The Day He Forgot He Hated Me by Evangeline Marrow 9

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I stood there staring at Asher with his intense green eyes fixed straight into mine. His body was pressing me against the tree, with all the same sparks and familiar feelings that I get whenever I’m

him. I can’t stand being this close to him knowing that he hates me. But I know I did this to myself. It’s what I deserve.

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But looking at Asher, I could tell that he was feeling the exact same way as me. His eyes were going from green to black and then back again. He was fighting with his wolf. At the same time Lily was howling in my head, wanting to push forward.

She would be able to as well if she wasn’t so weak.

His body was radiating heat all around me, causing a shiver up my spine while my breath hitched in my throat and my heart started pounding a little harder and faster.

I tried to take a couple of deep controlled breaths, but that didn’t seem to work. Not while I was in the same space as Asher.

He kept his eyes fixed on me as he lowered his head slightly where I felt him smell my hair and start to lower his head towards the crook of my neck.

I was desperate to tell him to stop because it was driving me crazy. We had to stop. But my body wasn’t letting me, and my heart wasn’t either.

It was reacting to every touch and every scent that was wafting from Asher.

“Why are you doing this?” I asked, barely above a whisper.

“We’re still mates, remember. So that means you still belong to me. I can do whatever I want.” He

growled lowly right next to my ear.

“Please?” I whimpered.

“Please what? What do you want?” He asked, pulling his head back and I looked at him. Staring him

in the eyes.

I couldn’t answer that question. I couldn’t tell him that I wanted him only to tell him tomorrow that I

can’t be with him. To tell him that he needs to find someone else. I still felt the same way.

It’s this f*****g matebond.

“Tell me Trinny. What do you want?” Asher asked again.

“Don’t do this.” I said, practically pleading now. I was begging with my eyes, but I couldn’t words. “I’m not good enough for you.” I added.

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But he stayed where he was, still staring into my eyes.

“Why do you keep saying that?” He asked, almost like he was trying to figure out what I was trying to say. I couldn’t tell him the reason. He’d never look at me the same again and I couldn’t live with

that.

“Because it’s the truth.” I said.

“I think that’s my choice to make. It’s my choice who stands by my side. Who I take as a mate and

Luna.” He said.

“I’m not strong enough to be a Luna.” I said. But he again stood there staring into my eyes. Like he was trying to figure out why I didn’t think I was good enough.

He knew that I was hiding something.

If he wanted to use his Alpha aura on me and find out the truth, then I would be screwed. I could only hope that he wouldn’t use his Alpha aura on his so–called ‘mate‘“.

“Why do

you even care about me? Why do you want me as a mate? I’m no one.” I said. But that just

caused him to let out a growl.

“Don’t ever say that again.” He said, his eyes going black again. “I never said that I wanted another Luna. I waited for you. I wanted for six years for you. I let you have your childhood before your turned 18 and found out that you were my mate. I waited for six f*****g years, only for you to tell me that we couldn’t be together. Do you have any idea what that did to me?” He asked.

I could see the pain twisting in his eyes. His stance was all steel and commanding, but the faint hitch in his breathing gave him away. The moonlight caught the tight set of his jaw, the way his lips pressed together as if holding back words he’d never allow himself to say.

I had never thought of it like that. He turned 18 a long time before I did. He would have realized

who I was as soon as he saw me.

He never said anything. He never let on.

But that makes so much sense now.

After he turned 18 he would always want to hang around with me and the twins when I was at the packhouse. If we would have movie nights or something like that. He was always there.

I always thought it was strange that he wasn’t out getting himself a life once he turned 18. But instead he hung around with us 12 year

olds.

He never did anything inappropriate with me. He just always wanted to be there while I was there. He was always involved when we would play board games and always wanted to be on my team.

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We used to kick the twins‘ asses. They were really good times.

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I hurt him so much more than I ever could have imagined when I told him that we couldn’t be together. But back then, things were so different.

I didn’t know that my life was going to end up like this.

Back then I wasn’t getting beaten every night by my family. I had a normal life and they actually

acted like they loved me.

I didn’t know what to say to Asher after that revelation.

I felt a tear start to fall down the side of my cheek where Asher gently wiped it away from my face

and he kept his hand there as he slowly moved my hair behind my ear.

He started moving closer towards me, to kiss me.

My breath caught in my throat, feeling completely confused right now.

“Asher.” Spencer yelled, snapping me back to reality.

I started quickly looking around to see if I could see where Spencer was. I couldn’t let him see me

with Asher.

I couldn’t let Spencer know that there is anything going on between us.

“What’s wrong?” Asher asked, noticing how tense I was suddenly getting.

“I have to go. Please, don’t tell Spencer. Don’t tell him anything about us.” I asked.

“Why not?” He asked.

“Just trust me. Don’t tell him. Please?” I asked, wriggling away from Asher and I was finally freed

from between his body and the tree.

I looked back at Asher one more time before I took off into the dark forest in front of me and I

quickly stepped behind a large tree that would hide my body.

“Asher. There you are. What are you doing out here?” Spencer asked.

“Just getting some fresh air.” Asher said.

“Well, those girls are looking for you.” Spencer said.

“Yeah. That’s what I’m trying to get away from sald, making Spencer laugh.

“No way man. You’ve got every girl in town wrapped around your little finger. Now is the time to

have some fun. Come on.” Spencer said, pulling Asher back to the party.

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I stepped out from behind the tree and I saw Spencer taking Asher back to the party, but Asher looked back over his shoulder at me.

The same look on his face but now it was mixed with a bit of confusion as well.

So I turned around and I kept walking back towards the house, knowing that Asher was going to go back to the party to entertain all those other girls that were swarmed around him when I first arrived at the party. But it wasn’t long before Gage and Arlo found me.

“Hey, are you alright?” Gage asked seeing me try as hard as possible to keep the tears in, but I had to keep reminding myself that I did this to myself. I’m the reason why I am so miserable. I could

hy I am have accepted him, but I didn’t. I did it for him. And if Asher finds out the truth, he’ll understand. I just don’t want him to find out the truth because he’ll hate me.

Just like my family does.

“Yeah. I’m fine.” I said.

“Did Elias do something? We’ll f*****g sort him out if he did.” Arlo said, getting worked up.

“No. He didn’t do anything.” I said. And he started nodding. But I stopped walking and I knew that I

couldn’t keep it in anymore.

The tears started flowing down my face and Gage stepped in front of me so I wrapped my arms

around him really tightly.

He didn’t say anything. He just hugged me and rubbed my back while Arlo was standing next to me rubbing my arm. Trying to comfort me as well.

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The Day He Forgot He Hated Me by Evangeline Marrow

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Status: Ongoing Type: Billionaire, Fiction Author: Evangeline Marrow Artist: Evangeline Marrow Released: 5/25/2024 Native Language: English

Author Name: (Evangeline Marrow)
A passionate storyteller who loves weaving emotional, character-driven paranormal romances. Specializing in strong heroines who rise through pain and adversity, and complicated love stories that challenge fate. Their writing blends intense emotion, deep character growth, and addictive supernatural elements that keep readers hooked page after page.

SUMMARY (~1000 Words in English)

Trinity was born into a werewolf pack where things seem perfect on the outside—strong leadership, pack unity, and loyalty. But Trinity knows better than anyone that the image doesn’t match reality. In this pack, if your family is respected and the Alpha favors you, life is comfortable. But some people learn how to manipulate, to hide their cruelty behind obedience, and Trinity’s own family happens to be experts at that.

After graduating high school, Trinity receives a full scholarship to a nearby college that accepts both humans and werewolves. For most wolves, that is a dream opportunity. But her parents refuse to let her leave the pack territory. They tell her she must remain at home, and Trinity has learned never to question their decisions. Disobedience is met with consequences—painful consequences.

She turned eighteen a few months ago, which technically makes her a legal adult allowed to live her life how she chooses. But Trinity knows her parents would involve the Alpha to block her from leaving, and she has no choice but to stay. The only thing she has independence in is her part-time job as a tutor at the local high school. She genuinely enjoys helping struggling kids—especially werewolf children who often have trouble focusing. The job pays, it gives her purpose, and it’s the one part of her life she feels proud of.

Trinity’s two closest friends are Gage and Arlo, twin brothers who happen to be the younger sons of the Alpha and Luna. She grew up with them, laughed with them, survived with them. They are her safe place—her reminder that not everyone in this pack is cruel. To everyone else, their friendship seems unusual: pack princes spending all their time with a girl outside the Alpha’s family line. People assume the relationship must be romantic. But the bond between Trinity, Gage, and Arlo is deeper than romance—they are family by choice.

One afternoon, after Trinity finishes tutoring, she meets the twins and they go out together like they always do—joking, teasing, and laughing at a local diner. The twins mention that they don’t want to be home tomorrow because someone important is returning. That person is Asher, their older brother—the future Alpha.

The moment Trinity hears his name, panic strikes her. Her heart races, her breathing tightens, but she hides it expertly. Asher’s return is something she has been dreading. There is a painful history between them—one that changed both their lives forever. Trinity knows Asher wouldn’t want to see her either, but she still fears what will happen when their paths cross again. His return means her carefully built emotional walls may crumble.

After spending the afternoon with the twins, Trinity returns home. But home isn’t safety. Home is punishment.

Her family is waiting.

Her father, mother, and older brother Spencer stand like judges preparing for a sentence Trinity has already memorized. She tries to turn away, but she knows resistance only makes things worse. They force her into the basement—the same basement where they punish her for something that happened years ago. Something they believe is entirely Trinity’s fault. Something she still insists was an accident.

They chain her arms overhead with silver restraints, burning her skin. Her mother selects a leather whip soaked in wolfsbane—ensuring that wounds heal slowly and painfully. The whip cracks across Trinity’s skin again and again. Blood forms. Pain radiates. But Trinity doesn’t scream. She refuses to give them the satisfaction.

When her mother grows tired, her brother Spencer steps forward wearing brass knuckles. He strikes her stomach repeatedly, anger controlling his fists. When he accidentally hits her face, their father lightly scolds him—not because of the pain inflicted, but because bruises on her face would raise suspicion at school.

Their cruelty is routine. Their words cut as sharply as the whip—accusing her of destroying their family, of being a burden, of being unwanted. Trinity has heard it all before. She has learned to respond not with tears, but with silence and defiance.

When they finally release her, Trinity cleans and dresses herself alone. Her body aches, her ribs feel possibly broken, burns mark her wrists, and bruises stain her skin. But she moves quietly through the world the next day—smiling when needed, talking to people, blending in. She has done it hundreds of times.

But the one thing she cannot ignore is the voice that wakes her through a mind link the next morning.

Asher.

His voice is steady, familiar, and filled with emotion she doesn’t want to face. Trinity shuts him out. Even her wolf, Lily, urges her to speak to him, arguing that Trinity hurt him too. But Trinity insists she did it for his sake. She had reasons—reasons no one knows.

After her long day at college, Trinity stops at a diner before returning home. There, two girls from high school—Ingrid and Rose—approach her. They always believed she was the reason the twins never paid attention to them. Jealousy taints their words. Trinity stays calm but firm. There’s nothing romantic between her and the twins—but if they used her name as an excuse to avoid shallow relationships, that’s not Trinity’s fault.

Trinity leaves the conversation with the same quiet strength she practices every day.

She survives.

Even when it hurts.

Even when she’s alone.

But Asher is back now.

And the past she tried to bury is coming with him.