Ariel stood confusedly in a corner of the room, feeling quite drained from all the prancing about that she’s been doing for a while now. She couldn’t seem to find any way to escape this cage of a room and now, she was beginning to feel quite anxious. She didn’t know how she was going to escape this room when she’s been practically locked in and disallowed from stepping foot out of the room. For most of the day, she’s been prancing to and fro the door and the adjacent window, looking for possible escape routes as well as plotting plans of escape; and after a few minutes of restless prancing, she finally came up with an escape plan, a plan that could at least get her out of here as soon as possible. The only thing left of it was how she was going to hatch the plan, and how she was going to execute it without getting caught. She waited and waited for quite a while, seemingly growing quite uneasy at each passing second; and when the door to the room finally creaked open, it was already re
Ariel found a way to escape the room she was kept in. The hallways were very complex and she didn't know where to begin from, but she kept on running. "I have to find an exit." She thought to herself, as she kept turning left and right and left again. She didn't even know where she was going, her best bet was that she would go somewhere with a window, so that she would jump out."Shit!" she cursed as she saw about three buff looking people, who she suspected were guards as she could sense the energy radiating from their bodies. She quickly hid in a dark corner, praying that her small size would come in very handy. "Weren't they supposed to be on patrol?" She thought, as sweat beads formed around her head. She prayed they would hurry up already, as she couldn't waste more time in one position. If she was going to escape from there, she had to do it fast."Come on, let's get out of here." Ariel let out a sigh of relief as she heard their footsteps dissipate. She waited a while before mov
"What happened?" Ariel found herself in the darkness and then, she opened her eyes to the light. "That's bright!" She groaned, as a headache began to form. She tried remembering where and what she had been thinking about before she remembered. "The moon goddess. Oh, thank you!" She cried out. The moon goddess had talked to her in her unconsciousness and told her exactly what to do. She remembered it all now. "First of all, I have to play mind games with Williams." The moon goddess had given her specific instructions that would help her in doing her best. She wasn't going to escape, she was going to fight them from the inside. She desperately wanted to go back home and she knew she could if she wanted to, but she had something she had to do first for her pack and her mate.She missed him, missed him so very much. She didn't think she would ever miss him like this at any point in her life. She wondered if he missed her too, if he was even looking for her. What if he didn't care about her
Damien was in his study as he was there most days, ever since Ariel went missing. At first, he killed himself with the fact that he was coming in here to look for answers, but as time went on, he realized that he just went in there to brood about his unfortunate luck. It had even become a routine, he would come into the study immediately he woke up, ask the patrol guards if they had found her and once they left, he would zone out till Alex came to call him for dinner. After dinner, he would go to bed and the cycle would continue as such.Today, he sat down on his chair looking out the window, not at anything in particular though. His thoughts were filled with only one thing; Ariel. He wondered how she was doing day by day, wondering if they had even killed her or if she was being tortured in any way. It just kept on causing him pain over and over again, but he couldn't stop thinking about it. She was in his mind like a tattoo. Even Alex seemed drained as well. He wasn't eating well at
It was a new day. Everywhere was bright and the weather was cheerful. That day, Alex and Jasmine were supposed to leave for the meeting. The meeting was to take place in another pack, and it was quite a long distance from their own pack so they needed to make an early start so that they could get there on time. Alex knew that Jasmine did not want to go for the meeting. She just wasn't feeling up for it and she had already informed Damien about it before but he didn't want to listen to her. Even Alex himself had also tried to talk to Damien but surprisingly, Damien did not accept his suggestion too. He did not want to understand that Jasmine was not feeling comfortable enough to go. He just insisted that they attend the meeting on his behalf in the other pack, and since there was nothing both of them could do about it - Damien was their Alpha and he had already given the final order - they decided to embark on the journey.As fast as they could, Jasmine and Alex prepared for the journey
Ariel entwined her fingers in fear and anxiousness as she stared from face to face at the people who were seated at the table. She swallowed her saliva to hide her fear so as not to raise any form of doubt in all that were gathered. It was obvious they hadn’t completely accepted her as a rogue and showing any form of nervousness would just sell her off. She inhaled deeply before taking a glass of water from the table and then having a sip of it while they stared at her. It felt like she was a celebrity at this moment… the only difference being that she didn’t like this kind of treatment.“Why are you all staring at me? Aren’t you hungry?” She asked, trying to lift the mood of the room. The atmosphere was way too heavy as everyone was busy staring at her so she decided to speak so that everyone would too and make her feel less anxious. A man whispered something into the ear of another and she clenched her fists, how she wished she could hear what he’d said. She stared at them all, it wa
Ariel stared at a sleepy Williams, she smiled to herself, this had to be the best way to learn more about the attack that was being planned against Damien and the pack. Taking the duvet off her, she got off the bed and got into her slippers before going to the mirror, her hair looked messy, but she didn’t care, what she’d come for was way more important than her looks. She slowly walked out of the room and locked the door so silently that she didn’t make a noise. She inhaled deeply, it was still early in the morning so not many people had woken up so she decided to make very good use of it, she had to look around, she was sure she would find something if she looked around. She inhaled deeply as she went from door to door, passage to passage and room to room looking for whatever it was she could find but she couldn’t find anything. Frustrated, she went and had a seat in anger. She held onto her forehead, where was she supposed to start? Especially when she didn’t know what she was look
Ariel was really sad and heartbroken. She hadn't felt this way in a really long while. Seeing her parents' grave just tingled something inside her, something that she hadn't felt in a long while. It was something she didn't know that she could feel until now. While crying, she received a mindlink from Williams again, but she ignored..again. She had no time for anyone else but her parents at the moment. She continued caressing the grave with so much love and care. Death was a really cruel thing. Ariel just sat in front of the grave and she continued crying. She sniffed noisily and looked up to stare at the sky. She closed her eyes and she tried talking to her parents because she knew that they were up there somewhere, they had to be."Mum, dad. I love the both of you so much and, and..I miss you." As she said the last word, a fresh stream of tears went freely down her face. She opened her eyes and looked at the grave again before she rested her head on it.Williams was really furious th
"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