AriaFor the past two days, Hunter and I had been busy with pack work, taking care of everything around the pack, and making sure that things are under control.There was no sign of any upcoming attacks and everything around seemed in peace and silence, but none knew if it was the silence before the storm and destruction.Yesterday I came to know that another pack was attacked and taken over by the rouges. The pack was not a weak one, it was strong and they too had firm defense yet the rouges managed to win and this was very alarming for every pack that was safe till now including us.I just hoped we'd be able to save our pack. We couldn't lose it at any cost.Currently, I was inside my house to gather some dresses and a couple of shoes of mine that I missed shifting to the new room with Hunter when I had shifted all my belongings.I grabbed my boots and jackets, along with the crop tops, and finally exited the house and locked the door.As I hung the bag over my shoulder, out of blue
Aria I had not expected Hunter to be in the room when I reached there.Apparently, he was changing his shirt that was covered in dirt when I entered the room.Okay! His shirtless figure was even more unexpected than his presence at this point.His eyes instantly landed on me as soon as I stepped in, and his lips parted in realization."Uh—I..." I began struggling to form any sentence. His naked torso was the most distracting thing I had ever come across and I had no idea why the red shade of blush was shading my face on its own.A smirk curved on his lips once he saw my reaction."Where were you?" He dropped the shirt and without bothering to dress he stalked toward me.An unknown glint was shining in his eyes and signs of amusement were there."I-I....I mean I went to my house to bring my clothes and stuff," I gestured to the back hanging on my shoulder for some reason unable to meet his eyes.Why was I feeling so nervous?"Didn't we already shift all your stuff a few days ago?" He
AriaMy shredded shirt dropped to the floor in front of my very own eyes. Before giving me time to process anything Hunter's hand moved to rip off my denim shorts in a blink and drop the torn fabric on the ground."Hunter! What are you doing?" I shirked and tried to cover myself with my hands but he grabbed my wrists and pinned them over my head against the cold wall.Within seconds he had pushed me into the most vulnerable condition of mine. I was completely bare in front of his eyes except for the bra and thin underwear that covered my intimate areas.But judging by the intentions that screamed through Hunter's unnerving silence, I was sure that these garments too were not going to be on me for long."Please stop," I attempted to get my hands out of his hold but he didn't let me, his strength and he himself were overpowering me in every possible way."I thought of fixing everything, I thought of doing this in a nice way but Aria.." He roughly grabbed my jaw with his other hand, "You
HunterI ran and ran and ran.I did not know where I was going, What I intended to do but only ran further into the deep forest.The regret and pain had attacked me on every side.What I had done?I was supposed to mend her, put her back together and heal the damages I made to put her smile back. But I fucked everything up once again.The awakened beast within me and I myself ruined all of it. My lack of control and the rage that had always won over me, made me lose everything once again.I hurt her without even knowing how much damage I was causing. The flashes of her tear-stained face were passing through my vision every now and then and every time they did I was being given another reason to hate myself.How could I not notice that she was not lying? How could I act like a brute to her?Today, I had wounded my sweet mate without using any weapon. I made her go through hell and worst of all I did not bother once before giving her such humiliation that she might never be able to wi
AriaAt that moment when I saw him entering the room, the fear I felt crawling up my skin was something I had never felt. The terror was real; surrounded me from every side.And the storm I was afraid of was standing right in front of me at the doorway.I couldn't even get myself to notice his expression or the regret in his eyes. My body proceeded before my mind could and I found myself clutching the blanket as tightly as possible finding it the only thing that could cover me from his gaze.The feeling was terrifying.As he slowly locked the door and took a few steps closer, I backed away as much as I could. My back pressed against the hard wooden surface of the headboard.Suddenly breathing seemed like the most difficult task in the universe and the air felt heavier than stones. Each intake of breath I tried to take through my nose after it was difficult to breathe through my nose made my throat burn as if it was not the air instead sandpaper scraping down my throat.My panic-fille
AriaI woke up in someone's embrace.As I struggled to try to open my eyes and my hands moved to rest on the person's naked chest, the memories from yesterday came swashing into my mind like a frantic wave.Panic was the first thing that permeate me but it began fading away as rapidly as it had appeared once I remembered Hunter's apology and gentle caresses.I had never got the chance to feel it, but being in Hunter's arms was the most peaceful place I had ever found myself.I was basically laying on the top of its body with only a shirt of his covering my body that he supposedly put on me after I had lost consciousNot even a bit of discomfort could be seen in his expression despite having my whole weight on the top of his body. He was in a deep doze.I did not have any idea of what made me do it but I leaned closer to him, resting my head on his chest and hearing his steady heartbeats that for this particular moment seemed like the most interesting thing in the world.The warmth of h
Aria"Aria, we are going to start your training from today," Hunter informed me after we had our breakfast. Today he had decided to bring our breakfast to our room. "Okay," I nodded, "From when?""Now." He casually buttoned up his shirt whilst I glued down the last few sips of the orange juice. "From now?" I was a bit surprised, not that I had any problem about having to start the training soon."Yeah, do you have any problem love?"Unknowingly a faint red shade of blush took over my face upon being called 'love' by him but I shook my thoughts away before they could make a mess."No," I shook my head, "It's fine by me.""Okay, then get ready." He flashed me a smile and I nodded before pushing aside the blanket that was covering my body.But before I could get down from the bed, I heard his low growl that rumbled in his chest and noticed his darkened orbs.At first, I did not understand what was the reason behind it, but once I became aware of my appearance the situation became clear
AriaMy breathing came out as pants, my body was covered in sweat, the shirt I had dropped long ago remained discarded on the floor ever since leaving me in only the lace bralette, and my eyes persistent on the target— Hunter Rodriguez.Collecting myself from the floor where I ended up because of the previous defeat I strode towards him to attack him.This time too, it all happened in less than a second.The sword dropped from my hand for the umpteenth with Hunter's Strike on it and my body dropped to the floor at the impact; Once again he crouched down and looked at me, the tug appeared at the corner of his lips.Well..of course. For the past hour, I had been constantly losing and making a fool of myself over and over again."Kitten," He chuckled moving his hand to brush away the hair strand over my face, "You are really a kitten."I swatted his hand away and sat up; The anger had gotten the best of me and this anger was undoubtedly the result of my continuous defeats."I haven't giv
Aria"As far as I knew, wedding nights were supposed to be super romantic," I fought my giggle when he aggressively opened my wedding dress letting it fall on the floor before he hastily moved on to unclipping my bra."So what does this seem to you? Unromantic?" He rose one of his eyebrows as he ripped open my panties and the sound broke through the not-so-existing silence in the room."No, but you are acting like a hungry animal," A chuckle finally left my mouth.Suddenly with one swift yank, Hunter pulled me towards him so that my naked chest come colliding against his one. Goosebumps raked my body and heat entrenched into my skin."You are right because I am starving," His growl alone made the wetness gather between my thighs.He picked me up by my thighs and hooked my legs around his hips, slipping my arms around his neck to keep myself steady."And now that my prey is right in front of me, I am not going to hold back anything," He put me down on the bed, hovering over me and he w
AriaI did not know where I was. All I could see was darkness and darkness; Nothing other than that.Only one question that rose in my mind was—Was I alive or dead?However, my questions went answered and unanswered at the same time when I felt someone's presence beside me. It could be just a hallucination or it could simply mean nothing.But then I felt someone's touch that sent bolts of electricity to my whole body. Because of the chaos of thoughts, at first, I could not recognize the feeling but then once I felt the scintillas spreading throughout my body, I figured out that these were the sparks of the mate bond.The weight on the eyelids that kept me unable to open my eyes slowly vanished, and I fought the weakness to open them. It took me a few seconds before I finally managed to open them.Glaring sun rays hit my eyes, forcing me to rapidly close them once again. A small groan left my mouth automatically and I shifted a bit to avoid the light, lifting my aching arm to cover my
Aria"Sorry, beloved," Knight whispered before he pulled the knife out and thrust it into my stomach once again, "Revenge is more important to me than possession, but don't worry..." he once again pulled out the sharp weapon and insert it into the same place with double force, "Once I kill your mate, I'll save you because I have plenty of things I haven't done with you yet." He finally withdrew the knife and let go of me; The imbalance left me stumbling a few steps backward.My hands moved to press onto the wound. The blood endlessly gushed out it, covering my hand and dripping down to the floor, the pain was unlike anything. Everything in front of my eyes went blank for a second and I found myself falling to the ground.But my body did not end up colliding against the floor— Before I could fall to the ground, Hunter caught me in his arms."Aria..." He began hesitating, his eyes wide in horror and hands vigorously shaking as he watched the blood gush out of the deep wound continuous
Aria"Hunter..." His name fell off my lips before I even knew it."I see...so your mate's here." He spoke, lowly, "Too bad he has invited his own death.""Or maybe, it's you who's going to die."He laughed, looking at me in disbelief, "You really think so? Guess, you can comfort yourself by saying that but for now, my beta and gamma are enough to take care of your mate since after defeating all the rouges I put to guard, it's impossible for him to defeat them." "You are really a victim of the disease that destroys people, and you know what it is? It's your fucking overconfidence." I spat."But as far as I can see it's you and your mate who are going through the demolition," He said raising one of his eyebrows, "Anyways, let's see what's your mate doing downstairs...has he died yet or not, perhaps—" A loud growl of Hunter buzzed throughout the mansion once again causing Knight to stop in the midway of his sentence."Or maybe, he just killed your dear companions." It was my turn to ra
HunterKnight was smart enough to choose to build his mansion in the middle of the forest, but not enough to choose a forest that did not have only a slight distance of a few hundred miles like this one had.Once I entered the forest, using the mate bond to track where Aria exactly was. I became aware of the fact that Knight was not that confident about how he sounded on the phone because on every corner he kept rouges as the guards to prevent me from reaching his mansion.However, I did not let his arrangements succeed because I tore down every one of the routes into pieces just like I had told him. I knew my Aria was with him, captured by that son of a bitch and I needed to get her out at any cost. I wanted to rescue her as fast as possible before he could hurt her. I did not want to lose her.And I was like a ravenous animal who had no mercy left inside of him. I had forgotten everything, the only thing that was in my mind was that I needed to save my mate before that monster could
AriaWhen Knight hung up on his call with Hunter, at first I did not have any idea what was I going to do and what was going to be Hunter's decision when Knight intentionally put him in the middle of such a dilemma. Knight has no intentions to kill, he has told me by himself even though his intentions were far worse than killing me.Knight's agendas were so vicious and tricky. It was impossible to learn what was going to be his next move going to be.And that was why I did not want Hunter to reach here. Yes, I did not care or give a damn about what was going to be my state but I did not want my mate to get hurt or injured. Only because of that, I tried to send Hunter a signal to stop him from trying to reach where I was, taking Sierra's help to convey the message.I still had no idea if I had succeeded in doing that because Hunter's mark on me was still fresh and raw. But at the end of my attempts, I began badly regretting my decision.I did not know how that signal went, I did not ha
Hunter"Where is Aria? Where have you taken her? You fucking bastard!""Ugh! Why are you shouting," He groaned, "What is wrong with you and your mate, huh? You both keep shouting like mad dogs.""Shut up, motherfucker. What do you think of yourself? Trust me, the moment I see you, I am going to kill you." I growled."Sorry my friend, I can't trust you on that." His vicious laughter sounded through the phone, "There are two reasons, first there are close to zero chances that you'll reach your mate, second within only fifteen minutes the rouges who are all around your pack are going finalize the attack and before you holler up with your overconfidence, let me tell you they are not at all the ordinary rouges you have ever come across. They are filled with hunger and vengeance, and the blood and flesh of your and Deadcrest packs' members are going to quench their thirst."I became hyperaware of the entire situation.The dismay for the pack's safety stirred awake within me along with the c
AriaSince the past hour, I had not been able to move an inch from where Knight tied me. These ropes were so tight that every time I moved my hands my skin would end up getting sliced, the more I strained against it the more it'd hurt me.Tension, fear, anxiety— I felt all sorts of emotions attack me from every side.I had to do something to save my pack but here I was, under this brute's captive. And if I can't get out then he'd destroy my pack, he'd succeed in his mission. I needed to warn the members about Knight's plan.I struggled against the restraints, ignoring all the pain it was causing me. The gag muffled my groans and screams, almost suffocating me.And then suddenly the door opened and entered none other than the demon himself—Knight.Amusement shined in his atrocious grey eyes, "I see, you haven't given up yet."He stalked closer, there was a plate of food in his hand and he rested it on the side table."Although I'd love to have you tied and gagged this is not the way I'
Hunter"Hunter, calm down," Mom said, "Breaking things like this is not going to solve the problem.""I don't have any idea where the hell she is, she is not in the pack, mom. Do you fucking understand what that means? Do you even understand the things that can happen to her?" I shouted, "There are enemies everywhere, they can seriously hurt her, and I might never be able to get her back.""We will get her back, son. Please calm down." Dad spoke."No, I can't calm down. I can't until I find her," I threw away the chair against the wall, till now the entire office was a mess; Everything was destructed to the point of no return but I could care less about that, all that was in my mind was my Aria.It was all my fault.I should have told her about everything. How much pain she must have gone through!The look on her face from last night was still haunting me. She looked so...broken; It was all because of me.I knew she was in danger, it was so obvious. She has gone through the toughest