*Cain Arius* It hurt me seeing her this tired, she had not slept properly last night and when she slipped out of bed this morning she had been in a hurry as well. She wasn’t taking good care of herself and I wanted to twist Clay’s neck for having instigating her to act in such a manner. But why was she running away from me? “I-I am s-sorry, Sir. It is my fault! I shouldn’t have brought such a piece that wasn’t to your liking, p-please give me another chance to present another,” the man, stood in front of me shouted out a slur of words in a panicked aggression making me snap my gaze away from my mate and back to him. He was the vendor that was going to bring us silver polished candle holders for the ceremony and one of his designs was mangled and bent in my hand now. Fuck! I forgot I had to choose one of these samples. “I promise that I won’t disappoint you this time!” he continued to beg mercy for himself as he stared at the shiny metal in my hand disfigured and useless now. His s
*ASA TRINE*I could feel his eyes burning holes in me and honestly this had been the most unnerving thing I had faced in a while. Whatever I did or wherever I went, I could feel those brilliant golden orbs of his follow each and every moment of mine.What was crazier was that I seemed to even understand the emotion with which he was looking at me, for example, his eyes were glaring at me right now to stop talking to the guard who had volunteered to help bring us the box of flowers that had just arrived.Turning my gaze slightly I observed him overlooking the arrangement of the big bonfire that was to be lit in the middle of the ground where the ceremony was to be held. He, himself had been carrying a giant log in his arms and even from this far I could see his hard muscles flex as he put it down. I had just turned to look at him completely when the very next second our eyes met and he smiled noticing my gaze.It was slightly embarrassing to see how obvious he was in showing his feelin
*ASA TRINE* Holding onto my paining back I rapped on it with my fist to release some of the ache that I was feeling. It didn’t help much but a second later I felt strong fingers dig into my muscles hitting the right spots, making me arch my back and groan as I pressed into it further. A moan had released from my throat at the relief I felt and a tickling breath enveloped my ear with a teasing pair of lips that asked, “Is that a signal to continue what we started this morning? Was last night not enough for you?” I could hear the smile in his voice and turning around to take a grip of his shirt I bunched them in my hands and supporting myself using him I huffed, glaring at him, “Its because of you that I am suffering like this.” After the emotional episode yesterday, Leia had instructed Cain to take me home where we cuddled on the sofa, had some food in our kitchen island and he then continued to give me a tour of our beautiful home. It was just as perfect as I had imagined it to be
*ASA TRINE*“What do you mean he is not waking up? I saw him completely fine just yesterday!” I exclaimed on hearing the doctor’s words. He looked like an experienced man in his late fifties but this case had left him so boggled that he frantically checked through his papers again and again as if to stake his claims of having tried everything, in trying to treat his patient.“Like you had instructed us yesterday, ma’am, he had been sent here for a check up and we scanned him for any signs of illness in his body. Surprisingly, except for his weak state there was nothing to be found,” he disclosed strengthening my judgement from yesterday. Continuing with a sigh he said, “He had been cooperative in his check up as well but when we suggested giving him some sleep-inducing medicine to help him with his insomnia and lack of rest he reacted very violently.”That was very weird why would someone do that? Pointing with his hand to the wrecked room he continued, “As you can see, he made such
*ASA TRINE* “Are you sure I can wear this?” I asked hesitantly as I stared at myself one last time in the mirror. The dress was no doubt absolutely beautiful but I wasn’t feeling very confident in it. I had rarely ever worn anything that showed this much skin.“Of course, you can dear, you look beautiful in it,” Luna said clapping her hands together and then turning to look at my best friend she continued, “You did the right thing in bringing this dress for her, Kate!”“Well, as my father owns a boutique it was only natural for me to inherit some of his fashion skills,” she smugly replied making me shake my head at her. She had been taking further studies after high school to become a fashion designer and this particular piece was one that she designed herself.“But it shows all of my leg,” I complained touching my bare leg.“Oh, come on, that slit isn’t even a very dangerous one, it only bares you from a little below the top of your thigh,” Kate admonished me as I clenched the two f
*ASA TRINE* It was more than obvious that the bane of my life was behind this arisen problem again. That mere glint in his blue eyes made me want to pluck them out of his head.“Oh my brother and sister in law are here!” Clay suddenly shouted gathering all the attention from the people around us. They looked towards him on hearing his words and basking in the attention he continued to act, “They are the ones in charge of this ceremony you can talk to them if you need something.”There was a smile on his face as he pointed at the two of us taking a few steps forward. A look of relief graced his face as if to show his love for us and how much he hoped everything would be alright now.He was such a fake!People didn’t pay much mind to him as they did before; the rumor had worked better in ruining his reputation than we thought. It also helped that the ladies who admired him so much earlier were angry at him for him to not have chosen them instead of Sofia.He must have noticed the unent
*ASA TRINE*Awe stricken faces and mesmerized eyes reflected the gem that was held for them to see.Placing it on the decorated table that was made as a small altar to put the lighted candles on, Alpha then turned to face the crowd and greeting he said, “Thank you everyone for assembling here for this praying ceremony.”The crowd immediately quieted on listening to their leader’s words and continuing with a smile Alpha said, “We are the children of Moon Goddess and to show her our gratitude for loving us and protecting us we have gathered here together to pray to her for our good health, prosperity and her constant blessing.”I had been so drawn in by the magnificence with which he had the crowd hushed that it took me a second to realize that Cain had been holding out a candle for me to take. Looking around I noticed that the others all had one in their hands as well and holding the stand tightly in my hands I silently thanked Cain.Luna brought forward two candles, holding one in eac
*ASA TRINE*It was unfair of me to take advantage like this but it was not every day that people could witness the gentle side of Cain and it would be the perfect opportunity to change their perception of him.Rubbing at my own eyes to rid them of any lingering tears I smiled at him and nodding I said, “Yes, I would really love that.”“I am sorry I don’t understand what it is like to lose your parents at such a young age but you can talk to me about it and I will try to help you feel better however I can,” he added as he guided me towards the bonfire where the people were dancing.Like I said before, I had lost my parents at a very young age so I had enough time to cope with their loss. It was obvious that one could never very well get over it. Even then, these past few years and the small family that I had found in Leia and Michael had been enough to keep me happy and sane.It was sweet of him to say that and squeezing his hand to let him know that I was grateful I stood by him as we
*ASA TRINE* “Come on, hurry up Devin, you can’t be this slow!” Leia scolded him and the sound of it came all the way up the stairs making me stifle a laugh. “You look beautiful, miss,” Ross said gaining my attention as he helped me with my skirt that had wrinkled below. “Oh no, Ross please don’t do that I don’t want you hurting your waist,” I said as I tried to stop him, but it was no use the old man had been so used to taking care that even after giving him retirement from all his work he would still find something to do. “Michael! That’s not right! The cake should be here!” she shouted again as I heard Michael shuffling around and again I tried to stop my laughter from filtering through at my sister's frustrated antics. “Its time to go down, Miss,” Ross said as he smiled at me and hooking my arm around his I took his help to carefully step down the steps as I saw Cain standing there at the end of it with little Kiara in his hands. She looked adorable in her frock that she had b
*ASA TRINE* “You called us, dad?” I asked peeping in. Nodding his head at me he motioned for us to sit down and filtering in I noticed that Luna had also been there looking through some books as she smiled at our presence. “I am sorry that I am late,” Clay’s voice filtered in but he stopped soon after when he saw the two of us already seated there, “I swear I haven’t done anything this time.” “We know that you haven’t done anything Clay, we are not here to complain about you,” Cain said huffing at his brother but a smile slipped on his face and I wondered if it would be right to separate these two brothers when their relations had only just started improving. “Well then what is this family reunion for?” he asked as he sat down on a chair beside Cain looking at his dad with a questioning look making Cain and I fix him with that same gaze. “Can’t I just miss my children?” Alpha asked as he looked at us and when we remained adamant in our gazes he laughed and said, “Fine you caught
*ASA TRINE* “No, wait, did you bring the bag of chips that I had kept on the table?” I asked stopping Cain as he looked at me and shaking his head in negative, he said, “Just give me a minute, I’ll be right back!” It had been two days since we had gotten back and thankfully the crowd had started straying away from us a slight bit for us to decide on going on a picnic today. Another thing that had been something really good was Cain’s carefreeness. He had been smiling more and he didn’t look like he had to be on his toes every moment of his life. I think a huge credit goes to Clay and I rejecting each other. This weird phenomenon had also seemingly improved his outlook of his brother as he didn’t seem to be worried about his presence around us anymore though it didn’t mean that he became any less possessive. Looking back at our home I waited for him to come back but it was taking him longer than I had thought, and I wondered if I had actually brought the chips with me. Looking
*ASA TRINE* “That’s enough Leia, please!” I begged as I tried to escape her aggressive hits that she had been raining down on me. After seeing me she had almost ran up to me and the first thing that she had done was to hit me with all the force and energy that she had in store. “Hey, that’s enough, please if not anything then think about the baby,” Michael tried to intervene and taking the opportunity I hid behind him feeling my head almost about to burst from the built up stress. I loved my sister and I knew that she wasn’t the cause of this but I was moments away from shouting at her. “She hadn’t been feeling well too Leia, please go easy on her,” Devin pleaded my case making Cain sit up straight as he looked at me and asked, “What? What happened to you?” I had wanted to speak to him the first thing when I saw him return but he had come back with the rest of the family and I couldn’t find a moment to take him away from them as the Luna showered him with love and Alpha pra
*ASA TRINE* Clay had disappeared away as mysteriously he had come and right now my brain had been combusting at the possibility of what was happening. Why did I feel those things that I would have only with a mate? What did it mean? “Asa? Are you alright?” Devin came in soon after Clay had dropped me off at the entrance of the pack house only to hide back into the crowds of people. Looking around for him I tried to see those same blue eyes that had once been the reason of my tears and later the cause of my determination to solve this mystery. I wonder what he must be thinking right now and whether he had been okay. ‘What is wrong with us Asa? I can feel a connection to Clay just as much as I can feel a connection to Cain but I feel as if my body is being torn apart in both directions,’ Xara panted in my head making me aware of my own body’s condition. Now that she said I had been feeling a slight pain in my chest since i got off the car and this must be the reason behind it. ‘Th
*ASA TRINE* “Are you excited to go home?” Cain asked looking at me from where I had been sitting in the passenger seat of the car while Devin now occupied the back seat. “Did you even need to ask me that, of course I am!” I said looking at him to find that his eyes had been looking deeply relaxed as they flitted over my face. There seemed to still be some anxiety within him but he was assured now that he wasn’t going to lose me. But he wouldn’t let me away from his eyesight for more than two minutes. So maybe he wasn’t completely healed yet but at least he was on that path. “I am so glad that everything turned out as it did and that nothing happened to you,” Devin sighed from where he was sprawled on the back seat looking as if the life had been drained out of him. Right now he looked older than what he was and I gave him an apologetic smile. “Sorry that you had to manage and meet all the people who had wanted to meet me,” I said remembering the hordes of people who had been
*ASA TRINE*“No...”I said for the first time in a while as I felt my voice return to me. I knew that I wasn’t conscious and that part scared me more for if I wasn’t consciousness then I must be dead for the goddess to visit me.She didn’t look anything extraordinary as I stared at the bright mass of light that had been blinding to me before. This light unlike Ephialtes had taken a much proper shape like that of a human and had long wispy hair of light floating all round her being. Her yes had been white as well but again unlike Ephialtes they didn’t look soulless they looked full of life.I felt blessed to have seen her but just the thought of what would it mean to be to see her meant made tears spill out of my eyes as I fell to my knees in front of her. None of my wounds hurting anymore and I wished for them to pain and hurt me again, anything that would tell me that I had been alive.“Please Goddess, let me live, please id don’t want to die just yet,” I pleaded pathetically the fac
*ASA TRINE*And as I said this I went towards Ephialtes who dodged me at my first try using all his effort to move away from me.“No! Don’t do this to me!” he shouted but as the sun’s rays started pouring over his body more and more he started disappearing and growing lighter in color as would happen to a shadow.“I need to do this Ephialtes, you have tortured many innocent people and I only hope that next time you wouldn’t walk on the wrong path,” I said this as I started slashing at whatever black misty body part I got making his body disappear and grow smaller and smaller.It was surreal to watch Ephialtes have nowhere to go as he started circling around me trying to continue to build himself up but the sunlight was making it impossible for him. His white pale eyes that usually stood out in its ghastliness didn’t seem as scary as they depicted his fright.“No, I remember now, this- this is how I was put to sleep all those years ago and now again,” he let out a groan as Cain and Dev
*ASA TRINE* His raspy voice almost instantly made all the hair in my body stand up and looking at his soulless eyes I wondered if he could see through my façade. The air had significantly dropped down around me and if Ephialtes had not been present here I would have been much intrigued to observe such a sudden change in my surroundings “Why? Aren’t you going to say something to me this time?” he asked swishing slightly to the left and the right making me flit my eyes to make sure that he hadn’t been able to sneak up an attack on me. “I don’t want to waste my time talking to you, let’s get on with the fighting,” I said hoping that reverse psychology would work on him as well as I noticed him pause and stare at me while I forced my face to stay impassive. “I don’t like that look in your eyes,” he gnawed out his words narrowing his pathetic pearls to look at me as he continued, “I quite like it more when they had been shut closed scared to even face me.” I wanted to look up at the