"That doesn't justify the evil and completely unreasonable," I had dragged out the last word, "things that he has done." Madam Yelena had given me a look. I rolled my eyes. "Okay! Maybe it does. But still, making people reject their mates because they're humans? THAT! Is totally unreasonable." She moved to grasp both of my hands. "Which is why you're here to put an end to this, child. I believe the Moon goddess gave Ares a human mate for a purpose." I sighed, walking faster to my destination as I remember our parting words after Madam Yelena gave me a more detailed version of Ares's bad past. I agreed that what the humans and vampires did to his parents was utterly disgusting but Ares had lived for thousands of years. That was a lot of time to sit and down and process things. Instead of being the unreasonable prick, he is. The bucket and long broomstick clanked together as I took the elevator to the sixth floor. Ares's quarters. I dreaded this moment and I prayed to whoever
My heart stopped working. It fucking stopped and my stomach bottomed out. The gasp I was about to let out got stuck in my throat and my lips trembled against his. Against his cold but soft lips. My eyes stung from the tears and my heart felt full. I didn't dare open my eyes. Fearful that this moment would stop. Fearful that he would pull away from me. I didn't dare breathe. And when those soft luscious lips brushed softly against mine, once then twice. I shattered. I lost it. I shakily brought my hands up and placed them on his shoulders. I tilted my head until it bumped against the shelf behind me, letting his lips lock better with mine. I parted my lips. He captured my bottom lip. Sucking on it lightly, trying to ingrain the shape into his head. Before brushing his lips against mine all over again. The tremors of my lips were evident as I let my tears slip out freely. His mouth pressed against mine more firmly. The scruff around his lips chafed against my cheek and I
AKIRA'S POV Ares was indeed up for any challenge I brought his way. After effectively shutting me up with his lips, we kissed for seconds which turned into minutes and hours. We stood, with me backed against the shelf and his hands roaming around my body, gripping every part of my flesh he could put his hands on. I was sure my ass cheeks were red with the bruising grip he had on them. After kissing me breathless. And content. He took me to his ensuite bathroom and undressed me. His hands dragged my petite frame, sensually, slowly peeling every piece of linen out of my body. My heart thudded and my core quivered throughout the entire time. We were standing in the middle of his huge bathroom now. His hands found themselves on my bare waist as he stared into my green eyes and I stared into his steely grey ones. "What now?" I whispered. I wasn't the outspoken girl I was in the study. I was finally starting to grasp the fact that this was in fact real. He didn't answer. Instead
AKIRA'S POV When Ares said I had clothes, I expected a few clothes. Maybe jeans and some tops from one of his old whores. But as I dried myself with the huge white towels I found in his bathroom, I walked into his room to find clothes sprawled all over his bed. Female clothes. They included designer gowns, tops, jeans, different sets of lingerie, stockings, garter belts and so much more. And they were all my sizes. My gaze fleeted to the boxes on the floor beside his bed. My brows jumped when I opened one to reveal a pair of heels. Louis Vuitton. I swallowed. I wasn't going to open the rest of the boxes. I knew my poor heart wouldn't be able to take their contents. I sighed, suddenly wishing Ama was here. Or Eve. They were both fashion freaks/gurus. They would flip at the number of clothes in front of me. A midnight black dress called out to me. It was thin-strapped and low-backed, with a tulle skirt and a deep v-neck that showed just the right amount of cleavage. It didn't r
My nerves threatened to swallow me whole when he placed his hand on my lower back and led me to the elevator on his floor. And they didn't relax even as we rode the elevator in silence. I didn't dare speak in the elevator, knowing that if I opened my mouth I was going to ask him to take me right there in the damn elevator. He steered me to the lobby– yes, his mansion had a freaking lobby– and then to the front of the mansion. I bit hard into my bottom lip when we walked past a group of maids and they stared at me with shock plastered all over their faces. I could only reward them with smug smiles. Yes, I was the Alpha's mate– and whore. I snickered inwardly. When the guards pushed open the door, my jaw almost touched the ground in amazement. The scenery in front of the mansion was beautiful. Ever since I stepped feet – well, not willingly– into the mansion, I had never ventured past the kitchen and the backyard. It wasn't that we were never allowed to, I just never wanted to.
"You're telling me you didn't have sex with him last night?" Eve asked, dumbfounded. Her blonde hair shone under the sunlight streaming into my room from her spot on the window next to the balcony. Yes, you read that right. My room. After Ares and I got back from our date last night, he gave me a room right next to his. In his words, he has never shared a bed with anyone and I would hardly make a difference. I guess he was back to being mean. But I didn't object, instead, I gave him a big grin and a kiss on his cheek before walking into my new room. Lenny's eyes were wide open as she shrieked. "What are we missing here, Akira?!" I laughed, sitting upright on my very soft King-sized bed. "I guess he wanted to be a gentleman?" "Lycans are everything but gentle." Lenny deadpanned. "You should know that by now. I expected you to call us here asking for advice on how to walk with a sore pussy or how to cover up your hickey, but definitely not on how to ask your mate to let you see
AKIRA'S POV The next few minutes consisted of me asking around for Magnus. He was pretty easy to find, but it took a great deal of my imperfect acting skills to convince him that Ares wanted him to be my guard for the day. The poor young wolf was elated, he said something about finally being able to prove his worth to Ares. And I almost felt bad for lying to him. But when I wanted something, I would go the extra mile for it. Madam Yelena was harder to convince when I requested for Carla to be dropped and for me to follow Eve and Lenny but once I mentioned Ares's name that seemed to quench her worries. Although she still did look sceptical, I brushed it off. Now, Eve, Lenny and I were seated in the backseat of one of Ares's Jeeps and we were heading to the market. Eve nudged my shoulder with hers. "How did you do it?" Her curious blue eyes pinned me to the spot. "Are we in any trouble?" I turned to look at her with a huge grin. "We're not in any trouble." I shrugged. "Let's j
AKIRA'S POV I had felt just about every emotion that came from Ares. But the emotions I was feeling now were heavy– glaring. It ranged from hurt to disappointment and then to anger. The anger was more prominent. It was pumping through my veins, fast. And it was what woke me up from unconsciousness. And it was all my fault. If only I had listened. I inhaled slowly as I tried to figure out where I was with my eyes shut. I was on a bed– that, I figured. But there was someone here, someone who wasn't Ares was sitting very close to me. Although I knew Ares was in the room also. I gasped in pain and my eyes shot open when I felt pressure on my wound. I looked beside me to find the culprit and it was Madam Yelena. She gave me a sad smile. "Akira, how do you feel now?" My eyes roamed around the room and in my peripheral gaze, I saw Ares standing next to the vanity stand in my room. He was sitting on the edge of it, with his hands folded and he was looking right at me. I quick
AKIRA'S POV SIX YEARS LATER. "Fuck, harder!" I whispered harshly into the moist air in the backseat of the car. I was suspended up in the air by his arms and Ares was pounding into me furiously from his spot on the leather seat. He heeded my instructions and his thrusts began harder, deeper, his cock was hitting me in places only he could reach. He shoved two fingers in my mouth. "Suck on them." He was panting hard and his demand was loud and clear. "Hard. Make them wet, baby." My pussy spasmed at his dirty words and I felt moisture coming out of me as I gagged and choked on his relentless fingers. He abruptly removed them from my mouth and my mouth parted in a silent scream when he began to rub swift circles on my swollen clit. I craned my neck to see what he was doing but my swollen tummy was in my view. "Fuck, fuck, fuck." I panted beside his ear as my pussy began to contract tightly on his cock as his fingers and cock worked in cooperation. I slammed my lips on his as
AKIRA'S POV After I spoke with Nana last night, I refused to go down for dinner even after she and Madam Yelena asked me to. Instead, I ate on my bed and listened to the chattering and laughter from them with pain in my heart. , I know it was wrong of me to still isolate myself even after what Nana and I spoke about but I needed last night to regroup. I needed that time alone to cry and myself together for the last time. I knew that no matter how much I needed to forgive Ares, I also needed to forgive myself. I needed to stop blaming myself and Ares for what has happened. And I knew that soon, the Moon Goddess was going to bless Ares and I with another child. And if it was meant to be, she was going to restore my powers. Waking up this morning was really refreshing. I woke immediately I heard the bedroom door beside mine slam shut. Ever since I woke up from unconsciousness, he has been religiously waking up to join them all for breakfast downstairs. I quickly took my bath before
AKIRA'S POV It's been a week since Ares and I last spoke. After he told me about Lenora and how she and their baby were killed by Salvatore, I had asked him to leave the room and ever since then I haven't spoken a word to him. I still haven't gotten over the fact that our baby was gone. One part of me was simmering with anger and blaming Ares for everything, while the other part was telling me to forgive him, even if he hid an important part of his life from me. I needed time away from him for our good. I needed to think and get myself together. I was in my room but everything still felt foreign. I was physically and mentally exhausted and I was also nauseous continuously crying and throwing up at every chance. I stiffened when the door to my bedroom creaked open and the sounds of footsteps shuffling inside had me wincing, I didn't want anybody to see me like this. Thankfully, I was facing the other part of the room and I waited for them to realise that I didn't want to talk to
THIRD PERSON'S POV.Alpha Ares was proud of his doings. He has grown up to become a very strong and powerful Lycan and Alpha who was widely known around the world. But lately, he had been feeling really... empty, putting it lightly. He looked at the sky, the Moon Goddess was really testing his patience. It has been thousands of years and still she hasn't given him a mate. It was really getting to him. He looked beside him to find his Beta, Czar, looking as sullen as ever. Czar had lost his mate but it was almost a damn year and he still hasn't gotten over her death. Was this how he was going to be for the rest of the damn year? Ares thought with pity.But he didn't say it out loud. Probably because he didn't know what it felt like to have a mate, hence he kept his mouth shut. They were both sitting on a bench in the garden with a bottle of Cheval Blanc between them. While Czar was still nursing the loss of his mate by getting drunk every single time, Ares was nursing the absence of
AKIRA'S POVI was alive. Where was I?I inhaled deeply, trying to figure out if I could place the scent. My heart started thumping hard and I quickly opened my eyes only to be welcomed by the harsh light. I squinted, taking in my environment. King-sized bed, royalty bedroom, and a fresh and woodsy scent. I gasped. I was back home. Back to Ares. I tried to regulate my breathing and concentrate on the variety of emotions going through me. Most of them were from Ares. They ranged from anger to disappointment and then sadness. Where was he?My hands quickly flew to my bump only to be met with a flat surface. And pain. Suddenly everything began rushing into my memory like a damn flood.How I ran away from Ares, Alpha Pierson, the rogues, my powers, Elizabeth. I gasped. Elizabeth!I remembered how Serena and Salvatore killed Elizabeth and how Serena made me grant my powers to her. Where were they?How did I get here?I tried to control my breathing but it refused to cooperate. The
AKIRA'S POV I woke up a few minutes later, my head began to spin as I tried to blink my eyes open, my limbs felt like jelly and as I attempted to raise my hand, I realised that I was paralysed. All of what happened a few minutes ago came back in a rush and fresh tears began to stream down my face. Why did Ares not tell me all of this? Why did he keep this away from me? I gasped and turned around, trying to find the one person responsible for this. "What did you do to me?" I glared at Serena who was sitting on Elizabeth's favourite couch without a care in the world. She giggled. "It's a little something my mother gave to me. I knew it would knock him out really fast but I was told it would only last a few minutes for witches." As she spoke she was sneaking glances at Salvatore whose hands were bound to the table behind him. "Why did you do that to him?" I questioned suspiciously. "Aren't you guys accomplices?" Something wasn't right, why would she go behind Salvatore to do
AKIRA'S POV"Shit!" I cursed out loud for the seventh time in an hour. It was making it a week since I've been living with Elizabeth and so far she has taught me a lot. But today wasn't going as planned, I was outside our little bubble today and I was trying out chlorokinesis on my own. I had urged Elizabeth that I needed to learn how to master chlorokinesis on my own. Of course, Elizabeth had taught me how to revive, wither and accelerate plant growth but I had begun to realise that I couldn't perform the power without her help. It wasn't just that Elizabeth wanted me to learn it on my own, I was also particularly interested in it. Telekinesis, pain infliction and the others had been very easy to learn and control but chlorokinesis was killing me. Perspiration lined up on my forehead as I huffed and tried to concentrate. I looked at the dead vines on the ground and sighed, Elizabeth had taught me how to uproot them and manipulate them at my will. But now that she wasn't here to e
AKIRA'S POV It has been four days ever since the witch saved my life and it turns out that pain infliction, telekinesis and element control were not the only powers I was blessed with. There was also channelling, spell casting, mind compulsion, healing, superhuman strength and of course, longevity. Elizabeth mentioned earlier how the powers of a witch don't just come at once and how she was sure I still had a long way to go. Living with Elizabeth has been much of an eye-opener for me. She didn't just teach me how to control my powers, she also thought me how to fully nurture them. I was seated on the porch outside her house. Apparently, Elizabeth was an old witch. She has been in existence way before Ares was born– during the reign of his father, the Alpha King– and I knew Ares was thousands of years old. She was an ancient witch blessed and cursed with immortality, she had said. I sighed out loud and stared ahead. All I could see were plants and flowers, from where I was seat
AKIRA'S POV The pounding of my head woke me up from unconsciousness but it was the pain in my shoulders that jerked me up. The pain was like needles that had been dipped in alcohol had been jammed through my skin. I winced– trying so hard to contain my sobs– as I tried to study my surroundings. I was on a bed, it was small and I was covered with a soft quilt. I looked around, my pounding head was trying so hard to figure out where I was. The room was scanty, with only a bed, a wardrobe planted next to the wall and a mirror dresser in the corner of the room. The room was really small. I struggled to stand up and once I did, I made my way to the small window in the room and peeked outside. I couldn't contain my shock once I saw what was outside and a gasp escaped. It was so green outside, the small compound was filled with plants and beds of flowers. It almost looked like a fairytale with the way the sun was shining down on them. The owner seemed like they were really obsessed with