The laughter and chuckles that emanated from the maids, infuriated Ariel, as she glared at them without them realizing what she did. She cleaned the sweat that trickled down her face, as she heaved out an exasperated sigh, staring daggers at the maids, who didn't even notice her glares. They were all relaxed, gossiping and playing games, while all the responsibilities and work concerning the wedding were dumped on her head. She sauntered to the kitchen, carrying a carton filled with the ceramic plates Damien intended to use at the wedding.She couldn't help, but cuss out on the head maid and most especially, Damien who gave her the list for the wedding. Tears brimmed in her eyes and the only thing she wanted to do was to squeeze the list and throw it into the trash can.She brought out the ceramic plate and started to arrange them in the cupboard kept for the wedding materials. The head maid came into the kitchen in a bid to taunt her and make fun of her. Ariel quickly ducked her head,
The next day Ariel woke up knowing that she would have to take care of the wedding decor all on her own as the only person willing to help her had been summoned for a meeting by Damien. A part of her thought that Damien had asked Alex to represent him in the meeting just so she would have to do it all on her own. He loved to see her suffer and she would not be surprised if he truly did that. She sighed at the thought of that but thought also that she was fine anyway, she had always been on her own all her life. She’d had to do things all on her own too, this was not the first and it certainly won’t be the last regardless whether Damien wished it or not. She was ready to accept her fate and move on.She began to second guess her decision to accept her fate of suffering when she tried setting up the ladders for the décor. The work was harder than she thought and she began to think that maybe she could have used Alex or anyone's help after all. She thought of calling him as her only frien
Elle practically jumped out of the car after the door sprung open and literally bounced into Damien’s home. She was beaming with uncontrollable joy and even beamed bright smiles at people she would usually frown upon, including the slaves.Everyone around her at the time were beyond surprised at her sudden change in mood and whispered amongst themselves, while wondering exactly what it was that must’ve caused the lift in her mood.She bounced up the flight of airy steps smiling, waving happily as the only thing she could quite think about was Damien, and her wedding with him that would take place in only a matter of days.She had prepared everything ranging from the cakes, reception, clothes, in fact everything that had to do with weddings, you just name it.Her wedding dress was top notch. A small smile graced her lips when she remembered the dresses she had bought, paired up with the expensive shoes she had taken with it.She couldn’t help but smile when images of her Wedding ceremon
Her pulse rate peaked up as she stood with wide eyes, beads of sweat forming at the top of her forehead, she took two steps back in fear, her hands and legs trembling.'What have I done?' she thought as she held up the broken flower vase, her lips quivered slightly.Ariel couldn't wrap her head around what had just happened, it all seemed to happen in a flash, one minute Elle slapped her the next minute she was lying on the floor unconscious.She took two more steps back, her back hitting the pillar, Damien took a step closer to her and she panics, her heart leapt into her stomach, a wave of fatigue and nausea fell upon her like a bucket of water."Don't you dare come near me or I'll kill myself along with Elle" she rasped out her eyes wide, Damien stops right in his tracks, his face filled with panic, he looks at Alex with a look as to say 'Talk to her'.Alex understands his stare and takes a step forward opening his mouth to speak, but Ariel shuts him up."Even you Alex , I don't wan
It seemed like Ariel’s world was crashing before her very eyes. She couldn’t say what had pushed her into acting the way she did and also couldn’t say the kind of punishment that would be meted to her.She had overdone herself this time around; and she knew that even without being told.She remembered the way Damien had looked at her, and the thought of it alone was enough to send sudden chills down the length of her spine. You know, the kind of look that told you that you had overstepped your boundaries and you would be punished for it?Yes, that was the exact type he gave her.She thought about escaping, but the thought flew out of her head as soon as it had come, for she already knew that it was a bad idea. Escaping wasn’t a probable option. Damien would stop at nothing to get her back, and when he catches her, he would punish her more than he’s been doing before. She could not afford to go through that kind of torment; she’s had enough of it as it was already.The thought of going
The dungeon was really cold and dark. Its pungent smell made Ariel's stomach swirl with nausea, her nostrils tingled from the smell of mold and dried up blood. She had been in the cell for two days, with no food or water, and stomach gurgled every minute and the nausea she was having wasn't helping it. She was getting sick of the smell, beads of sweat lined up on her face as she was getting sweaty all over. Her wounds were starting to itch and hurt her.She was really uncomfortable in this cell, she layed slowly on the cold cemented floor of the cell. Laying on her stomach, she stared at the cell door hoping she would leave here soon. She was really tired of waking up to the walls of her cell, the huge silver bars created terrifying shadows from the lamp that was hung at the side of her cell, which gave little light before it went off.Tears ran down the corner of her eyes as she remembered all the torture she had gone through while in the cell. A soft sob left her throat as Ariel coul
"Don't know. They have been fighting a lot recently," the cook muttered before dropping the plate into Ariel 's basin. "I hope they sort out their issues before long, lest they rip this mansion to shreds and us with it." Ariel kept her eyes glued to the ground while they spoke, avoiding their stares because they all had an idea she had something to do with the fights between Alex and Damien. Alex was mostly quiet and cool-headed. Easily the nicest and most easy-going male in the pack. Hence, the surprise at his unbridled show of hostility towards Damien. She had never quite seen anything like it before. Maybe she shouldn't have said a word to Alex about it. Maybe she should stop talking to Alex about everything. It felt like she was ruining the relationship the two had and she didn't want that. Alex might be her best friend but he was also Damien's friend and considering how far they'd come, it would be unseemingly that they would let themselves get separated by a maid--even if she
Ariel was lust in a world of lust as she stared at Damien, she watched as he flexed his muscles which rippled beneath his shirt, his shirt had two buttons undone as he went through his paperwork, he was aware of Ariel gaze on him but he wasn't ready to confront her about it.Ariel thought of how it would feel if he entered her, she wondered how his touch would feel when it grazed her skin, her arousal was slowly emitting from her body but Damien hadn't perceived it yet, her eyes raked to his disheveled hair, how she wished she could run her hands through it, but she knew deep down that it was all a fantasy and none would ever come through, she didn't expect Damien to love her all of a sudden, or fulfill her desires, he never looked at her once with love and care, only thing visible in his eyes was hate.But, still she wished that one day he would love and cherish her, he would care for her and no longer hate her, he would be her first and last, she wished and dreamt that her first time
"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