AURELIA
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“No”
I let out that word despite knowing that it would only fuel Alpha Raiden’s anger.
He could get angry but I had the right to say no to him. I was done with him. I was done giving him every part of me without asking for parts of him in return. I was done loving him with all of me even though my heart was kicking against the idea of that.
“What was that, mate?” Alpha Raiden asked, his voice low and challenging.
I inhaled sharply, finding it hard to repeat that single word. I averted my eyes and took steps away from him and the bed. He shouldn’t be able to keep me around while he wants another woman– but he could do that. He was the Alpha.
He could have his cake and eat it.
“Do you need me to repeat myself, woman!” Alpha Raiden growled impatiently and I nearly jumped out of my own skin as he pumped fear into my bloodstream.
He started peeling his shirt off without caring about me and angrily, he hissed, his eyes burning holes into my face, “Strip this instance!”
That was a command.
Yet, shakily, I retorted, “I won’t be doing that. If you want sex, get it from the woman you are passionate about. I’m no longer your wife and left to me, I would have ended this wretched bond that keeps us tied to each other. I would have freed you–”
“ENOUGH OF YOUR NONSENSE, MATE!”
Alpha Raiden snarled like the beast he was.
Gone was the man who showed passion to Larisa this morning. He wasn’t that man with me. He had never been and he would never be.
“You think you can defy me just because we are no longer married legally? Because we are divorced? I’m still your mate and Alpha and you will obey me.” He spelled out, dropping his pants to the floor and standing before me in all his naked glory.
I shook my head, shoving the urge to take a minute and look at his well-sculpted body for what might be the last time as tears threatened to spill out of me, “You are not happy with me. You can no longer be my mate, Alpha Raiden. Make this easier for us all and–”
The rest of my statement was cut off when I was suddenly swept off my feet not like some angel but like a weed… I was uprooted like a weed and thrown on the bed without much effort on Alpha Raiden’s part.
I yelped, “No. I don’t want this. You can’t do this.” Tears streamed down my face.
“You don’t have to want it. I want it.” Alpha Raiden seethed. He ran his hand over his length and my eyes fell to the thick piece of flesh that I had always been drawn to since the day we officially became mates. Heck, I was addicted to that part of him but now? Now I was scared. “I can do this because I am your mate and I will do it because you do not get to say no to me, mate.”
“Please, D-don’t d-do t-his–” I cried, folding my legs into myself as I sobbed and voiced my refusal.
Alpha Raiden’s gray eyes dilated and I thought I saw him hesitating but he tugged at my feet, yanking me flat on the bed and before I could let out even a cry, he flipped me over, my chest flat on the bed.
As he gripped my hands, holding them on the low of my waist, he whispered into my ears, “You will soon beg me to give you more, mate. You cry now but you will only moan out ‘Alpha’ in a few minutes.”
I wanted to call him out so bad and let him know that it was wrong of him to kiss another woman this morning only to return to my bed. I wanted him to know that he shouldn’t want the woman he divorced earlier today the way he wanted me.
His want for me… or should I say, his want for my body was obvious from the redness of his balls. I had sighted that before he flipped me over and as much as I didn’t want him to touch me, a bigger part of me loved that he wanted me badly.
A part of me wanted him to rough handle me in bed and for him to kiss me while he claimed me as his mate over and over again… I wanted him to see no one else but me, not even his dearest childhood lover.
Alpha Raiden ripped my dress from my waist downward and just like he said, my cry was replaced by a loud moan when he pushed himself into me. His hold on my hands loosened with every move of his waist and he groaned into my ears, singing a passionate song to me.
“How could he not see how we fit beautifully?” I thought to myself while my mate devoured me and I took all he had to give, making myself believe that he was here in bed with me not just for my body but for me…
I mean, there was something different about the way he hit my sweet spot repeatedly, making me scream as orgasm washed over me like an angry wave. It was almost as if he was making sweet rough love to me… like he was punishing me for wanting to tear us apart by rejecting him yet apologizing for making me sign the divorce papers….
“You like that, don’t you…” Alpha Raiden said, jerking within me. “You’re mine to keep, mate. Your body and soul belong to me and you dare not reject me. I’m in charge of you…”
It was hard to tell if that was him or his wolf but those were the last words I heard as another orgasm hit me hard… hard enough to make me lose my consciousness and slip into a sweet terrorizing nightmare.
By the time I woke up, it was morning, and Alpha Raiden was gone as always and I had bruises and hickeys on my body. As always.
“Maybe Larisa was a dream. Maybe there were no divorce papers…” That thought flickered in my mind as I stretched my sore body and pushed myself off the bed, walking to the door in my ripped dress and hoping that yesterday was one bad nightmare.
But when I turned the doorknob, I realized that I had been locked inside the sex room. This was when it occurred to me that I had not only become the Alpha’s hated Prisoner but I had also become the Alpha’s hated sex slave.
Like he wanted to prove that to me, Alpha Riaden didn't come to the room again until he wanted sex again and he didn’t let me out of the sex room for days. Each time he came for me, he rode me to bliss and I let him because there was no other choice… at least not for me.
AURELIA~~The next few days went in a blur. Much to my relief and dismay, Alpha Raiden stopped coming to the room. He hasn’t been here for the past two nights. He didn't let me leave the sex room and I also didn't know what was going on out there in the pack. I also didn’t have the energy to do anything more than shower in the adjoining bathroom and wrap myself in the sheets that still smell like Alpha Raiden and I. I was crazy for and about him. As stupid as that might sound. Usually, my meals were delivered to me by servants who would push my tray of almost disgusting food through the space that I woke up to find underneath the door. The space was just big enough to let the tray in and out of the room. Clearly, I had been living the life of a prisoner yet I dared not reject Alpha Raiden and free myself from the torment he was putting me through. The fear of what he was capable of doing to me if I tried to reject him again kept getting in the way… or maybe I was too scared of
AURELIA~~I lay in bed… in agony. My eyes were swollen and my body burning from the intense and unbearable pain that I had to endure all through the night. It was a new day – the day Larisa would be crowned Luna of the Dark Moon pack. The day I would be dethroned and publicly insulted. Perhaps I should be out there fighting for my title and my mate but I was still suffering from all she and Alpha Raiden spent the night doing. I felt it all this time. Maybe it was because Larisa already told me about their steamy moments, I couldn't tell but I felt the effect of every thrust, touch, and kiss that my mate pleased Larisa with over the night. For some reason, the bond carried Alpha Raiden’s betrayal to me.I lay in bed lifelessly. “Please take my soul now, Moon Goddess. Let me die now. I can’t take this anymore.” I thought to myself, hoping that the moon goddess would hear my internal cry as I couldn’t part my lips to speak. I just wanted to die. If I died, everyone would get t
AURELIA ~~ I couldn’t remember the last time I was this happy. No! No, I actually do. The last time I was exceedingly happy was the day I found out that the charming Alpha Prince who had saved me from bullies countless times was my destined mate. Gosh, I was so happy. I foolishly believed that he would be good to me and that we would have a great family. That was the last time I felt real happiness. And to be honest, even right now, I felt something more than happiness. I felt fear. Fear for the life of my child if anyone finds out that I am pregnant. Larisa would have me killed and from his past reactions to me, Alpha Raiden would definitely get rid of my child and me just so he could have a clear path back to his lover. I gasped, “I need to get out of here. I need to go far away from all of them.” In haste, I tried to push myself off the bed but I failed miserably, falling right back on the bed when the pain I had forgotten seized my body again. “Aahh…” I cried out
ALPHA RAIDEN ~~Without warning, my heart tightened, and my breath hitched, causing me to gasp in pain and shock as the wind carried those words of rejection to my ears. … Reject you, Alpha Raiden Flockhart of the Dark Moon Pack as my mate and Alpha.Her words of rejection. I heard them in my soul and I felt the impact in my bones instantly. Pain coursed through my body and god did I hate the way my soul cried out for losing its other half yet I was furious. “Are you alright?” Larisa questioned, her voice sounding so far away even though she had been beside me, clinging to me since the party began. “Raid!” She exclaimed out of what I assumed was genuine concern. However, I snapped ferociously, ignoring Larisa, “How dare she!” My outburst was triggered by the rage and pain that was rapidly taking over my body and even though it was all Aurelia’s fault, I ended up ruining Larisa’s party when I barked out orders to my warriors, “Bring her to me!”I didn't have to mention her name
ALPHA RAIDEN~~She was nowhere to be found. It's been three months of searching for my destined mate who chose to reject me and somehow escaped the room, my mansion, and my pack without notice. My soul was still hurting and my heart still bled on a daily basis even though it's been three months. “It’s high time you give up on finding her, Raiden. She is gone.” Andrew, My Beta and closest friend said to me as he walked up to me in his overflowing dark brown robe. I frowned, glaring at him, “Why would I give up, Drew? You know what’s at stake if I don't find her.” “No, I don’t. Perhaps you should tell me.” Andrew retorted with a shrug. Although this will be the umpteenth time I will be telling him this since the search for Aurelia began three months ago, I still voiced, “No one rejects me, escapes my pack, and goes Scott-free. I have to find her to make an example out of her and make it known that I am not to be disrespected.” Andrew chuckled, stopping dead in his tracks and ve
AURELIA~~Hiding in plain sight has always been one of my few talents. Although I have always been singled out, I have also perfected the act of blending in and making sure I was not seen by the prying eyes of anyone who could prey on me… And by anyone, I meant everybody that I had come across in the past months, including Alpha Raiden’s men. Alpha Raiden…For someone who doesn't give a shit about me, he was quite persistent to find me. I knew he was sending his men out to every corner and small town so he could trap me again and punish me. That was his style. But I beat him this time. After all, I had survived the harsh world that I found after I escaped the Dark Moon Park. I survived for eight months, moving from one rogue territory to another, from one small dangerous town to another. I discovered that there was a whole different world beyond the territory of Dark Moon Pack where I have been all twenty-one years of existing as my pathetic self. “Move it!” Someone snarled beh
AURELIA~~Against all odds, I rose again, pushing my legs against the floor of the forest and pushing beyond the limit of any pregnant woman. “That bitch killed June. Don’t let her escape.” An angry masculine voice roared somewhere behind me. Their determination to catch me wasn’t shocking but the energy I suddenly obtained, the energy pumping through my veins as I ran, my hands on my lower belly, was alarming. Although I couldn’t see clearly in the dark forest, I let my legs carry me despite the fact that I kept falling over and over again. Every part of me was hurting, including my belly. The scratches from June’s fingers stung as my beads of sweat trickled over them.June… I killed her.She was the first person I would ever kill and as much as I hated it, her name has been etched in my memory. It would have been easier if she had remained some faceless and nameless woman… but now I knew her name and I would have to live with that for the rest of my life which might not be v
AURELIA ~~ *FIVE YEARS LATER* “This is just the beginning, Lia. Get your ass up!” Alpha Tristan’s voice echoed through the sparing section of the field. My ringing head and sore muscles protested as I pushed myself off the floor. “Clear your head and focus on your opponent. She won’t go easy on you just because you have fallen a thousand times in the last fifteen minutes.” His voice hit my eardrums again and again, I obeyed him, forcing my gaze to stay focused on the fierce brunette who had used my body as a mop to clean the field floor since we started sparring fifteen minutes ago. The fierce brunette, Jessica, smirked at me, “Listen to the Alpha, Lia. Going easy on you isn’t an option in my cookbook.” “I can only hope killing me during training isn’t in that book of yours as well, Jesi.” I retorted with a plea but amusement flashed through Jessica’s eyes as she threw another punch my way. I dodged. Yet I found my body crashing to the floor again before I could protect
DAVIEN~~I have come to love the dark.The darkness that covers a room as soon as the light goes off, or the darkness that envelops my consciousness when I close my eyes and shut the world out.I have come to love the dark, unless I have to go through the pages of a newly acquired book, of course. Thankfully, I didn’t have a newly acquired book to read at the moment. If I had one, it would have been harder to just lie still and shut the rest of the world out.“You can’t lie here forever and ignore the fact that she is expecting you back home. You must be feeling her pain and regret through the bond, Davien.” Dolf’s voice cut through the layers of darkness that I had embraced.Sadly, my wolf was the only living being that I couldn’t completely shut out.Maybe Katie would have been in the same category as Dolf if we had completed the mating ritual. To be honest, in this very moment, I was glad the bond between Katie and me remained new and fragile.It would have been harder to lie st
Princess Katie Anne~~What has happened to us—the Seer King Flockhart family?Yes, we had troubles in the past, but none of those troubles had created this kind of mess because we always found our way back to each other.But right now, as my mom stared back at Kyle, whose privacy she had breached, I could tell that we might never find our way back to each other. Kyle was shaking with anger, and my mom, who had also realized that she had made the wrong move and broken Kyle’s trust, was frozen on the spot.I, on the other hand, didn’t know what emotion to settle on—anger, pain, worry, or the one that was eating me away but that I still couldn’t name.Although I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle, I could feel my dad’s confusion as he stood there, torn between his son and his mate. “Why would you read my memories, Ma?” Kyle hissed, his voice low and disrespectful.My mom put on a bold face and replied, “You left me no choice, Kyle. I had to know what we were dealing with—”“You didn’t have
Alpha Prince Kyle’s POV ~~“Kyle found his mate?”That question was expected, so I wasn’t surprised when my mom blurted it out with shock and curiosity. What I didn’t expect, walking into the living room, was to hear Katie telling our parents what I had told her in confidence.Katie went still and pale as realization flashed through her eyes. She stuttered into my mind, “You haven’t told them?”I failed to contain my rage as I retorted, “Of course, I haven’t! Why would you even think that I told them?”“I suspected you wouldn’t tell them without informing me, but I was cornered. I was under the impression that you told them last night. They made me believe—”Before Katie could finish speaking through our twin bond, my dad voiced, cutting her off, “Is that why you decided to leave the pack and study in the human realm? What went wrong?”“You can talk to us, Kyle. Are you going to the human realm because she is too young and you couldn’t make it work, or do you plan to go with her?”
Princess Katie Anne~~Walking around the pack didn’t help me clear my head; neither did it help me stop thinking about Davien. I desperately yearned to be with him, to apologize to him not just because I was in his mind but because of the hell he had to grow up in.“I feel so sad,” Zuri eventually broke the silent bubble she had popped around herself.Zoe, who had been pointing out how she was wrong since Davien ran out of the purifying hut, added, “Me too. I have been mean to him, and all of this happened because of me. I was pushy and unreasonable.”“You sure were, Zoe, but you had to. I believe this happened for a reason,” Zuri said to Zoe, comforting her even though that was the last thing I expected from her.Clearly, what happened with Davien had bridged the gap between my wolves and me, and I could only hope that this bridge wouldn’t collapse anytime soon. I mean, both Zuri and Zoe can be very unpredictable.“Still, I'm sorry,” Zoe apologized to Zuri and me.Her sincerity bro
Princess Katie Anne~~“Davien!” I called out as he ran out of the purifying hut with undiluted terror in his eyes. “Please wait, Davien.”I pushed myself out of the lake, ready to run after the man whose mind I had seen and now knew like the back of my own hands. I didn’t just have a small peek. I was in Davien’s mind long enough to have a glimpse of every memory he had stored.I still didn’t know how I did it, but I knew I saw him laugh a few times, and when I went deeper, I saw the real him. The young boy whose family failed him in all ways. I saw the real him, and my heart ached for him.My heart nearly ripped itself out of my chest when he screamed in the memory realm. Seeing him shake even in that space made me realize the kind of damage that had been done to his mind and soul.Fuck!Why was I in his mind?Before I could make it out of the lake, fatigue hit me like an enemy who was hell-bent on stopping me from going after my mate. Auntie Susanna caught me before I could lose
DAVIEN~~At first, I thought nothing was happening because, despite how much the white wolves Gamma, Susanna, and a famous mind reader tried to instruct Katie, I felt nothing.Katie felt nothing as well.Until it happened.An electrifying sensation crackled between Katie and me, and before I knew it, my mind transitioned into a space that was completely out of the ordinary.It felt strange. I was both confused and curious, looking around for answers that seemed to be slipping out of my grasp. In fact, nothing felt familiar until my voice sliced through the thick, foggy air, invading my ears.“Mom, please,” I cried.I cried, but at the same time, the cry wasn't mine. I mean, I don't sound like that anymore. Over the years, my voice had thickened, but the voice that I heard at that point was soft.Soft yet recognizable because it was the younger version of me.“Please let me attend the party with you and Damien. I won't try to make friends. I won't disgrace you and Dad,” my younger se
Princess Katie Anne~~"Open your damn eyes, Katie Anne." Zoe’s vicious voice snapped through my mind in a way that made me groan even though I was trying to pretend to be asleep.Even though I have been awake for the past ten minutes.I just didn't want to open my eyes—“That's because you can feel our mate waiting for you, Katie. He even went downstairs to get breakfast for you,” Zuri muttered so softly.She was such a lover girl, the opposite of Zoe, of course.“Whatever. Just get your ass up and get it to the purifying, but where we have to be to channel enough to go into Dolf’s memory,” Zoe chimed emotionlessly.Although she didn't say it, I knew she believed that Davien went to get breakfast for me because he was hoping I would change my mind about taking the trip down memory lane with him. She didn't have to say it. I have come to know that she would read meaning into every action, including the meaningless and harmless.“You should get up, Katie. I agree with Zoe on this one,
ALPHA PRINCE KYLE~~As soon as dinner ended that day, my Ma and Pa chose to walk me to my bedroom even though they had a nighttime ritual they performed with Elora, Ronald, and Kennedy. My younger siblings weren't pleased they wouldn't have the attention tonight, but I wasn't delighted to be getting it either. I wanted to be left alone, but in this house, it seemed like I was asking for too much. “You can leave now, Ma, and you too, Pa,” I said to my parents as soon as I got to the front of my bedroom door. The walk from the dining hall was silent, and I knew they had many questions to ask me, but I wasn't in the mood to entertain them tonight. “You know I am not leaving, young man.” My Ma chimed, countering and walking past me to enter my bedroom.I looked towards my Pa for help, but he raised his hand and shrugged, saying, “I can't leave now, can I?” With that said, he also stepped into my room. I began to panic because I knew my Ma would make me break down before her in a
DAVIEN~~After Katie decided to read Dolf’s memory the next day because she was tired and also had to join the family for dinner, I also decided to tell her about my father’s text tomorrow. It would be if she could read my memories too and find out that I wasn’t involved in whatever conspiracy my family was cooking.I would do that tomorrow. I promised myself, walking side by side with Katie into the dining hall, where I was welcomed with warmth and smiles.Elora asked me to sit by her side, and to my surprise, Ronald and Kennedy began to talk about having a date with me, individually and also together.It was a wholesome time until Luna Queen Aurelia exhaled, her eyes on Katie, who seemed to be focusing on her meal. “Your brother isn’t here again tonight, Katie. What is it you aren't telling us?”Katie tensed for a minute before she looked back at her mom and stated, “You worry too much, Mom. Kyle is fine, and I already told you I have nothing to share with you. You can ask Kyle y