I end up pacing back and forth right outside Ivan’s quarter waiting for the moment he steps out to pretend as though we had just casually bumped into each other.The moment he steps out I know his next course of action will be to interrogate the rogue for sure and knowing how thorough he is he’s going to rely on his mind games to source every bit of information from him as possibleI wait for more than thirty minutes, almost giving up before his door finally pulls open and he steps out in a new shirt probably after having a bath and washing off that dried blood stuck to his skin.I move immediately making sure to bump right into him on purpose.I stumble back dramatically knowing he’d not waste a second to catch me.“Lili?”“Oh, Ivan, I didn’t see you there.” I act all flustered and shocked to see him and he falls for it easily, helping me up until my feet are balanced again.“You okay?”“Yes, thank you.” I say offering a small smile.He nods his head looking at me all over just to be
I wait and watch the life slowly leave his body, pulling out the needle the second his face grows pale and cold before tucking back from where I had pulled it from.I didn’t want to do this, this was never supposed to be an option for me but he had forced my hand risking everything I had worked all my life for, putting Jonah in danger as well.Regardless of reason you killed a helpless man.He was going to get himself killed anyway.I drop his body backing away from him, a bit of this still feeling unreal. I can already hear footsteps rushing to where we are before Ivan and the pack doctor and Nick emerge.Nick’s eyes and mine only briefly graze at the other before I look way knowing what he knows.Even with that I still feel his eyes on me, which doesn’t help this situation.“Do something before he passes out. He’s our only source of information right now.” Ivan says running to my side.He holds me while I look away from the scene still acting out as a helpless damsel and while my pu
Kain’s POVI finally get back to the room at the end of the day after countless meetings and sorting out the issue with the dead rogue that was still alive and ended up dead again.Each more stressful ha nth later, before I pull the doors and walk in.Her small form crouched over the bed and turned away from me greets me first.I already know what her mood might be from the solemn air and the fact that she isn’t sleeping from the rise and fall of her chest.Ivan had reported she was there in the last moments of his demise. As much as it had angered me he had even bothered taking her there in the first place.I move close to the bed instinctively dropping right by her side and she almost instantly puts more distance between us the second I do.I guess her reaction is from our argument earlier on.The confession part hadn’t been what I had initially planned but none of it as a lie. I do want to possess her in a way words cannot describe but it’s not love nor lust either.Nor is it a sim
The insides of a typical room in the men’s quarters is much bigger than I had ever imagined it would be. Spacious and well furnished.Not as big as mine or any of the concubines are but big enough to fit in as much property as they would need.My eyes move over the brick red paintings of the wall and countless weapons and gym equipment lying around in the most unlikely places, and then the potent smell of sweaty man wafting in the air.I take it he doesn’t have much women coming around him and not just because of his personality.He jumps onto the bed with that disgusting smirk.“Go on, make yourself comfortable.” He adds, tapping on the spot right beside him.I force a smile, dropping on the nearest chair next to me and nowhere on the spot that he’s suggesting I sit on.“Okay, you got me here, cut to it and tell me what you want from me.” I begin, cutting to the chase.“Relax, why the rush?”“Why the rush?”Of course, he has the nerve to say that when he’s doing the blackmailing.“Y
Nick cowers in his presence, trembling visibly before dropping on his knees without another word so as not to anger his alpha even more.Once he’s down Kain looks away from him like he’s some insignificant insect turning to me and stepping closer.His eyes remain fixated on my body and he begins assessing every bit of me without saying anything else while I just stand there.“I’m fine.” I whisper to him in a bid of getting him to calm down a bit.I just wanted Nick getting caught; I didn’t expect him to be this pissed.“It was just misunderstanding.” I try to explain to deescalate the situation“You smell like him.” He says ignoring everything else I’ve said, instead getting even more furious. “His scent is all over you.”His eyes turn a brighter shade of anger that I’ve never witness frightening even myself.He does this for a while until he finally pauses at a bruise on my left shoulder possible formed in a moment of struggle. And then the rip on my shirt around the collar draws his
I really am locked in this room.I had thought it was a joke or a simple statement made in the spur of the moment, maybe once I’m tossed in the order would be rescinded and then I’d be able to step out again, but no.I really am stuck in here, with guards outside my door making sure I don’t step out until Kain gives his order.How the hell did it even come up to all this.It’s supposed to be all done by now, the fear of being figured out, of hiding in the shadows.Nick’s already fully taken all blame by now meaning I’m home free, everything should be over, I shouldn’t be feeling this way.Distraught and uneasy pacing back and forth in my own room unable to sit in one position long enough without feeling unrest.Again Kain’s expression flashes through my mind the look of pure unfiltered anger. Even before we had gotten closer he hadn’t even stared at me that way.There was an aloofness to his rage but that was something different. Intense disappointed rage and hurt as well.Why had it
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GORY SCENESKain’s POVI land a final sturdy blow right into his gut as a way to vent my uncontrollable rage.He chokes on the air that barely reaches his collapsed lungs from the impact coughing up another puddle of blood to add to the other ones he’s made since he’s even dragged herMinutes of torturing this bastard and yet none of that rage is quell, the surface isn’t even scratched.All I can remember when I close my eyes is the sight of this lowly mongrel touching what is mine.His scent all over her and a hint of his own arousal.It sets me off into more rage that lulls me to a brink of madness.All I feel is anger and amongst that blinding rage is something else, small and uncomfortable between it all directed towards Lilith.Why had she put herself in danger as always?All this time spent showing her that she could ask anything of me and I would give it, all this time of proving my reliability and yet she goes and puts herself in such a situation
ilith’s POVA gentle touch grazing through my hair slowly pulls my consciousness back into my body.I hadn’t even realized when I fell asleep.All that worrying and pacing must have tired me out leaving my consciousness to be easily claimed by sleep.Now the hands playing in my hair caressing the ends of my strands soothingly calls me back into the real world.I automatically think Kain.His touch has always been gentle and calm, sweet and addictive, the feel of his skin like a drug I never really knew I needed but can’t live without any more.I lean more into his touch snuggling against his hand.“Kain…” I mumble softly feeling the smile that forms on my own lips.But the more I gain consciousness the more something about it feels off.That addictive feeling isn’t there, the warmth feels different, and the scent itself is foreign to me.This isn’t Kain.My entire body knows it on instinct and rejects it the moment it knows it.My body immediately goes rigid and on defense. My eyes fl
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