ine'

gs. She resisted for a while before eventually giving in as I fed her the pills.

, Alpha Austin Cross, the man who had walked out of the room, leaving me shattered after the words he had uttere

Hughes, my human friend who lived next door. I could say I wasn't much ready to accept th

ression I gave out that something was up. In the end, after she persisted

. Just what if he really loves

love in those eyes I had saw? The ones that were boiling with rag

o that little hope. That I can't ju

ppeared after the incident, only for me to find out he ha

returns. "He's my mate..." The

wine..." I could hear Mom uttering

d to say, she wasn't well, and the last th

out loud, her hands pushing me as I stumbled backward. Only for h

her as I watched her coughing blood

r. "Stay away, you... You're not my daughter," she said, breaking down. Her voice cracked as she

sight of her drugs also; most of it was alre

left my mom's room, stepping out into the living room as water dripped down from the cracked ceiling. "It s

yed in was falling apart slowly; it was the cheapest I could find. But should I really be sa

as I took it to the kitchen, hoping to have it

be?" I wondere

eet who was standing right there. It was him, the landlord. But what

welcome me in now," he said. But

re? I have paid

e home. His eyes scanned around the whole area. "It seem

cause he wasn't hav

me. I retreated a bit backward. "You have a lighter," he said.

lighter I had placed on the table, lighting the cigarette. He took

e as when he had confronted me back then. Yes, I was

time to make him understand things were different, but the wo

attacking him or doing anything right now

I only wondered more. He placed his hand on the

y to welcome you. To my bed, that is," he said, chuckling softly a

s heavy rain today," he commented, inhaling another puff b

k at me but this time appro

t to lose your mother. Be my concubine; that's quite little enough that you could do for

ven with the little amount I worked my ass off for, I sti

houghts; her illness was only getting worse, and

as already getting late.

hes. Done with that, I went back to my mom's room, slowly

uld, but it must be hard. The fact that she was sleeping l

my way into the heavy rain. Peop

until I arrived at the place wh

loud, in laughter, playing tag with each other. Moments like that had turned into

for that. It only seemed I had to starve for now. I was planning on doing some other jobs mixed with my bar work, even though I wasn't sure how to work things out yet. But

low this? I w

aused when I gazed upon him-Aus

way. "A... Austin..." my mind whispered over and over again,

r as he turned, his eyes narro

eep breath from the heavy run. "Wha

t mates," I said, only to watch him turn his gaze back to s

ing my wrist and leading me to the side.

a hybrid doesn't make me any less of a

you?" he said, grabbing my hand again. This time, he forced me to move. "Let... let

I almost stumbled back, my legs staggering. "I can't..." I said. "We are mat

s hand and chuckling softly. Then he held my hand bac

re fated, I can do much better than you. You get that?" he said, loosening hi

e?" he said. "You are nothing but a low life. A poor girl barely trying to help her sick mother. You don't

rumbled to the muddy ground, the heavy wind blowing the u

uth was that I was nothing and had nothing. I was still t

And just as I had said, forget we ever

t. My hands sank into the mud as my vision blurred f

should have accepted for so long; why did I hope things would b