She looked bewildered, but nodded and gathered her things, sliding into her dress quickly before leaving the room.I sat for a while staring at the door, her aftertaste in my mouth. I was fucked. ☆☆☆☆☆Daisy's POV::“What are we doing here?”Klaus glanced at me from the corner of his eye before turning back to the view before us.“We're getting new clothes for you.”“I don't need clothes.”He chuckled, looking me up and down. “On the contrary, Daisy, we do. You need a lot of clothes. The plan won't work without them.”“What? What do you mean?” I was concerned. “And what is this plan of yours that you haven't told me?!” He didn't reply, pulling me into the mall. When he arrived at an obviously expensive boutique, he dumped me into the hands of an attendant.“Get her your best outfits,” was all he said, before stepping away and sitting on a nearby couch.“Hey! What do you- hey, let go of me!”But the attendant was all too eager to dress me up, because she didn't let me go, despite al
I was open mouthed as I looked around the room after shutting the door. I can't describe it in detail, but it was beautiful. Few minutes later I'd washed up and changed into a pair of pajamas Klaus bought during the shopping spree, and was walking down the stairs when I spotted a woman toward me.“Miss Daisy,” she said with a polite expression on her face. “Master Klaus instructed me to accompany you to his study. In his own words, he believed you would stop and study every art design you saw.”I frowned, slightly offended. Then I sighed. “Take me to him.”He looked up when the door opened, and inclined his head to the side. “Well, you're earlier than I thought.”“The plan,” I said, plopping onto the chair before him. He looked irritated by my response, but chose to say nothing.“The plan is to turn you into a whole new person.”I blinked. “What?”“You're going to strike back against Aiden, Daisy.”“I…I don't understand. And quite frankly, scared. Why me? And what do you mean, strike
Immediately after getting off the phone with Leon, Aaren got dressed, left the house and headed to his car. He still wasn't sure if he could trust Leon fully but he knew he didn't have much choice. He just had to get the best he can out of him now and if he turned out to be a problem later, he'd just get rid of him. It was that simple. Starting the car, he reversed out of the house and veered it onto the road. Several minutes later, he arrived at the house he knew he would find the werewolves and he alighted from the car and knocked on the front door.Getting no response after a few seconds, he made another attempt to know but the door opened before his fist could touch it. Aaren found himself staring at the same werewolf whose ass he'd kicked back when he was looking for Alpha Charles.“Yeah?” The guy asked with hostility and raised an eyebrow.“You're not going to invite me in?” Aaren asked.He got his response when the man filled the doorway with his frame, a defiant look on his f
“Hi, sis,” Leon said, studying her curiously.“I knew this would happen,” she said, tears suddenly welling up to her eyes. “I knew this would happen. I warned you, I tried to stop you but you just wouldn't listen.” The tears started falling and Leon spread his arms and tried to hug her but she brought her fist up and punched him in the chest, crying louder now. “I warned you, Leon. I warned you. Look what has happened now.”“Hey, hey, it's okay. I'll be fine,” he said softly, unmoved by the punches she threw at him. He made another attempt to pull her into a hug but she hit his hand away and continued pounding in his chest while crying furiously. Deciding to let her have her way, Leon simply stood there, absorbing all her punches until her arms tired out and dropped to her side. Wiping her tears, she looked at him with determined eyes and said, “this is all Aiden's fault, right?”Before Leon could answer, she had already brushed past him, heading down the hallway but he reached out
“There's nothing to tell,” I replied.“Oh, I'm sure there is. Everyone has a story. I'm very curious to hear yours. If we're going to act as lovers, then we need to know things about each other.”There was no way I was just going to open up my life to him so I decided to give him a quick summary, knowing he wouldn't stop asking if I didn't.“There really isn't much to tell. I'm the youngest of three children and both my parents are dead.”Klaus looked like he wanted to know more and I was surprised when he simply nodded instead and continued eating his food. Suddenly, I wanted to know about his life too but I stopped myself before I could ask the questions that came to mind. This was all a pretence. I had to keep reminding myself of that so as to avoid getting carried away. If he didn't offer any information about himself, then I didn't see the need to ask. There was silence at the table for several minutes and I caught him staring at me a few times. Or, rather, I caught him ogling a
Aiden's POV:: I was in my office, sorting through some files that contained information on members of the pack when there was a firm knock on the door. “Come in,” I said and the door came open slowly. A tall, well built man walked in and shut the door behind him. “Max. You're late,” I pointed out without looking up. “I'm sorry about that, Alpha Aiden. I had something very important to take care of,” He said meekly, betraying his strong and confident appearance. Hearing that, I stopped what I was doing and lifted my gaze from the desk. “Important, you say? More important than your duties as my beta?” The look in his eyes made it obvious that he realized his mistake immediately. “No, no…… I…… I meant……” he stuttered, unable to say anything coherent. “I'll allow that slide just this once,” I said with an underlying warning. “Thank you, sir,” he uttered eagerly, already sweating. “Just refer to me as Aiden, except when you're talking to someone else.” “Okay, Aiden
Daisy's POV:A few days after the incident at the dinner table, Klaus took me to meet members of the rogue pack so he could introduce me to them. He barely said anything to me during the drive but I noticed him staring at me a few times. “You look surprised,” Klaus remarked as we walked into the building and he was right. I was surprised. Looking around at all the people gathered in the building, I realized that they were way more than I expected. I couldn't believe that was the amount of people that were ready to risk everything possible just to go against Aiden who wouldn't give a second thought to killing any of them. There were murmurs as Klaus led me by the hand towards the small podium at the other end of the large room. My eyes met a lot of other people's own and the only thing I could see in them was curiosity.“Are you sure about this?” I asked Klaus, making sure he was the only one that could hear me.“Of course. There's no other way to do it,” he replied dryly, nodding hi
“For the future,” Klaus said, beating his chest. “For the future!” The people chorused in return, beating their chest too. Klaus did it a few more times and they reacted accordingly, then he turned to face me, smiling in satisfaction. It was scary to see the way all of them suddenly moved from not wanting to fight for themselves to being willing to do whatever it took to secure their future. If all the people here maintained their stance and went to war like Klaus wanted, Aiden was going to have a tough time, even with the type of person he was. Since I was the only reasonable person there, I knew it was up to me to talk sense into them. After a while, the gathering was dismissed and I returned home with Klaus. He was beaming throughout the drive back and I almost wanted to reach out and knock the smile off his face. When we got back to the house, Klaus went off to his room, leaving me to myself. I returned to my room too, locking myself in. I kept hoping Klaus wouldn't invite me t
“Your claws, right?” Daisy asked her. “In case you haven't noticed, the strange energy in the air died along with Asper. Whatever magic he was using is now gone, and so are your false powers. You're just plain old Neena now.”Neena looked up in horror. “No, no, this can't be happening. Please, don't kill me. I could still be of use to you. Keep me as a slave or anything.” She collided with Appa as she backed away and he shoved her angrily. Smiling, Aiden turned to look at Daisy. “Do you want to do the honors?”“With pleasure,” she replied, licking her lips. “No, please,” Neena pleaded and so did Abut Daisy ignored their cries as she extended her claws. Neena turned to run but Daisy suddenly appeared at her side. “When you see Leon on the other side, be sure to tell him I sent you, and that I did it happily,” Daisy said and Neena looked at her with dismay.With one vicious slash, Daisy sunk her claws into her. But she didn't stop there. She continued slicing her, just like Neena had
I heard a satisfying cry from him but he still didn't give up. The earth rumbled as we struggled with each other, hoping to get the upper hand. We inflicted several injuries on ourselves, yet, none of us gave in to the other. The longer we fought, the more energized I felt. I guessed it was the same with him because his attacks became more and more intense. He tried to throw me to the ground, but I held fast and when I saw that he was concentrating all his energy on that one move, I reached out with my second paw and swept him off his feet. He didn't move after that and I turned back in Aiden's direction. He was sitting with his back against the wall of a nearby house and Neena was standing close to him. I growled and started running in their direction but I had only gone a few meters when I heard teeth gnashing behind me.“Daisy! Behind you!” Aiden yelled, pointing in my direction. I turned as fast as I could but it wasn't fast enough to defend myself from Asper's attack. His pa
I'd never felt so much hatred for anyone than I did myself in that moment. Since I had nowhere else to go, Aiden's pack was the only place I could return to, even though it was the last place I wanted to go. That was the only place that still felt like home and it was Aiden that made it feel that way.Now, with his absence, I wasn't sure it was going to feel like that again. Dejected, I walked away from the burnt house and headed back. As I walked through the woods, I stayed on alert, ready to defend myself against anyone that might attack.I knew Neena and Asper would still be looking for me, and if they happened to come across me as I was heading back, then I would have to be the one to defend myself. I held my claws ready as I went, jumping at every slight movement or sound. But I had no trouble on my way back. At some point, I realized I was heading in the direction of the cottage and changed directions immediately. Nothing could ever make me go back to that dreary place. I was r
The pressure of his leg on my neck restricted my airflow and I found it hard to breathe. I struggled against him but he was too strong and when I realized that struggling was only making things worse for me, I gave in, ready to accept whatever was going to happen. Jeff was still unmoving and he had also returned back to human form. Neena was the only one still in her wolf form and she maintained her distance from Asper. She was still scared of him even now that she had the advantage. Asper pressed my neck harder, making me cough as I inhaled dirt in an attempt to breathe. Forcing my hand to move, I brought it up to pat his leg repeatedly but he kicked it away with force. I winced from the pain that shot up my arm and I could hear my own heartbeat thudding against the ground as I anticipated what was going to happen next. That was probably the end of the road for me. Neena was the only person that could possibly help me in that situation and I couldn't trust her to do that, not if A
It must be the same witchcraft he'd been using back at the cottage and I wondered where he got it from since everything related to witchcraft had either been burned or destroyed many years ago. The people gasped, all of them murmuring in fear as they backed away from the advancing wolf. Its howling became louder, and at some point, all of us had to cover our ears. Then it stopped suddenly. Both the walking and its howling. Its eyes were glowing red, just like the color of the sky and I suddenly remembered that it was the same color Daisy's eyes had been after Asper had injected her the second time. Turning its head from side to side, its eyes took in everyone present and in a split second, it launched its huge paws forward, striking three people dead in that one move. Everyone scattered immediately after that, running in whatever direction that came to their mind. “Attack!” Neena yelled and the six men that had come with her rushed forward immediately, like puppets. One by one, th
“There's no moon in the sky, you fool, and it's not even night yet,” Jack chided. Thankful that their attention had been directed away from her, Neena took the opportunity to put more distance between herself and them. She'd only gone a few meters when one of them suddenly turned in her direction.“Hey!” He shouted and the others returned their attention to her immediately.Jack pointed at the sky as he approached her. “Are you the one doing this? Is this some trick to help you escape from us?”“No. I don't know anything about it,” she replied.“We'll see about that,” Jack said and started running towards her. Her heart raced and she took to her heels, fear gripping her. “You're only delaying the inevitable,” Jack shouted behind her and she ran even faster. She knew the others had joined him too. She could hear their feet slamming against the ground as they chased her. After a few seconds she realized she was heading in the wrong direction. The path she was taking would lead her bac
“You all should stand aside,” I said calmly, hoping that my words will resonate with them. “If you fight me, I will not hold back.”“Then don't hold back!” someone yelled. “We're tired of your rule!”“Yes! Like Appa said, it has brought nothing but death and destruction!” Their words broke my heart, but I kept an emotionless mask on. “Is this really what you wish? For me to kill you all?”“Ha!” Appa cried from the back. “You're such an arrogant man, Aiden! You think you can kill them all? Your own people, people you trained?” Jeff glanced at me, and I saw the worry in his eyes.“No.” I cracked my neck. “My own people wouldn’t do this to me. I'm killing the traitors.”With that statement, silence fell upon the crowd for a moment, as though the people were thinking about what they'd gotten themselves into.Then someone charged at us. I took on a fighting stance, my eyes focused on my target, only for the sky to suddenly go from bright blue to pitch black, and finally, it turned to a
Dear goddess, she'd used the same witchcraft that Asper had.“This is bad,” Jeff muttered.“As bad as hell,” I agreed. Then I gave him a nod, and we both decided to turn and walk away. If she could create a barrier where I couldn't enter, then she definitely could make one where I couldn't walk away.“Too late,” I heard her giggle as though she'd read my mind. The next minute Jeff and I were slamming into another invisible wall. I jumped and whirled around to meet her, frowning.“Let us out.”Instead of laughing, she glowered at me. “So what? So you can go and look for Asper? Or so you can fuck Daisy?” I grinned at her questions. “Both, actually. And you have to be kidding yourself if you think you can just randomly call my woman's name like that.” Beside me, Jeff let out a groan and ran a hand down his face.My answer seemed to infuriate her, because she snarled and took a step towards us. “No one leaves if I don't let them. Those are the rules of the game.”She had the audacity to
“Don't be stupid.” He had a vexed expression. “He can handle himself. He didn't become a feared Alpha for nothing. You, on the other hand, have more likelihood of failure than of success.”I paused and turned. “What?”“You'd only slow him down.” His expression was grim. “Whatever he's doing, let him do it by himself, Daisy. Besides, he has Jeff. They’d be alright. Come on, go to bed.” I conceded and left for my room again, but when it was night, I opened my eyes and looked out of the window, only to see many men camped under it. Initially, fear of an ambush filled me, but their faces were familiar, and after close study I realized that they were the guards who'd been present earlier. But why were they- oh.Appa must have placed them outside my window after our discussion since he didn't trust me. I scoffed, and quietly stepped out of the room, hoping that my housemate was sound asleep. Then I looked out the kitchen window. It was devoid of men. Thank goodness.As soon as I found