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
Ariana's POVMy face fell as I thought about opening the door and finding nothing that I could use on Henry in there. I just stood there, looking at the door and wishing it would be what I wanted. After a while, I decided that just waiting and looking at the door wasn't going to solve any problem of mine; it would only compound it. I had to check what was inside the room before I even thought of the disappointment I would face. I just had to find out whether I would be disappointed or not before I could focus on the said disappointment. After then, I could now ask Henry whether he had any suggestion before we could proceed. With determination in my heart, I gripped the handle of the door firmly and twisted it, and to my surprise, it gave way. With my body quivering in excitement, I pushed the door open and I gasped loudly as it swung open.I closed my eyes as I walked into the room, noting the cool temperature and stood there for about a minute. When I finally got the courage to open
Ariana's POVSince Henry and I were already standing, we quickly rushed outside the bathroom and past the place where Henry had laid for a while. We went past numerous shelves on a rush, without even bothering to make sure our footsteps echoed less on the floor of the library. We just forged ahead, determined to see who had dared to enter into the Alpha's private library since everyone knew it was out of bounds except to a selected few. I had a good guess on the person who had slammed the door of the library but I wasn't sure yet so I didn't want to jump to conclusions. I wanted to see who the person was with my eyes before I would think of what to do after that.We went ahead -Henry and I- until we bursted out on a rush of nervous energy into the main aisle of the library. From there we were able to see a figure of a person and from the features I could manage to make out from here, I was certain that it was a man even though his back was to us.When we moved closer and I was able t