Vance's POV

When I got out of the bathroom, I wasn't surprised to see Nadia was fully dressed. I would have been too. There's no way I expected her to stay turned on for almost two hours. The fact that she was still in that room was even surprising and a little disappointing.


'I'm sorry.'' It was the most sensible thing I could say. I wasn't treating her fairly.

'Would you like to be alone?" Nadia asked instead. Her no nonsense tone surfaced every time she was mad, pissed and didn't want to vent.

I wondered how angry she was. Was it so bad that she was snubbing me? All the while she had her back turned towards me and didn't even flinch, all the while I had been in the room.


Nadia was seated at what I know to be her favorite part of my room, well that aside from the bed.

The view was quite breathtaking as it looked over the lawns of nicely trimmed grasses. It was the window that had the most breeze let in.


The gentle afternoon breeze was tussling her hair a bit, but her face was as set as the sun in the sky. No emotion whatsoever.

Her stare was blank as she just looked out the window. I felt a hundred times worse for seeing her that way. But I had to do what I had to do.

'I'll just leave you then." Not until she spoke did I realize that she asked a question and I had been keeping her waiting.

While it was what I wanted, I didn't want it to happen like that.

'I'm so sorry, babe." I tried going after her. 'I was so occupied in my head. You know I love you around." I said, cajoling her to come back, albeit I'd rather she left.

'Occupied with what?" She paused to give me an audience. I knew she wasn't going to repeat herself. It set my brain down the train of thoughts I had been struggling to push to the back of my head.

How didn't I think of what to say? Some lies to tell…

That's because I didn't think what happened was going to happen. Besides it feels a type of way to lie to her, morality aside, I'm too big for that. It would be inhumane to tell her to her face that a stranger I had seen only once in my life and met just a few hours ago tickled my spirit far more than she had ever done since I've known her. But it would also be very little of me to tell silly lies to cover that up.

And Nadia was just half of it…

I was more indebted to Talia more, for letting that happen when I went to see her. The universe was playing some sort of game with me and while I didn't like or understand it, it's not like there was much I could do.

Nadia's feet hit the floor again, this time, faster. I knew better than to go after her. I didn't answer any of her questions. There was no faster way to get her pissed and mad. I went out today without telling her where I was headed. Hoping that it was going to be the one last time I'd be seeing Talia. My one last visit for the road turned to a whole other journey. I knew there was no way she could have guessed where I was from my actions or speech when I get back, it made me a little confident. Right now, I have a whole lot of explaining to do, but that's if I want to.

I just shut the door to my room. I didn't need intrusion from anyone.

Isla…

The name kept ringing, for reasons I didn't know. It was not a name I had heard before. Times like this made me wish there was someone I could talk to. Landon cane to my head, but that was just me playing tricks with myself. Right now, we are even on speaking terms. He did the right thing, but that doesn't erase the fact that he had guts enough to walk into my bedroom and be alone with my wife.

'Hey Alex." I called my wolf.

'Don't even bother. She's on my mind too." Alex said jokingly, or maybe not.

'Come on man. I need some help here." I said, desperately.

'That's what I'm here for. Hit me." Alex replied.

'Stop fucking with me, Alex. You know what's up." I replied to him.

'What exactly do you want to hear? What would you have me say?" Alex asked.

I thought about it, and really, I was lost.

What did I want to hear? What would anyone say that would change my mind when I have made it up?

I didn't even know if I was seeking validation for being so crazed about Isla, or what exactly it was I wanted to hear.

'There's no running away from this. You know we could also take it as Talia's gift to you from the beyond. She definitely doesn't want you to die lonely, no matter how bad you all ended things." Alex sounded a bit smart,because why else would I meet her at the cemetery and not anywhere else?

'How can one sound so smart and dumb at the same time?" I asked, even though I saw sense in it.

'That bit is your business. I'm more concerned with her wolf, I felt a little bit of connection with her, hopefully more than I'd ever feel with…" I cut Alex off before he said any more. I wasn't on good terms with Nadia didn't mean I wanted him saying trash about her. She was going to be my baby's mother. I had told myself to give it up till a year. Since the former pregnancy was forcefully aborted, it must take time for another one to set.

'So you're out there searching for connection when there's one you've refused to bond with?" I cut him.

'Blame the game, not the players." Alex was oddly making sense. Either that or I was slowly losing my wits. We mostly never agreed or things or saw them in the same light today was…different.

'So tomorrow's a yes?" I asked him finally.

'Definitely." Alex said.

That sealed it. I could wait to see the little, feisty, golden haired lady who invaded my thoughts, and now my life.

As I lay on my bed naked, I let my hand wander where Nadia's lips would have been if I wasn't such a prick.