Kiara's POVThe words are heavy in my mouth. Dorian's father might die before he got home or worse when he got there yet the best I can do is give him an apology. But I tendered it anyway as I watched him pack his bag."I'm sorry, about your Dad." I said softly. Dorian looked up at me and his expression was stormy but he still attempted a weak smile."It's okay." The thought of going home for him must be scary. Scary for many reasons. He must be scared for his father and his mate that would no doubt be rallying support to crown her child her to the throne in his absence. I was only glad that Shaun would be with him. Dorian's voice cut through my thoughts as he looked at me guilelessly."You don't plan on coming with me, do you?"I was surprised at how easily he could read me. It was something I had decided on the way to his room. It was too soon, too fast. I just couldn't leave yet. I couldn't make myself leave yet. But how did he know that? "Dorian." I said softly not knowing what
Kiara's POVDamien stopped at the door looking at me with an indescribable emotion on his face. His voice was cold when he finally spoke to me. "What are you doing here?"I stood up from the bed to face him."I needed to see you."He entered the room, partly ignoring my presence as he pulled off his shoes and began to pull off his shirt. "About?"I began to feel the doubt that Keturah had begun to reap fruits. Was he being cold to me because they were already back together?I found my voice again. No, I refused to let Keturah win. "Keturah is back. I thought you would want to know."Damien didn't even turn to look at me as he responded."I knew that already."I froze, my limbs refusing to work. "You did?"His shirt came off and he turned to face me with a question in his eyes. "Yes. I did. What is it to you? It's my house after all."Heartbreak hit me as I realized that the probability of Keturah telling the truth was extremely high. They were together. I was an idiot. The bigges
Kiara's POVIt felt surreal coming back here. I still couldn't believe that I had come back. To the pack that had disgraced me so thoroughly.I was missing Damien so much already and it had just been a few hours since my departure. I had to leave while he was asleep because if he had begged me to stay, I would have.Even now I questioned what exactly I was doing here. Right. The prophecy. I had to pick the right mate whoever that was. Not the person I was crazy about. There had to be a reason that Dorian was even in the running at all. "Hey." I saw him coming towards me to welcome me and I smiled. He embraced me and looked at me with poorly disguised surprise. "Hey. You came.""I did." So even he had not been expecting me to come. At least he wouldn't have unrealistic expectations of me. I took in his features. "How are you holding down the fort here? How is your Dad?"He ran his fingers through his dark blond hair looking frustrated. "Still out. The doctors don't know when he
Ashly's POVThe dread that filled my veins at the sight of Kiara had yet to leave me. It consumed me from the inside out and I didn't know which way was up or down. She was back. She was back to snatch my happiness. To kill my joy. No. I wouldn't let her. Not now that everything was finally going well for me. I wouldn't let her take what I had worked hard for. "Take her to the dungeons." I ordered the guards and her jaw dropped. What else was she expecting when she came back here? That I would welcome her with open arms. She could continue dreaming. The guards seized her by her arms and that was when she came to her senses realizing what was about to happen to her. "Ashly. Ashly, what's going on? I–"I ignored her. "What are you waiting for?" I questioned the guards. "Get her out of my sight!"They bundled her away amidst her protests and pleas that I listen to her. I kicked the servant on the ground away from me feeling unnerved."Get out of here you worthless creature."She bo
Damien's POVKiara missed her check-in call. I called her again and again before I finally deduced that there were two options. Either she wasn't with her phone or she didn't want to talk to me.Both options drove me to distraction. We had been fine before she left. Better than fine in fact. I was still angry that she had left without waking me up first. Perhaps she had known that I would never have let her leave. I had already started contemplating going to Dorian's to bring her home more than just once now and I was tilting towards that direction. The vision could go to hell for all that I cared. I would keep Kiara here with me by any method necessary.I know the only reason she has been bothered going there after how much we had connected was because she felt bound to the promise that she had made to Dorian. No matter, I would break that promise. I stepped into my room only to see Keturah on my bed with nothing on. Goddess, it was too soon for this could I not get even a moment o
Kiara's POVI don't know how I couldn't put two and two together until she asked the men to arrest me. My childhood friend was Dorian's mate. The one who had drugged him with whiteshade. The one pregnant with another wolf's child that had made it his in order to take the throne. The one that made her maids and anyone else that she felt was a threat to her and Dorisn disappear. That mate was supposed to be Ashly? Ashly who had celebrated with me when Dorian had chosen me. Ashly who I told about my first kiss and we laughed about how his life almost covered my nose as well. Ashley who always knew what just to say to make my mood lighten up. How could they be the same person? How? Had she always been this person that I didn't know? What did that say about me that I had not noticed that she had two distinct attitudes and behavioural tendencies like that?The door creaked open and with each downward step I was certain it was her. Then she stepped into full view with her brown hair pul
Kiara's POVI struggled against the men that held me dragging me out of Dorian's pack house. They were fully outfitted in their own pack and black and wire nose masks to preserve their identities. "Let me go. I said let me go!" I struggled moving from side to side. I couldn't calm down not when Ashly had told me on no certain grounds that I was going to die.I finally closed my hands around the cell phone I had seen one of them slip into his pockets as I swayed yelling at me to set me free and when I moved away, the phone was finally in the sleeve of the jacket that had been placed on me to mask the presence of the cuffs in front of me. One of the guards grabbed me by the back and my hair tangled around his finger yanking me up before giving me a tight slap that made my ears ring and my vision blur. I let my body hang limp in their grasp but I maintained a strong grip on the phone and one of my abductors tossed me over his shoulder and then into the boot of their vehicle. The mom
Kiara's POVWe were in bed the following morning when Damien began to question me about what had happened. I knew that I would eventually have to tell him about it but I was dreading it because Damien was very good at overreacting. And now that he had a good reason to do so I worried for anyone even remotely involved. "Tell me." He demanded, his eyes on mine. I licked my lips and looked away slightly before looking back at him. "Do I have to?"His features sharpened. "My mate's life was at risk. Yes. I need the details."My body tingled at the sound of him calling me his mate. His. I liked it. I liked being called that so much that I wasn't sure if I wanted to entertain the thought of being with someone else much less actually being with them when he was an option. I had to pick the right mate to live longer than my birthday but what was the use of a long life in it wasn't going to be with him? Unaware of how far my mind had travelled, Damien continued speaking, trying his best