Ariana's POVClaire and I moved to the lab so that she could carry out the test on me. Considering that I had spent seventeen years on earth, I had never had my blood tested before and I was not scared about it. How could I, when I had been totured for many years. Of course, just a little withdrawal of blood didn't scare me. I just wanted to see how it was done. Claire settled down to work and got busy, preparing the equipments that she would need. When she was done, she spoke. "Give me your left hand."Since we were sitting opposite each other on white cane chairs, it was easy for me to outstretch my hand to her, and she took it, pricked the inner skin of my index finger and let drops of blood fall onto the glass, and that was it. She only had to run the test.I settled down to watch her as she moved around the equipments, set the test running and moved back to my side to take her seat. I watched her and she watched me but this time, there wasn't even a hint of animosity between us.
Ariana's POVA week passed after my trip to the infirmiry and my encounter with Claire. We were now friends and all the girls were happy about it. They wondered how we managed to go from literally tearing each other's throats to being friendly and amiable with each other but we did not tell them anything. We just left them to keep wondering. Now, everything in the group was going well, and meal times with the girls at our table were the most interesting part of my day. Well, the second interesting part of my day. The most interesting part of my day for the past week were the culinary classes I signed up for. On the day I went to the infirmiry and all those events occured, the Alpha and I had a discussion. He wanted to know if I had any interest in joining any of the post high school training programs and he listed some options for me. It was the first time he had shown any particular interest in me and I was very surprised. After much deliberations, I finally chose the Culinary scho
Ariana's POVThe voice called out again before I could turn around. "Ariana! Wait up!"I whirled around and came face to face with the smiling face of Henry, Diana's brother. He waved cheerfully at me as he saw that I had turned around. Then he walked towards me, the smile on his face never dissolving. When he got to me, he spoke."Hi, Ariana," he greeted."Hi," I answered, but it was a bit awkward. Henry and I had never spoken except that time when the Alpha had sent me to fetch him, and I discovered that he was Diana's brother.Henry smiled even more to make up for the awkward situation. "And how are you doing today, Ariana?" he asked."I'm fine, and you?" I replied."I'm fine too," he said, the sides of his eyes crinkling with joy."That's great," I replied.Henry was a very handsome young man but he did not have the type of appeal that Alpha Derek did. Alpha Derek was hot but Henry was cute. He had beautiful green eyes just like Diana and his lips just like hers, too. Henry's nose
Ariana's POVThe man who just spoke growled at me and I could feel the anger radiating from him. It was as if it was oozing out from his pores. As I looked at him, I realized that he looked vaguely familiar. His face was drawn up into a tight scowl and his lips were drawn into a pinched line because of anger. He was really a scary sight but I was not intimidated by him. As he narrowed his eyes at me further, I changed my mind. I was intimidated by him a little. On further thought, I wasn't intimidated by him just a little. I was intimidated by him a whole lot especially as his eyes were already turning black. I knew that his eyes turning black was a very bad sign because it signified that he was losing control and his wolf was about to take over.Before he could do anything further like, God forbid, harm me, Alpha Derek spoke. "Robert! Get yourself in control this instant!" As Alpha Derek said that, I realized that he was using his Alpha tone. In all my nearly two weeks of being her
Ariana's POV"Trust me? The Alpha certainly doesn't trust me. I have only been serving him for almost two weeks," I informed Henry incredulously.I was surprised. So Henry actually thought that the Alpha trusted me? I almost laughed at the thought. How could Alpha Derek trust me? How could he trust a stranger from another pack? A stranger who had killed her own aunt at that. Never mind that the stranger's aunt had tried to kill her first. Alpha Derek couldn't trust me. I was very sure of that."Ariana," Henry said. "I know you are surprised, and trust me, I am as surprised as you are too. Why I know that Alpha Derek trusts both of us is because he never sends just anyone to his private library. I already told you that if he doesn't go himself, then he either sends Robert or Diana.""Maybe he sent us because he was talking to Robert and he needed the books urgently," I explained."He would choose suspending his talk with Robert over sending someone he doesn't trust completely to his pr
Ariana's POVI blinked and blinked at Henry who was still bringing his face closer to mine. What was he trying to do? Was he trying to kiss me? It really looked like he was trying to kiss me. Why would he want to do that? Did he have feelings for me? Did he like me? Why would he even want to like me? There was nothing special about me or was there? I looked at him in panic right now because his lips were almost on mine and he had a kind of look in his eyes, a look that I couldn't define. I knew Henry was cute. Hell, he was handsome too and his whole physique was okay. He was even a good person too but suddenly, I didn't want him to kiss me. I might have liked him -just as a friend- but I didn't want him kissing me. When he did that, everything was going to change between us and it was not like we even knew each other. We were just starting out as friends and the only things I knew about him were the little things he had told me and also the ones I had heard from Diana. I really want
Ariana's POV"Henry!" I called out cheerfully. "Have you found your second book yet?"Two minutes after Henry and I had started finding the books on our list, I had devised a game for us to play while finding the books. Since none of us has found even one book yet -Henry had been right when he said the books took long to find- I decided that we should play a game in which we would try to find all of our books first, and whoever won would get to pick what they wanted from the other person. It was a risky reward because I didn't know what Henry would want from me after our near kiss but I was determined to win. I couldn't let him win because I had a goal in mind. I already knew what I wanted from him and I pictured the smug grin on my face when I finally asked him what I wanted.Now both of us had already found our first books since. I had won that round and I was happy. Now with my second book almost found, I was on the way to winning the game and declaring my prize. Some minutes after
Ariana's POVThe sound of something crashing resounded throughout the whole space in the carvenous library and all my senses were now turned toward the cause of the sound. I had already forgotten about going to call Alpha Derek as I took tentative steps toward the place, the sounds of my feet echoing throughout the whole space.I walked toward the sound in confidence, my steps never wavering with hesitation. I was certain that the scream I had heard belonged to Henry and I wanted to find him without wasting any time. If I went to call his brother instead of going directly to help him, who knew what fate he would be in by the time we came to find him. I couldn't leave him at the mercy of whatever thing that made to scream like that; I had to get to him as soon as he could.I traced my way toward the sound and as I began to get closer, I began to hear whimpers of pain and they were clearly coming from a human being and a grown up male for that matter. With my heart racing in panic, I co