Chapter 67
“He was just shocked. He didn’t see me yet, despite her hared mind. Lauren managed to use her head. She prioritize her that night.
never felt like Declan didn’t
And yet he never cared when you married each other. Wake up, Lauren. He’s not the man you’ve always wished him to be.”
Lauren put her palms on both of her ears. She shook her head and closed her eyes.
“You are not real. Get away!” She screamed, knowing she was in some kind of trance or some sort of a spell.
She needed to get out. She had to ge out
“You are safer with me. Here, the setting around her shifted into a much brighter light. Even with eyes firmly closed, Lauren could tell how she was no longer in that dreadful living room, filled with blood and bad memories.
“You have them,” tempted to do so, she slowly opened her eyes and saw her children.
Damon and Dahlia were playing with some other children. They all looked so happy and so carefree as they screamed and laughed while running around
Everything looked so bright. There was a huge clearing which was surrounded by trees and bushes where a pond was also near. The sound of water running and falling filled her eyes, a memory striking her with the gentle waterfall where she used to play and swim in
“You have your home, the voice whispered as Lauren continued looking around the place, her heart tugging in warmth and nostalgia at the sight of her home pack
*Blue Mountains. I
my home,” she mumbled.
Lauren turned to the other side of the field where she knew where her home was
And true, indeed. Her old home, the Blue Mountain Pack’s pack house was upright where she last saw it So neat, so bright, and very much alive as people came in and out of the cozy place.
It has always been a home to all of the people in the pack. Not some kind of an exclusive place for their leader, their family.
thank you for the fresh fruits, Meesandra.”
Lauren gasped when she suddenly heard that warm, gentle voice from the house.
“Mom. mother!”
and her attention towards the safety of her
Frantically. Lauren ran towards where the packhouse’s entrance was; gone was her cautious mind and he children
All she wanted was to see her mother. To see her still alive.
She stumbled upon a man before she could take another step towards its entrance. She quickly turned away when she heard her mother’s rich. laugh, her eyes watering as her yearning for her increased.
“Lauren,” the
front called her. But her attention was still at the thought of her mother. She was doing her best to peek through their window. trying to at least catch sight of her beautiful mother.
“Lauren, wake up.
She felt something touch her shoulders, but she
straight as that prysterious man’s voice urged her to continue.
“Go to her. You have your chance to meet her and live the moment you’ve always dreamt of
“Mama“” Lauren screamed when she caught sight of her mother’s beautiful figure pass by the window. She started running towards the place again, Gnly to bar called by that man agaul.
“No! Del” She sorrained when the also caught sight of her father throughi what the dors, she couldn’t move
rough the window. Hat something was
sing was restraining her from moving. No inalter
“Fight for the life you’ve wanted. Your children safe. Your home restored. Your parents alive and well. You have your chance now.”
What do I need to do?” she asked the eerie voice
Chapter 67
Suddenly the dark figure that almost looked like a shadow appeared beside her. She couldn’t see the man’s face as he was under his cla
The
e tall man offered his almost chalk–white hand to her. Take my hand and come with me. I will give you your heart’s desire. Succumb to it?
For some reason, Lauren hesitated. The man was right. It was everything she’s ever wanted. She has always wanted her twins to meet he and father. She has longed for her origin pack, and their house. She missed how cry and welcoming the place felt,
But that restraining movement caught her attention again, as did that man who has been calling her
“Lauren! Wake up! Do not let it get to you?”
meet her mother
As if slapped by a hard rock, Lauren’s wide eyes wont to the cloaked man who had his hand still in front of her as an offer. Then the earlier happening came right back at her.
“You’re not real. Neither is this, she realized, her mini slowly wrapping around what’s happening
“I can make it real, just come to me,” he said.
As if taken by a stronger spell, Lauren’s eyes trained towards the man who was strutting towards her. It was a man, a handsome man that looked so familiar, yet she couldn’t pinpoint where she saw him. But her chest was making her feel like she knew him. As if he has always been in her mind
The man wa
man was all smiles and i
d his b blue eyes were gleaming at the sight of her. He took her by the waist.
“Stay here, with me. This is the life we both deserve. The perfect life with our children. The beautiful man took her hand and kissed it. He was the embodiment of security, of familiarity. One that she sought.
Her heart thumped at the sight and feel of him. Her insides sang at the promise in his words and the sincerity in his eyes.
But something deep in her stomach wasn’t sitting right..
She turned to the cloaked man. “T–This is not..she swallowed, the ability to distinguish reality know maybe this isn’t real”
The familiar man suddenly held her tightly, his hold on her growing possessive.
fantasy running away from her again. “I don’t
“Stay. All of these will be yours–and more. You’ve gone through so much, Lauren. You deserve the life you’ve always wanted. Master is willing to give i
“Master!” She muttered curiously, looking at the man’s still unrecognizable face towards the mysterious cloaked man.
He once again raised his pale hand. “Come. I am a man who understand grief as you do. A man who deserves a life of happiness and joy as you do. We were both stolen from the things we deserved to have. So come with me so we can both get it.”
“Cone with me.” The familjar man made her turn to him by her chin, but Lauren’s instinct was telling her something
Something didn’t feel right
“This is too good.. all too good to be true, she mumbled, getting a grip of her own mind again
She started looking behind her. “Where are my children. Damon? Dalalia?”
She was about to walk when the familiar man did not release her, and his firm grip around her turned firmer. More possessive.
“I need to go see my children.”
“You are staying with me.” She frowned and started pushing him away.
“Let go” But his hold on her was so strong. 51
rong. She started panicking.
“You are mine, Lauren. You are mine?
Lauren gasped as the man holding her pulled her face close and was about to kiss her, but a force so strong repelled her back as she felt another lips.
shash on hers.
“NO!” She heard a deep scream, fading as seconds p into the background. The sound of children playing and her mother’s laugh vanished.
passed by. The light around the place started fading, the same way her old house started fading
Lauren focused her vision and saw herself standing in the middle of Damon and Dahlia’s bedroom, encircled in Declan’s grasp as his mouth locked
hers.
