NOAH: Her Forbidden Beast

*CHAPTER 44*

NOAH

I couldn't sleep all night. Literally. I couldn't even fall into a half sleep. I stayed upright until I saw the big burning ball of gas, slowly rise over the plain, bathing everything in gold. But even though the sight was indeed beautiful, when I looked at, the sun doesn't seem as magnificent, the colour is not as gold, the way it lights up the sky doesn't seem as incredible. And I know exactly why.

I sit up from my bed and stretch. I look at the time and see it's around 5:30 AM. Everyone will still be asleep except for the cooks and maids that are probably preparing for the wedding. I groaned. I am dreading the wedding.

I stand up and walked out the door, I looked down the hallway to see if there was anyone there. But there wasn't. And then I saw the door to the piano room slightly ajar. I frowned. That roomed is either closed or...closed. No one opens it except me or Mia. I pushed through it and walked inside. I looked at the door and saw that the lock has rusted now. It must have broken.

What I see first when I entered are the dead rose bushes. They have withered into a dead and redless corpse...kind of like my heart right now. As I continue on, all I saw was more dead. The couch was tattered, the leather ripped, the coffee table was broken from my outrage a while back from when Mia was missing. Books were on the ground ripped apart. Everything was ruined. Except, of course, the piano. I'd never touch it.

I sit on the leather couch and look around the room. So many memories. Every night at ten we'd meet here. She would play for me every night. And I would be a grumpy bastard and pretend I was reading a book. I remember, pretending to read Black Beauty, but I didn't read one word the whole time because I was too busy listening to my mate's beautiful piano playing.

I remember when I found her sleeping on the leather couch. She was curled up in a ball and I desperately wanted to sleep next to her and hold her. But I knew I couldn't, so the closest thing I could do was give her my blanket.

One night I woke up to the sound of whimpering and crying. I got out of bed and I remember following the heart-wrenching sound of my mate. I walk into her room and find her tossing and turning. Her cheeks were wet from her tear and so was her pillow. I couldn't handle the sight. So for that moment, I got into bed with her and I gently started to hum. I felt her relax, but when she got worse, I started to sing. And every time I sang, she would be fast asleep with peace written all over her face. That was my little secret, but at the end...she knew. She knew it was me all along.

I chuckled at the memory of me every morning, making breakfast. I'd purposely make too much so then I could give some to her, it made me feel close to her. Like we were together and I was making her breakfast.

So many good memories. But that is all they will be now Memories. But memories that I will always hold close to my heart till the day I take my last breath.

MIA

"Mia! Hurry! Get the muffins out of the oven and start to ice them with the chocolate icing!"

I rush around the kitchen doing what the cook said. A lot of the females in the pack have contributed their time to get the wedding all ready.

I've been running around all morning trying to get things done. I was cleaning and now I am helping in the kitchen.

As I was attempting to ice the cupcakes, Zapora comes rushing in. Her eyes wide as she spots me, "Mia! What are you doing? Come here and get ready! The wedding is going to start in an hour!"

I wiped my hands on my apron. I haven't told anyone that I was leaving yet.I didn't want them to have time to convince me to stay, which they'd probably succeed in. Zapora grabbed my wrist and pulls me up the stairs and into her and Eddie's bedroom.