ESMERAYI lost track of Smythe who had been following at a close distance as soon as I got into Draven’s office building. As usual, everyone was busy and on their toes, an indication that Draven was very much within the vicinity. With the news of the coronation ceremony just around the corner, there was a lot that needed to be done before then. Since the announcement, I gained more fans. People stopped to stare at me when I passed, and some even fell on their knees to pay homage. The young girls who were bold enough to approach me wouldn’t stop singing praises to me and telling me how much like me they wanted to be. The respect came naturally, while a vast majority of them couldn’t hide their jealousy. Draven had warned me about the need to be extra careful now. I’ll be the easiest means his enemies could get to him, which is why he made sure I trained more.My training sessions were longer and more regular unlike before. I spent time in the office these days, and I was gradually cat
I moved without second thoughts, unable to hold my raving beast back. My fingers curled around Heather’s neck, and I flung her against the opposite wall in a flash. Her back hit the wall, creating a large dent. Little pieces of cement fell to the floor as her body slid to the floor. Silence followed. I stopped then, only realising what I’d just done. Not sure how in the name of moon goddess I possessed so much strength to lift a lycan by the neck, but my beast wanted me to beat the living daylights out of her. “Please, Draven, what is this?” Abigail shrieked. I turned then and noticed she was held by two warriors under Draven’s instructions. They already had her in handcuffs, but everyone’s eyes were now on me. “Get her out of my sight,” Draven ordered in a low tone, and without hesitating, Abigail was carted away and her screams resounding in the hallway. Heather had gotten back to her feet but was still staggering to get her composure while I glared at her, and then at Draven. Wha
A knocking on the door brought our attention to it. Vadirr and Duron pushed their way in, with Duron first observing the dent in Draven’s wall. He looked at Draven questioningly before his eyes darted to me and widened in surprise.“Why is Heather still alive?” Vadirr asked first, his brows creasing together. I turned to Draven and quirked a brow too, folding my arms beneath my bosom.Draven didn’t respond. He moved to sit behind his desk and leaned back in the chair, “I’ll take care of her,” he simply said “Come,” He spread his left arm in my direction.“What?” I stared at him, my cheeks turning slightly pink. I was mad at this man, my beast hated the fact that he still carried some of Heather’s scent, but when he looked at me like that, it was hard not to notice how handsome he was.“Come, dear mate, sit with me,” he pated his laps lazily and the redness on my cheeks deepened. “Don’t let me come get you myself dear mate,” he said sternly. I obeyed reluctantly, but only because I
It was past midnight before he returned home that night. Unable to sleep, I got busy reading some of the books the other luna had recommended to me but half the time, my mind drifted off to our little argument earlier in the day. Zelinda had called to cancel tonight’s training on Draven’s orders and it was hard to concentrate when I didn’t know what was going on with him. Because he was a master at shielding his thoughts and emotions, I couldn’t always feel them although I carried his mark. It was like he was deliberately shielding it from me. Perharps I shouldn’t have referred to his late father, but heck we were mates. Was I only just imagining the fact that we were making progress?When I finally heard him enter, I pretended to be engrossed in the book I was reading while he moved around. “You are not reading that,” He spoke, sounding tired. “I am,” before he’d come, I’d planned to ignore him, but how could I? this devil had me wrapped around his fingers.“No one reads a book
I awoke with a banging headache and an unsettling feeling. I squinted my eyes and groaned as I tried to seat up. As usual, Draven wasn’t in bed and the usual disappointment settled at the pit of my stomach. “Thank goddess you’re alive,” I flung my head to find a frail figure seated at the extreme end of the room. How did I not catch her scent?I giggled and held out my arms to my best friend, “Ailana! How did you get here?” I have been too busy these days to see her and I’d had it in mind to go to her today.She hugged me and giggled too “Your mate told me to come be with you,” she answered.“He did?” I asked, not hiding my surprise. Draven wasn’t comfortable with me having friends, especially not Ailana considering their history. “Suprised me too,” she sat next to me on the bed “He went from telling me to stay away from you to ‘Ordering’ me to come stay with you and not let you out of my sight,” she laughed “He cares for you,” I rubbed my wrist that still ached from when he’
HEATHER’S POVI resisted the urge to haul my phone against the wall as I started to lose my patience. What the fuck is taking him so long? “Calm down Heather, everything is going to go as planned,” Donovan scoffed, irritated by my constant pacing. I gave him a death glare but he just shrugged. Draven was starting to trust me again, or maybe not. He could have killed me by now if he wanted to and now that I still have my head on my neck, I have to do it once and for all. Marvin wasn’t a newbie to things like this. He’s helped me in the past, and he was particularly good at this, but what if what they said about her visions were true? What if she’d seen all of it and evaded the situation?I don’t think I ever hated anyone as much as I hate Esmeray Grayson right now. She was getting stronger, especially after bearing my man’s mark. I growled inwardly. I have to do all I can to sabotage that union and stop her from being crowned Queen. If I’d done what I had to do a long time ago, she w
DRAVEN’S POVWith the coronation ceremony fast approaching, many lycan and werewolf alphas have been clamoring for an invitation. The Luna’s are making conscious efforts to befriend my mate, and she happens to be doing well with her duties so far. Esmeray Grayson has impressed me. From being the timid girl to speaking up and offering her ideas. It’s weird that my beast enjoys her little challenges. If another man that wasn’t Duron or Vadirr dared to object to my laws and punishment, I made sure they didn’t live long enough to apologize. With her, things were different. I’ve tried in many ways to break her stronghold on me, to convince myself that I didn’t enjoy her company and that the only reason I was attracted to her was the simple fact that she was my mate and carried my mark. But I was wrong. Her kind-heartedness and willingness to see the good in every situation were her best features. She was smart, smarter than I’d given her credit for in the past. She has adapted pretty we
EIGHTY-ONE‘Stop shutting me out, you are going to want to hear this’ Duron seethed through the mind link after finally opening the link to him. I was in no mood to listen to anything he had to say unless it involved finding my mate. If anything happens to her, everyone dies. The Lycaon palace had gone on lockdown under my orders, and unless Duron had relevant information about my mate, which I doubt that he does, I wasn’t interested in hearing what he had to say.‘I’ll forget you are my brother and slit your throat first if this isn’t as important as you make it sound,’ My beast responds. He was going on a rampage, and I couldn’t hold him back, I didn’t want to hold him back. Why did a part of me feel awfully guilty about her disappearance? I should kill Smythe for his negligence. He was supposed to be following her around but that stupid mutt just couldn’t do this one thing right. What if my enemies have finally gotten to me? I had so many of them that I wasn’t sure who to trust