/-Amelia-/Watching the stupid thing slowly lose her life has to be my favourite scene ever. She was going to die and Declan… my beloved Declan was going to be mine forever.“Take her away and dispose of her!” I ordered but Declan's men immediately surrounded her. I shot them a bored look.“Deal with them, Darling,” I said to Declan and his head snapped to them.“Alpha…” Tim started. “You don't want to…”“You will do as she has said and report back here!” Declan ordered and they fell out, their knees groaning in pain. “But she is your mate…”“I am the only mate he recognizes!” I snapped. “One more word from you and I will be forced to make you join my little rodent friends. I was sure you do not want that. Now be a good boy and obey your Alpha.” Tim stood up with the rest of me. And lifted Raven who was bleeding from her chest. The metal he stuck her with was still buried deep inside her. I watched them take her away with pleasure, then threw my arms around his shoulder.“Darling,
/-LISA-/“Tim!” I gasped, running into his arms. “You're here! Does that mean the Alpha is back?” He peeled my arms off him and moved away. I felt a strange squeeze in my chest. “You know where to find the Alpha, don't you?” He said coldly but I couldn't help but notice the bloodstains on his clothes. My heart rate picked up immediately.“Is that blood?” I moved closer to him again, examining it. It was definitely blood. “Are you hurt? Is Declan okay? Did…”“Stop. Touching. Me.” He seethed and I moved away from him in fear. Was he still angry with me over what happened weeks ago? Did I have to explain over and over that it wasn't me?Why did I even care what he thought? He can stay angry and hold on to the grudge for as long as he wants. “Where's Raven? Were you able to find her? I hope you did, because we have been suffering since you left. That crazy bitch suddenly turned on us, throwing dark spells and…”“And whose fault is it?” He snapped and I recoiled in shock. “What?” I mum
/-Lisa-/Francesca, Othelia and I were the real definition of frightened. None of us dared to utter a word before her. Amelia scanned us one after the other, from one mistress to the other. She looked like she was pissed and impatient and neither of us could dare to infuriate her any further.“What happened? Cat caught your tongue, or maybe I should turn you three into the cats; what do you think? Would you like that?” She asked, smirking darkly at us. “No, no please, there would be no need for that. We just heard that the Alpha was back and we thought that we should come and officially welcome him to the pack,” I lied. It was the most believable lie I could come up with at that moment and I hoped that she would just take it like that and let us be. She already had Declan under her spell. She could just stick with him while she could and let us figure out what to do. She definitely didn't need to hear that either. “Is that so?” She scanned through us again as if she was hoping to
Two Months Later/-Raven-/“Raven! What are you doing up there? Get down here!” I heard him call. Oh, you are not going to tell me what to do. I just recently learned how to fly and he was the one who said that I need to keep practicing!“Come on, Raven, get down here!” He yelled again but I rested there in the air, watching him. “Fine! Please come down, it's almost dinnertime and you still need to take your medications.”At least he added please this time. I slowly dropped to the ground and shifted back into human. I stared at the golden-eyed man before me. Sometimes I got lost in them. Not just because they were beautiful, but because they felt so familiar. Like I had seen them before. He took my eyes, staring softly into my eyes with concern. “I know you are excited to get your dragon form, and all you want to do is fly around all day, but I need you to understand that your heart is still weak and healing. It took us several weeks to save you. I'm just begging that you take it s
/-Raven-/I don't understand. I have a father and a fiancé and it took them this long to find me, even when my father was the supposed leader of highly trained assassins?I glanced at my finger. I didn't have a ring either and no one would tell me how I ended up where they found me.There was just something about this story that didn't sit right with me. “I know you are confused and have a lot of questions but I promise they will all be answered when he comes tomorrow,” King Azaiah said. I nodded and proceeded to walk out. I needed to fly to clear my head but Azaiah caught my hand. “Don't go outside. Take your medications and go to bed,” he said. I dutifully picked the bottle on the table and uncapped each of them to take a pill. He poured me a glass of water and after swallowing, I remained on the spot. “Raven, please don't be stubborn. This is for your own good,” he said. I simply turned around and walked to my room. For some reason, being here made me feel caged but I didn't ex
/-Raven-/“It's good to have you back, Raven,” Eric said, caressing my cheeks gently. “I missed you so much. You were gone for so long that I was afraid I would never see you again.”It was just two months, wasn't it? Why was he making it sound like it was forever since he last saw me? Besides, I was still trying to get used to the fact that he was my fiance. He scooted closer to me, “You're still not going to say a word to me?”I merely stared at him. He leaned in to kiss me but I turned away from him.“Come on, baby. That's not fair. I'm only trying to express myself and you are making me feel like you are no longer interested in me. We used to be inseparable,” he said. I wanted him to tell me about our relationship, not hover around me like a dog. SoI got off the bed and grabbed a pen and jotter. I wrote down the words I wanted to say to him and showed it to him. “Can you tell me about us? I don't remember,” he read. A look I couldn't decipher immediately crossed his face. “The
Two Weeks Later/-Raven-/“My darling Raven. I see that you have fully recovered,” Alpha Timultin said. I gave him a small smile. “Yes, father. I am well and healthy now,” I told him. “Eric has been very helpful.” “Eric, yess, that boy loves you a lot,” he smiled. “You should never break his heart.” My cheeks heated up. “I wouldn't dream of it. Besides, we are starting over.”“Why? I thought you would be getting married already?” He said and I chuckled, unable to hide my blush. “He figured that I didn't want to be rushed and since I'm still yet to recover my memories, he wants to start over and create new memories before getting married,” I told him. A look I couldn't decipher crossed his face but he quickly backed it up with a smile. “Of course. That is the right thing to do. So are you fit to resume training. Eric made me understand that you want to take down the IronClaw pack,” he said. At the mention of that, my stomach twisted in a tight knot and rage built inside of me.
/-Eric-/“I brought you something to drink. Figured you'd be tired due to all the work you did,” I said and she smiled at me. A smile that my inside twist with disgust. I could never look at her the same knowing how filthy she was. But I made sure to keep the smile on my face. I didn't want her having a clue on what we actually wanted to do with her. “This is so refreshing. Orange?” She asked.“Actually it's a mix of orange and pineapple,” I told her and she took another gulp. The glass was soon empty and my smile darkened.Stupid bitch! You are are going to pay for everything you put me through!“So tell me about your day,” I asked, setting down the glass. I pretended to be interested in her tale of endless fighting, while I waited for the laxatives to kick in. Soon enough, they did and halfway through her story, she dropped on the bed, fast asleep. “She's ready, father. Are they set?” I asked him through the mind link. “Bastards are still haggling the price. The other girls di
/-LISA-/"Are you sure it was Raven you saw?" Othelia asked again, her voice filled with skepticism.I folded my arms, forcing myself to remain calm. This entire conversation was ridiculous. Francesca was grasping at straws, desperate to hold on to the idea that Raven was alive. But if she was right… no, that couldn’t happen."I know what I saw," Francesca insisted, her eyes blazing with conviction. "She walked right through that door in a red dress. She looked real, alive, but she didn’t even seem to recognize me."Othelia sighed. "Francesca, do you hear yourself? You’re telling us that Raven, Declan’s mate, the woman who was supposed to be dead, just strolled in like nothing happened? And then, what? She attacked you and disappeared?""I don’t think she attacked me," Francesca admitted. "It was more like… she was surprised to see me. I mistakenly shattered the vase and slipped out her name and she panicked. Then she hit me" She shivered. "Everything went black, but there was somethi
/-RAVEN-/I could barely move a muscle. When talpha Timultin mentioned the whips at first, I thought he was joking. That there was no way he was actually going to sit back and let me get whipped but I was wrong. This man was as strict as he was merciless and his men couldn't afford to disobey him so I got whipped. Over and over again until I passed out. Now I woke up, I was still tied to the pillar with the pain shooting through me from all angles. How coido Eric do this to me? How do you even watch someone you claim to love go through such pain and you do nothing about it. It was cruel and wicked but he didn't obviously give two shits about that. Speak of the devil, he stroleld towards me like my suffering was a delightful sight. “What are you doing here?” I glared at him with all my might. “I'm guessing you haven't learnt your lesson yet. Else, you wouldn't be speaking to me in such a disrespectful tone,” he said. I looked at him in shock and anger. Was he being serious right
/-Amelia-/“Why do you keep staring at me?” He asked. His tone was neutral so I figure the spell was still active. “Why did you suddenly go off like that? The feast barely even started,” I asked suspiciously. “I was drugged by one of your numerous guests and I passed out. Anything else you'd like to know?” He asked. I let out a sigh. He was right. There was no way he would have known what happened while he was drugged and he never liked the idea of a feast. “There was this veiled woman I saw in your room when I came to check on you,” I started, monitoring his expression closely. There was nothing I could accuse him of because his expression remained blank. Once again, I reminded myself that he wouldn't know. There was no use being suspicious over him. “So, what now?” He asked. “Did you find her?” “No, we couldn't find her. She just sped away and I suspect that she might have been the one who drugged you,” I said. “Good to know,” he said dryly and walked towards the bathroom. I
/-Raven-/He was angry but I was angry as well. I might be in love with him but I wasn't stupid. “Did you just hit me?” I asked him. “Evade my fucking question and I will hit you again! Do you know how crazy we went looking for you? We thought something happened! And you just stroll in here acting like you nothing happened?” He yelled. I dropped my hand and stepped closer to him, staring him dead in the eye. “Listen to me carefully, because I am only going to warn you once. I don't care if you are the air that I breathe but the next time you lay your fucking hand on me again, you are going to regret it. If you have a fucking problem, you speak. Use your words, do you understand?” The iciness in my tone was unbelievable to me as well but I needed to set him right. “You fucking bitch! Hoe dare you speak to me like that, huh?” He yelled. “Who did you go out there to see? Don't even tell me you were flying because I know you weren't!” “Good for you,” I said coldly and turned away fr
/-Raven-/There was something awfully familiar about this woman but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't place it. “Well?” She growled, stepping closer. “Where is my husband?”Husband…For some reason that word made my heart tighten in a way I didn't understand. Why should I care if he was taken? That man was flirting with me so he was hardly a good keep! He wasn't worth thinking twice about.“You're not deaf, are you?” She stepped closer, glaring at me menacingly. Woah! Someone tell this tiger that nobody wants her man. He might be hot but all I want to do is kill him. That's all!“He… he just…” “He just what?” She snapped, pushing past me to look inside the room. I glanced back and to my greatest shock, he was on the bed, passed out. At least pretended to be. I knew for sure that I couldn't waste another minute here so I took to my heels. “What have you done?!” I heard her scream and fastened my pace. I didn't know where I was headed but when I spotted the guards coming, I
/-Raven-/“I'm sorry. I know you were probably not expecting to see me but something came up last minute and the princess couldn't make it,” I told him. “I see…” he said simply. “Do you mind sharing one glass with me?” I asked, offering him a glass of champagne. “I know I'm beneath your class and you probably don't want to but if you could please…”He took the glass before I could go on with my pretend rambling. “Cheers?” I raised my glass and he clanged his glass against mine and we each took a long sip of the champagne. Gotcha!“This is really good,” I commented but before he could respond, a strange woman joined him. I tried to keep the frown away from my face. Who is she now?She began flirting with him right in front of me and I know I shouldn't care but my grip on my glass was tightening subconsciously. I hated the way seeing her smile at him. I hated watching her hands drape all over him. I hated her kissing him. And I didn't know why. Maybe it was because I hated him tha
/-Raven-/The blackouts have been frequent, coupled with horrifying nightmares that all ended with a metal stake in my heart. Not to forget the body pains I felt every time I woke up. I felt violated and I couldn't tell if it was real or not. I never fully understood it and when I told Eric about it, he said it could be a memory from the torture I went through in the IronClaw pack. Those agonizing dreams made me hate Declan Thorne and everything about him more and more. Not a day went by without me thinking of how to destroy him.It pushed me to train harder than I ever have and soon, the day was here. The day when I was finally going to put a face to the silver eyes that haunted my dreams. It was a solo mission and no one had any idea what I was doing or planning to do. IronClaw was hosting a big feast and I was going to disguise myself as one of the guests and get in. I wasn't quite sure what they were celebrating but I knew Alphas from far and near were going to be present. I
/-RAVEN-/“Go ahead! Whose idea was it to pull this prank?” I fired. I was angry. They had me questioning everything I knew within seconds while they stood there with plain faces. Were they controlling their laughter the whole time? They enjoyed seeing me stress mentally right?“I'm sorry, Raven. It was my idea. I didn't actually believe it would work at first, but I did,” Martin said and I shot him a thick glare. “Please don't get mad. It was just a joke.” “Well your joke wasn't funny!” I hissed, pushing past him but I couldn't help but note that his confession surprised the other guys. I stared at the ring in my hand. This was one of the signs, right? But why did it feel like I had been fooled twice? Trapped in the wrong perception of truth?I decided to go in search of Eric. I thought of telling about the soldiers but I decided against it. I know how serious he takes our relationship. He might end up punishing them severely and I didn't want that. It was just a harmless joke and
/-Raven-/Where is it? Even in my completely weak state, I was swallowing the pain and. Searching for the damn thing. Eric left here pissed because it was missing. I tired explaining it him that it could be anywhere and I don't know what is going through his mind but his actions suggested that he thought I was cheating on him. Me, Raven, sleep with another man while I was engaged to another? I didn't know what exactly he took me for or what gave him the impression that I was that lose but I decided to bottle it all up and bring it up and I found the ring. He was going to render an apology to me for insinuating such nonsense! Only problem was that I didn't exactly know where it was.I combed the entire room, practically turned it up side down but it wasn't there. The only other place that crossed my mind was the field where I did my training but did I have the energy to get there?No.Was I going to going to go anyways? Yes. I found myself something to wear and headed for the trai