~KiaraI looked around and I was still where I stood, at the edge of the window. Had it all been in my head or was I really losing my mind?“Get her” He ordered the guards “And lock her up again.” He ordered. No… no… no.. I could not afford to return to the pit hole.It was terrible and was definitely going to make me miserable.“Please! I promise not to try to run away henceforth. I cannot return to that stinking hell” I pleaded as I watched him walk away but he refused to lend me a listening ear as he continued walking away.I looked down to see if it was indeed worth the risk but to my greatest surprise, several guards had stood there, like they were all waiting for me and I knew I had no chance but to surrender. The guards held me and pulled me away, heading to the dungeon.“Please, forgive me!” I pleaded as they pulled me away. Keturah shook her head in disbelief as she stared at me like I had lost my mind.“Talk to him! I cannot return to that place!” I pleaded with her but she
~DamienAlthough I tried to pretend like it didn’t mean anything to me, I really wanted to know why Kaylan had gone to pay her a visit. Why had he spent the night with her?I felt sorry for her as I knew how uncomfortable it would make her. Seeing a stranger spend the night with you in such secluded place? I felt even so bad as she believed I knew about it. How could i? of course, If I was aware, I would have done anything and everything within my reach to make it impossible.I stormed out of the room in anger as I knew I had to find him as soon as I could and of course, talk him out of doing that. Of course, I knew he wanted to make sure she did not escape but that was not the best way to do it. It was creepy.“Where are the guards taking her to?” Keturah questioned as soon as she sighted me. I let out a sigh as I looked at her.“To her room” I answered her and crossed my arms behind me as I headed to the garden instead. I wanted to clear my head as I was in so much mess. I tried to
~DamienI tried to say a word but I was confused at what she had said. Die? I watched her as she let out a sigh and began to eat. Left with no choice, I stepped out almost immediately. There were several things I wanted to do but I knew I had to be very careful.I could not help but wonder what she meant by that statement but I knew it simply means she needed more security.I called out to one of the guards.“Ensure no one comes in here without my permission” I informed them and they nodded. I let out a sigh as I headed to the dining room. Unlike other times, it felt quite strange for me to eat alone as neither Kaylan nor Keturah was there with me. Kaylan on the other hand had loved to eat alone.As soon as I was done with my meal, I headed to Kayan’s room as there were lots of things that needed to be discussed. Unlike other times, his door was not locked and he was by the window, staring outside it. Regardless, I placed a knock on the door. He looked quite shocked to see me hence he
~KiaraI let out a sigh as I began to eat my meal but I was suddenly brought to a halt as Damien as well as the others burst into my room, without placing a knock.I was startled for a minute as they had frowns etched to their faces. What was going on with them all?My brows furrowed into a frown as I wondered how they would come into my room just like that? With no knock or anything? I was however overwhelmed by shock.“What is the matter?” I questioned. “How could you….”“How dare you!” Kaylan questioned and crossed his hands. I raised my brows as I stood up to behold them all. Keturah on the other hand crossed her hands and looked away from me like I had offended her.“What is going on?” I questioned them, looking at them from eye to eye. It still did not make any sense to me as I tried to figure out what it was that they wanted.“How could you?” Kayla questioned again.“Listen, I do not know what the problem is. I do not know what it is that you want but I do not have an idea of w
~KiaraI looked up at the Alpha as I was surprised. I had no idea what the Alpha was doing or what he meant. “What are we doing here?” I questioned as he pulled me into the dungeon but he had a frown on his face. “Are you here to lock me up again?” I questioned as I tried to yank off his hands from mine. He had a smile etched to his face.“Not yet” He answered. Not yet? He still had the thoughts to lock me up? I had not done anything. Why then was he trying to punish me? He really still believed I had something up against him? I was hurt and disappointed but I decided to watch what it was that he wanted to do. I was surprised to see the young man locked up in the prison and for a little while, I was quite confused. I had no idea of what to expect as I simply stared at him and then at the Alpha. “Here she is” The Alpha suddenly informed him. I was lost for a minute as I wondered what it was that he wanted to say. The stranger who was locked up looked up at me as though he had somet
~KiaraI was shocked to say the least as the last thing I had expected was to hear him say that. I shook my head as I did not seem to understand all that was going on. It all felt like a dream but I was certain it wasn’t. “I love you Kiara” He said lowly. I studied his facial expression to be sure I wasn’t dreaming or hallucinating and no, I wasn’t. His facial expression bore his feelings. I stayed still and watched him for a while as I still tried to process what he had just said.“Say something” He spoke lowly again. I shook my head as I tried to think of something to say. Just then, the door pushed open and I was shocked beyond surprise to see Keturah. My brows furrowed as soon as I sighted her and so did hers. She looked so upset to see me, perhaps, she believed I would be dead or something, I looked away from her as I was equally upset. I had no idea of what she wanted from me and why she was just being so cruel to me. I had no idea why she had changed so quickly. I was certai
Kiara's POVBait?I studied the grin on his face and accepted the fact that the Lycan King had completely lost his mind."And who the hell did you think you were to do that? Do you know how scared I was?""There was no need to be. I haven't hurt you since the day you came here, why would I start now?" His hazel eyes mocked me as he watched my spiralling reaction."Do you think this is funny?!" I nearly screamed at him. Maybe I did scream but I lost all control of my pitch the moment he told me I was bait. His beautiful lips twitched as though he was fighting back a laugh."A little."He had known. He had known all the while that I didn't have anything to do with that golden scepter business. Hell, I had been escaping that day. How could I have had the time to steal anything?I recalled how the blade had felt at my throat. The climbing fear and anxiety. The feeling of mortality, of knowing I'd died a worthless death in the Lycan King's captivity. All the while he had been joking, bait
Kiara's POVThis was so not happening. I blinked but Damien was still right in front of me, choking Kaylan. "Damien, what's wrong?" Kaylan choked out his fingers prying at Damien's to no avail."Damien! Let him go!"He ignored me. Naturally. His grip on Kaylan tightened. Kaylan could no longer speak and I could see him turning red. It seemed like Damien had forgotten that this was his friend that he held like this. So tight that he could kill him. "Damien, please you will hurt him. Let him go." I placed my hand on his arm, my tone insistent hoping to get to him.His hazel eyes now a deep impenetrable black slowly slid to and locked gazes with mine. "Please." I begged earnestly. This was my fault. I shouldn't have let him kiss me. I should have been firm. If I had known Damien would see us maybe I… If he killed him, it would be on me.Relief flooded me as I watched some colour bleed into the darkness of Damien's eyes as he regained control over his wolf.He let go of Kaylan who cru
Kiara's POVYEARS LATER"You need to let me up." I told my mate that was looking way too comfortable pinning me down. With the training I had now and my Lycan strength, I could easily flip him and keep him that way but he didn't seem bothered. In fact, he seemed amused. "Do I?"I wriggled beneath him but his legs were stable beside me and I feared that he was enjoying this position too much to remember we had an event to get to. An important one. "We need to get going. We can't be late."Damien ignored me of course as he pushed his fingers up my dressing robe leaving me sucking in a harsh breath.Sensing my reluctance to stop things before they got too far, he spread my legs wide exposing me to him. Fuck. How was this so hot? Any thought that I had of going anywhere evaporated as my thoughts condensed to Damien and his unbelievably erotic touch. He pressed his fingers against my slick arousal making me to shiver. I was so turned.I could hear the smirk in his voice as he respo
Kiara's POVI hoped that I was just freaking out prematurely.I hoped that whatever he had to say wouldn't be something that could break us. Hule seemed almost as hesitant to speak as I was to hear what had to say. "I am used to being the smartest, strongest and most important person in the room. I forgot that I am not presiding over a set of people but in a relationship where I can't just make decisions for you."Oh Goddess, was I hearing wrong or was Damien actually apologising? Today was trully full of unending surprises. "Damien."He held my hands in his much larger ones and traced distracting circles across my skin with his thumb."I'm sorry. I shouldn't have agreed to change you without your permission. I'm sorry about that, sorry for hurting you, sorry for waiting this long to come for you.My heart was a gooey mess at this point and I didn't know what he said as tears of happiness traced down my face as he kissed the back of my hands. But he wasn't nearly done turning my h
Kiara's POVThe moment that she pulled me to herself and I met Damien's eyes, I knew that I wasn't going to be the reason she got away this time. That I wasnt going to get kidnapped this time and force Damien to make an impossible agreement to get me out of a situation that I put myself in. I moved and the knife sunk into me like my skin was butter and a scream escaped me as I went down. The pain was complete and it held me trussed up tight until I couldn't tell where was up and where was down. I clutched my belly putting pressure on the wound but the knife had gotten too deep and all I could do was feel my blood seep through staining my hand. Dorian was at my side in seconds while I watched Damien go after Ashly with a heavy heart. I would have preferred him next to me but with my blood pouring out of me and the she pain cutting through me, I could gave cared less who was saving me. Dorian lifted me as delicate as he could but it still sent pain tearing through me and as he sa
Damien's POVI was angry but then these days, I was angry all the time. I was angry at the fact that a werewolf that I should have had killed had me by the balls literally and that it had been one of my people that had spearheaded this. It was so fucking annoying that it pissed me off.My anger had almost blinded in me in those early days that I was grateful for Dorian being around. Despite him being the pain in the ass that I had considered him to be, he had a surprising amount of insights to give as regards how to properly manage my affairs. That first day, I had wanted nothing more than to go charging in to rescue Kiara but Dorian stayed my hand. He warned me that no matter how much stronger lycans were compared to wolves, one thing remained the same, a man couldn't go off to fight his enemies when his own home was in disarray. I was glad I took his advice because shortly after, some Lycan communities began wearing with each other when the information that Keturah had been be
Kiara's POVThe more time that passed the least likely it seemed that this was all an elaborate hoax by Damien to get Ashly distracted. I noticed the buzz in the pack and I had no idea the lie Ashly had spun to make the pack members okay with the fact that she was cheating on their Alpha but it must have been a really good one because they seemed completely fine with it. It wasn't until I overheard two of the guards' conversation about how brave she was for agreeing to get mated to Damien to make up for their Alpha that had absconded from a death duel. So that was how she had spun it. Despite the fact that it was because if her that he had been unable to get to the fuel, she was using it to her advantage. Days were counting down to Ashly's mating with Damien but it was as though I was in some cocoon that was outside of time. I was losing my mind. There was no actual news that could interest me apart from knowing the truth if what was going on. I didn't know what day it was only
Kiara's POVI was more than surprised when Kiara summoned me to her office. Surprised and disturbed. The last time I had seen her was three days ago when she killed Keturah and hunted me down as I ran away. I had no doubts that whatever this meeting was for, it wasn't for anything good. The guard escorting me stayed outside while I entered the office and Ashly looked surprisingly calmer than the last time I had seen her. I didn't know if it was just in my head though. She looked at me from head to toe and looked satisfied with what she saw. "How do you feel now?"How did I feel about my injury that had just finished reading on it's own without any attention from the healer which could have led to silver poisoning?Wonderful. I was feeling absolutely wonderful. But I didn't say that of course. I wasn't half as strong as Keturah had been and I rather liked my head where it was. Ashly's friendly tone died a quick death. "I understand that you are nervous. You should be," Her ruth
Kiara's POVShaun was dead and I didn't know a thing I could have done to prevent it. Keturah had come for me and I was ashamed to admit that I had been scared. Scared after she smiled at me maliciously and had me held down while she took my blood and a section of my hair was noticeably smaller than the rest if it. She wanted to use me to bait Damien but I.saw that she had gotten way too much satisfaction from what she did.She would hurt me just for the fun of it. She wanted to hurt me just for the fun of it if I would but give her the excuse. Hearing her approaching footsteps along side a shuffling one awoke fear inside me and told me that it was possible she was back for more.She unlocked the door gesturing for me to come out of the cell with that same mocking smile that said she was just waiting for me to resist her so that she would break me. I stepped out unwilling to give her that chance only for me to see Shaun barely on his feet as he bled from what had to be at least a
Keturah's POVI was suspicious. Before recruiting Ashly, I knew of her predilection to be a traitor and it didn't bother me not when I planned to use her and dispose of her as soon as possible. But now that she had gone out of her way to help me when I was.certain she was like me only counting the hours until our alliance fell apart. Leaving the dungeons after acquiring the blood and lock of hair that had somehow quelled my blog odlust with regards to Kiara, I had gotten a whiff of Ashly. I had felt doubly suspicious. I was certain that she would go into the dungeons to sabotage me in some way so I left and doubled back after dropping off my possessions. That was when I overheard her telling that wolf that always hung around Dorian to warn Damien.. Smart. So that was what she planned. Selling me out to Damien to keep her hide. It was a good idea. If I had not gotten to overhear this it might have even worked. But now…I heard the wolf speak again, his voice intense with a quie
Ashly's POVMy chest hurt. Maybe it was because Shaun had betrayed me. It maybe it was because I knew I was deserving of such a betrayal since I had betrayed him first. The guards hauled him away and I turned to leave only for Kiara's sharp judgemental voice to pull me to a stop. "What are you doing, Ashly?"What did she think I was doing? Playing? Kiara always asked the wrong and dumbest questions.I continued walking and she raised her voice so high that the guards escorting Shaun away would no doubt catch a hint of her hefty words on the air. "You care about him yet you would do this?"Do what? I found to face her as she finally hit me where it hurt. Where I had already been sensitive about to begin with. She was no one to judge me. She had grown up surrounded by the best of everything. She got chosen to be the most of Dorian out of all the other eligible she wolves because of the incidence of her birth. The only unlucky stint she had was when Dorian had rejected her and once