice that. I moved Steven near the tree line for safety and growled at Vincent in challenge after I knew mom was gone. ¡°I will beat you to submission darling.¡± He said excited. He charged at me. I stood my ground with my hackles raised. He jumped in the air with his fist in the air but I bit him on his midrif before he could make contact with me. I sunk my teeth in his stomach and shook him ferociously with my head. He was screaming in pain. Hended a solid blow on my muzzle taking me by surprise. It didn¡¯t hurt that much but he had seeded in escaping my jaws. I spat the chunk of his stomach from my mouth and moved my eyes to him. For once he looked terrified and ready to run. I won¡¯t let him though. I noticed something. His movements were slower and his attacks were less powerful. ¡°No. You are faster and stronger.¡± Papa said in my head. That exins it. Vincent turned around and made a run for it. I took a sprint after him and ripped his head clean off of his body. I spat the head out and tore his limbs into pieces to make sure he won¡¯t regenerate. I knew he was dead but I wasn¡¯t satisfied. I tore piece after piece from his body. My muzzle was coated with his blood. ¡°He is dead love.¡± Steven¡¯s voice pulled me out of my murderous state. I didn¡¯t think anymore and ran towards my mate. I jumped on him, licking his face ferociously. ¡°Eww! That¡¯s gross.¡± He said trying to stop me but I continued my licking him. ¡°We need to burn the body love and help others as well.¡± That stopped me. We went near Vincent¡¯s body and Steven set it on fire. We ran towards the clearing where the fight was going on to find Vincent¡¯s vampires trapped in the force field and Ryder killing them inside it. They couldn¡¯t see him attack. They looked scared shitless. So Grayson had seeded in killing the warlock. I looked around to find everyone alive and breathed a sigh of relief. They were injured but nothing too serious. Now time to help my brother. I entered the force field much to Steven¡¯s dismay. I can feel his heated re on me. I started killing the vampires. They were too many though. I felt someone enter the force field. For a moment I thought it¡¯s mom but then I saw another golden wolf tearing the vampires. Ryder growled in frustration. Xander is in a huge mess now. I hope Ryder won¡¯t punish him too hard. Who am I kidding? I don¡¯t want Xander on the battle field either. I tore thest vampire in front of me and looked towards the duo. Ryder was growling at a very scared Xander. Xander was whimpering and shaking in fright. I felt the force field being removed. How the hell did Xander get out? He isn¡¯t an adult yet. First things first. I need to save him from my snarling brother. Leo, Stanley, Austin and Steven started collecting the scattered body parts to set them on fire. I walked towards the wolf spirit duo. As soon as I walked near, Xander sprinted under my legs to hide from Ryder. Now I am in the firing line. Shifting back to my human form won¡¯t be a good idea now. ¡°Get away from him Amara. I need to punish him for what he did.¡± Ryder snarled. Ohh full name. Ryder is really mad. I felt Xander quiver in fear. I licked his head to calm him down. ¡°Let it be Ryder. He is scared. Besides he is just a kid.¡± I tried to reason. ¡°Stop spoiling him so much.¡± Ryder said in a very jealous tone. ¡°I am not spoiling him. You need to calm down first.¡± I told him. Ryder huffed and looked at us as I licked Xander¡¯s head. ¡°Howe you never did that to me?¡± Ryder asked ring usingly at Xander after huffing and puffing for a little while. I wanted tough so bad but I controlled myself. He would bust my ass ifughed at him now. ¡°I swear to god Ryder. You are a pup in a grown wolf¡¯s body. I literally shifted a couple days ago. How was I supposed to groom you before?¡± I said shaking my head at him. He just looked at me expectantly. Is he really expecting me to lick him? Looking at him it looks like he is. Xander¡¯s tail was tickling my legs as he was shaking it really fast. I nodded to Ryder toe forward and moved away from Xander making him whimper. Ryder sat down and I started grooming him which he didn¡¯t need off course but who¡¯s going to tell him that. He was actually purring. Sometimes I wonder if he will ever grow up. Wait a minute. ¡°How did you get out of there Xander?¡± I asked. Ryder growled in protest as I stopped licking him. ¡°Thatdy helped me out.¡± Xander said nodding towards mom. Now I was mad. Which sane person lets a kid fight in a battle field? ¡°What the hell mom?¡± I shouted at her. ¡°Why the hell would you let him pull out of safety?¡± ¡°He wanted to.¡± She said shrugging like it¡¯s no big deal. ¡°He is a pup. How could you let him in a battle?¡± I growled at her. ¡°He can handle himself just fine Amy.¡± She said to me. I huffed at her in annoyance. You would be saying otherwise if it was Alec or dad in Xander¡¯s ce. ¡°Are you mad at me Aunty Amy?¡± Xander asked in a small voice. My poor baby. ¡°No sweet heart. I am just worried about you. You are still a pup after all.¡± I told him. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about me aunty Amy. I am strong.¡± He said puffing his chest. ¡°Of course you are sweetie.¡± I cooed at him nuzzling into him. I heard Ryder huff. His jealous ass just won¡¯t stop. I do need to check on the injured as well. ¡°I will be right back.¡± I told my brother and nephew. I shifted back into my human form. Steven handed me arge t- shirt and shorts which I slipped on. Grayson had a nasty cut on his face and torso. For a old man he has got quite a body. I healed him quickly and moved on to check the others. Their injuries were already to the point of none. ¡°We actually pulled that off.¡± Carter said grinning widely. That was enough to set everyone inughing fits. Steven circled his arms around me. I snuggled into him, breathing in his scent. This is where I want to be, in my mate¡¯s arms and with my pack. Chapter 44: Epilogue Chapter 44: Epilogue I tapped my foot nervously on the bathroom floor in anxiety. I am not ready for this. It¡¯s been a year since the fight with Vincent and his loonies. After we went back to the meeting house, we celebrated our victory with a major party. Then it was time to go back to the college. I am going back to Greycoast Content bel0ngs to N?vel(D)r/a/ma.Org. tomorrow for Christmas with Steven and Aaron. Austin is spending the Christmas with his new girlfriend. Yup! He has found himself a very nice girl. Her name is Cloe and she is a hybrid, part vampire and part witch. Her father is warlock while her mother is a vampire. She is a really sweet girl. Her mate was a human. He died in a very brutal car ident. They are helping each other move on from their past. They are just perfect together. Leo and Ste had a little boy two months ago. Our adorable little alpha, Zeno. Riley, Stanley¡¯s mate is six months pregnant. Mia and Abigail are the only two that are not pregnant but it won¡¯t be long. The pack children are usually about the same age. The pack females will be popping left and right in no time. Elena on the other hand gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in February. That¡¯s why the Knights kept her away from the battle as she was already pregnant. She was staying at Esterden with Jessica, her mother and my birth mother. They named the beautiful angel Arabe. Asher turned up at the packnds a full monthter. Leo told us that he looked terrible. Now he is trying to make up for his mistakes. He is really taking care of his chosen mate, Olivia. She is the same girl I walked in on him in his bed. She is really sweet actually. She was scared at first as this pack stuff was really overwhelming for her and Asher didn¡¯t really gave her a proper insight into the shifter world. She is coping up fine now. There are also two new spirit wolves. As the shifter family is growing, so are the spirit wolves. Ryder is taking his responsibility more seriously now. Well as serious as he can. I hope he won¡¯t get jealous of the pups again. I mean who can ignore small pups running around with their chubby little feet. The rm on my phone brought me out of my thoughts. I looked at the stick on the counter and paled. Shit!!! No. I can¡¯t do this now. I have two more years of college left. How am I supposed to work everything around? I am just neen. I can¡¯t do this. I am freaking out at the moment. ¡°Amy?¡± Aaron knocked on the bathroom door. ¡°What is the result?¡± I started sobbing. What am I going to do? My life is over. ¡°Come out please. We can talk about it.¡± Aaron said knocking on the door loudly. ¡°You are scaring me.¡± Thank goodness Steven is not home. He has gone out with Austin to spend some boys time together or that¡¯s what he said. I washed my face and came out. Aaron took one look at me and pulled me in his arms. I just couldn¡¯t stop myself from crying. He pulled me towards the couch and let me cry in his arms. ¡°Are you pregnant?¡± he asked in a hushed voice. I nodded as a new wave of sobs took over me. ¡°Why are you crying? You should be happy. You are bringing a life in this world.¡± He said wiping the tears off of my face. ¡°I don¡¯t know what I am feeling. I am happy and terrified at the same time. I have two years of college left and I am pregnant.¡± I exined. ¡°It will be alright. I am right here with you and you have Steven too.¡± ¡°What if he doesn¡¯t want a child? I mean we just met an year ago. What if he is not ready to start a family? What if I am not ready for this? What if I am not a good mother to this little bean?¡± I rambled. ¡°Hey you will be just fine. We won¡¯t know what Steven thinks until you tell him right?¡± I nodded. ¡°So don¡¯t think about it now. Besides it takes two to p. If you ask me he will be ecstatic to be a father. When you will hold the baby in your arms for the first time, you will forget everything and love the munchkin with all your heart. I know that for sure. And the question about you not being a good mother. You will be pretty good. You take care of people without any second thoughts and this is your own flesh and blood, I don¡¯t think the baby can have any better mother.¡± He finished looking at me smiling and I was crying like a fool. ¡°Thanks Aaron. I needed to hear that.¡± I told him sobering up from my crying fit. ¡°I am going to be an uncle.¡± He said grinning at me making meugh. ¡°So who will be the god father?¡± He looked quite serious when he asked that. Uh oh! Alec and Aaron are going to fight pretty bad over it. I want them both to be the god fathers if that is possible. ¡°I want Alec and you to be the god father but that isn¡¯t possible right.¡± I said nervously. ¡°I call dibs on this one.¡± He dered. ¡°Aaron that¡¯s not fair.¡± I scolded him. ¡°I don¡¯t care.¡± He said huffing. ¡°We will talk about thister. First I need to figure out how to tell Steven.¡± I said sighing. I am scared of his reaction to say the least. What if he doesn¡¯t want a child now? ¡°Don¡¯t over think it just tell him.¡± Aaron suggested like it¡¯s no big deal. I was about to snap at him when the front door opened and Steven bounced in. I shut my mouth and hid my face from him. He pulled me in his arms and kissed me on the lips. He looked at my face carefully when I didn¡¯t respond. I am a nervous wreck. I fumbled with my fingers and refused to meet his eyes. My heart is beating like a drum. Aaron sneaked into the bedroom and locked the door behind him. Traitor. ¡°Love are you alright?¡± Steven asked lifting my chin with his fingers. I nodded biting my lip nervously. ¡°What is it Amy?¡± He asked sternly. I feel like an errant child whenever he talks like that. ¡°Well¡­ umm¡­ you see¡­¡± I started. ¡°Yes?¡± He urged. ¡°Iampregnant.¡± I said in one breath. ¡°Love you need to say it slowly. I didn¡¯t understand properly. You are starting to scare me.¡± I took a deep breath. Here goes nothing. ¡°I am pregnant.¡± I told him looking at my hands. Pin drop silence. Is he mad at me? Oh my god! What am I going to do? One thing is for sure. I am not giving up my baby. I looked at him to find him frozen in ce with his mouth hanging open. I am starting to get mad at him now. ¡°Steven say something.¡± I snapped. ¡°I am going to be a father.¡± He said like he couldn¡¯t believe what he was saying. I nodded confused at his reaction. Next moment he was squealing like a little girl. He picked me up and started turning me around in circles. He put me down on my feet and kissed me passionately. ¡°I am going to be a father.¡± He said resting his forehead on mine with tears in his eyes. ¡°We are going to be parents.¡± Iughed at his antics. ¡°You will be round soon and I will enjoy teasing the heck out of you.¡± He said smirking. I red at him and started smacking him. ¡°Steven what about my college?¡± I asked stopping a mid smack. ¡°We will figure it out love. We need to see Cassidy first. I don¡¯t want anything happening to our baby or the mom.¡± He said circling his arms around me. ¡°Who will be the god father?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± I replied. ¡°Austin will throw a major tantrum if he is not the god father.¡± He said kissing my head. ¡°So will Alec and Aaron. I just hope Ryder doesn¡¯t decide to jump in as well.¡± I said to him shuddering. ¡°We will figure that outter. Let¡¯s go to bed. We have a long flight tomorrow.¡± I hummed. ¡°Good night Aaron.¡± I called out. ¡°Good night.¡± He replied from inside the bedroom. ¡°I heard your discussion about the god father situation. Just a heads up. I am not backing down.¡± Stevenughed and pulled me outside of Aaron and mine¡¯s shared apartment into his. I have been sleeping here a lottely. Who am I kidding? I sleep here all the time unless Austin stays over which is not much. ¡°Good night love.¡± Steven said spooning me from behind. ¡°Good night.¡± I snuggled closer to him and closed my eyes. That night I dreamed about Steven and I living in a house surrounded by pleasant greenness. Steven was running around behind a toddler with reddish brown hair and green eyes, a prefectbination of us. That Christmas was the best in my life. In August I gave birth to our two beautiful angels. Yup! Twins. Benjamin and Ethan. They are just perfect. We decided to name Austin as the twins god father. Thank the heaven that Ryder didn¡¯t decide to want to be a god father at that moment or it would have been a war but after he saw the kids he was quite mad and now wants to be a god father as well. Aaron quite graciously told me that I need to push three more children out of my vagina. Aaron, Alec and Ryder are quite firm on wanting god children. Ethan turned out to be a vampire and ording to Leo he can sense the shifter blood in Benjamin. That was quite a surprise but we can live with that. The most shock came with Arabe. As soon as I saw her I knew she was my heir. Mom was right. It is about soul when ites to the spirit walker, not blood. When she is old enough, I will start training her. ----------- Here I am sitting in the garden of our house on the hill near Greycoast with my five year old twins running around with their father chasing them. My three year old daughter, Valentina is painting well¡­ her clothes and my one and a half year old, Elizabeth is watching her brothers and father run around. ¡°Come on guys. Lets get inside. It looks like it is going to rain.¡± I called. My boys came running towards me. Steven picked the little munchkins off before they could jump on me. ¡°What did I tell you about jumping on mummy?¡± Steven asked in a very tern voice. ¡°Not to.¡± Ethan and Benjamin mumbled looking down. ¡°And what were you about to do?¡± ¡°We were going to jump on mummy.¡± Benjamin said looking very sad. ¡°But we want to hug her too.¡± Ethanined. ¡°Why does only Elliott get to be with her? He is taking our mommy away from us.¡± Benjamin nodded making Steven sigh. Yup! I am pregnant. Again. Our little baby Elliott is due in a month. As I am quite round by now, Steven instructed the kids to be careful but the boys just won¡¯t stop. ¡°Ethan, Ben, Elli is not taking me away from you.¡± I exined taking them in my arms as best as I could. Steven was still supporting most of their weight. ¡°He is so tiny now that he gets hurt easily just like when Val and Beth were inside my stomach. You remember that don¡¯t you?¡± They nodded. ¡°You don¡¯t want baby Elli to get hurt do you?¡± ¡°No mommy.¡± They said in unison. ¡°That¡¯s what daddy is telling you pumpkins. You can hug me but you just have to be careful. That¡¯s all daddy and mommy are asking from you.¡± They nodded as I hugged them close. ¡°Like this mommy.¡± My little angel Valentina chimed circling her arms gently around me. I nodded at her smiling. Elizabeth came running towards us and copied his sister grinning at me. This is my world now. My babies, my pack and my mate, all in one ce. I couldn¡¯t ask for anything more. THE END. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!