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
LILITH’S POV: It all happens so fast while I’m left forgotten.Kain directed her to his office where they’ve been for hours after she had revealed herself. Never once had his eyes moved towards me to at least send me off with his words.Weirdly enough, that bothers me and not the fact that he has a bloody sister that decides to show up from nowhere dressed in rags, while her brother is fucking rich.A lot of things don’t add up or make sense, and I can’t sleep.Instead, I walk aimlessly around the hallway as maids run about frantically, preparing a room for the lady.Images of Kain’s expression flashes through my mind when he had heard that she was back and when he had seen her. It didn’t look like an expression a brother would make upon hearing about his sister being well.Or a typical brother and sister reunion.Which only means their relationship is estranged.I spot Ivan in one of the hallways, instructing a few of the maids to prepare a warm meal of porridge for the visitor.“I
KAIN’S POVI tap my finger against the hard mahogany wood of my desk incessantly, deep in thought and trying to figure out the current situation.I’m unable to fully focus on the logical side of things every time she comes into my line of vision. It’s as though my thoughts are jumbled by a senseless feeling of rage, yet I can’t do anything about it.The person in question walks sround my office, staring at every trinket and antique curiously, not holding back from touching everything and shifting them out of its place and more to my uneasiness.She herself is an anomaly standing in everything I’ve created and built for the past 13 years.“I see you’ve upgraded Father’s office with a few of your toys.” She speaks after minutes of silence, starting off without explaining why she’s here or what she needs yet.I groan at the thought of that man. An unreasonable amount of displeasure swells within me.“Don’t mention that man in front of me.” I say curtly.“Why? Still have a sore spot for o
LILITH’S POV“…I saw you kissing him.” She announces suddenly.It clicks in perfectly now.It wasn’t just a coincidence that her hair pin had been in the hallway and that sound Ivan and I had both heard… She was the one standing there.“Ariel, wait, you gotta hear me out before you draw ridiculous conclusions.”“I don’t see how catching you both smacking lips is a ridiculous conclusion.” She sniffles, frowning at me so cutely I sigh, massaging my temples in circles.Maybe I really should have dropped by the later on today when the sun is out, but I’m already here.“Look, if you did see everything unfold, you’d know it was an accident. I tripped and then he tried to catch me and we both fell, leading to our lips touching. That does not count as a kiss.” I explain.She doesn’t say anything else, possibly knowing as much as I did that it had been a mistake, but her frown doesn’t fade either way. Her tears don’t dry.My heart pangs again, seeing her in so much pain.I move closer, dropp
LILITH’S POVEverything she mentioned in the first minutes of conversation is viable information, more important than the scraps I’ve been able to gather.But, there’s something about her sudden appearance and everything that’s going on that doesn’t sit right with me.“Lilith…” I introduce myself now. “Just Lilith.”“Yeah, I heard of you. The concubine he bought from an underground human auction house and brought back suddenly. You caused a stir the day you arrived.”My eyes widen at just how much she knows about me, down to a bit of the details. It doesn’t seem like she had figured it out on her own too. Someone must have told her.My eyes move briefly to the maids and guards, chattering freely behind her and a few of the pieces fit together.So, they’re already spilling information to the newcomer just because she’s friendly and appears chatty. I begin to see this woman in a new light.She’s the kind that knows how to squeeze out enough info from you during a conversation, I bet.
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