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
LILITH’S POVTwo whole weeks have passed since the evident realization that my pack is in danger of being attacked by the people I now live with.Two whole weeks since I began wracking my brain for a suitable solution to fix this problem before it even gets worse.I could ask Kain not to fight… but that would only spin more suspicious eyes my way and I couldn’t even do that even if I wanted toBecause it’s been two whole weeks since Kain has spoken to me.I’ve received nothing but cold glances and looks the rare moments we do run into each other in the hall ways or kitchen. It’s as though he wants nothing more to do with me anymore.Like he really has grown tired of me and I’m nothing but an eye sore.I don’t want to believe it or let myself even think that way but then what else could be a suitable explanation to his cold demeanor.My time is over and he’s abandoned me.Yvonne’s obnoxious screeching haunts my sleep every night reminding me how she had told me it would all be over and
I ran from his office all the way to my room, pulling the door open and slamming it shut behind me. The moment I was inside, I collapsed and all my overwhelming emotions engulfed me. Pain that felt almost physical gripped at my neck, choking me to the point where breathing was only possible laboriously. My chest hurt like a thousand stabs continuously ripped through it, and tears poured endlessly. Why did it hurt so bad? This was always my purpose, this was always going to be the end. I had no right to feel pity or regret, I had no right to hope for things to be different. I was no different from a petty thief, not deserving of anything close to goodness and yet…and yet, my heart bled.My heart bled while I served him poison that would lead to his own demise, while he accepted it with open hands, with emotions, deceptive or not, that looked at me hopefully. I was no different from the wicked people I had come against, no different from Lucas and everyone like them. Why did it hur
CONTAINS SCENCES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.I run in the direction Kain points me towards the next minute. He’s supposed to be on the training ground for some reason.By the time I get there it’s an empty wide space with Ivan by the center of it all resting on one knee almost as though he’s going to pass out any minute.“Ivan!” I yell his name running towards him.Luckily I get to him just in time before he falls back resting on me instantly.He’s already heavily perspiring, with his shirt soaked and his forehead covered in tiny drop lets. His breath rushed and deep.“Ivan, can you hear me?” I ask but there’s no verbal response, just a sound he makes at the back of his throat to confirm that he is.That’s good enough for me.The dose of drug in his system is high enough to be considered a poison now so I need to administer an antidote before it’s too late and it goes into his brain.“I’m going to lift you up okay? I need you to help me out.” I say to him.I drag him up with all my strength an
I wait patiently… well not patiently but I wait while the doctor assesses Ivan’s physical state.After the whole incident Kain and I brought him to be examined and Kain had left to get his own wounds and cuts treated while I waited behind to get a prognosis.I know I won’t be able to rest easy until I’m sure he’s fine physically. I would never forgive myself if he wasn’t.She does her usual procedure checking his vitals and all before she turns to me.“Well, he seems anemic and feverish. He might be down for a while but he’s going to be just fine after some resting and minor treatments.”I sigh finally letting myself breath again.He’s okay… he’s going to be fine.It’s hard believing that while he just lays there unconscious and in deep sleep and especially after what happened hours earlier.He had seems like a different dangerous person, with a darkness I had never seen in him. If the drug works by bringing out a person’s hidden self then just what was thatNo, that want Ivan, he was
LILITH’S POVThe second Ivan wakes up from his deep sleep state two days later, I’m there standing just outside his door, practicing breathing exercises to muster up the courage to face him.Memories of the incident don’t help the situation at all, plaguing my mind over and over again the second I’m not with Kain or I’m less busy, so in translation, I’ve been tormented with guilt.So now, I’m standing outside his door with a tray of food for him to feast on since he hasn’t eaten anything for a while.I give myself one final confidence boost before I knock on the door and pull it open.Right on his bed, he sits up, staring through the window while resting his back against the pillow behind him.There’s a distant look in his eyes and even more emptiness reflecting off them. For a second, I think just maybe the after effects of blue angel hadn’t worn off yet and fear grips meBut then, he turns to me after I’ve stood by the door for a few seconds and he seems okay.“Hey.” I say first, s
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.” I state firmly standing my ground.We are immediately locked in a full on stare down, unwavering stares directed towards the other.Everything I’ve dread and been desperately fighting avoid shows itself even with all my countless efforts and even though I deny it strongly enough the look in his eyes tells me he’s not going to let this goWhich means I have to find some way to escape the situation.“You’re going to flat out deny it eve with all the evidence I have?”“You have no evidence Ivan, it’s just a hypothesis. You don’t know if one of the guards knows a woman he tells his secret, or if Fred was just ling against me.”“Did the guard’s girlfriend try to poison Kain with some bizarre drug?” his tone rises with me and his words hurt like a dagger stabbing my heartI had done that, to Kain, but then it’s already happened and the crisis has been averted.“Like I said the tea might have been just bad.”“Bullshit Lilith! We both know that’s bu