Hunter was avoiding me. He never once came to the room after I left him in the living room earlier today. On any other day he would have followed me and made me speak to him. Today was different.
I was about to go and look for him when the door flew open. He stood standing with so much power in front of me that I was once again blown away with how handsome and incredibly irresistible Hunter was.
I didn’t know what to say to him. I didn’t know what my rights were anymore.
I was no longer his wife. Those words were enough to destroy me. I was no longer Hunter’s wife.
But what about us being mates? He was sure that Maggie was his and so was she. Then what were these feelings in me? How could both of us be his mate?
I’d seen it happen before. But did I ever see it happen at the same time like this? That, I wasn’t sure of.
There was no way that I was wrong about him being mine. no way. I felt way too territorial and possessive where he was concerned. This couldn’t just be normal infatuation. I was in love with Hunter, so deeply in love with him. It was the first time I’d ever admitted it to myself and I wished that it wasn’t under these circumstances.
I felt a hot prickle in my skin, all over my body and I already knew why.
Hunter was still looking at me. The look in his gorgeous eyes was so raw and vulnerable that I wanted to cry all over again. This entire situation was so incredibly messed up. I didn’t know how any of us could escape from it.
My heart started to race and my lungs had to fight for oxygen.
“What happens now?” I found myself asking. He looked away at my question and it was like a stab to my heart. I closed my eyes and waited for him to say the words that I was so scared to hear.
I stiffened when I heard footsteps that were growing louder with each passing second.
I stayed completely still when he picked me up. I was not expecting this. I was still waiting for his answer to my question.
My body was trembling when he laid me down on the bed. I held my breath when I felt him above me before he gently wrapped the sheet over my body. His hot breath was next to my ear now and I trembled at how strongly my body reacted to him being this close.
“Have you been eating?”
I opened my eyes and stared at him in wonder. He was avoiding my question. I wanted to scream with frustration. Why couldn’t he just answer me? Why make me go through this torture of not knowing what was going to happen to us?
Another part of me understood why he was avoiding it however. Even I wanted to forget about our problems and just focus on each other.
“Yes.”
“You lie to me Isabella.” He whispered in a low growl. “Let me feed you.”
I bit my l*p to show him that I was not allowing it. He picked the tray off the table and brought it over to me.
“Open your mouth Isabella.”
I shook my head.
I gasped when his hand touched my cheek, our gazes locked and I couldn’t help the way my body rushed to obey his every word.
He gently pushed the fork into my mouth and my mouth closed around it softly. I was not prepared for when his warm fingers touched my lips the moment I swallowed. My lips parted of their own will and I couldn’t help but lean into his touch.
“All I ask of you is some time … Please. Your question will be answered. I promise you. Just give me a little bit of time.”
Something in his voice had me nodding. I snuggled into his arms and inhaled his deep scent. As far as I knew, this could be our last time together like this.
***MAGGIE***
I was pissed. I expected a much better reaction from Hunter after returning to him. I was supposedly dead for five years and the man acted like I was gone for a day! I didn’t understand it. Our bond didn’t feel as strong as it had done in the past and I definitely think that it had something to do with that b***h. He couldn’t take his eyes off her the entire time I was there! It took all of my control not to snap at the girl! She sat there looking all innocent and hurt at everything that came out of my mouth. She was pathetic to look at.
I thought that he would happily accept me back into his life. After all, I’d seen him suffer without me. I’d seen him beg for me. I’d seen so much. Yet when I was finally in front of him, he acted like I was the last person he wanted to see.
I expected him to take me back into his life and back into his bed. not that I wanted to be in his bed, I loathed any form of physical contact with Hunter but that wasn’t the point. The point was that none of those things had happened. Instead, I was placed in a guest bedroom while he slept in bed with that other woman! They weren’t even officially married! Their wedding was nothing because Hunter and I were never divorced. now that I was proven to be alive, our wedding was the one that mattered. But Hunter nor that girl Isabella seemed to care about that. They were only concerned about being next to each other.
now here I was all alone in this room while he was there comforting her when he should be over here comforting me! for all I knew they were doing a lot more than just that. I expected him to care about my feelings but ever since I came back I could sense that he was only worrying about her. She was the one he was concerned about … not me. I was not used to this odd behavior from him.
I never knew that something could affect me more than my brother’s death but this definitely did. I was accustomed to being the one that Hunter went crazy over. now it was hard to see him give that same attention to someone else.
What did this mean?
I was his mate. I was sure of that. What could have possibly changed in these years that could bring about these massive changes in Hunter? I never allowed him to mark me … Was that the reason for all of this? Could his wolf be retaliating?
What exactly was going on?
I wanted to scream. I needed to do something, anything to get Isabella out of our lives before she managed to bring about any more changes in Hunter.
I needed to act quickly. I couldn’t believe that woman was right all along when she’d told me that Hunter was already crazy over Isabella. Even my aunt had told me that Hunter had threatened her after she’d insulted Isabella but I didn’t think it was this bad until now. He was falling fast for her and I was running out of time.
But what could I do to get what I wanted?
I had to find some way to get him to let her go. And if he wasn’t willing to let her go, I had to the second best thing. I would need to find some way to make her leave on her own will.
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