Artemis POV It's a beautiful morning, the chirping sound of the birds woke me up. I looked to the side and saw Daymon still sleeping like a baby. He is looking so peaceful and handsome as ever. I moved closer to her for me to enjoy the beautiful view before me, Daymon. I was almost tempted to touch him when he woke up from his sleep. I quickly withdrew my hand and behaved like I wanted to take something from beside him. “Good morning” Daymon greeted with a gentle and calm morning voice. “Good morning,” I greeted back. “Hope you slept well?” I asked. “Yes, I did,” he replied. “Why are you up so early?” He asked. “The loud sound of the chirping birds woke me up” I answered. “Oh, I see.” He nodded in satisfaction. “The last time I checked, I'm the early morning riser here”. “Are you trying to make jest of me now or indirectly calling me a lazy woman?” I said jokingly. We both laughed and Daymon stood up to go get some water from the stream for the day. I was already getting t
Artemis POV As I lay down, I felt so weak and concerned. I hate that I have to stress Daymon and make him do all sorts of things just for me to survive. Before long, Daymon came back to the cabin with hands full of herbs and began preparing it immediately. His move was so swift and precise. He looked so stressed and tired too. I hate myself for stressing this handsome before me; he still looks handsome anyway. “But really, Daymon you don't need to do it all…”I started to say. “I want to, Artemis, I want to,” he cut me short. “If not because of anything, but because of my boss,” Daymon added. I watched him prepare the herbs in silence and in no time, I slept off. “Artemis, can you sit up for a few minutes?” I heard a voice say from my sleep. I felt so weak and reluctant, but I just had to get up from my sleep. “Yes,” I rubbed my sleepy eyes. “The herb is ready, and I brought you something to eat too,” Daymon said. “You need to eat something before taking the herbs”. “Thank y
Daymon's pov Experience is the best teacher, they say; I have learned a lot just by staying in this hidden forest, doing things I never imagined I would ever do even if I'm the wretched person in the world. I Look at Artemis sitting beside me and waiting patiently for the meat to be ready like she has no other worries other than the meal she was waiting for. My eyes drifted away from the roasting meat to her long pretty legs. They looked so good even though she had had her bath for some time now. I felt the urge to touch them, feel them, and run my hands through that smooth, milky skin of hers. I began to imagine a series of nasty things I wished I could do to her, but I couldn't. “Get yourself together, dude, she is your boss's woman.” My brain brought me back to my right Sense. I went ahead to check the roasting to help me take my mind off the crazy things I was thinking. “I can't wait to devour this thing because I'm so famished; the herb took away the one I ate earlier,” Art
Daymon's POV I was seated on a small hill beside the cabin, thinking of what happened between me and Artemis; I still couldn't find a way around it. I don't want to ever find myself in a situation where I will betray the Almighty Aiden if I don't want to get punished for it. Still lost in my thoughts, I heard the sound of someone's footsteps approaching me; I was more than sure it was Artemis. “Why can't you love?” I heard her say from behind me. I couldn't even bring myself to look back at her. Did I just hear her ask why I can't leave her? It might be a slip of the tongue, or I probably didn't hear her well. “Why are you finding it difficult to love me back?” She asked again. “Is it a crime to love you?” Then I heard her well the first time and clearer the second time. I stood up and faced her, trying to understand her facial expression to know if she was serious or joking., She was looking damn serious. “I don't understand Artemis?” I asked her, my hands in my pockets. “Ar
Daymon's Pov I finally got myself to sleep after minutes of struggling with sleep because Artemis was my greatest temptation. Artemis, on the other hand, slept like a baby, not waking up for even a minute during her sleep. I was the first to wake up from sleep because I wasn't feeling as comfortable as I used to feel. I woke up to see Artemis's body exposed. The cloth which she used to cover herself was no longer on her body. Just the sight of her body alone without touching has made him wet and gave him an erection. I stood still, admiring the Wonder beautiful creature before me when I heard her make a soft sound from her sleep. I quickly looked away to the other side of the room, thinking she was awake, but she wasn't. I looked at her again; this time around, her body was more exposed due to the way she stretched, and I could get a clearer view of her body. I took my eyes off her body and left the cabin to tidy outside of the cabin since it was looking so unkempt and I nee
Artemis POV As they walked back home, Artemis walked faster than Daymon, trying her best not to talk to Daymon. Daymon was the one who brought her to the stream, but she avoided him through the journey even though she wasn't familiar with the road. Daymon, on the other hand, was also trying to keep track of her because she was so fast. In no time, he lost her track and began to look for her. “Where is she?” I was beginning to get scared. Artemis looked around the place she found herself, it looked so unfamiliar. “Am I still going the right way?” Artemis began to panic, not knowing if she could go back or if there was still a way forward. She was confused because she did not see anything that looked like the cabin or the cabin way ahead, and she didn't know how she got to the place she was. “Artemis! Artemis!, Artemis!” I called out her name but nobody answered me. “Where could she have been?”. Different thoughts came to Daymon's mind not knowing which one he was going to choose
Artemis POV As we walked to the cabin, I couldn't help but feel guilty for all I'd done to Demon. He has been through a lot just because you want to save me. Just today, I have gotten him into another problem. I wish I could talk to him. I wish I could apologize, but I was so sure he did not want to speak to me or have anything to do with me at that moment. We got to the cabin, and Demon went straight to get some water to drink because he was looking dry and weak. Finally, I summoned the courage to say something to him. “ I'm so sorry for everything I've cost you. I'm so sorry for the pain, for the stress, for everything. I know it's my fault, and I wish I hadn't put you through all this right from the beginning”. Demon looked at me angrily like he was going to deal with me with whatever he had. “What's always your problem, young lady? You always think you can help yourself when you know you are in no position to help yourself!” He said out loud” I hate myself for making him
Artemis POV Daymon pushed me to the wall, kissing me like his life depended on it. He is so perfect at what he does. He kissed me so well that I can boldly say no one had ever kissed me so well as he was doing. He raised me to the wall allowing me to wrap my legs around him. “How did we get there?!” I love where this was heading anyway. Daymon Carried me and placed me on the bed, still kissing me and caressing my body with his soft palm. He began to unbutton the shirt I was putting on which caused him to see my full amazing breasts. I found myself taking off the singlet he was putting on as we kissed each other aggressively as our last life depended on it. He took off the shirt I was putting on finally and I was naked before him. “You look so hot! Artemis, I can't wait to have enough of you!” Daymon said, running his hands through my naked body, kissing every angle of my neck. I looked into his deep blue eyes, which were burning with affection; his rough gold hair made him look
Artemis’ PovFirst, Aiden didn’t see me when he stepped into the bathroom thinking he had the privacy he probably wanted from the prying eyes of his friend in the open chamber, and probably mine, but he didn’t know he walked in on me.I was done cleaning the restroom when he entered, and I didn’t bother to disturb him, not until I heard him chant the name Hera twice in the phone with tensed voice, and now, his friend asked if I’m Hera.Who the heck is this Hera of a person that got almighty Aiden so pissed he couldn’t even check well before snarling at the name.“Hera?” I raised my brows, “I am—”“Artemis,” Aiden didn’t let me finish, “my wife to be.”The fella blinked twice. He seemed to realize he’d said the wrong thing at the wrong time, and he should have knocked before badging into someone else’s toilet.“And why are you donning such apparel?” the fella pointed out.Aiden called him Rusev earlier, so, I thought I should call him the same and ask him to let me be. I can’t stand ge
Aiden’s PovI nearly pushed my finger’s to Rusev’s lips, but I didn’t because Artemis could be watching from the room. He’s not to be blamed anyways. No responsible man can skip such question, and if anyone should, it can never be Rusev.“She’s no more,” I masked the shock that braced my face with a sudden smile.Rusev raised his brows. I thought of blinking my eyes in quick signs but he seemed not ready to yield. Maybe because he must have ready of me in the dark web where I was portrayed as ruthless.Being ruthless might mean I might be so rash I could talk of my past even in the presence of my wife to be—that is if he understood Artemis’ place.“What happened to her?” he asked curiously, “is she dead?”I waited thoughtfully before I answered him. “Maybe, just not sure.”He nodded and turned once more to my mother’s picture. I knew why he’s so obsessed with my mom. She hid him and his siblings away during the dark days of the scandal that tossed his father’s life in the hands of the
Author’s Pov“You don’t mean it,” the man said with a toothy smile. Kane raised his brows and gestured at the limo down the aisle. Some of his girls were there already, waiting for him. This time, Aiden picked interest in looking though he hadn’t wished to do such earlier. The scene was nothing far from what he had seen and done in the past. It was nothing tempting, so, he felt the fella might as well turn down the offer. “Nice girls you got there, but I’m not up for some pussy,” the man said with a shrug, “I’m out here hunting for something deeper and bigger than a ride with girls and a big guy.” Aiden chuckled. The men who check in often in the Creeks crib will never fall for such fantasies. It’s that common among them. Kane smiled. He seemed to understand just why the fella had to turn down his offer—Aiden was there and no one would like to hurt Aiden to favor Kane. “What if I introduce you to my new business plan and make you part of—”The man slung his ball bag across his
Author’s PovAiden returned to the hall and met the noise and the fella nestled at his seat with his face riddled with disgust. His eyes met that of Kane who seemed eager to see either him or his masked lady returned.He made to his seat and tugged at Benny’s suit. Benny turned with his eyes red with tears that refused to spill through his eyelids.“You asked me to recite my poems to her,” Benny’s voice met Aiden’s ears in the midst of the laughter. Don Carlos was now seated, but his friends now resorted to one thing; mock and mimic the fella they thought mad and nothing else.“Sorry—” Aiden urged him to leave the seat with his eyes. Benny left the seat and Aiden sat. “You can go grab another seat over there.” Benny followed Aiden’s gesture. It was the tail of the table. Someone had just rose from there, and the person would surely return. That would be a second batch of trouble for Benny.“Okay,” Benny said and walked off from the hall.Artemis on the other hand was done with her m
Artemis’ PovI could have asked Aiden where he was off to, but I chose to play nice and let him have his way. Besides, wherever he ought to have gone wouldn’t take much time, but I was wary of someone, the woman in mask.It’s been a game since we arrived at the table. It’s been a game from yesterday during the dance. Kane had his eyes on me like I had something of his he wished to reclaim, and the lady had her eyes on Aiden like he owed her, so, I couldn’t help my curiosity as it piqued.I looked up from my plate and saw Kane. First, he was a little too crafty. He’s shoved a word at Aiden at will, though he knew Aiden would say nothing to him. And when their father showed up, he accused Aiden of saying shit about the old man.Thanks for the Don’s personality. Well, that’s by the way. The problem now is Kane still has his eyes on my skin. It felt it sting like a scorpion’s sting. I needed Aiden so bad at this moment, but he wasn’t anywhere to be found.It was then that a broad hand gl
Aiden’s PovI could tell she wanted to have a word with me, maybe to threaten me of what stunt she would pull up next, but to me, it was a close chance to pin her to the wall and snare into her face.I felt Kane’s eyes follow me as I left, but I was crafty enough to choose the south door, so no one would suspect I had gone to meet with Kane’s masked lady when I had mine.The south door was the one that led to the restroom, but he had a link to the north, a quick link at that. I charged through the link.Maybe finally, I’ll get my hands on that sickly whore. I was sure she was the one that dared dance with me last night in the mad party.Yes, she wasn’t the one I saw when we arrived at the mansion and saw Kane by his car. She might have switched with the second lady, or she was probably hidden in the car by the devil that brought her as one of his demons.Her footsteps echoed through the hall way, not just hers, though. That of the servants who used the same walkway did the same, but i
Author’s PovThe day broke gracefully with the two lovers cuddled over each other in the massive bed of the chamber. Aiden’s eyes slowly popped open. He took a long breath and yawned with his left hand placed over his lips. Artemis on the other hand clung tightly to his chest, but Aiden slowly freed himself of her arms and rolled out of bed. the curtains in the room were big and thick enough to keep the son out for good and the grandfather clock in the room was at a distant corner.Aiden made to the window and pulled at the curtain but it was heavier than the regular ones he’s had to pull in other places he’d visited so far.He returned to the bedside and picked the remote on the bed drawer.“Good morning, darling.” Artemis greeted sleepily, her voice almost stuck withing her throat. She wriggled over and smiled a week smile at Aiden who answered her greetings with a grin and a nod. “Come back to bed—”Aiden chuckled and pressed the remote. The curtains shrugged to the other end of t
Aiden’s PovI looked Artemis in the eyes. she was anxious—anxious to leave the hall and have her peace in a secluded room that is void of the sea of eyes settled on us. I could tell she’s most irritated by Kane’s presence, but the big bad thing is we can’t decline my father’s order.I took my hand off her waist, and with a reassuring smile, I took her hand and led her into the center of the hall. The hall formed a circle around us and watched us as we danced. I did my best to guide Artemis’ steps in the dance.She’s not fond of such classic dance as we ought to do, to entertain father and his old friends who wished to have us entertain the hall the way they did in their own days.I didn’t loot for the smile on their faces while we danced, I was focused on Artemis’ face. She seemed not to believe she’s the one in the center of the hall, our bodies stretched out in a dance that looked easy but required energy.“Come on, call in the ladies!” father ordered and the internal exit door popp
Artemis’ PovEverything seized to exist for a moment. Silence stole the noise that had swallowed the room earlier and the hall seemed to melt into oblivion. It seemed it had not been recorded anything time in history that the massive door of the Creeks’ Hall was busted open amidst meeting.At this point, I could see the men with their cups raised were merely startled and expectant of whom it was that had dared to interrupt their meeting with such rascal attitude. But there was nothing to see as the door remained open and without trace of anyone.“Maybe, it’s the wind,” Aiden’s father brought the hall back to life with a mischievous smile on his face. But someone snapped from the distance and cleared his throat.“It’s definitely not the wind, sire,” Benny announced on his feet. We all turned to him, and like he liked the attention he’d dragged to himself, he tugged at his suit and pointed towards the door with a proud smile on his face. “It’s another son of the Creeks.”Everyone turne