Kiara's POVEven though his words made me swoon on the inside for some reason I couldn't understand, I pulled away from him then stood up and faced him."What do you mean I am yours?"His hazel eyes smouldered and burned as he took me in. "What did you think I meant?"My skin felt tight as I looked at him, my body heating up. How could he affect me so thoroughly? "I don't know that's why I am asking you."I refused to let myself waver. This man always got into my head and made me wish for things that I shouldn't and then he would turn around and act like nothing was going on. I folded my arms over my now overly sensitive chest. "How can I know what you mean when you are hot one moment and cool the next."Damien's hands slid into his pockets as he watched me, something similar to dark amusement in those hazel eyes."I have always made my intentions with you clear."The nerve of this man! How dare he even attempt to act like I was the one overreacting? How dare he act like I was the o
Kiara's POVThe next morning, I woke up alone and confused.The way Damien had touched me and the way I responded to it made me feel more than a little bit ashamed. I recalled the way I had begged him while I took my shower and no matter how I tried to dismiss the thought from my head, the thought did not want to be dismissed.I went downstairs hoping breakfast would bring some clarity. The only thing was I had forgotten that Dorian was now staying with us so he was already seated at the table with no sign of Damien.Perfect, just perfect. I smiled at Dorian and he smiled back at me. "Good morning, Kiara. I thought I might have to eat breakfast alone.""That is very common around here." I said as I eased within my seat before gesturing for a maid to bring me juice. "You seem very comfortable here." Dorian seemed harmlessly curious. "Have you been here for long?" But I wasn't even sure I wanted to share that information with him. A maid hurried towards me, interrupting that unwant
Kiara's POVMorning dawned early and after bidding goodbye to my father, I was surprised to see so many people in the palace. The place was usually quiet. A maid came to summon me before I went back to my room to get some sleep."Lady Kiara, King Damien had summoned you to the meeting room."Unwilling yet wanting to see him desperately, I followed her to the meeting room. There I saw the main crowd. Okay maybe I was exaggerating but in all my time here I had never seen or done things done this way before. I pushed forward to where Damien sat on a throne-like chair observing all the movements and activities. You summoned all these people?"Damien watched me with a blank expression on his face and I wondered if he was still pissesd about yesterday. He couldn't, right? It wasn't my fault that my father had shown up out of the blue.Besides, it wasn't like we had made unbreakable oaths to each other. I was technically still deciding who to be with so how could he be angry?His voice wa
Kiara's POVI took a long walk after I left the meeting hall. I walked through the gardens and watched the flowers in bloom then I walked around the ground with no one to talk to me or say anything remotely annoying to me. I reflected on the fact that there was nothing I could do about my situation that wouldn't just make me feel worse. It was late when I headed back up to my room wanting to rest feeling so emotionally drained. When I got back to my room, I saw something on the bed. It was wrapped as a present. I opened the box expecting it would be an apology gift from Dorian only to see a rose and boxes of my favourite brand of chocolate alongside a handwritten note. It meant as much to me as it did you. Love, Damien.I knew instantly what he was talking about. That night that he had told me to push Dorian away because I would only hurt him. The last time we had been civil and cordial to each other. I looked at the single rose and the chocolate I hadn't even thought he notice
Kiara's POV"What are you doing in my room?"Damien had zero concept of this little thing called personal space. How could he just waltz into and sit in my bedroom as though I had given him the leave to do that? Judy who did he think he was? I was sick and tired of the shit he was constantly pulling.He didn't respond to me, instead he moved towards where I stood just by the closed door. I backed away instinctively before realizing I would be baiting his instincts as a Lycan so I stood still.I stood still as he leaned in and sniffed at my neck then he let out a menacing snarl that almost had me quaking."Why do you reek of him?" He growled.I shoved him away."And who are you to ask me that?!" I shouted."Who am I?" Damien looked incredulous. "I am your mate! Now answer my question. Didn't I tell you two days ago to let go of him but you came back to your room at this hour reeking of him?!"I gaped at him in awe of his sheer arrogance then a laugh escaped me unawares and once I start
Kiara's POVDamien looked taken aback by the intensity of my reaction but then again he didn't know that Dorian had come to me with the same white shades story and that it was difficult to treat this as though they weren't lying to me. Because it felt like they were. It felt like everyone was lying to me. "Kiara? What's wrong?"Damien asked his hand outstretched to touch me but I moved out of the way so that he couldn't. I needed my space and a clear head. "Nothing. I think you should leave. I want to think about this a little bit more."It wasn't that I didn't trust him. I saw him on top of Keturah and the trust between us fragmented. I wasn't sure how to get it back at the same time I wasn't sure if I wanted to get it back.Damien's hand hovered mid-air as he looked at me then he pulled away. "I know you are distrustful right now. As you should be because of our long history but I assure you that once I realized what she has done, I threw her out of my bed and my life."Yeah ri
Kiara's POVWe didn't go to the restaurant we went to before. We didn't go to a restaurant at all.Damien took me to a properly maintained hillside that could have doubled as a tourist attraction with its immaculately maintained grass, the well-placed lighting and the stunning view. He hired a chef and attendant to bring us our meals when we summoned them with a bell. For someone who was so gruff and friendly, he could think up the most romantic settings for a date. I gazed at him enthralled, he was exceptionally good-looking tonight with his hazel eyes glimmering an almost golden hue, his dark hair slicked back and his blue suit giving all it needed to. My heart skipped a beat from meeting his gaze. "You need to stop taking me on dates like these, Damien."He looked at me over the food between us on a well-spread table. "Why not?"I idly twirled a lock of hair around my finger as I sought the words to explain how I felt."I might begin to have unrealistic expectations of you."D
Kiara's POVThe table was quiet despite the fact that all of us were present for breakfast apart from Shaun who had gone for a run earlier on.Damien wasn't looking at me and Dorian tried to engage me in a conversation noting the atmosphere in the room but wanting to alleviate it somehow."I got a message from your father, he has arrived at home safely and he asked after our honeymoon, he hoped it was going fine. I can't believe that we got away with that."A laugh almost escaped me as I remembered how awkward that had been but remembering it now it sounded extremely funny. "Me neither. And that moment where he was all but telling me about how I had to be of a 'strong constitution' to have a child."Dorian laughed and I heard a growl from across the table from Damien who was sulking as he had been throughout breakfast. I suddenly felt bad for being so happy when I knew that I was the reason he was pissed. I was only worsening matters by talking to Dorian. It was like I was trying to
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