The Day He Forgot He Hated Me by Evangeline Marrow 49

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I wasn’t healing from Spencer’s attack, but I knew that it was because of the silver shackles on my wrists. I had to try and keep working on the wall with a busted up face.

It was already swelling and one of my eyes was starting to close but that didn’t stop me. I kept working on the chains in the wall and Lila was actually keeping a look out for me. She was letting me know if there was any movement near the entrance of the mine. We couldn’t see the entrance because it was around a bend, but she could hear if anyone was coming in to us. And luckily, I must have pissed Spencer off enough that he stayed the hell away.

We could see the glow of the sun starting to shine into the mine as morning had arrived, but that didn’t stop me. The light cut through the darkness in thin, golden streaks, making the damp walls glimmer slightly. There was a lot more noise outside now, as people who weren’t on guard duty began waking up, stretching, and moving about. I stopped briefly to listen carefully to the guards at the entrance, their voices low but alert as they swapped shifts. I noticed where the sun was striking the wall and, careful not to make a sound, I reached over and marked the spot with the screw, the metal scraping quietly against the stone.

To anyone that walked in it would just look like an ordinary mark in the wall that was made when this mine was active. But I knew what it was. It was me timing when the guards changed shift.

I waited until there were only two guards at the entrance and I started working on the chains

again.

Finally as I was just starting to think it was hopeless, i felt one of the chains pull towards me.

It wasn’t all the way out but I knew that I was actually making progress. I knew that this was working. I kept working on that one chain that had already come loose and I kept pulling at it

at the same time.

It wasn’t long before the sun disappeared and I finally had a little bit of hope. There was a loud thunderous clash of thunder outside, allowing me to work faster and louder as the rain started pouring down. Making the noise inside the cave unbearable.

But it was exactly what I needed. Even if our werewolf hearing was extra sensitive to the noise. I didn’t care. I started digging in further until I finally released one of the chains from the wall, meaning one of my hands was free.

I looked towards the entrance and I couldn’t see the guards coming in so I worked like crazy on the other chain.

I wasn’t going to stop. I had the chance now while it was thundering to try even harder to get

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free. I had to push through the pain. The pain of losing Asher, the pain in my face, the pain of the silver chains on my wrists. The blood that was all over my face and wrists.

I ignored everything as I saw water dripping down the wall from the rain.

I started using it to soften the wall slightly. It was afterall, mostly dirt.

I then heard another thunderous noise, but it wasn’t thunder. It was coming from the other end of the coal mine and it didn’t sound too good at all.

My heart started pounding and I knew that it wasn’t good before I even saw it.

A flood of water came rushing around the bend in the tunnel. It was already roof high and as soon as it made it to the other girls, they were completely submerged under water.

As the flood water reached me I took one huge gulp of air before I was submerged. I grabbed the chain and placed my feet on the wall using all the strength I had to pull the chain out of

the wall.

But as soon as I did that I saw the wall crack. The crack went from my chain all the way to

the roof and across it.

I knew what was about to happen, but because it was moving towards the entrance, I had to swim further back into the tunnel and away from the entrance.

The roof finally started caving in and blocking us from getting out. But I was starting to have trouble breathing and the girls were still chained to the wall. But their chains were up higher

than mine.

I swam to the roof and since the cave in, the water had stopped rushing through at such a great speed so it had calmed down.

I don’t know where it came from but there was space between the roof and the water where I was able to get another gasp of air.

I quickly dove back down and I grabbed all the girls and got them to do the same thing. Luckily their chains were higher, because they were able to stay towards the roof of the mine and breath whatever air was there.

“What the f**k are we meant to do now?” Lila asked.

“Stay here. I’m going to go down there and see what I can find. This water had to come from somewhere.” I said.

“What if there are more guards down there?” Lila asked.

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“They would have been washed away with the water. Don’t worry. I’m coming back for you. I’m not going to leave you here to die.” I said. And she nodded her head.

So I started swimming down the other end of the coal mine and I saw a lot of tunnels blocked off with massive boulders, some jagged and some smooth, making me wonder if they were more cave–ins or deliberate barricades. The thought sent a shiver down my spine, but I kept pushing forward, refusing to let fear slow me. I kept swimming down the one tunnel that wasn’t blocked off, my arms cutting through the cold, murky water, searching desperately for a way out. There had to be a way out. There’s no way that amount of water could have just appeared in the tunnel. There had to be an exit somewhere, a crack or a hidden passage I hadn’t noticed yet. I just needed to find it before it was too late.

As I got further and further down the tunnel, I realized the water was finally subsiding. It was slowly getting lower and lower, until at last I could feel solid ground under my feet, though there was still water pooling around my feet, cold and slippery. The damp smell of the tunnel mixed with the faint scent of minerals in the air. I finally saw a faint glimmer of light ahead, so I pushed forward, careful with each step, until I reached the exit of the tunnel. I wasn’t sure how far away it was from where the girls were, but it felt like an impossibly long way, and the thought of the journey still ahead made my chest tighten.

I stepped outside into the forest that surrounded us, the air thick with the smell of damp earth and fallen leaves, but just as I did that, someone grabbed me from behind and kneed me sharply in the spine, causing me to crumple to the ground with a painful gasp. I rolled over, heart hammering, to see Spencer standing there, his eyes cold and calculating, waiting for me. He knew. He knew I had caused the cave–in. He knew I was going to make it out of there. How the hell could he have known that? Every instinct screamed at me to run, but I was frozen in shock and fear.

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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.