Damon’s POVThe one for Lupus is news about Dahlia’s father.He is having some sort of big party. Apparently, he is to be announced as the new Alpha of the small pack that I haven’t even heard of before. It’s actually kind of surprising because he wasn’t the Alpha in Dahlia’s old pack. That title belonged to Dahlia’s mom, who was also a very able woman. Compared to her, he was a nothing guy. I had never even heard of him before I met Dahlia. From what I gathered in the investigation so far, he was only with Dahlia’s mother because they were true mates.Lupus didn’t even glance at it. He has been interested in very few things recently.“You miss her, don’t you?” I put down the envelope, suppressing my anxiety to read the part for just my eyes. But I have to bide my time.[Why are you talking out loud!] Lupus turns his huge stupid dog head away from me. I think if he can blush, he would be right now. He can’t hear my thoughts, but we share our mood. So my talking out loud is like exposi
Dahlia’s POVTonight is the night.I got a phone for Tom, I got an address of my father’s whereabouts from Justin, and he is waiting at our rendezvous as our escape ride, and I packed my things...well, my things as in, a bag of clothes, with the file of my land.I turned off the light in my room, lying in bed with my eyes wide open. Damon doesn’t come to me for sex anymore these days, but I still need to wait for him to sleep before I try my escape. He usually doesn’t sleep until late into the night these days. I begin to suspect that he is a workaholic now.Just one more night and I’ll be free. I’ll be back with my dear father and have a home again! I’ll be Dahlia Morgan again, the beloved princess instead of the hated Omega!Just one more night.Just when my heart was racing for the possibilities of my life, a knock on the door broke the silence of my room, followed by Damon’s low voice--“Dahlia, are you awake?”I hold my breath, betting my hope on him not able to hear my heartbeat
Dahlia's POVNo matter how heated and pleasant our sex was, Damon would always shower after. Getting himself into bed clean and neat.But not today.He cuddles into me like a fed big cat, his hot breath behind my ears, making my body shiver at every of his heavy exhales.I hate how my body still reacts to him no matter how he treats me. Even with him being the suspect of my pack’s fall, even with his engagement with Jessica still on, I can’t refuse him when he turns me on.I close my eyes in his iron-like arms, tired as if a train just ran over my body.But I can’t sleep. I haven’t forgotten my plan.“Hey, I need to hit the shower,” In the end I pat him slightly on the arm. I often feel like a prey under the paws of a predator when he hugs me. Today I have to be the lion tamer.Damon tightens his arms instead. He rubs the tip of his nose behind my ear, purring. He knows what would get to me. For a moment I really want to indulge anything and everything he asks.“Don’t go, please.”His
Dahlia’s POVEverything went smoothly until I made it out of the mansion. Only a few steps onto the empty street, a dark shadow blocks my way.It’s Aiden.“Are you here to stop me?” I ask calmly, gripping the tiny gun in my pocket. I expected Aiden to catch up. Even if I could avoid everyone’s eyes in the mansion, I knew I couldn’t escape him. I wouldn’t have shot him even if he used force on me, but he doesn’t know that.To my surprise, Aiden shakes his head.“Then let me go,” I ask cautiously, knowing it’s not that easy.“My job is to keep you safe,” Aiden steps sideways, leaving the road open to me, “so I can’t let you go alone either. You don’t mind having a bodyguard tonight, do you?”I want to laugh but I don’t feel like he is joking or being sarcastic.“You know by escaping I’m betraying YOUR Alpha, right...?” I frown, having a hard time talking to this man with his surprising tactic. He is most likely my enemy, but he doesn’t appear so.Aiden sighs.“You must know... you must
Dahlia’s POVI didn’t snap out of the shock until a car beeped at me.“Get in!” Aiden waves at me from the shotgun.I glare at the driver’s familiar face, and Finn lowers his eyes. I don’t want to get in, but I have to get to Tom as fast as I can.“So you are the ONLY one knowing about my plan, huh?!” I sneer at Aiden when I slam shut the back door of the car. I knew I shouldn’t have believed him! His Luna my ass! They are just a bunch of horrible cats playing me in their palms!“I can explain about Finn later,” Rarely, Aiden doesn’t joke with me or look guilty, but all serious as if in face of danger, “What happened to the kid? Is he alright?”“He is not alright! Your damn Alpha appeared and scared the poor little boy half to death!” I roll my eyes at Aiden, “Is that why you dared to let me go?! Because you told him about my escaping plan and you knew he was waiting for me at the station?!”“Damon?” Aiden frowns, “It can’t be him. Is that what the boy told you?”“It can, and it is!”
Dahlia’s POV“You can explain...?” I mumble, feeling like my soul lifting from my body and watching over myself from the air.How could he explain when the whole world doesn’t make any sense to me?“I don’t know what happened to Tom, but I WILL find it out,” Damon walks up, and Aiden lets go of my arm gently before stepping aside.“Like how you found out about what happened to Ava? Remind me, what happened to her murderer?” I didn't mean to use a sour tone, but it came out stinging. My voice is so calm that I scare myself. I don’t even want to cry. I’m too shocked to feel anything.I must have lost my soul somewhere.Damon looks sad. But I couldn’t care less.“I’m sorry that I let this happen--”“LET this?” My voice came out shouting. I didn’t know I wanted to shout. “Are you seriously trying to get yourself out of this?!”“You are right,” Damon raises both his hands, his tone careful, “This happened in my territory, and I’m definitely responsible, but I didn’t hurt him, Dahlia, you h
Dahlia’s POVSilence fills the lobby after my outburst. I storm at the door, not care to find out how mad Damon is.I was wrong.I thought I wanted a rejection from him. I thought I didn’t care about the title, and I thought I was okay with him hiding his dirty little secret from me. But I wasn’t okay. Not okay. I want my mate, just like any girl. I want the perfect, unconditioned love, the love blessed by the moon goddess.I guess I was secretly hoping that he would come around one day and claim me. He would tell me that he doesn’t care about my flaws and he values me when no other does.What a ridiculous illusion. And for this stupid dream, I cost two innocent to die for me.“You can’t go,”Damon’s low, cold voice broke the silence when I barely made it to the door.I don’t stop and I don’t look back. I no longer want him. But Aiden moves at Damon’s words and blocks my way. I stop with a smirk: “So much for my command over Damon’s, huh? How hypocritical, both of you!”Aiden looks at
Dahlia’s POVI must be something of a kind in our history, to be an Alpha with no wolf, and one Beta.Damon often says that his power comes from his people, and I always took that as some hypocritical, political slogan, one to earn the loyalty of his people.I was wrong.Turns out one doesn’t need to have a fortune or a pack to be an Alpha. So long as you take the pledge from another, even just one, you can be an Alpha. Only, with tiny power.Damon kept his promise and let me go, and I remained in shock even after we had driven for a whole day.Right there in the shabby, cold, old, and empty train station, Damon asked Aiden to renounce his loyalty and pledge to me. Aiden obeyed tamely. The moment I took Aiden’s pledge and promise to be his Alpha, a tiny but bright power rose inside me. It was invisible, and I looked the same after, but I just know.Something changed inside me, forever.I’m still as weak physically as before, I tried. But I feel a faint shred of power in my chest, one