"Marry me." The words made me jolt back from him in shock, my mouth dropping open as I stare at him wide eyed. His face was serious, not showing the slightest bit of joking around. His eyes a dark inky black, watching my reaction to his question. He said it as if it was the easiest thing he's ever asked. Most females would want romance, and petals and dinner, in a place that was both beautiful and somewhere they share memories. But I'm glad he didn't do any of that for me, he knows I'm not the type of woman for all that crap. Angel is everything, he's everyone's type I guess, but he chose me. And he's choosing me again. "Marry you?" I repeat quietly, my voice almost mute it was that soft. I almost choked the words out once I found my voice. "Say yes." He tells me with a soft grin, the bright sparkle of amusement and hope almost blinding me. I look into his black eyes, and without meaning to I look into his current thoughts, the memories that he keeps sacred to him. His memories sho
Rumbling growls shake through my chest as I awaken, my hands already buried into the sheets gripping tight. The same darkness clouding my vision like every day, morning, evening and night. And like every day a small irrational part of my brain questions when it will end, despite knowing it never will.Jumping out of bed I head straight for the bathroom, using the toilet before I get in the shower. Cleaning off last night's sweat.Once I'm dressed I head downstairs, a cold blank expression on my face as I easily manoeuvre my way around. After years of living here I know this place like the back of my hand, eyesight isn't needed to know navigation.The pack members cower away from me in fear as I storm through them, the stench of their fright burning my nostrils. After so long you'd think they'd get used to it by now.Taking three lefts, one right and straight down, I arrive at my office. It's become more of a sanctuary for me over the years. A place where not many people bother me, a p
Coughing meets my ears as I leave my office. My lips curl in disgust, it only gets louder as I head closer to the cells. Dehydration and severe living conditions being the main and most likely only cause."Give it some water will you." Icy, my deep rich tone sharp with authority."Yes Alpba." Tony nods, rushing off down the past the cells to the only other entrance. He's a guard here as are many more.Luckily for me I know every inch of my land perfectly so I know exactly where everything is. Opening the cell I head inside to the rogue, I can tell it's angry and slightly uncomfortable. Being in the hands of the most vicious and cold hearted alpha in the entire world, does that to you."Let me guess, your leader sent you to keep me occupied here so that he can continue taking humans." I start, my voice clearly stating my boredom."To torture, kill, and rape. Now you have three seconds to decide your fate." I sigh.1 .. , 2 . .. .."Wait!" He shouts panicked, making me stop my hand mov
"Can you stop!" I growl through clenched teeth.Ihear her turn to me, "how about we make a deal?" She says with a steady voice.Ithink it over for a second and realise I'd do anything to make her shut up."Fine" I spit."Tell me what I want to know and I'll be quiet" she replys."What do you want to know" I ask wearily."Let's start with your name" she states.I grit my teeth but know I have no choice.'Steel" I say annoyed"Last name?" She says.'Bain" I grit out."Steel bain .. " she murmurs to herself, testing it out on her tongue.Sighing with annoyance I decide to give her no emotion. It works better.We continue walkingintomyterritory."Do you want to know my name?" She blurts out.I grit my teeth "no" I spit icily.Her movements halt for a second before she walks ahead. She stays silent for the rest of the way.Her pov:I'm done. Fuck him and his bullshit. I tried to play nice for their sake, but he's gonna get as good as he gives.They all walk behind me in awkward silence, me
Dakota's pov"I don't want you and your not leaving" he spits angrily before storming out.Pain erupts in my chest, my eyes watering slightly.Breathing deeply I jump slightly when chloe moves. I forgot she was here.She rubs my back "I know my brother ok, if he didn't want you he'd never have brought you here" she says softly.I look at her seeing as we're the same height.'But why would he say that if he didn't mean it?" I ask quietly. My tough facade quickly dissappearing.She sighs "have you noticed how his eyes don't focus on people, or how he seems to hear things a hell of a lot better than anyone else" she whispers hesitantly.I think it over and nod, my through closing up.She watches me expectedly "is he .. blind?" I whisper my voice tight.She nods slowly "he's always had an attitude but since he became alpha, he's turned cold. I've grown to fear my brother" she says sadly."He's not shown any emotion other than anger in six years, he needs you more than he will ever admit.
Angel bain's povI hear her turn to me "by the way your eyes are amazing" she says honestly. Suprise ripples through my body, what?Nobody has ever said that before, who the fuck does she think she is?I know what she's trying to do, get my guard down and hit me where it hurts. Does she really think I'm that fucking stupid!?Growling to myself I busy myself with alphawork.Dakota ferns povGoing back to the kitchen I take a seat next to chloe "do you live in this kitchen?" I ask slightly amused.She grins "pretty much, you still hungry?" She asks getting up.Ismile brightly "starved" I say with all seriousness. She giggles and nods making her way to the stove.sit bored as she cooks, nearly fainting woth hunger when she places it in front of me."Thankyou" I squeel happily, quickly digging in. She laughs and does the same.Luckily it didn't take too long to cook.Sitting back in my seat I groan "that was amazing" I say."That was something simple, what the hell did you live off?" She
I nod and tie my hair up knowing she's one of those girls who like to pull hair."And when I win, you start searching for your mate or I will kill you. Understood?" I say.She growls "steel is my mate" she says possessively.I feel the familiar adrenaline course through me. Dodging her swift attack I twist and quickly punch her in the sidewinding her. Punching her again ! tackle her to the floor.She flips us and punches me in the face. That's gonna leave a bruise.Biting her arm she growls and moves away. Jumping up I spin and kick her in the face as she runs at me.She flies back, landing a few metres away. She gets back up but I'm already there.I punch her hard in the stomach. She bends over slightly.Grabbing her head I bring my knee up meeting her half way. Her nose slams against my knee before it explodes.She cries in pain but I don't give her time to attack.Pushing her backwards onto the floor I straddle her before laying into her face.I stop after a minute, seeing blood
Angel bains pov:There's something off about her, no human should be able to move as quick or swiftly as she can. She shouldn't have been able to break one of my top warriors' arms within seconds.I need to find out what she is, and quick. I need to show her why I'm the most vicious alpha ever known.Chloe senses there's something off about her too but she's going to get closer to her to find out.'Toby!' I call out icily through the link. He enters my office within a minute."Yes alpha" he bows."I need you to take a sample of Dakotas blood, and I need you to mask your scent and search her room" I order.I hear him nod and he leaves quickly.Ten minutes later, his voice echoes into my mind 'her room is empty alpha, he says.'Take five of my men and go to her old house, don't come back until you find something. Tear it fucking down if you have to' I growl.I shut the link and lean back. If she is what I think she is then I have to kill her.Dakotas pov:I laugh at something Chloe say
"Marry me." The words made me jolt back from him in shock, my mouth dropping open as I stare at him wide eyed. His face was serious, not showing the slightest bit of joking around. His eyes a dark inky black, watching my reaction to his question. He said it as if it was the easiest thing he's ever asked. Most females would want romance, and petals and dinner, in a place that was both beautiful and somewhere they share memories. But I'm glad he didn't do any of that for me, he knows I'm not the type of woman for all that crap. Angel is everything, he's everyone's type I guess, but he chose me. And he's choosing me again. "Marry you?" I repeat quietly, my voice almost mute it was that soft. I almost choked the words out once I found my voice. "Say yes." He tells me with a soft grin, the bright sparkle of amusement and hope almost blinding me. I look into his black eyes, and without meaning to I look into his current thoughts, the memories that he keeps sacred to him. His memories sho
Panting heavily I weakly place my hands into the dirt, letting out a small cry of pain as I push all my weight into my arms as I slowly rise from the floor. Blood drips from my face and body, just as much mine as it is his. I could feel the agony in my body, he's just as strong as I had assumed. I think I surprised him though, because he's equally as fucked up as me if not more.But as I slowly and painfully dragged my body to my feet even swaying and dizzy, I could feel myself begin to heal at a rate that shouldn't be normal to any supernatural creature. My body was tired physically, but the agony was slowly becoming less and less by the slow torturous seconds that passed. I could feel my broken ribs form back into place as the bones healed at a rapid pace, taking barely a minute for my bones to be healed. It was the shattered rib puncturing my lung that had me in agony, but now that's it's almost healed I knew I could take him."I only...want your power...if you give it to me willin
As the guards came flooding out of the castle and into the streets of the dark city, they took out the swords in preparation for a fight. They create a wall that heavily guards the castles entrances, rows upon rows of vampires falling behind one another. Shielding the king and all the upper class leeches.Do they honestly think they're going to stop me?I smile wickedly at the vampire men, cracking my neck both sides to release the built up pressure. Without counting properly there's around 80 soldiers. The rest will be guarding the king and the whore women inside.Reaching up slowly to keep the men from attacking me, I untie the black robe from my body, allowing it to fall to the dirt beneath me pooling with the lashing rain. The only light available was the cracking lightening that filled the dark sky.The men's eyes immediately drop to my body with little resistance, the vampire bloodlust inside them taking over. They're unable to fight the urge of becoming entranced by a woman's f
The dark clouds thunder above us, brightening in a quick flash as lightening strikes nearby. The wind is strong, lashing at us, Mother Nature not at all pleased for the blood she is about to soak up.+I didn't give the soldiers a pep talk. Aside from the low whispers on our way here nobody spoke, some fearing the vampire kingdom as many do. Everyone that threatens the vampires never succeed, they never get past the walls. But I've been beyond those walls, I trained with those vampires, I saw their weaknesses, their strengths, the way they fight and the way they think. They're stronger than ever don't get me wrong, they're prepared for me, but they underestimate me. They don't expect me to be stronger. They don't expect me to have an army of unsullied soldiers gifted to me from the moon mother. They don't expect me to have 13 pure blood Lycans. They don't expect me to have the Bain bloodline at my side, the strongest lycans to ever exist.The castle is lit up as the windows and doors a
"...nobody escapes. Is everyone clear on the arrangement?" I glance into the eyes of the most worthy men, those who will lead the separate groups to each stationed location.My question is answered in nods as their eyes go over the map drawn into the mud. My brothers stand behind me as they listen, never commenting as they know I have a better map of the castle than anyone. I'm the only person to ever escape."You have 6 hours to prepare your chosen warriors, if you are not ready, you will die. It's that simple." I tell them with a hard and meaningful tone. From the brief glances I received from a few of the Purebloods I know they realise I'm true to my word, always. If they're not ready in 6 hours, there won't be any rescue missions. This is it, right here, right now."Commander, with all respect, wouldn't it be easier to attack in the day and draw them out? The sun will weaken them" Knights question made sense of course, it was a very logical tactic. However, the made king isn't stu
"Micheal, you owe me this. Can I count on you?" I ask him, already knowing that he will go through with it.As I expected he nods his head. Chloe will be arriving tonight, Angel is going to need her support. Micheal has the hardest job, he's got to lie to not only the most ruthless Alpha, but also his own mate. Let's just hope that he's good at not telling the truth."Always. I'm forever in your debt for what you did for me and Chloe" he sincerely says.I'm done playing games. I've a thousand lives. And if my time is over in doing this, then so be it. Angel will live, I just won't be with him. The king wants all of me, and all of my power, that's exactly what he's going to get."People are going to die, hundreds, maybe thousands. But you do whatever you have to, to ensure that Angel isn't one of those people" I order giving him a stern look.He just nods his head. "Why does this sound like you're saying goodbye?" He asks me, his voice soft.I just offer him a small smile. He gives me
Sitting up sleepily I look towards the couch where angel had slept last night. I frowned when I saw that he wasn't their, but shrugged it off figuring he's woke early.With the palms of my hands I rub my face, trying to get feeling back in it. Strange enough I felt stiffness around my eyes, and crusted liquid.What the hell?Last night I had the strangest dream, I could have sworn that angel was in the bed with me. Holding me. And he said something, but I don't remember.If it was important I would have remembered, so I was probably imagining him with me.Climbing from the bed I head into the Barholm to brush my teeth and show. Once I was clean and feeling refreshed, I dried myself and got dressed.Tonight I leave. The king has to be stopped. He's looking for me, it'll be easier for me to get to him than anyone else. If a stranger showed up like I'm going to, they'd be killed. He would know that they mean to kill him, so his soldiers will take care of the person.Heading downstairs to
"Stop!""Get off me!""Let go!"I scream at him to stop, my ribs throbbing as he continued assaulting me. His lips pulled into a boyish grin as he tickles my sides, my body wriggling to get away from him. But he only holds me down.My laughter had begun to fade, and I really did want him to stop. So I do the only thing I could do at this point. Reaching across the edge of the bed I grasp the lamp on the bed side table. And you know what I did? I smashed it over his head.He freezes above me, his face changing to one of stone. His eyes flashing pitch black. His muscled toned body tense. I could sense the anger in his Lycan, he wanted to hurt me like I have him. But at the same time he didn't want to hurt me because I am his.Laughing loudly I quickly shove him to the side, and jump to my feet on the bed. Looking down at him as I cross my arms and arch one eyebrow."I told you to stop" I defend myself calmly.He glares at me with his black eyes. He gets to his knees and wraps his huge m
Tall skinny trees, usually brown, but under the night sky they only appear as black silhouettes. The sky above that broke through the thin tall trees was grey, almost black. The stars twinkling like a million little lights.There's a story told to children about the stars in some packs. They say the eyes of the ancients watch down on their children, so even though they've been forgotten, they haven't forgotten us.The cold wind lapped at my freezing flesh. My stomach rumbled with hunger.The tears on my face had dried a long time ago. I knew that I had to go home, Angel will be worried sick. But the air of being alone gave me time to think, to finally be at peace with my mind. With this new technique I've figured out that I think a lot better when I'm in a peaceful environment.I've figured out a way to take the king down. But I have to do it alone. Angel will never go for it, he'll instantly refuse. My brothers won't do It either. Which I don't mind because this is my fight. And I n