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
Ariel was shocked by all she had just heard from Williams and she got lost in deep thinking. All her life she had hated her parents for what they allegedly did which had obviously affected her whole life, if all what Williams had said to her were all true, then her parents had been innocent of their alleged crimes all this while. It was a war after all and her parents had been right to seek revenge, it was Damien ’s father, Thames who was the previous Alpha that had launched an attack on her people, causing her to lose her brother who she earlier never knew existed. At the thought of the possibility of that, an instant rush of anger and hatred for Damien and his entire family overwhelmed her immediately. But then she stopped and thought about the fact all this had happened without the knowledge of Damien and so she could not blame him for what he had no hand in for he was just a kid when it all happened, just like she was no more than a baby when the events of his parents’ death occurr
Ariel slipped out of her room without anyone noticing and moved about on silent feet. Williams' home was awfully silent and goosebumps attacked her skin. At times like this, she missed Damien 's home. Her home. At night, there were bonfires and stories told of their ancestry as wolves. Oftentimes, she snuck out into the gathering just to listen to Damien speak to his pack. His sonorous voice that seemed to lilt with each word spoken... Ariel missed him dearly. Her wolf hadn't stopped whining since she was taken. Sometimes she was in pain. Sometimes it was an unnerving silence that ripped at her soul. She feared she would die if she didn't find her way to Damien soon. Ariel noted every exit, every crack in the walls of the mansion. She noted every opening and every disguised entry into the safe room or exits out. She could take the exit and run off but they would catch her before she made it far. Williams had tripled the security around the perimeter after her attempt at escaping. I
Ariel was so shocked to see Layla awake. She had made sure no one was awake before she left her room. Maybe it was a coincidence that Layla was awake, because she was really careful with her movement. Layla was also shocked to see that Ariel was awake. She had perceived Ariel ’s scent while she was sleeping but ignored it. The scent became so strong and that was why she decided to follow the scent so she could come check what was going on and why she was perceiving Ariel ’s scent. Layla still didn’t like Ariel and the fact that she was closer to Williams instead of her. “ Ah ah! There she is!” Layla yelled. “ Please keep your voice down, you would wake others up.” Ariel pleaded with Layla. “ Well, if you don’t want me to be loud, then tell me where you went to this night?” Layla began to question Ariel about her whereabouts, but her face remained emotionless. Ariel was thinking of an explanation to give Layla so she wouldn’t suspect anything at all.” Ariel I asked a question! Where the
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