‘My queen’The words he has said the day before stick with me longer than I want I to.Was he serious, ds he even know what that means or was it just something that just felt right to say in the moment.Maybe the after effects of the mating bond messed with his sense and in the bid of struggling where to classify me as the words easily slipped from his lips as an answer to offer me in that moment so preserve my feelings.Though I don’t really mind, if I don’t fit in anywhere yet, everything is still messy for me and the fact that I am mated still feels a bit weird and foreign for me.And I’m not even given the chance to slowly ease into these new circumstances with Kain dragging me practically everywhere he goes today.Since the sun has risen I’ve been glued to his side, holding hands while we pass the hall way and receiving a lot of stares from the maids passing by.I’ve long since prayed for the ground to open up and swallow me whole, but that’s not happening is it.And Kain is a bu
Kain’s POVMinutes later from leaving the conference hall and having her give me more than a handful of reasons why she can’t be my Luna, she finally falls asleep the second she sits on the bed.I watch the gentle rise and fall of her chest and the way her lips, slightly ajar pout in her sleep.As though she couldn’t be even more perfect she shocks me again.I drop a single kiss on her head tucking her into my bed and giving her the room she needs to sleep.The mate bond might still be taking a toll on her, that would explain her tiredness in the middle of the day, but I don’t mind it. Times like this allow me the chance to take care of her.Something she would rather die than let me do.Her strong headed personality is both her strength and her weakness.I tread carefully out of the room closing the door behind me before facing forward again more sternly.I’ve had most of my fun for today, dragging her along with me purposefully to cause a stir and raise awareness, introducing her to
Lilith’s POVThere’s an immediate and sudden shift in the air around Kain’s mansion since then.The once indifferent stares turn into oddly respectful greetings and bows while I pass form most people and the few who disagree with it mumble while I pass.All this because of Kain’s favor, I find myself receiving from being his mate.I sigh to myself knowing I want none of it, the attention, the judgmental stares, the unwarranted respect.None of it.But that’s not what’s important to me right now.I’m finally apart from Kain today, I finally have that free time I’ve needed to myself since the mating bond has been sealed and since the course of my life has changed and the first place I need to go to is Ivan.It hasn’t sat right with me since Kain had purposefully ridiculed him and I had sat there and done nothing but aid it in a way.The look on his face, when our eyes met showed immeasurable torture that I can’t erase from my mind.I feel the need to do something to alleviate some of hi
Weeks pass by since the accident and since then I haven’t set foot close enough to the men’s quarters completely avoiding the training grounds and every other place Ivan would be in.Call me a coward but I just can’t face him again and go through all that.It took a while for me to accept it but it truly isn’t anyone’s fault, and if it’s all come to an end then I would accept it wholly.It’s only left for Ivan to realize the very same thing I guess.Instead I’ve busied myself with other occupying matters like the fact that there’s a ceremony were the alpha introduces the Luna to the pack members formally.It’s a small tradition observed by every Alpha that has ever taken up the mantle of power in the history of Deathstone.I’d essentially have to dress up in a lavish red dress with a veil that will be removed by Kain in the presence of all pack members for their acceptance before the official title is given.Despite Kain’s speech about not caring what everyone else thinks I can’t help
The blade slashes through the sleeves of the dress before I realize what’s going on and I just barely dodge the hit gaining a new scar on my wrist.The pauses breathing heavily and string at me with bulging wolf eyes.“I’m going to take what is rightfully mine one way or another!” She screams“what the fuck is wrong with you!”She’s gone completely insane, risking her own life by attack me but she doesn’t care about the consequences.She lunges at me again swinging her knife frantically.I dosge the next swipe of her dagger again, not wanting to hit her yet. Maybe I can talk some sense into her before it’s too late.“You don’t need to do this Yvonne. If I get hurt Kain isn’t going to let this go.”She growls at me ferally.“Then I’m going to make sure both of us don’t make it past today. You don’t get it Lilith, if I can’t have him no one else can, no one else deserves to be by his side!” She screams running at me again.I doge her next hit and the next, but before I can dodge the nex
Lilith’s POV.Kain steps onto the stage first.The crowd roars with excitement the moment he comes into their view clapping and cheering crazily. Their pride in their gruesome but wise alpha can easily be seen in the moment.The pack where I come from love Arden but he had never received such high level of reverence like this before and seeing Kain receive it so easily brings a comforting warmth into my heart.A feeling of a woman’s pride in her mates capabilities.His praise is mine indirectly and my wolf agrees.The cheering comes to a halt the second he raises his hands to stop them.Then he clears his throat to speak.“I’m sure you’ve all been patiently awaiting the arrival of your Luna. While at some point I had completely cancelled the idea of having one from my mind. Recently I’ve come to rethink the matter more closely.”He speaks its dawn on me that he’s about to present me to everyone else.I adjust my dress as if there’s a need to and pat at my hair pinned up just to be su
Every single moment where it seemed as thou I could finally experience true happiness, the feeling of love and acceptance he managed to reveal himself like a disease that only came in seasons.Even now, with this moment’s victory half lived, he’s come to take even more from me.It’s no I realize that he’s always been watching, always been standing over me like a monitoring hawk.For the first time I ask myself if the mission really was to watch Kain, or perhaps something else, something more sinister.“Lilith” Kain calls my name and I finally pry my eyes away from the spot he had been standing in forcing a soft smile.“Are you okay?” he asks not buying it.I bet he had felt that momentary crippling fear, not as struggling as I felt it but close enough.“I-I am just nervous. Maybe I need some time to myself.” I offer.He looks at me for a while gauging my reaction but eventually gives into my request with a kiss on my forehead.“Don’t stray too far.” He whispers.I nod, dashing down th
I stay in place for what feel like hours with nothing left to do than wallow in my own sadness before I get up on feet finally to leave.The sun is starting to get down and kin might already be worried.I wobble through the trees feeling too numb and lifeless to make it fast enough or double my pace because what is the point.I’d still have to face Kain and find some way to pretend to be happy, deceive the mate bond by deceiving myself as well but that’s almost impossible.So I walk slower to figure out something before I have to face Kain again.But in the process I forget the extent of Kain’s concern for me because in the next second I look up feeling that familiar sensation tickling my senses and come face to face with Kain.We pause for a moment holding each other’s gaze.Fuck…I haven’t figured how to hide all this yet. What am I going to do the second he sniffs out my despair? I can’t tell him because I know what Kain would do.“I was worried. You went too far from me and you had