LILITH’S POV:The Alpha’s mansion falls into a state of peace in the few coming days.Sure enough, I haven’t seen Yvonne while she spends her days diligently taking her punishment from Kain as a way to appease his anger.Even then, it feels as though there’s been a sudden shift in power. The maids who stared at me with discontent before don’t dare look at me for longer than a few seconds, before bowing in greetings with respect.Respect that I wasn’t given before.I guess the whole fiasco with Kain putting even Yvonne in her place for threatening my life made it clear that even someone like her isn’t fully immune.In a way, it’s made everything else become boring and dull. The usual excitement from hateful eyes and a few people willingly getting on your bad side is gone.And now, I’m bored.As if reading the silent cues I send into the universe, the door to the dining hall flies open and Ariel dashes in.I’m forced to look away from my plate and at her.While I’ve been spending most
LILITH’S POV:“How does this look?” Ariel asks, raising up a piece of red band styled beautifully with multi-colored gems up to her neck.It matches her flushed skin tone perfectly.“It’s beautiful, don’t you think, Ivan?” I ask, elbowing him in the gut.He groans, biting on his lower lip so as not to cause a scene. He takes a moment to compose himself again before he stands erect with a smile.“It suits you.”Ariel turns into a red tomato instantly, bowing her head down and unable to look him in the eye again.“I’ll be back.” She says, handing me the red thread and running off in the other direction, probably to calm herself.She’s so cute.“What is the meaning of this?” Ivan leans down to my level, harshly whispering to me. “You’re lucky you’re a woman. I wouldn’t hesitate extending the same courtesy as you’ve shown me.”“Making an excuse to hide the fact that you can’t beat me in a fight isn’t attractive, Ivan.” I comment harshly, going through the lines of red bands.Most are pret
KAIN’S POV:The chattering and laughter echoing from behind my door distracts me from my train of thoughts and the very important work in front of me, sending me into a momentary frenzy.With a throbbing head from hours of work without taking a break, I stand from behind my desk, walking up front.It’s a known fact that I like my hallways noise free, much more the hallway leading to my office. The audacity of the person behind it fuels my anger and I’m ready to throw them in some cell to spend the rest of their days until they’re forgotten — that is until I push the doors open and I’m caught off guard.Lilith stands on the other side with the other girl I rarely see; I’ve forgotten that one’s name. Beside the both of them is my Beta, IvanShe laughs fondly at something he might have said that she finds hilarious, letting out such a glorious sound I’ve never heard her make in front of me.Something in my chest constricts and even that annoys me, that and the look in her eyes when he’s
LILITH’S POV:“Leave.”Just like that, Kain’s entire countenance changes.One minute, he’s being the annoying prick that he is. The next, he seems too pissed to look me in the eye while kicking me out.I feel offended, or rather, something deeper than that relating more to hurt.A smaller and suppressed part of me wants to know what is going on. Curious about if he’s okay or not, seeing as his work has been cut out for him.But there’s no need to ask.I turn and leave as commanded, stepping out of his office once I’m on the other side and close the door behind me. I let out a sigh of relief once I rest my back against the door.Even in that heated moment where he had threatened to hurt me as a joke, the boiling heat between us had been too intense. It’s like my body confuses fear with desire around him and suddenly, I’m thinking of him holding me by the throat and choking me while I’m high on cloud 9.I snap myself out of my reverie, slapping my cheeks in the process, so my sanity ca
LILITH’S POV:The street is packed with more than the usual amount of people who are more lively than ever with a few new stands erected specifically for the musical.New stands, with more than enough snacks and food to eat, are erected around, while everything goes down, and a few games to play as well.Now that the day is almost over, it’s as though the entire streets have come to life.It almost as though a carnival has come into town for the day.I myself wait patiently while Ivan is at work, carefully holding the stick made of hard paper as he rolls the cotton candy until it’s a perfect large ball.I can already feel my mouth watering.“Here you go.” He hands me my cotton candy and I grab it from his hands, taking a bite and moan from the deliciousness.Initially, I had thought coming out for the festival today would have been a burst, seeing as after putting Ivan and Ariel together I’d be alone, but now I don’t think so.Only issue is no one will sell anything to me unless I’m w
LILITH’S POV:Our hands fall away from the other, seeing as the dance style requires both partners to move together but never touch.We have a brief stare down, a silent wish; may the best man win, whispers into the air between us and then I begin.I swirl around, holding my dress with one hand and the other hand up while swaying my hips and tapping my feet against the hard earth, putting out my best almost instantly.Kain moves as well, dancing more expertly than I’d imagine. His feet work is almost perfect as his taps, with the hastened beat against the floor.We follow each other, mirroring the other's moves, at some point raising our palms up and close to the other as though we want to hold hands, but keeping a little gap between them.Even without touching his skin, I can feel the heat emanating from him. Heat that only seems to grow the faster we dance and move.I swirl around faster as the beat picks, loving the adrenaline rush pulsing in my veins. I can hear Kain chuckle from
LILITH’S POV:Her eyes lit up like the sun instantly, looking down at the familiar piece of jewelry with doubt.After taking her time to inspect it and realizing that it is, in fact, not some fabricated fact to cheer her up, she looks at me again.“Really?”I nod, feeling a bit of happiness just from her expression.I know I shouldn’t let myself get so involved in this, after all the main aim of all this fussing was to get enough trust out of the both of them. Somewhere along the line, it had become fun.And I sort of like hanging out… just a little bit.So, the tiniest bit of my heart pines desperately for these two people to be together.She ties it around her wrist too, quickly admiring the look of it on her with rose tinted cheeks and a lively shine in her eyes.“What are you waiting for? Go and tell him how you feel.” I push her.The longer she stays, the more her chances pass her by.She looks up at me nervously, too scared to move.“I’m scared.”“What’s the worst that could ha
LILITH’S POV:I strip from my dress and undies with only the thread tied to my wrist and walk into the pool of water that is surprisingly warm and tingling against my skin.I close my nose and fully immerse myself into the water for a minute before standing out fully soaked and gasping for air at the adrenaline rush. Kain walks into the pond slowly, after the rest of his clothes have been carefully taken off and set aside.Even though I’ve seen it more than enough times, the sight of his wide and hard chest has me staring at him too long, unable to look away fast enough.My heart begins pounding harder than ever as he makes his way towards me. When he does, he stands, holding my gaze and towering over my smaller form.He reaches his hands over to my side, tracing them over the skin of my chin slowly before cupping it into his palm. I lean into his comforting touch, only because it feels like the most natural thing do while holding his eyes.“I don’t think we can just swim again.” I
Kain’s POV2 YEARS LATER…A lot has happened over the years, I’ve lost some gained some; most of it changed my life completely in ways I never knew I need.Now standing over the grave of a child that never got the chance to see the light of day I mourn it as I’ve always does, though I never got the chance to meet him for the split moment I knew of its existence where one of the best moments in my life.Even while everything around us burned and we were bruised the news of his arrival brought a smile to her lips like nothing else could.And though it’s taken more than a few years to get over our loss, we’re still taking small steps to get there.I drop a flower over the small grave.To little sesame, the name Lilith calls it, because it didn’t grow old enough to have a gender.A child’s laughter echoes from behind me while a little girl turns out of her hiding spot rushing for me.Her little feet don’t take her too far before she stumbles and falls face flat on the ground and burst int
Jonah’s POV5 YEARS LATER…Hiding behind the pillar beautifully decorated with flowers by the fountain I stay hushed, pursing my lips together while still covering them with both my hands to stay hidden.I do this all the time and still she still seems to always easily find me when we play this insufferable game.Hide and go seek.An hour at it and she still hasn’t found me yet, which is the longest times he’s taken to find me.Which lead me to think that maybe, just maybe I’m the only one playing this damn game.The thought of just giving up seeps into my mind until I hear footsteps approaching from ahead and stay quiet again.The gentle sound of feet slowly approaching lets me know it’s a she-wolf. Months of training from Beta Ivan comes I perfectly handy in moments like this.Hopefully in a few more years I’ll be able to join brother-in law’s guard, that is if he will let me. My sister’s hold over him has dictated far too much in my life.It’s been years since I’ve fallen ill and n
Kain’s POVI’ve finally found her, my mate but the sight of her sets off every bit of my anger I’ve been trying to put on check.Her face bruised and her clothes ripped to the point that she’s almost left bare and naked. Nothing matters anymore. My rage takes over me and all sane thoughts dissipate.I look at the fool I had tossed across the room desiring nothing more than to tear him apart into pieces of flesh lying around and feeding it to the dogs.“You bastard.” I seethe, seeing nothing more than red.I shift into my wolf in the next second lunging at him without restrictions.Or every scar on her skin I add five more on his, every bruise on her body five bones crack under the force of my attacks.I slash at him continuously with my claws while he screams in agony just barely managing to change into his wolf to have even a fighting chance but that changes nothing.He had a death wish the moment he decided to mess with my woman.He tries to attack back but it’s a puny attempt from
Kain’s POV“Riverstone pack has looked down on us for the final time. They have injured our beta and gone as far as kidnapping the Luna and we will not be silent anymore, will not seat idly and take any more of their insults. Whoever dares cross our paths to victory or slanders our name will incur the wrath of Deathstone!” I yell out to the group of men before me, my army set and ready to be thrown into a fully fledge battle, waiting just at the borders of Arden’s pack.He has bitten more than he can chew this time angering not just me but everyone else and sadly for him the only leverage he has over me is gone.“Yes alpha!” they response is thunderous and echoes loudly.“Today we walk into battle but this time to finish what we started and make our enemies beg for mercy that will not be given, for our fallen brothers and for our own legacy to go down in time as the gretats pack in all Wolfdom!” Ivan steps up yelling as well.He leans against a cane to help him stand and walk with his
The sound of the loud slap takes me by surprise and the fact that it isn’t me this time.Arden strikes his accomplice across the face in a split second, in the exact moment the announcement rolls off her lips.She falls unto the ground clutching her cheek and looking up at Arden with utmost surprise equally not expecting such an actionBut he stares back at her fuming, if steam could puff out of a person’s ears no would be the perfect time for that.He visibly trembles from the emotions moving around inside him, but none of that is any of my concern at the momentThe news takes me off guard, it isn’t even the last thing I was expecting because the thought has never crossed my mind before.“I’m pregnant?” I mutter under my breath stuck in a daze.My hand falls down to my belly that I thought was bloated due to an illness.Inside me right now is a tiny person, a little version of a mix of Kain and me in one person?How could it be?Could it possibly be a mistake somewhere, maybe she had
Lilith’s POV“Get away from me, you pervert!” I kick and scream at him desperately trying to keep more distance between me and this psychopath that’s too sick to realize just how much he’s lost his mind.All those years he had called me ‘Lili’ so fondly I begin to wonder if it had been me his eyes stared at with so much care of someone else.If the nickname little rose had been because my mother’s favorite flower was a rose.All those times she had just a passing thought of how weirdly interested in her was just in fact her instincts screaming at her to keep distance away from him, warning her that he would ruin her completely.“Get away!”Kain! Kain please help.I cry continuously begging him not to come even closer while silently praying Kain can hear me where ever he is.Arden’s rage returns again and he smacks me the other way trying to shut me up and he doesn’t stop with his assault attacking over and over again trying to get me to shut up.“You should love me and not tell me to
Kain’s POVEvery time I close my eyes it starts out with a nightmare where I lose my love, Lilith.This time she falls over a high tower and I’m running to catch her but the floors turn into quick sand that sinks beneath me and I can’t reach her before I’m thrown out of my own dream.I wake up jump right up drench in my own sweat and with my drawn out wolf claws ripping into both sides of the bed.It takes a second for the new reality to sink in and I can calm myself again.The two day mark has already been reached, she should be back soon but something feels deathly wrong.The bond feels already weak from the large distance between us and even then I can feel bits of her own despair seeping through my own end.I can’t help but be on edge and paranoid constantly.Was she not successful in saving her brother?Whatever the reason of her sadness maybe, I will fix it when she gets back, all that matters is that she returns to me safe and sound without a single scar on her bodyI will rage
For some reason his words make me feel dizzy.The room spins and swirls around me like a dull illusion manufactured to twist my mind and unravel it.I’m lost in a hazy dream that I might forget all about the second I open my eyes again, but the dream has morphs into a never ending nightmare that feels way too real and taunts me.Hot tears prickle my eyes painful while I stare back at the mad man in front of me in horrified shock that steals my ability to even speak, or utter a sound and yet he’s smiling.Somehow he’s smiling in the middle of all this, in the middle of confessing his part in my parent’s death.I shake my head slowly choosing to doubt this reality that plays tricks on me.“No…” I whisper under my breath, denying it.“Yes.” He responds nodding his head firmly with a wide grin.“No!” I scream out suddenly feeling my entire reality crumble. “You’re lying. You’re saying that just to mess with me. You know that if that’s true that I’ll… that I’ll—“”“That you’ll never forgiv
My consciousness seeps into my body for the third time, I think in one night.This time my eyes don’t open at will though.My body feels too heavy, like logs are resting over each limb, and if they aren’t neither of them respond to the signals I tell them but I’m awake just unable to control my body.From whatever paralysis I’m having I can hear mumbling in the background that lets me know that I’m not alone.A female giggling from something.Must be that bitch and then a new voice, deeper and bolder.Finally my eyes open but very slowly and takes way too much from me causing me to groan from exhaustion.I can make out two figures that remain blurred from in vision while I try so desperately to look at them.“Ah, she’s awake.” The male voice speaks.I recognize his voice s Arden’s immediately.Rage feels me in the next second followed by the desire to fight back but I’m still paralyzed.Footsteps drawn closer and I’m lifted up from lying on the cold floor and put in a seating position