“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
LILITH’S POVI will never drink anything questionable at a party where the sole population in attendance is buffed up meaty men.Somehow, I had been knocked out for the entirety of the previous day, only finally waking up to the alarm by my side.I wake up early this morning, living through the consequences, knowing fully well that I have training early in the morning and rethinking every decision I’ve ever made.It takes every bit of my strength and will power to drag myself off bed and get dressed in loose clothing that allows easy movement and crawl to the training ground.Not surprisingly, everyone’s already here, bright and early, with enough energy and strength to run around, tackling the other person.While I look like gunk stuck at the bottom of a shoe.Yvonne, busy with sitting afar and filing her nails, looks up at me the moment I step in, smiling deviously almost immediately.“Aww, looks like sleeping beauty finally decides to show up today. Although in your case, the beaut
Kain’s POV“Alpha Kain, the reconstruction of the burned down building is almost fully done.”I look up from my desk at the middle aged man with a construction helmet, standing right in front of me. He shivers, holding onto the ends of his shirt nervously and daring not to look me in the eye while he speaks.“We’ve also removed the room from the building layout like you had requested.” He refers to Ariel’s room that had been removed.“Good.”I had specifically asked for that because she would never need to move back in there or obtain a higher status after what she had tried to do to my little spit fireAlso because there would be no one else moving in there.It’s crazy, a big step, deciding not to add another woman, but since she walked in, the desire for anything else has left meI’ve only grown more addicted to her scent and feel of her body on mine.I wave him off to leave at once. While he slips out through the door, someone else slips in before the door can close behind him.I