《Sun Child |✔|》|15|
Advertisement
They cry,
not because they are weak,
but because they have been strong,
for too long.
***
Crowds.
I hate crowds.
I hate the pressure they bring.
The strange unknown faces that I see.
It's why I stayed inside.
Why I stayed inside with my paints and canvas. With my brush and imagination.
Avoiding people and becoming consumed with my own thoughts.
"You'll be fine."
For the first time I feel annoyance at Lilah's words.
And that annoyance is what drives me to look at Atlas before getting out of the truck.
Smiling.
Always that same smile.
It fools so many.
And now it is fooling hundreds.
A gasp comes around the crowd as Atlas quickly stands by my side, his eyes narrowing in thought as he takes in my change in personality.
"Hello," I say.
The crowd looks to their Alpha, eyes wide, and waiting.
"This is my mate. Lexie."
Brief silence.
And then they line up.
Each one comes, hesitant at first.
I can feel their hesitation.
They eye me, as if trying to figure me out while I do the same.
Lilah stands on my other side.
"It's an honor to finally have a Luna."
I don't say anything about the comment.
Instead I just nod and smile.
Smile and smile and shake each stranger's hand.
Smile as names I quickly forget are told me to.
Grace, Lilah's mother, comes up, her appearance resembling her daughter.
A man stands at her side. I can tell it's her mate, John. Another girl, one who looks like Lilah besides the fact that she has dyed blond hair, stands behind them.
She looks me up and down, glaring at me.
"You're not what I pictured for him."
I just smile and shake her hand.
Advertisement
Finally the crowd is gone. Dispersed and satisfied with me. For now.
"This is the pack house," Atlas leads me inside.
I can see a woman in the kitchen, cooking.
She waves a cheerful wave, grinning at me.
"That's Sandra. She cooks for the packhouse."
I nod and follow Atlas as he leads me upstairs.
"Lilah and I will get your stuff into your room."
He opens the door to reveal an empty room that contains the standard bed, desk and wardrobe.
I sigh in relief that I have my own room.
"Thank you."
"I'll go get your stuff."
He walks away, leaving me to walk around the room.
I go into the bathroom.
It's what i've been dying to do, ever since we entered the house.
Quickly I turn the sink on, and without mercy, pump as much soap as I can, into my hands.
My hands that are covered in paint.
But also covered in others.
Others.
So many others touched me.
I can feel their skin.
Gripping mine.
I want it off.
Now.
I saw the way they looked at my hands. Saw the confusion and thin press lips as they took in the splattered color.
And I kept smiling.
But not anymore.
Not anymore.
No one could see me now as I rushed to get breath into my lungs.
Rushed to get their touch off of mine.
"Lexie, Lexie."
I hesitate at the sound of his voice.
Atlas is standing at the doorway, his face twisted in a scowl as he watches me trying to clean my hands.
"Do you really find them that disgusting?"
Vile. His voice is laced with anger and dripping with barely controlled rage.
"No...," I'm barely able to sob the words out, "I just...It's just, so many people were...touching me."
Advertisement
I don't know why I admit this to him.
Maybe because I don't want him to think that I hate his pack already.
I don't want him to hate me because of this.
Something changes in his eyes.
He steps closer to me.
I lean against the sink, shrinking into the counter as he soon stands, tall and above me.
"Here," he gently takes my hands, the suds of the soap transferring onto his own.
And just as softly, he places them under the running water.
His hands rub over mine, as he washes away their touch. His touch. All of it.
"Thank you."
It's whispered out.
This male has already seen me vulnerable.
Not even a day in and I've shown him a weakness.
He nods, still focused on my hands.
He turns the water off and reaches for a hand towel, wrapping my hands within it and drying away the water.
Without another word, he leaves me there.
Blinking and staring at his retreating figure.
Advertisement
My Quirky Love
This book can be read as a stand aloneGreyson Blake Rosen-HowerWho doesn't know that name? Everyone with a pulse knows his family.He's blessed with his father's devilish looks and cunning mind. He's already on top of the corporate ladder at a young age without any effort.He also inherits his mother's pure heart. Well, if you dig deeper, I mean more more deeper like Mariana's trench deep. I swear you'll find it.Sunshine McBright is the epitome of happiness and positive energy. Even her name says it all. She's simple minded and detached from reality most of the time.Trying to be happy and making others happy while you are experiencing hardship was so hard but she'd rather die trying than not.They met in a strange way and she captivated Greyson with her quirkiness. Like his father, Greyson believes at love at first sight.They are opposites in every way but Greyson will do anything to leap that gap between them and make Sunshine his.Forever. -excerpt-I was sitting quietly in the middle of Central Park when suddenly a flower appeared on my vision.I looked up and saw a redhead smiling widely at me. My hoodie obscure half of my face so I doesn't know if this strange woman saw my flat expression."I am sorry. I've been staring at you for a while which I know was totally creepy but I swear I am not. I notice that you look lonely and sad so I picked this flower and hopes that your day will become a little bit lighter."She pushed the flower a little so I was forced to take it."Huh you're still not happy. Wait please."The redhead run towards a bush that has a sign that clearly said "Don't pick any flowers. Fine $50." After she picked a handful. She runs back to me. "Here." she offered the newly stealed flowers to me. "oh I also have a chocolate bar. do you want one?"The only thing that's running on my mind was who's this strange woman and can I take her home?Another amazing cover from @Regina_Anais!
8 341Touched By a Dwarf(Completed)
You will be taken though a journey where you make friends and enemies. You will experience pain and love with Thor and his company of 12 dwarves. ( By the way Y/N means your name.)
8 120No Emotions Attached (Sugar Baby Wanted)
Mae, a 23 goes looking for a sugar daddy after getting kicked out of the house. She quickly falls in love with him, but after her dad comes to her needing help with his debt, she finds herself working for a loan shark who she also starts having feelings towards.
8 201where pilgrims are sinners, saints go to hell
about a lonely god and an obstinate devotee
8 183Fate Has Other Plans
What happens when you think that you've found your forever, your life and husband . But he turns out to be a cheater . Cassandra Smith is sent to jail by her unfaithful husband after beating his mistress half dead . Although he claims it's to teach her a lesson and that when she comes out of prison they will get back together .Little does Jason Smith know that his little Cassiey will be changed by prison . She'd find love and completely forget out the man with an infidelity problem .Find out what happens when Fate Has Other Plans**very mature content and language**Please do not waste your time reading if you know you are just going to be negative and nasty. #authorshavefeelingstoo.Cover by @Noxious. Psyche 🥺🥺🥺❤Highest rankings - #1 Jail- #1 Mature- #1 Cheating- #1 Newbie - #2 Stars- #5 Newadult- #6 Mistresses
8 178A Bond By Agreement
Arnav.." I whispered softly and gasped out loud when he bit my earlobe."Hmm.?" He replied huskily and it was not helping me as my body was out of my own control.I don't know when he removed the pin from my saree and the pallu fell down helplessly. A shiver ran through me I tried to lift my hand and to cover my front but he didn't let me to, being way stronger than me.================In an unwanted marriage,One is disagreeable the other is hopeful.One doesn't know to love the other carves for it.A journey in which an agreement turned into a beautiful, lovable and unbreakable bond.================
8 252