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
Ariel didn’t like the idea of Williams touching her in ways she flagged as inappropriate, she couldn’t even get herself to be involved in a normal conversation with him not to talk of allowing him to have access to her body because in a way, she felt that it reminded her of Damien .It reminded her of Damien ’s touches that had usually sent sparks flying everywhere on her skin and it made her uncomfortable to think that another man wanted to touch her just the way that Damien did.The sensations they both instilled in her were different though, Williams' touches always made her want to puke but Damien felt different, and had always been different from the onset. His touches always seemed to let a blazing fire down the length of her skin…even the times he hit her.She couldn’t believe that she was thinking about Damien now after everything she had endured in his hands. She could remember the way he had treated her badly and even whipped her on several occasions but all those seemed to i
Seated in his office, he rested his head on his desk before getting up. He sighed as he poured himself a glass of water and gulped it in a go. He was forcing himself not to think about what was going on in the pack house because it didn’t matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get Ariel out of his mind. He wanted to make himself believe that she was what he’d punished her for being all those years, he wanted to believe that she was like her parents and was a rogue but something in him didn’t want him to believe such. Deep down, he still hoped that she was his mate and wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt him. He sighed before getting off his seat in frustration, he couldn’t imagine her being with another man and yet he didn’t value her when she was with him. He inhaled deeply and kicked his chair away in frustration. He poured himself another glass of water and gulped it in a go but it didn’t seem to help, he was still anxious. He couldn’t imagine her being with Williams but what could
The halls near the Alpha's quarters were enveloped in somber silence. As Alex walked the hall, he couldn't help but look around quizzically when he noticed the inactivity and silence in the halls. What is going on? Where is Damien ? He checked the throne room as well as the lounge but he couldn't spot him anywhere.He spotted a maidservant cleaning the bedroom when he got there to check so he questioned her on Damien 's whereabouts. "The Alpha had been cooped up in his study for days on end now. He rarely comes out nor does he interact with anyone, Luna included. He also ordered all the servants in the vicinity to move to the outer quarters as he did not want to be disturbed. He hadn't even been to his bedroom in a while. I just happened to be here because I was tasked to clean his bedroom." The maid explained with her head bowed.She was flustered around Alex as he was the second in command to the Alpha so she stuttered as she explained. She was also trembling with fear and excitement
After giving Jasmine a really deadly look, Damien stood up and walked past Jasmine, brushing his shoulder against hers violently. He didn't know how he felt about Ariel 's water breaking, but he was definitely angry. He started walking slowly and he went outside immediately. He mindlinked the head of the warriors to meet him immediately. Damien was feeling really betrayed and really angry. He went outside to meet Tobias.When Tobias was walking towards him, he averted his gaze and looked at the ground. He couldn't afford to look at his face. Ever since he found out that Tobias, who was walking towards him with his hands swinging by his side, was Ariel 's mate, he had been so sad, angry and…betrayed. Apart from him being Ariel 's mate, he was also the father of the baby that was in her womb, that was why he didn't help when her water broke. He felt like that was Tobias' duty. When Tobias finally got to him, Damien just looked at him without saying a word.Tobias too didn't want to say a