On the day of the ceremony, Ariel woke up feeling frustrated and a bit stressed. She became more frustrated as she thought about the ceremony that Williams wanted them to have. Ariel knew that Luna induction ceremonies varied according to pack by pack and most packs tended to make theirs as big as possible with a lot of fanfare since they were happy about getting a Luna, but she didn't know the ways of this pack since it wasn't a normal pack but a rogue one.She wasn't sure how they intended to carry it out but what she wanted was for it to be over quickly so that she could restrategize. After all, she wasn't allowing them to crown her as their Luna for nothing. She was definitely getting something out of it and that is even why she agreed to it in the first place.Ariel wasn't happy about having the ceremony- after all she was frustrated about it- but there was nothing she could do about it again. She had already given her word to Williams and she certainly wasn't backing out now. It
Alex was standing on the balcony and he was watching his mate, Jasmine with puzzlement because of what she was doing. She hadn't seen him for now though. He wanted to hide himself from her for a while. Alex watched Jasmine as she was pacing, walking from left to right in the dead of the night.Something was clearly on her mind, and from the way she was behaving as her eyes darted around from time to time, it was as if she was looking for something. He was curious, even more so from the fact that she didn't sit down at their usual spot where she and Alex always sat. She didn't even look like she wanted to take a seat at all. This behavior was very unlike Jasmine and Alex was determined to see to the end of it. She was determined to find out what was wrong with her so much to the extent of her behaving strangely like this.Alex watched Jasmine as she paced and paced for a very long time and he was beginning to think that was all she was going to do throughout the night when her eyes chan
Ariel didn’t like the idea of Williams touching her in ways she flagged as inappropriate, she couldn’t even get herself to be involved in a normal conversation with him not to talk of allowing him to have access to her body because in a way, she felt that it reminded her of Damien .It reminded her of Damien ’s touches that had usually sent sparks flying everywhere on her skin and it made her uncomfortable to think that another man wanted to touch her just the way that Damien did.The sensations they both instilled in her were different though, Williams' touches always made her want to puke but Damien felt different, and had always been different from the onset. His touches always seemed to let a blazing fire down the length of her skin…even the times he hit her.She couldn’t believe that she was thinking about Damien now after everything she had endured in his hands. She could remember the way he had treated her badly and even whipped her on several occasions but all those seemed to i
Seated in his office, he rested his head on his desk before getting up. He sighed as he poured himself a glass of water and gulped it in a go. He was forcing himself not to think about what was going on in the pack house because it didn’t matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get Ariel out of his mind. He wanted to make himself believe that she was what he’d punished her for being all those years, he wanted to believe that she was like her parents and was a rogue but something in him didn’t want him to believe such. Deep down, he still hoped that she was his mate and wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt him. He sighed before getting off his seat in frustration, he couldn’t imagine her being with another man and yet he didn’t value her when she was with him. He inhaled deeply and kicked his chair away in frustration. He poured himself another glass of water and gulped it in a go but it didn’t seem to help, he was still anxious. He couldn’t imagine her being with Williams but what could
The halls near the Alpha's quarters were enveloped in somber silence. As Alex walked the hall, he couldn't help but look around quizzically when he noticed the inactivity and silence in the halls. What is going on? Where is Damien ? He checked the throne room as well as the lounge but he couldn't spot him anywhere.He spotted a maidservant cleaning the bedroom when he got there to check so he questioned her on Damien 's whereabouts. "The Alpha had been cooped up in his study for days on end now. He rarely comes out nor does he interact with anyone, Luna included. He also ordered all the servants in the vicinity to move to the outer quarters as he did not want to be disturbed. He hadn't even been to his bedroom in a while. I just happened to be here because I was tasked to clean his bedroom." The maid explained with her head bowed.She was flustered around Alex as he was the second in command to the Alpha so she stuttered as she explained. She was also trembling with fear and excitement
After giving Jasmine a really deadly look, Damien stood up and walked past Jasmine, brushing his shoulder against hers violently. He didn't know how he felt about Ariel 's water breaking, but he was definitely angry. He started walking slowly and he went outside immediately. He mindlinked the head of the warriors to meet him immediately. Damien was feeling really betrayed and really angry. He went outside to meet Tobias.When Tobias was walking towards him, he averted his gaze and looked at the ground. He couldn't afford to look at his face. Ever since he found out that Tobias, who was walking towards him with his hands swinging by his side, was Ariel 's mate, he had been so sad, angry and…betrayed. Apart from him being Ariel 's mate, he was also the father of the baby that was in her womb, that was why he didn't help when her water broke. He felt like that was Tobias' duty. When Tobias finally got to him, Damien just looked at him without saying a word.Tobias too didn't want to say a
When Alex left, Damien hit his hand against a wall and he rested his head on the wall. He raised his head up and realized that he was standing beside Ariel's room. He sniffed noisily and went inside the room and he locked the door after he got in. He smiled because Ariel's faint smell was still present in the room. He sniffed loudly and smiled again. The woman that he was in love with, the woman whose scent he was in love with, betrayed him and now, he's here sniffing her faint scent to make himself smile. He looked at her blouse that was on the bed and he grabbed it.With the blouse in his hands, he went to a corner of the room and sat down. He sniffed the blouse again and he smiled with tears in his eyes. He was so hurt..so so hurt and there was nothing he could do about it. The deed was done now and the father of her child is around, that's great. Damien sniffed her top again and curled up into a ball while crying. He really needed his Ariel now, but she belongs to someone else now.
After Ariel twisted the golden staff in her hands, she looked over to Layla and the both of them started laughing. They wondered how Damien and the guards felt when the both of them disappeared, they were sure that they weren't expecting something like that. Layla was laughing at the way they both surprised the guards and Damien , but Ariel was laughing at Damien . She was laughing at the way she pushed him away when he tried hugging her, but her laughter soon died down and her smile turned into a frown. She was happy that she was able to resist his charm but the sadness that she saw in his eyes wouldn't stop bugging her. He looked really sad, like he wanted to cry in her arms. She wasn't supposed to think about him or even feel pity for him, but she couldn't help it at all. Seeing him sad made her a little bit…sad. She looked at Layla and she saw that she was distracted. She looked up at the ceiling and tried blinking away the little tears that had gathered in her eyes.When she was b
"Uggh!" William groaned as he arched his back. He loosened his grip on Damien and staggered backwards. Damien coughed and sat up tiredly. He finally noticed that an arrow had pierced the back of William's head. There was not healing or coming back from that!Damien sighed in relief and looked around for the person who shot it. From the balcony on the second floor, he saw Elle standing there with her bow drawn. She seemed to be shocked by what she had just done as she stared wide eyes at her bow.Damien diverted his gaze back to William, who had now collapsed on the floor. He seemed to stare longingly in a particular direction as the light faded from his eyes and he went on a journey to the underworld. He looked in the direction William was looking and saw that he was staring at Ariel!Annoying prick! He just didn't want to let her go, even in death? Damien stood and walked towards where William lay. He used his feet to turn William's head in a different direction. He knew that his acti
After they both marked each other, they shared a really nice kiss and after so many hours of talking, imagining their futures together, they finally slept.The next morning, Ariel jolted from the bed and she opened her eyes instantly. She looked around and she saw Damien sleeping peacefully, with his hand lying lazily on her waist. She had thought that her mating with Damien was a really good dream that she badly wanted to come to pass.She touched her neck and she could still feel the heat from last night. She pushed her head into the pillow and smiled. It wasn't a dream at all. It really happened. She turned her head to face Damien . She didn't want to wake him up, but she couldn't help touching his face, nose, hair and literally everything her hand could touch at that moment. She was touching his hair, when her eyes went to his lips and she started using her index finger to trace the little line around his lips. She was really enjoying what she was doing and she started laughing to
"Find him!" Damien 's voice boomed across the kitchen and Ariel flinched as well as the rest of the sentries who scampered out after his outburst. "Hey," He said softly, reaching for Ariel, but she flinched again, breathing hard and fast, staring at the direction in which Williams had gone, eyes wide with fear and despair. "Ar--" A whimper escaped her and he hated that he could smell her fear. He hated that she trembled so much. It hadn't been long since he had made her go through the same fear. He had made those tears drop from her eyes, broken her spirit, broken her heart, and...seeing her now, with the same fear in her eyes...he hated himself for everything he'd done to her. "Ariel," he said, barely able to hear his voice over his raging heart. Ariel didn't either as her sobs began in full earnest. It was like he didn't exist. She couldn't see him. Or hear him. She was scared out of her mind. "Ariel!" He roared, unable to keep his wolf at bay. Her gaze snapped to him and her so
When they were all done and once everybody had departed and gone to celebrate, Ariel walked up to Damien , Alex and Elle at the podium."Looks like someone's gonna get a beating" Alex snickered. Come on Elle. Let's leave them alone""Ariel , I can explain" Damien tried defending"Well I'm listening" she said as she put her hands on her waist and stood akimbo. She wasn't angry at all but it was very fun to see him fidget, this alone made her laugh"Why are you laughing??" He asked her clearly suspicious, someone who laughed when they were angry are psychotic people"Because it's funny. And just so you know" she poked him in his chest as she said "just because I'm laughing doesn't mean I'm not angry. You could have at least warned me. I was really worried"It was if as the days went on he fell for this wonderful woman standing right in front of him more and more"I'm sorry. We're sorry. It won't happen again" he said, giving her a hug which she deeply sank into. She had missed him and hi
Damien 's legs finally remembered their functions and they ran to meet Ariel. He instantly hugged her as he saw her standing right in front of him. He felt really happy to see her, he really felt so good. Only Ariel could give him that type of happiness and satisfaction. He started beaming at her, forgetting about anything that didn't involve her. He even forgot about Alex, who was the one that even woke him up with the mindlink.Ariel ignored the burning sensation that she was feeling in her injury and she buried her face into his chest. She started crying and Damien raised her head up. "Hey, hey. Why are you crying?" Damien asked her. Ariel ignored the question and she buried her face into his chest again, while crying. Damien just rubbed the back of her head slowly, trying to make her stop crying. He could feel the wetness of her tears soaking his top. He raised her head and he told her to come into the room.The both of them went into the room, her hands in his hands, with his fing
When Ariel saw Damien looking like he was half dead in Alex's hands, her heart skipped so many beats and she ran towards him. At the moment, she was just thinking one thing; Damien . Her eyes were so focused on him. When she was just a few steps away from him, Alex stretched his hand forward, to stop her from moving any closer to Damien. When he did that, she looked up at him with confusion written all over her face. She didn't know why Alex stopped her from hugging Damien when he clearly needed her hug more than ever. She ignored his stretched out hand and she tried moving closer to him, but this time, she continued pushing his hand. He was too strong of her and after a few more failed trials, Ariel finally gave up. She backed away from Alex and Damien and she left the way for Alex to bring Damien in.When Alex brought Damien in, Ariel seized the opportunity to ask him why he didn't want her to help him with carrying Damien inside. She folded her hands against her chest and she looked
After Alex mindlinked Jasmine to come to the hospital with Tobias so that they could find Damien, both of them quickly arrived at the hospital as fast as they could and together. They began the search for Damien. Three of them searched high and low for Damien, but they did not find him. They searched every nook and cranny of the hospital, but they still didn't find him. By that time, they were worried.How could Damien have left the hospital when Alex had specifically informed all the doctors and nurses not to allow him to leave there? They were certainly never going to hear the end of this if Damien was found. Alex couldn't let them go scot free after what they just did. He had clearly given them specific orders, but they had failed to carry them out, as he had asked them to. They had let the Alpha go out of the hospital and roam around on his own, without the protection of anyone when he wasn't feeling too well. Alex vowed to deal with them mercilessly after this, but they had to fin
The bright afternoon sun shone on Elle’s face, thus making her squint into the brightness. It was late afternoon, and she was in one of those moods where she only wanted to be with her bundle of joy.Her hair flew into her mouth when a wild air blew and she quickly chugged it out as she tried to talk, but ended up chuckling when her baby laughed at her.Everything She did was quite funny to him; even when she was at her lowest, he still always found something to laugh at or laugh with.Right now, she was sitting at a corner on the floor of the archery field, enjoying the view and the breezy atmosphere whilst watching her baby boy bounce ever so energetically around the open field chasing butterflies but frowning whenever they flew past him.With a smile on her face, she got up and began dancing around as her son cheered her on gleefully. To Elle, nothing else mattered aside from him and the fact that he was happy, not even her own life mattered.Just as they were busy dancing around ea
Damien returned to the room in the hospital where Ariel laid, her condition now worsening. He entered to see the doctor and nurses around her trying to examine her condition. The doctor there was checking the life machine they had placed Ariel on and the nurses all stood too watching him and awaiting his directives. Damien inside the room now became confused as to what they were doing there. He had left her side not long ago and she was perfectly okay so he wondered what the problem might be now as anger began to build within him. He began demanding from them what was wrong and what they were there doing to her. Restless and impatient for an answer, he began snapping at everyone there. They tried to calm him down but failed in the attempt. The doctor who was trying his best to keep Damien calm gave up as he saw the Alpha already raging after hearing the news that Ariel ’s pulse had slowed.“Get Alex here immediately!” the doctor ordered one of his nurses.Quickly, the nurse Mindlinked