Damien's furs disappeared slowly as his fangs turned into teeth, his wolf muzzle contorting back to his human face, His claws that he used in gripping Elle's arm turned into fingers as the blinding light seeped through his eyelids, panting slowly as he raised his hands to caress Elle by the cheek.She pressed her cheeks against his palm, sniffling in her tears. A faint smile formed on Damien's lips, the smile faltered and it felt like his soul was leaving his body. His hand fell motionlessly to the floor as Elle screamed at top of her lungs, pressing her against his chest, checking his pulse as well.She heaved a sigh of relief when she heard his heartbeat and when she felt his pulse. "Somebody please help!" She screamed as tears cascaded down her cheeks.No matter how much she screamed for help, no one came to her rescue, not even the maids! Alex ran down the stairs and dashed to the kitchen, downing a bottle of water in haste till it spilled all over his chest. He heard how Elle scre
Damien was on his bed sleeping when he heard something. He quickly jolted awake but he did not stir and his eyes did not open. He was in that place between being awake and being asleep but he did not know the one to turn to. He could decide to go back to sleep. He certainly deserved a lie in after all the grueling and tiresome events of these past weeks. This stress from them had taken its toll on him and he really needed quality rest. It could certainly do more than help him since he was feeling fatigued.On the other hand, Damien reasoned in his half asleep half awake state, what if he could afford to sleep no longer? He was the Alpha of a pack as great as this and he was sure he would need attention in one place or the other throughout the pack house considering that there was a war coming up very soon. He needed to get up very fast.Damien was still making up his mind about getting up when he heard cries from someone very close to him. Who would have entered into his room and even
Ariel and Alex were together when a slave came to deliver a message from the Alpha. Alex was wanted in the Alpha's quarters. Ariel was frantic and worried. She didn't want Alex to go and see the Alpha. What if Damien had planned something for him? What if Damien was planning to hurt him because of what had happened between them? Well, it wasn't a surprising thing to Ariel . Damien thrived on hurting people- especially her- and now he wanted to hurt Alex too. It seemed to Ariel that Damien got some sort of sadistic pleasure from hurting people. If not, why else would he do it?Ariel pleaded with Alex not to go but he was adamant. Damien was still his Alpha, after all, and it would be disrespectful by not answering his call. He had to go. He would see what the Alpha wanted and know how he would do with himself."I really have to go," Alex told Ariel for the final time and she acquiesced. There was nothing she could do other than that."Fine, you can go but just be careful. Don't be too r
"Tell the pack. This is a new order that must be followed strictly. All our soldiers are going to be active from now, and we will soon be going into a war. If need be, we will also be recruiting men from the rest of the pack from ages 20-35 for the battle", Damien's rough baritone voice bellowed over the room of his cabinet which included his advisers, his elders and his loyal friend and second-in-command, Alex .At the alpha's last sentence, all eyes in the room were on him, every single one of them filled with shock."Alpha, don't you think-""Not another word," Damien ordered with his hand in the air, cutting one of the elders off."There is nothing to think about. Absolutely nothing. Everything I say here is final and will stand, except I decided to change it in the future, and I do not see that happening anytime soon- or anytime at all", he said, and there was pin drop silence as he continued speaking."Moving on. There must be no citizen loitering or moving about when the time for
She took the cup of tea in a small tray and went to the kitchen, walking to the conference room."I don't want any mistakes whatsoever! Any mistake, and I will have your heads for it!! Follow the orders that are given to you, or you'll suffer the consequences!" Ariel heard before she even entered the conference room.She knocked lightly on the door."Who's there? If you're not meant to be here, get the hell out of there! Either that or you come the fuck in!" was what Ariel got as a reply from Damien in the conference room. She slowly opened the door, and some men had to give way for the door to open wide enough for her to enter. "Oh,"Damien gave out as he saw Ariel.She was quite surprised by the number of men in this room. She was surprised that the conference room could hold this many men in it. She met Damien's eyes and she bowed slightly before moving to the head of the table, where he was. "I was asked to make some tea for the alpha", she said and took another curtsy as she gently
They all got to the battlefield together. Alex and Elle were very confused as they met Damien and Ariel. "What's going on?" Elle asked looking at Ariel with disgust, but this wasn't the time to dwell on her hate for her. Everywhere was in total chaos and everyone wasn't in their right state of mind. She was worried about her pack and her question still hadn't been answered. "She asked a very reasonable question, that needs an answer," Alex intervened. At this, both Damien and Ariel looked at each other before Damien said, "we don't have time for this. We need to defend our territory against these rogues. We'll talk about what happened later. "At this, they all separated, Damien turned to his wolf mid air as he pounced on a rogue that looked like it was hurting another pack member.Alex was attacked by another wolf, who wanted to inject him with something possibly wolfsbane, but Alex's reflexes were much sharper and faster so he dodged his attacker and left the girls together. "I guess
Jasmine visited Ariel regularly or at least when she could. At first Ariel never reciprocated the effort of friendship Jasmine made. She thought this would deter Jasmine from coming as she still had a very heart and didn't need any more problems added to her body.But, it didn't stop her, instead, she came more often and stayed more and more. Till Ariel decided to give her a break and accept her friendship even if it was only for a while. She did not however let her guard down, she still didn't trust Jasmine and she wasn't going to let them use her head twice. She wasn't going to let them use her anymore."So, how was it?" Jasmine asked almost jumping into the cell, she had learnt from the first day not to enter the cell anymore so she just stayed in the common area."How was it when you first met your mate?" Jasmine didn't know that she had betrayed the pack yet and she really hoped she wouldn't come to hate her too, so she didn't tell her. "That's a sore topic for me Jasmine.""Oh, c
After talking to himself, Damien finally made a decision to go to his parents' room. He slowly stood up from his bed and he went outside his room.He looked around the hallway and he finally started walking to his parents' room. When he got to the door leading to the room, he took a deep breath in and he opened the door.When he opened the door, he finally released the breath that he was holding in and he proceeded to go inside the room. The room was really dark and he started searching the wall for the light switch. It took him a few seconds for him to find the light switch and he instantly switched the light on.The light bulb was twitching for a while before it was finally stable. Damien guessed that it was doing like that because it hadn't been used in a long while. This was the first time in a very long time that Damien was entering his parents' room.He didn't know how he felt about this, but he knew that he wasn't making a bad decision. He went further into the room and he stopp
"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