MasukCHAPTER 76~KIM~ Sitting across from him on the dinner table, I was beginning to question all the reasons I even thought this was a good idea in the first place and now, I wasn’t so sure anymore.We struggled to get through dinner in awkward silence and I rushed out of the living area as soon as I was done with the dishes.I made my way to the bathroom and took a long and steamy bath, hoping to relieve myself of all the burden of the previous day.It was past midnight, so I could only hope that when I opened my eyes later that day, it was going to make right all the things that had gone wrong the previous day.“Kim,”“Oh, my goodness!” I clung hard to the towel around my chest that I had already loosened and dropped halfway before he walked in.I expected him to quickly apologize. Maybe run out, seeing that it was a bad time, but he didn’t do any of those.He fixed his eyes on me and would not take it off. His gaze caused me to take another look at myself to realize that the upper pa
CHAPTER 75~RICHARD~“When you said you were leaving, I imagined we’d be half way across regional lines by morning,” She threw her comment as we pulled over at the cabin. “If I was looking for you, this is the first place I’ll come to.”“Well, the good thing is no one is looking for me now, are they?” I got down from the vehicle and went back to the trunk to pull out my luggage.Even though she had no luggage, Kimberly followed.“This was not my first choice, but since I couldn’t shake you off, I had to stay close by.” I added, pulling the box into the cabin.Kimberly was literally a shadow to me. She took every step that I took, until we were in the room.“What does that mean?” she probed. Her innocence made me smile.Luckily, my face was covered by the wardrobe door, so she could not see that.“If you decide to go back, you’ll be close enough to be picked up by Galina or something.” I replied and walked to the bed to take off my shoes.She chuckled.“I want to say you don’t know me
CHAPTER 74~KIM~“Richard!”“Richard!!”I called multiple times and chased him down the hallway.Richard did not spare me even a glance.He continued walking like he could not hear me. Even jogging, I was still struggling to meet up with the heavy steps Richard was taking.“Richard!”I didn’t have to call again when he walked into the medical room.I covered what little steps were left and joined him in the room.Catherine was unconscious and breathing steadily.“Get me Galina,” he instructed.“Are you really not going to say anything to me?” I probed,“I just asked you to get Galina, didn’t I?”He said it like I was supposed to be grateful that he even spoke to me.My heart broke.I wanted to lash out, but importantly, I wanted him to say something about everything: Elena, his mother, losing his seat as Alpha. All of it, but Richard would not oblige and the longer I waited for him to say something, the more upsetting all of this was.“Get Galina!” he was emphatic.I stormed out of th
CHAPTER 73~KIM~Lunch did not start before it was over.The mess at the table was enormous. The silence was heavy.I wanted to confront and out Elena, but I never imagined how equally disastrous it was going to be for me to.Catherine lost consciousness simply from finding out that there was no baby. Logan and Richard took her to the medical room and for the few seconds I was left with Elena, she almost drove a knife into my stomach.Thankfully, Galina and a few of the maids swooped in in-time and pulled Elena away from me, while Galina quickly took me to my room.“Have some water,” she offered, but I couldn’t bring myself to eat or drink anything. Not when I didn’t even know how Catherine was doing.“You know at some point you’re going to have to stop pacing right?”Galina’s voice and the flowers Richard had in my room were probably the only things keeping me sane. Even so, I had never found flowers insufficient until that very moment.“I need to know how she’s doing, Galina. Cather
CHAPTER 72~KIM~“I never pegged Catherine for someone to be this emotional.” Richard and I walked side by side from the car to the mansion entrance, laughing and chatting like we’ve always had this life and it felt right.“You have no idea.” He responded. His hand slipped, or I wanted to think so, but his finger was crossed with mine for a few seconds.The touch was subtle, but it felt like an electric shock. The world stopped spinning for a second and his eyes locked in with mine. Nothing was said, but somehow a lot was heard.“She always exudes so much grace. You’d never guess.” I managed to avert the silence and we continued in small steps to the dinning room.“Well, you’re learning every day…” he said,“I sure am.”“Well, I said one hour…” Catherine’s voice hit us even before our feet crossed the entrance.“We’re sorry. We got a little carried away and lost track of time.” Richard sounded less and less confident as we walked in and found Logan and Elena at the table with Catheri
CHAPTER 71~KIM~“I’ve never known Catherine to be this strong willed.” I said to Richard.The mansion had a large premises that was basically a marble floor. It was cleaned thoroughly daily and was now a reflective surface.“My mother can get insufferable,” Richard responded. “Especially when she’s excited about something.”“Aren’t you disturbed?”“About?” he responded to my question with one of his own.“The fact that we’re lying to her?” I ended that as a question, because I assumed it was obvious enough.Richard was quiet for a while and that was my answer.“Well, I am, but like…you will get pregnant eventually.” I saw his attempt to wave off the topic. I did not try to push any further.Catherine made it clear that we had to be on this walk for at least an hour and a half. We only just started and the last thing I would want was to make this walk awkward with at least one more hour to spend.“I’m sorry you have to go through this stress.” He broke the five minutes of silence afte
CHAPTER 11: Matt's Insistence~ Richard ~I have never been so confused in my entire life.The moment Kim walked through the door of this mansion three days ago — thin, hollow-eyed, wearing a coat two sizes too big and carrying nothing in her hands but the suppression collar at her throat — my wolf
CHAPTER 44: NOT SO BAD ~ KIM ~“What do you think she’s planning?”“I don’t know. I just know it can’t be anything good.”Logan drove the vehicle behind Elena’s at a steady pace.She insisted he take his own vehicle if he wanted to see the surprise and I insisted on driving with him since it fel
CHAPTER 36: VACATION'S OVER~ RICHARD ~“Arghhh!!!” She yelled at the top of her voice as soon as she saw me. I must confess I was pretty terrified too, but I managed to keep it down as soon as I realized she was the one. “What is wrong with you?” She looked cute being scared. Holding her chest
CHAPTER 21:Not on my watch~ Kim ~At first, I felt like this was some scheme to get me out of the room. “It’s evident that drama runs in the bond. Very nice.” I turned to leave but before then I noticed sweat on his forehead. The air conditioning in the house could freeze a meal and it occurred







