LILITH’S POVKain towers over me and… Ivan — frankly the both of us, with dead emotionless eyes. The usual expression but this time, I’m slightly more nervous than ever.If he ruins my plans, I’d have to opt to flirting with sweaty men who mostly always want something out of anything they give.Ivan, on the other hand, reverts to this annoyed statue behind me. Standing tall and firm in the presence of his Alpha while suppressing the desire to glare holes into my head.“Kain.” I smile sweetly, putting on enough of my charm.He raises a brow.“How are you? You look very dashing this morning.” I begin as though I hadn’t woken up while he was in the middle of getting dressed hours ago.He says nothing, being typical Kain with eyes telling me to get straight to the point while wondering what is up with me.His eyes briefly move to Ivan standing behind me, sporting a very brief frown, which he disguises as his usual resting-bitch face, all before he finally responds.“You don’t have to do a
LILITH’S POVBright and early the next morning, I wake up seconds after Kain walks out the door, as early as 5am.The man doesn’t sleep, I’ve long since realized.I begin preparing for the eventful day, taking a long hot shower before slipping into something cute yet appropriate for today.I end up settling for a grey tube top and some shorts, packing my hair away from my face and some sneakers to add to my boss girl vibe.I will admit, as much as the main purpose for this is solely for the mission, I get a thrill out of the thought of finally focusing my mind on something else. Getting to train again as well.Toss bodies around and improving my skills up to a point that I might just be able to go toe to toe with Kain again whenever I challenge him for a rematch.Frankly, I’m so excited that I’m thirty minutes earlier than everyone and by the time I arrive, the circle is empty.I tremble a bit from the cool breeze that passes. It’s way early in the morning and the sun is just startin
“What the hell?!” I yell at her face.She smiles evilly shrugging her shoulders in an even more annoying way.“Kain thought it would be nice if I got a little more exercise than I do, just to keep this lovely shape going.” She gives a brief show of her curvy hips winking at Fred that just stares a bit too long with his mouth open.Kain did this?“Since when were you so interested in fighting, Yvonne? You do know you’re going to have to break a nail or two.”“Oh my goodness Lilith, is that what you’re concerned about? Don’t worry I’ll ask Ivan to go easy on you so you don’t break yours, although, saving those nails won’t make your hands seem less manly.” She throws a jab at me giggling to herself in the end.I fume instantly taking a step forward towards her but Ivan grabs at my arm.When I turn to give him shit for stopping me he shakes his hand, eyes begging me to just let it slide.Darn it.Fuck this entire situation.“Well, since you’re here, you won’t mind sparring with me right Y
LILITH’S POVWe take a small detour to the new library, which, according to Kain, has just been finally put in place.The books were luckily saved by the fire apparently. The number of staff dedicated in keeping the knowledge and history alive evacuated everything as soon as the explosions started.Misplaced priorities there, but profitable for me in the end. We enter into the large hall space with almost a hundred shelves of books with rich history and information, the jackpot on every possible thing I’d ever want to find is definitely here.I move to the first shelf I see, picking up a bright red book that catches my eyes. It is an arithmetic book that seems centuries old, which is pretty cool.“You have your own library asides the main one. I didn’t know you fancied books.” I say, tracing its edges and taking in every detail of the stitching used.“I don’t waste my time reading books and I haven’t touched most of this.” He confesses casually while watching me look round and admire
LILITH’S POVHis obnoxious laughter and constant snorting overshadows every other source of sound and draws all eyes and attention to our table and especially to me, covered in my well anticipated lunch.I take in deep and calculated breaths to calm myself. He’s not worth the stress of exploding in front of everyone and his tactics at bullying are shallow.“You look a little prettier.” He adds again, scooping a bit of the stain on my bosom and tasting it on his tongue. “And sweeter too.”From the corner of my eyes, I spot Ivan getting up all of a sudden raging in anger and stomping over to our table, most likely to share his fists with his bastard.I raise my palm at him when our eyes meet, shaking my head as a sign that he shouldn’t intervene. He looks annoyed but he holds himself back respectfully.In the middle of his laughter, I lift the plate off my thigh and stand up, now I’m nowhere near this motherfucker’s height but I will not be intimidated by him.“Shut up.” I say coldly.H
LILITH’S POVI sit on the hard floors of the library room again, the day after I’ve been given permission to enter here at will, with my back leaning against the first book shelf I had begun with.It’s a different day and almost 3 hours have passed on the same bookshelf but there’s been no progress.I’m starting to doubt if I can do go through every single shelf in this room. There might be up to a million books in here.I sigh, falling and laying my back against the floors, staring at the white ceiling in front of me.I’m trying not to panic but there’s still no clue, and the time left before Jonah gets sick again or Arden grows impatient and pays a visit draws closer.And there’s still the plan to get the information I need from the guards just in case all this doesn’t work out.I’m running out of ideas faster than I want to.I close my eyes now, taking deep calming breaths. Instead of falling into a pit of anxiety and despair of my own making, I decide to distract myself.Getting l
LILITH’S POV:I finally find where I stashed my clothing and put it on as fast as I can before Kain catches up to me.If he even feels an ounce of remorse for what he was just about to do.I have to face the facts at this point, he still sees me as an object to own as his.It infuriates me with how cool he’s being despite the fact that he did just try something horrible, but I decide not to take it anymore.The walk back to the mansion is not as far as I thought. Stepping into the main compound, the first person I spot is Fred.He waves over to me enthusiastically, jogging over.I sigh, feeling overwhelmed by the conversation we’re going to have already.“Miss Lilith.” He says, bowing a bit in greeting once he’s close enough.Wide eyes stare at me with adoration as well.“Hey, Fred.” I say, trying to sound half as enthusiastic as he does but my mood’s already shit.“You’re just the person I was looking for. The time for the get-together was moved to this afternoon.”Right, there’s sti
Kain’s POVWhat the fuck was I thinking?I watch her run off in the other direction, unable to mutter another word to her or get her back to meThe distance growing between us pulls painfully at the organ in my chest and yet, I let her go.I have no idea what had come over me. The idea of marking her had never settled in my mind, yet like a primal desire pulsing within me, I almost did.The idea of mates has never fancied me in any way and I never thought I would force a bond on anyone. I won’t ever, especially not on her, not when she’s become something so precious and irreplaceable.I feel guilt, yet my wolf revels in the idea of almost marking her like an uncut and untamed beast lacking an ounce of controlEverything that disgust me.Essentially, I disgust myselfThe reaction that was on her face haunts me for the rest of the day, even after hours of tackling countless tasks to distract myself.I guess by now I should have learned that diving deeper into my work is never enough to
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