Kayla
I watched as Asher gathered his warriors and gave out orders. It looks like he was adding more patrolling warriors on duty. I guess that the last two attacks on my life had him on the edge.
But I have decided that nothing was going to stop me from attending my sister’s nuptial vow, even if it meant running away I was so ready to take the risk.
My gaze shifted back to Asher and I felt my heart begin to ache.
I didn’t want to leave his side but the Asher I knew wouldn’t change his mind and I didn’t want my brothers to get worried or have the wrong ideas about him.
I couldn’t stop staring at the way he moved and spoke to his warriors. He is a man who commands respect and power at the mere sight of him.
I sighed and moved away from the window, I had to get ready to leave, hopefully before the sunset.
I rushed in for a shower and was done in a short time. I got dressed in one of my blue velvet dresses and combed through the natural curls of my hair. And I was done.
But I remained seated in front of the mirror hung near the dressing table.
Abruptly, memories of what happened between us in the forests played over and over in my mind. I rubbed my hands together, groaning internally. I didn’t know when my feelings for Asher grew this intense. I needed him more than anything else but it hurt like hell to know that he was still tied to his past.
I shook out from my thoughts, standing on my ankle boots. I grabbed my bag, and my flurry blue cloak, and left my chamber. In haste, I exited the castle and motioned to the woods. I took the part to the outskirts of the village and rented a carriage. The coachman got behind the wheels and we drove off. I peered outside the window and saw the familiar greenery around me.
The surroundings I had not seen after having spent almost more than two months in the castle. I opened the window and breathed in the scent of woods, soil, and the forest.
Home
The coachman opened the door of the carriage and guided me outside, careful not to let me fall.
I was standing in front of a place that was both familiar and distant to me- my home, the pack I had not set foot in for a while. My heart quickened as I looked at the familiar faces, the scent of my past washing over me like a tidal wave.
Maria, my elder sister, was the first to see me and her face brightened. I returned her smile as she rushed to my side and pulled me into a warm hug. “I’m so happy that you came. We all thought that he wouldn’t allow you, knowing the kind of person he was. Our brothers dropped off the invitation but they were told that you and Asher were not in the castle.”
I nodded. “Yeah, we visited his sister but something came up, and we ended up going back home.”
“We have missed you so much, Kay, and we have all been worried about you.” They choruses.
Tears welled in my eyes and the emotions came rushing in, threatening to overwhelm me. “I have also missed everyone so much.”
For a while, we stared at each other silently. And then a voice shook us from the trance-like state as I studied my siblings.
“Are you not supposed to be here with your husband?” A strange woman asked. She had silver hair and jet-black eyes with freckles all over her cheeks. ” I have heard so much about him and his dead mate.”
Silence fell around us all as the pack members looked at me, waiting for my reaction.
I stiffened at the mention of Emily, back in the castle I was reminded about her, and even out of the castle, it felt as if she was an invincible cloak hanging around me. I folded my hands over my chest and tried to smile but my smile did not reach my eyes.
“I’m sorry, who are you?” I asked the strange woman. She seemed suspicious and there was something about her that bothered me. She seemed to know a lot more than she was saying and I also had a feeling that she was trying to find out more about my relationship with Asher.
Maybe she was just one of those nosy women who enjoys prying into people’s affairs but there was this strange creepy feeling around her.
“Ohh Kay, she is our nympheutria for the nuptial vow.” Celia introduced her. It seemed like my family didn’t have a problem with her. Maybe I was just overthinking about the whole thing.
“Asher had a council meeting with the elder wolves from the South pack, back in the castle. So he couldn’t make it.” I explained to everyone
“That’s strange.” The silver-haired woman commented. “But rumors have it that Alpha Asher always attended all events with Emily. They always showed up everywhere together and they were so fond of each other. They were a match made in heaven. A beautiful sight to behold.”
A possessive, dark emotion bubbled inside me. I felt a sharp pain and a hot wave of jealousy shot up in my heart at her words. My nails had dug into my palm and tiny blood was trickling down my already sweaty palms but I did not care. The pain in my heart was much more than the injury in my palm.
Why is it that in every direction I turned, I would be reminded of how much Asher loved her?
I am very sure they are all thinking that he didn’t love me enough to be here with me.
I didn’t know how long I could continue to endure this heartache, being reminded that Asher was my husband but still in love with his dead wife was like tearing apart my heart and reducing it to shreds by stabbing and gutting it.
It hurts… It hurts so much.