Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved the moon and the stars. Months ago, I saw a post on P*******t about the moon and the stars. The poster had described the stars as symbols of truth and guidance and the crescent moon; a symbol of new beginnings. But as I gazed into the moon and saw how dim it looked, I realised that my life would never have a new beginning. I was a little ball of lightness being sucked into a world of darkness and misery. Ares was a troubled man. A man with his past clutching onto him tightly. Refusing to let go. I let out a deep breath as I recalled the latest events. With Serena being a major bitch, Ares– the dominant and calculative man, being an unjust jerk and me, Akira the slave, stuck in the middle of all the chaos. Footsteps behind me shook me away from my dark thoughts. I looked beside me to find the silhouette of a male. He stepped forward and I was met with a tall, lean young man. He looked my age and he was very handsome. He walked t
ARES' POV As I watched them laugh together in the garden last night, my hands clenched the tumbler but as he put his hands on MY Akira, the glass shattered in my hand. I didn't flinch as the shards of glass pierced into my skin. I knew I was a dick with the way I was treating Akira, and putting her in the dungeon and seeing the broken look in her eyes almost made me change my mind. But once I decided to let her go just like the way I did during the Annual ball, then the rumours already speculating would worsen. I downed another glass of scotch in one gulp as I reflected on the first time I saw her. Right at the edge of the fountain, her red hair had initially drawn me and I was standing in this same position but it was her blue eyes – blue little orbs which looked like they could look into my soul– that drew me in. My cock hardened when I remembered how she looked on the day of the Annual ball. Her dress was short and the pale skin that was shown to every man-made me wanted to kill
ARES' POV My expression was blank when she stepped into my office. I could see the look of fear and apprehension on her face as she walked closer to the chair across my desk. She paused and looked at it before her blue eyes met mine. "Take a seat." I nodded towards the leather chair as I unbutton my coat and stalked towards my chair. Pleasure coursed through my veins at her act of obedience. She hesitated before sitting down, folding her hands on her lap as she sat down like a good girl. "Akira," Her name flowed from my mouth sensually. My voice was hoarse from the desire I was feeling and she was only in a fucking maid attire. The blush on her cheeks had me thinking about what her ass would look like when my palm connected with it. My cock strained against my zipper as she licked her full bottom lip. I could see the questioning in her eyes. It was a bright Saturday morning and all the maids were busy with one chore or the other. I had specifically chosen this day for what I had
AKIRA'S POV I was so fucking stupid. As I diced the huge carrots, I vividly began to remember what happened two days ago, how Ares ordered me to dress up after giving me the first earth-shattering– which didn't even cover it– orgasm of my life. My thighs quivered as I remembered how he stretched me with his fingers before soothing the sting with his tongue. I couldn't believe I had let him do that. It was almost questionable how all my resolve crumbled into a gazillion pieces immediately I saw the lust in his eyes. Lust for me. And the huge bulge in his slacks heightened my pleasure– and confidence. But all that– including my dignity– had filtered into thin air when I dressed up in the skimpy maid outfit he got for me. Of course, he had ordered me to thank him after putting the material on and I did, like the foolish little girl I was. I was sure my face was flushed as I lowered my head to chop the carrots into smaller pieces. I looked down at the big bowl of salad. My mind was tr
AKIRA'S POV I sighed as I looked out the window, my fingers lightly scratching the fur on Skittle's little body. I looked back down at my feet and the cold bread crumbs stared back at me. Skittles and I have been sharing my little portion of food ever since the fight with Serena, after which Ares locked me in the cell. She was a tiny white little thing. And after I had caught her chewing on the edge of my skirt, I decided to keep her. It was difficult keeping an animal, especially a mouse, in a fucking mansion. But I had exceptionally taken a liking to her. And she learned to never leave my little sack until I was done cleaning and I came for her. I smiled when I found out that she was already asleep. While I sat thinking about my miserable life. Shame crawled up my throat as I remembered what happened two nights ago. How Ares had made me feel like everything before making me feel like nothing. He was a real mastermind. A mastermind I was insanely attracted to. I looked beside
AKIRA'S POV I was fucking worried. Two days had passed since I last saw Orion. The atmosphere in the mansion was gloomy and the last time I heard it was because the Alpha was pissed. I quickly walked out to the backyard and I sighed in relief when I saw the people I was looking for were busy plucking apples from the tree into a basket. Eve immediately frowned when she saw me. "Hey," She reached out to touch my cheeks. "Are you okay?" Lenny too had a frown etched on her face. I shook my head. "No, I'm not okay," I whispered harshly. "I can't find Orion." Lenny dropped the basket and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I'm sure he's out there somewhere." She looked at Eve and then back to me. "You know how tight security is now, with the recent attacks on the border." Worry climbed up my stomach and I struggled to breathe. "Are you saying the male servants who have no combat training are sent to the border too?" Lenny only shrugged. It couldn't be. Ares couldn't be that dumb. I onl
AKIRA'S POV Ares was a grown man. He was thousands of years old and I knew he had lived long enough to know his rights and wrongs. He had the wrong way of portraying his feelings. And an even wronger way of fixing things. And his act because jealousy had successfully broken me. I picked up the butcher knife in my hands and I stared back at the girl in its reflection. I looked like a shadow of myself. I looked like the man who broke me. Cold and numb. My cheekbones were staring right back at me and my collarbone was protruding proudly. I looked back at my reflection and the blue eyes staring back at me didn't look like mine. They had lost their warmth and they were numb, tired and sunken from my continuous cries, with heavy eyebags from numerous nights of not being able to sleep. I looked like a walking corpse. I couldn't sleep, not when I repeatedly kept seeing skittles, Nana and Ama in my dreams. They were disappointed in me. They wanted me to keep fighting. But I couldn't. No
THIRD PERSON'S POV THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. The people of Coldcrest Pack noticed the change in the air. It was airy and filled with love. Something that was a rarity in their pack. But that was because their Alpha and King, Enzo and his wife, Sera, had just found out the good news. They were going to have a baby. "Finally!" Enzo grinned, his hands rubbing the slender shoulders of Sera. "The gods have blessed us with an heir." Sera only gave a weak smile as she rubbed the huge baby bump. It was extremely normal for she-wolves to give birth within the span of four to five months. Even three. But the child inside her was growing rapidly. It scared her. She had only found out last week and decided to tell her mate this morning. Of course, Enzo had immediately called the best midwives to check on her and they found out she was pregnant. She had noticed the look on the faces of the midwives when they found out she was only a week gone. Her damned belly looked like she was going to p
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