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
Damien pushed Ariel 's thoughts aside and he went to get ready for the day. He had a long day ahead. When he was ready, he went outside to the field and he saw his pack members already waiting for him. Some were practicing playfully, while others like Jasmine and Alex were just talking to themselves. Alex was the first person to see Alpha Damien and he signaled to him to come over. Damien ignored Alex and he went to the center of the field and the other pack members turned their attention to him. He was the center of attention now and he looked around to see if they were all ready. He stretched and said to them, "let's begin." They all moved closer and started practicing.At the beginning, Jasmine and Alex didn't want to practice with Damien because they felt that he was not supposed to, they thought he was too sad to do that but when Damien threw an angry look at them, they moved closer and also joined in the practice. They started the practice and it was going really well, but Someth
Alpha Damien growled and he went to the meadows to calm himself down. He was still in his wolf form and he wasn't even interested in changing into his human form. He just wanted to be…left alone. When he got to the meadows, he sat down and started reminiscing about what happened minutes ago. He hated himself for refusing to touch the baby, even when the baby was reaching out to him. Oh, how he hated himself at the moment!He looked forward and he started staring into nothing. He looked like he was in the meadows, but the truth was that his mind was far away from where he was. When he saw the baby's eyes, something inside him had tingled, it was something good. He had seen Ariel in the baby's eyes and he just couldn't take it. That was why he couldn't even afford to hold the baby boy. When he looked into his eyes and he saw Ariel , it reminded him of everything that he had done with Ariel , the ad and the good things. He could see Ariel 's pain in his eyes and when the baby smiled, he
“Layla! I wonder sometimes why exactly I was beginning to like that tyrant of an Alpha Damien . He never does anything besides beat me and whip me. He only shows me concern when he feels like it and then he's back to his normal vicious self soon after." Ariel complained as she bared out all her grievances about Damien. She knew that she had to lie about the status of her relationship with Damien to get more information. Layla thought she was the only one who could play a person like a fiddle? Well watch how I'm gonna beat her at her own game.Layla listened and bore a solemn look on her face. "After he slept with Elle then, the bond between us just shattered. I hated him and I still hate him. The only reason I saved him then was because there were still residual feelings like pity for him in my heart. Now though, I regret it so much. I should have let him die so I could end the war he's staging against the rogues and us." "What a prick! I'm glad you escaped his clutches sooner. Don't w
Damien was In Front of his dressing mirror, buttoning up his shirt. He was getting ready for the battle and he was no doubt scared as hell. He was going to be meeting Ariel , he was going to be fighting his mate, it was going to be like tearing a piece of his soul. He just prayed and hoped that he wouldn't come face to face with her at all throughout the entire battle. As he raised his head up he saw Alex standing In Front of his door staring at him."What are you doing standing there?" He asked, as he walked towards him. "You look so good right now!" Alex said, eyeing Damien from top to bottom. "You look like you're about to go for a party instead of going to fight a war!" Alex said, chuckling. "Shut it, asshole!""How are you feeling? Today's D-Day. The day we finally take them down. Finally make them pay!" "What if we don't make it though?"Alex was surprised at this question. This was the first time ever that he had seen Damien worry about anything like this. "You can't possibly be
Ariel saw Williams point an arrow at Damien and as soon as she saw him pull it, she quickly jumped in front of Damien and the arrow hit her. The second the arrow hit Ariel ’s chest she fell to the ground and being a few paces away from him, he could not catch her before she fell. He just watched as she fell to the ground in an instant. He could not understand why she had jumped in front of him but after seeing her fall now, he realized what had happened immediately seeing Williams still holding the bow in his hands looking stunned as well. He stood shocked seeing Ariel fall to the ground before dropping the weapon and storming off deep into the woods.Damien ignored Williams the instant he saw him and quickly ran towards Ariel laying and bleeding profusely on the forest ground. When he got to her he saw that she was still alive but she was gasping hard for breath. The Arrow had missed her heart but she still appeared to be dying and so Damien Scanned her body to check if there was any
He sat on his bed as he held on to his head, memories of what had happened earlier replaying in his head and the most hurtful of them all was when he’d seen Ariel jump in to take the arrow for Damien . He screamed in anger as he threw his pillow to the floor as that scene kept replaying in his head. He dragged the duvet off the bed as he started ripping it with his bare hands, imagining Damien as he ripped the duvet. He went to the vase on the table, picked it and started smashing it against the wall and while he did that, he imagined Damien ’s head. He started kicking against the wall angrily while he screamed in anger and pain. He fell to the ground as he punched against it in anger, hatred and betrayal. He kept on seeing how the woman he loved fell to the ground in pain and why…. Because she had taken an arrow for the enemy. He went to the cupboard and started hitting, punching and hitting his head against it in anger while he screamed, it was almost like he’d become a lunatic beca
Damien jerked awake the moment the door creaked and he stood, widening his legs in a way that suggested he was ready for a fight against an enemy that wasn't present. Alas, it was Alex and Jasmine that stood by the threshold, smiling softly at him. Damien refused to let them see his red-rimmed eyes, facing the other end of the room where the window panes sat. His head throbbed and his nostrils felt congested. His vision blurred slightly and his chest felt like it had been crushed by the weight of thousands. Standing was an effort and it was all he could do to keep upright and not fall into the bed beside Ariel."Hangover?" Jasmine's soft voice flowed in and though he might have found it soothing on another day, it didn't so much as create a dent in the gaping hole that was his heart. He nodded tightly, even if it was a lie. He wasn't about to let them know that he, the Alpha, could hardly control his tear glands the night before and had cried like a child for the entirety of the night.