CHAPTER 9Zara’s POV“Alpha Damon….”. My voice trailed becoming weaker and weaker as I cried to him to have mercy.He wasn't close any more, but I could still hear him roaring in the background as I was dragged almost naked to the dungeon. The dungeon, a place I dreaded and feared with everything in me.“Please…please…”. I pleaded with the Gruff, rugged men that pulled me to the dungeon. Although my body was being dragged along the ground, and I definitely got some injuries, that was the least of my problems. If only I could see reasons with them to just let me go, that would be perfect. But that, that was impossible.My heart beat increased the moment we reached the areas that were out of the residential areas. The air grew thick with the stench of mold and decay, making my stomach churn.As I stumbled along, the guard’s grip on my arms tightened. I struggled to break free, but their hold was unyielding."Where are you taking me?Let me go!!” I demanded, but my voice was met with
Chapter 10Zara's POVMy screaming seemed pointless and my tears stopped flowing after enough crying. I knew noone was coming but that was the only thing I could do so I remained on the icy floors of the disgusting dungeon screaming for help from anybody, anyone at all, with the littlest of emotions."Help, help me. Please, anybody. Please help me," I was on my last strength, I felt it as my voice was leaving me and my body felt weaker than ever. I was not going to last long in this cell. If anybody was coming, it had to be now, before I lose my mind or my breath ceases."I'm hungry," I finally said, thinking that it would at least shake the guards that were most likely standing watch outside the doors of the small dungeon.There was nothing. No sound, no footsteps, nobody was coming. Nobody made an attempt to help. I was losing faith that I was going to survive another day. Would that be such a bad thing? If I died right now? I definitely would not be missed. My father would be rel
Chapter 11Xavier’s POV.I never knew my mother. The maids say she was the most beautiful human they had ever seen.I would beg Lady Rose to tell me about her as a child and she would, with obvious grumbling. She was never to refuse my requests, I assumed that was father’s doing. She was kind to me, her role in my life was more than that of just a servant. I would come to see her as the mother I never had.Her warm hugs and that sweet, lavender scent that accompanied the embrace, when my father neglected or disregarded me as he usually did became my safe haven, my refuge.She would speak highly of him, praise my father, speaking about the days of their youth and how ambitious he was. She would recount stories centred around his breathtaking aura, his unmoved resolve, eyes that pierced through even the darkest of nights and more tales about his awesomeness. She made me love him, the beast that terrified packs and haunted children’s nightmares, my father, the heartless alpha of the b
Chapter 12Alpha Damon’s POV.Everybody was useless. They all acted out of place and stupidly.My mind was plagued with Zara and her beauty as I sat, lost in thought, on the mahogany, sculpted chair seated comfortably at one side of my chambers. That skin that shone so pure and almost unblemished, her hourglass body, the tenderness of her very being, everything about her aroused my deepest, nastiest desires.Her soft, pale lips made me want to kiss them and rejuvenate them, made me wonder how much more beautiful she would be when she was well fed and better taken care of.I disregarded her all these years. The first time I saw her was at her pack. She was standing aside, dazing into the distance with eyes that carried sadness beyond her years, it was like she bore the burdens of the world all on her own but she was the only beautiful thing about the Red moon pack. Her sister too was a beauty, but Zara stood out.Her wretched father had treated her terribly since she was born, I heard
Chapter 13Zara's POV."Hurry up, Acer," another guard said from outside the dungeon where I was stuck with a man I had never seen before.His smile was sinister. His eyes plotted as he moved. He wanted something but there was nothing in the dungeon, nothing but me. Could it be? Another attempt? Was this my curse? Fated to be abused by countless men who only saw me as a tool for their selfish satisfaction. Curse or not, there was only so much a girl could take.Acer, the haggard long man approached me, inching closer to where I sat on the dungeon floor.I had no strength left to talk, I only stared as he drew closer, watching keenly every step he took and every move he made, trying to predict the next one.Acer looked like a man with kids and a wife. He looked like the kind that cheated on his wife with every opportunity that he got and felt no remorse afterwards. He seemed like the kind to beat his wife and children whenever he had too much to drink. I could tell from the stench of
Chapter 14Zara’s POV.What is fear? A crippling emotion that keeps animals alive? The instinctive feeling that has driven wolves and mankind alike to maintain a fairly mutual relationship over the years?What are love and hate but trivial, fleeting feelings when compared to real fear?I know that fear. It is the fear that keeps one alive, the driving force of survival, surpassing every other emotion there is and ever will be.We are but slaves to our fear, forced to secure a feeling of safety, with every means possible, including savagery and oppression.Our instinctive feeling to avoid fear is the reason wolves, since ancient times, have clung together, forming packs and attacking weaker packs, to achieve dominance and in essence, security in the presence of stronger packs, stronger predators.It is the cause of war, falling of civilisations, building of empires and betrayal amongst brothers. Atrocities and inhumane acts committed all in the name of fear.But to avoid fear is to ac
Chapter 15Xavier's POV.I did not think father would do something so underhanded. He had an angry look on his face since I barged into the room, angrier than usual. His anger seemed to worsen the more I spoke but I didn't care. I was here to make a point and get some answers.I was tired of being the son that rolled over at the very hint of an argument with his father. I was angry with the way I was welcomed.He transformed before my eyes, releasing that powerful, huge, alpha wolf that aunt Rose told countless tales about. As the alpha he was the biggest in the pack, bigger than most other alpha, as the rumours went. He was the reason the blood moon remained the most powerful pack in all the East.His thick, black hair was just as dark as the hair on his head, blacker than the feathers of a raven. He stood out every full moon as we- me, him and the other wolves, ran free through the woods.I envied that beautiful, rich fur. I wanted it, even now as he attacked me.I remember the n
Chapter 16Xavier’s POV.It was a cold, winter night. The winds blew hard and trees moved in accordance, dancing to the eerie tune with a rhythm every creature of the woods seemed to know and obey. Crickets sang and owls howled, I was starting to understand a little of what Beta Hugh said to me. It was as though all of nature was one that night, with one body- the woods and various mouthpieces- the birds, the insects, me.I was part of it, I was not just a witness of this beautiful masterpiece, I was here, contributing to the tune and I would soon become a proper mouthpiece of mother nature.“Are we close?” That must have been the fiftieth time I was asking Beta Hugh that same question.“We’re here, young alpha,” he said, before standing aside to reveal a pond, surrounded by tall men, standing, hooded, faces covered with dark, long cloaks. It was a small pond, the men were at least twenty, maybe thirty, standing well spaced out from each other.They were the ones who had been playing
Chapter 34Zara’s POVI should have ran when he walked in. I should have left the room as soon as he started walking towards me but I did not. I watched as the man who I was supposed to hate more than anybody else, more than my father, sister, stepmother and step brother try to comfort me. I sat silent and willing to the wolf that drank up my blood and the worst part is, I did not hate it. Who am I kidding? I enjoyed it. I wanted more, more of his tongue, his warm skin rubbing unconsciously against mine as he consumed more and more of my body.I suppressed the last hint of common sense that warned me to push him away and just went along with the flow. It was like his proximity melted away every bad feeling, every doubt. He was the one for me, my wolf cried. She loved the sexual tension, his masculinity, she was drawn to Alpha Damon and his seductive charm. Blair’s weakness for Damon threw me off balance, invaded my thoughts and synced her feelings with mine, making me crave for him
Chapter 33Alpha Damon’s POV "Can I come in?" This was the third time I was asking to be let into a room in my own house. Normally, I would be furious, enraged by the imbecile who left me waiting, I hated waiting, it was right there on my list of things I despised, but this was no imbecile. Thoughts of the night before still ravaged my mind, filling it with highlights of a truly delightful experience."Open up. It's me, Ms Smith" What a stupid thing to add, "it's me?" I regretted my choice of choices right after I said it. Of course my voice already gave away the fact that it was me.I barged into the room after about five minutes standing outside, exposed to the eyes and ears of the palace.The room was dark, a lot darker than when I left earlier in the day. The windows were shut and the curtains were down, leaving the sensation of night despite the blinding afternoon sun of the day.It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the darkness and when they did, I saw the striking figure
Chapter 32Alpha Damon's POV"Xavier? What are you doing here?" "I was going to ask you the same thing. I heard you were attacked last night," Xavier's eyes told a different tale than that of concern for me. He seemed more interested in the door behind me than the answer to his question. "Yes, I'm fine. You did not have to come all the way here for that." It was suspicious that he would want to see me after the last time we spoke and how it ended. All his actions pointed to an ulterior motive."I'm not surprised you didn't bother to tell me." Again, his words lacked conviction, they seemed empty, like he couldn't care less about my response.I couldn't care less about his true motives either. "I'm not doing this with you right now." The door standing behind me was the only thing separating Xavier and me from Zara and for some reason I did not want him to see her."Why are you outside here? You should be in your chambers, resting after what happened yesterday," his piercing, blue eye
Chapter 31Xavier's POV"Wait! Master Xavier! You can't just leave," Ana screamed across the hall.But it was useless, her attempts to stop me from going to see this new girl that every servant talks about. I had more than a reason now, I think. She may have been hurt from the attack last night. I'm sure my father could handle himself, besides I'm probably the last person he wants to see right now, considering the attack may have been directly from the craziest alpha of them all, Alpha Zoran of the moonlight pack, the man I paid a peace visit to.If it was Alpha Zoren that masterminded the attack then I may as well avoid father for my whole life because he would never let me hear the end of it. I was barely praised the last time. What am I saying? I was not praised at all. My welcome hug was replaced with an attack from my own father. I hastened my steps to evade the persistent little omega that trailed behind. She was picking up the pace, almost running to keep up with my much long
Chapter 30Xavier’s POVSix days of rest was more than refreshing, it was maddening. Having to sit around the house, eat and go right back to sleep was a routine I could adhere to. My only friend now that Kraken was away was Nick. Nick became my only source of entertainment whenever Kraken was away on a mission since we were kids. Him and the television in my room that I barely ever turned on. I am not complaining about Nick’s company but he never had an ear for instructions.He had a habit of doing everything he was told not to, like walking on my bed and ransacking the kitchen. The entire palace was tired of Nick.There were times I considered training him but once a naughty little dog, always a naughty dog, even now he was much older.The big, brown ball of fur that was Nick was over ten years old. His overgrown fur and weight made it difficult for him to move around the house as easily as he used to when he was much younger.“You are going to kill that dog with food one of these
Chapter 29Zara’s POV.The only place rumors travel faster than light is the blood moon palace, across hallways, in the corridors, balconies. Everywhere there was life, there was talk.The news of Alpha Damon spending the night was all over the place before noon. Maids, guards, gardeners, cooks, even Lady Rose knew.That morning after Alpha Damon walked in on me in the shower and the interruption from the knock on the door, I planned to spend the rest of the day alone, in the room given to me but everybody else had other plans.“Can I come in?” came a voice at the door. It was familiar, a woman’s voice, a lady’s voice.I knew I should have locked that door, I thought, as the door made way to none other than the woman in charge of the household, Lady Rose herself.Of course she did not wait to be told to come in. The woman basically ran the place.“Come in,” I said effortlessly and sarcastically, hoping she got the message that she was invading my privacy.“How are you?” Her question w
Chapter 28Somewhere in the Crescent moon pack,“Welcome back, Riana,” the old man sitting comfortably on his golden throne said to the young woman approaching him. She walked in the straight path dividing rows of seats and leading to the throne of the alpha of the Crescent moon pack.“The human world is beautiful, father,” the young woman proceeded to her father’s outstretched arms.“I missed you my dear.”“I missed you father but it has only been a week. You can not keep treating me like I am some child. I am twenty, a young woman now.”“That you are but you are still my child and it is my job to keep you safe.”“Is that why you locked me up in this village, away from the world for my entire life? Away from the humans, away from the other packs, even my betrothed,” she had a dreamy expression as she spoke the word, “betrothed.” Her honey brown eyes glistened with a light that was not there earlier. She was already getting lost in her own imaginations before her father’s words called
Chapter 27Alpha Damon's POV"Who were they?" I asked Hugh as we walked towards my room. "I am yet to confirm who the attack was from, my lord. All I know is whoever wanted you dead must have gone to great lengths to achieve his goal. I'm glad you're safe." "I'm glad too. The imbeciles never had a chance.""You say you were in the girl's room all the while?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Hugh walked in on me earlier that morning, interrupting my moment with Zara. Flashes of her shapely body under the shower, with water dripping off her, overtook my mind even now as I discussed matters of urgency with my beta."I was and I'm thankful I did not take your advice. I may have been dead if I stayed in my room with those treacherous guards right outside."Hugh's stoic face softened at my words. He was a huge man, taller than myself and bigger, at least in human form. His expression showed no emotions most of the time, causing him to earn the reputation of second only to me in ruthlessnes
Chapter 26Alpha Damon's POV.You know the best thing about being rich and powerful? The fact that you get whatever you want from whoever you want. The worst thing about being so powerful is that it becomes too easy. Nobody willing to struggle, nobody willing to put up a fight, to be defiant.Defiance was written all over Zara’s face. It had been since the day I met her and it was even more decorated as she stood topless in front of me, in the dark."Enough, enough," I could not help but say. Her pulse quickened, faster than it already was."Ms White?" I asked amidst my uncontrollable moaning. She turned her head up to face me from her position in the floor, pausing temporarily and giving me a chance to finally think."A little faster?" Was all I could think of and say to her in that frozen moment."Sure thing, master." Oh, she turned me on so easily, so well. Her warm hands, her soft skin, everything about her made me want to lose control. "Get on the bed, Zara," I commanded, int