Chapter101
Evangelina’s POV *1 week later*
So far there has been little to no news or action regarding the war. The packs that we have called in to help all arrived a few days ago. Warrick called all of the packs and only 6 out of the 28 said they would come or send warriors to help.I called the ones who I dealt with and 7 more said they would come, even though they didn’t really want to.
I also called a few allied witch and vampire covens, as well as shifter packs. They all declined, but said they would leave it up to the individual. They weren’t going to force their members to come and help. I understand
that.
Once they arrived we put them on the training schedule and there have only been some minor clashes of personalities.
When reading the interrogations, we found that there were 6 people who were helping Hadley. She also planned the attack on me and Iris on our drive here. I think that she and her pack are working with Franklin, and Warrick partially agreed. We don’t know how many other packs are working with him, and it has us
worried.
Warrick and I have been getting to know each other more and I have got to admit that he has changed. He is more welcoming and happy, even in this time of stress and it is a welcome relief. Multiple people have commented on it, and even if they haven’t you can tell with just how many people are starting to approach
him more.
I think that the mate pull has been on it’s worse behavior because everytime I see him I just want to say f everything and have him mark me. He hasn’t pushed for it, which makes it even harder to say no to the bond. I am pulled out of my thoughts with a knock on my bedroom door. I finish lacing my shoes and get up to answer it. When the door opens I see a smiling Iris and Ingrid waiting for me.
“Ladies. What can I do for you?” I ask.
“Oh we would like to speak with you over breakfast, privately.” Iris says and I furrow my brows in confusion. “Okay.” I say hesitantly. Iris claps her hands and begins to lead the way. We enter a small room that looks as if it were meant to hold tea parties and I take à seat. There are already three places set. Each holding an omelet, muffin, and a cup of coffee, and utensils. I raise a pointed eyebrow at Iris and she shrugs.
“I knew you would say yes.” Ingrid shrugs and digs into her food. Iris does the same and I follow suit, wondering what they need to speak with me about.
We eat in silence and once we are finished and sipping our coffees, Ingrid starts the conversation. “You and Warrick seem to be getting along a lot better.” She says and I nod slowly.
“Yeah. I guess we are.” I answer and she smiles.
“Are you going to say yes to mating anytime soon? It’s clear that you two were meant for eachother. Just seeing you two interact reminds me of me and William.” Iris says and I pause in putting my coffee down. “Um.” I answer in hesitation.
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Chapter 101
“Look, I am going to cut to the chase. I received a message. You need to mate soon. The war is cami quickly.” Ingrid say, cutting the bullsh*t and creating tension.
“So you two are telling me I have to do this. I’m not going to be pressured into saying yes when I am not ready.” I argue and Iris huffs as Ingrid stares at me.
“We aren’t TELLING you to do anything. Only informing you that you need to make your decision soon or else it will be too late. Iris is only trying to make you realize that you two are already acting like a mated couple, without the s*x, obviously. But the point is you have already accepted him, you need to realize that and just get on with it.” Ingrid lectures and I fall silent.
“I appreciate your concern and heads up. If you’ll excuse me, I need to get to training.” I say, standing up and ignoring their protests as I leave.
I walk down the stairs to find Warrick waiting for me.
“Everything okay? I didn’t see you at breakfast.” He says and I shug.
“Just peachy.” I answer and begin to walk towards the door.
“I know everything is not ‘just peachy‘ make our way to the training grounds. Veena perks up inside me and begins to put her two cents in. “They’re not wrong. AND did you just hear that? He knows that something is wrong and didn’t push us for an answer. Evangelina, you need to get your head out of your a*s and look at this man. He has changed so much in the past week. He is a completely different person. This is the REAL him and you know that. Please don’t let us miss out on our chance at happiness.” She practically begs me and I stop in my tracks at what she
said.
Y and I am here if you need to talk.” He says, following beside me as we
I look to Warrick, who has stopped and is looking at me in concern, and I realize that this is the happiest Veena and I have been in a very long time.
Before, I was just going through the motions of the day, plastering a fake smile and putting on a show. Only people who were close to me saw through it, knowing that the pain and loneliness I felt was pushed deep down. But in the past week I haven’t felt any of that. I know Ziana is alive and will come home to me and I know that Warrick completes me.
“Hey.” I hear and feel a gentle nudge on my shoulder. I snap out of my thoughts and look up, into the worried eyes of Warrick, my mate.
cheek, “Are you sure you’re okay? You seem, I don’t know. Out of it.” He asks as he brings a hand to my stroking it with his thumb, while sending sparks throughout it. I nod, and close my eyes. Awkwardness seeping through me. How do I even initiate something like this? Do I propose to him in some way? Just jump on him and tell him to take me? No, both of those seem wrong.
Panic begins to take over as I think through the options. During the spiral down I hear Veena growl “f*ck this” as she takes control of my body. She brings our hand up to Warrick’s head and pulls him, roughly to us. Crashing his lips to ours. There is a deep rumble in his chest as she jumps on him, wrapping or legs around him. He catches us and holds us against him by our a*s.
“Take us.” Veena growls into his mouth and he pulls back, breathing hard. Viggo is trying to push through, but unlike me at the moment he has control over his animal.
“I need permission from Evan.” He croaks out. Veena lets me have control back and I stare into his eyes as he
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