Aria"Aria, sweetheart get ready quickly. Okay?" Dad asked as he noticed me walk upstairs after I was done with a small baking session with mom."For what?" I asked, confused.To keep my mind off of things, I had decided to bake some cookies with some and I'd be a lie if I said that it helped me in any sort of way. The entire time I had to force myself to concentrate on baking. It was as if there was no other thought left in my brain except for that one person and what made it worse was that I could feel the emotions Sierra was going through. The mate bond was affecting both of us and the distance and the abortive future I could see had given my pain a few more reasons to increase."Your mom hasn't told you yet?" Dad asked before he tilt his head to glance back mom who was storing the freshly baked cookies in the jar, "Honey, why haven't you told her that we and some important pack members who are in charge of the pack along us are invited to Brian's house?" Mom's mouth formed 'o'
AriaAlpha Brian and Luna Olivia greeted us as we reached their mansion."How are you, sweetheart? Olivia walked closer to me and caressed my cheek."I am fine," I flashed her a smile which she gladly returned."Come on everyone, let's have a seat," Brian guided us inside.This was the first time in the last four years that I have stepped into this house, from the time being Hunter draw the distance between us I never tried to look back not even thinking of coming here on the occasions.But today I had to...Because after all these years, I finally decided to face him. Running and keeping away from myself due to the fear of facing his gaze full of hatred was not what I am going to do anymore.We all took seats around the round table. There were plenty of people here today, and Hunter's beta and gamma were there too. They flashed me a small smile like they always had every time we'd ever met."What's it about, Brian? An announcement you were talking about, what's it?" Dad asked.Brian'
Aria'I, Hunter Rodriguez, the Alpha of Silvercrest pack reject Aria Brown as my mate and the Luna.'A day had passed by.It turned out that at least Hunter had some mercy left to not utter those words that will severe the bond, immediately after I left. For once he decided not to act like the monster show how much hatred he has stored for me in his heart.Sierra and I both were keeping ourselves together, gathering our strength to face the upcoming storm of pain that would come along with the inevitable rejection. The truth was hard to accept nonetheless it was the truth— This mate bond is a curse. Having my tormentor as my mate was a curse that I had to reject even if it'd break me and tear me apart.No matter how hard it was to fight this mate bond, I had to do it.A trembling sigh left my mouth as I stared outside the window, it was late at night and the moon seemed to shine at its best yet there was this undefinable darkness that could be sensed but not seen. The silence felt st
AriaThey were everywhere.From attacking the pack members, and destroying things to even harming the children. Their disgusting nature and vicious moves of them made my blood boil. Their sight only caused the rage to entrench in every fiber that ever existed in my body.My eyes caught the scene of a few rouges attacking a group of omega who hadn't shifted yet, their canines dripped with blood and red eyes stared at them in the most threatening way anyone could ever imagine. And then the worst nightmare was about to come true, they were going to pounce on her; At the next very moment, one of them jumped at one of those helpless omegas.All I saw was red.I approached them at full speed and with a leap, I caught that rouge's neck between my cannies in mid-air before he could even reach the omega and tore his head away from his filthy body soon as my paws hit the ground.His nasty blood was all over my fur and Sierra shook it away."Luna...." The omega I just saved, her barely audible
AriaMy eyes, for some unexplainable reason locked with that one rouge in the middle.None of the other rouges moved but only he did, calm and unbothered by my presence he began approaching me. His demeanor seemed strange, his gray eyes were the most unusual ones I had ever seen but I could see the power radiating from him. Unlike all the other rouges, he radiated the power of an....alpha.But he was still a rouge and I could sense that.He stood in front of me, his dark fur matched the darkness of the night that still had hours left to fade away.There was no one around in this area, a pin drop silence existed around and no sign of life could be spotted anywhere except for the dead bodies of the border guards.His stare was challenging as if provoking me to make a move and face the consequences.At this point I was sure, this was not any ordinary rouge. The power, authority, and unmistakably the depravity that shined in his eyes without any bound told me that the real intention this
Knight's P.O.VI tried to sit still and focus on the plan but nothing I did was working in keeping that one girl out of my mind.Her beautiful doe eyes, long dark hair, and honey skin shimmered under the moonlight as she started outside the window which gave me the chance to have a glance at her for the first time.Women meant nothing to me. I have always treated them as an object for sexual pleasure including my own mate whom I, fortunately, killed at the right time before she could expose my plans to the world and ruin my years of hard work.But this one girl... She got me captivated.When she looked outside the window probably feeling my eyes on her, the way those juicy pink lips of hers parted in surprise had got me lost. If I hadn't gone there for the attack, I would drag her down from the little room that she seemed to make her safe place and fucked her till the sun went up.And once she was standing in front of me in her wolf form, she looked like a goddess who had landed on th
AriaAll the pack members gathered around the hall of the pack house. Fear and uncertainty had shrouded everyone's minds and what else I could have expected? We had lost a lot of members due to the sudden attack of those blood-thirsty rouges.Our pack was damaged and now we had a lot of things to fix. We were going through a great loss and maybe we could never fulfill it.How are we ever going to fulfill the loss of those who lost their family members?How could I bring back the child of the mourning mother? The mates of the crying woman who would never be able to get over this nightmare? The omegas who became the target of the brutality of those monsters because they were too weak and frightened to fight back? No. It wasn't possible to bring them back but something was possible. But one thing was...Revenge.Killing each of them one by one and gifting them the painful death they deserved was possible."Is it hurting sweetheart?" Mom asked in concern as she looked at my bandaged woun
AriaAs everyone in the room left after what seemed like an eternity, I became hyperaware of the tension in the atmosphere.Obviously, it was not going to end well because Hunter once again decided to blow everything up. Creating conflicts resided in his bloody nature.And once there was no one else in the room except for the six of us, Dad snapped."First you acted like a douchebag and dared to announce another girl as your Luna and now you suddenly want Aria back? Something miraculously changed your mind and you expect that she's going to accept you?!"My tormentor seemed to have foreseen my dad's outburst and no signs of surprise or emotion showed on his face. He had always been a bit extra expert in keeping himself void of any feelings...'But he said he loves you,' Sierra spoke up, her voice was lower than a whisper and filled with hesitation.'Are you fucking kidding me right now? Don't you know what he put us through? I can't just forget everything he did and all his insults j
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